Official press release:

One year after each releasing two of 2017’s heaviest albums, Denver’s Primitive Man and New York City’s Unearthly Trance unite for an exercise in complete and total suffering, coming this August via Relapse Records. Across seven apocalyptic tracks,both bands tap into some of the most uncomfortable, vile realms of blackened doom and dissonant, harsh noise put to tape in the new millennium.

Watch the official split album trailer featuring opening track “Merging”, recorded by both bands, here. New music from each band will be available in the near future.

Primitive Man & Unearthly Trance’s split LP is due out August 17th on CD, LP and digital formats through Relapse Records. Physical packages, digital downloads, and streaming services are available HERE.

Primitive Man & Unearthly Trance Split track listing:

1. Primitive Man & Unearthly Trance – “Merging (Intro)”
2. Primitive Man – “Naked”
3. Primitive Man – “Love Under Will”
4. Unearthly Trance – “Mechanism Error”
5. Unearthly Trance – “Triumph”
6. Unearthly Trance – “Reverse The Day”
7. Unearthly Trance – “418”

Additionally, Primitive Man has recently announced a European headlining tour with labelmates -(16)-. The tour begins August 29th in Dortmund, Germany and ends September 15th at Bloodshed Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Primitive Man will perform at various Summer festival appearances such as Psycho Las Vegas, Electric Funeral Fest, and Temple Of Ascension Vol. 1. All confirmed tour dates are available below.

7/12 – Denver, CO | Bluebird Theater
8/17 – Edmonton, AB | Temple Of Ascension Vol. 1
8/18 – Las Vegas, NV | Psycho Las Vegas @ Hard rock Hotel And Casino
8/29 – Dortmund, DE | Junkyard *
8/30 – Leipzig, DE | IFZ *
8/31 – Copenhagen, DK | KB18 *
9/01 – Aalborg, DK | 1000fryd *
9/02 – Hamburg, DE | Hafenklang *
9/03 – Brussels, BE | Magasin4 *
9/04 – Berlin, DE | Tiefgrund *
9/05 – Warsaw, PL | Poglos *
9/06 – Bratislava, SK | Fuga *
9/07 – Budapest, HU | Desszert Feszt Budapest Opening Party *
9/08 – Timisoara, RO | Reflektor Venue *
9/09 – Bucharest, RO | Something For The Core VII *
9/10 – Zagreb, HR | Mocvara *
9/11 – Milano, IT | Circolo Magnolia *
9/12 – Martigny, CH | Sunset Bar *
9/13 – Winterthur, CH | Gaswerk *
9/14 – Karlsruhe, DE | Jubez *
9/15 – Eindhoven, NL | Bloodshed Fest 2018 *

* = w/ -(16)-