Black Tusk stream Pillars Of Ash in full

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Hear entire first release since band lost bassist Jonathan Athon in motorbike crash

Black Tusk have made their fifth album Pillars Of Ash available to stream in its entirety.

The record will be the first released since founding bassist Jonathan Athon died, aged 31, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash in November 2014. The album features his final recordings with the band.

The Georgia metal band are also set to tour North America later this month.

Pillars Of Ash is out on January 29 via Relapse Records and is currently available for pre-order.

Pillars Of Ash tracklist

  1. God’s On Vacation
  2. Desolation Of Endless Times
  3. Bleed On Your Knees
  4. Born Of Strife
  5. Damned In The Ground
  6. Beyond The Divide
  7. Black Tide
  8. Still Not Well
  9. Walk Among The Sky
  10. Punk Out
  11. Leveling
Christina O'Neill

Former TeamRock news desk member Christina joined our team in late 2015, and although her time working on online rock news was fairly brief, she made a huge impact by contributing close to 1500 stories. Christina also interviewed artists including Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and worked at the Download festival. In late 2016, Christina left rock journalism to pursue a career in current affairs. In 2021, she was named Local Weekly Feature Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.