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SAMOTHRACE – Forced To Withdraw From East Coast Tour

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 31, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Seattle Doom quartet SAMOTHRACE have just issued a statement on their unfortunate but necessary withdrawal from the pending East Coast tour with Pallbearer and Royal Thunder, set to embark in just one week:

“Samothrace is very sorry to announce that we will have to cancel our part on the upcoming tour with Pallbearer and Royal Thunder due to an immediate illness in the family of a band member. The most important thing right now is family. We are stoked to have had the opportunity to do the tour and will be planning to make our way out east in the near future. We appreciate the understanding.”

SAMOTHRACE just wrapped up a five-city West Coast tour last week in support of their acclaimed sophomore LP Reverence To Stone, released via 20 Buck Spin at the end of July. The album was recorded at Soundhouse Studios in Seattle with producer Brandon Fitzsimmons (ex-Wormwood) and mastered at Earhammer by Greg Wilkinson (Brainoil, Graves At Sea).

Reverence To Stone is still streaming in its entirety via PITCHFORK:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13910-samothrace-reverence-to-stone/

“…Samothrace position themselves on a weird axis between Sabbathian doom worship and psychedelic freak out sludge (á la Cough or Rwake), along with an Isis-esque rhythmic complexity and molten tempo. 8/10” – Decibel 

“…the  second full-length from Seattle quartet Samothrace for 20 Buck Spin comprises only two tracks, but they’re diverse and dynamic enough to prove that the breadth of doom is wider than a stylistic rut.” – Pitchfork

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SAMOTHRACE, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samothrace/67987779185

http://www.myspace.com/samothraceproject

LONG LIVE SAMOTHRACE.

Stone.

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SORROWS PATH “Empty Eyes and Blackened Hearts” (Official Video) – Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal videos, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 11, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

SORROWS PATH – The Rough Path Of Nihilism, is the debut album from Doom Metal juggernaut Sorrows Path; which was released back in late 2011 via Rock It Up Records. Sorrows Path originates from Athens, Greece and are currently in the studio (Fragile Studios) recording their sophomore album.

The Rough Path Of Nihilism has received worldwide critical praise. The track Empty Eyes and Blackened Hearts shall give you every reason as to why the Metal praise keeps pouring in for Sorrows Path and their Doom debut. Melodic and billowing with a Classic Metal atmosphere; the end result from Empty Eyes and Blackened Hearts is a totally contagious vibe, feel, sound and aura of Doom from Sorrows Path.

Doom Metal this grand needs to be heard. Doom Metal this grand needs to be recommended to my Metal brethren. A Doom Metal song and video this grand needs to be declared: Stone’s METAL pick of the day!  Metal be thy name.

SORROWS PATH:

Stavros Giannakos – bass

Angelos Ioannidis – vocals

Fotis Mountouris – drums

Kostas Salomidis – guitar

Giannis Tziligkakis – guitar

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* For more info on SORROWS PATH, click on the links below!

http://www.sorrowspath.net

http://www.myspace.com/sorrowspathmusic

LONG LIVE SORROWS PATH.

“DOOM RULES ETERNALLY…” – SORROWS PATH

Stone.

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XIBALBA – New LP Streaming At Brooklyn Vegan; Tour Begins This Week

Posted in doom metal, hardcore, hardcore metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

As Hasta La Muerte, the second LP from Southern Cali breakdown warriors XIBABLA, nears release, the North American street date now just one week away. In anticipation of the album’s disbursement, and as the unit prepare to embark on tour in support of the mammoth LP later this week, today Brooklyn Vegan is streaming all of Hasta La Muerte. Test the durability of your office furniture by busting out a wicked statgedive in the workplace to the record’s eleven devastating tales.

Taking their down-tuned assault to iniquitous new dimensions, XIBALBA’s breakdowns hit with the force of tsunamis and their riffs like mires of quicksand on Hasta La Muerte, the band’s intense style infusing some of the most Doom-ridden tones one will experience within the Hardcore genre with unstoppable force. Recorded by Taylor Young (of labelmates Nails), and sought out renowned Death Metal artist Dan Seagrave (Dismember, Entombed, Morbid Angel, Suffocation, etc.) to craft the foreboding cover art.

Hasta La Muerte will hit the streets via Southern Lord Records on August 14th in North America, just four days into their month-long North American tour with Alpha & Omega as well as labelmates Power Trip for most of the trek. The action begins at The Power Of The Riff West in Los Angeles this Saturday, August 11th and includes another performance at the first installment of The Power Of The Riff East in Brooklyn on September 1st.

Check out full live sets and more XIBALBA mayhem AT THIS LOCATION.

