July 7, 2017

AMENRA ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF MASS VI INCOMING ON NEUROT RECORDINGS THIS OCTOBER; RECORD RELEASE SHOW ALSO REVEALED

Photo Credit: Stephan Vanfleteran


Contrasts have always been deep, and at the very heart of AMENRA's music, ever since they started uttering their Prayers and holding their Masses, almost 18 years ago. Tormented darkness has always coexisted alongside luminous beauty, thunderous impacts instantly followed by frail, delicate subtleties. Songs that seem to engulf everyone in the world at once suddenly feel like they are being whispered to you inside the isolation of your solitary womb. The time that we have waited for a new Mass, this Mass VI that is now finally materialized and ready to consume and be consumed, seems itself to also be a double-edged sword – on one hand, and although Nowena | 9.10,Mass V's closer, seems as final as anything we've ever heard, like something that should be playing when the world itself comes to an end, we are parched all the same for new AMENRA songs to enter our life and remain there as the others from the past have done, and continue to do during the band's impassioned live performances. 




Watch the AMENRA: MASS VI album trailer RIGHT HERE


On the other hand, the wounds inflicted by Mass V still have not turned to scars, they still itch and they have been made wider by the ways the band has found to interpret their material in different ways in the last few years, from acoustic performances and recordings to several collaborations with like-minded artists, there hasn't been any kind of absence or withdrawal. 

In any case, ready or not, Mass VI is here, and more than any other album in AMENRA's past, it highlights those contrasts in a deeply affecting way. Mass VI shall arrive on 20th October through Neurot Recordings, read on for further details...


Watch AMENRA's live performance from GRASPOP 2017 RIGHT HERE


As always with AMENRA, this art has come directly from the souls of the musicians involved, they are capable of establishing connections with their listeners more profound than almost any other band because they are direct heart to heart connections. Thus, this pain, this sorrow, and also these fleeting moments of joy, they come from those hearts. They are all too real.

"It took us a couple of years as always to find the right mindset to write an new album. Works of music whose creation was fuelled by pure necessity," Colin van Eeckhout explains. "We needed to write, at this point. Finding inspiration in depression, sorrow and despair. Levy found himself in a dark place for some time, where he shut himself off from everyone to write new music. It was the first Mass album he helped writing, and his being is felt throughout the entire album. Lebon, our drummer, celebrated the birth of his newborn son. We were all saddened by Mathieu's father's cancer and are mourning the loss of Lebon's beloved mother. And for me, personally, my firstborn son had a tumor removed from inside his head. It seriously shook my ground. Fate strikes and strokes. Where there is Love there is Pain." 

No love without pain. No life without death. No light without darkness. That is the conflict at the heart of Mass VI, at the heart of each and every one of us, at the heart of what it means to be human, to live and to love and to lose, and few other pieces of music will wrench that ambivalence out of us and present it in such an acutely overwhelming fashion.

It's hard to think of a better person to capture this sonic enormity than Billy Anderson. The legendary American producer was already the chosen one for Mass V, and between Neurosis' Through Silver In Blood, Sleep's Dopesmoker, Eyehategod's Dopesick, Cathedral's Endtyme or Brutal Truth's Sounds Of The Animal Kingdom, among many, many others, he's been a decisive element in the building of many a true classic. Mass VI was recorded in the Belgian Ardennes, a region of thick forests in the south-east of the country, where the band was snowed in for a week. 

Below you'll find some imagery of the inner artwork of the record created by the wonderful Stephan Vanfleteren (who also took the band photos) we'll be sharing the official cover art along with further album details and pre-orders soon.


Artwork excerpt, images by Stephan Vanfleteran


MASS V TRACK LISTING:
Children of the Eye
Edelkroone
Plus près de toi (Closer to you)
Spijt
A solitary reign
Diaken


AMENRA are proud to announce a release show on 31st of october in Ancienne Belgique Brussels. They shall outshine themselves with their visual aesthetics and all other aspects of the live performance. Their friends in All Shadows And Deliverance will be opening, as well as Monnik and there will be an exhibition of photographs by Maarten Kinet (bass AMENRA afterlife), and displays of other AMENRA related artwork. AMENRA will be selling an exclusive EU version of the record at their release show. Tickets for the show are now available at this link Check out the trailer below...




Watch the trailer for AMENRA's record release show RIGHT HERE

AMENRA will make their North American return this month, as they join Converge and labelmates Neurosis, the tour running from July 27th through August 7th.


AMENRA Tour Dates:

7/27/2017 Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL w/ Neurosis [SOLD OUT]

7/28/2017 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]

7/29/2017 St Andrews – Detroit, MI w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]

7/30/2017 Rex Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]

8/01/2017 Metropolis – Montreal, QC w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]

8/02/2017 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]

8/03/2017 College St. Music Hall – New Haven, CT w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]

8/04/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Neurosis, Converge [SOLD OUT]

8/05/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]

8/06/2017 Royale – Boston, MA w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]

8/07/2017 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets]


10/31/2017 Ancienne Belgique – Brussels, BE * release show w/ All Shadows And Deliverance, Monnik




(words by José Carlos Santos)




July 5, 2017

NEUROSIS To Reissue Out-Of-Print Second Album The Word As Law In August



NEUROSIS will reissue the band’s second LP, The Word As Law, in August, the album having remained out-of-print since the 1990s.

While listening to NEUROSIS’ discography in chronological order, their sound gradually shifts in a very steady and somewhat seamless progression with each record, though their first few albums are undoubtedly cut from their 80s punk influences and surroundings. The Word As Law was initially released on vinyl only in 1990 through Lookout! Records, alongside the likes of Operation Ivy, Green Day, Screeching Weasel and other Bay Area punk acts of the time. Upbeat rhythms and enraged vocals fuel The Word As Law, the record picking up where their Pain Of Mind debut’s ripping punk sound left off, while the band simultaneously began experimenting with more dissonant, melancholic, and demoralizing tones that would carve the foundation for their next few albums and their signature sound.

