Seum announce new single »Problems« taken from upcoming split with Temple Of The Fuzz Witch; European tour kicks off this June!

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Montreal, Canada based doom/sludge metal trio Seum has announced new single »Problems«, which will drop on June 15th, 2024. »Problems« is the first single taken from their upcoming split with Temple Of The Fuzz Witch, entitled »Conjuring«, set to release Black Throne Productions.

Says the band: “We are stoked to announce that we will release »Problems«, the first single of »Conjuring« – our upcoming split with Temple Of The Fuzz Witch – on June 15th 2024 on Black Throne Productions!

We will then fly to Europe for the Problems Tour which will take us through France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland from June 20th to June 30th.

Issues and addiction are the main topics treated in the songs we recorded for »Conjuring« and »Problems« is a playful way to introduce our listeners to them before we get darker and more serious on the two other tracks.

Musically speaking, those are our heavier and catchier songs to date and should please those who dug our previous albums »Winterized« and »DOUBLE DOUBLE« and all fans of Weedeater, EyeHateGod and Iron Monkey.”

“Stress, age, work and love…
All these problems, got them all.
I got 666 problems but a riff ain’t one.”

Problems Tour 2024:
June 15th – Ontario (CA) at LaRhune Mountain Doom Fest – Release party
June 20th – Lille (FR) at La Brat Cave
June 21st – Tournai (BE) at Au Bout De Nos Rêves
June 22nd – Kleve (DE) at Radhaus Kleve
June 23rd – Den Bosch (NL) at Willem Twee – 3 years anniversary of Electric Spark
June 25th – Aachen (DE) at LolaParoli
June 26th – Zurich (CH) at Photobastei
June 27th – Lyon (FR) at Bar des Capucins
June 28th – Orleans (FR) at Le Dropkick Bar
June 29th – Paris (FR) at Le Cirque Electrique

Who are Seum?

Seum is a bass-only sludge band from Montreal (Canada) formed by 3 doom veterans formerly in Lord Humungus (Gaspard – vocals), Mlah! (Piotr – bass), and Uluun (Fred – drums).

Adding a ferocious punk energy to our New Orleans inspired sludge, we are known for our intense live performances, DIY workaholic attitude and nihilistic, tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

Seum means Venom in Arabic and is French slang for disappointment and frustration: No guitars.

Seum released two albums, »Winterized« in June 2021, »DOUBLE DOUBLE« in February 2023 and multiple EPs while playing shows in Canada, US and France.

“Seum makes us relive the excitement felt in the first half of the 90’s when we discovered sludge through bands like Buzzov-en, Iron Monkey, Green Machine or EyeHateGod.” — New Noise #65

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well