Windhand
Formed: 2008
From:
Richmond,
VA,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Windhand News
Below is our complete Windhand news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Windhand Finishing New Album
In 2012, backwoods psychedelic doom band Windhand released a self-titled LP. The band is now putting the finishing touches on a second LP for Relapse, due out this fall, which was recorded and mixed by the band's own Garrett Morris at The Darkroom and mastered by James Plotkin in Richmond, VA. Further details will be forthcoming.
Windhand will also trek across North America this summer ushering audiences into the band's menacing grooves & showcasing songs from the upcoming album. Dates are as follows: More...
Cough And Windhand Streaming Split Release
Next week Relapse Records will release the pummeling split album featuring two acts from the Richmond, Virginia underground scene with "Reflection Of The Negative," the split LP between Cough and Windhand. Stream the entire split now at Invisible Oranges or through the player below.
"Reflection Of The Negative" acts as a precursor for the upcoming full-lengths from Cough and Windhand, both slated for release via Relapse later this year. The split album is out next Tuesday, April 16th in North America, preceded by Germany and Benelux street dates of this Friday, April 12th, and in the U.K. and rest of the world on Monday, April 15th. More...
Windhand Signs With Relapse
Relapse Records this week officially welcomes Richmond, Virginia’s masters of ethereal doom metal Windhand to the label’s roster, having signed the quintet for the release of a forthcoming LP. Stated the members of Windhandin response to their joining forces with the Relapse horde:
"We're all so honored to be in the company of so many amazing artists. To know that our next record will be alongside some of the albums that inspired us to play music is pretty incredible.”
Windhand has begun laying down tracks for the to-be-named upcoming LP in the band's home studio, The Darkroom, where the outfit will record and mix the entire album, and deliver it to Relapse for a Fall 2013 release date. More details will be made available as the album nears release. Relapse also comments on the band: More...
Windhand Streaming New Track
Today Cvlt Nation is hosting an exclusive post of “Amaranth,” a crushing exercise of sonic doom riffery and massive amplification from Richmond, Virginia’s Windhand. Check out the song at this location.
The track comes from "Reflection Of The Negative," the band’s upcoming split with city/scene-mates Cough, slated to drop this April through Relapse Records. The following press release was also issued about the split:
"On 'Reflection Of The Negative,' Cough leads off, delivering a characteristically electrifying down-tuned epic track, while their brethren in Windhand serve up two brand new epic songs for their half of the dirge. While the track listing bears merely three tracks, this monstrous split bears nearly forty minutes of premier doom at its absolute gloomiest.
"The album acts as a precursor for both bands’ upcoming full-lengths, which are both currently being conceived. The split will see release on April 16th in North America, preceded by international street dates of April 12th (Germany/Benelux) and April 15th (UK/World). Preorders for the album including digital and CD formats, as well as a super-limited mailorder-only black/white vinyl combo can be placed here." More...
Cough Announces Split With Windhand
Relapse Records this week unveils a pummeling upcoming split between two prime acts in the contemporary doom/sludge circuit, Cough and Windhand. The following press release was issued about the collaboration:
"With both Cough and Windhand hailing from the unrestrained Richmond, Virginia underground, the choice to team the two of them up for the brutal Reflection Of The Negative split album was a simple one, and the results are, as expected, thunderous and immense. Cough leads off, delivering a characteristically electrifying down-tuned epic track, while their brethren in Windhand serve up two brand new epic songs for their half of the dirge.
"While the track listing bears merely three tracks, this monstrous split bears nearly forty minutes of premier doom at its absolute gloomiest. The album acts as a precursor for both bands’ upcoming full-lengths, which are both currently being conceived.
"Reflection Of The Negative will see official release on April 16th in North America, preceded by international street dates of April 12th (Germany/Benelux) and April 15th (UK/World). Today Relapse has released a visual trailer for the LP, as well as preorders for the album including digital and CD formats, as well as a super-limited mailorder-only black/white vinyl combo.
"In conjunction with the release of the split, COUGH will embark on a brutal month-long European tour. The majority of the dates will see the band joined by Witch Mountain, while several later dates will instead be with Grime, the entire trek leading up to Heavy Days in Doomtown. The festival, an international DIY doom/stoner/sludge festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, runs from May 2nd through the 5th, and will see COUGH sharing the stage alongside Graves At Sea, Pagan Altar, Samothrace, Moss, Bell Witch, Dark Buddah Rising, Lecherous Gaze, Mournful Congregation and many others." More...
