HORISONT & SCORPION CHILD: Gaben kräftig Gas in Leipzig! | Really put their foot down in Leipzig!

Gestern Abend spalteten sich die Leipziger wahrscheinlich in zwei Lager - in die sonntäglichen Tatort-Schauer und die Heavy Rock-Fans, welche sich für das Alternativprogramm im kleinen Saal des Hellraiser entschieden hatten. Definitiv eine gute Entscheidung, weil nach dem kurzweiligen australischen Support, JACKSON FIREBIRD, die 70s-Riff-Keule dermaßen durchgezogen wurde, dass es keinem Anwesenden auch nur ansatzweise gelang, den Nacken vollkommen still zu halten. Eher das Gegenteil war der Fall, weil das Gaspedal von den Rise Above-Zöglingen HORISONT, die ihr neues Album "Time Warriors" im Gepäck hatten, und SCORPION CHILD (Nuclear Blast) von der ersten Sekunde an derartig bis unter die Motorhaube durchgetreten wurde, dass der brennenden Luft nur mittels gediegener Haarventilation Einhalt geboten werden konnte. Dazu die passende Optik der absolut professionell aufspielenden Musiker inklusive Oberlippenbart, Koteletten und Schlaghosen und perfekt war der Retro-Streifen. Es sollte noch erwähnt werden, dass der Sound absolute Oberklasse war. Wer beide bisher nur auf einem Festival oder überhaupt noch nicht genießen durfte, dem sei ans Herz gelegt, einen Club-Gig dieser großartigen Gruppen zu besuchen. Die Chance gibt es auf der gerade erst begonnenen Europatour noch ausreichend. Hier die ausstehenden Dates, also nicht lange überlegen, hingehen und ABROCKEN!

SCORPION CHILD & HORISONT

European Tour:

03.04.2014 (AT) Innsbruck, Weekender

04.04.2014 (DE) Esslingen, Komma

05.04.2014 (AT) Wolfsberg, JUZ

06.04.2014 (DE) Lichtenfels, Paunchy Cats

08.04.2014 (AT) Wien, Arena 3 Raum

09.04.2014 (DE) Darmstadt, Steinbruch Theater

10.04.2014 (DE) Saarbrücken, Garage

11.04.2014 (DE) Siegen, Vortex

12.04.2014 (NL) Tilburg, Roadburn Festival (SC only)

13.04.2014 (DE) Rheine, Hypothalamus

15.04.2014 (DK) Kopenhagen, Beta

16.04.2014 (DE) Berlin, Comet

17.04.2014 (DE) Dresden, Scheune

18.04.2014 (CH) Uster/Zürich, RockCity

19.04.2014 (DE) Essen, Turock

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Sound Of Liberation: April 2014 wird der Wahnsinn! | April 2014 is going to be crazy!

DESERTFEST BERLIN

- TIMETABLE -

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24th, 25th, 26th APRIL 2014 : DESERTFEST BERLIN

ASTRA KULTURHAUS - F/HAIN

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3 DAYS PASS / SINGLE DAY (Print @ Home)

available here : http://desertfest.tickets.de

3 DAYS PASS (Hard Tickets)

also available by email order to : tickets@desertfest.de

More SOL Tour Dates:

UFOMAMMUT (ITA)

29.03.14 - (GR) ATHENS - An Club 

30.03.14 - (GR) THESSALONIKI - Eightballs 

31.03.14 - (BUL) SOFIA - Mixtape 5 

01.04.14 - (RO) BUCHAREST - Control Club 

02.04.14 - (RO) TIMISOARA - Daos Club 

04.04.14 - (SLO) LJUBLJANA - Klub Gromka 

19.04.14 - (BEL) ZOTTEGEM - Dunc! Festival 

CONAN (UK)

09.04.14 - (BEL) LIEGE - Le Hangar 

10.04.14 - (NL) TILBURG - Roadburn Festival 

11.04.14 - (GER) WUERZBURG - Cafe Cairo 

12.04.14 - (GER) LEIPZIG - Doom Over Leipzig 

13.04.14 - (DK) COPENHAGEN - KB 18 

14.04.14 - (NOR) OSLO - Revolver 

16.04.14 - (FIN) JYVÄSKYLÄ - Lutakko 

17.04.14 - (FIN) HELSINKI - Kuudes Linja 

18.04.14 - (FIN) TAMPERE - Klubi 

19.04.14 - (FIN) OULU - Nuclear Nightclub 

21.04.14 - (SWE) STOCKHOLM - Pussy A Gogo 

22.04.14 - (SWE) LUND - Rock n Roll Klubben 

23.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - JAEGERKLAUSE Desertfest Berlin warm-up party ! 

24.04.14 - (GER) WIESBADEN - Kulturpalast 

25.04.14 - (NL) GRONINGEN - Vera 

26.04.14 - (GER) HAMBURG - DRONEBURG FESTIVAL

27.04.14 - (GER) COLOGNE - Underground 

02.05.14 - (UK) BRISTOL - Temples Festival 

23.05.14 - (BEL) DIKSMUIDE - 4 AD 

24.05.14 - (BEL) BRUSSELS - Magasin 4 

25.05.14 - (FR) PARIS - Glazart 

27.05.14 - (CH) GENEVA - L´Usine 

28.05.14 - (GER) ESSLINGEN - Komma 

29.05.14 - (AU) VIENNA - Arena 

30.05.14 - (CH) WINTERTHUR - Gaswerk 

31.05.14 - (GER) MUNICH - ST HELENA DOOM FEST

21.06.14 - (FR) CLISSON - HELLFEST

CASTLE (US)

11.04 (GER) WÜRZBURG - Cafe Cairo 

12.04 (CH) OBERENTFELDEN - Boröm Pöm Pöm 

13.04 (GER) FREIBURG - Slow Club 

14.04 (BEL) LIEGE - La Zone 

15.04 (GER) MUNICH - Feierwerk 

17.04 (GER) COTTBUS - La Casa 

19.04 (BEL) BRUSSELS - DNA 

20.04 (NL) NIJMEGEN - Doornroosje 

21.04 (NL) TILBURG - Little Devil 

23.04 (AU) VIENNA - Arena 

24.04 (GER) WIESBADEN - Kulturpalast 

25.04 (NL) GRONINGEN - Vera 

26.04 (GER) BERLIN - DESERTFEST

27.04 (GER) COLOGNE - Underground 

30.04 (GER) HAMBURG - Rock Cafe St Pauli 

01.05 (GER) DRESDEN - Katy's GaragE 

03.05 (GER) GERA - Doom Tales

THE GRAVIATORS (SWE)

22.04.14 - (SWE) LUND - Hemgarden 

23.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - Jaegerklause 

24.04.14 - (GER) WIESBADEN - Kulturpalast 

25.04.14 - (NL) GRONINGEN - Vera 

26.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - DESERTFEST

27.04.14 - (GER) COLOGNE - Underground 

28.04.14 - (GER) DRESDEN - Ost Pol 

29.04.14 - (GER) MUNICH - Feierwerk 

30.04.14 - (GER) HAMBURG - Rock Cafe St. Pauli 

02.05.14 - (GER) JENA - Black Night 

03.05.14 - (GER) GERA - Doom Tales 

04.05.14 - (DK) COPENHAGEN - Heavy Days In Doom Town 

23.05.14 - (SP) BARCELONA - Riff Ritual Fest 

PRISMA CIRCUS (SP)

16.04.14 - (SP) GORLIZ - Xurrut 

17.04.14 - (FR) BORDEAUX - L'Heretic 

18.04.14 - (FR) NANTES - Scène Michelet 

19.04.14 - (FR) RENNES - Melody Maker 

20.04.14 - (GER) MANNHEIM - 7er Club 

21.04.14 - (GER) DRESDEN - Groovestation 

22.04.14 - (CZ) BILINIA - Moskva Bar 

23.04.14 - (AU) VIENNA - Arena 

24.04.14 - (GER) MUNICH - Feierwerk 

25.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - DESERTFEST

29.04.14 - (FR) STRASBOURG - Mudd Club 

02.05.14 - (FR) MONTPELLIER - Black Sheep

STONED JESUS (UKR)

24.04.14 - (CZE) PRAGUE - Psy High

26.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - DESERTFEST

28.04.14 - (GER) DRESDEN - Ost Pol

30.04.14 - (GER) HAMBURG - Bambi Galore

01.05.14 - (GER) LEIPZIG - Bandhaus

02.05.14 - (GER) JENA - Black Night

03.05.14 - (GER) SOLINGEN - Waldmeister

04.05.14 - (FR) PARIS - Le Klub

06.05.14 - (CH) LUZERN - Bruch Brothers

07.05.14 - (GER) KARLSRUHE - Alte Hackerei

08.05.14 - (GER) MUNICH - Feierwerk

09.05.14 - (GER) COTTBUS - La Casa

10.05.14 - (GER) ERFURT - Crack City

19.06.14 - (GR) IONINNA - Irida Rock Bar

20.06.14 - (GR) THESSALONIKI - Eightball Club

21.06.14 - (GR) ATHENS - An Club

RADIO MOSCOW (US)

15.04.14 - (TU) ANKARA - Kahvesi Kahvesi 

16.04.14 - (TU) IZMIR - Hayal Kahvesi Performans 

17.04.14 - (TU) ISTANBUL - Hayal Kahvesi Beyoglu 

19.04.14 - (FR) LYON - Stone Rising Festival 

20.04.14 - (GER) MANNHEIM - 7er Club 

21.04.14 - (GER) DRESDEN - Groovestation 

23.04.14 - (AU) VIENNA - Arena 

24.04.14 - (GER) MUNICH - Feierwerk 

25.04.14 - (CH) PRATTELN - Z7 

26.04.14 - BERLIN, GER - DESERTFEST

27.04.14 - LONDON, UK - DESERTFEST

THE ULTRA ELECTRIC MEGA GALACTIC (US)

25.04.14 - LONDON, UK - DESERTFEST

26.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - DESERTFEST

27.04.14 - (AU) VIENNA - Arena 

28.04.14 - (GER) WIESBADEN - Schlachthof 

29.04.14 - (GER) MUNICH - Feierwerk 

30.04.14 - (ITA) MONTECHHIO - E 20 Underground 

01.05.14 - (ITA) MILANO - Lo Fi 

03.05.14 - (GER) HOHENSTEIN - Voice Of Art 

04.05.14 - (GER) COLOGNE - Underground 

05.05.14 - (GER) HAMBURG - Markthalle 

06.05.14 - (GER) STUTTGART - Goldmarcks 

07.05.14 - (CH) PRATTELN - Z7 

08.05.14 - (BEL) LEUVEN - Sojo's 

09.05.14 - (FR) PARIS - Glazart 

10.05.14 - (CH) WINTERTHUR - Gaswerk

THE MIDNIGHT GHOST TRAIN (US)

24.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - DESERTFEST

25.04.14 - (NL) GOUDA - Studio Gonz 

26.04.14 - (UK) LONDON - DESERTFEST

28.04.14 - (GER) WIESBADEN - Kulturpalast 

30.04.14 - (CH) ST. GALLEN - Rumpeltum 

01.05.14 - (CH) BELLINZONA - Peter pan 

02.05.14 - (ITA) MONTEBELLUNA - Mattorossa 

03.05.14 - (CH) OBERENTFELDEN - Böröm Pöm Pöm 

04.05.14 - (GER) COLOGNE - Underground 

05.05.14 - (GER) HAMBURG - Markthalle 

07.05.14 - (GER) FREIBURG - Slow Club 

08.05.14 - (GER) MUNICH - Feierwerk 

09.05.14 - (AU) FELDKIRCH - Graf Hugo 

14.05.14 - (GER) DRESDEN - Ost Pol 

15.05.14 - (GER) BERLIN - Jaegerklause 

16.05.14 - (GER) HALLE - Huehnermanhattan 

17.05.14 - (GER) COTTBUS - La Casa 

19.05.14 - (CZR) OSTRAVA - Plan B 

21.05.14 - (GER) JENA - Black Night 

22.05.14 - (GER) WERMELSKIRCHEN - Ajz 

23.05.14 - (NL) UTRECHT - Dbs 

24.05.14 - (FR) PARIS - Le Hangar 

25.05.14 - (BEL) ANTWERP - Music City 

27.05.14 - (FR) MELLE - Le Café du Boulevard 

29.05.14 - (NL) TILBURG - Little Devil 

30.05.14 - (GER) NETPHEN - Freak Valley Festival 

31.05.14 - (CH) LUZERN - Bruch Brothers

AND EVEN MORE:

ALUNAH - 13.04.14 (UK) BIRMINGHAM - The Asylum 2 

BELZEBONG - 05.04.14 (GR) ATHENS - Six D.O.G.S 

COLOUR HAZE - 05.04.14 (GER) MUENSTER - Sputnikhalle 

GLOWSUN - 06.04.14 - (BEL) GENT - Kinky Star 

GRANDLOOM - 27.04.14 - (UK) LONDON - DESERTFEST

THE MACHINE - 25.04.14 - (UK) LONDON - DESERTFEST

THE MACHINE - 26.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - DESERTFEST

THE MOTH - 25.04.14 - (GER) BERLIN - DESERTFEST

THE MOTH - 26.04.14 - (GER) HAMBURG - Droneburg Festival 

MARS RED SKY - 21.04.14 - (FR) HERICOURT - Impetus Fest 

MARS RED SKY - 23.04.14 - (FR) DIJON - La Vapeur 

MONKEY3 - 05.04.14 - (GER) MUENSTER - Sputnikhalle 

MONKEY3 - 12.04.14 - (CH) OBERENTFELDEN - Boeroem Poem Poem 

MONKEY3 - 13.04.14 - (ITA) BRESCIA - Magazzino 47 

MONKEY3 - 26.04.14 - (UK) LONDON - DESERTFEST

SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT  26.04.14 - (UK) LONDON - DESERTFEST

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QUEEN ELEPHANTINE: Announce April 2014 Northeast US Tour

The heavy 'avante' psych band was formed in 2006 in Hong Kong but is currently based in Providence, RI. They have released four albums and several EPs, including splits with Sons of Otis and Elder. "Scarab" was released mid-2013 on Heart & Crossbone (CD, Israel) and Cosmic Eye (LP, Greece).

"One of the finest current purveyors of opiated psychdoom... Killer." —Crucial Blast

"The minimalistic music of QUEEN ELEPHANTINE is a wonderful escape from hectic everyday life.

Rarely have minimalism and nothing happening been so fascinating. 9/10 Points" - Doom Metal Front #12, April 2014

For fans of: Swans, Sunn0))), Sunburned Hand of the Man, Sun Ra, Sons of Otis, Sonic Youth, Sleep, Six Organs of Admittance, Mukul Shivputra.

-APRIL 2014-

16 - Boston, MA.

O'Brien's. w/ The Modern Voice, Glacier

18 - Kingston, NY. Hudson Valley Psych Fest.

BSP. w/ White Hills, It's Not Night: It's Space, The Golden Grass, Eidetic Seeing

19 - Wilmington, DE.

1984. w/ Heavy Temple, Wizard Eye

20 - Brooklyn, NY.

Don Pedro. w/ Theologian, Prana-Bindu, Sonic Suicide Squad,

Andrew Barker/Michael Foster/James Ilgenfritz trio

23 - Florence, MA.

13th Floor Music Lounge. w/ Palace In Thunderland, 

Murder And The Timelords

24 - Portsmouth, NH.

The Red Door. w/ Green Bastard, Northern Curse

25 - Portland, ME. Geno's.

26 - Providence, RI. 

Psychic Readings. w/ Darsombra, The Vomit Arsonist, LVMMVX

Poster + tshirt art by Josh Yelle / Pencilmancer Art:

http://queenelephantine.clfrecords.com/

http://queenelephantine.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/queenelephantine

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OLD MAN GLOOM: Debut European Tour beginns tomorrow! | Allererste Europatour startet morgen!

This week, Old Man Gloom will be flying over for their first ever European tour. Their only UK show is at Scala in London on Thurs April 3rd, so make sure you get down to catch an Ultra-Group™ (the term super-group not being quite adequate to describe their terrible supremacy) in action.

The ethnically diverse and divinely gifted, Old Man Gloom are made up of: Nate Newton (Converge, Doomriders), Aaron Turner (ISIS, Mamiffer, etc), Caleb Scofield (Cave In, Zozobra, etc), and Santos Montaño (Zozobra, etc). Their most recent full length NO was released on Hydra Head Records in 2012, Old Man Gloom is currently at work on a new album, their first for the Canadian monolith Profound Lore. It will be released in late 2014.

Bear witness to the glorious Gloom with fellow geniuses Circle, and on select dates with Trepaneringsritualen, Bossk, Castles and Oathbreaker:

TOUR DATES

01-04-2014, Grammatikoff – Duisburg, Germany w/ Circle, Castles

02-04-2014, Beursschouwburg – Brussels, Belgium w/ Circle, Oathbreaker

03-04-2014, The Scala – London, United Kingdom w/ Circle, Bossk

04-04-2014, La Maroquinerie – Paris, France w/ Circle, Bossk

05-04-2014, Dachstock – Bern, Switzerland w/ Circle, Bossk

06-04-2014, Locomotiv – Bologna, Italy w/ Circle, Bossk

07-04-2014, Jubez – Karlsruhe, Germany w/ Circle, Trepaneringsritualen

08-04-2014, Bi Nuu – Berlin, Germany w/ Circle, Trepaneringsritualen

09-04-2014, Meet Factory – Prague, Czech Republic w/ Circle, Trepaneringsritualen

10-04-2014, Arena – Vienna, Austria w/ Circle, Trepaneringsritualen

11-04-2014, Doom over Leipzig – Leipzig, Germany w/ Circle, Kongh

12-04-2014, Roadburn festival – Tilburg, Netherlands

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THE GRAVIATORS: Streamen kommendes Album "Motherload"! | Stream full album "Motherload"!

Wenige Tage vor Veröffentlichung des neuen Albums „Motherload“ am 28.03.2014 über Napalm Records, haben die schwedischen Stoner Doomster THE GRAVIATORS nun ihr komplettes Album exklusiv im kostenlosen Stream zur Verfügung gestellt - HIER ANHÖREN!

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There are just a few days left until the hotly anticipated release of Motherload, the brand new album from stoner /doom metallers THE GRAVIATORS will be released. Motherload will be released in April 2014 on Napalm Records, but you can now stream the new record in full right HERE!

Folgt The Graviators auf Facebook | For More Info Visit:

www.facebook.com/thegraviators

"Motherload" by THE GRAVIATORS coming out:

EUROPE: 31.03.2014

G/A/S, FIN & Benelux: 28.03.2014

ESP/SWE/NOR: 02.04.2014

USA/CAN: 08.04.2014

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BLOODY HAMMERS: Veröffentlichen Lyric-Video! Neues Album erscheint am 30.05.2014! | Release lyric video! New album out on 30th May 2014

Die US Horror Kult Rocker BLOODY HAMMERS haben ein brandneues Lyric- Video zum Track „The Town That Dreaded The Sundown“ von ihrem kommenden Album „Under Satan's Sun“ veröffentlicht, das am 30.05.2014 über Napalm Records erscheint! Seht das Lyric-Video HIER!

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US based horror cult rock band BLOODY HAMMERS have just released a lyric video to the track The Town That Dreaded Sundown from their upcoming album Under Satan's Sun, to be released on Napalm Records in June 2014 ( 30. May 2014 G/A/S, FIN & Benelux, 02. June 2014 UK & Rest of Europe, 10. June 2014 USA/CAN )! Check out the official lyric video HERE!

Album Teaser:

Weitere News & Infos zu Bloody Hammers auf | For More Info Visit: 

http://www.bloodyhammers.com

https://www.facebook.com/BloodyHammers

http://www.napalmrecords.com

http://www.facebook.com/napalmrecords

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THE SKULL Featuring Former TROUBLE Members Announce Release Date for Two New Singles

There’s no “trouble” for THE SKULL - the heavy doom-rock band featuring original TROUBLE members vocalist Eric Wagner and drummer Jeff “Oly” Olson, longtime former TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner and newly recruited former TROUBLE bassist Chuck Robinson, now on dueling guitar, alongside SACRED DAWN guitarist Lothar Keller - as they will unleash their two new singles recorded with acclaimed producer/engineer Billy Anderson (MELVINS, NEUROSIS) worldwide on Tuesday, April 8th via Tee Pee Records.

The "limited edition" white vinyl replica CD featuring “Sometime Yesterday Mourning” (side A) and “The Last Judgment” (side B) is now available for pre-order at Tee Pee Records.

Downloads of the singles will be available at your favorite digital retailer on April 8th. 

In other news, THE SKULL’s worldwide debut of “Sometime Yesterday Mourning” and “The Last Judgment” will premiere exclusively on drummer and keyboardist Jeff “Oly” Olson’s podcast HEADY METAL WITH JEFF OLSON via InThePitRadio.com on Friday, April 4th from 7PM-9PM EST. Olson will be live on-air and field reporting from THE SKULL’s listening party that evening at the Ragnarokk Metal Apocalypse Fest in Chicago located at Reggies Rock Club where fans can purchase the CD. Olson, along with vocalist Eric Wagner, bassist Ron Holzner, guitarist Chuck Robinson, and guitarist Lothar Keller, will all be available to personally sign the limited edition white vinyl replica CD.

“Sometime Yesterday Mourning” is a doomy metal song written by Keller, Holzner and Wagner that showcases the genre pioneers' distinct style while “The Last Judgment” is a "revisiting" of the classic TROUBLE song of the same name that originally appeared on the classic 1983 "Metal Massacre IV" compilation album.

"I think “Sometime Yesterday Mourning” is the perfect song for THE SKULL to lead with and there's a reason why it was the first song we completed as a band," commented Wagner. "It's about coming to a point in life when it's just time for a new beginning, a fresh start if you will, and finally coming to terms with the past.

"Being that it is the 30th anniversary of the release of the song “The Last Judgment” — the first song we ever released — we thought it fit perfectly for the B-side and considering what “Sometime Yesterday Mourning” is about, it made sense to me. You have to go through your past to get to your future."

Drummer and keyboardist Jeff “Oly” Olson on Chuck Robinson’s addition to the band: 

“We are excited and honored that Chuck Robinson has accepted our invitation to join the band. He is the perfect fit for THE SKULL.” 

“I’ve always enjoyed rehearsing with Chuck as he is disciplined with his art. He’ll surely bring a bonus to the band with his experience as a former TROUBLE member and as a seasoned musician who utilizes both his talented song writing ability and his exceptional recording skills. We are looking forward to tour with our brother again.”

Olson added, “Chuck is more then a bass player. He grew up playing guitar with his father, also a very talented guitarist. Eric, Ron, Lothar, and myself know that Chuck is more than capable for the job. He’ll bring chops with a heavy groove to our debut album, as well as bring his charisma to the stage.”

THE SKULL has confirmed the following three shows:

May 09 - Cleveland, Ohio - The Grog Shop 

May 10 – Chicago, Illinois- Reggies 

August 29 - Montreal, Canada - The Wings of Metal Festival 

The Wings of Metal Festival will be a headlining performance consisting of two sets. The first set will be a performance of TROUBLE’s 1984 debut album “Psalm 9” in it’s entirety. The second set will include a performance of their newly recorded songs as well as TROUBLE classics.

THE SKULL will follow the release of the new songs with its debut full length LP, tentatively slated for release this autumn.

THE SKULL is: 

Eric Wagner – vocals 

Jeff “Oly” Olson – drums/keys 

Ron Holzner – bass 

Lothar Keller – guitar 

Chuck Robinson – guitar 

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DOOM SHALL RISE: Save The Chapel / DSR-Veranstaltungsort Chapel braucht Hilfe

"Die Chapel im Göppinger Stauferpark, Veranstaltungsort des letztmalig im April 2013 dort zelebrierten DOOM SHALL RISE-Festivals, muss vorerst die Kirchentüren schließen. Auflagen der Behörden untersagen weitere Veranstaltungen, bis kostspielige Änderungen vorgenommen wurden. Hierfür sucht das Team der Chapel nun Unterstützung, (Vampster.com) fragt mal bei Alexander, dem zweiten Vorsitzenden des Vereins "Fabrik für Kunst und Kultur E.V.", was los ist.

Klar sterben überall immer wieder Veranstaltungsorte, um jeden ist es schade, vor allem, wenn der/die Betreiber wirtschaftlich zugrunde gehen. Trifft es eine Lokation, die einem selbst ans Herz gewachsen ist, wird es natürlich auch etwas zum eigenen Drama. Nun also hat es die Chapel in Göppingen erwischt, unter anderem von 2004-2013 Veranstaltungsort des DOOM SHALL RISE-Festivals. Die Kombination aus dem ehemaligen US-Army Kirchengebäude und den sakralen Klängen des Dooms war einzigartig, die Chapel wurde zur Pilgerstätte der Doom-Szene.

Als die Nachricht zur aktuellen Situation der Chapel ihre Runde machte, waren Überraschung und Entsetzen groß. Gerade auch für die Doom-Gemeinde ist die Chapel ein fast heiliger Ort, und nun werdet ihr von Behördenforderungen ins Aus gezwungen, zumindest müssen die Türen für Veranstaltungen geschlossen bleiben ..."

Wir, die Doom Metal Front, sind tatsächlich entsetzt und empfehlen allen, die sich über die Belange des Doom Metal hinaus für den Erhalt von Veranstaltungsorten interessieren, die nicht nur massenkompatiblen Musikrichtungen ein Zuhause anbieten, das Interview auf Vampster.com mit dem Team der ehrwürdigen Chapel in Göppingen durchzulesen. Es scheint allgemein der Tenor zu sein, dass Stadträte quer durch Deutschland den kultur- und jugendfördernden Vereinen das (Über-)Leben aus fadenscheinigen Gründen so schwer wie nur möglich machen wollen. Angefangen mit dem KV in Nürnberg, dann die Rockstation in Halle/Saale - und nun ist die heilige Göppinger Chapel dran. Eine Frechheit! Subkultur adé!

Hier geht's zum Interview!

http://www.doomshallrise.de/

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AMENRA collaborate with Willy Vanderperre for humbling video | UK shows, European tour dates and new releases announced

What happens when AMENRA, extreme music's most guarded and secretive unit, relinquish control? Top fashion photographer Willy Vanderperre and director of photography Nicolas Karakatsanisare are behind the reins of a video which features the band stripped of all that we know of them, and you can watch it first at Nowness...

Amenra: A Mon Âme 

Vanderperre has worked with a startling array of individuals, from Kate Moss to Kanye West, but his encounter with AMENRA sees both parties break formation to form a hesitant, powerful and revealing union. The video, set to À Mon Âme from their most recent album, MASS V, may not be what you have come to expect from the cult crafters of discordance - but what are AMENRA if not masters of defying expectation?

Says CHVE of the collaboration; "It is not at all like the sort of visuals we usually present, it is more a case study, or a visual interpretation of the band, a little piece of concept art, if you will. The idea they [Willy Vanderperre and director of photography Nicolas Karakatsanisare] had was stripping us of everything we had – ‘what if we took it all away from them?’, ‘what if we took them from their comfort zone?’. No shadows or darkness to hide in, dark imagery, props or metaphors or symbols to use."...

He continues..."Compare it to what we sometimes or mostly do with our music - stick to the mere necessary, take a minimalistic approach of a whole. What do we really need? To create a certain 'feeling' of emotion. For us, it was an extremely interesting cooperation. We normally keep our guard extremely high, never give something out of our hands, to keep it as close to our skin as humanly possible - that's exactly what they did as well, literally...It was awkward, uneasy, and very confronting for us to see, yet one of the most interesting things we did lately, and an honour for us to be working with such talented and inspiring people. ‘Under a watchtower of punishing light.’” 

AMENRA will be hitting the road again, beginning next month and including plenty of festivals; including Bristol's Temples and London's Beyond the Redshift festivals in the UK. Watch the trailer for the Church of Ra European tour here.

LIVE DATES

FRI 11/04: 106 CLUB, ROUEN FR

SAT 12/04: JUBEZ, KARLSRUHE DE

SUN 13/04: LA MAROQUINERIE, PARIS FR

MON 14/04: CONFORT MODERNE, POITIERS FR

TUE 15/04: LA DYNAMO, TOULOUSE FR

WED 16/04: SONORA, BILBAO ES

THU 17/04: HARD CLUB, PORTO PT

FRI 18/04: SHOKO, MADRID ES

SAT 19/04: RAZZ3, BARCELONA ES

SUN 20/04: IMPETUS FEST, BELFORT FR

MON 21/04: P.M.K., INNSBRUCK AT

TUE 22/04: POSTHOF, LINZ AT

WED 23/04: LIDO, BERLIN DE

THU 24/04: PROXIMA, WARSAW PL

FRI 25/04: UT CONNEWITZ, LEIPZIG DE

SAT 26/04: YOUNG TEAM FEST, METZ FR

SAT 3/05: TEMPLES FESTIVAL, BRISTOL UK w/ Neurosis

SAT 10/05: BTR FESTIVAL, LONDON UK w/ Cult of luna

SUN 8/06: VOORUIT, GENT BE w/ COR

THU 19/06: EKKO, UTRECHT NL

FRI 20/06: NIEUWE NOR, HEERLEN NL

SAT 21/06: NEUDEGG ALM, ABTENAU AT

SUN 22/06: FEIERWERK, MUNCHEN DE

SAT 28/06: GRASPOP, DESSEL BE

SAT 27/09: AB, BRUSSELS BE - AFTERLIFE ACOUSTIC

AMENRA are also gearing up for two split releases on Consouling Sound, due for release in summer of this year. Each of the split albums will present an incarnation of AMENRA, together with a sometimes surprising, but always compelling counterpart band - for the split 10" album with Eleanora, AMENRA is offering À mon Âme (live) and for the split 10" album with Treha Sektori, AMENRA decided to re-interpret À mon Âme and create an atmospheric ambient piece called Trahn.

