Eyehategod have confirmed a string of upcoming shows in May.
May 15: Psycho California – Santa Ana, CA
May 16: Alice Cooper’stown – Phoenix, AZ
May 17: Highline Bar – Seattle, WA
May 21: Tiki Bar – Shreveport, LA
May 22: Fort Worth Metal Fest – Fort Worth, TX
May 23: Siberia – New Orleans, LA
USA Summer Dates:May 15 – Psycho California – Santa Ana, CAMay 16 – Alice Cooper’stown – Phoenix, AZMay 17 – Highline…
Posted by EYEHATEGOD on Monday, April 27, 2015
With Roadburn having just ended last weekend, the season for European music festivals is here Joining the ranks of it’s better known sister festival in Germany, Desertfest UK is fast becoming one of the best events in the world. The event will take place from April 24th-26th at stellar venues in London such as: The Electric Ballroom, Koko, The Underworld, The Black Heart, The Jazz Cafe and the Purple Turtle Especially if you pray to at the altar of the riff almighty, the subsonic tones of sludge and just a rocking good time in general, this fest is for you. The weekend passes are already sold-out, further proving the attraction these line-ups will bring.
Friday kicks things off in the early afternoon with up and comers Torpor leading off. Likely the best afternoon band of any day of the fest will be Floor at the Electric Ballroom. Following them will be The Atomic Bitchwax, and headliners Electric Wizard and the mighty Red Fang. The Underworld is host to grimmer acts such as Dopethrone, Agrimonia, Black Cobra, Minsk, and Noothgrush. Also not to be missed on Friday are comeback kings End of Level Boss. They are always super fun live!
Saturday has a super doom and sludge infection in the form of Vintage Caravan, Sex Swing, Pale Horse, Black Pyramid, Lo Pan, Anthromorph, Obake, Ten Foot Wizard, Hang the Bastard plus Brant Bjork And Low Desert Punks. EyeHateGod continues their return to Europe, promising another brutal set.
Adding to the awesomeness of Saturday is the fests first prog stage, led by Amplifier, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, I am The Morning, Landskap and others. This is really momentous for the fest and hopefully it becomes a regular thing in years to come.
Sunday will bring things to a boil with more underground bands Amulet, Quartz Cancer, Sallie, Witch Hazel, SSS, The Wounded Kings, and Angel Witch amongst many others. Of course the headliner Sleep might be half the draw for the weekend, as well as Ufomammut, Karma To Burn, and Acid King. With official after show every night of the fest, this promised to be a non-stop jamming party the whole time.
Eyehategod will be venturing across Europe for an upcoming tour. They are still supporting their self titled album out via Housecore Records. During the tour, band guitarist Jimmy Bower and vocalist Mike IX Williams will appear on an special Q&A panel on April 10th at the Roadburn Festival in Tillburg, The Netherlands to discuss the documentary NOLA: Life, Death and Heavy Blues From The Bayou.
EYEHATEGOD – Staggering Backwards European Tour:
Mar 30: Kuudes Linja – Helsinki (FI)
Mar 31: Kuudes Linja – Helsinki (FI)
Apr 01: Klubi – Tampere (FI)
Apr 03: Debaser – Stockholm (SW)
Apr 04: Truckstop Alaska – Gothenburg (SW)
Apr 05: 1000Fryd – Aalborg (DK)
Apr 06: Atlas – Aahus (DK)
Apr 07: Loppen – Kopenhagen (DK)
Apr 08: Hafenklang – Hamburg (DE)
Apr 09: Roadburn Festival 2015 – Tilburg (NL)
Apr 10: Roadburn Festival 2015 – Tilburg (NL)
Apr 11: Durbuy Rockfestival 2015 – Durbuy (BE)
Apr 12: Bastard Club – Osnabrück (DE)
Apr 13: Cassiopeia – Berlin (DE)
Apr 14: Schlachthof – Wiesbaden (DE)
Apr 16: Lo Fi Club – Milano (IT)
Apr 17: Init – Roma (IT)
Apr 18: The Cage – Livorno (IT)
Apr 19: Freakout Club – Bologna (IT)
Apr 20: Gaswerk – Winterthur (CH)
Apr 21: Usine – Geneve (CH)
Apr 22: Mjc Totem – Lyon (FR)
Apr 23: Molodoi – Strasbourg (FR)
Apr 24: Le 106 – Rouen (FR)
Apr 25: Desertfest 2015 @ Electric Ballroom – London (UK)
May 15: Psycho California @ The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
Jun 20: Hellfest 2015 – Clisson (FR)
TOUR STARTS TOMORROW in Helsinki!http://eyehategod.ee/gigs.html Mar. 30 – Kuudes Linja – Helsinki, FinlandMar. 31 -…
Posted by EYEHATEGOD on Sunday, March 29, 2015
Jimmy Bower, Photo By Evil Robb Photography
“The first concert I ever went to was the Rolling Stones Tattoo You tour. My dad worked at CBS, so we were in the press box. It was 1980, so I was about 12 years old. There was this chick in the press box next to me and she kept saying to me “I’m on acid! I’m on acid!” So she was tripping on acid really bad and my dad had to ask her to leave me alone. (laughs) My second show ever was Heart and Kansas. I remember me and my sister were behind the stage watching from there, and Ann Wilson walked out on stage. And she and looked up at me and my sister, saw us and she gave us a thumbs up. It was really cool that she saw us as fans, so young. It really meant a lot to me for her to do that, that she was cool enough to shoot a thumbs up over at me. And this really set the bar for how I have treated fans the rest of my life in my career.”
