Our latest album, From Soil To Shale, is now available for free download at lapdanceacademy.com/soil and dogsofwinter.com!

(You can also preview all of the tracks on our profile before you download)

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Licorice Pizza says: "Certainly not every day you hear a song with lyrics inspired by a 50-something-year-old novel. But that’s what’s cool about Dogs of Winter."

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From Soil To Shale, the blistering 9-song debut from DOGS OF WINTER, marks the trio's passage from decay and detritus into the splintery, dark mass of angular stone you see before you. Compressed under the weight of Russian amplification, steeped in science-fiction and late-night movies, the album comprises tales of gorgons, body-snatching extra-terrestrial nano-organisms, tribal-excommunication and the unceasing march of progress.

DoW's rhythm section churns the waters with their unexpected time-signatures as the guitars alternate between grinding power chords and delay-drenched psychedelia. And while there's too much math involved to classify it as "stoner metal," the band claims no responsibility if you end up as a divot on the high-school steps just because you "thought you could touch the sunset" while listening.

Their two singers work in tandem like skilled pickpockets; one second you're enjoying the show, the next thing you know you're face-down in an alley rubbing a lump on the back of your neck and your wallet's missing. Growling and screaming their way through these nine songs, they meet briefly on harmonies before running off again in different directions, bickering like an old married couple.

Mixed by Andrew Schneider (CAVE IN, PELICAN, SCISSORFIGHT, UNSANE) and mastered by Nick Zampiello (CONVERGE, TORCHE), "From Soil To Shale" features custom artwork by Joe Boyle, embedded in each individual track and the accompanying PDF digi-booklet.

Ya know, for those of you stoners who still read liner notes.