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CIRCLE To Release New Studio Album, Terminal, Via Southern Lord June 23rd; “Kill City” Now Playing

Posted on: May 11, 2017

CIRCLE is the very definition of genre-defying; a rare feat for any band, but effortlessly achieved by this prolific Finnish collective. CIRCLE’s latest album Terminal, confirmed for release June 23rd through Southern Lord, is pure hedonistic pleasure.

Never content on staying the same, CIRCLE has created an idiosyncratic cocktail of sonic fusions, conjuring an impulsive, dizzying energy that stirs a spirit of curiosity within the listener, and possesses all who encounter the band. Whilst many would run out of creative steam after more than thirty albums, CIRCLE continue to boldly explore sonic soundscapes, venturing curiously into terrains of Stooges-esque swagger, trance-inducing kraut rock mantras, beautiful electronic ambience, psychedelic rock noodling, arena storming AOR weirdness, ’70s prog rock extravagance, glam pop pomp, and of course their core sound, heavy metal, not to mention other peculiar and daring sounds that simply cannot be pigeonholed.

The Terminal track “Kill City” has been posted; stream it now at THIS LOCATION.

CIRCLE’s Terminal is gloriously fruitful in tones, shapes, colors, and sounds. Eccentric, accessible, delightful and thrilling. Southern Lord will issue Terminal on June 23rd; preorders are live at the Southern Lord store and Southern Lord Europe, as well as at Bandcamp.

Terminal Track Listing:
1. Rakkautta Al Dente
2. Terminal
3. Saxo
4. Imperiumi
5. Kill City
6. Sick Child

Review copies of Terminal will be issued in the coming days. For all coverage/interviews of CIRCLE in North and South America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and in Europe and beyond contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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CRYPT ROT: No Clean Singing Streaming Embryonic Devils By Death Cult Founded By Former Homewrecker Members + LP Out Friday Via Southern Lord

Posted on: April 25, 2017

As Southern Lord prepares to release the Embryonic Devils debut LP by Ohio black/death metal sect CRYPT ROT this Friday, the entire album has been unleashed upon the public through an early stream at No Clean Singing.

Formed in 2016 by a crew of scene veterans including several current/former members of Homewrecker, CRYPT ROT enlisted Bill Korecky at the Mars Compound (Integrity, Ringworm, Homewrecker) for the recording of Embryonic Devils, the resulting anthems delivering a crushing a high-gain sound that will grab listeners with its ferocity.

No Clean Singing offers in part of CRYPT ROT‘s auditory horror, “Because I’m a slobbering, slavish fan of old school Swedish death metal, Embryonic Devils lit me up like a gasoline-soaked torch. The riffs have that massive, corrosive, toxic sound that one associates with the style, and with the aid of a skull-cracking rhythm section, they’re used to hurl the listener into a war zone, mixing barrages of automatic weapons fire and crushing tank attacks – and occasionally devolving into a doomed stagger… in a nutshell, Embryonic Devils will brutalize you, energize you, and fill you with skin-crawling dread.”

Unleash CRYPT ROT’s intense Embryonic Devils only at No Clean Singing RIGHT HERE.

Embryonic Devils shall be released via Southern Lord on LP and digital formats this Friday, April 28th; preorders are available HERE.

CRYPT ROT has just filmed a video for the track “Pit Of Morbidity” which will see release in the weeks ahead. The band also recorded three new songs, which will later appear on a split release with Scorched. The band plays a local record release show for Embryonic Devils this Friday, and will then hit the road with Southern Lord labelmates Like Rats for a short tour through through Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Columbus. Stand by for further updates and tour dates to be announced.

CRYPT ROT Tour Dates:
4/28/2017 house show – Ashtabula, OH w/ Homewrecker, Little Less Least, Anthems Of Apathy
5/17/2017 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ Like Rats
5/18/2017 Lucky 13 Saloon – Brooklyn, NY w/ Like Rats
5/19/2017 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA w/ Like Rats
5/20/2017 Dreamland – Buffalo, NY w/ Like Rats
5/21/2017 Ruby Tuesday – Columbus, OH w/ Like Rats
5/22/2017 Subt (downstairs) – Chicago, IL w/ Like Rats

ZAKK SABBATH: Black Sabbath Cover Band Led By Guitarist/Vocalist Zakk Wylde To Release Limited Live In Detroit LP Via Southern Lord

Posted on: April 24, 2017

ZAKK SABBATH, the Black Sabbath all-star cover band featuring guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), bassist Blasko (Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie), and drummer Joey Castillo (Danzig, Queens Of The Stone Age, Bl’ast!) will release the limited edition Live In Detroit LP via Southern Lord Recordings on June 16th.

