Archive for October, 2011
Album of the day: Yob – Live At Roadburn 2010
Posted on Monday, October 17th, 2011
Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: “We’re gonna play four songs and that will be one hour” says Yob mainman Mike Scheidt at the beginning of this Roadburn 2010 set, thus letting the audience know exactly what to expect – cosmic, sprawling psychedelic doom of the highest order (no pun intended). Yob are an intimidatingly dense enough proposition when recorded in a studio, and live they pull no punches and give no quarter.
Scheidt’s guitar spews out churning world-class riffage that can be angular and heavy as lead or ethereal and deeply psychedelic by turns, all the while wailing like Geddy Lee on downers then dropping down into the foulest pits of hades to dredge up a bestial roar, bassist Aaron Reiseberg holds down the low-end like it ain’t no thing and anchors the flightier parts down with a rock-steady pulse and skinsman Travis Foster smashes seven bells out of his kit and provides the driving propulsion when needed.
Yob are a well-oiled, fluid doom metal machine, and on Live At Roadburn 2010 they prove it effortlessly to both your ears and your eyes.
A CD and DVD package housed in a rather handsome digipack – following on from the Wolves In The Throne Room CD/DVD, from back in 2008 – Live At Roadburn 2010 is an immensely tasty proposition. Both CD and DVD contain the same four tracks and the same audio content, but obviously with a DVD there is the added bonus of the visual element. Shot unobtrusively by a couple of cameras, located out in the auditorium and on the side of the stage, this is very much a no-frills affair: no fancy angles or swooping cameras, just top-notch quality footage of three guys onstage KILLING IT. Who the hell needs any more than that?
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Just One Week To Go Till Supersonic 2011 (Birmingham, UK)
Posted on Monday, October 17th, 2011
With just one week to till Supersonic 2011 kicks off, here’s a a reminder of what’s on, the day line ups of music look like this: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st – APPAT/CLOAKS/DRUMCUNT/MIKE WATT/PART CHIMP/SCORN/SCOTCH EGG/SECRET CHIEFS 3/SLABDRAGGER/ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd – AGATHE MAX/ALEXANDER TUCKER/ANTILLES/BACKWARDS/BARDO POND/BERG SANS NIPPLE/ELECTRIC WIZARD/KLAUS KINSKI/KOGUMAZA/LUCKY DRAGONS/MONARCH/MUTE SYNTH/NATHAN ...read more
Monday Song: Killing Joke – The Great Cull (Live in Bristol 2010)
Posted on Monday, October 17th, 2011
Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. Another new song from Bristol – and what a song. One of the highlights of the new album & destined to become a live favourite,we’d suggest.
Pro Shot Footage From Hellfest 2011: Kylesa, Red Fang
Posted on Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Professionally filmed video footage of Kylesa‘s and Red Fang‘s performance at this year’s Hellfest, which took place June 17-19, 2011 in Clisson, France, can be seen below.
Album of the day: Glorior Belli – The Great Southern Darkness
Posted on Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Praise for Glorior Belli‘s The Great Southern Darkness from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: We’ve mentioned it before, but it seems like few can touch French black metal when it comes to originally and innovation. Whether it’s the gnarled twisted post rock flecked ritualistic blackness of Deathspell Omega, or the industrial drone ...read more
Purson: Two New Tracks Posted on Soundcloud
Posted on Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Producing wondrous gothic psychedelia, London’s Purson posted two new tracks, called Wool and Spiderwood Farm on Soundcloud. Listen below. Wool by Purson Spiderwood Farm by Purson
The House of Capricorn: Full Album Stream Available
Posted on Sunday, October 16th, 2011
New Zealand gloom rockers The House of Capricorn are currently streaming their new full-length, In The Devil’s Days, in its entirety on their official Bandcamp page. Check it out HERE. A cult classic in the making, In The Devil’s Days is officially out via Swamps Of One Tree Hill. Featuring ...read more
Roadburn Festival 2012: The Creature Stirs – part 2
Posted on Saturday, October 8th, 2011
As you all have noticed, the line up for Roadburn 2012 is starting to shape up very nicely. We are extremely pleased with all of the additions so far. Finally, after spending several years trying to get Sleep as overall headliner, it is going to happen. The Roadburn website almost ...read more
Dopethrone Confirmed For Voivod’s Au-delà du Réel at Roadburn 2012
Posted on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
The heaviest D.I.Y. trio from Canada, Dopethrone, was born in 2008 in Hochelaga, Montreal’s trashiest Ghetto. Within the first year, they released their first opus: Demonsmoke, witch became one of Montreal’s best selling Doom album. A year later, the band experienced some difficulties (Drummer change & lack of weed / ...read more
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