FULL OF HELL: Month-Long U.S. Tour Assault Begins Tomorrow

May 21st, 2013

Pennsylvania/Maryland-based noise/hardcore revolutionaries FULL OF HELL will embark on their most intense run of their heavyweight 2013 tour itinerary this week, as the act’s month-long American assault in support of their second LP Rudiments Of Mutilation is set to set Long Island ablaze tomorrow evening.

Following the tour’s start, subsequent shows as part of this year’s Maryland Deathfest, Chaos In Tejas and more are to follow, including a string of shows alongside the mighty Integrity followed by more than two weeks of shows alongside Seven Sisters of Sleep, possibly the only time SSOS will ever fully tour. Just one month after the wicked U.S. trek, FULL OF HELL will invade Europe for a three-week bombardment of the continent alongside Circle Takes the Square and Code Orange Kids.

Now just three weeks from its official release into the populous, Rudiments Of Mutilation is undoubtedly a contender for most scathing album of the year, as FULL OF HELL’s bestial power and corrosive elements continue to become more apparent. Through their barrage of whiplashing psycho-drone feedback holes and noise-drenched pedal attacks a noxious brew of Converge and Pageninetynine gone the ways of Bastard Noise and Discordance Axis, Rudiments Of Mutilation proves to be the band’s most incapacitating material yet. Recorded with Kevin Bernsten at Developing Nations and mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Old, Phantomsmasher), Rudiments Of Mutilation captures the incredible conviction the young crew culminate live, catapulting their energetic hatesurge into the audience and inspiring riotous angst amongst the humans.

Stay tuned as FULL OF HELL prepares for the release of their first official video in the coming days, in addition to new tour updates and more. Rudiments Of Mutilation will hit the streets on June 11, 2013 worldwide via A389 Recordings.

FULL OF HELL U.S. Tour:
5/22/2013 The Zebra Club – Copiague, NY w/ New Lows, Homewrecker
5/23/2013 TBA
5/24/2013 Maryland DeathFest 2013 – Baltimore, MD w/ Tragedy
5/27/2013 Kingdom – Richmond, VA w/ Integrity
5/28/2013 Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC w/ Integrity, Young And In The Way
5/29/2013 The End – Nashville, TN w/ Integrity
5/30/2013 Siberia – New Orleans, LA w/ Integrity
5/31/2013 Hotel Vegas – Austin, TX @ Chaos In Tejas w/ Gag
6/01/2013 The Korova – San Antonio, TX w/ Abigail, Speedwolf
6/02/2013 Holy Mountain – Austin, TX @ Chaos In Tejas w/ Wolf Eyes, Iceage
6/03/2013 Epic – El Paso, TX w/ Kontrasekt
6/04/2013 Rocky Point Cantina – Tempe, AZ w/ Territory
6/05/2013 Che Café – La Jolla, CA
6/06/2013 Aladdin Jr. – Pomona, CA w/ Skinfather, Xaphan
6/07/2013 The Dial – Murrieta, CA w/ The Coltranes, NSU
6/08/2013 418 Project – Santa Cruz, CA w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/09/2013 1st Church of the Buzzard – Oakland, CA w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Badr Vogu
6/10/2013 The Know – Portland, OR w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/11/2013 Josephine – Seattle, WA w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/12/2013 The Mad Son House – Boise, ID w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/13/2013 The Shred Shed – Salt Lake City, UT w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/14/2013 Rhinoceropolis – Denver, CO w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/15/2013 Badhaus- Kansas City, MO w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/16/2013 Neverland – Chicago, IL w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/17/2013 Refuge Skate Shop – Dearborn, MI w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/18/2013 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/19/2013 Roboto Project – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep
6/20/2013 The Flesh Temple – Buffalo, NY w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Psychic Limb
6/21/2013 Democracy Center – Cambridge, MA w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Psychic Limb
6/22/2013 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY w/ Trap Them, Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Psychic Limb
6/23/2013 Club K – Baltimore, MD w/ Seven Sisters Of Sleep

FULL OF HELL European Tour w/ Circle Takes the Square, Code Orange Kids:
7/24/2013 O13 – Tilburg, Netherlands
7/25/2013 Hafenklang – Hamburg, Germany
7/26/2013 Fluff Fest – Rockycany , Czech Republic
7/27/2013 Vlamrock – As, Belgium
7/28/2013 Glazart – Paris, France
7/29/2013 The Haunt – Brighton, England
7/30/2013 Underworld – London, England
7/31/2013 Classic Grand – Glasgow, Scotland
8/01/2013 Star and Garter – Manchester, England
8/02/2013 Hevy Fest – Port Lypmne, England
8/03/2013 New Noise Festival – Karlsruhe, Germany
8/04/2013 JZ Riot – Lichtenstein, Germany
8/05/2013 Area – Wien, Austria
8/06/2013 Cassiopeia – Berlin, Germany
8/07/2013 AJZ – Bielefeld, Germany
8/08/2013 Underground – Köln, Germany
8/09/2013 Ieperfest – Ieper, Belgium

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TRAIL OF TEARS: Norwegian Goth Act’s 7th Album Nears North American Release

May 20th, 2013

Following its recent European release, Oscillation, the grand seventh studio full-length from Norwegian Gothic/dark metal masters TRAIL OF TEARS, is set for North American release via Massacre Records on June 11th.

After experimenting under the moniker Natt for several years, TRAIL OF TEARS was officially born in 1997, immediately took root in the European circuit and has infiltrated audiences internationally more and more with each album. Over a decade the band released six powerful full-length albums boasting their premier style of foreboding but beautiful melodic metal, the debut album released via DSFA Records, and the following five through Napalm Records. They’ve continued to tour heavily and steadily for their entire career thus far, not only spanning the European continent several times with Tristania, Sins Of Thy Beloved, Cradle Of Filth, Biohazard and others, but also two tours of Mexico and a full tour of Canada and the United States, not to mention the endless list of European festivals the band has performed at.

Having signed with Germany’s Massacre Records to handle the release of their newest album, the band began the writing process in 2011, and as with previous efforts, returned to Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France to once again record with Terje Refsnes. After a long and torturous recording session and a pristine mastering job by Mika Jussila at Finnvox (Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Children Of Bodom, Eternal Tears Of Sorrow), TRAIL OF TEARS now proudly unveils their most magnificent album to date, with the mighty hour-long masterpiece, Oscillate.

Listen to the album’s massive title track and view the cover artwork by Jan Yrlund of Darkgrove Design (Apocalyptica, Manowar, Legion Of The Damned, Korpiklaani, Impaled Nazarene, Stratovarius) HERE:


Oscillate Track Listing:
1. Waves Of Existence
2. Scream Out Loud
3. Crimson Leads On The Trail Of Tears
4. Oscillation
5. Path Of Destruction
6. Vultures Guard My Shadow
7. The Dawning
8. Room 306
9. Our Grave Philosophy
10. Lost In Life
11. Eradicate
12. Sleep Forever [bonus track]
13. Quick Fix Of Shame [bonus track]

TRAIL OF TEARS Lineup:
Ronny Thorsen – vocals
Cathrine Paulsen – vocals
Bjørn Erik Næss – guitars
Endre Moe – bass
Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow – drums

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LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH Announces North American Tour With Melechesh

May 20th, 2013

LA-based black metal legion, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH, are emerging for a North American tour this June. They will be supporting Melechesh alongside Vreid and Reign of Lies. The tour begins on June 16th in Los Angeles at The Joint and will wrap up on June 30th in Brooklyn.

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH’s “caustic yet otherworldly approach” (Decibel Magazine) has earned the band high praise from fans and critics worldwide with their most recent album, Baphometic Chaosium. Additionally, the band recently released their first ever music video for the title track. Directed by co-founder and lead vocalist, Autarch (aka metal illustrator, Farron Loathing), the project, which also marks Autarch’s directorial debut, is the result of a partnership between Farron Loathing and Mortichrome Films. It is described by its creator as “a psycho-dramatic interpretation of the Mass of Chaos and the invocation of Baphomet as performed by a collective of ritual performance artists.” Watch the video now at THIS LOCATION.

