Despite not being covered too often on this site, the staff writers here at Crustcake do not only listen to basement recordings of USBM bands. We all enjoy some hardcore. Modern Life is War's Witness is one of this staff writer's favorite heavy records of all time. I love hardcore that is moody and also epic and Modern Life is War was exactly that. I had been looking for a replacement for them when I stumbled upon Bridge Nine Records' Defeater.
Defeater has just entered the studio to work on the follow up to last years great Lost Ground EP and they are posting studio updates on Youtube. So far they have tracked drums and guitar and you can watch a clip after the jump as well as check out when they're be in your town on tour with Living With Lions, Make Do and Mend and All Teeth. More updates and details on the forth-coming album will be made available via Bridge 9's site.
Defeater with Living With Lions, Make Do And Mend, All Teeth
October29: The Fest
November
30: The Fest
31: The Fest1: The Firehouse in Birmingham AL
2: Rocket Town in Nashville TN
3: FUBAR in St. Louis MS
4: Skull Alley in Louisville KY
5: The Metal Frat in Ann Arbor MI
12: The Democracy Center in Cambridge, MA (Make Do And Mend CD release, no Living With Lions or All Teeth)
13: The Cheshire Masonic Temple in Cheshire, CT (Make Do And Mend CD release, no Living With Lions or All Teeth)
October 29, 2010
DEFEATER WORKING ON NEW ALBUM, PLAY THE FEST THIS WEEKEND
INQUISITION TO EMBARK ON TEXAS/NOLA MINI-TOUR
NOBODY EXPECTS THE COLOMBIAN INQUISITION!
Bad Monty Python rips aside, Texas and New Orleans need to listen up. Inquisition, the real black metal band from Washington State (by way of Colombia) you should be jamming, are doing a mini-tour in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and New Orleans. They'll be touring in support of the reissue of their 1998 kvlt klassic Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult, which you can order here, and their upcoming release Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm. If you missed them during Chaos in Tejas, you've got another chance to witness guitarist/vocalist Dagon and drummer Incubus' 100% unironic, occult black metal. And this time, there may be less spangin' from crusties! If anything carries a more harrowing stench than the essence of the Horned One himself, it's a pack of crust punks and their mistreated dogs.
Click below for dates.
Inquisition Fall Mini-Tour11/4 - Austin @ Red 7 w/ Pack of Wolves, HOD (FREE Fun Fun Fun Fest pre-show)
"Ancient Monumental War Hymn"
11/5 - San Antonio @ Korova w/ HOD, Ancient Malus
11/6 - Dallas @ Project Phoenix
11/7 - New Orleans @ Siberia w/ Wolvhammer, Tire Fire, Demonic Destruction
October 28, 2010
CRUSTCAKE INTERVIEWS: UNEARTHLY TRANCE'S RYAN LIPYNSKY - PART 1
by theseseans (NYC)
I sat down with Unearthly Trance's Ryan Lipynsky (above, center) just before the Brooklyn doom trio's new album, V, came out. Lipynsky and I covered so much ground that we at crustcake have decided to break up the interview into two parts. The first part -- presented after the jump -- covers the work on V. Part two will be published next week and deals primarily with his current (and past) bands: The Howling Wind, Pollution,Villains. Both parts reveal Lipynsky's love for the music he so prolifically creates.
While working on the transcription and editing of this piece, what became apparent to me is how much more I could have asked. Much like Unearthly Trance's music, many of Lipynsky's ideas are found between his words, in what he's not saying.
Crustcake: V is Unearthly Trance's fifth album. Is there anything more significant to the title?
Ryan Lipynsky: Yeah, at the core of it, we really wanted to do a self-titled album, and we were like, 'Nah, let's not do that. Let's call it V' and it kind of morphed into ... V. The title, which we came to a while ago, was this really loose, undefined idea that we tapped into. V represents the symbol of Ares, and the astrological (connection) to the ram and the goat of Mendes. So all of this just kind of unfolded. There are so many different directions that you can go with it. Ultimately, it's our fifth album.
Crustcake: Yeah, I was going to ask about the connection to the album art. I really like the art a lot and I'm happy to hear that there is a purposeful connection there.
Lipynsky: Yeah! Absolutely. The guy, Glyn Smyth, who did it ... really understands us as a band. He had previously done two tour posters for us on our European tours and he just really nailed the aesthetic that we've always been looking for. So, basically, we gave him the title of the album, the lyrics, and some rehearsals and just said, 'Come up with whatever you can come up with.' Rather than saying do this or do that, it was his ideas, but it was all based off of our symbolism.
Crustcake: It also LOOKS fantastic.
Lipynsky: Yeah.
Crustcake: Themes on the record, can you elaborate on some of those? Some of the ones I picked up from listening were "slaughter at night," some sort of "apocalypse" scenario.
Lipynsky: Yeah, it's definitely an apocalyptic view-point where things are occurring under the veil of darkness and so it is kind of the idea where things are happening and people aren't really paying attention. "Sleeping While They Feast," that whole symbolism --
Crustcake: -- "The Horsemen Arrive In The Night" --
Lipynsky: -- Yeah, it's definitely towards the apocalyptic realm, where the whole album kind of unfolds and gradually descends, deeper and deeper into it. It starts off a bit ... normal ... and by the end of it, it's totally deconstructed.
Crustcake: Is that why you choose to end it with a noise track?
Lipynsky: Yeah, we've always done noise tracks here and there, but we didn't want to do any gratuitous noise. We came up with a song that had a really loose structure, more of a jam than a noise track for us, but I think at the end we just wanted to make it as primal as possible.
Crustcake: That's true. I shouldn't label it strictly noise.
Lipynsky: Well, we have done noise. On The Trident we did a full-fledged noise track at the end where it was just kind of, 'Ah, do whatever.' But this time, we wanted to make every track be a song, even if it was just loosely a song. Like the song "Physical Universe Distorts," people might be like, 'What the fuck is that?' But it's a song with one riff that doesn't repeat at all and the whole duration of the riff is the whole song, which is an idea we've always had. Everything is based off the music, rather than just noise, per se. Noise is always a huge element in our music, but we always try to make it in a musical way.
Crustcake: This band, Unearthly Trance, in comparison to your other bands (Pollution, The Howling Wind, Thralldom, Villains), is more musically direct, staying predominantly a "doom" band. Is there a conscious effort to be a genre band? Do you think of Unearthly Trance as a doom band?
