Chicago-based Rezn have just announced the release of their new album, Burden, due out June 14th, via their new label Sargent House. In conjunction with this, they have also shared the full-length’s lead single and video, “Chasm.” On the same date as they drop the album, Rezn also play Desertfest Oslo, later touring in North America with Pallbearer, then in Europe with label mates Russian Circles. Keep reading below for the new video, album details, and more.
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Pallbearer Share Single and Video for “Where The Light Fades” – New Album Coming Soon
Melancholy doom outfit, Pallbearer, are gearing up for the release of their next album, Mind Burns Alive. The full-length is due out on May 17th via Nuclear Blast Records, in LP, CD, and digital formats. As a preview of what is on offer, the band have shared the single, “Where The Light Fades,” and its Dan Almasy directed video. Head into the article below for the new track and more.
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Post.Festival 2024 Books The Ocean, Night Verses, Sparta, Pageninetynine, The Casket Lottery
Post. Festival 2024 booked and announced its full lineup for the Post-Metal, Post-Rock, and Avant-garde music festival. Taking place from July 25th-27th at the Hi-Fi in Indianapolis, Indiana and features sets from The Ocean, Night Verses, Sparta, Pageninetynine, The Casket Lottery, and more. Tickets are on sale at the link below: Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: REZN – Vinnum Sabbathi – Silent Future
If I was to make a list of my top ten bands to emerge over the past decade REZN would certainly be on this list. Back in February, they released Solace which proved to be an excellent slab of doom-gaze. I wasn’t expecting something else from them this year, but they are dropping this collaboration, Silent Futures (Blues Funeral Recordings) with Mexico City’s Vinnum Sabbathi.
PODCAST: Episode 251: The Steve and Keefy Power Hour, April 2023 Edition
Time for another edition of The Steve and Keefy Power Hour! Senior Editor Steve Tovey joins Chief Editor Keefy, recapping March 2023 Rock and Metal Releases and previewing April’s essential new heavy music! Two white guys and music nerds pontificate on the music you love. Also, will we have new music soon from Ghost, Slipknot, Foo Fighters, and Iron Maiden? Shoutout to our amazing team of reviewers worldwide. Also, also, RIP Mat Davies as always. Hosted by Ojaay!
ALBUM REVIEW: REZN – Solace
Though hailing from Chicago, Illinois, the doom metal of Rezn displays a touch of East-Asian mysticism about it, on Solace – the band’s self-released fourth full-length. Slow-to-mid-paced, hypnotic riffing goes from nimble and floating to heavy and crushing (and back again) all fluidly and with an altogether gorgeous production that makes this metal album akin to some exotic sweet that still delivers satisfying, crushing heaviness.
STAFF PICKS: Chris Latta’s Top Albums of 2020
Every decade has its own set of trends that define it. It normally takes hindsight to see what will make a particular decade stand out but 2020 has already made a horrifyingly immediate distinction for itself. A pandemic-induced alteration of the scene itself has resulted in delayed releases, canceled tours, musicians at near equal ratios of inspiration and burnout, Zoom as a primary means of communication, and livestreams taking the place of proper concerts. All things considered, I am glad that a top albums list could still be made with a multitude of strong candidates. It’s been a shitty year with the light at the end of the tunnel still out of sight, but we still got tunes.
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ALBUM REVIEW: REZN – Chaotic Divine
After a few out-of-genre collaborations with Lume and Catchechism, REZN’s third proper album returns to their signature Electric Wizard meets Elder on Quaaludes style. Chaotic Divine (Off The Record Label) is right in line with its predecessors, for the most part, pairing the sprawling length of 2017’s Let It Burn with the broadened atmospherics and instrumentation of 2018’s Calm Black Water. However, the heightened Ambient and Post Rock influences have resulted in what is easily their most ambitious effort so far.