VASTUM Unleash New Track Via Stereogum

The name VASTUM is raging through the metal underground like hellfire right now, with the news of the San Francisco-area act's recent signing to the 20 Buck Spin label for the release of their Carnal Law debut this May still fresh. VASTUM's crushing death metal is crafted more in the ways of the early purveyors rather than retaining semblance to "Bay Area sound" clichés; their stripped-down attack will rip your face right off as the band prove with the thunderous midpaced stomp of the opening track from the album, "Primal Seduction," which Stereogum has graciously premiered to the public today. To be pummeled, click here.

Brand new visual evidence of VASTUM's raging live attack has just surfaced this week as well, in the form of some very ominous, black and white 8mm camera footage. Check out the footage at this location now!

The band are are currently plotting a Northwest US Summer tour and more, with details to be announced over the coming weeks. For now catch them randomly throughout their local stomping grounds.

VASTUM Live:

5/14/2011 Victory Warehouse - Oakland, CA w/ Dispirit, Anhedonist, Ealdath

VASTUM's sound permeates the most wretched, dehumanizing, old-school death metal might on Carnal Law. Culminating an arsenal of musicians with current or past ties to Acephalix, Saros, Amber Asylum, Hammers of Misfortune, Infest and more, but the band's attack is more crushing and potent than many contemporary acts flying the death metal banner.

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HAVOK: Album Streaming In Full Courtesy Of MetalSucks

Today,  the rad folks at MetalSucks are streaming HAVOK's upcoming Time Is Up full-length in its entirety! Time Is Up has been flooring fans and critics nationwide with its  unapologetic hailstorm of thrash metal anthems! Confirmed Blabbermouth in a review of the record this weekend, "Don't lump HAVOK in with the steaming pile of retro wannabes stinking up the scene; the Colorado clan is now a member the Real Deal Club. The case was made and closed with Time Is Up, an album that will end up one of the very best thrash metal releases of 2011."

Time Is Up will be unleashed to the North American masses tomorrow, March 29, 2011, via Candlelight Records. In the meantime, check out the stream by pointing your browser HERE. 

For ordering options, visit Candlelight USA. 

After wrapping up a successful tour supporting Florida death metallers Malevolent Creation, HAVOK made two appearances at SXSW. Check out footage from their performance on the MetalSucks showcase at Headhunter's courtesy of Metal Injection HERE.

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PLACE OF SKULLS: As A Dog Returns To See European Release April 4, 2011 Via Volcom

Volcom Entertainment is proud to join forces with legendary doom guitarist/vocalist Victor Griffin (Pentagram, Death Row, Cathedral) and PLACE OF SKULLS. Titled As A Dog Returns, the nine-track follow-up to 2006's The Black Is Never Far was released in the U.S. last fall via Giddy Up Records. Recorded at Lakeside Studios in Knoxville by Travis Wyrick and Griffin with drums recorded and engineered by Mike Dearing, As A Dog Returns will finally see a proper European release on April 4, 2011 via Volcom with distribution by ADA Warner. 

Said Griffin of the cooperation: "We're extremely happy with this arrangement. I've had my eye on Volcom for some time now. They're a wide-reaching company and have their hand in other markets besides music... a clothing line, skateboard/surfing apparel, and more. It's cool that a company like this loves heavy music and only puts out the stuff they really dig. It's just a whole different angle than the way labels typically work."

Already commended by critics and fans alike, Cosmic Lava called As A Dog Returns, "intense and evocative…," with Doommantia adding, "...classy, solid and creative, the musicianship is second to none as Griffin is in top form, Tomaselli delivers a stellar performance on the drums and the bass playing of Abney is spot on." Metal Register boasted, "...As A Dog Returns proves, convincingly, that PLACE OF SKULLS are much more than just a Trouble tribute band...a solid and creative heavy metal/hard rock album that will leave an imprint on many a listener." Dangerdog also gave the record kudos claiming, "'The Maker,' 'Breath Of Life,' 'Psalm,' and 'Desperation' are some of the best, somber, foreboding, and often dark, heavy/doom metal you'll find on this side of the Atlantic." 

