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Uneven Structure Sign To Basick Records; “Frost” Available For Streaming

Filed Under: Audio, General News, Upcoming releases

May.12, 2011

Basick Records are on the ball. Easily one of the best indie labels going right now, they’re home to bands like Chimp Spanner, Monuments, Aliases, and Ion Dissonance – and with their new distribution deal with Century Media, they’re going places in 2011. Today, Basick announced that they’ve proudly added Uneven Structure to their lineup! Here’s the press release:

BASICK RECORDS is extremely pleased to welcome the incredible talent of UNEVEN STRUCTURE to its ranks!

A truly exciting prospect for the future of heavy music, UNEVEN STRUCTURE disassemble and reconstruct the Metal genre we all know and love, by creating contemporary atmospheric movements that are all at once dripping with seductive cinematic ambience and groove-laden riffs.

BASICK label boss, Barley comments on the signing: “I’d been following this band’s movements with interest for quite some time before I finally got to see them play live in Germany at last year’s Euroblast Festival. Within 30 seconds of them taking to the stage and diving into their set, my jaw was on the floor. Meshuggah-like precision combined with a TesseracT-like ethereal atmosphere made for a completely spine-tingling experience. I knew there and then that we had to sign them. I can’t wait for you all to hear this album!”

Igor Omodei, guitarist and producer with the band comments: “We are so glad to be working with BASICK, a label that completely understands and allows us the creative freedom we are looking for. We’ve endured a lot of hard work and effort in order to create our debut album ‘Februus’ and it’s a great pleasure to know that we can count on Barley’s team to push things forward and nail its release in perfect conditions. THALL.”

Excellent! That’s another step closer to getting us the highly anticipated Februus. Remember that teaser Februus Extract that was released a while back? You can stream the song, titled “Frost,” below!

Stay up to date with Uneven Structure on Facebook. Februus should be out later this year!

- JR

Tags: Aliases, Chimp Spanner, ion dissonance, Meshuggah, Monuments, TesseracT, Uneven Structure

War From A Harlot’s Mouth – MMX

Filed Under: Reviews

Jan.07, 2011

War from a Harlot’s Mouth

MMX

01. Insomnia
02. To Age And Obsolete
03. The Increased Sensation Of Dullness
04. Sleep Is The Brother Of Death
05. The Polyglutamine Pact
06. Cancer Man
07. C.G.B. Spender
08. Sugarcoat
09. Spineless
10. Recluse MMX
11. Inferno III/IV

[Lifeforce | 11/09/10]

I actually planned on reviewing this album earlier, but due to some medical complications I wasn’t able to. Then the 2010 list came about, and it had actually fallen under my radar. And I regret that it did, because I would’ve exchanged one of my selections for this one. To be honest, I had a hard time staying interested in War From A Harlot’s Mouth earlier work In Shoals. My main complaint at the time was the fact that In Shoals lacked the consistent intensity throughout for me to want to continue listening to it past the beginning tracks. Fast forward to their latest album, MMX, and things have certainly changed in respect to maintaining the energy. As for consistency, this is still a point of criticism which I’ll explain later.

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Tags: hardcore, ion dissonance, jazz, progressive, The Chariot, War From A Harlot's Mouth

Arsonists Get All The Girls Take Portals On The Road

Filed Under: General News, Tours and Rumors of Tours

Sep.08, 2010

I love me some Arsonists. They are a prime example of what is right about not only Sumeriancore, but deathcore in general. 2009′s Portals was a hit here at HBIH, making #3 on my Best Of 2009 list and my #4 reason why deathcore wasn’t total shit. It truly is a great album.

A year later, the band has decided to go on a headlining show in support of Portals called, wait for it… The Portals Tour. The lineup is pretty damn good, as well. Within the Ruins, Ion Dissonance, Structures, and two other bands I’ve never heard of (And Hell Followed With and Destruction of a Rose) will be on the bill. Yes. The only thing missing is The Contortionist, who seem to be popping up everywhere lately.

Here are the tour dates, which neglects my region of the United States. Sadface.

October 15th Temecula, CA – The Vault
October 16th Canoga Park, CA – The Cobalt Cafe
October 17th San Diego, CA – Soma
October 18th Tucson, AZ – Skrappys
October 19th Albuquerque, NM – The Fusion Factory
October 21st San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
October 22nd The Woodlands, TX – Shadowplay Lounge
October 24th Waco, TX – Art Ambush
October 25th Metairie, LA – The High Ground
October 27th West Palm Beach, FL – Ground Control
October 28th Tampa, FL – The Brass Mug
October 29th Columbus, GA – Gallery 13
October 30th Greenville, NC – Backdoor Skatepark
October 31st Springfield, VA – Jaxx
November 01st Jermyn, PA – Eleanor Rigby’s
November 02nd Vineland, NJ – Hanger 84
November 03rd Howell, NJ – The Dippy Dome
November 04th Patchogue, NY – Club Karma
November 05th Albany, NY – Bogie’s
November 06th Manchester, NH – Rocko’s
November 07th Holyoke, MA – Waterfront Tavern
November 08th Danbury, CT – Heirloom Arts Theatre
November 09th Buffalo, NY – Broadway Joe’s
November 10th Toledo, OH – Frankie’s
November 11th Southgate, MI – The Modern Exchange
November 12th Bartlett, IL – Local Noise
November 13th Jefferson, SD – Jefferson Community Center
November 14th St. Paul, MN – The Space
November 15th Wichita, KS – Eagles Lodge
November 16th Denver, CO – Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
November 17th Boise, ID – The Venue
November 18th Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
November 20th Orangevale, CA – Club Retro

Should be pretty sweet, man.

Oh, and AGATG are busy at work writing their next album, due out next year. FUCK YEAH. In case you forgot how awesome Portals was, here’s “Portals”. Dem keys.

- JR

Tags: And Hell Followed With, Arsonists Get All The Girls, Destruction of a Rose, ion dissonance, Structures, The Contortionist, Within the Ruins

Ion Dissonance Announce Track Listing For New Album

Filed Under: Audio, New music, Upcoming releases

Jun.29, 2010

Mathcore masters Ion Dissonance recently announced the track listing for their upcoming album, Cursed. It is as follows:

1. Cursed
2. You People Are Messed Up
3. The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same
4. This is The Last Time I Repeat Myself
5. No Care Ever
6. After Everything That’s Happened, What Did You Expect?
7. We Like to Call This One…Fuck Off
8. Can Someone Please Explain This to Me?
9. Disaster in Sight
10. This is Considered Mere Formality
11. This Feels Like The End…
12. They’ll Never Know

There are also some bonus tracks depending on where you get it from:

13. Pallor (iTunes Bonus Track)
14. After Everything That’s Happened, What Did You Expect? (Big Chocolate Remix) – Japanese Bonus Track
15. You People Are Messed Up (Big Chocolate remix) – European Bonus Track

If you happened to miss out on the album trailer you can listen to it on YouTube (which also has the artwork):

Cursed comes out August 23rd in Europe and 24th in North America.

-MK

Tags: ion dissonance, mathcore, track listing

Ion Dissonance’s Cursed Trailer

Filed Under: Audio, Editorials, New music, Upcoming releases

Jun.25, 2010

I can say with a straight face that Ion Dissonance is far from my favorite band. Does this make them bad? Not at all. I’m just picky about my mathcore. I disliked the first two records because of the vocals, but they seemed to evolve and mature with their 2007 release, Minus the Herd. It was good, but nowhere near amazing. I happened to stumble across the teaser for their new record Cursed and I must say they really seem to be growing. Sure, it may be a little too early to pass judgment but nothing wrong with being optimistic, right? The title of the album really seems to fit the music. Check it out right here:

If the vocals are more or less the same as Minus the Herd I have a feeling this is going to be pretty damn good. Really loving that repeating lead. Very sinister and adds a lot of depth. Reminds me of the two-note guitar that Meshuggah did on obZen. Regardless, consider me excited.

Cursed comes out on August 23rd in Europe through Basick Records and August 24th in America on Century Media Records.

-MK

Tags: ion dissonance, mathcore, Meshuggah