Texas crossover outfit POWER TRIP today kicks off a tour across the Midwest with support from their allies in Red Death, with shows in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Des Moines, and St Louis this week. The shows surround POWER TRIP‘s spot supporting The Original Misfits as well as Fear and Venom Inc. at the massive Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois this Saturday, April 27th.

POWER TRIP has additional shows booked through the year, including stateside festival sets at Dark Lord Day with High On Fire and Nuclear Assault, Trouble N’ Texas Fest with Bitter End, Sound & Fury Festival with Have Heart, Fury, and Fiddlehead, Psycho Las Vegas with Yob, High On Fire, and Glassjaw, and the newly-confirmed Exit 111 Festival with Def Leppard, ZZ Top, and Mastodon. The band will return to Europe as well this June to play the Donnington Park Circuit, Plein Air, and more.

Watch for many more new POWER TRIP tour dates to be announced in the weeks ahead.

POWER TRIP‘s Southern Lord-released breakthrough album, Nightmare Logic, has earned praise from The New Yorker to Pitchfork’s Best New Music, to countless best-of/year-end lists. The band was awarded the Best Metal Album Of The Year from Loudwire and song placement in the WWE. Touring relentlessly, the band has headlined tours across North America, Europe, and Japan last year, recently supported Danzig on several US shows, had a track used in an episode of the YouTube Premium series Wayne, and was featured on the cover of Decibel Magazine’s February 2019 issue.

Find POWER TRIP’s Nightmare Logic LP at the Southern Lord webshop HERE and via Bandcamp HERE.

POWER TRIP:
4/23/2019 89th Street – Oklahoma City, OK w/ Red Death
4/24/2019 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO w/ Red Death
4/25/2019 Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA w/ Red Death
4/27/2019 Allstate Arena – Rosemont, IL w/ The Original Misfits, Fear, Venom Inc. [info]
4/28/2019 Ready Room – St Louis, MO w/ Red Death
5/18/2019 3 Floyds Brewing – Munster, IN @ Dark Lord Day w/ High On Fire, Nuclear Assault
5/30/2019 Paper Tiger – San Antonio, TX w/ Bitter End, Hardside, Saintpeeler
6/01/2019 Trouble N’ Texas Fest – Dallas, TX w/ Bitter End
6/16/2019 Donnington Park Circuit – Derby, UK [info]
6/23/2019 Plein Air – Dessel, FR [info]
6/28/2019 Suvilahti – Helsinki, FI [info]
7/12-13/2019 Sound & Fury Festival – Los Angeles, CA w/ Have Heart, Fury, Fiddlehead
8/16-18/2019 Psycho Las Vegas – Las Vegas, NV w/ Yob, High On Fire, Glassjaw
10/12/2019 Exit 111 Festival – Manchester, TN w/ Def Leppard, ZZ Top, Mastodon

For coverage of POWER TRIP in North America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and internationally contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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SUNN O))) presents their first new album in four years, the Steve Albini-engineered Life Metal. Following the Record Store Day release of Life Metal last week, Southern Lord and the band have made the album available through their direct stores on CD and LP today, ahead of the official retail street date for all formats, next Friday, April 26th.
 
Also following Mary-Anne Hobbs’ BBC 6 Music morning show world exclusive first play of “Between Sleipnir’s Breaths,” another track has been shared today from the record. Listen to “Troubled Air” via Spotify, Itunes, Apple Music, and Bandcamp.
 
NPR is exclusively streaming Life Metal through a First Listen feature HERE.
 
Life Metal can now be purchased via the SUNN O))), Southern Lord, and Southern Lord Europe stores.
 
Life Metal is being supported by SUNN O)))‘s first North American tour since 2017. With Cleveland and Detroit shows now past, the tour is in Chicago tonight, Pelham tomorrow, back in Chicago for a by-demand second performance, followed by shows in Philadelphia, New York City, New Haven, and Pittsburgh before the final show in Washington on April 28th. Support for all shows will be provided by Papa M, with David Pajo (Slint, Interpol).
 
