Black Bubblegum has done all the hard work for us, confirming all dates for this fall's Opeth / High On Fire run. Opeth and High On Fire will be supported by Nachtmystium (first half of the tour) and Baroness (second half) and we think that's just swell. Tickets are on pre-sale now, full tour routing below.
Opeth, High On Fire - 2008 Fall Dates:Sep. 16 - Buffalo, The Town Ballroom - NY*
Sep. 17 - Philadelphia, Trocadero - PA*
Sep. 18 - New York, Nokia Theatre - NY*
Sep. 19 - Worcester, The Palladium - MA*
Sep. 20 - Quebec City, Theatre Imperial - QC*
Sep. 21 - London, Centennial Hall - ON*
Sep. 23 - Cleveland, House of Blues - OH*
Sep. 24 - Chicago, House of Blues - IL*
Sep. 25 - Grand Rapids, The Orbit Room - MI*
Sep. 26 - Milwaukee, The Rave - WI
Sep. 27 - St. Paul, Myth - MN*
Sep. 29 - Winnipeg, The Garrick Centre - MB*
Sep. 30 - Saskatoon, Odeon Events Centre - SK*
Oct. 01 - Edmonton, Edmonton Events Centre - AB*
Oct. 03 - Vancover, Commodore Ballroom - BC*
Oct. 04 - Seattle, Showbox@The Market - WA*
Oct. 06 - San Francisco, Regency Center @ The Grand Ballroom - CA**
Oct. 07 - Los Angeles, Wiltern Theatre - CA**
Oct. 08 - Las Vegas, House of Blues - NV**
Oct. 09 - Tempe, Marquee Theatre - AZ**
Oct. 10 - Albuquerque, Sunshine Theater - NM**
Oct. 11 - Denver, Ogden Theatre, CO**
Oct. 13 - St. Louis, The Pageant - MO**
Oct. 14 - Kansas City, The Beaumont Club - MO**
Oct. 15 - Dallas, House of Blues Dallas - TX**
Oct. 16 - Austin, The Monarch - TX**
Oct. 17 - Houston, Warehouse Live - TX**
Oct. 18 - New Orleans, House of Blues - LA**
Oct. 20 - Ft. Lauderdale, Revolution - FL**
Oct. 21 - Lake Buena Vista, House of Blues - FL**
Oct. 22 - Atlanta, Center Stage - GA**
Oct. 23 - Cincinnati, Bogart´s - OH**
Oct. 24 - Raleigh, Lincoln Theatre - NC**
Oct. 25 - Norfolk, The Norva - VA**
Oct. 26 - Baltimore, Rams Head Live! - MD**
* w/ Nachtmystium
** w/ Baroness
July 11, 2008
Opeth and High On Fire and Nachtmystium and Baroness, Oh My
June 30, 2008
Monday Metal Update 6/30
Metal Injection is reporting that Opeth has announced the first two dates of their planned fall North American tour with High On Fire and Baroness. The House of Blues website, however, lists the Chicago support as High On Fire and Nachtmystium. This is going to be one of the best tours of the fall, and as soon as all the details are sorted out we'll let you know.
Opeth - Fall 2008 Dates (so far):
September 24 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
October 6 - San Francisco, CA @ The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center
[Carcass]
In other awesome tour news, reunited death metal legends Carcass have announced several dates with more to follow. Confirmed dates and the rest of Monday Metal Update after the jump.
Carcass - 2008 Dates:
June 27 - Tuska Open Air (Finland)Dates for the so-called 'Blackest of the Black' tour have been confirmed. The tour features an old love, Danzig, and a new one, Skeletonwitch, along with Dimmu Borgir, whose polished epic 'commercial' Black Metal we find thoroughly entertaining. Also along for the ride, Moonspell and Winds of Plague.