NEUROSIS had yet to infuse keyboards or synthesizers into the mix when The Word As Law was recorded by Mark Lemaire at Sound & Vision in San Francisco of December 1989. The blend of vocals delivered by guitarist Scott Kelly, bassist Dave Edwardson, and new inductee on this album, guitarist Steve Von Till, driven by the powerful rhythms of drummer Jason Roeder, coalesce to formulate an eerie and original sound on The Word As Law, which results in the album’s cult status as an incredibly groundbreaking album for countless crust punk, hardcore, and experimental metal artists worldwide.

While prior reissues of the album featured several re-recorded bonus tracks from the band’s prior singles and releases, the 2017 Neurot reissue of The Word As Law will bear the album’s initial eight tracks, all completely remastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering. Additionally, the album’s cover artwork has been reworked and modernized by NEUROSIS’ former live visual architect Josh Graham to match the label’s previously-reissued Souls At Zero, Enemy Of The Sun, and other titles.

NEUROSIS’ own Neurot Recordings will reissue The Word As Law on CD, LP, and digital formats on August 25th, directly following their US tour with Converge and Amenra and their performance at Psycho Las Vegas. 


See all confirmed tour dates below and find preorder links for The Word As Law at THIS LOCATION.




The Word As Law Track Listing:

1. Double Edged Sword

2. The Choice

3. Obsequious Obsolescence

4. To What End?

5. Tomorrow's Reality

6. Common Inconsistencies

7. Insensitivity

8. Blisters



I still remember the first time I heard The Word As Law, shortly after it was released in 1990. From the first chords of “Double-Edged Sword” I was hooked – the sounds seemed to send some sort of powerful electrical current coursing through my body – and by the time the feedback faded out at the end of “Blisters” I was emotionally spent. I had never heard anything like it: The Word As Law completely changed my understanding of three different musical genres – punk, hardcore, and metal. 

The record blends elements of all three. There is the raw moodiness of punk. The ferocity and anger of hardcore. The musicianship and dynamics of metal. But The Word As Law transcends all those labels, in the process creating something utterly unique. 

It hit me on so many levels. It spoke to the anger I had as a young punk, my sense that I was trapped in a dog-eat-dog world of relentless capitalist competition, my alienation from the broader society. But it also resonated on a deeper level. My father killed himself when I was a teenager, leaving me mourning, feeling as if I were surrounded by a thick fog of despair. The Word As Law is not a happy collection of songs, but it played this incredibly positive and cathartic role in my life. Listening to it over and over, gave me an odd sense of comfort. I realized that I wasn’t the only person struggling with deep emotional turmoil and found myself slowly working through the anger and grief that had enveloped me.

More than twenty-five years later they are still my favorite band. And I still try to attend every NEUROSIS show I can.

The Word As Law was a massive influence on an entire generation of bands including my own, Econochrist. It’s the bridge to what NEUROSIS would become in later years. So, put it back on your turntable. Step to the front the falling is today. -- Ben Sizemore/Econochrist


NEUROSIS Tour Dates:

7/01/2017 Roskilde Festival – Roskilde, DK

7/02/2017 Kraken – Stockholm, SE w/ Wolfbrigade & Author & Punisher

7/03/2017 Pustervik – Gothenburg, SE w/ Author & Punisher

7/04/2017 Tavastia – Helsinki, FI w/ Dark Buddha Rising

7/05/2017 Eistnaflug – Neskaupstadur, IS

7/27/2017 Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL w/ Amenra [tickets]

7/28/2017 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

7/29/2017 St Andrews – Detroit, MI w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

7/30/2017 Rex Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/01/2017 Metropolis – Montreal, QC w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/02/2017 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/03/2017 College St. Music Hall – New Haven, CT w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/04/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Converge, Amenra [SOLD OUT]

8/05/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/06/2017 Royale – Boston, MA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/07/2017 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/18-20/2017 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas [tickets]

10/28-29/2017 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore Maryland @ Days Of Darkness [tickets]

12/08/2017 Clash Club – São Paulo, BR

12/09/2017 Teatro Vorterix – Buenos Aires, AR

12/10/2017 Club Blondie – Santiago, CL












June 29, 2017

UFOMAMMUT: Italian Psychedelic Sorcerers Premiere “Zodiac” From Neurot Recordings-Bound 8 LP Via Cvlt Nation; Preorders Posted

[Photo Credit: Barba Baader Meinhoff]


Italy’s UFOMAMMUT has issued a thundering new single from their impending eighth studio album, 8, ahead of its September release through Neurot Recordings.

Recorded at Crono Sound Factory in Vimodrone, Milano, Italy, 8 is a major turning point in the heavy alchemic arts, with the elements of UFOMAMMUT’s recording constellation being re-aligned. Although the musicians within the collective remain unturned, a change in recording approach saw the trio playing and recording live together in the same room, even utilizing their live sound engineer Ciccio and his project Femore for production purposes, with Fabrizio San Pietro on mixing duties. Overdubs were used only for vocals, synth sounds, and minor details, with the result of the endeavor being a stricter focus on the soul, darkened groove, and overall cohesion of the music and themselves as musicians. In turn, 8 clarified to UFOMAMMUT who they are as a unit now and their new sonic path…

The longest track on the new album, “Zodiac” thunders with nearly nine-and-a-half minutes of UFOMAMMUT’s psychedelic, groove-laden, sprawling metal, a prime example of the tonal sci-fi obliteration 8 delivers.

