Thursday, August 21, 2014

New Veil of Thorns Interview with Robex Lundgren

P. Emerson Williams - Veil of Thorns
It was cool to sit down with the amazingly prolific Robex Lungren to answer some questions about Veil of Thorns. We went all the way back to the beginning and touch on navigating the shark-infested waters of the music business as an independent band.
What made you call the band "Veil of Thorns"? It came from a line of thought about the nature of space-time in gnostic cosmology, the Demiurge, Jaldaboath and Maya (illusion, or delusion - Sanskrit माया) in Vedic literature. Socialization and quirks of language can make for illusory views of reality and being and tearing aside the illusion can cause pain. Hence the Veil and the Thorns.

How was the band formed? It was back in Boston in the early -90's. I was jamming with a powerful and inventive drummer who had graduated from Berklee School of Music. People would come and go and we would have some of the most intense jam sessions with no thought of genre or aesthetic. After some time Catherine Chenoweth stepped in to play bass and something clicked. Her playing was really solid and hard hitting. Just the thing to drive the momentum and groove as I was freed to experiment with what sounds my guitar could be capable of producing. We decided to form a band and brought in Ruddy Bitch and Jarrett Laitinen to complete the first lineup.

Read the interview over on Robex Lundgren's blog.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Spontaneous Creation, Art & Free Downloads



What am I on about with th lyrics here? Hard telling. I usually figure that out later... -P. Emerson Williams

Mask Our Fascination
Home where a carved grotesque imagination
Is the horror of the Art study, lies.
A declaration infected each sun
Forever with flawed wanderlust madness.

The undying prophesy, screen observations,
Monitor patrons, masquerade, argue art.
And Three red imaginary dream
Disguise words, on the knowledge possibility
Of innocence conjunction.

Identities, other Trouble, dimension Found.
Humanity, thoughts glow, all perpetuated time.
Scripted dispersion poison, the undying cloud,
That night still mask our fascination

The undying prophesy, screen observations,
Monitor patrons, masquerade, argue art.
And Three red imaginary dream
Disguise words, on the knowledge possibility
Of innocence conjunction.


P. Emerson Williams - Vox, Bass, Cello, Guitar
Ruddy Bitch - Drums
Pandora - Drums

Extraction Pencil Drawing
2014 P. Emerson Williams
$55.00 + S&H


Icon Pencil Drawing 4 3/4" x 8 1/2"
2014 P. Emerson Williams
$55.00 + S&H
Born of spontaneous compulsion, a new track from Veil of Thorns comes our way. There is something big and far-reaching in the works for Veil of Thorns in 2014, but this is not connected. We have been warned there may be more single tracks in store...


Ideation Ante-Chamber 
But this cage decedents mushroom Intuition
Open tune in to sensationalism
Mythology of work that throne
Remnants cross rehearsal indicates
Work misery contorted books misleading
Up there by bleeding murder of rage
The figure creations discovery
Dwelling in restriction hands apply  
The hunger exploitation
Rarely Found beings grown strange
The ideation ante-chamber
Dying matters
Intelligent knife pleasure  
Dead around light dripping insanity blood model
Contains obscuring following static under the seeds
The quelling and innocence disease eating their arm
Just cannibals debate memory eating
Sacrifice a time realization that technology flesh artworks
Pervasiveness and glow denial words the abhorred
Straining felt in half-hidden power touch years of vision 
The hunger exploitation
Rarely Found beings grown strange
The ideation ante-chamber
Dying matters
Intelligent knife pleasure  
P. Emerson Williams - Vox, Bass, Cello, Guitar 
Ruddy Bitch - Drums 
Pandora - Drums 

Recorded at Abulafia Studio April, 2014



Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Saturday Night, Stay At Home - February 2014

The wonderful folks at Saturday Night, Stay At Home spun one of our trax this month. Those of you who have the wisdom to stream Cathedral 13 Radio heard, and one need not despair, though, for the show is on Mixcloud, to check out or replay.



Saturday Night, Stay At Home The February 2014 edition of Saturday Night Stay at Home returns to it's normal time, right before Cannibal Roses with Michelle Bichos Bichos. Tune in (so to speak) to + Cathedral 13 internet radio + at the following times:

Second broadcast:
11.30 am - 1.30 pm (Chicago)
2.30 - 4.30 pm (Argentina / Brazil)
5.30 - 7.30 pm (London)
6.30 - 8.30 pm (Madrid / Paris / Milan)
7.30 - 9.30 pm (Helsinki / Athens / Bucharest)
4.00 am - 6.00 am Sunday 16 Feb (Adelaide, South Australia)
6.30 - 8.30 am Sunday 16 Feb (New Zealand)

http://listen.radionomy.com/cathedral13.m3u

Monday, July 29, 2013

Let Dog Germs Fill Up Your Earholes With Creamy Aural Goodness

On Dog Germs 7/24/13 edition that went out over WRIR Richmond Independent Radio and is now available online. It's one hell of an episode and we're delighted to be a small part of it.

Download mp3 here.

Para-Abnormal by P. Emerson Williams
Saith Dog Germs:

Summary:  of course tonight's show starts out with another amazing track from skinny puppy's latest, weapon!
but then, we will hear tracks from 3 bands playing live here in rva this thursday!...die sektor, frontal boundary, and rva's own little black rain clouds!
and if that's not enough audio overload for you, i have new music from front line assembly, c2, synapse, veil of thorns, ending the vicious cycle, the beautiful dead, and salvation amp!
all this audio mayhem, plus more...including your requests!


