PERSEKUTOR, from Târgu Mures, Transylvania, doesn't merely play Romanian black metal, they ARE Romanian black metal.
PERSEKUTOR's debut, Angels Of Meth, was recently hailed as "the best album nobody heard in 2006" by Decibel magazine. Upon release, the album received a perfect 10 out of 10 score in the same publication-the first black metal album (possibly the first album of any subgenre) to ever rate that highly in Decibel. Due to a "legal dispute" with Thousand Year Reich, the label that released Angels Of Meth, the album is nearly impossible to find.
Extremklettern und Rock´n´Roll haben manches gemeinsam, stellt Thomas Huber fest, einer der erfolgreichsten Allround-Bergsteiger der Gegenwart. „Es geht um Leidenschaft, ich brenne für beides. Was ich in der senkrechten Wand erlebe, finde ich auch in der Musik“, berichtet der ältere der beiden „Huberbuam“. Neben dem Bergsteigen singt Thomas in der Band PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTER. „Sowohl am Berg wie auf der Bühne taucht man ein, man denkt nicht mehr nach und handelt nur noch. Das ist ein Flow-Erlebnis, bei dem eine Menge Adrenalin frei wird.“
Seit 20 Jahren schon sind die drei Musiker im Musikgeschäft und bringen nun mit Stone Diamond aufregenden und ungestümen Sound ganz nach dem Motto Cologne meets Brooklyn auf die Bühne.
Am 17.10.2013 gibts heavy groovenden, Blues getriebenen Rock´n´Roll live im Kölner Blue Shell.
Today the volume dealers at The Obelisk offer up a stream of "Amnesia" from New York City psychedelic doom weavers BLACKOUT! The latest psalm of audio enormity comes off the trio's forthcoming We Are Here debut, slated for release later this month.
Recorded at Vacation Island Studio with engineer/producer Rob Laakso (Diamond Nights, Swirlies, Kurt Vile), the glassy-eyed, six track beast of long player is already earning critical fuck-yeahs for its inexorable riff worship and planet rupturing bottom end. Notes The Obelisk, "[BLACKOUT] show up with big riffs, big stomp, and underpinnings of quirk that give their unabashed tonal weight a sense that's both lighthearted in not taking itself too seriously and a huge part of what makes the album overall so effective.
Closed Casket Activities confirms the pending release of a furious new 7" from Portland, Maine-based hardcore henchmen, CRUEL HAND.
Influenced by the likes of the Melvins, Entombed, Smashing Pumpkins and Biohazard, CRUEL HAND is about CRUEL HAND and there are no boundaries. The band's style puts them in a league of their own. Following an LP on 6131 Records and two subsequent LPs on Bridge 9, the upcoming Born Into Debt, We All Owe A Death 7" bears two high octane anthems and a cover to hold fans over until their next full-length is released.
Angels' Necropolis, the infernal maiden LP from Östergötland/Norrköping, Sweden-based outfit YEAR OF THE GOAT,received the heralded Best Debut Album by Metal Hammer.
On September 13th, YEAR OF THE GOAT reigned supreme at this year's installment of the illustrious annual Metal Hammer award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, listed among heavy metal's elite including Metallica, Slayer, Motörhead, Nightwish, Doro Pesch, Amorphis and others, in recognition of their blazing Angels' Necropolis.
Brooklyn, New York sludge rock alchemists, HULL, are pleased to announce their appearance on the 2014 edition of Roadburn! Held annually in Tilburg, The Netherlands, the illustrious event has become Europe's leading underground festival for psychedelic, avant-garde, doom or any other variation of leftfield sonic pleasures that push the boundaries of music bringing together bands, fans and media from around the globe.
Today Relapse Records, in conjunction with Amazon.com, delivers a special label sampler featuring opening ear bleeder, "Awaken The Serpent," from Portland metal/punk perpetrators, TOXIC HOLOCAUST. The tune serves as the intro track of Chemistry Of Consciousness, the band's forthcoming new full-length. A cantankerous sonic assault of punk-laden angst, brazen metal hostility, thought-provoking concepts, and enough vocal venom to seize a nation, Chemistry Of Consciousness is unquestionably one of the most anticipated records of the year.