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH w/ Melechesh, Vreid, Reign of Lies:
6/16/2013 The Joint – Los Angeles, CA
6/17/2013 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
6/18/2013 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
6/19/2013 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
6/20/2013 TBA – Vancouver, BC
6/21/2013 Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB
6/22/2013 The Exchange – Regina, SK
6/23/2013 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB
6/24/2013 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
6/25/2013 Mojoe’s – Joliet, IL
6/27/2013 Wreck Room – Toronto, ON
6/28/2013 Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC
6/29/2013 Railroad Tavern – Keene, NH
6/30/2013 Europa – New York, NY
w/ Valdur
07/01/2013 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
07/03/2013 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
07/05/2013 Joe’s Grotto – Phoenix, AZ
07/06/2013 Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV

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DRUNK DAD: New Brew From Portland Sludge Squad On Tap At Pitchfork

May 20th, 2013

As Portland’s bastardized brew crew DRUNK DAD prepares to belt the public right in the mouth with their Morbid Reality 12” via Eolian Empire on June 11th, today the enablers over at Pitchfork want you to start off the week with a total bender, cracking open a new track from the EP.

Bail early, drink on the job or do whatever you gotta’ do, but be prepared to pay DRUNK DAD the “Scum Fee” RIGHT HERE.

The band recently spilled “S.O.U.” from Eolian’s massive KEEP OUR HEADS comp available HERE.

If they weren’t such dirty fuckers they’d be one of the town’s shining success stories of unrelenting hard work and dedication: in a surprisingly short time DRUNK DAD went from favorite-band-shirts-on-their-hearts-on-their-sleeves to a unique and dynamic fusion of the heavy, the noisy, and the aggro, with a healthy dose of high drama, as they consistently churn out some of the most devastating live sets Portland has seen in years. Complex but in-your-face arrangements, push-pull duel-guitar interplay, searing behind-the-head leads, heavy motherfucking bass, and hard-hitting, tight, technical traps with dynamic, disturbing vocals to hold it all together evolves to ethical scumbaggery at its finest. Their first vinyl release, Morbid Reality merges off-kilter sludge/noise the Pacific Northwest perpetuates so well into a drugged-out but aggro vibe; elements of scathing crust-ish degenerate punk brutality are cold-filtered with slow-motion acerbic sludge basslines and noxious riffage with a post-Melvins experimental vibe.

DRUNK DAD is currently getting their shit together for a July tour with local brethren Big Black Cloud, and in the meantime plan on meandering around Pacific Northwest dive bars, with several June gigs locked and more shows coming together.

DRUNK DAD June Pub Crawl:
6/07/2013 Ash Street Saloon – Portland, OR w/ Rohit, Diesto, Redneck
6/21/2013 Victory Lounge – Seattle, WA w/ Terminal Fuzz Terror, Same Sex Dictator
6/22/2013 East End – Portland, OR w/ R.I.P., Terminal Fuzz Terror

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AMON AMARTH: Three-Part Mini Documentary Trailer Revealed

May 20th, 2013

Today melodic death metal legion AMON AMARTH reveals a trailer for their forthcoming mini documentary which can be viewed at http://www.metalblade.com/amonamarth . Fittingly titled Forging Mjölnir, the short film will appear as a three-part series with each official segment slated to premiere via the band’s microsite at http://deceiver.amonamarth.com.

The Forging Mjölnir documentary comes in anticipation of AMON AMARTH’s ninth studio offering, Deceiver of the Gods. Recorded at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, UK, and produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (Opeth, Megadeth, Exodus, Arch Enemy, Killswitch Engage), the follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed 2011 Surtur Rising full-length delivers ten fiery battle hymns made of buzzsaw riffs and epic harmonies all driven by vocalist Johan Hegg’s commanding Viking roar and absorbing accounts of Norse crusades and treachery. Deceiver of the Gods comes adorned with another outstanding Tom Thiel-created cover portraying a mythical battle between the Norse Gods Loki and Thor. As an added bonus, Messiah Marcolin (Candlemass) makes an appearance as guest vocalist on eighth track, “Hel.”

View the black and white Forging Mjölnir trailer where the band discusses their earliest musical influences, as well as a stream of opening title track and first single, “Deceiver of the Gods” and special preorder info at this location: http://www.metalblade.com/amonamarth.

Deceiver of the Gods will be released in North America via Metal Blade Records June 25th, in Europe June 21st/24th and Japan on June 26th.

Following a run of European festival dates next month, AMON AMARTH will be opening the mainstage of this year’s edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest set to commence June 29 in San Bernardino. See confirmed dates below.

AMON AMARTH Summer 2013 European Festival Tour:
6/01/2013 Forta Rock Festival – Nijmegen, NL
6/06/2013 Sweden Rock Festival – Solvesborg, SE
6/07/2013 Rock Am Ring – Nurburgring, DE
6/08/2013 Sonisphere – Sonisphere, FR
6/09/2013 Rock Im Park – Nurenberg, DE
6/11/2013 MeetFactory – Prauge, CZ
6/12/2013 Eter Club – Wroclaw, PL
6/14/2013 Copenhell – Copenhagen, DK
6/15/2013 Noval Rock – Nickelsdorf, AT
6/16/2013 Download Festival – Donington, UK
6/21/2013 Nummirock – Nummijarvi, FI

AMON AMARTH
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest 2013
6/29/2013 San Manuel Amphitheater – San Bernardino, CA
6/30/2013 Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA
7/02/2013 Idaho Center Amphitheatre – Nampa, ID
7/03/2013 White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA
7/05/2013 Desert Sky Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ
7/06/2013 Isleta Amphitheatre – Albuquerque, NM
7/07/2013 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre – Englewood, CO
7/09/2013 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI w/ Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy, Battlecross, Huntress
7/10/2013 Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON
7/12/2013 First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA
7/13/2013 Toyota Pavilion – Scranton, PA
7/14/2013 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center – Darien Center, NY
7/16/2013 Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA
7/17/2013 Bangor Waterfront – Bangor, ME
7/19/2013 Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ
7/20/2013 Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga Springs, NY
7/21/2013 The Comcast Theatre – Hartford, CT
7/23/2013 PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
7/24/2013 Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA
7/26/2013 Klipsch Music Center – Noblesville, IN
7/27/2013 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park, IL
7/28/2013 DTE Energy Music Theatre – Clarkston, MI
7/29/2013 Expo Five – Louisville, KY w/ Children of Bodom, Behemoth, Emmure, Motionless In White, Born of Osiris, Job for a Cowboy, Battlecross, Huntress
7/30/2013 Lakewood Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA
7/31/2013 Live Nation Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL
8/02/2013 Austin 360 Amphitheatre – Austin, TX
8/03/2013 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – The Woodlands, TX
8/04/2013 Gexa Energy Pavilion – Dallas, TX
8/05/2013 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre – Kansas City, MO w/ Rob Zombie, Machine Head, Children Of Bodom
8/07/2013 Pop’s – Sauget, IL w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/08/2013 Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/09/2013 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH w/ Children of Bodom, Battlecross, Huntress
8/11/2013 Heavy MTL Festival – Montreal, QC

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GEHENNA: Legal Issues Force Nihilistic Sect To Cancel Tour With Integrity & Full Of Hell

May 20th, 2013

Nihilistic West Coast instigators GEHENNA has been forced to postpone touring for the time being due to legal issues, forcing the legion to drop from their upcoming assault with Integrity and Full Of Hell set to begin next week.

A brief collective statement from the band reads: “Due to pressing legal matters GEHENNA will be canceling their entire U.S. tour. Once things are cleared up the tour will be rebooked. Until then check out the fully remastered and re-packaged limited edition reissue of their long out of print and critically acclaimed debut album Negotium Perambulans In Tenebris.”

Writhing with thirteen hatesoaked anthems in under eighteen minutes, GEHENNA’s infamous and long out-of-print debut full-length Negotium Perambulans In Tenebris — initially released in 2000 behind a long line of singles, EPs and various releases — was recently reissued via A389 Records (LP) and Magic Bullet Records (CD) with a bonus track and updated/original artwork.

Unleash Negotium Perambulans In Tenebris in its timeless unrest RIGHT HERE.

Formed on the West Coast in 1993, GEHENNA quickly became a name synonymous with violence, hatred and fear. Merging elements of death, black and thrash metal, adding the unrelenting barbarism of hardcore with the “fuck off” attitude of classic punk rock, GEHENNA instantly stood out in extreme music scenes for creating their unique sound and style while living nomadic lives of crime. To protect the identity of the members of the band, who were constantly in legal trouble, the band chose to perform in pitch dark rooms and forgo ever placing the traditional band line up list or photos on releases. This also kept the band shrouded in mystery, their lyrical content ranging from warfare and drug addiction to anti-establishment and anti-religious themes. Members of the faction have also been in bands such as Bludgeon, Sangraal, M.F.T.S., Witch-Lord, Discreet Doll Band, Devil, Penetration Panthers, Witch-Cat, Lesser Key, Parallel Hells and many more. All of those bands as well as GEHENNA have been independent and will continue to stay independent.

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EARSPLIT PR – Roundup From The Compound: May 20, 2013

May 20th, 2013

AUTHOR & PUNISHER: New Track Premiere Hosted By Stereogum – Propagated by iconic sound manipulator/engineer/former robotics major Tristan Shone, AUTHOR & PUNISHER relentlessly challenges the traditional principals of doom, industrial and heavy bass music. Shone paints traumatic portraits of sonic contortion through mechanical use, abuse and maniacal decomposition. [More…]

AMON AMARTH: Live Video Of “Cry Of The Black Birds” From 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival Posted – Check out the live video of “Cry Of The Black Birds” from AMON AMARTH’s performance at 2012’s Summer Breeze Festival in Germany! [More…]

EARTHLING: Debut LP Streaming Via Terrorizer; Midwestern U.S. Invasion Begins – A furious and infectious maelstrom of doom-infused thrash mastery, Dark Path — the blazing debut LP from Harrisonburg, Virginia-based EARTHLING — is out now on Forcefield Records. [More…]

EIGHT BELLS Issues Post-Tour Statement – Trance-inducing sound contortionists EIGHT BELLS recently wrapped up a short run of live ceremonies alongside Salt Lake City sludge collective SubRosa. The eclectic trio made their way through Seattle, Vancouver, Spokane, Boise, Salt Lake City, Oakland and San Francisco, dousing listeners with their ethereal hymns of jammy, majestic panic. [More…]

I KLATUS: Full 2xLP Streaming Alongside Track-By-Track Breakdown – The sprawling Kether, the sophomore full-length from the unique, depraved Chicago trio known as I KLATUS, is out now digitally as well as via an extremely limited one-time pressing direct from the band. [More…]

HOWL: An In-Depth Look At Ryan Begley’s Cover Art Hosted By No Clean Singing – If you’ve yet to truly investigate HOWL’s Bloodlines cover art, you’re missing out. A stunning, goretorn blood feast of skulls, bones, impalements, hungry wolves, plotting vultures, nooses and sexy side boob, Bloodlines was created by Ryan Begley (Pelican, Kvlertak, All Pigs Must Die, Cave In, etc.) and visually captures the metallic, lead-footed brutality of the music contained within. [More…]

DAMNATION ANGELS: Debut From UK Symphonic Metal Quintet Out Now In North America – The debut full-length from Doncaster, England-based DAMNATION ANGELS is out now on Germany’s Massacre Records. [More…]

ČERNÁ: Domestic Genocide To Unleash Restoring Life Later This Month – Underground soul crushers Domestic Genocide are pleased to unveil their latest release of sonic exploration in the form of Restoring Life, the debut full-length from instrumental, post-blackened solo project ČERNÁ. [More…]

ZOLLE Reaps Debut LP; Peruse The Duo’s Harvest At Altsounds – Blazing out of the backwoods of Lodi, Italy, the ZOLLE duo this week harvest their belligerently unhinged self-titled, debut full-length of rural rampage! [More…]

KROMOSOM Nuclear Reich 2013 U.S. Tour Begins This Week – Melbourne, Australia-based KROMOSOM is en-route to invade the U.S. once again, as their Nuclear Reich 2013 tour commences this week. [More…]

CALL OF THE VOID: New Video Premiere At MetalSucks – Today MetalSucks wants to reposition your facial features with a video premiere of “Bottom Feeder” by Denver deviants CALL OF THE VOID. Directed and edited by Frank Huang the tune comes from the band’s recently dispersed Dragged Down A Dead End Path full-length and adds a flow of blinding hues to their menacing brand of confrontational audio hate. [More…]

EXTINCTION PROTOCOL Releases “As Life Turns To Ash” Via Lambgoat – Erie, Pennsylvania-based EXTINCTION PROTOCOL will release their debut album Aeonic Obliteration via NYC-based D.I.Y. label P2, and while the album was initially slated to see release this week, a manufacturing debacle held things up just a bit, making the new street date May 28th. To tide fans over in the meantime, EXTINCTION PROTOCOL give up another brutal new track to the masses this week. [More…]

LEFT FOR DEAD: Reunited Faction Confirms Upcoming Shows And First New Material In Nearly 20 Years – Recently reunited hardcore faction LEFT FOR DEAD, having last year played their first show in many years, has not only confirmed more upcoming live appearances, but will also be releasing new material for the first time in nearly two decades. [More…]

CLEANTEETH: Crush Your Teeth Trek Ongoing; Tour Promo Available Online – Brooklyn’s savage underworld collective CLEANTEETH is still out pummeling rockers abroad on the remaining dates of their 2013 Crush Your Teeth Tour. While the act’s debut LP Pushing Rope is pending release via Dullest Records in the coming weeks, from the road the band directly released a 2013 tour promo featuring several tracks from the upcoming album to help fund their fuel and brews intake for the remainder of the tour. [More…]

SIX REASONS TO KILL: New Album From German Metalcore Kings Out Now On Massacre Records – Following its massive European release in late March, We Are Ghosts — the fifth full-length from reigning German metalcore quintet SIX REASONS TO KILL — now hits North American shores via Massacre Records. [More…]

STEVE VON TILL: Debut Solo Album To See First-Ever Vinyl Pressing – As the out-of-print debut solo album from Neurosis’ STEVE VON TILL, As The Crow Flies, sees a long-awaited re-release this month, Neurot Recordings proudly confirms the seminal album’s first-ever vinyl edition. [More…]

DEMON LUNG: Pitchfork Premieres New Track From Forthcoming Album – Pitchfork.com has premiered “Heathen Child,” from DEMON LUNG’s forthcoming full-length debut. It’s the second song released from The Hundredth Name set for release via Candlelight Records on June 4. The conceptual album was produced by Billy Anderson (Neurosis, The Melvins, Sleep) and features artwork by English illustrator Tom Bates (Vision of Disorder, Amorphis). [More…]

COFFINS: First Carnage From Relapse Debut Issued Via “The Vacant Pale Vessel” Lyric Video – The first whiff of The Fleshland, the fourth LP from Tokyo-based graverobbers, COFFINS, is permeating the air today, as the label has exhumed the first single from the album. Constructed for the massive more than six-and-a-half minute “The Vacant Pale Vessel,” the lyric video animates the gorestrewn cover illustration of The Fleshland as executed by the gruesome hands of Chris Moyen (Morbosidad, Black Witchery, Incantation, Blasphemy, etc.), as he has so morbidly done with all of COFFINS previous albums as well. [More…]

HAVOK Announces Headlining Tour – Denver thrashers HAVOK today announce their first headlining tour of North America. Dates are set to commence July 22 and will see the band journey through the southern states, travelling up the eastern seaboard before making their debut performance at Montreal’s annual Heavy MTL festival on August 11. The tour will be in support of their forthcoming new album, Unnatural Selection, set for release June 25. [More…]

SECRETS OF THE SKY: Oakland Prog-Doom Act Signs With Kolony Records – Italy’s Kolony Records has just added Oakland, California-based progressive doom metal sextet SECRETS OF THE SKY to the label’s ever-expanding roster. [More…]

ÅRABROT/RABBITS Split Streaming At Invisible Oranges; Sixth ARABROT Album To See Release Via Fysisk Format - Oregon’s RABBITS and Norway’s ÅRABROT continue to co-pummel audiences across Europe on their ongoing brutal trek, touring in support of their new split 7” release, available now via Tiger (Europe) and Eolian Empire (USA). To spread the vile news, today Invisible Oranges is streaming the noisemangled split release, RIGHT HERE. [More…]

ACROSS TUNDRAS To Release New LP On Band’s Own Label – Following their lauded Sage album, released in 2011 by Neurot Recordings, the new LP from Nashville trio ACROSS TUNDRAS is set for harvest on the band’s newly founded D.I.Y. label. [More…]

GRIMUS: Exclusive Song Premiere From NJ Death Metal Deviants At Lambgoat.com – The knee-breakers at Lambgoat.com today hurl forth a bit of pre-weekend audio animosity with an exclusive track premiere of “Without Master” from New Jersey death metal deviants, GRIMUS. The song comes by way of the band’s previously announced forthcoming full-length debut, Omnicide. [More…]

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GRIMUS: Exclusive Song Premiere From NJ Death Metal Deviants At Lambgoat.com

May 17th, 2013

The knee-breakers at Lambgoat.com today hurl forth a bit of pre-weekend audio animosity with an exclusive track premiere of “Without Master” from New Jersey death metal deviants, GRIMUS. The song comes by way of the band’s previously announced forthcoming full-length debut, Omnicide.

Lyrically centered around mankind’s killer instinct and violent purpose in life, “Without Master” sets the album’s mood with 3:45 minutes of chronic, blasting hatred. Elaborates guitarist Michael Munoz: “‘Without Master ‘incorporates fast, albeit simple and catchy riffs, while keeping the song as fluid as possible. It was written for the sole purpose of opening the album.”

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With its members hailing from a plethora of extreme metal acts past and present including Iberian black metal outfit Windfaerer, Metal Blade tech/death act Allegaeon and others, GRIMUS unite in their mutual discontent with the human race. Omnicide, a term literally meaning the killing of everything, is a testament to man’s inherent, bloodthirsty nature and audacity to alter his surroundings, through efficient forms of destruction. Paradoxically, mankind is willfully committing suicide in its attempt to become a godlike creator. This album is a soundtrack to the decimation of all that is known, “the age of none.”

A thirty-six minute onslaught of blasting and grooving barbarity, Omnicide was tracked and mixed by guitarist Marco Bobadilla at Crimson Recording and mastered by Alan Douches (Cannibal Corpse, Beneath the Massacre, Job For A Cowboy etc.) at West West Side Music. GRIMUS will self-release Omnicide on June 25 2013.

The band will be bring their ruckus to their home turf next month with additional live performances to be announced in the coming weeks. Save yourself!

GRIMUS Live:
6/22/2013 E&A Entertainment & Hall – Elizabeth, NJ

GRIMUS is vocalist Bryan Martinez, guitarist Marco Bobadilla, guitarist Michael Munoz, bassist Michael Goncalves, and drummer JP Andrade.

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ACROSS TUNDRAS To Release New LP On Band’s Own Label

May 17th, 2013

Following their lauded Sage album, released in 2011 by Neurot Recordings, the new LP from Nashville trio ACROSS TUNDRAS is set for harvest on the band’s newly founded D.I.Y. label.

On the new LP Electric Relics, ACROSS TUNDRAS take their ever-expanding style of modern Americana further into the same westerly direction they’ve been traversing for the past few years, organically fusing their swells of post-doom into Spaghetti Western soundtracks and meandering blues/rock jam sessions. A wide variety of sounds seamlessly mingle throughout the slow motion base founding guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tanner Olson, percussionist Casey Perry and bassist/vocalist Mikey Allred (Hellbender) lay down, Allred also contributing pianos/organs, synthesizers, mellotron, trombone and more, and his brother Joey (Hellbender) contributing guest slide guitar and vocals. Additionally, Perry hand constructed the scale model landscape for the cover art, with Olson handling the graphic design and layout. ACROSS TUNDRAS recorded Electric Relics at their expansive Ramble Hill Farm in February, and is releasing it on their own label of the same name, making it a fully self-managed D.I.Y. release.

As the band states: “Electric Relics is our humble offering placed at the crossroads of past, present, and future tense. Age-old energies and three phase electric power intersect to reveal hidden truths of bygone times, modern mysticisms, and sound the alarm for uncertain days to come. We walk through this shadowy land in search of a spark to light the fire and illuminate the depths of consciousness.”

Electric Relics is available for free/name-your-price download now via Bandcamp, where orders for the deluxe vinyl edition — being pressed on 180-gram virgin vinyl and bearing gatefold jackets — can also be placed. Stream and pick up the album HERE.

In support of the album, ACROSS TUNDRAS are hooking up with their cohorts in Hellbender for a Western U.S. tour, kicking off with a hometown show on June 6th and winding out through the West Coast and back through the Midwestern states.

ACROSS TUNDRAS Western USA Tour w/ Hellbender:
6/06/2013 The Groove – Nashville, TN
6/07/2013 3 Angels – Memphis, TN w/ Tanks
6/08/2013 The Conservatory – Oklahoma, City, OK w/ We the Undead
6/09/2013 Synchro Studios – Albuquerque, NM w/ Shiva
6/10/2013 The District – Tucson, AZ w/ Psygoat
6/11/2013 Palo Verde – Phoenix, AZ w/ Sorxe
6/12/2013 Five Star Bar – Los Angeles, CA w/ The Withers, Arms of Tripoli
6/13/2013 Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA w/ Name
6/14/2013 Casa Da Chaos – Sacramento, CA
6/15/2013 Herb Stomp – Portland, OR w/ Rolling Through the Universe, Hungers
6/16/2013 Highline – Seattle, WA w/ Lightning Kills Eagle, Scriptures
6/17/2013 Tiny Tavern – Eugene, OR w/ Rivers of Mercury, Opossum Head
6/18/2013 TBA/HELP – Northern CA
6/19/2013 Jub Jubs – Reno, NV
6/20/2013 Bar Deluxe – Salt Lake City, UT w/ Before the Eyewall, Dwellers
6/21/2013 TBA/HELP – Denver, CO
6/22/2013 The Lulu House – Wichita, KS w/ Serpent Overlord

Electric Relics Track Listing:
1. Pining for the Gravel Roads
2. Den of Poison Snakes
3. Kiln of the First Flame
4. Driftless Caravan
5. Seasick Serenade
6. Castaway
7. Solar Ark
8. Unfortunate Son

ACROSS TUNDRAS:
Tanner Olson – guitars, vocals, drones, lyrics
Casey Perry – drums, percussion
Mikey Allred – bass, vocals, piano, organ, synthesizers, mellotron, trombone
Joey Allred – slide guitar on “Solar Ark”, vocals on “Unfortunate Son”

http://www.acrosstundras.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACROSS-TUNDRAS/67862323857
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ÅRABROT/RABBITS Split Streaming At Invisible Oranges; Sixth ARABROT Album To See Release Via Fysisk Format

May 17th, 2013

Oregon’s RABBITS and Norway’s ÅRABROT continue to co-pummel audiences across Europe on their ongoing brutal trek, touring in support of their new split 7” release, available now via Tiger (Europe) and Eolian Empire (USA). To spread the vile news, today Invisible Oranges is streaming the noisemangled split release, RIGHT HERE.

On the raging split release, Norway’s ever-morphing ÅRABROT meets Portland’s sludge-punk kings RABBITS, as if twins separated at birth with a psychic connection that spans a continent and ocean, both acts have mired themselves in the most base elements of rock and rebuilt these primitive pieces into music of violent, raw beauty. ÅRABROT’s “Blood On Bunny” (no dig at their split partners, they swear) is part industrial, part noise-rock, part sludge and all disturbing, while RABBITS’s “Yr In Luck” shifts between swinging, rolling, droning versus to grinding choruses, interspersed and ending with a pummeling dirge; like two fucked-up sides of the same shitty coin. The split will be pressed on mega-heavy 70-gram wax — a split release with Rabbits’ label Eolian Empire and Arabrot’s Norwegian label Fysisk Format.

“Blood On Bunny,” Fysisk Format confirms, is the first single from the pending self-titled LP from ÅRABROT, the act’s massive sixth full-length to date. The label will release more info on Årabrot in the coming weeks, while the band takes to the road with Black Cobra and Bison B.C. on a rampage through France, UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Austria.

ÅRABROT/RABBITS European Tour [REMAINING DATES]:
5/17/2013 Obluda – Bratislava, Slovakia
5/18/2013 Boro – Brno, Czech Republic
5/19/2013 007 – Praha, Czech Republic
5/20/2013 no club – Budweiss, Czech Republic
5/21/2013 TBA – Germany
5/22/2013 Magasin 4 – Brussels, Belgium

ÅRABROT European Tour w/ Black Cobra, Bison B.C.:
5/31/2013 Glazart – Paris, France
6/01/2013 Saint des Seins – Toulouse, France
6/02/2013 TBA – France
6/03/2013 Borderline – London, UK
6/04/2013 TBA – UK
6/05/2013 Ivory Blacks – Glasgow, UK
6/06/2013 Exchange – Bristol, UK
6/07/2013 Patronaat – Haarlem, Netherlands
6/08/2013 Magasin 4 – Bruxelles, Belgium
6/09/2013 Festsaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany
6/10/2013 Bastard Club – Osnabrück, Germany
6/11/2013 Chemiefabrik – Dresden, Germany
6/12/2013 Juha West – Stuttgart, Germany
6/13/2013 L’Usine – Geneve, Switzerland
6/14/2013 Les caves du Manoir – Martigny, Switzerland
6/15/2013 Freakout Club – Bologna, Italy
6/16/2013 Lo-Fi Club – Milano, Italy
6/17/2013 Arena – Wien, Austria
6/18/2013 Feierwerk – München, Germany
6/19/2013 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, Germany
6/20/2013 L’Entrepôt – Arlon, Belgium
6/21/2013 Hellfest – Clisson, France

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