Dimension of Sonic Excellence

5/5/13

Bootlegger's Creed, Vol. 27 - Hypnotic Grooves, Vol. 8....

The Machine - 2013-02-25 - Freiburg, Germany
SBD-AUD matrix recording...

Setlist:
01 -intro-
02 First Unique Prime
03 First Unique Prime (cont.)
04 Scooch
05 Awe
06 Not only
07 Jam No Psi
08 -banter-
09 Sphere (...or Kneiter)
10 Sabotage (Beastie Boys cover)

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Vibravoid - 2012-12-15 - Cellarium, Knittlingen, Germany

Setlist:
1. Astronomy Domine (fades in)
2. Vivid Vision
3. Playing With Beuys
4. Doris Delay
5. Gravitation Zero
6. Colour Your Mind
7. What You Want
8. Get Out Of Here
9. Ballspeaker
10. Black And White
11. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
12. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

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The Black Angels - 2013-03-13 - SXSW, Buffalo Billiards, Austin, TX

Setlist:
1. You On the Run
2. Don't Play With Guns
3. Entrance Song
4. Indigo Meadow
5. Bad Vibrations
6. Young Men Dead
7. Evil Things
8. I Hear Colors

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Graveyard - 2013-02-19 - Phoenix, AZ

Setlist:
01 Intro
02 Industry of Murder
03 Hisingen Blues
04 Seven Seven
05 Slow Motion Countdown
06 Aint Fit To Live Here
07 Uncomforably Numb
08 As the Years Pass By, The Hours Bend
10 Granny And Davis
11 Hard Time Lovin
12 Thin Line
13 Goliath
14 encore break
15 The Siren
16 Endless Night
17 Evil Ways

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5/2/13

Hey Colossus - 2013 - Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo LP

Hey Hey Hey.

The 8th album by the 8 piece band from the UK's secret noisy society is already out.

Give me a minute. I should describe this in few "the most" words....

This is the most charming, the most industrial, the most krautrock, the most memorable shit that I haven't heard for a really long time.

And this is something completely different from the things that Hey Colossus used to do on their last few records. If you remember their "RRR" that is full of power electronics and noisy "Dominant Male", Split LP with Dethcalator - so you should know what I mean.

"Cuckoo Live..." is going to hang in my playlist for a very long time. For sure.

One hit song changing another.

It's such a rare feeling when you're listening to the whole album on one breath.

Okktave Dokkter recommends you to shut the fuck up immediately and buy this record.

Listen full album here :

http://thequietus.com/articles/11842-hey-colossus-cuckoo-live-life-like-cuckoo-stream

http://www.facebook.com/heycolossus
http://heycolossusband.wordpress.com/

LP/CD/Digital here:

http://mie.limitedrun.com/products/511995-hey-colossus-cuckoo-live-life-like-cuckoo

4/30/13

New Spanish Metal Reviews: Lords Of Bukkake and Tort

We’ve been featuring music from the Spanish scene recently that’s hotter and darker than Satan holding a Chorizo in the flames of hell and the next two bands we’re going to introduce you to are no exception. The metal scene in this country is nothing if not diverse as you’ll hear now, so sit back, don’t relax and listen to a couple of groups who really demand your attention in more ways than one.

Lords of Bukkake

It’s been three relatively quiet years for the Barcelona based sludge-doomers the Lords of Bukkake. The interestingly named trio consists of Toni Lopez Querol on bass and vocals, Jaume Pantelon on guitar and Sergio Linares on drums. They’ve actually been together in one way shape or form for a decade and so it only seems right they they’re celebrating that with the release of their latest album, called ‘Desagravio’, which came out on 25^th March through TotalRust Records and has been eagerly anticipated by fans of the band waiting for some new material to come (if you’ll, er, pardon the pun).

This is the third track from the album ‘Relente’:

It’s a brutal, unrelenting track and shows why they’re known as one of the premier exponents of this particular brand of psychedelic sludge doom. This is an interesting concept indeed, pairing what is essentially quite a hippy driven idea and melding it to something that is jaw-clenchingly hardcore at times. It is an interesting concept in many ways. What the band like to do is have their outright moments of thrashing, but counter them with some really quite challenging music - indeed, you could say it is almost hallucinogenic induced in it’s psychedelic vibe. The hypnotic melodies are then countered by the harder, comedown passages. It almost mirrors the kind of emotional rollercoaster you’d get from a drug withdrawal, the highs and lows, the feelings of euphoria followed by the moments of pain, though thankfully in this case it is all imagined. That this sort of music can do this to you shows the power that it has and this band are a great example of diversity among the metal genre.

What’s probably quite surprising about it, perhaps compared to other groups of the same genre is the higher pitched vocal, that actually sounds almost, but not quite, alarmingly feminine in places. It actually works really well when paired with the low growl of the guitars and the unrelenting bass thud. In comparison to some of the other bands that are emerging from the Spanish scene at the moment, they are really quite unique – there aren’t many other acts that they are on a par with.

