Neurosis Tour 2013

Neurosis is heading out next year, in support of their latest masterpiece, Honor Found in Decay (Neurot). If you live in any of these cities, you need to drop everything and go.

NEUROSIS Honor Found In Decay Live Actions:

12/29/2012 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA w/ Rwake, USX, Primate [info]
12/30/2012 The Metro – Chicago, IL w/ Bloodiest, The Atlas Moth [info]
1/04/2013 Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA w/ Savage Republic, Ides of Gemini [info]
1/05/2013 Showbox at the Market – Seattle, WA w/ Tragedy, Black Breath, Stoneburner [info]
1/19/2013 Brooklyn Masonic Temple – Brooklyn, NY [info]
1/20/2013 Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
2/16/2013 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO [info]
2/17/2013 Emo’s East – Austin, TX
6/21/2013 Hellfest – Clisson, France [info]

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Holy Mother of Lucifer

Concerned fans of High on Fire worry no more, the band has just announced a Fall tour with none other than fucking Goatwhore. And us lucky NYC residents will get to experience the awesomeness of Matt Pike not once, but twice. The last time I saw High on Fire they awakened something in me that if not for the remnants of my Catholic upbringing would have gotten me in a whole lot of trouble.

And in other Goatwhore news, here is their brand new video for the song “Death to the Architects of Heaven”.

GOATWHORE
w/ High on Fire, Lo-Pan
11/15 Austin, TX Emo’s
11/16 San Antonio, TX Korova
11/17 Dallas, TX Tree’s
11/19 New Orleans, LA One Eyes Jacks
11/20 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
11/21 Savannah, GA Jinx
11/23 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel *
11/24 Boston, MA Sinclair *
11/26 Toronto, ON Opera House *
11/27 Montreal, QC La Tulipe *
11/28 Portland, ME Port Street Music Hall *
11/29 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer *
11/30 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom *
12/01 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg *
12/03 Buffalo, NY Mohawk
12/04 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
12/05 Columbus, OH Ace Of Clubs
12/06 St. Louis, MO Firebird
12/07 Chicago, IL Double Door
12/08 Minneapolis, MN Turf Club
12/09 Madison, WI High Noon
12/11 Denver, CO Bluebird
12/13 Boise, ID Neurolux
12/14 Seattle, WA Neumos
12/15 Portland, OR Dante’s
12/16 Vancouver, BC Venue
12/18 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst **
12/19 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick **
12/20 Fullerton, CA Slidebar no High on Fire
12/21 Santa Ana, CA Consellation Room **
12/22 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
* w/ Primate
** w/ Corrosion of Conformity

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This is going to be a good week.

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A Wise Man Once Said

It’s been almost seven months since we moved out of our old office, and so it’s been almost seven months that my ears have been deprived of Kevin and Kon’s daily nuggets of wisdom. I still work with Kevin, and I see Kon often, but the two of them together on a daily basis were the fucked up sunshine of my life.

And so, in honor of these modern day Lao-Tses, I present their most enlightened work.

Enjoy.

“I came up with a new favorite saying: getting butt-fucked in the mouth” -Kon

“Is this the soundtrack to Spider Man, Open The Dark?” -Kon, on Kevin’s music choices.

On Ellen Page: -Kon: “I would give her my cock” -Kevin: “I would fuck her clavicle”

“The sandwiches suck, but the peanut butter makes for a good rectal softener” -Kevin, on life in prison.

“I will never be that guy, but check it out: my pipe came” -Kon on his new gentleman’s pipe.

“I’ve had girls offer to blow me because of my awesome tricep” -Kevin, excited about his new workout routine.

“The salad had lots of beets in it, and then when I went to the bathroom, I thought I had cancer” -Kevin’s review of The Meatball Shop

“It’s so hot, opening the door is like taking panties off of Jabba the Hut” -Kevin

“Have you guys ever considered the similarities between a sun-dried tomato and an irritated sphincter?” -Kevin

“Every time I breathe I know what it’s like to be a gynecologist for Roseanne” -Kevin

“Are you sure I didn’t pay you in blow jobs?” -Kevin

“I didn’t know any better, I just put it in my mouth and thought: I guess this is fancy?”
-Kevin

“Universal truth: no one wants to see Santa’s nut sack” -Kon’s insight on SantaCon

“Who diarrhea-ed into your iTunes?” -Kon, on Kevin’s music choices.

“You listening to Chris Kattan’s iPod again?” -Kon, on Kevin’s music choices.

That place Fornino, you know, the art and science of jacking off onto pizza dough” -Kon

“Mike said he had a horrible morning, but morning said it had a horrible Mike” -Kon, when Mike showed up late and hungover.

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Honor Found in Decay

Check out the trailer for Neurosis’ upcoming album, Honor Found in Decay. If the purpose of this is to create anticipation, and make me want it really, fucking, bad, then I’d say it’s a pretty succesful trailer because holy shit do I want to listen to this right now.

The album was produced by Steve Albini, and it comes out in the US on the 30th of October.

If you haven’t already checked out Scott Kelly’s solo albums, I highly recommend them. They never fail to put me in the most bizarre moods. Much like Neurosis I guess.

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Wino + Conny Ochs at St. Vitus

The fucking man.

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New Neurosis. Almost. Yes.

Neurosis’ 10th studio release, Honor Found in Decay, is coming out October 30th on Neurot Records. If this is anything like their last album, Given to the Rising, it’s going to be MAGNIFICENT. And considering it’s also being produced by Steve Albini, you can be pretty sure that it will crush your skull with it’s overpowering intensity.

Honor Found In Decay Track Listing:

1. We All Rage In Gold
2. At The Well
3. My Heart For Deliverance
4. Bleeding The Pigs
5. Casting Of The Ages
6. All Is Found… In Time
7. Raise The Dawn

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Happy Friday

 

I know where I’m partying this weekend.

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Vektor at St. Vitus

Every once in a while there is show that is so unbelievably and unexpectedly awesome, that the crowd’s excitement is impossible to contain. People were so goddamn happy at this show that the joy overflow was palpable. To say that Vektor is a good live band is unfair, they are a fucking insanely good live band. I can’t remember the last time I saw a bad have so much fun onstage, while flawlessly delivering an onslaught of very creative, and very fast, riffs. Their particular brand of sci-fi inspired progressive thrash is nothing that hasn’t been done before, but it certainly hasn’t been done this well by anyone in a really, really long time.

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Lacrimosa

Lacrimosa is a German neo-classical goth metal band that got started in the early nineties and, for reasons unknown to me, became one of the most popular metal bands in Mexico. They were one of the first bands that I got into on my own (meaning it was not introduced to me by my older brother) because, along with My Dying Bride, they provided the perfect soundtrack to my melodramatic Poe-obsessed teenage years. Whenever I listen to them now I am immediately transported back to my old room, where I’d stay up late writing bad poetry and hunting down shitty porn on the internet of olden days. Remember when parents didn’t know what the internet was? I feel bad for kids today; parents can monitor every damn thing you see and do. I thank my parents for letting me read any books I wanted, listen to whatever the fuck I pleased, and being ignorant of the fact that I spent most nights of my teenage years on MIRC and ICQ cyber dry humping with fellow misunderstood Anne Rice enthusiasts.

This is a video from a concert in Mexico. I love that everyone is singing along perfectly, in German.

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An Elegant Alternative

To the often times dubious type choices on metal albums.

Garamond Corpus, by Björn Johansson

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