Wear Your Wounds - Shrinking Violet

WEAR YOUR WOUNDS was created by CONVERGE founder Jacob Bannon. Initially conceived as a solo project, it evolved into a five-piece band that often works with collaborating musicians.

In 2017 WEAR YOUR WOUNDS released "WYW" (debut double album) and "Arthritic Heart" (a New Noise Magazine single). A live band was then assembled for a number of shows including Roadburn Festival 2017 and Desert Festival UK. Later on that year their "Dunedevil" (an experimental album) was released; a companion piece to Bannon's abstract art book of the same name. In 2018 Wear Your Wounds released their "Live at the BBC" 12" LP at Maida Vale Studio (MV4). That year WEAR YOUR WOUNDS also played select shows on the East Coast and Europe including an appearance at Roadburn Festival 2018, which was also curated by Bannon.

“Rust On The Gates Of Heaven” is the new album from WEAR YOUR WOUNDS. The release marks the first time the official lineup of the band; Jacob Bannon (CONVERGE), Mike McKenzie (THE RED CHORD, STOMACH EARTH, UNRAVELLER, etc), Adam McGrath (CAVE IN, NOMAD STONES, etc), Sean Martin (TWITCHING TONGUES, ex-HATEBREED, ex-KID CUDI), and Chris Maggio (ex-TRAP THEM, ex-SLEIGH BELLS, etc) have properly written and recorded together. It also features musicians Ben Chisholm (CHELSEA WOLFE, WHITE HORSE) and Gared O’Donnell (PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS, HAWKS AND DOVES) collaborating throughout.

WEAR YOUR WOUNDS:

Jacob Bannon: Vocals, Bass, Piano, and Electronics

Mike McKenzie: Guitars, Vocals, Piano, and Electronics

Sean Martin: Guitars and Electronics

Adam McGrath: Guitars and Vocals

Christopher Maggio: Drums

Collaborating Musicians:

Ben Chisholm: Piano and Electronics

Gared O’Donnell: Vocals

Today's tune "Shrinking Violet" is taken from the latest album "Rust On The Gates Of Heaven", Female Lead - Jen Hasty, Male Lead - Daniel White, enjoy!

 

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Grave Pleasures - Joy Through Death

A death eternal

A death as old as the stars

A death that’s beautiful

Death takes us out of this world

a death certifiable

a death that’s full of surprise

a death unconquerable

Death is the meaning of life

Thats the chorus of today's tune "Joy Through Death" by the Finnish death-rock outfit GRAVE PLEASURES, taken from the bands latest release "Motherblood", release on September 29th, 2017.

The Video of "Joy Through Death" was directed by David Fitt, the glossy visual stars Eva Dereta as a young woman with a penchant for dancing on other's peoples graves – literally. Following an encounter with a mysterious old man, our heroine pops in a GRAVE PLEASURES cassette and proceeds to get footloose in the cemetery, strutting through rows of headstones and shadowboxing in front of sobbing statuettes; by video's end, everyone else in the graveyard's getting down as well. It's no "Thriller," but it's close. Check it out now.

The band is out on tour at the moment, half way true, check out the remain dates below.



Upcoming tourdates with MINISTRY & CONVERGE:

01.08.18 Italy Rome @ Villa Ada
03.08.18 Switzerland Zürich @ Dynamo
04.08.18 Switzerland Geneve @ l’Usine
06.08.18 Germany Wiesbaden @ Schlachthof + CONVERGE
07.08.18 Germany Nürnberg @ Löwensaal + CONVERGE
08.08.18 Germany Leipzig @ Täubchenthal
09.08.18 TBC
10.08.18 Brutal Assault - Jaromer - CZ (Festival date - not MINISTRY tour)
11.08.18 TBC
12.08.18 TBC
14.08.18 Germany Köln @ Essigfabrik
15.08.18 Germany Saarbrücken @ Garage
25.08.2018 Beyond The Gates - Bergen - NO

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Converge - A Single Tear

"Five years since their last release, CONVERGE returned with "The Dusk In Us" last year, a brutal but beautiful album that shows the band’s artistic evolution while still capturing their classic sound.

"The Dusk In Us" is the ninth full-length from the Boston-based music innovators that consists of vocalist Jacob Bannon, guitarist Kurt Ballou, bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller.

CONVERGE formed in Massachusetts in 1990, then made their debut with 1994’s "Halo in a Haystack". Soon regarded as pioneers within the aggressive music arena, the band had a major breakthrough with their landmark 2001 album release "Jane Doe" praised as “iconic” by the A.V. Club (who also noted that Jane Doe “reaches canonical status with every re-listen”). "The Dusk In Us" arrives as the follow-up to 2012’s "All We Love We Leave Behind", an album that "Consequence Of Sound" called “as skull-cleaving as it is beautiful” and that made its way onto Pitchfork’s Best New Music list.

