Archive for June, 2011

Album of the day: Lavagoat – S/T

Posted on Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: Canada. There must be something in the water there that makes for such awesome metal bands…possibly beaver pee, I’m not sure. Whatever it is, I hope they keep on adding more and more of it to the water supply, because that way we’ll keep getting bands like Lavagoat.

Lavagoat, a name that conjures up some pretty cool images, well for ME anyway, and a name that suits these four hirsute Canucks right down to the ground – blisteringly hot and EVIL. Coming on like some kind of genetic experimentation-spawned hybrid of High On Fire, Electric Wizard (when they were still, y’know, GOOD) and the more rockin’ side of Mastodon, these boys swagger and glower their way through forty-five minutes of prime-grade, white-hot METAL with aplomb.

‘Puritan’ lulls you into thinking ‘Meh, generic Stoner Doom’ upon opening with a movie sample, low-key bass and an Electric Wizard knock-off riff… BUT, once the ‘Matt-Pike-impersonating-Tom-G-Warrior’ vocals come in and the song picks up a bit more you’ll start to realise that this is actually AWESOME. Nodding along at a comfortable clip, some seriously tasty bass-fills, and a killer all-around tone soon make their presence felt, and when they break into a chugger, and you hear the word ‘Satan’, you’ll KNOW this is awesome. Throw in some sick guitar harmonies and death grunt-style exhalations and, well, that’s ME well and truly won over.

‘Old Man And The Sea’ starts off REAL strong, with a strummed acoustic intro riff that kicks in with a Mastodon / NWOBHM / Mercyful Fate feel, and some pummelling double-bass drumming. The vocals here are way harsher, kinda like Dave Edwards from Neurosis maybe, but it still sounds TASTY AS HELL. I’m particularly enamoured of the proggy bit that reminds me of later Death material that pops up three-quarters of the way through. Yessir, a real stormer.

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Kink X-Rated Roadburn Radio: 8pm to 11pm CET (Get Ready For The Broadcast of Church of Misery’s Main Stage Performance at Roadburn 2010)

Posted on Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Here is our playlist for this week’s Roadburn Radio on Kink X-Rated. Tune in from 8pm to 11pm CET (2pm EST / 11am PST) and listen to the latest sounds from the underground and the bands that inspire us as we work on next year’s Roadburn festival. And get ready ...read more

Album of the day: Øresund Space Collective – Live at Roadburn 2010 (2LP)

Posted on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Sea of Tranquility: Space rock specialists Øresund Space Collective‘s latest release has the band performing at the Roadburn Festival on April 15th, 2010 at the Bat Cave, Tilburg, Holland. For those of you unfamiliar with the European band, they play a brand of freely improvised space  /psychedelic ...read more

Stereogum: Haunting The Chapel’s Top 26 Metal Albums Of 2011 So Far

Posted on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

“Before the quibbling starts: I didn’t include YOB’s Atma because it isn’t out until August. It would be way up there. I’ve also been listening to Dragged Into Sunlight’s Hatred For Mankind quite a bit, but since it has an original release date of ’09 before Prosthetic’s 2011 reissue, I ...read more

Album of the day: The Oscillation – Veils

Posted on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Praise for The Oscillation‘s Veils from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Yay! Out of the blue, here’s a new one from The Oscillation. The Oscillation? You might remember, a few years back (2008) we raved about this UK band’s debut album Out Of Phase, an import on the DC Recordings label. ...read more

Scion Metal Zine Volume 2 Featuring Scott Kelly, Wino and Enslaved Among Others

Posted on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Inside the third edition of the Scion Metal Zine, the mag get in-depth with Florida death metal pioneers Obituary and Morbid Angel, explore the bond between legends / tourmates Wino and Scott Kelly, gather some answers from the mysterious Dispirit, learn about Enslaved’s Norwegian lineage, and much more. Click magazine ...read more

Album of the day: Necro Deathmort – Music of Bleak Origin

Posted on Monday, June 27th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Buzzin Music: Necro Deathmort return with a second album Newcastle’s finest label, Distraction Records. Music of Bleak Origin is released on July 4th 2011. The CD release comes in a heavy duty plastic sleeve containing a double-sided 18-panel poster on woodfree stock by Dominic Hailstone, the man ...read more

Monday Song: Hawkwind – Levitation

Posted on Monday, June 27th, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going! Studio filmed promo video for Hawkwind‘s 1980 album Levitation, filmed in August at the Roundhouse Studios in Chalk Fam, London.

Swans Live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011 Available for Streaming

Posted on Monday, June 27th, 2011

WFMU are curently streaming SWANS live at Primavera Sound May 28th, 2011. Two songs. Twenty-seven minutes of SWANS at their very best. Thanks self-titled mag for the soundcloud.

Original Trouble Members Eric Wagner, Jeff Olson, and Sean McAllister Jam: Video Footage Available

Posted on Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Original Trouble members Eric Wagner, Jeff Olson, and Sean McAllister jam for the first time since 1984. Victim Of The Insane. Recorded at The Days Of The Doom Festival on June 18, 2011. Watch the fan-filmed video footage below: