4 WALLS RECORDS
[ www.4wallsrecords.com ]
4 Walls Records is absolutely excited to announce the re-issue release of The Glasspack’s "American
Exhaust", coz' the label's quite excited about re-issuing the album that turned 4 Walls into Glasspack
disciples.
The album is strictly limited to a pressing of 400 on red see-through vinyl. It has been completely remastered
for vinyl, and in the words of Dirty himself, "I am not shitting you when I say, you haven’t heard
American Exhaust 'till you have heard the vinyl."
The album artwork was completely redone by Dirty and folds out into a large art print that was featured
in his gallery show recently in Louisville, KY, USA. Every album was signed by Dirty and
Leland, hand numbered, and comes with new liner notes.
ARCLIGHT RECORDS
[ www.arclightrecords.com ]
The highly anticipated Brought Low / Dixie Witch split
is still planned for a fall release.
The Brought Low's side will be the first recordings to feature new members Steve Tanner, formerly of
Bad Wizard and Harvey Milk, on bass and Bronx native and ex-Murder Junkie Kevin Murphy on 2nd guitar.
They are planning to hit the east coast sometime in the Fall as well as some Texas dates with Dixie
Witch to support the release so start bugging your local club/promoter to get them to your town!
We here at Arclight have are happy to announce that we will be releasing the CD titled "Book of Knots."
This is the combined efforts of Joel Hamilton [Players Club, Shiner, Glazed Baby, Joe Coffee] and Matthias
Bossi [Skeleton Key] and Tony Maimone [Pere Ubu, Frank Black, Bob
Mould, They Might Be Giants, Lucinda Williams, Gods and Monsters].
The Players Club / Speedloader split is
scheduled for late fall and will have new tracks from both bands and feature some super secret cover tunes to
be revealed shortly. Pick up the Players Club new E.P. "Clean" in the meantime and congrats on the
recent signing to Dead Teenager Records!
BEARD OF STARS
[ www.vinylmagic3.it ]
Out Now:
Paul Chain [The Improviser] - "Cosmic Wind" [CD]
Chain released "Cosmic Wind" [the long awaited follow up to "Sign's of Space"] under the moniker Paul
Chain 'The Improvisor', a name he's using for improvisations and live recordings.
With "Cosmic Wind" he has once again produced an endless [live and improvised] trip to the astral plains
using electronic weirdness, outer space wizardry and spaced out guitars.
Cosmic Wind sounds like the soundtrack to a cosmic ride or a fucked up acid trip. On the
whole it's very drugged out music for Hawk-fans [in fact, the album could be a long lost Hawkwind gem], acid
freaks or dopefiends -rehab optional.
Hypnosis - "Apple 13" [CD]
Collaboration of Laurence O' Toole and Sun Dial's Gary Ramon, who didn't just
play several instruments, but also took actual care of the artistic production.
"Apple 13" takes the listener on a trip through warm, psychedelic sounds reminiscent of
late 60's heavy psych delights. File next to Bangtwister, Sun Dial & The Heads.
BLACK BALLOON RECORDS
[ www.blackballoonrecords.com ]
Out Now:
- El Caco - "Solid Rest"
- WE - "Lightyears Ahead"
CARGO/SWEET NOTHING
[ www.cargouk.demon.co.uk ]
Out Now:
The Heads - "At Last"
Originally released as a limited edition on Rooster, The Heads hard to get rehearsal recordings can now be
heard outside of the 160 lucky souls who found them the first time around. The Heads "At Last" is, more
or less, their live set for Autumn 2002.
ELEKTROHASCH
[ www.elektrohasch.de ]
Out Now:
Gas Giant - "Mana"
Gas Giant's latest effort, "Mana" is the culmination of all of the talent and potential that this
Danish band has shown on albums like "Pleasant Journey in Heavy Tunes" and the
split 12" with We, "Riding The Red Horse...."
Gas Giant's domain is still the the sky and all that lies beyond it; "Mana" takes the listener on
aural journeys, and is made of songs that are as mind blowing as they
are heavy and epic. Their music is beautifully balanced between 'well muscled riffs', sonic
tapestry and catchy hooks.
The result of Gas Giant's astral excursions is pure space rock bliss and "Mana", puts the band on
the modern space rock map as one of the supreme rulers.
GAME TWO
[ www.gametwo.com ]
New Releases on Game Two:
The Acrimony / Church of Misery split CD
is out now!
Game Two unearthed the unreleased last five tracks ever recorded by Acrimony [circa 1999], as well as four
1996 tracks from Church of Misery --two from the never-released 7" and two from the "Volume I" Demo.