Coinciding with the European release of As A Dog Returns, PLACE OF SKULLS will embark on a European tour with The Gates Of Slumber. Presented by Vibra-Agency, Volcom and Rock Hard Magazine, the dates are as follows:

3/31/2011 FIN - Helsinki, Kuudes Linja

4/01/2011 FIN - Oulu, Nuclear Nightclub

4/02/2011 FIN - Turku, Klubi

4/05/2011 GER - Nürnberg, KV

4/06/2011 CH - Lenzburg, Met Bar

4/07/2011 A - Wien, Arena

4/08/2011 I - Vicenza, Sabotage

4/09/2011 I - Parma, Onirica Club

4/10/2011 CH - Martigny, Les Caves du Manoir

4/12/2011 F - Paris, Le Labo - Théatre de Ménilmontant

4/13/2011 ESP - Barcelona, Rocksound

4/15/2011 NL - Tilburg, O13, Roadburn, Midi Theater for POS

http://www.placeofskulls.com 

http://www.myspace.com/placeofskullsdoom

http://www.volcomeurope.com

ANAAL NATHRAKH: New Track Stream Available Via Decibel Magazine

Metal's most imaginative and punishing band returns with their sixth studio album, Passion. Scheduled for a  May 17, 2011 release date via Candlelight Records, the duo known as ANAAL NATHRAKH buck all trends. Their hallmark mix of metal, industrial, grind, and noise is virtually unmatched. 

 

With Passion, ANAAL NATHRAKH take their menacing sounds into newer territory that will without doubt find the band an even larger audience while continuing to garner media’s most critical acclaim. Notes popular Canadian site Hellbound, “the UK duo has produced a hurricane of sound, with a whole spectrum of throat-wrenching vocal eviscerations, thundering blasts, grinding riffs, and lightning-speed leads.” MetalSucks proclaims, “ANAAL NATHRAKH are one of the best bands out there when it comes to evoking horror and terror,” while Metal Underground added, “hatred has never sounded as exciting.”

 

In conjunction with its release, Decibel Magazine is currently streaming "Paragon Pariah," the seventh track from Passion. To check it out, point your browser HERE.

Since being founded in 1999, ANAAL NATHRAKH have gained a reputation for embodying the audio essence of pure evil. Collaborations with such legendary figures as Attila Csihar (Mayhem), Shane Embury and Danny Herrera (Napalm Death), Nicolas Barker (Testament, Dimmu Borgir), Joe Horvath (Circle Of Dead Children), Sethlans Teitan (Watain) and others, have placed the band high on media as well metal fans' “must seek out” list. This, alongside headlining a stage at the renowned cult Inferno Festival in Norway (as their debut international live appearance), countless placements among "Best Album Of The Year" polls and "Album Of The Month" awards in the press, ANAAL NATHRAKH's status as one of the leading lights in extreme metal is undeniable. And growing...

For 2011, ANAAL NATHRAKH presents the digested and re-vomited results of an 18-month journey through slings, arrows and outrageous misfortune. Intended in the most scourging sense of the word, Passion is an encoded vision of agony; desolation taken as the inspiration for incalculable rage. Passion includes guest contributions from Rainer Landfermann (Pavor, Bethlehem) and Alan Dubin (Khanate, Gnaw). Glorying in their Pyrrhic epiphanies, the band have developed a deeper understanding of horror and Passion is the focused, distilled and above all bleakly triumphant result.

 

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New WEEDEATER Track On Stereogum Today; Tour Continues Intoxicating The U.S.

As the official release date for WEEDEATER's anticipated Jason... The Dragon full-length nears, today Stereogum.com are hosting the premiere of a brand new track from the album for public enjoyment. The song rages with the band's patented scathing tones and massive buildups, but also shows a bit of a melodic edge to the band's methodology as well.

So sit back, fire one up, and go check out the track "Homecoming" now... your boss won't mind.

With Jason... The Dragon set for worldwide disbursement on March 15th via Southern Lord, the band are currently embarked on their country-wide stampede in support of the album. Now two weeks into the brutal five-week trek, the band continue to feed their intoxicating sludge to the masses as they work their way to Texas for this year's SXSW shindig, bearing support from Zoroaster, Kvelertak and more over the next few weeks.

