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Salt Lake City thrashers Deathblow is streaming the title track from The Other Side of Darkness, out April 21, 2015 below. The album was recorded by Andy Peterson and the band. Peterson also handled mixing and mastering duties. Cover art was handled by Andreas Marschall.
01: Beyond Obsession
02: Means To An End
03: The Other Side Of Darkness
04: Headless Throne
05: Death Wish
Brooklyn indie rockers Friend Roulette is streaming “Stoned Alone,” off their sophomore album I See You. Your Eyes Are Red, out June 2, 2015 via Goodnight Records below.
I See You. Your Eyes Are Red. Track List
SIDE A
01: Strange Girl
02: Dutch Master
03: Stoned Alone
04: You Drank All The Egg Nog
SIDE B
05: Gardens Tidings
06: Feed
07: Up In The Air
08: Warm Year
The band has booked an extensive schedule of tour dates, which are posted below.
Mar 20: Palisades – Brooklyn, NY
Mar 28: Rock The Blocks Festival – Blacksburg, VA
Apr 04: Macrock – Harrisonburg, VA
Apr 05: Gallery 5 – Richmond, VA
Apr 06: Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC
Apr 07: Carabar – Columbus, OH
Apr 08: Daytrotter – Rock Island, IL
Apr 09: The Shop – Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 10: The Petting Zoo – Philadelphia, PA
Apr 11: Babe City – Washington, DC
Apr 12: Pianos – New York, NY
Apr 14: The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA
Apr 15: Milhouse – Washington, DC
Apr 16: Balliceaux – Richmond, VA
Apr 20: Shea Stadium 420 – Brooklyn, NY
Montreal progressive metallers Elderoth is streaming “This Shadow By My Side,” off their forthcoming sophomore album Mystic, due April 28, 2015 below.
Track Listing – Elderoth – Mystic:
1. Within (1:01)
2. Black and Blue (4:15)
3. This Shadow By My Side (4:48)
4. My Future (3:27)
5. Falling Star (4:09)
6. In A Dream (3:36)
7. The Ocean (4:35)
8. Far In The Sea (4:27)
9. Always Remember (3:56)
Album Length: 34:17
The band’s 2015 lineup features founding member Collin McGee on guitars and vocals with Xavier Sperdouklis on bass, Vincent Harnois on guitars and Jessy Normand on drums. Mcgee, the man behind the vision of Elderoth is the primary author, composer, lead guitarist, and singer. Through his years of being self-taught, studying music theory and composing endlessly, McGee has mastered composition on guitar and other instruments at a world-class level, along with writing lyrics and developing his vocals to a professional level that stands out in the audio mix both live and in the studio.
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Montreal black doomers Éohum (pronounced ee-o-um) are streaming “Thus Spewed Thy Infectious Reign” and “Equatorial Rains,” off their upcoming debut album Revelations, Aurora Of An Epoch, due out April 7, 2015 via Mycelium Networks as a pay what you want release below.
Track Listing – Revelations, Aurora of An Epoch
1. Leaving Harbour 2:50
2. Rooted Deep Within 4:36
3. Equatorial Rains 5:08
4. Defined Sacredness 04:36
5. Revelations, Aurora of an Epoch 6:39
6. Wiser Every Sunrise 6:05
7. Thus Spewed Thy Infectious Reign 5:07
8. Give Us O’ Rain 1:43
Album Length: 36:48
Formed in 2010 from the mind of guitarist / writer Jeremy Perkins, Éohum brings together some of the most dark and groove oriented metals of heavy low end doom riffs to meet black metal atmospheres. With shredding guitar tones uplifted by the French horns plus a touch of clean breaks with beautiful lyrics and vocals, Éohum expand their style within the relentless drive that surround a new air, a new sound, an attempt to join forces with eco-awareness and spirit for their upcoming debut album, Revelations, Aurora Of An Epoch.
The release features a collective of musicians that includes guest vocals from Matt McGachy (Cryptopsy) (Tracks 3-4-5-7), Lana Edwards (Intro & Outro), Phillippe Rieder (Track 6), Nick Wybo (ex-Vinyl Hero) on drums, Annie Perreault on French horn/trumpet, Sylvain Dumont on guitar, James Heymans on bass and Perkins himself on guitar plus a live line up that includes drummer Simon Mackay (The Agonist) and vocalist Barrie Butler (ex : Tard).
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Sun & Sail Club, the new band featuring Bob Balch (Fu Manchu), Scott Reeder (Fu Manchu, Smile), Scott Reeder (Kyuss, Fireball Ministry, The Obsessed) and Tony Adolescent (Adolescents) will be releasing their new album titled The Great White Dope in late April.
Check out “Scared To Death,” off their previous album Mannequin in a short film by Drew Mavrick below.
Scott “Wino” Weinrich and Conny Ochs are streaming “Drain,” off their collaborative album, out March 31, 2015 via Exile On Mainstream and Earsplit Distro on vinyl here.
Weinrich will be supporting Black Label Society on a run of tour dates, while Ochs has booked upcoming European tour dates of his own.
WINO w/ Black Label Society:
Apr 03: The Paramout – Huntington, NY
Apr 04: Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom – Hampton Beach, NJ
Apr 06: Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
Apr 08: Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Apr 10: Piere’s Entertainment Center – Fort Wayne, IN
Apr 11: Orbit Room – Grand Rapids, MI
Apr 12: The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Apr 14: The Cotillion – Wichita, KS
Apr 16: Mesa Theater & Club – Grand Junction, CO
Apr 17: The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT
Apr 18: Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA
Apr 19: City National Grove Of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
CONNY OCHS Tour Dates:
Mar 27: Distrò – La Spezia (IT)
Mar 28: Socio – Massa Carrara (IT)
Apr 03: Bardamu / Calderara di Reno – Bologna (IT)
Apr 04: La Girada – Udine (IT)
Apr 06: Maximum Festival – Zerobranco (IT)
May 16: Maximum Circus Festival – Berlin (DE)
May 29: Eulenbruch Festival – Rostock (DE)
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Rap/metal outfit Scare Don’t Fear will be supporting Nonpoint and 36 Crazyfists on an upcoming North Americans tour this spring, in support of their debut album From the Ground Up,” out now via Ben Bruce of Asking Alexandria’s KBB Records.
Mar 26: Limelight Eventplex – Peoria, IL
Mar 27: The Wicked Moose – Rochester, MN
Mar 29: The Original – Minot, ND
Mar 31: Stage 112 – Missoula, MT
Apr 01: The Peppertree – Idaho Falls, ID
Apr 03: Revolution – Boise, ID
Apr 04: The Palomino – Spokane, WA
Apr 05: Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
Apr 06: Tonic Lounge – Portland, OR
Apr 08: DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
Apr 09; House Of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
Apr 10: Vinyl – Las Vegas, NV
Apr 14: Austin, TX – Red 7
Apr 16: Scout Bar – Houston, TX
Apr 17: The Silo – Abilene, TX
Apr 19: Lonestar Amphitheater – Lubbock, TX
Apr 21: Juanita’s – Little Rock, AR
Apr 24: Club LA – Destin, FL
The band also are streaming a cover of Eminem’s “The Way I Am,” which can be streamed below.
Break Anchor, featuring Suicide Machines guitarist/vocalist Jason Navarro, is streaming their song “I’m Sorry,” off their new album Van Down By The River, out via April 7, 2015 via Paper + Plastick, below.
Track Listing:
01. First World Problems
02. I’m Sorry
03. Fell Apart
04. Bang Bang
05. West Alexandrine
06. Gone
07. Beyond Occupy
08. 18 Winters
09. Down and Out
10. DTFKWTME
11. Acronyms
12. Black Hearts and Blackouts
13. 2,000 Miles
In related new, Break Anchor will be supporting Suicide Machines on a run of dates in April, which can be found here.
Charlotte, NC’s Alright is streaming “Watercolors,” off their Self Titled EP, out March 24, 2015 via Negative Fun Records with assistance from Self Aware Records below.
Singer/guitarist Sarah Blumenthal began to play music with Joshua Robbins, currently of Late Bloomer, in 2013. After months of writing songs and finding their specific voice, the two decided they needed a full-time drummer to cement themselves. Enter Garrett Herzfeld, formerly of It Looks Sad, and Alright were now a fully-formed unit. The band takes the more direct approach to songwriting when compared to their other musical outlets. Most songs are no frills pop anthems coated in fuzz and sugary vocals.
They have booked a run of dates with Late Bloomer.
Mar 23: Studio Lu Loo – Oaklyn, NJ (w/ Extract, Goddamnit)
Mar 24: Mr. Beery’s – Bethpage, NY (w/ Greensleep, Troubled Hearts)
Mar 25: O’Briens – Boston, MA (w/ New Legs, Drug Dogs)
Mar 26: Aurora – Providence, RI (w/ Twin Foxes, Laika’s Orbit)
Mar 27: KFN Upstairs – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Dogs on Acid, Clique)
Mar 28: Dr. Clock’s Nowhere Bar – Washington, DC (w/ Sundials, Oklahoma Car Crash)
Built To Spill
Built To Spill is streaming “Never Be The Same”, off their upcoming eighth studio album Untethered Moon, out April 18, 2015 via Warner Bros Records and exclusively for Record Store Day. A very limited-edition quantity of Untethered Moon will be pressed on transparent blue vinyl and will be randomly distributed into the initial run of pressings. The CD and digital versions will be released on April 21st. They have announced touring plans, which can be found here. Stream it below.
