EarsplitPR Does SXSW - Schedule Of Chaos

Team Earsplit will be ravaging the streets of Austin, Texas as part of the annual SXSW festival once again. Bands will play, shenanigans will be had, booze will be consumed... If you're Texas-bound, check out the schedule of Earsplit-represented bands playing the fest, including ALL PIGS MUST DIE, BISON B.C., BRUCE LAMONT, CHRISTIAN MISTRESS,DARK CASTLE, EAGLE TWIN, EYEHATEGOD, HAVOK, HULL,KVELERTAK, MASAKARI, THE ATLAS MOTH, THE BODY, THE SECRET,WEEDEATER, and more! Don't miss the chaos!

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EARSPLIT @ SXSW 2011 - Schedule Of Chaos:

WEDNESDAY - MARCH 16, 2011

BROOKLYNVEGAN DAY PARTY

Venue: Emo's

12:20 The Roller

1:10 Deafheaven

1:55 THE SECRET

2:40 KEN Mode

3:30 Dax Riggs

4:20 Trash Talk

5:10 Kylesa

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THURSDAY - March 17, 2011

Thrasher/Impose Day Party

Venue: Scoot Inn [Outside Stage]

5:00pm - Trash Talk 

4:00pm - WEEDEATER 

3:00pm - Zoroaster 

2:00pm - Liturgy 

1:00pm - THE BODY

Full Metal Texas / BrooklynVegan Stage 

Venue: Emo's [Inside Stage]

5:00pm - YOB

4:05pm - Trap Them

3:10pm - HULL

2:20pm - KVELERTAK

1:35pm - Rwake

12:50pm - ALL PIGS MUST DIE

12:05pm - Goes Cube

The End Records SXSW Showcase

Venue: The Ale House

12:00pm - Daniel Lioneye

11:00pm - Goes Cube

10:00pm - Novembers Doom

9:00pm - HULL

8:00pm - Braveyoung

SXSW Showcase

Venue: Headhunters

1:00pm - Zoroaster

12:00am - True Widow

11:00pm - CHRISTIAN MISTRESS

10:00pm - Davana

8:00pm - Rwake

SXSW Showcase

Venue: Prague

1:00am - Evergreen Terrace

12:05pm - KVELERTAK

10:15pm - Rolo Tomassi

9:20pm - Swords of Chaos

7:30pm - Overflow

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FRIDAY - MARCH 18, 2011

The Power Of The Riff And Southern Lord SXSW Party

Venue: ND at 501 Studios - 501 I-35

Time: 12:00pm – 6:00pm

Trap Them

THE SECRET

EAGLE TWIN

ALL PIGS MUST DIE

MASAKARI

The County Bucks

New England Metal & Hardcore Fest Does Austin Day Party 

Venue: Emo's Annex

5:10pm - The Acacia Strain

4:30pm - The Red Chord

3:50pm - Trap Them

3:10pm - Our Last Night

2:30pm - Within The Ruins

2:10pm - Gaza

1:40PM - BISON BC

1:10pm - The Funeral Pyre

12:40pm - Across The Sun

12:10pm - Armor For The Broken

South By South Death Presented By Metalsucks

Venue: Headhunters

Time: 2:00pm

KVELERTAK

HAVOK

Red Fang

Wormrot

Meek Is Murder

Metalliance Tour at SXSW

Venue: Dirty Dog

1:15am - Helmet

12:20am - St. Vitus

11:20am - Crowbar

10:20am - Kylesa

9:30pm - WEEDEATER

8:45pm - Red Fang

8:10pm - Howl

7:35pm - THE ATLAS MOTH

7:00pm - Witchburn

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Saturday - March 19, 2011

BrooklynVegan Party

Venue: Lovejoys

12:20 Altaar

1:00 Castevet

1:45 Wolvhammer

2:30 Batillus

3:15 Grayceon

4:00 Deafheaven

4:45 THE BODY

5:30 DARK CASTLE

6:15 Tombs

and featuring BRUCE LAMONT

SXSW Showcase

Venue: Scoot Inn [Inside Stage]

4:30pm - Danava

3:30PM - EAGLE TWIN

2:30pm - The Main Street Gospel

1:30pm - Buffalo Killers

Official SXSW Saturday Night

Venue: Scoot Inn

8:00pm - Cough

9:00pm - Primitive Weapons

10:00pm - Ancient VVisdom

11:00pm - Naam

12:00am - EYEHATEGOD

1:00am - Pentagram

Profound Lore SXSW Showcase

Venue: Valhalla

1:00am - Slough Feg

12:00am - Ken Mode

11:00PM - Grayceon

10:00pm - Castevet

9:00pm - Wolvhammer

8:00pm - BRUCE LAMONT

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LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH: California Black Metallers Announce U.S. Tour

With Master "We shall bring them the great gnosis of kaos, death and ecstasy!"

 

Los Angeles black metal heathens, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH, are preparing to level the masses on a month-long U.S. tour supporting Czech Republic-by-way-of-Chicago death metal legends Master. The band will join the tour on March 4 in Brooklyn, New York and march through 30 cities throughout the country before winding down on April 3 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band will be joined by Ohio thrashers Mobile Deathcamp on select dates.

 

Commented vocalist Autarch of the journey: "This is a pilgrimage reaching many places in our own country we have yet to poison with our gospel. We shall bring them the great gnosis of kaos, death and ecstasy. We will teach them to strangle the mundane with intestines of the apathetic."

 

View the tour poster HERE.

 

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH will be touring in support of The Extra Dimensional Wound, their second full-length, released via Metal Blade Records last year. The record, which Stereogum commended for being “brutal, icy hot, super heavy, [and] full of lurching ‘grooves,’" was released on vinyl in December via Canonical Hours Records and is available as a deluxe gatefold LP featuring two 200-gram discs with a 12-page booklet and expanded artwork in a limited edition of 500 copies.

 

Check out footage of the band performing the crushing "Invoke The Desolate One," at last year's Scion Rock Fest HERE.

 

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH U.S. Tour 2011

w/ Master, Mobile Deathcamp

3/04/2011 Europa - Brooklyn, NY w/ Strong Intention

3/05/2011 Diablo - Buffalo, NY w/ Strong Intention

3/05/2011 Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY (late show) w/ Strong Intention

3/06/2011 Popeye's - Peekskill, NY w/ Strong Intention

 

Mobile Deathcamp Joins Tour

3/07/2011 Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH

3/08/2011 The Summit - Columbus, OH

3/09/2011 Macs - Lansing, MI

3/10/2011 Vollrath Tavern - Indianapolis, IN

3/11/2011 Reggie's - Chicago, IL

3/12/2011 Fubar - St Louis, MO

 

Master/Lightning Swords Of Death Only

3/13/2011 The Bourbon Theater - Lincoln, NE

3/14/2011 The Marquis - Denver, CO

3/15/2011 Club Vegas - Ogden, UT

3/16/2011 El Corazon - Seattle, WA

3/17/2011 Branx - Portland, OR

3/18/2011 Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA

3/19/2011 The Metaphor - Escondido, CA

3/20/2011 The Blvd. - Hollywood, CA

3/21/2011 Ub's - Mesa, AZ

3/22/2011 Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM

3/23/2011 Emo's - Austin, TX

 

Master/Lightning Swords Of Death/Mobile Deathcamp

3/24/2011 The Rail Club - Ft Worth, TX

3/25/2011 007 Rock Bar - San Antonio, TX

3/26/2011 Walter's - Houston, TX

3/27/2011 Rouge - Fayetteville, AR

3/28/2011 The Muse - Nashville, TN

3/29/2011 Hideaway - Johnson City, TN

3/30/2011 Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC

3/31/2011 Tremont Music - Charlotte, NC

4/01/2011 Club 306 - Roanoke, VA

4/02/2011 Mojo 13 - Wilmington, DE

4/03/2011 31 Street Pub - Pittsburgh, PA

 

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"LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH evoke unforgiving torture and terror with every note.” -- The Gauntlet

The Flenser To Release Debut From Animate Metal Sorcerers SEIDR

The avant-garde metal craftsmen at The Flenser are proud to announce the signing of the unique entity SEIDR to the label's growing roster. SEIDR's debut full-length release For Winter Fire is in its final stages of completion for the label and will be unveiled to the public in late Spring 2011.

With only a handful of self-released demos and EP's to their credit since their 2009 inception, the unit known as SEIDR are brand new to widespread metal legions as of now, but their organic postrock-influenced black/death/doom output is sure to fascinate forward-thinking fans of the contemporary bastardization of extreme metal. With the bulk of the band's lyrical content mainly centered on spirituality, nature and the cosmos, musical comparisons to the SEIDR sound can be traced to acts ranging from Asunder to Katatonia to Fauna and well beyond, with dramatic progressions raging from the beautiful elements of Alcest to the hallowing funeral crush of Disembowelment within the same hymn at times!

Formed in the open-minded music haven of Louisville, Kentucky, one of SEIDR's most notable aspects may be that one of the two main songwriters is Austin Lunn, the solo artist behind anarcho-black metal solo act Panopticon, with recent releases also a part of the Flenser family. Together Lunn (guitar, vocals, recorded drumming) and his songwriting counterpart Wesley Crow (guitar, vocals, recorded bass) wrote all of For Winter Fire, and recently revamped the band's full-time lineup to include live vocalist Jack Hannert and bassist Adam Nicholson. SEIDR completed several mini-tours of the East Coast and Midwest US in 2010, and already in 2011 completed a mini-tour with Falls of Rauros and Lake of Blood.

Expect sporadic touring from SEIDR throughout 2011 in support of the upcoming debut full-length, and expect the final details for this intriguing album to be released in the coming weeks.

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DIMENTIANON Revamp Lineup; Live Chaos To Ensue

NYC-based extreme metal unit DIMENTIANON, after a slight break from public appearance, have recently revamped the band's lineup and are again booking live appearances for the coming months.

The first confirmed DIMENTIANON appearance for 2011 will see them taking part in a brutal Saturday night show at Brooklyn's deafening The Acheron alongside a collective of other tri-state-based underground metal outfits including Horrifier, Sacrificial Blood, Cain and Brohammer on February 26th [view flyer]. More live actions will be announced in the coming months.

The turbulent, trademark DIMENTIANON style of combining death, black and doom metal elements with eerie atmospherics has been a part of the New York underground scene since the mid '90s (then known as The Forgotten), but really sank its teeth into the public's ears in 2010, with the release of the band's third full-length Collapse The Void. The short but potent release shows the band at their most creative and destructive peak yet, inciting incredible reactions from the underground metal media, and shows the band tackling new approaches to their own "dementia" within the supposed realms of extreme metal.

"This is one of the sharpest underground metal albums released so far this year, a task that is an accomplishment in itself considering the enormous size of the scene. 4/5" - Metal Underground

"... just the right splatterings of melody, atmosphere and groove. There isn't a track on the release that doesn't mesh with the rest as each passage is well thought out and fine-tuned. 8/10" - Blistering

"Being unpredictable in a black/death unit is a little rare these days and sure there are bands out there within the genre that can lay claims to being unique but few sound as cohesive as Dimentianon do on Collapse The Void.... this is a must have situation... 9.5/10" - Wormwood Chronicles

"The surprising contrast between the (already strong) early material and this new, melodic/prog black metal sound shows an impressive amount of growth and ambition." - Teeth of the Divine

"Collapse the Void is all over the map from start to finish mixing elements of black, death and doom metal with ease, creating a nice chaotic extreme metal mix." - Popdose

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WATAIN Win Swedish Grammis Award For Best Hard Rock Band

Frontman Comments: "...the Devil won again!"


On Monday, January 17, Swedish black metal overlords WATAIN took home the "Best Hard Rock" award for their Lawless Darkness full-length at Sweden's annual Grammis ceremony (the Swedish equivalent to the U.S. Grammy Awards).

Comments frontman Erik Danielsson: "I always pictured the criteria for entering the Grammy awards to be those of mainstream music in general; conformity, insipidity and commercial potential. In other words, I was quite surprised when we even got nominated. But considering all the blood, sweat and tears we have put into this, our life's mission, during the past 13 years, it is by all means an award well deserved. And no matter what the parameters were by which the jury made their decision, the Devil won again!

"Even if this music genre will always be one with adversity and wild hearted insanity as it's very roots," he continues, "the artistic value must be acknowledged not only on an underground level but in any cultural circumstance, high or low. Acknowledged I say, not necessarily appreciated. And in a country like Sweden it is about fucking time, for here it has been neglected and stupefied by the mass media for years, while legends such as Dissection and Bathory have been writing and releasing some of the most monumental albums in music history. The Grammy that we have won with WATAIN is a step towards rectification in that matter, and a sign that the artistry and infernal creativity that permeates WATAIN and this genre is being taken seriously. For that we are proud and delighted in accepting the award. As for it's market-value or importance in a "music industry context," we sincerely could not care less."

Lawless Darkness was released via Season Of Mist on June 7, recorded at Necromorbus Studio (Deathspell Omega, Funeral Mist, Ondskapt et al) in Alvik, Sweden and features cover art by Zbigniew M. Bielak.

In related news, WATAIN was also nominated in the P3 Gold Awards to be held this Saturday in the "rock/metal" category as well as the Manifest Awards on February 4 in the "rock" category.

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LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH: Prepare For Upcoming Tour; Scion Footage Posted

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH: Black Metal Legion Prepare For Upcoming North American Tour; Scion Footage Posted

California lords of auditory torture, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH, are currently preparing for an upcoming North American tour in support of  Czech Republic-by-way-of-Chicago death metal legends Master. The long-anticipated trek, which will include Ohio thrashers Mobile Deathcamp, is set to take place this month and run through approximately a month's worth of dates. Stay tuned for further details.

In the meantime, check out quality footage and an interview with the band at last year's Scion Rock Fest HERE or below.

LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH will be touring in support of The Extra Dimensional Wound, their second full-length, released via Metal Blade Records last year. Their record continues to reap critical acclaim for its inherently evil atmosphere and infernal crushingness. About.com called it: “one of the label’s best releases in recent memory. What makes this album work so well is that LSODhaven’t lost their powerful low end, their penchant for blasphemy [or] their H.P. Lovecraft tinged-lyrics…..” while Stereogum commended the band saying The Extra Dimensional Wound is, “brutal, icy hot, super heavy, [and] full of lurching ‘grooves,’” Added  Invisible Oranges adamantly: “…perhaps the first American black metal band who can go toe-to-toe with Europe’s heavy-hitters in terms of force.” Sea Of Tranquility called it “a solid old school sounding release the ups the ante as far as the brutality goes,” and The Gauntlet put it simply: "LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH evoke unforgiving torture and terror with every note.”

The Extra Dimensional Wound sawits vinyl release last month via Canonical Hours Records. The wax version is available as a deluxe gatefold LP featuring two 200-gram discs with a 12-page booklet and expanded artwork in a limited edition of 500 copies.

 

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Exile On Mainstream Records: New Signing And Release Update

RISING Signs With Exile On Mainstream

German label Exile On Mainstream is thrilled to announce the signing of Danish metallers RISING! The band will enter the studio to record the forthcoming debut album with producer Jacob Reichert Nielsen at the end of March, and we will release RISING's debut album in Europe and North America in late October 2011. 

 

Since the release of the band's debut EP in 2010 it has been both great and hectic for the band, with much time invested in writing and playing new material, and touring heavily. When Exile On Mainstream's staff first met the band in Copenhagen, supporting Celan, they were instantly blown away. RISING were invited to play the label's massive South Of Mainstream Festival 2010, and on the spot they agreed to EoM's offer to release the band's debut album.

 

A Copenhagen-based three-piece, RISING create their own brand of heavy, aggressive, atmospheric, yet melodic metal. Since forming in 2008, the band has sought to incorporate all virtues of good music: passion, vibe, energy, atmosphere and yes, firm musicianship and song writing. Stylistically, the band incorporates metal, '70s hard rock, progressive and psychedelic rock, punk, sludge and more, creating music for the sake of MUSIC rather than submerging to any stylistic dogma, scene or specific genre.