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XIBALBA North American Tour w/ Alpha & Omega, Power Trip:

8/11/2012 Echo/Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA @ The Power Of The Riff West [info]

8/12/2012 The Branch Street House – Sacramento, CA

8/13/2012 Pop Culture – Vancouver, WA

8/14/2012 West Seattle Legion Hall – Seattle, WA

8/15/2012 The Astoria – Vancouver, BC

8/16/2012 New Black Art Center – Calgary, AB

8/17/2012 Oliver Hall – Edmonton, AB

8/18/2012 *house show – Lethbridge, AB

8/19/2012 Louis’ – Saskatoon, SK

8/20/2012 The Frame Gallery – Winnipeg, MB

8/21/2012 The New Direction – Fargo, ND

8/22/2012 The Beat – Minneapolis, MN

8/23/2012 TBA – Chicago, IL

8/24/2012 The Launch Board Shop – Ann Arbor, MI

8/25/2012 The Devils Cellar – Toronto, ON

8/26/2012 CCSG – Gatineau, QC

8/27/2012 Katacombs – Montreal, QC

8/28/2012 Cafe L’Agitee – Quebec City, QC

8/29/2012 The Kave – Bucksport, ME

8/30/2012 Anchors Up – Haverhill, MA

8/31/2012 State Street Church Gym – Schenectady, NY

9/01/2012 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY @ The Power Of The Riff East [info]

9/03/2012 TBA – Richmond, VA

9/04/2012 Carabar – Columbus, OH [*no Power Trip]

9/05/2012 The Hatch – Evansville, IN [*no Power Trip]

9/06/2012 Outland Ballroom – Springfield, MO [*no Power Trip]

9/07/2012 The Warehouse – Oklahoma City, OK [*no Power Trip]

9/08/2012 The Pinebox – Midland, TX [*no Power Trip]

9/09/2012 The Pound – Tucson, AZ [*no Power Trip]

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on XIBALBA, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/placeoffear

http://www.southernlord.com

LONG LIVE XIBALBA.

Stone.

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COVEN 13 – To Perform At Hammer Of Doom Festival 2012

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, metal music, Music, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Legendary U.S. Doom act COVEN (also known as COVEN 13) has been confirmed to appear at Germany’s Hammer of Doom Festival on November 10, 2012 at Posthalle in Würzburg. The festival begins on November 9th for Epic Night at which ROSS THE BOSS will headline. COVEN will join PENTAGRAM, THE SKULL, SOLSTICE and others in performing the next day, appropriately called Doomsday!

Visit Hammer Of Doom Festival for more information on the fest.

Shadow Kingdom Records reissued COVEN’s legendary 1987 album Worship New Gods on July 31st of this year. This reissue marks the first official release of Worship New Gods on CD and is available at www.shadowkingdomrecords.com.

“It’s impossible to make albums that sound like this anymore, and for that we’re thankful that Shadow Kingdom are bringing back bands that sound live Coven.” – Decibel

“Coven’s Worship New Gods reveals the best of the underbelly of American underground heavy metal from the Eighties. Easily recommended.” – Dangerdog

“Its antiquity will only serve in its favor, as it conjures forth a genuine nostalgia for the 80s efforts of bands like Cirith Ungol, Pentagram, Manilla Road and St. Vitus. Sword and sorcery spent in harmonious, atmospheric flesh with plenty of variation to keep the listener hooked as if he/she were smoking a bone while deeply immersed in a Fritz Leiber or Michael Moorcock story.” – From the Dust Returned

“There’s really no reason to not take the time out and hear this underground gem you probably never even knew existed.” – Apoch’s Metal Review

“Worship New Gods” is an enjoyable album of contrasts, melodic soft interludes between occult like slabs of heaviness, but at all times fresh (For the time) and interesting. Happy 25th birthday!” – Destructive Music

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on COVEN 13, click on the links below!

www.coventhirteen.com

www.shadowkingdomrecords.com

LONG LIVE COVEN 13.

LONG LIVE HAMMER OF DOOM FESTIVAL.

Stone.

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ORCHID – Signs With Nuclear Blast

Posted in doom metal, doom rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on July 29, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Nuclear Blast is extremely proud to announce the worldwide signing of San Francisco based doom rockers ORCHID!

Commented the band: “After many months of talking to different labels about our future, we’re very excited to announce that we’ve decided to join forces with Nuclear Blast. We’ve been working on new material on and off for the last year and we’re feeling really good about the new songs. It seems like they’re a continuation in the same tradition of the material on our first full length, Capricorn, but also, show some new sides of our music that should surprise everyone and show that ORCHID isn’t a band that just wants to keep making the same album over and over. We’re really excited for everyone to hear it!”

Commented Nuclear Blast head of A&R, Andy Siry: “Ever since we first heard of ORCHID and witnessed their perfect way of bringing back the glorious days of Rock Music, we knew we had to work with this amazing band. After meeting them on their most recent European tour we literally were blown away by their stunningly intense performance! So here we are, proud as f*ck, welcoming one of the most hopefully and authentic bands to the Nuclear Blast family. Every single one at the label loves ORCHID and so will you! CHECK THEM OUT!”

Since their inception back in 2006, the band featuring well-known tattoo artist Theo Mindell (http://www.spidermurphys.com ) on vocals has achieved massive global awareness with their stunning debut releases Through The Devil’s Doorway (EP, 2009) and Capricorn (Full-length, 2011).

The video clip for the title track of the album, a nice video interview with the band by Rock Hard Germanys very own Goetz Kuehnemund as well as some more ORCHID tunes can be streamed at the bands Facebook profile through the “Listen”/”Videos” buttons: http://www.facebook.com/orchidsf

More info on a first release via Nuclear Blast will be announced soon. Keep your eyes and ears open!

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ORCHID:

Theo Mindell – Vocals

Carter Kennedy – Drums

Mark Thomas Baker – Guitar

Keith Nickel – Bass

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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)

* For more info on ORCHID, click on the links below!

http://www.ORCHIDSF.com

http://www.facebook.com/ORCHIDSF

http://www.YouTube.com/ORCHIDSF

LONG LIVE ORCHID.

Stone.

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SKELETAL SPECTRE – Doom-Death Befoulers Join Pulverised Records; Preview Track Available

Posted in Death Metal, doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on July 25, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Pulverised Records are pleased to welcome American/Swedish Doom-Death befoulers SKELETAL SPECTRE to their ever-expanding roster of repugnance!

Fronted by Vanessa Nocera (Wooden Stake, Scaremaker, etc.), SKELETAL SPECTRE are a ghastly hybrid of demonacy influenced by the spirits of the undead and midnight graveyard sacrifices. The band released two full-length offerings under the Razorback Records banner and are set to unleash their third studio endeavor, Voodoo Dawn — a malicious riffscape of sonic extremity — upon unsuspecting ears later this year.

Comments Nocera of the signing: “We are proud and honored to be on Pulverised Records’ roster! Definitely a label that I find to be one of the coolest around! We put a great deal of hard work into this album so that it would stand out from anything we’ve ever done. I think it is a testament to the band’s future, and we are looking to play live, especially in Europe so watch out. We’re coming!

Adds Pulverised Records A&R Manager Calvin Chiang: “The moment we heard the beginning riff off the first track from Voodoo Dawn, it completely blew us away and somehow we already knew something filthy was brewing from within. There’s a perfect balance of those trademark Swede-eerie melodies and mammoth riffs that any sludge/doom maniac would approve of. It’s always very satisfying to discover a great hidden gem in this business, and we are definitely proud to say that SKELETAL SPECTRE is one of those gems. Keep your eyes and ears peeled; the voodoo curse shall rear its ugly head soon!”

Check out teaser track “Bone Dust” from Voodoo Dawn at THIS LOCATION. Further details, including art work and release date, will be revealed in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

SKELETAL SPECTRE:

Vanessa Nocera – all vocals

Behold the Pentagram – guitar/bass

Haunting the Beyond – drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SKELTAL SPECTRE, click on the links below!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skeletal-Spectre/167747449913361

http://www.myspace.com/skeletalspectre

http://www.pulverised.net

LONG LIVE SKELETAL SPECTRE.

Stone.

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WITCHCRAFT – “LEGEND” Cover Art Revealed

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on July 22, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Swedish Doom Metal icons WITCHCRAFT have revealed the cover art of the band’s forthcoming album, Legend, which marks the bands first after a long 5 year hiatus.

Commented singer/mainman Magnus Pelander: “A friend of mine had an idea about a cover for Legend. I developed the idea and gave it back to my friend who then passed it on to another friend who happened to be a designer. The designer then pushed it in a new direction. The result is already legendary.“

Bass player Ola Henriksson adds: “The album cover is meant to reflect the music and I think it does that with its heavy, dark & clean design.“

Legend will be released September 21 (Europe) and September 25, 2012 (North America) via Nuclear Blast.

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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)

* For more info on WITCHCRAFT, click on the link below!

http://www.witchcrafthome.com

LONG LIVE WITCHCRAFT.

Stone.

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Shadow Kingdom Records To Reissue COVEN’S “Worship New Gods” On July 31st, 2012

Posted in classic metal, doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on July 5, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Shadow Kingdom Records is pleased to announce the July 31st reissue of COVEN’s legendary 1987 album Worship New Gods. COVEN, from Detroit, MI, is not the Jinx Dawson COVEN that is somewhat known in the underground Metal world. This COVEN, who was actually approached by Jinx to change their name to COVEN 13, is a unique 80’s Heavy Metal band that unleash a rare blend of CANDLEMASS / SABBATH Doomy Heavy Metal with a MERCYFUL FATE / CELTIC FROST black metal charm to it.

The album is quite moody and may take a little while to sink in, but once it clicks, there’s nothing quite like it. This is one of the rarest US Metal albums to ever exist because it was self released back in 1987 on VINYL only. This is the first official release of it on CD with a lot of amazing band photos.

Worship New Gods Cover Art & Track Listing:

1. Riddle Of Steel

2. Wicked Day

3. Ruler 

4. Kiss Me With Blood 

5. Burial Ground

6. General’s Eye

7. Jail House 

8. Threshold Of The New

9. Loki

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on Shadow Kingdom Records, click link below!

http://www.shadowkingdomrecords.com

LONG LIVE COVEN.

LONG LIVE SHADOW KINGDOM RECORDS.

Stone.

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DEMON LUNG – “Lament Code” Video Released

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, rock music videos with tags , , , , , , on July 2, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

“Lament Code”, the new video from Las Vegas based Traditional/Epic Doomsters DEMON LUNG can be seen below. The song comes off DEMON LUNG’s debut EP, Pareidolia, which was released March 20th.

The video was directed by Dustin Mills, the mastermind behind THE PUPPET MONSTER MASSACRE, the low-budget 80’s style horror comedy with an all puppet cast.