Lipynsky: No, I think that on The Trident and Electrocution we were trying not to be a doom band. We were trying to be what people didn't expect us to be. We did a lot of fast songs, we did songs with more melodic vocals, things that were not expected of us. So I think at that time we were like, 'We're not a doom band.' I think we were very uncomfortable with people putting on our record and thinking they were going to hear the same thing all the way through. Even though V is connected to our other records, we don't really think that it sounds like our other records. And I think for us to be a doom band -- just a doom band -- would be too limiting to us because ... we are very comfortable with doing something else again. So we've kind of gone back to zero with (V), with the really slow, doom/black-doom kind of feel. That doesn't mean we're not going to go somewhere else after this. I've never really been into being defined by genres. Even with the Howling Wind, we're purposely not trying to be a black metal band.
Crustcake: I really like the record, it is actually my favorite of the Unearthly Trance records.
Lipynsky: Oh cool, it takes people a little while to sink their teeth into it, I think.
Crustcake: Yeah, I had the digital Relapse promo version.
Lipynsky: The beeped one?
Crustcake: Yeah!
[Mutual laughter]
Crustcake: Once Stereogum premiered it, I was able to digest it more.
Lipynsky: When we first heard that the promo was going to be a beeped version we were like, 'Oh God, that's retarded,' but then we realized that it prevented the record from leaking.
Crustcake: Yeah, and it (worked). It still hasn't leaked.
Lipynsky: So I give Relapse credit for that. People are really quick to jump to, 'Relapse this,' 'Relapse that,' but they really did a good thing with that and it really helped us not having the album leak. Both The Trident and Electrocution were leaked weeks before they came out and it was just like, 'Fuck, everyone has this already.'
Crustcake: There seems to be a greater anticipation for this record. Greater hype if you will.
Lipynsky: I think that where we've had V done for so long, we were able to really build it up. Whereas previous times it was like we'd fly back from Chicago and Relapse would be like, "OK, you've got a week to finish the art, get this all done." We were just rush, rush, rush. But this time, we were much more on our own pace. We finished the album ourselves (and) it was done when we wanted it to be done.
Crustcake: You recoded V in New York and not in Chicago, right?
Lipynsky: The past three records we've gone to Sanford (Parker)'s studios ... he engineered it, mixed it, everything. This time, we flew him out and basically set up in this studio where Jay (Newman, bass) and Darren (Verni, drums) work, and he set up the mics and helped us track the basic drums and basic guitars and then left. We did the rest ourselves. While Sanford was with us, we had a friend of ours -- Rich Taper, who is an excellent engineer -- (help) us coordinate it all. After Sanford was done, Jay took on the recording, but we could still call Sanford on the phone and ask, 'What kind of mic should we use for this?' That kind of thing. Basically we've worked with him for so long that he trusted us to do that. It was a bit unique in that it was the first time that we were on our own and it was up to us whether it was going to be good or not, so it was definitely stressful. But we wanted to keep the standard at the same time, so having him there to help us start ... really gave us the confidence boost we needed.
Crustcake: Did it feel good doing it here in NYC?
Lipynsky: Yeah. You know, we've done whole records in as little as five or six days. You go there, you bang it out and then you're gone. Then you're on a plane listening to the final mix. This time we did tons of mixes to make sure that we were happy. Jay would send me a mix and I could really say, 'I like this,' or 'Less this.' It was a totally non-pressured way to finish an album. It was good to have a break and not be rushed. That was the best part. We had time to really do what we wanted.
Crustcake: In terms of doom, I really like that this record doesn't have tremendously long songs. A song like "Physical Universe Distorts" is a great example. That song feels like it is very long, but it only about three and a half minutes.
Lipynsky: That was totally the idea. We wanted that song to seem like it was so much longer. The inspiration for that song was was an old song off our first album called "Mass of the Phoenix," where we kind of constructed a song out of nothing. (It was) just so minimal that the space ... between the notes was what was really interesting. We've always wanted to go back and try more stuff like that. We never wanted to be some gratuitous drone band. We wanted to be a metal band first. There was a trend where everyone started to turn to drone in the mid 2000s. It was ridiculous and we didn't want to do that. We're not just some two-riffs-per-hour kind of band. This is the album we always wanted to make. (It) defines us.
Crustcake: I think it really sounds and feels that way. It's defining. With your prolific nature, what is this band's writing process like? How are Darren and Jay involved?
Lipynsky: For Unearthly Trance, I write most of the music. I come up with the riffs at home and I usually have three or four ideas for a song, maybe a rough way for it to go, maybe a totally set way. It really depends on how and what I bring in as written. If it's just a really loose idea, we'll throw it together and bounce it around. But ... Jay and Darren's input is very important to the structure and tempo. Anything can happen once I bring the ideas down. I'm the one 'in charge,' but their supporting roles are crucial to the development of the songs.
Crustcake: V feels like a full start-to-finish record. Did it feel that way when you were writing it?
Lipynsky: We wrote a record. We knew that there was going to be 12 songs. We've known the order for a long time. We wanted to create it in a way where we looked at it as a whole piece, which we've never done before. The first album is like, 'What have we got? Let's throw some songs together.' For the second album, we had a big back catalog and a lot of songs to choose from. With all the splits and all the stuff we've done, we pretty much used up every old song we've ever had. It was a completely clean slate. So for us, it was like, 'What do we want to do with this album?' Rather than say, 'Let's do a new song,' it was, 'What is this album going to be like?' And I think we wanted a musical concept right from the get-go. It had to be the way it is, rather than recording songs and then trying to sequence them. For better or worse we wanted to sequence it as we wrote it.
CRUSTCAKE PICKS: NYC SHOWS 10/28 - 11/4
by ill? ya! (NYC)
Looks like shows are tapering off a bit after CMJ - except for Halloween weekend of course. After the grind madness over at the Acheron on Friday night, the show to die for this week is definitely the crust/black metal double-header over at the Knitting Factory. I've been waiting to see Hellshock for ages now and Woe (who just released a new album) completely blew me away when opening for Alcest in April.
Full dates after the break...
Crustcake Picks: NYC Shows 10/15 - 10/2110/29 – Clinging To The Trees of A Forest Fire / Flourishing / The Communion / Deep in Vein @ Acheron
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10/30 - A.G.E. (Japan) / Hellshock / Perdition / Atakke / Cervix @ Knitting Factory
10/30 – Krieg / Woe @ Knitting Factory (late show)
10/30 – Solace / The Resurrection Sorrow / King Giant / Moth Eater @ Trash Bar
10/30 – Acid Reflux @ Acheron
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10/31 – Negative Plane / Villains / Occultation @ Europa
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11/3 - Trap Them, Every Time I Die, Howl @ Webster Hall
October 27, 2010
YAKUZA'S OF SEISMIC CONSEQUENCE NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL
Rejoice, wackos of the wax!
Chicago jazz metallers Yakuza's latest record, Of Seismic Consequence, is now available on vinyl. While they've been selling them on their tour with Triptykon and 1349, Profound Lore has a limited amount for sale here. It was only released in 250 blue copies and 250 clear, so get steppin! Yakuza's Sonny Rollins-meets-Slayer style of brutality was meant to be heard this way.
