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Back for its second year in a row, Borderland Fuzz Fiesta will once again bring the unmistakable sounds of Palm Desert, California and beyond to Tucson, Arizona. Curated by the Ruddell brothers of both Powered Wig Machine and Fuzz Evil, the show will take place on Friday, February 26th and Saturday, February 27th at 191 Toole in the heart of Tucson's historic downtown.

More band announcements will be revealed soon, but as of now, here's the lineup:

Borderland Fuzz Fiesta 2016 Official Lineup:

Friday, February 26th:

Dead Meadow Yawning Man Blaak Heat 3rd Ear Experience Zed Funeral Horse Big Mean Dead Canyon

Saturday, February 27th:

Waxy Dandy Brown (of Hermano) Cloud Catcher Fuzz Evil

*All bands will be accompanied by the Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show*

EARLY BIRD TWO-DAY PASSES (limited to 50) are $30 and can be purchased HERE: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2436886

Tickets for FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY are $20 and can be purchased HERE: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2438504

Tickets for Saturday night will be released when the headliner is announced.

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Seattle, Washington's hypnotic, pensive three-piece sludge/doom act SERIAL HAWK will release their long-awaited debut, Searching For Light, via Bleeding Light Records tomorrow, September 18th. The band's penchant for punishing, building riffs and reputation for bringing live audiences to their knees with a wall of sound has been encapsulated in this long-awaited debut.

Invisible Oranges is hosting the premiere of this entire stunning album--and the band's US tour starts next week in Seattle. Check the dates and listen to the record now!

Hear Searching For Light in its entirety HERE.

Searching For Light Track Listing:

1. Desolate (LISTEN) 2. Lying In Wait 3. Of Decay (LISTEN) 4. Searching For Light

**Order the record via Bleeding Light Records HERE.***

FALL US TOUR DATES:

09/26 - Seattle, WA - Black Lodge 10/01 - Boise, ID - The Shredder 10/02 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Underground 3 10/03 - Laramie, WY - Baby Hospice 10/04 - Colorado Springs, CO - Flux Capacitor 10/05 - Omaha, NE - O’leavers 10/06 - Minneapolis, MN - The Hexagon 10/07 - Chicago, IL - Burlington Bar 10/08 - Dayton, OH - Blind Bobs 10/09 - Syracuse, NY - Gorham Brothers Music 10/10 - New Haven, CT - Crunch House 10/11 - Brooklyn, NY - The Acheron 10/12 - Philadelphia, PA - TBD 10/13 - Washington, D.C. - The Pinch 10/14 - Atlanta, GA - The Basement 10/15 - Birmingham, AL - The Firehouse 10/16 - Houston, TX - Rudyard’s 10/17 - Austin, TX - The Lost Well 10/18 - TBD, Texas - TBD 10/19 - Santa Fe, NM - The Cave 10/20 - Phoenix, AZ - Yucca Tap Room 10/21 - San Diego, CA - Tower Bar 10/22 - Oakland, CA - Golden Bull 10/23 - Sacramento, CA - Cafe Colonial 10/24 - TBD

SERIAL HAWK IS: Will Bassin - Guitar, Vocals Adam Holbrook - Bass Sean Bulkley - Drums

Do you like weird animals crashing dog shows? Monkeys combing a doom-dude's beard? Hilarious, unpretentious guys playing excellent metal? Good, because MetalSucks just premiered Cold Blue Mountain's new video for "Seed Of Dissent," which is off of their new album, Old Blood (Order HERE) and it has all of the above. MetalSucks says, "Cold Blue Mountain is as heavy and punishing as anything a metal fan could want, but as demonstrated by their video for the song “Seed of Dissent,” well… these are our kinda dudes, y’know?"

Watch the video RIGHT HERE.

Chico, CA’s Cold Blue Mountain combines equal parts doom, post-rock and heavy psych, juxtaposing crushing riffs and vocals with subdued, melodic passages. Originally formed in 2009, the band - vocalist Brandon Squyres, guitarists Will McGahan and Sesar Sanchez, bassist Adrian Hammons and drummer Daniel Taylor - released their self-titled debut in 2012, an album The Sludgelord called “a masterclass on how to blend different genres and moods to brilliant effect … the perfect balance of Sludge, Stoner, Doom and Post-Metal.”

The band followed in 2014 with their second full length, Old Blood, on Halo of Flies Records. The album found the band exploring the boundaries of their sound with lengthier, more complex songs, but also more in depth lyrical themes: the record tells the story of a people fighting an oppressive force against overwhelming odds. Drawing comparisons to Russian Circles and Deafheaven, CVLT Nation’s review of the album noted that “Fans of many facets of heavy music will find something that resonates with them on this album.”

Earlier this year, the band was a finalist in National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Concert contest, with their video for the song “White North” ultimately featured on NPR.

US TOUR DATES:

9/15 New Direction, Fargo, ND 9/16 Secret Service, Minneapolis, MN 9/17 The Plus, Eau Claire, WI 9/18 Union Jack Appleton, WI 9/19 Bayview Bash, Milwaukee, WI 9/20 Yacht Club Iowa City, IA 9/21 Lookout Lounge Omaha, NE 9/22 7th Circle Music Collective, Denver CO 9/23 Diabolical Records, Salt Lake City, UT 9/24 Jub Jub’s Reno, NV

COLD BLUE MOUNTAIN IS: Daniel Taylor Will McGahan Sesar Sanchez Brandon Squyres Adrian Hammons

Seattle, Washington's hypnotic, pensive three-piece sludge/doom act SERIAL HAWK will release their long-awaited debut, Searching For Light, via Bleeding Light Records September 18th. The band's penchant for punishing, building riffs and reputation for bringing live audiences to their knees with a wall of sound has been encapsulated in this long-awaited album, which will be available on vinyl, CD, and digital download. Preorders are available here.

Today, The Obelisk is hosting the premiere of the album's second single, "Desolate," along with a brilliant review of the record, saying, "Searching for Light is immersive. More than that. It’s a record that opens wide and takes you in as it sets out on this course, sometimes fluid, sometimes jagged, loud, quiet, shouting, mourning, on and on across this river of contrasts that are made to work smoothly with each other." Go on and give the new track a listen below.

Hear "Of Decay" at RIGHT HERE.

Searching For Light Track Listing:

1. Desolate (LISTEN) 2. Lying In Wait 3. Of Decay (LISTEN) 4. Searching For Light

**Preorders are available via Bleeding Light Records HERE.***

SERIAL HAWK US TOUR:

10/01 - Boise, ID - The Shredder 10/02 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Underground 3 10/03 - Laramie, WY - Baby Hospice 10/04 - Colorado Springs, CO - Flux Capacitor 10/05 - Omaha, NE - O'leavers 10/06 - Minneapolis, MN - The Hexagon 10/07 - Chicago, IL - Burlington Bar 10/08 - Dayton, OH - Blind Bob's 10/09 - Syracuse, NY - Gorham Brothers Music 10/10 - New Haven, CT - Crunch House 10/11 - Brooklyn, NY - The Acheron 10/12 - Philadelphia, PA - TBA 10/13 - Washington, D.C. - The Pinch 10/14 - Atlanta, GA - The Basement 10/15 - Birmingham, AL - The Firehouse 10/16 - TBA 10/17 - Austin, TX - Sat - The Lost Well 10/18 - TBA 10/19 - Santa Fe, NM - The Cave 10/20 - Phoenix, AZ - Yucca Tap Room 10/21 - San Diego, CA - Tower Bar 10/22 - Oakland, CA - Golden Bull 10/23 - Sacramento, CA - Cafe Colonial

SERIAL HAWK IS: Will Bassin - Guitar, Vocals Adam Holbrook - Bass Sean Bulkley - Drums

Los Angeles-based post-apocalyptic sludge outfit Ancient Altar has released their sinister sophomore album, Dead Earth, TODAY via Black Voodoo Records (order the LP HERE). The album depicts the end of humanity at the hands of vile and corrupt politics (well-timed, given the current state of affairs) and the necessary destruction of Earth while a lucky few escape to rebuild on a distant planet. Bleak concepts meet addictive riffs, and the reviews have been unanimously and overwhelmingly positive.

A cassette version will be released later via Midnite Collective, and more US tour announcements will follow, but for now, buckle in and give this one a spin over at LA Weekly--and read the fascinating feature detailing the album's dark yet triumphant backstory.

