GRAMMY nominated CODE ORANGE have shared “Sulfur Surrounding,” the third new track to be released off their forthcoming album, UNDERNEATH, due out Friday, March 13th [Album Art / Tracklist Below]. “Sulfur Surrounding” is available today on all streaming platforms with an animated music video created by Code Orange’s own Eric ‘Shade’ Balderose streaming on the band’s YouTube channel. “Sulfur Surrounding” is a cinematic dirge that finds the band’s Reba Meyers and Jami Morgan trading off corrosive vocals with a mournful address to those buried by insecurities and lost in an endless cycle of objectification.
Morgan explains,
“’Sulfur Surrounding’ is about your deepest relationships becoming manipulative, corrosive and eventually hopeless. Haunted by chemical compulsion. Fading into the depressive cycle. Another step on our journey under. The song showcases another stylistic dip on the rollercoaster that is UNDERNEATH. Soon all will become clear.”
UNDERNEATH is led by early singles “Swallowing The Rabbit Whole” and “Underneath,” with the album already receiving immense critical praise. The UK’s Metal Hammer gave UNDERNEATH the magazine’s first perfect 10 out of 10 album review score in 5 years, hailing the LP as, “the first classic record of the decade.” Kerrang! awarded UNDERNEATH a flawless 5K review declaring the album, “one of the most powerful, cathartic, creatively satisfying and bruisingly heavy records of its age.” “’Underneath’ hulks out from oil-slick-black electronics and menacing synths, peeling under the skin to uncage Code Orange’s next evolution,” avowed NPR with Stereogum adding, “It pushes the band’s sound into something even bigger.” Rolling Stone praised Code Orange’s,“cutting melodies and the group’s balance of industrial rattle and shock-treatment guitar riffs,” while Revolver detailed the new music as “a whole other beast, and a monstrous one at that: hungry, pissed and unstoppable.”
UNDERNEATH is available for pre-order with bundles and four limited edition vinyl colorways, each featuring a gatefold jacket with a lenticular cover, also available. Produced by Morgan and Nick Raskulinecz with co-producer Will Yip, UNDERNEATH features additional programming from Chris Vrenna, and was mixed by Yip and Code Orange’s own Eric ‘Shade’ Balderose.
Comprised of Jami Morgan (Drums / Vocals), Eric ‘Shade’ Balderose (Electronics / Guitar / Vocals), Reba Meyers (Guitar / Vocals), Dominic Landolina (Guitar) and Joe Goldman (Bass), Code Orange will make their live return on March 14th with a hometown record release show in Pittsburgh, PA, before heading out on The UNDERNEATHTHESKIN_TOUR with special guests Show Me The Body, Jesus Piece, Year Of The Knife, and Machine Girl. That headline tour is set to get underway March 30th in Boston, MA and is routed through Code Orange’s April 10th + 17th performances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival [Itinerary Below]. Immediately following the spring tour, Code Orange will head out on Slipknot’s KNOTFEST ROADSHOW 2020 North American tour, which begins May 30th in Syracuse, NY. For tickets and more information on Code Orange’s upcoming tour dates, visit www.CodeOrangeTOTH.com.
In 2017, Code Orange flipped the heavy music world on its head with their breakthrough album FOREVER, a collection that masterfully mixed hardcore aggression with urgent industrial textures, earning the band a breakthrough GRAMMY nomination and top placement on several “Best of 2017” lists including: Rolling Stone’s “20 Best Metal Albums of 2017,” Revolver’s “20 Best Albums of 2017,” and The Independent’s “Top 20 Rock & Metal Albums of 2017.”
This past summer, Code Orange made headlines in the professional wrestling world with the release of “Let Me In,” their official entrance theme for WWE Superstar ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt. Code Orange previously featured at WWE’s NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III performing a rendition of wrestler Aleister Black’s entrance theme alongside Incendiary’s Brendan Garrone. “Let Me In” followed Code Orange’s 2018 release of THE HURT WILL GO ON, a digital EP featuring “3 Knives” and “The Hunt” Feat. Corey Taylor, as well as “The Hurt Will Go On” (Shade Remix), an official remix of Code Orange’s “Hurt Goes On” helmed by the band’s guitarist and vocalist Shade. More recently the Code Orange has collaborated with a wide array of artists, co-producing Injury Reserve’s “HPNGC” Feat. JPEGMAFIA, as well as serving up a pair of remixes for alt-J’s “Hit Me Like That Snare” and “Adeline.”
CODE ORANGE ON TOUR
3/30 – 4/24: UNDERNEATHTHESKIN_TOUR WITH SHOW ME THE BODY, JESUS PIECE, YEAR OF THE KNIFE & MACHINE GIRL
5/30 – 6/23: KNOTFEST ROADHSOW WITH SLIPKNOT, A DAY TO REMEMBER & UNDEROATH
MAR 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theater (Record Release Show)
MAR 30 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
APR 01 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
APR 02 – Virginia Beach, VA – Peabody’s
APR 03 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
APR 04 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
APR 07 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
APR 09 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile
APR 10 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
APR 11 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
APR 12 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
APR 13 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
APR 15 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
APR 16 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
APR 17 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
APR 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
APR 21 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
APR 23 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge*
APR 24 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick*
MAY 2 – Concord, SC – Epicenter Festival
MAY 10 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville
MAY 17 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival
MAY 23 – Leeds, UK – Slam Dunk Festival
MAY 24 – Hatfield, UK – Slam Dunk Festival
MAY 30 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview**
MAY 31 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
JUN 04 – Quebec City, QC – Centre Videotron
JUN 05 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
JUN 06 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
JUN 08 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
JUN 10 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
JUN 12 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum
JUN 14 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
JUN 15 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
JUN 17 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
JUN 18 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
JUN 20 – Birmingham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
JUN 22 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
JUN 23 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater* NO SHOW ME THE BODY
** NO A DAY TO REMEMBER