“Lament Code” By DEMON LUNG

“Pareidolia” is a 22-minute blend of traditional and epic Doom Metal, rife with horror imagery and lyrics and influenced by the likes of BLACK SABBATH, CANDLEMASS, and vocalist Shanda Fredrick’s worship of COVEN’s Jinx Dawson. Physical copies are available for purchase for $5 through the band’s website and digitally for $4 via Bandcamp. Hex Records will soon be issuing a limited cassette release of Pareidolia.

Pareidolia – Track Listing:

Lament Code

Sour Ground

Death Mask

Pareidolia

Forming only two short years ago, DEMON LUNG hit the ground running and demoed over 20 songs, choosing four of the best for inclusion on Pareidolia. Playing their first show in March 2011, DEMON LUNG quickly became the top doom act in the Las Vegas scene, sharing the stage with such doom heavyweights as High on Fire, Jucifer and Pentagram.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on DEMON LUNG, click on the links below!

http://demonlungband.com/

www.Facebook.com/demonlungband

http://demonlungband.com/store.cfm

LONG LIVE DEMON LUNG.

DEMON LUNG KICKS DOOM METAL ASS.

Stone.

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THE GARDNERZ – Reveal Track List and Artwork For Upcoming EP “It All Fades”

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 24, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Swedish Doomsters The Gardnerz have unveiled the track list and artwork, which comes courtesy of Daniel “Devilish” Johnsson, for their recently completed EP, entitled It All Fades.  Guitarist Wilhelm Lindh comments on the EP, which is a follow-up to the band’s debut, The System of Nature. “This time around the songs are a bit slower and darker than on The System Of Nature, we tried to continue on the path we have chosen. We have found our niche and have no reason to stray, so if you liked our first release you will like this. This time it was a bit more of a group effort and I think that made the songs stronger.”

IT ALL FADES – Track Listing:

Don’t Look Back

A Horrible Disease

Transilvanian Hunger (Darkthrone Cover)

It All Fades

Melatonin

Erasing Bad Specimen

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Drummer Vedran Benčić recorded his tracks at Armageddon studio in Osijek Croatia. Guitarist Wilhelm and bassist Francisco returned to Funky Cat Studio in Landskrona Sweden, where The System of Nature was recorded, to lay down their parts. Vocals were tracked by Niclas Ankarbranth at Ninja Studios in Malmö Sweden. It All Fades is expected to be released by mid-2012 via Abyss Records.

The System Of Nature is currently streaming in its entirety at http://www.thegardnerz.com and is still available for purchase through Abyss Records.

THE GARDNERZ Recording Lineup:

Niclas Ankarbranth – Vocals

Wilhelm Lindh – Guitar

Franciso Martín – Bass

Vedran Benčić – Drums

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on THE GARDNERZ, click on the links below!

http://www.myspace.com/abyssrecordsofficial

LONG LIVE THE GARDNERZ.

Stone.

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SONS OF TONATIUH – Premiere New Track Via Ad Hoc; New Album “Parade Of Sorrow” Out Now!

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, sludge metal with tags , , , , , , , on June 17, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Beckoning The End Tour Starts This Week

Atlanta-based trio SONS OF TONATIUH released their second LP, Parade Of Sorrow, via Hydro-Phonic Records last week, the album booming with nearly forty minutes of new material via ten lumbering sludge-bred numbers. Memorializing its release, today online portal Ad Hoc is hosting a stream of the massive seven-and-a-half minute album closer “Fallout,” AT THIS LOCATION.

The follow-up to their 2010 self-titled LP, Parade Of Sorrow which Creative Loafing fondly compared to “a plague of locusts swarming for the attack,” offers an even filthier, more dirge-ridden Southern-fried SONS OF TONATIUH than ever, making it a must-have for fans of Eyehategod, Buzzov*en, Floor and the like. The album was recorded in Athens, Georgia by Kyle Spence of Harvey Milk and features artwork by Chris Parry.

The band are preparing to launch their thirteen-date Beckoning The End Tour 2012  in support of the new album late this week.

“Their songs may be like sinking in quicksand, but they evoke panicked thrashing rather than resigned, churning misery.” – Exclaim

“…ten tracks of viscous, hard-livin’ Southern doom.” – Ad Hoc

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SONS OF TONATIUH Beckoning The End Tour 2012:

6/22/2012 @ New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC w/ Humungus, They Eat Their Own God

6/23/2012 @ The Tin Roof – Charleston, SC w/ Hooded Eagle

6/30/2012 Album Release Show at the Basement – Atlanta, GA w/ Let The Night Roar

7/13/2012 @ Groundswell Collective – Knoxville, TN ~ w/ Thetan

7/14/2012 @ Cosmic Charlies – Lexington, KY w/ Whiskey Funeral, Tombstalker, Stampede

7/15/2012 @ Double Door – Chicago, IL

7/16/2012 @ Mac’s Bar – Lansing, MI w/ Bert, The Jackpine Snag

7/17/2012 @ Mr Roboto’s Project – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Vulture

7/18/2012 @ The Station – Philly, PA w/ Hivelords, Occult 45

7/19/2012 @ Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY

7/20/2012 @ Strange Matter – Richmond, VA w/ Pike Possum, Gritter

7/21/2012 @ The Casbah – Durham, NC w/ Man Will Destroy Himself

8/10/2012 @ The Wizard Lounge – Hickory, NC

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SONS OF TONATIUH, click on the links below!

http://www.sonsoftonatiuh.com

https://www.facebook.com/sonsoftonatiuh

http://www.sonsoftonatiuh.bandcamp.com

http://www.hydro-phonicrecords.com

LONG LIVE SONS OF TONATIUH.

