Louisiana’s hard rock quartet, 12 Stones, will kick off the first leg of its headlining “Beneath The Scars” summer 2012 tour tonight in Merriam, Kan., with Blameshift, Digital Summer and Throwing Gravity in support. The acclaimed group’s initial month-long summer trek will wrap up in Marietta, Ga. on August 7th, with a second round of dates to commence on August 9th. A full list of confirmed dates can be seen…
Experimental Icelandic collective múm has released a new video for “Hvernig Á Að Særa Vini Sína” (How to Hurt Your Friends) directed by Máni M. Sigfússon, and new single entitled “0,000Orð.” Premiered with Stereogum, both tracks are taken from Early Birds, a compilation of 15 songs recorded between 1998 and 2000. Out on July 17th through Morr Music, the album comprises long-lost and extremely rare tracks taken from demo tapes…
International videogame company Capcom, in close collaboration with Ninja Theory, has announced that Dutch electronic music trio NOISIA has composed the music for the upcoming DmC Devil May Cry videogame out January 2013. NOISIA’s specially curated music will be heard during the title’s cinematics and gameplay, including combat. NOISIA created over three hours of original music for DmC Devil May Cry and have been working on this project for over…
All I have to say about this disc is wow. Imagine Queens of the Stone Age with a little harder sound, and you have a vague idea of what Smoke Follows Beauty sounds like. While the disc is continually plagued by weak-sounding vocals, the instrumentation is simply amazing. In fact, as I continued listening to the disc, I found it easier and easier to tune out the vocals and just…
“Channel Orange, his beautiful first full-length studio album, will be released this month, and it’s rife with the sting of unrequited love, both on the receiving and inflicting ends. Mr. Ocean, 24, is an extremely unflashy songwriter, avoiding big proclamations and broad brush strokes, instead leaning on conversational gambits and the power of detail. He makes warm, cloudy soul with echoes of Stevie Wonder, Prince and Pharrell Williams…” – The…
After a stellar first album entitled Sleepers In The Rift, MORBUS CHRON is back with a new offering addressed to death metal fans around the world! This time the band decided to release a 10″ vinyl entitled A Saunter Through The Shroud. This release will feature 3 new tracks which were recorded and mixed by Fred Estby (ex-DISMEMBER) at Gutterview Recorders in Stockholm and mastered by Andy Jackson at Tube…
New Jersey’s HAMMER FIGHT are getting ready to take their bar-brawling thrash n’ roll out west for their “Wrecked Coast Disas-Tour” with Sacramento’s PSYCHOSOMATIC. The band will be playing out in support of their self-titled debut EP, out now on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. Fans should also expect to hear material from their forthcoming, as-of-yet-untitled sophomore effort, which is currently in pre-production. “Wrecked Coast Disas-Tour” dates, along with additional…
South Jersey indie rockers By Surprise have started work on their new EP for Boston indie Topshelf Records. The EP will be produced and engineered by Dave Downham (who was also at the helm of their 2011 Topshelf debut, Mountain Smashers) at Familyre Studios in New Jersey, where such artists as mewithoutYou and Sufjan Stevens have recently recorded. Safely guarded behind four pairs of glasses and an arsenal of…
Death metal behemoths SIX FEET UNDER recently returned home from the victorious 18 Nights Of Blood Tour. The short but ravaging trek marked the first live outing featuring newly recruited rhythm guitarist Ola Englund as well as bassist Jeff Hughell [ex-Brain Drill, ex-Vile] and systematically bludgeoned all in its path. Comments vocalist Chris Barnes: “Had a great time on the 18 Nights Of Blood Tour with Dying Fetus and Revocation!…
Many viewers are familiar with the bald eagle, but I believe that few outside of those that have actively studied the area will be familiar with the harpy eagles. These eagles are some of the most vicious birds currently in existence, with a huge wingspan (6 feet) and claws that rival even a black bear’s in size. Fergus Beeley is a hell of a documentarian, setting eirself (and crew) down…
Rake is a tremendously hilarious show; what House did for medical dramas, Rake has done for law shows. Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge) is Cleaver Greene, a judge that straddles the line between genius and insane. The rapport that ey has with the different elements of the city showcases that ey knows what is best for the area. Where Greene is rough around the edges, ey truly has a heart of…
While he took everyone by surprise by joining once again the COMBICHRIST live gang on their extended European Summer tour 2012, playing keyboards and percussion, American artist Shaun Frandsen is releasing today an exclusive 2-track GLIS digital single! Yes, you read it right!!! GLIS strikes back and reveals with “Apocalypse Parties” / “Death By Misadventure” 2 awesome groovey songs that will instantly infect the dancefloors! Note that ROTERSAND‘s Krischan Wesenberg…
Serving up the metal like bath salts at a cannibal convention, Apoch’s Metal Review has posted a limited-time, exclusive full-album stream of SUTURE’s Skeletal Vortex. For the next three weeks, flesh-craving maniacs of the world can visit this location to hear this ten-track slab of sonic violence in its entirety. Dinner is served… Baton Rouge-based lords of brutal death metal, SUTURE, are back with a vengeance. After years of dormancy,…
While Christian Bale is the name in The Flowers of War, I feel that the cast add considerably to the gravity of the film. For those that missed its original theatrical engagement, The Flowers of War is a historical drama set in mid-thirties Nanjing (China). Focusing on the atrocities committed during the second Sino-Japanese war, the film follows a rag-tag group of individuals that are struggling to stay alive.…
Coming out with a sound that is reminiscent of the very first days of the 1990s on the West Coast, Smogtown really knows how to write a punk anthem. If it isn’t the Gilman sound of times back, some of these tracks would seem just as proper on a GBH or Exploited album – really, the songs are anthems enough to stand the test of time, and the mass…
Rock act OTHERWISE have made their way from Las Vegas hometown heroes to national breakout act. With overwhelming support from fans and radio stations alike, the band’s hit single “Soldiers” has entered the Top 20 at Active Rock Radio and its single sales have surpassed the 50,000 mark. ArtistDirect.com hails their TRUE LOVE NEVER DIES debut as “one of the best albums of 2012,” while Revolver Magazine has heralded OTHERWISE…
Canadian electronic production duo ZEDS DEAD are gearing up to release their upcoming THE LIVING DEAD EP out July 24 via Ultra Music. Featuring frequent collaborator Toronto-based rapper Omar LinX, the EP’s first single “The Living Dead” drops TODAY, July 3 and epitomizes ZEDS DEAD’s dark fantasy, hip-hop influenced beats. The music video for “The Living Dead” premieres July 10 and features actor Peter Greene, who’s best known for his…
BPI has just reformulated their 1.M.R, and provide all with an intense pre-workout supplement. The supplement has negligible calories (6), carbs (1.5 grams), and ensures that one can blast through their workout without feeling any jitters or experiencing any sort of crash. Rather, one will be given the energy that they need to push their workout to the next level through the unique and proprietary complex that BPI has…
Smashing Pumpkins have just released their Oceania, and we’ve decided to hold a contest in celebration. Check out the link below for more information about the contest, and to provide an entry. As always, NeuFutur employees cannot enter. Enter now for the chance to win a limited-edition, autographed canvas print of the artwork from the Smashing Pumpkins’ new album Oceania. Five winners will receive a canvas plus a copy of…
Very few cover albums really work. Where it is common for an act to include a cover on an album or on a single, few individuals have the chops to really come out with an album that is just covers. While a person like Tori Amos creates beautiful original tracks, eir foray into a cover album (“Strange Little Girls”), ultimately ended in disappointment. Patti Smith is an individual that…