Stream Dead Earth and read the LA Weekly feature at THIS LOCATION.

**Preorders for the LP are available on Black Voodoo Records' website HERE.**

Track Listing: 1. Leader, Liar 2. Albion 3. Dead Earth (LISTEN on CVLT Nation) 4. Void (LISTEN on The Obelisk)

Ancient Altar hails from the land of the unrelenting sun, crippling drought, and excess known as Los Angeles, born of arcane philosophy and a stripped-down approach to bristling, daunting, towering doom. Formed in late 2013, the band features bassist Scott Carlson and guitar player Barry Kavener splitting vocal duties, along with second guitarist Jesse Boldt and drummer Etay Levy.

Dead Earth is the band’s sophomore effort, coming just a year after their 2014 eponymous debut, which was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews, and just a few months after a devastatingly stunning set at Psycho California in May. Dead Earth is a loose concept album based on war, corrupt leaders, and religion destroying planet Earth as we speak—which is happening, and only getting worse. The album depicts the only way for humanity to survive: leaving this dead earth and starting over somewhere else. The record dips and dives between themes of the utter despair of the human race’s impending doom—and a sense of hope as we triumphantly make our terrifying yet absolutely necessary escape toward a fresh start and a new future.

Ancient Altar is: Barry Kavener: guitar and vocals Scott Carlson: bass and vocals Jesse Boldt: guitar Etay Levy: drums

Sacramento, California's fresh-faced psychedelic outfit CHRCH crushed their way onto the scene with their stunning debut cassette Unanswered Hymns to overwhelmingly positive response back in April, enchanting even metal's toughest critics and bringing crowds to their knees all over the west coast. CVLT Nation immediately named the Transylvanian Tapes-released cassette "Doom Release Of The Month" and the group signed to Battleground Records to release the vinyl version of the debut on September 18. We are proud to announce that for the first time, the LP is available for preorder. Better grab it quick--this one's not going to last long.

Preorder Unanswered Hymns on vinyl right here: http://www.battlegroundrnr.com/product/church-unanswered-hymns-lp

The old and oft quoted adage about “the music speaking for itself” is not a callous or casual statement when applied to the Sacramento, California based doom quintet CHRCH, who have been hard at work crafting their particular brew of sound since late 2013. There is no image or campy gimmick to uphold, only the humble continuation and glorification of those fundamental musical elements that first built and then sustained the genre and it’s offshoots over the course of decades.

This purity and honesty comes across in a striking manner on the band’s debut Unanswered Hymns, a sprawling roller coaster of an album that plumbs the heights and depths of emotion, whether be it sorrow, loss, or redemption. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Patrick Hills at Earthtone Studios in Rocklin, CA, the recording exudes a warm, organic tone that draws the listener in to music heavily influenced by traditional doom, psych rock, drone, and ambience. CHRCH cannily wields dynamic songwriting, musicianship, and raw power to spin a spellbinding tale of occult darkness that clashes with illuminating melodies and riffs drenched in grimy reverb. Minimalistic, indulgent, or straightforward, the music of CHRCH is simply whatever the listener wants it to be.

CHRCH tour dates:

August 29th - Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium w/ Pentagram October 3rd - Record Release show: Sacramento, CA @ Starlite Lounge w/ Special guests November 13th - Long Beach, CA @ The Breakers (Midnite Communion III)

If you haven't yet heard Unanswered Hymns, you can stream it on Metal Injection RIGHT HERE.

CHRCH is: Eva - Vocals Matt - Drums Shann - Guitar Ben - Bass Chris - Guitar, backing vocals

Sacramento, California's fresh-faced psychedelic doom crew formerly known as CHURCH just crushed their way onto the scene with their stunning debut album Unanswered Hymns to overwhelmingly positive response, enchanting metal's toughest critics and bringing crowds to their knees all over the west coast. CVLT Nation immediately named the Transylvanian Tapes-released cassette "Doom Release Of The Month" and the group signed to Battleground Records to release the vinyl version of the debut on September 18. However, due to a cease and desist sent to the band by a lawyer hired by Australian alternative rock group The Church, the band has opted to avoid further confrontation and drop the vowel, simply continuing on as CHRCH. Aside from the name change, the vinyl release and tour dates will proceed as planned.

Please note that the band has a new Facebook URL, so if you have already done any coverage on the band, kindly update the embedded link to: facebook.com/chrchdoomca

Official statement from the band:

"Due to the fact that defending the claim of 'willful infringement' and 'unfair competition' is lengthy and expensive, we are now CHRCH. The bourgeoise system of ownership demands that knowledge and culture be rationed by the ability to pay. We thank everyone for their overwhelming support thus far. We are approaching our dates with Primitive Man and Northless August 13th-17th and we open for Pentagram in Santa Cruz on August 29th. In darkness, CHRCH."

Official statement from Battleground Records:

"The band having to change their name due to a legal technicality is just that, a technicality. Underground artists like CHRCH and small labels like ours just don't have the resources to get into legal squabbles over such matters. Regardless of the name, what truly matters is that we're helping to release a great record from a great band that people out there want to get a hold of. We've simply got to keep moving forward. Many thanks to everyone who supports the label and the bands we work with. -BR"

If you haven't yet heard Unanswered Hymns, you can stream it on Metal Injection RIGHT HERE.

See CHRCH live:

Aug 13th - San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock w/ Primitive Man, Northless, Church Abstracter August 14th - Oakland, CA @ The Metro (Deadfest) August 16th - Sacramento, CA @ Starlite Lounge w/ Primitive Man and Northless August 17th - Chico, CA @ 1078 Gallery w/ Primitive Man, Northless, Amarok, Vexed August 29th - Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium w/ Pentagram October 3rd - Record Release show: Sacramento, CA @ Starlite Lounge w/ Special guests November 13th - Long Beach, CA @ The Breakers (Midnite Communion III)

CHRCH is: Eva - Vocals Matt - Drums Shann - Guitar Ben - Bass Chris - Guitar, backing vocals

LINKS: facebook.com/chrchdoomca

Los Angeles-based post-apocalyptic sludge outfit Ancient Altar released their self-titled debut and subsequent "Tidal" video last year to absolutely non-stop rave reviews, and they're not slowing down: Just announced is their sophomore album, Dead Earth, which will see the light of day on September 1st on LP via Black Voodoo Records, with a cassette version to follow through Midnite Collective. The band will also do a quick run of tour dates in August, and a bigger tour in the fall which will be announced soon. Today, CVLT Nation is hosting the first peek at the record: the title track, "Dead Earth," which depicts a departure from the planet after all is dead and smoldering. More info to be released in the coming weeks, but for now...

Hear Ancient Altar's "Dead Earth" AT THIS LOCATION.

**Preorders for the LP are available on Black Voodoo Records' website HERE.**

Track Listing: 1. Leader, Liar 2. Albion 3. Dead Earth (LISTEN) 4. Void

Ancient Altar Tour Dates:

8/6 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Bar 8/7 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Flux Capacitor 8/8 - Santa Fe, NM @ The Cave 8/9 Tempe, AZ @ 51 West

Seattle, Washington's hypnotically heavy three-piece sludge/doom act SERIAL HAWK will release their long-awaited debut, Searching For Light, via Bleeding Light Records September 18th. The band's penchant for punishing, building riffs and reputation for bringing live audiences to their knees with a wall of sound has been encapsulated in this long-awaited album, which will be available on vinyl, CD, and digital download.

Today, PopMatters is hosting the premiere of the pummeling first single, "Desolate," and contributing editor and resident metal aficionado Adrien Begrand writes, "It’s the sort of relentless yet hypnotic form of heavy music in the great tradition of Neurosis. Power and contemplation melded into one colossal whole, a track that swings as much as it stomps."

Hear "Desolate" at THIS LOCATION.

***Preorders for Searching For Light are available HERE.***

Searching For Light Track Listing:

1. Desolate (LISTEN) 2. Lying In Wait 3. Of Decay 4. Searching For Light

For a taste of Serial Hawk's live experience, watch their 2014 in-studio KEXP performance HERE.

SERIAL HAWK IS: Will Bassin - Guitar, Vocals Adam Holbrook - Bass Sean Bulkley - Drums

After yet another year of innovation in the creation of amplifiers and motorcycles (not to mention a stamp of a approval from Popular Mechanics) Hovercraft Amplifiers' mastermind Nial McGaughey has cemented HOVERFEST as a growing Portland institution in its second year running. This year, Portland trifecta of Cravedog, Hovercraft Amplifiers and Nanotear Booking is proud to reveal the lineup of the second annual HOVERFEST, happening on Saturday, August 8th 2015 from noon 'til dusk, in the alleyway between Cravedog and Type Foundry Recording Studio. (611 N Tillamook St. Suite B22, Portland, Oregon 97227) Join for a day devoted to celebrating riffs, amplifiers, motorcycles, and the fantastic people and good times that come together when all of those are combined.

This year's lineup is:

SLOUGH FEG WITCH MOUNTAIN DANAVA LORD DYING SONS OF HUNS HOLY GROVE ZIRAKZIGIL MANE OF THE CUR

Advance tickets are $20 ($25 day-of-show) and can be found HERE.

Facebook event page: facebook.com/events/1106747122671942

Fans of both the cult-classic film The Fifth Element and filthy sludge rejoice: Southern California's Trapped Within Burning Machinery will release a sludge metal concept album based on the movie via Midnite Collective and Black Voodoo Records TOMORROW. Today, CVLT Nation is hosting the premiere of The Filth Element in its entirety, singing praises for the band as well as this masterpiece of a record. Do yourself a favor and doom up your Monday with a bit of filth-infused Sci Fi.

Hear The Filth Element in full RIGHT HERE.

***Preorders for the LP are available HERE.***

The Filth Element track listing:

1. Leeloo (ft. Nicolas Rocha of Deathkings) 2. Korben Dallas 3. Diva Plavalaguna 4. Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg 5. Mr. Shadow 6. The Divine Light

Trapped Within Burning Machinery began as a one-man sludge project in 2007 when Zak Esparza (lead guitar/vocalist) needed an extended outlet for the ideas and riffs plaguing his consciousness. After recording a few demos, Zak recruited close friend Geoff Jones to play drums and Juan Rodriguez to fill in on bass. The trio wrote and recorded their raw, powerful first demo, Evolutionary Transmitted Disease, and self-released it in the summer of 2009. In January 2011, the band entered the studio to record their first full-length album, The Putrid Stench of Decaying Self, this time with new bassist Ernie Ballerz and second guitarist Robert Trujillo. TWBM then released the album through Black Voodoo Records on October 5th, 2012. In early 2014, the band released a limited split tape with Long Beach's bass-and-drums sludge duo Pigeonwing.

After a period of extreme discontent with life in general during the Putrid Stench Of Decaying Self-era, TWBM wanted to continue with the same kind of dark subject matter but from shifting perspectives. So, with the addition of a third guitarist, James Inglett, they began writing music and thinking of lyric ideas. One day, guitarist Robert Trujillo got inspired and blurted out something involving "the blue lady from The Fifth Element.” They had all been huge fans of the movie, and after pondering on it, became obsessed with the idea of riffing off of themes from the movie. One song about the Diva Plavalaguna turned into an hour long, doom metal space opera and they submerged themselves into it. Using the characters in the story as hosts, they found that they could write from many different angles and bounce around stylistically without straying from the core sound of the band. The idea of an ancient being traveling to future Earth in hopes of saving it from the epitome of evil really spoke to them, because, as said by Zak Esparza, “We're fuckin’ nerds and the lessons of love and compassion in the story really round out the negativity we usually spew in our music.” They got to write songs from the perspectives of characters that don't have much too back story in this two-hour film, so it gave them some breathing room to do their own thing without being confined to some strict canon or lore.

Ultimately, the marriage of sludge and lore comes together to create The Filth Element, a more hopeful-sounding record than ever recorded before by TWBM, though the sludge is very much alive and well—and the dark places are never far from the theme at hand.  Recorded by renowned producer/engineer John Haddad (Intronaut, Exhumed, Phobia), The Filth Element will be co-released by Southern California labels Midnite Collective and Black Voodoo Records on double gatefold LP on July 21, 2015.

If you missed it, you can also watch last year's "Tire Fire" video HERE.