Stone.

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PTAHIL – Fan Bites Head Off Decomposed Rodent; Live Video Footage Posted

Posted in Black Metal, doom metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 16, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Regularly adorning the stage with lamb bones and decaying rats, Indiana Black Metal miscreants PTAHIL are known for their moody, violent and lawless exercises in live musical mayhem. At a recent ceremony at The Brass Rail in Fort Wayne, their onstage chaos led one fan to bite the head of a decomposed rodent.

Comments PTAHIL drummer, Mhaghnuis: “It is good to see that when a human being is bombarded with specific emotions, smells and sounds that they can commit actions that are normally unthinkable to them. We are proud that our music and presence helped this person do something unthinkable to any current standard of social behavior.”

Added concert attendee/rat nibbler Zac Bau: “I felt it necessary to step outside the rest of the fans behavior and show that it only takes one person to break the monotony of fist-pumping metal fans. Everybody can mosh; everybody can throw the horns but the true metal fan will eat things that the spirit of the moment moves them to no matter the rest of the world’s thoughts on it.”

View footage from the show at THIS LOCATION.

PTAHIL recently completed the follow-up to For His Satanic Majesty’s Glory. Titled The Almighty Propagator Of Doom And Despair, their newest assault Satanic Doom/Punk/Black Metal is slated for release on December 21, 2012 through Wraith Productions and was written and recorded in acknowledgement to the prison of life and the pursuit of true freedom. Further info to be revealed in the coming weeks.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on PTAHIL, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/PTAHIL/106323233876

http://www.reverbnation.com/ptahil

http://www.wraithproductions.net

LONG LIVE PTAHIL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Decomposed Rodents Are High In Calories.

Stone.

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EARTHEN GRAVE – Unique Doom Sextet Release Debut Full-Length

Posted in doom metal, doom metal albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on June 15, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Tour Dates Include Days of The Doomed & Stoner Hands of Doom

Distinctive Chicago-based Doom collective EARTHEN GRAVE have confirmed a plethora of Summer tour dates throughout the country in support of their electrifying self-titled debut album.

Boasting a powerful, dynamic style of plodding Doom Metal surging with classic Heavy Metal vigor, the six members of the band coalesce their Metal aptitude into one entity with EARTHEN GRAVE. Founded in 2008 by guitarist Jason Muxlow (The Living Fields, Wintering) and drummer Scott Davidson (ex-Stonehenge, owner of Rebel Radio), the duo recruited bassist Ron Holzner (formerly of Trouble, Debris Inc., Place of Skulls, etc.), vocalist Mark Weiner (Trifog), guitarist Tony Spillman (Spillage), and renowned classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine on extended range electric flying V violin.

A year after the creation of EARTHEN GRAVE, this union of talented musicians released their first recordings as the five-song Dismal Times demo, receiving immediate praise from underground Metal and Stoner Rock media outlets and fans alike. The next few years saw the band playing intimate club shows as well as providing support for international touring acts on stages around Chicago and regionally throughout the Midwest and East Coast. This has sharpened each member’s skills within the unit and had defined their roles more prominently, fueling the already intoxicating chemistry of the band to dramatic new levels.

In late April of this year, EARTHEN GRAVE entered the studio to create their mammoth first album, simply entitled Earthen Grave. Produced by Ron Holzner, and released on CD and via digital download via his own indie label Claude & Elmo Music, this layered opus showcases even more range and diversity to the band’s commanding material, clocking in with over an hour of epic music!

Stream the entire album via the band’s BANDCAMP PAGE.

This weekend EARTHEN GRAVE will take part in Days of the Doomed II Festival in Cudahy, Wisconsin, joining Solace, Blood Farmers, Earthride, Revelation, Argus and many others over the two-day event. More shows are booked throughout Chicago and abroad over the coming weeks and later in the Summer they’ll play Brooklyn on their way to take part in Stoner Hands of Doom XII Fest on September 1st. The annual four-day all-ages gathering also listing RoadSaw, Ichabod, Raw Radar War, Pilgrim, Earthride, Revelation, Pale Divine, Iron Man, Elder, War Injun and tons more at this year’s installment.

