All Hail The Yeti

Heavy music upholds a long tradition of storytelling. It’s been carried from woods and fields to streets, cities, and beyond. All Hail The Yeti continue that ritual on their second full-length album and first for minus HEAD Records, Screams From A Black Wilderness. The Los Angeles quartet—Connor Garritty [vocals], Nicholas Diltz [bass], Ryan “Junior” Kittlitz [drums], and Alan Stokes [guitar]—weave together vivid, vibrant, and visceral tales with sprawling, slick, and spattering metallic grooves.

“We always want each song to tell a story in and of itself,” says Garritty. “The record comes together like a book of short scary stories you can recount in the dark around a campfire.” Following a successful European tour supporting 36 Crazyfists in early 2015, All Hail The Yeti returned home and began to etch the outline for these sonic sagas. Writing with Stokes for the first time breathed new life into the process as the band cut a batch of demos in Garritty’s home studio. Teaming up with metal luminary producer Matt Hyde [Deftones, Slayer, Hatebreed], they recorded the 13 tracks that would become Screams From A Black Wilderness at NRG Studios and Hydeaway Studios.

All Hail The Yeti first emerged from the streets of Hollywood in 2006, touting a delicate balance of Acid Bath-drenched sludge, grooves a la Pantera, and a healthy dose of Mötley Crüe-style excess and infectiousness. The group became a fan favorite on the road, supporting the likes of In This Moment, Hollywood Undead, Motionless In White, and more. Now, their stories stand poised to infect all of heavy music.

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