Remaining dates of WEEDEATER's Jason... The Dragon Tour:

3/02/2011 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN w/ Zoroaster

3/03/2011 Jackpot - Lawrence, KS w/ Zoroaster

3/04/2011 3 Kings Tavern - Denver, CO w/ Zoroaster

3/05/2011 Burt's Tiki Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT w/ Zoroaster

3/06/2011 Shredder - Boise, ID w/ Zoroaster

3/07/2011 Funhouse - Seattle, WA w/ Zoroaster, Kvelertak

3/08/2011 Rotture - Portland, OR w/ Zoroaster, Kvelertak

3/10/2011 Monstros - Chico, CA w/ Zoroaster, Kvelertak

3/11/2011 Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA w/ Zoroaster, Kvelertak

3/12/2011 Ruby Room - San Diego, CA w/ Zoroaster, Kvelertak

3/13/2011 Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA w/ Zoroaster, Red Fang

3/14/2011 Yucca Tap Room - Tempe, AZ w/ Zoroaster, Wildildlife, Kvelertak

3/15/2011 Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM  w/ Zoroaster, Kvelertak

3/17/2011 Scoot Inn - Austin TX @ Converse and Thrasher's Death Match [day show]

3/18/2011 Dirty Dog - Austin, TX @ SXSW Metalliance Tour SXSW stop [night show]

3/19/2011 Korova - San Antonio, TX w/ Zoroaster, Kvelertak

3/20/2011 Siberia - New Orleans, LA w/ Zoroaster

3/21/2011 Newby's Too - Panama City Beach, FL w/ Zoroaster

3/22/2011 Orpheum - Tampa, FL w/ Zoroaster

3/23/2011 Backbooth - Orlando, FL w/ Zoroaster

3/24/2011 The Earl - Atlanta, GA w/ Zoroaster

3/25/2011 Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC w/ Zoroaster

3/26/2011 The Jinx - Savannah, GA  w/ Zoroaster

 

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HEIRS: Australian Post-Doom Act's Sophomore Album To See North American Release

Earsplit PR joined Melbourne-based instrumental act HEIRS, as the band prepare to officially release their sophomore album Fowl upon U.S. shores this Spring.

Hailed as one of the best post-metal albums of 2009, the band’s debut, Alchera, established HEIRS as one of Australia’s foremost instrumental acts. Released by German label Denovali Records, the album’s accompanying tour saw the band play 69 shows across Europe and Japan, cementing their reputation for delivering an engulfing and all-consuming live experience.

HEIRS' new album, Fowl -- again released on Denovali Records -- displays a shift towards a broader sonic palette. Incorporating a pugilistic rhythmic foundation with coarse, threatening guitar textures and a stronger electronic presence, a great leap forward for HEIRS, Fowl takes their sound beyond genres and into a realm that is almost hermetic in its vision. Intensely focused yet expansive, the album is technically complex, yet uncluttered and sparse in its execution, simplicity, self-discipline and restraint are the keys to the album's success.

Having recently completed their second European tour, and having already released Fowl in Europe and Australia, HEIRS have set their sights on the U.S., and are set will officially release the album on CD, LP and digital download stateside on April 4th, 2011. Check out the track "Burrow," as well as the Fowl cover art, live footage from HEIRS and more at this location.

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"...the album's highlights -- particularly the relentlessly dark, hammering percussion of the title track and the drunken, The Jesus Lizard-on-codeine swagger of 'Men' -- are impressive enough to make this a worthy addition to any burgeoning doom collection." - Rock Sound

"The tension created by the arrangement of these seven pieces sets the listener up for an almost meditative experience, especially when combined with the right setting." - The Silent Ballet

"The night fog, the cold winds along with the infinite array of slow cars moving harmoniously combined to form a bleak image for which only Fowl is the perfect soundtrack." - Chronicles Of Chaos

"...darkness is the overwhelming texture of choice, with an inevitable release that can materialize in the form of Explosions in the Sky-esque guitar (‘Dust’), piston-like industrial stabs (‘Tyrant’), or a simple gnashing of instrumental teeth (‘Men’)." - Cyclic Defrost

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HAVOK: Denver Thrash Titans Check In From The Road

Vocalist /guitarist David Sanchez of Denver thrash titans HAVOK, who are currently pillaging the lands on tour with Florida death metallers Malevolent Creation, recently checked in with an update from the road. "Tour is getting better and better! Everyone gets along and we're all having fun. I can't wait to get to Denver and the West Coast. It's party time!"

