Dubai-based death- and thrash-metal outfit Nervecell has done its part to keep the Middle East heavy, and now the band has released a video for “Shunq (To the Despaired…King of Darkness),” also boasting the vocal services of Nile guitarist/mastermind Karl Sanders.
New footage of drone-doom duo Om crushing Sweden and literally playing records in the car.
On Monday, for the first time in 11 years, seminal post-hardcore outfit At the Drive-In took to the stage, marking the first of this year’s reunion tour dates. The band performed a 15-song set at Red 7 in Austin, which was the first of three intimate shows in its home state of Texas.
Yesterday, Consequence of Sound posted footage of some of the show’s highlights. Check out “Quarantined” below, and continue reading to see “Enfilade” and “One Armed Scissor.”
Black God: II (No Idea, 3/20/12)
Black God: “Everyone’s a Friend”
[audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Black_God_Everyones_a_Friend.mp3|titles=Black_God_Everyones_a_Friend]In 2000, Louisville-based Black Widows emerged from local hardcore powerhouses Rob Pennington (By the Grace of God) and Ryan Patterson (The National Acrobat, Coliseum). The amalgamation soon became known as Black Cross, which went on to release two full-lengths and a couple of seven-inch records by 2004. Though Patterson admits that the band “faded out of activity,” that hasn’t stopped the collaborative efforts of its founding members.
The most recent incarnation of Black Cross hasn’t evolved much in terms of a band name or even its founding members. Now performing together as Black God, Pennington and Patterson have recruited the likes of fellow Black Cross alum and Young Widows’ Nick Thieneman on bass, as well as the younger Ben Sears (Prideswallower, Mountain Asleep) on drums.
Since disbanding at the end of the ’90s, underground hip-hop favorite Company Flow has had fans clamoring for more. Now, following a few one-off reunion gigs, El-P, Bigg Jus, and Mr. Len are hitting Chicago for the first time, and we’re giving away two tickets to a random ALARM reader.
English producer Chris Clark — otherwise simply known as Clark — is known for his colossal electronic compositions, more of which you can hear on his newest installment, Iradelphic. His unsettling video for “Black Stone,” however, showcases the album’s diversity.
Last month, Louisville-based hardcore super-group Black God (featuring members of Coliseum and Black Cross, among others) released its second EP, II. Now the guys have released a video for the album’s first single, “Everyone’s a Friend,” which, in compliance with the band’s no-song-under-two-minutes policy, clocks in at just under the mark.