Archive for December, 2009

Album of the day: Cable – The Failed Convict

Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Cable - The Failed Convict

Lovingly pichced from Lambgoat:  Although there has been some life in the Cable camp over the last few years — the release of the retrospective Last Call, brief spurts of live shows, and the re-release of their first full-length — the Connecticut group still appeared to be relatively dormant for the past four or so years. But with a move to The End records and the recording of The Failed Convict, the year of renewed activity from an alliterated string of turn-of-the-century favorites continues to gain momentum. Coalesce, Cave In, and Cable are all operational again. These are wonderful times indeed.

With roughly a dozen members over the years and a discography that succeeded across a wide range of heavy genres, it was tough to pinpoint exactly where Cable was planning to head with the new release. In the end, it’s a staggering, burly beast of a rock record that touches on all of the places that they’ve been, but still tests the waters of a few different songwriting directions.

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Baroness: Pro-Shot Footage Of Austin Concert Available

Posted on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Roxwel.com has uploaded professionally filmed video footage of Baroness‘ December 7, 2009 performance at Emo’s in Austin, Texas. The 35-minute clip can be viewed below: Baroness  recently concluded its U.S. headlining tour in support of  Blue Record. The band will head to Europe in the start of 2010 for another ...read more

Album of the day: Bong – Gilgamesh Lives

Posted on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Lovingly stolen from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records: The last missive from these drugged out UK doomlords, the criminally way-too-limited double cd-r Bethmoora, disappeared before most folks could grab one. Rumors of a repress have been going around, and we’ll of course grab as many as we can get when and ...read more

Album of the day: Egypt – Egypt

Posted on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Rare are the times in my life where the phrase, “Fuck yeah, Dire Straits!” has crossed my lips. In fact, I can only think of one instance, and that was the first time I heard the uber-fuzz guitar tone on ‘Dirty Witch’, the third of ...read more

Album of the day: Bergraven – Till Makabert Väsen

Posted on Monday, December 28th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Cerebral Metalhead: Those with a predilection for pigeonholing oughta be pretty upset with the new Bergraven album. There aren’t convenient tags to affix to music this rambling and overgrown. While Till Makabert Väsen (Swedish for “The Macabre Essence”) is primarily the product of one man, Sweden’s Pär ...read more

Album of the day: Woods – Songs of Shame

Posted on Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Pitchfork: Like many Woodsist Records alums– the NYC-based label has also recently issued records by Vivian Girls, Wavves, Crystal Stilts, and Sic Alps– Woods have spent much of their time together quickly earning respect and fans in underground rock circles. Unlike those previously mentioned groups, however, they’ve ...read more

Album of the day: Siena Root – Different Realities

Posted on Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: I just popped on Different Realities, the latest and fourth full-length from Swedish analog experimentalists Siena Root (on Transubstans, if you’re curious), and not only does it rock a good deal, but the concept of the record is pretty cool as well. There are 10 ...read more

Album of the day: Klabautamann – Merkur

Posted on Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from The Rock Blogger:  Klabautamann’s Merkur is a highly stylized piece of black metal that boasts lush instrumentation and long. winding interludes. Between walls of distorted tremolo riffing flow gentle and clean arpeggios, blending melodious textures with icy aggression. The versatile guitar work is guided by subtle percussive ...read more

Album of the day: Circulus – Thought Becomes Reality

Posted on Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Strangeglue: Circulus’ excellent new album arrives via the new model of fan support: advance orders and special “appear in the artwork” tickets to fund the recording and promotion. It’s a concept album, perhaps their best record yet, delivering a very clear and likely divisive document of exuberant ...read more

Negura Bunget: New Album Track Listing Revealed

Posted on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Negura Bunget — the Romanian band that incorporates elements of black metal, progressive metal, folk metal and dark ambient — has finished recording its new album, Vîrstele Pamîntului (English translation: The Ages of the Land/Earth). Due in late March via Code666 Records as a special limited-edition handmade woodbox, roped and ...read more