Another preview track from the album is the title track ‘Desagravio’ which you can have a listen to here:

Again, this track highlights their strange, insane, but affecting sound. The vocals are almost the kind of thing you’d expect if Angus Young from AC/DC suddenly released a death metal album and had the horns of Beelzebub poking his behind while he sang. The band’s very own record label describe their sound as a cross between Iron Monkey, the Swans, Godflesh, Esoteric and Eyehategod. Which, to be fair, is some sound to live up to. If it’s sick, twisted, sludgey, high pitched yet growly, frightening spaced out, insane racket you want then it’s highly probable the band you need to listen to are Lords of Bukkake.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lords-Of-Bukkake/163873593626284

http://www.myspace.com/lordsofbukkake
http://www.totalrust-music.com/

TORT

Next on the Spanish Hit List is another outstanding band, also from Barcelona. TORT formed in 2009 and comprise Xavier Guerrero Calduch on Vocals, Laurent Py Cazals on Bass, Jordi Baluda Grau and Sergio Sancha Luna on Guitars and Miguel Angel Serrano Ibarra on Drums. Again, they’re another act signed to the awesome TotalRust Records. It’s taken them three years to put together a track listing and mini-album which they felt they were able to release and last year they took over the Moontower studios to put all their ideas together in one thrashy, bloodcurdling place. The end result was produced and mixed by Javi Felez.

It’s an interesting release, merely for the fact it’s more of an old school metal collaboration, that marries the more ‘traditional’ (if you can use that word here!) styles of thrash and sludge doom, but really successfully melds them with a fairly hypnotic blend of riffs and mesmeric feedback and distortion that carry beautifully and lastingly throughout the whole record. Despite all the various different styles they manage to cram into this forty minute death metal epic, they still manage to create a sound that makes them really stand out from the rest and sound that little bit more distinctive than all the others. You can here the album and get a taste for more TORT here at their Bandcamp page, which is really worth a visit:

http://tort.bandcamp.com/

4/23/13

Mother Mars - 2013 - Steam Machine Museum (Review) & exclusive 2 tracks streaming

Absolutely awesome 4th album by the Australian heavynauts.

It's long, massive and full of diversity.

The album will be released on the 24th of April on Pepper Shaker Records (band's own label). The band on this record is former 3 piece line up that has Marcus De pasquale on Guitar, Nathan Gatt on Key's, Paul Attard on Bass and Frank Attard on drums.

В то время,когда учёные всего мира ломают голову над вопросом есть ли жизнь на Марсе или нет,скромная австралийская группа Mother Mars приглашает всех желающих на экскурсию в Марсианский музей паровых машин.

В программу экскурсии включены 9 экспонатов,уникальных по своему виду и звуку. Организаторы подошли к делу с неподдельной серьёзностью и "профессиональным трепетом". Заглавная вещь - Down The Line начинаясь весьма неторопливо довольно быстро меняет темп создавая интригу для дальнейшего прослушивания и.....в дело вступает Low Frequent C's - монструозный шедевр в лучших традициях тяжёлого психоделического трипа. Но не подумайте,что он единственный - ведь впереди вас ждёт загадочная потусторонняя Terra Australis! К середине альбома неожиданно выскакивает Toki-Ho-Bo этакая казалось бы шалость среди прочих экспонатов - кусочек марсианского кантри или просто разминка для вашей встречи с Ней.......я говорю о Spacegirl. Теперь я уверен точно - мы не одни в космосе! Дальше вы оказываетесь на Astro Rodeo ,где за 7 минут Вам предстоит безмолвно объездить серъезного упрямого и жесткого инопланетного минотавра. А после этого милости просим - War Of The Gods - здесь всё масштабно как и подобает богам. Финальная композиция Larry - провожает вас до дверей умиротворенно и безмолвно,лишь хитро подмигнув напоследок - Приходите ещё,наш музей открыт для Вас с 26 апреля ежедневно!!! И я Вам обещаю -ВЫ БУДЕТЕ ЗДЕСЬ ЧАСТЫМ ГОСТЕМ!!!

(Review by Dron)

Stream first 2 tracks from the "Steam..."

"Down The Line"

" Low Frequent C's"

http://mothermars.bandcamp.com/

http://www.myspace.com/mothermars

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mother-mars/164589286902720

4/22/13

Fister - 2013 - Gemini (Review)

This is gonna be the 5th Fister-post on our blog. Now it's officialy certified as Robust band.

