RESTLESS SPIRIT announce new digital live release & tour-dates

RESTLESS SPIRIT announce new digital EP “The Doomed and the Dead… Live”  &  US Tour Dates October 2024

Rejoice, all ye disciples of doom and sludge, RESTLESS SPIRIT release a string of good news: 

The trio from Long Island has announced a digital live EP entitled “The Doomed and the Dead … Live” to be released on October 2, 2024. The recording took place at the RPM Fest in Massachusetts, USA in September 2023. And even better: the Americans already serve the digital single‘Lord of the New Depression (Live at RPM Fest)’ as a delicious appetiser right now.

On top of this revelation, RESTLESS SPIRIT will be joining THE OBSESSED as the direct support on all dates of their 30th Anniversary of The Church Within tour in the US this October! Please see below for all confirmed dates.

RESTLESS SPIRIT comment: “The track ‘Lord of the New Depression’ has been a staple in our set since our second EP, which turned releasing it on our first ever official live recording into a no-brainer”, singer and guitarist Paul Aloisio writes. “It’s one of the shorter songs in our discography but still contains all the hallmarks of our sound, which makes it both a nod to our longtime supporters and an introduction for those just getting into us that have not yet discovered our earlier works. After hearing the live recordings from RPM Fest in Massachusetts last September, we figured that it was time to release something that showcases our live sound. It was an awesome event all around with a great community taking part, and we were more than happy to be there and have our performance captured.”

Tracklist
1. Judgement and Exile
2. All Furies
3. Cascade Immolator
4. Lord of the New Depression
5. From the Dust Returned

RESTLESS SPIRIT will be touring in support of their latest album “Afterimage”. Please find details below:

In the case of RESTLESS SPIRIT, the band name says it all, and in more than just one way. Their third album, “Afterimage”, embodies the East Coast trio’s aim of never wanting to sound exactly like before. Long Island deep-fried guitars meet pounding rhythms and emotionally raw vocals. Where the predecessor “Blood of the Old Gods” (2021) sometimes ushered the listener into twisted complexity, “Afterimage” delivers short, sharp shocks that hit straight home.

Lyrically, “Afterimage” is also born out of a restless spirit. Driven by tragedy and personal loss, singer and guitarist Paul Aloisio has put his heart and soul into the album. Confronted with a choice to deal with his pain in a healthy way or go down a destructive path, the singer and guitarist opted for the former but months later found his words to be prophetic for doing the latter. Deciding that artistry requires honesty, Alosio wanted to share his experience as a message to others in similar situations that they’re not alone in their despair. “Afterimage” might well be read as a cautionary tale.

Embarking on their musical journey very early in life, the band’s core of Aloisio and bassist Marc Morello met the summer before Kindergarten and grew up discovering music side by side. Channelling influences like BLACK SABBATH, TYPE O NEGATIVE, and THE SWORD and incorporating aggressive modern metal, unabashed stoner-doom pummelling, energetic changes, and stirring, earnest vocals, their band was finally christened RESTLESS SPIRIT in 2019. Their debut full-length “Lord of the New Depression” (2019) fit equally well into the stoner, doom, and sludge molds, while on “Blood of the Old Gods”, the three-piece developed a more varied, melodic approach with added complexity.

Discontent at being sometimes labelled ‘progressive’, RESTLESS SPIRIT, true contrarians that they are, avoided overly-long songs and excessive ornamentation on “Afterimage”, intentionally eliminating anything that might distract from the new album’s direct, crushing immediacy.

On the live front, the Long Island band has undertaken several tours in support of “Blood of the Old Gods” and shared stages with the likes of CROWBAR, THE OBSESSED and CANNIBAL CORPSE.  They will return to the road in winter 2023/24 to present “Afterimage”.

With “Afterimage”, RESTLESS SPIRIT deliver a massive punch to the gut that actually feels damn great once the initial pain subsides.

Band: Restless Spirit
Album: Afterimage
Release date: October 6, 2023
Style: Stoner Doom
Label: Magnetic Eye Records

Line-up
Paul Aloisio – guitar, vocals
Jon Gusman – drums
Marc Morello – bass

Guest musicians
Scott “Wino” Weinrich – guitars on ‘The Fatalist’
Mike Hill – vocals on ‘Shadow Command’

Recording by John Forrestal at The Animal Farm, Flemington, NJ USA
Mix & mastering by Jonathan Nuñez at Sound Artillery Studios, Miami, FL, USA

Cover Art byLuca “Solomacello” Martinelli
Layout by Marc Christoforidis

Shop link: http://lnk.spkr.media/afterimage

Available formats
“Afterimage” is available on vinyl LP, and as a Digisleeve CD.

Links
www.facebook.com/restlessspiritny
www.instagram.com/restlessspirit_
https://twitter.com/Restlessspirit_