SUNN O))) Let There Be Drone (Multiple Gains Stages) w/ Papa M:
4/19/2019 Rockefeller Chapel – Chicago, IL [info]
4/20/2019 The Caverns – Pelham, TN [info]
4/22/2019 Rockefeller Chapel – Chicago, IL
4/24/2019 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA [info]
4/25/2019 Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY [info]
4/26/2019 College Street – New Haven, CT [info]
4/27/2019 Carnegie Homestead Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA [info]
4/28/2019 The Howard – Washington, DC [info]
Summer European Shows:
7/30/2019 Festsaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, DE w/ Caspar Brötzmann
7/31/2019 Festsaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, DE w/ Caspar Brötzmann
8/01/2019 Dekmantel Festival – Amsterdam, NL
UK Tour:
10/24/2019 SWX – Bristol, UK [info]
10/25/2019 QMU – Glasgow, UK [info]
10/26/2019 The Crossing – Birmingham, UK [info]
10/27/2019 Albert Hall – Manchester, UK [info]
10/28/2019 Roundhouse – London, UK [info]
 
SUNN O))) co-founders Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson set out on a path toward a new album production for Life Metal. Following pre-production sessions as a trio with T.O.S. on Moog at Dave Grohl’s 606 Studios in Northridge, California, in July 2018, SUNN O))) spent just over two weeks in Chicago at Electrical Audio (Studio A) with Albini at the helm. The album was mastered and the lacquers cut from tape in October by SUNN O))) ally Matt Colton at Alchemy in London. The LP version is a AAA album, recorded and mixed on tape via a completely analogue production, from the input of the band’s amplifiers and the air coming off the speakers in front of the microphones to needle touching the pressed vinyl on your turntable.
 
Life Metal features guest contributions from composer/musician/vocalist Hildur Guðnadóttir, longtime friend Tim Midyett (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit, Mint Mile), composer Anthony Pateras, and more. The album is wrapped in amazing, Renaissance style paintings by visual artist Samantha Keely Smith, and bold, imaginative photography from Ronald Dick.
 
Review copies of Life Metal will be issued in the coming days. For coverage of SUNN O))) in The Americas contact dave@earsplitcompound.com, all others contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.
 
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Swedish crust punk/metal outfit MARTYRDÖD has issued an official video for “Helveteslarm,” the new single from the band’s impending seventh album, Hexhammaren, set for release in North America through Southern Lord on May 10th.

As with prior MARTYRDÖD works, the recording of Hexhammaren was handled by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman (Wolfpack, At The Gates, In Flames) in Gothenburg, Sweden.

“Helveteslarm” explodes in a bold new video produced by Jimmy Johansson and Super Lino Puro. MARTYRDÖD checked in with the following comment: “Helveteslarm: It’s the sound of hell on earth. The sound of evil forces ravaging the world for power. War dogs, warmongers using liberation as a pretext for profiteering. The video was planned and shot over a couple of days only a few weeks before release. The Idea was to portray some of the real driving forces behind armed conflict in the world and their ruthlessness.”

See MARTYRDÖD’s “Helveteslarm” video now at THIS LOCATION.

Southern Lord will release Hexhammaren in North America on May 10th, with Century Media handling all other territories. Find digital preorders at Bandcamp where prior single “Cashless Society” and “Helveteslarm” are streaming HERE and watch for additional audio previews, physical preorders, and more to be posted in the coming days.

Surrounded by ongoing European festival and live performances, MARTYRDÖD will make their US return next month, their first time playing in North America since the Southern Lord label tour in 2012. The band will join Soft Kill and Wiegedood supporting Skeletonwitch across the West Coast and Midwest from May 22nd through June 1st, with Portrayal Of Guilt, Devil Master, and others playing on select shows.

MARTYRDÖD Tour Dates:
4/19/2019 Butcher’s Tears – Amsterdam, NL
4/21/2019 Neuronoise Festival II – Rennes, FR
5/22/2019 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood, Portrayal Of Guilt
5/23/2019 The Independent – San Francisco, CA w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood:
5/24/2019 Bossanova Ballroom – Portland, OR w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood:
5/25/2019 The Crocodile – Seattle, WA w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood:
5/27/2019 The Metro – Salt Lake City, UT w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood:
5/29/2019 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood:
5/30/2019 The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood:
5/31/2019 Turf Club – Minneapolis, MN w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood:
6/01/2019 Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL w/ Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood, Devil Master
7/11-14/2019 Devilstone Festival – Anyksciai, LT
10/11-12/2019 Scandinavia Deathfest – Stockholm, SE

Review copies of Hexhammaren will be released in the days ahead. For coverage of MARTYRDÖD in North America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and internationally contact Birgit.Luhmeyer@centurymedia.de.

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SUNN O))) releases their first new album in four years, the Steve Albini-engineered Life Metal, through Southern Lord as part of Record Store Day tomorrow, Saturday, April 13th. This special release of the album sees Life Metal as one of the official and highlighted RSD titles (#RSD19), and lets fans purchase the album one week before the label and band direct version of the record is available, and two weeks ahead of the album’s official retail release. See the RSD unboxing video for Life Metal HERE.
 
Tomorrow is also the Brooklyn-based listening session for Life Metal, set to take place at Future Space in collaboration with Southern Lord and The Tinnitus Music Series. The experience will feature a tower of loudspeakers, engulfing walls of fog and color. A congregation of guests are invited to explore the entire album, which is being played in its entirety at maximum volume. This event is free, public event on a first come, first serve basis. RSVP HERE.
 
Life Metal will be supported by SUNN O)))‘s first US tour since 2017. Beginning next Wednesday, April 17th in Cleveland, the tour will run through Detroit, Chicago, Pelham, a return to Chicago by demand, Philadelphia, New York City, New Haven, and Pittsburgh before the final show in Washington on April 28th. Support for all shows will be provided by Papa M, with David Pajo (Slint, Interpol).
 
SUNN O))) has also announced a run of UK tour dates for the fall, running from October 24th through 28th, with additional European performances to be announced.
 
Watch SUNN O)))’s Life Metal album teaser HERE.
 
SUNN O))) Let There Be Drone (Multiple Gains Stages) w/ Papa M:
4/17/2019 Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH [info]
4/18/2019 Masonic – Detroit, MI [info]
4/19/2019 Rockefeller Chapel – Chicago, IL [info] *SOLD OUT
4/20/2019 The Caverns – Pelham, TN [info]
4/22/2019 Rockefeller Chapel – Chicago, IL *BY DEMAND SECOND SHOW ADDED
4/24/2019 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA [info]
4/25/2019 Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY [info]
4/26/2019 College Street – New Haven, CT [info]
4/27/2019 Carnegie Homestead Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA [info]
4/28/2019 The Howard – Washington, DC [info]
SUNN O))) UK Tour:
10/24/2019 SWX – Bristol, UK
10/25/2019 QMU – Glasgow, UK
10/26/2019 The Crossing – Birmingham, UK
10/27/2019 Albert Hall – Manchester, UK
10/28/2019 Roundhouse – London, UK
 
Life Metal will see release on CD/LP for Record Store Day April 13th via USA/UK/EU indie retail, direct through SUNN O))) and Southern Lord stores on April 19th and will see worldwide retail release on April 26th.
 
SUNN O))) co-founders Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson set out on a path toward a new album production for Life Metal. Following pre-production sessions as a trio with T.O.S. on Moog at Dave Grohl’s 606 Studios in Northridge, California, in July 2018, SUNN O))) spent just over two weeks in Chicago at Electrical Audio (Studio A) with Albini at the helm. The album was mastered and the lacquers cut from tape in October by SUNN O))) ally Matt Colton at Alchemy in London. The LP version is a AAA album, recorded and mixed on tape via a completely analogue production, from the input of the band’s amplifiers and the air coming off the speakers in front of the microphones to needle touching the pressed vinyl on your turntable.
 
Life Metal features guest contributions from composer/musician/vocalist Hildur Guðnadóttir, longtime friend Tim Midyett (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit, Mint Mile), composer Anthony Pateras, and more. The album is wrapped in amazing, Renaissance style paintings by visual artist Samantha Keely Smith, and bold, imaginative photography from Ronald Dick.
 
Review copies of Life Metal will be issued in the coming days. For coverage of SUNN O))) in The Americas contact dave@earsplitcompound.com, all others contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.
 
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SUNN O))) has revealed a US listening session in addition to their events in London and Paris in the lead-up to the release of Life Metal, set for release April 26th through Southern Lord.

Confirmed for April 13th, the Brooklyn-based listening session will take place at Future Space in collaboration with Southern Lord Recordings and The Tinnitus Music Series. The experience will feature a tower of loudspeakers, engulfing walls of fog, and throbbing color. A congregation of guests are invited to traverse the outer zones of consciousness and expanses of the cosmos through sound/time and sound/energy. This event is free, open to the public, and available on a first come, first serve basis.

SUNN O)))‘s Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson offer, “With great pleasure we present a few special public deep listening sessions of our forthcoming album Life Metal. Our wish and intention is to offer the astounding presence, detail, and color of this recording on great PA systems in a public situation as an introduction. Part of the joy of producing and mastering this album in the studio was that we were fortunate to be able to listen on the perfect high-fidelity playback situations for the record, top precise studio sound guided by the best ears in the business. With these public listening sessions, we hope to get a step closer to that experience of being inside the studio for you all at these special events, a few weeks before the album is unleashed upon the world.”

See SUNN O))) on the road April 17th-28th and RSVP for a Life Metal listening session April 13th at Future Space in Brooklyn HERE.

Life Metal, their first studio album in four years, will be supported by SUNN O)))‘s first US tour since 2017 and the premier stateside tour of their 2019-2020 season, including a newly announced stop in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Homestead Music Hall, as well as stops at The Masonic Lodge in Detroit, Howard Theatre in DC, Agora Theatre in Cleveland, Rockefeller Chapel in Chicago (second show added), The Caves in Pelham, Tennessee, and Brooklyn Steel in NYC. Dates and details can be found below.

SUNN O))) will collaborate with Record Store Day (#RSD19) to release Life Metal for the first time on CD and vinyl on April 13th via USA/UK/EU indie retail. April 26th marks the official release date of the digital and all other vinyl variants via Southern Lord, and CD and LP will be available to order from SUNN O))) and Southern Lord stores on April 19th.

Watch SUNN O)))’s Life Metal album teaser on YouTube HERE.

SUNN O))) Let There Be Drone (Multiple Gains Stages):
4/17/2019 Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH [info]
4/18/2019 Masonic – Detroit, MI [info]
4/19/2019 Rockefeller Chapel – Chicago, IL [info] *SOLD OUT
4/20/2019 The Caverns – Pelham, TN [info]
4/22/2019 Rockefeller Chapel – Chicago, IL *BY DEMAND SECOND SHOW ADDED
4/24/2019 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA [info]
4/25/2019 Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY [info]
4/26/2019 College Street – New Haven, CT [info]
4/27/2019 Carnegie Homestead Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA [info]
4/28/2019 The Howard – Washington, DC [info]

Public listening event details:
April 9th – The Institute Of Light in Hackney, London
This is a free Pitchblack Playback event, there will be two sessions commencing approximately 7:00pm and 8:30pm. Limited space available, RSVP at this link.

April 13th – Future Space, Brooklyn
RSVP ticketed event, from 7:30pm-10:30pm. The album will be played back in its entirety at maximum volume. RSVP at this link.

Review copies of Life Metal will be issued in the weeks ahead. For coverage of SUNN O))) in The Americas contact dave@earsplitcompound.com, all others contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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