Other upcoming Game Two, and Slow Ride projects:
A 4-way 2X7" Swedish Heavy Rock compilation featuring Generous Maria, Mushroom River Band,
Rise & Shine and Space Probe Taurus.
Catheter / Weedeater split 2x7" CD EP.
Catheter has finished their three tracks, which will include their most Doomed cut ever, "Black Turned Grey".
Weedeater was recorded live in Denver in August, 2001, and mastering and song selection are in progress. This
is a split with Bad People Records.
V/A: "I Am Vengeance" soundtrack CD --Game Two got some nasty
video clips, sound samples and missing tracks from Richard Anasky and will soon begin to sequence and compile
their version of the soundtrack. The Meteorcity version was released to much acclaim several months ago. G2's
volume will feature Bongwater, Buffalo,
Church of Misery, Cirith Ungol,
Grief, Pentagram,
Mirror of Deception, Sheavy,
Solitude Aturnus and many more!
Iron Kind / Voodoo Shock --split 7",
co-release with Psychedoomelic Records.
An as-yet-unnamed Epic Doom compilation featuring excerpts from Miskatonic
Foundation's "Mountains of Madness" series and unreleased tracks/outtakes from the likes of Cold Mourning, Revelation,
Solstice, Twisted Tower Dire and
While Heaven Wept.
Subsanity 7", co-release with Denver's Selfish Fucker Records.
Oklahoma City's Subsanity [from G2's "He's No Good To Me Dead" comp, among other places] is back in
action with a new EP full of Doomed, Grinding, amphetamine-ridden intensity.
HIGHBEAM MUSIC
[ www.highbeammusic.net ]
New Releases on High Beam Music:
Log - "Log's Second Album"
They are back following the success of their debut album.The Canberra / Wollongong six piece unleash another
blast of metal meets sludge meets blues meets punk meets anything else you'd like it to really. Unique and
brutal, the way we all like it.
Timid Joe - "Harm's Way"
The band's debut is a four track gem that ingeniously condenses late 60’s / early 70’s psyched-out guitar
landscapes into simple, catchy pop-song form. That’s not to say these songs lack power or attitude.
Traces of bands such as Core, Atomic Bitchwax, Fu Manchu, Flaming Sideburns and Mudhoney are evident
in the riffs and sound. The guitar breaks provided by self-confessed pedal junkie, Matt Wicks are a
turbulent tantrum of fuzz and phase.
Described by Beat Magazine as 'a strong current of desert meets cityscape' Timid Joe’s sound makes
you imagine Swervedriver and Nebula jammimg with Motorhead.
Opening track "Fangdangler" is a fullsome rocker, a ZZ Top meets Nebula ditty. The blistering pop-rock
song "Harm’s Way" follows. The third track, "The Nazz" is a stompy retro rant. The final track "Skinnys Mo" is
based on a simple groove beneath a brew of phase and wah.
Traces of Nut - "Internal Racket"
Emerging from Wollongong, Traces Of Nut are a young four piece outfit who take on board influnces
from outfits such as Jesus Lizard & Sonic Youth. The result is the debut EP of abbrasive indie rock
sounds, capturing the live energy and dynamics of the band.
Coming soon:
El Sanchez - "If You Don't Like It... Split"
Produced by ARIA award winning engineer Jonathan Burnside [Melvins, Faith No More, Grinspoon] 'If you Don't
Like It...Split!' is five tracks of spicy, mouth watering delights they like to call burrito rock.
Mexicana, Low Riding, Cowbell Chiming, Fuzz, Groove!
LIQUOR AND POKER MUSIC
[ www.liquorandpokermusic.com ]
Nebula's new album, entitled "Atomic Ritual" is slated for release
on September 23rd. Nebula is the first band to ink a deal with the recently launched Liquor and Poker Music, the
newest member of The Century Family.
"Atomic Ritual" includes massive tracks like "Electric Synapse," "The Beast," and the title track. The full
length will be preceded by a 7" for the song "Out Of Your Head" - which will only be available
through the band on their current co-headlining tour with The BellRays. This strictly limited-edition vinyl
release will also contain the exclusive live studio track "So It Goes."
MARTYR MUSIC GROUP
[ www.martyrmusicgroup.com ]
Out now:
Penance - "SpiritualNatural"
It was somewhere in the pulse-racing breakdown of "Lost My Way" that it hit. Penance have created
the two best albums in their career back-to-back with "SpiritualNatural" and 2001's "Alpha & Omega." Two
doom-laden, groove-rich, choice-riff, lyrically prolific and musically diverse explorations into
the damnable human condition...If a band gets one great album in their career, that's
luck, hard work and talent. More than one, that's genius -hellridemusic.com
Out next:
Penance - "Parallel Corners"
"Parallel Corners" will be reissued this fall. The audio masters will remain as-is while the packaging
and artwork are to be completely re-done.
