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IL Announce Tour Dates in England; New EP Void Shape Available

Posted in Whathaveyou on January 29th, 2019 by JJ Koczan

Moscow-based four-piece IL recently issued their latest two-song EP, Void Shape, and it’s a pummeler. Comprised of just two songs, it nonetheless tops 18 minutes in length and is chock full of screamy sludge malevolence, ultra-oppressive atmospherics and a pervasive sense that all is not, in fact, going to be okay, but that perhaps instead we’ll all simply freeze and/or burn to death depending on presumably a number of wrong choices made along the way. Hence “Coldness” and “Flame” positioned back to back on the release, the one noisier than the other, and a brutalism winding through both as a uniting factor and simple statement of intent on the part of the band. Extremity takes any number of shapes, and IL‘s sound proves likewise malleable.

The band have two full-lengths and a swath of splits and other short releases available to dig into at their Bandcamp page, so if you’re looking to demolish your good mood, they’re well up to the task. They’ll head to the UK in March to do a few dates in England, including Dreadfest with a bunch of like-minded destroyers.

PR wire has it thusly:

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From the icy tundras of Russia come IL – who will be embarking on their first UK tour in a couple of month’s time in association with Holy Spider Promotions.

Grim, trve sludge from Moscow, the band supported Conan on their recent Moscow date and released Void Shape last week via their Bandcamp.

The band have five dates in England, including an appearance at Dreadfest in Leeds alongside Wormrot, Rotten Sound and many more big names.

With plenty of releases under their belt already and a punishing live show, England is in for a deliciously dark treat.

March 22nd – The Dev, London
23rd – The Harley, Sheffield
24th – Temple of Boom (Dreadfest), Leeds
25th – Trillians, Newcastle
26th – The Square Centre, Nottingham

IL is:
Vlad – guitar/vocals
Nikolay – bass
Anton – drums
Andrey – guitar

ildoom.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/ildoomband
instagram.com/ildoomband

IL, Void Shape (2019)

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