After taking a two year hiatus to pursue family/travel/school/work, the members of ‘Men As Trees’ have relocated and reformed as Locktender in Cleveland, OH. Locktender is a concept focused hardcore band concentrating on artists and their works interpreted through music, lyrics & art. Every album is an artist, every song is a different work.
Our first three songs took quick looks at individual works by William Blake, Earl Nightingale & Raphael Gleitsmann. Our first full length LP, Kafka, was released in 2013 and focused on five short works by Franz Kafka. This was followed by another split for which a Herman Melville short story was used. Our second LP, Rodin, based on four sculptures, was released in 2014 and was supported by a second European Tour. Our third LP is based on the works of Caspar David Friedrich, was released in 2018.
————————————————————————-
Locktender plays Reverend guitars & Railhammer Pickups.
locktender 
Nice to see you again!
I was wondering what the samples you guys used on the Men As Trees album Weltzschmerz were from. They sound so familiar to me but I just can’t place it.
I love Locktender. You are one of the few bands I’ve found over the last few years that really speaks to me and makes me think. I love reading and looking at the source material that inspires the songs and contemplating both the meaning in them and your interpretations of them. Thank you for making meaning-filled works of art.
Thanks for the kind words Dylan!
As for the samples on Weltzschmerz, MAT used footage found in Dick Proenneke’s documentary “Alone in the Wilderness”. You can find a lot of it on youtube: http://youtu.be/iYJKd0rkKss
It also plays on PBS a lot… so there’s that. something to keep in mind when channel surfing.