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NOISEM: Baltimore Thrashers To Join Decibel Magazine Tour; Converse X Decibel Collaboration Video Posted

Tuesday, December 10th, 2013

Baltimore thrash metal puritans, NOISEM, have been touring regionally across North America all year — most recently assaulting the US and Canada with Skeletonwitch and The Black Dahlia Murder for an entire month this Fall — all in support of their Agony Defined debut, which A389 Recordings fired into the public in June.

Just announced last week was the confirmed lineup and routing for the upcoming third Decibel Magazine Tour, which will see NOISEM directly supporting The Black Dahlia Murder, Gorguts and Carcass for three weeks across North America from March 18th through April 13th, 2014. When asked to comment on the band’s invite to take part in the brutal cross-country venture with such acts, NOISEM guitarist Sebastian Phillips keeps his thoughts on the tour perfectly succinct: “Dream come true. Period.” More details on the tour including ticket info can be found HERE.

At virtually the same time the tour was announced, Decibel Magazine released their newest issue which listed NOISEM’s bludgeoning debut LP, Agony Defined, as the #9 album of 2013, stating of the album: “Leave it to a group of teenagers from Baltimore to blow the cobwebs off of thrash metal and shake the genre at its very foundation… The wellspring of catchy riffs is seemingly endless on Agony Defined; no band employed the wammy bar better in 2013.”

NOISEM will rip through Richmond, Virginia supporting Pig Destroyer later this month, and in mid-January will take part in day two of the A389 X Bash in Baltimore, Maryland alongside Integrity, All Out War, Bloodlet, Weekend Nachos, Power Trip, Pick Your Side, Homewrecker, Empire Of Rats and more.

At a recent studio session the newest Converse X Decibel Collaboration installment was filmed with the NOISEM crew. Watch the bros shred; DO IT HERE.

NOISEM Tour Dates:
12/20/2013 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA w/ Pig Destroyer, Occultist, Street Pizza
1/18/2014 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD @ A389 X Bash

Decibel Magazine Tour 2014
w/ Carcass, Gorguts, The Black Dahlia Murder, Noisem:
3/18/2014 The Beachum Theater – Orlando, FL
3/19/2014 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
3/21/2014 Prophet Bar – Dallas, TX
3/22/2014 Mohawk – Austin, TX
3/24/2014 The Press Room – Phoenix, AZ
3/25/2014 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
3/26/2014 The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
3/28/2014 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
3/29/2014 Showbox Market – Seattle, WA
3/30/2014 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
4/02/2014 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
4/04/2014 Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
4/05/2014 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL
4/06/2014 Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
4/07/2014 Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
4/08/2014 Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
4/09/2014 Metropolis – Montreal, QC
4/10/2014 Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
4/11/2014 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY
4/12/2014 Trocadero Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
4/13/2014 The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD


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SUNN O))) & ULVER: The Story Of Their Collaboration Revealed; First Audio Sample Unveiled

Tuesday, December 10th, 2013

With words from the creators themselves, the story of how the impending collaborative Terrestrials LP from SUNN O))) and ULVER was conceptualized and created has been dispatched to the public, in addition to the first auditory indication of the material the album presents.

Oslo, Norway, August 10th, 2008. Following their 200th gig, playing before 2000 people at the Øya festival, SUNN O))) teamed up with Norwegian legends ULVER at their Oslo studio, Crystal Canyon. They recorded three “live in improvisation” pieces, starting that evening and ending at dawn, as Northern sunlight seeped in through the windows.

“We were sitting in the console room, early in the morning, listening to the takes. Someone said, ‘ah, sunrise over Crystal Canyon,’ as if the night had been a dark one. We all laughed and Greg proposed it as a title. In that setting it sounded perfect. The boys had mentioned wanting the music to orient towards the light, like some lost pilgrim stretching before the sun. We kept that mental picture for the processing.” – Kristoffer Rygg

That take became the album’s opening piece, “Let There Be Light,” which builds up from silence and darkness and proceeds – ceremoniously, coruscating – O’Malley and O’Sullivan creating the backdrop for Rygg’s Basso Profondo chants. The music unfolds over eight minutes before reaching a crescendo of bass and brass, introducing both Anderson and ULVER as we know them. The Sunn has risen.

“Western Horn” accelerates on a single and austere note of sustained bass and low end, evolving gradually into a haunted soundscape. Crying violins, clusters of Fender Rhodes, guitar pickups, and metal plate drones are gradually layered beneath Anderson’s augmented bass feedback.

“Eternal Return” introduces Rygg singing a lyric evoking ancient Greece, Egypt and the Biblical lands. The song is palindromic, echoing the lyric, beginning and ending with the same bass line and musical pattern, though the guitars are ultimately reversed as the song implodes upon itself.

After the session, ULVER spent a fortnight enhancing the dynamics of the original recordings, adding their own distinctive sheen to the mix, while never losing sight of the SUNN O))) gestaltqualität and remaining careful not to become caught up in studio stratagems.

