Creation of Robustfest, part one............

Hey there! Here's the first video from the Forge. 

No comments necessary - just watch!

Catapult the Smoke - 2011 - Born in Fire

For robustfellows only...or not for the weak souls.



Hail Sweden. Here's the 2nd coming of heavy tuned, stoned as hell and sentenced to doom three-headed dragon. Greatest album, that I havn't heard for a long time. This one goes well for the long long riding. Bad roads surrounds you. You should hold motorcycle's handlebars. and keep on going through the night.

Partly reminds me the doomy days of Orange goblin career (Scorpionica/Coup de Grace),
Don't forget to add some southern sandy grooves.

Good work done guys.

http://www.myspace.com/catapulttheesmoke

released by the US label Orchestrated Misery Recordings
http://www.myspace.com/orchestratedmiseryrecordings
Buy this stone for only 13 bucks.

One thing left to say - "Follow the Path of the Warrior", thath's all you need for Saturdays eve ).

Beasts from the UK...

Hey Ho. The things're going pretty slow with Robustfest. But I hope it will be worth it.
So, having a free minute to post some dirty rarities from the smog island...

Death of London - 2010 - The Independent State of

this video says for the whole thing about their music : dirty/industrial noiserock/sludge. I'm lovin' it.
Myspace
Web
Get album really Cheap on Function Records (£1.99 - cool price for a digi)

Koresh - 2010 - Crippledriver

Pure Iron Monkey re-incarnation. All the anger, hate, speed and low shit you can find in "Crippledriver". Running less then half an hour it has enough time to eat your brains alive.

Koresh - Live at the Unicorn 25/03/11 from Donny Hopkins on Vimeo.

Get it on http://witheredhandrecords.blogspot.com/ for only 5 GBP
and try to check CRUMBLING GHOST, It's wonderful too.
http://straightedgetillmidnight.blogspot.com/

Widows - 2010 - Raise the Monolith

First Ep from this London's Sludge/Stoner/Doom/filth outfit. Not common to the other bands in the genre.
Due to th emyspace status Widows are gonna hava a fullength album soon called "Death Valley Duchess "

http://widows.bigcartel.com/ (Great merch goes for little money)
http://www.myspace.com/widowsband#!

You Should also try these Noise-rockers from Leeds, really nasty music:
http://blacklisters.bandcamp.com/ (Some free stuff guaranteed)

...and this band is produced by Alex Newport (Fudge Tunnel, Nailbomb...)
http://www.myspace.com/deathofthieves



Some more Doomy Stuff to come :

http://pinebarrens.bandcamp.com/

And the future disaster called The DEAD Resurrected

Feat: Ex and Current members of Lazarus Blackstar, Khang, End Times, Gods Of Hellfire and Bloodstream. Doom Metal for the great disappointment.


Facebook
http://www.reverbnation.com/thedeadresurrected
http://www.myspace.com/thedeadresurrected

More UK tunes to come soon...

Robustfest - second update.......

Second update adds two amazing bands! Ladies and gentleman, I'm proud to announce that Bluesbreaker & BOMG will join our festival.

BLUESBREAKER (Ukraine, Kiev)

Hardcore/Blues/Bluescore - Black Sabbath meets Black Flag.
Band mixes the energy of hardcore with the sabbate-sque riffage, creating a perfect sonic potion to enjoy. 

http://www.myspace.com/bluesbreakerbums

Check their vinyl release "Chain Gang" here.
 
BOMG (Ukraine, Monastyrische, Cherkasskiy Region)

The band fronted by father & son breaks down the walls with their heavy psychedelic tunes played in a very true old-school tradition.

http://www.myspace.com/bomgua
 

As you listen to their music you hear that the same groove-laden blood runs through their riff-addicted veins.
It will be their first show.

 
 Listen to their new song "Etaph"

Stay (down)tuned! There's more to come...

RobustFlyers

Here it goes Sludgefuckers!

first flyers are here :

Designed by Stonezilla/co-edited by PhillO)))

dl and spread this stuff whereever you can !

...more artwork coming soon...

