Andrew Bansal

December 9, 2011May 4, 2012

THE DEVIL’S BLOOD Premieres New Track

Today Pitchfork.com premieres “Fire Burning,” the eighth track from The Thousandfold Epicentre, the upcoming full-length from Dutch occult rockers THE DEVIL’S BLOOD. Set for North American release on January 17, 2012 via Metal Blade Records, the offering is already earning critical acclaim. Decibel Magazine called it “…an 11-track opus of maximum cosmic significance…,” Terrorizer dubbed it “dynamic and luminous,” while LA Weekly praised the band saying: “THE DEVIL’S BLOOD bring to mind what Jefferson Airplane’s sound would have been if they abandoned their love of psychedelic drugs for good old-fashioned Satanism.”

December 9, 2011May 4, 2012

MEGATON LEVIATHAN: Portland Doom-Gazers Begin Work On New Full-Length

Portland, Oregon doom-gazers MEGATON LEVIATHAN, who completed a successful run of tour dates with cerebral black metal behemoths Wolves In The Throne Room this summer, are set to begin work on their as-yet-untitled new full-length. The record, which includes a “smacked-out version of Judas Priest’s ‘Here Come The Tears,'” according to the band, will be unleashed during the latter half of 2012.

December 9, 2011May 4, 2012

SO IS THE TONGUE: New LP Set For Release Via Nefarious Industries

New Jersey-based experimental progressive rock outfit SO IS THE TONGUE are preparing to release their sophomore LP, A Child Of Divorce, this January via indie imprint Nefarious Industries. Continue reading “SO IS THE TONGUE: New LP Set For Release Via Nefarious Industries”

December 9, 2011May 4, 2012

Austin Buzz Band THE SAINT JAMES SOCIETY to Release Debut EP on February 7, 2012

Austin, TX psychedelic garage rockers THE SAINT JAMES SOCIETY have signed with NYC’s Tee Pee Records and will release their self-titled debut The Saint James Society on February 7, 2012. Recorded at ATX’s Cacophony Recorders (The Black Angels, Explosions in the Sky, Roky Erickson), the four song EP delivers electric rock music that brilliantly connects the dots between the late ’60s British blues-based bands and the brooding atmospheres of early ’80s post punk resulting in a hypnotically powerful sound the fabulous five-piece has coined “Pentecostal Desert Glam“. Continue reading “Austin Buzz Band THE SAINT JAMES SOCIETY to Release Debut EP on February 7, 2012”

December 9, 2011May 4, 2012

METALLIANCE TOUR 2012 Line-Up Announced

DevilDriver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job For A Cowboy, 3 Inches Of Blood and Impending Doom will join forces for the second edition of the Metalliance Tour in March/April 2012. Continue reading “METALLIANCE TOUR 2012 Line-Up Announced”

December 8, 2011May 4, 2012

Occult Rock Band ANCIENT VVISDOM Unveils New Music Video “The Opposition” from Debut Album “A Godlike Inferno”

Austin, TX based dark rock band ANCIENT VVISDOM (pronounced: Ancient Wisdom) recently released its debut album A Godlike Inferno via Shinebox Recordings. The much talked about LP was recorded the album at Austin’s The Bubble Studio (Built to Spill, Explosions in the Sky, Mammoth Grinder) and delivers “a dark, enlightening foresight into the future of humankind.” Today, Decibel magazine premieres AVV‘s new music video — for the stunningly catchy song “The Opposition“. Decibel — which recently called A Godlike Inferno “a unique occult experience from beginning to end…heavy as hell…definitely metal, and evil as fvck” — proudly premieres ANCIENT VVISDOM‘s “The Opposition” Continue reading “Occult Rock Band ANCIENT VVISDOM Unveils New Music Video “The Opposition” from Debut Album “A Godlike Inferno””