RWAKE Announce Year-End Shows

Arkansas’ backwoods doomsayers RWAKE have announced a series of year-end shows to close out 2012. The festivities will commence December 19 in the band’s hometown of Little Rock. The band will then hit Nashville on December 28 and wrap up with a special show in Atlanta with Neurosis, Primate and US Christmas on December 29.

RWAKE recently premiered their disturbingly controversial new video for “It Was Beautiful, But Now It’s Sour” via Noisey. The 12-minute short film, directed by Danish horror aficionado Casper Haugegaard, features devastating slow motion close-ups of actual pig fetuses being absolutely annihilated by a variety of implements. 

RWAKE released Rest, their first album in over four years, last year to immense critical acclaim. The harrowingly beautiful progressive/doom/sludge masterpiece is currently available for streaming HERE. 

1. Souls of the Sky

2. It Was Beautiful but Now It's Sour 

3. An Invisible Thread

4. The Culling 

5. Ti Progetto 

6. Was Only a Dream

RWAKE Tour Dates:

12/19/2012 White Water Tavern - Little Rock, AR w/ Sound of the Mountain, Peckerwolf

12/28/2012 Exit In - Nashville, TN w/ Forest of Tygers, Hellbender

12/29/2012 The Masquerade (upstairs) - Atlanta, GA w/ Neurosis, US Christmas, Primate [Tickets]

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Rwake: "It Was Beautiful But Now It's Sour" New Video Posted

Arkansas, USA, Sludge/Doom Metal band Rwake released a new video for the track "It Was Beautiful But Now It's Sour" taken from the latest full-length entitled "Rest" out via Relapse Records on September 27th, 2011. Check out below. (NSFW)

1. Souls of the Sky

2. It Was Beautiful but Now It's Sour 

3. An Invisible Thread

4. The Culling 

5. Ti Progetto 

6. Was Only a Dream

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SPIN Magazine Names 8 Earsplit Artists In 2011 Metal Top 20 Free Mixtape Included

SPIN Magazine just released their 20 Best Metal Albums of 2011, including EIGHT titles/artists represented under the Earsplit PR banner! The round-up lists the latest works from WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, BRUCE LAMONT, HULL, RWAKE, ALL PIGS MUST DIE, EARTH, and the new LPs from ABSU and CRAFT even honored in the top 5 for the year!

#19 WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM - Celestial Lineage (Southern Lord)

#18 BRUCE LAMONT - Feral Songs For The Epic Decline (At A Loss)

#16 HULL - Beyond The Lightless Sky (The End)

#11 RWAKE - Rest (Relapse)

#10 ALL PIGS MUST DIE - God Is War (Southern Lord)

#8 EARTH - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I (Southern Lord)

#5 ABSU - Abzu (Candlelight)

#3 CRAFT - Void (Southern Lord)

The entire SPIN 20 Best Metal Albums of 2011 list is published in the January/February issue of the mag and is now posted online with a free mixtape with 19 of the 20 artists on the list at this location.

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RWAKE To Play Special Show In New York City This Monday

Arkansas doombringers RWAKE will play a special show with Hull this Monday, October 10, 2011 at The Mercury Lounge in New York City. For info and set times, go to THIS LOCATION.

RWAKE recently released Rest via Relapse Records. Their first new offering in over four years,Rest is less a set of songs than a perpetually evolving, deeply emotional set of missives heralding the end of times and sure to be among one of the best progressive/doom/sludge metal records of the year. Notes Revolver of the epic: "At once dense and cacophonous, bleak and thunderous,RWAKE’s latest aspires toward the sonic-cosmic apex personified by Neurosis—and comes mighty close." Rock Sound calls it “...dementedly brilliant...” while Pitchfork adds: "...a barrage of the unexpected, relighting doom from the strangest corners." In an 8/10 rated review, Decibel praises: "...Rest dials up the prog, touching on Comus' creepy forest-folk... And yet, capped by C.T.'s rebel yell and drummer Jeff Morgan's shit-kicking poly rhythms, even Rest's brainest moments tap into a rich tradition of Southern misfit culture."

Rest is streaming in its entirety on the band's official Bandcamp page. Check it out HERE.

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RWAKE: Arkansas Doomsayers Post Third New Track Via Pitchfork

 Arkansas doomsayers RWAKE have posted another new track off their upcoming Rest full-length courtesy of Pitchfork. Check out “Was Only A Dream” HERE.

 

Previous song posts include “An Invisible Thread” online at The Obelisk and “It Was Beautiful, But Now It’s Sour“ at NPR.org.

 

Their first new offering in over four years, Rest is less a set of songs than a perpetually evolving, deeply emotional set of missives heralding the end of times. The album is nothing short of epic, and sure to be one of the best progressive/doom/sludge metal records of the year.

 

Rest will see its North American release on September 27 on CD, digital and double LP. Pre-order options for the CD and vinyl can be found at THIS LOCATION.

 

In addition, RWAKE recently announced a handful of shows for late September. This mini-tour will kick-off with a hometown show in Little Rock and include stops in St. Louis, Chicago, Nashville, and more. A listing of tour dates and cities can be found below.

 

RWAKE Tour Dates:

9/21/2011 White Water - Little Rock, AR

9/22/2011 Fubar - St. Louis, MO

9/23/2011 Rock Island Brewing Company - Rock Island, IA 

9/24/2011 The Abbey - Chicago, IL

9/25/2011 The End - Nashville, TN

 

“...ingenious, forward-thinking metal.” – Pitchfork

 

“It’s profoundly ugly music capable of great catharsis and, therefore, great beauty." – Austin American Statesman

 

“...dementedly brilliant...” – Rock Sound

 

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RWAKE- "An Invisible Thread"

Relapse Records just uploaded a new public track called RWAKE- "An Invisible Thread", check it out! 


Arkansas backwoods doomsayers RWAKE awaken from their slumber and unleash their long-awaited new album Rest. Their first new material in over 4 years, Rest is less a set of songs than a perpetually evolving, deeply emotional set of missives heralding the end of times. Rest is nothing short of epic, and not only one of 2011's finest albums but one of the finest progressive/doom/sludge metal records ever.

  

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RWAKE: Debut Brand New Track Online

RWAKE sees the premiere of their track “It Was Beautiful, But Now It’s Sour“, taken from the band’s forthcoming albumRest, online now atNPR.org. “It Was Beautiful, But Now It’s Sour”, a near-12 minute reawakening of the band, is the first preview of new music in four years since the acclaimed Voices of Omens album.

RWAKE has recently unveiled the cover art for Rest online now at this location. RWAKE recorded the follow-up toVoices of Omens at Engine Studios in Chicago, IL with noted engineer Sanford Parker.Rest will see its North American release on September 27th on CD, digital, as well as pressed on olive green and 180 gram black vinyl. Pre-order options for the CD and vinyl can be found here.

RWAKE’s now-legendary 2002 release Hell Is A Door To The Sun was recently re-issued.

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RWAKE: Unveil Album Art, Release Date For ‘Rest’

The cover art for RWAKE’s forthcoming album and follow-up to 2007’s Voices of Omens, Rest, can be seen now at thislocation. RWAKE recorded Rest at Engine Studios in Chicago, IL with noted engineer Sanford Parker. Rest will see its North American release on September 27th on CD, digital, as well as pressed on olive green and 180 gram black vinyl. Pre-order options for the CD and vinyl can be foundhere.

RWAKE recently saw the re-issue of their now-legendary 2002 release Hell Is A Door To The Sun this past March. The long-out-of-print album has been re-mixed by Sanford Parker, re-mastered, and re-packaged to include new artwork, photography, and liner notes from the band. Hell Is a Door To The Sun is available now at this location and digitally via iTunes.

RWAKE has confirmed a hometown show at Downtown Music Hall in Little Rock, AR for later this month. Additional tour plans will be announced soon.

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