News / Records
Primitive Man Halloween Observance

Posted by Loren on September 6, 2025

Primitive Man Halloween Observance
photo by Vanessa Valadez

It's all in the headline: Primitive Man has a new LP on the way. The latest by the band is named Observance and will release on Oct. 31 on Relapse Records.

Following the album's release the band will embark on a US tour.

Primitive Man American Observance tour MMXXV:

11/24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon #
11/25 - Boise, ID @ The Shrine #
11/26 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey #
11/27 - Vancouver, BC @ Astoria Pub #
11/28 - Portland, OR @ Star Theater #
11/29 - Eureka, CA @ Savage Henry's #
11/30 - Oakland, CA @ Stork Club #
12/1 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room $
12/2 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick $
12/3 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues (Parish) $
12/4 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge $
12/5 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad $
12/6 - Denver, CO @ Decibel Metal & Beer Fest
12/7 - Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
12/8 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada %
12/9 - Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room %
12/10 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa %
12/12 - Orlando, FL @ The Conduit %
12/13 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl +
12/14 - Raleigh, NC @ The Pour House +
12/15 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery +
12/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows +
12/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts +
12/18 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Music Hall +
12/19 - Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry +
12/20 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies +

# with Otay:Onii & Guiltless
$ with Otay:Onii, Today is the Day & Guiltless
^ with Today is the Day, God is War
% with Buffalo Nichols, Today is the Day, God is War
+ with Buffalo Nichols, Great Falls, God is War

Observance track list:

  1. Seer
  2. Devotion
  3. Transactional
  4. Iron Sights
  5. Natural Law
  6. Social Contract
  7. Water
Primitive Man Halloween Observance
photo by Vanessa Valadez

Related news stories

Nocturnal Birding with Author & Punisher

Posted in Records on August 7, 2025

Arcadea takes us to "Fuzzy Planet"

Posted in Records on July 3, 2025

Never Die: Matt Jencik and Midwife

Posted in Records on May 21, 2025

Related album reviews

Primitive Man

Immersion
Relapse (2020)

Writing about music is a bit like being an anthropologist. The kind who immerses themselves in a culture to better understand it. Not the kind who comes up with whacked-out theories while staring blankly at the wall of the faculty lounge (or I guess now, their kitchen cupboards between Zoom classes). To really do a piece of art justice, you … Read more

Primitive Man

Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Relapse (2015)

When listening to the debut album of Primitive Man, Scorn, back in 2013, one thing became perfectly clear about them: they are fucking serious about their music. The blackened sludge band from Denver does not exhibit the signs of their friendlier counterparts within the subgenre. Their dystopic vision back in their independent first release was overwhelming and all-consuming, and it … Read more

Related features

Primitive Man

Interviews • September 7, 2020

Primitive Man is one of the filthiest, meanest sounding bands active in North America. Metal usually strives for an extreme aesthetic, but few succeed with the same clarity as drummer Joe Linden, bassist Jonathan Campos, and guitarist/vocalist Ethan Lee McCarthy. On their latest record Immersion, the trio has forced forth … Read more

Only Death Is Real #2

Regular Columns / Only Death Is Real • April 20, 2019

Welcome to the second instalment of Only Death Is Real. This time round we swing from power electronics to decaying cosmic black metal, giving equal coverage to EPs, full-lengths and splits. Click on the title and you’ll find yourself on the relevant Bandcamp page. Axebreaker - Brutality in Stone (Self-released/Phage … Read more

True Widow

One Question Interviews • September 18, 2014

Dan (True Widow) SPB: Are genre labels important to assign to music? Dan: I don't think genre labels are important. I do think they are helpful. When I get asked what kind of music we play I always say rock music. Not very helpful. Then I start saying things like … Read more