LEAD INTO GOLD RELEASE NEW SINGLE,
“THE SEA, THE SUN, THE PAST, THE SUM”;
KICK OFF TOUR WITH SKINNY PUPPY;
NEW ALBUM OUT APRIL 21 VIA ARTOFFACT RECORDS
LEAD INTO GOLD RELEASE NEW SINGLE “THE SEA, THE SUN, THE PAST, THE SUM” OFF OF UPCOMING ALBUM, OUT APRIL 21 VIA ARTOFFACT RECORDS
LISTEN TO “THE SEA, THE SUN, THE PAST, THE SUM” HERE ON APPLE MUSIC, SPOTIFY, BANDCAMP!
It’s almost time for Lead Into Gold’s new album, but first, it’s time for a new single! Today, Lead Into Gold, AKA Paul Ion Barker (Al Jourgensen, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, USSA and more) releases the latest single off of the upcoming album, “The Eternal Present” – out April 21st via Artoffact Records.
Marking the third single on Lead Into Gold’s upcoming album “The Eternal Present” – out April 21st via Artoffact Records – “The Sea, The Sun, The Past, The Sum,” continues to set the stage for an album that does not allow itself to be left on in the background. A title that invokes curiosity and a track on which Barker delivers lyrically with, “The sea begins a wonder, The sun foment and author, The past is past a nightmare, The sum cannot contain you,” the single’s not-so-subtle industrial prowess leaves one thing most certain – that we are in for an epic album.
The band has been keeping busy, kicking off their tour with Skinny Puppy last Friday (Skinny Puppy’s final tour ever!) and releasing two singles prior to this. Today’s single is best served with the other two, so if you have not yet – give them a listen below.
LISTEN TO “SHE LIES BEYOND” ON SPOTIFY, BANDCAMP
LISTEN TO “THE ETERNAL PRESENT” ON SPOTIFY, BANDCAMP
The second single, “She Lies Beyond”, to no surprise of anyone familiar with Paul Ion Barker/Lead Into Gold, is lyrically fervent and instrumentally, a force to be reckoned with. On the single, Barker comments: “Lyrically, She Lies Beyond is about the death of creativity but sonically is (hopefully) a contrast between pretty and ugly – the idea being that there is a natural grace to something ending but at the same time, the volition to create forces itself to be manifested. This is a natural cycle that everyone goes through in the creation of art.”
“The Eternal Present” was written, produced, and mixed by Paul Ion Barker. The upcoming album is an adventurous romp through distorted and gnarly bass-driven industrial, where your greatest fears and dystopian dys-fantasies lay waiting for just a wee bit of courage.
On the album, Barker comments: “The Eternal Present relates to an individual‘s desire to see beyond our current beliefs. And, of course, I love heavy music!”
The industrial project, Lead Into Gold, will be releasing their third album via Toronto-based Artoffact Records in the Spring of 2023. Its genre-defying and incredibly well-crafted story-telling will haunt you all year. The album is smart, dark, melodic, abrasive, and timeless. We would not expect anything less from Mr. Barker, but our expectations have been seriously blown out of the water on this one.
Barker is a producer, composer, and touring musician. His extensive production and writing work with AlJourgensenandMinistryextended from 1985 through 2004. He has been involved with bringing a wide range of other musical projects into fruition, including Lard, Pailhead, Revolting Cocks, Flowering Blight, USSA, and many others. Paul has toured as a member of Puscifer and collaborated with the likes of Jello Biafra, Ian MacKaye, Timothy Leary, and William Burroughs. He has also produced two wonderful records for I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness (secretly Canadian). Paul’s music has appeared in films including “River Wild“, “Robocop“, “Hardware“, “One Bad Cop“, “Natural Born Killers,” as well as Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.“, which included three original compositions written specifically for the movie and onscreen performances by Ministry.
Barker is also the co-owner and co-founder of Malekko Heavy Industry Corporation, a guitar effects pedal/euro rack synthesizer module manufacturing company growing steadily since 2006. Malekko Heavy Industry, based in Portland, is held in high esteem by professional musicians worldwide.
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