Today the volume dealers at The Obelisk offer up a stream of "Amnesia" from New York City psychedelic doom weavers BLACKOUT! The latest psalm of audio enormity comes off the trio's forthcoming We Are Here debut, slated for release later this month.
Recorded at Vacation Island Studio with engineer/producer Rob Laakso (Diamond Nights, Swirlies, Kurt Vile), the glassy-eyed, six track beast of long player is already earning critical fuck-yeahs for its inexorable riff worship and planet rupturing bottom end. Notes The Obelisk, "[BLACKOUT] show up with big riffs, big stomp, and underpinnings of quirk that give their unabashed tonal weight a sense that's both lighthearted in not taking itself too seriously and a huge part of what makes the album overall so effective.
Closed Casket Activities confirms the pending release of a furious new 7" from Portland, Maine-based hardcore henchmen, CRUEL HAND.
Influenced by the likes of the Melvins, Entombed, Smashing Pumpkins and Biohazard, CRUEL HAND is about CRUEL HAND and there are no boundaries. The band's style puts them in a league of their own. Following an LP on 6131 Records and two subsequent LPs on Bridge 9, the upcoming Born Into Debt, We All Owe A Death 7" bears two high octane anthems and a cover to hold fans over until their next full-length is released.
Angels' Necropolis, the infernal maiden LP from Östergötland/Norrköping, Sweden-based outfit YEAR OF THE GOAT,received the heralded Best Debut Album by Metal Hammer.
On September 13th, YEAR OF THE GOAT reigned supreme at this year's installment of the illustrious annual Metal Hammer award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, listed among heavy metal's elite including Metallica, Slayer, Motörhead, Nightwish, Doro Pesch, Amorphis and others, in recognition of their blazing Angels' Necropolis.
Brooklyn, New York sludge rock alchemists, HULL, are pleased to announce their appearance on the 2014 edition of Roadburn! Held annually in Tilburg, The Netherlands, the illustrious event has become Europe's leading underground festival for psychedelic, avant-garde, doom or any other variation of leftfield sonic pleasures that push the boundaries of music bringing together bands, fans and media from around the globe.
Today Relapse Records, in conjunction with Amazon.com, delivers a special label sampler featuring opening ear bleeder, "Awaken The Serpent," from Portland metal/punk perpetrators, TOXIC HOLOCAUST. The tune serves as the intro track of Chemistry Of Consciousness, the band's forthcoming new full-length. A cantankerous sonic assault of punk-laden angst, brazen metal hostility, thought-provoking concepts, and enough vocal venom to seize a nation, Chemistry Of Consciousness is unquestionably one of the most anticipated records of the year.
Wacken Open Air 2014 – Resttickets werden ausgelost
Nachdem die Jubiläumsausgabe des Wacken Open Airs innerhalb von 44 Stunden ausverkauft war, gibt es ab sofort wieder Tickets im Vorverkauf. Über eine Warteliste haben Metalheads nun die Möglichkeit doch noch eine Karte zu ergattern.
Nicht mal 48 Stunden hat es gedauert, dann war das 25. Wacken Open Air ausverkauft.
TIDES FROM NEBULA und THE LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO mit exklusiven Album Streams
Die beiden Long Branch Records/SPV Künstler TIDES FROM NEBULA und THE LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO veröffentlichen mit "Eternal Movement" (Tides From Nebula) und "Pop Obskura" (The Low Frequency In Stereo) am kommenden Freitag jeweils brandneue Studioalben. Bereits heute gibt es die Chance exklusiv in die Alben reinzuhören.
01.11. PLACE VENDOME - "Thunder In The Distance" (Frontiers Records/Soulfood)
Michael Kiske beweist auf "Thunder In The Distance" erneut, dass er zu den größten Rock Sängern unseres Landes gehört! Album Samples: http://youtu.be/s-Bfyv6LXZc
NEUES ALBUM STEELCRUSHER ERSCHEINT ÜBER SONIC ATTACK/SPV VÖ.: 24. Januar 2014
Eine der zurzeit aufregendsten und talentiertesten jungen Metalbands präsentiert über Sonic Attack/SPV ihr neuestes Werk: Hammercult, die Gewinner des 2011er Wacken Metal Battle, werden am 24. Januar 2014 (Europa: 27. Januar 2014; USA/Kanada: 4. Februar 2014) ihr zweites Studioalbum Steelcrusher veröffentlichen.
