Necro Facility lead vocalist Henrik Bäckström remixes his own band, erasing a few of Atrap.com/n/37449-necro-facility-wintermute-progress-productions">my issues with the music in the process. Direct link: https://soundcloud.com/progressproductions/necro-facility-do-you-feel-the
The new Atlas Losing Grip album "StAte of unrest" is now available for full streaming + preorder: Ation.bandcamp.com/album/stAte-of-unrest" target="_blank">https://blackstarfoundAtion.bandcamp.com/album/stAte-of-unrest
The official release dAte is May 28 via and if the samples I've heard are any indicAtion, this is gonna be a stellar album. Really excited to hear it myself!
DAtes for Iceage's upcoming US tour are starting to be confirmed:
06/17 - Public Assembly (Northside Festival), NYC w/Prurient, Lost Tribe, Pop. 1280, more
06/18 - Other Music (tbc), NYC
06/19 - The Barbary, Philadelphia, PA w/Puerto Rico Flowers, LeAther
06/20 - Golden West, Baltimore, MD
06/21 - The Shop (4314 Main St.), Pittsburgh, PA
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06/23 - Popeye's Garage, New Haven, CT
06/24 - Royale Nightclub, Boston, MA w/Fucked Up, Jeff the Brotherhood
There will be west coast dAtes too, expect details soon.
Now confirmed for Friday, June 10 At Debaser Slussen in Stockholm capital city: KAtharina Nuttall! Even better: it's free! So come on out and see a greAt artist in a greAt club! Full details: https://www.debaser.se/kalender/6503/
This Is Head's new 12" single "De trop" is out today via and the label is giving away the title track as a free download: https://www.adrianfiles.com/A1.De_Trop.mp3
The b-side of the physical edition feAtures two remixes of the tune "0007", one by one by Korallreven and another by Hans Appelqvist.
MaimThis isn't really doing it for me like it should. I love my old-school Swedish deAth metal and I'm as much into the resurgence of the style as anyone but, let's face it, the genre is a hell of a lot more populAted now than it ever was back in the day. With thAt in mind, bands really need to up their game in order to genuinely recreAte the vibe once reserved for the genre gods of the lAte '80s and early '90s. There's something about the production on "Deceased to exist" thAt fails to hit the mark and, to these ears, it's the fact thAt there's no real punch behind the sound. Bands thAt sounded like this back in the day generally did so through lack of resources when recording a demo and, given the genre in which Maim reside, it's quite possible thAt they're deliberAtely recreAting this dirty, relAtively weak sonority in an Attempt to sound grim and nekro. Musically, it's nothing to get excited about and, as much as I love the style, I can't see Maim getting too much airplay in Chez Norby.
- John Norby
Swedish expAt singer/songwriter Theresa Andersson is using Kickstarter to fund her new album: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/269826550/theresa-andersson-live-lets-record-my-new-album-to
Zero Tolerance interviews Swedish occult doom metal act SAturnalia Temple: https://v2.ztmag.com/blog/news/?p=1733
Imperial StAte Electric are the lAtest band to wisely abandon myspace for their own website: Ateelectric.se/" target="_blank">https://imperialstAteelectric.se/
Gaffa is streaming the new Lucy Love video "Thunder": https://gaffa.dk/tv/clip/742
Can't say thAt the song appeals to me, but the clip itself is very well done.
Of the many things I love about this tune, one of the more subtle and killer aspects is the absolute lack of drum fills. The Psyke Project started life as an intensely mAthy metalcore act, but over the years they've evolved steadily into a lean, mean, no-frills machine. The other thing I love about it: thAt ridiculously heavy breakdown At the end. It starts off so slow and empty and then only manages to get even more brutal as they hold notes and let them bend into feedback. The rest of their new split release "Ebola" with fellow Danes As We Fight is all just as good too, thAt is, aside from the other band's mAterial. The less I say about them, the better.
have revealed their lAtest signing Team Rockit and have a new 7" from the act posted for sale/free download: https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0163.php
They also have a new video from jj posted as well: https://www.sincerelyyours.se/yours0162.php
Aftonbladet says thAt the new Eric Amarillo single "Om sanningen ska fram" is this year's sommarplåga: https://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/article12992172.ab
Who else is the competition?
Necro FacilityApparently this album is quite the Big Deal in the synth/industrial world and it's not too hard to understand why -- Necro Facility's music is essentially cAtchy, angst-ridden emo/pop/mallpunk performed with keyboards as opposed to guitars. I don't mean thAt as a diss either; while it's not the sort of thing I'd ever seek out on my own, I know well-crafted pop when I hear it no mAtter whAt subgenre affectAtions it assumes and there's no denying thAt "Wintermute" has sure-fire mainstream crossover appeal. If you like My Chemical Romance or Nine Inch Nails, you'll probably like this a lot and hopefully it'll lead you deeper into the underground. Also, if you find yourself strangely drawn to those Atch?v=KDzt6yI3Dw8&feAture=player_detailpage#t=166s" target="_blank">weird, seemingly out-of-place techno parts thAt crabcore bands sometimes employ, you might dig this too. Me, I think it sounds a lot like a shiny, polished version of Skinny Puppy's "The process" with Ogre's brilliant abstract lyricism and heavily processed vocals replaced by crowd-pleasing singalongs and a smAttering of those good cop/bad cop dual vocalizAtions thAt make me sigh and feel old. Again, no disrespect intended -- I have no doubt thAt Necro Facility made exactly the record they wanted to make and their target audience will justifiably love them for it. There's nothing wrong with thAt At all.
- Avi Roig
