Like: Mastodon, EYEHATEGOD, Iron Monkey
Label: Season of Mist
Adjectives: Edgy, Unpolished, Raw
Description: BLACK TUSK has endured their fair share of rugged experiences over their 19-year journey as a band, going through label changes and member loss. For their new album The Way Forward which represents their first album as a quartet, the sludge metal outfit hasn't exactly polished up their image. With Dance on Your Grave, they unleash a grittier sound than ever before.
"Everything that happens in our lives is something we can learn from," says Black Tusk guitarist and vocalist Andrew Fidler. "It will sink you or make you wiser. This song is about that."
"Dance on Your Grave was the absolute first song from the new record that I played with the whole band," new bassist Derek Lynch says. "We worked on it at a spot in Athens. It kind of gave me a frame of reference for what they were trying to accomplish with a new batch of songs, pushing the tempo while still maintaining a super heavy low end."
