Force and Fire

The Austerity Program releasing a new LP (download a track), playing release show in NYC

DOWNLOAD: The Austerity Program – Song 30 (MP3) The Austerity Program at The Charleston in 2011 (more by Markus Shaffer) NYC duo The Austerity Program‘s last full length was 2007’s Black Madonna (followed by the 2010 EP, Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn), both of which came out on the now-defunct Hydra Head Reco…

Force & Fire = Ryan of Unearthly Trance + mems of Indecision, playing Saint Vitus w/ Morne (stream their demo)

Ryan Lipynsky w/ Unearthly Trance, 2010 (more by Markus Shaffer) Unearthly Trance were one of my favorite New York metal bands during their decade-long run — they combined doom, sludge, black metal, and psychedelic weirdness with an uncommon degree of songwriting sophistication…