Trapped Within Burning Machinery is: Zak Esparza - Guitar/Vocals Geoff Jones - Drums Ernie Ballerz - Bass Rob Trujillo - Guitar James Inglett - Guitar

The release of Dreadnought's epic sophomore effort, Bridging Realms, is just a few weeks away, and the buzz for these folks has been nonstop. The Denver-based progressive/black/folk metal quartet has united fans of prog, metal, pop and doom across the board in appreciation for this twinkling masterpiece of a record, which comes out August 11 via Sailor Records. Today, Heavy Blog is giving an exclusive look into the title track, along with an immense review, calling it a "curveball" that "fuses classical sensibilities, old school prog and post everything into one seriously approachable whole."

Hear "Bridging Realms" RIGHT HERE.

SUMMER U.S. TOUR DATES:

Aug 6th: Denver, CO - The Marquis Theater Aug 7th: Cheyenne, WY - The Shop Aug 8th: Omaha, NB - O’Leavers Pub Aug 9th: Chicago, IL - The Burlington Aug 10th: Detroit, MI - New Dodge Lounge Aug 11th: Oshawa, Ontario, CAN - The Atria Aug 12th: Montreal, Quebec, CAN - L'Alizé Aug 13th: Somerville, MA - PA's Lounge Aug 14th: Kingston, NY - The Anchor Aug 15th: Philadelphia, PA - DIY Loft Aug 16th: Baltimore, MD - The Depot Aug 18th: Pittsburgh, PA - The Mr. Roboto Project Aug 19th: Cincinnati, OH - The Drinkery Aug 20th: Louisville, KY - The Cure Lounge Aug 21st: St Louis, MO - Fubar Aug 22nd: Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room Patio Aug 23rd: CO Springs - The Flux Capacitor

***Preorders for Bridging Realms digital download, CD or gatefold double LP can be found RIGHT HERE.***

Track Listing: 1. Ode To Ether 2. Odyssey (LISTEN) 3. Minuet De Lune 4. Transpiration (LISTEN) 5. Bridging Realms (LISTEN)

DREADNOUGHT is: Kelly Schilling - Guitar, Flute, Clean and Harsh Vocals Jordan Clancy - Drums, Alto/Tenor Saxophone Kevin Handlon - Bass, Mandolin, Lyrics Lauren Vieira - Keys, Clean Vocals 

Upon this third-annual celebration of dark arts, crafts, and music, Midnite Collective has gathered seven artists from around the world, eight bands from the far reaches of North America, and with the help of Below (a curator of all things beautifully gloomy) brought together a gifted group to fill our Craft Gala*. Now spanning two evenings, Communion III: Midnite Masquerade will host an elegant mass on Friday, November 13th to continue the evening of Saturday, November 14th within the Empire Ballroom of The Breakers in Long Beach.

Midnite Collective's Announcement & Invitation follows...

It is our esteemed privilege to present:

COMMUNION III: “MIDNITE MASQUERADE” Curated by Midnite Collective

with Live Performances from

NOVEMBER 13th MORNE  ·  BURIED AT SEA  ·  DOPETHRONE ·  CHURCH

NOVEMBER 14th UNEARTHLY TRANCE  ·  BRAINOIL  ·  FÓRN  · BENEATH OBLIVION

Featuring Original Artwork by

Brandon Holt Glyn Smyth Sin-Eater Rotten Fantom Jason Barnett Førtifem & Photo Narrative by Steph Cammarano

With surprises still to come..

Please Note: Capacity is extremely limited in this unique venue, creating an intimate environment to experience this ceremony. Thus, there will be no door sales once reservations sell out online. All attendees must be over 21 and no regrets will be issued.

* Craft Gala is on Saturday only with full art exhibit free of charge; this portion of the event is all-ages and has extended hours beginning at 4pm until 10pm in a room apart from the musical portion of the evening.

Tickets are on sale now RIGHT HERE.

On August 11th, Midnite Collective will unleash the 12" split from Phoenix, Arizona's FUNERARY and Trieste, Italy's OOZE, just before the two hit the road for a U.S. tour with Relapse Records' own LYCUS and special appearances with Fórn and Loss. This week, CVLT Nation offers up a dark glimpse into this split with Funerary's miserable "Descent."

"All I can taste in my mouth is the pain of their riffs," CVLT says. Listen for yourself.

Hear Funerary's "Descent" at THIS LOCATION.

**Preorder the black LP (limited to 150) via Midnite Collective HERE.**

Track Listing:

Side A: Funerary 1. Ascent 2. Descent (Listen HERE)

Side B: Ooze 1. Targeted (Listen HERE) 2. Necrotopya 3. Bridges Burned 4. Satanachia's Will

FUNERARY & OOZE Tour Dates:

8/15 Long Beach, CA at The Bucket

8/16 Salt Lake City, UT at Kilby Court* w/ INVDRS

8/17 Denver, CO at Marquis Theatre* w/ Spectral Voice

8/19 Chicago, IL at The Burlington*

8/20 Pittsburgh, PA at Gooski's*

8/21 Boston, MA at O’Brien’s Pub w/ Fórn

8/22 Brooklyn, NY at The Acheron w/ Fórn

8/23 Philadelphia, PA at Kung Fu Necktie w/ Fórn

8/24 Baltimore, MD at Sidebar w/ Fórn

8/25 Richmond, VA at Strange Matter

8/26 Nashville, TN at East Room w/ Loss

8/27 New Orleans, LA at Sisters In Christ*

8/28 Austin, TX at Beerland**

* w/o Lycus

** w/o Lycus, Ooze

Links:

facebook.com/funerarydoom funerarydoom.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/oozeband oozerian.bandcamp.com

Anticipation has been high for Dreadnought's sophomore album, Bridging Realms, since the first single "Transpiration" emerged on Terrorizer a few weeks ago. And bridge realms they have indeed: The Denver-based progressive/black/folk metal quartet has united fans of prog, metal, pop and doom across the board in appreciation for this twinkling masterpiece of a record, which comes out August 11 via Sailor Records. Today, PopMatters has premiered the second single from the album, the epic, 14-minute track aptly titled "Odyssey," along with a writeup which calls them "a collision between Comus and Agalloch," and insists they are not to be missed.

Hear Dreadnought's "Odyssey" at THIS LOCATION.

***Preorders for Bridging Realms digital download, CD or gatefold double LP can be found RIGHT HERE.***

Track Listing: 1. Ode To Ether 2. Odyssey (LISTEN) 3. Minuet De Lune 4. Transpiration (LISTEN) 5. Bridging Realms

Dreadnought of Denver, Colorado finds a home in surreal atmospheres, complex, yet approachable grooves, and an immense palette of textures and moods. Collaboration and the highest quality of friendship have fashioned this quartet's knack for contemplative songraft while also inspiring each member to bring their multi-instrumental talents to the foray, introducing mandolin, saxophone, and flute into their repertoire. Dual female vocals embellish the group's signature sound as a finishing touch. It's no wonder that this foundation allows for references to classic prog rock and funk, post rock, black metal, and Latin jazz without sacrificing a sonic imprint filled with spaciousness and ether.

Appropriately Dreadnought's lyrics capture this atmosphere with themes of the infinite and unknowable, reaching for the stars and into the depths of existence. Bridging Realms finds the band's potential truly realized, taking its sounds into strange, undiscovered, and delightful territory.

DREADNOUGHT is: Kelly Schilling - Guitar, Flute, Clean and Harsh Vocals Jordan Clancy - Drums, Alto/Tenor Saxophone Kevin Handlon - Bass, Mandolin, Lyrics Lauren Vieira - Keys, Clean Vocals

On August 11th, Midnite Collective will unleash the 12" culmination of an unholy alliance between Phoenix, Arizona's FUNERARY and Trieste, Italy's OOZE, just before the two hit the road for a U.S. tour with Relapse Records' own LYCUS and special appearances with Fórn and Loss. Today, CVLT Nation is hosting the first glimpse into the split, Ooze's aggressive, sludged-up track entitled "Targeted."

Buckle up and hear "TARGETED" at THIS LOCATION.

Track Listing:

Side A: Funerary 1. Ascent 2. Descent

Side B: Ooze 1. Targeted 2. Necrotopya 3. Bridges Burned 4. Satanachia's Will

FUNERARY & OOZE Tour Dates:

8/15 Long Beach, CA at The Bucket

8/16 Salt Lake City, UT at Kilby Court* w/ INVDRS

8/17 Denver, CO at Marquis Theatre* w/ Spectral Voice

8/19 Chicago, IL at The Burlington*

8/20 Pittsburgh, PA at Gooski's*

8/21 Boston, MA at O’Brien’s Pub w/ Fórn

8/22 Brooklyn, NY at The Acheron w/ Fórn

8/23 Philadelphia, PA at Kung Fu Necktie w/ Fórn

8/24 Baltimore, MD at Sidebar w/ Fórn

8/25 Richmond, VA at Strange Matter

8/26 Nashville, TN at East Room w/ Loss

8/27 New Orleans, LA at Sisters In Christ*

8/28 Austin, TX at Beerland**

* w/o Lycus

** w/o Lycus, Ooze

Ooze is.. Andrea: vocals Ans: bass Sirio: guitar Stefano: drums

Links:

facebook.com/funerarydoom

funerarydoom.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/oozeband

oozerian.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/midnitecollective

midniteclv.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/midniteclv

Fans of both the cult classic The Fifth Element and filthy sludge rejoice: Southern California's Trapped Within Burning Machinery will release a sludge metal concept album based on the movie, appropriately titled The Filth Element, via Midnite Collective and Black Voodoo Records on July 21, 2015. NO CLEAN SINGING unveils the first single, "Diva Plavalaguna," calling it "a bleak, groaning melody that will seep into your head like tar."

Hear "Diva Plavalaguna" now at THIS LOCATION.

The Filth Element track listing:

1. Leeloo (ft. Nicolas Rocha of Deathkings) 2. Korben Dallas 3. Diva Plavalaguna 4. Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg 5. Mr. Shadow 6. The Divine Light

Trapped Within Burning Machinery began as a one-man sludge project in 2007 when Zak Esparza (lead guitar/vocalist) needed an extended outlet for the ideas and riffs plaguing his consciousness. After recording a few demos, Zak recruited close friend Geoff Jones to play drums and Juan Rodriguez to fill in on bass. The trio wrote and recorded their raw, powerful first demo, Evolutionary Transmitted Disease, and self-released it in the summer of 2009. In January 2011, the band entered the studio to record their first full-length album, The Putrid Stench of Decaying Self, this time with new bassist Ernie Ballerz and second guitarist Robert Trujillo. TWBM then released the album through Black Voodoo Records on October 5th, 2012. In early 2014, the band released a limited split tape with Long Beach's bass-and-drums sludge duo Pigeonwing.

After a period of extreme discontent with life in general during the Putrid Stench Of Decaying Self-era, TWBM wanted to continue with the same kind of dark subject matter but from shifting perspectives. So, with the addition of a third guitarist, James Inglett, they began writing music and thinking of lyric ideas. One day, guitarist Robert Trujillo got inspired and blurted out something involving "the blue lady from The Fifth Element.” They had all been huge fans of the movie, and after pondering on it, became obsessed with the idea of riffing off of themes from the movie. One song about the Diva Plavalaguna turned into an hour long, doom metal space opera and they submerged themselves into it. Using the characters in the story as hosts, they found that they could write from many different angles and bounce around stylistically without straying from the core sound of the band. The idea of an ancient being traveling to future Earth in hopes of saving it from the epitome of evil really spoke to them, because, as said by Zak Esparza, “We're fuckin’ nerds and the lessons of love and compassion in the story really round out the negativity we usually spew in our music.” They got to write songs from the perspectives of characters that don't have much too back story in this two-hour film, so it gave them some breathing room to do their own thing without being confined to some strict canon or lore.

Ultimately, the marriage of sludge and lore comes together to create The Filth Element, a more hopeful-sounding record than ever recorded before by TWBM, though the sludge is very much alive and well—and the dark places are never far from the theme at hand.  Recorded by renowned producer/engineer John Haddad (Intronaut, Exhumed, Phobia), The Filth Element will be co-released by Southern California labels Midnite Collective and Black Voodoo Records on double gatefold LP on July 21, 2015.

If you missed it, you can also watch last year's "Tire Fire" video HERE.

Trapped Within Burning Machinery is: Zak Esparza - Guitar/Vocals Geoff Jones - Drums Ernie Ballerz - Bass Rob Trujillo - Guitar James Inglett - Guitar