Woods Of Ypres Videos, Interviews, And Tour Dates!!

Finally, here's that Woods of Ypres-centric post I've been hyping! I'll probably have another like this soon too, but this has some of the best of the recent news, including a new live concert video, some new band interviews, upcoming tour dates, and first, their latest tour vlog, so here's what you need to know!

Yes, we're starting with the local blackened doom quartet's latest tour vlog, which was so long, it's in four pieces! Frontman David Gold uploaded the band's tour vlog from their Toronto concert on March 13th onto his YouTube channel last week, and here's what you need to know! Part 1 shows the process of making coffee, the band's "merch bag ritual", their pursuit of pancakes for breakfast, whether they lost a piece of their van or not, lots of (partly sped-up) driving footage, their arrival at The Mod Club in Toronto, before starting with concert footage 7:12 into the video, and that's how Part 1 ends. Part 2 & Part 3 continue with more concert footage straight through, so if you want 20 minutes of great video footage of Woods of Ypres on stage, from multiple camera angles, give them both a look! The footage from Woods of Ypres' set ends 1:18 into Part 4, but afterwards, you'll get to see the band's merch table in Toronto, moonshine tasting in Koreatown, Joel Violette's banjo skills (on Woods songs, no less), what David's alarm clock sounds like, and the band's trip to the bank. Not bad at all, nice to see a longer vlog this time around, ensuring much more video footage of Woods in action! Check all of the above links for more, stay tuned for the next vlogs from the United States, and here's part 1 of the Toronto vlog. The links above will send you in the right direction for the rest!



As well, here's a new concert video (coincidentally, also from Woods of Ypres' Toronto concert! YouTube user balsor12 uploaded this video on Thursday onto his YouTube channel, and it's of Woods of Ypres playing "Everything I Touch Turns To Gold (Then To Coal)"! Now, yes, you can see high quality footage of this song in Part 2 of Woods' tour vlog linked above, but unlike on there, this is the full song! Video quality is predictably not as good, notably being very dark & with a mysterious purple line on the right side of the video, but the audio's not bad! A bit muffled, but everything worth hearing comes through! Check out the new video below, and of course, I'll have more as they become available!



Thirdly, here's some new Woods of Ypres interviews! I have one audio interview with David Gold from Vision On The Net, but it's not loading for me, so I'm gonna feature it in a later post. One audio interview I can load and tell you about is this one conducted by Mind Over Metal writer Matt Longo with David Gold, which clocks in at over 24 minutes long! The interview features David discussing his roles in Woods of Ypres, the transition from black to doom metal, the status of what is now "Woods 4.5", David's love for Crowbar, his Kuwait employment last year (including some fake breakup talk) and the metal environment in the Middle East, The Northern Ontario Black Metal Preservation Society, Woods of Ypres' future plans, and more! Good interview, with lots of well detailed answers, though David's audio is very low and there is some choppiness with the reception later in the interview. If you wanna check it out, click here! Here's another interview too, a written interview with David Gold by the metal website Xplosive Metal, so click here to check it out! Though covering many of the topics from the above audio interview, this one features David mentioning more about the Earache Records signing, the "Woods IV" writing process, notable concerts and memories from the last 9 years, the future of black metal, and much more! Well worth a read too, so check the above links for more, and stay tuned for more Woods of Ypres interviews very soon!

Finally, the band has announced a pile of new tour dates for their "Pain & Piss" tour! Though I won't go through them all due to the amount, and the fact that many of you might not be as interested in shows you can't easily attend, there are some notable shows here to mention! The new dates range from May 5th in Philadelphia during their next American tour leg, through June 8th in Charlotte, North Carolina following their Western Canada tour leg, which swings through the Southern United States back to the East. The closest of the newly announced shows is on May 11th, when Woods of Ypres play in Detroit for the first time ever at The Magic Stick! It's been a long time for that to happen, and I know some of you drive to the Detroit area for concerts, so hey, keep it in mind! Two days later, Woods of Ypres will hit Des Moines, Iowa for a concert on the night of the Hallows Die concert at Foggy Notions that Woods of Ypres were originally scheduled to headline. Given that we now know the tour routing for early May, I think it's a safe assumption that they dropped out of the local show due to it making more sense route-wise to play a show between Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota (itself replacing a cancelled Thunder Bay gig) rather than backtrack to the Soo for one night. For all the current Woods of Ypres tour gigs, click here, or check out our out of town concert listings on your right!

That's all for now, but stay tuned for a big news post later today! Thanks everyone!