ALL ELSE FAILS Announces Mexico Tour + No Mames MetalFest and New Video "Flesh/Excess/Wealth"
New EP “The Incident at Black
Lake” Out Now!
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Canada’s All
Else Fails will be leaving the frozen lands of Canadian
winter for the heat and the beaches of Mexico for a one-week-long tour this
coming March, which includes a performance at the No Mames MetalFest in
Cozumel, MX (dates listed below). The tour is in support of their latest
EP "The
Incident at Black Lake" released this past September.
Vocalist/guitarist Barrett Klesko comments:
"It's official, All Else Fails will be headed to the
Riviera Maya in a couple of weeks to perform some select shows. We're really
excited to perform for our Mexican fans who have supported us over the
years."
In addition to their tour announcement, the band is sharing
their latest music video for "Flesh/Excess/Wealth" via
its premiere on Summa
Inferno HERE.
All Else Fails' latest offering “The Incident at Black Lake” is
the band's tenth studio recording. A deep dive into emotional turmoil, violent
riffs, and technical mastery, this EP is an evolution of the band in every
aspect of their musicality, its songs are heavier, more complex, and deeper
than ever. Employing elements of other genres like industrial, noise, moody
electronics, or ambient sampling has always been a hallmark of the band, but
take a new approach on this album.
The three original songs and a cover of Death's "Crystal
Mountain" explore themes of devastating mental illness, dystopian mass
existential nihilism, and ideological fascism. According to the band, It took
over 2 full years to write and produce this EP, they took their time with every
part, every note, and every modulated warble. Every musical element has a place
and purpose. They are telling a horrifically personal, furiously aggressive,
and unnervingly beautiful musical story of mental terror and surviving despair.
They continue to explain:
“It’s been really interesting this time around. We started
writing this in the early days of the pandemic, so we didn’t really know if or
when we would get to play live again. That led to us really taking our time to
write each part exactly how we wanted. After we had finished writing and
tracking the main instruments (drums, guitars, bass, vocals), then we spent
over a year working on the programming, samples, keyboards, and production
elements. We basically wrote a second album over top of the first one, it was
kind of like writing a score to our own album. In two years, we are happy to
say that we made no sacrifices anywhere on this release.”
Guitarist/vocalist Barrett Klesko shares that this EP is
specifically about his spiral into mental illness. Falling into a pit of
addiction and depression he was abusing his mind and body, and allowing others
to do the same. Struggling with derealization and dissociation, he became
almost totally withdrawn in his mind. The day they finished their last track on
the EP, Klesko checked himself into a recovery center. This EP offers an honest
glimpse into that dark, internal turmoil.
Reaching a new level of technical metal prowess and adding a
dramatically more dynamic vocal style, it is with a dark heart that All Else Fails presents “The Incident at Black Lake”.
Recommended for fans of Fleshgod Apocalypse, Chimaira, and
Killswitch Engage, the EP is
available at Allelsefails.bandcamp.com, Spotify, Apple Music.
Music Video - I,
Defiler - https://youtu.be/RwNjIFc6aPY
Music Video - Devour
the Sun ft. Seedy Mitchell - https://youtu.be/2npL3dWJifo
Music Video Crystal
Mountain (Death Cover) - https://youtu.be/Fx5mMMgOZy0
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Tour Dates:
March 16 - Route 666 - Cancun, MX
March 17 - Taqueria Coapenitos (AEF taco hangout with fans)
March 18 - No Mames MetalFest - Tony B's - Cozumel, MX
March 19 - Private Event - Cozumel, MX
March 20 - Diego's Cozumel, MX (AEF taco hangout with fans)
March 21 - El Pezcozon (AEF taco hangout with fans)
March 22 - Sereno Rooftop (AEF taco hangout with fans)
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Track Listing:
1. I, Defiler (5:48)
2. Devour the Sun (8:24) ft. Seedy Mitchell
3. Flesh/Excess /Wealth (5:36)
4. Crystal Mountain (5:19)
EP Length: 25:09
All Else Fails is:
Barrett Klesko – Vocals, Guitar
John Saturley – Guitar
Coco Lee – Bass, Vocals
Nelson Collins-Lee – Drums
For more info: Facebook.com/AllElseFailsCanada | Instagram.com/allelsefailscanada
About:
Over the last 15 years, Edmonton, Alberta based award-winning
metal band All Else Fails has become a cornerstone of the melodic heavy metal
community in Canada. Combining intense riffs, intricate rhythm sections, brutal
guttural screams, and melodic yet unusual vocal lines paired with relevant and
relatable lyrics, All Else Fails' message resonates with us all.