Preorders for Live In Detroit are available starting TODAY via Southern Lord at THIS LOCATION.

The three tracks comprising Live In Detroit were captured at the band’s thundering performance at The Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan on October 28th, 2016. Southern Lord will release Live In Detroit as a one time, vinyl-only pressing in multiple color variants. Additionally, the band will have the Live In Detroit LP available for purchase throughout their upcoming tour (see dates below).

Check out the music video for “War Pigs,” directed by Justin Reich, HERE.

Live In Detroit Track Listing:

Side A

War Pigs (13:25)

Side B

Supernaut (4:57)
Fairies Wear Boots (7:33)

ZAKK SABBATH will embark upon their first ever US headlining tour next month, paying tribute to heavy metal’s most important band of all time. The month-long trek will commence on May 18th and run through June 17th with included stops at this year’s Rock On The Range and Rocklahoma. See all confirmed dates below.

ZAKK SABBATH:
5/18/2017 The Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
5/19/2017 The Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY SOLD OUT
5/20/2017 BB&T Pavilion @ WMMR BBQ – Camden, NJ
5/21/2017 MAPFRE Stadium @ Rock On The Range – Columbus, OH
5/23/2017 The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
5/25/2017 Warehouse Live Studio – Houston, TX
5/26/2017 Gas Monkey Live – Dallas, TX w/ The Sword
5/27/2017 Catch The Fever Festival Grounds @ Rocklahoma – Pryor, OK
5/28/2017 Fubar – St. Louis, MO
5/30/2017 Exit/In – Nashville, TN SOLD OUT
5/31/2017 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
6/02/2017 Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL SOLD OUT
6/03/2017 KQRC’s Rockfest – Kansas City, MO
6/04/2017 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
6/06/2017 The Pin – Spokane, WA
6/07/2017 The Crocodile – Seattle, WA SOLD OUT
6/08/2017 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR SOLD OUT
6/09/2017 Riverview Ranch @ 40th Annual Redwood Run – Piercy, CA
6/10/2017 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
6/17/2017 El Rey – Los Angeles, CA

WOLFBRIGADE Issues “Return From None” Through Cvlt Nation; Run With The Hunted LP Out Next Week Through Southern Lord

Posted on: April 24, 2017

Stockholm-based WOLFBRIGADE has issued the pulverizing new “Return To None”, the single pulled from the band’s impending ninth LP, Run With The Hunted, which is set for release through Southern Lord next Friday, April 28th. Recorded in both Studio Fredman in Gothenburg (At the Gates, In Flames, Martyrdöd), by Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd, and in Sunlight Studio (Dismember, Entombed, Grave) in Stockholm, by Tomas Skogsberg, WOLFBRIGADE’s Run With The Hunted surges with ten brutalizing new tracks which elevate both the harsh intensity and the melodic attributes of the band’s patented, penetrating, d-beat-ridden hardcore crust punk to new extremes of infectious viciousness. A concentrated sense of urgency lines the entire record, while a fragmented sense of dystopia fuels the scathing vocal wrath.

Unleash WOLFBRIGADE’s “Return To None” at Cvlt Nation RIGHT HERE.

Also Hear WOLFBRIGADE’s “Warsaw Speedwolf” at YouTube HERE and via Southern Lord’s ACLU comp also including Power Trip, Darkest Hour, Okkultokrati, Sleep, Black Breath, Crypt Rot, and more HERE.

Southern Lord will release Run With The Hunted on LP, CD, and digital formats on April 28th; physical preorders are available at THIS LOCATION, and digital via iTunes HERE.

Formed in 1995, initially as Wolfpack, after five years the band ventured into the new millennium as WOLFBRIGADE. Having released an impressive load of LPs and smaller releases through both entities, and has toured widely across Europe, the US, and more over the years, making the band one of the most premier acts of the genre. Their damning music surges with outcries against human socio-political injustices, screaming for transformation and freedom through their brutalizing brew of Lycanthro Punk.

