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Switzerland’s Coilguns are just about to drop their new full-length, Everything We Love, We Destroy. It arrives November 13th, via Humus Records, just ahead of a European tour run. Recently, they dropped the latest single, “Platform Decay,” with a visualizer video. Watch it below and read more.
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Swedish sludgesters Cult Of Luna have evolved a great deal over the years; their new album, In The Shadow Of Your Shadow (RED CRK), doubles down on the trappings of their genre. This finds them returning to the core sound of post-Sludge that traces its roots back to Neurosis. The stormy chords and thundering drums present a gloomy attack, for the coarse rasp of the vocals to snarl against, forcing the guitar to carry the melody. It swells to the kind of apocalyptic proportions that Sludge is known for before breaking down into a melodic guitar section. Floating along before predictably building up. Joe Duplantier from Gojira shows up for “Sadness Will Reign,” which is another song that leans heavily into the Neurosis influence with its sonic sprawl. Joe’s voice sits back in the mix. Continue reading
Chris Kontos (ex-Machine Head, The Boneless Ones) has stepped down from Forbidden as their drummer after three years. He played drums and co-produced their recently released new self-titled album, out now via BLKIIBLK (read the review here). Kontos had already stepped down from the bands current but now is out of the band. No permanent replacement has been named and the band has not released a statement as yet. We’ll follow this developing story at the site. Continue reading
