Archive for June, 2011

Saint Vitus: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Posted on Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

US doom legends Saint Vitus demoed a new song, called Blessed Night at Temple Sound, Port Orchard Wa. 4/1/2011.  “Vitus set up, we got sounds, did 2 live takes, mixed and tore down in two hours”, says recording engineer T Dallas Reed.  A video of the demo-session can be viewed below.

Tags: Blessed Night, Dave Chandler, doom, saint vitus, T. Dallas Reed, wino
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Album of the day: Faces of Bayon – Heart of the Fire

Posted on Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Proffering doomed desolation with just an edge of riff worship and plenty of tonal brutality, Massachusetts trio Faces of Bayon leave a huge impression with their debut full-length, Heart of the Fire (Ragnarok Records). The Fitchburg outfit formed in 2008, recorded all of Heart of ...read more

Album of the day: Autopsy – Macabre Eternal

Posted on Monday, June 13th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from: OneMetal.com: Legends. I’d like to leave it there, frankly – if you know anything at all about death metal, you’re more than aware of how essential Autopsy are to the entire scene – but Phil won’t let me write reviews containing only one word, the bully. So, ...read more

Monday Song: Hank III – Long Hauls and Close Calls (Hellbilly version)

Posted on Monday, June 13th, 2011

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

Album of the day: Locrian / Horseback – New Dominions (12″)

Posted on Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Loving pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: I’m always personally excited to hear anything new from Locrian OR Horseback, so you can imagine how much I was looking forward to THIS. The avant-drone equivalent of a particularly stellar issue of ‘Marvel Team-Up’ from heavy hitters Locrian and one-man stealth unit Horseback ...read more

Album of the day: In Solitude – The World. The Flesh. The Devil.

Posted on Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Praise for In Solitude‘s The World. The Flesh. The Devil. from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Last time we highlighted the 2nd album from Mercyful Fate / King Diamond (and Satan) lovin’ Swedish true metallers, Portrait. Now this week we’ve got another sophomore album from ANOTHER Swedish heavy metal act on ...read more

Album of the day: Hank III – Hillbilly Joker

Posted on Friday, June 10th, 2011

Here’s a gem released earlier this year that we neglected to share with our beloved Roadburn readers. Please excuse the oversight! Blame it on festival fever… Lovingly pinched from Nashville Country Music | Examiner.com: Curb Records finally released the long awaited Hank III album, Hillbilly Joker. The album was submitted ...read more

Kink X-Rated Roadburn Radio: 8pm to 11pm CET (And From Our Vaults: Get Ready To Relive Brant Bjork at Roadburn 2010)

Posted on Thursday, June 9th, 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 from our ...read more

Power Of The Riff Festival (Saturday, August 13th, Los Angeles, CA) Takes Shape!

Posted on Thursday, June 9th, 2011

The Power Of The Riff Festival will be back this year and initial details have surfaced. The event will take place on Saturday, August 13th at The Echo & Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA. The show begins at noon and admission is $30. Bands announced thus far (more are on ...read more

Album of the day: Deafheaven – Roads To Judah

Posted on Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from CVLT Nation: Roads to Judah is the debut album from San Francisco based band Deafheaven. In 2010 the band released a demo as a limited cassette and digitally through bandcamp. After receiving positive reviews from various blogs, the band was picked up by renowned label Deathwish Inc. ...read more