Following a successful Kickstarter Campaign, raising over $95,000 to fund the release of the long-awaited Open Your Omen album, Vimic has announced an event reuniting the band and honoring Joey Jordison.
Taking place in Los Angeles, California on October 3 at Teragram Ballroom, the Joey Jordison Charitable Fund will not only honor Jordison’s memory but also celebrate the release of the album. Vimic will be supported by Wednesday 13 (who worked with Jordison in Murderdolls) along with some very special guests; there will be exclusive event merchandise available. Tickets are on sale now.
Funds raised from the Kickstarter Campaign are being utilized to release Open Your Omen on CD/Double LP, market the album, print merch that Joey Jordison was involved with designing years ago, and produce the reunion event in October. Proceeds from the event will be focused on the Joey Jordison Charitable Fund’s partnership with Broken Strings. Broken Strings is a Non-Profit in Iowa (where Joey and his family are from) that gives out guitars to kids in each school district. The family would like to be able to do the same thing, but with drums.
After Jordison departed from Slipknot in late 2013, he shifted his focus to various other ventures. One of these projects, Scar The Martyr, released a self-titled album before disbanding, with some of its members going on to create a new band called Vimic. The initial lineup of Vimic included Jordison on drums, Kalen Chase as the vocalist, Jed Simon and Kris Norris on guitars, Kyle Konkiel on bass, and Matthew Tarach on keyboards. They debuted their first single, “Simple Skeletons”, in May 2016. Norris left shortly after its release and later that year, Vimic introduced Steve Marshall as their new second guitarist.
Vimic released four singles from the project between May 2016 and October 2017: “Simple Skeletons”, “She Sees Everything”, “My Fate”, and “Fail Me (My Temple)”, the last of which featured Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine.
Watch the Kickstarter video:
The band’s first album, Open Your Omen, was first expected to be released in 2018. Produced by Jordison and Kato Khandwala (The Pretty Reckless, Pop Evil), progress came to a standstill in 2018. Khandwala tragically passed away in a motorcycle accident on April 25, 2018, and Jordison, Konkiel, and Simon shifted their focus to Sinsaenum, Bad Wolves, and Imonolith, respectively. Jordison sadly passed away on July 26, 2021, further delaying the plans on the album. After years of working to secure the rights to the music, the Jordison Family Estate is releasing Open Your Omen independently to get the album into the hands of the fans that have been asking for it for years.
Jordison’s family, friends, and fellow band members are proud to release this project and honor his memory and that of Khandwala’s. You can still contribute late pledges to the Kickstarter campaign here.
(Photo by Horrible Herbert)
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Taking place in Los Angeles, California on October 3 at Teragram Ballroom, the Joey Jordison Charitable Fund will not only honor Jordison’s memory but also celebrate the release of the album. Vimic will be supported by Wednesday 13 (who worked with Jordison in Murderdolls) along with some very special guests; there will be exclusive event merchandise available. Tickets are on sale now.
Funds raised from the Kickstarter Campaign are being utilized to release Open Your Omen on CD/Double LP, market the album, print merch that Joey Jordison was involved with designing years ago, and produce the reunion event in October. Proceeds from the event will be focused on the Joey Jordison Charitable Fund’s partnership with Broken Strings. Broken Strings is a Non-Profit in Iowa (where Joey and his family are from) that gives out guitars to kids in each school district. The family would like to be able to do the same thing, but with drums.
After Jordison departed from Slipknot in late 2013, he shifted his focus to various other ventures. One of these projects, Scar The Martyr, released a self-titled album before disbanding, with some of its members going on to create a new band called Vimic. The initial lineup of Vimic included Jordison on drums, Kalen Chase as the vocalist, Jed Simon and Kris Norris on guitars, Kyle Konkiel on bass, and Matthew Tarach on keyboards. They debuted their first single, “Simple Skeletons”, in May 2016. Norris left shortly after its release and later that year, Vimic introduced Steve Marshall as their new second guitarist.
Vimic released four singles from the project between May 2016 and October 2017: “Simple Skeletons”, “She Sees Everything”, “My Fate”, and “Fail Me (My Temple)”, the last of which featured Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine.
Watch the Kickstarter video:
The band’s first album, Open Your Omen, was first expected to be released in 2018. Produced by Jordison and Kato Khandwala (The Pretty Reckless, Pop Evil), progress came to a standstill in 2018. Khandwala tragically passed away in a motorcycle accident on April 25, 2018, and Jordison, Konkiel, and Simon shifted their focus to Sinsaenum, Bad Wolves, and Imonolith, respectively. Jordison sadly passed away on July 26, 2021, further delaying the plans on the album. After years of working to secure the rights to the music, the Jordison Family Estate is releasing Open Your Omen independently to get the album into the hands of the fans that have been asking for it for years.
Jordison’s family, friends, and fellow band members are proud to release this project and honor his memory and that of Khandwala’s. You can still contribute late pledges to the Kickstarter campaign here.
(Photo by Horrible Herbert)
BraveWords Records… home for Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse, The Chris Slade Timeline, Rhett Forrester & Rob Robbins, Prophets of Addiction, Jack Starr, Crimson Glory, ASKA and Lillian Axe.
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