O’Malley would join ULVER once in a blue moon to develop and sculpt the production more closely with Rygg — overseeing additional recordings of trumpet, viola and violin and attempting to illuminate, and preserve, the unique atmosphere of the collaboration. Over the course of several of these short visits, now some years since the original recording session took place, things slowly and steadily grew to become Terrestrials.

“I remember the vibe in the room back then was more rāga than it was rock. And despite the fact that the walls were literally shaking from volume, it was actually quite a blissed out, psychedelic session. I wanted to preserve that vibe in the final mix.” – Stephen O’Malley

And while Pandit Shankar (may he rest in peace) was not physically present, his spirit loomed large, perhaps together with a few nameless Persian ghosts attracted by the boys’ mutual appreciation for composers like Conrad, Riley, Glass, Alice Coltrane and Shivkumar Sharma.

“You know that opening sequence of Koyaanisqatsi, where the desolate desert landscapes, waves and cloud formations roll over the screen accompanied by deep male chanting and organ ostinatos. That’s where we were.” – Daniel O’Sullivan

So: serene, vociferous, and visually charged stuff. Supreme sounds of synergy from two seminal forces – and friends. Remember to play loud.

In advance of Terrestrials’ street date, now confirmed as February 4th, 2014 in North America, an excerpt of Terrestrials’ immense third composition, “Eternal Return,” is now playing AT THIS LOCATION.

Terrestrials Track Listing:
1. Let There Be Light
2. Western Horn
3. Eternal Return

Additional information and samples from the Terrestrials experiment will be available in the coming weeks prior to the album’s release.

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EL DRUGSTORE: MetalSucks Drops Single From NJ Instrumental/Prog Mutants’ Debut Full-Length

Monday, December 9th, 2013

As New Jersey’s mutant trio of the progressive metal scene, EL DRUGSTORE, prepares to sail their Plague Ship debut full-length, the first bait traps have been set with the release of the album’s maiden single.

Now streaming at MetalSucks, the sixth of the ten riff-torpedos loaded into Plague Ship’s cannons is a prime example of the deranged but dexterous and over-amplified, instrumental professionally-imbalanced craftsmanship these three deckhands mop the place up with. In just over four-and-a-half minutes on the pummeling “The Natives Are Getting Useless,” EL DRUGSTORE unloads more metallic commotion in this solitary anthem than many so-called progressive practitioners perform all year, the album a vast three year-long writing and pre-production process. The cover art for the band’s kinky new voyage forged by the hand of Jolil Ula from Vacant Eye Photography and the roster of deranged sea shanties on board this diseased vessel have also been released from the cargo bay.

Get seasick but keep your chum overboard as “The Natives Are Getting Useless” courtesy of MetalSucks RIGHT HERE.

EL DRUGSTORE’s virgin romp on full-length turf, Plague Ship will see release on Nefarious Industries — their jown conjoined independent label founded with their cohorts in A Fucking Elephant in 2011 — will see digital release on the last day of the year, December 31st, with a physical pressing to follow.

Devised by the corrupted intellect of guitarist Kevin Conway (ex-East of the Wall), drummer Seth Rheam (East of the Wall) and bassist Rolando Alvarado, Keyport, New Jersey-based EL DRUGSTORE has been discharging their mangled, aggro-technical metallic racket since 2008. The band’s debut recording, a split full-length with cohorts A Fucking Elephant, marked the inauguration of their conjoined independent label, Nefarious Industries in 2011. But the swagger of their jacked-up anti-capella songcraft is at full-mast with their debut full-length, Plague Ship, bearing over forty-five minutes of EL DRUGSTORE’s belligerent, bombast. On the dizzying array of head-scratching jam-outs, amplification runs rampant, propelling the massive array of effect/pedal-laden spazz-riffery through the pummeling percussive whiplash without a whiff of spitty breath to be found. Plague Ship was tracked at parts unknown by the band and their cohort Chris Alfano (East of the Wall, Argonauts), and mixed and mastered by Kevin Antreassian at Backroom Studios.

Plague Ship Track Listing:
1. Tell Them I Said Something
2. Hipster Tits
3. Enthusiastic Corruption of the Public Good
4. Fascinating Underpants
5. By What Ill-Begotten Means Have You Procured This Meat?
6. The Natives Are Getting Useless
7. Tokyo Assault
8. Wheel of Sadness
9. Pandemonium in the Bronx
10. Steakback

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EARSPLIT PR: Roundup From The Compound – December 9, 2013

Monday, December 9th, 2013

AUTHOR & PUNISHER Announces January Live Actions Supporting Philip H. Anselmo And The Illegals – Following a mega successful run of live takeovers last summer supporting Philip H. Anselmo And The Illegals, AUTHOR & PUNISHER sound manipulator, Tristan Shone, is pleased to pack up his steel and unite with Anselmo and company for another mutinous round of sonic abrasions. [More…]

