Friday, February 27, 2009

Playlist 03.27.09 [Tibi, magnum Innominandum, signa stellarum nigrarum et bufaniformis Sadoquae sigilim Edition]

Spinning this weekend:
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM - The Nephilim
JESU/BATTLE OF MICE - Split
OFERMOD - Tiamtü
MELVINS - The Maggot

Reading this weekend:
De Vermis Mysteriis
by Robert Bloch

(((03)))

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Tiamtü


The invocations began with whispers swirling about amongst the insane. Boisterous claims of aural chaos malformed in the veins of the wretched and spewed forth as if spawned from the sewers of the ancient catacombs of the old ones. The tones heard rising above the devastating wars being fought by wing and claw were those violently projected by Ofermod.

Brethren to the metal worlds of both Black and Death, seekers of darkness will find hatred here... voiced with spite and malice for it's audience. These are grounds not walked upon lightly. Venom must course through your heart, rot must fill your lungs and death must lurk in the shadows of every corner.

Empty your mind of expectation and salvation, this is the key to oblivion... hail it's wonders.

(((03)))

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

MELVINS vs. GAMH


(((03)))

Friday, February 20, 2009

Respekt



(((03)))

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

In the Player...

NADJA - Touched
THE MOODY BLUES - In Search of the Lost Chord
DISCORDANCE AXIS / CORRUPTED / 324 - 3 Way Split

There is a particular release I am very much looking forward to having, but for some reason or another I'm sure other people will continue to be getting the album before me.

Be sure and check out the link to you right for Volubilis Records for some great releases by Aidan Baker (Nadja) . I met Patrick yesterday and he informs me the label is preparing for many new releases this year. Click and support... Music or DIE!!!

(((03)))

Monday, February 16, 2009

Monoliths & Dimensions

SUNN 0))) is proud to present their 7th studio album, after 10 years of existence, entitled [sic] Monoliths & Dimensions. The album showcases the core guitar duo - Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson - incorporating influences from a plethora of guest musicians, bringing the SUNN 0))) sound to epic new levels. The band also collaborated with composer Eyvind Kang (notable for his work with John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell, etc.) on various acoustic ensembles, in addition to the Helios fueled electric guitars and basses. Key players on the album include Australian guitar genius Oren Ambarchi, enigmatic Hungarian vocalist Attila Csihar (Mayhem, Tormentor, etc.) and slow music godfather Dylan Carlson (Earth), as well as Julian Priester (worked with Sun Ra in the 50s, John Coltrane’s African Brass band, and Herbie Hancock’s Sextant band) and new-music horn player Stuart Dempster. There’s also an upright bass trio, French & English horns, harp & flute duo, piano, brass, reed & strings ensembles, and a Viennese woman’s choir led by Persian vocal savant Jessika Kenney.

The album is not "SUNN 0))) with strings" or "metal meets orchestra" material. The band took an approach concentrating on more of allusion toward the timbre of feedback and the instruments involved, so the piece is really illusory, beautiful and not entirely linear, stating that the end product is "the most musical piece we’ve done, and also the heaviest, powerful and most abstract set of chords we've laid to tape" The album was recorded and mixed by Randall Dunn & Mell Dettmer at various points over the last 2 years, and will be released late May 2008. Monoliths & Dimensions is practice in density, gravity and momentum.

Monoliths & Dimensions track listing:
Aghartha (17:34)
Big Church [megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] (09:43)
Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia) (10:02)
Alice (16:21)

MAXIMUM VOLUME YIELDS MAXIMUM RESULTS.

(((03:Earsplit PR)))

Friday, February 13, 2009

Playlist 02.13.09 [Voorheesian Edition]

MONO - Gone: A Collection of EPs 2000-2007
DISCORDANCE AXIS - Our Last Day
TOM WAITS - The Early Years, Volume One
THE MOODY BLUES - Days of Future Passed
TUSK - Get Ready [Remaster]
LOST HIGHWAY - Soundtrack
CARCASS - Symphonies of Sickness
MELVINS - Nude with Boots
CAPSULE - Blue
DAMAD - Burning Cold
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED/CONVERGE - The Poacher Diaries
SKINNY PUPPY - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse

On the Metaphorical Horizon:
KYLESA - Static Tensions, DISCORDANCE AXIS/CORRUPTED/324 - Split, DISCORDANCE AXIS - Jou Hou, DISCORDANCE AXIS - Pikadourei, THE MOODY BLUES - In Search of the Lost Chord, CAÏNA - Temporary Antennae, ABSU - Absu

Literary Arsenal:
Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness. Modern History From The Sports Desk. by Hunter S. Thompson

Visual Propaganda via the Idiot Box:
The Kids in the Hall - Complete Season One, Burn Notice - Season Two, Medium - Season Five, Raising Arizona, The Dark Knight, Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right LIVE and Video Collection (1984-1992) and the 2009 Nascar Racing Season.

(((03)))

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Omega Maniacs






















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Friday, February 06, 2009

Candlelit Magic(k)

ABSU, GLORIOR BELLI, AVERSE SEFIRA, SOTHIS To Team Up For 'CIII' Tour - Feb. 6, 2009

Candlelight Records has announced its third label packaged tour for North America. Set to kick off on June 6, CIII will feature the talents of U.S. black metal legends ABSU, with support coming from France's GLORIOR BELLI, Austin-based AVERSE SEFIRA and Los Angeles-based SOTHIS. The tour will visit 22 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada beginning in San Marcos, California and wrapping up in Dallas, Texas on June 29. Tickets for all shows go on sale exclusively at EnterTheVault.com today. Tickets will go on sale through all local and online ticket agencies starting March 5.

CIII follows the success of Candlelight's previous label tours — the first in 2005 featuring ENTOMBED, CROWBAR, PRO-PAIN and THE MIGHTY NIMBUS, and second in 2007 featuring ENSLAVED, DARK FUNERAL and then-newcomers ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

The label, maintaining offices in Philadelphia and London, continues to grow since launching American operations in 2001. Candlelight is distributed throughout the U.S. exclusively via Caroline Distribution, EMI Music for Canada and Plastichead Music for the rest of the world.

Confirmed dates for CIII are as follows:

June 06 - Jumping Turtle, San Marcos CA
June 07 - House of Blues, W. Hollywood CA
June 08 - Thee Parkside, San Francisco CA
June 09 - Hawthorne Theatre, Portland OR
June 10 - El Corazon, Seattle WA
June 12 - The Underground, Calgary AB
June 13 - The Exchange, Regina SK
June 14 - Royal Albert Arms, Winnipeg MT
June 15 - Station 4, St. Paul MN
June 16 - The Pearl Room, Mokena IL
June 17 - Peabody's, Cleveland OH
June 18 - Wreck Room, Toronto ON
June 19 - Petit Campus, Montreal QC
June 20 - Penny Arcade, Rochester NY
June 21 - BB Kings Blues Club, New York NY
June 22 - Jaxx, W. Springfield VA
June 23 - Volume 11, Raleigh NC
June 24 - The Muse, Nashville TN
June 25 - The Masquerade, Atlanta GA
June 26 - The Garage, St. Petersburg FL
June 27 - Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale FL
June 29 - Firewater, Dallas TX

(((03:Proscriptor)))

Respekt


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Monday, February 02, 2009

Playlist 02.02.09

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Era Vulgaris (Canadian Limited Tour Edition), Rated R (UK Special Edition) and Over the Years and Through the Woods
TRAP THEM - Seance Prime and Seizures in Barren Praise
NASUM - Grind Finale
DISCORDANCE AXIS - Our Last Day
TOM WAITS - The Heart of Saturday Night

On the way:
ABSU - Absu
KYLESA - Static Tensions CD/ltd. Shirt
SKINNY PUPPY - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (Heather)
TOM WAITS - My Blue Valentine, Heartattack and Vine, Nighthawks at the Diner and One from the Heart
TUSK - Get Ready [Remaster]
CAPSULE - Blue 10"/CD
MONO - Gone: A Collection of EPs 2000-2007
CARCASS - Symphonies of Sickness CD/DVD

Watching:
Club Dread, The IT Crowd, The Drinky Crow Show, Flight of the Concords Season 2, and BSG: the final 10 episodes of Season 4

Reading:
The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr

(((03)))