The band offers of the new single, “Zodiac is the circular moving of the portion of the sky where we live, a circle that influence our being and what we are, it represents our turning around the tree of life, that is the sun. Zodiac is the central song of the new album, it seems to end several times, but it starts again and again. 'All is nothing and nothing is all, like an endless loop of time'."




Immerse yourself in UFOMAMMUT’s “Zodiac” at Cvlt Nation RIGHT HERE.


Also see the previously-released “Warsheep” video RIGHT HERE.


8 is due for release on September 22nd on vinyl and CD formats via Neurot Recordings and on a limited and regular edition vinyl via Supernatural Cat; the limited edition 7” for the “Warsheep” single is out now. EU preorders for the limited 8 LP can be placed HERE and for US preorders go HERE


8 Track Listing:

1. Babel
2. Warsheep
3. Zodiac
4. Fatum
5. Prismaze
6. Core
7. Wombdemonium
8. Psyrcle



Following their recent performances at Freak Valley Fest and Hellfest this month, UFOMAMMUT will be playing at other Summer festivals including Resurrection Festival, Disintegrate Your Ignorance Fest, Lake On Fire Festival, and Frantic Festival in July and August, followed by their European tour with Usnea in the fall months. UFOMAMMUT will also make their North American return next year, as they are one of the first bands to be announced for Maryland Deathfest 2018. Additional tour updates will be issued in the weeks ahead.


UFOMAMMUT Tour Dates:

7/08/2017 Resurrection Festival – Viveiro, ES

8/04/2017 Disintegrate Your Ignorance Fest – Giavera del Montello, IT

8/05/2017 Lake On Fire Festival - Rohrbach – Oberösterreich, AU

8/19/2017 Frantic Festival - Francavilla Al Mare – Pescara, IT


9/06/2017 Volta – Moscow, RU

9/07/2017 MOD – St. Petersburg, RU


TOUR DATES w/ Usnea:

9/30/2017 La Boule Noire – Paris, FR

10/01/2017 Le Ferrailleur – Nantes, FR

10/03/2017 Borderline – London, UK

10/04/2017 Magasin 4 – Brussels, BE

10/05/2017 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE

10/06/2017 Up In Smoke Festival – Pratteln, CH

10/07/2017 Doornroosje – Nijmegen, NL @ Soulcrusher Festival

10/08/2017 Forum – Bielefeld, DE

10/10/2017 Blitz – Oslo, NO

10/11/2017 Klub Undergangen – Stockholm, SE

10/13/2017 Korjaamo – Helsinki, FI @ Blowup Vol. 3 Festival

10/14/2017 Olympia-Kortelli – Tampere, FI

10/16/2017 KB 18 – Copenhagen, DK

10/17/2017 Lido – Berlin, DE

10/18/2017 Markthalle – Hamburg, DE

10/19/2017 Werk 2 – Leipzig, DE

10/20/2017 Firley – Wroclaw, PL

10/21/2017 007 – Prague, CZ

10/22/2017 Keep It Doom Festival – Munich, DE


5/24-27/2018 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD


Laden with symbolic nuances, 8 most obviously gestures towards this being UFOMAMMUT’s eighth offering, comprised of eight stunningly immersive tracks that flow into each other without interruption. This flow can also be seen when you tip 8 horizontally, thus it morphs into the leniscate from algebraic geometry [∞], a plane curve that meets at central point, more commonly known as the infinity symbol. A continuous stream of movement reflective of the uninterrupted nature of the album but also the continued togetherness of the essential elements of the band – Urlo, Poia and Vita – since the beginning of the band’s history. ∞ tipped vertically sees us return to the number 8. It must be stressed there is no singular pronunciation of the title, 8 is to be spoken in every language; “eight” in English, “otto” in Italian, “acht” in German, and so on.

Sonically and symbolically, 8 is not only wickedly limitless in its heaviness, power, and commanding nature, but how it arrests the listener’s mind creating a wholly unbounded and impenetrable sensory experience. The album is a continuous flux of music, a singular entity, which can be defined in micro measurements by its eight satellite songs. Each track expands upon the preceding song, unfolding into an exceedingly dense, malevolent and formidable journey, resulting in this being UFOMAMMUT’s most extreme outing yet, with zero breathing room in the forty-eight-minute venture. The album’s predecessor Ecate has now been put to rest and we can be assured that 8 is an essential turning point in the infinity that is UFOMMAMUT’s sonic signature.






June 28, 2017

DEAFKIDS: Neurot Recordings To Release Configuração Do Lamento On Vinyl And CD For The First Time This October; "Pés Atados" Video Posted



Brazilian avant mavericks DEAFKIDS will be releasing their masterful album Configuração Do Lamento for the first time on vinyl and CD formats this October 6th via Neurot Recordings.

Neurot label founder and member of Neurosis Steve Von Till explains how he came across the band: "I first read about DEAFKIDS when I saw a headline from Cvlt Nation that read, ‘This Band Sounds Like No Other!’ My cynical nature believed that to be a tall order, so I decided to call their bluff and clicked on the stream… MIND BLOWN. I was not prepared for how much I would love this record. Raw, powerful, and explosive heavy psych. I think I listened to it three times in a row right then and there. I played it for my bandmates the first time we were all in a room together and we all agreed, ‘We need to put out a DEAFKIDS record.’ So here it is, for the first time on vinyl and CD, that very same DEAFKIDS recording that first lured me into their sonic world."

DEAFKIDSConfiguração Do Lamento is an untamed release, happy to juxtapose monolithic drone riffage with frantic polyrhythmic detours, the band citing the syncopated beats of African drums as a major influence. It is a guttural, scorched mutation of psychedelia, that similar intent of frying the listener's perception, while void of anything approaching earthy wistfulness, wholly fluid in nature, paying no heed to any musical expectations other than the creators own internal logic. A bombardment of clanging percussion sits below relentless guitar battering, and a whole host of electronic tamperings, effects which in practice manage to further confound the proceedings. Using the term psychedelic in the absolute loosest sense is apt, as the band claims that “non-genre genres” are a chief source of inspiration, referencing anything from their own background in punk, right the way through to spiritual jazz, practically any form which allows the artist to experiment with the utter extremes of musical expression.

A key theme at the heart of this singular record is the crisis of identity within a colonized country, the conflict that arises when an imperialist culture is enforced, resulting in a drastic feeling of displacement. The music alone illuminates this theme, various contrasting influences seeping into the bands sound. As a project, they speak of the ramifications of cultural hegemony specific to Brazil, specifying that, "thanks to the way colonization happened here, a certain part of the Brazilian experience is bounded by a sense of fracture -- we're sons of the border... here and there."

Though the contextual aspects of the band are fascinating, they also insist that with music, there is a vital importance in surrendering to a degree of "non-rationality, on the sense that it should not be used as a narrative resource for spreading verbal/mental ideas". It's this collision of political outrage set against complete bodily and mental release, that makes DEAFKIDSConfiguração Do Lamento an undoubtedly fearless and inspiring piece of work.




Watch and share DEAFKIDS’ new video created for the track "Pés Atados" HERE.

Neurot Recordings will release Configuração Do Lamento on 10” vinyl and CD formats on October 6th; stand by for preorder links and more in the weeks ahead.

DEAFKIDS will support Neurosis during their first visit to São Paulo on the 8th of December. More news and video clips will be released shortly.



DEAFKIDS Live:

12/08/2017 Clash Club – São Paulo, BR w/ Neurosis






Configuração Do Lamento Track Listing:

1. Veia Aberta

2. Entranhas

3. Lâmina Cortante

4. As Mesmas Ferramentas, Os Mesmos Rituais

5. Propagação

6. Pés Atados

7. Mordaça

8. Distopia Permanente




June 21, 2017

NEUROSIS To Play Their First-Ever South American Shows In December




Thirty years of anticipation will come to an end this December: South American fans will finally have the opportunity to experience the live intensity of heavy music pioneers, NEUROSIS

NEUROSIS, for the first time, will bring its cathartic live experience to South America in late 2017, performing three shows in Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

NEUROSIS has produced eleven studio albums, performed on stages around the planet — each record, each song, each show and each studio experience pushing the band one step further along on a lifelong path of spirit and sonic experimentation.

For the first time in South America, local audiences will feel the trance like power of NEUROSIS’ massive riffs. These South American shows are produced by Brazilian booking agency Abraxas in partnership with Xaninho Discos, beginning in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 8 at Clash Club, followed by shows in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 9 at Teatro Vorterix and Santiago, Chile, December 10 at Club Blondie.

"We are honored and humbled by the opportunity to experience a new sonic adventure on a new continent," says Steve Von Till. "Finally, after all this time, we are able to come to South America and. experience first hand the legendary and passionate heavy music scene there."

Remaining ticket information for the South American shows will be announced in the coming weeks.


NEUROSIS SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR 2017

12/8/17 - CLASH CLUB (Barra Funda 969), São Paulo, Brazil [tickets]

12/9/17 - TEATRO VORTERIX (Federico Lacroze 3455), Buenos Aires, Argentina

12/10/17 - CLUB BLONDIE (Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 2879), Santiago, Chile


In September 2016, NEUROSIS — on the heels of several 30th anniversary concerts in the United States and Europe — released Fires Within Fires to worldwide acclaim. The album was named one of the top five Best Metal Albums of the Year by Rolling Stone. Decibel Magazine devoted an entire issue to chronicling NEUROSIS’s history, and Terrorizer featured the band on its cover with the headline: “How One Band Changed the World.”

NEUROSIS have redefined what heavy meant and what heavy could be, all while refusing to define themselves as anything more than conduits for the music they conjure like diviners,” wrote Decibel.

”What more can be said about NEUROSIS that hasn't already been written, re-written, and re-written once again? They're giants in a field obsessed with hugeness-hugeness of riff, of amplifier, of decibel, of ambition-and are a seemingly unbreakable sonic force,” said Noisey of Fires Within Fires. “When Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till, Jason Roeder, Noah Landis, and Dave Edwardson come together (and especially when they do so under the steady hand of longstanding engineer Steve Albini) the result is the kind of tectonic earth magic that the word doom was invented to personify. Whatever it is they continue to seek, this latest offering is a massive step forward towards it.”


Fires Within Fires and all Neurosis albums + merchandise can be purchased through the Neurot Recordings store HERE


The summer of 2017 sees NEUROSIS on the road again: traveling to Europe and, in mid-summer, playing shows in Eastern Canada and along the eastern seaboard of the United States.


NEUROSIS SUMMER 2017 TOUR DATES

Sat July 1: DK - Roskilde, Roskilde Festival

Sun July 2: SE - Stockholm, Kraken (w/ Wolfbrigade & Author & Punisher)

Mon July 3: SE - Gothenburg, Pustervik (w/ Author & Punisher)

Tue July 4: FI - Helsinki, Tavastia (w/ Dark Buddha Rising)

Wed July 5: IS - Neskaupstadur, Eistnaflug


7/27/2017 The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL w/ Amenra [SOLD OUT]

7/28/2017 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

7/29/2017 St Andrews – Detroit, MI w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

7/30/2017 Rex Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/01/2017 Metropolis – Montreal, QC w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/02/2017 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/03/2017 College St. Music Hall – New Haven, CT w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/04/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Converge, Amenra [SOLD OUT]

8/05/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/06/2017 Royale – Boston, MA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/07/2017 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]


8/19/17 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas [tickets]


10/28-29/2017 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore Maryland @ Days Of Darkness [tickets]


A espera de 30 anos chega ao fim em dezembro: os fãs da América do Sul terão finalmente a oportunidade de conferir a intensa apresentação do grupo pioneiro de heavy metal NEUROSIS. A banda trará pela primeira vez sua catártica experiência ao vivo ao continente para três shows no Brasil, Argentina e Chile.

Em três décadas, o NEUROSIS já produziu onze discos de estúdio e se apresentou nos principais palcos e festivais ao redor do mundo - cada álbum, cada música, cada show e cada experiência em estúdio impulsionando a banda um passo adiante no longo caminho da experimentação sônica e espiritual.

Pela primeira vez na América do Sul, o público local poderá sentir o poderoso transe dos riffs massivos emanados do NEUROSIS, criados com esmero ao longo de três décadas em conjunto. A banda fará apenas uma apresentação no Brasil, no dia 8 de dezembro em São Paulo, com realização da produtora Abraxas em parceria com a Xaninho Discos.

Serviço:

Neurosis em São Paulo

08/12 – Clash Club (Barra Funda 969)

Abertura da casa: 18h

18h30: Saturndust

19h30: Deaf Kids

20h30: Neurosis

Ingressos: [link TBC]

Pontos de venda:

Yoga Punx – Rua Doutor Cândido Espinheira, 156 – Perdizes

(11) 94314-7955

Volcom – Rua Augusta, 2490 (apenas em dinheiro)

(11) 3082-0213

 Loja 255 na Galeria do Rock

(11) 3361-6951

Ratus Skate Shop – Rua Doná Elisa Fláquer, 286 - Centro, Santo André

(11) 4990-5163

Evento: [link TBC]










June 19, 2017

New Neurosis pins, patches, stickers and flags now available from Neurot Recordings



With NEUROSIS' upcoming tour dates in northern Europe, eastern Canada and in the United States on the horizon, Neurot Recordings offers a fresh batch of brand new NEUROSIS gear in the label's store.


Shop the brand new Neurosis items in the 
Neurot Recordings store HERE.


NEUROSIS SUMMER 2017 LIVE SHOWS

Sat July 1: DK - Roskilde, Roskilde Festival
Sun July 2: SE - Stockholm, Kraken (w/ Wolfbrigade & Author & Punisher)
Mon July 3: SE - Gothenburg, Pustervik (w/ Author & Punisher)
Tue July 4: FI - Helsinki, Tavastia (w/ Dark Buddha Rising)
Wed July 5: IS - Neskaupstadur, Eistnaflug

7/27/2017 The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL w/ Amenra [SOLD OUT]
7/28/2017 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]
7/29/2017 St Andrews – Detroit, MI w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]
7/30/2017 Rex Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]
8/01/2017 Metropolis – Montreal, QC w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]
8/02/2017 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]
8/03/2017 College St. Music Hall – New Haven, CT w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]
8/04/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Converge, Amenra [SOLD OUT]
8/05/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]
8/06/2017 Royale – Boston, MA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]
8/07/2017 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/19/17 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Las Vegas [tickets]

10/28-29/2017 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore Maryland @ Days Of Darkness [tickets]




Also: throughout the month of June, our entire stock of Neurot Recordings CDs are just $6. 

Shop the Neurot Recordings CD sale HERE





June 15, 2017

UFOMAMMUT "WARSHEEP" 7" SINGLE OUT NOW

In advance of Ufomammut's upcoming fall studio album, 8 — out Sept. 22 on Neurot Recordings — the band releases its collectible, limited-edition "Warsheep" 7" today. 


Available in a small run of 500 pieces, and with the cover handprinted with gold iridescent and red inks on pearlescent paper by Malleus, the record will be released via Supernatural Cat is also available via Neurot Recordings' webstore. 

BUY WARSHEEP 7" FROM NEUROT'S STORE HERE 

Prior to the release of 8, the trio delighted fans with an early extract from the record in the form of a video for the song "Warsheep" which you can view below.




UFOMAMMUT FESTIVAL AND OTHER LIVE SHOWS: 
16.06.17 - Freak Valley Fest - Netphen, DE
18.06.17 - Hellfest - Clisson, FR
04.08.17 - Disintegrate Your Ignorance Fest - Giavera del Montello, IT
05.08.17 - Lake on fire Festival - Rohrbach in Oberösterreich, Austria
06.09.17 - RU, Moscow - Volta
07.09.17 - RU, St. Petersburg - MOD 


AUTUMN TOUR WITH USNEA:
30.09.17 - FR, Paris - La Boule Noire
01.10.17 - FR, Nantes - Le Ferrailleur 
03.10.17 - UK, London - Borderline
04.10.17 - BEL, Brussels - Magasin 4
05.10.17 - DE, Wiesbaden - Schlachthof
06.10.17 - CH, Pratteln - Up in Smoke Festival
07.10.17 - NL, Nijmegen - Soulcrusher Festival @ Doornroosje Festival
08.10.17 - DE, Bielefeld - Forum 
10.10.17 - NOR, Oslo - Blitz 
11.10.17 - SWE, Stockholm - Klub Undergangen 
13.10.17 - FIN, Helsinki - Korjaamo Blowup VOL. 3 Festival
14.10.17 - FIN, Tampere - Olympia-Kortelli 
16.10.17 - DK, Copenhagen - KB 18
17.10.17 - DE, Berlin - Lido
18.10.17 - DE, Hamburg - Markthalle
19.10.17 - DE, Leipzig - Werk 2
20.10.17 - POL, Wroclaw - Firley
21.10.17 - CZ, Prague - 007
22.10.17 - DE, Munich - Keep It Doom Festival


8 is due for release on September 22nd on vinyl and CD formats via Neurot Recordings and on a limited and regular edition vinyl via Supernatural Cat. Pre order information, and more to be revealed over the coming months.

YOB Returns To The Stage This Weekend At Northwest Terror Fest Following Guitarist/Vocalist Mike Scheidt’s Diverticulitis Surgery, Additional Live Dates Draw Near



Cosmic doom trio YOB will make their return to the stage this week at the Northwest Terror Fest in Seattle, Washington alongside Coven, Cephalic Carnage, Wolves In The Throne Room, and so many others. The performance serves as guitarist/vocalist Mike Scheidt’s first show since undergoing emergency diverticulitis surgery earlier this year. Diverticulitis is an inflammation of the digestive tract and is often life-threatening.

Said Scheidt in a recent Facebook post to fans, “…Everything is different on my insides, and I'm learning to adjust to both healing pains and new normals. Time will tell which is which. All the same, slow and steady is my mantra. I have a feeling of gratitude that is consistent, and we’re writing so much new music with YOB that I don't know how we're going to distill it all… I wish nothing but love and health, laughs and inspiration for our shared, diverse, unique tribe. For those who have sent me messages, shared love, their time and help with my survival during these trials of mine, I remain ever thankful and count myself as beyond lucky. My ability to weather all of this and continue working is framed by these blessings. We are so looking forward to these shows...seeing friends, watching bands, and getting to share the stage. It's surreal to be able to do it again. Can't wait."

The band will also lay their purifying riff rituals upon Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, New York for three sold out nights -- June 23rd, 24th, and 25th. The shows were initially scheduled for February but postponed. The following evening, the band will head south for a performance in Austin, Texas at Come And Take It Live. In August, YOB will play San Diego, California’s Brick By Brick with SubRosa followed by a Psycho Las Vegas preparty directly after the fest’s warm up pool party (this will be a separately ticketed event). Future YOB shows to be announced in the coming weeks.

Watch YOB's tour trailer HERE.



YOB LIVE PERFORMANCES

6/17/2017 Northwest Terror Fest - Seattle, WA [tickets]

6/23/2017 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY w/ Yellow Eyes, Hosianna Mantra SOLD OUT
6/24/2017 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY w/ Kings Destroy, Pyrolatrous SOLD OUT
6/25/2017 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY w/ Godmaker, Statiqbloom SOLD OUT
6/26/2017 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX [tickets]

8/16/2017 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA w/ SubRosa [tickets]

8/17/2017 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Las Vegas, NV w/ SubRosa [tickets]

YOB released their Clearing The Path To Ascend full-length via Neurot Records in 2014. On Clearing The Path To Ascend, YOB is as formidable as they’ve ever been, demanding the tandem attention of mind, body, and soul. Drummer Travis Foster wields his signature rhythmic furor here with bombastic precision while bassist Aaron Rieseberg coils around the sonic tide with an unforgiving churn all the while in a deadly synchronicity with Scheidt’s uncanny vocal range and its pendulous movement between the triumphant howls of a medieval madman and the earth-splitting growls of a war-battered titan. Take this opportunity to revisit this remarkable album at THIS LOCATION. YOB is love.

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



“Psychedelic rock, stoner rock, stoner metal, blues metal, ambient: all reside comfortably in YOB‘s wheelhouse, coalescing and collapsing on a path that stretches as far as the listener’s imagination.” – Pitchfork

“The seventh album from Oregon doom metal sky-gazers, YOB … makes perfect bedfellows of volume and beauty, pain and transcendence.” – Rolling Stone

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

“There’s loud, and there’s transcendently loud, and this performance of ‘The Great Cessation’ is towering, the tone so thick it’s tactile.” — Terrorizer





May 22, 2017

UFOMAMMUT SHARE NEW SONG "WARSHEEP" VIA NEW VIDEO, APPEARING ON 7" SINGLE AND FEATURING ON THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM 8 (NEUROT RECORDINGS, 22ND SEPTEMBER); PLUS TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

[still image from "Warsheep" video]

The Italian alchemic juggernaut, Ufomammut, masters of melding uncompromisingly heavy magic with psychedelic swirls, recently announced news of a brand new studio recording, 8, which will arrive on 22nd September via Neurot Recordings. 

Prior to the album's release, the trio delight fans with an early extract from the record in the form of a video for the song "Warsheep" which you can view below. The band describe their intentions of the video..."it is inspired by the lyrics of the song which in itself is a play on the words "Worship". The protagonist takes a symbolic journey from the natural human condition to the trappings of the dogmas of society, religion etc. The principle idea being that thought is blind and is caged into the illusion of being free." Adding to the video's eerie atmosphere, the setting is in an abandoned villa in Italy, and the surrounding woodland.








In the spirit of record collecting rituals, and to offer something special to fans ahead of the full album release, Ufomammut are also sharing "Warsheep" as a limited edition 7". Available in a small run of 500 pieces, and with the cover handprinted with gold iridescent and red inks on pearlescent paper by Malleus, the record will be released via Supernatural Cat on 15th June, and will be available for pre-order via the label's website, and via Neurot stores too. Check out newly announced live shows below...



UFOMAMMUT FESTIVAL AND OTHER LIVE SHOWS: 

16.06.17 - Freak Valley Fest - Netphen, DE
18.06.17 - Hellfest - Clisson, FR
04.08.17 - Disintegrate Your Ignorance Fest - Giavera del Montello, IT
05.08.17 - Lake on fire Festival - Rohrbach in Oberösterreich, Austria
06.09.17 - RU, Moscow - Volta
07.09.17 - RU, St. Petersburg - MOD 

AUTUMN TOUR WITH USNEA:

30.09.17 - FR, Paris - La Boule Noire
01.10.17 - FR, Nantes - Le Ferrailleur 
03.10.17 - UK, London - Borderline
04.10.17 - BEL, Brussels - Magasin 4
05.10.17 - DE, Wiesbaden - Schlachthof
06.10.17 - CH, Pratteln - Up in Smoke Festival
07.10.17 - NL, Nijmegen - Soulcrusher Festival @ Doornroosje Festival
08.10.17 - DE, Bielefeld - Forum 
10.10.17 - NOR, Oslo - Blitz 
11.10.17 - SWE, Stockholm - Klub Undergangen 
13.10.17 - FIN, Helsinki - Korjaamo Blowup VOL. 3 Festival
14.10.17 - FIN, Tampere - Olympia-Kortelli 
16.10.17 - DK, Copenhagen - KB 18
17.10.17 - DE, Berlin - Lido
18.10.17 - DE, Hamburg - Markthalle
19.10.17 - DE, Leipzig - Werk 2
20.10.17 - POL, Wroclaw - Firley
21.10.17 - CZ, Prague - 007
22.10.17 - DE, Munich - Keep It Doom Festival


Read on for more information about 8...

Sonically and symbolically, 8 is not only wickedly limitless in its heaviness, powerfulness and commanding nature, but how it arrests the listener’s mind creating a wholly unbounded and impenetrable sensory experience. Laden with symbolic nuances, 8 most obviously gestures towards this being Ufomammut’s 8th offering, comprised of 8 stunningly immersive tracks that flow into each other without interruption. This flow can also be seen when you tip 8 horizontally, thus it morphs into the leniscate from algebraic geometry - ∞ - a plane curve that meets at central point - or more commonly known as the infinity symbol. A continuous stream of movement reflective of the uninterrupted nature of the album but also the continued togetherness of the essential elements of the band – Urlo, Poia and Vita – since the beginning of the band’s history. ∞ tipped vertically sees us return to the number 8. It must be stressed there is no singular pronunciation of the title, 8 is to be spoken in every language e.g. “eight” in English, “otto” in Italian, “acht” in German and so on.
As stated, 8 is a continuous flux of music, a singular entity, which can be defined in micro measurements by its eight satellite songs. Each track expands upon the preceding song, unfolding into an exceedingly dense, malevolent and formidable journey, resulting in this being Ufomammut’s most extreme venture yet, with no permittance for breathing space in the 48 minutes. The album’s predecessor Ecate has now been put to rest and we can be assured that 8 is an essential turning point in the infinity that is Ufommamut’s sonic.




Recorded at Crono Sound Factory in Vimodrone, Milano (IT), 8 is a major turning point in the heavy alchemic arts, with the elements of Ufomammut’s recording constellation being re-aligned. Although the musicians within Ufomammut’s collective remain unturned, a change in recording approach saw the trio playing and recording live together in the same room, even utilising their live sound engineer Ciccio and his project FEMORE for production purposes, with Fabrizio San Pietro on mixing duties. Overdubs were used only for vocals, synth sounds and small details with the result of such endeavour being a stricter focus on the soul, darkened groove and overall cohesion of the music and themselves as musicians. In turn, 8 clarified to Ufomammut who they are as a unit now and their new sonic path…

8 is due for release on September 22nd on vinyl and CD formats via Neurot Recordings and on a limited and regular edition vinyl via Supernatural Cat. Pre order information, and more to be revealed over the coming months.

May 19, 2017

HARVESTMAN: Music For Megaliths Out Now

Music for Megaliths, the fourth release from HARVESTMAN — a solo project of Neurosis vocalist/guitarist Steve Von Till — is out now via Neurot Recordings.



Order Music for Megaliths on CD, LP and digital formats now through the Neurot Recordings webstore HERE

As with previous HARVESTMAN works, Music For Megaliths shows Von Till handling electric and acoustic guitars, bass, synthesizers, hurdy gurdy, effects and vocals. And, what’s more, the album was fully performed, recorded, and mixed at Von Till's own studio, The Crow’s Nest, in Northern Idaho. Neurosis’ Jason Roeder provides drums to the track “Levitation.” The album’s exploratory, mood-altering, spiritual atmospheres were mastered by James Plotkin, and the album was completed with artwork by Thomas Hooper.

Noisey continues to stream Music for Megaliths in full right HERE.

“The album is a great example of the ever-bountiful intersection between heavy metal and experimental music, feeling like the former without ever exploding into pounding riffs and drums.” — Noisey

“Harvestman, yet another killer project from Neurosis's Steve Von Till … is ambient, relaxing music to lose yourself in, and it's pretty great. Though when has Steve Von Till release music that isn't fantastic in its own unique way?” — Metal Injection

“A soothing adventure, [“Levitation”] is one that lulls the listener into a daze with it’s hypnotic circular melodies and rhythms.” — Overblown








May 12, 2017

HARVESTMAN: Music For Megaliths By Neurosis’ Steve Von Till Streaming At Noisey; Album To See Release Next Week Through Neurot Recordings

Photo Credit: Niela Von Till
Neurosis vocalist/guitarist Steve Von Till will release Music For Megaliths -- the anxiously-anticipated fourth album under the banner of his solo outfit, HARVESTMAN -- next week through Neurot Recordings. Advancing the album’s public release, Noisey is hosting an early listen to the exploratory album in its lush entirety.

“Neurosis singer/guitarist Steve Von Till makes music with his main band that more or less sounds like one of these boulders slowly colliding with your head, but his solo work under his own name and as the drone project HARVESTMAN provides a more placid kind of heaviness, as the new HARVESTMAN album Music For Megaliths demonstrates,” Noisey offers in part. “The album is a great example of the ever-bountiful intersection between heavy metal and experimental music, feeling like the former without ever exploding into pounding riffs and drums.”

Explore HARVESTMAN’s vast Music For Megaliths at Noisey RIGHT HERE.

As with prior HARVESTMAN and other solo releases by Steve Von Till, Music For Megaliths sees the artist handling a wide array of instruments and approaches, including vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, synthesizers, hurdy gurdy, effects, and more, fully performed, recorded, and mixed at his own The Crow’s Nest in Northern Idaho. Neurosis’ Jason Roeder provides drums to the track “Levitation,” and the album’s exploratory, mood-altering, spiritual atmospheres were mastered by James Plotkin, and the album was completed with artwork by Thomas Hooper.


Neurot Recordings will release HARVESTMAN‘s Music For Megaliths on CD, LP, and digital formats next Friday, May 19th; preorders and bundles are available at the Neurot webstore HERE.

"Ruins, monuments, and ancient sites of worship are multi-sensory experiences – at once residues of the sacred, the parchment on which the passage of time has been inscribed and templates for imaginative reconstruction, spaces in which to invest and immerse, to trade your bearings for an inexhaustible state of transition.

Over the course of three albums, Steve Von Till has, under the guise of HARVESTMAN, provided the sonic analogue, casting his net for what might have been and yet still be. Both a personal meditation and a tuning fork for the most ancient and enduring of resonances, his latest album, Music For Megaliths, further expands his journeys along the sonic ley lines that run between folk, drone, psychedelia, the “kosmische” outposts of krautrock and noise: not as an act of eclecticism, but of divination, giving voice to an underlying continuity that binds them all.

Recorded over a period of several years in the dawn hours of creation, Music For Megaliths is an aggregation of moments and recordings that have allowed themselves to spell out a greater whole. Utilizing repetition, manipulation, and modulation, it’s a hallowed frequency dial that ranges across the pulse-regulated drone of “The Forest Is Our Temple,” revving up like a generator powered by arcane currents, the blissful gaze of “Ring Of Sentinels,” “Sundown”’s ominous waves of interference and “White Horse”’s rite of dissolution and regeneration, nomadic and devout. Music For Megaliths is a crossing over, whose multiple routes are testament to a singular and sensuously dilated vision." – words by Jonathan Selzer, 2017







May 3, 2017

NEUROSIS Adds Second Brooklyn Show To Summer Tour With Converge And Amenra; Tickets For All Shows Posted



NEUROSIS
has released tickets for all shows on their upcoming North American Summer tour with Converge and Amenra, and announces a second Brooklyn show to the trek.

Continuing to perform the works from their acclaimed eleventh studio album, Fires Within Fires, the upcoming tour will find NEUROSIS bringing their immersive live experience to the East Coast and Midwestern US, and Southeastern Canada. The tour will embark out of Chicago on July 28th, with shows in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Toronto, New Haven, Brooklyn, Boston, and Philadelphia confirmed through August 7th. The Brooklyn show on August 4th has sold out, but a second show the following night has been added. Iconic punk/metal experimenters Converge will supply direct support for the tour, and NEUROSIS’ Neurot labelmates Amenra also make their long-awaited return to North American shores for the tour as well.

NEUROSIS is also confirmed to play at Psycho Vegas in Las Vegas, August 18th through 20th, performing with the likes of King Diamond, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Swans, Sleep, The Melvins, Carcass, Corrosion Of Conformity, Wolves In The Throne Room, and countless others. NEUROSIS will also headline the Days Of Darkness festival in Baltimore, Maryland on October 28th and 29th, the two-day gala also including sets by Manilla Road, Om, Cirith Ungol, Warning, Captain Beyond, Boris, Elder, and many more. Additional NEUROSIS tour dates are to be expected.


A trailer for the upcoming tour is posted HERE.



Released in September, NEUROSIS’ acclaimed Fires Within Fires is available now on CD, LP, cassette, and all digital platforms through the band’s own Neurot Recordings; see all bundles and options RIGHT HERE.




NEUROSIS Tour Dates:

7/28/2017 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

7/29/2017 St Andrews – Detroit, MI w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

7/30/2017 Rex Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/01/2017 Metropolis – Montreal, QC w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/02/2017 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/03/2017 College St. Music Hall – New Haven, CT w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/04/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Converge, Amenra [SOLD OUT]

8/05/2017 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/06/2017 Royale – Boston, MA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

8/07/2017 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA w/ Converge, Amenra [tickets]

10/28-29/2017 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore Maryland @ Days Of Darkness





Surrounding the release of Fires Within Fires, Decibel Magazine published an entire issue dedicated to NEUROSIS, including multiple rare Hall Of Fame features as well as a full feature on the new album, a very brief section of the coverage praising, “NEUROSIS have redefined what heavy meant and what heavy could be, all while refusing to define themselves as anything more than conduits for the music they conjure like diviners. Now releasing their eleventh LP, Fires Within Fires, they’ve ascended from the trappings of youth to alter the landscape of heavy music like the violent shift of tectonic plates.” Rolling Stone published a massive feature on the band, including in part, “Outside of booking tours and scheduling press, the group has existed as a DIY operation for the better part of the last two decades, sort of like metal's equivalent to Fugazi or Black Flag. Everything about NEUROSIS, from their extended drum etudes to the Pink Floyd–like visuals they hauled on the road with them for years, has been about bowing to their own artistic whims… Fires Within Fires, showcases the best aspects of the NEUROSIS experience: downtuned Sabbath-influenced riffs, pounding tribal drumming, fleeting moments of elegance and caustic vocals recounting personal apocalypses.”







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