BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS Streams Full LP

As Negative Black, the third LP from Germany's sludge juggernaut BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, nears its North American street date this Tuesday June 5th via Exile on Mainstream, today the entire album is streaming via the online kingpins of the doom/stoner scene, The Obelisk, RIGHT HERE.

Surging with eighty minutes of BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS' own brew of some of the most down-tempo sludge metal on the planet, Negative Black marks a new step for the band, carving a path into their foreseeable future. While the outfit already bears the reputation for unfurling some of the most destructive but still coherently-flowing sludge metal available, incorporating outside elements of crust, black metal and soundscape persuasion at times, Negative Black surges to even deeper caverns of auditory obliteration, pummeling you with painfully slow doom and finishing you off with acrid, harsh drones, and giving down-tempo a whole new meaning.

 

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BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS Let Loose New Noise Via Brooklyn Vegan

As Negative Black,  the monolithic third LP from Germany's BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS oozes towards North American release, the band today proudly drops the third track from the album on the public today. Witness the sheer aural pulverization of this band through one of the "shorter songs on the album," by streaming the near-eight-minute-long "60WV" AT BROOKLYN VEGAN.

Recently the band released the album's second track "400H" which can still be streamed VIA TERRORIZER.

Having just returned from a successful tour of Germany, BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS will continue to book new events throughout Europe and beyond in the months ahead in support of Negative Black. Footage of the band performing the track "14D" from the new album live in Athens and more can be viewed HERE and below.

Set for North American release on June 5th, the band's first release for the eclectic Exile On Mainstream label, Negative Black surges with nearly eighty minutes of mammoth, slow-motion BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS sludge/doom savagery. Recorded at the mighty Tonmeisterei Studio, Negative Black -- an album four years in the making -- marks a new step for the band, carving a path into their foreseeable future. While the outfit already bears the reputation for unfurling some of the most destructive but still coherently-flowing sludge metal available, incorporating outside elements of crust, black metal and soundscape persuasion at times, Negative Black surges to even deeper caverns of auditory obliteration, pummeling you with painfully slow doom and finishing you off with acrid, harsh drones, and giving down-tempo a whole new meaning.

 

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BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS Premiere New Track European Tour Begins This Week

Today German sludgecrushers BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS have polluted the masses with the a track from their forthcoming third LP, Negative Black, via Terrorizer Magazine. Get a gritty, bloody sampling of the outfit's newest low-fi audio cruelty via the album's second track "400H" RIGHT HERE.

The band's first for the eclectic Exile On Mainstream label, Negative Black surges with nearly eighty minutes of the expected crushing BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS sludge/doom pummel. The album will see North American release on June 5th, on CD in a matte-varnished 6-panel digifile, a 2xLP format with inside/out printed gatefold cover, and deluxe digital download.

The band's April eight-city tour of their home country in support of Negative Black takes off this weekend, with more live actions to be announced sporadically over the coming months.

BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS German Tour April 2012:

4/14/2012 Immerhin - Würzburg, Germany w/ Conan, Obelyskkh

4/15/2012 Kult41 - Bonn, Germany w/ Wall

4/16/2012 Jubez - Karlsruh, Germany

4/17/2012 KV - Nürnberg, Germany

4/18/2012 UT Connewitz - Leipzig, Germany

4/19/2012 Red Rooster - Berlin, Germany

4/20/2012 Chemiefabrik - Dresden, Germany

4/21/2012 Nexus - Braunschweig, Germany w/ Beehoover

Recorded in the Winter of 2011 and twisted into shape at the mighty Tonmeisterei Studio, Negative Black -- an album four years in the making -- marks a new step for BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, carving a path into their foreseeable future. The album has been eagerly awaited by BSON's diehard cult fanbase and underground doom/sludge aficionados since the release of their bruising 2008-released Microbarome Meetings 2xLP. While the outfit already bears the reputation for unfurling some of the most destructive but still coherently-flowing sludge metal available, incorporating outside elements of crust, black metal and ambient/soundscape persuasion at times, Negative Black surges to even deeper caverns of auditory obliteration, pummeling you with painfully slow doom and finishing you off with acrid, harsh drones, and giving down-tempo a whole new meaning.

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BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS: German Sludge Outfit's Third LP Oozes Towards Release

Hailing from the German city of Mannheim, sludge devastators BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, having recently signed with Exile On Mainstream, are preparing for the release of their upcoming third full-length Negative Black.

Recorded in the Winter of 2011 and twisted into shape at the mighty Tonmeisterei Studio, Negative Black -- an album four years in the making -- marks a new step for BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, carving a path into their foreseeable future. The album has been eagerly awaited by BSON's diehard cult fanbase and underground doom/sludge aficionados since the release of their bruising 2008-released Microbarome Meetings 2xLP. While the outfit already bears the reputation for unfurling some of the most destructive but still coherently-flowing sludge metal available, incorporating outside elements of crust, black metal and ambient/soundscape persuasion at times, Negative Black surges to even deeper caverns of auditory obliteration, pummeling you with painfully slow doom and finishing you off with acrid, harsh drones, and giving down-tempo a whole new meaning.

BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS  shall release Negative Black in North America on June 5th Anno Domini, the beast surging with nearly eighty minutes of material over seven supremely suffocating  hymns. It will be made available to fans on CD in a matte-varnished 6-panel digifile, a 2xLP format with inside/out printed gatefold cover, and deluxe digital download. Check out the cover art HERE.

Negative Black CD Track Listing:

1. Illinois

2. 400H

3. 60 WV

4. 10000 µF

5. 14d

6. RMS

7. Neg. Black

Negative Black 2xLP Track Listing:

Side A

1. Illinois

2. 400H

3. 60 WV

Side B

1. 10000 µF

Side C

1. 14d

2. RMS

Side D

1. Neg. Black

BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS  have been utilizing the D.I.Y. methods the members adopted from their various punk/hardcore backgrounds, and have toured throughout Europe since their 2005 inception, including appearances at Roadburn, Trashfest, South Of Mainstream, Dawn Of Doom, Doom Shall Rise and other renowned festivals. With a German tour confirmed for the month of April in support of Negative Black, many more live actions for the band will be announced sporadically over the coming months.

BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS German Tour April 2012:

4/14/2012 Immerhin - Würzburg, Germany w/ Conan, Obelyskkh

4/15/2012 Kult41 - Bonn, Germany w/ Wall

4/16/2012 Jubez - Karlsruh, Germany

4/17/2012 KV - Nürnberg, Germany

4/18/2012 UT Connewitz - Leipzig, Germany

4/19/2012 Red Rooster - Berlin, Germany

4/20/2012 Chemiefabrik - Dresden, Germany

4/21/2012 Nexus - Braunschweig, Germany w/ Beehoover

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In the player below can be heard the "Live in Mannheim" 2010 album