New Release: Veil of Thorns - Para-Abnormal (2013)

Veil of Thorns - Para-abnormal (2013)
CD - $12.00 + S&H

We are pleased to bring to you PARA-ABNORMAL, the latest from Veil of Thorns as CD and download, as well as the original art by P. Emerson Williams that was created for this release.

2013 sees the release of the 13th Veil of Thorns album titled Para-Abnormal. Fans of the retro-futuristic Cognitive Dissonance and the tribal gothic fever dreams of the twin albums Necrofuturist and Salon Apocalypse will welcome the way Para-Abnormal synthesizes these disparate threads of Veil of Thorns art. This is post-punk with a defiant heart, its world decidedly dystopian but the souls dwelling hterein face this world undaunted. Cold camera eyes are on every inch, infrastructure collapsing, but the survivors are having a party in the ruins.  

The solidity and assuredness of the drums supplied by James Curcio (Hoodoo Engine, Babalon, subQtaneous) and P. Emerson Williams coaxed many strange sounds from an electric-acoustic 12 string guitar. The process of writing on Para-Abnormal was a very spontaneous one, with grooves inspiring syncopated guitar parts and lyrics the cut-up impressions of a world gone mad as any creation reflecting the current state of human affairs would have to be.  

Veil of thorns started in Boston in the late -80’s, when the number of Goth bands in town could be counted on one hand. Stark, angular post-punk songs give way to spare jazz-inflected tone poems that lead back into sanguine deathrock dust storms. Throughout the -90's Veil of Thorns gigged extensively in New England with a few revolving spots in the lineup. In the period between -94 and -98 they played on bills such bands as Cruxshadows, Judith and This Ascention. Many of the gigs included guest players and extensive improvisation. 

"...pushes the envelope, shakes up the status quo, and demands attention." -Gothic Beauty
"This is their most stylish work, but some of the thorns have an extra edge." -Mick Mercer
"This is where Rozz Williams and Marilyn Manson merge in an Event Horizon singularity." -Corazine
"...they brew up a dust storm of tight-but-loose guitar riffs and driving, nervy, drums...half way between a lament and a threat." -Uncle Nemesis  

credits  

12-String Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Synth – P. Emerson Williams
Drums, Sequencing, Bass – James Curcio
www.veilofthorns.com
www.jamescurcio.com 

P. Emerson Williams

A special thanks to Nachtlich Industrial Internet Radio for spinning Veil of Thorns trax:
Nachtlich Industrial Internet Radio 07/26/13


Candle Nine – Nachtlich Intro
Angelspit – Rip My Heart Out (Dethcentrik remix)
loss – product of a poor self-esteem case two: drunk and delusional
Jäger 90 – Eure Mütter sind Väter
Human Error – Disconnect (with Impurfekt and Dyskhord)
Veil of Thorns – Class Mutation
Cryogenic Echelon – Pandora (Heartwire Remix)
VIRGINS O.R PIGEONS – Bleed to lead (I give up)
Front Line Assembly – Exhale
Voicecoil – Vision
Mental Discipline – God & Devil (Feat. Cold In May) (Ginger Snap5 Remix)
Front Line Assembly – Prototype
Interface – It Begins Today (Single Version)
Funker Vogt – Kill on Command
The Peoples Republic Of Europe – Painslut
Synapse – Memory
iVardensphere – Virus (Outbreak)
for all the emptiness – penance (dance mix by interface)
Your Bunny Rot – Live Now (Diverje Remix)
Your Bunny Rot – Error Injection (Cutoff:Sky Remix)
Sonik Foundry – Mind Twister (Machines On Blast Rmx)
Funker Vogt – The Firm
Comaduster – Hollow Worlds
MiXE1 – Lights Out
ESA – I Know Your Wounds
Nightmare Noise Machine – Slaying Demons
Skinny Puppy – solvent

Para-Abnormal - Pencil Drawing 6"x9"
P. Emerson Williams - 2013
$300.00 + S&H

Sentient Forest - Pencil Drawing 6"x9"
P. Emerson Williams 2013
$500.00 + S&H

ART: Svevende Og Utslitt Acrylic Painting

Svevende Og Utslitt - Acrylic on canvas 18"x24"
P. Emerson Williams 2002
$500.00 + S&H

From 2002, this panting gave the track of the same name its title. Both are meditations on gesture and abstraction, motion and colour.

