Archive for the ‘2009’ Category

The Exile of Satan from Heavy Metal Design: the art of Seldon Hunt, Stephen O’Malley & Aaron Turner

Posted on Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Sunn O))) Monolith's & Dimensions Cover

Those “heavy metal” bands that debuted during that first palmy MTV generation sound like nontoxic pop compared to today’s vast offerings of subaltern metal genres, where intricate is the new heavy, and glacially slow is far more radical than hyperfast. Metal has evolved in such diverse directions—drawing from and crossing over with punk, math rock, noise, and avant-garde musical threads—that perhaps the real surprise is how audiences who never thought of themselves as metalheads are now exploring bands with names like Baroness, Gojira, Isis, and SUNN O))).

Read more at The Exile of Satan from Heavy Metal Design.

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Shrinebuilder: fan filmed footage posted on line

Posted on Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Some video clips of Shrinebuilder’s  first ever live  performances (Viper Room, Los Angeles, 11/11/09 and Empty Bottle, Chicago, 11/14/09) have been posted online, including a cover version of Joy Divisons 24 Hours.  The videos can be viewed below.
Roadburn is also very pleased to report that doom supergroup Shrinebuilder will ...read more

Them Crooked Vultures interviewed by Arthur Magazine

Posted on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Jay Babcock of Arthur Magazine recently conducted an interview with John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin-fame) and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age / Kyuss).  An excerpt from the chat follows below.
Arthur: Josh, you go back a long ways with Chris Goss [Masters of Reality, Goon Moon, etc] there’s ...read more

Blue Cheer’s Dickie Peterson remembered

Posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

For those who didn’t get to take part in the Roadburn festival 2007, and for those who did, but want to relive BLUE CHEER, here’s the link to the audio stream (as a tribute to the late DICKIE PETERSON).

Peterson, age 63, died in Erkelenz, Germany, where he lived, on the ...read more

RIP Blue Cheer’s Dickie Peterson – Black Sabbath Online Forums

Posted on Monday, October 12th, 2009

Dickie Peterson, Bassist and Singer for Blue Cheer, passed away this morning at 5am in Germany. Causes still have not been released to the public, I learned of his death through the Blue Cheer Myspace and Facebook accounts. Truly a legend, a man who was credited for introducing a proto ...read more

Playlist: September (Aligator Descartes)

Posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The Roadburn playlist is a monthly update from the Roadburn staff reflecting what we are spinning here in the head office. These are the records that get us through the day as we work on Roadburn Festival business and our blog.
Much as you’d expect, our playlists feature heavy rock, drone, ...read more

Justin K Broadrick interviewed by BrooklynVegan

Posted on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Klaus Kinski of BrooklynVegan recently conducted an in-depth interview with Justin K Broadrick of Jesu-fame. An excerpt from the chat follows below.
BrooklynVegan: What’s next for Jesu? Final?
Justin K Broadrick: “The Jesu Opiate Sun EP on Caldo Verde for October 27th. I’ll begin writing the new Jesu album come October, which ...read more

Fu Manchu: new song available for streaming

Posted on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

A new Fu Manchu track, ‘Bionic Astronautics’, is available for streaming on AOL Music’s Noisecreep. The song comes off the Southern California heavy fuzz rock band’s eleventh full-length album, Signs of Infinite Power, which is scheduled for release on October 20, 2009 via Century Media Records.
In celebration of its 20th ...read more

Goatsnake to reunite for Roadburn Festival 2010

Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009

The Wait Is Over! Roadburn is very pleased to report that seminal doom-legends Goatsnake will reunite for Roadburn Festival 2010.
Featuring the original line up of Greg Anderson (Sunn 0))) / Guitars), Guy Pinhas (The Obsessed / Bass), Greg Rogers (The Obsessed / Drums) and Pete Stahl (Scream / Wool / ...read more

Doom metal giants YOB confirmed for Roadburn 2010; making their European debut appearance

Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009

Reunited doom metal giants YOB will be making their European live debut with two different shows at next year’s Roadburn Festival.

Even during their hiatus, YOB have maintained their position in the vanguard of contemporary doom because of the quality and originality of their mind bending doom-metal. Now they have returned ...read more