Your rundown of the top sludge news stories of the day …
PARADISE LOST - Gothic doom lovers your Tragic Idol is back. They’ve been one of the most consistent, successful and innovative metal acts to emerge from the UK in the last quarter century and Halifax-based legends PARADISE LOST are set to return with their 14th full length album this summer on Century Media.
Nick Holmes has been vocalist for the group since their very start back in 1988. He had this to say about it, "we wanted to approach the new album differently this time by embracing the band’s VERY early days. We have written a very dark, yet melodic album, but this time many songs definitely have a death metal edge, which is something we haven’t done for a long long time in Paradise Lost.”
‘The Plague Within’ will be released June 1, 2015 in Europe and June 2 in North America. Further details will be released in the intervening months.
Source:
The Noise Cartel
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TORCHE - Everybody’s favorite melodic stoner metal quartet is set to return on February 24 via Relapse Records and Rolling Stone has proof. Yes, Rolling Stone is currently hosting a stream of the band’s brand new single “Loose Men” from the album ‘Restarter’. Since when did Rolling Stone care about heavy music, you ask? Since it became this melodic and poppy as only Torche can produce.
It was also announced today that the band will embark on an extensive touring schedule which will see them negotiate their way through much of the western world, from March 4 to June 1. The tour starts in Miami, goes through the southern states then back up the east coast before taking April off, then heading overseas for all of May. The band will be spending a little over a week in the UK and Ireland. You can see the full tour schedule below.
Also, if you haven’t heard them by now, the first two songs to be premiered were “Minions”, which you can hear at this location and “Annihilation Affair”, which you can hear at this location.
And now, here are the tour dates:
March 4 Miami, Fl Churchill’s Pub #
March 6 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
March 7 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
March 8 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
March 9 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
March 10 Austin, TX Red 7
March 11 Dallas, TX Club Dada #
March 12 Memphis, TN The Hi-Tone
March 13 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
March 14 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
March 15 Milwaukee, WI The Cactus Club
March 17 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop
March 18 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
March 20 Detroit, MI The Pike Room
March 21 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
March 22 Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz
March 23 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
March 25 Boston, MA Great Scott
March 26 Brooklyn, NY St. Vitus
March 27 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
March 28 Richmond, VA Strange Matters #
March 29 Washington, DC DC 9 #
May 2 Leipzig, DE Taubchental
May 3 Wroclaw, PL Asymmetry Festival
May 4 Prague, CZ 007
May 5 Munich, DE Ampere
May 6 Milan, IT Lo Fi Club
May 8 Barcelona, SP Rocksound
May 9 Madrid, SP Boute Live!
May 10 Lisbon, PT Musicbox
May 11 Bilbao, SP Kafe Antzokia
May 13 Zurich, SZ Dynamo
May 14 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthoff
May 15 Cologne, DE Underground
May 16 Berlin, DE Hafenklang
May 18 Nijmegen, NL Merelyn
May 19 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
May 20 Paris, FR Glazart
May 21 Antwerp, BE Kavka
May 22 London, UK Underworld *
May 23 Leeds, UK Belgrave Social Club *
May 24 Galway, IR Roisin Dubh
May 25 Cork, IR Craine Lane
May 26 Dublin, IR Grand Social
May 27 Belfast, IR The Limelight
May 28 Glasgow, UK CCA **
May 29 Manchester, UK Sound Control **
May 30 Bristol, UK Temples Festival
May 31 Nimes, FR This is Not a Love Song
June 1 Nantes, FR Le Ferrailleur
All U.S. dates w/Wrong; Nothing appears on all dates except when noted with a #
* - w/Henry Blacker
** - w/Kings and Henry Blacker
Source:
Speakeasy PR
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SUMAC - Well, if the last bit of news didn’t shock you awake enough, Rolling Stone (yes, THAT Rolling Stone) also premiered a new SUMAC track, called “Blight’s End Angel”. The song is from the upcoming album ‘The Deal’ which will be dished out by Profound Lore Records on February 17.
