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Taake Took Over A Trendy Neighborhood In Prague
Reviewing concerts in different cities is exciting and nerve wracking at the same time, especially if you don’t speak the native tongue. Tonight, I was in Prague, Czech Republic to see Taake along with opening acts Asagraum and Heimland. I’ve been told that Black Metal is a really popular draw here in Prague, and I was going to see if that was indeed true tonight. Tonight’s show was taking place the Futurum venue, located in a trendy nightlife area of Smíchov. This seemed like a perfect fit for an underground Black Metal show.
When I arrived, Heimland had already started playing. As I made my way past the ticket booth and down two flights of stairs into the stage area, I saw how Black Metal ranks in Prague. Unequivocally and without a doubt, it’s a popular draw. The place was already packed for the first band. I bumped my way through the attentive crowd to an open area off the side of the stage. I was able to catch about 5 songs of Heimland’s set. Without having ever listening to them previously, I would say they’re solid as musicians and as a live act. On a side note, some of their material did remind me of early Taake.
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Heimland
Next up was Asagraum, whose popularity is starting to climb among the Black Metal faithful. If you don’t know anything about them, they are a mostly all female Black Metal band based in Netherlands but with some roots from Norway. They’ve been around since 2017 but after catching their whole set, they sounded like they’ve been around much longer. I thought they were good. They played with a lot of enthusiasm and were tight. They received a healthy response from a rabid crowd so that tells me that they’re well on their way to headlining their own tours soon.
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Asagraum
I’ll be honest, Taake is one of my favorite Black Metal bands so if I read like a homer the rest of the report, you’ll know why. After entering the fog filled stage during their intro music, Taake started their set with “Hordalands doedskvad VI”, the instrumental track on “Hordalands doedskvad.” In fact, they plated the entire album tonight for its 20-year anniversary. I love it when a band decides to showcase important albums in their catalog. For Taake, this was hands down one of their most important albums during their historic rise within the Black Metal divinity.
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Greekbastard's 2023 Anti-List For 2023
I get bored of making lists, reading lists, being listed, etc., but here I am at the end of 2023 compiling my thoughts on creating a list that only a handful of people will actually take the time to read. This is not a dig on those that create/read/ingest lists, rather me brainstorming on what to put down in words my most metal memories of 2023. Depending on who reads this, we might even share some of these memories, so without further ado, let’s do this.
I want to give my respects to some of the fallen this year. Some were founding members of their respective bands, but the music will live on in their memory. Rest In Power: Josua Henrik Lander Madsen (Artillery), Jim Durkin (Dark Angel), Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake), Anthony Meo (Biohazard), Ryan Siew (Polaris), Zach Scott (Beyond Extinction), Mark Adams (Saint Vitus), Kirk Arrington (Metal Church), Jon Kennedy (Hecate Enthroned).
In 2023, there were some headlines in the metal cosmos that stood out. For starters, Sepultura calling it a day. How about Mike Portnoy rejoining Dream Theater? Or, Ozzy canceling his appearance at Power Trip festival, or even better, AC/DC’s triumphant return at that very same festival? More...
Brutal Assault Festival Announces 85% Tickets Sold
Brutal Assault Festival announces 85% of the tickets of its upcoming 2019 edition already being sold. Tells the festival promotion agency:
"The attractive lineup of our festival draws audience from all around the world and we've already sold 85 % of all available tickets - thank You for your interest! Our lineup also misses just a couple of last bands and the artists from our KAL stage to be completely revealed... and that is happening soon! We can only recommend to everyone not to hesitate with the purchase of the festival pass, because there are gonna be no more tickets when the currently available capacity is gone!The festival passes are 102€ (full festival passes only), but you'll also find discounted festival passes for the disabled and for kids in our e-shop HERE."
You can now also generate your own Brutal Assault poster with bands ordered according to your liking and share your taste with the world! If you share your #mybrutal2019 poster on Facebook or Instagram, you can win a free festival pass!
