Rising in Ireland

Rising is heading to Ireland next month:

6/06/2012 TBA - Belfast, Northern Ireland 6/07/2012 Kelly's Bar - Galway, Ireland 6/08/2012 Fred Zeppelins - Cork, Ireland 6/09/2012 The Pint - Dublin, Ireland

Absurd Fitness (video)

As someone who has listened to Rising at the gym nearly every day for the past six months or so, I highly approve of their music being used in this promo for "Absurd Fitness".

"To solemn ash" now streaming

Rising's excellent album "To solemn ash" has now been posted for permanent streaming by their label Exile on Mainstream so if you haven't checked it out yet, there's no time like the present. Likewise, you can also stream and/or download the album now via Bandcamp if you are so inclined.

Rising on the road

Rising will be hitting the road across Europe in March:

03/08 - Paletten, Viborg (DK) w/The Kandidate
03/09 - Beta, Copenhagen (DK) w/The Kandidate
03/10 - Kansas City, Odense (DK) w/The Kandidate
03/16 - Red Rooster, Berlin (GER)
03/17 - Rockstation, Halle (GER)
03/18 - tba, Dresden (GER)
03/19 - Cafe na pul cesty, Prague (CZ)
03/20 - Galerie u Mloka, Olomouc (CZ)
03/21 - Stwst, Linz (AUS)
03/22 - tba (ITA)
03/23 - Swamp Club, Massa Carrara (ITA)
03/24 - tba (ITA)
03/25 - Ponyhof, Frankfurt (GER)
03/27 - Dachstock, Bern (CH)
03/28 - Rocas Cafe, Luxembourg (LUX)
03/29 - Bastard, Osnabrück (GER)
03/30 - Cafe Nova, Essen (GER)
03/31 - Glocksee, Hannover (GER)
04/01 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER)
04/02 - MAU Club, Rostock (GER)
04/05 - L' Orient, Linköping (SWE)
04/26 - Fritz's Corner @ Strand, Stockholm (SWE)
04/27 - Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg (SWE)
04/28 - Loppen, Copenhagen (DK)

Pitchfork reviews Rising

Pitchfork wisely approves of Rising's new album "To solemn ash": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16214-to-solemn-ash/
As you know, I'm a long-time supporter of the band and am stoked to see them getting some well-deserved international attention. Buy the LP -- I just got my own copy this week and it's a stellar package at a totally decent price.

Rising album preview (again!)

In case you missed it when it was streaming at Rock-a-Rolla Magazine, Rising's excellent new album "To solemn ash" is now streaming in full at The Obelisk for a limited time: http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2012/01/17/risingstream/

Rising at Pitchfork

You heard it here first, but now Pitchfork is getting hip to Danish heavies Rising and are also streaming the track "Mausoleum": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12924-mausoleum/

Top 10s for 2011: It's a Trap!

MP3: Rising - Mausoleum

Rising represent to me the direction that Metallica should have gone post-"Black album". Heavy and bellowing, but still incredibly melodic and song-based; the exact sort of qualities that made them one of the biggest bands on the planet, albeit in a more streamlined form. Of course that did not come to pass, but we still have Rising and on their new record "To solemn ash" they take the directness of their hardcore background and put it to good use. Not a single note out of place, just straight-up head-banging riffs from front-to-back. Kinda in the same way that countrymates The Psyke Project stripped out all the bullshit to remake themselves into a brutal war-machine, except that Rising have more melodies than all-out mosh. Denmark must be sick and tired of being the Scandinavian underdogs because they sure sound pissed!

Rising - Mausoleum

Rising album preview

Rock-a-Rolla Magazine is streaming Rising's just-released new album "To solemn ash" in full for a limited time: http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/?p=2457

New Rising tune + tourdates

Another new Rising tune for our collective listening pleasure to coincide with the unveiling of their new website. Go see the band on tour:

10/28 - Raum Eins, Aarhus (DK)
10/29 - Stengade 30, Copenhagen (DK)
11/03 - Schaubude, Kiel (GER)
11/04 - UJZ Korn, Hannover (GER)
11/05 - Beatpol, Dresden (GER)
11/06 - Hafenklang, Hamburg (GER)
11/07 - Bastard Club, Osnabrück (GER)
11/08 - Sonic Ballroom, Köln (GER)
11/09 - Kreativfabrik, Wiesbaden (GER)
11/10 - Comet, Berlin (GER)
11/11 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER)
11/12 - K4, Nürnberg (GER)
11/13 - Black Fleck, Potsdam (GER)
11/24 - Kansas City, Odense (DK)
11/25 - 1000fryd, Aalborg (DK)
11/26 - Beta, Copenhagen (DK)

Rising - Through the eyes of the catalysis

Brand new tunage from Danish heavies Rising, the first taste of their upcoming full-length debut "To solemn ash", due out October 24.

Rising confirm new album details

Rising sends word that their new album "To solemn ash" is finished and confirmed for release in Germany on September 30 and elsewhere in Europe on October 21 via Exile On Mainstream. There will also be a North American release at some point, but details are still TBC. Check out the cover art and tracklist here: http://www.southernrecords.de/news/rising-names-debut-album-reveals-artwork-track-listing-and-release-dates/

New Rising LP getting closer

Danish bruisers Rising report that they are done recording their upcoming full-length debut and it is currently being mixed by Jakob Reichert Nielsen before being sent off to Alan Douches for mastering in July.

Rising
Legacy of wolves 7"
Red Tape

Two tracks of burly metal delivered with hardcore-level intensity, buoyed even further by a clean and powerful recording. I know I should've covered this ages ago when it first came out, but I've been too busy spinning the mp3s on repeat while pumping iron at the gym. Seriously though, if you want modern heaviness that delivers on the false promises of bands like Mastodon and High on Fire (face it, neither of those bands are all that hot), then you need Rising. The band gets better with every release and the fact that they manage to sound so tough without resorting to any sort of lunkheaded machismo is commendable as well. Can't wait to hear what they do next.
- Avi Roig