Midwest black metal legion STONEHAVEN are pleased to embark upon four special West Coast rituals this week. The Harbingers of Ruin Tour will begin this Thursday and includes two performances at the Northwestern Black Circle Fest IV alongside blackened behemoths Marduk, 1349, Weapon, Ceremonial Castings and more.
Notes the band of the upcoming voyage: “It is often that this time of year we see fit to assert ourselves on the West Coast. With precision and decisiveness we will ravage the shoreline, and we will meet our foes in climax at Portland.”
STONEHAVEN The Harbingers of Ruin Tour 2012:
6/14/2012 CIA – North Hollywood, CA w/ Icon of Phobos, Hordes of Hate, Sein Und Zeit
6/15/2012 Casa Sangre – Oakland, CA w/ Icon of Phobos, Hordes of Hate, Sein Und Zeit
6/16/2012 Northwestern Black Circle Fest IV @ Bossanova Ballroom – Portland, OR
6/17/2012 Northwestern Black Circle Fest IV @ Branx – Portland, OR
Notes the band of the upcoming voyage: “It is often that this time of year we see fit to assert ourselves on the West Coast. With precision and decisiveness we will ravage the shoreline, and we will meet our foes in climax at Portland.”
STONEHAVEN The Harbingers of Ruin Tour 2012:
6/14/2012 CIA – North Hollywood, CA w/ Icon of Phobos, Hordes of Hate, Sein Und Zeit
6/15/2012 Casa Sangre – Oakland, CA w/ Icon of Phobos, Hordes of Hate, Sein Und Zeit
6/16/2012 Northwestern Black Circle Fest IV @ Bossanova Ballroom – Portland, OR
6/17/2012 Northwestern Black Circle Fest IV @ Branx – Portland, OR
STONEHAVEN
will be touring in
support of their Concerning Old-Strife And Man-Banes,
released earlier this Spring via Horror Pain Gore
Death Productions. Described as a “black hearted
potpourri of Icelandic saga, Norwegian ashen metal, and Swedish eddas
about pagan kings forced to slurp down a nasty snake noodle at the behest of
them mean old Christian 10th century evangelists,” by About.com, commended by Blistering
for their “deft knowledge of the style and penchant for dynamic,
cunning BM compositions,”
and championed by Blabbermouth.net in a glowing 8.5/10 review: “Not
only has this 59-minute album of Scandinavian-rotted, traditional black metal
kept my interest from one end to the other, it has been without hesitation that
I would return for repeat spins and enjoy the experience all over again. And
it's not because Concerning Old-Strife and
Man-Banes is full of catchy choruses and conventional song
structures. Rather, it is merely the case that each of these eight songs are
marvelously arranged, packed as they are with killer riff after killer riff and
buzzing with that indefinable black metal energy, aura even, that raises an
album from good to special." Concerning Old-Strife And Man-Banes
continues to captivate the ears with its carefully crafted hymns of
grimness.
If you
missed it, don’t forget to check out the track “Suffering The Swine-Array,”
currently streaming at Cvlt Nation. Described the
band : “The song details a field battle in the late 800s between Anglo-Saxon
defenders and a large force of Danish invaders. During the song, we hear the
boasts of three Danish Viking leaders, Kale, Thorstein, and Halfdan, as they
break their way through the Saxon lines, and finally, the lament of dying Saxon
warrior as he drifts in between the world of the living and the dead. He cries
out in shame as he views the victorious dead of the Viking army carted away to
the heavens by valkyries, and his own Christian brother laying in the field to
rot.”
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