NewsApril 11, 2018 10:35 AM ET10,284 views

Ed Gein calls it quits, new band launched

Ed Gein and Shadow Snakes Syracuse, NY grindcore band Ed Gein last surfaced in late 2016, when they released a new 7". Unfortunately, it appears that the record will be the group's last gasp, as Ed Gein has officially been put to rest. Instead, the trio (Jesse Daino, Aaron Jenkins, and Graham Reynolds) has launched a new band called Shadow Snakes. You can listen to a preview of their new music below. Here's a statement from Aaron Jenkins:
"Ed Gein is done. Time passes, things end, new things begin. In my mind Ed Gein is a band of kids in their early twenties who practice for hours every single night of the week and have endless energy. That hasn't been us for a long time. The reality is that time marches on. Personalities evolve. Interests change. Attitudes change. Responsibilities accumulate. Goals change. If you'd asked twenty year old me what I thought I'd be doing when I was 36 I'd probably have said something like 'I don't know...dead?' I certainly wouldn't have said that I'd be married and built my own business. The reality is that, to us, and maybe to some of you, Ed Gein hasn't felt like Ed Gein for awhile. It's good to know when to let things go. Have we dragged it along too long already? Maybe. Sometimes it feels that way. I'm sure some of you are thinking 'wait...Ed Gein didn't break up a long time ago?' No. And the specter of Ed Gein has definitely been looming over us. It's time to salt the corpse and light it on fire to start anew. This is not a bad ending. This is not an angry divorce. This is a new chapter. Jesse, Graham, and I are continuing on in a new form. We wanted to try things differently to better fit our changed lives. We aren't those twenty-something year olds that practiced non-stop and couldn't wait to get back in the van. Those guys are dead. In their place are three guys who are closer to 40 than 20, with different priorities. Time to let those 20-something year olds go. So we've made changes, and those changes felt like a new band. It felt right to start fresh and let Ed Gein die. We added a second guitar player in the form of our friend Mike Harriff (formerly of Rust Empire/Rejouissance) and a vocalist in the form of our friend Steve Sindoni (formerly of Breather Resist/Pusher). Old friends. New perspective. New ideas. It feels good. This new band is not Ed Gein, it's an evolution. This new band is Shadow Snakes."
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iwilladapt 4/11/2018 7:46:26 AM

Cave in

easyhateoven 4/11/2018 8:04:23 AM

a day late and a dollar short, webby

spaceghhost 4/11/2018 8:14:05 AM

Steve Sidoni is a sick vocalist. I saw Breather Resist twice, that guy is a beast. I anticipate anything new this band will do.

thereisnoheaven 4/11/2018 8:28:00 AM

breaking news here

anonymous 4/11/2018 8:31:28 AM

ed toilet

anonymous 4/11/2018 8:54:58 AM

A band named after a serial killer, so cool.

anonymous 4/11/2018 9:12:02 AM

When your next band writes a press release can you learn the concept of paragraphs?

ARCHITECTkills 4/11/2018 9:40:25 AM

fck yeah and I hope Jesse buys some Hi-Hats!

anonymous 4/11/2018 10:16:56 AM

fckin A. More bands need to understand this. No one in their 40's should be as angry as they are in their teens or twenties. Stop living in the past and grow up - evolve and create new shit that is true to who you are.

anonymous 4/11/2018 10:19:14 AM

Anal Gein

anonymous 4/11/2018 10:30:07 AM

fckin A. More bands need to understand this. No one in their 40's should be as angry as they are in their teens or twenties. Stop living in the past and grow up - evolve and create new shit that is true to who you are. ^^ yep. i toured through there in 2012. Wish I had known of them.

fourthgradecocktease 4/11/2018 10:30:52 AM

Press release is basically "we got old." Seems like a solid decision, EG was tight and I'm looking forward to what comes next for these guys.

anonymous 4/11/2018 11:34:32 AM

acne is stoked

anonymous 4/11/2018 12:00:47 PM

literally no one didn't ask for this

anonymous 4/11/2018 12:51:55 PM

Band is 20 years late calling it quits.

chicken_gang_bang 4/11/2018 5:14:32 PM

Band ruled, new project sounds fun too

Jemenez_Cricket 4/11/2018 9:15:12 PM

It's a Shame will always be a grind classic

anonymous 4/12/2018 12:01:10 AM

fckin A. More bands need to understand this. No one in their 40's should be as angry as they are in their teens or twenties. Stop living in the past and grow up - evolve and create new shit that is true to who you are.>> Who the fck are you to decide what the cutoff age for anger? Anger with focus and purpose is the key. If you feel angry, let it out. fck age.

anonymous 4/12/2018 6:21:35 AM

^ Grow up.

anonymous 4/12/2018 6:47:50 AM

if you're "angry" it does not know of an age, these guys became domesticated and fell into what they abhored-the nine to five lifestyle.

anonymous 4/12/2018 7:08:17 AM

shutdown sage > shadow snakes

anonymous 4/12/2018 7:49:04 AM

^ Grow up. Says a grown-ass man posting on Lambgoat. Hello? Pot calling kettle? if you're "angry" it does not know of an age, these guys became domesticated and fell into what they abhored-the nine to five lifestyle. Ok that's them.

anonymous 4/12/2018 9:36:24 AM

they were still a band? LOL.

anonymous 4/12/2018 6:40:08 PM

tl;dr

anonymous 4/13/2018 5:13:08 AM

Why make a big announcement about breaking up when nobody even knew you were still a band

anonymous 4/13/2018 7:36:33 AM

Alicia Keys finger blasts her coin purse while listening to the entire Ed Gein discography on her ipod. I've Seen It!!!

anonymous 4/17/2018 9:42:52 AM

Their first demo was amazing. Got pretty boring after that, though.

thetowerofrome 8/16/2018 12:25:24 AM

Their albums will always have a place in my fäggot heart.


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