On August 19, 2014, Little Rock doom metal purveyors Pallbearer will release their second album Foundations of Burden on Profound Lore Records. The band have just released the first track from the record “The Ghost I Used to Be” via Soundcloud, which you can listen to in full here below.

If the rest of the album is even close to being as crushing as this, I would say that it will be landing very high on my “Best of 2014 list.” The band’s debut album, Sorrow and Extinction, made SPIN Magazine’s list of the best albums of 2012 and was named among the best new music by Pitchfork.

Horns up! Crank it up and prepare for 10 minutes of sludgy awesomeness!

Track

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Pallbearer has announced an extensive tour with Tombs and Vattnet Viskar in North America and YOB in Europe.

Tour Dates

North America:

October 17 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In *
October 18 Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s *
October 19 Champaign, IL @ High Dive *
October 20 Madison, WI @ The Frequency *
October 21 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick *
October 23 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
October 24 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace *
October 25 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore *
October 26 Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
October 27 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus *
October 29 Philadelphia, PA @ Black Box *
October 30 Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery *
October 31 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
November 1 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
November 2 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum *
November 5 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s Downstairs *
November 7 Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
November 9 Dallas, TX @ Three Links *

And in Europe”¦

September 3 Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli de helling ^
September 4 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece ^
September 5 Manchester, UK @ Roadhouse ^
September 6 Glasgow, UK @ Audio ^
September 7 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club ^
September 8 London, UK @ The Underworld ^
September 10 Dortmund, DE @ FZW ^
September 11 Groningen, NL @ Vera ^
September 12 Aarhus, DK @ Atlas ^
September 13 Gothenberg, SE @ Truckstop Alaska ^
September 14 Oslo, NO @ Hostsabbat @ Betong ^
September 16 Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia ^
September 17 Stockholm, SE @ Slakthuset ^
September 18 Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen ^
September 19 Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz ^
September 20 Wroclaw, PL @ Firlej ^
September 21 Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu ^
September 23 Prague, CZ @ Klub 007 ^
September 24 Vienna, AT @ Arena ^
September 25 Innsbruck, AT @ PMK ^
September 26 Winterthur, CH @ Gaswerk ^
September 29 Lausanne, CH @ Le Romandie ^
October 2 Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz3 ^
October 3 Madrid, ES @ Villamanuela ^
October 4 Porto, PT @ Amplifest ^
October 5 Erandio, ES @ Sonora ^
October 10 Athens, GR @ Kyttaro Club ^
October 11 Antwerp, Belgium @ Desert Fest ^

* w/ Tombs, Vattnet Viskar
^ w/ YOB