Song is from Rites of Percussion album
Dave Lombardo has debuted a third and final single from his forthcoming album, Rites of Percussion, with the arrival of “Inner Sanctum” and an accompanying Displaced/Replaced created video. The Slayer co-founder will release the project on May 5th via Ipecac Recordings.
Over the two previously released songs, “Journey of the Host” and “Separation from the Sacred,” Lombardo has further demonstrated why he’s considered one of the pre-eminent drummers of the modern era.
Lombardo is one of the busiest musicians working right now. Never one to rest on his laurels, the drumming pioneer recently released new albums with Dead Cross, and Venamoris, and announced Empire State Bastard, a new project with members of Biffy Clyro. He will also be hitting the road with Mr. Bungle and The Misfits in the coming months, as we as festival appearances with John Zorn, including Big Ears Fest in April.
The recording process for Rites of Percussion had a simple mantra: drums had to be drums. Mixed in early 2022 by Lombardo’s son, David A. Lombardo, the self-produced release features a large concert bass drum, a timpani, a grand piano, and a flock of shakers, maracas, Chinese and symphonic gongs, Native American drums, congas, timbales, bongos, batás, wood blocks, djembes, ibos, darbukas, octobans, cajóns, and cymbals.
Album pre-orders, which include CD, digital, and three vinyl variants: standard cigar smoke, indie retail exclusive blood sacrifice, and Ipecac exclusive purple haze, are available now.