EARTHEN GRAVE – Tour Dates:

6/16/2012 The Blue Pig – Cudahy, WI @ Days of the Doomed II [info]

6/22/2012 P.L.A.V. – Kenosha, WI

6/23/2012 The End Zone Bar & Grill – Aurora, IL w/ En Masse, Rituals of the Oak, Sleestak

6/30/2012 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL w/ Black Cobra, Gaza

7/11/2012 Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts – Ottawa, ON @ Music and Beyond Festival presents Heavy Metal Violin

7/27/2012 Siberia Club – New Orleans, LA

7/28/2012 The Boiler Room – Dallas, TX

8/31/2012 The Acheron – Brooklyn, NY w/ Iron Man, War Injun, Kin of Ettins

9/01/2012 El ‘n’ Gee – New London, CT @ SHoD Fest [info]

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Earthen Grave – Track Listing:

01. Earthen Grave

02. Life Carries On

03. Burning a Sinner

04. Blood Drunk

05. Dismal Times

06. Tilted World

07. Beneath a Shovel Load

08. Fall In

09. Relentless

10. Death on the High Seas

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on EARTHEN GRAVE, click on the like below!

http://www.earthenGrave.com

http://earthengrave.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/earthengrave

http://www.twitter.com/earthengrave

LONG LIVE EARTHEN GRAVE.

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ALARIC / ATRIARCH Split LP – A Double Dose Of Spine-Chilling Heaviness You Can’t Overlook

Posted in Extreme Metal, extreme music, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on May 30, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

ALARIC/ATRIARCH – This split LP of Alaric/Atriarch was released on May 15th, 2012, via 20 Buck Spin. This album serves as a Metal appetizer for fans of both bands; while new studio albums from Alaric/Atriarch are being recorded for release later in 2012. This split LP has been my introduction to both bands, here are my Metal thoughts:

Oakland California’s Alaric is an Anarcho Death Rock experience to hear. They blend Doom and Stoner vibes with an endless supply of thumping and haunting beats. Picture the scene: Hard Rock with lot’s of foreboding swirling around. Alaric isn’t bashful about being creative with their overall sound, lending guitar parts and vocals that would make perfect sense on many 80’s New Wave songs. Don’t be fooled however, cause these same guitar parts and vocals sound exceptionally terrific and gives this band a unique identity on Memory Assault, So Far Down and Weep.

A heavy band that considers melodies and being memorable is Alaric. The overall feel and vibe I walk away with, after listening to these three Alaric songs, is that this band took the “college Alternative” sound from the late 80’s and early nineties and turned it into a melancholy heaviness of their own; a Death Rockin’ style of heaviness that makes good damn sense to my ears. Alaric has sold me on their style of Rock and I will be listening to them a great deal more now.

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Portland Oregon’s Atriarch is a Blackened Death/Doom band which spells: Delectable Metal. A cool listen are both songs (Oblivion, Offerings) and they serve up what’s to be expected from a band of this genre. Oblivion didn”t play out as extreme as I had anticipated and I still appreciated it nonetheless. The vocals on Oblivion include an intermittent spoken word which easily adds style points to the creep-out meter.

Offerings begins with an eerie and distant-like guitar, shredding about its sonic wall of inviting blackness, an intro that I gleefully welcomed with open ears. Offerings builds itself up to an Extreme tempo with matching vocals; a nightmarish sounding song and that is a sincere Metal compliment to this band. Metal be thy name.

* The intense artistic talent of Bryan Proteau created the album cover artwork.

ALARIC/ATRIARCH Split LP – Track Listing:

Side A (ALARIC):

Memory Assault

So Far Down

Weep

Side B (ATRIARCH):

Oblivion

Offerings

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* For more info on this album, click that link below!

20 BUCK SPIN

LONG LIVE ALARIC & ATRIARCH.

Stone.

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DEMON LUNG – Taps Director Dustin Mills For Upcoming Video Shoot For “Lament Code”

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on May 24, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

On July 2nd Las Vegas-based Doom Metal band DEMON LUNG will release their debut video for the song “Lament Code” off their self-released EP Pareidolia. The video will be directed by Dustin Mills, Director of independent horror/comedy The Puppet Monster Massacre. More on the video shoot, including a detailed making-of diary, coming soon.

Released on March 20th, Pareidolia is a 22-minute blend of Traditional and epic Doom Metal, rife with horror imagery and lyrics; influenced by the likes of BLACK SABBATH, CANDLEMASS and vocalist Shanda Fredrick’s worship of COVEN’s Jinx Dawson. Physical copies are available for purchase for $5 through the band’s website and digitally for $4 via Bandcamp. Hex Records will soon be issuing a limited cassette release of Pareidolia.

Forming only two short years ago, DEMON LUNG hit the ground running and demoed over 20 songs, choosing four of the best for inclusion on Pareidolia. Playing their first show in March 2011, DEMON LUNG quickly became the top Doom act in the Las Vegas scene, sharing the stage with such Doom heavyweights as High on Fire, Jucifer, and Pentagram.

Pareidolia Cover Art & Track Listing:

Lament Code

Sour Ground

Death Mask

Pareidolia

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* To read the review I wrote for Pareidolia, (posted on April 17th, 2012), click on the large link below!

DEMON LUNG – Doom Metal Debut EP Pareidolia Is A Masterful Metal Listen

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* Click the links below for more info on DEMON LUNG and/or to purchase Pareidolia:

http://demonlungband.com/

LONG LIVE DEMON LUNG.

Stone.

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NOVEMBERS DOOM’s Paul Kuhr and Mike Feldman Launch CHARRED OWEN Vinyl Label

Posted in Death Metal, doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, vinyl albums with tags , , , , , , , on May 21, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Paul Kuhr and Mike Feldman of U.S. Death/Doom pioneers NOVEMBERS DOOM have officially launched CHARRED OWEN, a record label catering to vinyl enthusiasts and collectors. Below is a statement from Paul about the label.

