"Trance Punk" trio Caudal have released a bunch of tourdates. The band with Aidan Baker is going on a little tour through Germany, France and Belgium.

As an extra treat, the band just uploaded a live recording on their Bandcamp page. Check it out here.

​24-05: Waggon am Kulturgleis, Offenbach, DE 
25-05: La Chaouée, Metz, FR 
27-05: X Scandalous, Dour, BE 
28-05: L’auréole, Béthencourt, FR 
29-05: SPLINTERsessie, Brugges, BE 
30-05: Consouling Store, Ghent, BE 
31-05: Magasin 4, Brussels, BE
01-06: Djäzz Jazzkeller, Duisburg, DE
03-06: TRXSTR, Berlin, DE

British "swamp master generals" Morass Of Molasses have revealed 'Centralia', a new track from their forthcoming album 'These Paths We Tread'. The album will be released on May 19th 2017 via HeviSike Records.

Pre-order the album on vinyl here 

Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein has shared the official music video for the song “Run for Your Life,” which is the first single from his forthcoming album, ‘As We Die.’ The record is due on June 2 via EMP LABEL GROUP/Monsterman Records. 

"I did the guitars when I did the 'Abominator' record,” explained Doyle. “We did two albums at once, actually. We were going to do a double album but there was so much material we just cut the motherfucker in half. We were actually done with all the recording during February of 2016, and we were just having a real problem getting the mix right. We mixed for 14 fucking months... I'm out of my mind, man. It's got to be perfect. It's your product and you have to make it perfect, 'cause it's forever. It's got to be great. When my favorite artist makes a record and I don't like it, I'm pissed, y'know? I don't want anyone to feel that way about us."

Italian metal band Sound Storm released a video for the song 'Dragonfly'. The song comes of the 2016 album 'Vertigo'. 

The band comments:

"The Dragonfly" was created as a prologue of the whole concept album. 
The main character Gabriel will follow that symbol into a psychological journey between underworld and reality, a personal hell towards the intimate research of salvation and redemption. 
The story is a sequence of events, featuring Gabriel and his family, set at the end of XIX century - the Victorian age of industrial revolution - in a steampunk and fantasy background.

Brazilian crossover legends Ratos de Porão have announced their European Headlining Tour and Festivals in June/July. 

June 23 - Porto (POR) - Hard Club
June 24 - Lisbon (POR) - RCA Club
June 25 - TBA (SPA)
June 26 - Valencia (SPA) - Sala 16 Toneladas
June 27 - Vitoria (SPA) - Sala Jimmy Jazz
June 28 - Barceona (SPA) - Sala Razzmatazz
July 01 - Torino (IT) - Spazio211
July 02 - Emmenbrucke (SWI) - Sedel
July 03 - Kranj (SLO) - Trainstation Subart
July 05 - Erfurt (GER) - From Hell
July 06 - Trutnov (CZE) - Obscene Extreme
July 07 - Novy Sad (SER) - Exit Festival
July 09 - Hamburg (GER) - Bambi Galore

Legendary amplifier-worshipping trio Boris have announced the release of their twenty-third studio album, 'Dear', which is due out July 14th on Sargent House. 'Dear' marks the band’s 25th year of existence and while the 10-track album is chock full of early-Boris calling cards, the avant-garde mavens aren’t learning on old tricks, describing the album as “heavenly—far beyond heavy.”  

Though Boris have traversed a broad swath of sonic territories, they have always been consistently embraced the excess, pushing their myriad of approaches and stylistic forays to points of intoxicating absurdity. Eventually the band reached a crossroads in the early years of their third decade together, leaving them wondering if there were any new horizons left to explore. The renewed vitality yielded an album that fortifies their monolithic wall of sound while also allowing the individual band members to explore the nuances and intricacies of minimalist riffs played at maximum volume.
 
Songwriting for Dear initially yielded three albums’ worth of material by the end of 2015, but as the band was slated to spend a large chunk of 2016 on their “Performing Pink” worldwide tour, they decided to hold off on releasing any new material. The tour further rekindled their passion for the craft, spurring the band to return home to crank out even more new material while scaling down three records’ worth of sonic deluge down to one.
 
From the glacial pacing and earthquaking rumble of the album opener to the smoldering rock ’n roll-infused “Absolutego”, Boris have managed to find wildly thrilling work in the familiar trenches of metal. Never ones to shy away from a challenge, the trio carves even experiments with fuzz fueled dream pop.  “At the very first moment, this album began as some kind of potential farewell note of Boris,” the band said. “However, it became a sincere letter to fans and listeners… you know, like ‘Dear so-and-so, this is the new album from Boris’ or something like that. We feel so grateful we can release this album in our 25th anniversary year.” 
 
Dear will be released to the world on July 14, 2017 on CD, 2xLP, and digital formats and is available for pre-order here.  Stay tuned for more news to come. 

Belgian drone and ambient ritualist Ashtoreth has released a recording of his concert in in Tinques, France. 

​Offering I was performed live at L'Auréole, 
Sunday 7th of May in Tinques, France. 
Recorded by Boris Guyot 
Live mix by Maxime de Waegenaere 
Edited and mixed by Peter Verwimp 
Photography by Skink74

This just appeared on the official Rodeofest facebook page:

RODEOSHOWS finally releases the full line-up and artwork for Rodeofest 2017!!!
B R I Q U E V I L L E, Hard Resistance, Cheap Drugs, Carrion BE, Mästürbätör and FURIA are added to the bill, next to the previously announced bands EMPTINESS, PRIMITIVE MAN, BATHSHEBA, Ortega, Ten Foot Wizard, PSYCHONAUT and Hedonist!
PRESALE TICKETS ARE ONLY €18. 
(by bank transfer, paypal or cash at Antwerp Music City)
For a line-up like this, it's almost for free!
Hope to see you all on June 24th in Fort II Wommelgem.
* Artwork by Mr. With at Stonebridge 99 *

This will be an epic day, mark my words...

Belgian experimental ambient act Misantronics has revealed a third track from the upcoming album, 'Artache'. The song, titled 'Electric Zoo', is a rhythmic and hypnotic drone/ambient track, driving on a pulsating electronic sequence. 

Misantronics comments:

"I like to explore genre boundaries and I love to drag in things that seemingly don't match. Perhaps that is the concept behind 'Artache'. I love to experiment but I want to keep Misantronics an "ambient" project. For electronic dance music, I have Mint Narcosis. Still, for this particular track, I wanted to see how far I could manipulate sounds from trance and techno without turning them into actual trance and techno."

Earlier, Misantronics also revealed the dark jazz inspired 'Nature Morte En Caverne' and the heartbeat driven 'Everybody Else' (see below). The album also contains a rock inspired cooperation with fellow countryman Ashtoreth, which counts as the "magnum opus" of 'Artache'.

More info and a release date will follow soon.

Great news for death metal fans. Two legendary bands Avulsed and Mercyless have teamed up to bring you an awesome split 7". The split is as a collaboration between Xtreem Music & Xenokorp (ex-Kaotoxin), this 7"EP will contain a re-recording of the song "Hidden Perversions" to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the AVULSED, and a re-recording of "Without Christ" celebrating the 30th anniversary of MERCYLESS.

Order the 7" here.

This is just in: Desertfest Belgium have announced a second wave of bands to play at the upcoming edition in Antwerp and it looks awesome. Here is the official announcement:

While you're all still vibing on the buzz of DF London and Berlin, let's add some fuel to those flames with a quick roundup of new confirmations for the DF Antwerp edition...

Coming to you in October on our stage will be the versatile psych sounds of All Them Witches, the West Coast doom pioneers Saint Vitus, the infernal biker rock of Satan's Satyrs, and HIDDEN TRAILS, a Belgian band that rose from the ashes of local legend Hypnos 69.

Sounds good? Then keep your ears wide open for our next announcement coming in just a few weeks!

Intensely disturbed, dirty, smut peddling, Swedish slime hardrock-psych-madness from the deepest cesspool of humanity.  Fucked up subhuman fuzz guitars. Depraved, screaming vocals. Gut rumbling bass and caveman drums. A nightmare of revolting sounds. Ball is hardrock from hell. 

This is the much-anticipated follow up to their acclaimed single Fyre Balls. Ball´s debut album is a deranged acid hard rock tour-de-force that will have you gasping...and gagging. It will be released via Horny Records on May 19, 2017.

The mysterious S. Yrék Ball, previously known to some from the murky occult underground of Northern Europe’s most infamous secret societies, formed Ball.  Yrék has now dedicated himself to making music and to live the good life outside of the covens and black magic orders. Backed by his two older brothers they form a fierce and fearsome power trio. The guys aren’t very talkative but say their main interests, apart from banging on their instruments, are booze, girls, horror comics, monster model kits, pinball and arcade games. 

The bands debut single Fyre Balls released by Horny Records, was pressed in two editions in a total of 1000 copies and immediately sold-out. The single then got re-released by the noted US label Waxploitation. Ball has gotten many favorable offers for international tours but for the moment live shows are not happening as at least one of the band members is currently on probation. But we’re glad that they at least are together and have been able to create this album, nothing short of a miracle considering the circumstances. We hope that they will eventually be able to tour the world. Watch out!

​Pre order here.

US death metal legendsVITAL REMAINS, formed in 1988, have been busy on the road in these past years. In late 2014 and early 2015, the band toured South America, Europe and the United States. In 2016 the band returned to Europe, sharing the stage with VENOM Inc, MORTUARY DRAPE, NERVOCHAOS and DESECRATOR, followed by a mini tour in Mexico, including The North Side Fest with KISS. And now it's time for the Latin America to get its portion of VITAL REMAINS' gospel! The band's latest album, Icons of Evil, came out in 2007. Now, 10 years later, the band has announced that the new album is coming soon. More information will be revealed shortly!

July 02 - Jose, Costa Rica @ Club Peppers
July 04 - Panama City, Panama @ Hangar 18
July 07 - La Paz, Bolivia @ Salon De Oro
July 08 - Cochabamba, Bolivia @ Ex-Carnivale
July 11 - Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Museo Rock
July 12 - Montevideu, Uruguay @ BJ Sala
July 13 - Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Clash Club
July 14 - Fortaleza, Brazil @ Teatro Boca Rica
July 15 - Belem, Brazil @ Parque Dos Igarapes
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