On her torrential second album, Kristin Hayter creates a murderous amalgam of opera, metal, and noise that uses her classical training like a Trojan Horse, burning misogyny to ash from its Judeo-Christian roots.
New track âKohokiaâ is premiered over on Loudwire. Blood Year is out next Friday, August 2nd on Sargent House.
Stream / pre-order: http://smarturl.it/BloodYear
Headlining tour dates // tickets: russiancirclesband.com
Listen to Lingua Ignota's powerful new track "DO YOU DOUBT ME TRAITOR", off her upcoming album 'CALIGULA' â out July 19 on Profound Lore Records. Tour dates have been expanded to include NL dates with Amenra & headlining US dates in California. Tickets HERE
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Instrumental post-metal trio Russian Circles will release their seventh full-length studio album, Blood Year, this August via Sargent House. The band has teamed up with Heavy Consequence for the premiere of the single âMilanoâ. Stream it below.
âMilanoâ is sonically vast, opening with crushing sludge chords that decay and flow through softer minors, spacious breaks, and blastbeat breakdowns. The track showcases the bandâs multitude of talents, weaving different styles of metal and post-rock into a six minute, wordless crusher.
Blood Year, due August 2nd, was produced by Kurt Ballou at Steve Albiniâs Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, where the band cut its prior albums Enter, Geneva, and Memorial. According a press release, the band has opted to forsake the âdivergent musical pathsâ found on albums like Guidance and Memorial for a more âdirect and forcefulâ collection of songs.
In a different approach than the piecemeal songwriting process of past albums, the band set out to capture the essence of their live show on Blood Year, tracking the songs âtogether in one room as complete takes without click tracksâ. Further guitar overdubs were tracked at Ballouâs God City studio, making for an organic yet sonically expansive recording.
Russian Circles embark on a two-part North American tour, heading out in September with FACSbefore taking a three-week break and hitting the road alongside Windhand in October. Pre-orders for Blood Year are available here, and the full tour itinerary is below.
Blood Year Artwork:
Blood Year Tracklist:
01. Hunter Moon
02. Arluck
03. Milano
04. Kohokia
05. Ghost on High
06. Sinaia
07. Quartered
Russian Circles Tour Dates:
09/11 â Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
09/12 â Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center *
09/14 â Bozeman, MT @ Rialto Bozeman *
09/16 â Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
09/17 â Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
09/19 â San Francisco, CA @ August Hall *
09/20 â Ventura, CA @ Discovery Ventura *
09/21 â Los Angeles, CA @ The Teragram Ballroom *
09/23 â Mesa, AZ @ The Nile *
09/24 â Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf *
09/25 â Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
09/28 â Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
10/18 â Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme +
10/19 â Detroit, MI @ El Club +
10/20 â Toronto, ON @ Leeâs Palace +
10/21 â Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount +
10/23 â Portsmouth, NH @ 3S ArtSpace +
10/24 â Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair +
10/26 â Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw +
10/27 â Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer +
10/29 â Washington, DC @ Union Stage +
10/30 â Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry +
11/01 â Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall +
11/02 â Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre +
11/03 â Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade +
11/04 â New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jackâs +
11/06 â Houston, TX @ The Secret Group +
11/08 â Austin, TX @ Levitation
11/09 â Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Art Company
11/11 â St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall +
When Slipknot dropped their self-titled debut album in 1999, it sent shock waves through the rock and metal world. It was so ferocious and yet so catchy, so maniacal and yet so meticulous â from the industrial menace of "742617000027" all the way through to the raw, spasmodic grind of "hidden" track "Eeyore." Then there was the band themselves: the masks, the jumpsuits, the "fuck you all" attitude of their interviews, the "fuck you all even harder" attitude of their live shows. Below, on the eve of the album's 20th anniversary, Deafheaven frontman George Clarke looks back on the first time Slipknot blew his mind and the impact the album has had on him ever since.
TALK ABOUT THE FIRST TIME YOU HEARD SLIPKNOT'S SELF-TITLED ALBUM, AND HOW YOU DISCOVERED IT.
GEORGE CLARKE It was the summer following sixth grade and I had been spending most of it at my friend Jared's house. We were in his bedroom listening to Life Is Peachy and I was singing along to the CD into a pillow, trying to convince him that we should start a band. His older brother came into the room laughing at us. He asked if we wanted to hear "some real shit," then played us "Wait and Bleed."
WHAT DOES SLIPKNOT MEAN TO YOU?
Slipknot was an album that was very formative for me that also became a gateway to more extreme, more underground metal. I remember reading Hit Parader or Circus, seeing titles like [Slayer's] Reign in Blood or [Cannibal Corpse's] "Hammer Smashed Face," then going from there.
HOW, IF AT ALL, DID THE BAND'S FIRST ALBUM INFLUENCE YOUR OWN CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT, OR THE WAY YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING MUSIC?
What excited me then that has gone on to impress me further as I get older, is how immersive their approach is. Every detail is constructed with so much intent. They're masterful at developing and maintaining their own world.
