…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have announced a European headline tour for September / October 2019. These shows will be in support of their as-yet-untitled new album, due out later this year. The full list of dates is as follows:
14th September – Leffingeleuren, Leffinge, Belgium
15th September – Le Petit Bain, Paris, France
16th September – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
17th September – Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands
19th September – Stadtgarten, Cologne, Germany
20th September – Sommercasino, Basel, Switzerland
22nd September – La Santeria, Milan, Italy
23rd September – Strom, Munich, Germany
25th September – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
26th September – The Stage Club, Hamburg, Germany
27th September – Forum, Bielefeld, Germany
29th September – The Waterfront, Norwich, UK
30th September – The Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
1st October – Oslo, London, UK
2nd October – The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
3rd October – The Caves, Edinburgh, UK
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Deadrecentlycelebrated 20 years of the album ‘Madonna’ with a European tour in February, performing the album in its entirety.
Pelican, the instrumental quartet whose singular vision of heavy music eschews classification, recently announced their first full length in six years and today they’ve released a new song from it along with US and EU additional tour dates. ‘Cold Hope,’ the second track to be released from Nighttime Stories, due June 7th via Southern Lord Recordings, is an unrepentant crusher imbibed with moments of atramentous psychedelia and arguably the heaviest track on the album. With sold-out shows in Boston, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh the band has also announced an additional batch of US dates that include Champagne, Cleveland, Columbus, and Grand Rapids along with an Autumn EU tour (full dates below).
Nighttime Stories marks the band’s first release written front to back with guitarist Dallas Thomas, who took over guitar duties upon founding member Laurent Schroeder-Lebec’s departure in 2012. In the process of writing the album, the quartet endured a slew of realisations, tragedies, and glimmers of optimism that guided the creative process to the most potent work of their nineteen-year career.
Nighttime Stories was an album title initially proposed for Tusk, the hallucinatory art-grind band that included Pelican members Trevor Shelley de Brauw, Larry Herweg, and Schroeder-Lebec, in addition to vocalist Jody Minnoch. The writing of Nighttime Stories was instigated shortly after Minnoch’s unexpected death in 2014, and some of the dissonant viscera and dark psychedelic structures that were characteristic of Tusk’s sound began to unconsciously inform the album’s direction. In homage to their departed colleague, Pelican applied the previously discarded title and pulled many of the song titles from notes Minnoch had sent to inspire the direction of the unrealised album. As the writing of Nighttime Stories progressed Thomas also experienced a heavy loss with the passing of his father, to whom the album pays tribute on opening track ‘W.S.T.’ (on which Dallas performed his guitar parts on his father’s Yamaha acoustic).
A new video for "Espirais da Loucura” from Brazilian trio DEAFKIDS has been shared this week. The song is taken from the band’s explosive third album, Metaprogramação, which was recently released through Neurosis’ label, Neurot Recordings.
The new video for for "Espirais da Loucura” was directed by Vitor Jabour. The band offers, “‘Espirais da Loucura’ illustrates the desperate layers of absurdist madness in its inner and outer aspects – cloistered witnesses in fields of agony – the inner war between our own personas and desires. In its outer aspects, it reflects the chaotic confusion of our daily struggles in socio-political realities, where present and future are being written in hopeless and dystopian lines by this fascist and corrupted misgovernment we are currently living in Brazil. The video was created through analog circuit-bending by the Brazilian VJ Vitor Jabour, collaborating with what we call the ‘Brazilian Lo-Fi Abuse,’ by creating violent synesthetic sensations through the abstraction of colors, lights and sensory movements."
Watch the video here:
With harsh noise and industrial elements seamlessly melded into a volatile and rambunctious hybrid of ethnic jazz/world music-influenced punk, DEAFKIDS thematically tackles existential socio-political topics and dystopian themes through their own artistic lens. Their singular sound and manic energy coalesce to form one of the most intriguing and challenging acts in recent years.
DEAFKIDS will tour across Europe in support of the album this Spring, leading with two sets at Roadburn Festival April 11th and 12th. These shows will be followed by several weeks of shows, the tour lasting into early May, and the band joined by Rakta for the journey. North American touring with Neurosis and Bell Witch has also been announced. Dates and details below.
DEAFKIDS w/ Rakta:
11/04/2019 Roadburn Festival 2019 -Tilburg, NL
12/04/2019 Roadburn Festival 2019 – Tilburg, NL w/ PetBrick
14/04/2019 – Amsterdam, NL
16/04/2019 D. K. Luksus – Wroclaw, PL
17/04/2019 Underdogs – Prague, CZ
18/04/2019 Urban Spree – Berlin, DE
19/04/2019 Merleyn – Nijmegen, NL
20/04/2019 The Lexington – London, UK
21/04/2019 Soup Kitchen – Manchester, UK
22/04/2019 The Hope & Ruin – Brighton, UK
23/04/2019 Moon – Cardiff, UK
24/04/2019 The Cluny – Newcastle, UK
25/04/2019 Rough Trade – Bristol, UK
26/04/2019 Olympic Cafe – Paris, FR
28/04/2019 SWR Barroselas Metalfest 2019 – Viana do Castelo, PT
29/04/2019 Mag4 – Bruxelles, BE
30/04/2019 Bar Hic – Rennes, FR
01/05/2019 Tri Martolod – Concarneau, FR
02/05/2019 Léo Ferré – Brest Espace, FR
03/05/2019 Les 3 Pieces – Rouen, FR
04/05/2019 Het Bos – Antwerp, BE
05/05/2019 Donau Festival 2019 – Donau, AT
w/ Bell Witch, Neurosis:
07/08/2019 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
08/08/2019 Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
09/08/2019 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
10/08/2019 Theatre Of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
Some press releases are special and uplifting and make our day when they land in the Aural Aggro inbox. This is one of those. Because news doesn’t get much better than this.
Hull Doom merchants, The Parasitic Twins today announce a lo-fi heavy cover of the 90s classic ‘Spaceman’ by Babylon Zoo, out on Friday, April 5, 2019 with all proceeds going to The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). The single is taken from a split EP with York-based hardcore punks, The Carnival Rejects (released via Bandcamp on May 31st in association with Man Demolish Records). Artwork for the piece was made by Jess Zchorn.
Of the decision to record the cover, drummer Dom Smith comments: "Man, we love Babylon Zoo. This is a classic track that was way ahead of its time, and we just wanted to mess with it, and we’ll probably stress a lot of people out, but use it as a way to bring attention to an incredible cause in CALM."
Of CALM’s importance on a national scale, Dom adds: "Male mental health is becoming more spotlighted every day, and myself and Max [guitars and vocals] want to offer any support we can to spread the word."
For those interested in donating to CALM can do so here:
The Parasitic Twins will also head out to Europe and across the UK for a run of shows this April with grindcore mates, Boycott The Baptist and Clunge Destroyer:
Centuries have premiered a video from their second LP,The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding out now through Southern Lord. Set to the album track ‘May Love Be With You Always’, the video was filmed and edited by Derrick Flanagin, and uses footage from Germany, Italy, Austria, India, Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan.
In the band’s words, "the video is about human movement and the constant inertia we experience, frequently without taking time to properly reflect on it. Things we see, people we meet, places we go, stories we are told; events that are so fleeting they often don’t become catalogued in our memory and will forever exist only in that moment."
Watch the video below – tour dates in full after.
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CENTURIES EUROPEAN TOUR WITH PORTRAYAL OF GUILT:
28/04/18 GER Greifswald Klex
29/04/18 SWE Gothenburg Sekten
30/04/18 SWE Stockholm Firestorm Fest
01/05/18 SWE Malmö
02/05/18 DK Copenhagen
03/05/18 GER Hamburg
04/05/18 NL Amsterdam/Utrecht Fest
05/05/18 GER Cologne Privat
06/05/18 BE Antwerp Kavka
07/05/18 FR Paris La Comedia Michelet
08/05/18 CH / FR
09/05/18 GER Stuttgart Juha West
10/05/18 GER Bielefeld/GER Weimar
11/05/18 GER Berlin Miss the Stars Fest
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12/05/18 CZ Prague **
13/05/18 AT Vienna Venster 99 **
14/05/18 HRO Zagreb AKC Attack **
15/05/18 IT Bolzano Bunker Youth Center TBA **
16/05/18 AT Innsbruck DeCentral **
17/05/18 GER Regensburg Alte Mälzerei **
18/05/18 GER Darmstadt Oettinger Villa **
19/05/18 GER Leipzig/Halle **
**Dates without Centuries. Portrayal Of Guilt only
Ahead of the release of their upcoming album I, Awake, progressive, post-rock and general riff-heavy outfit Upcdownc have shared a new video for the track ‘Adrift (Parts 1 & 2)’. At just 1 min 27 sec in length it’s a short and sharp blast of intense heavy music.
Watch the video here:
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Upcoming live shows:
15th Sept – Birthdays, London 16th Sept – Sticky Mikes, Brighton 20th Oct – Hijack, Bolougne Sur Mer 22nd Oct – Music City, Antwerp
American artist and performer Jarboe and Italian occult duo Father Murphy will be touring together Europe this Autumn, promoting a collaborative EP out September 22nd on Consouling Sounds. Ahead of the release and impending tour, they’ve unveiled a trailer by way of a taster.
You can watch it here (tour dates are below):
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September
22 BE, Eeklo – N9
23 DE, Krefeld – Südbahnhof
24 DE, Berlin – Quasimodo
26 CZ, Brno – Kabinet Muz
27 CZ, Soulkostel – Soulkostel
28 PL, Poznan, LAS
29 PL, Torun – Klub NRD
30 PL, Gdansk – Smoke Over Dock II Festival at B90
October
1 PL, Warsaw – Distorted festival at Klub Hydrozagadka
2 PL, Lodz – Dom
4 LT, Riga – Gertrude Street Theater
5 RU, Moscow – 16 Tons
7 RU, St Petersburg – Place
10 SWE, Stockholm – Kraken
11 SWE, Karlstad – Tinvallakyrkan
12 NO, MOSS – House of Foundation
13 SWE, Gothenburg – Culture Night Festival at Goteborg Public Library
Hot on the heels of their 23rd full-length album release, Dear (Sargent House), Japanese power trio Boris are this week embarking on a European tour, also to commemorate their 25th anniversary as a band. To mark the occasion, we’re sharing a live version of new album track ‘The Power’, capturing Boris in their element.
You can watch it here, with full dates below…
BORIS 25 ANNIVERSARY/DEAR TOUR DATES
03/08 – Moscow, Volta – RU 04/08 – St. Petersburg, ClubZal – RU 05/08 – Vienna, Szene – AT 06/08 – Katowice, OFF Festival – PL 07/08 – Leipzig, Naumans – DE 08/08 – Berlin, Lido – DE 09/08 – Jaromer, Brutal Assault – CZ 10/08 – Munich, Backstage – DE 11/08 – Frankfurt, Das Bett – DE 12/08 – Lausanne, Rock Altitude – CH 13/08 – Ieper, Ieperfest – BE 15/08 – Cologne, Underground – DE 16/08 – Hamburg, Hafenklang – DE 17/08 – Bielefeld, Forum – DE 18/08 – Amstelveen, P60 – NL 19/08 – Bristol, Arctangent Festival – UK 20/08 – Dublin, Whelans – IE 21/08 – Cork, Cyprus Avenue – IE
American artist and performer Jarboe and Italian occult duo Father Murphy will be touring together Europe this Autumn, promoting a collaborative EP out September 22nd on Consouling Sounds.
Jarboe and Father Murphy’s connection runs deep. Jarboe continues to have a profound influence on Father Murphy’s musical path, and there is a strong, mutual understanding of what they define as a "sense of guilt", rooted in their Catholic upbringing, which informs their music, both together and independently. Approaching the EP, both Jarboe and Father Murphy each wrote a song, which they exchanged for the other to finalise, the result being a rich reflection of the spirit of both artists, and their meaningful bond. The Jarboe & Father Murphy EP was mastered by an infamous engineer, Davide Cristiani at Bombanella soundscapes studio in Italy, using a technique he calls "anti-mastering" whereby he irradiates the analogue master with deep, pure 432hz sounds in a process that somehow gives the master the same benefits than a defragmentation does to a hard disk. It works the sounds together in harmony, the result being much brighter and more real, which is very befitting to the release.
Father Murphy shall open with the rituality of their alluring live performance, followed by a haunting set that combines Jarboe’s unique voice and Father Murphy’s charmed sounds, together they shall draw upon Jarboe’s old and new songs, including the two brand new pieces from the EP. Full dates below…
LIVE DATES:
September
22 BE, Eeklo – N9
23 DE, Krefeld – Südbahnhof
24 DE, Berlin – Quasimodo
26 CZ, Brno – Kabinet Muz
27 CZ, Soulkostel – Soulkostel
28 PL, Poznan, LAS
29 PL, Torun – Klub NRD
30 PL, Gdansk – Smoke Over Dock II Festival at B90
October
1 PL, Warsaw – Distorted festival at Klub Hydrozagadka
2 PL, Lodz – Dom
4 LT, Riga – Gertrude Street Theater
5 RU, Moscow – 16 Tons
7 RU, St Petersburg – Place
10 SWE, Stockholm – Kraken
11 SWE, Karlstad – Tinvallakyrkan
12 NO, MOSS – House of Foundation
13 SWE, Gothenburg – Culture Night Festival at Goteborg Public Library
Lumer follow up ‘Futile’ (which we bloody loved, and which was picked up by BBC Introducing and a host of other tastemakers even more influential than Aural Aggro) with another serrated slice of dark, angular post-punk. ‘Gruel’ is propelled by a bulbous bassline drenched in chorus and flange and distilling the essence of 1983 as represented by bands like The Danse Society and Xmal Deutschland, but with a violent, rabid edge, and the gothy overtones collide with the manic art-rock of Bauhaus circa In the Flat Field as well as heavy hints of 90s grunge with some explosive, driving guitar and crashing drums.
The lead guitars are fractal, echo-heavy, sinewy. The frenzied, menacing, and borderline psychotic vocals are mashed by effects. There’s a claustrophobic tension that’s almost suffocating and an energy that positively crackles.
Lumar are shaping up to be one of the most exciting new bands around, and ‘Gruel’ has set the bar for future releases. Check the video here:
Lumer are on tour in the coming weeks, too. Dates are as follows:
Thursday 20th July – Fuel Café, Manchester Friday 21st July – Rough Trade, Nottingham Saturday 22nd July – Shacklewell Arms, London Sunday 23rd July – Tramlines Festival, Sheffield
Saturday 5th August – BBC Introducing Stage, Humberside Street Sesh
Tuesday 8th August – Huw Stephens presents at The Social, London
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