heavy

orange animal with hand grenades

Car Rides

edgy

Lethal Caries

cursive

from "Option Paralysis"
2010 © Season of Mist / Party Smasher

Gold Teeth On A Bum

State Champs "Elevated"

2013 © Party Smasher Inc. / Sumerian Records

One Of Us Is The Killer

Following countless years of personal hardships, studio disasters and times of music industry indecision, New Orleans’ own EYEHATEGOD, with much relief and excitement, are proud to announce the release of their brand new full-length! Entirely assembled and financed by the band, the self-titled, eleven-track long player will be released on May 27th by their partners at Housecore Records in North America, May 26th by Century Media in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and May 21st by Daymare in Japan.

Comments vocalist Mike IX Williams, “I have to say I don’t believe we’ve lost nary a step in the creation of this album and we think these newer songs are a killer combination of classic EYEHATEGOD mixed along with our best production, mixing, engineering and songwriting in thirteen years. The main and total tragic break in the chain, was obviously last year’s death of our great friend and drummer Joey LaCaze. However, his original drum tracks made it onto the final master recordings and we’re fucking psyched about that… As for working with Housecore, it was a no-brainer. We’ve always been a family, and will always remain a family.”

Adds Housecore founder Philip H. Anselmo, “Being a part of the new EHG record is a dream come true. I’ve known, supported and loved the guys for almost as long as I’ve been playing music myself, and it is our pleasure here at The Housecore Records Compound to have ‘em aboard. And I gotta mention, having heard the new record, this is the EYEHATEGOD record every true fan has been waiting for…. Hail!”

As a band that helped create a genre as well as equate a city with a sound, EYEHATEGOD has always remained humble anytime words like “legend” were thrown around to describe them. The thing with legends is that they grow stronger in time and over the years, word of mouth has been kind to the band. EYEHATEGOD is bigger now than they ever have been in their twenty-five plus years as a band. Pretty impressive seeing as they haven’t released a full-length album in almost fifteen years. Most people who know the band have a story to tell or they heard a story about the guys. Whether it was them playing nothing but feedback to a bewildered White Zombie crowd during their opening stint for the arena metal band in the mid-nineties, being banned from a certain venue for attacking a promoter with a barstool or cleaning  out entire small towns of their drug supply, these stories spread  throughout the metal community over the years, usually through a game of one-up-manship, establishing them as one of the most notorious bands around.

Certainly not the first band to be surrounded by myth and lore, EYEHATEGOD’s staying and growing power ultimately comes from the music. No one riffs like Jimmy Bower and Brian Patton. Drummer Joey LaCaze grooved and held it together with numerous bass players throughout the years, doing so impeccably with Gary Mader over the past decade. Singer Mike IX Williams has always been able to encapsulate the ruins of life through his lyrics and vocal delivery.  All combined, the music is the most genuine, distressing cacophony of sound around.

“Black Sabbath mixed with Black Flag with a little bit of Skynyrd and the element of blues thrown in there,” Bower once said of the band’s sound. In 2014 that style might sound somewhat commonplace. In 1988 it most definitely was not. The band’s second album, 1993’s Take As Needed For Pain is the pinnacle album that other bands of this genre to this day try to reach. Today, EYEHATEGOD sounds as fresh and innovative as ever. When the band released its first new track in over a decade, “New Orleans Is The New Vietnam,” it was clear that nothing about the band had changed. They were touring more than ever and used that time and energy to work on an album’s worth of songs. At the end of 2012 they were ready.

The recording process for Eyehategod started with producer Billy Anderson back in the fold (he recorded 1996’s Dopesick). The session saw both producer and band not quite on the same page and at the end, the album was unfinished. A few months later, the band reconvened at longtime friend Phil Anselmo’s home studio with producer Stephen Berrigan (Down). Both Anselmo and Berrigan helped draw out the missing pieces to one of underground metal’s most anticipated albums in years.

An unexpected tragedy occurred shortly upon returning home from a recent five-week European tour in the Fall of 2013: Joey LaCaze passed away due to respiratory failure. An outpouring of condolences and tributes spread online. Enough can’t be said of the loss felt by the band, family and friends. Fortunately, LaCaze’s drum tracks were captured by Anderson and appear on the album, creating the definitive tribute for the member of the band who encapsulated best just what EYEHATEGOD was all about; seriously not taking yourself too seriously. New Orleans native, Aaron Hill (Mountain Of Wizard, Missing Monuments), took over for Joseph LaCaze without missing a beat, both figuratively and literally. The band hit the road after wrapping up the record and plan to embark upon their most exhaustive touring schedule to date.

EYEHATEGOD:
Mike IX Williams – vocals
Jimmy Bower – guitars
Brian Patton – guitars
Gary Mader – bass
Aaron Hill – drums

http://www.eyehategod.ee
http://www.facebook.com/OfficialEyeHateGod
http://www.thehousecorerecords.com

EYEHATEGOD - "Robitussin And Rejection"

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Language

Primordial Sound

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"Down"

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Smile in Your Sleep

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Secrets

State Champs "Secrets"

The Rain (Chopped and Screwed)

Not So Hard

Sincerely

Life Worth Living PT 2

Collection

Death by Chocolate

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The Ugly Organ

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Staying Alive

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About 800
Kiev’s Bichkraft return with 800, another entry in their unique take on the shoegaze and post-punk traditions. After refining their approach on their two previous albums, they exude overwhelming confidence on each track of their new LP. And while the band’s penchant for devolving into noisy experimentation remains throughout, it doesn’t take many listens to recognize the album’s strong execution. For it is the songs, coupled with the nervous energy behind them, that propel 800 forward more than anything else. With Carson Cox of Merchandise handling production, Bichkraft’s dense riffage and thumping drum machines are brought to the forefront with greater clarity than ever before.
This is not to say that the band ceases to be weird in the most compelling ways. Album openers “Reflection” and “Ashley” are as close to pop perfection as the group has come, with Dima Novichenko’s and Jenia Bichowski’s guitar interplay taking center stage. Yet the whirling breakdown in the middle of “Introducing Yourself” reminds the listener how willing they are to cede control to chaos. Sam York (previously of WALL) lends anxious vocals to the track, as does Elizabeth Skadden (previously of Finally Punk and WALL) on the freeform and prosaic closer “Some People Have All The Luck,” a collaboration that feels at home here thanks to the collaborators’ talents for sculpting tense and foreboding soundscapes. 

The prevailing mood on 800, however, continues to be a kind of melancholy reminiscent of the romanticism in 80s new wave, cemented by Jenia Bichowski’s punchy vocal delivery and impressionistic lyrics. We hear him plead with various friends or lovers throughout, reminisce about his youth on “13 Again,” and grapple with his complex feelings about Kiev on the My Bloody Valentine-esque “Night Lamp.” Bichkraft have once again produced a ripping document of alienation and anxiety inherent in our postmodern condition—straight out of Kiev, Ukraine.

Bichkraft - Some People Have All The Luck

Recorded at Red Bull Music Studios in Auckland
Engineered and Mixed by Ben Lawson
Mastered by James Goldsmith
Written by Christian Dimick, Lachie Thurlow, Pierre Beasley, James Dimick
Cover Art by Oscar Gunn and Lachie Thurlow

Knife Skies

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Five Song Demo

Armor For Sleep - Dream To Make Believe

Armor For Sleep - All Warm

Armor For Sleep - Phantoms Now

Armor For Sleep - Pointless Forever

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Tour dates:
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May 1st – Pittsburgh, PA – Funhouse @ Mr. Smalls
May 2nd – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theater $
May 3rd – Brooklyn, NY – Alphaville
May 4th – Boston, MA – House of Blues $
May 5th – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre $
May 6th – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theater $
May 8th – Chicago, IL – Vic Theater $
May 13th – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue $
July 20th – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
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May 18th – Lille, FR – CCL
May 19th – Nantes, FR – Wine Nat White Heat
May 20th – Paris, FR – L'Espace B
May 21st – Lyon, FR – Farmer 
May 22nd – Luxembourg, LU – Rotondes
May 23rd – Liege, BE – La Zone
May 24th – Brussels, BE – Trône
May 25th – Amsterdam, NL – London Calling
May 26th – Rotterdam, NL – Vll
May 27th – Berlin, DE – Badehaus
May 29th – Prague, CZ – Underdogs
May 30th – Ceske Budejovice, CZ – Velbloud
May 31st – Ljubljana, SI – Summer Garden of Gala Hala

$ w/ The Breeders

Melkbelly - Where's Your Head At (Basement Jaxx cover)

Under The Rainbow

Vitriola

Pick Up The Pieces

Armor For Sleep - End of the World - FreqMachine Remix - Transformers Soundtrack

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“Turkulaisyhtyeen tarkoitus on tehdä tarttuvia lauluja ja tarjota kreisiä energiaa ja siinä se onnistuu erinomaisesti.” Soundi

“Krokodil tuo mieleeni katupölyn. Aurinkoisina päivinä päin naamaa puhaltavan saastan, joka silti saa naaman virneeseen.” We Never Stood a Chance

“Kaltaiseeni kitararockin ystävään kappale kolahti kuin halko takaraivoon.” Singin' Drunken Lullabies

“Valmiin kuuloinen rokkikokoonpano, jonka musiikki soi sopivasti vaikka autoradiossa matkalla kohti kesäfestareita.” YleX

“Strokes Fan...? This a must Listen.” In the Junk Yard Music

“Canción que dispone de ágiles y saltarinas guitarras, rock como denominador, acompañadas de melodías divertidas.” Escafandrista Musical

“Krokodil is early 2000′s garage-indie for 2013. Find a low-ceilinged basement and start a sweaty mosh pit!” The Burning Ear

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Pick Up The Pieces

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