Progressive instrumental band Dysrhythmia just announced their east coast tour in support of their upcoming album Psychic Maps, which goes on sale July 7th in North America and July 17th internationally on Relapse Records.
You can see the tour dates below after the jump.
-JR
When listening to Born Of Osiris‘s first album The New Reign, I thought it was pretty good. In all honesty, I expected worse due to them being lumped in with the deathcore crowd. The long and repetitive breakdowns didn’t help either.
Well this past week, BoO have uploaded two new songs from their upcoming album A Higher Place, which is available July 7th. These two new songs are a definite step in the right direction for BoO. They’re more progressive, technical, and OH SWEET JESUS, NEITHER SONG HAS A BREAKDOWN.
The music has a wider range of influences, it seems. It’s a bit more melodic. I’d describe the music as similar to The Faceless and Arsis. What threw me through a loop is the outro to “Now Arise”, which is more or less rapping over a drum beat and synth. This isn’t actually a bad thing at all. It’s a very tasteful and to me, the most memorable part of the song.
“Exist” and “Now Arise” are streaming over on Born of Osiris’ myspace now. Give them a listen.
-JR
My first taste of mathcore was Dillinger Escape Plan’s EP Irony Is A Dead Scene with Mike Patton. The rhythms blew me away and Patton’s vocals are unlike anything I’ve ever heard before. It was perfect. The problem was, it was too short.
This is where Hunab Ku come into play.
Hunab Ku’s The Gaze Inward picks up where Irony Is A Dead Scene left off. The vocals even sound like Mike Patton, so the illusion is complete. While it might not be the most original thing out there, this is just what any fan of the DEP-Patton collab would be itching for. This album goes all over the map. Hunab Ku are seemingly influenced by every great metal band ever, citing influences from The Faceless, Primus, Gojira, Genghis Tron, DEP, Meshuggah, and Mr. Bungle, just to name a few. The Gaze Inward jumps around quit a bit, from chaotic mathcore to almost peaceful and dreamy ambient sections and then over to the circus-inspired music akin to Mr. Bungle. This is some seriously schizophrenic music here.
This is a near perfect avant-garde metal record. I say near-perfect because like I said, it’s been done before. But that’s what Hunab Ku does. The Gaze Inward combines their influences seamlessly, builds upon them, and spits it back out at the fans yearning for more.
http://www.myspace.com/hunabku
-JR
Baroness recently performed at Holland’s 
Roadburn Festival and their performance has been made available for streaming right here. It’s a phenominal performance. I just wish it were a video stream.
If you like progressive, sludge, and post-metal, then you need to check out Baroness. They are currently working on the follow-up to 2007′s Relapse debut Red Album. I can’t wait for it. If it’s as good as Red Album was, it’ll definately be one of the best albums out in 2009.
Watch their video for Wanderlust after the jump.
-JR
