Rust is the new album from Chicago’s Harms Way. Recorded at Bricktop Recordings by Andy Nelson (Weekend Nachos, Dead In The Dirt), mixed at God City Studios by Kurt Ballou (Converge, High On Fire), and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Obituary, Nails), the album is brutally and meticulously refined. Rust brilliantly combines industrial repetition (think Godflesh), metal attack (think Sepultura, Helmet, Celtic Frost), and hardcore aggression, showing that Harms Way have emerged from the wreckage of past genres as the new high watermark of heavy in contemporary aggressive music.
Opener “Infestation” stomps with machine-like precision before plunging into a depressing sonic dirge. While songs like “Law Of The Land”, “Hope”, “Cancerous Ways”, and others introduce guitar and electronic driven atmospherics into the arsenal. These subtle dynamics bleed into other aspects of Rust as well. Mid-album beast “Left To Disintegrate” unfurls as an unforgettable anti-anthem ripe with infectious creeping metallic undertones, while “Amongst The Rust” and “Turn To Stone” introduce guest vocals from Colin Young (Twitching Tongues) and Emily Jancetic. Both of them adding haunting nuance to the brute force of the band. All of this leads to the epic closer “Ease My Mind”; a take-no-prisoners aural bludgeoning so heavy that it needs to be heard to be believed.
Pre-order information and song premieres coming soon
Rust Track Listing:
01. Infestation
02. Law Of The Land
03. Cremation
04. Hope
05. Cancerous Ways
06. Amongst The Rust
07. Disintegrate
08. Docile Bodies
09. Turn To Stone
10. Ease My Mind
Harms Way World Tour 2015:
United States/Canada
01/19/15 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey (w/ Black Breath)
01/20/15 Vancouver, BC @ 333
01/21/15 Bremerton, WA @ The Charleston
01/23/15 Pomona, CA @ PBW (w/ Disgrace and Enough Said)
01/24/15 Sacramento, CA @ Colony (w/ Disgrace and Enough Said)
01/25/15 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro (w/ Disgrace and Enough Said)
01/26/15 Ventura, CA @ Ventura Music Factory (w/ Disgrace and Enough Said)
Southeast Asia w/ Palm
01/30/15 Bangkok, Thailand Immortal Bar
01/31/15 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia @ Alt+HQ
02/01/15 – Kuching, Malaysia @ Appleseed Studio
02/02/15 – Singapore, Singapore @ Aliwal Arts Centre
02/03/15 – Johor Bahru, Malaysia @ Embrace Hall
Australia W/ Legions
02/05/15 – Perth, AUS @ Last Night (18+)
02/06/15 – Adelaide, AUS @ Animal House (AA)
02/07/15 – Melbourne, AUS @ Bendigo Hotel (18+)
02/08/15 – Melbourne, AUS @ Drop Out (AA)
02/10/15 – Wollongong, AUS @ Rad Bar (AA)
02/12/15 – Sydney, AUS @ Hermanns (18+)
02/14/15 – Canberra, AUS @ Magpies (AA)
02/15/15 – Newcastle, AUS @ Cambridge Hotel (18+)
02/17/15 – Grafton, AUS @ 140 (AA)
02/18/15 – Byron Bay, AUS @ YAC (AA)
02/20/15 – Brisbane, AUS @ The Brightside (18+)
02/21/15 – Brisbane, AUS @ 199 (AA)
Japan
02/26/15 – Osaka, Japan @ Hokage
02/27/15 – Yokkaichi, Japan @ Club Chaos
02/28/15 – Tokyo Shinjuku, Japan @ Antiknock (w/ Loyal to the Grave)
3/01/15 – Tokyo Shibuya, Japan @ Garret (w/ Loyal to the Grave)
UK Temples Festival
05/29: Bristol, UK @ Temples Festival: Converge, Trap Them, YAITW, and many more
Deathwish Fest – Europe
05/30: London, UK @ ULU (DW Fest Europe): Converge, Trap Them, YAITW
05/31: Hasselt, Belgium @ Muziekodroom (DW Fest Europe): Converge, Trap Them, YAITW
06/01: Paris, France @ Trabendo (DW Fest Europe): Converge, Trap Them, YAITW
06/02: Geneve, Switzerland @ L’Usine (DW Fest Europe): Converge, Trap Them, YAITW
06/03: Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage (DW Fest Europe): Converge, Trap Them, YAITW
06/04: Berlin, Germany @ SO36 (DW Fest Europe): Converge, Trap Them, YAITW
06/05: Koln, Germany @ Essigfabrik (DW Fest Europe): Converge, Trap Them, YAITW