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SWANS To Headline Roadburn Festival 2011

Posted on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Roadburn is very proud to report that New York’s legendary and recently resurrected SWANS have been confirmed as the headliner at Roadburn Festival 2011.

Featuring band members Michael Gira (original SWANS), Norman Westberg (original SWANS), Christoph Hahn (mid-period SWANS and most Angels of Light ), Phil Puleo (final SWANS tour and most of Angels of Light), Chris Pravdica (Flux Information Sciences / Services/ Gunga Din) and Thor Harris (Angels of Light, currently Shearwater), SWANS will headline Roadburn on Saturday, 16 April 2011.

Emerging from the New York underground in the early 80s, SWANS made their mark with a series of highly influential dark, abrasive, brutal and growling noise albums that served as an outlet for their unsettling ruminations on alienation, depression and the depravity of man.

After 15 years of touring and constant productivity SWANS disbanded in 1997. The band’s recent revival finds Michael Gira seamlessly shifting from Angels Of Light mode to the more heavier and noisier origins of SWANS, as showcased on the band’s forthcoming album, My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky, which basically starts where Soundtracks For The Blind/Swans Are Dead left off.

According to Stereogum.com: “The purists may want to crucify me, but Swans’ first studio album since Soundtracks is also one of SWANS’ best, most relentlessly dark and beautiful albums to date. Gira remains angry/venomous, but he’s introduced a kind of time-won wisdom (and guest spot via his three-year-old daughter) you wouldn’t find in the nihilistic ’80s” -Brandon / Stereogum.

Roadburn Festival regards SWANS as the single biggest influence on the burgeoning doom / sludge / drone scene aside from the obvious likes of Black Sabbath. SWANS‘ canon of work can be heard and felt throughout the entire festival and in most of the bands invited to perform. It is a massive understatement to say that we are looking forward to the formidable and brutal sonic waves and the extreme volume levels that SWANS will bring to the festival. We are still pinching ourselves that the fever dream of this highly anticipated resurrection has become a reality.

(First, SWANS will head to Vera, Groningen to perform their gorgeous sonic poetry and crushing brutality on 23 November 2010. SWANS will also be playing Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht, Holland on November 24th).

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Sunn O))) To Curate Roadburn Festival 2011

Posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Roadburn festival is thrilled to unveil the curator for the 2011 edition of Roadburn: Sunn O))). The band, to be specific Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley, has agreed to curate our festival on Friday, April 15th, 2011 and host a special event. As curator, Sunn O))) will personally select the ...read more

Playlist: Cosmic Connections by Leslie Hadlock

Posted on Monday, August 16th, 2010

It is high time for a Top 5 (plus) around here and I’m going to do the honors. I was inspired by a recent “name that tune” moment with Walter that ended up having cosmic connections to Voivod, who are in the UK this week and here in NL on ...read more

Roadburn 2010 audio streams now on line: Russian Circles, Monkey3, Darkspace, Orange Sunshine And More!

Posted on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

We are pleased to announce that VPRO 3voor12, which is the leading cultural media network in the Netherlands, has posted additional on-demand audio streams for your Roadburn 2010 listening pleasure. Online now! Performances by Russian Circles, Monkey3, Darkspace, Orange Sunshine, Dive, Noneuclid and more are currently available on-demand. Enjoy! In ...read more

Enslaved Members Explain Axioma Ethica Odini Artwork and Bonus Edition Of The New Album

Posted on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson of the Norwegian psychedelic post-black metal band Enslaved recently gave an in-depth explanation of the artwork of the bands’s forthcoming album, Axioma Ethica Odini, to the visitors of the web site of the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine. You can watch the clip at ...read more

Triptykon To Release Shatter EP; Two Bonus Tracks Recorded At Roadburn 2010

Posted on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Triptykon, the group formed by former  Hellhammer / Celtic Frost singer, guitarist, and main songwriter Tom Gabriel Warrior, will follow its highly acclaimed debut album, Eparistera Daimones, with the release of  Shatter, an all-new five-track EP, on October 25 (Europe) and October 26 (North America). At a playing time of ...read more

Roadburn 2011: What’s Going On?

Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010

With the volcano a hazy memory and the post-Roadburn 2010 sleep deprivation dealt with, it’s time to start thinking about Roadburn 2011 (set for April 14 – 17 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre, Tilburg, The Netherlands). Not just thinking, but doing! So what’s going on? Right now we ...read more

Wino: Live at Roadburn 2009 Out Now; First Track Available For Streaming

Posted on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Wino‘s new live album, Live at Roadburn 2009, has been issued on CD via Roadburn Records. Dedicated to the late Jon Blank, this album captured Wino‘s stunning performance at Roadburn Festival 2009′s Afterburner event. Backed by Jon Blank on bass and Clutch’s JP Gaster (drums), Wino appeared on stage to ...read more

Roadburn 2010 audio streams now on line: Church of Misery, Ancestors, Altar of Plagues, Suma, Mouth of the Architect and more!

Posted on Friday, July 16th, 2010

We are pleased to announce that VPRO 3voor12, which is the leading cultural media network in the Netherlands, has posted more additional on-demand audio streams for your Roadburn 2010 listening pleasure. Online now! Performances by Church of Misery ( Main Stage, Friday, April 16th), Church of Misery (Roadburn Afterburner), Ancestors, ...read more

Roadburn 2010 audio streams now on line: performances by Sons of Otis (performing Templeball), Night Horse, Fatso Jetson and more!

Posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

We are pleased to announce that VPRO 3voor12, which is the leading cultural media network in the Netherlands, has posted more additional on-demand audio streams for your Roadburn 2010 listening pleasure. Online now! Performances by Sons of Otis (performing Templeball), Night Horse, Fatso Jetson, Oceana Company and more are currently ...read more

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