by Fred Pessaro // BBV

Vomitor @ Public Assembly, 12/10/2012

Australian black-thrash crew Vomitor concluded a string of East Coast/Midwest dates in NYC last night at Public Assembly (12/10), joined by tourmates Negative Plane with Salo and Ominous Resurrection. As expected, the Aussies ripped through a set of unholy thrash, snarling their way through close to an hour of rippers before calling it a night by the stroke of 1AM. Negative Plane, who play NYC a few times a year, had clearly benefited immensely from their spate of live shows, with the band ripping the most impressive set that I have ever seen from the crew.

More pictures from Public Assembly are below. The band play their last US date at Red 7 in Austin on Wednesday (12/12) with Hod and Oath of Cruelty.

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photos by Suren Karapetyen, additional photos by BBG

Speedwolf @ Acheron

Speedwolf is currently touring off of Ride with Death, the band's latest LP out now via Hell's Headbangers. That tour kicked off in early March and included a stop at a BV SXSW Day Party in Austin before they headed towards the Northeast to spread more mayhem. The Denver Motorhead-worshipping speed freaks played Acheron on March 29th with support from Coffin Dust, Dethroned Emperor and Salo. Pictures and video from that show are below...

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Speedwolf at BV SXSW 2010 (more by Diana Zadlo)

Speedwolf's Ride With Death will continue as part of the One Nation Under The Wolf tour, a string of mostly Midwest/Northeast dates that are all listed below. Make sure and catch Speedwolf in NYC at Acheron on March 29th with Dethroned Emperor, Coffin Dust, and Salo.

If you;ll be at SXSW, make sure and catch Speedwolf at BV day party at Lovejoys on 3/17 along with an exclusive appearance from Alcest along with a host of notables. All tour dates and flyers are below.

After their current trek with COC, Torche and more (that recently stopped at Gramercy - pics), A Storm of Light will hit the road for a string of dates with Mustard Gas and Roses (ex-ISIS) and Magic Circle (who recently played Public Assembly). Those dates include a stop in NYC at Saint Vitus on 3/23. Tickets are on sale.

Swedish crew Truckfighters are on the road and have US dates that terminate on March 17th at Public Assembly with Midnight Ghost Train and La Otracina. Tickets are on sale and tour dates are below. The band was the subject of a "Fuzzomentary" and you can view a snippet of that below.

We posted on the upcoming Marduk/1349/Withered/Weapon tour, posted a new Mares of Thrace song, posted an interview with Pelican conducted by Mike Hill of Tombs, posted an interview with Unsane by Erik Wunder of Cobalt/Man's Gin, posted a full LP stream of Primitive Weapons' new one, got stoked for Sham 69 in NYC, and so much more. I also announced my stage as part of Hotel Vegan on 3/14 in addition to my show at Lovejoys on 3/17 and TWO shows at Scoot Inn on 3/16. I ALSO have a bridge show on the night of 3/15 with Chaos in Tejas that I will be announcing on Monday. Stay tuned for that.

All tour dates, suggested shows and flyers are below. What did I miss?

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DOWNLOAD: Immolith - "Hymns to the Countess" (MP3)

Woe at Public Assembly (more by BBG)

Woe will hit Saint Vitus on January 30th for a show with Abigail Williams, Immolith, and Vattnet Viskar. Tickets are on sale. The show, a make up date for the cancelled Dark Funeral tour, is one of TWO dates for the Philadelphia/NYC black metal crew, who will also bless Saint Vitus again with Immolith, as support for the latter's record release, along with Dominium, Mortum, and Salo on March 2nd (tickets are on sale).

Immolith are preparing to release their new LP StormDragon via Metalhit. Check out the new track "Hymns to the Countess" above/streaming below and look for the LP on (how appropo) Valentine's Day. Because nothing says I love you like bulldozing black metal.

All tour dates, and some streams of material by Immolith, Woe and Vattnet Viskar are below.

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photos by Samantha Marble, words by BBG

"Falls of Rauros: incredible! Exactly what north american folk black metal should sound, epic & vast, woodsy melodies, harsh & treacherous." - Wren Leader

Falls of Rauros @ Acheron

Falls of Rauros played NYC on Sunday at Acheron (1/8) alongside appearances from Waranimal, Mortum, and Salo. Pictures from the show are below. The band released their The Light that Dwells in Rotten Wood LP last year via Bindrune Recordings.

The NYC date was one of two for NJ's Mortum, who also played Charleston on Friday (1/6) and are currently on tour. All tour dates and pictures/video from the show are below.

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Krum Bums @ Europa

A blackened crust band. An updated NWOBHM band. A poppy street-punk band. A blackened thrash band. A slow crusty doom band, and a traditional doom band with female vocals. Outside of a grind band and a hardcore band, I'd say that almost all heavy bases were covered on Friday night at Europa and Acheron. My night started with the Toxic Holocaust / Holy Grail / Krum Bums tour which hit Europa with support from Salo. Though the crowd was insanely into both Toxic Holocaust and Holy Grail (I preferred the former way more than the latter), Krum Bums were my favorite band at Europa that night. Their high-energy street punk awoke the quiet crowd, who were circle-pitting by their set's end. Toxic Holocaust had the audience eating out of their hand too, with the much larger circle-pit giving way to on-stage sing-alongs for favorites like "Wild Dogs" and "War is Hell".

side note: Toxic Holocaust's fans at Europa need to take a cue from the book of hardcore when it comes to stage-diving; thirty seconds of hesitation and searching for the right spot to dive isn't just embarassing, its just plain pointless.

After Europa, I headed over to the free after-party at Acheron featuring Windhand with local Belus. NYC's Belus is only on their second show, but the band shows maturity and songwriting way beyond their years. Make sure and catch them whenever you get the chance. Windhand was all the makings of an amazing traditional doom band: great vocals, memorable riffs, and bombastic sound. Can't wait to see them again.

All pictures and some recent video (including some from Europa) is below.

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