VIMIC, featuring late Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, has come back together with the help of Jordison’s family to release the long-awaited Open Your Omen album after years of working to secure the rights to the album.
The band has released “In Your Shadow,” its first single since 2017. It follows a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $100,000 to make the now-independent album release possible. Written by Jordison, lead vocalist Kalen Chase, and former VIMIC member Kris Norris as a tribute to the late Peter Steele of Type O Negative, the song has taken on new meaning as a tribute to Jordison and producer Kato Khandwala.
“Joey was a big fan of Peter Steele and he actually introduced me to him in 2007,” says Chase. “So there was no pushback on writing a tribute song about him. It’s a departure from the more extreme stuff we were doing for the record, which made it feel fresh. Playing it live was special because everybody had somebody specific in mind they were playing for. Now we’re playing it for Joey.”
VIMIC will perform at Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on October 3rd with support from Wednesday 13 (who was in Murderdolls with Jordison), and featuring a number of drummers behind Jordison’s iconic kit. A night honoring Joey Jordison and the release of the album is presented by the Joey Jordison Charitable Fund.