YOB: Portland’s Favorite Doom Craftsman Announce North American Tour Dates With Enslaved This March

Following two furiously sold-out nights at renowned Brooklyn rock bar, Saint Vitus, as well as their mammothly efficacious European trek before that, Portland’s most prized doom craftsman, YOB, will return to the stage this Spring for a North American run supporting progressive black metal technicians, Enslaved. Slated to commence on March 5th in San Diego, the sixteen-date excursion will make its way across the country, coming to a close on March 24th in Boston. Additional support will be provided by Ecstatic Vision.

By James Rexroad

YOB w/ Enslaved, Ecstatic Vision:

Thu Mar 5 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick [ tickets ]
Fri Mar 6 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre [ tickets ]
Sat Mar 7 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s [ tickets ]
Mon Mar 9 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater [ tickets ]
Tue Mar 10 -Vancouver BC -Rickshaw Theatre [ tickets ]
Wed Mar 11 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon [ tickets ]
Fri Mar 13 - Salt Lake City, UT - Bar Deluxe [ tickets ]
Sat Mar 14 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall [ tickets ]
Mon Mar 16 - Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights [ tickets ]
Tue Mar 17 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall [ tickets ]
Thu Mar 19 - Toronto, ON - Opera House [ tickets ]
Fri Mar 20 - Montreal, QC - Les Foufounes Électriques [ tickets ]
Sat Mar 21 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre [ tickets ]
Sun Mar 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer [ tickets ]
Mon Mar 23 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage [ tickets ]
Tue Mar 24 - Boston, MA - Sinclair [ tickets ]

YOB will be touring in support of their critically-adored Clearing The Path To Ascend full-length, released early this Fall via Neurot Recordings. Recorded at Gung Ho Studio in Eugene alongside longtime YOB comrade/iconic sound wizard, Billy Barnett and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, Beastmilk, Nails) at Audiosiege, Clearing The Path To Ascend has won the praise of major media outlets globally, including Rolling Stone who placed Clearing The Path To Ascend at the coveted #1 spot on their 20 Best Metal Albums Of 2014 noting, “The seventh album from Oregon doom metal sky-gazers, YOB, … makes perfect bedfellows of volume and beauty, pain and transcendence.” The esteemed publication further commends the record noting, “Opener ‘In Our Blood’ extends a simple riff into complex arches, tracing [vocalist Mike] Scheidt’s voice as it moves from an exquisite falsetto to a death-metal bellow in the course of sixteen-minutes. And during the colossal closer ‘Marrow’ — possibly the best metal song of the year, one that uses low notes to play uplifting melodies — Scheidt sings ‘Time will fall inside the dream.’ His voice suddenly reaches out like a clarion’s call, clear and telling and beautiful. It’s a pronouncement from the living, a semaphore pointing into the future.” Elsewhere the record placed at #7 on Decibel’s Top 40 Albums Of 2014, #9 on Wondering Sound’s 25 Best Metal Albums Of 2014, #1 on About.com’s 2014 Best Heavy Metal Albums List, #11 on Stereogum’s Top 50 Albums Of 2014, #9 on Spin’s 20 Best Metal Album’s Of 2014, #9 on Metal Assault’s Best Albums Of 2014, and #1 on Free Williamsburg’s 10 Best Metal Albums Of 2014 among so many other lists both published and in the works.

YOB’s Clearing The Path To Ascend is available now via store.NeurotRecordings.com.

“Mike Scheidt’s songwriting has never been stronger or more dynamic… a masterful return to form by an American doom powerhouse,” – Decibel

“An absolute monument of musicianship, songcraft, and raw emotion, this hour-plus slab of gut-wrenching, god-toppling doom, crafted by frontman Mike Scheidt in the wake of divorce and the decision to stop taking anti-depressants, operates on a grander scale, both sonically and philosophically, than any other album this year.” – Free Williamsburg

“For all its heaviness, the album is disarmingly meditative, relying less on forcing the mood for the listener and entrusting that the human commonalities of love, loss, fear, and hope threaded throughout the music will render an altogether familiar place of comfort and strength within the listener.” – Steel For Brains

“The sound on Clearing The Path To Ascend is tactile: You can practically feel vocalist/guitarist Mike Scheidt’s callused hands sliding up and down the guitar neck…This isn’t a case of fixing what was broken; it’s about becoming greater than they already were.” – Wondering Sound

“The closing, sprawling eighteen-minute plus ‘Marrow’ takes every previously visited songwriting element on Clearing The Path To Ascend and brings it all together into beautifully melancholic combination of heaviness and melody, a fitting capstone to a gem of an album.” – About.com

“Clearing The Path To Ascend is YOB at their most frenzied (‘Nothing To Win’) as well as their gentlest (‘Marrow’), but taken as whole, its four songs feel like the seasons or the elements: powerful, eternal, wondrous, and bigger than all of us.” – Stereogum

“…Mike Scheidt continues to drive his band YOB to new heights of epic, darkly spiritual doom without consideration for trends, self-consciousness or the whims of fickle consumers. At sixty-two minutes yet only four songs, Clearing The Path To Ascend rewards the patient while almost deliberately snubbing the ADD set… Scheidt uses art as catharsis, and that means you as listener as well if you want to take that journey with him.” – Metal Injection

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yob/36708497970

UFOMAMMUT Completes Seventh Studio Full-Length For Spring Release Via Neurot Recordings

Italian power trio, UFOMAMMUT, is putting the final details on the band’s anticipated seventh studio full-length in order for the album to see an early Spring 2015 worldwide release, once again through Neurot Recordings. While virtually no specific details on the album are yet to be revealed to the public, the album is fully mixed, mastered and going into production now. The record’s title, release date and much more will be unveiled at the dawn of 2015, and mass album and tour updates will ensue through the rest of the year.

In October, UFOMAMMUT proudly released XV, a DVD documenting the band’s intense fifteen year lifespan to date, through their own Supernatural Cat label with support from Neurot. For nearly two years UFOMAMMUT has been working on this special video project delivered through XV’s more than three hours of footage documenting their vast discography and live accomplishments. The DVD features Magickal Mastery Live, a twelve-song live act, as well as interviews, outtakes, and extras, captured over the past decade and a half.

A mini-documentary sampled from XV is playing at THIS LOCATION, and a video
of “Zerosette” from the band’s Godlike Snake debut is playing RIGHT HERE.

Photo by Andrea Tomas Prato, atpjustme.tumblr.com

Orders for the XV DVD can be placed in the US HERE and internationally HERE, 

and the digital audio version of Magickal Mastery Live only can be ordered HERE. 

Additional info on the upcoming album will be released in the coming weeks as UFOMAMMUT prepares to return to North America for their first major tour of the continent in 2015, including a performance at Maryland Deathfest 2015.

