Zoroaster

words & Want to make my life simple? Put two killer showcases in the same venue. Well, unfortunately it wasn’t three showcases in the same venue (Relapse was going on over at Red 7 – pics coming soon)…

So a few weeks ago,I sat down with Crustcake.com and Rich Hall (1000 Knives) to decide the greatest Austin venue for a metal show. BrooklynVegan metal is already going HUGE this year between a show on 3/17 at Emo’s (with Torche, Fucked Up, Salome, Dark Castle, The Atlas Moth, Javelina and more TBA), and another day party at Red 7 on 3/20 (lineup TBA), so we figured why not go small…

Laura of Kylesa (more by Paul Birman) Earlier I discussed my favorite LPs of the year, but why leave the fun to just one? I asked some of my favorite artists and promoters for their 2009 highlights…

DOWNLOAD: Shadow Of The Torturer – “The Walk” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fatalist – “Internal Misery” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Mala Suerte – “Wine Like Clotted Blood” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Coffinworm – “High On The Reek Of Your Burning Remains” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Clone II Snippet Sampler (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sleep – Demos 1990 (Mediafire Link, courtesy of Chunklet) DOWNLOAD: Thou – “Don’t Vote” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – “I am the Leviathan” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Nirvana 2002 – “Mourning (Projections of a Stained Mind)” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Mala Suerte – “Entrance/Black Art” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brown Jenkins – “Ashes In Her Mouth” EDIT (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brown Jenkins – “Lords Of Suicide” & “Lifetaker” (Mediafire Link) DOWNLOAD: Witchmaster – “Two Point Suicide” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Witchmaster – “Total Annihilation” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gravehill – “Rites Of The Pentagram” (MP3) Consider this the “Swedish Death Metal” edition as we’ll focus on a few bands that have taken cues from the great sounds of Entombed, Dismember, Grave, and so many others…

DOWNLOAD: The Gates Of Slumber – “The Bringer of War” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster – “White Dwarf” featuring Brent Hinds of Mastodon (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Serpentcult – “The Weight Of Light” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster – “Brazen Bull” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster – “Bullwhip” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Gates of Slumber – “Ice Worm” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Gates of Slumber – “Trapped In The Web” (MP3) “North America is”, or rather WAS, “Doomed” when the tour of the same name rolled on through NYC, hitting Studio at Webster Hall on August 9th…

DOWNLOAD: Unearthly Trance – “Diseased” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Doomriders – “Crooked Path” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cough – “288 Years of Sin” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Howl – “Oma” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wetnurse – “Not Your Choice” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Liturgy – “Ecstatic Rite” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Javelina – “Let The Blood Flow” (MP3) Ryan of Unearthly Trance / Pollution (more by Paul Birman)Due to my right wrist being fucked, we are forced to cancel the 2nd leg of this tour…

Brent of Zoroaster Received this piece of news late yesterday….Brent Anderson has torn a ligament in his hand, and is at the doctor today, hoping he can avoid surgery…

Nate Newton of Doomriders, mean-muggin’ (photo as part of the inaugural Northside Festival! Hide your wallet, lock up your daughter, and scoot on down for the following lineup of miscreants, rapscallions, and ne’erdowells: * Doomriders * Zoroaster * Clouds * Sourvein * Javelina * Cough * Howl * Wetnurse * and more TBA…

DOWNLOAD: Slough Feg – “Tiger Tiger” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Prizehog – “Husky” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wildildlife – “Shining Son” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Funeral Mist – “Jesus Saves” (EDIT) (MP3) Slough Feg have announced their new album, Ape Uprising, due June 3nd on Cruz Del Sur…

While Ocean/Salome were tearing Public Assembly a new one on Sunday, Zoroaster finished off the evening at Europa… a night that included Neurosis-offshoot A Storm Of Light and the furious sludge-core of Amenra…