Stream CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER’s Home HERE.

Southern Lord presents the fifth and final installment in the CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER reissue series, releasing the Home LP today. 

Originally recorded in 1994 and released in 1995, Home is characterized by MASSAKER‘s ultra-refined riffs of shrieking, screeching feedback, and rattling machine gun staccatos. Exuding confidence, authority and a natural rapport that the musicians clearly had with one another. Certain songs from earlier records were revisited on Home including “The Tribe” and “Massaker” from The Tribe, and “Templehof,” “Hunter Song,” and “Böhmen” from Black Axis. These pieces had evolved following years of rethinking, rehearsing and reshaping them on stage, as well as playing with Danny Lommen, who had replaced Frank Neumeier on drums after Black Axis. These refined versions on Home raise the level of density and tension, the ominous evocations of impending doom, booming threat, and the grim determination that’s always driven MASSAKER.

The 1994 recording of Home at the Steinschlag Studio (of FM Einheit) features CASPAR BRÖTZMANN on guitar with Danny Lommen on drums and Eduardo Delgado Lopez on bass. 

Listen to CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER’s Home at Bandcamp HERE, Spotify HERE, YouTube HERE, and via all other digital providers.

Home is now available on CD, 2xLP, and digital formats through Southern Lord. Orders can be placed at the Southern Lord webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

Arguably one of the most unique and innovative guitarists of the last forty years, CASPAR BRÖTZMANN and his enduring trio continues to perform live. The guitarist is exploring new solo material and will release his first solo album later this year. 

The recording for Home took place at Steinschlag, the studio of FM Einheit, famed metal-percussionist for German avant-noisniks Einstürzende Neubauten, with Bruno Gephard on production (also at the helm for Koksofen). BRÖTZMANN‘s connection to FM Einheit traces back to the late Eighties in Berlin, as together they had released the album Merry Christmas in 1994, and subsequently toured in the US.

Recorded in Mauren, a small town in the southern hills of Germany, FM Einheit’s equipment was set up in an unused swimming pool of a detached house in while the band played in the roof of the building; an intriguing setting for the album. Home was originally released on New York-based label Thirsty Ear, which at the time was specializing in releasing renowned records by noise, avant-rock-industrialists like Swans, Jim Foetus, and Einstürzende Neubauten. The album was followed by further lineup changes, and what became MASSAKER‘s largest US tour supporting Helmet with the improvised lineup.

The trio went on to release and tour the final album, Mute Massaker (Rough Trade Records, 1998), after which, the artistic story of MASSAKER was over and BRÖTZMANN disbanded the trio.

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Celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2020, DARKEST HOUR has rescheduled their North American West Coast Tour. The trek was initially supposed to begin today but was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The rescheduled tour will now take place late this Fall, running from December 10th through the 20th, with shows in Denver, Albuquerque, Scottsdale, San Diego, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. Joining DARKEST HOUR for the trek will be their friends in Misery Signals, as well as Southern Lord labelmates Sect.

Writes the band, “We love, miss you, and can not wait to get back on tour. As promised, here are our rescheduled tour dates with Misery Signals and Sect! All three bands will be on the shows again so, this party is back the fuck on!

Of course, due to the current world pandemic we must totally accept the possibility that these shows could also be affected, but we will not let that affect our hopes! Everything is rapidly changing, and it is impossible to say right now how things will sort themselves out by this December. We encourage everyone to stay home, practice the newfound art of social distancing, and stay safe so that we can help get this virus under control and live music can return!

We are, and will continue to, actively monitor the situation over the course of the next few months and we are committed to taking a pragmatic approach to the tour. If it’s not conducive to the health and safety of everyone involved, the shows will be shelved, tickets will be refunded, and we will continue to push on in the spirit of all things heavy metal!

We hope to see you at these shows, now more than ever it’s clear how important this connection of music and spirit is!”

DARKEST HOUR West Coast Anniversary Tour 2020 w/ Misery Signals, Sect:

12/10/2020 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO [tickets]

12/11/2020 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM [tickets]

12/12/2020 Pub Rock – Scottsdale, AZ [tickets]

12/13/2020 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA [tickets]

12/14/2020 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA [tickets]

12/15/2020 1720 – Los Angeles, CA [tickets]

12/18/2020 El Corazon – Seattle, WA [tickets]

12/19/2020 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR [tickets]

12/20/2020 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC [tickets]

Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge), DARKEST HOUR‘s eleventh LP Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora continues to solidify the band’s legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw, complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a fierce album which shows the long-running band as lethal and ravenous as ever. Following its 217 release through Southern Lord, the band has continued to tour regularly throughout North America and Europe.

Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is available on CD, LP, picture disc LP, digital via Southern Lord, including a brand-new pressing on purple vinyl limited to 300 copies. Find options at the label’s webstore HERE, Bandcamp HERE, and through all digital providers.

In other news, DARKEST HOUR recently launched an official fan club via Patreon as part of their 25th anniversary. Here, fans can choose their desired tier to access lots of band content; some of it never before accessible, some of it so old it has been lost to the black hole of the Internet, and some of it totally brand new and exclusive. Check it out RIGHT HERE.

Watch for additional DARKEST HOUR updates in the weeks ahead. For coverage in North America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and internationally contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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Stream XIBALBA’s “En La Oscuridad” HERE.

Pomona, California’s XIBALBA unload the devastating “En La Oscuridad,” the first single from their anxiously anticipated fourth LP Años En Infierno, due in May through Southern Lord Recordings. With the album’s release date now in the crosshairs, the new single has been issued though a premiere at Decibel Magazine.

The eight damaging new movements on XIBALBA‘s Años En Infierno culminate into the band’s most brutalizing material to date, with more death metal energy than ever fueling the album, with their trademarks breakdown savagery fully on display in every track. The LP was produced by Arthur Rizk (Cro-Mags Power Trip, Inquisition) and completed with artwork by longtime collaborator Dan Seagrave (Dismember, Entombed, Suffocation).

XIBALBA offers of the “En La Oscuridad” single, “The song will beat the shit out of you. We chose the song because we felt it was our hardest song and one that would get stuck in your head.” 

Decibel writes with the premiere, “XIBALBA‘s name translates to place of fear, and they chose the perfect time to return to their throne atop it… The California crew is still blending death metal and hardcore, complete with smatterings of depressing doom. However, the three-year break since their last release seems to have reinvigorated the leaned-down trio on their first song back.”

Hear XIBALBA’s “En La Oscuridad” through Decibel Magazine at THIS LOCATION.

“En La Oscuridad” hits all digital providers tomorrow, and Años En Infierno will see release through Southern Lord on May 29th. Find digital preorders HERE and watch for physical preorders and additional audio samples to post in the weeks ahead.

For the past thirteen years, XIBALBA has been dedicated to carving a sound which combines unadulterated aggression booming out of the vocals, an ultra-heavy low-end frequency, colossal death metal riffs, brutal hardcore breakdowns, and a trademark groove now synonymous with the group. Showing no mercy and keeping their cultural message intact with their fourth full-length, Años En Infierno takes these conventions and finds a new way of expression that the band defines as, “more harsh, brutal, and creative in a metaphorical sense.”

Review copies of Años En Infierno will be issued in the coming weeks. For all coverage of XIBALBA in North America contact dave@earsplitcompoud.com and internationally contact lauren@rarelyunable.com. 

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Stream OKKULTOKRATI’s “Kiss Of Death” HERE.

OKKULTOKRATI is keeping their fire alive with their new album La Ilden Lyse, which translates roughly to “Keep The Fire Burning,” now announced for release through Southern Lord Recordings in May. The lead single from the LP, “Kiss Of Death” is now streaming.

La Ilden Lyse is an album of pure, cold, grim, rawness. Themes of enduring life, transcending death, worshipping the moon, and triumphant, satanic darkness are all at play here, and the album sounds harder, faster, and nastier than ever.

The band offers, “OKKULTOKRATI has always been more than being a band, making music, touring and making music. “Striving to be something beyond the mundane and trivial. It’s an attitude. In defiance. To everyone and everything. To not chase after trends. To seek truth in music wherever it takes you. To be an outsider and an outlaw, even though it makes you a freak. La Ilden Lyse is music for the misguided, the conspiratorial, the unappreciated and unwanted. It’s black outlaw metal. It’s a beacon in the dark, for desperate times.” 

No more messing around. Keep it black, keep it metal, all the time.

Find digital preorders where “Kiss Of Death” is playing HERE.

Southern Lord will issue La Ilden Lyse on May 15th. Watch for physical preorder options to post in the coming weeks.

La Ilden Lyse Track Listing:
1. Thelemic Threat 
2. Grimoire Luciferian Dream 
3. Loathe Forever 
4. Freezing Vortex Death Dreamer 
5. Cold And Cruel 
6. Kiss Of Death 
7. Mother Superior 
8. Lunatics-Mondsüchtig 
9. The Dying Grass Moon

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Due to the cancellation of Friendship (JPN – Grind/PV – Southern Lord) and Kurokuma‘s (UK – Doom Metal – Astral Noize Records) UK tour after the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the two bands will be hosting a very special streamed performance this Wednesday Mar 25th at 22:00 GMT. The time has been decided as a reasonable meeting point to view the stream from different time zones.