UFOMAMMUT Tour Dates:

5/21/2015 Maryland Deathfest - Baltimore, MD [ info ]

www.UFOMAMMUT.com

CORRECTIONS HOUSE Forced To Postpone Remaining US Tour Dates

Due to vocalist Mike IX Williams’ exhaustive touring and recording schedule these past years, a doctor’s strict orders for rest, vitamins and general physical recovery has been prescribed, and it is with deep regret that CORRECTIONS HOUSE has postponed the last few remaining dates of theWriting History In Advance US tour.

Notes Williams in an official statement: “Overwork, nonstop travel, overexertion on stage and poor eating habits will eventually grind you to rubble. I need a bit of time to heal and repair my wounded body and mind.”

CORRECTIONS HOUSE released their Writing History In Advance recording, a menacing testament of sonic decay captured live in Los Angeles earlier this year. The release is available as a CD digipack via War Crime Recordings at THIS LOCATION and digitally HERE. The band’s newly recorded, as-yet-untitled sophomore offering will be released in 2015 along with a brand new round of live infiltrations to be announced next year.

CORRECTIONS HOUSE features IX Williams (EyeHateGod) alongside accomplices Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza) Sanford Parker (Minsk) and minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury. The collective released their Last City Zero debut via Neurot Recordings last year. Produced by Parker at Electrical Audio, Soma Studios, 60 Psycho Hum and Nodferatu’s Lair, Last City Zero is the audio end product of government conspiracies, societal ruin and psychological decay.

NEUROSIS Prepares for Trio Of Year-End California Performances

NEUROSIS will perform three live events over the next weeks, set to take place during the final days of 2014 in California. 

Photo by Tim Bugbee

The first of the year-end live run will see NEUROSIS playing at The Observatory in Orange County's Santa Ana on Monday, December 29th. The next two evenings — Tuesday, December 30th and Wednesday the 31st — will see the band back in their native Bay Area lands, with two consecutive shows at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

NEUROSIS Tour Dates:

12/29/2014 The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA w/ Tragedy, Author & Punisher, Kowloon Walled City [info]

12/30/2014 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA w/ Tragedy, Author & Punisher, Kowloon Walled City [info]

12/31/2014 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA w/ Tragedy, Author & Punisher, Kowloon Walled City [info]

5/24/2015 Maryland Deathfest - Baltimore, MD w/ Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Goatsnake, Primordial, more [info]

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NEUROSIS: Live at Oakland Metro, New Years Eve, 2012-2013

Camera: Kenneth Thomas, Michaela Mastache, Yoli Hodde
Edit: Kenneth Thomas: thescourge.com

Live Sound Recording and Mix: Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City)

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Supporting NEUROSIS on all three of the California shows will be an incredibly diverse and destructive lineup, including Portland's morose d-beat hardcore icons, Tragedy, San Diego-based industrial drone man/machine act, Author & Punisher, and San Francisco's sludge/noise rock outfit, Kowloon Walled City. 

Additional NEUROSIS concerts for 2015 are aligning, including the band's return to Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore alongside fellow Neurot acts Ufomammut and Yob, where NEUROSIS plays on Sunday, May 24th with Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Demilich, Goatsnake, Inverloch, Primordial, Winter, Tombs and more.

YOB’s Clearing The Path To Ascend Topples Year-End Lists; Band To Level Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus Bar This Weekend

Released early this Fall via Neurot Recordings, Clearing The Path To Ascend, the latest studio album from Portland’s favorite doom conjurors, YOB, has earned mass love and attention from fans and media outlets both stateside and abroad.

Recorded at Gung Ho Studio in Eugene alongside longtime YOB comrade/iconic sound wizard, Billy Barnett and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, Beastmilk, Nails) at Audiosiege, Clearing The Path To Ascend is a wholly visceral listening experience that demands the tandem attention of mind, body, and soul. Rolling Stone ranked Clearing The Path To Ascend at the coveted #1 spot on their 20 Best Metal Albums Of 2014, noting “The seventh album from Oregon doom metal sky-gazers, YOB, … makes perfect bedfellows of volume and beauty, pain and transcendence,” further enthusing, “Opener ‘In Our Blood’ extends a simple riff into complex arches, tracing [vocalist Mike] Scheidt's voice as it moves from an exquisite falsetto to a death-metal bellow in the course of sixteen-minutes. And during the colossal closer ‘Marrow’ — possibly the best metal song of the year, one that uses low notes to play uplifting melodies — Scheidt sings ‘Time will fall inside the dream.’ His voice suddenly reaches out like a clarion's call, clear and telling and beautiful. It's a pronouncement from the living, a semaphore pointing into the future.” The record earned the #7 spot on Decibel’s Top 40 Albums Of 2014, the esteemed metal rag noting, “Mike Scheidt’s songwriting has never been stronger or more dynamic… a masterful return to form by an American doom powerhouse,” while Wondering Sound placed the offering at #9 among their 25 Best Metal Albums Of 2014 proclaiming, “The sound on Clearing the Path to Ascend is tactile: You can practically feel vocalist/guitarist Mike Scheidt's callused hands sliding up and down the guitar neck…This isn't a case of fixing what was broken; it's about becoming greater than they already were.” On their 2014 Best Heavy Metal Albums List,About.com lists YOB at number two, championing “Marrow” in particular, “The closing,sprawling eighteen-minute plus ‘Marrow’ takes every previously visited songwriting element on Clearing The Path To Ascend and brings it all together into beautifully melancholic combination of heaviness and melody, a fitting capstone to a gem of an album.” The record ranked in at number eleven on Stereogum’s Top 50 Albums Of 2014: “Clearing The Path To Ascend is YOB at their most frenzied (‘Nothing To Win’) as well as their gentlest (‘Marrow’), but taken as whole, its four songs feel like the seasons or the elements: powerful, eternal, wondrous, and bigger than all of us.” Added Steel For Brains, on their Best Of Heavy Music Releases Of 2014, “For all its heaviness, the album is disarmingly meditative, relying less on forcing the mood for the listener and entrusting that the human commonalities of love, loss, fear, and hope threaded throughout the music will render an altogether familiar place of comfort and strength within the listener.”

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In related news, YOB will rumble the infrastructure of Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus Bar this weekend on two special sold out appearances, the first set to take place tonight with Tombs and King Destroy, the second on Saturday with Occultation and Ecstatic Vision with additional US live rituals to be announced in the weeks to come.

YOB:

12/12/2014 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY [info]

12/13/2014 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY [info]

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YOB’s Clearing The Path To Ascend is available now
via Neurot Recordings HERE.

