By Noe Gutierrez
Deathcore kingpins As Blood Runs Black will be headlining the Remnants of Man album release party this Saturday May 17th at The Hood Bar & Pizza in Palm Desert. Opening the show will be bloody metal heavyweights Sangre then Remnants of Man will besiege the stage in support of their newest release, Rise. The event is co-sponsored by Coachella Valley Weekly and V/M Management. The first 100 people wearing a Remnants of Man t-shirt will be allowed free entry, otherwise the cover charge is $10. There will also be Remnants of Man t-shirts available for sale at the point of entry for those of you not adorned with one.
Remnants of Man and Sangre are huge fans of ABRB. In listening to ABRB there are no doubts that they consistently deliver hardcore metal at a sky scraping altitude. They are from the Los Angeles area and recently performed at the ‘Wild Wild Fest’ in Orange County where they were reacquainted with the elements. Bassist Nick Stewart summarizes, “It was hot as shit!” Their show this Saturday at The Hood will mark their first performance in the Coachella Valley thanks to their long time friend Tarver Marsh and V/M Management. ABRB is Christopher Bartholomew on vocals, Greg Kirkpatrick and Dan Sugarman on guitars, Nick Stewart on bass and Hector “Leche” Santiago on drums.
The Hood constituency can expect a high energy onslaught of metal from ABRB. The double-kick mastery of ‘Leche’ (actual name Hector) and the deep bellow of Chris are what protrude for me. Although, the guitars and bass are intricately interwoven, manifesting the equivalent of one monstrous instrument as they blaze through the verse, chorus and bridge of each song harmoniously.
Their first album Allegiance was released in 2006 to solid positivity and praise. Their video for the song “My Fears Have Become Phobias” has garnered over 3.3 million views on YouTube thus far. Their subsequent album Instinct was released in 2011.
They are currently readying a press release that will undoubtedly detail the release of their highly anticipated third full-length album, Ground Zero, which is being mixed and mastered at the time of this publication.
For ABRB, this weekend’s Hood show is a warm-up to two shows in Makassar and Jakarta, Indonesia on 5/29 and 5/31 respectively. Stewart shares his experience in performing overseas, “We have to prepare to play a lot longer because set times are more drawn out. We play a lot more older songs. Plus we have to remind our singer that there is no need for banter in between songs. About 75% of the time they don’t speak English so they don’t understand a word but are waiting for the next song to be played.”
ABRB long terms plans include touring the states in support of the long-awaited album. According to Stewart, “We’re ready to gear up, ramp up and hit it hard!”
We here at CV Weekly hope you “hit it hard” this Saturday night as we bring you THE metal event of the year. Consider this a three-course meal of metal that will further establish the desert as a haven for heavy music. Horns up!
You can find the music of ABRB on iTunes
Remnants of Man – ‘RISE’ now available on iTunes and cdbaby.com
SANGRE will be releasing a new EP this summer and touring throughout the United States and Mexico