The cancellation of the tour has lead to both bands losing approximately over £4k in flight cancellations and lost revenue. A GoFundMe donation link has been set up to help the bands recoup their losses and hopefully reschedule the tour at a later date. Donations can be made via GoFundMe at this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/recoup-costs-for-friendshipkurokuma This stream will fall on the night of the planned last date of the tour.

Each band will be streaming a set in their own practice rooms from Tokyo, Japan and Sheffield, UK respectively. Due to health and safety concerns amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, every effort will be taken to ensure that each band comes into contact with as few bodies as possible with strict hygiene procedures set in place. Expect to hear sickening grinding hardcore and pummelling psychedelic sludge spanning continents.

Friendship were due to tour their most recent album Undercurrent – released through Southern Lord and Daymare last year – with seven UK dates confirmed with Kurokuma, whose latest split 7″ was released through Astral Noize Records last year.

Southern Lord will release Home, the final installment in the CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER series, on April 17th. The indelible trio continues to perform live, and CASPAR BRÖTZMANN, arguably one of the most unique and innovative guitarists of the last forty years, is exploring new solo material and will release his first solo album this year 2020.  

Originally recorded in 1994 and released in 1995, Home is characterized by MASSAKER‘s ultra-refined riffs of shrieking, screeching feedback, and rattling machine gun staccatos. Exuding confidence, authority and a natural rapport that the musicians clearly had with one another. Certain songs from earlier records were revisited on Home including “The Tribe” and “Massaker” from The Tribe, and “Templehof,” “Hunter Song,” and “Böhmen” from Black Axis. These pieces had evolved following years of rethinking, rehearsing and reshaping them on stage, as well as playing with Danny Lommen, who had replaced Frank Neumeier on drums after Black Axis. These refined versions on Home raise the level of density and tension, the ominous evocations of impending doom, booming threat, and the grim determination that’s always driven MASSAKER.  

The 1994 recording of Home at the Steinschlag Studio (of FM Einheit) features CASPAR BRÖTZMANN on guitar with Danny Lommen on drums and Eduardo Delgado Lopez on bass.  

Home will see release on CD, 2xLP, and digital formats through Southern Lord on April 17th. Stream “Hunter Song” where digital preorders are posted HERE and watch for additional news and physical preorders to post shortly.

Home Track Listing:
1. The Tribe
2. Tempelhof
3. Massaker
4. Hunter Song
5. Böhmen   

CASPAR BRÖTZMANN has confirmed new MASSAKER and solo live performances in 2020, including a special performance with FM Einheit in Leipzig at Krake Festival in March. See all confirmed dates below and watch for more to follow.  

CASPAR BRÖTZMANN Live:
3/28/2020 Krake Festival – Leipzig, DE w/ FM Einheit
4/22/2020 Beatpol – Dresden, DE
4/24/2020 Donau Festival – Krems, AT
10/21/2020 La Chaux de Fonds, CH w/ Alexandré Babel  

The recording for Home took place at Steinschlag, the studio of FM Einheit, famed metal-percussionist for German avant-noisniks Einstürzende Neubauten, with Bruno Gephard on production (also at the helm for Koksofen). BRÖTZMANN‘s connection to FM Einheit traces back to the late Eighties in Berlin, as together they had released the album Merry Christmas in 1994, and subsequently toured in the US.  

Recorded in Mauren, a small town in the southern hills of Germany, FM Einheit’s equipment was set up in an unused swimming pool of a detached house in while the band played in the roof of the building; an intriguing setting for the album. Home was originally released on New York-based label Thirsty Ear, which at the time was specializing in releasing renowned records by noise, avant-rock-industrialists like Swans, Jim Foetus, and Einstürzende Neubauten. The album was followed by further lineup changes, and what became MASSAKER‘s largest US tour supporting Helmet with the improvised lineup.  

The trio went on to release and tour the final album, Mute Massaker (Rough Trade Records, 1998), after which, the artistic story of MASSAKER was over and BRÖTZMANN disbanded the trio.  

Review copies of Home will be issued shortly. For all CASPAR BRÖTZMANN coverage in North America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and elsewhere contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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American/Canadian hardcore collective SECT has announced new East and West Coast North American tour dates in support of their third LP, Blood Of The Beasts, which was released through Southern Lord last summer.

The members of SECT are life-long contributors to the hardcore scene, collectively hailing from acts who have been active since the early 1990s. Comprised of vocalist Chris Colohan (Cursed, Burning Love, Left For Dead), guitarists James Chang (Catharsis, Undying), and Scott Crouse (Earth Crisis, The Path Of Resistance), bassist Steve Hart (Day Of Suffering), and drummer Andy Hurley (Racetraitor, The Damned Things), the band coalesces their influences into a gnarled, metallic intensity. Blood Of The Beasts was recorded at GodCity with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, All Pigs Must Die) who also performed clean guitar on the song “Skies Wide Shut.” The infamous Dre Black also provides guest vocals on the song “Cirrhosis Of Youth.”

SECT will raid the East Coast US with support from Hive, with shows in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Baltimore March 6th, 7th, and 8th. Just over a month later, SECT will support labelmates Darkest Hour on the band’s North American West Coast 25th Anniversary trek, with additional support from Misery Signals. The tour runs from April 16th through 26th, with shows in Denver, Albuquerque, Scottsdale, San Diego, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. See all confirmed dates below and watch for additional news and tour dates to be issued.

Stream SECT’s Blood Of The Beasts at Bandcamp HERE and see the video for “Like Animals” HERE.

Blood Of The Beasts is out now on CD, LP, and all digital platforms through Southern Lord. Find options at the US label webshop HERE, European webshop HERE, and Bandcamp HERE.

SECT w/ Hive:
3/06/2020 Preserving Underground – Pittsburgh, PA
3/07/2020 The Pharmacy – Philadelphia, PA
3/08/2020 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD

w/ Darkest Hour, Misery Signals:
4/16/2020 The Marquis Theater – Denver, CO [tickets]
4/17/2020 The Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM [tickets]
4/18/2020 Pub Rock – Scottsdale, AZ [tickets]
4/19/2020 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA [tickets]
4/20/2020 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA [tickets]
4/21/2020 Club 1720 – Los Angeles, CA [tickets]
4/23/2020 Holy Diver – Sacramento, CA [tickets]
4/24/2020 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR [tickets]
4/25/2020 El Corazon – Seattle, WA [tickets]
4/26/2020 The Rickshaw – Vancouver, BC [tickets]

For review copies of Blood Of The Beasts and all coverage/interviews with SECT in North America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and internationally contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

REVISIT THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “SIBLING” BY MATHIEU BALL & ROBIN WATTIE

BIG|BRAVE are returning to Europe in April and May for a wide reaching tour in support of their fourth opus A Gaze Among Them released by Southern Lord last year. Opening the tour with their second appearance at Roadburn Festival, followed by dates in the UK and beyond – dates, details and tour poster below. Joining them for three dates will be violinist and sound artist Jessica Moss, who has toured with, and appeared on BIG|BRAVE’s previous album.

Since their inception in 2012, BIG|BRAVE have explored terrains of experimental rock with a clear focus on the key principles; space, volume, and raw emotion. The essence of BIG | BRAVE’s magic has always been the way they balance these dynamics, and particularly how much sheer power comes from the beautifully quiet moments. 

BIG | BRAVE LIVE DATES:
19/04 Tilburg Netherlands – Roadburn *
20/04 Paris France – La Boule Noire *
21/04 London UK – Electrowerkz *
22/04 Brighton UK – The Hope & Ruin
23/04 Norfolk UK – Norwich Arts Centre
24/04 Glasgow UK – Nice N Sleazy
26/04 Newcastle UK – The Cluny
28/04 Nantes France – La Scène Michelet
30/04 Madrid Spain – Wurlitzer Ballroom
01/05 Lisboa Portugal – ZDB
02/05 Porto Portugal – Maus Hábitos
03/05 Oviedo Spain – La Lata de Zinc
06/05 Barcelona Spain – Sala VOL
07/05 Talence France – Antirouille
08/05 Lyon France – Le Farmer
09/05 Zürich Switzerland – Rote Fabrik
10/05 Piacenza Italy – ChezArt
12/05 Vienna Austria – Grillx
13/05 Budapest Hungary – Három Holló
14/05 Prague Czech Republic – Klubovna
15/05 Wroclaw Poland – Into The Abyss
16/05 Gdansk Poland – Dizzy Grizzly
17/05 Berlin Germany – ZUKUNFT am Ostkreuz
19/05 Moscow Russia – Bumazhnaya Fabrika
20/05 St. Petersburg Russia – Serdce
21/05 Tallinn Estonia – Sveta Baar
23/05 Zottegem Belgium – Dunk! Festival
24/05 Waregem Belgium – W-Fest
* with Jessica Moss

“The heaviness of their music resists falling into stoner/sludge mode, but there is huge weight attached to them that, when it hits, is a flooring experience…A Gaze Among Them has the power to crush and caress in equal measures.” – 4* RECORD COLLECTOR

“Their fourth full length is as sparse and explorative as ever, but it’s rendered this time in accessible technicolour…A Gaze Among Them remains steadfastly bold…This newfound confidence suits vocalist/guitarist Robin Wattie, her voice sounding by turns otherworldly, and toweringly defiant, BIG| BRAVE have turned sonic minimalism into a kaleidoscopic experience that becomes increasingly compulsive with each listen.” – 8/10 METAL HAMMER

“a work of shattering weight and magnificence. The fight to be objective about Big|Brave is futile; this band will touch and disturb you like no other, in ways you never thought you could be. Forget classic of its genre: A Gaze Among Them is a classic of its time.” – 9/10 GHOST CULT

“Big | Brave sound utterly unique, like they’ve passed through a secret aperture into territory as yet unexplored by others” – 4.5/5 MUSIC OMH

“A Gaze Among Them is a precious album of truly beautiful aural elation which should be enough to lift the heaviest of hearts.” – 8/10, THE 405

Washington, DC metalcore pioneers DARKEST HOUR begin their co-headlining West Coast tour with Unearth today. The festivities commence tonight in Seattle, with shows in Portland, Orangevale, Los Angeles, San Diego, Scottsdale, Las Vegas, Grand Junction, and Denver through December 15th. 

A month later, DARKEST HOUR will kick off 2020 with a return to Europe for a sixteen-city special 25th anniversary tour, where they’ll be joined by special guests Fallujah, Bloodlet, Une Misere, and Lowest Creature. 

Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge), DARKEST HOUR‘s eleventh LP, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, continues to solidify the band’s legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw, complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a fierce album which shows the long-running band as lethal and ravenous as ever. Following its 217 release through Southern Lord, the band has continued to tour regularly throughout North America and Europe. 

Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is available on CD, black vinyl LP, picture disc LP, and all digital platforms via Southern Lord; find ordering options at the label’s webstore HERE, via Bandcamp HERE, and through all digital providers.

DARKEST HOUR West Coast US Tour w/ Unearth:
12/06/2019 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
12/07/2019 Dante’s – Portland, OR
12/09/2019 The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
12/10/2019 Club 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
12/11/2019 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
12/12/2019 Pubrock – Scottsdale, AZ
12/13/2019 601 Fremont – Las Vegas, NV
12/14/2019 Mesa Theater – Grand Junction, CO
12/15/2019 The Roxy Theatre – Denver, CO

25th Anniversary Tour w/ Fallujah, Bloodlet, Une Misere, Lowest Creature:
1/17/2020 Weiße Rose – Karlsruhe, DE
1/18/2020 Kavka – Antwerp, BE
1/19/2020 Petit Bain – Paris, FR
1/20/2020 Rebellion – Manchester, UK
1/21/2020 Underworld – London, UK
1/22/2020 Willem Twee – Den Bosch, NL
1/23/2020 Conne Island – Leipzig, DE
1/24/2020 Logo – Hamburg, DE
1/25/2020 Bi Nuu – Berlin, DE
1/26/2020 Hydrozagadka – Warsaw, PL
1/27/2020 Arena – Vienna, AU
1/28/2020 Futurum – Prague, CZ
1/29/2020 Dürer Kert – Budapest, HU
1/30/2020 Backstage – Munich, DE
1/31/2020 Kiff – Aarau, CH
2/01/2020 Matrix – Bochum, DE

“The quest that DARKEST HOUR, the DC melodeath warriors, have been on for more than two decades is one that is wholly about tearing faces off with precision, intent, and riffs. The band’s most recent album, last year’s great Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, showcased them knowing exactly what kind of music they wanted to make and how to make it.” – Noisey

“This album is full of death metal riffs, savage hardcore pummeling in drums, and melodic beauty, making for a terrific heavy record. Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a work that feels like the good ole days of outstanding hardcore that meets today’s brilliant technicality and soaring metal. This is unlike anything that DARKEST HOUR has presented before in their discography, and dare I say it: their best work. 9.5/10″ – Metal Injection

“As rich and ferocious as it is blessedly authentic…a freshly bloodthirsty DARKEST HOUR with a gritty edge and a fretwork at the forefront…With some of the band’s early spirit restored, some newly memorable songwriting skills, and superbly euphoric guitarwork, it would seem that DARKEST HOUR plus Kurt Ballou plus Kris Norris is as killer a formula as expected.” – Metal Hammer

“They’re firmly back on the horse here with a collection of acerbic aural hand grenades…the quintet set about ripping you limb from limb from the outset…A ripper.” – Rock Sound

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