J.J. Hrubovcak’s Death Metal Christmas Continues To Raise Holiday Spirits; New Track Streaming At Decibel Magazine – On November 29th, Hate Eternal bass wizard J.J. Hrubovcak released Death Metal Christmas – Hellish Renditions Of Christmas Classics upon riotous Black Friday shoppers in an effort to rekindle the true holiday spirit. [More…]

SOREPTION: Swedish Death Metal Horde To Unleash Engineering The Void – Sundsvall, Sweden-based technical death metal horde, SOREPTION, is pleased to announce February 18, 2014 as the official worldwide release date of their forthcoming new full-length, Engineering The Void. [More…]

SELIM LEMOUCHI & HIS ENEMIES: Full Album Streaming At Revolver – In celebration of its official release via Ván Records, today Revolver brings you Earth Air Spirit Water Fire, from SELIM LEMOUCHI & HIS ENEMIS in its entirety! [More…]

THE LION’S DAUGHTER: New Track From St. Louis Doom Metal Night Stalkers Now Playing At Decibel – Following the recent unveiling of their latest long player, A Black Sea, St. Louis doom metal night stalkers, THE LION’S DAUGHTER, spew forth “Gods Much More Terrible.” [More…]

PERSEKUTOR: New 7” From Transylvanian Black Metal Bandits Streaming At Cvlt Nation – Power Frost, the corrupted new anthems from Târgu Mures, Transylvania-based duo, PERSEKUTOR, is now available via Magic Bullet Records. [More…]

KRISTIAN HARTING Delivers Diverse Electronic & Acoustic Trips On Exile On Mainstream Debut; New Song Released – Exile On Mainstream Records has been responsible for putting out a wide variety of releases over the years, and more recently their catalog couldn’t be more eclectic, from the psychedelic doom of Obelyskkh and the math-rock/sludge of Beehoover to the glacial compositions of A Whisper In the Noise and the celestial drone of Darsombra, to name a few. [More…]

IMMORTAL BIRD: Blackened Death Thrash Conjurors Drop Debut EP Today; Akrasia Streaming In Full Courtesy Of Decibel Magazine – In conjunction with its official street date, today the Deciblog gatekeepers are streaming Akrasia, the debut EP from Chicago blackened death thrash conjurors, IMMORTAL BIRD, in its entirety! [More…]

STUNTMAN: French Hardcore Noisegrinders Set New LP For January Release “Bag Of Dicks” Now Playing At American Aftermath – From Sète, situated on the southern shorelines of France, a brutalizing outfit known as STUNTMAN thrives. [More…]

ILSA Releases New Video From Out-Of-Print LP Set For Reissue; New LP Confirmed – Our nation’s capitol’s most noxious henchmen, ILSA, have delivered a new video for “120 Days.” [More…]

ANETTE OLZON: Former Nightwish Frontwoman To Release First Solo Album Next Year Via Armoury Records – It is with great pleasure that Armoury Records, in conjunction with earMUSIC, welcomes ANETTE OLZON to their expanding roster of powerful frontwomen. [More…]

CORRECTIONS HOUSE: Nihilistic Collective Announces Stateside Takeovers; March Through Europe Underway – Having just begun their march through Europe, today the CORRECTIONS HOUSE legion — Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Sanford Parker (Minsk) and their minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury – announce a short run of Stateside takeovers to usher in 2014. [More…]

OOZEPUS: Coffins-Offshoot Confirms Liaison With Domestic Genocide – Domestic Genocide has signed a pact with Tokyo-based, OOZEPUS, welcoming the trio to their ever-morphing society of auditory sickness. [More…]

Candlelight Records December 2013 News Update – Candlelight Records will release Candlelight Legion II via all digital outlets January 6/7. [More…]

INDIAN: Blackened Doom Deviants Unleash New Psalm Of Suffering – Hoping to lurch you into a full-blown, noise-strewn, holiday sound orgy, today Chicago blackened doom deviants, INDIAN, offer up a taste of their soon-to-be detonated From All Purity full-length. [More…]

RABBITS: New Video Currently Trashing Everything Via Brooklyn Vegan – RABBITS once again run rampant with another raunchy ramble in rejection, releasing a rabid reel of audiovisual rage ripped from their rehash record, SOS (Singles, Other Shit). [More…]

EXHUMED: New Canticle From Upcoming Split With Iron Reagan Now Polluting The Airwaves At MetalSucks – In honor of their upcoming combo assault with hardcore thrash miscreants, Iron Reagan, today the gorelords in EXHUMED expel a new canticle of chaos in the form of “Gravewalker.” [More…]

COP PROBLEM: Northeastern Mini-Tour This Weekend; New 7-Inch Due In February – Following a week-and-a-half November tour through the Midwest, COP PROBLEM will this week pack the van back up for a Northeastern mini-tour. [More…]

YAUTJA: Lambgoat Hosts First Single From Upcoming Debut – Nashville’s grinding blastcore trio, YAUTJA, has released the first single hailing from their looming debut LP, Songs Of Descent. [More…]