The concept laid behind Fister is very convincing. The trio appears to be in possession of some clandestine information as they claim that it is not Lucifer who is running business in hell, but Charles Bronson. Having never provided us with irrefutable proof of this weird belief, these guys continue to stay hell bent on this outlandish assumption with nothing capable of convincing them in the opposite. They think that Charles Bronson arrived in hell and blew the brains out of Lucifer’s head with his six-shooter, subsequently taking his place and thus turning an army of menacing demons into his servants. Now he thrives in his hell- reign, mobilizing forces for invasion on the Earth so that those who question the indisputable fact that Siergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in The West “ is the best western ever may finally fade into obscurity. I have never questioned this fact and therefore can sleep well. Those who dare commit such blasphemy will soon meet horrible fate, as they will be dragged deep into the bowels of the Earth and beg forgiveness from Charlie. Anyway, never have I dreamed about incarceration in mental asylum so on this heavy not I will delve deeper into the tunes which this trio unleashes in order to please their infernal master, Charles “Lucifer” Bronson or whatever his name is.

Formed in 2009 by Kenny Snarzyk, handling super heavy bass and lead vocals. He is joined by Marcus Newstead on guitars and Kirk Gatterer on drums. A demo was released in 2010 entitled Fisted Sister. In 2011, the band joined the Bronson’s covenant by releasing their first release “Bronsonic”, which was a never wasting time of getting down to bone-crushing devastation. It was one of the heaviest sludge/doom Armageddons to ever punish the earth, and by far the most successful delivery of Charlie’s message to the ignorant crowd. So heavy and downturned it was that decibel level exceeded all conceivable limits at some points in the album , so converting my friends into zombified worshippers of Charles Lucifer Bronson was an easy thing to behold. Not only was it a chance to get drowned into filth, unbearable heaviness was perfectly bordered by catchy and bong-provoking doom grooves so is succeeded in satisfying all members of the covenant both initiates and veterans alike. Like Electric Wizard and Sleep, Fister have proved themselves worthy in the world of doom with Bronsonic.

Since then, the band has released 3EP-s, one compilation and split with Lion’s Daughter called “And Their Masters Bled for Days”. All of the mentioned releases are worthy of listening, so go grab them if you have not done it yet. However, today is the day when all servants of Bronson should unite and be made whole, as the next full –length from St Louis sludge/doom trio has been finally forged. Bearing the title “Gemini”, second LP is 46-minute long exercise in monumental heavy as hell doom. From the very onset it becomes evident that these guys have serious intent to prove their allegiance to their master by completely punishing our eardrums. The production is crisp, abrasive and raw to some extent. Vocals are throat –shredding and percussion is pummeling, bass is nausea-inducing and guitar is razor-sharp and throat –cutting, all coupled together creates a dangerous formula required for opening a hell gate from where Demonic Warlord Charles and his army of hell will emerge. In terms of music, the formula is very successful as here we have brutal sludge riffs superimposed over atmospheric ambient mess. The songs are never getting boring or tedious, dragging you deeper into hell hole growing out of your speakers with each consecutive riff. Fister has adopted a little bit more straightforward approach here, preferring to stay on the verge of heaviness throughout the entire release. But nevertheless, each song maintains the character of its own and avoid drowning in the failure of widespread clichés.

Straight from the opening track “Antitheist”, the anthiteistic feel is immediately evident as Fister unleashes a ton of heaviness in an attempt to make the hellhole so that Charlie can come. The record becomes even heavier after two minutes have elapsed so get ready for all your religious foundations to be completely destroyed.

‘Suicide Hessian’ start off with a more speedy vibe but quickly slows into excessively heavy grooves as there is apparent need to further crumble the earth in order to make hell-hole wider.

‘III’ continues the barrage of the opening two tracks with slower crushing chord work. This sound is just pure filth. The elongated and wistful droning carries you far into the dark and twisted reality Fister crawled out of. We are mercifully given a chance to relax as the track fades to a close.

Next is the titular song ‘Gemini’, which is an experiment in calmness and harmony compared to the rest of the album. It has Dopethrone –era Electric Wizard reminiscences so it does manage to retain eerie atmosphere amid more psych-oriented tunes. A good break from the ear-punishing madness prevailing on previous songs.

Next one, Sinking Estonia’s gets the sludge back on track, delivering an unrelenting dose of toxic sludge goodness. Think of another amazing sludge band ‘Indian’ getting drunk and coming to decision to add some black metal sound to the songs and play it in garage in state of complete hangover – that pretty much sums up . The Demonic hand of Charlie is protruding from the hell-hole on this point, holding a hell-charged six-shooter pointing at all of you who dared questioning the magnificence of ‘Once upon a time in the West”. Go grab this ageless classic and watch it or you’re fucked.

‘Permanent Chemical Psychosis’, is a more stoner-doom oriented vide, so get ready for yet another respite.

Combining elements of all what you have witnessed in the previous songs, the 2-nd grand congregation of Bronson worshippers comes to an end with the Invisible Corpse. The gloomy atmosphere, dark discordant guitar work, pounding drums, tectonic bass movements and hell-spawned vocal delivery is all what this song about. The final lyrics continue to echo long after silence wipes them away. “No one will mourn me. No one gives a shit. No one will miss me." No way Charlie, we will miss and mourn you forever, but you will be forever commemorated in the form of new hell overlord, Charles Lucifer Bronson. Hail Charles, Hail Lucifer, Hail Bronson.

