KYLESA recently announced a winter Australian/European headlining tour

Critically-acclaimed, genre-defying southern quintet KYLESA has seen the release of a new music video for the track "Low Tide", off their latest album, 'Ultraviolet'. The video, directed by Brodie Rush is streaming now, at Noisey.

KYLESA recently announced a winter Australian/European headlining tour. The tour features KYLESA's first trek down-under since playing the legendary Soundwaves Festival, which kicks off December 7th in Perth. Support on a special tour date in Brisbane comes from PHILM (featuring Dave Lombardo) and EAGLE TWIN. Following the Australian dates, KYLESA's European tour kicks off January 1st in the Czech Republic, and will see the band travel for a month before ending in Germany. Support on this leg of the tour comes from KYLESA's Retro-Futurist label recording artists SIERRA and JAGGED VISION. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

Australia:
12/7: Perth @ The Rosemount
12/8: Melbourne @ The Corner
12/9: Geelong @ The Barwon Club
12/10: Melbourne @ The Howler
12/11: Canberra @ The ANU
12/12: Sydney @ The Hi Fi
12/13: Brisbane @ The Hi Fi w/ PHILM & Eagle Twin

Europe:

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Season Of Mist: KYLESA announce new album

US quintet KYLESA have announced the title and release date of their forthcoming album. One of the most anticipated hard rock releases of 2013 and the follow-up to their critically-acclaimed album ‘Spiral Shadow’, 'Ultraviolet' will hit the stores on May 24^th (May 28^th in North America). 

"Unspoken", a new song from the eleven-track album, is available now for people who subscribe to the Season of Mist newsletter.

“Whereas ‘Spiral Shadow’ was a warm album suggesting concepts of hope, ‘Ultraviolet’ is a bit colder and darker”, explains songwriter/guitar player Laura Pleasants. “All of our studio albums have their own unique identity and we've always been a band who strives for something different than what current fads suggest. With ‘Ultraviolet’, we took a step inward and wrote music that we felt we had to write; this album centers around the multiple themes of loss and you can feel it in the music. Everyone goes through it during their lifetime and this record reflects that experience.”

KYLESA recorded 'Ultraviolet' at The Jam Room in Columbia, South Carolina with the band's guitar player/songwriter and sought-after producer, Phillip Cope (BARONESS, BLACK TUSK) once again overseeing production.

KYLESA released a rarities collection in November titled ‘From The Vaults, Vol. 1’, which featured unreleased, new and alternate versions of songs spanning the band's catalog as well as one new song titled "End Truth." Cope and Pleasants spent over a year going through their archives preparing the release. 

The band's most recent studio album, ‘Spiral Shadow’, had the highest metal/hard rock entry on the Village Voice's 2010 Pazz & Jop album poll, led Pitchfork to say "KYLESA would be a household name" following the release and landed the band on the cover of Terrorizer as well as album of the month accolades from Metal Hammer, Rock Sound and Visions Magazines. In 2011, KYLESA became the first metal band to perform on Last Call with Carson Daly. 

KYLESA will return to the road in May with more details forthcoming.

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KYLESA "From the Vaults Vol. I" coming on 16th of November 2012

It is hard to believe that KYLESA found the time to come up with anything new, as the band from Savannah, Georgia has been on the road nearly every minute since the release of fourth full-length “Spiral Shadow” (2010). Yet they did and nobody is able to explain it better than mastermind Philipp Cope: “This project has been a labor of love”, tells the guitarist, singer and producer. “We have spent over a year going through old songs, covers, etc. and collected those we felt went well together; remixing and finishing them up. We didn't want to release something just thrown together so we put a lot of thought and time into it. I am really happy about how this came together. I think it is a good representation of KYLESA's different styles from early on to present day”. These words help to explain why “From the Vaults Vol. I” sounds at the same time diverse and fresh as well as concise and coherent. A permeating feeling of togetherness unites with seeming ease rare and previously unreleased tracks from former recording sessions, alternate versions of well beloved songs and even a brand new track. KYLESA seem to take a step back from the hypnotically dense and passionately burning previous release “Spiral Shadow”, which was enthusiastically received by critics and fans alike. With “From the Vaults Vol. I” the Americans lay bare the roots of their unique sound in crust punk, psychedelic and stoner rock as well as sludge metal. For example KYLESA cited NEUROSIS, KYUSS, BLACK SABBATH and early PINK FLOYD as influences for debut album “Kylesa” (2002). Therefore it appears only logical that the latter British prog-rock legend is honoured with a rare cover version of “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun”. As an offering between two albums “From the Vaults Vol. I” by far excels usual compilations. This gift is more than just another collection of oddities that will make you urgently wish for Vol. II. Tune in, listen up and space out!

 

Tracklisting
1. Intro **
2. Inverse **
3. 111 Degree Heat Index ***
4. Between Silence and Sound II ***
5. Paranoid Tempo **
6. End Truth *
7. Bottom Line II ***
8. Wavering **
9. Bass Salts **
10. Drained (Buzzov-en cover) **
11. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Pink Floyd cover) **
12. Drum Jam **

* New
** Rare / Previously unreleased
*** Alternate version

Release date: November 16th, 2012 – US November 20th, 2012

Line-up
Phillip Cope: guitar, vocals
Laura Pleasants: guitar, vocals
Eric Hernandez: bass
Carl McGinley: drums
Tyler Newberry: drums

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