Formed in 2006 with the release of their self-titled EP, All
Else Fails has gone on to release 9 studio albums, many of which have garnered
awards and nominations from across the Canadian music industry and have
propelled the band into live performances all over the world, including their
massively successful tour of India in 2017.
For the past two years, the band has been hard at work writing
their new EP "The Incident at Black Lake." A deeply personal,
brutally honest, and staggeringly complex take on the reality-bending mental
struggles of vocalist and founder, Barrett Klesko (The Misfires, The Order of
Chaos). The band is filled out by guitarist John Saturley (The Order of Chaos,
Skepsis), bassist and vocalist Coco Lee (Eternal Prophecy), and drummer Nelson
Collins-Lee (The 21st Agenda, Skepsis). The EP is produced by Bevin Booth of In
the Booth Recordings and engineered at The Electric Treehouse in Edmonton,
Alberta.
In 2022, the band is returning to their DIY roots by mindfully
abandoning their social media and redirecting their energy to contributing to
their local metal scene by building a direct personal connection to their fans
and followers, living in line with a humanist philosophy and encouraging a
culture of support between artists. All Else Fails' new single "Flesh
/Excess /Wealth" drops in early September with the full EP "The
Incident at Black Lake" releasing September 30th. Fans can experience
their explosive new live show this fall in Western Canada.
"The Incident at Black Lake might be “just” a four-track EP by All Else Fails, but its 25 minutes of music are absolutely intense and electrifying, proving why they’re undoubtedly one of the most important names of the Canadian Metalcore scene." - The Headbanging Moose
"The third theme is my favorite without a doubt. “Flesh/Excess/Wealth” has one of the most vibrant riffs starting at minute 2`40« and they make up for it with a percussion chorus that had previously been heard on the vocals. Finally, when I couldn't like it more, ALL ELSE FAILS decides to end with a tribute to my beloved DEATH. The cover that they do with “Crystal Mountain”, uniting the trail that Chuck Schuldiner left us while leaving his personal mark, to take off his hat. I love these Canadians and look forward to their next album." - 9.5/10 - Necromance Magazine
"The EP itself is a cyclone of melodic metalcore fire, death metal toxicity and progressive imagination revealing ALL ELSE FAILS at their most open, intense and thrilling." - The Ringmaster Review
"Being dark in nature, it tells the suffering that Klesko was facing and what he was seeing in his head. While very dark at times, it’s mind-bendingly beautiful to see it from this perspective. And I can’t wait to hear what else the band has to offer." 4/5 - Metal Epidemic
"“Flesh/Excess/Wealth” is a close second for my favorite song, however. Klesko says he wrote it about losing his sense of humanity. It’s a really aggressive song, but also contains some really beautiful clean singing and a wicked guitar solo. The final song on the EP is a cover of “Crystal Mountain” by the band DEATH, a song much loved by the band. Lyrically, the song fits the dark tone the band set for the previous songs on the EP. I think the band did a good job with the cover and putting their own sound to it. Overall, I thought this was a great EP where I could really feel the emotions that went into writing it." - Metal-Temple
""The Incident At Black Lake" is a solid EP" - Powermetal.de
"Canadian band All Else Fails are out with the EP "The Incident at Black Lake", and this is a production that probably will be of interest to some fans of progressive metal. While a variety of a core based style of metal is at the heart of the proceedings here, the different vocal tones, the changes and alterations over to atmospheric laden and melodic metal, what might be described as thrash metal as well as some quirky instrument movements and expressive arrangement choices does add what I'd describe as a progressive spirit to the proceedings here... If metalcore with an expressive orientation and progressive aspirations sounds interesting to you, this is an EP you might consider becoming a bit more familiar with." - Progressor