Tentative planning has also begun for a Penance DVD which would [hypothetically] include live
footage [past and present], interviews, behind the scenes footage, interviews and whatever mayhem we
can fit on there. Although we do not have any concrete release date set, we are currently
estimating Spring 2004
METEORCITY
[ www.meteorcity.com ]
Out now:
Blind Dog - "Captain Dog Rides Again"
The album's ten songs display a streamlined, focused sound that ranges
from simmering and dense to explosive, recalling the early days of trash
and the poloished death 'n' roll of later-era Entombed.
The Hidden Hand - "Divine Propaganda"
Coming soon:
Orquesta Del Desierto - "TBD"
Orquesta Del Desierto are currently working on their new album - with
returning cast members Pete Stahl, Mario Lalli, Mike Riley, Country Mark Engel, and Dandy Brown. New
additions this time are ex-Queens of The Stone Age drummer Gene Troutman and percussionist Pete Davidson.
The primary sessions for the recording are finished, with the remaining work to be done mid August. Says
head-Orquestan Dandy Brown, "We managed to get 10 songs recorded, six of which have
vocals already.
"There is some cleaning up to do, additions to make in the production studio in Palm Springs, but
everything is extremely strong. The tones, the vibe, everything has come together this time around. We
popped the top on the Jim Beam a few hours ago, and have been working on the final mixes."
"A few things to fix, add, and think about for production, but overall we've got a monster on our hands... and
that ain't just the Beam talking!"
Orquesta del Desierto's new album will sweep like a warm canyon wind across the land before year's end -- From MeteorCity in North America, and
The Stone Circle [Freebird Recs / Alone Recs] in Europe.
Spirit Caravan - "The Last Embrace"
Before The Hidden Hand, Wino was part of a band called Spirit Caravan. In addition to the
"Dreamwheel" EP on MeteorCity, Spirit Caravan had two full-length albums on the Tolotta
label and three limited edition 7" records ["Lost Sun Dance", recorded under the band name Shine, a
Split 7" with Sixty Watt Shaman, and the self-titled Spirit Caravan 7" sold during their final tour].
Unfortunately, Tolotta is closing its doors, and with the exception of Dreamwheel and the band's contribution
to the Rise 13 compilation ["The Departure"], all the Spirit Caravan material is out of print.
That's about to change. On November 4, MeteorCity is releasing "The Last Embrace", a collection of nearly all
of the material from both the band’s albums, plus the songs from the out of print 7"s and the Rise 13
compilation, as well as three never-before-released songs for an enormous twenty-nine tracks on two CDs
with an expanded CD booklet including the complete lyrics.
The Last Embrace is a band-selected collection of the best music from their all-too-short career, and
serves as Spirit Caravan's final audio document.
MOLTEN RECORDS
[ www.molten-records.com ]
Out now:
On Trial - "Blinded By The Sun"
After a gap of a couple of years here is the stunning 2002 album by the best kept Scandinavian secret
since Rumplestiltskin.
Sounding like a cross between Love and The Sound Track Of Our Lives the
band blend an emotional west coast flavoured sound with powerful acid guitar and melodic sensibilities.
Intricate arrangements and sweeping acid psych that’s both achingly ragged and beautifully
realised. This album grows on you with every listen just like a classic album should.
THE MUSIC CARTEL
[ www.music-cartel.com ]
Coming soon:
PAINIAC RECORDS
[ painiac@pandora.be ]
Sloth - "When It Happens, You'll Know"
After the first album on Painiac two years ago, here is the second record of these sicko's from Ohio. This is
without a doubt the most noisy and hateful recording of all their releases 'till now.
The album [vinyl only] is limited up to 99 copies, and comes with full colour inlay-sheet with info and
picture-collage.
Beyond Belief - "Dawn" [Painiac Rec / Suicidal Doom Series Part VI]
Contains both [re-mastered] demo-recordings from 1991 and 1992. Sorrowful heavy apocalyptic doom metal with
very deep grunts.
The sleeve has a great drawing, especially made for this release, and furthermore; there is black/white artwork
and a huge inlaysheet with random info, picture-collage and a new interview.