 

HAVOK United Hate Across America Tour 2011 [remaining dates]:

w/ Malevolent Creation, Blown Chaos, The Absence and Beyond Terror Beyond Grace

2/24/2011  The Annex - Madison, WI

2/25/2011  Fubar - St. Louis, MO

2/26/2011  Riot Room - Kansas City, MO

2/27/2011  Marquis Theater - Denver, CO

2/28/2011  Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, UT

3/01/2011  Studio Seven - Seattle, WA

3/02/2011  Branx - Portland, OR

3/04/2011  Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA

3/05/2011  Cheyenne Saloon - Las Vegas, NV

3/06/2011  The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ

3/07/2011  EBGB’s - Amarillo, TX

3/08/2011  Reno’s Chop Shop - Dallas, TX

3/09/2011  Emo’s - Austin, TX

3/10/2011  Riverside Warehouse - Shreveport, LA

Team HAVOK are readying for the release of their upcoming new full-length entitled Time Is Up, which is slated for a March 29th street date via Candlelight Records. The  follow-up to the ravaging Burn long-player was mastered by James Murphy and features ten tracks of flawlessly executed thrash anthems. Said Rock Hospital in an early review of the record: "Time Is Up is a killer sophomore effort by four dudes who do justice to their musical forefathers. Cliff Burton would smile on this release." Added Thrash Hits, "Playing a style of metal that has been around 30 years always runs the risk of feeling tired and overly derivative, but Time Is Up is so lively and bubbling over with personality that it never so much as flirts with those potential pitfalls." Metal Review agreed: "Havok’s purest intention is to thrash your face into a circle-pitted-pulp, and more often than not they're wildly successful."

Check out a Time Is Up video teaser below.

HAVOK formed in 2004. After two self-released albums, the band caught the attention of England’s Candlelight Records and by the Spring of 2009, the band unleashed Burn to the metal masses. The album peaked on CMJ’s Loud Rock chart at 15 and broke MediaGuide’s Top 10.

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HULL: Brooklyn Sludge Rockers Announce U.S. Tour Dates

Three-guitar led Brooklyn progressive sludge rockers, HULL, are readying for a near two-week tour with post-doom troupe Batillus next month. The 12-date trek will commence on March 11 at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia, include a run through SXSW in Austin where they'll crush the masses at the Full Metal Texas and The End Records' showcases, and draw to a close at a special Manhattan performance on March 26 at The Studio at Webster Hall. Confirmed dates below:

HULL 2011 U.S. Tour 

w/ Batillus

3/11/2011 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA w/ Ominous Black

3/12/2011 Strange Matter - Richmond, VA w/ U.S. Christmas, Balaclava

3/13/2011 Hideaway - Johnson City, TN w/ U.S. Christmas

3/17/2011 Emo's [Full Metal Texas SXSW Showcase] - Austin, TX w/ Rwake, Trap Them, All Pigs Die and more...

3/17/2011 Ale House [ The End Records' SXSW Showcase] - Austin, TX w/ Goes Cube, Novembers Doom and more..

3/18/2011 Triple Crown Tattoo - Austin, TX w/ Pack Of Wolves, Mutilation Rites

3/19/2011 Shiner Bar - Austin, TX w/ Pack Of Wolves

3/21/2011 Siberia - New Orleans, LA w/ The Body, Mutilation Rites

3/22/2011 Little Hamilton Collective - Nashville, TN w/ Mose Giganticus, Sacaea

3/23/2011 Reservoir Bar - Chapel Hill, NC w/ Caltrop

3/24/2011 Sidebar - Baltimore, MD w/ Caltrop, Billows

3/25/2011 The Meatlocker - Montclair, NJ w/ Caltrop

3/26/2011 The Studio at Webster Hall - New York, NY w/ Caltrop

HULL kicked off what will prove to be a busy year with a devouring performance opening for doom legends Pentagram. As previously announced, the band will release their epic Viking Funeral EP, initially self-released in 2005, on vinyl via Science Of Silence records later this spring. The limited edition wax version will come in 180 gram blood red/black swirl vinyl with the song on one side, a laser etched image on the other and a parchment insert with the detailed Viking Funeral saga as well as a sticker and digital download info all wrapped in a Viking Funeral poster and wax-stamped with the band's logo. To get your hands on some Viking Funeral vinyl (as well as a sampling of the new tunes), don't miss HULL on this upcoming run of dates.

 

The band is putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to their critically-acclaimed Sole Lorddebut, issued via The End Records in 2009. Their sophomore full-length will be co-produced by Brett Romnes (who played drums on the Viking Funeral EP) and mixed by Billy Anderson (Sleep, High On Fire, Neurosis, Eyehategod, Melvins et al). The record is slated for release this summer with another bout of live dates to follow. Stay tune for further info...

