I know a lot of people have been waiting for this one. Magic Circle (live review here), which features in its ranks a host of Boston hardcore luminaries dooming out as some are wont to do, have just released their self-titled debut via Armageddon Shop, the Boston/Providence record store of much ass-kickery also responsible for […]
Similar to my thinking in going to the Six Organs of Admittance show last Friday, it seemed to me that if I’m going to be living up that way in the next year, I better get used to buying records in Boston. I’d been to Armageddon Shop there before, and I’ve visited the Providence store […]
Progressive heavy rock forerunners Elder have announced the second leg of US touring to take place this September, following on from the stint with Ruby the Hatchet and Howling Giant that wrapped up on June 3 in Connecticut. The new round of tour dates covers the East Coast and some of the Midwest, hitting basically […]
In the ever-present question of “crunch or crush,” Boston’s Morne realize that it in no way needs to be one or the other. The doom-tinged aggressors have signed to Metal Blade Records — congrats on that, by the way; pretty much the dream — and are currently dig into the recording process for their next […]
[PLEASE NOTE: These are not the results of the year-end poll, which is ongoing. If you haven’t contributed your picks yet, please do so here.] — I believe we are in the midst of a generational turnover among artists and bands. Some have reshuffled as a result of either the pandemic or a basic desire […]
There are very few creative constraints on Elder at this point. Sixteen years after their founding, now with their sixth full-length, Innate Passage — on Armageddon Shop in the US, Stickman Records in Europe — the band prove once again that they are beholden to nothing so much as their own forward drive. In 2020, […]
Elder just finished a massive round of US touring that followed-up a European run that was of similar scope. They’re about to take off as well next week on their next tour, keeping company in Europe with Pallbearer and Irist for festivals and more. Today they announce a Nov. 25 release date for their sixth record, Innate […]
Mostly-Berlin-based progressive heavy rock forerunners Elder have finished the recording of their next album. Or they’ve “mostly” finished anyhow, though I’m not entirely sure what that means. More keyboards? Overdubs? Both? Neither? In any case, they worked with producer Linda Gerdes at Clouds Hill on the offering, which it’s nearly impossible to imagine will be out […]
