NEUROSIS: Honor Found in Decay Release Day - 10.30.12

The wait is finally over as this week, as Neurosis release their long awaited tenth studio album via Neurot Recordings to audiences worldwide. Honor Found In Decay will reaffirm to the planet why NEUROSIS remain one of the most important heavy acts in existence.

Check for it at your local record store, digitally on places like iTunes, our store at store.neurotrecordings.com ... and more.

In just two short weeks, NEUROSIS will converge in their point of origin, Oakland, California, for a special record release performance with support from Voivod and YOB. Tickets are still available here. 

Then they’ll cross the Atlantic for two special UK performances, first at ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas curated by Steve Albini’s band Shellac, followed by a concert in London with the mighty Godflesh:

 1 December ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas - Camber Sands Holiday Camp, England [info]
 2 December HMV Forum - London, w/ Godflesh [info]

Additional live performances will continue to be announced in the months ahead.

IDES OF GEMINI Issue Tour Wrap-up; Exclusive Video Interview Courtesy Of Scion AV Available

West Coast transcendentalists, IDES OF GEMINI, recently returned from a near month-long run of European dates in support of their monumental Constantinople full-length released via Neurot Recordings earlier this year.

Relays guitarist/backing vocalist J. Bennett of the journey: “After a month of playing the various clubs, halls, pubs, squats and glorified toilets of Europe, we’re back. I think it’s safe to say that IDES OF GEMINI will never be the same. And neither will Europe, for that matter. We did something to the place, and it did something to us. There was an exchange of energy and fluids. Not with all of Europe, obviously. Just the countries we visited: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, England and the Czech Republic. Am I forgetting someplace? I hope not. I mean, how could I? The audiences were fantastic. The bands we played with were ace. The food and drink were spectacular. Even the border police were sort of cordial while they rifled through our personal belongings. We’d like to thank everyone who came to see us play and everyone who made the tour possible, especially those who put their faith in IDES OF GEMINI to deliver a night of music that was hopefully worth paying to see. We can’t wait to do it again.”


In related news, check out an exclusive interview with Bennett courtesy of Scion AV below, or also through Earsplit PR.

Constantinople was released stateside via Neurot Recordings late this past Spring and continues to reap praise domestically and abroad. The offering was commended by Outburn in an 8/10 review for its "depressing dynamics topped by ethereal wonderment," and called "...a dirg-y doom crawl of an album..." by Decibel. Pitchfork dubbed it, "darkly beautiful," while MetalSucks added, "Their accretion of small musical gestures inverts metal’s normal use of space. They imply terror without ever exposing it. Each song is an accumulation of outlines, a sort of sonic daguerreotype."

For review copies of Constantinople and interview requests in North America, contact EarsplitPR2@aol.com. In Europe contact rarely_unable@yahoo.co.uk.

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AMENRA Share First Track and Lyrics from Upcoming MASS V

AMENRA are preparing for the worldwide disbursement of their newest studio full-length Mass V on 26 November via Neurot Recordings and today they share first track from it, the album opener,"Dearborn and Buried" - our first listen to a complete song from the album, and our first glimpse at the lyrics...


Photo credit Jeroen Mylle

DEARBORN AND BURIED

one day I awoke

and I saw

the world. that comes from us

dearborn. I will remain. world.

and death comes from my ashes.

we were called upon

and awaited a sign

there was a fire divine

remember us

and you will remain

we all fell

and overcame

bereaved

this is our soil

remember it

and it will remain

dearborn

when ashes reign

remember us

we were the flame

now when will I be wounded enough?

We are also proud to share the cover art of the LP version of the album HERE (Photo credit Stefaan Temmerman) which will differ from the CD version, containing different artwork, additional sounds and alternative mixes, by Billy Anderson and mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Scorn, working with SUNN0))), Earth, Isis and more...). This album version is available as pre-order from 12 November on www.soulslayer.net, where you can also pick up a copy of their DVD Mass III.

Don't forget to check out these three short tour documentaries, filmed and artistically presented by Jeroen Mylle, captured on the road with the band over recent months and catch AMENRA on the road soon:
 - AMENRA I. from daydreams on the road there is no waking - http://youtu.be/Om90RlaaqyU
 - AMENRA II. you stand now alone - http://youtu.be/69AU4TBffK8
 - AMENRA III. a change of light - http://youtu.be/vi99bx-l2I4

AMENRA Live And Festival Performances:
10/27/2012 – Porto, Portugal – Hard Club@ Amplifest [info]
11/03/2012 – Leeds, UK – Leeds University Union @ Damnation Festival [info]
12/01/2012 – Utrecht, NL – Db’s @ Le Guess Who Festival [info]
12/22/2012 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique *record release show [info]
2/10/2013 – Kortrijk, Belgium – De Kreun [info]
4/19/2013 – Tilburg, Netherlands – Patronaat Church @ Roadburn Festival [info]
5/04/2013 – Wroclaw, Poland – Klub Firlej @ Asymmetry Festival [info]

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

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

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