SCOUR, the extreme metal collective featuring Philip H. 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), is pleased to unveil a “history of” mini documentary. The video comes in advance of the band’s Gold full-length, set for release on February 21st on Housecore Records in North America and Nuclear Blast in Europe.
With footage shot at Anselmo’s own Nodferatu’s Lair by Mike Holderbeast as part of the band’s “Live From The Lair” live stream, the video provides great background and history of how SCOUR came to be.
Recalls Kloeppel, “Some years ago, before I was in the band, I wrote a column for Decibel Magazine on SCOUR’s unseeming roots in St. Louis, Missouri called ‘Gateways To Annihilation.’ Four of the five members of SCOUR originate from St. Louis. John and Adam were in a band called All Will Fall and Derek and I were in a band called Cast The Stone in the early 2000s. We all met in venues like The Creepy Crawl, Pop's in Sauget, The Hi-Pointe, etc. We kept in contact throughout the years, and through our journeys in various higher-level bands.
“Around 2012/2013, Philip organically found Adam and John’s side project, Fulgora, through an online blog. That turned into them meeting up and recording at Philip’s personal studio, Nodferatu's Lair. Around 2014/2015, Derek and John started SCOUR as a fun studio project while John was tour managing a band Derek was in. They sent the music to Philip to see if we would do vocals, and he said he would ‘kill it!’ The guys recruited Adam Jarvis on drums for the Red EP, and shortly after the EP came out in 2017, I was tapped to join the band on lead guitar… and here we are.
“We get asked a lot about how SCOUR came into existence. With the first full-length, Gold, coming out later this month, we thought it would be a great time to give this a wide release to our fans and folks that are just now learning about the abysmal gyre of extremity that is SCOUR!”
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