Not to be confused with the webstore formerly associated with StonerRock.com, this All That is Heavy is a mini-fest taking place next month up in Ottawa, Ontario. The lineup and show info/links/promo video, etc. have been posted on the forum, so check it out there if you want more info, but since the poster kicked so much ass, I figured I’d highlight it here too.

Dig and click to enlarge at will:

The art is by Bill Kole. For more info on him and his work, check out his band Ol’ Time Moonshine on Thee Facebooks here.

It’s been a while, but the latest in the series of 2011 Roadburn audio streams comes from Toronto retro occultists Blood Ceremony, the flute-ifiied proto-metal of whom came to fruition earlier this year on their second album, Living with the Ancients. This stream was recorded live at Roadburn at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Here’s the link to listen:

Blood Ceremony live at Roadburn 2011:
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/ondemand/45369911#ondemand.45369911

Thanks as always to Walter from Roadburn for letting me host the link. Blood Ceremony‘s Roadburn set was mixed by Danny Gras of Gomer Pyle and Space Jam Records.

Labyrinthine flute-worshipers Blood Ceremony released their sophomore full-length, Living with the Ancients, in early March via Rise Above/Metal Blade. The album is chock full of ’70s atmospherics and acid-forest-prog riff and flute interplay, and has justified the considerable buzz Blood Ceremony received after their 2008 self-titled debut. They made the switch from working with Billy Anderson on that album to Sanford Parker on this one, and unsurprisingly, came out of it with exactly what they were looking for. Light up your candles.

In case you haven’t yet heard the record, I was fortunate enough to receive permission to host the track “My Demon Brother” for your aural enjoyment. Check it out on the player below, and dig the quote underneath from guitarist Sean Kennedy about the song’s origins:

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“‘My Demon Brother’ is a song of invocation; it’s an entreaty to a dark spirit that doesn’t seem to want to appear.  Imagine a Hammer Horror-style black mass and you’ll have an idea of the vibe we were going for.” — Sean Kennedy