Posts Tagged ‘church of misery’

Church of Misery, Ancestors and Horisont To Return To Roadburn Festival

Posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Making their fourth appearance in 5 years at the festival, it looks like Japan’s serial-killer-obsessed seekers of the almighty riff Church of Misery are poised to become the offficial Roadburn house band. All joking aside, Church of Misery were among THE highlights of the previous Roadburn festivals (even the main stage almost proved way to small for them), and Roadburn 2012 will mark their triumphant return, on the main stage again (of course!), together with Sleep and The Obsessed on Saturday, April 14th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland.

Los Angeles based psychedelic rock quintet Ancestors will be making a highly anticipated return to Roadburn for the 2012 Festival. On their latest EP, Invisible White, Ancestors tamped down their surging stoner rock leanings in favour of a more cinematic approach with long moog / modular synth workouts very much reminiscent of Pink Floyd circa Meddle and Live at Pompeii. Charting a new course for the band’s progressive, colourful sounds, Ancestors will get the chance to reprise their stunning 2010 Roadburn performance, this time supporting  the release of a new, much anticipated album. Ancestors will play on Thursday, April 14th at the Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland.

Sweden’s Horisont will return to Roadburn after their highly acclaimed 2010 performance. Unfortunately, they ended up going on at the same time as Witchcraft due to last-minute timetable changes (don’t mention the volcano!) and many people missed it. This time, Horisont will play the Green Room instead of the Bat Cave on Thursday, April 12th at the 013 venue.

If you are an avid heavy 70s aficionado you will definitely dig Sweden’s Horisont. They excel at crafting old school bluesy hard rock influenced by the likes of Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath and November. The fact that the lyrics are sung in Swedish and English adds to band’s appeal. Horisont’s debut album Tva Sidor av Horisonten (“Two Sides of Horisont”) easily ranks among the very best stoner rock albums of 2009 and earned them lots of new fans and a deal with Rise Above Records, which will be releasing their new album.

Tags: Ancestors, church of misery, doom, heavy 70's, Horisont, prog rock, Roadburn, Roadburn 2012, Roadburn Festival, Roadburn Festival 2012
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Hellfest To Stream Terrorizer Tent Performances: Pro-Shot Footage of Church of Misery Show Available

Posted on Sunday, August 7th, 2011

Hellfest have announced that they will be streaming a series of performances from this year’s Terrorizer tent!  This week, pro-shot footage of Church of Misery June 17, 2011 concert at Hellfest can be viewed below. Every Friday you can check back to see performances from across the weekend.

Kink X-Rated Roadburn Radio: 8pm to 11pm CET (Get Ready For The Broadcast of Church of Misery’s Main Stage Performance at Roadburn 2010)

Posted on Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Here is our playlist for this week’s Roadburn Radio on Kink X-Rated. Tune in from 8pm to 11pm CET (2pm EST / 11am PST) and listen to the latest sounds from the underground and the bands that inspire us as we work on next year’s Roadburn festival. And get ready ...read more

Eyehategod and Church of Misery Confirmed For Club Show at Baroeg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (29 June)

Posted on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Eyehategod, Church of Misery and Heavy Lord have been confirmed for a club show to take place Wednesday, June 29th at the Baroeg in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Pre Sales has started, for tickets please click here.

True Cult Heavy Metal: Roadburn 2010 Day Two: The Mind Melts

Posted on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from True Cult Heavy Metal (Blog by Louise Brown, Editor Terrorizer): Sorry I didn’t post day two of my Roadburn blog before this. That’s what happens after festivals. Life gets ya. It brings you down to the earth with an almighty punch in the lady garden. And blimey, ...read more

Roadburn 2010 by Achrome Moments Photography

Posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

We asked Paul Verhagen (Achrome Moments Photography) to share some of his finest photos of Roadburn 2010. Here are his choices: