DEATH EYES EP + Video

"It's a bittersweet release, and it's all the proof you need that Alberto was taken from us as he was at the height of his powers as a vicious punk vocalist."

- BrooklynVegan

Stream the EP here, along with the video for "Management Is Not Your Friend", via BrooklynVegan, here.

Death Eyes first came to be in January of 2014, a merging of members from San Diego bands Rats Eyes and Death Crisis (hence the name), made up of Alberto Jurado (vocals), Jimmy Armbrust (bass), Jason Blackmore (guitar), and John Cota (drums). More recently, Cole Mears took over as bassist, with plans of more extensive touring. Having played with bands such as The Weirdos, Agent Orange, M.D.C., Nails, and Big Business, it’s evident that what emerged was something brutal, potent, and relevant to hardcore punk. Tragically, in the midst of working on what was to be their upcoming LP, the band suddenly lost vocalist Alberto Jurado in January 2020, just weeks before they were set to tour with Big Business. This EP is what was completed from these final sessions. The accompanying video for “Management Is Not Your Friend” serves as a mix of brutal, relevant found footage, as well as live performances that celebrate all of the life and swagger that Alberto had, always.

“We Miss You, Alberto. Rock’n Roll!!!”

Death Eyes’ final EP, State of Fear, will be released digitally through Three One G Records on July 3rd. Preorder, here.

State of Fear EP:

1. Management Is Not Your Friend

2. State of Fear

3. Untitled

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ASEITAS - "Blood into Oil"

ASEITAS: extreme metal boundary-pushers sign with Translation Loss Records; vinyl release of new album "False Peace" confirmed; new single "Blood into Oil" streaming now 

Aseitas have released the third single from their upcoming new album, False Peace.

Stream the sprawling, progressive, 10-minute epic, "Blood into Oil," here:
https://aseitas.bandcamp.com/track/blood-into-oil-2

False Peace will be released digitally on July 10th.

In an exciting turn of events, venerable independent label Translation Loss Records announces today that they have signed the band and will release a vinyl version of False Peace on September 25th.

Pre-order Translation Loss' vinyl release, here:
https://translationloss.com/

Gage Dean of Aseitas states: "We are absolutely elated to announce our signing with Translation Loss Records. 'False Peace' is set to be released as a vinyl double record on September 25th, with pre-orders now available through TL's website. Their synergistic vision and dedication to seeing this release through have been nothing short of inspiring; we look eagerly towards a future of aural destruction together."

Drew Juergens of Translation Loss states: "I’m beyond honored to be able to collaborate and help release Aseitas’ stunning new record 'False Peace.'  From the moment I heard the first single 'Scalded,' I knew I was listening to something groundbreaking. I was immediately blown away by their truly immersive use of noise and death-laden doom and got the same feeling I had hearing TL bands Wake, Teeth, Rosetta and Mouth Of the Architect (among many TL acts) for the first time. It was something that was undeniable and uniquely all its own. I hope the world is ready, because this record is going to mow you over."

From Portland, Oregon, Aseitas belongs to an echelon of extreme metal bands prevailing on two fronts simultaneously: challenging the mind while punching the gut. Equally progressive and savage, Aseitas marries the far-reaching and heady with the grounded and visceral.

Sophomore album False Peace is a courageous 72-minute journey, dense with musical ideas – a wildly adventurous brand of death metal that veers freely into noise and post-rock realms.

With dizzying shred, soaring melody, pensive interludes, and hideous slime-grooves, Aseitas has burned the rule books and created an album of vivid color that should thrill fans of any and all forms of adventurous music.

Artwork by Noah Cutter Meihoff.

Band photo by Sam Forencich.

More info:
http://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2020/05/aseitas-false-peace.html

SEEMING - The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity

SEEMING: Artoffact Records to release post-industrial mastermind's third album, The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity; new track streaming

Artoffact Records presents the August 21st release of The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity, the third full-length album by Seeming.

Stream new single, "Remember to Breathe," here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3KFwqGWmycn1IqAmclEeaE

Pre-order the album, here:
https://seeming.bandcamp.com/album/the-birdwatchers-guide-to-atrocity

Menacing but vulnerable, furious but intimate, Seeming's post-industrial music is on the fringe of a new generation of heavy, dark, cerebral pop. The upcoming The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity bears traces of elder visionaries, from Peter Gabriel and Roger Waters, to Diamanda Galás and Trent Reznor, and places Seeming in the company of modern-day darlings like Drab Majesty, Blanck Mass, and The Knife.

Led by New York-based author, theorist, and composer Alex Reed, Seeming broke out in 2014 with its Madness & Extinction LP, earning an Album of the Year award from darkwave tastemakers I Die: You Die. Sophomore album SOL: A Self-Banishment Ritual, released in 2017, was named Album of the Decade by UK blog A Model of Control.

With pounding drums, a dazzling palette of synth sounds, and Reed's voice exuding both confidence and humility, Seeming’s third album, The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity, is another staunchly unique masterpiece – a breathtaking work from an artist who reinvents himself with every song.

Urgent in tone, grandiose in style, The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity was co-produced with renowned avant-garde percussionist Sarah Hennies and features a guest vocal by Bill Drummond of legendary, inscrutable, UK duo The KLF – Drummond's first recorded vocal appearance in two decades.

Via brilliant lyrics, The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity speaks with radically progressive fervor to social, political and environmental crises of today. The album is startlingly in sync with the news headlines of summer 2020, though the songs were composed prior to these events: "The Flood Comes for You" features the phrase "I can't breathe"; "Go Small" and "Celebration Song" both address a "virus"; and the album title itself takes on eerie significance in light of the Amy Cooper incident in Central Park.

Reed states: "The album is about the struggle to remain alive and sane while coping with Earth's insanity and cruelty. But it also brims with reminders of how to survive another day." Whilst acknowledging apocalypse, it ultimately uplifts and empowers.

The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity was recorded by Reed, with Aaron Fuleki and Sarah Hennies, in various locations: Ithaca, NY, Amsterdam and the south of France. "We recorded in garages, outdoors in fields, and at airports," claims Reed.

As a companion to The Birdwatcher’s Guide to Atrocity, Artoffact will release bonus album Monster. Undulous and looming, Monster showcases Reed’s more sprawling songs. 

As an author, Reed's works include the 400-page Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music and a 33 1/3 book about They Might Be Giants' Flood. He is currently Associate Professor of Music at Ithaca College.

Tracklist:
1) The Fates
2) Go Small
3) Someday Lily
4) The Flood Comes for You
5) Remember to Breathe
6) End Studies
7) Permanent
8) Reality Is Afraid
9) Learn to Vanish (feat. Bill Drummond of The KLF)
10) Celebration Song

Lineup:
Alex Reed - songwriting, vocals, instruments
Aaron Fuleki - drums
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Sarah Hennies - drums

LPs:
The Birdwatcher's Guide to Atrocity (2020)
SOL: A Self-Banishment Ritual (2017)
Madness & Extinction (2014)

EPs, singles, bonus collections:
Monster (bonus album) (2020)
Life on Mars (single) (2019)
Talk About Bones (EP) (2017)
Faceless (EP) (2017)
Worldburners (EP) (2015)
Silent DiscoVery (8-Track) (2014)
Silent Disco (single) (2014)

Band photo by Benjamin Torrey

Out today: NETHERLANDS - Zombie Techno

Netherlands' new album, Zombie Techno is out today on Records And Tapes Records.

Stream the album and buy it, here:
https://thenetherlands1.bandcamp.com/album/zombie-techno

Brooklyn band Netherlands has been cranking out its psych-prog-sludge-pop since 2012 – somewhere between the colossal weight of the Melvins, the sugary hooks of Torche, the gleeful drama of Rush, and the absurdism of Frank Zappa. Founder Timo Ellis' lyrics contain scathing critiques of capitalism, materialism, and environmental devastation.

Zombie Techno was recorded by Ellis, mixed by Adam Sachs (Swans, Joan As Policewoman), and mastered by Ron A. Shaffer (Tricky, Usher). With Zombie Techno out now, Netherlands is already at work on the next album –  the as-yet-untitled sixth full-length is being recorded with Converge's Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio (Torche, High On Fire) and mixed by Grammy-nominated producer Alex Berthelot (Gojira, Frank Ocean).

"Purveying a kaleidoscopic, sugary yet heavy sound that's been described as 'psych-prog-sludge-pop,' New York's Netherlands have won over big-name fans including Mastodon's Bill Kelliher and Gojira's Joe Duplantier, the latter of whom has called them 'one of my absolute favorite bands!' Led by vocalist-guitarist-songwriter Timo Ellis, the quartet are gearing up to drop their fifth full-length, 'Zombie Techno'...The LP includes the single 'We're All Gonna Die One Day,' aptly titled for our apocalyptic times, a churning, bottom-heavy cut that shimmers with sarcastically sunny hooks."
–Revolver

"The song states its intent with some laid-back synths, an ultra slow tempo, and some equally soft vocals. However, anybody familiar with Netherlands' work know that conventions settle only for a limited period, and a surprise shift into more turbulent industrial recesses adds a whole new bombastic persona to the song. Genius! As a whole, 'Zombie Techno' has the potential to be 'album of the year' material."
–Everything Is Noise

"Some of their greatest work to date."
–New Noise

CINEMARTYR + Ghettoblaster Magazine

"Cinemartyr’s latest nods to a variety of experimental rock heavies, including Fugazi, Arab on Radar, Death Grips, and the like, although primary composer Shane Harrington cites the band’s main current musical inspiration as more soundtrack-based, specifically mentioning the work of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Johann Johannsson as examples."

- Ghettoblaster Magazine

Stream Cinemartyr's newest track, "Run From Terror To Bring It Closer," via Ghettoblaster Magazine, here.

Cinemartyr (originally called OST) was formed in Limerick, Ireland by composer Shane Harrington in 2012, before relocating to New York shortly afterwards. To date, Cinemartyr has released four diverse-sounding albums. Invisible Ink For Sketching Ghosts, a sombre experimental rock album, was released in February 2012, followed by Dreams During Hibernation in 2015. Cinemartyr's 3rd album, Uncaused, took on a more indie/folk approach and was released in 2016. Lastly came Suffer New York Love, an album of ambient and noise experimentation in 2017. The current lineup includes Shane Harrington (vocals, guitars), Amber Moon Voltson (vocals, guitars), Aaron CT (bass), and David Goldman (drums).

Death Of The First Person will be available digitally July 24th. Preorder, here. 

Coinciding with the digital release, the band will be selling a limited-to-five BLOOD/PISS/CUM Bundle. Each pack will include “one vial of fluid extracted from the artist’s body, front and rear album art prints signed, numbered, and dated by the artist, hard copy, ink printed Death Of The First Person zine, flash drive containing all ten tracks from the album in various formats, a signed letter from the artist, and digital download codes.” Each of the packages will have a different body fluid. Preorder, here.

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SPIRITWORLD - "Unholy Passages"

SPIRITWORLD: drummer extraordinaire Thomas Pridgen (Trash Talk, The Mars Volta, Suicidal Tendencies) beats skins on Las Vegas crushers' new single "Unholy Passages"; CVLT Nation premieres video; new shirt designed by Chase Mason (Gatecreeper) to benefit Native American women

Stream SpiritWorld's "Unholy Passages" music video, here:
https://cvltnation.com/witness-the-hardcore-mayhem-of-spiritworlds-unholy-passages/

From Las Vegas, Nevada, SpiritWorld delivers apocalyptic, metallic hardcore with an undercurrent of Western, desert, and Native American themes reflecting the background of frontman Stu Folsom.

New album Pagan Rhythms, out July 10th, was inspired by Slayer, Sepultura, and Bolt Thrower, and equally influenced by country singers like George Jones, country-punks like John Doe, and Western authors like Cormac McCarthy. 

Pre-order the album, along with a new long-sleeve shirt designed by Chase Mason of Gatecreeper, here:

https://spiritworldprophet.bandcamp.com/album/pagan-rhythms

All proceeds from the shirt will be donated to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women:
https://www.csvanw.org/

Folsom states: "My great grandmother was Cherokee... My grandfather was a rodeo cowboy and ranch hand... There was a mix of George Jones, Slayer and 7 Seconds constantly blasting in the family car and I fell in love with all of it... I am making the records that I long to hear and I know they will land somehow in the arms of loners, outcasts and working-class folks like me who need them."

Pagan Rhythms was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Sam Pura (Self Defense Family) and features the playing drummer extraordinaire Thomas Pridgen (Trash Talk, The Mars Volta, Suicidal Tendencies) on half its tracks, including "Unholy Passages."

More info and images: 
http://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2020/05/spiritworld-pagan-rhythms.html

ASEITAS - "Impermanence" video

ASEITAS: progressive death metal crew unveils "Impermanence" music video via Metal Injection

"Genre-bending, face-melting... If you're a fan of mathy equations that were never meant to be solved, you're in for a treat!"
–Metal Injection

Aseitas has unveiled the music video for new song "Impermanence," from its upcoming sophomore album, False Peace (out July 10th on Lizard Brain Records.)

Stream the video via Metal Injection:
https://metalinjection.net/video/aseitas-release-a-mind-bending-treat-for-the-eyes-and-ears-with-impermanence

From Portland, Oregon, Aseitas belongs to an echelon of extreme metal bands prevailing on two fronts simultaneously: challenging the mind while punching the gut. Equally progressive and savage, Aseitas marries the far-reaching and heady with the grounded and visceral.

Sophomore album False Peace is a courageous 72-minute journey, dense with musical ideas – a wildly adventurous brand of death metal that veers freely into noise and post-rock realms.

With dizzying shred, soaring melody, pensive interludes, and hideous slime-grooves, Aseitas has burned the rule books and created an album of vivid color that should thrill fans of any and all forms of adventurous music – it is essential listening for fans of cerebral/crushing bands such as Gorguts (whose Kevin Hufnagel played a guitar solo on their 2018 debut), Gojira, Ulcerate, Pyrrhon, and Artificial Brain.