Click below for pictures of the Seismic vinyl, as well as the last three dates of Yakuza's tour.
Bruce Lamont, the group's leader, vocalist and saxophonist, has been quite on a roll lately. In addition to Yakuza and his collaboration with Sanford Parker in Circle of Animals, he also contributed to Locrian's latest full-length, Territories. While the vinyl version of that has been out for a while, for those of us without record players, the CD version has finally be made available. Ordering information can be found here.
Triptykon/Yakuza/134910/27 @ The Marquee, Tulsa, OK
10/28 @ Ridglea Theatre, Fort Worth, TX
10/29 @ Emo’s Outside, Austin, TX
CRUSTY CLIP OF THE WEEK: RICHTHOFEN - 'BLUT DE PFERDE'
Every single Wednesday without fail, your hosts post a suitably stale video clip that we think needs to be revisited. Click here for more Crusty Clips. Got a clip you think we should post? Send it to crustcake@gmail.com.
Why do so many foreign bands sing in English? In a genre where lyrics come second, the sound of the language matters more than what's said. Bands like Vintersorg and Shining are powerful precisely because they sing in their native tongue, adding a new element to the mix. Or take Richthofen's Blut De Pferde. The music provides a backdrop, sure, but it's the German bark that makes this song so horrifying. Well, that and the scary German men doing God knows what to little dolls. I have no idea what's going on in this video and that's OK. Just in time for Halloween, enjoy "Blood of the Horses" and hunt down their Seelenwalzer album if you want more. Vorwärts!
Video after the jump.
October 26, 2010
ELECTRIC WIZARD DEBUT NEW SONGS 'BLACK MASS' & 'SCORPIO CURSE'
Don't finalize your year-end lists yet... Electric Wizard are still peering out from across the Atlantic. The release of their new record, Black Masses, is just around the corner, with a Nov. 1 release date from Rise Above Records and we are finally getting a taste of the bong water.
Head over to Electric Wizard's Myspace page to hear two new songs, "Black Mass" and "Scorpio Curse." These songs are a little easier on the heavy punishment that the Wizard is capable of, balanced out with an extra layer of bonged-out haze.
CRUSTCAKE PICKS: AUSTIN SHOWS 10/26-11/1
by Andrew Wilhelm (TX)
One good thing about Austin is that most of the major music venues are located in one part of town. One of the only time this backfires, though, is Halloween. Downtown turns into a giant clusterfuck of bad costumes, even worse face paint, drag rats, corner evangelicals, and drunken maniacs. Do not even think about driving down unless you are a taxi driver, or you are getting paid to be like one.
Still, there are plenty of great shows going on during the Halloween season.
Tuesday, Envy will be continuing their tour down to Emo's. These Japanese post-hardcore/post-rock behemoths haven't came to the U.S. in quite a while. If you love Mono and Dischord Records, it would be foolish to sleep on this show, even if I didn't think Touche Amore were all that a few months ago.
Thursday brings punk legends Bad Brains to the Mohawk. Will HR make it through the whole set? Go see and find out.
Friday is the crucial day though - fucking Triptykon! It's Tom G. Warrior kicking as much ass as he did with Celtic Frost, do we need to say more? Well, we will say that adding Mammoth Grinder was a solid choice. If that's too much metal for you (and it is for most people), Butthole Surfers will be performing their classic Locust Abortion Technician in its entirety at the Scoot Inn on the east side of town. Gibby Haynes and his crew will also be playing at the Scoot Inn on Halloween night with desert punks Meat Puppets.
Finally, on Saturday, Helmet and Intronaut will be performing at Red 7. Like I said back when I was doing Chicago show picks, it'll be mad 90s up in here. Intronaut's new record, Valley of Smoke, is also not to be missed.
CRUSTCAKE PICKS: AUSTIN SHOWS 10/26-11/110/26 - Envy, La Dispute, Touche Amore, And So I Watched You From Afar @ Emo's
10/28 - Bad Brains, Bitter End, Night Siege @ Mohawk
10/29 - Triptykon, 1349, Yakuza, Mammoth Grinder @ Emo's
- Butthole Surfers (playing Locust Abortion Technician in its entirety and more) @ Scoot Inn
10/30 - Helmet, Intronaut, Ratking, Tow the Line @ Red 7
10/31 - Butthole Surfers, Meat Puppets @ Scoot Inn
October 25, 2010
EYEHATEGOD HAUNTING LOUISIANA AND HOUSTON FOR HALLOWEEN WEEKEND
Halloween is fast approaching, and you know what that means? Lacing candy with cyanide! People all deciding to go as the original idea of Antoine Dodson! Girls in really slutty costumes (maybe with the Chilean miner rescue, the "gold digger" costumes will see a spike in sales?) they'd be too good to wear every other day of the year! Having to hear the "Monster Mash" on loop at parties! Oh, aren't you looking forward to it? If you live in Houston, New Orleans, or Lafayette, LA, you've also got Eyehategod to look forward to this weekend. New Orleans' best and most hated band aren't concerned if you're going to go as "Poker Face" Lady Gaga or "Alejandro" Lady Gaga - all they care about is pummeling you to the ground where your zombie ass will rise again on another Halloween. Don't sit at home and drink whiskey by yourself, get out and see what the hype is about!
Dates and flyers for the Lafayette and New Orleans shows below.
Eyehategod Halloween Weekend Mini-TourOct. 28th - Sadie's - Lafayette, LA (w/ Jupiter Death Brigade, Wildfires, and The Obelisk)
Oct. 29th - Walters on Washington - Houston, TX (w/ Black Congress, Venomous Maximus, and The Burden)
Oct. 30th - Spellcaster Lodge - New Orleans, LA (w/ Mr. Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Tire Fire, AND Mountain of Wizard)
KYLESA PLAYING SURPRISE SHOW IN NYC TONIGHT (10/25)
Speaking of Kylesa; if you didn't make it to their show with Torche and High on Fire last night, you're in luck; they are playing again tonight at Public Assembly. Get over to Public Assembly at 8 to catch opener Hull.
October 24, 2010
BUY KYLESA'S SPIRAL SHADOW TUESDAY, STREAM NOW
Kylesa's latest release, Spiral Shadow, is one of the best records of the year. Many will disagree, and they will be wrong (they're probably the same people who didn't like Baroness' Blue Record last year, so their opinion is obviously bunk.) On Saturday, the band put the record up, in its entirety, over at ye olde MySpace. Hurry though, it's only live through Monday.
The video for the record's first single, "Tired Climb," was dropped last week and can be seen directly after the jump. Kylesa is currently on the road with High on Fire and Torche and have some headlining dates coming up later this year. Check those out after the jump, too.