Brutal Assault: 90 € Early Bird Festival Passes
The Brutal Assault 2019-team has the below announcement concerning their early bird festival passes for you:
"By the end of the month we'll stop selling the 90€ early bird festival passes. These are currently available from our e-shop in two forms, physical collector’s ticket where you have to pay for shipping and electronic ticket that you'll print at home and don't have to pay for shipping. It's also possible to change your e-ticket for design hard paper ticket on spot for a small fee.
Don't miss your opportunity to get the cheapest tickets that there are!"
Brutal Assault 2019, will once again take place at the Fortress Josefov - Jaromer, Czech Republic from , 7th – 10th August.
BRUTAL ASSAULT 2019 festival pass [PRINT@HOME ticket]
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Dimmu Borgir, Godflesh added to Brutal Assault '19
In an announcement sure to please black metal fans, Brutal Assault Festival reveals that Dimmu Borgir will be taking to the stage at Fortress Josehov, Czech Republic. Industrial pioneers Godflesh have also been added to the bill - they last played the festival in 2015.
More bands revealed in this update include legendary thrash bands Anthrax and Sacred Reich. Iron Reagan, Prong, The Ocean, Thy Art is Murder, After The Burial and The Obsessed are just some of the other names.
Unfortunately A Pale Horse Named Death, who were previously announced, will be unable to perform.
Brutal Assault 2019 will take place at Fortress Josehov in the Czech Republic, August 7-9.
The full lineup so far:
ABORTED
AFTER THE BURIAL
ALIEN WEAPONRY
AGNOSTIC FRONT
ANAAL NATHRAKH
ANATHEMA
ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY
ANTAEUS
ANTHRAX
CARCASS
CARPENTER BRUT
COUNTING HOURS
CRYSTAL LAKE
CULT OF LUNA
CYTOTOXIN
DEICIDE
DAUGHTERS
DESTRUCTION
DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA
DIMMU BORGIR
EKTOMORF
ELECTRIC WIZARD
GET THE SHOT
GODFLESH
GUTALAX
HEILUNG
HIGHER POWER
HYPOCRISY
IMMOLATION
IRON REAGAN
JINJER
JUNGLE ROT
KRISIUN
LIONHEART
MANES
MESHUGGAH
METAL CHURCH
MGLA
MIDNIGHT
MYRKUR
NAPALM DEATH
NECROS CHRISTOS
OF MICE & MEN
OCEANS OF SLUMBER
PERFECITIZEN
PRONG
RAISED FIST
ROTTING CHRIST
SACRED REICH
SAOR
SHAPE OF DESPAIR
SLÆGT
TAAKE
TANKARD
TAPHOS
TESTAMENT
THE OBSESSED
THE OCEAN
THY ART IS MURDER
TOSKA
UNFATHOMABLE RUINATION
VARGRAV
VENOM PRISON
VUUR
WINDHAND
WOLFBRIGADE
WOE UNTO ME
Brutal Assault Festival Band Upddate Announced
Brutal Assault Festival announces another band update for its upcoming 2019 edition. Tells the festival promotion agency:
"Let’s open this mega update with a black metal stormblast! Over seven years, deathlike silence has filled the halls of the world’s biggest black metal forge, whilst powers have been gathering to resurrect the band right in time for their 25th anniversary. And now DIMMU BORGIR have finally returned with a vicious work of art that is their latest album Eonian and they are coming to storm the main stage at Brutal Assault!
Wicked aural filth comes from the islands with GODFLESH, who are highly regarded as one of the pioneers of industrial metal; they took industrial to the next level with their fuse of heavy guitars and mixing it with slow drum loops and effects and their unique approach has spawned several musical styles since their conception.
Brutal Assault will also present a combo of iconic thrashers that need no introduction, ANTHRAX and SACRED REICH will make it to the fest alongside upcoming crossover thrash ministry IRON REAGAN and a staple name of the genre PRONG. More...
First Bands Announced Inferno Metal Festival 2019
The first bands announced to play Inferno Metal Festival 2019 are: Taake, Vomitory, Gaahls Wyrd, Batushka, Archgoat, The Ruins of Beverast, Der Weg Einer Freiheit and Avast.
The 2019 edition early bird packages are now available. The early bird packages are available in a limited amount.
Taake European Fall Tour Announced
Taake announce their plans to head out on tour in Europe this October as part of their 25th anniversary run with support from Orkan, Slegest, Bölzer and One Tail One Head. Dates revealed for that run can be found below. Taake‘s North American touring plans were scrapped earlier this year due to pressure from Antifa groups.
Main concerns with Taake was mainman Hoest performing with a swastika painted on his chest a number of years ago. While the frontman has since denied all allegations of Nazism leveled at him in the years since, others have also taken issue with some allegedly anti-Islamic lyrics as well.
10/04 Poznan, POL – U Basyla
10/05 Lichtenfels, GER – Way Of Darkness
10/06 Tilburg, NET – 013
10/07 Leeuwarden, NET – Neushoorn
10/10 St-Niklaas, BEL – De Casino
10/11 Paris, FRA – Petit Bain
10/12 Oberhausen, GER – ResonanzWerk
10/13 Arlon, BEL – Night Fest Metal IX
10/14 Zurich, SWI – Dynamo
10/15 Munich, GER – Backstage
10/17 Budapest, HUN – A38
Taake North American Tour Now Officially Cancelled
After several shows were scrapped amid pressure from Antifa groups, concerned citizens (and also rapper Talib Kweli,) Taake‘s North American tour has now been officially cancelled. Opposition against the shows came resulting from Taake‘s Hoest performing with a swastika on his chest many years ago. Hoest himself has since denied allegations of Nazism, saying that the performance was intended as shock value. Other groups also took issue with his anti-Islamic song lyrics.
Hoest himself issued the below statement on the cancellation: More...
Taake’s Entire U.S Tour Cancelled?
Soon after learning that the San Diego, CA and Portland, OR dates of Taake’s planned North American tour have been cancelled Metal Insider took a closer look into every remaining show of the tour, and what was found out is this: all but two of the venue websites have either updated the show status to “cancelled” or removed the date completely. In other words: The results look as if the tour is a no-go.
See all details below: More...
Taake Show Cancelled Due To Nazism Allegations
Taake‘s forthcoming spring North American tour has been met with at least one cancellation in the wake of allegations of Nazism being leveled at the group. The March 24th opening date at Le Poisson Rouge in New York, NY has been cancelled due to pressure from activist groups, such as this Antifa group.
The allegations originate from the Taake‘s mainman Hoest performing with a swastika painted on his chest back in 2007. He has since apologized for the incident and claimed it was meant to incite a reaction and was done as a joke. That said, lyrical content interpreted as being anti-Islamic by many hasn’t sat well with others either. Regardless, other venues seem to also be under pressure and are considering cancelling the band’s planned shows.
Taake North American Tour Announced
Taake and King Dude announce they're going on a spring North American tour together. See where the run will hit below:
03/24 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
03/25 Boston, MA – Middle East
03/26 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
03/27 Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
03/28 Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater
03/29 Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s
03/30 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
03/31 Kansas City, MO – Riot Room
04/01 Denver, CO – Globe Hall
04/03 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music (no King Dude)
04/05 Mesa, AZ – Club Red
04/06 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
04/07 Los Angeles, CA – 1720
04/08 Petaluma, CA – Phoenix Theater
04/09 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
04/10 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
04/11 Vancouver, BC – Red Room
Taake Premiere Full-Album Stream Of Brand New CD
Taake premiere the full-album stream of the band's brand new album "Kong Vinter", which was released yesterday by Dark Essence Records.
Check out now "Kong Vinter" in its entirety below.
Taake Premiere New Song "Inntrenger"
Taake premiere a new song entitled "Inntrenger", taken from their upcoming new album "Kong Vinter", which will be out in stores November 24th on Dark Essence Records.
Check out now "Inntrenger" below.
De Profundis Joining Taake On Tour
De Profundis has been confirmed as part of a touring package that will be bringing an icy chill to spring in the UK.
Along with atmospheric black metallers Fen and headlining Norwegian lords of the dark, Taake, the De Profundis crew will be descending like black angels upon Bristol, London, Manchester, and Glasgow during April. On this tour, De Profundis will celebrate the 10th anniversary of debut album, "Beyond Redemption."
There will also be a very special release to commemorate the first decade of De Profundis being unveiled at this time, featuring artwork from Gary Ronaldson (Kreator, Napalm Death, Benighted etc.) More details on this are to follow soon. Meanwhile the band is now nearing completion on recording a fifth album, which will be released later in 2017.
April 6th - Exchange, Bristol
April 7th – The Dome, London
April 8th - Ruby Lounge, Manchester
April 9th - Ivory Blacks, Glasgow More...
Black Hole Generator Debuts New Music Video
Black Hole Generator debuts another new music video for "Moloch", off the band's new album "A Requiem For Terra", out now via Dark Essence Records in CD, vinyl and digital formats.
The creative force behind Black Hole Generator is Vulture Industries' main man and long-time Taake producer Bjørnar E. Nilsen. Guitarist Arve Isdal (Ice Dale) of Enslaved and Audrey Horne, plus Gjermund Fredheim (Taake/Orkan) contributing lead guitars on three tracks, as well as additional guitars by Dag Terje Andersen complete the lineup.
Check out now "Moloch" below.
Black Hole Generator Debuts "Moloch"
Black Hole Generator debuts another new song titled "Moloch", off the band's upcoming new album "A Requiem For Terra", due out through Dark Essence Records on the 18th November in CD, vinyl and digital formats.
The creative force behind Black Hole Generator is Vulture Industries' main man and long-time Taake producer Bjørnar E. Nilsen. Guitarist Arve Isdal (Ice Dale) of Enslaved and Audrey Horne, plus Gjermund Fredheim (Taake/Orkan) contributing lead guitars on three tracks, as well as additional guitars by Dag Terje Andersen complete the lineup.
Check out now "Moloch" below.
Black Hole Generator Debuts "A Requiem For Terra"
Black Hole Generator premieres the title track of the band's upcoming new album "A Requiem For Terra", which will be out in stores through Dark Essence Records on the 18th November in CD, vinyl and digital formats.
The creative force behind Black Hole Generator is Vulture Industries' main man and long-time Taake producer Bjørnar E. Nilsen. Guitarist Arve Isdal (Ice Dale) of Enslaved and Audrey Horne, plus Gjermund Fredheim (Taake/Orkan) contributing lead guitars on three tracks, as well as additional guitars by Dag Terje Andersen complete the lineup.
Check out now "A Requiem For Terra" below.
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Monument Of Misanthropy Posts Tour Video Recap
Austrian-French brutal death metal/deathgrinders of Monument Of Misanthropy have recapped their "Tyrants Of Death Tour 2016" with Suffocation, Cattle Decapitation, Abiotic and The Convalescence this past March with the following video footage below:
Monument Of Misanthropy will be hitting stage again next week at Austrias' long-running metal underground festival Kaltenbach Open Air (K:O:A) 2016, which will take place between 18th and 20th August 2016, including the following confirmed bands: More...
Kaltenbach Open Air 2016 Shares Official Trailer
Austrias' long-running metal underground festival Kaltenbach Open Air (K:O:A) 2016 has shared its official trailer. K:O:A will take place between 18th and 20th August 2016, in front of the spectacular backdrop of the Austrian Alps nearby the small village of Spital am Semmering, including the following so far confirmed bands:
Exodus, Unleashed, Tankard, Taake, Impaled Nazarene, Insomnium, Jungle Rot, Monument Of Misanthropy, Skyforger, Thulcandra, Forgotten Tomb, Abrupt Demise, Age Of Agony, Anomalie, asmodeus, Ctulu, Epsilon, Halo Creation, Harakiri For The Sky, Illuminata, Insanity Alert, Moros, Mortal Strike, Mosfet, Nuclear Vomit, Parental Advisory, Pray for Pain, Sakrileg, Steel Engraved, Taxidermist, Vulvathrone, Waldschrat.
Tickets for the three days lasting festival can be ordered online at Ticketmaster HERE.