SOUTHERN LORD: New European distribution office & upcoming releases

SOUTHERN LORD have announced the exciting news of their European expansion, starting with a European distribution office based in Amsterdam. Bringing faster and cheaper shipping and service (and the crushing noise that comes with it) to all its European customers and distributors (specifically, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Austria), we can already see the praiseworthy effects of this venture – meaning it will now be a lot easier to get your hands on vinyl copies of their back catalogue, current releases from Dead In The Dirt, All Pigs Must Die and Centuries as well as the upcoming releases from Pelican, A Storm of Light, BL’AST! and inevitably many, many more.

Read more about Southern Lord's current and upcoming releases here:

A STORM OF LIGHT - "NATION TO FLAMES"

TO BE RELEASED ON ON SEPTEMBER 30th

New York metal alchemists, A STORM OF LIGHT, will unleash their long-anticipated new studio offering this Fall! Entitled "Nations To Flames", the 11-track follow up to the band’s critically-lauded 2011 opus, As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade, was recorded with Travis Kammeyer (OCOAI, Generation Of Vipers) at Fahrenheit Studios in Johnson City, Tennessee, mixed with Matt Bayles (Isis, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Botch, Mastodon) at Red Room Recording in Seattle, Washington and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, From Ashes Rise, Nails) at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon.
Additionally, Nations to Flames features Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil and Indian/Nachtmystium’s Will Lindsay on select tracks.
Centered around the apex of human failure, Nations To Flames bears witness to the fall of all governments, all nations, and all religions. The record is both musically and thematically captivating and marks the STORM collective’s darkest, most immediately punishing creation to date.
Comments A STORM OF LIGHT founding guitarist/vocalist Josh Graham “These songs are much more focused. Even the more ‘epic’ songs are shorter but still accomplish the same journey as the longer songs used to. We’ve ditched the rock elements of the last record and  let our early influences of Killing Joke, Bad Brains, Metallica and Crash Worship seep in. We are bringing back the intensity of Black Ocean but with the speed and precision ore akin to our metal influences. While there are still some slower/sludgy tunes, some songs are twice as fast as the older material.”



"Disintegrate": http://youtu.be/ctoQJvpt7Ec



PELICAN - "FOREVER BECOMING"

TO BE RELEASED ON ON OCTOBER 14th

Pelican, the Chicago-based quartet whose instrumental excursions to the confluence of caustic heaviness and cathartic melody pioneered a subgenre, have announced their first full album in four years, Forever Becoming, due October 14th on forward-thinking metal imprint Southern Lord. Recorded at Electrical Audio with Chris Common (who engineered the group’s last album as well as albums by Chelsea Wolfe and These Arms Are Snakes), Forever Becoming is an immense, speaker-rattling meditation on the acceptance of mortality and its place in the eternal cycle. Composed of eight songs (full tracklist below), the album boasts a sonic palette that veers from pummeling metal, to contemplative ambience, to melodic catharsis all with landmark grace.
Following a hiatus that saw the departure of founding guitarist Laurent Schroeder-Lebec and the arrival of new second guitarist Dallas Thomas (also of The Swan King), the forthcoming album is the work of a wholly revitalized unit, sounding more focused and assured than ever. The current lineup’s undeniable chemistry was forged in front of crowds at festival appearances, including Bonnaroo, Roadburn, and Maryland Death Fest, as well as a handful of headlining club shows. Pelican return to the road in support of the new album with a host of European dates kicking off this week.  Then this Autumn they shall continue their touring activities with reigning post-hardcore stalwarts Coliseum, focusing on the East Coast (the band’s first tour of the area since 2009), in addition to a coveted slot at this year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest.



More information will be revealed as the weeks unfold in the meantime, head on over to the facebook page to find out more...

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