Litany: Music News Covering Skinny Puppy, Download, ohGr and Related Projects

Here's another full preview track from the upcoming Download album, LingAM (click here if the widget doesn't work for you).

You can also hear clips of the entire album and order it here.

One week into the burbling froth of teeming excitement concerning Weapon, it's easy to forget that we are one week away from Download's new album, LingAM. Here, cEvin Key and Phil Western return to the more composed, lush environments of Fixer's best moments, with perhaps less of a glitchy interest. LingAM is a multicolored synthy trip into the groovy energy lurking at the core of much of Weapon. There's something to chew on for fans of every Download era.

Click here to order a CD copy or click here get it digitally worldwide.

Today is the official release day of Skinny Puppy's brand new album, Weapon, in this particular fan's opinion their best work since the Process. Weapon makes it clear that alchemy of Remission and Bites still thrives in this band. Get it, play it, and head on over to our forum where the discussion of the record is already underway.

And how about that new look for Litany? We've been weaponized. Thanks go to Simon Paul and Brydon "Mish" Cheyney for making it happen, and to Steven Gilmore for getting us the artwork.

International readers as well as those who want to purchase Weapon digitally in lossless format can now pre-order the digital album from Metropolis Records Bandcamp.

Pre-orders of the CD and spectacularly gorgeous vinyl edition have already begun shipping, so keep your eye on your mailbox for the album to hit shortly.

With Download's new album, LingAM, just weeks away, here's a full-length track available for preview, Yoni.

Listen to it here.

Chaos Control features another interview with Ogre.

Here's a clip where he reflects upon Smothered Hope:::

...because I can still go back to Smothered Hope, when I was young, I sang "Withered rope you hang what's empty can't remain to put it simply in time cry the hollow words to sing with false disguise" and I would always think to myself "Am I too young to sing this? Is this a song I'd be singing when I'm older?" And now when I sing this song, it still resonates with me in the same way as when I was young and I thought I was writing a song that was too old for me at that time.

Read the whole thing here.

Regen Magazine has posted a brand new, in-depth interview with Ogre covering everything from the social issues surrounding Weapon to record label woes.

Here's a clip about the revamped Solvent:::

We had the idea of going back and rerecording all of Remission. We may totally look at something like that in the future, but we thought that it might be a little cheesy, so we thought we'd experiment with one of the songs. Solvent was the choice just because it was never fully realized when we did it back in 1983. I can't speak for cEvin, and musically, it's pretty good actually. From my perspective and thinking about my earlier singing, because I wasn't a great singer back then, I didn't have the range I do now, I didn't think I did the song justice. I'm sure the vulnerability and the fragility in the voice is what gives it its magic too. We were experimenting with the idea of redoing songs, and whatever the feedback from how people feel about that will determine how to move forward with that.

Read the whole thing here.

Revolver Mag has just posted the complete Weapon album for your streaming listening delight.

Listen here.

Vice Magazine features a brand new interview with Ogre about Weapon. Here's a clip:::

I recently came to this weird gestalt in my mind that everything we do has the potential to either harm or cause good. This is a choice we all make with every action. But I view the human being primarily as a weapon, and a lot of the things that we've created have had disastrous effects on us as a species. Guns are a tiny element of a much larger iceberg that's latticed throughout history.

Read the whole thing here.

Rolling Stone has saLvo, off of the upcoming Weapon, available for download for free today. Get it right here.

Skinny Puppy - Paragun

It's my great honor and privilege to offer everyone in Litany land their first taste of Skinny Puppy's forth-coming album, Weapon.

Enjoy, share, and discuss this very special, exclusive preview of the full-length release landing on May 28th:::



Those who can't see the iframe, click here.

cEvin Key sent in this from Japan:::

The cherry blossoms bloom at the beginning of the new season. A beautiful thing to see in Japan especially in the Kansai regions of Kyoto and Osaka. cEvin Key and DJOTO will join with Osaka local Uterozzzaaa to play 2 shows KYOTO April 5th and OSAKA April 7th to celebrate!

Check them out on SoundCloud:::
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Djoto

Ogre will be making a couple of convention appearances in the coming weeks. First up is Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, NC this weekend, March 22nd thru 24th.

Next up is LA's Days of the Dead. Ogre will be appearing there on Saturday April 6th (though the con itself runs all weekend).

In addition to signing Repo! and Devil's Carnival merchandise, Ogre will also have some ohGr merchandise and some vintage Skinny Puppy photos available. If you're in the area of either of these, make sure you drop by for a fantastic time. Check the links above for info on tickets etc.

Download's new album, LingAM, is now set for release via Metropolis Records on June 11th. Marking Download's tenth full-length release and cEvin and Phil Western's nineteenth year of collaboration, the album features artwork by Allen Jaeger and Simon Paul.

Pre-order it here.

The new issue of Diabolique Magazine features a brand new, exclusive interview with Ogre, including some images shared from his personal collection. Also featured is the artwork of Jim "I, Braineater" Cummins (Too Dark Park, Last Rights).

The magazine is available at Barnes and Noble and as a digital download Click here for more info.