Today's tune and the album-opening "A Single Tear", where we get some energetic drums, caustic riffs and a harsh screaming vocals.  The tune is about becoming a parent, and the perspective and strength it can give.  Enjoy!



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Mutoid Man - Kiss Of Death

MUTOID MAN and their sophomore full-length album, "War Moans” takes the position 26 on this years Top 50 Best Albums 2017.

These three-man crew of crazy talented musicians. Featuring Cave In guitarist-vocalist Steve Brodsky, CONVERGE drummer Ben Koller and Vermefug bassist Nick Cageao, MUTOID MAN stirred up some buzz with 2015’s ”Bleeder”, read about it here!.

"Everyone knows that Tom Jones deflowered Elvira, and by her own account she was nearly torn in half by his legendary girth,” Brodsky recounts. “I like to imagine 'Kiss of Death' playing during that scene - easily the most painfully heavy jam on the new album.” Indeed! MUTOID MAN bring the chunky riffs throughout “Kiss of Death”.

A beautiful blue version on Vinyl

Enjoy today’s tune "Kiss of Death”, were in the video they are performing live from God City Studios.



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Cancer Bats - Beelzebub

Today I pick a random tune from the list of unplayed tunes.

The mighty Canadian CANCER BATS released a music video from "Searching for Zero", their fifth studio album which came out in March 2015. "Beelzebub" is the band’s third music video from the album, following “True Zero,” and, “Satellites.”

CANCER BATS take a wide variety of influences from heavy metal subgenres and fuse them into hardcore and punk rock and also include elements of Southern rock. Their sound has thus been likened to sludge metal, as well as to that of metalcore bands such as CONVERGE and HATEBREED. The members of CANCER BATS have also toured and recorded as a BLACK SABBATH cover band under the name BAT SABBATH.

Liam Cormier day job is fronting the CANCER BATS but his passion is not only in music. MCN spent some time with Liam Cormier before a trip to Norway to play a festival to find out what it’s like balancing life on tour and riding motorbikes…, read it here!

Today's tune "Beelzebub" is taken from the fifth studio album, "Searching for Zero", it was released on March 10, 2015.



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Mutoid Man - Bleeder

New week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week"

"Bleeder" is the debut album with singer/guitarist Stephen Brodsky (CAVE IN), drummer Ben Koller (CONVERGE, ALL PIGS MUST DIE) and Nick Cageao on bass.

"Bleeder" is a riff monster of rank, a red-hot, nasty hard-rock party with unstoppable energy and power. With an stellar musicianship and a chemistry like this guys have is just stunning. The woolsock rocking melodies from CAVE IN and acrobatics from CONVERGE together with a sound guy from Brooklyn metal bar Saint Vitus can make a furious knotty album like this is amazing, this is a real killer.

MUTOID MAN knocks me off totally, If I heard this album earlier it would have been on top 10 of the 2015's album summary. This guys soars something between classic hardrock and MASTEDON to THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN with ZAPPA influences. Crazy, oh yes but damn so good! It's a short record of 10 songs that clocks in at 29 minutes only, but it's an energetic and fun time that you want to repeat more than one time.

Take today's tune "Bridgeburner" that is a real catchy killer that will get you to sing along even as they 1000's of tempo shifts.

Summary: Yes, You need this!

Today's tune "Bridgeburner" shot while recording in Salem, MA at GodCity Studios with Kurt Ballou. The studio version of this song is taken from the album "Bleeder", released June 30, 2015.



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VAILS - Galactic Triceratops

The Sludge/Noise/Punk duo VAILS from Swansea, Wales, released their debut EP "Galactic Triceratops" pretty recently, March 19th 2015 to be more exact. That there is something with the duo's that appeals to me is nothing new, I like that only with two people can get so much with so little. With "Galactic Triceratops" do VAILS placing the cabinet in front of the door and creates a hard and outlandish EP where the beast is forcing it self out of the amplifier and really messing up the life existence.

VAILS consisting of Bassist Owen Street and drummer Mathew Ham.

"Galactic Triceratops" was recorded by Joe Garcia (OM, TEMPLES FESTIVAL) and mastered by Nick Zampiello (CONVERGE, ISIS)

With a hard-riffing melodic and noisy sludge and punkish groove have this duo created a well made EP that you should get, it's available to buy here, give it a chance and downloaded for Name Your Price from their Bandcamp page. I wish they release this on Vinyl.

Todays tune "Galactic Triceratops" is the title track from the new EP, enjoy!



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Cancer Bats - True Zero

The Canadian hardcore punkers CANCER BATS have released their fifth studio album "Searching For Zero" a week ago (March 10th).

The band is composed of vocalist Liam Cormier, guitarist Scott Middleton, drummer Mike Peters and bassist Jaye R. Schwarzer. Cancer Bats take a wide variety of influences from heavy metal subgenres and fuse them into hardcore punk and punk rock and include elements of sludge metal and southern rock. Their sound has also been compared to metalcore bands such as CONVERGE and HATEBREED. The members of CANCER BATS have also toured and recorded as a BLACK SABBATH cover band under the name BAT SABBATH.

The album includes today's tune "True Zero", for which the Jim Agapito-directed video can be seen below, a tune that will shake any leg that are freezed to the chair.

The iTunes version of the album will include two exclusive tracks titled "Kill Me Please…" and "Rust and Bone".

Produced by Ross Robinson (AT THE DRIVE-IN, SLIPKNOT, THE CURE, SEPULTURA, GLASSJAW), "Searching For Zero" is simultaneously the most melodic, yet menacing CANCER BATS release. The record incorporates the crude hardcore punk of their 2006 debut, "Birthing The Giant", and more metal leanings of 2008's "Hail Destroyer", while pushing the heavy hybrid sounds of 2010's "Mayors Bears Scraps And Bones" and 2012's darker "Dead Set On Living" to a new plateau. The choruses are hookier, the screams more savage, the riffs more vicious, the songs more powerful. That the album is inspired by their metal idols BLACK SABBATH can be heard in the melodic elements, both musically and vocally.

Current members:

Liam Cormier – lead vocals (2004–present)
Scott Middleton – lead guitar, backing vocals (2004–present)
Mike Peters – drums, percussion (2005–present)
Jaye R. Schwarzer – bass, backing vocals (2007–present)

Todays tune "True Zero" is taken from the latest release "Searching For Zero", enjoy!

Upcoming Tourdates:

Mar 27 Middle East Cambridge, MA
Mar 28 Saint Vitus Bar Brooklyn, NY
Apr 02 Essigfabrik w/ While She Sleeps Cologne, Germany
Apr 03 Melkweg Oude Zaal Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 04 Gruenspan w/ While She Sleeps Hamburg, Germany
Apr 05 Sticky Fingers Goteborg, Sweden
Apr 07 Fryshuset Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 08 Pumpehuset Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr 09 Lido w/ While She Sleeps Berlin, Germany
Apr 11 Proxima w/ While She Sleeps Warsaw, Poland
Apr 12 Lucerna Music Bar w/ While She Sleeps Prague, Czech Republic
Apr 13 Arena w/ While She Sleeps Vienna, Austria
Apr 14 Backstage Halle w/ While She Sleeps Munich, Germany
Apr 15 Komplex Klub w/ While She Sleeps Zürich, Switzerland
Apr 16 Batschkapp w/ While She Sleeps Frankfurt, Germany
Apr 17 Substage w/ While She Sleeps Karlsruhe, Germany
Apr 19 Rockhal w/ While She Sleeps Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Apr 20 Petit Bain Paris, France
Apr 22 Institute w/ While She Sleeps Birmingham, United Kingdom
Apr 23 The Ritz w/ While She Sleeps Manchester, United Kingdom
Apr 24 UEA w/ While She Sleeps Norwich, United Kingdom
Apr 25 O2 Academy Bristol 1 and 2, The Thekla, and The Fleece Bristol, United Kingdom
Apr 28 Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Apr 29 O2 ABC Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom
Apr 30 The Forum w/ While She Sleeps London, United Kingdom
May 01 Groezrock Festival Meerhout, Belgium

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Kvelertak - Månelyst

Kvelertak (Kuh-vell-er-tack) - (Norwegian for "stranglehold" or "chokehold") is a six-piece band from Norway that plays rock music.
They were formed in Stavanger, Norway formed in 2007. The group comprises vocalist Erlend Hjelvik, guitarists Vidar Landa, Bjarte Lund Rolland and Maciek Ofstad, bassist Marvin Nygaard and drummer Kjetil Gjermundrød.

Todays tune "Månelyst" is taken from the upcoming second studio album "Meir" (translating to English as "More"). It is scheduled to be released on March 25, 2013 (March 26 in the US) via Sony Music Scandinavia in Scandinavia, Roadrunner Records in the rest of the world, and by Indie Recordings on vinyl. It was recorded at GodCity Studios in Salem, Massachusetts, United States and produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge

Upcoming tourdates:

Mar 21 Traffic Club, Rome, Italy
Mar 22 Forum Live, Milano, Italy
Mar 24 Arena Wien, Austria
> Mar 26 Hydrozagadka, Warsaw, Poland
Mar 27 Magnet, Berlin, Germany
Mar 28 Conne Island, Leipzig, Germany
Mar 29 Knust, Hamburg, Germany
Mar 30 Riff, Bochum, Germany
Mar 31 Paaspop Festival, Schijndel, Netherlands
Apr 01 AB Club, Brussels, Belgium
Apr 04 Røkeriet, Bergen, Norway
Apr 05 Byscenen, Haugesund, Norway
Apr 06 KONSERTHUSET, Stavanger, Norway
Apr 08 Østsia, Kristiansand, Norway
Apr 09 Pustervik, Göteborg, Sweden
Apr 10 KB, Malmö, Sweden
Apr 11 Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 12 Byscenen, Trondheim, Norway
Apr 13 ROCKEFELLER, Oslo, Norway
Apr 21 Bottom Lounge w/ Cancer Bats, Chicago, IL
Apr 22 Shelter@ St Andrews w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Detroit, MI
Apr 23 Mr Small's w/ Cancer Bats, Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 24 The Grog Shop w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Cleveland, OH
Apr 25 Ace of Cups w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Columbus, OH
Apr 27 7th Street Entry w/ Cancer Bats, Minneapolis, MN
Apr 28 Granada Theater w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Lawrence, KS
Apr 30 Larimer Lounge w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Denver, CO
May 01 In the Venue w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Salt Lake City, UT
May 03 Hawthorne Theatre w/ Cancer Bats, Portland, OR
May 04 El Corazon w/ Cancer Bats, Seattle, WA
May 05 Rickshaw Theatre w/ Cancer Bats, Vancouver, Canada
May 07 Slim's w/ Cancer Bats, San Francisco, CA
May 08 The Roxy w/ Cancer Bats, West Hollywood, CA
May 09 Joe's Grotto w/ Cancer Bats, Phoenix, AZ
May 11 Fitzgerald's (Downstairs) w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Houston, TX
May 12 Club Dada w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Dallas, TX
May 13 Red 7 w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Austin, TX
May 14 Downtown Music Little Rock, AR
May 15 Exit/In w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., ashville, TN
May 17 The Studio at Webster Hall w/ Cancer Bats, New York, NY
May 18 Underground Arts w/ Cancer Bats, Bla..., Philadelphia, PA
May 19 Rock & Roll Hotel w/ Cancer Bats, Washington, DC
May 20 Great Scott w/ Cancer Bats, Allston, MA
May 21 Les Katacombes w/ Black Tusk, Montreal, Canada
May 22 The Wreck Room w/ Black Tusk, Toronto, Canada
May 30 Siesta Festival, Hassleholm, Sweden
Jun 08 Viking Stadion w/ Kiss, Stavanger, Norway



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Converge - Trespasses

Now we almost reached the end of this year and as usual, it is time to sum it all up with this year's best albums and give thumbs up for nice concerts and other events. First up we present this year's top 20 albums. Where you get the first 10 at once.

Since we can not quite agree on a common list for this year's top 10 albums, we will do as we did last year, but Thetania will only do a top five since she is pretty busy with work. This mean that it will be a list from each one of us on the same day, one list position in the morning and same in the evening, it will generate a lot of music here at the Tune Of The Day during these days. This year's list has been super difficult to tie together, started with a Top 50 and was freaking hard to remove tunes, ended up that I had to go on the most listening records and many that, in the beginning was obvious was removed. Right or wrong, judge yourself, hard as hell, I must say. However, I miss some records which I unfortunately did not had time to listen to and whereby they are not included. I think this year has been absolutely crazy on the album releases, has broken my purchasing budget by horse lengths. Really hope next year will be calmer, so one have time to catch up a bit.

We start by presenting the positions outside the Top 10 that I, Stones have, that is 11-20 just like last year.

Top 11 - 20 on Tune Of The Day

11. Beardfish - The Void

12. The Sword - Apocryphon

13. Meshuggah - Koloss

14. Black Country Communion - Afterglow

15. Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

16. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

16. Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol

17. Mando Diao - Infruset

18. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

20. Horisont - Second Assault

Today I pick a song from an album that has grown a lot recently, but unfortunately it has got too little playing time in order to stretch higher and pinch a position in the Top 10. Converge "All We Love We Leave Behind" is a record that invites you to dance in a little more violent way than usual. This record is actually really good and I recommended this highly. Converge is an American progressive hardcore band from Salem, Massachusetts formed in 1990. The group comprises vocalist Jacob Bannon, guitarist Kurt Ballou, bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller. Playing a blend of hardcore punk and heavy metal, Converge has helped to define many of the elements of the metalcore genre. According to Allmusic, Converge are "regarded as one of the most original and innovative bands to emerge from the punk underground".

Todays tune "Trespasses" is taken from the eighth studio album "All We Love We Leave Behind". The album was released on October 9, 2012 through Epitaph Records.



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