Kylesa - "Tired Climb":
Kylesa w/ High on Fire Torche:
October:24 New York, NY Webster Hall
26 Philadelphia, PA The Starlight Ballroom
27 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
29 Gainesville, FL The Fest 9 @ 8 Seconds
30 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
31 Knoxville, TN Valarium
November:2 Memphis, TN Hi Tone Cafe
4 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
5 Shreveport, LA The Warehouse
6 Dallas, TX The Palladium Showroom
7 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest
Kylesa Headlining Dates:
December:Vancouver, BC Media Club
3 Seattle, WA Funhouse
February:Brisbane, QLD Soundwave Festival (RNA Showgrounds)
27 Sydney, NSW Soundwave Festival (Eastern Creek Raceway)
March:4 Melbourne, VIC Soundwave Festival (Melbourne Showgrounds)
5 Adelaide, SA Soundwave Festival (Bonython Park)
October 22, 2010
CRUSTCAKE PICKS: NYC SHOWS 10/22 - 10/28
by ill? ya! (NYC)
Smoke a blunt, down a six pack and head over to Union Pool tonight for a long, slow evening of bluesy stoner rock, courtesy of the TeePee Records showcase. With a fire and a taco truck in the backyard, what more could you ask for?
Read on for more weekend (and weekday) goodness.
Saturday is full of tough decisions, but BrooklynVegan manages to pull into first place. If the impeding cold and darkness of winter hasn't got you down, Cough and The Body should help crush what's left of your spirits.
Sunday is tough as well. Titan, who recently signed to Relapse and released Sweet Dreams, will be rocking the shit out of their sun-drenched, proggy psychadelia at Union Pool with some impressive back-up. Things will be significantly darker over at Bowery Electric, with a mix of local black and death metal. Of course, if you can drop $25+ on a Sunday night, then head to Webster Hall.
The rest is simple: on Tuesday, two vastly different side projects of Mastodon's Brent Hinds will be at Union Pool. Don't miss opener Daikaiju - masked and ripping surf/thrash from down south. Then you've got Eugene Robinson reading from his new novel on Wednesday (previewed here) and Devin Townsend's prog wankery on Thursday.
Crustcake Picks: NYC Shows 10/22 - 10/2810/22 – Naam / Priestess / Quest for Fire / Atomic Bitchwax / Mirror Queen / Hopewell / Weird Owl / Main Street Gospel @ Union Pool
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10/23 – Intronaut / Helmet @ Gramercy Theater
10/23 – Powerglove / Wetnurse / The Binary Code / Pack of Wolves / Meek is Burder / Battilus @ Fontana’s
10/23 - The Body / Cough / Inter Arma / Royal Thunder / Batillus @ Union Pool
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10/24 – Titan / Royal Thunder / La Otracina @ Union Pool
10/24 - Cannabis Corpse / Mutant Supremacy / Castevet / Fin’amor / Respawn the Ancients @ Bowery Electric
10/24 – Torche / High on Fire / Kylesa @ Webster Hall
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10/26 – Daikaiju / West End Motel / Fiend Without a Face @ Union Pool
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10/27 - Eugene Robinson (reading from A Long Slow Screw) / Man’s Gin @ Union Pool
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10/28 - Devin Townsend @ Gramercy Theater
CRUSTCAKE INTERVIEWS: KEELHAUL
by Chase Macabre (STL)
Seeing Cleveland's mighty Keelhaul in concert is an interesting visual experience. The four bandmates look more like grizzled roadies than they do rock stars. If any of the dudes were your uncle, you'd probably refer to them as your "Dad's brother," in order to keep some emotional distance. You might consider skipping the show, but you'd be in error, because Keelhaul steamroll live with their mountainous, crushing riffs and freight-train drumming. The band surprised everyone last year with the release of Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity, their first record in more than five years and a record that made my top 5 of '09. After playing a gig at the St. Louis venue Off Broadway, Crustcake had the opportunity to sit down with Keelhaul's, drummer Will Scharf, to discuss the stupidity of touring, mainstream music, corn dogs and LeBron James.
Crustcake: How long have you played drums?
Will Scharf: About 30 years.
Crustcake: You and the rest of the members of Keelhaul have been in several bands?
Will Scharf: Yeah, we've all been in bands forever. We're all too stupid to not be in bands.
Crustcake: Oh, that's not true.
Will Scharf: Oh, it's totally true, dude. I've found that my quality of life increases dramatically in direct proportion to when I'm not in a band, if that makes any sense. When we're not active, all of the sudden we say, 'Oh, life is cool. I have money. It's mellow. I'm not all stressed out.' But at the same time, we all have the bug. To anybody that plays this stuff it's like a weird affliction. 'Oh, I gotta play!'
Crustcake: It's almost like it just comes out. You can't keep it in.
Will Scharf: Yeah, it's like a poop. It just comes out.
Crustcake: Everybody poops.
Will Scharf: Everybody poops. You know, whatever. I always have to bring it down to that level.
Crustcake: [laughs] Yeah, I was talking to a buddy earlier about this and it seems that there are some bands who are obviously playing for themselves, that the music is just a part of who they are; they don't think about it. It just happens, versus those who are playing for some audience.
Will Scharf: We don't give a fuck about playing for anybody but us.
Crustcake: And you can tell that there is that love.
Will Scharf: It's either love or basic stupidity. I'm not sure which one it is. If we had any sense of financial or economic prudence, we'd all lose weight. I'd probably grow my hair out, though I can't. We'd write stupid fucking songs and make a lot of money and not give a shit about it.
Crustcake: There's too many stupid songs out there already.
Will Scharf: It stuns me how many people send me music and ask, 'What do you think of this, man? Do you like our stuff?' Who gives a fuck if I like it! Do you like it? If you like what you're playing, then that's fine. It's good. I mean, who cares otherwise? If you're playing music for someone else, it's gonna blow. If you're playing for yourself, it's probably going to be OK, unless you're fucking retarded or maybe you have 'really good taste' and you like 'really good music.' But 'really good music' for the masses tends to be not something we like. Mainstream crap.
Crustcake: I think y'all sound fucking awesome. I like to describe your band as living on Riff Mountain.
Will Scharf: Riff Mountain? Where is that? Somewhere in Lithuania? Estonia?
Crustcake: It's apparently in Cleveland. Y'all seem to enjoy playing.
Will Scharf: We fucking love playing. That's the problem: We love playing, so we go out and do it and everything at home suffers. Our relationships suffer, our finances suffer, everything suffers. The van suffers because we have to drive it. We go to Europe and have to rent stuff, but we make a little more money so it's different.
