Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

Monday, time for us to introduce "Record Of The Week".

"Infinite Granite" is the fifth album by San Francisco shoegaze rockers DEAFHEAVEN.

With "Infinite Granite" the band is departing from the harsh intensity black gaze to the softer and gentler sounds. A pretty bold move and they will probably lose some loyal fans along the way but will probably fish up significantly more.

"Infinite Granite" is really the album where the shoegaze is the main ingredient of this creation, sure there are a few elements that could be referred to as the old path with some blast beats in the background, screaming background blackened choirs in tunes like the "Villain". But mostly we will get a clean singing George Clarke, soft playing Kerry McCoy and Shiv Mehra that handles their instruments guitars, and synthesizers beautifully. Powerful tunes with big choruses, atmospheric landscapes, melodic passages are something that they do very well and show that they keep the balance between each other, this can clearly be heard in tunes like the two first singles "The Gnashing" and "Great Mass Of Color". "In Blur" is the third single that goes in a melancholic way and has a gauzy video, see it below. The sci-fi drained "Neptune Raining Diamonds" is a true beauty. "Lament For Wasps" is a guitar-driven piece with some popish sound, or the opening "Shellstar" is an uplifting piece. The closing tune "Mombasa" that ticks in a little over eight-minute are a marvelous ending with some acoustic guitar strumming and beautiful vocals that should be listened to true headphones where you will get lost in the atmospheric landscape that the band is making for you. Some blackened parts will come in the end. Even if you are an old DEAFHEAVEN fan, I ask you to give this a chance before you dismiss it, I think it is completely magical and it deserves attention.

"Infinite Granite" was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (M83, PARAMORE, JIMMY EAT WORLD) and is a former member of BECK and NINE INCH NAILS touring bands.

Sum: This is a bold move with an impressive result.

Line Up:

George Clarke - Vocals

Kerry McCoy - Guitar/Synthesizers

Shiv Mehra - Guitar/Synthesizers

Chris Johnson - Bass

Daniel Tracy - Drums

Today's tune "In Blur" is taken from "Infinite Granite", enjoy!



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Deafheaven - Black Brick

In 2018, Revolver went on the road with DEAFHEAVEN for our two-part documentary "Corrupt Love Across America" last month, they dropped in again, on a few of the West Coast tour dates on their co-headlining run with BARONESS. The group's recently released stand-alone single "Black Brick" — a B-side from their excellent, adventurous fourth album, "Ordinary Corrupt Human Love" — serves as a particularly vicious highlight of DEAFHEAVENs set. In contrast to the heavily shoegaze-inflected atmosphere of many of the quintet's other songs, the nearly eight-minute composition is steeped in classic black-metal grimness and ferocity, both of which are only amplified live onstage. Watch the recent performance to see what we mean.

DEAFHEAVEN are out on a long North American co-headlining tour with BARONESS, and with the avant-garde metal band ZEAL & ARDOR opening. They’ve also got a few dates with GOJIRA and EMPEROR coming up, see all the dates below.

DEAFHEAVEN are from left to right:

Chris Johnson - Bass

Daniel Tracy - Drums

Kerry McCoy - Guitar

George Clarke - Vocals

Shiv Mehra - Guitar

Today's tune "Black Brick", taken from their latest album "Ordinary Corrupt Human Love". While "Ordinary Corrupt Human Love" was lauded for its avant-garde approach, "Black Brick" sees DEAFHEAVEN performing at their heaviest yet.


