Industrial project Lead Into Gold just revealed a fresh taste of their upcoming album, The Eternal Present, due out April 21st. The brainchild of longtime Ministry bassist and producer Paul Barker the percussive yet ethereal track, “She Lies Beyond”, is the perfect soundtrack to the impending dystopian collapse.
Paul Barker comments on the new track: “Lyrically, ‘She Lies Beyond’ is about the death of creativity but sonically is (hopefully) a contrast between pretty and ugly- the idea being that there is a natural grace to something ending but at the same time, the volition to create forces itself to be manifested. This is a natural cycle that everyone goes through in the creation of art.”
The Eternal Present, which is written, produced and mixed by Barker, will be released via Artoffact Records. It can be preordered via Bandcamp.
As stated above, Barker is known for his work with Al Jourgensen in Ministry for a 17 year stint, as well as other Wax Trax!-era industrial projects: Revolting Cocks, Lard, 1,000 Homo DJs, Acid Horse, PTP, Pigface and more. He is also the co-owner and co-founder of Malekko Heavy Industry Corporation, a guitar effects pedal/euro rack synthesizer module manufacturing company.
The Eternal Present is the third album from Lead Into Gold and is described as “an adventurous romp through distorted and gnarly bass-driven industrial, where your greatest fears and dystopian dys-fantasies lay waiting for just a wee bit of courage.” And: “The album is smart, dark, melodic, abrasive and timeless.”
Lead Into Gold will be supporting fellow industrial legends Skinny Puppy on their upcoming farewell tour. Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on April 6th at Aztec Theater in San Antonio making stops across the U.S. in Atlanta, New York, Denver and more before wrapping up in Seattle at Neptune on May 9th.
Skinny Puppy 2023 tour:
Thu Apr 06 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater
Fri Apr 07 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Sat Apr 08 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
Mon Apr 10 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
Tue Apr 11 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
Thu Apr 13 – Atlanta, GA – The Buckhead Theatre
Fri Apr 14 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Sat Apr 15 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Mon Apr 17 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Roxian
Tue Apr 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts
Wed Apr 19 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Fri Apr 21 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Sun Apr 23 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Tue Apr 25 – Montreal, QC – The Corona Theater
Wed Apr 26 – Toronto, ON – History
Fri Apr 28 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
Sat Apr 29 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Mon May 01 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
Tue May 02 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
Wed May 03 – Denver, CO – Summit
Thu May 04 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
Sat May 06 – Garden City, ID – Revolution Concert House and Event Center
Mon May 08 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Tue May 09 – Seattle, WA – Neptune
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