Dead Earth Politics

Formation

The band was originally formed in Austin, Texas in October 2005 by Ven Scott, Ernie Clark, Will Little, Mason Evans and Paul Rosales. The band began as quoted by Ven “as a bunch of idiots who thought we could eliminate stress in our lives through art”.

Debut and early years

Mark the Resistance was the first EP release of Dead Earth Politics career, released in 2006. And five years later The Weight of Poseidon is Dead Earth Politics’ first full-length album released on iTunes on March 29, 2010. With 10.13 as a fan favorite and lyrics written by bassist, Will the album is known as raging rock’n’roll with thick, surprisingly engaging riffs that thunder like the roiling sea on its cover. Add to this roaring mix vocals that are rough and gruff, mixed in with some clean vocals as well, and the result is an explosive sound with enough variety to hold your attention throughout.

Tim, fresh from Berklee university, joined the band in 2012 and met together on Craigslist. Aaron, originally guitar player from the band Shrapnel, joined in 2014 creating the “band that the people envisioned” according to Ven.

2012 – 2015

After four years of near silence, Dead Earth Politics released the first of a three EP series, The Queen of Steel. The Queen of Steel is Dead Earth Politics’ second EP release of their career, with three songs featured on the album, those being “Redneck Dragon Slayer”, “The Queen of Steel”, and “Madness of the Wanderer”. The EP was released on iTunes on March 1, 2014.

Men Become Gods was released on iTunes on March 14, 2015. The EP includes four songs, “Casting Stones”, “Men Become Gods”, “Ice & Fire”, and “Crimson Dichotomy”. This EP is the second of the EP series, following up their “The Queen of Steel” EP.

Dead Earth Politics was a part of the SXSW lineup in Austin, TX in March 2014. The band was accompanied by the following bands: The Launderettes, Kay Leotard, Complete, Hellbenders, AEGES, and Fresno.

In May 2014, Dead Earth Politics was personally invited to play the first Rock the Heart tribute to Mike Scaccia in Austin, TX. Dead Earth Politics played alongside Warbeast and Down.

Band has been a part of Synsane Radio’s Austin Autism Society Benefit twice.

In October 2013, Dead Earth Politics was also invited to perform at the Housecore Horror Film Festival in Austin, TX. The festival includes film showcases of various forms of horror films, as well as three nights of the “heaviest music on the planet”. Dead Earth Politics was invited back for the 2015 film festival.

The band also made its return to SXSW in 2015, soon after their release of the Men Become Gods EP. They performed in Austin’s local Dirty Dog Bar with Excessum, Venomous Maximus, Unlocking the Truth, Royal Thunder, and Betrayal.

Their most recent milestone was being invited to play the 30th year anniversary party for GWAR at their annual GWAR B-Q in Richmond, VA, August 16, 2015.

Musical style

Well known for a blend of old and new school metal influences that some have coined as “Progressive Power Thrash” has been described as a cross between Iron Maiden and Lamb of God. Dead Earth Politics pull from a number of influences all over the spectrum including Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Lamb of God, layer, Metallica, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Seikima II, Kiss to name a few. But Dead Earth Politics specialty comes in because they do not just limit themselves to heavy metal by pulling from other influences like Muse, Holdsworth, Bad Company and others to create their unique modern metal sound.

Tours

As noted above, Dead Earth Politics was invited to perform at 6th annual Gwar-B-Q festival. In addition to this and as means of celebrating Gwar's 30th anniversary, Dead Earth Politics, Gwar and Metal injection teamed up to create "The Road to Gwar-B-Q". This was a tour where Dead Earth Politics chronicled on video their exploits leading up to the Gwar-B-Q festival and celebrating Gwar's birthday. The dates and videos are below:

Awards