Limited and handnumbered as always and there will be no CD version at all. More than 50 minutes
of doom metal undergroundhistory.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU
[ www.peoplelikeyou.de ]
Out now:
- Adam West - "God's Gift To Women"
- Damnation - "The Unholy Sounds of Damnation"
- The Revolvers - "The End of Apathy"
PSYCHEDOOMELIC RECORDS
[ www.psycheDOOMelic.com ]
Out now:
- Negative Reaction - "Everything You
Need For Galactic Battle Adventures"
- Voodoo Shock - "S/T"
- Wall of Sleep - "Overlook The All"
RAVEN MOON RECORDS
[ www.geocities.com/ravenmoonrecords ]
Upcoming from RavenMoon:
A TIMELESS TALE..."A TRIBUTE TO SAINT VITUS VOL.1 & VOL.2"
- Volume - "Saint Vitus"
- Sons of Otis - "Born Too Late"
- Earthride - "White Magic/Black Magic"
- Mirror of Deception - "One Mind"
- Internal Void - "Prayer For The Masses"
- Abdullah - "I Bleed Black"
- Sea Witch - "A Timeless Tale"
- Violet Vortex - "Children of Doom"
- Eternal Elysium - "Just Friends [Empty Love]"
- Goatsnake - "Burrial At Sea"
- Ogre - "Mystic Lady"
- Tummler - "War Is Our Destiny"
- Mood - "Ice Monkey"
- October - "Fear"
- Northwinds - "Clear Windowpane"
- The Black - "Hallow's Victim"
- Dreaming - "Warstarter"
- Dragonauta - "Living Backwards"
- Paul Chain - "Let The End Begin"
- Reverend Bizarre - "Dark World"
- Sourvein - "Angry Man"
- Voodoo Shock - "Petra"
- Black Manta - "Zombie Hunger"
- Rwake - "The Sloth"
RELAPSE RECORDS
[ www.relapse.com ]
Alchemist - "Austral Alien"
Heavy music wizards Alchemist concoct a diverse, progressive sonic palette with the undeniably
unique "Austral Alien." Uniting the chief constituents of both heavy metal and rock with
an avant-garde sense of progressiveness and a remarkably adventurous spirit, Alchemist have delivered
a record that will appeal to metal fans across-the-board. Explosive, angular, powerful and
enlightening, Alchemist's "Austral Alien" propels the listener across multiple
musical boundaries.
Harvey Milk - "The Singles"
Too heavy to be post rock. Too weird to be metal. Too everything to be anything, Harvey Milk are unconventional
and wholly unique, both structurally and sonically. Grand in its stubborn difficulty and epic in its difficult
beauty, the sound of Harvey Milk is simultaneously ugly and beautiful. Legendary for their devastating
live shows and their absolutely absurd heaviness, Harvey Milk crafted inconceivable slabs of
mesmerizing, ultra dynamic sludge, as well as precious moments of effortless grace and restraint.
"The Singles" delivers all the retardedly hard to find moments of Harvey Milk's career and is at
once hypnotic, repetitive, jarring, unpredictable, exhausting and perplexing. Harvey Milk is dead.
Long live Harvey Milk.
RISE ABOVE RECORDS
[ www.riseaboverecords.com ]
Out now:
Sally - "C-Earth"
In early 2001 Sally started work on writing and got in contact with legendary doom producer Billy
Anderson, who was more then eager to work on the project and in June 2002 the band entered New
Rising Studios in Essex and bashed it out on 10.
The result is "C-Earth" an extremely heavy sludge beast of an album with a guitar sound
thicker then a room full of Sun readers. Gone are the more 'stoner' moments that featured on "Sally", instead
this is a record that fully reflects the Sally live experience. At times grim and droning, at times angry
and aggressive, "C-Earth" is a violent ride.
Coming soon:
Grand Magus - "Monument"
Swedish behemoths Grand Magus have the uncanny knack of effortlessly fusing classic hard rock emotion, with
the unashamed spirit of balls out heavy metal. This is achieved with a titanic groove and finesse, which
is then ploughed deeply and gloriously into a sub nadir pit of bleakest doom.
The end result is a volcanic mutation of bombastic proportions, spewing out the words "true
metal" with a contemporary fire that makes ash of all its bad hair-styled pretenders.
With classic songs writing skills and bulldozing riffs combined, Monument is indeed a
monumental release for this Stockholm power doom trio. It will once again see the band head out on a
world tour. "Monument" is released on Rise Above Records on 20th October 2003.
Unearthly Trance - "Season of Séance, Science of Silence"
Formed in the midst of millennium euphoria 2000, Unearthly Trance were certainly 'not' looking for the chance
to play at your at your celebratory New Year party. In fact, Unearthly Trance’s mission was to
create the most crucifix shaking sounds this side of the Apocalypse: Uneasy listening for the easy going!