Robustfest first update

More good bands joining the fest :

Forever Wasted (Kiev, UA)
Playing Sludge/Doom since 2008 and making it good.

http://www.myspace.com/foreverwastedband



check out the latest release/2 last tracks by FW delivers as well
2011 - Skruta / Foible Instinct / Forever Wasted Split

Stoned Jesus (Kiev, UA)
Going from occult stoner/doom to psychedelic hard rock.
After releasing few demos the band outshined with the fullength called "First Communion" on Solitude prod.

http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Stoned+Jesus
http://vkontakte.ru/stoned_jesus
http://vkontakte.ru/stjesus
http://stonedjesus.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stoned...49493791768854

Robustfest 2011

Greetings Everybody!

It's really big joy for our team to announce Robustfest vol.1.

Date : 10/09/2011
Place: Kuznya (Forge), Frunze 69 str., Kiev, UA

line up:

Tombstones (Oslo, Norway)
http://www.myspace.com/tombstonesoslo
http://www.facebook.com/tombstonesoslo#!/tombstonesoslo

After listening to this trio you can honestly say - that's how the real stoner-rock should sound.
Keep your ears open for sniff good dose of hellfire doom.
Tombstones released their "Volume two" album like half a year ago:

"Volume II" is a 9-song-long manifestation of how heavy rock should sound like in 2010. The album is recorded live and analog, and will kick-start rock-hearts with a weakness for warm and tube-driven distortion. The sound of Tombstones is crushingly massive, suggestive and down-tuned, and has references to the best milestones of heavy-rock through time. The collaboration of Billy Anderson and Audun Strype from the prior album continues and they purify the sound Tombstones has developed as their trademark on "Volume II". Through riffs, sounds, lyrics and mood the fog comes oozing from the dark woods of Norway.

"Volume II" is recorded, produced and mixed by legendary Billy "Engine-Ear" Anderson, known for having produced several of the heaviest quality-rock albums through the last decades. Sleep, Melvins and Cathedral to mention a few. The album is mastered by Audun Strype, one of Norway's best and most recognized sound masters. Known for working with Motorpsycho, Årabrot and SUMA amongst others. One of Norway's heaviest bands, Tombstones, is 3 guys from the woods of eastern Norway, brought up on doomy and heavy groove-rock. The band has played together for over 6 years and has an extensive number of concerts behind them. They have shared stages with Nebula, SUMA, Witchcraft and many more.




that's how they sound nowadays:



Torn From Earth (Budapest, Hungary)
http://www.myspace.com/tornfromearthbp
http://www.tornfromearth.com/

Dark Sludge/hc/Doom with its own spirit. TFE members are currently playing in different bands, such as Haw, Stereochrist to name a few. Few days ago they were supporting mighty Eyehategod and Church of Misery.
"we are different from the usual „confederate flag stoner" type of bands, and represent a much darker and more bitter direction, we can bring somethng new to the scene "

"The Budapest band Torn From Earth came into being around 2005/6 with Viktor Hatalyák (guitar), Éva Kóczi (guitar) and Balázs Szatmári (bass). Soon after, they were joined by Benedek Hámori (voice) and Tamás Zsákai (drums). In 2008 we released a self tiltled demo/Ep wich was mixed in Viktor's living room. This recieved pretty good rewievs in the more obscure part of the hungarian underground, with its sludgy sound and hardcore leanings. This was followed by gigs mainly in the capital, where we opened for such bands as Spiritus Mortis, Shrinebuilder, Men Eater, Hellshock or Sights & Sounds. In 2011 there were changes with the line up. Éva's place was taken by Attila Hargitai and on the drum front Tomi's place (due to Tomi being really busy) was taken by Gáspár Binder (Haw, Prosectura, Stereochrist, ex-Vostok Room), and the bass position is now in the hand of another old friend, Ödön Sultz (Harvester, ex–Vostok Room). With this new blood infusion came new power, the number of gigs increased, we will soon record our second material and are practicing ferociously."



Ethereal Riffian (Kiev, UA)
http://etherealriffian.bandcamp.com/
http://www.myspace.com/etherealriffian
http://www.reverbnation.com/etherealriffian

Prepare yourself for the debut performance of these shamanic blues brothers.
Get ready for some pleasent surprises on the merch and special show.

"Ethereal Riffian was formed in summer of 2010. After spending several years trying different musical styles, they found sonic vibrations which sounded close to their collective consciousness. Debut work of Ethereal Riffian - "Shaman's Visions" is the result of thier long search. Eclectic music forged by the band combines hypnotic grooves and heaviness of stoner/doom, shades of mind-bending psychedelia, blasts of ground-breaking rock & metal, and a mixture of experiments, which, at first sight, seem to be unmixable. Join them if you're ready for intermediation between two worlds."