 

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"Sole Lord is fucking epic. If you like doom and/or stoner metal and/or post-metal, you need to add Hull to your list of bands to keep an ear open for. And someone needs to book these guys a UK tour. Now." -- The Dreaded Press

"Sole Lord is an exercise in grandiosity that never feels drawn out, and one of the most promising debuts of the year so far." -- Metal Injection

"Atmospheric, engrossing, and refreshingly original, Sole Lord combines pyschedelia, prog, post-metal and doom to suitably trance-inducing effect." -- One Metal

"... a seriously adventurous record that demands a seriously adventurous listener..." -- The Sleeping Shaman

"Hull is a dirty brand of machinery; that deep inhalation of dope smoke conjuring up a thousand visions of a world greater than ours. Fiery sloth metal, yes…but progressive star driven as well. " -- Inside Heavy

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OVO Album Details Announced; Track Available For Streaming

Supernatural Cat Records have signed avant/extreme duo OvO for their upcoming sixth album Cor Cordium, which will be released on April 18th, 2011. To give the public their first taste of the release, UK-based Rock-A-Rolla Magazine is hosting an exclusive stream of "Marie," the third track from Cor Cordium. Check it out here.

 

The diverse, avant/conceptual ten-track opus Cor Cordium -- the title translating to "heart of the hearts" -- is an epitaph to the memory of idolized English Romantic poet and adventurer Percy Shelley. OvO hail from a realm of contaminated heavy rock, where noise elements act as breaks between the sonic deconstructive assaults as displayed on Cor Cordium. The hi-fi recordings captured on the album, for the first time in OvO's history utilizing any sort of overdubs, present a rational structure hidden under the apparent madness of the compositions.

 

Cor Cordium is set for release via Supernatural Cat Records -- the label who've delivered releases from Lento, Morkobot, Incoming Cerebral Overdrive, and most notably, doom trio Ufomammut -- and who also co-handle the duties at Malleus Art Rock Lab. In addition to the standard digipak version and digital download, there will also be a highly limited edition which will include both CD and LP versions as well as a DVD featuring a live concert of the band previous their previous albumCrocevia. View photos of the craftsmen at Malleus constructing the limited edition Cor CordiumLPs at this location.

 

With previous releases being handled by labels such as Bar La Muerte, Blossoming Noise and Load Records, and the duo having played somewhere in the vicinity of 600 shows since their inception at the turn of the century, OvO's travels have taken them from Europe to Mexico, from America to Israel, and beyond. OvO have collaborated, recorded and/or played live with countless notable acts including Nadja, KK Null, Thurston Moore, Jim O’Rourke, Rollerball, Thrones, SubArachnoid Space, Zenigeva, Lightning Bolt, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere, Steve Mc Kay, Trencher, Ludicra, Bill Horist, USA Is A Monster, White Mice, Cock ESP, Bastard Noise, Zu, Larsen, Kill Me Tomorrow, Murder Junkies, Jarboe, A Hawk And A Hacksaw and more.

 

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Neurot Recordings Sign ACROSS TUNDRAS

Creating unique moonshine-soaked organic rock in the hills of Tennessee, ACROSS TUNDRAS seamlessly meld classic rock, folk, country, psychedelia, and doom into an original, organic style of rock that defies classification and bleeds true Americana. In true nomadic style ACROSS TUNDRAS have previously set-up camp on multiple labels including Crucial Blast and Forgotten Empire, have now found a home with Neurot Recordings.

Stated Neurot/Neurosis' Steve Von Till on the signing: "It is with great honor that Neurot Recordings welcomes Across Tundras to our home. Their past releases have shown immense dedication to spirit and commitment to growth and sonic evolution. Those are traits that we admire and look for when declaring kinship among those also on the quest for emotional release through sound." 

ACROSS TUNDRAS' Tanner Olson this week also made a statement on their induction into Neurot's family: "The opportunity to stand alongside such a talented and driven group of artists and musicians is something we have been working along time for. Neurot Recordings releases the most inspired and original music out there, and its a huge compliment that they see us as kindred musical spirits. Eternal gratitude to the Neurot family for believing in us and giving a proper home to our nomadic sounds."

More details on the recently completed new ACROSS TUNDRAS album will be announced shortly. Stay tuned for tour announcements and more through the coming months as well.

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ULCER: Grant Us Death Artwork + Track Listing Revealed

Polish death metallers ULCER, who recently joined Pulverised Records' crushing roster, are pleased to unveil the track-listing and cover art to their upcoming full-length, Grant Us Death. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Grzegorz Kulawiak at Sinquest Sound Studio in Lublin, Poland, the ten-track full-length features the stark but striking cover art of Bartlomiej Kurzok with a layout conceptualized by ULCER frontman D. (aka Sonneillon). Check it out HERE.