June 28 - Gods Of Metal Festival (Italy)
July 4 - Metal Camp 08 (Slovenia)
July 9 - Rockwave (Greece)
August 2 - Wacken Open Air (Germany)
August 16 - Brutal Assault Festival (Czech Republic)
August 17 - Sziget Festival (Hungary)
August 29 - Hole In The Sky (Norway)
August 30 - Loud From The South Festival (Holland)
September 6 - Nokia Theater (New York, NY)
September 27 - Witchfest (South Africa)
October 9 - Capitol, Perth (Australia)
October 10 - HQ Complex, Adelaide (Australia)
October 11 - The Arena, Brisbane (Australia)
October 12 - The Metro Theatre, Sydney (Australia)
October 13 - Billboard, Melbourne (Australia)
October 18 - Loud Park @ Saitama Super Arena (Japan)
November 15 - Danish Metal Awards (Denmark)
Blackest of the Black 2008:
Oct. 09 - Ft. Laudersale, FL @ Revolution
Oct. 10 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
Oct. 11 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Oct. 13 - Richmond, VA @ Toads Place
Oct. 14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
Oct. 15 - New York, NY @ Roseland
Oct. 17 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Oct. 18 - Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
Oct. 19 - Toronto, ONT @ Sound Academy
Oct. 21 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Oct. 22 - Minneapolis, MN @ Myth
Oct. 24 - Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Theater
Oct. 25 - Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
Oct. 26 - St. Louis, MO @ Pageant
Oct. 28 - Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
Oct. 30 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium
Oct. 31 - Kansas City, KS @ Uptown
Nov. 01 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Theater
Nov. 03 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
Nov. 04 - [to be announced]
Nov. 05 - Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheater
Nov. 07 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
Nov. 08 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox At Market
Nov. 10 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
Down will be heading down under for a handful of dates in October. The band will be touring Europe soon, including some dates with Metallica and The Sword. Visit Down's site for ticket info.
Down - 2008 Dates:
Jul 10 Markthalle HamburgNwsbyts:
Jul 12 Live Music Hall Koln
Jul 13 KB Malmo
Jul 14 Tradgarn Gothenburg
Jul 16 Bergenhus castle Bergen *
Jul 18 SKK Hall St Petersburg *
Jul 20 Skonto Stadium Riga *
Jul 22 Parco Nord Bologna *
Jul 23 Ptofi Nord Budapest %
Jul 25 Levski Stadium Sofia *
Jul 27 Ali Sami Yen Stadium Istanbul *
Jul 29 Barby Club Tel Aviv
Oct 10 Brisbane, The Arena (18+)
Oct 11 Sydney, UNSW Roundhouse (Licensed All Ages)
Oct 12 Melbourne, Palace Theatre (18+)
* w/ Metallica, The Sword
% w/ The Sword
• Revival thrashers Warbringer have lost their drummer and are currently seeking a replacement.
• A Swedish school teacher has been fired before ever setting foot in a classroom due to his participation in a Black Metal band.
• Metal Kult has an interview with Kurt Ballou and Jacob Bannon from Converge.
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June 9, 2008
Crustcake Picks - New Music 6/10
by cruscake gerf (NYC)
So, lemme tell ya what just happened. I was perusing my usual resources to see what new music is coming out tomorrow in an attempt to put together this post. I saw that Disturbed's new album will be out tomorrow, and do you know what happened then? I found myself unconsciously clicking over to iTunes and throwing on Ire Works.
I guess Weinman and Co.'s little PR plan worked, eh?
On the real though, tomorrow sees the release of Nachtmystium's Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1, and it's a must-have. Check out "Assassins" and "Your True Enemy" at the band's MySpace page and then check out the whole fucking record tomorrow. Unclassifiable.
I'm a bit torn on A Storm of Light's debut, And We Wept the Black Ocean Within. It's either a second-rate Neurosis knock-off or a fantastic record, and I can't decide which. I've been listening to it quite a bit lately though, so I'm leaning towards the latter. And even if Mr. Graham and his co-conspirators are drawing an excessive amount of influence from Neurosis, they're doing it exceptionally well. And We Wept excels at creating a dark, dismal nautical mood: creaking, groaning ship sounds and an actual fog horn compliment desolate guitars and anguished vocals in a stew of epic seafaring proportions. It's out tomorrow, but personally I'm holding out hopes for a vinyl release. Just look at this artwork.
Also out tomorrow, Pentemple O))) Presents:In May of 2007 thee mighty SUNN 0))) embarked on a Pacific Rim tour. The lineup for this tour included the core sunn 0))) duo: Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley plus T.O.S. (Moog), Oren Ambarchi (analog effects and supplemental guitar) and vokillist Attila Csihar. Upon arrival in Melbourne, Australia, sunn 0))) invited one of their favorite black metal artists: Striborg over from Tasmania (!!!) to collaborate with them during their show. This unholy meeting went over very well and the inaugural ritual was a warm up gig at the Toft in Town club one evening before the larger gig at the Hi-Fi Bar (w/ brethren: Boris).
The results of this collaboration was a completely improvisational, vicious audio and visual assault. Striborg really blew all of us way with not only his wicked vocal invocations but also his incredibly skillful drumming! This was among the first time that sunn 0))) had worked with live drums and the outcome was completely unprecedented. The whole event was recorded live to 24-track/multi-track. Afterwards Oren Ambarchi edited, sequenced and overhauled the EQ to make it as brutal as possible. This blackened low-end psychedelic war is not for the faint of heart!
This cd release is strictly limited to 3,000 machine numbered copies. It's available from Southern Lord.
Our picks:
Listen: A Storm of Light [MySpace]
Buy: A Storm of Light - And We Wept the Black Ocean Within (Century Media) [Amazon]
Listen: Keep of Kalessin [MySpace]
Buy: Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus (Nuclear Blast) [Amazon]
Listen: Nachtmystium [MySpace]
Buy: Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1 (Century Media) [Amazon]
Buy: Pentemple - O))) Presents (Southern Lord) [Amazon]
Listen: Verse [MySpace]
Buy: Verse - Aggression (Bridge 9) [Amazon]
June 6, 2008
Flick Friday - Cancer Bats, Shadows Fall, Nachtmystium
Alright party people. Let's kick this edition of Flick Friday off with the new video from Cancer Bats. The Toronto metallic hardcore four-piece released Hail Destroyer on April 22nd, and this is the video for the album's title track.
Cancer Bats - "Hail Destroyer":
Fuck yeah, that was rad. Now, on to something a little less... fresh. You see, there's this band you may have heard of called Shadows Fall. We stopped paying attention to them years ago, but every now and again they give us a reason (e.g. a new video) to see what they're up to. The Bostonians just released the video for "Forevermore" (we wanted to make a 'Nevermore' joke but it didn't work out), off their 2007 album Threads of Life. Meh. Wake us up when it's over... zzzzz...
Shadows Fall - "Forevermore":
Lastly, head over to MetalKult where you can check out some in-studio footage of the recording of an album that is anything but a 'meh,' Nachtmystium's Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1. One of the best albums of 2008 so far, by far.
Crustcake, over and out.
May 12, 2008
Monday Metal Update 5/12
The previously announced Boris/Torche North American tour has been updated. After Wolves In The Throne Room dropped off the tour, Nachtmystium and Lair Of the Minotaur have been confirmed to pick up some of the slack.
[Nachtmystium]
Dates and much more after the jump.
Boris & Torche - North American Dates:06/24/2008 Casbah - San Diego, CA
Swedish post-metallers Cult of Luna have posted a new song from their upcoming album Eternal Kingdon (due out June 16th in the UK/Europe and July 8th here in the states). The band will be touring Europe this summer in support of Eternal Kingdon.
06/25/2008 The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
06/27/2008 Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX
06/28/2008 The Mohawk - Austin, TX
06/29/2008 White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
07/01/2008 Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA
07/02/2008 Common Grounds - Gainesville, FL
07/03/2008 The Social - Orlando, FL
07/05/2008 The Earl - Atlanta, GA
07/06/2008 Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
07/08/2008 Black Cat - Washington, DC
07/09/2008 First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
07/10/2008 Webster Hall - New York, NY
07/11/2008 The Middle East - Cambridge, MA
07/12/2008 La Sala Rosa - Montreal, QC *
07/13/2008 Barrymore - Ottawa, ON *
07/14/2008 Lee’s Palace - Toronto, ON *
07/15/2008 Tralf - Buffalo, NY *
07/16/2008 Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH *
07/17/2008 Diesel - Pittsburgh, PA *
07/18/2008 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI *
07/19/2008 Turner Hall - Milwaukee, WI *
07/20/2008 Pitchfork Music Festival / Union Park - Chicago, IL *
07/22/2008 The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE %
07/23/2008 Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS %
07/25/2008 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO %
07/26/2008 Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT %
07/29/2008 Neumo’s - Seattle, WA %
07/30/2008 Vancouver, BC, Canada %
07/31/2008 Thu Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre %
08/02/2008 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall %
08/03/2008 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex %
* w/ Nachtmystium
% w/ Lair of the Minotaur
Cult of Luna - 2008 Dates:17 June 2008 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
