DEATH-INFUSED BLACK METAL BAND VALE PREMIERE “THE GUILDED PATH”

youtu.be/jqKYMyRFc0o "Everyone has riffs, not everyone can build drama, violence and terror into their work." - Revolver Magazine On their debut album Oakland, CA’s Vale channel visions of a grim future in which the world is barren and destroyed, where agents of opportunity consume everything they can get their hands on. Titled Burden Of Sight, the album can be seen as an expression of outrage felt at the pervasive exploitation and avarice that has taken root in the band’s own backyard. From rampant homelessness to the overindulgences of the upper class, it’s all too easy to imagine the harsh reality of decomposing landscapes fraught with cannibalism and religious zealotry that Vale depicts across six tracks of roaring, death-infused black metal. Formed in late 2015, Vale shares members with bands such as Ulthar, Void Omnia and Abstracter. After recording a demo in 2017, the quintet hit the road twice as they worked on the material that would make up their first full-length. Burden of Sight was recorded by Greg Wilkinson in Jan 2019 at Earhammer Studios in Oakland, CA and is due out May 24th via The Flenser. See Vale on the road this summer. VALE - ON TOUR June 21 Colorado Springs, CO @ Triple Nickel June 22 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive June 24 Minneapolis, MN @ Hexagon June 25 Milwaukee, WI @ Walkers Point Music Hall June 26 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean June 27 Detroit, MI @ TBA June 28 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck June 29 Ottawa, ON @ TBA June 30 Montreal, QC @ Brasserie Beaubien July 1 Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti July 2 Manchester, NM @ Ohmen DIY July 3 Portland, ME @ Gino’s July 6 Brookyn, NY @ Kingsland July 7 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie July 8 Boston, MA @ O’Briens July 9 Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar July 10 Richmond, VA @ Wonderland July 11 Chapel Hill, SC @ Local 506 July 12 Atlanta, GA @ 529 July 13 Jacksonville, FL @ Nighthawks July 14 Miami, FL @ Las Rosas July 15 Orlando, FL @ Uncle Lou’s July 16 New Orleans, LA @ Santos Bar July 17 Austin, TX @ Lost Well July 18 Dallas, TX @ Regal Room July 19 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar July 20 Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room July 21 Los Angeles, CA @ Lexington Vale is: Kate Coysh - vocals James Meyer - guitar Daniel Borman - guitar Thaddaeus Perkins - bass Justin Ennis - drums & electronics Burden Of Sight Track listing: 1. Final Flesh 2. Guilt Among the Dead 3. The Guilded Path 4. Starvation Eternal 5. Beyond the Pale 6. Grief Undone