Grant Us Death Track Listing:

01. Grant Us Death

02. Devilspeed

03. Bloodpainted Salvation

04. The Love Song

05. Godcremation

06. Thanatoeuphoria

07. Devitalized

08. The Pact

09. My Lord Has Horns

10. When Horror Comes

Formed in 2006, the young ULCER consists of past and present members from Blaze Of Perdition, Squashed Bowels, Deivos and Abusiveness. The band recorded two demos in 2006 and a debut full-length album entitled Serpent Trinity in 2007.

To check out a preview of "The Love Song," the fourth track off Grant Us Death,  visit the ULCER's official MySpace page at: http://www.myspace.com/ulcerdeathmetal orhttp://www.myspace.com/pulverisedrecords.

BACKWOODS PAYBACK: Stoner/Doom Collective Announce U.S. Tour

Band To Unleash Small Stone Recordings Debut This Spring

 

Pennsylvania stoner/doom rockers BACKWOODS PAYBACK are pleased to announced a 17-date U.S. tour next month with labelmates Lo Pan. The loudness will begin March 9 in Baltimore, Maryland and will include two appearances as part of this year's SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas. The band will be touring in support of their Small Stone Recordings debut, set for release later this spring

Comments guitarist/vocalist Mike Cummings of the new record and upcoming dates: "The new, as yet untitled, record is dark and ugly, but smooth in all the right places. I think live is where these songs are going to hit the hardest. We've been doing this for long enough that each stop on a tour isn't just a show anymore. It's a full blown party; a gathering of friends old and new. This tour should be no different, save for the fact that now we are flying the Small Stone flag, and are stoked to be doing so!"

BACKWOODS PAYBACK Tour 2011

w/ Lo Pan

View Tour Poster HERE

3/09/2011 Golden West Café - Baltimore, MD 

3/10/2011 Krug's Place - Frederick, MD

3/11/2011 Slim's - Raleigh, NC

3/12/2011 Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge - Atlanta, GA

3/13/2011 The Nick - Birmingham, AL

3/14/2011 Siberia - New Orleans, LA

3/15/2011 The Ten Eleven - San Antonio, TX

3/17/2011 The Conservatory - Oklahoma City, OK w/ Tombs, Castevet

3/18/2011 Headhunter's (back patio) - Austin, TX [SXSW date]

3/20/2011 Headhnter's - Austin, TX [SXSW date]

3/20/2011 Rudyard's - Houston, TX

3/21/2011 The Hi Tone - Memphis, TN

3/22/2011 Fubar - St. Louis, MO 

3/23/2011 The Melody Inn - Indianapolis, IN

3/24/2011 Reggie's - Chicago, IL

3/25/2011 Corktown Tavern - Detroit, MI

3/26/2011 South Park Tavern - Dayton, OH

3/27/2011 Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA

About BACKWOODS PAYBACK:

After touring the country relentlessly for five years, the singer of a Pennsylvania hardcore band decided to stop everything, lock himself in his basement and turn a new page. Armed with a four-track and a life long obsession with Neil Young, Black Flag and Sabbath, he re-emerged two days later with the blueprint for what would become BACKWOODS PAYBACK. With the help of a few like-minded individuals the band transformed into fully operational Death Star of riffage before the end of that year.

Staying true to the D.I.Y. sensibilities of their past, BACKWOODS PAYBACK spread their word one song, town and person at a time. The band toured the U.S. whenever possible, self-recorded and released their own EPs and full-lengths and acted (and continue acting) as hosts and goodwill ambassadors of sorts to touring bands from all over the world. Small bar shows led to bigger ones and weekend tours turned into month-long jaunts. After several years and countless trips criss-crossing the country, BACKWOODS PAYBACK found themselves sharing the stage with everyone from The Hidden Hand and Exodous to Gwar and Cradle Of Filth.

BACKWOODS PAYBACK Lineup:

Mike Cummings: Guitar, Vocals

Jessica Baker: Bass

Rylan Caspar: Guitar

W.S. Curtiss: Drums

 

 

The Converted:

 

"Exactly what big bearded men from Nowhere, PA would sound like: ball swinging sludge with a touch of blues." -- Decibel

 

"Backwoods Payback have the potential to make a sizable splash, and will be an easy sell to the fans of Scissorfight, Alabama Thunderpussy and Clutch." -- Metal Review

 

"You like heavy doses of sludge-ridden rawk like Pentagram but feel the love really coming on when you add in a steeped-in-the-still feel of the southern backwoods, this is for you." -- Ray's Realm

 

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