A doom band from Bristol. The new album “A Morbid Parody of
Justice” is due out at the end of May on Bandcamp, and streaming will
follow at a later date.
Long one:
Warrior Pope has been around for a fair while now, in various
incarnations built around Oli, a bass, and a bunch of vintage valve
amps. Solidified into a doom band format with the addition of Katya on
drums. Three proper albums out and some lives/collabs. Mostly
presented as doom, but plenty of black, post and stoner metal going
on, always liked mixing it up some.
Album bio
It’s a history of the Cadaver Synod told in metal. Written and honed
gigging 2023, recorded over 3 days in the live room of our practice
space in 2024, then mixed very slowly over the rest of the year. This
album is the result of post pandemic lockdown reconstruction, new
members, wikipedia rabbithole theme, and a buncha miserable riffs from
sitting on the sofa with an acoustic bass and fuck all to do.
Professor Mike Bishop of Kepone and GWAR kindly contributed some
spoken word which is incredibly exciting. This album features Jack
Andrews on guitar, also of Death by Gimp, and David Burke, who is
doing a PHD in heavy metal studies, and is also in Absent Signifier,
and a frequent collaborator with improv band Permit Me These Small
Miseries. Katya has been playing cymbals with a double bass bow during
this gig/album cycle and people have been very excited about it.
Lineup
Oli Foxen: Bass
Katya: Drums, bowed cymbal
Jack Andrews: Guitar, noise
David Burke: Vocals, trombone
Professor Michael Bishop: Spoken word on Bishop’s Take and
Condemnations of Formosus
Mark Roscow:Engineering, mixing, production
Warrior Pope: production
Joe Dunlop, Henry Durand: cameras
Cover art: Normal Gergely
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www.instagram.com/normalgergely
Cemetery photos by James Fenwick @JamesFenwickPhotography
Live photographs: @Skywinophotography, @VogonLaundromat,
@ConnorStandfieldPhotography
Links:
Where the music is: https://warriorpope.bandcamp.com/
The first place to get updates: https://www.facebook.com/warriorpope
https://www.instagram.com/warriorpope/
https://www.youtube.com/@WarriorPope
https://x.com/WarriorPope
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