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SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Big Country, Big Thief, Lake Street Dive, the Jayhawks and a few others thrown in for kicks. -
Interview with Nicklas Jansson guitarist for the swedish blues band STEW
Not too often you hear a band’s first song and say these guys are the next big thing. The guitar playing is incredible. The band is tight and the music is good and loud. Check them out!!1. Who came up with the name?Nicklas Jansson: Think it was me haha, I love to boil up a good Stew on a Friday evening.2. The guitar tone is amazing. What are you using?NJ: Thanks a bunch! I play a Fender Strat from 1992 into a Peavey Delta blues amp 1×15” speaker and a Fender 4×12” speaker. Just use two pedals a CryBaby Wah and Fulltone Octafuzz.3.Sweden is not readily known for producing blues artists. How does the scene there treat you? NJ: We believe that we got a lot more attention from other countries than Sweden so far. We haven’t played a lot here yet but the overall feedback is good!4. Plans for touring?NJ: Not at this moment but of course that would be awesome! Definitely in the near future.5. Do you view social media as a positive or negative force on modern music?NJ: It’s positive I think, you can reach out to so much more people.
6. One artist you would love to tour with? NJ: Rival Sons for sure! That band is so good.. remember the first time I heard ’Pressure and Time’ it blew me off my chair.7. Influences?NJ: So many but a few are, Deep Purple, Grand Funk Railroad, Rory Gallagher, Hendrix, Free, Parish Hall, Point Blank, Aretha Franklin, Cream haha and so on. We drew all our influences from the late 60’s and 70’s era.8. Something in your music collection that fans might not expect.NJ: Don’t know about that but maybe this new artist called Mitch Rivers from the Netherlands! He is awesome, check him out!9. Anything you would like to say to your fans?In February 2019 we’ll hit the studio to record our debut album and in mid January we’ll release a live video plus more big stuff that I can’t tell you about at this moment.. stay tuned and follow us on our social medias for updates! Thanks!10. Our favorite here is “Dig For Gold” . Do you find yourself leaning towards one song more than another?NJ: Oh thanks, nice to hear! For me personally I like ’Might Be Keeping you’ we wrote that song in a couple of hours, Markus came up with the main riff and like we always do we started jamming and in like two hours it was finished.Thanks for reaching out to us! My name is Nicklas Jansson and play Guitar in Stew.This band gets 10/10 Wolf HowlsCry Of the Wolf MagazineLine up:Markus Åsland – Bass/VocalsNicklas Jansson – GuitarNicklas Dahlgren – Drums
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Interview with Nicklas Jansson guitarist for the swedish blues band STEW
Not too often you hear a band’s first song and say these guys are the next big thing. The guitar playing is incredible. The band is tight and the music is good and loud. Check them out!!1. Who came up with the name?Nicklas Jansson: Think it was me haha, I love to boil up a good Stew on a Friday evening.2. The guitar tone is amazing. What are you using?NJ: Thanks a bunch! I play a Fender Strat from 1992 into a Peavey Delta blues amp 1×15” speaker and a Fender 4×12” speaker. Just use two pedals a CryBaby Wah and Fulltone Octafuzz.3.Sweden is not readily known for producing blues artists. How does the scene there treat you? NJ: We believe that we got a lot more attention from other countries than Sweden so far. We haven’t played a lot here yet but the overall feedback is good!4. Plans for touring?NJ: Not at this moment but of course that would be awesome! Definitely in the near future.5. Do you view social media as a positive or negative force on modern music?NJ: It’s positive I think, you can reach out to so much more people.6. One artist you would love to tour with? NJ: Rival Sons for sure! That band is so good.. remember the first time I heard ’Pressure and Time’ it blew me off my chair.7. Influences?NJ: So many but a few are, Deep Purple, Grand Funk Railroad, Rory Gallagher, Hendrix, Free, Parish Hall, Point Blank, Aretha Franklin, Cream haha and so on. We drew all our influences from the late 60’s and 70’s era.8. Something in your music collection that fans might not expect.NJ: Don’t know about that but maybe this new artist called Mitch Rivers from the Netherlands! He is awesome, check him out!9. Anything you would like to say to your fans?In February 2019 we’ll hit the studio to record our debut album and in mid January we’ll release a live video plus more big stuff that I can’t tell you about at this moment.. stay tuned and follow us on our social medias for updates! Thanks!10. Our favorite here is “Dig For Gold” . Do you find yourself leaning towards one song more than another?NJ: Oh thanks, nice to hear! For me personally I like ’Might Be Keeping you’ we wrote that song in a couple of hours, Markus came up with the main riff and like we always do we started jamming and in like two hours it was finished.Thanks for reaching out to us! My name is Nicklas Jansson and play Guitar in Stew.This band gets 10/10 Wolf HowlsCry Of the Wolf MagazineLine up:Markus Åsland – Bass/VocalsNicklas Jansson – GuitarNicklas Dahlgren – Drums
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SAINT VITUS announce European tour dates and new album for 2019 #news #saintvitus #seasonofmist #doommetalfront
The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS have recently finished their studio sessions for the recording of their brand new album, which will be released in 2019 via Season of Mist. On further news, SAINT VITUS have announced new European live dates for April and May 2019. The band will be supported by DOPELORD.
SAINT VITUS tour dates+ DOPELORD03 Apr 19 Gothenburg (SE) Sticky Fingers04 Apr 19 Stockholm (SE) Debaser Strand06 Apr 19 Jyväskylä (FI) Lutakko07 Apr 19 Helsinki (FI) On The Rocks09 Apr 19 Oslo (NO) Bla10 Apr 19 Copenhagen (DK) Pumpehuset11 Apr 19 Berlin (DE) So3612 Apr 19 Hamburg (DE) Headcrash13 Apr 19 Bomal-Sur-Ourthe (BE) Durbuy Rock Festival14 Apr 19 Dortmund (DE) Junkyard15 Apr 19 Cologne (DE) Luxor17 Apr 19 Birmingham (UK) Mama Roux18 Apr 19 Leeds (UK) Brudenell19 Apr 19 Glasgow (UK) Audio20 Apr 19 London (UK) The Underworld21 Apr 19 Paris (FR) Petit Bain23 Apr 19 Nantes (FR) Le Ferrailleur24 Apr 19 Toulouse (FR) Le Rex25 Apr 19 Barcelona (ES) Boveda26 Apr 19 Madrid (ES) Copernico27 Apr 19 Barroselas (PT) Swr Metalfest28 Apr 19 Bilbao (ES) Kafé Antzokia30 Apr 19 Fribourg (CH) Fri-Son*01 May 19 Milan (IT) Circolo Magnolia02 May 19 Zürich (CH) Dynamo*03 May 19 Karlsruhe (DE) Dudefest04 May 19 Leipzig (DE) Utc Connewitz*No DOPELORD -
SAINT VITUS announce European tour dates and new album for 2019 #news #saintvitus #seasonofmist #doommetalfront
The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS have recently finished their studio sessions for the recording of their brand new album, which will be released in 2019 via Season of Mist. On further news, SAINT VITUS have announced new European live dates for April and May 2019. The band will be supported by DOPELORD.
SAINT VITUS tour dates+ DOPELORD03 Apr 19 Gothenburg (SE) Sticky Fingers04 Apr 19 Stockholm (SE) Debaser Strand06 Apr 19 Jyväskylä (FI) Lutakko07 Apr 19 Helsinki (FI) On The Rocks09 Apr 19 Oslo (NO) Bla10 Apr 19 Copenhagen (DK) Pumpehuset11 Apr 19 Berlin (DE) So3612 Apr 19 Hamburg (DE) Headcrash13 Apr 19 Bomal-Sur-Ourthe (BE) Durbuy Rock Festival14 Apr 19 Dortmund (DE) Junkyard15 Apr 19 Cologne (DE) Luxor17 Apr 19 Birmingham (UK) Mama Roux18 Apr 19 Leeds (UK) Brudenell19 Apr 19 Glasgow (UK) Audio20 Apr 19 London (UK) The Underworld21 Apr 19 Paris (FR) Petit Bain23 Apr 19 Nantes (FR) Le Ferrailleur24 Apr 19 Toulouse (FR) Le Rex25 Apr 19 Barcelona (ES) Boveda26 Apr 19 Madrid (ES) Copernico27 Apr 19 Barroselas (PT) Swr Metalfest28 Apr 19 Bilbao (ES) Kafé Antzokia30 Apr 19 Fribourg (CH) Fri-Son*01 May 19 Milan (IT) Circolo Magnolia02 May 19 Zürich (CH) Dynamo*03 May 19 Karlsruhe (DE) Dudefest04 May 19 Leipzig (DE) Utc Connewitz*No DOPELORD -
VEONITY LEGEND OF THE STARBORN CD REVIEW
Veonity
Legend of the Starborn
Sliptrick records
Veonity have unleashed a ferocious power metal masterpiece. Legend of the Starborn on Sliptrick records is now available. we suggest you buy a copy or two or three. Voted by this magazine, as the 2016 power metal band of the year, we have been patiently awaiting their new music.