I love doing this but it comes at a great cost and the older you get, the more expensive it gets. I've got a mortgage, Chris has a mortgage, Dana has a mortgage. The older you get, the more responsibilities you accumulate so the harder it gets to get away from all that shit and the more money you have to ask for to be able to leave. It makes it more difficult to do it. Promoters are like, 'Fuck you! You're not going to draw more than five people into my venue. Fuck off.' That shit ain't real.
Crustcake: So what's your opinion of Dan Gilbert's statement that the Cavs will win a title before LeBron does in Miami?
Will Scharf: You had to go there, huh?
Crustcake: I'm sorry.
Will Scharf: Nah, when I was watching it, 'cause I was like everyone in Cleveland, I was fucking glued to The Decision, I was like, 'All right, what's this dickhead gonna say?' And then he said it. But when I saw Dan Gilbert's letter in the moment, I was like, 'That's fucking awesome!' 'Cause I was pissed! I was like, 'That fucking weasel!' I watched Game 5 and I re-watched him throwing the fucking game! He's hogging the ball, he's not letting anyone else take any shots and he's throwing up brick after brick. He's personally making sure this game goes down the tubes. I mean, how much money is some asshole making on this game? All this stuff is prescribed, there's no luck. Everyone knows who's going to win and who's not going to win. It was fucking retarded that he did that. Anyway, Dan Gilbert's letter. The part I thought was retarded was everyone saying it was about race.
Crustcake: What?
Will Scharf: You haven't heard that?
Crustcake: I hadn't heard that subtext.
Will Scharf: Yeah, even LeBron is like, 'Everyone's reaction to 'The Decision' is about race.' No it's not! You're a knob, dude!
Crustcake: You dicked over an already tortured sports city!
Will Scharf: That's right. You hid behind a bunch of kids and we're like, 'Ah, I'm doing the right thing. I'm giving money to the Boys and Girls club.' He's giving them a small portion of that whole thing, not even all of what he made on The Decision. You should give them the whole fucking shebang 'cause that was a self-serving sack of shit. Give me a platform to rant about that and I'll fucking rant about it. Of course, now every other sports article you read on the Cleveland Cavaliers is about LeBron. Fucking let it go. Dude, he's gone. I don't care. He's not worth the corn in my poop.
Crustcake: So where are ya'll headed next?
Will Scharf: We're headed to Lawrence to pick up some CDs and vinyl, then headed to Oklahoma City. We actually do pretty OK in Oklahoma City. We haven't really been there in eight years, though. We've never really had a good show in St. Louis. People complain about us not coming here, but we've been here twice in the past two years. I have the photos of the crowds, too. They're on MySpace in a folder named 'You.' People who were there were great, but people don't pay attention to when we come through unless it's with a bigger band. We did a tour with Eyehategod that was retarded. It was us and Isis, who played before us. And I think Mastodon played before us, too.
Crustcake: Holy shit!
Will Scharf: It was nuts. No, dude. It was stupid. And now, of course, go figure: We quit touring. And I don't think that even if we continued touring ... we'd be anywhere near where those other two bands are now.
Crustcake: Did y'all play at all in the period you quit touring between 2004 and when Triumphant Return was released?
Will Scharf: No. After the European tour in 2004, we didn't do shit for three years, except maybe a one-off or two in Cleveland. Then Isis got us off our asses when they asked us to go a week's worth of dates with them. Twist our arms! At this point, we don't want to go on U.S. tours by ourselves. It's fucking retarded. We eat shit. No one comes to see small bands like us. Nobody. We leech off a bigger band. We're leeching off of Russian Circles on this tour. We're still waiting for Mastodon to take us out. Unless, of course, we become the 'hit, cool band,' but I don't see that happening.
Crustcake: Well, I really like your band. I wish I was more people!
Will Scharf: That'd be disturbing. You'd have three heads. I wouldn't know which one to talk to. My head would be spinning. One head is a vegetarian, one head wants a corn dog, one heads wants a Popsicle and a shot of vodka.
Keelhaul 2010 tour dates with Russian Circles and Call Me Lightning10/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
# = no Call Me Lightning
10/25 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
10/26 Portland, OR @ Rotture
10/27 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/29 Boise, ID @ The Venue
10/30 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
10/31 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
11/2 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
11/03 Columbia, MO @ MOJOs
11/04 Indianapolis IN @ Locals Only#
11/05 Columbus, OH @ Ravari Room
11/06 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
LIVE REVIEW: WORMROT
Wormrot
When: Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
Where: The Acheron, Brooklyn NY
With: Defeatist, Mutant Supremacy, Psychic Limb, Curandera
Words and Photos by theseseans & ill? ya! (NYC)
Now that we've got two NYC-based writers, we're going to start to doing some more in-depth coverage on live shows. We haven't forgotten our crustcast, and we plan for its return in multiple formats, one of which will be shorter episodes focusing on live show reviews. This Wormrot review is a step in that direction. Ilya and Sean both attended the same show and afterward, shot some e-mails back and forth discussing what they thought of it. Ilya, unfortunately, had to leave early, missing Wormrot (and showed up a little late, missing Curandera), but this show was so stacked with local talent, we would have been there regardless of who was headlining.
ill? ya! - Fuck! I think this is the third or fourth time I've missed Curandera now. How were they?
theseseans - Curandera were OK. Well, they were good, in the sense of potential. Justin Ennis is on drums, and that dude is fantastic -- he did the drums on Tombs' last record, Winter Hours. Curandera have a little bit of a powerviolence thing going on (slow to fast hardcore) but it only goes one way. Every single song they played started off like a doom song and ended like an Orchid song. A little variety and the always important fast tempo to slow tempo change would help them a lot. Their guitarist was really loose, which isn't always a bad thing, except the drums and bass were really tight. Not the best combination.
You got there just in time to catch probably my favorite local unsigned band, Psychic Limb. What did you think of them?
ill? ya! - Psychic Limb were probably my favorite band of the night (granted I missed both Curandera and Wormrot). This is what grind should be like. Messy, raw, uncalculated -- like a fucking tornado touching down in a glass factory. Brian (the singer) has great stage presence. The fact that the band was begging for water the entire time (all of 15 minutes...) and only got a shot of whiskey was a nice touch.
I thought Mutant Supremacy were somewhat out of place at this show. The stoic, arms-crossed death metal look is never that great live, but it falls especially flat at a spastic grind show. Unfortunately, the Acheron sound system doesn't really do justice to the complexity of their sound, so what they lost in energy wasn't completely regained musically. What'd you think?
theseseans - You just blurted out a spot-on description of Psychic Limb. On top of that, while I enjoyed them this particular night, that was probably my least favorite show of theirs I've seen. Brian has an excellent stage presence, and so does their drummer (who constantly has the facial expression of a four-year-old entering Toys 'R' Us for the first time). Brian's pleas for water were a little amusing, but at the same time, he sounded extremely dry in the throat. I've definitely heard him sound much better. It seemed to me like he really needed some water.