To sum up, the 2-nd congregation was very successful. The hell-hole had been opened, and Charlie had embarked on his plan to punish all who questioning the indisputable magnificence of Sergio Leone’s never dying classic. I support him in this venture. We hope to get more heaviness from St. Louis trio in the third congregation. 9/10.

(Review by Den)

PS. Here's also a fresh live tape by FISTER. Don't forget to check it out too.

http://fister.bandcamp.com/

http://fister.bigcartel.com/

http://www.facebook.com/fisterdoom

https://twitter.com/fisterdoom

4/21/13

The Spanish Metal Scene: Corrosive And Divine

It’s fair to say when you think about anything thrash/death metal/hardcore/grindcore related, Spain probably isn’t the first country you’d ascribe it to. It seems just too improbable that the country you associate with much more sedate pastimes and pleasures could create the kind of blood curdlingly beautiful noise that anyone reading this blog loves. However, just look a little further into the country and you realise that perception is wrong and indeed Spain is actually a great place to discover new up and coming metal bands that really offer a different take on the genre.

Three of the best to watch out for

There are always a few really decent bands that you come to in your life that leave you wondering “why the hell did I not know about them before?” and this next bunch are no exception. They’ve been put together as a sample of some of the great acts that are coming out of Spain. They’re not all new, but all of them either have new releases to promote or are preparing to get stuff out into the ether later this year.

Wis(h)key

Hailing from Barcelona and relative newcomers to the scene, Wis(h)key were formed in 2011 and their bandcamp site offers a full preview of their next single ‘Voodoo River’ which is to be released on 1^st June 2013. They’re a more typical kind of crossover band, that don’t sit easily in just one style of music. They’ve been in and around and gigging in one form or another for around a decade and the band members Ori Novella, Ruben Chacon, Isma Garcia, JA Roman and Marcos Lopez started the project as a bit of fun, but realised after a short while that they’d built up a pretty solid base of songs that would create a damned fine debut album.

They recorded it at Artegrama Studio in Barcelona and the reaction on it’s release, astounded them. Thus, they’ve gone back into the studio and are hoping to record more this year, with ‘Voodoo River’ being pre-released as a taster for something much bigger to come. They also have a pretty awesome YouTube channel too; their music videos are good to watch, classy and very well filmed and edited and seem to capture the heart and soul of metal music, but there’s an innate class and quality to the shooting of them that still wouldn’t look out of place on a mainstream music video channel either. This might end up setting them apart from some of the other bands in their genre if they ever make it really big. They seem to have a feel for how to craft something lovingly and with care. The same goes for their music too. Definitely a band to give a little bit of your time over to get to know and love.

http://wishkey.bandcamp.com/

http://www.facebook.com/wishkeymetal

http://www.youtube.com/user/wishkeybcn

https://twitter.com/WISHKEY1

http://www.reverbnation.com/wishkey1

A.D.

Whilst Wis(h)key are more of a crossover band that might perhaps have a potentially wider appeal to a newer audience who want to perhaps have more of a gentler introduction to the genre, A.D. are the complete opposite. Their latest album ‘Marcha Al Abismo’ was released last month to critical acclaim, and it is utterly unrelenting in both it’s ferocity of volume and crunching power. The band has been inexistence for around thirteen years now and this is their second release. It's an uncompromising listen that will leave you wanting to hear more.

http://ad13.bandcamp.com/

Falsos Positivos

Released last month ‘Nuestra Hora’ is the third release from Falsos Positivos, a Valencian punk hardcore act who are making quietly noisy waves in their home country. The band consists of Serrano on vocals, xTonix on guitar and vocals, xMarix on bass and Edu on drums. Their music belies the message they are trying to get across. Their lyrics are probably what you would call provocative, they’re not political in the truest sense but they lean towards trying to paint hardcore and metal fans in a more positive light, rather than the somewhat negative traditional viewpoint that most people have of the genre. They’re definitely another one to watch out for this year and in the future.

http://falsospositivos.bandcamp.com/

If you’d like to find out more about the bands mentioned here, are interested in finding out more about the Spanish Metal scene at the current moment and getting hold of some of the best value music deals around, then check out all of the various group’s Bandcamp pages. The best thing about listening and buying from Bandcamp is that you’re directly supporting the artists themselves and not only that you can find out about all the other great acts from the area into the bargain. Many of the bands on there link directly to other groups that they think their fan base might like, so it's always worth your time clicking through and seeing what else is on offer. There you have it; the Spanish metal scene is definitely one of the ones to watch during 2013 and beyond. You all definitely need to watch this space for more to come.

Text by special robust reporter EVE

Riot Season News

RS slays with it's latest releases. Without any doubt this is the strongest independent European label.

Here're 2 upcoming albums from this fabulous label that will reach my personal "Top of the noise" for sure.