Upcoming tourdates:

3/08 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
3/09 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
3/10 – Dallas, TX @ Canton Hall *
3/12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren *
3/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
3/14 – Anaheim, CA @ The House of Blues *
3/16 – Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre *
3/18 – Portland, OR @ Roseland *
3/19 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox *
3/20 – Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue Theatre *
3/22 – Edmonton, CA @ Union Hall *
3/23 – Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre *
3/24 – Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory *
3/26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex *
3/27 – Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theater *
3/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre *
3/30 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee *
3/31 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater *
4/02 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall *
4/03 – Montreal, QC @ The Corona Theater *
4/05 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom *
4/06 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium *
4/07 – Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall *
4/09 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre *
4/10 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore *
4/12 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
4/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore / Decibel Metal & Beer Fest *
6/11 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz ^
6/12 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore ^
6/13 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel ^
6/14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
8/16-18 – Las Vegas @ Psycho Las Vegas
11/13 - Osaka, Japan @ Namba Hatch ~
11/14 - Tokyo, Japan @ Tsutaya O-East ~
11/15 - Tokyo, Japan @ Tsutaya O-East ~


* with BARONESS, ZEAL & ARDOR
^ with GOJIRA
~ with EMPEROR

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Møl - Jord

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

Today, we travel across the strait to Denmark where we find the five-piece band shoegaze/metal band MØL hailing from Aarhus, Denmark and their latest effort "Jord" (Danish for "Soil"). This is a band that combines its multiple influences into a unique blackened shoegaze sound in that has gained my attention. The boundaries of modern Black Metal have been pushed beyond the purists, and MØL is proving themselves as a masterful contribution and deliver the absolute finest Denmark can offer at present.

MØL consists of:

Nicolai - Guitar, 

Ken - Drums, 

Frederik - Guitar, 

Holger - Bass, 

Kim Song - Vocals.

"Jord" is a very creative 8 piece album, 40 minutes of atmospheric and dreamy Blackgaze with soaring and drenched guitars and wheezing vocals with a brilliant composition of soundscapes, melodies, and emotions. But despite all the aggression, it is very accessible to listen to. They are inspired by bands like DEAFHEAVEN, LANTLÔS and ALCEST.

With "Jord" it's easy to get lost in its own beauty like the opening cut "Storm", with a picking intro, soft layback guitar until it burst out like a volcano on viagra, heavy riffing, pulsating drumming and wheezing vocals and you are hooked. "Penumbra" were we get a wall of sounds hitting you like a tsunami, slower reflective intermissions were we can get a bit air before it comes again. Or the softer parts like the melancholy "Bruma", shows a half-paced face until you will feel your soul fights with the blackened screams or in the real beauty is "Lambda", close your eyes and let the atmosphere sweep you slowly toward your dreams. In the more aggressive and extreme tunes as "Vakuum", "Ligament", "Virga" and the title track, atmospheric with clever hardened riffs and black metal ferocity with Scandinavian roots flowing in the veins. This is one of those albums, that will leave you totally blown away after the first spin and hey, it's only getting better the next spin. It gives a first love rush, a true beauty.

Sum: Absolutely brilliant blackgaze album, an exploding danish debut record.

Today's tune is the title track from "Jord", the album was released April 13th, 2018, enjoy!



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King Woman - Deny

San Francisco's KING WOMAN unveil their debut full-length "Created In The Image of Suffering", a profoundly crafted opus of brooding, ethereal doom-rock. Led by the hypnotic and breathy vocal dramatics of Kristina Esfandiari, KING WOMAN harness the elastic textures and temporality of drone and metallic shoegaze alongside the transcendental, melancholic power of doom. Recorded with engineer Jack Shirley (DEAFHEAVEN, WRECK & REFERENCE, OATHBREAKER) at the Atomic Garden, "Created In The Image of Suffering’s" seven compositions evoke rich, gloomy imagery with crumbling washes of blurred, billowing distortion densely layered atop hazy, psychedelic atmospheres that call to mind a surrealistic Black Sabbath fronted by Mazzy Star. Complete with deeply personal, introspective lyrics that serve as catharsis for years of religious and mental torment, KING WOMAN truly suffer to create their art.

"Created In The Image of Suffering” releases February 24, 2017

KING WOMAN Consists of:

Kristina Esfandiari, Colin Gallagher, Joey Raygoza, Peter Arensdorf

Today’s tune "Deny” taken from the upcoming album "Created in the Image of Suffering”, due out February 24th, 2017 on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records. Pre-order here!



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Deafheaven - Irresistible

Monday, a day when we present this week's "Record Of The Week".

Deafheaven is an American black metal band that formed in 2010. The San Francisco-based group began as a two-piece with George Clarke and Kerry McCoy who recorded and self-released a demo album together. After a warm reception, Deafheaven recruited three new members and began to tour. Before the close of 2010, the band signed to Deathwish Inc. and later released their debut album Roads to Judah in April 2011. A follow-up album, Sunbather, was released in 2013 which ended being one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the year in the United States.

Deafheaven's musical style has been described as primarily black metal infused among post-metal and shoegazing influences.

Record Of The Week is the 2:nd album "Sunbather" by Deafheaven.  Recorded and engineered by Jack Shirley (Funeral Diner, Comadre) and designed by Nick Steinhardt (Touche Amore) "Sunbather" deals with the profound sadness found in the quest for one's personal perfection. Serving as an artistic lucid dream of warmth despite the stinging pain of life's cruel idealism.

The album is an melodic journey together with George Clarke's tortured vocals and Kerry McCoy's hypnotic guitar work, where most of the songs are hard crashing, but some that carries a twisted indie-like sensibility like todays tune in the nstrumental "Irresistible".  In "Sunbather" they have really experimented with sounds and created a really strength album that you should not miss.

A new guy to the band for this recording is the excellent percussionist Daniel Tracy.

"Sunbather" is a masterfully crafted work of art that will be renowned for years to come. Another good thing is that these guys will soon hit Swedish soil for a performance on this years Way Out West, this is something I will see, or at least try to!

Todays tune "Irresistible" is taken from the second studio album "Sunbather". The Jack Shirley-produced album was recorded in January 2013 and released on June 11, 2013 by Deathwish Inc. 



Tour Dates:

LOS ANGELES 2014

Apr 25 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre w/ Earth, Marriages

ASIA // CHINA 2014

May 02 Taipei, Taiwan @ The Wall
May 03 Singapore @ Beep Studios
May 06 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia @ ALT + HQ Fahrenheit 88
May 08 Jakarta, Indonesia @ The Basement Cafe, Kemang Raya
May 09 Beijing, China @ Yugong Yishan
May 11 Shanghai, China @ Yuyintang

JAPAN 2014

May 13 Tokyo, Japan @ Earthdom
May 14 Osaka, Japan @ Conpass
May 15 Nagoya, Japan @ Club Upset
May 16 Tokyo, Japan @ Eggman


May 23 Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch Festival

EUROPE PART I - 2014

May 28 Athens, Greece @ Gagarin 205
May 30 Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera
May 31 Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Fortarock
Jun 01 Karlsruhe, Germany @ Jubez
Jun 02 Milan, Italy @ Magnolia
Jun 03 Padova, Italy @ Radar Festival
Jun 04 Rome, Italy @ Traffic Live Club

USA 2014

Jun 07 New York, NY @ Governor’s Ball
Jun 08 Boston, MA @ Sinclair *
Jun 09 Philadelphia, PA @ Barbary *
Jun 10 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel *
Jun 11 Richmond, VA @ Canal Club *
Jun 13 Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
Jun 15 Miami, FL @ Churchill’s *
Jun 16 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth *
Jun 17 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar *
Jun 18 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s *
Jun 20 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird *
Jun 21 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick *
Jun 22 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
Jun 23 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock *
Jun 24 Lawrence, KS @ Granada *
Jun 26 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s *
Jun 27 Austin, TX @ Red 7 *
Jun 28 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *
Jun 30 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom **
Jul 01 San Diego, CA @ Casbah ^
Jul 02 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall ^
Jul 20 Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Festival