I agree with much of what you said about Mutant Supremacy. The only thing is, I kind of like that they stood out like a sore thumb. While they did not fit the vibe of this show at all, they stuck to their guns and did what they wanted to do. They are going for that whole over-the-top, we're-here-to-bring-you-to-hell death metal kind of thing, and I thought it showed balls not to back away from that. I agree about the sound, too. Not that the sound was bad per se, but it fits one-guitar grind bands much more than Mutant Supremacy's death metal. The crowd did warm up to them, though. Their song "Morbid Dismemberment" and their Death cover got great crowd reactions. The only thing I was disappointed with in their set was that they did not play "Flash Point," which is not only my favorite song by them, but is also their most grind-y song. Seems like it should have been in their set.
What did you think of Defeatist? I love those guys, but they are pretty no-nonsense. Even more so that night. They set up, played and left the stage. They are also so tight that they never have to use count-offs or verbal cues, which made their set fly by. I would have liked to have seen a little more from them, in terms of their set, and seeming like they were enjoying their set.
ill? ya! - Agreed. Simply put, Defeatist don't fuck around. I mean, the drummer and guitarist look like fucking grind machines on stage. I guess for me, metal doesn't mean much without emotional intensity behind it. So while I appreciate their skill, it doesn't really get me moving. Sounds like I missed out on Wormrot, though. How would you compared them to, say, Magrudergrind?
theseseans - Wormrot, I thought, were great, but in a complete basement grind band way. All in all, they really aren't anything that special, but it's cool as fuck that they got out to the U.S. from Singapore to do this tour. They had fantastic energy and really seemed like they were enjoying every second of their straightforward set, which was immensely refreshing. Compared to Magrudergrind, Wormrot seemed much more relaxed. Even when they joke around on stage, Magrudergrind are pretty intense. Wormrot wore big smiles the whole time. I think that was the point, too. I don't think anyone came expecting to see the greatest grind band of all time. they came to participate in an honest-to-goodness adventure.
Psychic Limb
Mutant Supremacy
Defeatist
Free audio download of Wormrot's entire set.
Videos of Wormrot's set.
October 21, 2010
MKRL LIMITED CASSETTE AVAILABLE
Have you been stalking Ryan Lipynsky the way I have since hearing the new Unearthly Trance record? If not, then check out the Humanless Recordings blog, buy some Thralldom vinyl and order the MKRL cassette. According to Lipynsky, the cassette is:
An ambient collaboration between Ryan Lipynsky and Marko Kokkonen from Fleshpress/Pain Nail. Mark is from Finland and we traded sources back and forth and created this record over a years time off and on. Marko did analog synth sounds and voices and I did acoustic,field recording, noise and voices.The result is an occult collaboration in three movements that was released on Kult Nihilow in limited quantities.Get it now, that packaging looks great. If you want an audio preview, you can find one here (Wait, muxtape is back up? Awesome.) Noise and ambient recordings have an interesting place in the metal world. If you have yet to tread these waters, this recording seems like a nice first step. Continue Reading...
BROOKLYNVEGAN POSTS NEW SALOME TRACKS
Some bands will never match their records in a live setting. Maybe the music is too complex for anything but the best sound system or the members feel most comfortable standing in place and looking down at their guitars. Whatever the reason, I've seen this a million times - especially with death metal bands. I can listen to Vital Remains on repeat all day, but nearly fell asleep both times I saw them live.
Salome are the complete opposite.
No stereo can do justice to the experience of watching the diminutive, usually reserved Kat reach inside herself and pull out a little piece of hell, still beating and dripping blood. Over and over and over. There is nothing overly complex about their music, which allows the band to become, not just play.
For now though, you'll have to settle - our friends over at BrooklynVegan have just posted two new tracks of primal doom from Salome's upcoming LP, Terminal. Listen to them here. Turn up the bass and make sure you have a few tissues on hand, just in case...
HALLUX GO ON SHORT TOUR, SUPPORT NEW ALBUM
Photo by Justina Villanueva
Unless you live in NYC and pay a LOT of attention to the local scene, you've probably never heard of Hallux. They've unleashed their simple, dirty doom riffs here and there, but have laid low until now. You may, however, have heard of bassist Jason LaFarge, who recorded the latest SWANS record at his Seizures Palace studios (along with Khanate, OvO and many others). Or maybe guitarist Andrew Barker, who plays drums in a million different jazz projects and once opened for John Zorn.
In any case, that's bound to change. Hallux just self-recorded and released their debut, self-titled album. You can get it on iTunes or, better yet, email them directly at phantomear@hotmail.com to request a vinyl copy, which comes with a beautiful cover by Seldon Hunt. There is plenty of Sabbath and Melvins worship on hand, but the strained and painful vocals give the songs a claustrophobic stench; like realizing you're locked inside a basement, then watching something hideous emerge from below the floorboards.
You can also catch Hallux on their short tour starting tomorrow. Dates after the jump.
Hallux mini-tour:Friday, 10/22 @ The Shop in Pittsburgh
Saturday, 10/23 @ Ronny's in Chicago
Sunday, 10/24 @ The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
CRUSTCAKE REVIEWS: BATILLUS / HALLOWED BUTCHERY 12" SPLIT
The EP, the 7", the 12" split: These smaller releases present views of a band in development. Especially in bands' youth, these releases often show the gradual steps taken toward their own sonic awareness. The recent Batillus/Hallowed Butchery split showcases Batillus directly after bringing on Fade Kainer as vocalist, keyboardist and general noise man.
Side A contains three Batillus songs, beginning with "The Division," a song that has become Batillus' mark. Strong riffs cycle through groove and sludge, producing doom worthy of headbanging and being stuck in your head. Surprises come from the last two songs -- the almost completely instrumental "The Children of the Night Make Their Music" and "Beyond the River." These songs have strong blues and psychedelic foundations, which reflect back upon the group's time spent as an instrumental three-piece. Batillus have taken on a more prominent blackened industrial sound and after hearing their sonic explorations with these two final tracks, I hope that this sound doesn't wind up completely abandoned. Greg Peterson's tone is excellent but his phrasing is top notch too. These riffs are big, but the best part is Batillus' collective control over them.
