This week The Body unleashed Christs, Redeemers into the world, cementing their reputation as the most adventurous and singular bands working within a metal framework. The band has now shared a video for “To Attempt Openness,” created by visual artist Alexander Barton, which premiered at SPIN earlier today. Based on his piece “Blood Reflects,” the video depicts slowly flowing blood-like substance being pumped onto a canvas, dripping down the surface before collecting morbidly on the floor below. Blending elements of doom, black metal, musique concreté, and harsh industrial music, The Body is the voice of metal’s new avant-garde.
WATCH: To Attempt Openness: A Bleeding Picture by Alexander Barton & The Body
https://vimeo.com/75781777
The band heads out on tour this week.  Here are the dates:
Oct. 17th – Portland, OR – The Know
Oct. 18th – Olympia, WA – The Northern
Oct. 19th – Seattle, WA – The Highline
Oct. 21st – Billings, MT – The Railyard
Oct. 23rd – Minneapolis, MN – Hexagon w/ False
Oct. 24th – Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle w/ Oozing Wound
Oct. 25th – Milwaukee, WI – Riverwest Free Space
Oct. 26th – Columbus, OH – The Summit w/ Oozing Wound
Oct. 27th – Pittsburgh, PA – The Shop
Oct 29th – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie w/ Pissgrave, Krieg, Drums Like Machine Guns
Oct. 30th – Providence, RI – Machines With Magnets
Oct. 31st – Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
Nov. 3rd – New Orleans, LA – The Mushroom
Nov. 4th – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
Nov. 5th – Little Rock, AR – Whitewater Tavern
Nov. 10th – Phoenix, AZ – Wall St.
Nov. 11th – Los Angeles, CA – Vacation Vinyl
Nov. 12th – San Diego, CA – The Soda Bar w/ Author and Punisher, Diamond Lakes
Nov. 13th – Santa Monica, CA – Almost Heaven
Nov. 23rd – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater w/ Neurosis, Tragedy, Atriarch