Dethscalator - Racial Golf Course No Bitches LP

This is truly sick.

This is undoubtly heavy.

This is new Dethscalator's album that follows a successful split LP with Hey Colossus.

"Racial Golf Course" sounds like a Margaret Thatchers' funeral. Someone will like it, someone not.

"Slow, angry, psychedelic and gigantic - like a paisley glacier full of Stanley Knives, flowing over Brian Blessed’s foot - Dethscalator move at their own pace. They formed in 2008 in Hackney, London, and have spent the last five years building up to the release of their debut album Racial Golf Course No Bitches. (The band’s drummer Stu Bell said of the name: “What does it mean? I just had this image in my head of a sign you’d see on a golf course by a picket fence that would make absolutely no sense whatsoever. I think it came about because we found out you can buy 500 golf tees with Dethscalator printed on them for £30.”) And it may have become the Chinese Democracy of noise rock over the last half decade, but now that it’s here, we can safely reassure you that it was well worth the wait.

Road hardened and tightened the band have shrugged off their looser, sludge-blasted origins to reconnect with their American 80s post hardcore, pig fuck roots, with riffs n’ hooks worthy of Killdozer, Jesus Lizard, Unsane, Butthole Surfers and Fudge Tunnel but have mixed this up with giant slabs of monolithic doom, coruscating beams of white noise and whirling vortices of space rock.

However it is the deep, dub influenced production job; the way that layers and layers of feedback have been marshalled into a horrific orchestral wall of sonic horror and the brightly fizzing lysergic sheen to the whole shebang that will bestow a blessing on your ears. This is guaranteed to tweak your brain’s long dormant and atavistic proto-human god nodules and have you punching your walls like William Hurt as the multi-coloured amoeba man at the end of Altered States after he’s spent an afternoon in a floatation tank on Ayahuasca and seen a goat with 13 eyes nailed to a crucifix.

Howling drunkenly into the abyss has never been so much fun... and this time it comes with a free golf tee."

Initial mailorder copies come with free printed Dethscalator golf tee while stocks last. The first 50 copies will also come with a free folded A3 promo poster (first come first served)

http://www.facebook.com/Dethscalator

http://www.dethscalator.com
http://dethscalator.wordpress.com
http://dethscalator.bigcartel.com
http://www.myspace.com/dethscalator
http://dethscalator.com/album/racial-golf-course-no-bitches

KAWABATA MAKOTO'S MAINLINER 'Revelation Space' LP/CD/TAPE

Tokyo-based "psychedelic solid free attack group" is back after the 12 years of silence.

Following the latest Riot Season's releases : Pikacyu*Makoto & Acid Mother's Temple.

"One of the most celebrated Japanese Underground bands have returned! It may have taken over 12 years, but Kawabata Makoto, guitar guru and head honcho in Acid Mothers Temple, has finally decided to get his celebrated 'psychedelic solid free attack group' back together.

Joining original Mainliner members Kawabata Makoto (motorpsycho guitar) and Koji Shimura (drums) is new recruit Kawabe Taigen (bass/vocals) and the trio still kick up one hell of a sonic racket.

Confusion surrounds the exact details of the recording, but they seem to date from December 2011, and from Kawabata's mountain top temple studio-cum-home. The man himself, as always, is shying away from sharing too many of the magick details about the Mainliner rebirth. And the stark, minimal black with gold sleeve keeps the mystery intact, apart from the grainy band photo on the rear.

All said, 'Revelation Space', is a comeback statement of intent. And it's firmly in the same 'in the red / raw' camp as the original trio's classic 'Mellow Out'. From the initial speaker shaking feedback burst of opener 'Revelation Space', right through to the closing 20-minute epic 'New Sun' (which showcases Taigen's otherworldly howl perfectly) there is no let up in the brutal delivery.

This will no doubt delight those Mainliner diehards who never thought they'd see the day again, and all those with a love of over the top guitar howls and punishing feedback levels, but always under pinned by some righteous grooves.

The band will be touring the UK in September, and the rest of the world will follow."

http://www.facebook.com/mainlinerjapan

http://www.riotseason.com/

http://riotseason.bigcartel.com/

http://riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/

http://www.facebook.com/riotseasonrecords

https://soundcloud.com/riotseason

4/12/13

The Dry Mouths

Here's quite good band from Almeria desert, Xpain.

Alternative, stoner rock and 90s' grunge are blended into one cup on the middle volume.

Sometimes tunes goes catchy sometimes softer and more experimental.

The Dry Mouths has released 3 albums up to date.

Check out their two latest at least.