The Eleanora track introduces an eager young Belgian sludge/doom outfit with a truly captivating sound that'll surely keep the audience yearning for their debut EP to be released later on in 2014.  Treha Sektori's French master soundscaper Dehn Sora surely is no stranger to fan of dark ambient music and drones.

In other AMENRA release news, My Proud Mountain are gearing up to release LIVE II, their second live cd, and first live 2xLP - the recording is the live audio from their MASS V release show of last year, mixed and mastered by Billy Anderson.

Meanwhile, MASS V can be ordered at the following link:

www.bluecollardistro.com

More news from AMENRA shall emerge in the coming months so do stay tuned.

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PRIMITIVE MAN: Officially announce European tour! | Kündigen offiziell Europa Tour an!

PRIMITIVE MAN have confirmed that they will be heading to Europe this summer. The blackened sludge trio will hit the road with WAKE in mainland Europe before continuing on to the UK to tour with Opium Lord. The band will also play a handful of dates with fellow Relapse label mates, WEEKEND NACHOS. The band commented: "We are looking forward to spreading our seed far and wide across the pond. See you there."

PRIMITIVE MAN have spent much of this month on the road in the US, including shows at SXSW, in support of their latest album Scorn. Recorded by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio (Cephalic Carnage, Catheter, Cobalt, etc.), Scorn was initially unleashed early last year via a collaboration between Throatruiner and Mordgrimm Records before being reissued by Relapse in August. The album was applauded for being a, "totally malignant sounding record ... that will consume you whole if you're not careful," by Cvlt Nation, "the best worst thing that has ever happened to you," by Metal Hammer, and "one of the most brutal, unsettling and uncompromising albums you will hear all year," by About.com.

Scorn can be streamed in its entirety via PRIMITIVE MAN's bandcamp here: primitivemandoom.bandcamp.com. Copies of the album, on both CD and vinyl can be purchased here www.relapse.com/primitiveman.

Tour mates WAKE hail from Alberta, Canada and will bring their grind and death roadshow to Europe in support of their split 7" with Theories released via Handshake, Inc. and 7Degrees records. A film version of their second album False is also due in the summer. Opium Lord are a heavy doom band hailing from the Midlands in the UK who have just completed work on their debut full length album .

PRIMITIVE MAN FULL EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

***With WAKE***

Jun 06 - Dijon FR - Maloka Festival

Jun 07 - Wetzikon CH - Kulturfabrik

Jun 09 - Wien - Arena

Jun 11 - Leipzig GER - Venue TBA

Jun 12 - Berlin GER - Koma F

Jun 13 - Aarhus DEN - Venue TBA

Jun 15 - Rostock  GER - Jaz (Matinee) w/ Weekend Nachos

Jun 16 - Kassel GER - Secret Show

Jun 17 - Eindhoven NL - Dynamo w/ Weekend Nachos

Jun 18 - Antwerpen BEL - Kavka w/ Weekend Nachos

Jun 19 - Hannover GER - Stumpf

Jun 20 - Torgau GER - Grind The Nazi Scum Fest

Jun 21 - Kiel Ger - Kiel Explode Festival @ Alte Meierei w/ ◯ , Svffer,

Jun 22 - Köln GER - Venue TBC

***With Opium Lord***

Jun 24 - Brighton UK - Green Door Store

Jun 25 - London UK - The Unicorn

Jun 26 - Bristol UK - St John The Baptist Crypt

Jun 27 - Nottingham - Stuck On A Name Studios

Jun 28 - Edinburgh - Bannermans

Jun 29 - Birmingham UK - Wagon and Horses

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PILGRIM: Rhode Island Doom conjurors to stream entire album! | PILGRIM streamen komplettes neues Album!

Rhode Island volume assassins, PILGRIM, will be streaming their entire upcoming new album 'II: Void Worship' for a week with Terrorizer.

Listen to it HERE!

Literally quaking under the weight of its own planet-crumbling heaviness, II: Void Worship finds PILGRIM traversing new trails in their bottom-heavy doom manifestations, replacing the meditated, hypnosis-inducing dirges of their debut with more calculated and gritty powerhouse riff torrents. Recorded at Moonlight Mile Recording by audio wizard Mike Moebius and centered on tales of swords and sorcery, death, doom and widespread obliteration, tracks ebb and flow into frenzied climaxes and fade into sweet sonic depressions, molding perfectly crafted rock songs into twisted spires of cryptically ominous doom metal epics.

Pre-order your copies of 'II: Void Worship' at http://www.metalblade.com/pilgrim.

Wielding eight new epic tracks laden with tales of swords and sorcery, death, doom and destruction, II: Void Worship was recorded at Moonlight Mile Recording by audio architect Mike Moebius and supplies an extraordinary quality of tone and heaviness. With II: Void Worship, PILGRIM takes a new approach to their songwriting, replacing meditated, repetitive hypnosis-inducing dirges with more calculated and demented power-house riffs. They build, shape, and climb into frenzied climaxes and fade into sweet sonic releases, molding perfectly crafted rock songs into twisting spires of evil doom metal masterpieces. It is obvious that PILGRIM has matured, both musically and as individuals, in their past two years of global conquest.

II: Void Worship track listing:

1. Intro

2. Master's Chamber

3. The Paladin

4. Arcane Sanctum

5. In The Process of Evil

6. Void of Worship

7. Dwarven March

8. Away From Here

"II: Void Worship" is scheduled for release on April 1, 2014 in North America, and on March 28/31 in Europe/UK via Metal Blade Records.

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Die Rhode Island Doomer PILGRIM streamen ihr neues Album 'II: Void Worship' ab sofort für eine Woche über die Website des Terrorizer Magazins.

Hört es euch HIER an.

Die erdrückende Schwere der dritten Hymne "The Paladin" kann weiterhin unter http://www.metalblade.com/pilgrim genossen werden. Unter der gleichen Adresse können Kopien des Albums auf CD und Vinyl vorbestellt werden.

Die acht epischen Tracks voller Geschichten von Rittern und Zauberern, Tod, Verderben und Zerstörung wurden im Moonlight Mile Recording Studio von Klangarchitekt Mike Moebius aufgenommen und markieren sowohl einen außergewöhnlichen Sound als auch überbordende Heaviness. Die Band fand mit II: Void Worship einen neuen Zugang zum Songwriting und ersetzte gemächlich repetitive, hypnotische Begräbnismärsche durch zielsichere, irre Riffs voller Power. Diese schrauben sich in ungeahnte Höhen hoch und lösen sich in akustischem Wohlgefühl auf, verwandeln perfekt ziselierte Rocksongs in himmelhaushohe wie finstere Meisterwerke des Doom. Dass PILGRIM im Rahmen ihres zweijährigen Kreuzzugs musikalisch wie persönlich gereift sind, ist offensichtlich.

II: Void Worship Trackliste

1. Intro

2. Master's Chamber

3. The Paladin

4. Arcane Sanctum

5. In The Process of Evil

6. Void of Worship

7. Dwarven March

8. Away From Here

"II: Void Worship" erscheint am 28./31. März in Europa beziehungsweise Großbritannien über Metal Blade Records.

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SATAN'S SATYRS: Fieser die Schlaghosen nie wehten - neues Album jetzt auf Bad Omen Records!

SATAN'S SATYRS

"Die Screaming"

Bad Omen / Soulfood

VÖ/Release: 25.04.2014

Bad Omen Records ist ein neues britisches Heavy-Rock-Label, das von einem alten Bekannten geführt wird. Will Palmer kennen viele von Euch noch als einen der Köpfe hinter Rise Above Records und natürlich von den famosen Angel Witch. Bei Bad Omen setzt Will ausschließlich auf Heavy Rock mit Old-School-Werten.

Gestartet ist der Label-Reigen voriges Jahr mit den famosen SATAN´S SATYRS, die jetzt bereits ihren Zweitling vorlegen. Die Kerle aus Virginia spielen Dungeon Rock, was jetzt keine auf Deibel komm raus coole neue Schublade sein soll, sondern den Sound der Band einfach verdammt gut trifft.
SATAN´S SATYRS sind Fans von kultigen alten Filmen (am besten natürlich auf VHS), Garagen-Gedröhn (musikalisch und auch fahrbare Untersätze betreffend) und natürlich Satan. Das Resultat versprüht Detroit-1965-Feeling mit Punk-Appeal.

Durch einen Haufen ultra-limitierter Singles und EPs hat man sich ein Die-hard-Following aufgebaut.
Auf dem Roadburn Festival durfte man 2013 sogar zweimal ran. Einmal auf Ladung von Electric Wizard auf der "Electric Acid Orgy" und dann noch mal mit einem speziellen Blue-Cheer-Set.
"Die Screaming" verbindet die Trash-Ästhetik der Band nun mit richtig coolen Hooks. Hört Euch allein die Hammond-Orgel an, die beste "Hammer Horror"-Creepiness verbreitet. Im Hexenkessel der Band landen die Stooges, Black Flag, Blue Öyster Cult, Budgie, Black Sabbath, Earth, Death SS und ganz alter Alice Cooper.

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STONEBURNER: Neuen Song auf Portland Mercury anhören! "Life Drawings"-Release rückt näher! | Premieres new psalm via Portland Mercury. Release Of "Life Drawing" draws near!

Today, the sludge conjurors in STONEBURNER are pleased to slash your face with their newest psalm of sonic severity, “Some Can.” The menacing new number, now streaming at The Portland Mercury, comes by way of the band’s forthcoming new full-length, Life Drawing.

Elaborates drummer/vocalist Jesse McKinnon, “‘Some Can’ is the first song on the album and a pretty fair hint of what’s to come later. The song is about being completely aware of what you need to do in order to better your life and yourself, but sometimes that’s just not in the cards you’re dealt. To push the feel of raging frustration to an even higher level we were thrilled to have our sister Krysta [Martinez], from Transient and Landmine Marathon come in and throw the fuck down on the heavy vocals. It’s not nihilism, it’s realism. Eeyore knows what’s up…”

Adds The Portland Mercury simply:

“It's a bottom-heavy, cracked, ground-crawling rager dipped in mire and slime.”

Feel the burn, courtesy of The Portland Mercury, at THIS LOCATION.

The follow-up to their 2012 debut, Sickness Will Pass, which The Sludgelord appropriately crowned “an ugly, visceral and truly terrifying beast of an album,” features nine rumbling odes of bottom-heavy hostility, diseased rhythms and emotional decay as well as an array of talented guest vocalists including Krysta Martinez (Transient/Landmine Marathon), Benjamin Caragol (Burials/Hang the Old Year) and Joshua Greene (Bastard Feast, Ephemeros). Recorded, mixed and produced by Fester at Haywire Studios, mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering – both in Portland — and swathed in the visually abrasive cover art of J.J. Shirey, Life Drawing promises to hurl STONEBURNER’s habitually chest-caving sludge mantras to entirely new realms of earth-deteriorating heaviness.

STONEBURNER’s musical ancestry winds through Buried At Sea, Buried Blood, Heathen Shrine and others. Named after a subterranean weapon from the novel Dune, STONEBURNER deliver a wholly organic orchestration of captivating, crustified doom metal, their torrid hymns bathed in internal agony, anguish and despair. To define STONEBURNER, one need only look to the list of bands with whom they’ve shared the stage: Yob, Sleep, Eyehategod, Neurosis, Buzzov-en, Weedeater, Saint Vitus, Watain, Tragedy, Noothgrush, Graves At Sea, Lord Dying, Drop Dead, Whitehorse, Wind Hand, Bastard Noise…

Life Drawing will be unveiled

via Neurot Recordings on April 11, 2014.

“At times quite spooky, at others downright teeth-grinding, Life Drawing is rough and seething. Repeated thrusts of your face into the soft moss of a dying log somehow protect you from the obvious: Hope and promise aren't merely stained. They've been properly diluted and washed out with thick piss. The truest of sludge deliveries opens a rusty door, but STONEBURNER have invited us into our own nightmare. The deceptive lounges hardly provide comfort, and you're better off just cooperating when the rhythms crash. Get in the van and stop with the fucking questions. Yes, there IS a world this ugly.” -- HeavyPlanet

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SWITCHBLADE JESUS: Heavy Rock aus Texas! | Heavy Rock From Texas!

SWITCHBLADE JESUS

"Switchblade Jesus" LP

BILOCATION #18

Hailing from the land of oil and tar Switchblade Jesus is a 5 piece equivalent of a heard of elephants slamming into a brick wall. Jamming together since 2010 they had a killer ride so far - playing live nearly every week they were forged to a unbreakable live unit. They played a shitload of shows with great bands - just to name a few: Kylesa, Orange Goblin, The Sword, Wo Fat, Egypt, Baroness.

Asked what the fans can expect of the band, the guys state:

"Loud alcohol fueled heaviness laced with fuzz and 

slight hallucinations of tube amps piercing your mind."

That is a word! 

VINYL FACTZ:

- 100x transparent green vinyl (EXCLUSIVE MAILORDER version incl. A3 poster & silkscreened card signed by the band) 

- 200x spooky clear/black marbled vinyl

- 100x black vinyl 

- all high-quality heavy 180g vinyl pressed in Germany

- matt laquered 300gsm gatefold cover 

- handnumbered

TRACKS:

A1. Into Nothing 2:19

A2. Bastard Son 5:31

A3. The Wolves 3:45

A4. Sick Mouth 4:52

B1. Equinox 3:15

B2. Renegade Riders 4:38

B3. Copperhead 4:49

B4. Oblivion 6:26

Vinyl available HERE!

Bandcontact:

http://kozmik-artifactz.com/artist/switchblade-jesus/

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BLOODY HAMMERS - „Under Satan's Sun“: Vorbestellungen des brandneuen Albums ab sofort möglich! | Brand new album now available for pre-order!

Ab sofort könnt ihr das kommende Album „Under Satan's Sun“ der Horror Kult Rocker BLOODY HAMMERS vorbestellen! Die 7” Vinyl Limited Edition ( gelb, rot & schwarz ) samt Poster, die CD mit Poster sowie ein limitiertes „Under The Satan's Sun“ T-Shirt sind ab sofort bestellbar unter: http://shop.napalmrecords.com/bloodyhammers vorbestellen (und wo ihr gerade dort seid, auch gleich mal die brandneue Single „The Town That Dreaded Sundown" anchecken!)

BLOODY HAMMERS "Under Satan's Sun" erscheint am 30.05.2014 auf Napalm Records!

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Order your limited edition vinyl (yellow, red, black) with poster, CD with poster or limited "Under Satan's Sun" t-shirt at this link HERE (and listen to the single "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" while you're there!)

"Under Satan's Sun" by Bloody Hammers – coming out:

30. May 2014 G/A/S, FIN & Benelux

02. June 2014 UK & Rest of Europe

04. June 2014 ESP/SWE/NOR

10. June 2014 USA/CAN

Album Teaser:

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MARS RED SKY: Pre-Order next 7-Inch-EP now! New full-length album "Stranded In Arcadia" out on April 28th!

You can pre-oder MARS RED SKY's upcoming 7-Inch-EP "Hovering Satellites / Arcadia (Live at London Desertfest)" on red vinyl (100 copies) or black here : http://marsredsky.bigcartel.com/ They still have a few red version left.

The new full-length album "Stranded In Arcadia" will be out on April 28th in Europe and June 10th in North America on Listenable records.

Enjoy the first video of the new album here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrQ9yclWg8w

MARS RED SKY will play some shows in spring/summer at some great festivals: Hellfest, Evreux Le Rock dans tous ses états, Impetus, Stoned From The Underground (Germany) and more, and some club shows with Détroit, who invited the band to support them at 5 shows. A full tour is planned for autumn, you can already book your ticket for Paris at La Maroquinerie, October the 2nd, HERE.

Into The Mars Red Sound: MARS RED SKY will play a very special show in their home town Bordeaux on May 15th - more infos HERE.

See below already confirmed dates:

MARS RED SKY - On Tour

03/21 LA TESTE DE BUCH (33) Le Zik Zac

04/21 HERICOURT (70) Impetus Festival

04/22 NANCY Sous Réserve

04/23 DIJON (21) La Vapeur / support of Détroit

04/26 SAINTES (17) Coconut Party @ Théâtre Geoffroy Martel 

05/06 ESCH SUR ALZETTE (LX) Rockhal / support of Détroit

05/07 LAUSANNE (CH) Les Docks / support of Détroit

05/08 AMIENS (80) Le Cirque Jules Verne / support of Détroit

05/15 BORDEAUX (33) Barbey + création "Into The Mars Red Sound"

06/01 PARIS La Cigale / support of Détroit

06/20 CLISSON (44) HELLFEST

06/28 EVREUX (27 ) Festival Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats

07/11 ERFURT (D) Stoned From The Underground Festival

10/02 PARIS La Maroquinerie

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FARGO: Ambient/Postrock from Leipzig (GER) - New EP "Yaron" to be released on April 28th!

FARGO from Leipzig, Germany released their debut 12" in January 2013 full of post rock with traces of ambient in the vein of bands like PG.Lost, This Will Destroy You and God is an Astronaut.They shared the Stage with Bands like Amenra (bel), Maserati (us), Syndrome (bel) and Vessels (uk). Their new EP "Yaron" comes in 28. April 2014.

Release formats:

- on Tape: 75 pieces with printed slipcase in small cotton bag

- on 180g 12-Inch Vinyl: 500 pieces (clear: 100, translucent: 150, white: 250)

"Yaron" release date: 

28.4.2014

Pre-Order new EP at:

http://fargo.tictail.com/

Tourdates:

25.04. - tba / NEED HELP

26.04. - Berlin / Subversiv

27.04. - Altenburg / Rote Zora

28.04. - Leipzig / Kulturcafé Manfred

29.04. - Dresden / AZ Conni

30.04. - Halle / Reil 78

01.05. - Döbeln / Treibhaus

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