WILL HAVEN Unveils New Video for “No Stars To Guide Me”
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“WILL HAVEN never dropped below a constant level of excellence... Their best album yet? What the hell... Yeah, it is.”
“...shows why their peers hold the cult heroes in such high esteem: Dense and dynamic, it opens like a noise-metal screecher before careening into a soaring, atmospheric post-rock climax. Devilish stuff.”
Metallic hard rock band WILL HAVEN just recently put out a brand new video for “No Stars To Guide Me,” found on their acclaimed seventh LP, VII, which was released back in July of this year through Minus Head Records. The band made a surprise announcement for new tour dates, including the Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest which is going to take place in 2024.
Metallic hard rock band WILL HAVEN just recently put out a brand new video for “No Stars To Guide Me,” found on their acclaimed seventh LP, VII, which was released back in July of this year through Minus Head Records. The band made a surprise announcement for new tour dates, including the Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest which is going to take place in 2024.
The ten tracks on VII, WILL HAVEN's heaviest and darkest record to date, take longtime fans back to the band's earliest recordings, while expanding upon the ambient and immersive qualities exhibited across their discography. VII was recorded at Pus Cavern Studios in Sacramento, engineered by Joe Johnston (Deftones, Dance Gavin Dance, Hoods), produced and mixed by Joe Johnston and WILL HAVEN, and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music. In addition, Reykjavik Osburn Bigfeather contributed guest vocals to "Evolution Of A Man," and WILL HAVEN fans played the final note on "La Ultima Nota."
“…there is no room for fucking around on VII. These songs are uniformly short, snappy and savage, and WILL HAVEN sound as engaged, enraged and fired up as they did back in ‘97… This is the sound of true originals on top form.”
“Pick a band. Any band… they still won’t be capable of conjuring the profane noise that WILL HAVEN have perfected for over a quarter of a century. The latest irrefutable evidence of this arrives with their stunning new outing VII. Welcome to the antithesis of easy listening, folks.”
David Owen Blackley directed the "No Stars To Guide Me" video, which was part of VII's multiple previous videos.
VII is out now on CD, LP, and digital formats on Minus Head, as well as a limited run of cassettes via The Sludgelord, the UK/EU hub for CDs and vinyl. Find streaming and ordering options HERE – including newly unlocked limited numbers of Smoke Vinyl, singed CDs, and signed Black Vinyl – where the album’s official videos and more are playing.
WILL HAVEN's upcoming Pacific Northwestern shows will follow their Carpe Diem/VII tour dates across Western America, Furnace Fest 2023, and most recently their Fall tour dates in the UK and Europe. As part of a run of dates, the band will play Eugene, Portland, and Seattle on December 8, 9, and 10. They'll be joining YOB, Armed For Apocalypse, and Heiress on these dates.
Starting off 2024, WILL HAVEN will support Poison The Well on January 5th. WILL HAVEN was just announced this week that they will be performing at Decibel Magazine's Metal & Beer Fest in Philadelphia April 12th and 13th with bands like Deicide, Biohazard, Dying Fetus, Jesus Piece, Crowbar, Tomb Mold, Internal Bleeding, 200 Stab Wounds, and more. On April 14th, WILL HAVEN will perform in Brooklyn before returning home.
“We are just excited to head back up north. Having YOB ask us to open for them in Eugene is an absolute honor and we’re very excited to share the stage with them. We’re also looking forward to doing some shows with our brothers in Armed For Apocalypse.”
