NYC experimental doom metal band BLOODY PANDA have completed work on their new album, entitled Summon. The record will be released on August 11, 2009 via Profound Lore Records.

Recorded at New York’s Excello Recordings and Secret Weapon Studios with engineer Jason Marcucci (Flaming Lips, The White Stripes) and the band’s Josh Rothenberger, Summon is the follow up to the band’s debut Pheromone.

Summon will be issued as a two-disc, CD/DVD release; the DVD bringing to life an abstract visual interpretation of the 20-plus minute BLOODY PANDA track “Miserere”. Filmed in various Brooklyn locales and coupled with footage captured in Jatiluhur Dam, Indonesia, this optic translation is a very dark and mysterious offering that features world-renowned Butoh dancer Yuko Kaseki. “Miserere” was shot and edited by BLOODY PANDA’s Bryan Camphire, Blake McDowell and Josh Rothenberger, all of whom are also New York City based filmmakers.

“Summon spans two years of work — not just songwriting and recording, but also collaborations with different percussionists, studios, guest musicians, dancers and video artists,” comments BLOODY PANDA guitarist Rothenberger. “The final piece of the puzzle was Profound Lore, a label that has the attention of not only the metal world, but of the experimental art community as well; making it a good home for this release; the most important relic we’ve given birth to thus far.”

The track listing for BLOODY PANDA’s SUMMON is as follows:
1.) Gold
2.) Pusher
3.) Saccades I
4.) Saccades II
5.) Miserere
6.) Grey
7.) Hashira

An excerpt from the new BLOODY PANDA track “Miserere” can be digested HERE, while the premiere of the new song “Pusher” can be heard at THIS LOCATION.

BLOODY PANDA will launch a month-long North American tour on July 21 in Bethlehem, PA. The 27 city trek will run through August 21 at the Union Pool in Brooklyn. A full listing of upcoming BLOODY PANDA tour dates follows this message.

BLOODY PANDA features Yoshiko Ohara (lead vocals), Josh Rothenberger (guitar), Bryan Camphire (bass, vocals), Blake McDowell (keyboards, organs, vocals), Richard Schwarz – drums, percussion and Gerry Mak (Tuvan Throatsinging, overtonal chant).

BLOODY PANDA tour dates:

July 21 Bethlehem, PA Burners
July 22 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie (w/ Woe)
July 23 Washington, DC The Red And The Black (w/ Salome)
July 24 Richmond, VA Nara Sushi (w/ Dysrhythmia)
July 25 Wilmington, NC Soapbox (w/ Dark Castle)
July 27 Savannah, GA The Wormhole
July 28 Gainesville, FL The Atlantic
July 30 Miami, FL Goo (w/ Dark Castle, Maruta)
July 31 TBA
August 1 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn (w/ Dark Castle, Withered)
August 2 New Orleans, LA Hi Ho Lounge (w/ EYEHATEGOD)
August 3 Baton Rouge, LA Lacey’s House (w/ Thou)
August 5 Little Rock, AR Downtown Music (w/ Zucura)
August 6 Nashville, TN The End
August 7 Indianapolis, IN Casa Del Kotex (w/ Black Arrows Of Filth And Impurity)
August 8 Chicago, IL White Star Bar (w/ Giant Squid, Grayceon, Lord Mantis)
August 9 Columbus, OH The Summit (w/ Lord Mantis)
August 10 Pittsburgh, PA Howler’s (w/ Giant Squid, Grayceon)
August 12 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
August 13 Toronto, ON Wreck Room
August 14 Montreal, QC Katacombes
August 15 Portland, ME New Systems Laundry (w/ Ocean)
August 16 Boston, MA Church
August 18 TBA
August 19 TBA
August 20 Baltimore, MD Talking Head
August 21 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool