Clarion Void's "repetition" album streaming early for Leap Day via The Obelisk

“Trudging, grinding post-metal heaviness... The opening riff feels like Killing Joke's 'Eighties' played at half-speed and drop tuned a couple of steps.” — Decibel Magazine

"Cohesive as a whole work of scope that's almost deceptive." -- The Obelisk

"Raw, droning, hypnotic, and a lot of fun." -- Metal Sucks

Colorado Springs, CO band Clarion Void are streaming their forthcoming album early today via The Obelisk in celebration of Leap Day. Failure in Repetition is out Friday, March 1st on Lost Future Records. Hear and share HERE.

Metal Sucks recently premiered "The Bottom" single HERE. Decibel Magazine previously premiered the video for lead single "The Top" HERE. The second single "Sisyphus Wept" launched via New Noise HERE (All DSPs.)

Failure in Repetition is the newest album from the Colorado Springs, CO based doom-metal quartet Clarion Void. Focused on themes of inevitability and the futility of progress, the album crushes the listener with detuned, sludgy riffs before exploding into a breakneck black metal onslaught. Not for the faint of heart.

Failure in Repetition was recorded with Grammy nominated producer Greg Wilkinson (High on Fire, Pallbearer) at his Earhammer Studio in Oakland, CA. The quartet — Greg Mullenax (guitar/vocals), Bryan Webb (bass), Evan Courtland (guitar) and James Ivy (drums) — sequestered themselves in Oakland to capture the album’s immersive vibe. 

“‘The Bottom’ is technically the first act before ‘The Top’” Mullenax explains. “It's the first song we wrote for Failure In Repetition and kind of spawned the idea of the album having repetitive chord progressions over and over again.”

The band’s 2023 debut album Deafening Sounds of Mortality was a crushing work derived of interpersonal pain which received a wealth of praise for its overwhelming mood and weaving of doom, black metal, crust and experimental sludge into a new sound. Here, the band builds on that effort with greater dynamic range and more elaborate songwriting. 

The album will be available on LP and digital on March 1st, 2024 via Lost Future Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

CLARION VOID LIVE:

02/29 Colorado Springs, CO - What's Left Records (album release show)

Artist: Clarion Void

Album: Failure in Repetition

Label: Lost Future Records

Release Date: March 1st, 2024

01. Repetition I

02. Through Chaos We Succeed

03. Sisyphus Wept

04. This Is The Water

05. Lulu’s Interlude

06. Repetition II

07. The Bottom

08. Repetition III

09. The Top

10. Rolling Boulder

On The Web:

clarionvoidco.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/clarion_void

linktr.ee/clarion_void

 

NORMANS share captivating desert acoustic video for "gritty hit" from Solid Brass debut via Get Some Magazine

“Ironically uplifting… This song is fast garage punk with a classic rock punch, and it’s addictively upbeat and danceably dire at the same time.” — CvltNation

“At turns dark, menacing, ear-splitting and chaotic, or all of that at once, and fully lives up to its claim to be a dissection of ‘the terrified animal caged within us all.’ It should just come with an all-purpose DANGER sign.” — Buzzbands.LA

"A true punk sound... This is the kind of thing punk rock has always stood for -- it doesn't have to be perfect. But it has to be real."  -- Get Some Magazine

Southern California band NORMANS share a captivating live acoustic video today for "Schloss Loss", a standout from their recently released debut self-titled album on Solid Brass Records. The video is hosted by L.A. magazine Get Some Magazine HERE. Direct YouTube HERE.)

Hear/share the full album on all DSPs HERE. CvltNation recently launched the official video for "Murder Rich" HERE & on YouTube. 

In 2021, in the lingering haze of the global pandemic and several nautical miles off the coast of Los Angeles in a broken down boat, Southern California natives and stalwarts of the local DIY music scene Matthew Reid (Blonde Summer) and Michael Perry Rudes (FEELS) decided it was time to embark on a new musical odyssey together; one that championed fearlessness, rawness, and above all, freedom. 

NORMANS was born on the dirty streets of L.A. and baptized in the punk rich waters of Hermosa Beach; the city that gave us Black Flag, Redd Kross, Minutemen and more. Years of exposure and participation in the myriad of genres and sounds that make up the vibrant music scene resulted in a multi-genre-bending, bass and synth fueled cacophony that pays homage to the ghosts of Killing Joke, The Jesus Lizard, GVSB and The Birthday Party. 

NORMANS have managed to stitch together elements of surf, post punk, noise rock and Wax Trax era electro-industrial music for a sound that is urgent, angry, and simultaneously danceable. Oozing with satire and shrouded in bizarre visual art and imagery, bassist and vocalist Matthew Reid explores issues of violence, drug use, and the terrified animal caged within us all. Where their musical journey takes them will keep us wondering. What is certain is the band’s willingness to propel themselves into uncharted waters, unlike the boat they started on just a few short years ago.

NORMANS will be available on LP and digital on January 12th, 2024 via Solid Brass Records.

NORMANS LIVE:

05/20 Los Angeles, CA - Genghis Cohen

05/23 San Francisco, CA - Eagle Bar 

Artist: NORMANS

Album: NORMANS

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: January 12, 2024

A1: John Hockey

A2: Shut Up I'm Shopping

A3: Murder Rich

A4: Anti Crusoe

A5: Firepower

B1: Dead Snakes

B2: Healing An Eyesore

B3: Schloss Loss

B4: Bending The Branch

B5: Fury On The Island

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

linktr.ee/thisisnormans

 

UK psych-punk DEZ DARE drops "Gotta Cold Feeling" video from upcoming album

“Noisy, chaotic, and fragmented—a hybrid of garage rock, indie, and psychedelia that feels like the product of 30-plus years of indie music history. In reality, though, Darren Smallman’s songs are more inspired by his experiences as a person living on the autism spectrum.” — Bandcamp Daily

"This balance - between big and small, between composure and fury - is what makes the record so engaging, Smallman's gaze of disdain flitting from universal issue to idiosyncratic bugbear without pause." -- The WIRE Magazine

“Blends squalid punk sounds with aspects of brown acid psychedelia, building into something uniquely wild and colorful.” -- CLASH Magazine

“It’s a wild mix of classic garage rock, psychedelic elements (Hawkwind says hello), typical punk riffs of the late 1970s, noise rock à la Sonic Youth or Fugazi, repetitive, shamanic recitations. 34 captivating minutes over thirteen songs from one cast.” Amplified [8/10]

UK psych-punk Dez Dare shares a new single and video today from his forthcoming album A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin. Watch & share "Gotta Cold Feeling" via YouTube HERE & hear via Bandcamp HERE.

All other singles are available to stream on all DSPs HERE. 

Dez Dare kicks off UK tour dates in April, with more to follow in the EU and Australia. Please see current dates below. 

A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin. features 11 songs that delve further into the void than previous records, leaving the sardonic frustration behind for sarcastic existentialism, zeroing in on the big philosophical questions, and the pedantic shards of nonsense that make up our existence.

This track is a fuzzed up, bass and synth driven, stomper that tackles the biggest question of all… as the wires fray from the burden of existence + the last sparks shimmer in your consciousness, the void has one simple question… “What tunes do you want playing on the way out?”

The Stooges ‘Real Cool Time’? 

The Triffids ‘A Trick of the Light’?

Judy & the Jerks ‘Good Time’?

Nicki Minaj ‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze’?

Whatever your taste, the small things matter. Make it a strong choice!

The self-produced Australian has spent over 3 decades producing music, releasing and touring bands, and doing live sound for z-grade metal bands. Growing up in the coastal town of Geelong (Djilang) in Australia, he was introduced to the DIY punk and rock scene at 15 and this community and the ideas rooted in the underground music scene have guided his output and ethics throughout his career.

This year Dez will be joining forces with label titans God Unknown (Cassels / Duke Garwood / James Johnston + Steve Gullick / KLÄMP / Oneida / Laura Loriga / Monster Magnet / Wellwater Conspiracy [Soundgarden + Monster Magnet]) and will be producing a deluxe version of the album on blob color vinyl and includes a comic book illustrated by Mike Keane. In true nerd fashion the comic also features Top 10s by Dez, Jason Stoll (God Unknown), Matthew Barnhart (Chicago Mastering Service), Mike Keane, and the album illustrator MALMALL.

A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin. will be released on LP, CD and download on March 1st via God Unknown Records.

DEZ DARE LIVE 2024:

04/12 Coventry, UK - The Tin Music & Arts

04/13 Birmingham, UK - Dark Horse

04/19 Falmouth, UK - Fish Factory Art Space

04/20 Plymouth, UK - Underground

04/25 Portsmouth, UK - The Loft at The Kings

April & May (EU), June & July (AU)

Artist: Dez Dare

Album: A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.

Record Label: God Unknown Records

Release Date: March 1st, 2024