STONEBURNER: Portland Sludge Metallers Join The Neurot Recordings Family – The Neurot Recordings family is pleased to welcome the audio devastation that is Portland’s STONEBURNER to their expanding roster of forward-thinking music. [More…]

POWER TRIP  To Storm Denver Black Sky and A389 X Bash – While their debut LP, Manifest Decimation, raids the 2013 year-end list parade, and following their massive North American tour with Terror, Code Orange Kids and more, Texas crossover squad, POWER TRIP… [More…]

THE KENNEDY VEIL: In-Studio Drum Footage Posted At SickDrummer – Next month, Sacramento death metal militia, THE KENNEDY VEIL, will drop their Trinity Of Falsehood long player upon the planet. [More…]

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ANAGNORISIS – AUTHOR & PUNISHER – BL’AST – BLACKOUT – CALL OF THE VOID -CHTHONIC – COP PROBLEM – CORRECTIONS HOUSE – DRUGS OF FAITH – EXHUMED – EYEHATEGOD – FEAR FACTORY – HAVOK – GNAW – IRON REAGAN – MAMMOTH GRINDER – NEUROSIS – NOISEM – OMNIUM GATHERUM – ORANGE GOBLIN – POWER TRIP – PSALM ZERO – RABBITS – SAMOTHRACE – SEX PRISIONER – SKELETONWITCH – SKINLESS – TIDAL ARMS – TOXIC HOLOCAUST – WARTORN

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STONEBURNER: Portland Sludge Metallers Join The Neurot Recordings Family

Friday, December 6th, 2013

The Neurot Recordings family is pleased to welcome the audio devastation that is Portland’s STONEBURNER to their expanding roster of forward-thinking music.

Featuring four members with a compelling musical ancestry that winds through Buried At Sea, Buried Blood, Heathen Shrine and more, STONEBURNER – named after a subterranean weapon from the novel Dune — spews forth a groin-churning orchestration of crust-strewn, hypnotic, sludge metal, their torrid odes glazed with pain and distress. The band will unleash the follow-up to their 2012 debut full-length Sickness Will Pass, which The Sludgelord fittingly crowned “an ugly, visceral and truly terrifying beast of an album,” via Neurot Recordings this Spring. Titled Life Drawing, the offering promises to take their sonic crush to entirely new levels of heaviness.

Notes the STONEBURNER collective on their union with Neurot: “We’ve been working on the material for this album for a long time now and couldn’t feel better about how it’s come together. We’re humbled and honored that Neurot have asked to be involved. Since the band formed we’ve always done our best to work with people we respect and know personally, signing to Neurot is an extension of that…another step in combining our personal and musical lives and bringing it all full circle.”

STONEBURNER was spawned in early 2008 though the bands’ familial roots reach back two decades. To describe STONEBURNER’s music one need only look to the list of bands with whom they’ve shared the stage: Yob, Sleep, Eyehategod, Neurosis, Buzzov-en, Weedeater, Saint Vitus, Watain, Tragedy, Noothgrush, Graves At Sea, Lord Dying, Drop Dead, Whitehorse, Wind Hand, Bastard Noise and so on.

For STONEBURNER, it’s all about domination through amplification and soul-cleansing catharsis.

STONEBURNER personnel:
Elijah Boland – guitar
Jason Depew – guitar
Damon Kelly – bass/vocals
Jesse McKinnon drums/vocals

Further STONEBURNER intel, including Life Drawing release date and track listing, to be announced in the coming weeks.

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KRISTIAN HARTING Delivers Diverse Electronic & Acoustic Trips On Exile On Mainstream Debut; New Song Released

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

Exile On Mainstream Records has been responsible for putting out a wide variety of releases over the years, and more recently their catalog couldn’t be more eclectic, from the psychedelic doom of Obelyskkh and the math-rock/sludge of Beehoover to the glacial compositions of A Whisper In the Noise and the celestial drone of Darsombra, to name a few. The label also released the powerful collaborative work of Wino and Conny Ochs, and of course their respective solo albums. In 2014, Exile On Mainstream will venture into other new sonic territories indeed.

Inspired by sufi-music, mali-blues, Western low-fi pop and avant-garde, Danish-born KRISTIAN HARTING composes songs using his guitar, voice, circuit-bending and effects, pushing to create sounds that are gritty and noisy yet beautiful, culminating in diverse electronic and acoustic trips. He positions his attitude and practice as “a spiritual journey as well as a physical one.” HARTING continues to embellish, “It is my way of communicating freely and truthfully and articulate the ever-changing waves of confusion, emotions, ideas, people, power and surroundings, that is my life.”

On March 4th, Exile On Mainstream will proudly release KRISTIAN HARTING’s profoundly personal debut solo album, Float, which channels this into a genre-bending form, exorcising the demons he had to battle in his most recent past. In a very personal approach, the title refers to what he describes as survival-strategy in a period of his life characterized by an extreme personal, emotional and financial turmoil, so chaotic and exhausting that it almost devastated him: “I had to be like water. Just float. Not think, not try to organize nor control the chaos, the perpetual beats to my chest and slaps in my face. I had to be like water or I would break. Just float around and away. Not crack like a rock or blow out like a fire. It was a spiritual journey. A test.”

Listen to the first preview of this captivating debut album with “Feathered Ghosts” RIGHT HERE.

The work on Float was a free harbor, where HARTING could unload the harvest from a furious sea by creating, playing and arranging each part on his own – writing, producing, recording, mixing – finding his own true place. By listening to the intimate recording you can feel the tensions inside its creator, grabbing, shaping and channeling true emotions into music – an archaic approach but representing what KRISTIAN believes music is made for. Whilst these songs come from a chaotic, dark and desperate place, for Kristian, they remain full of hope and love…“My wish is that anyone listening to them will feel this too.”…he sums up the attitude behind the release. Exile On Mainstream urges you to give this music a listen and find yourself drawn into one of the most emotional and challenging albums the label has ever put out, opening a new world, even for them. Label owner Andreas Kohl remarks “The ever-changing wish to explore new territories, geographically and musically brought us here and we are truly celebrating one of the finest moments in the label’s history with bringing you this album. Enjoy.”

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EARSPLIT PR: Roundup From The Compound – December 2, 2013

Monday, December 2nd, 2013

CANNABIS CORPSE Sparks-Up With A Track From Split With GHOUL At Cvlt Nation – Get ready to fire one up to the soothing torrent of “Shatter Their Bongs,” packing a bong-bastic surge of lung-blackening auditory intoxication from red-eyed riffmanglers, CANNABIS CORPSE. [More…]

VALDUR: Sierra Mountains Blackened Death Cultists Spew Forth New Track – Sierra Mountains blackened death cultists, VALDUR, are pleased to disclose another new paean of perversion from their impending new long player, At War With, via Clt Nation. [More…]

THE KENNEDY VEIL: Sacramento Death Squad Premieres New Track Via Metal Underground – Sacramento, California modern death metal juggernaut, THE KENNEDY VEIL, has united with Metal Underground to premiere a brand new track entitled “In The Ashes Of Humanity.” [More…]

NAPALM CHRIST: Little Rock Underlords Sign With A389 Recordings – A389 Recordings proclaims their new liaison with Arkansas-based underlords, NAPALM CHRIST. [More…]

USURPRESS / BENT SEA Split Release Now Streaming At Stereokiller – Stereokiller is remorselessly decimating anything with an internet connection via a full stream of the entire split release between USURPRESS and BENT SEA, out next week via Selfmadegod Records. [More…]

INTEGRITY: Systems Overload A2/Orr+ Mix Now Playing At Invisible Oranges – On Black Friday, November 29th, Magic Bullet Records unleashed the official CD version of the A2/Orr+ Mix of INTEGRITY’s iconic Systems Overload LP. [More…]

YOUTH FORGOTTEN: Collective Of Cleveland Metal/Hardcore Scene Veterans Prepares To Release Debut Full-Length – Based out of Cleveland, Ohio, with a wide base of roots feeding deep into their city’s underbelly, the members of YOUTH FORGOTTEN culminate in this new outfit with a unified sense of keeping the movement alive with the utmost urgency. [More…]

BEASTMILK: Entire New LP Streaming At Revolver; Climax To See Release On Black Friday – Finnish dark post-punk troupe, BEASTMILK, is streaming their entire highly anticipated new LP, Climax, at Revolver. [More…]

CULTED: Blackened Doom Merchants Reveal Album Details; Trailer + Preorders Available – Blackened doom merchants, CULTED, are pleased to unveil the details of their second full-length album and first release in over four years, Oblique To All Paths. [More…]

GODHUNTER: Debut LP Nearing Winter Release; GODHUNTER/ANAKIM Split 7” Now Available, Streaming – Following a steady surplus of independently-disbursed EPs and split releases since their 2009 origin, Tucson-based sludge thugs, GODHUNTER, unload a new split 7” with local crew, ANAKIM, as a prelude to their impending debut LP. [More…]

NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL: First Wave Of Bands For 2014 Installment Posted – Worcester, Massachusetts-based concert promotions company, MassConcerts, is proud to, once again, host the annual NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL in April 2014. [More…]

CLOUDS: Atmospheric Doom Misanthropes Join The Domestic Genocide Roster; Portion Of Album Proceeds To Be Donated To Romanian Childrens Aid – Atmospheric doom misanthropes, CLOUDS, are pleased to join forces with Domestic Genocide Records for the release of their forthcoming debut album, Doliu. [More…]

MUTOID MAN: Debut LP Unleashed At Lambgoat - An ultra-amplified rock and roll juggernaut, the infectious new act, MUTOID MAN, was formed by guitarist/vocalist Stephen Brodsky of Cave In and drummer Ben Koller of Converge, joined now by bassist Nick Cageao. [More…]

