photos by Mariah Karson, words by BBG

Anatomy of Habit

Chicago's Anatomy of Habit are celebrating a new record and played a rare show at Brooklyn's Saint Vitus on 11/5 with Vaura (mems Religious to Damn, Gorguts, Dysrhythmia, Kayo Dot), and Rosenkopf. As discussed, the BrooklynVegan/Wierd event was the only recent AoH show scheduled outside of their homebase of Chicago and a rare performance from Vaura (who are all busy with their own other projects). Pictures from the NYC show are in this post.

Toby Driver (of Vaura) has a pair of shows scheduled this week on his own, including Thursday (11/10) at Rock Shop as part of the Toby Driver/Jeremiah Cymerman/Mario Diaz de Leon trio supporting Les Rhinocéros and Kef (tickets) and Saturday night (11/12) at Lulu's as a member of Hazel-Rah (the solo effort of Tim Byrnes of Kayo Dot) with Lost Coves, The DRX, and Bangladeafy.

More pictures from Saint Vitus on Saturday are below...

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photos by Carmelo Espanola, words by BBG

Anatomy of Habit in Chicago

A reminder: Anatomy of Habit play an uber-rare NYC show on 11/5 at Saint Vitus, snagging the great Vaura (mem Kayo Dot, Gorguts, Dysrhythmia, Religious To Damn) and Rosenkopf for the BrooklynVegan/Wierd records production. The show is AoH's only current tour date, and tickets are still available, or you can try your hand at winning a pair! Details on how to enter are below.

Anatomy of Habit played a show in their homebase of Chicago on 10/27 at El Mamey with an assist from Young Bear, Oyarsa, and Aseethe. Pictures from that show are below, alongside a full album stream.

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Kevin Hufnagel at Union Pool (more by Samantha Marble)

Saint Vitus and Singe Valah Productions will host "Of Stardust", a two-part event on 11/3 that will double as both an exhibition for "Where Purgatory Ends" by Costin Chioreanu, and a show directly after. The event kicks off at 6PM with some complimentary wine and the exhibition, a US exclusive of Chioreanu's works accompanied by the recorded soundtrack of the artist and Rune Eriksen (ex-Mayhem). Listen to some of that audio below. For some examples of the art of Costin Chioreanu head here.

The exhibit will remain up as the event transitions to a live show at 8PM with performances by Musk Ox, Daniel Menche, Ocrilim (Mick Barr), and Kevin Hufnagel, all delivering sets until the evening closes. The Musk Ox and Daniel Menche performances are both one-off appearances. Advance tickets are on sale for the show (for $13), or you can get yours at the door ($15).

Alternately, and on a much bigger note, Rune Eriksen's old alma mater, Mayhem, will be in NYC that same night for a show at Gramercy Theater that's being billed as the "pre-game" for Metal SuckFest which is at the same venue the next two nights (11/4 & 11/5). More Mayhem dates HERE.

The actual Metal Suckfest recently added pornogrind band Lake Bukkake (not kidding) and will run a special on tickets TOMORROW (11/2), reducing ticket prices to $25 from $30.

In also related news, Kevin Hufnagel will be at Saint Vitus on 11/5 as well, this time performing as part of Vaura for their appearance with Rosenkopf and Anatomy of Habit, the latter's exclusive area appearance. Tickets are still available for Anatomy of Habit, a BrooklynVegan/Wierd production.

Check out some "Where Purgatory Ends" video and the soundtrack to said exhibition, along with a teaser for Metal Suckfest below.

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Anatomy of Habit

BrooklynVegan & Wierd are proud to present the NYC debut of Anatomy of Habit in NYC, joined by the awesome Vaura and Rosenkopf. The show goes down at Saint Vitus on November 5th. Tickets are on sale.

Anatomy of Habit are welcoming their new doom crusher of an LP, which is up for sale now on vinyl and streaming in its entirety below. Mastered by Bob Weston (of Shellac, who play NYC tonight and tomorrow) and recorded by Andrew Ragin (of The Atlas Moth, who played NYC on Saturday), the LP is recommended for fans of emotionally charged doom metal like Corrupted, Neurosis, Monarch, and anything that pensively slashes-and-burns.

After a series of great live shows, Vaura are preparing to release their debut LP Selenelion on Wierd Records. The new long-player will see a release on vinyl/digital via the label early next year, but you can check out the first track "Obsidian Damascene Sun" below.

Rosenkopf released their Dispiritualized cassette in July of this year. Check out "Burning Spirits" from that release below, alongside the show flyer.

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