new NAILS "EP" set for 2012 release

These songs are re-recordings from our 12″ EP “Obscene Humanity” which was released in April 2009 via Streetcleaner Records/Six Feet Under. The music for these songs was recorded during the same session that NAILS recorded Unsilent Death. At the time of recording this, and at this time currently, these are the only songs we play from the Obscene Humanity EP, aside from the instrumental song “White Walls”. The two differences in these recordings is 1. The studio and 2. Different drummer. Tom Hogan played drums on the original EP and left the band Summer 2009, and Taylor Young joined. Both of their styles are very different obviously and both dictated a lot of how NAILS would shape it’s sound. Shout out and gratitude to Tom Hogan who helped shaped these songs and was critical to the formation of NAILS. Taylor and Tom are both very skilled but different styled drummers. Tom is barbaric and spastic while Taylor being more precise and technical. Earth Capital is the studio where the original recording was made by Alex Estrada. He was very accommodating and patient with us. He helped us make the recording that we wanted to make at that time on the tight budget that we had. There’s really nothing that needs to be said about Kurt and his studio (Godcity). Another difference is my vocals. The vocals were recorded Spring 2012 by Taylor Young at his studio (The Pit). I couldn’t record the vocals for these songs during the Unsilent Death sessions because my voice was so blown out and shot. Actually, on Unsilent Death, all the vocals were recorded in order of how the songs are tracked on the album. My voice is buried in the mix and drenched in distortion because I really hated the way my vocals sound. You can hear them progressively get worse throughout the album. Since then my voice has gotten much stronger and what I believe, to be better. Those are the things I think about when I think about this recording. I was asked to write something about this and that’s what I came up with. Our new album “Abandon All Life” is coming out Spring 2013 via Southern Lord. It’s really going to be a test to our “fanbase” to see who is really down. Don’t expect “Unsilent Death part 2″ or anything “progressive”. It won’t be “the new thing” that the press/bloggers are looking for. We have expanded on our sound but everything is very much NAILS through and through. Thanks a lot for checking out the tunes and reading this.

DOWNFALL OF GAIA

DOWNFALL OF GAIA (Germany)
Suffocating In The Swarm of Cranes

Released: October 2012 through Metal Blade Records (USA)
7 tracks - 58 minutes of Atmospheric/Bleak Post-Metal with a Black Metal influence!

ALASKAN adversity:woe (Canadian Sludge/Post-Metal)

ALASKAN is an Atmospheric Sludge/Post Metal band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Featuring members of The Vanishing Act, Whale Cry, Elephantoms, Motivator & The Wishlist.

7 tracks, 39 minutes of beautiful noise!

released back in June 2011, recorded, mixed and mastered at Apartment 2 Recordings! 

THE POWER AND THE GLORY call me armageddon

CLASSIC RELEASE!

THE POWER AND THE GLORY Call Me Armageddon 
Released in 2004 through Deathwish Inc. 

 10 tracks and 36 minutes of absolute blistering noise!

As a band, The Power and the Glory undoubtedly have their shit together, in a big way. Instead of a dual-guitar attack, Kenn TwoFour handles all of the guitar duties, and delivers with riffs that punish like few others can. The final minute of the title track is so crushing it can barely be justified in words. Effects pedals are used in certain songs, helping TwoFour to strangle the high ends of the strings into soaring atmospherics that bring these songs to their climaxes. The musical highpoint of the album is “East (There Is Such a Lot of the World to See)” which slows the attack down to an almost hypnotic dirge. Having Kurt Ballou’s unique ear for chaotic music behind this, and having Jacob Bannon’s artwork set the feel for the music doesn’t hurt things either. However, The Power and The Glory sounds ready to stand far apart from Converge. This band means business.

WAX MOTH debut EP out now!

WAX MOTH Sludge/Crust/Violence 4-piece from Iowa, a monstrous noise! Lyrical content deals with the warped human condition created by the corrupt powers that be on this earth. WAX MOTH is a band that deserves not only to be heard, but also to be championed!

debut EP titled "Spiracle" is out now - 6 tracks that will crush your skull!

WEEKEND NACHOS new single and album in 2013

Chicago power violence band Weekend Nachos have announced they will be releasing a brand new single titled 'Watch You Suffer' on A389 Recordings in January 2013. The new Nachos single will feature a song from their upcoming fourth full-length LP (release date yet to be announced) and an exclusive B-side. Look for the debut of a new track to be posted soon!

BLACK MASK self titled EP

BLACK MASK from western Pennsylvania, USA
Released: May 2012
Get This Right Records

Black Mask are a four piece band from Punxsutawney, PA who formed in 2011. This is their debut six song EP which was released on June 1st. Black Mask play an impressive style of music that combines elements of hardcore, punk, grind, and crust. Black Mask's debut EP is dark, pissed, negative, and harsh as fuck. These six songs are an exercise in sheer brutality - EP is available for a steal at $3 here

CULT OF LUNA new album and 2013 Euro tour

Sweden's Post-Metal legends CULT OF LUNA are currently wrapping up work on the new album they began recording this past spring. The new effort is titled "Vertikal" and will be available in early-2013. Here's the official word:

"The album will be released at the beginning of the year, and is thematically influenced by the film 'Metropolis': a hypnotic backdrop of machinery and repetition. Before we started writing we were keen to find a theme that in a very direct way could be shown through the music, and we hope to have achieved this. We developed clear structures – very linear, refusing to over complicate the writing process."

Meanwhile, Cult of Luna will take to the road this winter in Europe. 2013 UK dates include:
19/01 Glasgow, Ivory Blacks
20/01 Sheffield, Corporation
21/01 Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms
22/01 London, The Garage

CONVERGE European tour (winter 2012)

CONVERGE (Boston, USA) are set to tour Europe in late-November and December along with TOUCHE AMORE, A STORM OF LIGHT, and THE SECRET

UK dates include:
11/25 London, UK @ Koko
11/26 Birmingham, UK @ 02 Academy 2
11/27 Colchester, UK @ Arts Centre
11/28 Glascow, Scotland @ Classic Grand
11/29 Machester, UK @ Academy 2
12/01 Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2

HEARTLESS European Tour (Autumn 2012)

If you like your Hardcore aggressive, fast and hatefull then be sure to check out Pittsburghs HEARTLESS (members of Masakari) on there European tour this Autumn (tour support from London's Self Loathing)!





UK dates include:
15.10.2012 MONDAY / UK Ashford - Downtown Diner
16.10.2012 TUESDAY / UK Norwich - Olives Cafe
17.10.2012 WEDNESDAY / SCOTLAND Edinburgh - Banshee Labyrinth
21.10.2012 SUNDAY / UK Leeds - Wharf Chambers - Means to an End Fest #8
22.10.2012 MONDAY / UK Bristol - The Croft
23.10.2012 TUESDAY / UK London - Black Heart

THE SECRET release new track from up coming album

Italian "Blackend Hardcore" band THE SECRET have released a brand new track from there forth coming album "Agnus Dei" which is out on 23rd October via Southern Lord Records. Recorded at GodCity (Kurt Ballou)

The Secret will be supporting Converge throughout there European tour this November, playing London (Koko's) on Sunday 25th Nov! GRAB A TICKET HERE!

NAILS recording new album with Kurt Ballou

Following on from thier split EP with "Skin Like Iron" released earlier this year, Southern California's NAILS will enter the studio this winter to record a new full-length. Specifically, the band will enter Godcity in Salem, Massachusetts in late-December to commence tracking with producer/engineer Kurt Ballou (Converge). Titled "Abandon All Life" the album will be available spring 2013 via Southern Lord.

PLEBEIAN GRANDSTAND / CORTEZ split 10"

PLEBEIAN GRANDSTAND (France) / CORTEZ (Switzerland)
Throatruiner Records.
October 2012.

Two tracks, totaling 20 minutes of Sludge/Blackened Hardcore!