Bay Area's psychedelic doom behemoths ACID KING release their long-anticipated new album "Beyond Vision" today on Blues Funeral Recordings. Sign in for a one-way trip to the farther reaches of space now, and get ready for their upcoming summer shows across the globe!
"In the now-30-year history of the band, nothing under their name has attempted this magnitude of sound." - The Obelisk
“This is truly an album for escaping reality, whether it’s to reflect, contemplate or simply space out.” - Distorted Sound Magazine
“Acid King have delivered what has to be called their finest work to date.” - GBHBL
Propelled by an undulating, lysergic pulse, their new album "Beyond Vision" launches a new era for the band who built the template for thundering, swinging, trip-inducing heavy. One might even call it a concept album, contemplating interplanetary migration and the winding path of existence. The album is the result of a special collaboration between Acid King founder, guitarist and vocalist Lori S., Black Cobra guitarist/vocalist Jason Landrian (Black Cobra), bassist and keyboardist Bryce Shelton (Hawkwind) and drummer Jason Willer (Charger, Jello Biafra). Watch ACID KING's new videos for “Destination Psych/Beyond Vision” and "Mind's Eye"!
ACID KING ON TOUR — All tickets on sale from 3pm CET at this location —
June 3 - San Francisco (USA) Great American Music Hall
Aug 3 - Karlsruhe (DE) P8
Aug 4 - Feldkirch (AT) Poolbar Festival
Aug 5 - Munich (DE) Free & Easy
Aug 6 - Segrate (IT) Circolo Magnolia
Aug 7 - TBA
Aug 8 - TBA
Aug 10 - Moledo (PT) Sonic Blast Festival
Aug 11 - Kortrijk (BE) Alcatraz Festival
Aug 12 - Marienthal (DE) Hoflärm Open Air
Aug 13 - Hamburg (DE) Knust
Aug 14 - Copenhagen (DK) Stengade
Aug 16 - Berlin (DE) Cassiopeia
Aug 17 - Dresden (DE) Chemiefabrik
Aug 18 - Regensburg (DE) Alte Mälzerei
Aug 19 - Döbriach (AT) Sauzipf Rocks
Aug 20 - Vienna (AT) Viper Room
Aug 22 - Luzern (CH) Sedel
Aug 23 - TBA
Aug 24 - Eindhoven (NL) Effenaar
Aug 25 - Wörrstadt (DE) NOAF
Sept 8-10 - Sao Paolo (BRA) Setembro Negro Festival
Sept 23 - Austin (USA) Ripplefest Texas
Adopting the nickname of notorious teenage slayer Ricky Kasso, ACID KING came screaming out of San Francisco in 1993 with a sound that fused heavy ’70s proto-metal with the kind of bleary, slow-rolling dirge power being harnessed by their contemporaries in Sleep and Electric Wizard. The band’s 1993 debut 10” was followed two years later by their full-length debut Zoroaster (Sympathy For The Record Industry), which set the stage for a trio of crucial releases on Frank Kozik’s famed Man’s Ruin label. Acid King’s acclaimed 1999 album Busse Woods solidified their reputation amongst a generation of riff worshipers, weed heads and heavy rock enthusiasts. Two decades of hard touring and sporadic recording ensued.
After parting ways with the musicians who played with her on 2015’s Middle Of Nowhere, Center of Everywhere, Lori formed a touring lineup for the Busse Woods 20th Anniversary tour in 2019. At its conclusion, Lori wasted no time pondering her next move. She had been plotting a possible collaboration with Black Cobra guitarist/vocalist Jason Landrian, and the sweeping lockdowns that attended the great plague of 2020-2022 provided the opportunity. The result is Beyond Vision, and it’s unlike anything ACID KING has done before. The 7-song, 43-plus-minute collection was recorded to two-inch tape courtesy of Dead & Company at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California, engineered and mixed by Billy Anderson and mastered by Zach Weeks. Illustrations were created by Marteen Donders, with artwork and layout by Peder Bergstrand.
On the album's concept, Lori S. explains: “The band was never really that psychedelic, but this is definitely more trippy because we’ve got keyboards and synthesizers. That’s something we’ve never had before on Acid King records. The songs really have no beginning or end — they all just flow into each other. It’s meant to be listened to as one piece. The whole point was to have the listener feel like they’re on a journey. If you put headphones on, it’ll take you to whatever places you’d like to go to.”
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