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On October 31, All Hallow's Eve, the beast shall awaken and all hell shall be loosed unto the Earth. For on that day, Altar, the Boris / Sunn 0))) collaborative album, is going to be released on Southern Lord. How perfectly EVIL is that?

Altar was written, recorded, and produced by all of the members of both bands, with quite a few special guests: Jesse Sykes (of indie-folk outfit Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hearafter), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Joe Preston (Thrones/Earth/Melvins/High on Fire), Bill Herzog and Phil Wandescher (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter), Rex Ritter (Jessamine, Fontanelle), and Tos Niewenhuizen (Beaver, GOD). Dylan Carlson of Earth plays on the vinyl-only bonus track "Her Lips Were Wet With Venom".

KICK ASS!!!

Altar tracklist:

01 Etna
02 N.L.T.
03 The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)
04 Akuma No Kuma
05 Fried Eagle Mind
06 Blood Swamp

Boris will tour America leading up to the unholy day, with dates scheduled for the East and West coasts.

Dooooooooom:

09-05 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree *
09-06 Athens, GA - Calendonia Lounge *
09-07 Atlanta, GA - Earl *
09-08 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel *
09-09 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
09-10 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
09-11 Brooklyn, NY - North Six *
09-12 New York, NY - Knitting Factory *
09-13 Boston, MA - Middle East *
10-12 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
10-13 Olympia, WA - Manium
10-14 Portland, OR - Satyricon
10-15 Eugene, OR - TBA
10-18 San Francisco, CA - Slims
10-19 Visalia, CA - Howie & Sons
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - EchoPlex

* with Pearls & Brass