Heretic, Sirius and Re-Animator Promotions are proud to announce some truly Excellent Unadulterated Doom and Sludge from across the pond in the form of the critically acclaimed Psychedelic Doomsters WINDHAND & Blackened Sludge Titans INTER ARMA, both hailing from Richmond, Virginia, USA and signed to the unstoppable force that is Relapse Records!
Support comes from Birmingham’s Finest Psych Doomsters ALUNAH & Notts finest Hate Fuelled Sludgers IRON SWAN.
This Monolithic Bill takes place at The Asylum 2 in Hockley on Sunday 13th April 2014!
Venue – The Asylum, 38 – 43 Hampton St, Hockley, Birmingham, B19 3LS
Room – The Asylum 2
Date – Sunday 13th April 2014
Doors – 7pm
Tax – £8 Advance, £10 on the door.
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CONTRARY TO ANY POSTERS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ADVERTISING THIS SHOW AT SCRUFFY MURPHYS, THE GIG WILL BE HELD AT THE ASYLUM 2.
WINDHAND (USA) – https://www.facebook.com/Windh
andVA
Founded in 2009 in Richmond VA, Windhand is a stoner, doom metal band made up of Aschiah Bogdan, Parker Chandler, Dorthia Cottrell, Garrett Morris, and Ryan Wolfe. They have been compared to Electric Wizard, Blood Ceremony, the Devil’s Blood, and Black Sabbath.
In March 2012, Windhand released their self-titled debut which quickly became an underground hit, selling out of multiple vinyl presses in a matter of months. It was recorded and mixed at the Dark Room by Garrett Morris and mastered at Slipped Disc Audio by Bill McElroy in 2011. After a steady touring schedule, the band collaborated with Richmond brethren Cough on a split entitled “Reflections of the Negative” due out on Relapse Records in April 2013. Windhand officially signed to Relapse Records in March 2013 and release their highly anticipated sophomore debut SOMA in late 2013.
“They also make you want to jump out of your chair and start stomping around the workplace punching co-workers as you go by in a mindless haze.” – The Sleeping Shaman
“This album is clear in its intention to be the heaviest bout of doom to grace one’s eardrums in some time.” – Metal Underground
INTER ARMA (USA) – https://www.facebook.com/INTER
ARMA
Formed in 2006, Inter Arma is one of the most talked about heavy bands to come out of Richmond, VA . The group (consisting of T.J. Childers - Drums, Steven Russell – Guitars, Trey Dalton – Guitars, Mike Paparo - Vocals, Joe Kerkes – Bass) formed in 2006 and released their crushing debut full-length Sundown via Forcefield Records in 2010 to much critical acclaim. Combining a punk rock ethos with an esoteric blend of psychedelia, black metal, and doom/sludge, the quintet quickly developed a name for themselves in the underground through relentless touring and mesmerizing live performances. After Sundown’s release, Inter Arma began a rigorous DIY touring schedule, playing shows with bands like Cough, Krallice, Mutant Supremacy, Castevet, Royal Thunder, Ken Mode, The Body, Hull, Batillus, Black Breath and many more.
In 2012, the band released a 12″ EP entitled Destroyer via Toxic Assets Records. Based on the strength of this EP they immediately signed to Relapse Records and embarked on a self-booked month long tour. The band excitedly commented “It’s pretty crazy to think that we’ll be tacitly associated with bands like Neurosis, Amorphis, Human Remains, diSEMBOWELMENT, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Incantation, Mastodon, et al. That’s a pretty high standard to hold yourself to, but we’ll give it our damndest.” Expect Inter Arma to deliver on their promise. Their next album, set for an early 2013 release with Relapse, is sure to be their most challenging, devastating release yet.
ALUNAH (UK) – www.alunah.co.uk
West Midlands based Alunah are not part of any scene; instead they carve their own path merging elements of doom, psych and classic heavy rock with earthy hypnotic vocal melodies.
They will release their third album on Napalm Records in 2014, which follows “Call of Avernus” (2010) and the critically acclaimed “White Hoarhound” (2012).
Alunah consist of Soph Day (vocals and guitar), Dave Day (guitar), Dan Burchmore (bass), Jake Mason (drums), and have spent the last 7 years building up a reputation for being one of the most hardworking and consistent live bands. They have played European dates with international artists such as Saint Vitus, Trouble, Paradise Lost, High on Fire, The Sword; and prestigious festivals such as DesertFest (Berlin and London), Heavy Days in Doom Town in Copenhagen and Hard Rock Hell in North Wales.
So light up the candles, fire up the incense, close the curtains and open your mind.
IRON SWAN (UK) – http://ironswan.bugs3.com/
In the year 2010, brothers Thom and Loz began forging thick, dirty sludge-doom in a building that should of been condemned. The sheer horror of what they had created forced them to abandon the room, stop playing music and never speak of that time again. Several years later in 2012, with their minds and ears repaired, they initiated two well-known warlords (Ben Gaten and Tom Doidge) into their fold, dusted off their monolith speaker cabinets and immersed themselves once more in the project. Dealing in crushing riffs, disorientating feedback and irresponsible volume, Iron Swan is the perfect soundtrack to life in a dirty, broken and violent place. Like Nottingham legends Fudge Tunnel and Iron Monkey before them, the band carry on a grand tradition of angering the public and providing genuine catharsis for audiences who crave the holy trinity… Riff, Rhythm and VOLUME. Having laid waste to venues like Rock City and The Corporation alongside respected bands EYEHATEGOD, TORCHE and BOSSK to name few, Iron Swan are on the verge of recording their magnum opus debut album; Northern Grief.