Ash Borer

This week's Notable Releases include Smoke DZA & Pete Rock's collaborative LP, a new Lady Lamb EP, raw atmospheric black metal from Ash Borer, and the gothy Worm Ouroboros.

Wear Your Wounds (also ft. members of The Red Chord, Trap Them, and Cave In) will make their live debut at Roadburn, which also just added My Dying Bride, Wolves in the Throne Room, Ash Borer, Emma Ruth Rundle, Sumac, and more.

California black metal crew Ash Borer are getting ready to release a new album. The Irrepassable Gate will be released on Profound Lore on December 2...

Ash Borer at the Acheron in 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro) We've mentioned that the black metal band Ash Borer and the doom band Hell are on a tour that comes to NYC this weekend to play Saint Vitus on 7/12 with Vorde and Yellow Eyes (tix), and now the two bands from the Northwest have added a second NYC show (an all-ages one) happening at Acheron on Sunday (7/13)...

Michael Rekevics of Fell Voices at Saint Vitus in 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) Two of the Pacific Northwest's best black metal bands are heading to Brooklyn in the coming weeks...

Ash Borer at the Acheron, July 2011 (more by BBG) US black metal comes in many flavors at this point. Arcata, California's Ash Borer are one of the leaders of a certain school that champions twisting, atmosphere-rich songs loaded with barely-keeping-it-together blasting (another practitioner would be the closely-related Fell Voices)...

The Body at The Acheron, June 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) As you may know, the Gilead Media Fest is happening in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 18 - 20 and has announced a number of additions to what was an already loaded lineup...

Inter Arma @ Hopscotch 2013 (more. Gilead Media label-mates Ash Borer, Mutilation Rites (who play Saint Vitus December 12 with Revenge), Inter Arma (who embark on a tour with Black Tusk soon that hits Saint Vitus on October 30), Thou and more will lead what is already a doozy of a lineup...

Fell Voices will play a rare set of East Coast dates on their way towards Europe and Roadburn 2013, logging shows with Anicon and Ashencult (who recently played Acheron) in Philadelphia and NYC...

One Tail One Head at Inferno Festival, April 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) 2012 was a year of considerable personal growth for me, as a person, a photographer and a music fan...