DID YOU HAVE A FAVORITE MASK OR MEMBER OF THE BAND AT THE TIME? HAS THAT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS?
Mick, always.
WAS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT THE BAND WORE MASKS AND JUMPSUITS LIKE THEY DID?
For a young fan who had never seen that before, I loved it. I remember reading theories about who the members were and going online to find photos of them backstage at Ozzfest or Tattoo the Earth, but they were always good about covering their faces with their hands. I'm not sure my intrigue would have been the same had the mystery not been there.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SLIPKNOT TRACK, AND WHY?
I always loved "Tattered & Torn," maybe the most demented track on the album. "Surfacing" was the anthem, though.
IS SLIPKNOT SOMETHING YOU REGULARLY GO BACK AND LISTEN TO? OR DOES IT REPRESENT A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME IN YOUR HISTORY?
They're an important band for my early years of music discovery, and while I don't listen to the album as regularly as I once did, seeing those songs live still gives me that spark.
Below, watch Deafheaven play their brutal standalone single "Black Brick" live:
âBirth of Violenceâ Album Announcement â Out Sep 13
Chelsea Wolfe has announced her 7th studio album, âBirth of Violenceâ, out September 13th on Sargent House. Stream the first track 'The Mother Roadâ here: https://smarturl.it/CWBirthofViolence
US PRE-ORDERÂ // EU PRE-ORDER
Headlining tour dates with support from Ioanna Gika:Â chelseawolfe.net
âCALIGULAâ is coming July 17 on Profound Lore. See the album teaser by Mitch Wells for Lingua Ignota's upcoming release here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpDS-ITW3dg
Tour info: https://sargenthouse.com/lingua-ignota
US preorder: hellomerch.com/collections/lingua-ignota
EU preorder: evilgreed.net/collections/lingua-ignota
A Brief History of Mathcore In Ten Albums // ft. The Armed
ONLY LOVE by The Armed
The Armed
ONLY LOVE
Pseudo-anonymous Detroit collective The Armed specialize in two things: crazy music, and even crazier offstage antics. Itâs easy to let the latter overshadow the former, but if there were any doubts regarding the groupâs dedication to musical experimentation, they were quickly quelled by 2018âs masterful Only Love. The whirlwind grooves of mathcore might be soldered into albumâs DNA, but itâs the cyberpunk synths, atmospheric flourishes, and occasional pop melodies that make it an otherworldly listen.
Mutoid Man, Deafheaven & King Woman: 50 Best American Metal Bands from 2010s
Mutoid Man, Deafheaven & King Woman all featured! via Kerrang!
27. KING WOMAN
While a band like Bloody Hammers focuses on the woodsy goth of the East Coast, King Woman is all about the yawning goth of California. Both the north and south of the state are represented in the bandâs musicâââthe clammy, overcast experimental side of their hometown San Francisco, but also ample doses of Los Angelesâs sun-razed wasteland. The perfect band for a long drive heading to something sinister.
6. DEAFHEAVEN
Though polarizing to say the least, San Franciscan black metallers Deafheaven have left an undeniable footprint on modern metal. While their 2011 debut Roads To Judah got them noticed, it was 2013âs gigantic Sunbather that earned them their legacy. The group took the raw energy of black metal and combined it with the beautiful crescendos and atmosphere found in post rock and shoegaze, creating a record that could only be properly described as a nightmare disguised as a dream. Love or hate them, you canât deny the massive impact this band has had on metal as a whole.
5. MUTOID MAN
Brooklyn supergroup Mutoid Man have done something many metal fans might have considered unlikely: theyâve made speed metal important. Rather than fall back on traditional anthems about breaking laws and chasing strange, the trio pen delicious, riveting tunes about addiction, depression, and keeping your head together. 2017âs War Moans proved to us that a band can be traditional and ridiculous while grabbing us by the heartstrings.
Brutus âNest on âThe 50 Best Albums Of 2019 So Farâ
12. Brutus â Nest (Sargent House)
Words donât do it justice. They canât. Words canât capture Nest, the second album from Belgian post-metal power trio Brutus. For instance: Nest feels like a primal howl, a raging fire, a force of nature. Describe it in those terms, though, and youâve inadvertently erased the entire process â the discipline, the dedication, the painstaking, life-encompassing labor â required to create a work of art that feels like this. Another example: The focal point of Brutus is drummer/singer Stefanie Mannaerts, whose face-scorching performances throughout the entirety of Nest suggest a superhuman talent, an Olympian greatness, an unknowable brilliance. Reduce Brutus to Mannaerts alone, though, and youâve failed to understand the essential contributions of her co-workers â bassist Peter Mulders, guitarist Stijn Vanhoegaerden, and producer Jesse Gander â all here in the room alongside Mannaerts, everyone in precisely perfect balance with everyone else, each component supporting, propelling, and elevating both its counterparts and the whole. When you listen to Nest, you hear a golden-glowing lightning-wielding storm-goddess deity laying waste to Zoroastrian hell realms. âMichael
Helms Alee March to the Beat of Their Own Drum // SF Sonic
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Watching Helms Alee drummer Hozoji Matheson-Margullis do her thing is hypnotizing. Sitting behind a late-â60s black Rogers kitâthe same one her dad bought her when she was fifteen years oldâMatheson-Margullis covered lead and backing locals while playing over rapidly shifting arrangements. Positioned center-stage at Great American Music Hall, an awestruck crowd stared as she ruthlessly beat the hell out of her drums.