18 June 2008 Warsaw, Poland - Progesja
19 June 2008 Wroclaw, Poland - Firlej
20 June 2008 Chemnitz, Germany - AJZ Chemnitz
21 June 2008 Trier, Germany - The Ultimate Summerblast Festival
22 June 2008 Brittany, France - Hellfest
24 June 2008 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk e.V.
25 June 2008 Vienna, Austria - Arena Vienna
26 June 2008 Prague, Czech Republic - RockCafe
27 June 2008 Marburg, Germany - KFZ
28 June 2008 Leeds, UK - Ghostfest
29 June 2008 Birmingham, UK - Carling Academy
30 June 2008 Brighton, UK - Brighton Barfly Club
01 July 2008 London, UK - SCALA
03 July 2008 Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
12 July 2008 Joensuu, Finland - Ilosaari Rock
Deicide's new album, Till Death Do Us Part, is currently streaming on their MySpace. The special edition version of the release comes with-- get this-- a "Glen For President" patch. We can't make this shit up people. Well, we could, but it wouldn't be as funny.
[End of a Year]
Deathwish announced the addition of Upstate NY hardcore band End of a Year to their ranks. The band is currently working on their first release for Deathwish, and has several European tour dates scheduled.
End of a Year - 2008 European Dates:5/23: Hessen, Germany @ AK 44
That's it for us today, happy Monday!
5/24: Freiburg, Germany @ KTS
5/25: Esslingen, Germany @ JH Komma
5/28: Barcelona, Spain @ Miercoles
5/29: Palma de Mallorca, Spain @ Jueves
5/30: Madrid, Spain @ Nastl
6/01: Lisbon, Portugal @ Domingo
6/02: Asturias, Spain @ Lunes
6/03: Getaria, Spain @ Martes
6/04: Toulon, France @ Rock Live Cafe
6/07: La Spezia, Italy @ RDA Mayday
6/08: Vienna, Austria @ Tuwl
6/09: Prague, Czech Rep @ Chateu Rouge
6/10: Budapest, Hungary @ Kuplung Klub
6/11: Bayern, Germany @ Kafe Kult
6/12: Mannheim, Germany @ Juz
6/13: Berlin, Germany @ Subverslv
6/14: Aalborg, Denmark @ 1000 Fryd
6/15: Kiel, Germany @ Schaubude
6/16: Hamburg, Germany @ Rote Flora
6/17: Ibbenburen, Germany @ JKZ Scheune
6/18: Utrecht, Germany @ Acu
6/19: Gent, Belgium @ Frontline
6/20: Hannover, Germany @ Sturmglocke
6/21: Steenwijk, Netherlands @ Trashfest
6/25: Santa Barbara, CA @ Earl Warren Showgrounds
6/26: Santa Barbara, CA @ Earl Warren Showgrounds
6/27: Santa Barbara, CA @ Earl Warren Showgrounds
May 5, 2008
Monday Metal Update 5/4
Nine Inch Nails take the lead for the second Monday Metal Update in a row. Last week we linked to NIN's new single, "Discipline," (and posted an awesome, evidently fan-made video for the song) and mentioned that Trent posted the message "2 Weeks!" on his blog back on April 28th. Well, two weeks from April 28th is today, and lo and behold, as predicted, we get a new album! It's called The Slip and it's free. And it's good.
Download: Nine Inch Nails - The Slip [MP3 Album]
The Slip will also be released physically (CD and vinyl) sometime in July.
[Earth]
Attention New York readers!!! Self-Titled Magazine has a pair of tickets for tomorrow's Earth show at the Knitting Factory, and if you act fast you just might be able to score them.
