We were all knocked out by the Frankie Rose and the Outs album from 2010, the effortlessness of its gorgeous girl-pop mantras, the intimate immensity of its Spector-esque walls of reverb, the beauty of a song sung sweetly over the most graceful two-chord vamps. But are you ready for the new Frankie Rose? – her transformation into a wholly other kind of pop, the reverie and revelation of Interstellar, an…
23 year old DJ/producer Borgore recently appeared at SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX in support of his new Flex EP. To document the trip and give you the “Unofficial SXSW Borgore Experience,” the beat-maker has unleashed footage of the mayhem and excitement from those shows. The clip features the club banger “Kiss My Lips,” Borgore’s collaboration with pop singer Dev (“Bass Down Low,” “In the Dark”), which also has…
Singaporean grind pioneers DEMISOR have officially inked a worldwide deal with Pulverised Records! Formed in 1987, the unsung DEMISOR specialize in sonic devastation with their earliest bout of buzzsaw guitar lashes and maniacal blasts appearing on their Mestectomy and Oral Climax demos released in 1990 and 1992 respectively. Today the epic DEMISOR discography includes over a dozen split releases in true grind fashion. The band is currently penning new material…
Demonical has confirmed that they will be performing several US shows leading up to their performance at this year’s Maryland Death Fest. Demonical released their latest album, Death Infernal, on July 19th, 2011 on Metal Blade Records in North America. The Swedish death metal band DEMONICAL have issued the following statement: “It is with great enthusiasm we can hereby announce three additional shows on US soil in connection to our…
Following an initial CD release in September 2011, amidst several regional tours together, Nothing Passes — the collaborative release between apocalyptic noise/doom duo THE BODY and orchestral rock harbingers BRAVEYOUNG — will now get the deluxe vinyl treatment. Recorded in a collaborative session at Providence’s Machines With Magnets (Battles, Daughters, Lightning Bolt, Chinese Stars), Nothing Passes is a layered but cohesive voyage through cavernous, noise-laden tumult and chaos, ethereal…
This April, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Artistic Director and Lead Violin Richard Tognetti, will travel to North America for a 10-stop tour. The ensemble will hit major cities in the US and Canada with the final date of the tour culminating at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Joining them will be world-renowned soprano (and recent Ojai collaborator) Dawn Upshaw and baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes. The program…
In what is sure to be THE most raucous tour package of the year, three NAPALM RECORDS recording artists – ALESTORM, ARKONA, and HUNTRESS – will be joining headliners Turisas as direct support for this year’s installment of the PaganFest America tour. Set to begin this weekn in Baltimore and commence throughout the entirety of April, this third installment of the PaganFest America tour features a wealth of international talent…
Hailing from the German city of Mannheim, sludge devastators BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, having recently signed with Exile On Mainstream, are preparing for the release of their upcoming third full-length Negative Black. Recorded in the Winter of 2011 and twisted into shape at the mighty Tonmeisterei Studio, Negative Black — an album four years in the making — marks a new step for BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, carving a…
BORKNAGAR’s highly anticipated new album, Urd , is out now in Europe and North America! Having recently been voted “album of the month” in the current issues of Germany’s Metal Hammer Magazine as well as Norway’s Scream Magazine, the band would like to celebrate Urd’s release by presenting another new song off the album, “Frostrite”. To listen to “Frostrite”, featuring the returned ICS Vortex (ARCTURUS, ex-DIMMU BORGIR) on main vocals,…
My Darkest Day’s newest album, Sick and Twisted Affair, has officially been released and is available in stores and on iTunes now! With the release of their second album on Mercury Records, SICK AND TWISTED AFFAIR, featuring the #1 iTunes Rock Song “Casual Sex,” Toronto band My Darkest Days has announced two additional weeks on the road with Nickelback on their North American“Here and Now Tour 2012”. The album is currently streaming in it’s entirety on the bands official website. Sick and…
