West Coast tour dates start today in Vancouver, BC

Sumac\’s debut album, The Deal, was released three weeks ago from Profound Lore Records on CD/digital formats and via SIGE on vinyl. The band came to fruition when Aaron Turner had the urge to once again create colossal-sounding music, bringing back the heaviness that he incorporated in Isis as well as what he’s currently creating with Old Man Gloom into a wholly new and different direction. A goal for the band to strive for was to write some of the heaviest music Turner had ever written, and he found the ideal partner with Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn. One of the best drummers in heavy music today, Yacyshyn showcases and expands his drumming talents even further with Sumac.

The duo recorded six new tracks in Seattle in late summer of 2014 which would become The Deal with Mell Dettmer (Wolves In The Throne Room, Sunn O))), etc.). There, they were joined by Russian Circles/Botch/These Arms Are Snakes bassist Brian Cook who laid the pulse down for the album. The album was then mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge) at Godcity Studios and mastered by Mikka Jusslla at Finvoxx Studios in Finland and the end result is an absolutely crushing album. The Deal brings some familiarity with Turner’s repertoire and will rekindle that classic Hydra Head Records forward-thinking sound and feel.

See Sumac on tour now:
March 11 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
March 12 Victoria, BC @ Logan’s Pub
March 13 Portland, OR @ White Owl Social Club
March 14 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
March 15 Seattle, WA @ Highline