The band also revealed details of a short run of West Coast tour dates that range from Vancouver, BC to Portland, OR and cycles back around to Seattle.
Here are the dates:
March 11 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
March 12 Victoria, BC @ Logan's Pub
March 13 Portland, OR @ White Owl Social Club
March 14 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
March 15 Seattle, WA @ Highline
Source:
Sumac
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FAITH NO MORE - Also kicking off a North American tour in Vancouver is FAITH NO MORE. The band will be releasing an as-yet untitled all-new album this May on their own newly formed Reclamation Recordings. It will be their first album since 1997 and their first North American show since 2010. Tickets go on sale January 30 at 10 a.m. Fan-club pre-sale tickets will be available from the 28th.
“Here we go,” bassist Bill Gould said. “First North American tour dates, some in cities we haven’t played in over 17 years. We are armed with the new material and ready for whatever comes our way.”
Before the legendary band embark on their North American tour they will be heading to Japan and Australia/New Zealand before releasing a new 7” single on March 17 called “Superhero”. It will be available digitally on March 31.
Get ready, here are the tour dates:
February 17 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast
February 18 Tokyo, Japan Studio Coast
February 21 Adelaide, Australia Soundwave Festival
February 22 Melbourne, Australia Soundwave Festival
February 28 Sydney, Australia Soundwave Festival
March 1 Brisbane, Australia Soundwave Festival
March 3 Auckland, New Zealand WestFest
April 15 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum
April 16 Seattle, WA Paramount Theater
April 17 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
April 19 San Francisco, CA Warfield
April 20 San Francisco, CA Warfield
April 23 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
April 24 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
April 25 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
May 7 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall
May 8 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
May 9 Toronto, ON Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
May 11 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
May 13 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 14 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 15 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
May 29 Nurburgring, Germany Grune Holle Festival
May 31 Munich, Germany Rockavaria Festival
June 2 Milan, Italy Sonisphere
June 4 Vienna, Austria Vienna Rocks Festival
June 5 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic Rock For People Festival
June 12 Landgraaf, Netherlands Pinkpop Festival
June 13 Donington, UK Download Festival
June 20 Clisson, France Hellfest
June 21 Dessel, Belgium Graspop Festival
Aug. 7 – 9 Montreal, QC Heavy Montreal
Source:
Speakeasy PR
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COWARDS - This is interesting. Blackened hardcore sludge quartet COWARDS have unveiled a promo video for their new single “Bend the Knee” at Metal Injection and have also revealed that their entire upcoming album ‘Rise to Infamy’ will be available for FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. The album is already up on the band’s bandcamp page but will be free to download on February 9. If you can’t stand waiting, you can purchase a digital copy of the album at this location.
Source:
Earsplit PR
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KARMA TO BURN - They’re the band that never quits. Their album ‘Arch Stanton’ just won’t die, and with good reason. Now, instrumental stoner trio KARMA TO BURN have released a pair of behind the scenes videos on The Obelisk and have updated their North American tour itinerary as well.
In the videos the band discusses favorite songs and vocalists from any era (which is interesting to hear from an instrumental band), tour life and a few other things. You can watch them at this location.
As for Karma To Burn on tour, you can catch them in the Western U.S. and Canada at the following remaining dates:
1/27/2015 Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
1/28/2015 The Nile Theater - Mesa, AZ
1/30/2015 Loaded - Hollywood, CA
1/31/2015 Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
2/01/2015 Starlite Lounge - Sacramento, CA
2/03/2015 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
2/04/2015 Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC
2/06/2015 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
2/07/2015 The Shredder - Boise, ID
2/08/2015 Area 51 - Salt Lake City, UT
2/09/2015 Lost Lake Lounge - Denver, CO
2/10/2015 Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS
2/11/2015 Fubar - St Louis, MO
2/12/2015 Red Line Tap - Chicago, IL
2/13/2015 123 Pleasant Street - Morgantown, WV
Source:
Earsplit PR
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XIBALBA - Veering wildly now, California death / hardcore metal band XIBALBA’s third album ‘Tierra Y Libertad’ is out in Europe right now and is released today in North America through Southern Lord Records. To mark the occasion the band is streaming the album in its entirety over at the Lambgoat website.
