Announce new album ‘…So Unknown’ coming April 14 via Century Media. North American Tour w/ Show Me The Body, Scowl, Zulu.

Jesus Piece gallantly broke onto the scene, turning heads for their feral live shows and grandiose, melodic songwriting which has since cemented them as standard stirrers and boundary-breakers. On ‘…So Unknown’, their Century Media debut, listeners ascend to the apex of metal and hardcore– where a mix of complex instrumentation is led by a manic, shaman-like vocal delivery from frontman Aaron Heard. It’s a cluster bomb of ten anthems, bursting at the seams with memorable riffs and pulsing with fresh ideas. Drummer Luis Aponte (LU2K) promises, “This is as close to a Jesus Piece experience as you’re going to get without standing in front of us.” Jesus Piece has created an effort that never fails to impress, gets to the point and never gets in its own way. And much like their frantic live show, their patented mid-tempo sound is only a jumping off point to chaos- ably utilizing half-speed breakdowns, left-turns into riffage at breakneck speed and moody ambient atmosphere effectively. Their new single, ‘Gates Of Horn’ infuses industrial ambiance juxtaposed against start-stop rhythms that recall classic Ministry, breathing and blasting before merging towards a terrifying, swinging groove. Its accompanying video, directed by Eric Richter takes viewers through a series of recurring nightmares – watch below.

‘Gates Of Horn’ Lyrics:

Nightmare
Mourning 

The dead of night
It’s all I see
Is it real?
Is it me?

The vision repeats 
Mostly Distorted
My body laid 
In the shadows 

Sweating bullets 
Can it really be trusted 
Didn’t see it coming 
Was it all worth it 

I’ve seen it again 
Death in my dreams 
Unavoidable 
Terrorizing 

Withering 
Please guide me 

True vision comes 
Through the gates of horn 

I’m aimlessly 
Following
Through the haze
Of release 

Destined failure 
It came to me 
From the gates 
Of ivory 

Redirect me
Take me to the path 
I’ll walk the road 
Through the gates of horn 

Jesus Piece Live Dates:

2/09: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ~
2/10: Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall ~
2/11: Durham, NC – Motorco ~
2/13: Atlanta, GA – Terminal West ~
2/14: Tampa, FL – The Orpheum ~
2/15: Miami, FL – Gramps ~
2/16: Gainesville, FL – The Wooly ~
2/17: Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea’s Live ~
2/18: Dallas, TX – The Studio at The Factory ~
2/19: Houston, TX – Warehouse Live ~
2/21: San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger ~
2/22: Austin, TX – The Mohawk ~
2/24: El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace ~
2/25: Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole ~
2/26: San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick ~
2/28: Orange County, CA – The Observatory ~
3/01: Los Angeles, CA – The Regent ~
3/03: Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz – Vets Hall ~
3/04: Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre ~
3/05: Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s ~
3/07: Seattle, WA – Neumos ~ 
3/08: Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre ~ 
3/09: Portland, OR – Revolution Hall ~ 
3/10: Boise, ID – Knitting Factory ~
3/11: Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell ~ 
3/12: Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre ~ 
3/14: Omaha, NE – Slowdown ~
3/15: Minneapolis, MN – Underground Music Venue ~
3/16: Chicago, IL – Metro ~
3/17: Detroit, MI – Tangent Gallery ~
3/18: Toronto, ON – The Opera House ~
3/19: Montreal, QC – Corona ~
3/21: Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club ~
3/22: Albany, NY – Fuze Box ~
3/23: Baltimore, MD – Ottobar ~
3/24: Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel ~
5/23-5/25: Manchester, UK – Outbreak Fest

 ~ w/ Show Me The Body, Scowl, Zulu

Photo Rigablood x Salad Days Mag – All Rights Reserved

“The number one thing is the live performance” says Aponte regarding JP’s venomous live reputation. “You can be in the studio and make that record sound insane but if you’re not giving that same energy, that same feeling when you play live, it just doesn’t matter.” 

Heard uses a livewire vocal delivery, ala Busta Rhymes, to orchestrate the crowd’s kinetic energy— pushing further toward utter mayhem and culminating in a show that stands tall among their genre peers and live music writ large. Jesus Piece is a live phenomenon, only possibly held back by a heretofore limited recorded output. Their time has come with ‘…So Unknown’, the new and second Jesus Piece LP, the follow-up to their white-hot ‘Only Self’. Co-produced and mixed by Randy LeBouef (Every Time I Die, Orthodox) and clocking in at a lean and mean 28 minutes, ‘…So Unknown’ documents the lives of the bands’ five members as they step into life’s abyss and react to the changes.