Boston instrumental post-metal band Glacier unleashed their new album »More Distant/More Violent«
Boston, Massachusetts based instrumental post-metal band Glacier has just released their new album »More Distant/More Violent« this Friday, July 11th, 2025. Available now on all major streaming platforms.
This release features a new song »The Barren Soil« as well as 4 newly reimagined pieces based off the music from »A Distant, Violent Shudder«, prepared by friends and peers they admire.
Tracklist:
01. The Barren Soil
02. Sun Bitten Old Timers (Eeli Helin Remix)
03. Distant Violent (ameokama Remix)
04. Old Timer Spiritual Recalibration (We Lost The Sea Remix)
05. Anguish Rolled In Like A Distant, Violent Storm Of Grief (thisquietarmy Remix)
Press Release:
Glacier // »More Distant/More Violent« // Out July 11, 2025
A five-piece post-metal band from Boston, MA, Glacier is a band whose music fully embodies their name: a crushingly loud and unrelenting force.
Summer 2025 will see the release of »More Distant/More Violent«, which serves as a companion piece to 2024’s »A Distant, Violent Shudder«. Clocking in at just under 46 minutes, the 5-song album opens with »The Barren Soil«, a B-side originally written and recorded during the sessions for »A Distant, Violent Shudder«, that is a continuation of the haunting and aggressive soundscapes embodied on that record. It evokes the devastation of an apocalyptic event through distortion-saturated guitars, pummeling rhythms, and dynamics that take the listener on a journey. The remaining 4 tracks are newly imagined compositions based off the music from A Distant Violent Shudder, prepared by friends and peers in We Lost The Sea, thisquietarmy, ameokama, and Eeli Helin (Fawn Limbs, Resonant House, Antler Disko). The new compositions highlight each individual’s artistry, and expand upon motifs heard on »A Distant, Violent Shudder« with layers of added instrumentation to push the boundaries of the band’s repertoire into an even more devastating, industrial sound.
Photo by Matt Darcy
»A Distant, Violent Shudder« received considerable praise and coverage within the post-metal community after its release. As a result, Glacier has supported the record by playing at CAN Fest in China, shows throughout Canada, as well as supporting Boston legend’s Cave In in the Northeast U.S.. The band will continue supporting the record with dates in the summer of 2025. Upcoming dates include supporting Pelican and additional shows in the Northeast and Midwest, including playing the premier post-genre fest POST. Festival alongside We Lost the Sea, This Will Destroy You, and others, where the band will perform »A Distant, Violent Shudder« live in its entirety.
Since their inception in 2012, Glacier has released 4 EP’s, 2 LP’s, and played consistently throughout the US, Canada & China. They’ve supported bands such as Cave in, Boris, Big Brave, Bell Witch, Junius, Nothing, Pelican, Conan, Inter Arma, along with a multitude of other notable acts. Their consistent output and signature earth-shattering live show has cemented Glacier as a must-see live band and a significant force within the post-metal scene.
Glacier is Ryan Dooley, Jesse Vengrove, Derek Dooley, Ryan Traynor, & Liz Walshak.
Glacier Summer 2025 Live Dates
July 21 – The Sinclair: Cambridge, MA w/ Pelican & Porcelain
July 22 – Trans Pecos: NY, NY w/ Glass Artery, Pants Exploder, Guhts
July 23 – Green Beacon Gallery: Greenburg, PA w/ Feast On The Fallen, wheretheforsythiablooms, Sundras
July 24 – Hi Fi: Indianapolis, IN POST.Fest (performing »A Distant, Violent Shudder«) w/ We Lost The Sea, This Will Destroy You, Pianos Become The Teeth, Pillars, Zeta, Isolation Drills, Driving At Night
July 25 – Grog Shop: Cleveland, OH w/ Frayle, Slow Wake, Celestyn
July 26 – Wax Atlas: Baltimore, MD w/ Carl Gene, At The Graves, Crows Foot
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well