Probably the oldest of The Dillinger Escape Plan bootlegs in existence, this one sees the band at Déjà One in Mineola New York on 29th December 1998. That was the era of “Under the Running Board” with the Mathcore pioneers recording at East Trax with Steve Evetts (Sepultura, Still Remains, Earth Crisis) 10 months before
Hailing from Western Pennsylvania, Gavin Fornelli (vocals), Larry Rupp (guitar/vocals), Lucas Redick (guitar), Dillon Giesler (bass) and Jordan Braverman (drums) form Windchimes, a band who break pretty much every single genre boundary that there is going. Their enticing and evil blend of Black Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore, Metalcore, Post-Metalcore and anything else you can think
Promising what would have been the full headlining performance from this year’s postponed incarnation of the 20th Anniversary of Bloodstock, an 85 minute career spanning set, which centers on the heavier side of his catalog and includes material from his Strapping Young Lad and Devin Townsend Project bands this live streamed event from Devin Townsend
As Devin Townsend was unable to play the 20th Anniversary of Bloodstock this summer, he’s got together with his Empath Volume 2 live band and Stageit to do a live stream 85 minute career spanning full set on 5th September, focusing on heavier side of his material. The main band features guitarist Wes Hauch (ex-The Faceless/Black Crown
When Azusa released the critically acclaimed 2018 album “Heavy Yoke“, they declared themselves as creating “Avant-Thrash for the discerning listener“. A collective of players who you might have known better for their prior works formed the band in 2014 and with Eleni Zafiriadou of Sea & Air fame on vocals, Liam Wilson of The Dillinger
The sophomore album from Azusa will drop on 10th April and… Let’s just say Avant-garde Blackened Thrash never sounded so good. Heavy New York spoke to bassist Liam Wilson who you may recognise from his days in The Dillinger Escape Plan about “Loop Of Yesterdays“. We’ve got a review of that little beauty appearing very
Creating Avant-Thrash for the discerning listener, Azusa (Extol, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sea & Air) are shaping up to release the follow up to 2018’s critically acclaimed “Heavy Yoke” with “Loop Of Yesterdays” on 10th April. The new album will feature this new track “Kill/Destroy“, which has surfaced online today via Indie Recordings.
Also Pro-Shot at The Windbreak in Fargo North Dakota on 16th July, here’s a full set from Progressive Death Metallers The Contortionist! They will also be upon our shores, this time in August with support from Azusa! After their critically acclaimed recent albums, they’re not to be missed!
Pro-Shot at last year’s incarnation of Resurrection Fest in Spain and featuring “Clairvoyant” and “Return to Earth”, here’s a full set from The Contortionist. They’ve got a European Festival run with Azusa that will also feature a quartet of club shows upon our shores.
Indianapolis Indiana Progressive Tech-Metallers The Contortionist will be back in the UK in August for a run of dates around their appearance at ArcTanGent. They will be joined by Azusa on selected dates in August… 17th Bristol, ArcTanGent Festival 19th Dublin, Voodoo Lounge 20th Belfast, Speakeasy 22th Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