“…Mike Scheidt continues to drive his band YOB to new heights of epic, darkly spiritual doom without consideration for trends, self-consciousness or the whims of fickle consumers. At sixty-two minutes yet only four songs, Clearing The Path To Ascend rewards the patient while almost deliberately snubbing the ADD set… Scheidt uses art as catharsis, and that means you as listener as well if you want to take that journey with him.” – Metal Injection

https://www.facebook.com/pages/YOB

CORRECTIONS HOUSE: Seward Fairbury Issues Roadside Update

CORRECTIONS HOUSE is currently terrorizing the US on a three-week live takeover. The expedition kicked off on November 30th in Boston, Massachusetts and will draw to a close on December 20th in Portland, Oregon.

CORRECTIONS HOUSE minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury, sent the following roadside missive: “The people of this country are lazy asses who want to sit around and believe the fear and lies that their TVs bring into their homes every night. Although the attendance has averaged around 200 people per night, on more than one night of this tour the turnout to our gigs was affected adversely by the fear-mongering in the press surrounding CORRECTIONS HOUSE. The boys have expressed to me their pleasure in getting out of the Northeast and Midwest and heading to the soul of America in the South and the Wild West were people are traditionally freer in their minds.CORRECTIONS HOUSE brings a very unique and intense performance to the stage every night and we look forward the last eight days of this journey. Step forward Americans, embrace the horror with clear hearts and open arms."

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CORRECTIONS HOUSE Tour 2014:
[remaining dates]

12/11/2014 Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX

12/12/2014 Hotel Vegas – Austin, TX

12/14/2014 Three Links – Dallas, TX

12/16/2014 Club Red – Mesa, AZ

12/17/2014 Complex – Los Angeles, CA

12/18/2014 Soda Bar – San Diego, CA

12/19/2014 DNA – San Francisco, CA

12/20/2014 Rotture – Portland, OR

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In conjunction with the tour, CORRECTIONS HOUSE released Writing History In Advance, a devious testament of sonic decomposition recorded live in Los Angeles earlier this year. The release in available as a CD digipack via War Crime Recordings at THIS LOCATION.

CORRECTIONS HOUSE features Fairbury alongside sound conspirators Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza) and Sanford Parker (Minsk). The collective released their Last City Zero debut full-length via Neurot Recordings last year. Produced by Parker at Electrical Audio, Soma Studios, 60 Psycho Hum and Nodferatu’s Lair, Last City Zero is the audio end product of government conspiracies, societal ruin and psychological decay. 

Corrections House: Last City Zero CD, Vinyl and T-Shirt Bundles still available at store.NeurotRecordings.com

BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH: Crushing Trio Featuring Seattle Legend Tad Doyle Reveals Forthcoming Album Details; Teaser Video Posted

Keeping up a long-held tradition of bringing forth some of the heaviest music from the darkest depths of the Pacific North West, Seattle’s legendary Tad Doyle — formerly of TAD, and Hog Molly — delivers his strongest songwriting and playing to date with his latest manifestation, BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH. Boasting a trio of musicians with Doyle on guitar/vocals, veteran bassists Peggy Doyle and drummer Dave French (The Anunnaki), BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH will unleash their long-awaited, self-titled debut full-length on February 17th, 2015 via Neurot Recordings.

Recorded at Robert Lang Studios and Tad Doyle’s own Witch Ape Studio in Seattle, Washington and mixed by Billy Anderson (Yob, Sleep, High On Fire, Melvins et al), Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth delivers five immense hymns, with two bonus tracks on the CD edition and fuses the collective and extensive rock histories and experience of its three members in the worlds of punk, hard rock and metal. The threesome’s sonic craftings is welcomingly unfamiliar, splicing serrated riffs through chilling post-punk drumming and hulking compositions that blow soulfully hot and desolately cold. Their longform pieces present the kind of mature ideas and expansive progressions that outpace the listener’s short-term memory leading them off the proverbial map; familiar landmarks like sludge, post-metal, rock all but disappeared over the horizon.

The record begins with an ominous eruption of riffs forged from deep within the earth, with “Lava,” and continues on this path throughout; a mammoth, relentless spirit on a timeless journey. Authentic and authoritative, this album is as much a persistent thudding body punch of sonic destructive force as it is a thoughtful statement of awareness and the inescapable raw condition of life.

Elaborates Doyle of the band’s creation: “After almost fifteen years without putting out a record, much time was spent woodshedding, riffing and writing new material. BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH was originally a recording-only project and creative outlet for me playing all instruments on early unreleased demos but I quickly realized that I wanted the music to be played live so I would have to enlist other like-minded players. Peggy was an obvious choice with her enthusiasm and energy that made her an asset right from the start of integrating the band with other musicians. Dave French was a guy we both related to on a musical and deep spiritual level. We had played shows together with our respective bands, Peggy and I in BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH and Dave who played bass in his band The Anunnaki. Dave completed the circle when he offered to play drums and his joining was this last piece that solidified the band. We are very honored and excited to have this release on Neurot Recordings whom with their legacy goes a fierce integrity that we are proud to be a part of.”

In preparation of the release, today the band offers up a teaser video
to whet the ears of eager listeners.
Check it out courtesy of Neurot Recordings here:

Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth Track Listing:

1. Lava
2. Empires Of Dust
3. Unnamed
4. La Mano Poderosa
5. I Am
6. The Immutable Path
7. Outro

Further BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH info, including additional teasers and track premieres to be announced in the weeks to come. Stay tuned.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brothers-of-the-Sonic-Cloth

CORRECTIONS HOUSE Prepares For US Assault; Neil Young Cover Streaming At Noisey

CORRECTIONS HOUSE is packing up their munitions in preparation for their imminent, near three-week live assault on the US. Scheduled to commence on November 30th in Boston, Massachusetts, the legion will raze nineteen megalopolises, with the overthrow coming to a halt on December 20th in Portland, Oregon.

Proclaims recently institutionalized minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury: “CORRECTIONS HOUSE will bring their truncheon down on your head repeatedly until you submit or vacate the premises. This band has grown into a force since their initial trek through the landscape known as the United States of Unamerican activities. They will bludgeon you with no apology. Test us.”

In conjunction with the tour, CORRECTIONS HOUSE will release Writing History In Advance, a debaucherous testament of audio decomposition recorded live in Los Angeles earlier this year. The release will come available in a CD digipack via War Crime Recordings December 1st, 2014 and is currently available for pre-order here.

In the meantime, check out a rare, non-album exclusive cover of Neil Young classic “Cortez The Killer,” currently streaming at Noisey RIGHT HERE.