The Dry Mouths - 2013 - And Show Us

The Dry Mouths - 2012 - Moon's True Delay Lenght Wah Foo Era 2012

http://www.thedrymouths.com/

http://thedrymouths.bandcamp.com

(Free download)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dry-Mouths/270366262978214

4/11/13

Planet of Zeus / FGWMWS Tours in 2013

"We are Planet of Zeus from Athens,Greece. We are ready to kick-ff our second European tour"

"Tonight We Hit The Road" Tour 2013

19.4 White Trash , Berlin, DE,
20.4 KB18 kødboderne, Copenhagen, DK
21.4 Logo Hamburg, Hamburg, DE,
23.4 Sonic Ballroom, Koln, DE
24.4 ACU, Utrecht, NL
25.4 Magasin 4, Brussels, BE
26.4 JUZ, Mannheim, DE
27.4 Litlle Devil, Tilburg, NL
28.4 Desertfest, London, UK
30.4 Pitcher, Düsseldorf, DE
1.5 Blue Devils officiel, Arras, FR,
2.5 Les Combustibles, Paris, FR,
3.5 Infrared, Orleans, FR,
4.5 Brin de Zinc, Chambery, FR
5.5 Rumpelthum, St Gallen, CH
7.5 Rote Frabrik, Zurich, CH
8.5 Rockhouse, Salzburg, AT
9.5 Metro Music Bar, Brno, CZ
10.5 Madness Club, Wroclaw, PL,
11.5 Vortex, Siegen, DE
12.5 Rockpool, Halle, DE
14.5 Spatif, Sopot, PL
16.5 Politeia, Patra, GR
17.5 Boxx, Ioannina, GR
18.5 8ball Club, Thessaloniki, GR
19.5 Vox Club, Volos, GR

Greece. A country internationally known for its ancient history, democracy, sun, beaches, mustaches, olive oil, mousaka, tzatziki, bouzouki, souvlaki... Well, forget that. Open your arms and welcome the new heavy rock empire and its ambassadors, Planet of Zeus.

The hardest working rock band in the entire universe, who'll fear nothing and overcome every obstacle emerging on their way to heavy, sincere and loud rock 'n roll. Rumors about members of the band selling some of their parents' vital organs to finance their career have not yet been confirmed.

Having the re-issue of "Eleven the Hard Way" in vinyl format,
as well as "Macho Libre" re-issue in digipack cd on their luggage,
they once again hit the european roads.

www.planetofzeus.gr
https://www.facebook.com/planetofzeus
http://planetofzeus.bandcamp.com/

Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt

Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt's new album Dys/Closure is now streaming in full over at Art As Catharsis

The 15 tracks of Dys/Closure are a chaotic musical catharsis featuring dissonant guitars, precise drumming and scorching mid-range vocals -- a mix of early Dillinger Escape Plan, Ed Gein, Orchid, Pig Destroyer, Botch and Cursed.

Go and listen to all of Dys/Closure now.

Music video for Little Consequence

Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt recently teamed up with BARE Pictures to produce something a little different from your standard punk or metal video clip.

Check it out to see what I mean:

Australian tour with The Reverend Jesse Custer

Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt are hitting the road with Canberra's The Reverend Jesse Custer.

Be sure to catch two of Australia's most intense live bands when they hit your town!

Tour of Little Consequence April/May 2013

26 April - Black Wire Records, Sydney

27 April - Phoenix Bar, Canberra (TBC)

3 May - Squatters Arms, Adelaide

4 May - Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne (TBC)

10 May - Via Studios, Brisbane

11 May - Fat Louies, Brisbane

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/315483711911501

Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt's new album Dys/Closure is out 15 April vs Art As Catharsis Records. The Reverend Jesse Custer's Perpetual Victim 10" is out now via Lesstalk Records.

http://facebook.com/fgwmws

http://facebook.com/revxcuster

http://thereverendjessecuster.bandcamp.com

http://music.artascatharsis.com

http://facebook.com/artascatharsis

http://facebook.com/artascatharsisrecords

4/6/13

Baxter Stockman - 2013 - Punter LP/CD (Review)

First time I saw the band named Baxter Stockman on some hardcore gig poster few years ago...

They should play some cool powerviolence from the West coast. That's what thought first.

But nope, the things turned another way...

Baxter Stockman is awesome noiserock band from Finland. They did few CD-EPs, 1 single 7 inch "Romance". And "Punter" is their first fullength record.

Baxter Stockman is the the name of the creepy character from the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoon series who was one third fly, one third machine, one third human.

Usually song starts with the simplest minimalistic riff made by one move of a pick. Following atmosphere going with the same tempo but becomes more complicated.

With the minimalistic sound BxSx achieves raw and aggressive neandertal effect.

That's about the sound. Damn, I really love that wonderful feeling when you invent time machine and go back to early 90s' to catch the pure era of ugliness.

Their music comes right that way.

