Archive for August, 2010
The Roadburn Guide to Hole in the Sky 2010, August 24 – 28, Bergen, Norway
Posted on Thursday, August 19th, 2010
We are ready to immerse ourselves in the best that this year’s Hole in The Sky Festival, set for August 24 – 28, Bergen, Norway, has to offer. What about you?
URFAUST- Wednesday, August 25th (20:00)
Urfaust is an aural vessel of occult madness, adding touches of avant-garde and ambient to their black metal induced rituals, which sets them apart from their peers.
GRAVE MIASMA- Wednesday, August 25th (20:55)
Spearheading a New Wave of British Death Metal, Grave Miasma, formerly known as Goat Molestor, are definitely the most morbid of the bunch. Their Exalted Emanation EP gained them a fierce cult reputation, and the band’s sludgy and downtuned DM will bring nothing but total devastation to Hole in the Sky. We’re ready.
ASTROSONIQ - Thursday, August 26th (20:00)
Pairing elephantine riffs with orgone accumulators, space funk and even avant-metal, Holland’s Astrosoniq have carved a niche of their own. Riding out on some deliciously nasty grooves, Astrosoniq offer some of the best post-psyche power trips around.
ANGEL WITCH – Thursday, August 26th (23:00)
Casting their spell again, Angel Witch’s nostalgia trip is a very good one, harkening back to simpler times when NWOBHM was a musical force driven by sheer enthusiasm for the cause and not some overused label. Plus, who can resist an old-fashioned crowd sing-along? Go on, it’s good for you. Wait ‘til the chorus of Angel Witch kicks in: You’re an angel witch, Yoooooou’re an ANGEL WITCH!
SOLSTAFIR – Friday, August 27th (18:55)
Originally a Black / Viking Metal type of band, Iceland’s Sólstafir evolved to combine the best of psychedelica, doom and postrock into an epic sound of their own. The release of Köld catapulted the band into the spotlight of metal connoisseurs the world over.
THE DEVIL’S BLOOD – Friday, August 27th (20:00)
Listening to the fantastic occult horror rock sounds of Holland’s very own The Devil’s Blood makes you realize that the psychedelic era (i.e. the late 60s / early 70s) was as much about Roky Erikson, Anthony LaVey and The Manson Family as it was about free love, mind-altering substances and flipped out hippies.
CATHEDRAL – Friday, August 27th (22:45)
Celebrating their 20th anniversary, doom stalwarts Cathedral have never sounded better than on their latest album, The Guessing Game, which could easily be mistaken for a long-lost, progressive rock gem from the early 70s. Released on the Vertigo (Swirl) label, of course!
VENOM – Friday, August 27th (00:45)
Bergen, Norway: Welcome to Hell. In League With Satan. Buried Alive. Black Metal.
Even without Mantas and Abbadon in the band, Cronos’ Venom delivers all of the band’s stone(d) cold iconic songs with power and conviction. This is classic rock, Hole in the Sky style!
TRIPTYKON – Saturday, August 28th (20:00)
Tom Gabriel Warrior’s triumphant return. Picking up where Celtic Frost’s Monotheist left off, Triptykon‘s debut Eparistera Daimones is a bleak, deeply personal affair, and easily the best metal album of the year.
AUTOPSY – Saturday, August 28th (00:55)
One of the most revered bands in the entire history of death metal, the recently resurrected Autopsy will play their first ever gig in Norway. This is the perfect opportunity to witness death metal as it was meant to be: downtuned doomy riffs paired with stomach-churning lyrics.
For tickets, please click HERE.
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Sunn O))) To Curate Roadburn Festival 2011
Posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Roadburn festival is thrilled to unveil the curator for the 2011 edition of Roadburn: Sunn O))). The band, to be specific Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley, has agreed to curate our festival on Friday, April 15th, 2011 and host a special event. As curator, Sunn O))) will personally select the ...read more
Voivod Live in Helmond, Holland: Catching Trains and Missing Sequences by Leslie Hadlock
Posted on Monday, August 16th, 2010
Friday, 13 August 2010: Snake’s theory was that the date had something to do with Blacky’s bass breaking down during ‘Experiment,’ quickly followed by Dan’s guitar malfunctioning during the same song. Band and crowd took the temporary breakdown in stride. It didn’t matter and besides, it was nothing compared to ...read more
Austin Metal Music Examiner: The 10 Most Expensive Black Metal Albums
Posted on Friday, August 6th, 2010
Lovingly pinched from Austin Metal Music Examiner: Hessians the world over pride themselves in buying stacks of CDs and LPs at a time. We think nothing of blowing hundreds of dollars in a single visit to our favorite record stores or online distros. It’s expensive enough to keep up with ...read more
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