Castevet break up
Castevet at MDF 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)
NYC-based progressive blackened metallers Castevet quietly broke up on Monday, posting the following message on their homepage:Castevet is no more...
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The Heavy Lowdown: 40 Watt Sun LP news, new Autopsy, Misery Index at MDF +++ more
40 Watt Sun at Public Assembly, 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro)
HLD time -- let's get to it. First, some miscellaneous news:
Misery Index have replaced Hemdale at this year's Maryland Deathfest -- they'll be playing on Sunday...
Castevet touring w/ Thantifaxath, playing NYC w/ Pyrrhon and Artificial Brain before Maryland Death Fest (dates)
Castevet at MDF 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)
NYC's post black metal wizards Castevet will be playing a few shows before their scheduled appearance at Maryland Death Fest, hitting Montreal, Toronto and NYC before the big deal in Baltimore, where they play the loaded Edison Stage with At the Gates, Taake, and Agalloch, to name a few...
Azar Swan playing shows w/ Prurient & Suuns; member Josh Strawn launched new DJ night (schedule)
Azar Swan at MHOW in 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Brooklyn goth pop duo Azar Swan are pretty much regulars in the local live scene, and as usual, they've got more coming up like tonight's (1/24) previously discussed Prurient show at Saint Vitus which also includes Clay Rendering (who are on Dominick Fernow of Prurient's Hospital Productions label) and DJ Becka Diam...
Geryon (mems. Krallice & Castevet) streaming debut LP
Geryon at the Acheron (more by Fred Pessaro)
If you keep tabs on live metal in NYC, you're probably already familiar with Geryon, the guitar-free death metal duo (yes, for real) featuring Krallice/Castevet bassist Nick McMaster and his Krallice bandmate Lev Weinstein on drums...
‘Emo Revival’ & how ‘Indie Rock’ was already ‘Emo’ (or vice versa)
Title Fight at Europa in 2012 (more by Rebecca Reed)"Emo is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics...
Maryland Deathfest announces venue details, tons more bands
Immolation @ Gramercy, 2013 (more by Greg Cristman)
The Maryland Deathfest lineup for 2014 grows ever spookier. The fest's organizers have taken advantage of Samhain to announce a whole string of new bands -- no huge names in this round, but there are a bunch of notables, including Castevet (who just played an IO-sponsored record release show), Sweden's Entrails and the hilarious Birdflesh, Germany's Necros Christos, Japan's Coffins, Canada's Mitochondrion, Austrialia's Whitehorse, plus local favorites Immolation, Incantation, and Mutilation Ri...
heavy round-up: Castevet, Wormed, Kylesa, Disma, Sworn Enemy, & more
Castevet @ MDF 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro)
As we've mentioned a few times in recent weeks, Brooklyn's reclusive metal alchemists Castevet will playing their Invisible Oranges-cosponsored record release show Friday (10/25) at Union Pool, with Oneirogen and Vorde...
Are these the 30 best guitarists under 30?
(more has put together a list of the 30 best guitarists under 30. In the two-part rundown, the list covers some territory, lumping Pallbearer's Brett Campbell, Liturgy's Hunter Hunt Hendrix, Mac Demarco, Danielle Haim, Ben Greenberg of The Men, Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females and Fun guitarist and Lena Dunham-dater Jack Antonoff onto the list...
Sutekh Hexen plot tour, playing NYC at Saint Vitus (dates)
Experimental black metal/noise crew Sutekh Hexen (recently profiled here) are heading out on tour which includes a stop at the Hopscotch festival and will hit NYC at Saint Vitus on September 4 with support form High Aura'd, Oneirogen and Andrew Hock (of Castevet)...