Premiere screening of the HDDT 2012 documentary "Smells like Sweat" by the DIY documentary collective "Unknown Factor". Movie starts 21.00.
“When we were asked to play the festival, we were one of the first bands to be approached and we all really liked the DIY ethos behind it so we signed up immediately. Little did we know it was going to turn into such a beast! Along with the crowd on the 23rd, this will also be the first time we will see the documentary. If the festival was anything to go by then the film will be loud, heavy and fuckin’ killer.”
- Steve Mills/The Wounded Kings om Smells Like Sweat dokumentaren
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An ending is just a beginning. Returning from the brink, with band members leaving to pursue other careers or family lives, founding member Steve Mills puts together an all new lineup to deliver four tracks of epic and apocalyptic doom under the title of 'In the Chapel of the Black Hand'. This new phase in the development of The Wounded Kings features the dark and chilling vocals of Sharie Neyland along with one of the heaviest rhythm sections in South West England.
Despite, or because of, the hardships the Kings determination and unique vision for heavy music remains as strong as ever. 'In the Chapel of the Black Hand' was recorded in the beautiful Welsh Valleys at the legendary Foel studios with Chris Fielding (Primordial, Napalm Death, Serpent Venom and Conan) at the helm and the music undulates with vintage amplification and is swathed in Hammond organ, Mellotron and choirs - things fans have come to love and expect.
Preserved is also one of the band's strongest points which is their ability to transport the listener to all the horrific places a mind is able to imagine. Whilst the previous two albums 'Embrace of the Narrow House' (2008) and 'The Shadow Over Atlantis' (2010) were bleak and full of despair, 'In the Chapel of the Black Hand' is seething with menace and danger. It is a journey to ghostly worlds - suffocating and claustrophobic - where ancient terrors slowly seep into the bloodstream. The listener will be grateful to get out alive with their soul and sanity intact - just as it should be.
As the final nails were hammered to the coffin of Reverend Bizarre (1995-2007, R.I.P.), guitar player Peter Vicar -- nowadays going with his real name Kimi Kärki -- started to follow his vision of a new Doom Metal band. He felt forced to fulfill his need to compose and play this most arcane form of metal in the way it was meant to be, full of intensity, cruelty, heaviness, and force. Still firmly walking in the footsteps of Saint Vitus, Trouble, Witchfinder General, Pentagram and The Obsessed, this new band brings together an international lineup of four devoted metalheads, who have experience from a long list of bands, such as Saint Vitus, Reverend Bizarre, Count Raven, Terra Firma, Centurions Ghost, Orne, End of Level Boss, Umbra Nihil, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Weekend Beast and The Path is Clear.