Hallowed Butchery is a one-man band from my home state, Maine. The opening number, "An Introduction," brings on heavy, fuzzed-out doom, with vocals on the tortured side of constricted. "An Introduction" is two and a half minutes of enjoyable, minimalist doom. The following song, "Coffin Life," is a 13-minute, 58-second "cosmic doom epic," combining the aforementioned fuzz with an acoustic/singer-songwriter-styled interlude and an almost alternative sounding power section that culminates in a screeching, "cosmic" prog-keyboarded climax/outro. It's a lot to take in. Although normally listed as a one man act, for this release, the personnel is listed as "Ryan & Brittney Fairfield." The two do an excellent job with each section, but songs that fit the massively long description seen above just aren't what I'm looking for. My pallet for genre meandering epics is not what it once was, and I now save it for the bands that unintentionally blur lines, creating something different and special. This is not the case here.
Ryan Fairfield did do an absolutely incredible job with the layout for this record. Everything besides the front cover (which was photographed by Scott Irvine) was handled by Fairfield and came out beautifully. The graphic design and layout flow beautifully with the front cover and bring together both bands' personalities: the industrial destruction of Batillus and the open field desolation of Hallowed Butchery.
[Front Cover]
[Back Cover]
[Inside Sleeve]
[Inside Sleeve]
[Vinyl Side A]
[Vinyl Side B]
Buy: Batillus / Hallowed Butchery 12" Split
October 20, 2010
MUNICIPAL WASTE INVADE YOUR JOB IN THE 'WOLVES OF CHERNOBYL' VIDEO
Fresh from pulverizing retro-retro-thrashers and little shits of all ages at the Tankcrimes Brainsqueeze in Oakland, Municipal Waste just put a video for "Wolves of Chernobyl," which you can view after the jump. In it, the band thrashes in the kitchen of a fast food joint, a library, a grocery store and more. Don't we all want to thrash at our jobs? They make record nerds faint, Ryan uses his spike wristband to put a burger on the flattop, and best of all, bassist Land Phil sports a Hulkamania t-shirt. What's not to love? The Waste have always done some wacky Youtube fodder, from "Wrong Answer"'s gory game-show to the "There's a zombie in the pit!" of "Unleash the Bastards."
Municipal Waste will be heading down to Gainesville, Fla. for The Fest (where singer Tony Foresta once had to do security - true story!) on Halloween, Austin in November for Fun Fun Fun Fest, and Europe in December with Saviours and Ramming Speed. Dates below.
Municipal Waste US Dates 2010Oct 31 - The Fest - The Venue - Gainesville, FL (w/ Over Stars and Gutters, Bomb the Music Industry, and more)
Nov 2 - Hi-Tone Cafe - Memphis, TN (w/ High on Fire, Kylesa)
Nov 3 - Downtown Music Hall - Little Rock, AR
Nov 4 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX (w/ Suicidal Tendencies, High on Fire, Kylesa)
Nov 5 - The Riverfront Warehouse - Shreveport, LA (w/ High on Fire, Kylesa)
Nov 6 - Fun Fun Fun Fest - Waterloo Park - Austin, TX (w/ GWAR, Bad Religion, Cold Cave, Slick Rick, Os Mutantes, Hatred Surge, and more)
Nov 9 - The End - Nashville, TN
Nov 10 - V Club - Huntington, WV
European Tour 2010 with Saviours and Ramming Speed03 Dec - Belfast, UK - Spring & Airbrake
04 Dec - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
05 Dec - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
07 Dec - Paris, France - Glazart
08 Dec - Koln, Germany - Underground
09 Dec - Gent, Belgium - Minus One
10 Dec - Essen, Germany - Cafe Nova
11 Dec - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Speedfest (no support)
13 Dec - Bristol, UK - Fleece & Firkin
14 Dec - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
15 Dec - Glasgow, UK - Ivory Blacks
17 Dec - London, UK - Academy 2
18 Dec - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi (no support)
NEW DATES ADDED TO DANZIG'S 'BLACKEST OF THE BLACK' TOUR
By now, you've probably heard that Mr. Evil Elvis himself, Glenn Danzig, has reanimated the corpse of his two-year-dead Blackest of the Black tour. This year, "the darkest, most extreme bands" include Bay Area death metal founders Possessed, Swedish black metal emissaries Marduk, death thrash revivalists Toxic Holocaust and blackened kitchen sinkers Withered. Danzig, of course, will headline.
Say what you will about Glenn Allen Anzalone, but His Royal Darkness sure knows how to pick 'em. Bring your friend's ashes -- this should be a good one.
Dates and poster after the jump.
Blackest of the Black 2010 - Danzig w/ Possessed, Toxic Holocaust, Withered:
* = New date added10/24/2010 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ [Marduk headlining; Blackest Of The Black off-date] *
10/25/2010 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
10/26/2010 The Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK [Marduk headlining; Blackest Of The Black off-date] *
10/27/2010 The Village – Little Rock, AR
10/29/2010 Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
10/30/2010 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
10/31/2010 The Palladium Showroom – Dallas, TX
11/02/2010 Valarium – Knoxville, TN
11/03/2010 Expo Five – Louisville, KY
11/04/2010 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
11/05/2010 Alrosa Villa – Columbus, OH [Marduk headlining; Blackest Of The Black off-date]
11/06/2010 Royal Oak Music Theater – Royal Oak, MI
11/07/2010 Congress Theater – Chicago, IL *
11/08/2010 Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA [Marduk headlining; Blackest Of The Black off-date]
11/09/2010 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
11/10/2010 The Venue – Fargo, ND
11/11/2010 Sports Rock – Rapid City, SD [Marduk headlining; Blackest Of The Black off-date] *
11/12/2010 Gothic Theater – Denver, CO
11/13/2010 Vertigo at The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT [Marduk headlining; Blackest Of The Black off-date] *
11/14/2010 Knitting Factory Concert House – Spokane, WA
11/15/2010 Showbox SODO – Seattle, WA
11/16/2010 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
11/17/2010 Senator Theatre – Chico, CA *
11/18/2010 New Oasis – Sparks, NV [Marduk headlining; Blackest Of The Black off-date] *
11/19/2010 Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA [Marduk headlining; Blackest Of The Black off-date] *
11/20/2010 The Grove Of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA *
CRUSTY CLIP OF THE WEEK: DISSECTION - 'WHERE DEAD ANGELS LIE'
Every single Wednesday without fail, your hosts post a suitably stale video clip that we think needs to be revisited. Click here for more Crusty Clips. Got a clip you think we should post? Send it to crustcake@gmail.com.
