Monday Metal Update 4/28

Nine Inch Nails released a new song, "Discipline," last week which you can grab here or here. Meanwhile, Trent Reznor posted a message stating simply, "2 weeks!" Last time that happened, we got a new album...



Check out a (the?) hilarious video for "Discipline":



Experimentalists Kayo Dot will be releasing a new album, Blue Lambency Downward, on May 6th via Hydra Head. Stream the whole album below. Kay Dot has several dates scheduled, including a few with Earth and several with Gregor Samsa.



Kayo Dot - 2008 Dates:

May 4 2008 Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC *
May 5 2008 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *
May 6 2008 The Knitting Factory New York, New York *

May 25 2008 TBA, France %
May 26 2008 Main d’Oeuvres Paris, France %
May 27 2008 TBA, Switzerland %
May 28 2008 Treibhaus Luzerne, Switzerland %
May 29 2008 Belvedere Namur, Belgium %
May 30 2008 Dqliq Luxembourg %
May 31 2008 Gleis 22 Munster, Germany %
Jun 1 2008 TBA with Gregor Samsa TBA, Benelux %
Jun 2 2008 Cassiopeia Berlin, Germany
Jun 3 2008 Lades Kaelder Copenhagen, Denmark
Jun 4 2008 Az Conni Dresden, Germany
Jun 5 2008 Chateau Rouge Prague, CZ
Jun 6 2008 Feierwerk Munich, Germany
Jun 7 2008 Elfer Frankfurt, Germany
Jun 8 2008 Worm Rotterdam, Netherlands

* w/ Earth
% w/ Gregor Samsa

Listen: Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward [full album stream]

Mouth of the Architect is set to release Quietly on July 22 via Translation Loss. Check out a new track on MOTA's MySpace page and check them out on the road with Intronaut and Behold... the Arctopus.

Russian Circles just finished recording their forthcoming album, Station. Core members Dave Turncrantz and Mike Sullivan were joined by Brian Cook (These Arms Are Snakes, Botch) in the studio, and the session was helmed by Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Minus the Bear, Isis). Check out the song "Harper Lewis" from the album at the band's MySpace page, and catch them on tour with Daughters.


[Russian Circles]

Daughters, Russian Circles 2008 Tour:

Jun-03 Iowa City IA Picador
Jun-04 St Louis MO Bluebird Theater
Jun-05 Kansas City MO The Riot Room
Jun-06 Denver CO Marquis
Jun-07 Salt Lake City UT Burt's Tiki Lounge
Jun-08 Boise ID Neurolux
Jun-09 Seattle WA Neumos
Jun-10 Portland OR Doug Fir Lounge
Jun-11 Chico CA Cafe Coda
Jun-12 San Francisco CA Slims
Jun-14 Pomona CA The Glasshouse
Jun-15 Los Angeles CA Troubadour
Jun-16 San Diego CA The Casbah
Jun-18 Phoenix AZ The Clubhouse
Jun-20 Austin TX Red 7
Jun-21 Ft Worth TX Lolas
Jun-22 Houston TX Rudyards
Jun-23 Baton Rouge LA Spanish Moon
Jun-24 Birmingham AL Bottle Tree
Jun-25 Atlanta GA The Drunken Unicorn
Jun-26 Chapel Hill NC Local 506
Jun-27 Wilmington DE Harmony Grange
Jun-28 Cambridge MA Middle East Upstairs
Jun-29 Brooklyn NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jun-30 Baltimore MD The Ottobar
Jul-01 Buffalo NY Mohawk Place
Jul-02 Detroit MI Magic Stick (*no Daughters )

[Scott Kelly]

Metal heroes go solo! Scott Kelly and Steven von Till of Neurosis have each announced solo albums, as has Scott Hull of Pig Destroyer/Agoraphobic Nosebleed. Kelly's The Wake is due May 6th, von Till's A Grave is a Grim Horse will be out May 20th, and Hull's Requiem will be available June 10.

Interviews:

Pitchfork interviewed Atsuo of Boris if you want to read that, but if you're feeling lazy, just watch ours.

MetalKult talks shop with Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson of Opeth.

That's it for us, happy Monday!