 

The trio have been busy, having received a nomination at the Danish Metal Awards 2009 as "Best Metal Talent," a performance at Roskilde Festival 2010, two full European tours in March and September 2010 (both with EOM stalwarts Beehoover) covering a good part of the continent, as well as many tour dates in Ireland, Sweden and their homeland Denmark.

 

Stay tuned for more updates on RISING through 2011.

 

http://www.myspace.com/risingdk 

 

 

Other upcoming releases from Exile On Mainstream:

ASTROSONIQ | Quadrant

Already known for their spaced-out, sci-fi inspired brand of psychedelia, Quadrant sets a new pace to ASTROSONIQ's never ending trip into the realms of rock's history. Knee-deep in a space-jam wonderland they wander through the tides of contemporary rock with ten anthems of sheer class, matured through their 10 years of history together as a band. This is ASTROSONIQ at their absolute best; pummeling drums, pounding bass lines, powerful riffs and effect-laden vocals, with more experimental and challenging elements than ever before, while still maintaining their hallmark sound.Quadrant is out in North America February 22, 2011.

WIVE | PVLL 

The music of WIVE pulls from and fuses together a broad range of musical elements, including classical composition, electronic/glitch, melodic pop nostalgia and minimalist sensibilities. Quickly swinging from piano-lead waltzes to massive synth washes to straight-ahead melodic hooks, WIVE creates an aesthetic that is both somber and hopeful. The recording of PVLL took place in various living rooms, basements, garages and closets in several locations as time, space, and temperature would allow. Utilizing the internet to bridge the gap between the members spread throughout Minnesota, the compositions were relayed back and forth to be honed, refined, dismissed or created, and then polished in a live room. PVLL is out in North America February 22, 2011.

 

THE ANTIKAROSHI | Per/son/alien

Per/son/alien is the THE ANTIKAROSHI's way of telling stories by using only fragments or short lyrics. Having grown up in the East German punk/hardcore underground and raised by direct in-your-face lyrics, with subtleties not to stir up governmental attention, THE ANTIKAROSHI try to figure out where they stand now, over 20 years later. Approaching this culture and their music with the knowledge of these circumstances, THE ANTIKAROSHI admit that whatever is created will be just a trace - the bit within the byte. So the three-piece delivers an album full of struggles, inner conflict and uncompromising emotion. The sound is deeply rooted in post-rock back and the DC punk/hardcore explosion in the 90's and even recalls many cherished records from the Touch & Go roster.Per/son/alien is out in North America March 8, 2011.

 

BEEHOOVER | Concrete Catalyst

The BEEHOOVER of 2010 are unstoppable. More potent than ever is the unclassifiable GERMAN duo's attack, as they've honed to precision their unique combination of bass, drums and vocals, capture/release rhythms, the call and response between the two members, and those incredible riffs... Concrete Catalyst now sees the band elaborating their songwriting into unexpected finesse. Prog-laden textures create distinct walls of sound within the raging riffery, culminating into a monolithic album that is so much more than just a collection of songs, yet was recorded and mixed by the band in their own rehearsal room/studio in less than 30 hours. Concrete Catalyst is out in North America March 8, 2011.

 

WINO | Adrift 

The first acoustic solo album from doom legend Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Adrift is easily the man's most personal and powerful material to date. Stripped down to the bare minimum — just his voice and his guitar — the songs on Adrift follow classic American songwriting ideals offering a compelling mixture of emotion and storytelling. Wino is a man on his own in a boat without sails. He’s fighting against tides and storms, enjoying the moments of bright sunshine; bound to the will of something external — the wind, destiny and the drift. The twelve tracks on Adrift help elevate this already iconic musician to a new level of storytelling, setting Wino up to fall right in line with greats like Johnny Cash, Woodie Guthrie, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and other classic American songwriters. Adrift is out in North America March 8, 2011.

 

 

Stay tuned for news on upcoming releases from CONNY OCHS, THE WINCHESTER CLUB, END OF LEVEL BOSS and more from Exile On Mainstream throughout the year! Promo copies of the new albums from ASTROSONIQ, WIVE, THE ANTIKAROSHI, BEEHOOVER and WINO are available now, as well as interviews with all of the mentioned artists.

 

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