And what I always loved about Finland's noiserock scene is their poster art !

http://baxterstockman.com/

http://bstockman.bandcamp.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baxter-Stockman/187793970293

Get digital noise here :

http://ektrorecords.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=3181

Get waxy noise here :

http://cfprod.com/kon/

4/2/13

Sent By the Band - March 2013

NO OMEGA - 2013 - SHAME

"Stockholm, Sweden-based dark hardcore outfit NO OMEGA have put their upcoming record Shame up for pre-orders via Throatruiner Records. This second full-length is due out April 10th on LP and CD, and is up for free download on Throatruiner Records' website. "

http://music.throatruinerrecords.com/album/shame

http://www.facebook.com/noomega

No Sun In San Francisco - 2013 - Principles And Particles

Five-pieces band emergeing from the swiss post-hardcore/math-rock scene, No Sun in San Francisco has just unleashed its full-length debut album, "Principles and particles", on february 28th (Limited CD editition/Digital).

Formed in Lausanne by Juan Pablo L'Huillier /// growling, Bruno Allaki /// drums, Etienne Ducommun /// bass beasting, Bruno Cetrangolo /// shredding & Raul Bortolotti /// shredding & artsy stuff, NSISF creates its own and intense musical path, between bestial postcore and high-technical math-rock in order to make an heavy and spontaneous "hard" without any restrictions in terms of style or sound. So No Sun In San Francisco is just "post-something".

The album is available for exclusive full streaming sessions on the several partners : DailyRock, Idioteq, W-fenec Magazine & The NewNoise.

Get your copy on Band's e-shop and Domino Media Store.

For Fans of Cult of Luna, Isis, Converge, Unsane.

http://www.nosuninsanfrancisco.com/

http://www.facebook.com/nosuninsanfrancisco

http://nosuninsanfrancisco.bigcartel.com/product/principles-and-particles-cd

Full Stream Here :

http://www.idioteq.com/exclusive-album-stream-no-sun-in-san-francisco/

Jacob meets Blooming Látigo

The new project of David Cordero (ÚRSULA) and Marco Serrato (ORTHODOX) adapt, in their own way, songs from the unclassifiable BLOOMING LÁTIGO.

Orthodox "Der Fliegende Holländer"

Live show from one of the best band of recent times. It includes a new song called El Aullador

"It’s been many months of work talking about the project and agreeing a lot of details, but finally we take it up. Many people will say that we’re crazy to start something like this nowadays, but Knocturne Records isn’t an easy going project, as a matter of fact, they are not really interested in releasing music that is pleasant for everyone. We do it because we love it and enjoy doing so. It doesn’t really matter what happens from now on because we have the strong idea to bring out and release cassettes, cd’s or vinyl’s that shake us or grab our attention and curiosity. Our passion for music and believing in ourselves it’s what guides us. And for that, we work hard hoping that every single one of our releases has something special and different from the others."

http://knockturnerecords.bandcamp.com

http://www.knockturnerecords.com

https://twitter.com/Knockturne_Rec

https://www.facebook.com/KnockturneRecords

Les Los Disidentes Del Sucio Motel - 2013 - Arcane

"Arcane", the new full-length album by Los Disidentes Del Sucio Motel (aka THE french stoner-rock brotherhood) will hit the stores on April 8th through Deadlight Entertainment (Peter Dolving, Loading Data, V13...)

Recorded at Cube Studio (Besançon, France), this brand new full-length effort (the second one after "Soundtrack from the motion picture", 2010) will be released on CD/LP and digital with an awesome cover-art done by ElvisDead (The Melvins, Graveyard, Sick of It all...).

From now, a new song by LDDSM, "Ouija", has just surfaced on the web and it kicks your ass right NOW.

...

For fans of Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Fu Manchu, Clutch, Eagles of Death Metal, Motörhead...

http://www.lddsm.com/

http://www.facebook.com/lddsm

http://www.elvisdead.com/

Dirty Sound Magnet - 2013 - What lies behind

Dirty Sound Magnet is Rock preserved at its peak.

Influenced by the finest artists of years long passed, four-pieces swiss rock entity Dirty Sound Magnet manages to integrate the freshness and power of the music of today. The creativity of DSM calls them to shirk the notion of a ‘label’ or a ‘genre’ for what they do is more than rock; it is from the first to the last ‘music’. The band already has had the pleasure to perform over 100 live shows in Switzerland and abroad.

Recorded by Bertrand Siffert (Young Gods), "What lies behind", the debut album from Dirty Sound Magnet contains nine highly inspirational tracks, which represent an odyssey through rock music and has been released in october 2012 through Phénix Records (Colorblind, Hemlock SMith) on CD & Digital.

By the way, from now available worldwide, "What lies behind" is also up for full streaming on Bandcamp.

http://www.dirtysoundmagnet.ch/

http://phenixrecords.bandcamp.com

http://www.youtube.com/user/DirtySoundMagnet

BUTE - 2013 - CRUSTATOMIC

BUTE (Punk-Crust/France), and this is our second release "Crustatomic".
We are two, guitarist and megaphone. We record it on February 2013. Mixage, Mastering by Kenny Vukovic.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/BUTE/238916912901667

http://incrustwetrust.bandcamp.com/album/crustatomic

Aidan - The Relation Between Brain And Behaviour

Frekete Agency (Angelo from Le Scimmie runs it!) got new band in their Rooster.
Check it out !

