New Orleans sludge greats Crowbar have announced a new album, their follow-up to 2014’s excellent Symmetry in Black. It’s called The Serpent Only Lies, and it’s due on October 28 via eOne records. Via press release, Crowbar mastermind Kirk Windstein talked about how the new album should be a return to older-school Crowbar:
I intentionally went back and listened to a lot of old Crowbar stuff, like the self-titled and Broken Glass albums, to get a feel for what my mindset was 20-plus years ago. I also went back and listened to the bands that influenced Crowbar in the beginning, like Trouble, Saint Vitus, Melvins, and the first Type O Negative record. So it was kinda me doing my homework.
Well, that sounds good. They’ve shared a teaser with a snippet of music from the new album, and it features a signature huge Crowbar riff.
The other cool news here is that Crowbar will be reuniting with original bassist Todd Strange for the album’s tour cycle. It’s not clear at the moment that that includes their currently-scheduled dates, but it probably means that more dates are around the corner at the very least. In the meantime, they have a couple NYC-area shows coming up, at Saint Vitus on September 26 (tickets) and in NJ at Dingbatz on September 27 (tickets).
Check out that album teaser below.