The Cosmic Dead Announce Sept. Tour Dates

Posted in Whathaveyou on July 31st, 2015 by JJ Koczan

After spending much of last summer on the road throughout Europe on a 34-date tour that spanned through June and July (they still have posters for sale, albeit in limited numbers), Glasgow heavy psych heads The Cosmic Dead have announced shorter run for Sept., this one sandwiching dates throughout the UK around shows in Belgium and France. They’ll be on the road with Girl Sweat, with whom they by amazing coincidence (note: not actually coincidental) also have a limited split tape that they’ll be selling at the shows, and playing after the tour is finished with Carlton Melton at a show set for Sept. 24 in their hometown.

Generally pretty prolific as those of their style are wont to be, this year’s actually been kind of slow so far for The Cosmic Dead in terms of releases, so it’ll be interesting to see what the next few months bring along with this new split.

Tour is presented by Swamp Booking, and the announcement follows:

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THE COSMIC DEAD ? September Tour 2015

Swamp Booking, The Cosmic Dead & Buckfast are very pleased to announce this string of shows in which we shall be joined on the UK dates by our very good friend and personal masseuse, Russel Andrew Gray, AKA GIRL SWEAT!!! YOWZA. We will also have an exclusive limited edition cassette split with Girl Sweat available on this tour!

Since 2010, The Cosmic Dead have been exploring the outer reaches of Krautrock, doom and psychedelia, tasting the extremes of sound and fusing them into a single, all-enveloping web of stratospheric riffing, otherworldly ambience and kosmische textures that has spread itself across countless shows throughout all Europe.

07.09 – (UK) Newcastle – The Tyne Bar w/ Girl Sweat
08.09 – (UK) Bristol – Exchange w/ Girl Sweat / Henry Blacker
09.09 – (UK) London – The Lexington w/ Girl Sweat
10.09 – (BE) Brussels – Magasin 4 w/ a.P.A.t.T. / Umungus
11.09 – (BE/FR) TBC – TBC
12.09 – (FR) Rivieres – Baignade Interdite Festival
13.09 – (FR) Paris – Le Batofar
14.09 – (UK) Leeds – Brudenell Social Club w/ Girl Sweat
15.09 – (UK) Manchester – Kraak w/ Girl Sweat
24.09 – (UK) Glasgow – NICE N SLEAZY w/ Lumerians / Carlton Melton

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Mugstar & The Cosmic Dead, Split (2014)

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audiObelisk Transmission 043

Posted in Podcasts on December 23rd, 2014 by JJ Koczan

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Since I don’t do theme podcasts or anything, the thoroughly unofficial subtitle of this latest one is “SOME of the Best of 2014.” Truth be told, it’s four hours long and I feel like I barely scratched the surface, so definitely the emphasis should be on “some.” By no means is it meant to be comprehensive, or am I claiming that it’s all the best and the rest sucked or anything like that. But some of the best stuff is here, so, you know, I hope you enjoy.

My intent was to make it three hours long, and then I got there and it just didn’t feel done without another hour’s worth of extended psych jams. That’s an odd habit to have. Could be worse. For what it’s worth, I was thinking of this as a companion for some of the year-end coverage that’s already been posted and is still to come. Some of this was inspired by picks from the Readers Poll, the submissions for which are still open. If you haven’t added your list yet, I’d greatly appreciate it.

And once again, hope you dig it:

First Hour:
YOB, “Nothing to Win” from Clearing the Path to Ascend
Fu Manchu, “Radio Source Sagittarius” from Gigantoid
Radio Moscow, “Death of a Queen” from Magical Dirt
The Golden Grass, “Stuck on a Mountain” from The Golden Grass
Monster Magnet, “No Paradise for Me” from Milking the Stars: A Reimagining of Last Patrol
Pallbearer, “The Ghost I Used to Be” from Foundations of Burden
The Skull, “Sick of it All” from For Those Which are Asleep
Electric Wizard, “Time to Die” from Time to Die
Orange Goblin, “The Devil’s Whip” from Back from the Abyss
Moab, “No Soul” from Billow

Second Hour:
Sleep, “The Clarity” from The Clarity 12”
Mars Red Sky, “Hovering Satellites” from Stranded in Arcadia
Floor, “Rocinante” from Oblation
Slomatics, “And Yet it Moves” from Estron
Conan, “Foehammer” from Blood Eagle
Druglord, “Feast on the Eye” from Enter Venus
Apostle of Solitude, “Die Vicar Die” from Of Woe and Wounds
Pilgrim, “Away from Here” from II: Void Worship
Blood Farmers, “The Road Leads to Nowhere” from Headless Eyes

Third Hour:
Lo-Pan, “Regulus” from Colossus
Elephant Tree, “Vlaakith” from Theia
The Well, “Mortal Bones” from Samsara
Lucifer in the Sky with Diamonds, “Counting Time” from The Shining One
Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Punk Band, “Stokely up Now” from Black Power Flower
Joy, “Driving Me Insane” from Under the Spell of Joy
Greenleaf, “Depth of the Sun” from Trails and Passes
Mothership, “Priestess of the Moon” from Mothership II
Truckfighters, “Get Lifted” from Universe
Mos Generator, “Enter the Fire” from Electric Mountain Majesty
Mammatus, “Brain Drain” from Heady Mental

Fourth Hour:
Øresund Space Collective, “Beardlandia” from Music for Pogonologists
My Brother the Wind, “Garden of Delights” from Once There was a Time When Time and Space were One
The Cosmic Dead, “Fukahyoocastulah” from Split with Mugstar
Montibus Communitas, “The Pilgrim to the Absolute” from The Pilgrim to the Absolute

Total running time: 4:02:57

 

Thank you for listening.

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The Obelisk Radio Adds: Mugstar & The Cosmic Dead, Goya, Gangrened, Attalla and TarLung

Posted in Radio on December 19th, 2014 by JJ Koczan

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I’ve been listening to The Obelisk Radio a lot this week, particularly while starting to put together my top albums of 2014 list, so it seemed only appropriate to get a new round of adds up to the server. As we come to the end of the year, there’s always a slowdown in terms of releases, but if I had to put a number to it, I’d call it a 10, maybe 20 percent drop at most. If it was running water and you were looking at it, you’d notice no difference. A flood is still a flood.

As such, 14 records joined the server today. Some are recently reviewed, some aren’t out yet, some have been out for a little bit. It’s a solid batch of stuff, and if you haven’t yet had enough of lists — more to come, believe me — it’s worth a look at the Playlist and Updates Page. The amount of stuff on there is staggering. It’s a wonder the radio stream manages to fit in so much Clutch at all.

Let’s get to it.

The Obelisk Radio Adds for Dec. 19, 2014:

Mugstar & The Cosmic Dead, Split LP

Mugstar & Cosmic Dead Split LP

Two sides, one song from each band, each a massive slab of a jam. Glasgow’s The Cosmic Dead and Liverpool’s Mugstar make a solid pairing, and by solid I definitely mean liquid, and by liquid I mean that’s what your brains will be by the time Mugstar‘s “Breathing Mirror” (18:42) and The Cosmic Dead‘s “Fukahyoocastulah” (25:51) are done. Instrumental in their entirety and jammed out on a subspace frequency that I only imagine they can already hear in the Delta Quadrant — and no doubt they’re wondering what the title of The Cosmic Dead‘s contribution means exactly — both cuts share an affinity for progressive heavy psych exploration, kosmiche and krautrock alike, but with a fresh take on the classic idea of we’re-gonna-get-in-a-room-and-this-is-what-happens that runs through, whether it’s in the drone midsection of “Breathing Mirror” after the jam has died down and before its resurgence, or the later reaches of “Fukayoocastulah,” which rest on the nigh-eternal bassline that’s steady enough to hold the course despite the various effects freakouts, slow swirls and experiments happening around it. About 45 minutes solid of primo heavy jamming? Sign me up. Mugstar’s website, on Bandcamp, The Cosmic Dead on Thee Faceboks, on Bandcamp.

Goya, Satan’s Fire

Goya Satan's Fire

Eleven-minute opener “Malediction and Death” makes its primary impression in its consuming tonality — a harsh but encompassing low end that emerges out of the initial cavalcade of feedback starting the song. The first three minutes of “Malediction and Death” are noise before Phoenix’s Goya kick in their riff, drums and vocals, sounding as huge on the Satan’s Fire EP as on their preceding split with Wounded Giant (review here) but perhaps even more malevolent as they continue to find their place within wizard doom, marked out by the two-at-once solo shredding of guitarist/vocalist Jeff Owens, the lurching rhythm behind him and the swing of drummer Nick Lose, whose snare punctuates “Malediction and Death” like a life-preserver tossed into the abyss. Unsurprisingly, they end noisy. “Symbols” picks up with two minutes of sparse, atmospheric drumming, and the title-track (5:58) finishes with a tale of antichristianity, dropping out of life, and watching the world fall apart. Doom? Yes. Perhaps not as patient as “Malediction and Death,” “Satan’s Fire” itself offers suitable heat, and delivered through amps that likewise sound about ready to melt, provides a memorable impression even beyond its Oborn-style hook. Goya on Thee Facebooks, on Bandcamp.

Attalla, Attalla

Attalla Attalla

Somewhere between classic doom and more aggressive, hardcore punk-derived noise, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, four-piece Attalla are the kind of band who could probably release nothing but 7″ singles for the next five years and still make a go of it. As it stands, their self-titled debut offers a stirring rawness in the dual guitars that reminds there’s more ways to make an impact tonally than just with volume or fuzz. Their roots are in punk, and that’s plain enough to hear in lead guitarist Cody Stieg‘s vocals on songs like “Light” and “Lust,” but “Haze” nestles into a stoner groove late that suits Attalla well, and the later “Veil” offers charged propulsion in the drums of Aaron Kunde, whose snare sound is tinny but fitting with the sans-frills stylings of Stieg, rhythm guitarist Brian Hinckley and bassist Bryan Kunde. Some variation in tempo throughout changes things up, but a particularly triumphant moment comes with the raw Slayer-esque foreboding (think slow Slayer) that begins “Doom,” a fitting closer to Attalla‘s Attalla with its subtly complex stylistic blend and relatively barebones presentation. I’m not sure where Attalla go from here in terms of developing their sound, but the debut offers reason enough to want to find out. Attalla on Thee Facebooks, on Bandcamp.

TarLung, TarLung

TarLung TarLung

If you played me TarLung‘s TarLung debut full-length and told me the trio were from North Carolina, I’d undoubtedly believe you. In fact, they hail from Vienna, Austria, but just so happen to have the Southern sludge ideology nailed down on their first offering. Roots in Crowbar and Eyehategod and Sourvein can be heard throughout, big nod, harsh vocals, weighted plod. The guitars of Rotten and Phillipp “Five“ Seiler (the latter also vocals) brings in some of that Pepper Keenan-style Southern riffing, on “Last Breath” particularly, but the bulk of what they and drummer Marian Waibl get up to on these seven tracks is rawer and nastier, the album’s last three cuts — “Apeplanet,” “Black Forest” and “Space Caravan” — providing the best glimpse at TarLung‘s effective aesthetic interpretation. Tonally and methodologically sound, what remains for them to do is hone a more individualized approach, but particularly for a self-released first album, the crisp harshness they convey on the centerpiece “C2” — a kind of maddening high pitch running throughout — satisfies when taken on its own level, and among the three-piece’s assets, their lack of pretense will no doubt serve them well moving forward. TarLung on Thee Facebooks, on Bandcamp.

Gangrened, We are Nothing

Gangrened We are Nothing

Proffering lurching, aggressive sludge over three tracks arranged longest to shortest, Finnish trio Gangrened conjure sweeping chaos on We are Nothing, blatantly contradicting the title of the release despite whatever riff-laden nihilism might be at work philosophically. Among the most telling moments on the release — which follows a split tape from the four piece of  vocalist Ollijuhani Kujansivu, guitarist/bassist Andreas Österlund, guitarist Jon Imbernon and drummer Owe Inborr, who’ve since traded out their rhythm section — is the opening sample of “Them” in which a man in a Southern US accent rants in paranoid rage about helicopters flying over his property, indicative of some conspiracy or other. In both their influence and their execution, that fits Gangrened‘s overall portrayal well, but both the 12-minute opener “Lung Remover” and closing semi-Black Flag cover “Kontti” (translated “24 Pack” and a feedback-soaked, sludged-up play on “Six Pack”) are pissed off enough to warrant the attention they seem to be demanding in their noisy charge, snail-paced and malevolent as it is. Gangrened on Thee Facebooks, on Bandcamp.

As always, this is just a fraction of what was added to The Obelisk Radio today. If you get the chance to check any of this stuff out, I hope you dig it, and if you decide to launch the player, I hope whatever’s playing is awesome.

Thanks for reading and listening.

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The Cosmic Dead and Mugstar Split 12″ Coming Next Week

Posted in Whathaveyou on December 5th, 2014 by JJ Koczan

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With a cover that pays unabashed homage to Sonic Youth‘s Goo, psychedelic outfits The Cosmic Dead and Mugstar have teamed up to release a new split 12″ through Evil Hoodoo Records. Presumably, within a week of it coming out nobody’s parents will be harmed, but I’d expect effects-laden jams to ensue anyway on “Breathing Mirror” and “Fukahyoocastulah,” and if it’s going to be one or the other, I’ll take that. The Cosmic Dead, ever busy, ever prolific, will head out on a quick five-date tour mostly in the UK but also with a stop in Paris to support the release, and Mugstar will accompany on the first two shows.

The band sent an update down the PR wire with details:

the cosmic dead and mugstar split lp

Cosmic Dead – 12″ Split LP w/ Mugstar + December tour.

Evil Hoodoo are putting out a split 12″ record featuring our Liverpudlian pals Mugstar, on Side A, and ourselves on Side B. It’s out next week (December 8th), and we’ll be going off on a small tour on December 11th to promote its release, two dates of which Mugstar shall be joining us for.

Details –

SIDE A –
Mugstar – ‘Breathing Mirror’ (18.41)
Recorded by Brett St. Clair, Berlin.
Mixed by Neil Murphy, October 2013.

SIDE B –
The Cosmic Dead – ‘Fukahyoocastulah’ (25.51)
Recorded by Luigi Pasquini, Lochalsh, Sept 2013.
Mixed by Omar & The Cosmic Dead, October 2013.

Released by Evil Hoodoo Records, December 2014

So, to support the release of our new split “12 LP with our pals MUGSTAR, we’re heading out on a small jaunt in December. Unfortunately, Mugstar can only join us for 2 of the dates, but we’ve got lots of other exciting stuff lined up, like a show in Paris with Clinic and much more in the UK, ave a look see –

THE COSMIC DEAD December mini tour –
11.12 – (UK) Manchester – Soup Kitchen – w/ Mugstar
12.12 – (UK) London – Total Refreshment Centre – w/ Mugstar
13.12 – (FR) Paris – La Maroquinerie – w/ Clinic
14.12 – (UK) Brighton – The Joker – w/ TBC
15.12 – (UK) Bristol – Cube Cinema – w/ Anta & MXLX
16.12 – (UK) Preston – The Mad Ferret – w/ Super Fire Pony & Girl Sweat
27.12 – (UK) Glasgow – Bar Bloc – w/ Apostille

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The Cosmic Dead, “Jazz is Rubbish” live at Supernormal Festival 2014

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The Cosmic Dead European Tour Starts this Week

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 2nd, 2014 by JJ Koczan

Glasgow-based space jammers The Cosmic Dead kicked off a round of UK and European tour dates this past weekend in their hometown, and in a couple days, they’ll set off south to cover much of Western Europe for the rest of June and into July, playing the Paris Psych Fest and Eindhoven Psych Lab in the process. The improv-heavy foursome released their latest slab, EasterFaust, this past February and will no doubt continue to refine their exploratory methods on this latest run.

They’re looking to fill in a couple dates, so if you’ve got a room that could use about an hour of unmatched swirl, you might want to hit them up.

Details:

NEWS – The Cosmic Dead Summer European tour 2014

The Cosmic Dead will be embarking on their first European tour of 2014 this week, kicking off in Cardiff on the 4th!

Its a 30 show tour starting June 4th and ending July 15th, in which we hit around 9 countries in total, with a few festivals along the way, including Eindhoven Psych Lab and Paris Psych Fest!

The full schedule and more details can be found here!

Swamp (Born to promote) & The Cosmic Dead present:

30.05 (UK) Glasgow – The 13th Note *
04.06 (UK) Cardiff – The Full Moon
05.06 (UK) Brighton – Campbell Road Music Studio
06.06 (FR) Rouen – Le 3 Pièces Muzik’Club
07.06 (NL) Eindhoven – De Effenaar (Eindhoven Psych Lab)
08.06 LOOKING FOR SHOW – CAN YOU HELP?
09.06 LOOKING FOR SHOW – CAN YOU HELP?
10.06 (DE) Berlin – Jägerklause Berlin *
11.06 (AU) Vienna – Fluc_Wanne
12.06 (IT) Marina di Rivenna – Hana-Bi *
13.06 (IT) Verona – Cascina Degli Angli
14.06 (IT) Milan – Cox 18
20.06 (IT) Cagliari – CuevaRock Live
24.06 (IT) Perugia – Parco Sant’angelo
25.06 (IT) Savona – Raindogs House
26.06 (CH) St Gallen – Rümpeltum
27.06 (DE) Würzburg – Cairo
28.06 (BE) Antwerp – Het Bos
29.06 (NL) Amsterdam – OCCII
30.06 (BE) Liege – L’Escalier Café
01.07 (BE) Aalst – Flesh and Bones skatepark *
02.07 (FR) Bordeaux – Heretic Club
03.07 (FR) Tolouse – Le Dynamo Café
04.07 (FR) Paris – La Machine du Moulin Rouge(Paris Psych Fest)
05.07 (NL) Haarlem – Patronaat Haarlem
06.07 LOOKING FOR SHOW – CAN YOU HELP?
07.07 LOOKING FOR SHOW – CAN YOU HELP?
08.07 LOOKING FOR SHOW – CAN YOU HELP?
09.07 (CZ) Prague – Klub 007 Strahov
10.07 (DE) Erfurt – Stoned from the Underground – Festival
11.07 (DE) Koblenz – Circus Maximus
12.07 (UK) London – Corsica Studios
13.07 (UK) Bristol – The Exchange
14.08 (UK) Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
15.07 (UK) Manchester – Soup Kitchen
20.07 (UK) Dundee – Non-Zero’s (Rock the Tay 2014)

* = Shows with Black Bombaim

If you can think you can assist us in finding shows on the empty dates, please contact us at thecosmicdead@gmail.com thank you!

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The Cosmic Dead, Easterfaust (2014)

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Wooden Shjips, Gnod, The Cosmic Dead, Weird Owl and More to Play Eindhoven Psych Lab on June 6 & 7

Posted in Whathaveyou on May 20th, 2014 by JJ Koczan

Call me a glutton for self-punishment for constantly dangling kickass European festivals in front of my own face that I’ll never in a million years be able to attend if you want, I doubt it’ll stop me from doing it. Whilst I torture myself with visions of being able to catch the jammy likes of The Cosmic Dead or Wooden Shjips at the Effenaar in beautiful Eindhoven, you can get the rest of the info from theEindhoven Psych Labfest, which will kick off its first installment on June 6.

Two days, much swirl:

EINDHOVEN PSYCH LAB

6 + 7 JUNE 2014 – EFFENAAR / EINDHOVEN / THE NETHERLANDS
2 DAYS / 30+ BANDS / 2 INDOOR STAGES AND A GARDEN
PRESENTED BY LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PSYCHEDELIA & EFFENAAR

Eindhoven’s Effenaar music venue and Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia and are thrilled to announce EINDHOVEN PSYCH LAB on 6 + 7 June 2014. Eindhoven Psych Lab is a new European festival, located in the Netherlands and established to explore and showcase the futuristic sights and sounds of the modern psychedelic condition.

Line up:

Friday:
Friday (doors open at 4.30 pm untill 4.00 am):
Cosmonauts (USA) / Crows (UK) / Great Ytene (UK) / Hookworms (UK) / Nisennenmondai (JAP) / Peter J Taylor (UK) / Spectrum (UK) / The Oscillation (UK) / Wooden Shjips (USA) / Gnod (UK) / Teeth of The Sea (UK) / Lay Llamas (IT) / Anthroprophh (UK) / Terminal Cheesecake (UK)
DJ’s: Liverpool Pzyk Pzoundsystem / Bernie Connor’s Sound of Music / Chris Rocket / Walter Roadburn

Saturday:
Saturday (doors open at 2.00 pm until 4.00 am):
Dans Dans (B) / Disappears (USA) / Elephant Stone (CAN) / Föllakzoid (Chile) / Mugstar (UK) / Night Beats (USA) / Pink Mountaintops (USA) / Suuns (CAN) / Terakaft (Mali) / The Growlers (USA) / Weird Owl (USA) / Sonic Jesus (IT) / Cosmic Dead (UK) / Wall of Death (FR) / Radar Men From the Moon (NL) / The Underground Youth (UK) / The Wands (DK) / The Woken Trees (DK)
DJ’s: Al Lover (USA) / DJ Fitz (IE) / Wiekes (Le Guess Who) / dj .bOb / Pomponette
http://www.eindhovenpsychlab.com/line-up

Tickets:
Weekend tickets: € 62,50 or £52,-
Day tickets: € 35,00
Weekend including hotel for two people early bird: € 235,- or £195
Weekend including hotel for two people € 270,- or £225,-
http://www.eindhovenpsychlab.com/tickets-accomodation/

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Wooden Shjips, “Back to Land” official video

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The Cosmic Dead to Release EasterFaust 12″ Next Month

Posted in Whathaveyou on January 22nd, 2014 by JJ Koczan

They’re buried pretty deep in the languid interstellar groove at first, but there are vocals at least in “Part I” of Glasgow jammers The Cosmic Dead‘s new 12″ release, EasterFaust. Given the fact that side A is 22 minutes, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the whole LP, which is being put out in a limited edition of 400 copies via Sound of Cobra Records, is one long song, and that “Part II” is no less far out than its companion, which you can stream below.

One bit of subtle good news within the overarching good news of a new The Cosmic Dead LP is where in the quote below the band say “the first slab” from the sessions, as if to imply more are coming.

Vinyl is due next month in 180 gram edition of 400. The PR wire brings details:

THE COSMIC DEAD “EasterFaust” 12″ LP

Since 2010, The Cosmic Dead have been exploring the outer reaches of kraut rock, doom and psychedelia, tasting the extremes of sound and fusing them into a single, all-enveloping web of stratospheric riffing, otherworldly ambience and kosmic textures that has spread itself across countless shows throughout all Europe.

Remember that satanic drug thing you didn’t understand? Forget about it! Here comes the new breed and it’s a fierce and fiery force! A creeping barrage of sound that embodies the spirit of heavy psychedelic freak-outs from the Godz and Hawkind to early Monster Magnet („25… Tab“-era) and Acid Mother’s Temple to set you afire. Want some? Tune in, turn on, get burned!

“For anyone who hasn’t yet stood before the Dead and their live homage to the cosmos, expect religious devotion to synthesised dreamworlds, subsonic grooves, guitaristic splendour and the vast, hypnotic sounds of Hawkwind and Popol Vuh eternally jamming in the Möbius strip of time and space.”

“Last year we spent a week with our spirit yogi Luigi Pasquini making unrelenting noise in a tiny garage nestled in the valleys of Kyle of Lochalsh.. from this manic session the first slab of vinyl is right now being pressed via Sound of Cobra.. have a wee preview and get yourself a pre-order below as this one is cosmogonical and we are in a major joy state knowing we can now present it to you!”

The album is EASTERFAUST and it comes out in a limited edition of 400 copies on a 180 gr. marble coloured vinyl

Release date : 20th of february, today starts the presale for 20 euro shipping included worldwide. Be quick cause they will run fast!

drop us an email or paypal directly to: soundofcobra@gmail.com

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The Cosmic Dead, “EasterFaust Pt. 1”

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Desertfest 2014: The Cosmic Dead and Swamp Machine Added to London Lineup

Posted in Whathaveyou on January 10th, 2014 by JJ Koczan

Desertfest continues to solidify. After the huge announcement of the hyper-sludged Human Disease Promo/When Planets Collide stage a couple weeks back and the addition of Kvelertak as a headliner for both the London and Berlin installments, London has confirmed appearances from Dutch heavy rockers Swamp Machine and Scottish space-jammers The Cosmic Dead for this year, making them just the latest acts to be absorbed into the Desertfest sphere alongside Spirit Caravan, Elder, Sixty Watt Shaman, The Machine, Samsara Blues Experiment and many more. It’s good company to keep, and rumor has it there’s still more to come.

While I catch my breath, here are the announcements for The Cosmic Dead and Swamp Machine, courtesy of the Desertfest website:

***DesertFest 2014 Raise The Cosmic Dead***

Next to join The DesertFest machine are The Cosmic Dead – one of those bands who you can get a handle on just from their name; a brutal lathering of psyched-out droning, proggy, experimental goodness that infects your eardrums with pure mind-bending pleasure.

Hailing from Glasgow – via the furthest reaches of both space and your mind – this cosmonautical quartet have been flying about the universe at a rate of several thousand light-years per second, crafting the perfect vibes since 2010. Firing out three perception-warping full lengths in the last three years – each of which debuted on that almost mythical of mediums, the cassette – along with several live releases and a split with Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, The Cosmic Dead seem committed to piping out those soul-warming tones. Having toured with Naam, Golden Void and Torche, as well as playing the hallowed grounds of Roadburn, the self-proclaimed ‘foremost Hawkwind tribute band’ leave no doubt towards their stellar live credentials either.

If you wish to travel through the 4th dimension of sound and reward your ears, don’t miss these guys when DesertFest rolls into town.

Kind Words: Tom Geddes

***Swamp Machine Switched On for DesertFest 2014***

Swamp Machine make their DesertFest debut in 2014 with their signature stoner rock. Yes, we love our stoner rock, so how do we distinguish all these wonderful bands from one another?

Well, whilst everyone has their own unique magic, these guys actually sound like a steamroller smashing through your living room. It’s heavy, it’s hard and it’s oh so sludgy.

Inspired by the swamps outside of their Dutch rehearsal studio, this Netherlands powerhouse encapsulates the very spirit of sludge – giving the listener the feeling they’re slowly sinking into the swampy marsh and loving every moment of it. They formed back in 2010, and have rocketed from strength to strength, supporting the likes of Karma to Burn, Wo-Fat, and Naam along the way.

We are honoured to have Swamp Machine really packing a punch to our 2014 line-up, and we’d implore any doom metal fan to be down the front for this one. You won’t be left high and dry.

Kind Words: Phil Davies

Below you can see a list of bands confirmed for this years festival…Still plenty of bands to be announced in the coming weeks…

KVELERTAK, SPIRIT CARAVAN, MAIN SUPPORT (to be re announced), ELDER, MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKAKE, SIXTY WATT SHAMAN, MONKEY 3, SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT, KONGH, SOURVEIN, ASG, THE MACHINE, BLUES PILLS, GRAVES AT SEA, DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT, THE BODY, MIDNIGHT GHOST TRAIN, ANCIIENTS, BLACK RAINBOWS, GRIME, GRANDLOOM, ARABROT, POMBAGIRA, HEY COLOSSUS, SLABDRAGGER, WAR WOLF, LIFER, SWAMP MACHINE

http://www.thedesertfest.com/london/
https://www.facebook.com/DesertfestLondon
https://www.facebook.com/thecosmicdead

The Cosmic Dead, Inner Sanctum (2013)

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