By Kelley Simms
SALT LAKE CITY OUTCASTS
Photo: Danger Ehren Photography
with Down, and that's when we originally met Kirk (Windstein). They're all nice
folks and we were looking forward to
this tour. We get comparisons to Crowbar
at times and it's interesting to see how
they work a crowd.
IE: Given your band name and
album/song titles, it's obvious you're
slamming organized religion.
Erik Olson: Yeah, that's right. Me, and
Chris (Evans, guitar) both grew up in Salt
Lake City and we were kind of outcasts
there for not being a part of the Mormon
Church. We are definitely against organized religion of that sort and what it's
done to people over history, too. It plays
a big part in our lyrics, especially on our
last two albums, and I'm sure it will on
our future albums as well.
Lord Dying, Erik Olson center
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hen Portland-based sludge
metal band Lord Dying
formed in 2010, they admitted
that they weren't much aware of this particular sub-genre. According to guitarist/vocalist Erik Olson, it's just metal.
Lord Dying's brand of doomy sludge
metal can aptly be described as High On
Fire meets Crowbar by way of Black
Sabbath. They certainly deliver it like a
two-ton sledge hammer on its sophomore release, Poisoned Altars (Relapse
Records). Armed with their Marshalls
and mammoth riffs, Lord Dying is cur-
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rently destroying stages across the US
opening for heavyweights Crowbar.
IE: You've secured some decent opening
slots on tours in the past; like Anvil,
Down, Misery Index and currently
Crowbar. Being a newer band, do you
think you've gained valuable knowledge
and experience from touri