November 30, 2012

NEUROSIS: UK Live Dates This Weekend & New US Shows Announced!

NEUROSIS are in the UK this weekend, playing two performances, ATP's Shellac-curated Nightmare Before Xmas festival, and a special London show with Godflesh.

Newly locked-down US performances are now set to take place late this year into the first week of 2013 in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle. Tickets for all confirmed shows are set to go on sale today, November 30th.  Direct ticket links for these shows are posted below, and even more additional dates will be announced in the days ahead! See all of the confirmed dates below, or through the TOUR page on Neurosis.com.

NEUROSIS UK PERFORMANCES:

• Sat 1 December 2012: ATP's Nightmare Before Xmas - Camber Sands Centre, England, UK. [ info ] [ lineup ]

• Sun 2 December 2012: NEUROSIS + GODFLESH At The Forum, Kentish Town, London, UK. [ info ]

NEW NEUROSIS US PERFORMANCES:

• Sat. December 29, 2012: The Masquerade, Atlanta w/ Rwake, Primate, U.S. Christmas  - $23adv / All Ages
    [ tickets ] [ info ] [ fb event/rsvp ]

• Sun. December 30, 2012: The Metro, Chicago w/ Bloodiest, The Atlas Moth - $23adv / 18+
    [ tickets ] [ info ] [ fb event/rsvp ]

• Fri. January 4, 2013: The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles w/ TBD + Ides of Gemini - $28adv / All Ages
    [ tickets ] [ info ] [ fb event/rsvp ]

• Sat. January 5, 2013:  The Showbox at The Market, Seattle w/ Tragedy, Black Breath, Stoneburner -
   $25adv / All Ages (Bar w/ID)  -  [ tickets ] [ info ] [ fb event/rsvp ]


November 27, 2012

NEUROSIS Begins New Chapter

Official statement from Neurosis:

As of today, after much thought and discussion, visual projections as we have presented them over the last 20 years will no longer be part of Neurosis live shows. We are going to begin the process of reinventing our live presentation. This process will begin at zero, allowing the music to speak for itself and lead us where it may. Whatever form or however long this may take is unknown. This also signals a parting of the ways with our visual artist of the last twelve years, Josh Graham. Josh’s tireless work and talent came at a time when we really needed it and carried us gracefully into the video age with original content we couldn’t have dreamed of when we were just starting out. Our parting comes from a place of mutual respect, friendship and understanding. We all agree that this is a step Neurosis has to take and are open to working together on specific projects in the future. We wish him success and the best of luck with all of his own musical endeavors and artistic passions.

In the spirit of sound,


- Steve, Dave, Jason, Noah, and Scott


In conjunction with this announcement, Josh Graham issued the following statement:

For us all, time for change has come. The friendships and body of work that have spawned from our time together will live on as we move forward. It has been an honor and a privilege to work with Neurosis over the last 12 years. As the crossroads are upon us, and we feel that the pinnacle of our collaborative efforts have been reached; we now look toward our individual futures with support and encouragement. Constant reinvention is at the heart and soul of us all, and we will all continue to persevere. Despite the larger picture winding down as we move on in our own directions, we will continue to work together on specific legacy projects including reissues and possibly more if/when the right projects come up.

Onward.


- Josh Graham


November 23, 2012

AMENRA Full Album Stream & Upcoming Tour Dates


Credit Jeroen Mylle

The end is nigh as we enter the final few days before the climatic release of AMENRA's crushing new studio album Mass V on Neurot Recordings.

Over the weeks, the band have lured us with album tracks and mind-melting video footage. These multisensory delights have given us a great taster of what to expect from the album but now we can hear the whole record in its entirety which is streaming today via Metal Hammer.



The vinyl preorder will commence on the release date - Monday 26 November at 18:00 Brussels time. 250 of 500 limited silver vinyl will be available through www.soulslayer.net, the other 250 at the band's record release show on 22 December. Here is the pre-order link.

As a reminder, the LP version of the album will differ slightly from the CD version, as it contains different artwork, additional sounds and alternative mixes, by Billy Anderson and mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Scorn, working with SUNN 0))), Earth, Isis and more...).

This edition is 2 LPs (one of which is one sided), has a special silver coloured 180g vinyl and comes with comes with a special lyric/picture booklet. The tracklisting is as follows:
Dearborn and Buried
Boden
a mon Âme
Memoire
Nowena l 9.10


Keep an eye on the AMENRA facebook page for a special announcement next week about a very special and rare UK show.  Don't forget AMENRA will be touring this beast of a record in all its brutality, here are the details of live appearances and their recently announced 2013 EU tour dates:

SAT 1/12 : LE GUESS WHO FESTIVAL - Db's, UTRECHT NL w/ OATHBREAKER
SAT 22/12 : AB, BRUSSELS BE w/ OATHBREAKER, TBHR, SCOTT KELLY
FRI 11/01 : EUROSONIC FESTIVAL - MACHINEFABRIEK, GRONINGEN NL
SUN 10/02 : DEKREUN, KORTRIJK BE w/ ELEANORA
SAT 16/02 : WINTERFEST - PERRON, IEPER BE
FRI 22/02 BURGERWEESHUIS, DEVENTER NL w/ TBHR
SUN 24/02 : MOD, HASSELT BE w/ HESSIAN
FRI 19/04 : Tilburg, Netherlands - Patronaat Church @ Roadburn Festival

EU TOUR 2013
4/25/2013 Glazart - Paris, FR w/ TBHR
4/26/2013 Epicerie Moderne - Lyon, FR
4/27/2013 Boulevard rock club - Misano Adriatico (RN), IT
4/28/2013 Traffic live club - Roma, IT
4/29/2013 Lo fi club - Milano, IT
4/30/2013 Gaswerk - Winterthur, Swiss
5/01/2013 Arena - Wenen, AU
5/02/2013 Feierwerk - Munchen DE
5/03/2013 Conne Island - Leipzig DE w/ Syndrome
5/04/2013 Klub Firlej - Wroclaw, Poland @ Asymmetry Festival
5/05/2013 Bi Nuu, Berlin DE w/ Syndrome

SUN 26/05: STUK, LEUVEN BE w/ Oathbreaker

November 14, 2012

NEUROSIS Record Release Show in Oakland: Tickets Still Available!

There will be tickets available at the Fox Theater Box Office on the day of the show.  So, if you are considering traveling from out of town, don’t hesitate.  Do it!  You will be able to get a ticket.

Save Money!  Tickets purchased at the Fox Theater Box Office do not have the additional service fee that Ticketmaster charges.  Buy them direct from the venue.  The Box Office is open on Friday from noon to 7:00p.m. and also on Saturday, 90 minutes before doors open.

It is a rare treat for us to be able to play such a beautiful historic theater in our place of origin!  Come join us this Saturday as we celebrate the release of our new album with Voivod and YOB.


Links: 
The Fox Theater [show info]
The Fox Theater [website | map/directions]
Ticketmaster [tickets]


November 12, 2012

AMENRA Post New Video Via BrooklynVegan

As the worldwide release of their Neurot Recordings debut Mass V nears release at the end of this month, today Belgium’s ethereal sludge spiritualists AMENRA release a brand new official video from the anticipated opus.

The video for “Nowena I 9.10” was filmed using stop-motion animation created by Stef Cuypers and edited by Stef Cuypers and AMENRA guitarist Mathieu Vandekerckhove. “Nowena I 9.10” is the third and possibly most tension-filled song found on Mass V, the epic six-minute anthem also featuring guest vocals by Neurosis’ Scott Kelly.

View “Nowena I 9.10” for the first time via BrooklynVegan, posted alongside the other previously-released tracks from Mass V and more AMENRA action AT THIS LOCATION.

