Purple



Baroness is an American heavy metal band from Savannah, Georgia that has been active since 2003. The members of the original line-up (John Baizley, Tim Loose, Summer Welch, and Allen Blickle) grew up together in Lexington, Virginia. The band has undergone numerous line-up changes, with Baizley serving as the sole constant throughout. Baroness play a mix of heavy metal styles, including sludge, progressive, and alternative. Pitchfork has described the band's sound as rock music that folds in... more metal leanings, along with something more delicate and spare. In 2009, the Blue Record was released by Relapse Records. With this release, they continued to push the envelope and development as their style progresses. This progression ultimately gave them the Album of the Year award from Decibel Magazine and gave them numerous Best of lists from Pitchfork, Village Voice, Popmatters, Revolver, Rock Sound, and Metal Hammer. Baroness hadn't toured for the entire year in 2011 to focus on creating a new, both in the sense of music and in the literal meaning, album. Yellow-Green was recorded with producer John Congleton in Hoboken, NJ and Dallas, TX. The new album was released on July 17th, followed by extensive touring. On May 23, 2011, the band launched their official website. The first content released on the new page gave hints to work on a new album being produced again by John Congleton. On May 14, 2012, the single Take My Bones Away from the new album was released over YouTube, along with an album teaser. Baroness released Yellow & Green on July 17, 2012 through Relapse. On August 28, 2015 towards the end of a two-week tour in Europe they released the song Chlorine & Wine and announced that their new album Purple would be released December 18, 2015 on their own newly formed label Abraxan Hymns. Purple was recorded with Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, New York. On September 24, 2015, Baroness released the official music video for Chlorine & Wine and announced a North American small venue tour for the fall of 2015. On November 15, 2015, the band released the first official single Shock Me from the forthcoming album Purple, which debuted on BBC Radio 1's Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter. Purple's track Shock Me was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards. Gina Gleason joins Baroness in June of 2018 after Peter Adams departure. In 2019 and 2023 Baroness released their fifth and sixth albums, Gold & Grey and STONE. Baroness is: Sebastian Thomson - drums Nick Jost – bass John Baizley – guitars, vocals Gina Gleason – guitars Discography 2004 First (Hyperrealist Records) 2005 Second (Hyperrealist Records) 2007 A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk (At a Loss Recordings) (aka: Third), split CD with Unpersons 2007 Red Album (Relapse Records) 2009 Blue Record (Relapse Records) 2012 Yellow & Green (Relapse Records) 2015 Purple (Abraxan Hymns) 2019 Gold & Grey (Abraxan Hymns) 2023 STONE Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.