WOLFBRIGADE Tour Dates:
4/22/2017 Superbowl Of Hardcore – Rennes, FR
6/10/2017 SMSF Fest – Beja, PO
7/02/2017 Kraken – Stockholm, SE
7/06-08/2017 Obscene Extreme – Trutnov Battlefield, CZ
7/06-08/2017 DIY Fest – Gdynia, PL
8/04-06/2017 Wacken Open Air – Wacken, DE
8/04-06/2017 Het Bos – Antwerp, BE

POWER TRIP Premieres Video For “Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe)” At Noisey; West Coast Tour Underway + European Tour Looms

Posted on: April 24, 2017

Texas’ POWER TRIP has released their official video for “Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe)” through an exclusive premiere at Noisey. The band continues to tour the planet in support of their Nightmare Logic LP, as they are currently torching the West Coast of North America and will head to Europe in the coming weeks. POWER TRIP’s new video for their hit single “Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe)” takes us front and center, into the eye of what is guaranteed to be a perfect storm time and time again. The footage, captured at a spirited hometown show in Dallas, Texas melts with clips of political propaganda which encompass vocalist Riley Gale’s lyrics that hone in on the devaluation of human life by those who’ve gained power through money and politics. The video was directed by Andy Capper (Vice, Noisey) with director of photography Joel Pront, and editor Andrew Betsch.

See POWER TRIP’s “Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe)” video at Noisey RIGHT HERE.

Nightmare Logic is out now on Southern Lord; stream the record at Youtube HERE, Spotify HERE, and iTunes HERE and find ordering options at THIS LOCATION.

After a wild, sold out East Coast/Midwest tour, POWER TRIP is currently taking over West Coast this month with Destruction Unit. Highlights include Los Angeles, Portland, Denver, Vancouver, and more just before they head to Europe with Napalm Death and Brujeria. Check below for a full list of dates.

POWER TRIP hit hard last month with their most powerful effort yet; Nightmare Logic. Released to high critical acclaim and anticipation, their sophomore release does not disappoint. With hooks and tightness rivaling greats like Metallica, Pantera, or Pentagram, POWER TRIP punishes fans not only sonically but with pure songwriting skill. Nightmare Logic proves to be one of the year’s smartest and most crucial releases to spawn from the metal and punk scenes.

“You don’t need to be a metalhead to have a blast with Nightmare Logic… POWER TRIP‘s fist-pumping choruses, ricocheting grooves, and ample charm are so animated that they leave us with something addictive and, well, fun.” – Pitchfork / Best New Music

“…possesses a certain monolithic quality Lemmy would admire: a massive rawness and a sludgy, heavy hopelessness that thrashes with punk immediacy and metal intricacy…it’s a track preparing for war.” – NPR

“…one of the most highly anticipated records in aggressive music in recent memory…” – The New Yorker

POWER TRIP:
3/28/2017 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO w/ Destruction Unit, Call Of The Void, Primal Rite
3/29/2017 Beehive Social Club – Salt Lake City, UT w/ Destruction Unit, Primal Rite
3/30/2017 WavePOP House – Boise, ID w/ Destruction Unit, Primal Rite
3/31/2017 Real Art Tacoma-The Deal – Tacoma, WA w/ Destruction Unit, Primal Rite. Gag
4/01/2017 Astoria – Vancouver, BC w/ Destruction Unit, Primal Rite, Gag
4/02/2017 Analog Theater – Portland, OR w/ Destruction Unit, Gag
4/04/2017 Arlene Francis Center – Santa Rosa, CA w/ Destruction Unit, Mizery
4/05/2017 Thee Stylehouse – Stockton, CA w/ Mizery
4/06/2017 The New Parish – Oakland, CA w/ Destruction Unit, Primal Rite, Mizery
4/07/2017 The Ritz – San Jose, CA w/ Destruction Unit, Mizery,
4/08/2017 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA w/ Destruction Unit, Mizery
4/09/2017 Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA w/ Destruction Unit, Mizery
4/10/2017 The Casbah – San Diego, CA w/ Destruction Unit, Mizery
4/11/2017 Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AS w/ Destruction Unit, Mizery, Gatecreeper
4/12/2017 Club Congress – Tucson, AZ w/ Destruction Unit, Mizery, Gatecreeper
4/25/2017 Amager Bio – Copenhagen, DK w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
4/26/2017 Pustervik – Gothenburg, SE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
4/27/2017 Kraken STHLM – Stockholm, SE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
4/28/2017 Roxy – Flensburg, DE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
4/29/2017 Flensburg – Magdeburg, DE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
4/30/2017 Patronaat – Haarlem, NL w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/01/2017 Underground – Koln, DE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/02/2017 SO36 – Berlin, DE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/04/2017 Kwadrat Club – Krakow, PL w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/05/2017 Klub Fléda – Brno, CZ w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/07/2017 Garage – Saarbrücken, DE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/09/2017 O2 Institute – Birmingham, UK w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/10/2017 Classic Grand – Glasgow, UK w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/11/2017 Rebellion – Manchester, UK w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/12/2017 The Electric Ballroom – London, UK w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/13/2017 Le Glazart – Paris, FR w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/14/2017 Zappa – Antwerpen, BE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/16/2017 Espace André Malraux – Six Fours Les Plages, FR w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/17/2017 L’Usine – Geneva, CH w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/18/207 Zona Roveri – Bologna, IT w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/19/2017 NCO Club – Karlsruhe, DE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/20/2017 Backstage – München, DE w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria
5/21/2017 Effenaar – Eindhoven, NL w/ Napalm Death, Brujeria

OKKULTOKRATI Euro/UK Spring Tour Commences; New Music Video For “Ocular Violence” Revealed

Posted on: April 23, 2017

Norwegian mavericks OKKULTOKRATI have kicked off their Spring EU/UK tour in support of their inventive and addictive new album Raspberry Dawn, released in September through Southern Lord. In tandem with the tour kickoff, the band unveils a new video for the track “Ocular Violence.”

While paying homage to their native region’s 1990s black metal heritage, the cinematic synth/goth rock of the prior decade, and the raging early punk movement ahead of that, OKKULTOKRATI still manages to create sincerely original and infectious music through every bar of Raspberry Dawn, resulting in a starkly raw and original sounding album.

View the new video for the track “Ocular Violence,” directed by Hans Hansen, RIGHT HERE.

See OKKULTOKRATI’s previously-released videos for “Magic People” HERE, “Raspberry Dawn” HERE, and “Hidden Future” HERE, and stream all of Raspberry Dawn at Bandcamp HERE.

Raspberry Dawn is available on CD, LP, and digital platforms via the Southern Lord store.

OKKULTOKRATI EU/UK Spring Tour 2017:
3/29/2017 Spazio Ligera – Milano, IT
3/30/2017 Trokson – Lyon, FR
3/31/2017 Hipster Cafe – Rouen, FR
4/01/2017 301 Live Club – Lille, FR
4/02/2017 The Flapper – Birmingham, UK
4/03/2017 Our Black Heart – London, UK
4/05/2017 Nice ‘N’ Sleazy – Glasgow, UK
4/06/2017 The Cluny – Newcastle, UK
4/07/2017 Motel Mozaique Festival – Rotterdam, NL
4/08/2017 Merleyn – Nijmegen, NL
4/09/2017 The Pit’s – Kortijk, BE
4/10/2017 Magasin 4 – Bruxelles, BE

“A genuine album of the year contender…OKKULTOKRATI have blown all notions of what Scando-punk is clear across the Barents Sea… Stunning.” – Metal Hammer

“Commendably individual, and coated in a dirty film of fuzz.” – Terrorizer

“…nostalgia for those who went through a powerful goth phase in high school, while offering a vision into an alternate timeline when the ‘80s never ended, only got weirder. It must be heard to be believed…” – Invisible Oranges

“Norway’s OKKULTOKRATI takes the age-old black metal imprint of snarling Venom-style vocals and general nihilism, and updates the proceedings with fresh approaches that employ punk, hardcore, death metal, goth and much more… Imagine Motörhead at their beer-raising fun best, but with synths, occasional piano, and more, then you may have the idea.” – Clrvynt

“Like Venom meeting Warfare…Equally rocking and experimental – a rather brilliant balance to strike.” – Zero Tolerance

SUNN O))): Northeastern USA/Southeast Canada Tour Begins Sunday, Followed By Performance At Convergence Festival In London

Posted on: March 10, 2017

SUNN O))) bring their immense music back to the Northeast USA and Southeastern end Canada with a week of shows, beginning this Sunday, March 12th in Washington, DC followed by shows in Pittsburgh, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia through March 18th. Support on all shows will be provided by Southern Lord labelmates, Montreal-based/Southern Lord-signed Big|Brave, who have been seen opening for SUNN O))) on last year’s tours of the Southwest, Southeast and Midwest states and Europe.

