The Body Announce North American Tour


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Nomadic apocalyptic doom cult The Body has an upcoming North American tour with Full Of Hell as support. Dates are below. They recently unleashed two separate collaborative recordings with Thou; the first, Released From Love, through Vinyl Rites in April 2014 and the second, You, Whom I Have Always Hated, just this year via Thrill Jockey, also responsible for the band’s 2014-released split with Sandworm and 2013-released I Shall Die Here collaboration with The Haxan Cloak.

THE BODY On Tour Now:
Apr 16: First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 17: Strange Matter – Richmond, VA (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 18: Gatewood Studio Arts Center – Greensboro, NC
Apr 19: Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 20: Local 662 – St. Petersburg, FL (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 21: Churchill’s – Miami, FL (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 22: The Warehouse – Gainesville, FL (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 23: The End – Nashville, TN (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 24: Sticky Fingerz – Little Rock, AR (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 26: Sisters In Christ – New Orleans, LA (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 27: Mohawk Inside – Austin, TX (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 28: Three Links – Dallas, TX (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 29: Electric Banana – El Paso, TX (w/ Full of Hell)
Apr 30: 52 West – Phoenix, AZ (w/ Full of Hell)
May 01: Complex – Los Angeles, CA (w/ Full of Hell)
May 02: 924 Gilman – Berkeley, CA (w/ Full of Hell)
May 03: Highwater Mark – Portland, OR (w/ Full of Hell)
May 04: Black Lodge – Seattle, WA (w/ Full of Hell)
May 05: Feral House – Boise, ID (w/ Full of Hell)
May 06: TBA
May 07: Glob – Denver, CO (w/ Full of Hell)
May 08: Ernie November’s – Cheyenne, WY (w/ Full of Hell)
May 09: FOKL – Kansas City, MO
May 10: Triple Rock – Minneapolis, MN (w/ Full of Hell)
May 11: Quarters – Milwaukee, WI (w/ Full of Hell)
May 12: The Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL (w/ Full of Hell)
May 13: Belvederes – Pittsburgh, PA (w/ Full of Hell)
May 14: Sugar City – Buffalo, NY (w/ Full of Hell)
May 15: The Middle East – Boston, MA (w/ Full of Hell)
May 16: ABC No Rio – New York, NY (w/ Full of Hell) (matinee show)
May 16: Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Full of Hell) (night show)
May 17: Machines With Magnets – Providence, RI (w/ Full of Hell)
May 22: Space Gallery – Portland, ME (w/ Clean)
May 23: TBA – Montreal, QC (w/ Clean)
May 24: TBA – Toronto, ON (w/ Clean)
May 25: Union Arts – Washington, DC (w/ Full Of Hell, Primitive Man)
Jun 03: The Crown – Baltimore, MD (Apex VI w/ Trepaneringsritualen, Aderlating, Irm, Sutekh Hexen)
Jun 07: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY (Apex VI w/ Sophia + Karjalan Sissit, Svartsinn, Northaunt, Havan, Funerary Call)

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Apex Fest VI Announces Schedule Of Dates


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Apex Fest VI has updated their lineup for their three day event, held at TransPecos in Ridgewood, Queens and the schedule is posted below.

APEX VI – An Apocalyptic Music Event

APEX FEST TOUR I:
w/ Trepaneringsritualen, Aderlating, IRM, Sutekh Hexen
May 31: Machines With Magnets – Pawtucket, RI
Jun 02: Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art – Philadelphia, PA
Jun 03: The Crown – Baltimore, MD

APEX FEST VI MAIN EVENT

I – Jun 05: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ Jarl, Omei, Article Collection, Arbiter + films/visuals by Martin Bladh, Karolina Urbaniak

II – Jun 06: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ Gnaw Their Tongues, Trepaneringsritualen, Menace Ruine, IRM, Burial Hex, Sutekh Hexen, Barren Harvest + DJs Ryan Martin (DAÏS), Shenan (Rituals NYC)

III – Jun 07: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ The Body, Sophia + Karjalan Sissit, Svartsinn, Northaunt, Havan, Funerary Call + DJs Fade Kainer (Statiobloom, Batillus, Theologian), Ben Abstract (Wrath, Bonechurch)

APEX FEST TOUR II:
w/ Sophia+Karjalan Sissit, Svartsinn, Northaunt, Visions
Jun 08: 3rd & Girard – Philadelphia, PA
Jun 10: Dusk – Providence, RI
Jun 12: La Vitrola – Montreal, QC

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Apex Fest VI Confirm Set Times


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The sixth biennial installation of the Apex Fest VI, the apocalyptic music event held June 5-7, 2015 in Queens, NY has finalized its lineup.

Presented by Annihilvs Power Electronix in association with Abstract, Black Horizons, Crucial Blast, Cyclic Law, Earsplit PR, Handmade Birds, Heathen Harvest, Heaven Street, Malignant Records and M.A.P.S., the APEX VI gala will take over Trans Pecos in Ridgewood, Queens, including sets from Portland doom cult, The Body (including guest collaborators to be announced), the second stateside performance from Dutch maniac Gnaw Their Tongues, the first appearance from Sweden’s IRM in ten years, Menace Ruine, Trepaneringsritualen, Burial Hex, Sutekh Hexen, Svartsinn, Jarl, Omei, Article Collection, Arbiter, Barren Harvest, Sophia + Karjalan Sissit, Northaunt, Havan, Funerary Call and more, in addition to short films and visual works presentations, exclusive merch/vendor wares and much more.

APEX FEST VI MAIN EVENT

Jun 05: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ JARL, OMEI, ARTICLE COLLECTION, ARBITER + films/visuals by MARTIN BLADH, KAROLINA URBANIAK

Jun 06: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ GNAW THEIR TONGUES, TREPANERINGSRITUALEN, MENACE RUINE, IRM, BURIAL HEX, SUTEKH HEXEN, BARREN HARVEST + DJs Ryan Martin (DAÏS), Shenan (RITUALS NYC)

Jun 07: Trans Pecos – Queens, NY
w/ THE BODY, SOPHIA + KARJALAN SISSIT, SVARTSINN, NORTHAUNT, HAVAN, FUNERARY CALL + DJs Fade Kainer (STATIQBLOOM, THEOLOGIAN), Ben Abstract (WRATH, BONECHURCH)

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Gnaw Their Tongues, etc On APEX VI In June


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The upcoming sixth installment of the NYC-based Apocalyptic music event APEX VI will be happening from June 5-7, 2015 at TRANS PECOS, 915 WYCKOFF AVE, Ridgewood, Queens, NYC. More info can be found here.

The lineup is as follows:

DAY ONE – FRIDAY JUNE 5

M.A.P.S. PRESENTS:

SHORT FILMS & VISUAL WORKS BY:
MARTIN BLADH
KAROLINA URBANIAK

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:

JARL (SWE)

+MORE TBC

DAY TWO – SATURDAY JUNE 6

GNAW THEIR TONGUES
(NL)
[SECOND EVER EAST COAST APPEARANCE!!!]

TREPANERINGSRITUALEN (SWE)
MENACE RUINE (CAN)
IRM (SWE)
BURIAL HEX (USA)
SUTEKH HEXEN (USA)
BARREN HARVEST (USA)

DAY THREE – SUNDAY JUNE 7

THE BODY & SPECIAL GUEST COLLABORATORS TBA (USA)
SOPHIA (SWE)
SVARTSINN (NOR)
KARJALAN SISSIT (SWE)
NORTHAUNT (NOR)
HAVAN (CAN)
FUNERARY CALL (CAN)

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Abstracter Streaming “Lightless”


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Abstracter is streaming “Lightless,” off of their second album Wound Empire, out February 10, 2015, here. The album will be available on 12″ vinyl LP through Fragile Branch Recordings (US), Vendetta Records (EU/DE), 7 Degrees Records (EU/DE) and Shove Records (EU/IT), on CD by COF Records (formerly known as Church Ov Fuck – UK), on cassette tape co-released by Sentient Ruin in collaboration with An Out Recordings, and digitally again through Sentient Ruin.

The album was recorded and mixed at Earhammer Studios in Oakland, California by Greg Wilkinson (Brainoil, Pallbearer, Noothgrush, etc.) and mastered at Audiosiege Mastering Studios in Portland, Oregon by Brad Boatright (Wolves In The Throne Room, Nails, Sunn O))), Sleep, etc.), Wound Empire‘s cover art and layout was handled by the band’s friend Kevin Gan Yuen of Sutekh Hexen, and is a must-hear for fans of Altar of Plagues, Inter Arma, Thou, Samothrace, Amenra, Indian, Wolvhammer and the like.

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Trepaneringsritualen / Sutekh Hexen – One Hundred Year Storm


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I love repeating myself as much as the next narcissist, but even I’m starting to get tired of talking about the inherent contradictions in “metallic” Dark Ambient. The Universe doesn’t want me to stop, however, and have sent Trepaneringsritualen & Sutekh Hexen (T&SH – I’m not typing that again) to record a live album. The live album – sloppy, raw and drenched in shouts and cheers – seems the very essence of Metal’s Rock n’ Roll heritage, and the exact antithesis of such a delicate, deliberate style of music as Dark Ambient, but One Hundred Year Storm (Pesanta Urfolk) is a two-track, hour long live recording of Pagan/Ritual Ambient that’s easier to imagine coming from a studio.

The good news is that it works surprisingly well, T&SH building up an effect atmosphere through the use of static, guitar drones and distorted vocals. One reason for the success is that this is much more dynamic than a lot Dark Ambient – though atmosphere is still paramount, each track has a sense of moving forward towards a particular goal. Things “happen”, to put it crudely, and the music avoids the aimlessness that their peers sometimes fall into. The sound is generally effective, though sometimes a little distant or fuzzy, and the different layers of sound are clearly audible.

As I’ve already mentioned, however, One Hundred Year Storm is a live album – and that means crowd noise. There is something genuinely disorientating about the cheers and clapping that sometimes breaks out during quieter moments. This is music that builds atmosphere and tension – having a bunch of “Wooh! Yeah!”’s intrude upon that is like watching someone doodle a smiley face on a piece of modern art, and can drag you rather awkwardly from the effect T&SH create.

One Hundred Year Storm is a genuinely effective, captivating piece of dynamic Ambient Noise, and possibly a good starting place for Metallers who want to explore this style but fear that it may bore them.

8.0/10

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RICHIE H-R