Archive for August, 2009

Album of the day: Keelhaul – Triumphant Return to Obscurity

Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Hellbound: Perhaps because their last release, Subject to Change Without Notice was released six years ago, coupled with the music industry’s short-term memory loss – not really anyone’s fault, as a plethora of albums are released every week – the understated brilliance of the Cleveland, Ohio quartet has largely gone unnoticed.
On the other hand, Keelhaul is not known for making user-friendly music, and perhaps the aptly titled Keelhaul’s Triumphant Return to Obscurity (out August 18th on Hydra Head Records) signifies that.

Keelhaul - Triumphantly Return To Obscurity

I’m not going to front – besides listening to a couple of tracks from previous albums, this was the first album of theirs I listened to front to back. But recently I had the great fortune of seeing them play in Brooklyn (a.k.a Hipster Hell) and their live performance – this is going to sound like an odd description of a band that consists of four thirty-something, very average dudes – was electrifying and refreshingly different.

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Monday Song: Masters of Reality – Blue Garden

Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going!

Masters of Reality will be playing the 013 venue, Tilburg — Holland, Oct 2nd.

Album of the day: Gnaw Their Tongues – All The Dread Magnificence Of Perversity

Posted on Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Lovingly stolen from our dear friends at Aquarius Records / San Francisco:  We’re running out of superlatives, not to mention overly poetic descriptions of filth and blackness and depravity, to describe this one man cinematic black doom noise outfit.
But with every record, Mories (Gnaw Their Tongues), the man behind the ...read more

Naam: a taste of full-length LP available for streaming

Posted on Saturday, August 29th, 2009

A new Naam track, ‘Skyling Slip’ is available at this location (courtesy of BrooklynVegan). ‘Skyling Slip’ comes off the Brooklyn, New York  group’s self-titled debut album, which is scheduled for release on October 20 via TeePee Records.
According to BrooklynVegan, “Naam has gigged quite a bit around New York, logging dates ...read more

Baroness: another new song available for streaming

Posted on Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Baroness has posted a second preview track, ‘A Horse Called Golgotha’, from their highly anticipated new album Blue Record at their MySpace page. ‘A Horse Called Golgotha’ can be streamed along with Blue Record’s intro track, ‘Bullhead’s Psalm’, and its successor, ‘The Sweetest Curse’.
Blue Record, the follow-up to 2007’s Red ...read more

Candlemass’ first 25th Anniversary show at Roadburn 2010; performing Epicus Doomicus Metallicus in its entirety for the very first time

Posted on Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Roadburn is very pleased to report that Swedish doom metal legends Candlemass have been confirmed for Roadburn 2010.
Celebrating their 25th Anniversary, Candlemass will play a very special, 2 hrs set on Saturday, April 17th. Opening at 16.00hrs, Candlemass will perform their classic album, “Epicus Doomicus Metallicus” in its entirety with Johan ...read more

Album of the day: The Bakerton Group – El Rojo

Posted on Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Ultimate -Guitar.com: Expanding on the sound they created originally developed 10 years ago, The Bakerton Group is back to deliver a solid set of experimental, bluesy, and somewhat spacey instrumentals.
Guitarists Tim Sult and Neil Fallon, bassist Dan Maines, and drummer Jean-Paul Gaster’s latest album El Rojo once ...read more

Fu Manchu to release Signs Of Infinite Power in October

Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009

Californian rockers Fu Manchu will release their tenth studio album, Signs Of Infinite Power, on October 19 in Europe and one day later in the U.S. via Century Media Records.
Commented guitarist / vocalist Scott Hill: “[The new CD] turned out very fuzzy and heavy!!! A few faster, tweaked songs are ...read more

Album of the day: Litmus – Aurora

Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk:  They’re based in the UK, but there’s really no telling where planet-hopping space rockers Litmus might end up in or out of this feebly-armed galaxy by the end of their third album, Aurora, and where they might take you likewise.
Their second album on Rise Above ...read more

Taint announce tour and new EP: full live set from Roadburn 2008 included

Posted on Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from our dear friends at Terrorizer: Terrorizer favourites and Welsh sludgemeisters Taint are heading out on the road with ex-Capricorns crew Alabaster Suns in October, and to coincide will be releasing a brand new EP,  All Bees To The Sea, which includes 4 brand new songs, on limited ...read more