AS TOLD TO KEITH CHACHKES
PHOTO BY EVIL ROBB PHOTOGRAPHY
Abstract is the new brutal. The principal focus of Extreme Metal has always been to make music that sounds as violent or destructive as possible, but over the last couple of years a growing number of bands in different sub-genres have embraced a more subtle approach. Whether it’s Gnaw Their Tongues and their followers blending Black Metal with Noise elements, Blut Aus Nord embracing dissonance or Portal deconstructing familiar Death Metal into something totally other, it’s becoming more common to encounter Extreme Metal which doesn’t so much punch your face as make you doubt its existence.
Primitive Man are one of a current circle of bands – Sea Bastard, Keeper and Indian among their peers – engaged in stripping so-called “Sludge”, that ugly child of Punk and Black Sabbath, of its Blues influences and sense of groove and focussing entirely on its capacity for bleakness and discomfort, and are arguably the leaders in their circle when it comes to abstraction. Home Is Where The Hatred Is (Relapse) continues from their independent debut album Scorn with thirty minutes of abstract rhythms, broken chords and growled vocals that steadfastly refuse to describe anything as uplifting or recognisable as a riff. It’s a thick, genuinely unsettling morass of noise and almost ambient amp abuse, and when they do allow themselves a brief moment of Grind-fuelled violence at the start of Downfall it’s almost a relief – though one that’s rapidly overtaken as the song collapses once again into dissonance and atmospherics. There are similarities to Khanate, of course, in their use of dissonance and unorthodox song structures, but as their name would suggest they seem less artful and refined, more… well… primitive.
It is extremely difficult to criticise HIWTHI, not because it’s without flaws, but because any apparent weaknesses (tracks blurring into another; the lack of satisfying climax; the sense of dislocation and frustration that pervades) are so obviously the result of very deliberate choices by the band. They’re not bugs, to borrow from the clichés of IT, but features. This isn’t the dirty, angry Rock ‘n Roll of Eyehategod or Iron Monkey, and it doesn’t seek to press the same buttons – this is genuinely ugly, unsatisfying, dissonant music from a band who aren’t interested in catharsis or making you rock out.
8.0/10
RICHIE HR
Roadburn 2015 has released the running order for each day, plus other events surrounding the festival. The event is on Thursday, April 9 to Sunday, April 12 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The schedule is available below.
On Wednesday evening (April 8th), Hard Rock Hideout will be held at Cul de Sac and entry is free. Prematory will have us feverishly thrash-until-we-crash. Their relentless neck-wreckers are nostalgic, yet fresh and energetic! Bark is leading the new pack of Antwerp stray dogs of extreme sound. Infectious, dirty riffs and a voice that will tear you apart – Bark serve their tunes raw, unpolished, gritty and dark!
On Friday (April 10th) we’ll host our Music Industry panel where record label representatives and other key industry figures will be debating exactly what it is that a record label looks for in the bands that they sign these days. Click HERE for more info. Following that, we’ll have a very special Q&A session hosted by Noisey’s Editor-in-Chief, Fred Pessaro, who will be talking to Jimmy and Mike from Eyehategod before a screening of the 2014 Noisey documentary NOLA: Life, Death and Heavy Blues from the Bayou.
Saturday will see the return of Record Collectors Anonymous – an open invitation to join your fellow crate rattlers and bargain hunters as stories are swapped and confessions aired. Click HERE for more info. We will also have a fascinating panel discussion hosted by noted journalist Harald Fossberg who will be joined by Ivar and Grutle from Enslaved as they delve into the origins of Norwegian black metal and the impact it’s had on today’s musical landscape. Click HERE for more info.
Arik Roper will be exhibiting at Project Space Tilburg – Gust van Dijk, presenting Brilliant Shadows: Selected Works by Arik Roper – which will be open throughout the festival and continue into May.
Further artworks will be on display from CAVUM, Kim Holm and William van der Voort throughout the festival.
Mike Hill of Tombs, Photo by Kaley Nelson
“The first one that immediately comes to mind is that I saw Neurosis , EyeHateGod, and Dead and Gone. I’m gonna say it was the late 90s. EyeHateGod, even though I don’t think they have held up as well over the years; but in that period, they were one of the greatest live bands of all time. They are certainly one of the best live bands ever. And I had forgotten that Neurosis was on the bill, and Neurosis came out and even topped EyeHateGod, they were that good. This was on the tail end of the Through Silver In Blood (Neurot) touring, and it was just a transcendent experience to see them live.”
Photo Credit: Danin Drahos
Eyehategod have issued a statement in regards to cancelling their upcoming Australian and Mexican tour, due to vocalist Mike IX Williams’ recent health issues.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT – Please Re-post!!
2/13/2015
EYEHATEGOD Australian and Mexican Tours Cancelled/Postponed Until Further Notice
1000% regrettably on the heels of the recent Australian tour cancellation, EYEHATEGOD have cancelled their upcoming Mexico three day tour as well…
Vocalist Mike IX William’s mental stability and health are major serious issues at this point, and we are very, very sorry for putting our fans and business partners in this miserable position. We feel horrible about these empty spaces in our schedule and will make up these tours ASAP.
Since part of the problem were the long flights for the ailing singer, EHG tried completing pre-booked short run West and East Coast gigs in the USA only, going full on against doctor’s orders. These were found to be physically draining and a detriment performance wise for Williams.
An urgent cure to exhaustion and fatigue is needed & Williams is resting and healing up to get healthy by April to tour Europe and the UK.
The cancellation of these tours is NOT ANY FAULT of the promoters or foreign booking agents and EYEHATEGOD promise we will make these shows up as soon as we can.
2015 – EYEHATEGOD -New Orleans
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EyeHateGod recently wrapped up a brief winter run of tour dates in the USA and Ghost Cult was there! The band continues to strike while the iron is hot, building off of a monstrous 2014 which saw them release a blistering, self-titled album on Housecore Records, their first in 14 years. The band continues to kick down doors and gig relentlessly and are planning more live assaults as 2015 goes on. In the mean time, check out this photo set from the bands recent stop at Brighton Music Hall in Allston MA, shot by Evil Robb Photography.
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PHOTOS BY EVIL ROBB PHOTOGRAPHY
Photo Credit: Danin Drahos
Eyehategod has booked a string of upcoming shows, which are listed below.
Jan 22: Jerry’s Pizza & Pub – Bakersfield, CA
Jan 23: Moose Lodge – Lancaster, CA
Jan 24: Alex’s Bar – Long Beach, CA
Jan 25: Sweet Springs Saloon – San Luis Obispo, CA
Jan 26: Strummers – Fresno, CA
Feb 04: Brighton Music Hall – Boston MA
Feb 05: The Clash Bar – Clifton, NJ
Feb 06: Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
Feb 07: Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
Feb 08: Ottobar – Baltimore, MD w/ Cro Mags, Saint Vitus, Misery Index
Over two-and-a-half decades, EYEHATEGOD have helped define the NOLA sound: down-tuned, blues-inflected guitars awash in furious distortion, underpinning the tormented screams of Mike IX Williams over a thundering rhythm section. Though it was a long time between riffs, EYEHATEGOD reemerged stronger and more determined than ever before. EyeHateGod personifies desperation and addiction in the various backwaters of forgotten America, punctuated by the “N’awlins” sound of rebellion and pollution resulting in triumph over adversity. EyeHateGod is an exclamation mark on an already storied career, a statement of rebirth, catharsis, self-preservation and a sign of things to come.
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