Having a mutual love for what is collectable and a vinyl format now considered classic, Novembers Doom members Paul Kuhr and Mike Feldman have brought to life a newly formed record label. CHARRED OWEN was created out of nostalgia and a desire to see our own work released on a timeless format, vinyl. Not only is it collectable, but no other format has even been able to capture the full beauty of cover art, along with a tonal warmth only vinyl could bring.

We will start with a collaboration with The End Records to release select Novembers Doom titles, starting with “APHOTIC” available June 19th,  but we won’t stop there. Plans for other releases in the future are already in the works, with other bands in consideration.

As musicians in the Metal industry and fans of the same genre, our goal with CHARRED OWEN is to create collectable quality vinyl, from talented bands. We have many plans for the future, and we’re looking forward to seeing it all come to life.

For more information and pre-order information please visit: CHARRED OWEN

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

LONG LIVE NOVEMBERS DOOM.

LONG LIVE CHARRED OWEN.

Stone.

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WITCHCRAFT – Sign With Nuclear Blast! Currently Recording New Album

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on May 19, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Nuclear Blast feels honoured to welcome Swedish Doom Metal kings WITCHCRAFT to the family!

After a 5 year hiatus, the band is currently recording the follow-up to 2007’s “The Alchemist” together with renowned producer Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (KREATOR, OPETH, AMON AMARTH, PARADISE LOST, KATATONIA…).

The albums working title is set to “Legend” and will feature the bands new guitarists and drummer for the first time:

Simon Solomon – guitars
Tom Jondelius – guitars
Oscar Johansson – drums

Furthermore, band leader Magnus Pelander will from now on focus on his unique vocals without playing guitar anymore.

Commented Pelander: “There’s magic going on in the studio and we can hardly wait to eventually give something back to our loyal fans! We know you guys have been waiting for this!”

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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)

* For more info on WITCHCRAFT, click on the link below!

http://www.witchcrafthome.com

LONG LIVE WITCHCRAFT.

Stone.

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DEMON LUNG – Doom Metal Debut EP Pareidolia Is A Masterful Metal Listen

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on April 17, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

DEMON LUNG – From Las Vegas, Nevada, arrives DEMON LUNG. Yes, this Doom Metal band have arrived with their self-released debut EP: PAREIDOLIA. Led by vocalist Shanda Frederick, her captivating tones of doomed despair combine seamlessly with the molasses thick riffs and trudging rhythm that Demon Lung executes. Demon Lung plays their Doom Metal as if they’ve been around since the mid 70’s. Yes, Demon Lung plays that tight and are that admirably grim around the edges.

The more I listen to this four song debut EP, the more I wish it was a full-length of ten or twelve more songs. Yes, Demon Lung has sucked me into their Doom lined tunnel of sound and I am not looking for any damn place to hide. I want in. Demon Lung hasn’t gone out and tried to reinvent the Doom Metal wheel on Pareidolia. Instead, this band plays with a spirit of Doom that summons up all things splendid about this genre’s past, bringing a fresh sound to the Doom Metal present.

Crunchy, Doom inspired guitar, a ground shaking rhythm section, horror laced lyrics and Shanda on vocals. This is a recipe for future success in the world of Doom and Metal as a whole. Whoa. After several listen throughs of Pareidolia, I’m thinking I’ve been taken away to the center of the Earth, where only I know about Demon Lung and only I can celebrate with them… the sacred sound of Traditional Doom Metal.

As I come to my Metal senses here… please understand… Demon Lung is highly, highly recommended to all my fellow Metal and Doom Metal brethren. Two words of advice for your next Metal album purchase: DEMON LUNG. Metal be thy name.

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* You can purchase a physical copy of Pareidolia here: http://demonlungband.com/store.cfm

* Demon Lung have shared the stage with: High On Fire, Jucifer and… Pentagram.

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Pareidolia – Track Listing:

Lament Code

Sour Ground

Death Mask

Pareidolia

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* For more info on DEMON LUNG, click on the links below:

http://demonlungband.com/

www.Facebook.com/demonlungband

 Bandcamp

LONG LIVE DEMON LUNG.

Stone.

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UFOMAMMUT ‘Oro: Opus Primum’ – A Multi-Sound, Metal Mind Quest

Posted in doom metal, drone metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

UFOMAMMUT – Oro is the title for UFOMAMMUT’s latest work and encompasses ten (tracks) movements overall. To be released separately as two albums, the first is Oro: Opus Primum, which will be released April 17th, 2012, via Neurot Recordings. The second chapter of Oro, Opus Alter, will be released in September of 2012. This album’s press release states Both Oro chapters are to be interpreted as a “single track” (to make a long story short) due to the way in which the music was written and flows.

For anyone unfamiliar with UFOMAMMUT, this band can get quite deep with their album concepts. I will use this album’s press release quote to sum up what Oro is conveying conceptually. Believe me, I would never be aware of this album’s concept from just listening to the music itself. Who could? Here it is:

“As with all previous UFOMAMMUT albums, the concepts behind Oro are expansive and multi-faceted, mutating the Italian palindrome which translates to “gold” with the Latin translation of “I prey.” Oro explores the concept of knowledge and its power; the magical stream controlled by the human mind to gain control of every single particle of the World surrounding us. Oro is the alchemical process to transform the human fears into pure essence; into Gold”.