It looked and felt so natural. Her hands led the way; everything else just followed suit. Matheson-Margullisâ thundering tom-tom work (a tom-tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares) is inspired by Melvinsâ drummer Dale Crover. But when you watch her play, itâs obvious that sheâs also deeply inspired by her Native American heritage. Matheson-Margullis is Puyallup (a tribe from Washington) and grew up going to powwows and learning native drumming styles.
Itâs also no surprise that her favorite record is Melvinsâ Gluey Porch Treatments (1987). Black Sabbathâs 1970 self-titled album and Botchâs Faction (1995) also made her Top Three. Her unique style blends perfectly with the guitarwork of vocalist Ben Verellen (brother of Dave Verellen, member of Botch, Roy, and Narrows). With the uber-talented Dana James on bass, they create some drool-worthy sludge-metal, post-hardcore, melodic rock. Whatever you call it, itâs demanding, forceful, and mesmerizing.
The Seattle band has released five studio albumsâNight Terror (2008), Weatherhead (2011), Sleepwalking Sailors (2014), Stillicide (2016), and, most recently, Noctiluca (2019). All three members contribute to the writing process, which allows different dynamics to influence their heaviness.
The trio opened the night with some new materialâNoctiluca tracks âInterachnidâ and âBeat Up.â Then it was time for one of their most notable songs, âPleasure Center,â off Sleepwalking Sailors. Verellenâs soothing voice quickly shifted into a resounding roar. Itâs what the crowd was waiting for.
Helms Alee touched upon most records in their catalog. Playing âTumescenceâ (Sleeping Sailors), Matheson-Margullis backed up Verellenâs deep, Maynard-like screams. Next, the slow atmospheric guitar intro of âPretty as Pieâ (Weatherhead) gently teased the crowd before tossing them down a rabbit hole of doom. Helms Alee navigates unprecedented waters â sometimes calm, sometimes chaotic. Itâs the reason they close each gig with more fans that they started with.
After playing âAndromenousâ (Stillicide), they dipped back into new stuff, like âPlay Dead,â âLay Waste, Child,â and âSpider Jar.â The crowd hung their heads or stared wide-eyed as the night went on. James flipped her curly hair and slid her fingers down the neck of her bass. Verellenâs long curls covered his face as his screamed into his mic. A sweaty Matheson-Margullis smiled at the crowd as she gripped her drumsticks, ready to end the night on a high note. They closed with Galloping Mind Fuk (Stillicide), which showcased Verellenâs relentless riffs, James weird bass lines, and Matheson-Margullis drumming annihaltion.
Setlist: Interachnid I Beat Up I Pleasure Center I Tumescence I Pretty as Pie I Andromenous I Play Dead I Spider Jar I Lay Waste, Child I Untoxicated I Galloping Mind Fuk
The Armed Signed to Sargent House +Â Video for New Song âFT. FRANK TURNERâ
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Detroit punk/hardcore/experimental collective the Armed have shared the music video for their new song âFT. FRANK TURNERâ (which came out yesterday, June 5, as part of Adult Swimâs ongoing Singles series). Check out the clip, directed by Tony Wolski, below.
Along with the music video, the Armed have announced that theyâve signed with Sargent House. Check out the groupâs upcoming tour schedule below.
âFT. FRANK TURNERâ is the Armedâs first track since last yearâs Only Love. The music video for that LPâs âRole Modelsâ starred Tommy Wiseau, director and star of The Room.
See where Only Love fell on Pitchforkâs âThe Best Metal Albums of 2018.â
The Armed:
07-06 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-12 Montmartin-Sur-Mer, France - Chauffer Dans La Noirceur
07-13 Upcote Farm, England - 2000trees Music Festival
09-12 Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA
09-13 New York, NY - Saint Vitus
09-14 Boston, MA - Great Scott
09-20 Toronto, Ontario - Hard Luck
09-21 Montreal, Quebec - Turbo Haus
âFull Upon Her Burning Lipsâ on This Weekâs Essential Releases
Earth â Full Upon Her Burning Lips
Earthâs latest is a record that feels curiously intimate and subtly powerful, with as many plainly beautiful parts as hazy, evil-sounding ones. Though the pacing is slow, Full Upon Her Burning Lips isnât really a record that demands patience from the listener as these songs are immediately accessible, melodic, and feature enough interesting push-and-pull between Dylan Carlson and Adrienne Davies to make it a record meant for foregrounded listening.
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