New Noise Magazine is now streaming Sparta, the new LP from NYC art metal outfit PSALM ZERO. The exclusive stream hits just days ahead of the album’s official release this Monday, February 24th. Just days after the album is released, PSALM ZERO will take the new album to fans live on tour across the Eastern US with their allies in Kayo Dot.
Having garnered respect in the metal underground over the past seven years for their intense blend of disparate styles and genres, NYC-borne art metal outfit PSALM ZERO is led by Charlie Looker. After nearly four years of writing, rehearsing, and solo project excursions, the outfit now returns with its most expressionist album yet; Sparta.
Sparta was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets (The Body, Daughters, Marissa Nadler), and features art and design by video artist Zev Deans (Ghost, Behemoth, Chelsea Wolfe).
Charlie Looker offers, “PSALM ZERO isn’t even exactly ‘metal’ anymore. Call it the next chapter, or call it a whole new thing. It’s basically what it always was: riffs, melodies, and the Sacred.”
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Sparta will see release through Last Things Records on LP and digital platforms this Monday, February 24th. Find vinyl preorders HERE and digital HERE.
As Sparta sees release, PSALM ZERO will embark on an Eastern US tour in support of the album. Beginning February 29th, the trek sees the band supporting Kayo Dot on a winding route through Detroit, Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago, Madison, St. Louis, Nashville, Little Rock, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami, Columbia, Charlotte, Falls Church, Philadelphia, ending in New York City on March 22nd.