Orange Goblin Sign to Spinefarm Records
Anyone who tells you that’s not a good get for Spinefarm Records doesn’t know what they’re talking about. After more than 20 years of slogging it out in the doom underground, London’s Orange Goblin are not only legitimately a key influence for a generation of British heavy, but their last couple albums, 2014’s Back from the Abyss (review here) and 2012’s A Eulogy for the Damned (review here), have put them on an upswing in terms of audience. To be more than two decades in and be ascendant? That’s something special, which Orange Goblin most definitely are. Thus, a good get.
Cool to know they’re working on a new album as well, which as part of Spinefarm‘s acquisition of Candlelight Records will be released on the label sometime in 2017. I’ll be interested to see how much touring Orange Goblin do to support it. They’ve rode the hell out of the past few years, become the genuine headliners that they actually were for a long time, and I guess the question is whether they’ll keep that up or take a different strategy. Got a while to go before we get there, but I’m sure it won’t be long before we find out either way. They’re not exactly quiet about anything they do.
From the PR wire:
ORANGE GOBLIN JOIN THE SPINEFARM FAMILY VIA CANDLELIGHT
WORKING ON NINTH STUDIO ALBUM
Orange Goblin are very proud to announce that we are now part of the Spinefarm Records family following Spinefarm’s recent acquisition of Candlelight Records.
Moving forward, all new Orange Goblin recordings will be released via Spinefarm/Candlelight Records; OG now take their place amongst metal heavyweights such as Ghost, Venom, Electric Wizard, Airbourne and Rammstein (to name but a few).
This new relationship kicks off in considerable style, with Orange Goblin appearing as Special Guests to Monster Magnet on the latter’s one-off headline London show at The o2 Forum, Kentish Town on Saturday, March 19th.
Following this, we can reveal that we will be touring in late September / early October, playing select shows in towns and cities that we did not visit on the 20th Anniversary Tour last December.
‘The Shortest Tour’ will hit the following:
30.09 – Reading, Sub 89
01.10 – Sheffield, HRH Doom Vs Stoner Festival*
02.10 – Cardiff, The Globe
03.10 – Southampton, Engine Rooms
04.10 – Brighton, Concorde 2
Support on all headline dates comes from US psych-rockers ELECTRIC CITIZEN and UK doom metal merchants POSEIDON.
(* – Please note that Poseidon are not as yet playing at HRH Doom Vs Stoner Fest in Sheffield)
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Well, they seem to still have it live. That’s not the issue(or particularly surprising to anybody paying attention). The issue was how God awful Back From The Abyss is. It’s so bad. I hate it. I can’t listen to it or them because it’s just so bad.
This label is doing good stuff