EUROPE PART II - 2014

Aug 02 Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival
Aug 03 Dresden, Germany @ Beatpol ^*
Aug 034 Vienna, Austria @ Arena ^*
Aug 05 Prague, Czech Rebublic @ Klub 007
Aug 07 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Way Out West Festival
Aug 08 Oslo, Norway @ Oya Festival
Aug 10 Aarhaus, Denmark @ Voxhall
Aug 11 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Dirty Days of Summer
Aug 12 Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
Aug 14 Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop
Aug 15 London, UK @ Jabberwocky ^*
Aug 16 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla ^*
Aug 17 Belfast, Ireland @ Mandela Hall ^^
Aug 18 Galway, Ireland @ Roisin Dubh ^^
Aug 19 Dublin, Ireland @ Whelans ^^

* w/ Pallbearer, Wreck and Reference
** w/ Destruction Unit, Wreck and Reference
^ w/ Wreck and Reference
^* w/ Chelsea Wolfe
^^ w/ No Spill Blood

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Russian Circles - Mladek

Russian Circles is a three piece instrumental rock/metal band from Chicago. Russian Circles play instrumental, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal, to soft delicate passages.

They are also known for their energetic live shows and this evening they are playing at Strand here in Stockholm, if you do not have any plans for tonight, now you know where to go, 120 SEK on the door.

Russian Circles (headliner) is touring with Deafheaven, in their earlier days they toured with the likes of Boris, Isis, Red Sparowes, Minus the Bear, Daughters, Coheed & Cambria, Mono, and Pelican.

Last year, Russian Circles signed to Sargent House who had previously only exclusively released the band's albums on limited edition vinyl. Their fourth studio album Empros was released on October 25, 2011. A supporting tour with Deafheaven followed the release and is still going on and hits Stockholm, Sweden this evening.

When performing live, the band is noted for being able to replicate and even expand upon their recorded material through Sullivan and Cook's use of sampling, extensive array of effects pedals and loop pedals to build layers of sound.

Russian Circles's latest album Empros features at times a heavier feel to some of the songs. Their name is taken from a drill exercise used in the game of ice hockey.

Todays tune "Mládek" is taken from the latest and the fourth studio album "Empros"
The title of the song was named after Tomas Mládek, Russian Circles' European tour bus driver.

RUSSIAN CIRCLES & DEAFHEAVEN OVERSEAS TOUR 2012

Apr 05 - Prague, CZ @ Matrix
Apr 06 - Vienna, AT @ Arena
Apr 07 - Munich, DE @ Feierwerk
Apr 08 - Dresden, DE @ Beatpol
Apr 09 - Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
Apr 10 - Warsaw, PL @ Hydrozagadka
Apr 11 - Vilnius, LT @ Propaganda
Apr 12 - Riga, LV @ Gertrudes 101
Apr 13 - Tallinn, ES @ Electric Storm Festival at Tapper
Apr 14 - Helsinki, FI @ Virgin Oil Company
Apr 15 - Moscow, RU @ Gogol (Russian Circles only)
Apr 16 - Stockholm, SE @ Strand
Apr 17 - Oslo, NO @ Revolver
Apr 18 - Gothenberg, SE @ Truckstop Alaska
Apr 19 - Copenhagen, DK @ KB 18
Apr 20 - Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang
Apr 21 - Utrecht, NI @ Tivoli
Apr 22 - Brussels, BE @ Magasin 4
Apr 23 - Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU @ Rockhal
Apr 25 - Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
Apr 26 - Belfast, IE @ Speakeasy
Apr 27 - Limerick, IE @ Dolan’s Warehouse
Apr 28 - Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
Apr 29 - Manchester, UK @ The Ruby Lounge
Apr 30 - London, UK @ Scala Theater
May 02 - Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
May 03 - Kortrijk, BE @ De Kreun
May 04 - Koln, DE @ Gebaeude 9
May 05 - Karlsruhe, DE @ Die Stadtmitte
May 06 - Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik
May 07 - Geneva, CH @ Le Kab
May 08 - Milan, IT @ Magnolia
May 09 - Lyon, FR @ Le Clacson
May 11 - Bilbao, ES @ Azkena
May 12 - Porto, PT @ Hard Club
May 13 - Lisbon, PT @ Musicbox
May 14 - Madrid, ES @ Ritmo & Compas
May 15 - Barcelona, ES @ Apolo 2


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