Directly on the heels of the North American run, SUNN O))) will make a special appearance at London’s massive performing arts venue, Barbican Centre, as part of this year’s Convergence Festival on March 21st. Support for the performance will come from Icelandic singer and cellist, Hildur Guðnadóttir, who has played and recorded with bands such as Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, and Múm. Guðnadóttir also wrote the arrangements for the Wildbirds & Peacedrums session as part of the Barbican’s Nils Frahm curated Possibly Colliding marathon weekend in July.

SUNN O))) Tour Dates:

3/12/2017 930 Club – Washington, DC w/ Big | Brave
3/13/2017 The Rex – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Big | Brave
3/14/2017 Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Toronto, ON w/ Big | Brave
3/15/2017 La Sat – Montreal, QC w/ Big | Brave
3/16/2017 The Coolidge – Boston, MA w/ Big | Brave
3/17/2017 Knockdown Center – Brooklyn, NY w/ Big | Brave
3/18/2017 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA w/ Big | Brave
3/21/2017 Barbican – London, UK @ Convergence Festival w/ Hildur Guðnadóttir

CRYPT ROT To Release Embryonic Devils Through Southern Lord On April 28th

Posted on: March 6, 2017

Still in their embryonic stages, CRYPT ROT was conceived in Ashtabula, Ohio in 2016, however members of the group have been cutting their teeth in various other bands for some time. CRYPT ROT was formed by lead vocalist/guitarist Ryan Sposito (former frontman of Homewrecker), drummer/vocalist Matt Izzi (Homewrecker, Scorched), guitarist Joe Dedomenic, bassist Steve Cray (formerly of Homewrecker) and since replaced by Aaron Schwarz, with additional vocals from Allie Dioneff.

CRYPT ROT summons an ominous atmosphere on their debut, as they segue between pummeling blackened death metal fury, packed with caustic vocals, drop-tuned aggression, relentless riffs, spine-tingling harmonies, and creepy sounds from the darkest catacombs. Lyrically they probe matters of life, death, politics, (anti) religion, suffering, and mental health, and take influence from the masters including; Carnage, Dismember, Death, Cannibal Corpse, Repugnant, Deicide, and Dissection.

For the recording sessions of Embryonic Devils, the band enlisted Bill Korecky at the Mars Compound (Integrity, Ringworm, Homewrecker); the collaboration resulted in five brand new death anthems, refined with a high-gain sound that will grab listeners with its ferocity.

Sample the tumultuous filth of “Chapters Of Torment” RIGHT HERE.

Embryonic Devils shall be released via Southern Lord in LP and digital formats on 28th April, preorder information shall be released soon. The band recently entered the studio again resulting in three new songs, which will later appear on a split release with Scorched.

This is just the beginning, let the Rot Begin. Welcome to the Crypt.

Embryonic Devils Track List:

1. Segue 1
2. Chapters Of Torment
3. Segue 2
4. Scaphist Waste
5. Segue 3
6. Coffin Birth…Post Mortal Fetal Extrusion
7. Segue 4
8. Pit Of Morbidity
9. Segue 5
10. Internal Organ Feast

WOLFBRIGADE: Swedish Lycanthro Punk Icons To Release Ninth Album, Run With The Hunted, Via Southern Lord in April

Posted on: February 28, 2017

Formed in 1995, initially as Wolfpack, after five years the band ventured into the new millennium as WOLFBRIGADE. Having released an impressive load of LPs and smaller releases through both entities, and has toured widely across Europe, the US, and more over the years, making the band one of the most premier acts of the genre. Their damning music surges with outcries against human socio-political injustices, yearning for transformation and freedom.

WOLFBRIGADE‘s Run With The Hunted surges with ten brutalizing new tracks which elevate both the harsh intensity and the melodic attributes of the band’s patented, penetrating, d-beat-ridden hardcore crust punk to new extremes of infectious viciousness. A concentrated sense of urgency lines the entire record, while a fragmented sense of dystopia fuels the scathing vocal wrath. Run With The Hunted was recorded in both Studio Fredman in Gothenburg (At the Gates, In Flames, Martyrdöd), by Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd, and in Sunlight Studio (Dismember, Entombed, Grave) in Stockholm, by Tomas Skogsberg.

Declares WOLFBRIGADE of the new album, “We looked to explore our rawness, writing straight-up, in-your-face, primitive songs. On this record, we decided to push the melodic strains even further, but without losing either intensity or brutality. Lyrically we have been inspired by both classic and obscure dystopian literature, finding suitably horrible metaphors for the decline of western society. The search for freedom continues, but this time the path is pointed inwards, into ourselves.”