Slow Ride Home (Kiev, Ukraine)
http://www.myspace.com/slowridehome

Veterans of the Ukrainian Stoner/Doom scene. Now are going deep into the quality of the sound. Playing amazing psychedellic stoned jams.

Some pics from the gig w/Reka & Rings of Rhea that took place in Kuznya (Forge)


Slow Ride Home - Native (live)

Slow Ride Home | Myspace Music Videos

- few more bands will be anounced soon.

- I hope the price will be about 100UAH/10 Euro. (We're doing this not for profit, diy or die)))

- We hope to make this event non-standart stoner gig. There will be an Exhibition of Psychedelic/stoner arts nearby. details soon.

- The Miller Beer & mighty Jegermeister will be on the bar.

More news to follow...the Robustfellow!

Boris 'Hope / Riot Sugar'

Someone loves this experiment, someone not.
2 great songs from 3 last Boris's albums mixed in one video. Hope appears on "New Album"
and also fom the jap-pop release "Attention Please" and the heavy part of Riot Sugar is borrowed from "Heavy Rocks pt.2"

Whispering Wild Stories

Really wonderful beast with the nice cover. French quartet Denizen delivers heavy hardcore-stoned grooves on their debut album "Whispering Wild Stories". Start playin' the first song and you'll begin headbanging, showing goat sign with your fingers to the ceiling and doing a hardcore-mosh moves at the same time. Damn. That goes really, really great. By energy It reminds me early Clutch "Impetus" or "S/T" era. Big News No. III, heh? And the sound goes deep to mid 90's and compares to all great soned Man's Ruin bands (ATP,Aunt Worm, Tree, The Action Suits or even Fuckemos)
Just the perfect mix of punk and rock that I havn't heard since the Cower "Land Before time". At the end of the Album you'll find catchy Cream cover on "Sunshine of your Love"/sounds killer.

Big stoned thanx to Collin for sending a CD.
Support the band and buy CD's on Denizen's Bandcamp page
http://jimbobisaac.wordpress.com/ (Great artist who made the cover for this album, you'll find some famous stuff there)

The band is currently looking for vinyl labels.

Mono playing in Lviv

Here comes the most valuable event of this summer. Japanese Mono are gonna play in Lviv, UA. Don't miss this show !
Date: 17.06.2011 (Sunday)
The place: Lviv, Opera House
Doors Open : 19:30
Show Starts : 20:00
New Century Classics from Poland will support the show.
AZH Agency is making this wonderful show
That's how it sounds and looks like alive in NYC

Gay Paris - The Black Tooth Supper Club

New masterpiece from one of my fave Australian band.
Transformin' dirt into a beautiful thing once again.

In Greece there is Everything

A cheerful kind of music is played Greeks. Have huge potential.

MySpace

Hidden in the Basement (Greece) - Hope for a New Day [demo] (2010)

Sent in by the band...

My personal heavy recoomendation. French Sludge/Doom bastards from Oruga band became stronger and now sound more exclusive and original. Nice EP. I hope to hear more in the nearest future. Here you can find their first demo

http://www.myspace.com/oruga666
Oruga (Fra) - 2011 - Oruga

Hallelujah. This is pretty original one concept. Good stuff for relax.
The band are called The Clauberg Opera and their second album - Church.

Genres: Drone, Amibent, Soulful, Gospel, Electronica, Avant-garde.

Interesting stuff: Parts of the album were recorded in several
different churches found in North Yorkshire, England. This has given
the record a unique spiritual vibe. The cover - St. Ethelburga's
Church - is one of those churches.

The album also includes unique sounds created by Throbbing Gristle's
GRISTLEISM machine (TG are cited as a major influence).



The Clauberg Opera Web
http://www.myspace.com/theclaubergopera
The Clauberg Opera - 2011 - Church

Yes they're from Phoenix, Arizona. Yes, this is the same Toad that goes on the B side with Drone Throne LP.
Nowadays they became less noisy, more metal oriented. Good try. but i will miss their early material - pure piece of dirt. Listen. Support. Eat the riffs!



TOAD is a 6 piece band from Phoenix, Arizona that has crafted a sound of their own that cannot easily be classified. The album I am sending you is entitled "Rotten Tide" and was tracked live to analog tape. For this album, TOAD teamed up with recording engineer/producer Bob Hoag (Hour of the Wolf, Recover, the Bled, Life in Pictures etc.). All vintage gear from the 60's and 70's was used to get a true rock sound. The serious snarl of the vocals are accompanied with horrifyingly distorted organ scattered throughout, which provides a new unique sound that TOAD has coined as their own. TOAD has played with well known national acts such as Coliseum, Deafheaven, the Funeral Pyre, Burning Love, Early Graves, Hour of the Wolf, Across Tundras, and Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire, to name a few.

http://takeoveranddestroy.bandcamp.com/
http://www.myspace.com/deathtotoad
http://takeoveranddestroy.blogspot.com/

Toad - 2011 - Rotten Tide (Wav)
Toad - 2011 - Rotten Tide (320 kbps)

Bootlegger's Creed, Vol. 13. - Hypnotic Grooves, Vol. 4....

SBD-AUD matrix recording (UP IN SMOKE VOL.2, 2011-04-21, Luzern, Switzerland)
The Atomic Bitchwax

Tracklist:
01"missin Finn"
02 intro jam
03 stork theme
04 shitkicker
05 so come on
06 the destroyer
07 -chris talks-
08 giant
09 kiss the sun
10 i hope you die
11 -chris talks-
12 local fuzz (side A)
13 pigs on the wing P1
14 pigs (three different ones)
15 encore break (abridged)
16 getting old

71.50 mins
!!High Recommendation!!!

PLUS
Naam 2011-04-21 Up in Smoke
Tracklist:
01 intro
02 Frosted Tread
03 Skyling Slip
04 Fever If Fire
05 Icy Row
06 Black Ice
07 - banter
08 Kingdom
Band's MySpace

Quest For Fire 2011-04-21 Up In Smoke
Tracklist:
01. Tuning
02. Sessions Of Light
03. Bison Eyes
04. Hawk That Hunts The Walking
05. Set Out Alone
06. Strange Waves
07. In The Place Of A Storm
08. Confusion's Home
Band's MySpace

Like a Titan with a Mini-Gun.........

Axe in your head, bullets in your chest, sword in your guts and heavy riffage in your ears. Horizon darkens and battlefield paints the sky in red. The army of Tank 86 has arrived. Finally the instrumental super-heavy act from Netherlands has released it's debut album called "Rise". They have released 2 EPs earlier, and I was really looking forward to their full-length album. And here it is - tearing my appartment's walls down.

Captain Obvious hints that CD's title means that you really have to rise! No really - look at the art cover. That face isn't satisfied, nor is it happy. Visual presentation together with the sound, which is tearing my speakers at the moment, gives me the impression, that times are dark, hope has faded away long ago, and the only thing left for us - is to take that old rusty axe (or shotgun, whatever excites you most), and start making good things happen. Well that's a way to go! Avoiding any musical comparison I should say that this CD sounds to me like a brutal, hopeless war. Some fight for freedom, some just fight because they have to, some fight for taste of blood in their mouths.

In a musical sense the music can be distantly compared to Кarma to Burn on steroids. Another closer comparison which comes to my mind is a sonic mixture of High On Fire's fury and Balero's instrumental rage. If they needed a vocalist - the only man who could fit in this instrumental outrage could be Matt Pike (imagine...that would be epic). But Tank86 isn't a band you can compare someone to. Their in-your-face/kick-your-ass riffs are mostly, mixed with some great harmonies, which tend to cross the line of an average song in terms of compositional approach & song-writing.

 
It's hard to pick and describe some exact track, because they sound all sound like one merciless battle-hymn. But I can tell you that you will hear progressive metal parts & groovy/stoner riffage (Apparat), berserkers rage (Gottes Krieger), and even a soundtrack to an axe (Axe)!

The only bad thing about the album is that it's so volumetric (tracks are really epic) that after four listens I can recollect only one riff (from the Apparat song). Well maybe it means that I have to make it to 20 listens and try it again! 
Overall Tank86's first full-length "Rise" is huge. It's powerful. Reminds me of a titan wearing a "fuck you" t-shirt. A titan with a mini-gun and a rusty axe behind his back. You're either on his side, or...you'd better be on his side.

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Buy the CD at http://www.risingmagma.com/ 

Support the band at
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