SongArtistAlbumLabelYear
tsudanamaskinny puppyweaponmetropolis2013
accelerantdie sektorapplied structure in
a void
noitekk2011
mental illusionfrontal boundaryelectronic warfare-2012
this timelittle black rain clouds--2012
deadenedfront line assemblyechogeneticmetropolis2013
scream in the mirrorc2quadrantscontrol freak2013
storm and shadowsynapseaudio/visceral-2013
mixed media jailbreakveil of thornspara-abnormalPANICMACHINE2013
back to me 2ending the vicious cycleback to me 2afmusic2013
rabbit eye movementzthe beautiful deadto lunar canyonssonorium2013
salvationsalvation amphidden facesafmusic2013
u-men (live)front 242live!-2005
all cut up (twist and scar remix)die warzauvinyl 88: not the best
of 20 years
rosehip2008
the devilinvisible devastationidsynthematik2012
mystericvelvet acid christmaldiremetropolis2012
testureleaether striphymns of the warlock: a tribute to skinny puppycleopatra1998
just for the comfort of sleep (insomnia edit)kant kinojust for the comfort of sleepalfa matrix2013
pledian agendahanzel und gretyltransmissions from uranusenergy1997
american porn song16 voltamerican porn songsmetropolis2009
wowsuppressionkiller workout mixc.n.p.2009
so come onthe atomic bitchwaxboxriffmeteorcity2006
drop a beatmobymobyinstinct1992
breatheprodigythe fat of the landmaverick1997

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Veil of Thorns on Nachtlich Industrial Internet Radio 07/12/13

Big thanks to Nachtlich Industrial Internet Radio for spinning Nervous Piety Theorem from our latest album Para-Abnormal! Check it out, stream or download the show and add the TapDetroit stream to your favourite player.

Friday 8-10pm (GMT-5:00)
playlist for 7/12/2013
Episode #102

www.nachtlich.com
www.tapdetroit.com
www.redmercury.se
Candle Nine – Nachtlich Intro
MiXE1 – Part of me (Defeat Remix)
Jäger 90 – Komm Zeig’s Mir (Roh Variante)
The Legendary Pink Dots – A Star is Born
Jeremiah Whitman – Rip My Heart Out (Dethcentrik Remix)
Aesthetic Perfection – Antibody (Single Version)
for all the emptiness – prayers (dance mix by icon of coil)
Volt 9000 – Tower
Download – JirAFFE from the planet Sanders
Halcyon Days – Tetrarchy
JUNKSISTA – Liebe 2.0 (Kant Kino Mix)
The Heavenly Creatures – We Exist Now
Interface-It Begins Today-Club Revolution mix
VIRGINS O.R PIGEONS – Time to die
Skinny Puppy – illisiT
Covenant – Last Dance
Veil of Thorns – Nervous Piety Theorem
iVardensphere – Calibrating the God Machine V3
Cryogenic Echelon – Hate Yourself (Ruinizer Remix)
Mindless Self Indulgence – Witness
ESA – If I Could Hurt You All Over Again, I Would
Comaduster – Futureproof Design
The Peoples Republic Of Europe – Subspace
Front Line Assembly – Ghosts (Greg Reely Remix)
ROUGHHAUSEN – U Better Run (First Black Pope Remix)

Monday, July 8, 2013

New Album Snuck Out Under Cover Of Night: PARA-ABNORMAL


2013 sees the release of the 13th Veil of Thorns album titled Para-Abnormal. Fans of the retro-futuristic Cognitive Dissonance and the tribal gothic fever dreams of the twin albums Necrofuturist and Salon Apocalypse will welcome the way Para-Abnormal synthesizes these disparate threads of Veil of Thorns art. This is post-punk with a defiant heart, its world decidedly dystopian but the souls dwelling hterein face this world undaunted. Cold camera eyes are on every inch, infrastructure collapsing, but the survivors are having a party in the ruins.

The solidity and assuredness of the drums supplied by James Curcio (Hoodoo Engine, Babalon, subQtaneous) and P. Emerson Williams coaxed many strange sounds from an electric-acoustic 12 string guitar. The process of writing on Para-Abnormal was a very spontaneous one, with grooves inspiring syncopated guitar parts and lyrics the cut-up impressions of a world gone mad as any creation reflecting the current state of human affairs would have to be.

Veil of thorns started in Boston in the late -80’s, when the number of Goth bands in town could be counted on one hand. Stark, angular post-punk songs give way to spare jazz-inflected tone poems that lead back into sanguine deathrock dust storms. Throughout the -90's Veil of Thorns gigged extensively in New England with a few revolving spots in the lineup. In the period between -94 and -98 they played on bills such bands as Cruxshadows, Judith and This Ascention. Many of the gigs included guest players and extensive improvisation.
credits
released 03 July 2013
"...pushes the envelope, shakes up the status quo, and demands attention." -Gothic Beauty

"...some of the thorns have an extra edge." -Mick Mercer

"This is where Rozz Williams and Marilyn Manson merge in an Event Horizon singularity." -Corazine

"...they brew up a dust storm of tight-but-loose guitar riffs and driving, nervy, drums...half way between a lament and a threat." -Uncle Nemesis

credits

12-String Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Synth – P. Emerson Williams
Drums, Sequencing, Bass – James Curcio

www.jamescurcio.com
www.panicmachine.com

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