Norwegian progressive metal legends IN THE WOODS... are pleased to announce a European mini-tour in support of the band's first album release in sixteen years. They formed in 1992 but split-up in '99, only to reform in 2015. The band currently consists of core members Anders Kobro (drums) and twin brothers Christopher and Christian Botteri (bass and guitar), joined by English musician James Fogarty (vocals, guitars and keys) and the "Pure" album was completed. The live band is completed by Kare (guitar) and Job (keys). On this mini-tour In The Woods... will be supported by Japanese experimental black metal icons, Sigh.

August
12 - CZ, Josefov (Brutal Assault Festival)
13 - AT, Vienna (Viper Room)
14 - CH, Zurich (Werk 21)
15 - DE, Weinheim (Cafe Central)
16 - DE, Oberhausen (Resonanzwerk)
17 - NL, Leeuwarden (Neeushoorn)
19 - DE, Dinkelsbuhl (Summer Breeze Open Air Festival)*
20 - RO, Alba Iulia Fortress (Dark Bombastic Evening Festival)*
20 - BE, Mean (Mean Metal Festival)**

*In The Woods... only
**Sigh only

German metalcore unit I AM NOAH have released the official video for "Drowned," a track from new album The Verdict. The Verdict was released worldwide May 13 on Bastardized Recordings.  Purchase the album at Bastardized Recordings. 

Belgian indie/post-rock band Pilod are currently working on their second album, 'Black Swan', which is due to be released in October. Last week, they launched a pre-order campaign on their website. You can get digital and physical copies of the album, tickets for the release show and t-shirts. 

Noise rock legends Unsane are about to tour Europe again, and this time they bring hardcore horde Sofy Major along with them. So if you're in for an evening of in-you-face guitar noise, check out the dates below.

31.05.16 : Lyon (fr) @ Epicerie Moderne
01.06.16 : Orléans (fr) @ Astrolabe
02.06.16 : Toulouse (fr) @ Saint Des Seins
04.06.16 : Vendargue (fr) @ What The Fest*
07.06.16 : Bologna (it) @ Freakout Club
08.06.16 : Roma (it) @ Init
09.06.16 : Milan (it) @ Solomacello Fest – Magnolia
11.06.16 : Porto (pt) @ Primavera Sound Festival
13.06.16 : Berne (ch) @ Dachstock
14.06.16 : Lausanne (ch) @ Le Romandie
15.06.16 : Strasbourg (fr) @ La Laiterie
17.06.16 : Clermont-Ferrand (fr) @ Poco-Loco
18.06.16 : Paris (fr) @ SK Records Party – Mains d’Oeuvres
21.06.16 : Antwerp (be) @ Het Bos
22.06.16 : Hamburg (de) @ Hafenklang
23.06.16 : Groningen (nl) @ Vera
24.06.16 : Tilburg (nl) @ Little Devil
* SOFY MAJOR only

With only 10 days left on AVULSED's pre-order campaign through crowdfunding, the band has decided to reveal the astonishing album cover for their upcoming 25th anniversary double album "Deathgeneration". The artwork for "Deathgeneration" was made by russian artist Daemorph Evilartdominion, also bass player in the Death Metal band GROND.

The Metal Deck is not only a cool looking deck of cards, but also a tribute to the metal scene. Analoch Games wanted to 'keep it in the scene' and support some talented artists. So we asked a few artists we admire and respect to be our jokers.


Peter: Ashtoreth & Emptiness
Michelle: Bathsheba & Leviathan Speaks

The cards are standard Bridge cards (58 * 88 mm / 2.5 * 3.5 inches) and include all the usual card characters. On top of that, it is also a quartets game with 13 subgenres and 7 characteristics. 
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the deck includes:

-52 cards
-2 jokers
-13 sub-genres
-7 categories to play quartet-battles
-transparent plastic case
-thousands of possibilities
-featuring some of your favorite metal bands

​The Album Leaf have signed with Relapse Records for the release of 'Between Waves', scheduled for August.  This will be the first full-length record from Jimmy LaValle’s project since 2010’s 'A Chorus Of Storytellers', apart from the the 2012 Sun Kil Moon collaboration 'Perils From The Sea'. 'Between Waves' marks the first time that the Album Leaf has recorded and produced as a full band.

Between Waves is out 26 August on Relapse Records. Pre-order it here. Also, a new 7″ featuring “New Soul” is available here.

Geir Jenssen, to most better known as Biosphere, will reissue his second album on 10 June. With this album, originally released in 1994, Biosphere moved from a more techno-related approach towards the glacial ambient sounds we know him for today. Patashnik also contains the massive hit 'Novelty Waves', known for its use in a Levis commercial. The full album will come on vinyl and CD with new artwork. The CD version also comes with a bonus disc comprising 12 tracks recorded between 1992 and 1994, which was originally released digitally as Patashnik 2. You can order the album on bandcamp (click here)

Tracklist 

Experimental heavy jazz trio Zu have just announced a bunch of tourdates in support of their new album Cartar Todo. Cortar Todo reveals new dynamics from the band, the album is more direct, sharp, focussed, and more intense and musical than anything we have heard from Zu so far. In addition to the album release, we can expect a long period of touring starting in Spring 2015.

​15.06 Lyon GRNND ZERO
16.06 Montpellier Black Sheep 
17.06 Pau Ferronerie
18.06 Bordeaux Bootleg
19.06 Bourges Les Caves
20.06 Le Havre Piednu
21.06 Antwerp Het Bos 
22.06 Utrecht DB´s
23.06 Charleroi Rockerill 
24.06 Roissy-en-Brie Pub ADK
25.06 Ghent Le Charlatan
26.06 Bern Rössli / Reitschule
28.06 Nurnberg Musikverein K4
29.06 Wroclaw FIRLEJ
30.06 Wien Venster99
01.07 Zagreb Mochvara
02.07 Bergamo Edone

Irish progressive band Tuath have recently released their video, one for the song 'Existence Is Futile'. The song comes off the ep with the same title, which will be available on 15 June. Check out this beautiful blend of progressive rock, trip-hop and jazz in the strange video below/

With the release of Red Dawn’s debut album “Algorithm of Destruction” just two days away, the French technical death-metal quintet have just shared a second single off the album titled “Looking Through The Eye Of God”.  Set for release this Friday via Finisterian Dead End, “Algorithm of Destruction” was recorded at Vamacara by HK and features cover art by Above Chaos (Tsjuder, Inquisition, Loudblast, Nightfall). ​Pre-orders are now available here.

SUNN O))) shall be returning in August and September for a series of shows across Scandinavia and central Europe, including four shows in Germany and taking in some incredible and unique settings along the way.  
 
Amidst their 11 day tour, SUNN O))) shall perform in the Labirinto Della Masone, an outdoor maze of impressive and foreboding nature (and the world's largest), and they have also been invited to perform at the Ruhrtriennale Festival of Arts under the artistic direction of the Dutch director Johan Simons. They will perform in the Turbinenhalle at an old power plant called Jahrhunderthalle Bochum. The theme of the programme is “Seid umschlungen” (be embraced) – a gesture of social, political and geographical embracement. 
 
The full listings are below, including imminent forthcoming North American tour dates, and European shows on the horizon, which include the classic Paradiso in Amsterdam - a perennial O))) favourite, the unique Vooruit in Ghent, culminating with a performance at this year’s Hellfest, where fans can see SUNN O))), Earth, Melvins and Magma all in one stage in one day. Hellfest 2016 is headlined by our gods Black Sabbath.
 
  
SUNN O))) LIVE DATES:
 
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
06/06/2016 The Ready Room – St. Louis, MO 
07/06/2016 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
08/06/2016 Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
09/06/2016 El Club – Detroit, MI 
10/06/2016 Hearn Generating Station – Toronto, ON @ Unsound Toronto at Luminato Festival 
11/06/2016 Theatre Fairmount – Montreal, QC @ Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival  
 
INCOMING EUROPEAN SHOWS:
14/06/2016 - NL, Paradiso – Amsterdam
15/06/2016 - BE, Vooruit – Ghent
17/06/2016 - FR, Hellfest – Clisson
 
NEWLY ANNOUNCED SUMMER SHOWS:

27/08/2016 – FIN, Helsinki – Tavastia
29/08/2016 – SE, Stockholm – En Arena
31/08/2016 – DE, Leipzig – Conne Island
01/09/2016 – DE, Munich – Feierwerk, Hansa 39
02/09/2016 – DE, Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
03/09/2016 – DE, Bochum – Turbinenhalle (Ruhrtriennale)
05/09/2016 – AT, Vienna – Arena
06/09/2016 – HUN, Budapest – A38
07/09/2016 – SL, Ljubljana – Kino Siska
09/09/2016 – IT, Parma – Labirinto Della Masone
10/09/2016 – CH, Vevey – Rocking Chair

Oh boy, oh boy, the good people from Dunk! Festival announce the dates for next year's edition. The three day celebration of post-rock and related genres starts exactly one year from today, on 25 May. Of course, the organisation hasn't announced any names yet. That would be a bit too soon, no?

​Anyway, you can see all the details on the facebook page

Dunk! Festival is also on YouTube now. You can already see shows from Pelican, Kokomo, Sounds Like The End Of The World, Tides From Nebula and My Sleeping Karma, and many more will probably follow. Click here to go to the Dunk! channel

Belgian drone/Ambient act Syndrome has just revealed the artwork for his upcoming album. 

From Consouling Sounds camp.
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We are delighted to present the cover artwork for the new Syndrome album “Forever and a Day”.
2012’s “Now and Forever” was a dialogue between a father and his son. As the title of the new album suggests, the bloodline is continued on “Forever and a Day”, with a dialogue between a son and his father.
The cover art depicts a sculpture made by Syndrome’s sole member Mathieu Vandekerckhove’s ((Amenra,Kingdom,SemblerDeah,Caan,C-O-R)- father. The sculpture was made around the time Vandekerckhove was born, and it was prominently on display in the family’s living room.
It literally was a center piece in the young and adolescent life of Vandekerckhove, with him growing up in constant proximity of the sculpture. Now in his adult life, the sculpture becomes the center piece of his musical development.
The bronze sculpture not only resonates with Vandekerckhove’s past, present, and future; it also perfectly connects with the musical story he tries to convey: the work of art has no limbs, but only a torso and a head with no eyes. Despite it being a motionless entity, it emanates a lot of force. However, that force is caged in the prison of its own body. It knows no freedom, there’s a constant notion of absence, a dark and brooding void; sorrow, bereavement and grief.
It’s adamantly clear that to Vandekerckhove the image is much more than a decorative ornament; it depicts his coming of age — both musically, but also on a deeply personal level, confirming the journey we’re invited to partake in come September will be a spiritually profound one.
Sculpture by Carlos Vandekerckhove
Sculpture photography by Jens Vranckx
Lay-out and design by Dehn Sora
Album out in September on Consouling Sounds (CD/LP) and Tartarus Records (cassette).