"We are advancing the most sinister material to date," states guitarist Gage Dean. "'False Peace' needed to be a more punishing and abstract experience – like, if our debut album took bath salts and grew a second set of fangs and scales."

More info:
http://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2020/05/aseitas-false-peace.html

Photo by Sam Forencich

SPIRITWORLD - "Armageddon Honkytonk & Saloon"

SPIRITWORLD: Las Vegas band's new single "Armageddon Honkytonk & Saloon" marries apocalyptic hardcore and a country-western murder ballad

SpiritWorld has released new single "Armageddon Honkytonk & Saloon" from its upcoming new album, Pagan Rhythms.

Stream the song, here:
https://spiritworldprophet.bandcamp.com/track/armageddon-honkytonk-saloon

Pagan Rhythms will be released July 10th.

SpiritWorld is the work of Las Vegas-based artist, author, songwriter and vocalist, Stu Folsom, whose influences range from Slayer, Sepultura, and Bolt Thrower, to country icons like George Jones, country-punks like John Doe, and Western authors like Cormac McCarthy. In SpiritWorld these disparate influences are united in crushing, metallic hardcore that embodies the Western spirit of Folsom's hometown.

Folsom states: "I grew up in a household full of country. My grandmother came out to Nevada from Texas after the Great Depression when there was nothing here and raised a family off the land. My grandfather was a rodeo cowboy and ranch hand. I grew up on honky tonk music and rodeo with five brothers. My brothers got into hardcore punk and metal in the late '80s and early '90s so there was a mix of George Jones, Slayer and 7 Seconds constantly blasting in the family car and I fell in love with all of it... I am making the records that I long to hear and I know they will land somehow in the arms of loners, outcasts and working-class folks like me who need them."

Of the new single, he states: "This song is everything I love about hardcore and metal churned up in a blender with a country-western murder ballad."

Pagan Rhythms was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Sam Pura (The Story So Far, Self Defense Family).

The album features the playing of drummer extraordinaire Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta, Trash Talk, Suicidal Tendencies), among other musicians.

More info:
http://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2020/05/spiritworld-pagan-rhythms.html

NETHERLANDS - "We're All Gonna Die One Day" video

NETHERLANDS: new sludge-pop anthem "We're All Gonna Die One Day" decries environmental devastation; Revolver premieres music video

"Purveying a kaleidoscopic, sugary yet heavy sound that's been described as 'psych-prog-sludge-pop,' New York's Netherlands have won over big-name fans including Mastodon's Bill Kelliher and Gojira's Joe Duplantier, the latter of whom has called them 'one of my absolute favorite bands!' Led by vocalist-guitarist-songwriter Timo Ellis, the quartet are gearing up to drop their fifth full-length, 'Zombie Techno'...The LP includes the single 'We're All Gonna Die One Day,' aptly titled for our apocalyptic times, a churning, bottom-heavy cut that shimmers with sarcastically sunny hooks."
–Revolver

Brooklyn band Netherlands has teamed with Revolver to premiere the music video for its new single, "We're All Gonna Die One Day."

Stream the video, here:
https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-gojira-approved-act-netherlands-new-were-all-gonna-die-one-day-video

The song appears on Netherlands' upcoming new album, Zombie Techno, dropping June 26th on Records And Tapes Records.

Led by vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Timo Ellis, Netherlands has been cranking out its psych-prog-sludge-pop since 2012 and Zombie Techno contains some of its greatest work to date. Falsetto vocals, brain-quaking synthbass, manic guitar shred and martial drumming combine in supremely weird, catchy songs that serve as vehicles for Ellis' diatribes against capitalism, materialism, and environmental devastation.

"We're All Gonna Die One Day" is an infectious sludge-pop anthem that delivers its apocalyptic message by way of '70s glam-rock swagger. Ellis states: "The runaway feel good/bad hit of summer 2020! A scathing yet still sugary call-to-arms, to rescue the Earth's remaining life support systems from oblivion. In my opinion, ideologies and practices based on unexamined humanism/human supremacy are going to bring modern post-industrial civilization violently crashing down much sooner than anyone thinks, if we don't all start to radically get our shit together."

Avowed fan Bill Kelliher of Mastodon has stated: “Netherlands, one of my current faves, continue to sonically challenge the unique atypical alchemy of the riff. A blast from left field of heavy bass and keys. Robotic vox conjure images and sounds of a Phillip K. Dick existence.”

Zombie Techno was recorded by Ellis, mixed by Adam Sachs (Swans, Joan As Policewoman), and mastered by Ron A. Shaffer (Tricky, Usher). With Zombie Techno set for a June 26th release, Netherlands is already at work on the next album –  the as-yet-untitled sixth full-length is being recorded with Converge's Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio (Torche, High On Fire) and mixed by Grammy-nominated producer Alex Berthelot (Gojira, Frank Ocean).

Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk