ReykjaDoom is proud to present Pallbearer live at Iðnó on the 7th of May 2025. The progressive doom metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, has drawn great attention to themselves for their impeccable songwriting skills and dynamic live performances. Their fifth album, Mind Burns Alive, was released this year on Nuclear Blast.
Mind Burns Alive finds Pallbearer navigating the space between disquiet and serenity with a singular intensity. At times poetic and blistering, their fifth full length is a heartfelt meditation on isolation, trauma and mental breakdown, framed by the possibility of redemption and the quiet, aching beauty of escape.
Musically and lyrically stripped bare and vulnerable, Mind Burns Alive deals in universal themes of loneliness and the feeling of emotionally drowning in a world turning upside down. Bassist/vocalist Joseph D. Rowland describes the album as “an exploration of fate; when you are deceived by your own instincts and internal voice.” Guitarist / vocalist Brett Campbell furthers, “These songs are vignettes which tell the stories of people who deal with myriad sicknesses of the spirit. These are illnesses communicated by the world we live in, and the subjects are the symptoms of its disease.”
While the band's earlier catalog leaned on walls of guitar, massive distortion and piercing vocals, they achieve more on Mind Burns Alive by stripping everything back. These six songs offer a singular perspective into the pain that lies at the heart of everyday experience. Mind Burns Alive is not simply an exposition on those complex feelings. It is the musical intersection where struggle collides with the will to carry on.
Supporting bands are Godchilla and CXVIII. Godchilla has captivated the scene with their genre fusion of surf, sludge and punk and released two LP's and a handful of singles. CXVIII brings powerful post doom-metal sound to the event to wake up the crowd.
7th of May
Gaukurinn
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