Looks like there’s some changes happening in OM’s lineup. Below is a statement from singer/bassist Al Cisneros posted on omvibratory.com
“Om is continuing forward with a new drummer and working on a new recording. Please check omvibratory.com and this page for updates. A live vinyl only LP Om - Live at Jerusalem will be forthcoming. This is Chris Hakius’ final release with the group. I personally apologize to east coast fans who planned on coming out to the shows. Please know that Om will be back in your area later in 08. Thank you to all of you. Live dates resume in late spring. There is a LOT of new material on its way. Shrinebuilder is also forging ahead. See you all soon. -al”
Also, check out the OM MetalKult interview, here, where Al talks about the Shrinebuilder project.
Coliseum has announced a number of spring tour dates in support of their recent release, No Salvation. Coliseum, who have recently completed a three-week European headlining tour, will first team up with Strike Anywhere and Riverboat Gamblers in early March before meeting up with label-mates Genghis Tron later in the month. Coliseum will then join in on the Converge, The Red Chord, and Genghis Tron tour in mid April. A complete listing of Coliseum tour dates follows with more to be announced shortly.
Coliseum released No Salvation last August and has been touring in support of its release ever since. Coliseum tour dates are as follows: (more…)
When Polish extreme metallers Behemoth rolled into NYC to play Irving Plaza on April 29, 2007, in support of The Apostasy—way back when MetalKult was a newly hatched website with a one-camera filming team—we took the opportunity to document the four-piece’s powerful set.
In the four videos below, check out Behemoth as they burn through “Slaves Shall Serve,” “As Above So Below,” “Christians to the Lions” and “Chant for Eschaton.” (more…)
Finnish metal act Children of Bodom have completed work on their new album, Blooddrunk, which will be released on April 15, 2008 via Spinefarm / Fontana International.
The follow-up to the band’s acclaimed 2005 release, Are You Dead Yet?, Blooddrunk is already a heavier, darker take on Children of Bodom’s mix of modern thrash metal, melodic hooks and the guitar acrobatics of front man and rising metal guitar hero Alexi Laiho.
The final track listing for Children of Bodom’s Blooddrunk is as follows: (more…)
On Friday, June 1, 2007, Emperor played an amazing set at B.B. Kings in Times Square—one of only three shows the Norwegian metal group would play in the States.
MetalKult was there and captured the black metal legends in all their glory. Below is a live video from that show of “Into the Infinity of Thoughts,” “The Burning Shadows of Silence” and “Cosmic Keys to My Creations and Timesfrom” 1994’s In the Nightside Eclipse. (more…)
On Friday, June 1, 2007, Emperor played a fantastic set at B.B. Kings in Times Square—one of only three shows the Norwegian metal group would play in the States.
MetalKult was there and captured the black metal legends in all their glory. Below is a live video from that show of “Thus Spake the Nightspirit,” from 1997’s Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk. (more…)
On July 19, 2007, MetalKult had the distinct pleasure to interview one of the most influential experimental musicians of the past 30 years, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.
As a founding member of Seventies avant-garde acts Coum Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle, the English-born Genesis effectively laid the groundwork for what would become industrial music. (Quite literally, as Throbbing Gristle reportedly coined the term when they formed their Industrial Records label.) Make no mistake, without Gen there would be no Nine Inch Nails, Ministry or Marilyn Manson.
In the Eighties, Genesis founded “hyperdelic acid house” group Psychic TV, with whom he went on to explore psychedelic head music and occult spirituality (the roots of which stretch back to Genesis’ childhood and his grandmother who was a medium). Psychic TV’s latest record, Hell Is Invisible…Heaven Is Her/e was released this past June on Sweet Nothing records.
Over the years, Genesis’ creative orbit has crossed the paths of many influential artists, including beat writers William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, psychedelic guru Dr. Timothy Leary, industrial supergroup Pigface and Japanese noise band Merzbow.
+++In our comprehensive seven-part interview, hear Genesis talk about a range of topics, including his early years in Throbbing Gristle, his exile from Britain, his tragic accident at Rick Rubin’s studio and much more.+++ (more…)
On September 14, 2007, Today Is the Day played a show at Club Europa in Brooklyn, N.Y., to celebrate the release of their latest album, Axis of Eden. The MetalKult-sponsored package tour, which also featured Defcon 4, Christine and Taipan, was the first for TITD singer/guitarist Steve Austin’s new label, Supernova Records.
Along with a backstage Q&A with Austin, MetalKult is pleased to present the live performance of “Pinnacle,” from the 1997 album Temple of the Morning Star.
On September 14, 2007, Today Is the Day played a show at Club Europa in Brooklyn, N.Y., to celebrate the release of their latest album, Axis of Eden. The MetalKult-sponsored package tour, which also featured Defcon 4, Christine and Taipan, was the first for TITD singer/guitarist Steve Austin’s new label, Supernova Records.
MetalKult had the rare opportunity to sit down backstage and talk with Austin about the history of his band, his D.I.Y. roots and the launch of Supernova Records.
While widely perceived as a gun-toting eccentric, the following in-depth interview debunks this myth and shows Austin to be an extremely articulate, charismatic and thoughtful individual.
Below, check out our two-part series: Today Is the Day History and the Birth of Supernova Records and Recording Axis of Eden. (more…)
German proto-industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten have just posted their newest video, “Nagorny Karabach,” from their 2007 release, Alles Weider Offen. Check it out below.
And while you’re at it dig the horrifying “Sabrina” video, from 2000’s Silence is Sexy, as well as the clip from the 1986 film 1/2 Mensch to see what the creation of live industrial music was like before computer samples. (more…)
