"Mystery Man" is here – the title track off Jonny Couch’s debut full-length album! Watch the music video now via New Noise Magazine! 😎 Soulful, synth-laced, NYC rock, descended from power pop and new wave greats of the late '70s and early '80s. 😎 “Classic 80’s aesthetic; a Bryan Ferry pop crooner... Maddeningly catchy melodies and pretty much every song sounds like a hit." —Louder Than War 😎 New album "Mystery Man" comes out August 2nd; produced by Peter Mavrogeorgis (Grinderman, The National, Sharon Van Etten) 😎 Photo by @kelsayyysays 😎 @damagedsofamusic #jonnycouch #powerpop #newwave #newromantic #thecars #psychedelicfurs #duranduran #roxymusic #bryanferry #nicklowe #thechainworld
With leather, chains, macabre makeup, and a cast of characters that includes 85-year-old vocalist Chris Kachulis, Faith No More keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and more, NASTIE BAND is a new art-doom collective whose spine-chilling dirges crackle with the danger and drama that once defined NYC! ⛓⛓ Debut album "Nastie Band" will be released 7/26 on @sgglossolalia — but first, the album's lead single "Shapeshift" will be released on cassette this week as a maxi-single containing 10 remixes of the song, from members of dälek, Opening Bell, and more! Hear it now, via REVOLVER Magazine. And witness Nastie Band live, this Thursday 6/13 at Brooklyn Bazaar! ⛓⛓ Revolver says: “Mind-melting destruction delivered at a lumbering, sinister pace... An incorporeal call to revelry dripping with shiny yet dark evil." #nastieband #faithnomore #nyc #doom #thechainworld
“Cave Painting" — the third album by @hex_machine_ — drops June 21st and today @revolvermag has premiered the opening track, "Oh You Petty Things"! From Richmond VA, Hex Machine has roots in "the riffy approach of middle-period Melvins and the bendy blues of Unsane" (and frontman Trevere Thomas and drummer Douglas Andrae both toured the world as members of Today Is The Day) but on new album "Cave Painting" they reach into other realms too — moody guitar tones and dramatic vocals evoke dark '80s rockers like Killing Joke and The Psychedelic Furs (whose song "President Gas" they cover!) #hexmachine #melvins #unsane #todayistheday #killingjoke #psychedelicfurs #richmond #thechainworld
Out today: the sophomore album by @pound.band — titled simply with two dots, •• is “a bizarre but deeply satisfying mix of grind, sludge, mathcore, d-beat, and groove metal... throbbing, double-jointed music that also feels caveman-level heavy,” in the words of Kerrang!... “Intertwining the raw, seething aesthetic mentality of grinding mathcore with the deft musicianship, unconventional rhythms, and unbridled creativity of djent and death metal,” says Invisible Oranges... The Seattle duo uses gear as unique as its sound: a baritone 9-string guitar and two drumkits, positioned at a 90-degree angle. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage). Buy now from @silent_pendulum_records #pound #mathcore #grindcore #meshuggah #seattle #thechainworld
SURPRISE! New @carbombofficial song! "Dissect Yourself" is the first single off the band's upcoming, as-yet-untitled, fourth album. Check out the official music video right now on Youtube. And Europe, witness Car Bomb on tour with @animalsasleaders starting June 1! 🔥 For those unfamiliar, here’s a quote from Kerrang! about the live Car Bomb experience: “Their psychotic turbo-thrash is disgustingly disorienting, frankensteining Meshuggah and The Dillinger Escape Plan into one relentless onslaught of time-chopping violence.” #carbomb #metal #mathcore #djent #animalsasleaders #meshuggah #dillingerescapeplan #thechainworld
The earth-quaking, brain-breaking, sophomore album by @pound.band is now streaming in its entirety via @kerrangmagazine_ — titled simply with two dots, •• drops this Friday 5/31 via @silent_pendulum_records and won this write-up from Kerrang: “A bizarre but deeply satisfying mix of grind, sludge, mathcore, d-beat, and groove metal... The duo are a force to be reckoned with, creating throbbing, double-jointed music that also feels caveman-level heavy.” Catch them this Thursday 5/30 at Northwest Terror Fest in their hometown of Seattle! #pound #seattle #grindcore #sludge #mathcore #groove #meshuggah #thechainworld
Cruise over to @aversionline to hear brand new @hex_machine_ song “Spiral Outhouse” and read a wonderfully deep interview with founder/frontman Trevere Thomas, talking about the Richmond VA band’s history, influences (Cherubs, Siouxsie, X, Flipper, Gary Numan, ESG, etc) and much more! Aversionline nails it with this description of Hex Machine: “It’s noisily rockin’... It’s mathy and challenging but you can bob your head to it... A warpedly melodic, intellectually inebriated, topsy turvy mish mash.” Third album “Cave Painting” drops 6/21 and a US tour kicks off in July! #hexmachine #richmond #noiserock #postpunk #thechainworld
@thesomethingiswaitingband drummer Idin Alexzander is an immigration lawyer by day — pick up the July issue of @decibelmagazine to read all about it! And bang your head to his band’s sophomore album, out now on @learningcurverecords — Chicago noise-rock meets Sunset Strip sleaze! #somethingiswaiting #chicago #noiserock #hairmetal #axlrose #immigration #thechainworld
@decibelmagazine reviews the debut @__skryptor__ album in the new July issue: “Luminous Volumes is a dizzying, whimsical joyride through the backroads of rock n’ roll.” See the trio (members of Dazzling Killmen, craw, STATS) lay down its jams TONIGHT 5/18 at Ceremony, 224 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, and pick up the album out now on @sgglossolalia + @skingraftrecords + @aqualamb_records 🔥 #skryptor #noiserock #prog #mathrock #heavymetal #dazzlingkillmen #craw #brooklyn #thechainworld
Secret Fun Club @realsecretfunclub - Three One G No. 101 LP now streaming units entirety over at @ghettoblastermagazine #secretfunclub #threeoneg #ghettoblastermagazine #vinyl #musicpr #thechainworld
The first new @hex_machine_ music since 2012 is here! Visit @decibelmagazine to crank new track "Scimitar Blues," off the upcoming "Cave Painting" album (out 6/21 on Minimum Underdrive). There's a coat of moody, '80s drama painted all over this particular cave wall... Frontman Trevere Thomas and his gang let their love of bands like Killing Joke and XTC seep into the heavy noise-rock they've been perfecting since the early '00s... The results are awesome! #hexmachine #richmond #noiserock #postpunk #killingjoke #thechainworld
Hear the new Ravenna Woods @ravennawoods album Disappearing Someone in its entirety over at @ghettoblastermagazine now! The album comes out tomorrow on @rocket_heart_records #ravennawoods #ghettoblastermagazine #thechainworld
Check out ZEALOT R.I.P. @zealotripdc (featuring members of Pig Destroyer, Darkest Hour, CombatWoundedVeteran, Frodus, etc.) who are streaming the first song from their self-titled EP, “Magnetic Field of Dreams” which can be heard over at Decibel Magazine @decibelmagazine. And be sure to pick up a copy of the super limited 12" vinyl from the Three One G @threeoneg web store. #zealotrip #threeoneg #decibelmagazine #thechainworld #pigdestroyer #darkesthour #frodus
Watch the latest @pound.band music video now via Decibel Magazine! And catch the band on its West Coast tour – kicking off TONIGHT in Salem, OR! ⚡️ “Seattle duo Pound—whose sound can best be described as a heavy fusion of mathcore, grind and Meshuggah-esque grooves—have unleashed their latest video for “x-.+.+.x-.+.x-.x-.+,” a song from their sophomore album •• (this symbol thing is a common occurrence)... The performance video highlights the duo’s musicianship—guitarist Ryan Schutte plays a nine-string baritone guitar and drummer David Stickney’s kit is actually a custom build combining two different drum kits. Together, there’s no need for a guitarist or vocalist; “x-.+.+.x-.+.x-.x-.+” is busy enough and already blowing minds as is." ⚡️ #pound #mathcore #grindcore #9string #prog #shred #meshuggah #thechainworld
Zealot R.I.P. @zealotripdc started years ago when life-long friends, Jason Hamacher (Frodus, Battery, CombatWoundedVeteran) & Mike Schleibaum, decided to collaborate and write music that’s fast and heavy. Between Schleibaum’s relentless touring in Darkest Hour and Hamacher’s extensive documentary work in Syria, it took a few years for them to settle into a sound that’s somewhere between Entombed and Born Against. The band was recently solidified with the additions of Pig Destroyer’s Blake Harrison and Fairweather’s Peter Tsouras. This metal amalgam, upon forming, went immediately into the studio and recorded a handful of songs that are brutally unhinged. As a bizarre and radical opening reception to the world, Zealot R.I.P. is playing their first show on May 20th at the Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. The Embassy is hosting a concert and panel discussion around the US debut of the new book, Blood.Fire.Death, on the history of Swedish metal. The self-titled EP was recorded/mixed by Mike Schleibaum at The Riff Dojo. It will be released digitally as well as an ultra limited edition 12” EP on vinyl through Three One G Records on May 20th. #zealotrip #threeoneg #deathmetal #swedishembassy #darkesthour #frodus #pigdestroyer #fairweather
@unnaturalways guitarist/vocalist Ava Mendoza has hand-picked a playlist for @thewiremagazine representing her recent work — a mix of Unnatural Ways tracks, solo work, and collabs with Nels Cline and more! Check it out online and also grab the May ‘19 issue of The Wire to read a full feature about Ava and the new Unnatural Ways album that’s out now on @sgglossolalia #avamendoza #unnaturalways #guitar #guitarist #nelscline #shred #thechainworld
We are proud to announce the third album by @hex_machine_ — “Cave Painting,” coming June 21st! 🧛🏻‍♂️🧛🏻‍♂️🧛🏻‍♂️ Founded by guitarist/vocalist Trevere Thomas in 2004, and with drummer Dave Witte (Municipal Waste, Human Remains) on board in the early days, Hex Machine made waves through the underground for a good eight years. Across two EPs and two full-lengths, the band crafted and refined its own unique strain of heavy noise-rock, and toured hard with the likes of Clutch and Melt-Banana... Thomas and current Hex drummer Douglas Andrae then did a couple years in Today Is The Day, touring the world as Steve Austin's rhythm section... Now, with new album "Cave Painting" in hand – the band's first new music since 2012 – Hex Machine returns, a new beast! "Cave Painting" sees a new layer of moody, early-'80s drama creep in to the sound. On top of sludgy, lurching rhythms that nod to Richmond elders like Sliang Laos and Breadwinner, Thomas' guitar radiates post-punk tones of the XTC, The Police, and Killing Joke variety... Check out The Chain blog for details, cover art, tourdates, and more! #hexmachine #richmond #noiserock #postpunk #xtc #thepolice #killingjoke #todayistheday #thechainworld