Southern Lord will release Run With The Hunted on LP, CD, and digital formats on April 28th, issuing the artwork, and track listing. Stand by for audio previews and more on the album as it approaches release.

WOLFBRIGADE will tour in support of the new album, with a solid list of festival performances across Europe confirmed for the Spring and Summer months, including Huset Harcdore Fest, Superbowl Of Hardcore, SMSF Fest, Obscene Extreme, DIY Fest, Wacken Open Air, and more, with additional tour dates to be announced in the weeks ahead.

Run With The Hunted Track Listing:

1. Nomad Pack
2. Warsaw Speedwolf
3. Lucid Monomania
4. No Reward
5. Kallocain
6. Return To None
7. War On Rules
8. Feral Blood
9. Under The Bell
10. Dead Cold

WOLFBRIGADE Tour Dates:

3/11/2017 Huset Hardcore Fest – Copenhagen, DK
4/22/2017 Superbowl Of Hardcore – Rennes, FR
6/10/2017 SMSF Fest – Beja, PO
7/02/2017 Kraken – Stockholm, SE
7/06-08/2017 Obscene Extreme – Trutnov Battlefield, CZ
7/06-08/2017 DIY Fest – Gdynia, PL
8/04-06/2017 Wacken Open Air – Wacken, DE
8/04-06/2017 Het Bos – Antwerp, BE

SECT: Hardcore Outfit Featuring Members Of Cursed, Burning Love, Earth Crisis, Catharsis, And More Signs To Southern Lord; Band To Record Second LP With Kurt Ballou

Posted on: February 15, 2017

With two countries and four hometowns between them, SECT was born when two project ideas between tour mates merged into the same experiment, finally taking shape in 2015 and culminating in recording sessions in Raleigh, North Carolina in early 2016. The band is comprised of five veterans of ‘90s hardcore who cut their teeth in that formative moment of political, cynical, antagonistic extremes, uniting 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, Fall Out Boy, The Damned Things).

Offers Colohan of signing with Southern Lord, “My rule of thumb with labels these days is to work with one that I own at least five LPs from. Smart music business opportunities don’t mean shit without a true respect for each others’ tastes, aesthetic and passions. Between their classic doom alumni (Earth, Sunn, Boris, Sleep), their reverent reissues of cult thrash bands like Nihilist and classic hardcore like Poison Idea or Bl’ast, and the equal love they put into modern bands with the spirit of all of the above (like Power Trip or Nails), a label doesn’t get much closer to that ideal for me than Southern Lord. It was an absolute pleasure working with Greg and the SL family with Burning Love and I’m beyond excited to have SECT join their ranks.”

Southern Lord owner Greg Anderson offers, “As soon as I heard about Chris Colohan being in a new band I immediately was excited and preordered their LP. I was not disappointed. SECT are harsh, unforgiving, and brutal in all the most effective ways. We’re extremely honored to be chosen to work with them. We will proudly be their ally in this battle.”

Following their enthusiastically-received, self-released, self-titled LP in 2016, which passionately infused the brutalizing and infectious elements of each of the artist’s respective sounds, SECT will enter GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts with Kurt Ballou (Converge) this Summer to record their follow-up LP, and Southern Lord debut.

SECT gets right down to the blast beats and breakdowns that fight it out in their chaotic jams. They cut the shit and go for the throat with no time to waste “because the Orwellian police states and irreparable social and ecological disasters we once saw off on the horizon are now on our front doorsteps, in full swing. And in just such a volatile, precarious moment as this for civilization, there is more reason than ever to keep lashing out at a world more suicidally bent on its own destruction and the exploitation of people, species and the ecosystem itself, than perhaps ever before in history.” For SECT, this is the purpose of hardcore as they know it, conveying an urgency that transcends age, credentials or scene politics, to convert desperation into real talk and action.

SECT has several Northeast US tour dates confirmed for early next month, with a run through Baltimore, Wallingford, and Brooklyn, March 10th, 11th, and 12th, respectively.

Stand by for steady influx of updates on SECT throughout the coming months.

SECT Live:

3/10/2017 Sidebar – Baltimore, MD w/ WarxGames, Iron Price, Heaven’s Die [info]
3/11/2017 Wamleg – Wallingford, CT [info]
3/12/2017 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY