Archive for July, 2011

Black Cobra Complete Recording Of Fourth Album; Title Revealed

Posted on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

The Bay Area’s devastating duo Black Cobra have completed the recording process of their upcoming fourth full-length album, set for release in the Autumn months ahead.

For the recording of this, the band’s second release for Southern Lord Recordings, Black Cobra recently ventured across the continent to pound out their anticipated new album, the follow-up to 2009’s massively well-received Chronomega. This time around the outfit enlisted the talents of Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou and his God City Studio in Salem, Massachusetts for the first time. After a brutal week-and-a-half in the notorious lair, ‘Cobra hammered out what will soon be known to the world as their almighty fourth full-length album, the album title now confirmed as Invernal.

A full track listing, album art and other specific details will be announced in the shortly, but from an advance listen to the unmastered output of this savage outfit, we are confident in confirming that this is Black Cobra’s most honed and diversified material to date, and will definitely tear your face off completely.

While Black Cobra’s full-on tour cycle for Invernal has not yet began, as it undoubtedly will very shortly, the band have in the meantime been confirmed for several shows over the coming weeks, including an appearance at The Power Of The Riff Festival in Los Angeles on August 18 alongside Eyehategod, Pentagram, Winter, Pelican and more, a direct support spot for High On Fire in Oakland on August 27, an appearance at MusicFest Northwest festival in Portland and more. A rigorous amount of touring will continually be announced through the rest of 2011.

So, what was in their bag when Black Cobra went shopping at Amoeba in SF? Watch the clip below.

Tags: Black Cobra, Invernal, Kurt Ballou, sludge, southern lord
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Album of the day: Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw – Night Gallery

Posted on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Praise for Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw‘s Night Gallery from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Recorded live in 2010 at South By Southwest, in Austin Texas, in a large empty TV studio and then broadcast on the radio, this psychedelic summit matched up long time pals Sun Araw (aka Cameron Stallones) ...read more

Falloch: Post-Black Metal Duo To Release Debut Via Candlelight Records

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Based in Glasgow, Scotland, the duo known as Falloch are a growing glimmer on the atmospheric, post-black metal horizon. Andy Marshall and Scott McLean united out of a desire to create music that conveys atmosphere and emotion utilizing an expansive backdrop of styles and sounds. Metal, post-rock, folk, with minimalist ...read more

Glorior Belli: French Black Metallers To Release The Great Southern Darkness

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

French black metallers Glorior Belli have revealed the cover art and track listing for their new album The Great Southern Darkness to be released in North America on September 27, 2011. Commented the band on the new release: “The Great Southern Darkness has been recorded over a few months period and ...read more

The Atlas Moth: New Track Streaming at Stereogum

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Stereogum / Haunting The Chapel has the premiere of  The Atlas Moth‘s ‘Coffin Varnish’ off the upcoming full-length, which is called An Ache For The Distance. Listen HERE. “The excellent sophomore collection An Ache For The Distance — one that features as many atmospheric layers and lifts as its predecessor, ...read more

Album of the day: Der Blutharsch & Aluk Todolo – A Collaboration

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Inarguable: Here we have a collaboration of two projects that in their own worlds, simply lead the pack. Putting them together could either end in complete despair or triumphant brilliance. Well, lucky for me (and you) this pairing of occult mastery has lead to something strange, ...read more

Lurker’s Guide To: Progressive Rock

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Antiquated connotations surround the term, yet the words themselves suggest an inexorable march towards attaining some sort of artistic recognition for a style of music regularly associated with troublesome teenagers. Through pomp, pretence and prodigious talent, the pioneers of this maligned strain of rock achieved incredible heights of creativity. But ...read more

Yob: Performing Prepare the Ground At Le Poisson Rouge in NYC; Fan Filmed Footage Available

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Fan-filmed video footage of Yob‘s July 12 performance at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC can be seen below.

Monday Song: Magdalena Solis – Prophetic Dreams

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. Cosmic harlots in a sacrilegious ecstatic dance. To a world where dreams are the only true prophecies. The song Prophetic Dreams appears on Magdalena Solis ‘s album Hesperia, released on Dying For Bad Music, 2011.

Album of the day: Disma – Towards the Megalith

Posted on Sunday, July 17th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Lurker: We all arrive at genres with certain preconceptions. My approach to Death Metal is founded in a deep-seeded apathy. I had a minor fling with the old school death metal revival that reared its ugly head on the back of bands like Teitanblood and Cruciamentum. The ...read more