Archive for September, 2011

Gnod and Spiders Added to Lineup for Roadburn Festival 2012

Posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Today, we’re excited to announce that Gnod and Spiders have joined the lineup for Roadburn Festival 2012.

It’s really hard to pin down Salford UK’s psych/metal renegades Gnod, as their their distinctive take on psychedelia is not just otherworldly, but also grounded in terrestrial styles like Afro-beat, krautrock, drone, jazz, space rock and even dance music. Gnod excels at the illusion of repetition whereby its motorik rhythms underpin a myriad of shifting hypnotic textures. As of now, Gnod have released approx. twelve full-length albums, each seemingly materializing from the aether, as the band is surrounded in mysticism. Their lengthy live-jams are created by an ever changing cast, of which there is hardly any information available.

However, Gnod will leave their collective residency at Salford’s Islington Mill — a creative arts space where they live and rehearse — to fog our brains and eyeballs with a wash of hallucinations, while enticing our bodies to lose control to the propulsive, repetitive beats at the very same time. Gnod will play Roadburn 2012 on Friday, April 13th.

Fronted by Ann-Sofie Hoyles, along with Witchcraft-guitarist John Hoyles, Matteo Gambacorta (bass) and Ricard Harryson (drums), Gothenburg’s Spiders mix garage punk and hardrock with bluesy melodies, mining a vein of late 60′s psych that gets bulldozed by early metal and progressive rock. Spider‘s self-titled 10-inch (recorded with Graveyard’s Axel Sjöberg on drums) was very well received by Record Collector, and sold out almost immediately.

With our fondness for Swedish rock (we have invited the likes of Witchcraft, Graveyard, Dead Man, Horisont and Troubled Hourse et al, to previous festivals) it’s not surprising that Spiders are appearing at this years Roadburn… and not just because they are Swedish, because they are that good! Spiders will appear on Thursday, April 12th.

Tags: Crusher Records, GNOD, John Hoyles, Pyschedelica, Roadburn, Roadburn 2012, Roadburn Festival, Roadburn Festival 2012, Spiders, witchcraft
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Gnod & High Wolf (Annapurna Illusion’s Alter Ego) Collaborative Live Set on Soundcloud

Posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

To assist the currently available Annapurna Illusion – Life is an Illusion relaese, Rocket Recordings have posted this Soundcloud collaborative live set by Gnod & High Wolf (Annapurna Illusion’s alter ego). The gig was recorded in support of Teeth of the Sea’s ‘Your Mercury’ album Launch – in 22nd November ...read more

Album of the day: Windhand – Self-Titled

Posted on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Scumfeast Metal 666: This debut release by Richmond, Virginia’s Windhand is so uber-Sabbath that they even start it off with a thunderstorm soundbite. Not the whole storm mind you just a few thunderclaps prior to the opener ‘Black Candles’. Then the riffs commence, drums pound and then ...read more

Voivod’s Curated Event at Roadburn 2012 Named Au-delà du Réel; Sweden’s Anekdoten confirmed

Posted on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Voivod named their curated event at Roadburn Festival 2012, Au-delà du Réel, after the band’s favorite sci-fi show, The Outer Limits, when it was broadcast in french during the 70s. As curator, Voivod will personally select the bands that will play during Au-delà du Réel, set for Friday, April 13 ...read more