Free Improvisation/Jazz-Metal/Sludge Band BURIAL TREE Drops New Track “Veve” feat. DAVE LOMBARDO!

'The Power Of Myth' Album Cover

BURIAL TREE, the musical creature of Northern California’s artist Monte Cimino, is proud to introduce the song Veve, taken from the new album The Power of Myth, set to be released on August 1^st via Subcontinental Records. The song, featuring Peter Apfelbaum on saxophone and megaphone, also sees the mighty DAVE LOMBARDO taking care of drums and electronics!

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The Power of Myth will be available as digipak CD and digital. Pre-order the album here: https://tinyurl.com/33em895d

A dark ambient intro gives way to Dave Lombardo's monolithic, reverberated drumming. The middle section sees the fury of Peter Apfelbaum's saxophone unleashed, before a long, dark ambient section. The finale features Dave Lombardo again with an apocalyptic conclusion!

Dave Lombardo

BURIAL TREE was formed in 2009 by Bay Area artist Monte Cimino. The group released two albums, Outer Dark (2010) and Rituals (2012). Both releases were positively received, before the group disbanded in 2013. During the next ten years, Monte released a single and an EP under the Burial Tree moniker. Then, during the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020, Monte started recording demos that didn’t fit any of his current projects at the time. This led to the revival of Burial Tree and the 2025 album, The Power of Myth.

BURIAL TREE’s music falls somewhere in between heavy post-rock/metal, experimental, and ambient genres while maintaining memorable and engaging songs. For The Power of Myth, Cimino recruited ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, Bay Area drummer Adam McClure, bassist/producer Bill Laswell, and saxophonist Peter Apfelbaum to contribute to the album's three extended tracks. A mixture of improvised and composed sections, The Power of Myth delivers crushing psychedelic riffs and unhinged primal drumming that seemingly melts into dark ambient landscapes and tense textural interludes.

The Power of Myth tracklist:

1. Sigils

2. Veve

3. The Power of Myth

Credits:

1 Sigils

Monte Cimino: guitar, efx

Bill Laswell: bass, treatments, efx

Adam McClure: drums

Recorded in Rohnert Park and San Francisco, CA. Additional recording: Orange Music, West Orange New Jersey and engineered by James Dellatacoma.

2 Veve

Peter Apfelbaum: saxophone, megaphone

Monte Cimino: guitar, efx

Dave Lombardo: drums, electronics

Recorded in Rohnert Park and Southern California. Peter Apfelbaum was recorded at the Lethe Lounge, NYC and engineered by Mark Ettinger.

3 The Power of Myth

Monte Cimino: bass, efx

Bill Laswell: bass, efx

Recorded in Rohnert Park, CA. Additional recording: Orange Music, West Orange New Jersey and engineered by James Dellatacoma.

Mixed by James Dellatacoma for Orange Music. Mastered by Michael Valentine West. Art by Alex Eckman Lawn. Logo and Layout and additional graphics by Arun for Icosa projects.

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