Vancouver’s favorite hardcore thrashers, Baptists, have announced a follow-up to their 2013 debut, Bushcraft. Their sophomore LP, Bloodmines — which will also be released via Los Angeles’ ultra-heavy label Southern Lord this September — has been touted as “a fast, exhilarating album of rage, oozing with genuine raw emotion and punk rock fury.” Recorded at GodCity Studio in the metal-friendly town of Salem, Massachusetts with Converge guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou, Bloodmines is sure to be as bloody as a Canadian coal mine, which is to say, a lot bloodier than you would think.
Rumor has it that during the creation of Bloodmines, the four members of Baptists finally renounced the ways of Satan and enrolled in an online seminary course to become Southern Baptist ministers. The seminary, GetOrdained.org — which features an “Ordination Package” that includes an official credential, a Letter of Good Standing, a wallet credential, and a Complete Wedding Kit (with embossed certificates and a clergy parking placard) for the reasonable price of $26.99 — likely ushered the boys into their new life of service to Christ. Track titles from Bloodmines, such as “Vistas” and “Calling,” testify to the holy spirit now residing within the talented hardcore band. A full church tour along the Bible Belt will be announced in the coming months. In the meantime, some of their transcendent new material can be viewed on the Baptists’ Rain City Sessions, which were recorded in January at Vancouver’s Rain City Recorders.
• Baptists: http://baptists.bandcamp.com
• Southern Lord: http://www.southernlord.com
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