Bullets:
• Psychedelic Black Metallers (or something like that) Nachtmystium currently have two tracks from their forthcoming album Assassins streaming on their MySpace page. We compel you to listen to them. Assassins will be out on June 10th in the US (Century Media) and June 23rd elsewhere (Candlelight).
• Boston.TV hooked up with quite a few bands at the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest. We already posted one of the interviews (which we will not do in the future because we can't figure out how to make all that gibberish on the bottom of their player widget disappear), but you can check out their interview with Skeletonwitch right here.
• New York grind trio ASRA (Alleged Satanic Ritual Abuse) have inked a deal with Black Box Recordings for the release of their debut album The Way of All Flesh on July 8th.
• Yahoo has ranked the 25 Best and 25 Worst hair metal bands of all time. Seems like they could've saved themselves some time and effort and just rolled both those lists into one. [via Idolator]
That's it for us today, happy Monday!
March 20, 2008
Crustcake Picks - LA Shows 3/20 - 3/26
by beatmasterspeech (LA)
Ok people, I’m fucking swamped with work right now but I care about y'all (as much as passive blogger can) and I want to throw some shit out there so people can get pumped on live music.
Tonight, Relax Bar plays host to highly praised crusty blackened Atlanta outfit Withered who will be supported by local favorites The Funeral Pyre.
The Funeral Pyre - "Wounds":
Withered - "Silent Grave":
Also tonight, get your head smashed at the Key Club with Nile, The Faceless, Suicide Silence, and Nachtmystium. Nile has never let me down in terms of limitless death metal, and what else can be said about Nachmystium? You’ll find yourself humming their riffs for the rest of the week.
Download: Nile - "Lashed to The Slave Stick" [MP3]
Download: Suicide Silence - "Ending Is The Beginning" [MP3]
Saturday, you'll be at Tony’s Bar seeing Intronaut, Yakuza, and The Fucking Wrath (oh shit!!!). If you still haven’t gotten your fix of sweep arpeggios and blast beats, stop by The Whiskey and be pummeled into submission by techy grind masters Beneath The Massacre.
Download: Yakuza - "Cancer of Industry" [MP3]
Download: Beneath The Massacre - "Society’s Disposable Son" [MP3]
Oh yeah, hip hop poet Saul Williams is at The Troubadour on Saturday as well if you need to mix things up a bit.
LA show picks 3/20 - 3/26:Thursday 3/20 - Withered, Snakes Alive, The Funeral Pyre @ Relax Bar
Thursday 3/20 - Nile, Suicide Silence, The Faceless, Nachtmystium @ Key Club [tix]
Saturday 3/22 - Intronaut, Yakuza, The Fucking Wrath @ Tony’s Bar
Tuesday 3/25 - Beneath The Massacre @ The Whiskey A Go-Go [tix]
Tuesday 3/25 - Saul Williams @ The Troubadour [tix]
January 28, 2008
Crustcake Picks - New Music 1/29
Tomorrow sees the release of The Mars Volta's much-anticipated or not-at-all-anticipated (depending on your experience with 2006's Amputechture and 2005's Frances the Mute) fourth LP, The Bedlam in Goliath.
Also tomorrow, Hydrahead will be re-releasing Xasthur's 2001 demo, A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors. Xasthur's lone member, a mysterious fellow known as Malefic, has collaborated with Nachtmystium and Sunn O))) but has said that Xasthur will never play live.
Also, mewithoutYou's Catch for Us the Foxes (a favorite of crustcake's beatmasterspeech) will be available on vinyl for, as far as we can tell, the first time.
Lastly, there are a few best-ofs that might be of interest including The Doors, John Lee Hooker, Charles Mingus, Obituary, Suffocation, Sugar Ray... ahh, just making sure you're paying attention!
No, but seriously we are huge Sugar Ray fans. I mean c'mon, how can you not love this (warning: watching the following video in its entirety could be hazardous to your health):
Yeah.
Here are our picks:Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds [Amazon]
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath [Amazon]
mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes (vinyl LP) [Amazon]
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [Amazon]
Xasthur - A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors [Amazon]
More at Largehearted Boy.[MP3] The Mars Volta - "Wax Simulacra"[MP3] mewithoutYou - "Son of a Widow"[MP3] Vampire Weekend - "Oxford Comma"
