“Gold,” the long-awaited debut full-length from the Phil Anselmo-fronted black metal project Scour, is out now on Housecore Records in North America and Nuclear Blast in Europe.
Scour’s lineup features Anselmo (Pantera, Down), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals), John Jarvis (Nest, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index) and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, Lock Up).
Deepening the experience set forth on its previously released EP trilogy, Scour’s “Gold” pulls the listener through a blistering vortex of speed, aggression and absolute horror. Drawing from a deep framework of literary horror masterworks, the album guides the listener beyond the realm of death and through the metaphysical anomalies of a disheveled and decaying mind.
Listen to Scour’s “Coin,” featuring a guest solo by Gary Holt (Slayer, Exodus) below.
“I don’t normally step aside for Scour solos,” Kloeppel said, “but, when I do, it’s for guys like Gary Holt from Slayer and Exodus. ‘Bonded by Blood!’”
Watch Scour’s previously released videos for “Infusorium” and “Blades,” and a “History of …” mini documentary.
“Gold” is available on CD, LP, limited edition cassette (U.S. only) and digital formats. Order yours today at the Housecore Records webshop, Bandcamp and Nuclear Blast.
Scour will perform May 18, 2025, at the Milwaukee Metalfest alongside Gwar, Arch Enemy, The Dillinger Escape Plan and more.
Forged in 2015, Scour quickly made its mark with the debut single “Dispatched.” Its first release, “The Grey” EP (2016), came via Anselmo’s Housecore Records, followed by “The Red” EP in 2017. In 2020, Scour unleashed its most aggressive effort yet, “The Black” EP, released under Housecore and Nuclear Blast Records and featuring guest appearances from Erik Rutan, Pat O’Brien, nd actor Jason Momoa.
Recording for “Gold “began in February 2023 at Nodferatu’s Lair—Anselmo’s personal studio and rehearsal space—which saw the band engaged in a concentrated effort toward a truly diabolical composition, with Anselmo leading the charge at every turn. One often would find the entire band in the control room in ecstatic debate, mulling over every blast beat and divebomb. The album was intermittently refined, and lyrical concepts finalized, over the course of 2023 as touring schedules allowed.
Anselmo began vocal recordings in fall 2023 at The Lair. Backup vocal recordings were executed by the rest of the band in arena backstage rooms over the course of Pantera’s February 2024 tour, where the full band also thoroughly reviewed the instrumentation mixes. Once the tracks were finalized by Scour and mixing engineer Dennis Israel, they were passed to Fascination Street Studio in Örebro, Sweden, for mastering by Jens Bogren.
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