Here is my honest interpretation of Oro: Opus Primum, based on the music, Metal and sounds I’ve taken in. Please note, all five (songs) movements are instrumentals:

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EMPIREUM opens Oro: Opus Primum and swirls its ambient vibrations of spacey progressiveness throughout my thoughts. It’s Pink Floyd meets a psychotic thriller soundtrack. While building up its thick temp, the Doom atmosphere picks up mid-way through EMPIREUM, without losing grip on its creepy sound scape. I can get really, really lost in this opening track and love every second of it. At nearly 14 minutes long, EMPIREUM ends with a subdued atmosphere of sound, bringing about a melancholy affect upon me which I easily embrace.

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AUREUM – Opens with a more crunchy guitar sound and the Metal has arrived. The drum beats and bass lines are heavier and very distinct. With a copious backdrop of synthetic sounds, AUREUM flows along like strong river rapids, only these rapids are controlled with musical precision. The overall Metal wall of sound is worthy to bang your head to while throwing down some cold brews in the process. At 12:28 long, could this be Psychedelic Metal at it’s finest? It surely can be interpreted that way by me.

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INFEARNATURAL – Begins with an epic-like feel with its off in the distance chorus. There is plenty of Metal stomp, with chunky Doom laden guitar that never ceases throughout. Synth layers are aplenty, with more unique sounds than my ears can grasp, even after multiple listen-throughs. There are remote-like spoken words that are both audible and inaudible. Overall, this is a multi-layered movement that I found captivating and its strong Metal personality wins the day. At 7:26 this is the shortest movement on this album.

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MAGICKON – This is by far the “foreboding entry” amongst these five movements I’ve listened to on Oro: Opus Primum. I just get that overall dark and cavernous vibe from MAGICKON. Doom, Doom, Doom and Doom again. MAGICKON just throws that Doom hammer down and covers me over in its heavy Doom blanket of sound. MAGICKON plays out at 7:57 long.

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MINDOMINE – The tempo and repetitions of MINDOMINE could be considered by some as Drone Metal. With Doom riffs and distant screams ever the continuum, this movement can produce some chills. It’s a fine-line trying to consider some of these distant screams as being nearly “tribal-like” chants. An eerie ending to this first chapter of Oro is MINDOMINE. Picture yourself floating in outer-space (thanks to the synths) while the skull melting sounds of Drone and Doom Metal encircle your senses. Clocking in at 9:18, that’s MINDOMINE.

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Musically complex, while consistently maintaining a Metal feel and vibe throughout its totality of sound, Oro: Opus Primum has allowed me to open my own mind to its world of unique sounds. Richly textured and layered, there is no doubt, that with each synth sound, drum beat or note, it all opens the doors to a vast wealth of other audible vibrations. Weaving itself through the Doom, Drone, Progressive, Psychedelic and Ambient Metal genres, Oro: Opus Primum is both a listening experience and Metal mind quest.

UFOMAMMUT:

Poia – guitars and effect

Urlo – bass, vocals and synths

Vita – drums

Ciccio – soundlord

Lu – visuals

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* For more info on UFOMAMMUT, click on the links below:

http://www.ufomammut.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/UFOMAMMUT/83336386071

http://www.neurotrecordings.com

LONG LIVE UFOMAMMUT.

Stone.

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ORANGE GOBLIN – To Headline Desertfest 2012, In Camden Town, London

Posted in doom metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news, sludge metal, stoner metal, stoner rock with tags , , , , , , , on February 20, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

DESERTFEST – Over 50 Stoner Rock, Doom and Sludge bands are to perform on 3 stages at this year’s Desertfest 2012 in Camden Town, London! Headlining is ORANGE GOBLIN with CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and KARMA TO BURN. Recently added bands are Black Cobra, Zoroaster and Viking Skull.

This 3 day Desertfest takes place on April 6th, 7th and 8th at The Underworld Camden, Purple Turtle and The Black Heart. The Desertfest poster above says it all for the potency of kick-ass bands that are to perform! Metal be thy name!

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Both ORANGE GOBLIN and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY have new studio albums out in 2012 and both come highly, highly recommended by Metal Odyssey!

ORANGE GOBLIN – A Eulogy For The Damned was released in North America on February 14, 2012, via Candlelight Records. Check out Stone’s album review by clicking on that huge link below!

ORANGE GOBLIN – ‘A Eulogy For The Damned’: This Album Is Mandatory Metal, My Metal Brethren

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – Self titled album will be released in North America on February 28th, 2012, via Candlelight Records. Check out Stone’s album review by clicking on that big link below!

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – ‘Corrosion Of Conformity’ – Get Ready Cause This Heady Album Transports The Very Heavy, Very Steady

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* For more info, click on the links below:

DESERTFEST 2012

http://www.orange-goblin.com

http://www.coc.com

LONG LIVE DESERTFEST.

LONG LIVE ORANGE GOBLIN & CORROSION OF CONFORMITY.

Stone.

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