CORRECTIONS HOUSE Tour 2014:

11/30/2014 Brighton Music Hall – Boston MA

12/01/2014 St. Vitus – Brooklyn, NY

12/02/2014 Café 9 – New Haven, CT

12/03/2014 Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD

12/04/2014 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA

12/05/2014 Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH

12/06/2014 Pro Arena – Dayton, OH

12/07/2014 Magic Stick Lounge – Detroit, MI

12/08/2014 Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL

12/09/2014 The High Tone – Memphis, TN

12/10/2014 Siberia – New Orleans, LA

12/11/2014 Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX

12/12/2014 Hotel Vegas – Austin, TX

12/14/2014 Three Links – Dallas, TX

12/16/2014 Club Red – Mesa, AZ

12/17/2014 Complex – Los Angeles, CA

12/18/2014 Soda Bar – San Diego, CA

12/19/2014 DNA – San Francisco, CA

12/20/2014 Rotture – Portland, OR

CORRECTIONS HOUSE features Fairbury alongside sound conspirators Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza) and Sanford Parker (Minsk). The collective released their Last City Zero debut full-length via Neurot Recordings last year. Produced by Parker at Electrical Audio, Soma Studios, 60 Psycho Hum and Nodferatu’s Lair, Last City Zero is the audio end product of government conspiracies, societal ruin and psychological decay.

CORRECTIONS HOUSE recently put the finishing touches on their forthcoming new full-length, set for release sometime in 2015. Further info to be revealed as it develops. Until then, writhe.

Corrections House: Last City Zero CD, Vinyl and T-Shirt Bundles still available at store.NeurotRecordings.com

“Whether it’s Mike IX Williams’ grim spoken word poetry or Scott’s coarse, monotone groan overlaying the clangorous soundscapes, it’s the utter bleakness that binds.” – Meta Hammer

Neurot Store Restocked with Neurosis & NR Hoodies, T-Shirts; Patches, Stickers, Hats, Belt Buckles and More, All Available Now

The Neurot Store has restocked shirts, hoodies, hats and more. Everything from our newest designs like the Neurosis Eye of Providence to the classic Neurosis Times of Grace jersey and t-shirts, all back in stock. Men's sizes back in stock from Small - 3XL (and up to 5XL on select styles), and ladies sizes available in almost every design. New belt buckles, restocked hats and much more.

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IDES OF GEMINI: Cryptic “Seer Of Circassia” Video Now Playing At Noisey; Old World New Wave Out Now Via Neurot Recordings

Old World New Wave is the latest long player from West Coast shadowy sound conjurors, IDES OF GEMINI. Released in September via Neurot Recordings, the follow-up to the band’s critically-laudedConstantinople debut was recorded at Valley Recording in Burbank, California, engineered and mixed by Chris Rakestraw (Danzig), mastered by Grammy award winning producer Matt Hyde (Slayer) and offers up nine tracks of dark, mesmerizing soundscrapes.

In celebration of its release, today Vice’s music gateway, Noisey,  reveals the occult conjurings of their erotic Daciana Birladeanu-directed “Seer Of Circassia” video. Elaborates singer/bassist Sera Timms, “The concept of the album traces the symbolic-psychological breakdown of a character over ten days [‘Seer Of Circassia’ takes place on day four]. We're working within the structures of psycho-spiritual alchemical transformation, utilizing Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology. Essentially we have a story of the psychological conflict of opposing forces -- yin-yang, male/female/dark light, etc. -- each driven by desire. The masculine archetype in this story desires control and structure, while the feminine archetype desires recognition and equality as it has been repressed in the ‘Old World.’ Our protagonist is the Emperor, based creatively on the last Emperor of Constantinople, who represents the ego, masculine, solar consciousness along with control, structure, domination, force and power.”

View the gorgeously shot “Seer Of Circassia” video along with an
in-depth interview with guitarist J. Bennett at THIS LOCATION.

And if you missed it, check out a detailed Old World New Wave track-by-track breakdown at Revolver Magazine HERE.

IDES OF GEMINI is Timms, also of West Coast dark-psych conjurors Black Mare, alongside guitarist Jason Bennett and drummer Kelly Johnston-Gibson. The band will bring their sonic séance to the stage next month playing Intronaut’s tenth anniversary show with additional IDES ceremonies to be announced in the coming weeks.

IDES OF GEMINI Live:  12/18/2014 –The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA [info]

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Old World New Wave is out NOW on CD and digitally via Neurot Recordings and on vinyl via SIGE Records. For CD orders, point your browser HERE and for T-shirt bundles, point your browser to THIS LOCATION.

“[IDES OF GEMINI are] about to put out a new album called Old World New Wave and there’s enough droney doom on it to make you feel like you’re stuck in David Lynch’s dreams.” – Noisey

“..an enjoyable dream-doom filled sonic journey from start to finish.” – Bearded Gentlemen Music

“IDES OF GEMINI has a knack for atmosphere, for creating a world of sound and inviting the listener in. Their music has the feel of a classic horror film: all psychology, no fake blood or cheap startles. If there’s a goth revival afoot in metal culture -- and, given last year’s releases by In Solitude, Beastmilk and others, there’s certainly an argument to be made for that -- then IDES OF GEMINI is among its most evocative front-runners.” – Invisible Oranges

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NEUROSIS Announces Trio Of Year-End California Performances

NEUROSIS has just confirmed three more shows for 2014, set to take place during the final days of the year in California. While the members of NEUROSIS currently reside in numerous areas of the country, the Bay Area will forever remain the land of the band's origin, and to commemorate one of their most active years performing abroad in their nearly three decades in existence, they'll unite for a trio of concerts including two shows back where it all began.

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The first of the year-end live run will see NEUROSIS playing at The Observatory in Orange County's Santa Ana on Monday, December 29th. The next two evenings — Tuesday, December 30th and Wednesday the 31st —  will see the band back in their native Bay Area lands, with two consecutive shows at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Supporting NEUROSIS on all three of these headlining shows will be an incredibly diverse and destructive lineup, including Portland's morose d-beat hardcore icons, Tragedy, San Diego-based industrial drone man/machine act, Author & Punisher, and San Francisco's sludge/noise rock outfit, Kowloon Walled City.

NEUROSIS Tour Dates:

11/19-23/2014 Bestia Festival - Mexico City, MX w/ The Ex, Monogatari, more [info]

12/29/2014 The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA w/ Tragedy, Author & Punisher, Kowloon Walled City [info]

12/30/2014 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA w/ Tragedy, Author & Punisher, Kowloon Walled City [info]

12/31/2014 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA w/ Tragedy, Author & Punisher, Kowloon Walled City [info]

5/24/2015 Maryland Deathfest - Baltimore, MD w/ Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Goatsnake, Primordial, more [info]

The newly-announced trio of performances comes as NEUROSIS continues their massive 2014 live campaign, as the band has just conquered the Housecore Horror Film Fest in Austin, Texas, as well as Southwest Terror Fest III in Tucson, Arizona, and next week will headline the second annual Bestia Festival in Mexico City, Mexico. The five-day gala, set to run from November 19th to the 23rd, will include performances from The Ex, Monogatari, (SIC), Han Bennink, Terrie Ex, Marc Ribot, Ray Anderson, Bob Stewart and others confirmed, in addition to music workshops, film screenings and more will fill the festival grounds. Additional NEUROSIS concerts for 2015 are aligning, including the band's return to Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore alongside fellow Neurot acts Ufomammut and Yob, where NEUROSIS plays on Sunday, May 24th with Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Demilich, Goatsnake, Inverloch, Primordial, Winter, Tombs and more.

CORRECTIONS HOUSE Announces Winter Live Incursion; New Hymns Recorded

CORRECTIONS HOUSE — the bastard sound manipulations of Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Sanford Parker (Minsk) and their recently abducted minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury — are readying for another round of US live incursions. Set to commence onNovember 30th in Boston, Massachusetts, the collective will raze nineteen metropolises, with the journey coming to a ceremonial close on December 20th. The tour follows the band’s crushing performance at this year’s Housecore Horror Film Fest.

CORRECTIONS HOUSE Tour 2014:

11/30/2014 Brighton Music Hall - Boston MA

12/01/2014 St. Vitus - Brooklyn, NY

12/02/2014 Café 9 - New Haven, CT

12/03/2014 Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD

12/04/2014 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA

12/05/2014 Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH

12/06/2014 Pro Arena – Dayton, OH

12/07/2014 Magic Stick Lounge – Detroit, MI

12/08/2014 Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL

12/09/2014 The High Tone – Memphis, TN

12/10/2014 Siberia - New Orleans, LA

12/11/2014 Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX

12/12/2014 Hotel Vegas – Austin, TX

12/14/2014 Three Links – Dallas, TX

12/16/2014 Club Red – Mesa, AZ

12/17/2014 Complex - Los Angeles, CA

12/18/2014 Soda Bar - San Diego, CA

12/19/2014 DNA - San Francisco, CA

12/20/2014 Rotture – Portland, OR

CORRECTIONS HOUSE released their Last City Zero debut full-length via Neurot Recordings last year.Produced by Parker at Electrical Audio, Soma Studios, 60 Psycho Hum and Nodferatu’s Lair, Last City Zero is the audio end product of government conspiracies, societal ruin and psychological decay. Traveling far beyond the traditional confines of any one specific genre, Last City Zero is at once beautifully hideous, graceful and terrifying and continues to raise the brows of exploratory fans and critics globally. Said About.com, “On Last City Zero, CORRECTIONS HOUSE survey the world with a bleak outlook, as much with scorn as sadness. The industrial/mechanical side feels indicative of how the soul is being ripped from the chest of society, whereas the cleaner side represents the need to hold on to our own individuality. The angry screams voice the fight to maintain what is ours and to retake what has been taken, and the spoken voices of reason and honesty instill reflectiveness and a lack of ignorance…,” Exclaim gushed, “Last City Zero is brooding, raw and corrosive, as well as breathtakingly beautiful,” while Crave agreed, “CORRECTIONS HOUSE have created something wholly original, incredibly touching, and most likely alienating. Bravo gentlemen, bravo.” Added Metal Hammer, “Whether it’s Mike IX Williams’ grim spoken word poetry or Scott’s coarse, monotone groan overlaying the clangorous soundscapes, it’s the utter bleakness that binds.”


CORRECTIONS HOUSE recently put the finishing touches on their forthcoming new full-length, set for release sometime in 2015. In the meantime, check out a live version of (half of) CORRECTIONS HOUSE’s cover of Neil Young’s “Cortez The Killer” from Roadburn at THIS LOCATION:

Further CORRECTIONS HOUSE news to be revealed as it develops. Stay tuned.

http://www.facebook.com/CorrectionsHouse

​NEUROSIS and CORRECTIONS HOUSE ​to Perform at Housecore Horror Fest this Weekend!

NEUROSIS continues a string of North American tour and festival dates this weekend in Austin, Texas. NEUROSIS will perform at the second Housecore Horror Film Fest on Satruday, October 25th alongside Neurot kin, Corrections House, with Voivod, Samhain, Eyehategod, Napalm Death, Cattle Decapitation, Author & Punisher and more also set to play at the gathering.

Next month, the second annual Bestia Festival in Mexico City, Mexico, has invited NEUROSIS to take part in their five-day gala, set to run from November 19th to the 23rd, with performances from The Ex, Monogatari, (SIC), Han Bennink, Terrie Ex, Marc Ribot, Ray Anderson, Bob Stewart and others confirmed, in addition to music workshops, film screenings and more will fill the festival grounds.


Additional NEUROSIS live sightings will be made in 2015, including the band’s return to Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore alongside fellow Neurot acts Ufomammut and YOB, where NEUROSIS plays on Sunday, May 24th with Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Demilich, Goatsnake, Inverloch, Primordial, Winter, Tombs and more.

​​NEUROSIS Tour Dates:

10/25/2014 Housecore Horror Film Fest – Austin, TX [info]

11/19-23/2014 Bestia Festival – Ciudad, Mexico [info]

5/24/2015 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD [info]

More details on all Neurot artist tour dates available at: tour.neurotrecordings.com

NEUROSIS: New North American Performances Begin This Weekend At Southwest Terror Fest!

NEUROSIS begins a new string of North American tour and festival dates beginning this weekend with two headlining shows.

First, the band will perform on the main stage of Southwest Terror Fest III: The Western Front, this Saturday, October 18th in Tucson, Arizona, with support from The Body, Author & Punisher and Sorxe. The next evening, October 19th, NEUROSIS will headline a one-off show in Denver, Colorado with Subrosa and In The Company Of Serpents.

One week later, NEUROSIS will perform at the second Housecore Horror Film Fest in Austin, Texas on Satruday, October 25th alongside Neurot kin, Corrections House, with Voivod, Samhain, Eyehategod, Napalm Death, Cattle Decapitation, Author & Punisher and more also set to play at the gathering.

Next month, the second annual Bestia Festival in Mexico City, Mexico, has invited NEUROSIS to take part in their five-day gala, set to run from November 19th to the 23rd, with performances from The Ex, Monogatari, (SIC), Han Bennink, Terrie Ex, Marc Ribot, Ray Anderson, Bob Stewart and others confirmed, in addition to music workshops, film screenings and more will fill the festival grounds.

Additional NEUROSIS live sightings will be made in 2015, including the band’s return to Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore alongside fellow Neurot acts Ufomammut and Yob, where NEUROSIS plays on Sunday, May 24th with Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Demilich, Goatsnake, Inverloch, Primordial, Winter, Tombs and more.

NEUROSIS Tour Dates:

10/18/2014 Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ @ Southwest Terror Fest [info]

10/19/2014 The Gothic Theatre – Denver, CO w/ Subrosa, In The Company Of Serpents [info]

10/25/2014 Housecore Horror Film Fest – Austin, TX [info]

11/19-23/2014 Bestia Festival – Ciudad, Mexico [info]

5/24/2015 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD [info]

UF​OMAMMUT: XV Fifteen-Year Anniversary DVD Available Now, and Video for "Zerosette" Releases Today!

UFOMAMMUT's video project, released October 15th on DVD via the band's Supernatural Cat Records, is also available for order through the Neurot Store!

XV, the DVD documenting the fifteen years of UFOMAMMUT's intense lifespan to date, is out now on the band's own Supernatural Cat Records, and in celebration, the band has posted a special video which was created for the track "Zerosette," hailing from their 2000-released debut LP, Godlike Snake.

The XV DVD features over three hours of live footage — including Magikal Mystery Live, a 12 song live act and interviews, outtakes, and extras documenting the first 15 years of the band.

Orders for the XV DVD can be placed by North American fans via Neurot Recordings, here, and Earsplit Distro, and internationally through Supernatural Cat, where they can also purchase the release on a special wooden 8GB USB drive version.

The digital audio version of Magickal Mastery Live will be released via iTunes on October 20th; preorders are posted HERE.

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View the newly uploaded "Zerosette" video now at THIS LOCATION.

A mini-documentary including several minutes of interrogations with all three of the members and some brief live footage sampled from XV, and is also playing HERE.

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Brothers of The Sonic Cloth Sign to Neurot Recordings

Brothers of the Sonic Cloth Sign to Neurot Recordings and Plan Long-Awaited Debut Full Length Release in Early Spring 2015

Keeping up a long-held tradition of bringing forth some of the heaviest music from the darkness of the Pacific NW, Seattle’s Tad Doyle (formerly of TAD, Hog Molly), delivers his strongest songwriting and playing with his newest band Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth. This powerful trio of musicians, with Tad on guitar/vocals, veteran bass player Peggy Doyle and drummer Dave French (The Annunaki) shall release their long-awaited debut LP in early 2015 on Neurot Recordings. Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth bring together the collective and extensive rock histories and the experience of the three members in the worlds of punk, hard rock and metal.

Steve Von Till says of the signing: "All of us at Neurot Recordings are so incredibly fired up about having the opportunity to be a part of this release. For me personally, Tad has been responsible for some of my favorite guitar driven noise of our generation not to mention the fact that it is an absolute pleasure to be working together with such great human beings. Witness the return of Tad with Brothers of the Sonic Cloth! "



We shall be revealing more album details over the coming months, as well as audio samples from the album. Stay tuned for more news soon...

Find Brothers of The Sonic Cloth on:
Facebook - facebook.com/pages/Brothers-of-the-Sonic-Cloth

Twitter - @TadDoyle_Tad

UFOMAMMUT: Mini-Documentary For Fifteen-Year Anniversary DVD Posted, XV Set For Release October 15th

UFOMAMMUT's video project, to be released October 2014
on DVD via the band's Supernatural Cat Records, is now available for pre-order through the Neurot Store.

The XV DVD features over three hours of live footage — including Magikal Mystery Live, a 12 song live act and interviews, outtakes, and extras documenting the first 15 years of the band.


Following recent news of the upcoming XV DVD, documenting fifteen years of incredible psychedelic doom from Italian trio, UFOMAMMUT, a clip of the ninety-minute documentary on the band, their equipment, friends which consumes just one part of the DVD has been posted. The exposé includes several minutes of interrogations with all three of the members and some brief live footage sampled from XV, and is viewable now, here​:

​​UFOMAMMUT will return to North America for their first major tour of the continent in 2015, including their first trip to Maryland Deathfest. With only a brief 2008 West Coast venture in the US under their belt, the full-on upcoming tour will see the band spending several weeks stateside, bringing their magical, mysterious and pulverizing doom metal to the masses in support of their acclaimed ORO double-album set, released in 2013, as well as their next full-length release, which the band is currently preparing to record in October for release again through Neurot in early 2015.

UFOMAMMUT Tour Dates:

10/03-05/2014 Up In Smoke - Pratteln, Switzerland [ info ]

5/21/2015 Maryland Deathfest - Baltimore, MD [ info ] 

IDES OF GEMINI Unleashes Old World New Wave; New Hymn Now Playing At Pitchfork

Following the release of their long anticipated Old World New Wave full-length earlier this week via Neurot Recordings, West Coast sound weavers, IDES OF GEMINI, are pleased to unleash "May 22, 1453" today via Pitchfork.

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Feel the swell of "May 22, 1453,” now playing at Pitchfork
at THIS LOCATION.
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Elaborates singer/bassist Sera Timms of the hymn, 

"We've had a history as a band of gifts and opportunities being given to us in alignment with the lunar phases, so it seemed fitting to give something back. This song and really the whole album is that something. The song was inspired by the prophetic May 22nd lunar eclipse preceding the fall of Constantinople. If you can imagine that empire as your mind and the black moon as your mother, then you will know the meaning of the Old World New Wave."

Adds Pitchfork: 

“The band's always flirted with the occult in both aesthetic and tone, eschewing the heavy-handed witchicisms preferred by some in favor of cultivating a lighter, more holistic aura. The ritualistic feel on ‘May 22, 1453’ stems both from Timms’ stentorian delivery and the lyrics themselves, which circle around the lunar eclipse that some say predicted the fall of Constantinople. It’s a neat tie-in to the band’s debut, and only one of the album’s many arcane historical footnotes. The rumbling 'Fememorde' alludes to medieval vigilantes and political murder, while Timms’ dreamy croon on 'Seer of Circassia' spills dreams of the ancient crossroads between Europe and the Far East. Ides of Gemini aren’t the kind of band that would typically sing about goats or gore, but the complex, often mystical lyrics are handled with care, underscoring the band’s otherwordly ambitions."

And if you missed it, check out “Fememorde,” at Cvlt Nation at THIS LOCATION, “The Adversary,” still streaming at Revolver Magazine at THIS LOCATION as well as “The Chalice & The Blade,” at Noisey HERE.

IDES OF GEMINI is Timms, also of West Coast dark-psych conjurors Black Mare, alongside guitarist Jason Bennett and drummer Kelly Johnston-Gibson. Old World New Wave, the follow-up to the band’s critically-adored Constantinople debut, was recorded at Valley Recording in Burbank, California, engineered and mixed by Chris Rakestraw (Danzig), mastered by Grammy award winning producer Matt Hyde (Slayer) and boasts the striking hand-drawn cover art of Johnston-Gibson.


IDES OF GEMINI will take to the stage this Fall on a pair of live performances, the first serving as the trio’s official record release gala in Los Angeles tonight, the second playing Intronaut’s tenth anniversary show. Additional IDES ceremonies will to be announced in the coming weeks.

IDES OF GEMINI Live: 

9/19/2014 The Complex – Los Angeles, CA Record Release Show w/ Ancestors, Glaare, Maja D’Aoust (as The Oracle) [info]

12/18/2014 The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA [info]

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Old World New Wave is out NOW on CD and digitally via
Neurot Recordings and on vinyl via SIGE Records. 

For CD orders, point your browser HERE and for T-shirt bundles,
point your browser to THIS LOCATION.

“[IDES OF GEMINI are] about to put out a new album called Old World New Wave and there’s enough droney doom on it to make you feel like you’re stuck in David Lynch’s dreams.” – Noisey

“Ides Of Gemini have crafted a slab of primal doom, dark but intensely beautiful.” – The Sleeping Shaman

“…an enjoyable dream-doom filled sonic journey from start to finish.” – Bearded Gentlemen Music

IDES OF GEMINI, Old World New Wave: Out Today On Neurot Recordings

Old World New Wave released today - Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 - on CD and digitally via Neurot Recordings, and on vinyl via SIGE Records. 

For CD orders, point your browser HERE and for T-shirt bundles,
point your browser at THIS LOCATION.

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IDES OF GEMINI: Old World New Wave

In May of 2012, IDES OF GEMINI unveiled their debut full-length,Constantinople. Its mere existence was a triumph for the three band members — Sera Timms (vocals/bass), Kelly Johnston-Gibson (drums/backing vocals), and Jason Bennett (guitar/backing vocals) — but other folks had some nice things to say about it as well.

Following the release of their debut, IDES OF GEMINI spent much time touring. They performed a pair of shows with Old Man Gloom in the autumn of 2012, before embarking upon a European/UK tour that kicked off at Germany’s South Of Mainstream Festival and saw the band play direct support to Saturday night headliners, The Obsessed, and later to a full house at Holland’s Incubate Festival. In January of 2013, IDES OF GEMINI had the honor of opening for their labelmates (and label bosses), Neurosis, at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles. A month-long North American tour as sole support for the anonymous Swedes of Ghost B.C. followed in the Spring. This successful journey coincided with two new IDES OF GEMINI songs on Hexagram 45, a special Record Store Day 7-inch released via Magic Bullet Records that had to be repressed before it even came out due to overwhelming record shop demand.

Upon their return to Los Angeles, IDES OF GEMINI shared stages with Boris, Deafheaven, and True Widow before hibernating to finish writing and rehearsing new material. That new record is ready to see the light of day.

Listed among Alternative Press’ Most Anticipated Albums Of The Rest Of 2014 as well as The Obelisk’s Records Not To Miss Before The New Year Hits, the follow-up to the band’s 2012 Constantinople debut, Old World New Wave was recorded at Valley Recording in Burbank, California, engineered and mixed by Chris Rakestraw (Danzig), mastered by Grammy award winning producer Matt Hyde (Slayer) and boasts the striking hand-drawn cover art of Johnston-Gibson.

“The foundation for Old World New Wave was laid beforeConstantinople even came out,” Bennett reveals. “We had the title, most of the guitar tracks and basic arrangements in place at that point. We’ve been planning this record for a long time, so it’s incredibly rewarding — and a total relief — to finally have it out.”


IDES OF GEMINI will bring their ethereal nightmares to the stage this Fall with a pair of live performances, the first serving as the trio’s official record release gala in Los Angeles, the second playing Intronaut’s tenth anniversary show. Additional IDES rituals will to be announced in the coming weeks.

IDES OF GEMINI Live: 

9/19/2014 The Complex – Los Angeles, CA IDES OF GEMINI Record Release Show w/ Ancestors, Glaare, Maja D’Aoust (as The Oracle) [info]

12/18/2014 The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA [info]

NEUROSIS, UFOMAMMUT, YOB: Three Key Neurot Recordings Artists To Perform At Maryland Deathfest XIII

Neurot Recordings is proud to have three major acts from their expansive family of acts confirmed to perform at Maryland Deathfest XIII, the annual festival once again set to take over Baltimore from May 21st to May 24th, with NEUROSIS, UFOMAMMUT and YOB joining the list of more than eighty bands to perform at the 2015 gathering, marking the label’s largest invasion of the annual festival to date.

The opening night of Maryland Deathfest XIII, Thursday, May 21st, will see UFOMAMMUT and YOB both making their way to the event for the very first time. The two bands will headline the Rams Head Live stage, taking over the venue with Bevar Sea, Conan, Iron Man, Jex Thoth, Mantar and Primitive Man. And following their mesmerizing and destructive set amidst a thunderstorm at MDF 2011, the mighty NEUROSIS will make their way back to the event this year. A major highlight of the festival, NEUROSIS will perform outdoors on the Edison Lot stage on the final day, Sunday, May 24th, joining Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Demilich, Goatsnake, Inverloch, Neurosis, Primordial, Prosanctus Inferi, Skepticism, Tombs and Winter.

NEUROSIS continues to tour the planet, in their most intense years of touring since the band’s earlier days, following the 2012 release of their acclaimed tenth LP, Honor Found In Decay. Following tours of North America, Europe and their first trek to Australia earlier this year, the remainder of 2014 will see the band as one of the main headliners at Arizona’s Southwest Terror Fest III: The Western Front. The festival will consume Tucson, Arizona from October 16th through 19th, with main acts Goatsnake and Sunn O))) in addition to NEUROSIS, who will headline Saturday, October 18th with support from The Body, Author & Punisher and Sorxe. The same weekend, the band will invade Denver on Sunday, October 19th with support from Subrosa and In The Company Of Serpents. The following weekend they’ll join Voivod, Samhain, Danzig, Lustmord, Corrections House, Eyehategod, Napalm Death, Cattle Decapitation, Author & Punisher and more at the second annual Housecore Horror Film Fest, running from October 23rd through 26th in Austin, Texas. And on November 22nd, NEUROSIS will travel to Mexico City to perform at Bestia Festival is set to run from November 19th to the 23rd, with performances from The Ex, Monogatari, (SIC), Han Bennink, Terrie Ex, Marc Ribot, Ray Anderson, Bob Stewart and others performing, alongside an array of music workshops, film screenings and more.

Currently celebrating their fifteenth year in existence, Italian trio, UFOMAMMUT, will return to North America for their first major tour of the continent in 2015, including their first trip to Maryland Deathfest. With only a brief 2008 West Coast venture in the US under their belt, the full-on upcoming tour will see the band spending several weeks stateside, bringing their magical, mysterious and pulverizing doom metal to the masses in support of their acclaimed ORO double-album set, released in 2013, as well as their next full-length release, which the band is currently preparing to record in October for release again through Neurot in early 2015. UFOMAMMUT will also be releasing a massive DVD entitled XV through their own Supernatural Cat Records this October, with more than three hours of material documenting their decade-and-a-half together. The band is also set to perform at Up In Smoke in Pratteln, Switzerland with Fu Manchu, Kadavar, Blues Pills, Brant Bjork, Dozer, Naam, Conan and tons more on October 3rd and 4th.

Oregon’s psychedelic doom metal trio, YOB, is currently embarked on a massive European tour with Pallbearer, supporting their recently-released seventh studio full-length, Clearing The Path To Ascend. The widely lauded album is currently thriving with great accolades pouring in from media outlets and fans worldwide, being recognized as another massive achievement for the now institutional act, and marks one of the most essential extreme albums of the year. Their first release as part of the Neurot family, the album was just released by the label on CD and all digital download, with Relapse Records releasing the vinyl version this week. Following the ongoing five-week voyage which is permeating every corner of the European continent, YOB will tour heavily in North America as well, with new tour dates to be announced in conjunction with their MDF performance in the coming months.

Stand by for further label and tour developments from NEUROSIS, UFOMAMMUT, YOB and other talented acts hailing from the Neurot Recordings clan over the rest of 2014 and into next year.



NEUROSIS Tour Dates:
10/18/2014 Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ @ Southwest Terror Fest III
10/19/2014 The Gothic Theatre – Denver, CO w/ Subrosa, In The Company Of Serpents
10/23-26/2014 Housecore Horror Film Fest – Austin, TX
11/22/2014 Bestia Festival – Mexico City, Mexico
5/24/2015 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD

UFOMAMMUT Tour Dates:
10/03-05/2014 Up In Smoke – Pratteln, Switzerland
5/21/2015 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD


YOB Tour Dates:
9/16/2014 Tavastia – Helsinki, FI w/ Pallbearer
9/17/2014 Slakthuset – Stockholm, SE w/ Pallbearer
9/18/2014 Loppen – Copenhagen, DK w/ Pallbearer
9/19/2014 Connewitz – Leipzig, DE w/ Pallbearer
9/20/2014 Firlej – Wroclaw, PL w/ Pallbearer
9/21/2014 Bi Nuu – Berlin, DE w/ Pallbearer
9/23/2014 Klub 007 – Prague, CZ w/ Pallbearer
9/24/2014 Arena – Vienna, AT w/ Pallbearer
9/25/2014 PMK – Innsbruck, AT w/ Pallbearer
9/26/2014 Gaswerk – Winterthur, CH w/ Pallbearer
9/27/2014 Lo-fi Club – Milan, IT w/ Pallbearer
9/29/2014 Le Romandie – Lausanne, CH w/ Pallbearer
9/30/2014 Jubez – Karlsruhe, DE w/ Pallbearer
10/01/2014 Blackship – Montpellier, FR w/ Pallbearer
10/02/2014 Razzmatazz3 – Barcelona, ES w/ Pallbearer
10/03/2014 Villamanuela – Madrid, ES w/ Pallbearer
10/04/2014 Amplifest – Porto, PT w/ Pallbearer
10/05/2014 ES ESonora – Erandio, ES w/ Pallbearer
10/06/2014 Le Dynamo – Toulouse, FR w/ Pallbearer
10/07/2014 Le Ferrailleur – Nantes, FR w/ Pallbearer
10/08/2014 Glazart – Paris, FR w/ Pallbearer
10/10/2014 Kyttaro Club – Athens, GR w/ Pallbearer
10/11/2014 Desertfest – Antwerp, BE w/ Pallbearer
5/21/2015 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD

IDES OF GEMINI: Los Angeles Unearthly Sound Alchemists Premiere New Canticle Via Cvlt Nation; Old World New WaveTo Drop This Tuesday

Los Angeles trio, IDES OF GEMINI, conjure the sounds of ethereal nightmares, where life, death and bereavement become one and the same - at once terrifying and enchanting; threatening yet indulging…

Featuring guitarist Jason Bennett, drummer Kelly Johnston-Gibson and singer/bassist Sera Timms, also of West Coast dark-psych conjurors Black Mare, IDES OF GEMINI will unveil the consuming sounds of their long-awaited Old World New Wave full-length this Tuesday via Neurot Recordings. In celebration of its imminent release, today Cvlt Nation offers up seventh track, “Fememorde,” for public consumption.

Notes Bennett of the hymn, “‘Fememorde’ is the first song that was written for Old World New Wave, and appears on the ‘new wave’ side of the album. In that sense, it was the impetus for the entire OWNW concept. It’s a completely different kind of song for us -- probably because all the guitar parts were composed in my head rather than on an actual guitar. That hadn’t happened before and hasn’t happened since. So I’ll chalk this one up to something like destiny.”

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Bask in the echo of “Fememorde,” now playing at
Cvlt Nation at THIS LOCATION.

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And if you missed it, confront “The Adversary” still streaming at 

Revolver Magazine at THIS LOCATION as well as 

“The Chalice & The Blade,” now playing at Noisey HERE.

Old World New Wave, the follow-up to the band’s critically-adored Constantinople debut, was recorded at Valley Recording in Burbank, California, engineered and mixed by Chris Rakestraw (Danzig), mastered by Grammy award winning producer Matt Hyde (Slayer) and boasts the striking hand-drawn cover art of Johnston-Gibson.

In related IDES OF GEMINI news, the band will take to the stage this Fall on a pair of live performances, the first serving as the trio’s official record release gala in Los Angeles, the second playing Intronaut’s tenth anniversary show. Additional IDES ceremonies will to be announced in the coming weeks.

IDES OF GEMINI Live:
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9/19/2014 The Complex – Los Angeles, CA IDES OF GEMINI
Record Release Show w/ Ancestors, Glaare, Maja D’Aoust (as The Oracle) [info]

12/18/2014 The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA [info]

Old World New Wave will be released on CD and digitally via Neurot Recordings and on vinyl via SIGE Records next Tuesday, September 16th, 2014. 

For CD orders, point your browser HERE and for T-shirt bundles, 
point your browser at THIS LOCATION.

“They’re about to put out a new album called Old World New Wave and there’s enough droney doom on it to make you feel like you’re stuck in David Lynch’s dreams.” – Noisey

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