Instrumental attitude, post metal delirium, stoner acceleration, sludge swamps.
These are the ingredients that make "The Relation
Between Brain And Behaviour" one of the debut albums to keep
an eye in this first part of 2013.
Recorded at Red Sound Studio in Molise - Italy, mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate,
Old), the album will be available as a free download from
from the day of its official release, Monday, Jan. 21 2013.
If bands like Sleep, Melvins and Isis are your reason for
life, the heavy sound of Aidan is what you
need.
Try it!

http://aidanband.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aidan/312454752137706

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frekete-Agency/171870452937892

Eibon - 2013 - II

2 solid pieces of pure sludge/doom heaviness.

Much better than their past stuff.

Don't miss it !

"After two splits, one MCD and one full-length, "II" marks EIBON's bleakest and most ambitious material to date. Recorded in a live setting by Sylvain Biguet (Comity, Revok, As We Draw…) then mixed and mastered by Francis Caste (Arkhon Infaustus, Kickback, Cowards…), "The Void Settlers" and "Elements Of Doom" are two massive twenty-minutes tracks where EIBON refine their very own vision of slow and painful music, infusing their raw sludge/doom with black metal and more atmospheric parts. A must-have for fans of Ramesses, Unearthly Trance or older Neurosis."

http://music.throatruinerrecords.com/album/II

http://www.facebook.com/Eibonmetal

http://www.aestheticdeath.com

SANGRE DE MUERDAGO -Up coming Gatefold LP

"sangre de muerdago is pure raw energy....... music and words inspired by passionate living roaming out of society and civilization...... destroying taboos, destroying fears, into the depths of nature, welcome the unknown, welcome those with a pure heart...... on the road and on the trail, lost in the woods, into the wild, in the endless paths of the soul, just a blanket in the backpack, filled in the way with magic, laughs, moments, tears, hearts..... the wisdom of the old one, the child that doesn't grow...... seek the mysteries, throw the stone, run blindly with no goal, run through the woods, jump the gap, get wet, hug the wolf, howl at the moon, swim the seven seas...... fearless and innocent, criminal and free......"

European tour March-April 2013 :

March:

24th – OST – Vienna @ Ekh

25th – OST – Graz @ Sub

26th – HR – Zagreb @ The Infoshop

27th – SLO – Ljubljana @ Tovarna Rog + Seeds in Barren Fields

28th – ITA – Bologna @ XM24 + Bland vargar

29th – ITA – Milano @ Villa Vegan

30th – CH – Bremgarten @ Kuzeb Fest

31st – CH – Lausanne

April:

1st – FR – St.Ettienne/Grenoble

2nd – SPA – Barcelona @ Hangar + C-Utter + Wind Atlas

3rd – SPA – Valencia @ Flexi Discos

4th – SPA – Madrid @ Rock Palace + Otus

5th – POR – Aveiro @ Mercado Negro

6th – SPA – A Coruña @ Tio Ovidio

7th – SPA – Carballo @ A Reserva + La Casa Fantom

8th – SPA – Santiago de Compostela @ Tnt

9th – SPA – Bilbao @ Izarbeltz Ateneoa + Todo o Nada + The Jesus Grip

10th – FR – Bordeaux

11th – FR – Poitiers @ Le Zinc

12th – FR – Paris @ Au Chat Noir

13th – GER – Bonn @ ?? + Nebelung

14th – NL – Nijmegen @ Onderbroek

15th – GER – Hannover

16th – GER – Berlin @ Kastanien Keller

17th – GER – Leipzig @ Plaque + Peter Ross

http://bouerecords.bandcamp.com/album/sangre-de-muerdago-up-coming-gatefold-lp

http://bouerecords.bigcartel.com/product/sangre-de-muerdago-s-t-lp-pre-order

JIBÓIA - JIBÓIA EP

Don't know how to react on this stuff.

Without description it makes no sense !

What the hell is that ?)

In current language, Jibóia is a boa constrictor, a snake that crawls close to the human skin. In music, we infer the same: Jibóia crawls close to the human skin, reaching the brain, making us to show off our dance moves from hell.

Óscar Silva is the one-man-artist behind this project: he loops, he plays with his pedals, he is the genius mind of Jibóia. Forget Marrakesh or the desert of Morocco: everything happens in Portugal with a guitar. You will experience, only with the sound, the bittersweet taste of kebab, while you move your feet, your body, your hand, your fingers… Mostly, you won’t be able to stop the movement. You will find yourself looking to the other side of the road, waiting for an actual snake to show up.

Being one of the sensations in the country without a single release, Jibóia’s first debut goes out on the 9th of March, via Portuguese label Lovers & Lollypops. Jibóia EP is a one sided 12’’, that was recorded on BlackSheep Studios, in collaboration with Makoto Yagyu.