From earsplitcompound.com
Behold! LIGHTNING
SWORDS OF DEATH
It began seven years ago when a pact was
made within a dilapidated house hidden in Southern California. It was here that
Autarch, Roskva and Menno found themselves in agreement that should the occult
sciences be applied to music, the results would prove extremely dangerous to
their sanity, yet yield spectacular results. LIGHTNING SWORDS OF
DEATH, as they would name it, would be in itself a meticulously
designed hyper-sigil constructed to direct and antagonize the limitless dark
energy that lurks within the less navigable chasms of the human mind and the
space between spaces.
In 2007 the band unleashed The Golden
Plague upon the earth. This declaration of unholy war was well-received and
inspired a tour of the west coast and north western blocks of the United States.
Audiences witnessed performances by men possessed by insane devils.
LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH live continuously proved to be a
conqueror’s fury leaving an ashen stain on every stage they destroyed. The tour
began sharing battleground with bands like Nachtmystium and High On Fire and
concluded with LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH opening for Danzig
during the mighty Blackest Of The Black tour.
Said Decibel magazine of The
Golden Plague, "I truly wanted to know how USBM crew LIGHTNING
SWORDS OF DEATH get their sound. It's seriously crushing and vicious
and yet it sounds like it's 10 miles away. Or 10 miles underground. Uncanny. You
know, it's an art sounding this fucked up. …'Let This Knife Lead You To Us’ has
a riff worth killing for." SOD magazine simply called it "a torrent of
anguish" while Pit added, "LSOD leave no face unripped
with a blackened death approach that puts as much importance on memorable hooks
and downtrodden groove as it does on blast beat blaspheme."
The second release took the form of a split
CD with comrades VALDUR which was only available for a
limited time at performances during the country wide 2008 Blodhevn tour.
Metal Maniacs called LSOD’s part a "heavy, bestial and
brutal assault bringing to mind a young and hungry Thornspawn.” Said
Decibel in a recent review of the split, “Sort of like Watain with
American heft, LSOD's four beastly shanties shake Tiamat from their
centuries-long slumber. And she ain’t happy ‘bout it.”
The split continues to infect all who
experience its unyielding expression of true chaos, but it’s only a precursor of
the grand and terrible horror that is looming in the future like a
headsman's shadow….
The band will pillage their way through
Missouri for this year’s edition of the Kansas City Power Metalfest
[http://www.myspace.com/kansascitypowermetalfest] on August 14th then make their
way to New York City on August 17th for a show at Lit Lounge’s renowned
Precious Metal Party [http://www.myspace.com/preciousmetalnyc]. More dates TBA
soon…
Contact EarsplitPR for a review copy of the
almost-sold-old LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH/VALDUR split and
further info.
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