Earth have joined up with label mates Wolves in the Throne Room for a week-and-a-half long West Coast tour for this April. The string of dates will also include opening support from instrumentalist Cello performer Lori Goldston, who will also be part of Earth’s live lineup for the tour.
Earth have been finalizing material for their [...]
Alcest, hailing from France, are coming to the U.S. to give our atmospheric rock sensibilities a run for their money (I’m looking at you Sigur Ros, you weird bastards you). I for one hope to get a chance to see these guys for the sheer fascination I have for their ability to walk a thin [...]
Norway’s Madder Mortem are set to release a new EP called Where Dreams and Day Collide, out on Peaceville Records in May.
Tracks for the new EP include:
1. Where Dream and Day Collide (single edit version)
2. Jitterheart
3. The Purest Strain
4. Quietude
5. Where Dream and Day Collide (album version)
Madder Mortem – Where Dream and Day Collide (from [...]
The next step in the ongoing saga of modern rock instrumentalism takes the shape of Perth, Australia’s Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, but unlike the previous years’ incarnations which are largely metal acts going out and exploring the world around them, Tangles Thoughts of Leaving are more like bored jazz musicians who decided to try a [...]
Crysknife, a band who makes no qualms about admitting the origins of their name. A crysknife is a weapon in Frank Herbert’s Dune, and the brothers Campitrelli (Tom and Steve) are unabashed fans of the series, so as fate had it, Crysknife was brought into the world prepared with affection and zeal to create music [...]
Celan: Another export from Deutschland. This band is the brain child of Chris Spencer (Unsane, Cutthroats9) and Ari Benjamin Meyers (Redux Orchestra, Einsturzende Neubauten) each in love with a different style of music. Chris is driven by metal and Ari by classical and together created Celan, a project that is every thing metal, nothing conventional, [...]
Anyone who knows this blog knows about my massive appreciation of the new French prog death metallers HYPNO5E, whom are poised to make a dramatic impact on the American market very, very soon on the Metal As Art tour followed closely by another tour. On top of touring and still promoting their debut release Des [...]
I find it kind of funny that Puscifer is so popular amongst the metal community considering it really isn’t metal music. In fact, there isn’t a heavy riff to be found anywhere on Puscifer’s latest effort, “C” is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) E.P., but it’s catchy, and I guess fun translates to [...]
Oddity? Genre unclassifiable? Energetic? Spontaneous? Yup. DŸSE from Germany don’t know which way is up with their new release Lieder sind Brüder der Revolution, and I like it! Taking one part Sikth, one part Mr. Bungle and lastly a happy helping of modern noise rock ala Nihilitia, DŸSE are pleasantly bizarre leaving me with a [...]
So what does Diablo Swing Orchestra sound like? I figured I’d get this question out of the way from the get go because I know no matter what wordy description I give to describe the music, all of you will be wondering “is it swing?” My simple answer to this question is yes. As a [...]