Suicide is, without a doubt, delicate material. For many, it's a subject that hits uncomfortably close to home. And whether touched directly by it or party to its effects only indirectly, the level of shock and despair that surrounds the act is profound. It's no wonder, then, that so many artists toy with its trappings. Some do it to near comedic levels of effect -- both Deicide's Glenn Benton and shock punk auteur G.G. Allin threatened to end their lives on stage. Others take it a definitive step further and the road to Valhalla is littered with the ghosts of greatness: Ian Curtis, Elliot Smith, Kurt Cobain, Per Ohlin. Another to add to the list is Sweden's Jon Andreas Nödtveidt, founder of the blackened death metal horde, Dissection. Now Nödtveidt was not a nice dude -- he was convicted of being an accessory to murder and was an avowed Satanist and member of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order. But boy did he write some killer (no pun intended) mid-paced, melodic black thrash, including two stone-cold kvlt classics, 1993's The Somberlain and 1995's Storm of the Light's Bane. Take a listen to this live version of the forebodingly-named "Where Dead Angels Lie" from the latter record and marvel at the music of a life -- and lives -- now lost.
October 19, 2010
DECIBLOG DEBUTS NEW KILL THE CLIENT SONG 'POSTMORTEM EXONARATION'
[Stream]: Kill The Client - "Postmortem Exoneration"
The Deciblog is streaming "Postmortem Exoneration," a new song from Dallas grinders Kill The Client. "Postmortem" comes off their new record, Set For Extinction, which will be released Nov. 1 by Relapse Records (available for pre-order here).
Set For Extinction follows 2008's Cleptocracy and "Postmortem Exoneration" picks up all the right pieces and paces. Read more for the album art. 
NEW DEATHSPELL OMEGA SONG STREAMING, NEW ALBUM OUT NOV. 9
[STREAM]: Deathspell Omega - "Devouring Famine"
France's devoutly mysterious Deathspell Omega have, at times, been accused of being pretentious (song titles written in Latin!), impenetrable (dissonant melodies! drum maelstroms!) and highly philosophical (metaphysical discourses on the adversarial nature of God and Satan!). They don't perform live or have an official website. They refuse to name members and promo pictures are nonexistent.
Yet they've released some of the most profoundly challenging and truly outstanding black metal -- avant garde, orthodox or otherwise -- in the last 10 years, including the best black metal album of the last decade. Their new album, Paracletus, is the final chapter in a trilogy begun with 2006's Si Momentum Requires, Circumspice and is due out Nov. 9. Normally, press releases are chock full of overwrought, hyperbolic turds, but Season of Mist's announcement sums it up pretty well: "The record closes the circle to the hallucinated sound of dissonant violence and menacing splendour, exploring the depths of abjection and the corruption of the other worlds on high." Hells. Yeah.
Stream "Devouring Famine" above and check out album art and tracklist below.
Deathspell Omega - Paracletus1. Epiklesis I
2. Wings of Predation
3. Abscission
4. Dearth
5. Phosphene
6. Epiklesis II
7. Malconfort
8. Have you Beheld the Fevers?
9. Devouring Famine
10. Apokatastasis Pantôn
TRIPTYKON RELEASE VIDEO FOR 'SHATTER'
Above is the video for Triptykon's "Shatter," from the EP of the same name set to be released Oct. 25. If you liked the songs from Eparistera Daimones, the Tom G. Warrior-led group's amazing debut, you will dig this song just as much. This video shares a lot of the qualities of Celtic Frost's "A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh" video, but is no mere retread. Giant stone rooms make for a much more interesting and bleak setting than the cliched "empty warehouse" used in many metal videos, and the use of shadows goes hand in hand with the dark theatricality Warrior likes to employ in his videos and live performances. At times, the shadows obscure, in other moments, they make the players look like giants. Warrior also seems more comfortable lip-syncing for this video than performing on a pop show.
Triptykon are currently on tour with 1349 and Yakuza. Those remaining dates, as well as the tracklisting for Shatter, after the jump.
Weltenbrand Tour 2010 w/ Triptykon, 1349, Yakuza10/19-Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre
10/21-Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/22-Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
10/23-San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
10/24-Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
10/25-Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
10/27-Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
10/28-Fort Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
10/29-Austin, TX @ Emo’s Outside
Shatter track listing:
01. Shatter
02. I Am The Twilight
03. Crucifixus
04. Circle Of The Tyrants (live)
05. Dethroned Emperor (live) - Featuring guest lead vocals by Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone/Sarke
CRUSTCAKE PICKS: AUSTIN SHOWS 10/19-10/25
by Andrew Wilhelm (Blind in TX)
Hola brospehs and broettes, I am back in the Lone Star State after my stint in the Windy City. Chicago is awesome. I went to a lot of great shows there and met plenty of cool people, but times are tough and I had to come back to where I came from. That, or Blago is out for me for trying to touch his hair. Or I couldn't stand it anymore -- y'all put pickles on your hot dogs! [Ed. note: Seriously, what's up with that!?] Enough about me. Austin Show Picks return!
If you're thinking about attending the Iwrestledabearonce show tomorrow, you're not thinking it through. Sit down, take a deep breath, and let us give you the real deal. Or rather, New York unfuckwithables Immolation and Polish OGs Vader will give you the real deal. I reviewed Immolation's Chicago show with Nile back in January -- Bob Vigna's guitar poses are not to be missed. Glad to see they are back in the headlining slot as they've shamed nearly every headlining act they've supported. Up one street at Red 7, Wolvserpent will also be playing tomorrow. Their album Blood Seed is one of the best droney doom releases this year. Whichever show you go to, it's better than a bunch of Secret Chiefs 3 wannabes.
Got a hot date for Friday night? Take him/her to the Thrones and Christian Mistress show at Red 7 on Saturday. It's rumored that the mere sight of Joe Preston is an aphrodisiac. Readers, care to do some research for us? Local doomsters The Roller, who have a new record coming soon, will open.
Crustcake Picks: Austin Shows 10/19-10/2510/20 - Immolation, Vader, Abigail Williams, Pathology, Lecherous Nocturne @ Emo's (inside)
- Wolvserpent, The Dead See, Vulture @ Red 7
10/22 - Thrones, Christian Mistress, The Roller @ Red 7
October 18, 2010
INCANTATION MOVE NYC ONWARD TO GOLGOTHA SHOW TO EUROPA
You may have heard about death metal stalwarts Incantation's trio of shows in November where they will perform their classic album Onward to Golgotha in Chicago, New York, and Cleveland. You may be teeming with excitement. You wonder why All Tomorrow's Parties didn't do this for their "Don't Look Back" series. You may have even looked for a goat or two to bring as an offering to the gods of death metal.
Well, if that is indeed you, and you plan on attending the New York show, you should know that it has been moved from Rebel to Europa. We don't want you showing with your sacrifical...er, pet goat at the long venue, looking like a life-metal fool.
Dates, and a (kinda NSFW) poster for the Chicago show designed by our boy Carmelo Espanola, below.
Incantation Onward To Golgotha Hall of Fame shows w/ Funerus, FatalistNov. 19 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
Nov. 20 Brooklyn, NY @ Europa (w/ special guest MORTICIAN)
Nov. 21 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s (w/ Cardiac Arrest)
"Unholy Massacre"