Veonity delivers 13 tracks of power, precision, and passionate heavy metal. “Rise again”, “Winds Of Asgard”, “United We Stand”, are standouts but there is ultimately not a bad track on the disc. The Gods of metal are smiling once again. All hail the Starborn and all hail Veonity!!
10/10 Wolf Howls
Cry of the Wolf Magazine
https://www.veonity.com/
https://sliptrickrecords.com/
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VEONITY LEGEND OF THE STARBORN CD REVIEW
Veonity
Legend of the Starborn
Sliptrick records
Veonity have unleashed a ferocious power metal masterpiece. Legend of the Starborn on Sliptrick records is now available. we suggest you buy a copy or two or three. Voted by this magazine, as the 2016 power metal band of the year, we have been patiently awaiting their new music.
Veonity delivers 13 tracks of power, precision, and passionate heavy metal. “Rise again”, “Winds Of Asgard”, “United We Stand”, are standouts but there is ultimately not a bad track on the disc. The Gods of metal are smiling once again. All hail the Starborn and all hail Veonity!!
10/10 Wolf Howls
Cry of the Wolf Magazine
https://www.veonity.com/
https://sliptrickrecords.com/
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SUNN O))) announce their "Let There Be Drone (Multiple Gains Stages)" European Tour March 2019 #news #sunn #southernlordrecordings #doommetalfront
© 2018 Sunn O))) & Ronald Dick SUNN O)))) present their first European tour since 2016, and the premier tour of their 2019-2020 season. Including their first ever French tour (not including Paris), returning to old haunt Kampnagel in Hamburg, mythical Paradiso in Amsterdam, as well as headlining Elevate festival in Graz, and Divadlo Archa Prague.
Formed in March 1998 SUNN O))) have been challenging the ways we think about music in the twenty years since. A synthesis of diverse: drone, metal, minimalism/maximalism verging on the edge of pure sonic ecstasy, meditation and trance through the power, beauty and colour of sound pressure emanating from their legendary SUNN O))) backline and their earth shaking tectonic compositions of existence, dedicated to the mysteries of life and the cosmos.
SUNN O))) has two core members: Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson, supported by a tribe of collaborators. From 1999’s “The Grimmrobe Demos” to 2018’s “Downtown LA Rehearsal/Rifftape”; from their now classic albums “Black One” (2006), “Monoliths & Dimensions” (2009), “Soused” (2014) & “Kannon” (2015) to their forthcoming to-be-revealed-but-recently-completed two 2019 album epics, founders Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson have forged paths and connections between the worlds of Metal, contemporary art, drone, new music, jazz and minimalism with startling results while remaining true to the eternal principles of volume, density, elasticity of time, blossoming of saturation viable only to the disciples and fetishists of electric guitar, synthesis, multiple gain stages and some of history’s greatest pure valve amplification.
The current concert line-up extends around power trio of Stephen O’Malley (Guitar), Greg Anderson (Guitar), and their valve guru and long time collaborator Tos Nieuwenhuizen (Moog), aside selected special guests. Together they relentlessly pursue their exploration and elaboration of SUNN O)))’s legendary experiments with the physicality of sound in instrumental based live performances with remarkable events at some of their favourite venues, as well as concerts in singular events and spaces such as Italy’s impressive cultural complex Labrinto Della Masone, Germany’s Ruhrtriennale Festival of Arts, Royal Festival Hall & The Barbican in London, Bergen’s Dømkirke and Manchester International Festival being a few emblematic examples.Rejoin them in their glorious pursuit of the monumental heaviness.
Etienne Ni Mhaille, 2018SUNN O)))LET THERE BE DRONE(MULTIPLE GAINS STAGES)March 2019 EuropeThu 28/02/2019 DE Frankfurt MousonturmFri 01/03/2019 AT Graz Elevate festival/Orpheum ° ~Sat 02/03/2019 CZ Prague Divadlo Archa °Sun 03/03/2019 DE Hamburg Kampnagel – K6 °Mon 04/03/2019 NL Amsterdam Paradiso °Wed 06/03/2019 FR Lyon L’Epicerie Moderne ÷Thu 07/03/2019 FR Nancy L’Autre Canal ÷Fri 08/03/2019 FR Dijon La Vapeur ÷Sat 09/03/2019 FR Rouen QuasaRites Day/Le 106 •Mon 11/03/2019 FR Tours Le Temps Machine §Tue 12/03/2019 FR Nantes Stereolux §Wed 13/03/2019 FR La Rochelle La Sirene §Thu 14/03/2019 FR Bordeaux Le Rocher de Palmer §Supports:° Puce Mary https://puce-mary.bandcamp.com÷ Golem Mecanique https://golemecanique.bandcamp.com§ France https://standard-in-fi.bandcamp.com~ Robin Fox presents Single Origin• Lingua IgnotaSUNN O)))’s website/webstore sunn.southernlord.comSUNN O)))’s album oeuvres online sunn.bandcamp.comSUNN O)))’s live recordings online sunn-live.bandcamp.comTour produced by Ideologic Organ MusicSUNN O)))’s booking in EU by Odyssey / Vincent RoyersSUNN O)))’s recordings are released by Southern Lord Recordings www.southernlord.com -
SUNN O))) announce their "Let There Be Drone (Multiple Gains Stages)" European Tour March 2019 #news #sunn #southernlordrecordings #doommetalfront
© 2018 Sunn O))) & Ronald Dick SUNN O)))) present their first European tour since 2016, and the premier tour of their 2019-2020 season. Including their first ever French tour (not including Paris), returning to old haunt Kampnagel in Hamburg, mythical Paradiso in Amsterdam, as well as headlining Elevate festival in Graz, and Divadlo Archa Prague.
Formed in March 1998 SUNN O))) have been challenging the ways we think about music in the twenty years since. A synthesis of diverse: drone, metal, minimalism/maximalism verging on the edge of pure sonic ecstasy, meditation and trance through the power, beauty and colour of sound pressure emanating from their legendary SUNN O))) backline and their earth shaking tectonic compositions of existence, dedicated to the mysteries of life and the cosmos.
SUNN O))) has two core members: Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson, supported by a tribe of collaborators. From 1999’s “The Grimmrobe Demos” to 2018’s “Downtown LA Rehearsal/Rifftape”; from their now classic albums “Black One” (2006), “Monoliths & Dimensions” (2009), “Soused” (2014) & “Kannon” (2015) to their forthcoming to-be-revealed-but-recently-completed two 2019 album epics, founders Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson have forged paths and connections between the worlds of Metal, contemporary art, drone, new music, jazz and minimalism with startling results while remaining true to the eternal principles of volume, density, elasticity of time, blossoming of saturation viable only to the disciples and fetishists of electric guitar, synthesis, multiple gain stages and some of history’s greatest pure valve amplification.
The current concert line-up extends around power trio of Stephen O’Malley (Guitar), Greg Anderson (Guitar), and their valve guru and long time collaborator Tos Nieuwenhuizen (Moog), aside selected special guests. Together they relentlessly pursue their exploration and elaboration of SUNN O)))’s legendary experiments with the physicality of sound in instrumental based live performances with remarkable events at some of their favourite venues, as well as concerts in singular events and spaces such as Italy’s impressive cultural complex Labrinto Della Masone, Germany’s Ruhrtriennale Festival of Arts, Royal Festival Hall & The Barbican in London, Bergen’s Dømkirke and Manchester International Festival being a few emblematic examples.Rejoin them in their glorious pursuit of the monumental heaviness.
Etienne Ni Mhaille, 2018SUNN O)))LET THERE BE DRONE(MULTIPLE GAINS STAGES)March 2019 EuropeThu 28/02/2019 DE Frankfurt MousonturmFri 01/03/2019 AT Graz Elevate festival/Orpheum ° ~Sat 02/03/2019 CZ Prague Divadlo Archa °Sun 03/03/2019 DE Hamburg Kampnagel – K6 °Mon 04/03/2019 NL Amsterdam Paradiso °Wed 06/03/2019 FR Lyon L’Epicerie Moderne ÷Thu 07/03/2019 FR Nancy L’Autre Canal ÷Fri 08/03/2019 FR Dijon La Vapeur ÷Sat 09/03/2019 FR Rouen QuasaRites Day/Le 106 •Mon 11/03/2019 FR Tours Le Temps Machine §Tue 12/03/2019 FR Nantes Stereolux §Wed 13/03/2019 FR La Rochelle La Sirene §Thu 14/03/2019 FR Bordeaux Le Rocher de Palmer §Supports:° Puce Mary https://puce-mary.bandcamp.com÷ Golem Mecanique https://golemecanique.bandcamp.com§ France https://standard-in-fi.bandcamp.com~ Robin Fox presents Single Origin• Lingua IgnotaSUNN O)))’s website/webstore sunn.southernlord.comSUNN O)))’s album oeuvres online sunn.bandcamp.comSUNN O)))’s live recordings online sunn-live.bandcamp.comTour produced by Ideologic Organ MusicSUNN O)))’s booking in EU by Odyssey / Vincent RoyersSUNN O)))’s recordings are released by Southern Lord Recordings www.southernlord.com -
MONOLORD sign to Relapse Records – new album coming late 2019 #news #doommetalfront
Relapse is proud to announce the signing of Swedish trio MONOLORD. Formed in Gothenburg in 2013, MONOLORD quickly burst onto the scene releasing three critically-acclaimed full-lengths in a four-year span (Empress Rising, Vænir and Rust) on RidingEasy Records all while touring relentlessly around the globe. MONOLORD is a rare breed: A band both encompassing and transcending genre; a vortex of heavy rock density that consumes all others. The band’s enveloping, syrupy sludge is a state of mind, with guitarist/vocalist Thomas Jäger, drummer Esben Willemsand bassist Mika Häkki create a massive, dynamic sound with ultra-low frequencies serving as its fourth member. MONOLORD’s yet-to-be-titled fourth studio album is expected to be released in late 2019. Stay tuned for more information.
MONOLORD comment on the signing:“Stoked about this! Working with people who are driven by the passion for music above anything else has always been key for us. The fine music lovers at Relapse are just the kind of passionate people we want to spread the decibel gospel with and we feel confident that this is gonna be a very sweet ride together.”
MONOLORD are currently on tour throughout Europe with Kadavar. A full list of remaining tour dates is available below.
MONOLORD Tour Dates:— All Dates w/ KADAVAR —Nov 15 Lausanne, CH @ Le RomandieNov 16 Zurich, CH @ Mascotte ZurichNov 17 Eindhoven, NL @ HelldoradoNov 18 Groningen, NL @ VERA GroningenNov 20 Bielefeld, DE @ Forum BielefeldNov 21 Kortrijk, BE @ ConcertzaalNov 22 Karlsruhe, DE @ SubstageNov 23 Leipzig, DE @ Sonne IslandNov 24 Schweinfurt, DE @ Stattbahnhof SchweinfurtNov 25 Neukirchen, DE @ SagewerkNov 27 Cham, DE @ L.A. Live Style CafeNov 28 Munich, DE @ Backstage MunchenNov 29 Bochum, DE @ Zeche BochumNov 30 Saarbrucken, DE @ GarageDec 01 Freiburg, DE @ Jazzhaus FreiburgMONOLORD Is:Esben Willems – DrumsThomas Jäger – Guitar VocalsMika Häkki – BassOFFICIAL LINKS:
