Archive for December, 2012

Funeral Doom Stalwarts Mournful Congregation Confirmed For Roadburn Festival 2013

Posted on Friday, December 28th, 2012

It is Roadburn‘s great and solemn pleasure to announce the presence of funeral doom stalwarts Mournful Congregation at the 2013 festival on Thursday, April 18 at the 013 venue. Rather than adding sludge elements or vokills like many current funeral doom bands, Australia’s Mournful Congregation are one of the truest and most epic purveyors of classic funeral doom in the vein of Skepticism and Thergothon.

While operating firmly within funeral doom’s boundaries of tempo and mood, Mournful Congregation create their ominous opuses with pristinely recorded instruments, varied and original vocal styles, and a sense of song craft that extends well beyond the ordinary. Their attention to detail and well-wrought songs are most fully realized on their 2011 release The Book Of Kings, which stands toe to toe with any of the great funeral doom albums ever made.

Mournful Congregation layer slithery guitar harmonies over sparse drumming, vocalize in whispers, spoken word and male choirs along with doom grunting and weave a variety of clean and acoustic guitar sounds into the dense doomy riffing, creating an atmosphere that is more about the beauty of darkness than the bleakness of despair. Their unique yet classic sounds will be surely be appreciated by the metal cognoscenti at Roadburn 2013.

Roadburn Festival 2013 will run for four days from Thursday, April 18th to Sunday, April 21st, 2013 (the traditional Afterburner event) at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. Tickets for the Afterburner are still available!

Tags: funeral doom, Mournful-Congregation, Roadburn, Roadburn 2013, Roadburn Festival, Roadburn Festival 2013, The Book Of Kings
Posted in 2012, Festival News | No Comments »

Dutch Black Metal Horde Nihill Set To Take The Stage At The Roadburn 2013 Afterburner

Posted on Thursday, December 27th, 2012

In their debut live performance, Nihill bring their brutal and unforgiving black metal to 2013 Roadburn Afterburner on Sunday, April 21st at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. “Netherlands-based black metal trio Nihill returned in 2012 with the harrowingly dissonant invocation Verdonkermaan, the final vile screed in a traumatic trilogy ...read more

Give Us Your Favorite Albums of 2012

Posted on Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

Roadburn’s Album of the Day has become a tradition. Now that the year is drawing to a close, we here at Roadburn HQ want to invite our loyal readers, friends, associates and anyone who might have wandered in to help us compile a list of favorite records released in 2012. ...read more

Castle: Quality Footage Posted Online

Posted on Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

Quality video footage of Castle‘s May 12 performance at Turbinenhalle  in Oberhausen, Germany can be seen below, courtesy of Heavy Metal Home TV. Signed to Ván Records, Castle have created quite a buzz with their energetic live shows and their extremely well-reviewed albums In Witch Order and Blacklands. The lineup ...read more

Year of the Goat: Quality Concert Footage Posted Online

Posted on Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

Quality video footage of Year of the Goat‘s May 12 performance at Turbinenhalle  in Oberhausen, Germany can be seen below, courtesy of Heavy Metal Home TV. Sweden’s Year of the Goat are inspired by the occult rock bands of the late sixties and early seventies, however, the inspiration is not ...read more

Monday song: The Electric Banana (a.k.a. The Pretty Things) – Alexander

Posted on Monday, December 24th, 2012

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. “Between 67-70 The Pretty Things recorded a string of acid fried classics that pushed the envelope of guitar music: ‘Defecting Grey’, ‘Balloon Burning’, ‘Mr. Evasion’, ‘Old Man Going’, ‘Eagle’s Son’, ‘Alexander’ etc etc… absolutely blew our minds ...read more

Alcest: BBC Live Sessions Available Through Youtube; Neige Artist In Residence at Roadburn 2013

Posted on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012

French shoe-gazers Alcest have released their BBC Live Sessions through Prophecy Productions and have made the whole thing available to stream on Youtube! In related news: Neige will be Artist in Residence at Roadburn Festival 2013, set for April 18 – 21 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. “I remember ...read more

Krux: Fan-filmed Video Footage of Eindhoven Metal Meeting

Posted on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012

Fan-filmed video footage of Krux — the Swedish band featuring Candlemass bassist Leif Edling, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen singer Mats Levén, ex-Entombed drummer Peter Stjärnvind, guitarist Jörgen Sandström (also in The Project Hate, ex-Entombed / Grave), Opeth / ex-Arch Enemy guitarist Fredrik Åkesson and keyboardist Carl Westholm — performing on December 15, ...read more

Corrections House: Members of Neurosis, Eyehategod, Yakuza and Nachtmystium; Touring US in 2013 (BrooklynVegan)

Posted on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012

Corrections House is a new band of the “supergroup” persuasion, featuring Scott Kelly of Neurosis, Mike IX Williams of Eyehategod, Sanford Parker of Nachtmystium, and Bruce Lamont of Yakuza / Bloodiest. Little is known about what this stellar lineup has conjured together yet, but you can look forward to a ...read more

Michael Rother To Present The Music of NEU! and Harmonia at Roadburn 2013 Afterburner

Posted on Saturday, December 22nd, 2012

We are extremely excited to announce that Michael Rother (accompanied by Berlin’s very own Camera) will present the music of NEU! and Harmonia at the Roadburn 2013 Afterburner on Sunday, April 21st, 013 venue, Tilburg, Holland. Founding member of the legendary Krautrock pioneers NEU! and part of the innovative Harmonia, ...read more