Mac DeMarco, formerly Makeout Videotape, is the antithesis to your stereotypical singer-songwriter. Disregarding the seriously somber moments, he replaces them with whimsical and youthful spontaneity, whilst retaining the endearing and subtle commentaries that exude his familiarity. Promptly after leaving his Edmonton garage for Vancouver he embarked on a North American tour accompanying fellow Canadians Japandroids on a grand voyage of enlightenment and alcoholic debauchery. DeMarco’s a weird cat cultivating an…
Curb/Lost Highway is excited to announce that four-time Grammy Award-winner Lyle Lovett’s new record, Release Me, was released on vinyl this week. It will be a special, double disc, high-quality vinyl – 180 ml, 24-bit, 96k, 200 gram – mastered by Doug Sax and pressed at Quality Record Pressings in Kansas. Lovett is an artist who is a stickler for quality and goes out of his way to ensure…
Singer Johnny Gioeli, drummer Mike Terrana , keyboard player Ferdy Doernberg , bass player Volker Krawczak and guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL entered the studio in late November 2011 with Engineer and Co-Producer Charlie Bauerfeind, to record the next studio album, titled Circle Of The Oath. Today sees the release of this highly anticipated new album from AXEL RUDI PELL. Fans can get a first listen to Circle of the Oath…
Century Media Records is proud to announce a worldwide deal with Florida Death Metal icons MASSACRE. The band is resurrected with two of the original band members: band founders Rick Rozz (guitar) and Terry Butler (bass, also in OBITUARY). The line-up is completed with Ed Webb (ex-DIABOLIC, also in DESTINED TO RUIN and GENERICHRIST) on vocals duties and Mike Mazzonetto (ex-PAIN PRINCIPLE) on drums. Everyone who saw the new line-up…
Brooklyn-based Secret Music (comprised of Chase Nicholl and Daniel Fry) have premiered the wild, new music video for their single, “Ghost in the Graveyard,” on Vice’s Noisey YouTube channel. The video was directed by Morgan Krantz and you can watch the video here: http://bit.ly/SecretMusic_NoiseyVideo – feel free to spread as you’d like! The rowdy track, which was produced by Passion Pit‘s Ayad Al Adhamy, is from the band’s self-titled debut,…
The Black Dahlia Murder will renew their campaign across North America on May 11th in Madison, WI. The Canadian Ritual Tour will criss-cross Canada in its entirety before ending in their hometown of Detroit, MI on June 2nd. Support on the tour will come from Canada’s own Fuck the Facts and Exhumed. The entire confirmed listing of dates can be seen below. The Black Dahlia Murder have already toured Thailand,…
Denmark-based duo Reptile Youth has released its debut single ‘Speeddance,’ out now digitally and on 7″ vinyl via hfn music (Kasper Bjørke, Trentemøller). Accompanying the original track on the release is a remake of ‘Speeddance’ by Norwegian band Deathcrush and a remix by Canadian two-piece My Favorite Robot. The post pop/punk duo will release its anticipated debut LP later this year, produced by Dave M. Allen (The Cure, Sisters of…
San Francisco’s malevolent death metal overlords ACEPHALIX are preparing to set their second official full-length loose via Southern Lord this April, delivering with it some of the most uncompromised, old-school death metal brutality of the year. While their first few releases bore a more metal-edged crustpunk sound, the ACEPHALIX attack has undeniably shown more death metal influence with each passing release. After the cult crust/metal scene success of their Aporia…
The last time Wizards came out with a Duel Deck (Elspeth Vs. Tezzeret), the product is what got me back into the game after about 12 years away. This time around, I have been an active player and have gotten much of my footing back. Saying that, the wonder that I had for the earlier duel deck is present in this current one. For those individuals that wish to get…
San Francisco’s malevolent death metal overlords ACEPHALIX are preparing to set their second official full-length loose via Southern Lord this April, delivering with it some of the most uncompromised, old-school death metal brutality of the year. While their first few releases bore a more metal-edged crustpunk sound, the ACEPHALIX attack has undeniably shown more death metal influence with each passing release. After the cult crust/metal scene success of their Aporia…