The ebony cape shrouding the grimness of Seasons of Séance… can also be attributed, in part, to the
frosty cold fingertips of underground legend, Stephen O’Malley (SUNN 0))), Burning
Witch, Khanate & graphic designer to the bleakest of fiends, whose assistance in production murder
has transformed these epic slabs of cold marble into the most suicidal anthems of violent emptiness.
The extremity of UT is unquestionable, and whilst originality maybe is questionable, to an extent, this
is not your standard Doom or Stoner, or even drone affair. The mix of Black Metal influences
with bleak, sick & persecuted sub crust marathon dirges must be heralded as pure nirvana for
the blackest of Doom fans.
"Season of Séance, Science of Silence" is released by Rise Above Records 20th October 2003.
Look forward to new releases from Witchcraft and
Orange Goblin on November 17.
SMALL STONE RECORDS
[ www.smallstone.com ]
Five Horse Johnson will be heading back to Europe in support of
their new release "The Last Men On Earth" which will be coming out on vinyl as well as CD. Cargo Germany
will be handling the vinyl, and of course will be issuing the CD. Get ready for a bomb to be dropped
on you... it is by far their most rocking creation to date.
"The Last Men On Earth" is firmly rooted in FHJ's unique brand of hard liquor rock: guitars, groove and
grind. Influenced by the likes of ZZ-Top, Howlin' Wolf and Captain Beefhard, the feel of the new record is
that of a band that has finally found its stride.
The new Greenleaf CD "Secret Alphabets" is now in stock.
If you like your music groovy and psychedelic, then their new album has your name written all over it.
Coming Soon:
- Acid King - "TBD"
- The Glasspack - "Bridgeburner"
- Halfway To Gone - "S/T"
- The Men of Porn - "TBD"
- Novadriver - "TBD"
- Throttlerod - "Hell And High Water"
- Various - "The Rustbelt Sessions"
SOUTHERN LORD
[ www.southernlord.com ]
Out Now:
Attila Csihar - "The Beast Of" [Usa only]
Darkest Hour - "The Mark of the Judas" [LP]
Loincloth - "Church Burntings"/"New Jersey" [7"]
Upcoming Releases:
Khanate - "Things Viral"
Masters of all that is Grimm..Khanate have put the finishing touches of evil on their forthcoming
album, entitled "Things Viral."
A vinyl version will come out via Load Records in a unique 2xLP [1 LP, and one 12" EP] with a slightly
different track listing. Release dates for "Things Viral" will be: Europe: October 6th and
USA: October 21st.
Place of Skulls - "With Vision"
The new album "With Vision" featuring the addition of Wino [Saint Vitus,
Obsessed, Spirit Caravan etc...] on guitar and vocals. The Lord: "I can truly say its one of the
most classic and intense doom-metal albums Ive ever heard!"
Probot - "S/T"
Yes its true, the Dave Grohl METAL beast: Probot will be released by Southern Lord. GROHL
wrote all the music, played most of the instruments, and then hand-picked his favorite Metal
singers from the Eighties to put vocals on the tracks. Among the vokillists’ are Lemmy, Cronos, Lee
Dorrian, Eric Wagner [Trouble], King Diamond, Kurt Brecht [DRI], WINO etc... Release Date: TBA.
RAVENOUS - "Blood Delirium" CD/LP
TEEPEE RECORDS
[ http://www.teepeerecords.com ]
We here at Tee Pee are honored to welcome the legendary Brian Jonestown Massacre to our
roster. This renowned and enigmatic band will unveil "..And This is Our Music" sometime in October.
Next up on the release schedule is "Blinded by the Sun" from On Trial.
Who is On Trial you might ask? On Trial is a band that can warp reality with an arsenal of vintage guitar
pedals. Based in Denmark, the group's music is a natural outgrowth of the jam process and a love
of effect driven sonics.
On Trial's song writing veers everywhere from short fuzz-fuelled
freak-outs, acid-drenched space explorations and even pop-psych balladry as sincere
as it is distorted. This is what headphones were made for. This baby is now!
Sleep's "Dope Smoker" is out now and wafting its way
into headphones across the country at a fiery pace. The overwhelming response has been hydroponic.
TRANSDREAMER RECORDS/MEGAFORCE RECORDS
On September 9, Wellwater Conspiracy, featuring Matt Cameron
and John McBain, will release its ultimate album of blistering music, entitled "Wellwater
Conspiracy."
The band has finally reached its boiling point with 11 of the finest songs in it's history.
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