“Nowena I 9.10” lyrics:

the darkest hours will seem long
they will feel like for ever
then new light breaks into dawn

novena burns for my brothers at night
a flame that burns the bodies of light

brothers burn. I see the fire in their eyes.

the past is your now
the present now passed

now is the time

(everything awaits you and the light will let you)


AMENRA will release Mass V in Europe on November 26th and in North America on November 27th, their first release as part of the Neurot Recordings family. Today, the CD version of the album is available for preorder. Orders for the standard CD pressing can be placed now direct via Neurot, while the special, limited edition colored CD version (black top/black bottom) signed by the band and containing additional artwork and can be ordered from Soulslayer. The vinyl version of Mass V will be available for preorder in the coming days.

Review copies of Mass V and interviews with AMENRA are available now. For all press inquiries on AMENRAand Neurot Recordings, in North/South America and Australia/New Zealand contact earsplitpr@aol.com and in Europe contact rarelyunable@yahoo.co.uk.

AMENRA Confirmed Live Rituals:
12/01/2012 Db’s – Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who Festival w/ Oathbreaker [info]
12/22/2012 Ancienne Belgique – Brussels, Belgium *record release show w/ Oathbreaker, TBHR, Scott Kelly [info]
1/11/2013 Machinefabriek – Groningen, Netherlands @ Eurosonic Festival
2/10/2013 De Kreun – Kortrijk, Belgium [info] w/ Eleanora
2/16/2013 Perron – Ieper, Belgium @ Winterfest
2/22/2013 Burgerweeshuis – Deventer, Netherlands w/ TBHR
2/24/2013 Mod – Hasselt, Belgium w/ Hessian
4/19/2013 Patronaat Church – Tilburg, Netherlands @ Roadburn Festival [info]

European Tour 2013:
4/25/2013 Glazart – Paris, France w/ TBHR
4/26/2013 Epicerie Moderne – Lyon, France
4/27/2013 Boulevard Rock Club – Misano Adriatico (RN), Italy
4/28/2013 Traffic live club – Roma, Italy
4/29/2013 Lo Fi club – Milano, Italy
4/30/2013 Gaswerk – Winterthur, Switzerland
5/01/2013 Arena – Wenen, Austria
5/02/2013 Feierwerk – Munchen, Germany
5/03/2013 Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany w/ Syndrome
5/04/2013 Klub Firlej – Wroclaw, Poland @ Asymmetry Festival
5/05/2013 Bi Nuu – Berlin, Germany
5/26/2012 Stuk – Leuven, Belgium w/ Oathbreaker

http://www.churchofra.com
http://www.ritualofra.com
http://www.facebook.com/churchofra

November 6, 2012

AMENRA Release New Video From Pending Neurot Recordings Debut

 
After stealing the show at Damnation Festival in Leeds this past weekend, AMENRAare firmly focused on the release of their new studio album Mass V which will see the cold light of day later this month on November 27th via Neurot Recordings.

Having recently showcased their album opener “Dearborn and Buried” via their official Soundcloud page, we explode into the new week with the album’s second track “Boden,” complete with lyrics and accompanying video.




“Boden” lyrics:
carry within
a fear
that blossoms on skin
forever alone
sorrow says
bury my bones
carry within
regret
for everything
tear old pain away
I renounce this day and
I renounce every wound
made in my flesh
made by my flesh
are you awake? what did you see?
I’m a sudden hissing,
right behind your ear.
a white noise
but it’s quiet now
I am reason
I am fear
inflict.
I call out
and you fear me
I call out
and all the brothers in the world they hear me
but the pain remains the same

AMENRA are also proud to announce new live appearances and 2013 European tour dates in support of the staggering Mass V.

AMENRA Confirmed Live Rituals:
12/01/2012 Db’s – Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who Festival w/ Oathbreaker [info]
12/22/2012 Ancienne Belgique – Brussels, Belgium *record release show w/ Oathbreaker, TBHR, Scott Kelly [info]
1/11/2013 Machinefabriek – Groningen, Netherlands @ Eurosonic Festival
2/10/2013 De Kreun – Kortrijk, Belgium [info] w/ Eleanora
2/16/2013 Perron – Ieper, Belgium @ Winterfest
2/22/2013 Burgerweeshuis – Deventer, Netherlands w/ TBHR
2/24/2013 Mod – Hasselt, Belgium w/ Hessian
4/19/2013 Patronaat Church – Tilburg, Netherlands @ Roadburn Festival [info]

European Tour 2013:
4/25/2013 Glazart – Paris, France w/ TBHR
4/26/2013 Epicerie Moderne – Lyon, France
4/27/2013 Boulevard Rock Club – Misano Adriatico (RN), Italy
4/28/2013 Traffic live club – Roma, Italy
4/29/2013 Lo Fi club – Milano, Italy
4/30/2013 Gaswerk – Winterthur, Switzerland
5/01/2013 Arena – Wenen, Austria
5/02/2013 Feierwerk – Munchen, Germany
5/03/2013 Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany w/ Syndrome
5/04/2013 Klub Firlej – Wroclaw, Poland @ Asymmetry Festival
5/05/2013 TBA – Germany
5/26/2012 Stuk – Leuven, Belgium w/ Oathbreaker

Since their 1999 inception, AMENRA have infiltrated underground music communities with their grand style of organic sludge/doom metal through a plethora of LPs, EPs, and splits with Hessian, TBHR, Oathbreaker and others, through a variety of independent labels including Anvil Of Fury, Sound Devastation, Hypertension and their own Church of Ra imprint. Intense touring and festival appearances across Europe and beyond helped these diverse recordings transform into the live setting, captivating visual effects always an imperative element of the band’s on-stage dominance.

Neurot announced AMENRA’s induction into their clan in July of 2011, which was followed directly by the band’s second European tour in support of the mighty Neurosis, the bond between both parties strengthening. Last November the members of AMENRA wandered through the countries neighboring Belgium in search of the perfect inspiration for their next studio opus. The journey led them to the village of Wissant in North France, where upon discovering vast lands still decimated by and littered with carnage from World War II battles invoked the proper stimulation the band needed to create Mass V.

In May the band entered the expansive La Chapelle Studio to create Mass V,assisted by engineer Billy Anderson (Eyehategod, Neurosis, Melvins, Sleep, Swans, etc.) to bring their sonic attack to its most crushing. With possibly their most inspired material to date in hand, brandishing forty minutes of material through four movements, they utilized the photography of Stefaan Temmerman and the talents of Webecameaware for the layout, AMENRA completed their vision and are preparing for the world to hear this sonic tour de force.




November 1, 2012

SCOTT KELLY (Neurosis) | Winter Tour 2012

SCOTT KELLY (Neurosis)
European Tour 2012

sat
24.11.
NO
Porsgrunn
Sort og Blå Scene
sun
25.11.
NO
Oslo
Revolver  
mon
26.11.
EE
Riga
Artelis
tue
27.11.
FI
Helsinki
Kuudes Linja
wed
28.11.
FI
Turku
Klubi
thu
29.11.
FI
Oulu
Nuclear Nightclub
tue
04.12.
UK
London
The Black Heart
wed
05.12.
CH
Luzern
Sedel
thu
06.12.
CH
Martigny
Sunset Bar
fri
07.12.
CH
Moudon
Les Prisons
sat
08.12.
CH
Delémont
SAS
sun
09.12.
IT
Parma
Bandits Pub
mon
10.12.
GER
Karlsruhe
Jubez
tue
11.12.
GER
Dortmund
Pauluskirche
wed
12.12.
GER
Leipzig
UT Connewitz
thu
13.12.
GER
Osnabrück
Bastard Club
fri
14.12.
GER
Berlin
Jägerklause
sat
15.12.
PL
Poznan
Blue Note
sun
16.12.
GER
Hamburg
Molotow
mon
17.12.
GER
Rostock
Mau
tue
18.12.
DK
Copenhagen
Loppen
wed
19.12.
NL
Groningen
Simplon
thu
20.12.
NL
Tilburg
O13
fri
21.12.
LU
Luxenbourg
Decibal Bar 
sat
22.12.
BE
Brüssel
Ancienne Belgique

Scott will play songs from his two new records. Check out the trailers below:

Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till & Wino – “Songs Of Townes Van Zandt



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