In the wake of their acclaimed Nighttime Stories LP, released this month through Southern Lord, PELICAN this week embarks on their first tour in support of the album. Nighttime Stories debuted on the Billboard charts at #23 Independent Albums, #6 on Heatseekers #6, Read more…

CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER has announced new live performances throughout Europe this year. These upcoming shows will feature a full live lineup, featuring CASPAR BRÖTZMANN on guitar, Saskia von Klitzing (Fehlfarben) drums and Edu Delgado on bass, and the tour dates include CASPAR BRÖTZMANN Read more…

Japan’s FRIENDSHIP returns with their merciless new album, Undercurrent, set for vinyl release through Southern Lord on June 14th. Following its CD release through Daymare Recordings earlier in the year, preorders for the LP version have been posted and several tracks from the Read more…

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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 Read more…

Copenhagen, Denmark-based trio HALSHUG will release their third studio full-length, Drøm, through Southern Lord Recordings. Now confirmed for release on July 19th, the album’s cover art, track listing, preorders, and more have been issued, and a video for the lead single, “Fantasi,” has Read more…

Southern Lord announces the next CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER reissues in the ongoing series, continuing with Der Abend Der Schwarzen Folklore and Koksofen, now confirmed for release in July. Tracks from each of the two new reissues are now posted for streaming. The outfit Read more…

Texas crossover outfit POWER TRIP today kicks off a tour across the Midwest with support from their allies in Red Death, with shows in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Des Moines, and St Louis this week. The shows surround POWER TRIP‘s spot supporting The Read more…

SUNN O))) presents their first new album in four years, the Steve Albini-engineered Life Metal. Following the Record Store Day release of Life Metal last week, Southern Lord and the band have made the album available through their direct stores Read more…

Swedish crust punk/metal outfit MARTYRDÖD has issued an official video for “Helveteslarm,” the new single from the band’s impending seventh album, Hexhammaren, set for release in North America through Southern Lord on May 10th.

As with prior MARTYRDÖD works, the Read more…

SUNN O))) releases their first new album in four years, the Steve Albini-engineered Life Metal, through Southern Lord as part of Record Store Day tomorrow, Saturday, April 13th. This special release of the album sees Life Metal as one of Read more…

SUNN O))) has revealed a US listening session in addition to their events in London and Paris in the lead-up to the release of Life Metal, set for release April 26th through Southern Lord.

Confirmed for April 13th, the Brooklyn-based Read more…

“BIG|BRAVE are big and oceanic, their music flowing and crashing like waves…Robin Wattie’s clear, piercing vocals, which occupy an emotional zone right at the point between ecstasy and abject despair.” – Pitchfork

“BIG|BRAVE have somehow made a ruthlessly loud Read more…