ANAGNORISIS Announces Vinyl Version Of Acclaimed Sophomore Album - Louisville, Kentucky black metal horde, ANAGNORISIS, will re-unleash their acclaimed new album, Beyond All Light, adding multiple colors of vinyl to the list of formats already available. [More…]

BL’AST!: Resurrected Hardcore Outfit Announces Live Lineup; Band’s First Shows In Over Fifteen Years Confirmed – Following announcements over recent months proclaiming the release of Blood! — the newly-released but vintage recordings from iconic ‘80s Santa Cruz surf/skate/hardcore act, BL’AST! – the band now confirms their current live lineup which will take over stages in the coming weeks and onward for the first time in over a decade and a half! [More…]

Hate Eternal Bassist Reveals Another New Tune From Forthcoming Christmas Album; Holiday Collection Out Now! – Hate Eternal bass sorcerer J.J. Hrubovcak recently unveiled the details of his Death Metal Christmas – Hellish Renditions Of Christmas Classics creation. [More…]

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AGRIMONIA- ANAGNORISIS – AUTHOR & PUNISHER – BL’AST – BLACKOUT – CALL OF THE VOID -CHTHONIC – COP PROBLEM – CORRECTIONS HOUSE – DRUGS OF FAITH – EXHUMED -EYEHATEGOD – FEAR FACTORY – GNAW – IRON REAGAN – MAMMOTH GRINDER – NEUROSIS – NOISEM – POWER TRIP – PSALM ZERO – RABBITS – SAMOTHRACE – SELIM LEMOUCHI & HIS ENEMIES – SEX PRISIONER – SKELETONWITCH – SKINLESS – TIDAL ARMS – TOAD -TOXIC HOLOCAUST – ULCERATE – WARTORN – YUATJA

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BL’AST!: Resurrected Hardcore Outfit Announces Live Lineup; Band’s First Shows In Over Fifteen Years Confirmed

Wednesday, November 27th, 2013

Following announcements over recent months proclaiming the release of Blood! — the newly-released but vintage recordings from iconic ‘80s Santa Cruz surf/skate/hardcore act, BL’AST! – the band now confirms their current live lineup which will take over stages in the coming weeks and onward for the first time in over a decade and a half!

Original BL’AST! alumni, vocalist Clifford Dinsmore (also of Dusted Angel, Gargantula) and guitarist Mike Neider have recruited Nick Oliveri (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Mondo Generator) on bass and drummer Hoss Wright (The Exies, Mondo Generator) to flesh out the brand new 2013 live lineup. Having bashed out a solid set behind closed doors in random sessions in Los Angeles and Santa Cruz over recent months, BL’AST! is ready to rage once again! The band has already been confirmed to supply support to the mighty Neurosis alongside YOB on two California shows at the end of the year; December 28th in Santa Ana, also with Helen Money, and December 29th in San Francisco, also joined by The Body. Another show is coming together in LA in mid-January with more shows to be announced shortly.

Stated Clifford Dinsmore on the band’s newly re-ignited status: “The upcoming Neurosis shows really have us feeling the fire, and preparation has been intense! Nick and Hoss are really stepping up to the plate. This new lineup is vital in the continuation of BL’AST! and the addition of new blood makes it even more bombastic and heavy.”

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12/28/2013 The Observatory Orange County – Santa Ana, CA w/ Neurosis, YOB, Helen Money [info]
12/29/2013 The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA w/ Neurosis, YOB, The Body [info]
1/18/2014 The Vex – Los Angeles, CA

Now available worldwide via Southern Lord is Blood!, the vintage mid-80s BL’AST! recordings resurrected by Dave Grohl, mixed at his 606 Studios on the legendary Neve console as featured in the Grohl-produced documentary Sound City. Additionally, the recordings were from a rare lineup in the band’s lineage, being the only recordings ever made while short-lived second guitarist William Duvall (Neon Christ, currently the vocalist for Alice In Chains) was a part of the BL’AST! family. Formed in 1982, BL’AST! released their debut album, The Power of Expression in 1985, scorching audiences everywhere with their unique and innovative, technical and boundary-free style of raging hardcore punk. This caught the attention of SST Records who released the band’s second album, It’s In My Blood, in 1987, as well as their third LP, Take The Manic Ride in 1989. BL’AST!’s wide-eyed, ambitious approach and intense perseverance became an influence for many bands to come.

Check out video interviews on the rebirth of the recordings at Noisey AT THIS LOCATION and stream  Blood! alongside an in-depth feature including Dinsmore, Grohl, ex-guitarist/current Alice in Chains vocalist William Duvall and more RIGHT HERE.

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INTEGRITY: Systems Overload A2/Orr+ Mix Now Playing At Invisible Oranges

Monday, November 25th, 2013

This Black Friday, November 29th, Magic Bullet Records will unleash the official CD version of the A2/Orr+ Mix of INTEGRITY’s iconic Systems Overload LP.

One of the most vicious and iconic albums in hardcore’s storied bloodline, Systems Overload was initially released by Victory Records in 1995, elevating INTEGRITY to a whole new level of international notoriety. Yet due to confused mixing sessions, the final product bore a more modern metallic hardcore sound than the band intended. In 2012, former INTEGRITY guitarist Aaron Melnick and current guitarist Robert Orr collaboratively took on a mission to bring forth the true vision of Systems Overload LP forth. Unearthing the initial masters from the extensive recording sessions, the guitarists from two different eras of the band pulled elements of alternate takes of the songs to a new level, incorporating new contributions from both Melnick and Orr with lost solos and divebombs. The new mix showcases a much more organic and haphazardly raw side of this timeless album, the dark, visionary brutality of the initial recording is retained, the release also including liner notes on the process of putting the album together.

Alongside exclusive interrogations of Aaron Melnick and INTEGRITY frontman Dwid Hellion, Invisible Oranges is hosting a stream of the entire Systems Overload A2/Orr+ Mix; check it all out RIGHT HERE.

On the weekend of January 17th and 18th, INTEGRITY’s iconic lineup from the early-mid ‘90s, including the Systems Overload album, reunites for the first time in twenty years for an exclusive one-time performance at the A389 X Bash in Baltimore, Maryland. This legendary event will take place alongside exclusive sets by Bloodlet, All Out War, Infest and Haymaker, as well as Empire Of Rats, Noisem, Full Of Hell and many others.

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EARSPLIT PR: Roundup From The Compound – November 25, 2013

Monday, November 25th, 2013

BAT: Members Of Municipal Waste, DRI And Volture Unite; New Primitive Age EP Streaming At Metal Injection – Tankcrimes Records is pleased to welcome BAT to their roster of audio decadence. An unholy union of Municipal Waste guitarist Ryan Waste on bass/vocals, former DRI drummer Felix Griffin and Volture guitarist Nick Poulos, the Virginia/Texas punk metal marauders invoke the spirits of Venom, Hellhammer, Motörhead and Discharge with their Primitive Age demo EP.  [More…]

EARSPLIT DISTRO Stock Transmission: 11/24/2013 – Earsplit has a generous stock of ENABLER’s new CD, Flies, as it’s out now on our new label, The Compound… [More…]

SUNN O))) & ULVER: Collaborative Work Entitled Terrestrials Due For February 2014 Release Via Southern Lord – SUNN O)))’s most recent studio album, 2009’s Monoliths and Dimensions, and ULVER’s 2013 album, Messe I.X-VI.X, found both evolving and longstanding groups venturing into the world of acoustic arrangement and contemporary orchestration. [More…]

TOXIC HOLOCAUST Unite With Exhumed For 2014 European Takeover + US Tour Underway; Limited Flexi Available With The January 2014 Issue Of Decibel – Portland punk metal day-ruiners, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, will team up with death metal gore tacticians/labelmates, Exhumed, for a venomous trek through Europe next year! [More…]

NOISEM Forced To Miss Several Dates Of Current Tour For Carnage Cleanup – The NOISEM boys accidentally smeared a deer in California over the weekend while trekking as part of the ongoing North American tour with Skeletonwitch and The Black Dahlia Murder, forcing them off the road to repair their ride and miss the last few shows. [More…]

PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT: Dutch Death Metal Miscreants To Release New Full-Length; Album Teaser Posted – Dutch death metal miscreants, PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT, will unleash their latest manifestation of audio wreckage this coming February. [More…]

COKEGOAT: New Track From Chicago Death/Doom Doers Currently Playing At Revolver – Chicago death/doom doers, COKEGOAT, have spewed forth a track from their recently ignited debut full-length, Vessel. [More…]

CORRECTIONS HOUSE: New Video Now Playing At MTV Hive – Today, the CORRECTIONS HOUSE militia — Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Sanford Parker (Minsk) and their minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury — are pleased to unveil the brand new video for “Bullets And Graves.” [More…]

YAUTJA: Debut LP From Nashville Brutalizers Confirmed For Release Via Forcefield Records – This week, Forcefield Records is beyond stoked to announce the impending release of the debut LP from gnarled grind/death act, YAUTJA. [More…]

LUMBAR: Debut LP From Aaron Edge, Mike Scheidt, Tad Doyle Project Streaming As Pitchfork Advance – Today, Pitchfork has unleashed an Advance feature streaming The First And Last Days Of Unwelcome, the debut LP from LUMBAR, the experiment implemented by Aaron Edge (Iamthethorn, Roareth, Rote Hexe, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth) and joined by Mike Scheidt (YOB, VHÖL) and Tad Doyle (Tad, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth). [More…]

WARTORN Embarks On Trek To No Thanks Fest – Having toured the Midwest and Western US with Raw Power, followed by a West Coast tour with Opposition Rising and MDC which included a set at this year’s The Power Of The Riff, WARTORN now today embarks on another mini-tour in support of their Southern Lord-released Iconic Nightmare full-length. [More…]

EAST OF THE WALL: Metal Injection Releases Band’s Official Video For “Obfuscator Dye” – New Jersey’s “post-everything” progressive powerhouse, EAST OF THE WALL, has today released another video from their brand new fourth album, Redaction Artifacts. [More…]

INDIAN: Blackened Doom Nihilists Reveal Album Details; Trailer Posted – Chicago’s favorite blackened doom nihilists, INDIAN, return with their long-awaited fifth full-length entitled From All Purity. [More…]

WARFATHER: First Single From Ex-Morbid Angel Frontman’s New Outfit Now Slaying At Decibel – As the eagerly-awaited debut recordings from ex-Morbid Angel frontman Steve Tucker’s newest death metal outfit, WARFATHER, are nearing release this Winter — collected on the faction’s war-ready full-length, Orchestrating The Apocalypse — the very first track from the band to be set loose upon the population is now slaying at Decibel Magazine. [More…]

DRUGS OF FAITH: New EP From NorVa Grind/Rock Act Streaming At Cvlt Nation – Northern Virginia-based squad, DRUGS OF FAITH, is preparing to unload their latest batch of audio attrition in the form of Architectural Failures, a brand new four-track EP set for release next week. [More…]

GNAW: Psychologically Abrasive Noise Assassins Announce Winter Rituals – GNAW, the ominous anti-design of Alan Dubin (Khanate, Old, O.L.D.), Carter Thornton (Enos Slaughter), Jun Mizumachi (Ike Yard), Brian Beatrice and Eric Neuser, is pleased to announce another batch of live ceremonies this Winter. [More…]

ASS TO MOUTH Signs With Selfmadegod Records; New Album Coming Early 2014 – Grindcore act, ASS TO MOUTH, based out of Wroclaw, Poland, has just signed a deal with Selfmadegod Records, the label now confirmed to release their second full length in February 2014. [More…]

SELIM LEMOUCHI & HIS ENEMIES: The Devil’s Blood Mastermind To Unleash New Sound Séance; Video Posted – The Devil’s Blood mastermind Selim Lemouchi, is pleased to enter a brand new chapter of sonic exploration with SELIM LEMOUCHI & HIS ENEMIES and their debut, Earth Air Spirit Water Fire. [More…]

NOOTHGRUSH/COFFINS: Split LP Stream Unleashed Via Noisey – What is undoubtedly one the most essential albums to hail from the doom/sludge metal underworld in some time is just days from release, as the split LP from NOOTHGRUSH and COFFINS is being prepared to deliver a quagmire of the most undiluted and bulldozing riff-and-battery escapades of the year. [More…]

EL DRUGSTORE: Mangled New Jersey Prog/Instrumental Trio Preps Debut Album For Release – Well, it took longer than expected, but the results are more disturbing than we’d anticipated. [More…]

TIDAL ARMS: New Album From New York Noise Rock Brigade Streaming In Its Entirety Courtesy Of Metal Injection – With its official worldwide release now less than a week away, today Metal Injection offers up a full stream of the self-titled new full-length from Brooklyn noise rock brigade, TIDAL ARMS. [More…]

SKELETONWITCH Announces Australian Takeover With Toxic Holocaust; Band Makes Couple’s Wedding Dreams Come True During Current U.S. Tour – In a continued quest toward planetary takeover, Ohio road demons, SKELETONWITCH, are pleased to announce their first-ever tour Down Under! [More…]

BLOODLET: A389 To Release Unearthed Recording From Florida Metalcore Pioneers – Following the recent proclamation that defunct metalcore pioneers, BLOODLET, will make a special one-time appearance — reuniting for the A389 X Bash in January — today, the label also proudly confirms two special pending releases from the band in 2014. [More…]

IMMORTAL BIRD: New Hymn From Chicago Blackened Death Thrash Trio Now Playing At Invisible Oranges; Preorders Available – With the official arrival of their debut EP, Akrasia, now less than two weeks away, Chicago blackened death thrash dealers, IMMORTAL BIRD, today offer up a taste of chaos with “Spitting Teeth.” [More…]

SIXTY WATT SHAMAN: Maryland Riff Rock Heroes Reunite For 2014 Live Actions Reissued And New Material Planned – Maryland’s SIXTY WATT SHAMAN rides again, as the act has risen from the ashes to make their return to the stage and studio in 2014. [More…]

TRUCKFIGHTERS: Swedish Fuzz Rockers Unleash Live Track From New EP – In celebration of the release The Chairman Special Edition EP from Swedish fuzz rock contingent, TRUCKFIGHTERS, today the gatekeepers at Blow the Scene offer up a stream of “Monte Gargano” alongside a killer photo set of the band demolishing Philadelphia last August courtesy of Useless Rebel Imaging. [More…]

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