Howling Giant

Howling Giant
Howling Giant
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Background information
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genres	Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Psychedelic Rock
Years active	2014 - Present
Labels	Blues Funeral Recordings, Ripple Music
Website	Howling Giant's Facebook

Howling Giant are a stoner metal/psychedelic rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Active since 2014, the band offers an eclectic style of metal inspired by early sci-fi and horror. All three members of this power trio share vocal duties, with lyrics inspired by space travel.

To date the band has released three EPs, have one forthcoming studio album lined up for 2019 and has toured all over the United States.

History[]

Howling Giant formed sometime in 2014 and not long after formation, would compose material for an EP. This eponymous effort would be released on 15 January 2015, followed by the band's earliest known show on 13 March.^[1] From that point the band would perform more frequent shows, including a string of mini-tours that July and August.

In 2016 the band would record a follow-up EP at Converse Rubber Tracks Studios in Boston, leading to the release of Black Hole Space Wizard Part 1 on 12 August 2016. The band would record a follow-up in Nashville, Black Hole Space Wizard Part 2 released on 25 August 2017. At this point the band began more frequent touring through the fall of 2017 going into 2018, which would lead to three US tours. This would include appearances at Firebreather Fest, Psycho Las Vegas, Doom Daze of Summer and Descendants of Crom.

On 2 August 2019 it would be revealed that Howling Giant had signed to Blues Funeral Recordings and unveiled details on their debut studio album entitled The Space Between Worlds. Described as an album with an "overarching concept exploring the idea that when we dream, we are in fact creating worlds that are just as tangible and legitimate as the waking world we live in.", The Space Between Worlds is set for release on 27 September 2019, with several shows surrounding the album's release. The band would attempt to tour the UK for the first time in 2020 but this tour would be postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak happening all over the world. Nonetheless the band would release a split with Sergeant Thunderhoof on 7 August 2020.

The band would utilize Twitch and other platforms to keep productivity while touring was not viable at the time. Following the announcement of their own brand of coffee in January 2021,^[2] Howling Giant would work on an EP of new material, announcing a 20 April 2021 release for Alteration.^[3]

In April 2023, between tours, Howling Giant would release a new single in "Sunken City" and announce that a second album was finished and set for release later in 2023.^[4] Notably, Howling Giant is also set to tour Europe in 2023 for the first time alongside Heavy Temple.

Discography[]

Studio Albums[]

The Space Between Worlds (2019, Blues Funeral Recordings)
Glass Future (2023, Blues Funeral Recordings)

Other Releases[]

Howling Giant (EP) (2015, Self-Released)
Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 1 (EP) (2016, Self-Released)
Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2 (EP) (2017, Self-Released)
Godzilla (Single) (2019, Groove Family Records)
Turned To Stone Volume II: Masamune & Muramasa (Split with Sergeant Thunderhoof) (2020, Ripple Music)
Alteration (EP) (2021, Self-Released)
Sunken City (Single) (2023, Self-Released)

Members[]

Sebastian Baltes - Bass, Vocals
Zach Wheeler - Drums, Vocals
Tom Polzine - Guitar, Vocals

Tours[]

July/August 2015 Shows (2015)^[5]
June/July 2017 Shows (2017)^[6]
Desert of Desolation (September 2017)^[7]
Howling Giant's Escape From The Lab (May 2018)^[8]
Howling Giant's Arcane Ritual 2018 (August 2018)^[9]
Forming The Void & Howling Giant Tour (With Forming The Void) (September-October 2018)^[10]
January 2019 Mini-Tour (2019)
EP Remaster Tour (April-May 2019)
The Space Between Worlds Album Release Tour (August and September 2019)
Return to the Eastern Strongholds: The Quest for the Prismatic Shard (November 2019)
Glory and The Swords of Fortune UK Tour (With Sergeant Thunderhoof; Canceled) (2020)^[11]
European Tour (with Horseburner; Canceled) (2020)
August 2021 North American Tour (2021)^[12]
Summer 2022 North American Tour (With Horseburner) (2022)^[13]
Spring 2023 North American Tour (2023)
May 2023 Morth American Tour (With Elder, Ruby The Hatchet) (2023)^[14]
2023 European Tour (With Heavy Temple) (2023)
Fall 2023 North American Tour (With Restless Spirit) (2023)
Gilded Sorrow North American Tour (With The Obsessed, Gozu) (2024)^[15]

External Links[]

References[]

[1] Facebook Event

[2] The Obelisk

[3] The Obelisk

[4] The Obelisk

[5] Howling Giant Facebook

[6] Howling Giant Facebook

[7] Howling Giant Facebook

[8] Howling Giant's Facebook

[9] Howling Giant Facebook

[10] Howling Giant Facebook

[11] Sargeant Thunderhoof Facebook

[12] Howling Giant Facebook

[13] Horseburner Facebook

[14] The Obelisk

[15] Howling Giant Instagram

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