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Wolfbrigade – Damned

Wolfbrigade – Damned

Posted on April 12, 2012 | No Comments

Sweden’s Wolfbrigade have been kicking around since 1995, starting out under the name Wolfpack and changing their name around the turn of the century before splitting in 2004. The band returned to action in 2007, releasing two albums in quick succession. Their first album in...

Black Breath – Sentenced To Life

Black Breath – Sentenced To Life

Posted on April 11, 2012 | No Comments

What a lot of people don’t usually get is that there is a difference between being heavy and being extreme. For example, Black Sabbath are heavy but aren’t really extreme by today’s standards. But a band like, say, Megadeth are more extreme in style but...

Pelican – Ataraxia / Taraxis

Pelican – Ataraxia / Taraxis

Posted on April 7, 2012 | No Comments

It has been a while since I have heard any activity from our post rock chums Pelican. Fortunately, after being in the wilderness for 3 years they have decided to grace us with their presence once more – this time in the form of the...

Black Breath Announce European Tour Dates

Black Breath Announce European Tour Dates

Posted on February 28, 2012 | No Comments

Black Breath has announced a full set of European tour dates in support of “Sentenced To Life,” with main support on the tour coming from Tormented, Victims and Christian Mistress: 29th March – Rotterdam, Baroeg w/ Tormented, Victims 30th March – Antwerp, Trix w/ Tormented,...

Black Breath Debut Track From New Album Via Revolver

Black Breath Debut Track From New Album Via Revolver

Posted on February 12, 2012 | No Comments

Seattle death brigade Black Breath are preparing to unleash their new LP, “Sentenced To Life,” which is set to drop on March 27th via Southern Lord. With 10 tracks in under 33 minutes, “Sentenced To Life” contains the most demoralizing yet energizing d-beat injected death metal...

Noothgrush – Live For Nothing

Noothgrush – Live For Nothing

Posted on February 5, 2012 | No Comments

“Live For Nothing” is a compilation of two radio appearances from the nineties (one from KZSU in 1996 and the other from KFJC in 1999) by the recently reformed Noothgrush, a legendary Bay Area doom/sludge band which has been given a full release (a rarity...

Earth – Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II

Earth – Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II

Posted on January 24, 2012 | No Comments

“Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II”, recorded in the same two week session in 2011 as the first instalment, sees Seattle’s Earth delving further into the realms of folklore, and music that has at its essence the acid folk generation. The album itself opens...

Pelican To Release New EP In April

Pelican To Release New EP In April

Posted on January 12, 2012 | No Comments

Thunderous post-instrumental outfit Pelican have announced the long awaited follow-up to their sprawling 2009 full length “What We All Come To Need,” a new four song EP “Ataraxia/Taraxis” to be released on Southern Lord on April 9. With members now residing in separate cities, the...

Black Breath To Unleash Savage Second Album In March

Black Breath To Unleash Savage Second Album In March

Posted on January 7, 2012 | No Comments

Seattle’s barbaric wrecking crew Black Breath have completed their second LP and are preparing to fire it point blank into the public’s face this March. The forthcoming new platter, dubbed “Sentenced to Life,” is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the band’s raging 2010 debut album, “Heavy Breathing,”...

Black Cobra – Invernal

Black Cobra – Invernal

Posted on December 17, 2011 | No Comments

It has been ten years since Bay Area noise-mongers Black Cobra first began ripping faces off with their take on punk infused sludge/doom metal. The duo, consisting of Rafael Martinez and Jason Landrian, enlisted the help of Converge‘s Kurt Ballou and his God City Studios...

Southern Lord To Reissue Seminal Titles From Poison Idea

Southern Lord To Reissue Seminal Titles From Poison Idea

Posted on December 15, 2011 | No Comments

Southern Lord Recordings are proud to be officially re-releasing several incredible, seminal titles from Portland, Oregon’s explosive punk/hardcore kings, Poison Idea in 2012! Southern Lord will be releasing CD versions of several Poison Idea reissues that TKO Records are currently re-releasing on vinyl. All of the material...

Sunn O))) – “Double O Void” (Re-issue)

Sunn O))) – “Double O Void” (Re-issue)

Posted on November 11, 2011 | No Comments

“Double O Void” was the second album recorded by Sunn O))) around 2000. At that time the band featured Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson, and on this release they were joined by Stuart Dahlquist (Goatsnake, Burning Witch), Petra Haden and Pete Stahl. For those readers...

All Pigs Must Die – God Is War

All Pigs Must Die – God Is War

Posted on September 17, 2011 | No Comments

This shit goes above and beyond. When the machines take over, John Connor and the resistance will be bumping All Pigs Must Die‘s “God is War” on a ghetto blaster. Four seasoned veterans of the hardcore scene unleash a non-stop torrent of addictive hate in...

New Wolves In The Throne Room Full-Length Begins To Take Shape

Posted on May 14, 2011 | No Comments

Black metal cultivators WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM are currently fully immersed in the process of harvesting their next full-length album.

Darkness From SUMMON THE CROWS And WINTER Due Via Southern Lord In April

Posted on March 23, 2011 | No Comments

Darkness From SUMMON THE CROWS And WINTER Due Via Southern Lord In April

Weedeater announce tour and album giveaway

Posted on March 14, 2011 | No Comments

To support the release of Weedeater's latest whiskey-soaked, weed-smoked album Jason... The Dragon due out on Southern Lord this April, the band have announced two UK shows as part of a bigger tour across the continent

EARTH Announce U.S. Tour

Posted on March 12, 2011 | No Comments

Following the recent release of their latest mammoth full-length, Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1, we're proud to announce EARTH's first confirmed American tour installment in support of the album.

Corrosion of Conformity on tour this April, May and June…

Posted on March 7, 2011 | No Comments

In the summer of 2010, the founding members of the pioneering underground metal band Corrosion of Conformity—bassist/vocalist Mike Dean, drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin and guitarist Woody Weatherman—gathered at Weatherman’s farm in the Virginia hills and began jamming together as a three-piece for the first time since the mid-1980s.

ALL PIGS MUST DIE Ink Deal With Southern Lord

Posted on March 5, 2011 | No Comments

Massachusetts-based hardcore squad ALL PIGS MUST DIE have recently signed a deal with Southern Lord Recordings for their upcoming full-length, due to be unleashed this Summer.

New WEEDEATER Track On Stereogum

Posted on March 5, 2011 | No Comments

As the official release date for WEEDEATER's anticipated Jason... The Dragon full-length nears, today Stereogum.com are hosting the premiere of a brand new track from the album for public enjoyment.

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