To hear it, go to this location. If you dig it, you can catch them live at the following dates:
1/30/2015 Los Globos - Los Angeles, CA w/ All Out War, Skinfather
1/31/2015 Gilman - Berkeley, CA w/ All Out War, Skinfather
2/07/2015 Soda Bar - San Diego, CA w/ Excel, Rotting Out
2/18/2015 Bogies - Albany, NY w/ The Banner
2/19/2015 Haverhill - Haverhill, MA w/ The Banner
2/20/2015 Amityville Music Hall - Amityville, NY w/ All Out War, The Banner, Rude Awakening
2/21/2015 Charm City Art Space - Baltimore, MD w/ All Out War, The Banner, Rude Awakening
2/22/2015 Firehouse 13 - Providence, RI w/ The Banner, Rude Awakening
Source:
Earsplit PR
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FATHER MURPHY - Strange Italian psychedelic occult beings FATHER MURPHY will released their ‘Croce’ album on March 17, but you can preview the first single release called “So This Is Permanent” at The Quietus. If you’re unfamiliar with Father Murphy, be forewarned, this is not your everyday sound. The song barely conforms to traditional forms of music, rather creating a sound painting with odd effects.
The tracklisting for the new album goes as follows.
1. Blood Is Thicker Than Water
2. A Purpose
3. So This Is Permanent
4. In Solitude
5. Long May We Continue
6. All The People Yelling Fire
7. We Walk By Faith
8. They Won’t Hurt You
Watch the teaser video for Croce here. To hear “So This Is Permanent” go to this location.
On top of the album news the band is about to undergo a heroic 4 month long tour starting in February. Check the tour dates for the band appearing in your area:
February 2 - Gromka, Lubljana, SLO w/Ronin
February 12 - Dal Verme, Roma, IT
February 13 - Controsenso, Prato, IT
February 14 - Cellar Theory, Napoli, IT
February 15 - Godot Art Bistrot, Avellino, IT
February 17 - Btomic, La Spezia, IT
February 18 - Magazzino sul Po, Torino, IT w/Futeisha
February 19 - Cave 12 Geneve, CH w/David Maranha & Helena Espvall
February 20 - Realive #5 at Le Ciel, Grenoble, FR
February 20 - Le 102, Grenoble, FR
February 21 - Bon Sauvages, Lyon, FR w/Mutterlein, Amor Fou
February 24 - Macao, Milano, IT
February 25 - Loco's, Rovereto, IT
February 27 - Bronson, Ravenna, IT w/Melampus
February 28 - Chiesa S. Maria in Chiavica, Verona, IT*
March 12 - Secret Project Robots, Brooklyn, NY USA w/Kathleen Baird
March 13 - Venue TBA, Providence, RI, USA
March 14 - Sonorium, Salem, MA, USA
March 15 - John Doe Jr Recs and Books, Greenfield, MA, USA w/Bill Nace & J. Meginsky, Brett Renaud
March 16 - Deep Thoughts Record Store, Boston, MA, USA w/KTB, Humanbeast
March 17 - Space Gallery, Portland, ME, USA w/Afraid,
March 18 - Casa del Popolo, Montreal, CDN w/Perverted Justice, Flesh Entry
March 19 - Mugshots, Ottawa, CDN
March 20 - The Cave, Toronto, CDN
March 21 - UFO Factory, Detroit, MI, USA
March 22 The Burlington, Chicago, IL, USA
March 23 The Pentagon, Ames, IA, USA
March 25 Bar Bar, Denver, CO, USA w/Of Earth And Sun, Echo Beds, and Shroud
March 26 Diabolical Records, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
March 25-27 Treefort Music Fest, Boise, ID, USA
March 28 - Beacon Sound, Portland, OR, USA
March 29 - The Black Lodge, Seattle, WA, USA w/Fever Witch, A story of rats, Mood Organ
April 1 - Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR, USA, Paper Circus
April 3 - LCM Oakland, CA, USA w/Chasms, All Your Sisters
April 4 - The Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA, USA
April 5 - Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA, USA w/Xiu Xiu noise set
April 6 - Venue TBA, Tucson, AZ, USA
April 7 - Spirit Abuse, Albuquerque, NM, USA
April 8 - Grynde, El Paso, TX, USA
April 9 - North Door, Austin, TX, USA
April 10 - Korova Basement, San Antonio, TX
April 11 - Rubber Gloves, Denton, TX
April 12 - Spottswood, Memphis, TN
April 13 - Mono, Birmingham, AL
April 14 - Static Age, Asheville, NC, USA
April 15 - Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN, USA
April 16 - Venue TBA, Richmond, VA, USA
April 17 - The Holy Underground w/Theologian, Baltimore, MD, USA
April 18 - Azbetzos Shows, Philadelphia, PA, USA
May 2 - Klubovna Povalec, Prague, CZ
May 3 - Hemdendienst, Nurnmberg, DE
May 5 - West Germany, Berlin, DE
May 7 - Venue TBA, Stormstad, SWE
May 8 - Koloni Gbg, Göteborg, SWE, w/Diane Cluck, Sheik Anorak
May 9 - Mother, Stockholm, SWE, w/Modern Feelings
May 10 - Venue TBA, Copenaghen, DK
May 12 - Venue TBA, Hamburg, DE
May 13 - Hetbos, Antwerp, BE, w/BulBul
May 15 - Le Sud, Rotterdam, NL
May 16 - Cafe de Ruimte, Amsterdam, NL, w/Zea
May 19 - Stramonium Club, Brighton, UK TBA
May 20 - Venue TBA Bristol, UK w/MX LX
May 21 - Chameleon, Nottingham, UK
May 22 - Leamington SPA, UK
May 23 - The Black Heart, London, UK
May 24 - Bradford Threadfest, Bradford, UK w/Howie Reeve and more
May 25 - The Audacious Art Experiment, Sheffield, UK w/Howie Reeve
May 26 - Nice'n Sleazy, Glasgow, UK, w/Howie Reeve
May 27 - Tunnel 1, Aberdeen UK w/Howie Reeve
May 28 - Fat out 'till you pass out Event, Manchester, UK w/Howie Reeve
May 29 - The Kazimier Garden, Liverpool, UK w/Howie Reeve, a.P.A.t.T
May 30 - Venue TBA, Ipswich, UK w/Howie Reeve
June 2 - Venue TBA, Lille, FR
June 4 - Arrache toi un oeil event, Paris, FR
June 5 - Relax, Clermont Ferrand, FR
June 6 - Les Pavillions Sauvages, Toulouse, FR
Source:
Father Murphy
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KLONE - And finally, French progressive quintet KLONE will be releasing their fifth album, ‘Here Comes the Sun’ on March 9 via Klonosphere Records. In the meantime, they have released the album’s first single titled “Immersion” on youtube.
The band have still yet to raise the full amount of their crowdfunding goal to support the album, if you’d like to contribute and pre-order the album you can do so at this location. To hear the song “Immersion” please visit this location.
‘Here Comes the Sun’ tracklist:
1. Immersion
2. Fog
3. Gone Up In Flames
4. The Drifter
5. Nebulous
6. Gleaming
7. Grim Dance
8. Come Undone
9. The Last Experience
10. Summertime
Source:
Viral Propaganda PR
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And now you’re all caught up in the world of sludge.