ART: Stemmene I Bølgene

Stemmene I Bølgene - Acrylic on canvas 18"x24"
P. Emerson Williams 2013
$500.00 + S&H

This latest painting from P. Emerson Williams has a narrative feel to it and the title does tie in with a track from his recently released collection of acoustic guitar pieces.

P. Emerson Williams is a multi-media artist delving in music, art, writing, and video. More people listen to the sounds of P. Emerson Williams every day than realize it, for much of it is embedded in extensive transmedia projects past and ongoing. A visionary artist and an illustrator, his work takes projects spanning physical and digital media, genres and modes of performance to strange realms.

SOLD: ART - Magog Agog

SOLD - Magog Agog - Acrylic Painting
P. Emerson Williams 1998

Aye, this be Magog, and he's all agog for Choronzon. As I was painting the art for the extensive booklet for Magog Agog I was unsure as to which would end up as the cover. The title character being depicted made the choice obvious.

Most of the art created for Magog Agog are now sold, but we'll make what's left available for interested collectors. These pieces as well as many other original works of art in aid of funding several major endeavours coming up later this year and next year. 

New Release: P. Emerson Williams - Det Er Stille Under Vatnet

For many years P. Emerson Williams has been known for densely layered experimental work in the projects Choronzon and Veil of Thorns as well as for adding his unique form of weirdness to releases by Manes and as a core member of kkoagulaa. Williams' music released under his own name created for theatrical productions and silent films are marked by the same enveloping and elaborate arrangements. With the release of Det Er Stille Under Vatnet he strips away everything down to a single acoustic guitar with the occasional touch of hunting horn and chanting. What this shows is that the depth and challenge of Williams' music lies in the compositional element and performance regardless of how big or small the arrangements are. Inspired by the majestic landscape and folk music of Norway where he grew up, P. Emerson Williams wrings a highly evocative atmosphere from his instrument.


P. Emerson Williams is a multi-media artist delving in music, art, writing, and video. More people listen to the sounds of P. Emerson Williams every day than realize it, for much of it is embedded in extensive transmedia projects past and ongoing. A visionary artist and an illustrator, his work takes projects spanning physical and digital media, genres and modes of performance to strange realms.

"Given P. Emerson Williams extensive track record of cross-medium and genre art over the past thirty years, it is likely he will become an underground legend. This may have occurred already, yet given his reclusiveness, it’s unlikely he would notice." -James Curcio, author of Fallen Nation, Join My Cult and The Immanence of Myth 

P. Emerson Williams - Necrofuturist Highwire Artist – Dr. Hyatts Black Book Omega, The Original Falcon Press, 2009 

www.discogs.com/artist/P.+Emerson+Williams#t=Credits_All&q=&p=1

P. Emerson Williams - 12-String Acoustic Guitar, English Hunting Horn, Chants

Catch P. Emerson Williams and his guitar on tour this fall with Jarboe starting with Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires II.

More dates to be announced soon.

It has been confirmed that I shall be performing with the mighty Jarboe at Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires II later this year. I could not be more excited and honoured. I hope to see as many of you as possible. Tickets for this amazing experience are bound to sell out quickly, so don’t wait too long to book them.
Buy Tickets: http://www.ancestralfires.org/get-tickets/

Three days and three evenings of music located in the Sierra Nevada’s Tahoe National Forest Desolation Wilderness: September 20–22 2013

Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires II will be held at Shinnyboo Creek Resort in the high Sierras, in the heart of Tahoe National Forest. This 160 acres of private property is lush with greenery thriving around every bend, with towering pines shading the trails and paths that lead you to the south fork Yuba River rushing over rock formations into gushing waterfalls and tide pools.