Archive for the Southern Lord Category
High Command “Beyond The Walls Of Desolation” (Southern Lord)
Worcester, Massachusetts-based crossover outfit HIGH COMMAND set out on a warpath to create the heaviest work they have produced yet on their debut full-length and Southern Lord debut, Beyond The Wall Of Desolation. HIGH COMMAND is, in their own words, “five friends coming together to create the sonic equivalent of […]
Sunn O))) “Pyroclasts” (Southern Lord)
Limited Red Vinyl! The Pyroclasts album is the result of a daily practice which was regularly performed each morning, or evening during the two week Life Metal sessions at Electrical Audio during July 2018, when all of the days musical participants would gather and work through a 12 minute improvised […]
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Here We Rest” (Southeastern)
Vinyl reissue of the 2011 album from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Originally released in 2011. Remixed and remastered in 2019. The third album from ex-Drive by Trucker Jason Isbell and his second with the 400 unit, the writing and recording of Here We Rest followed a period of recuperation in his […]
Sect “Blood Of Beasts” (Southern Lord)
“Blood of the Beasts” is ten reflections on the myth of progress, the new old tribalism, the single face of all subjugations, the broken promise of automation, love, loss & obsolescence set against the dying light of a better tomorrow. Vegan straight edge outfit SECT unites vocalist Chris Colohan (Cursed, […]
Rein Sanction “Rein Sanction” (Southern Lord)
Rein Sanction was a group of reclusive sonic explorers from the 90s. They released two massively powerful and beautiful albums on Sub Pop only then to basically implode into tragic obscurity. Dark, intense, wall of sound guitars akin to Hendrix meets Neil Young with heart-wrenching, emotive vocal emanations. Their first […]
Halshug “Drom” (Southern Lord)
Third vinyl release from these Danes on Southern Lord after ‘Blodets Band’ (2015) and ‘Sort Sind’ (2016). Follows in the line of ‘Sort Sind’ with some Black Flag like medium tempo as well as the ever raging D-beat but a few new ingredients have been added to the mix: a […]
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker “Der Abend Der Schwarzen Folklore” (Southern Lord)
Southern Lord announces the next CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER reissues in the ongoing series, continuing with Der Abend Der Schwarzen Folklore and Koksofen, now confirmed for release in July. Tracks from each of the two new reissues are now posted for streaming. The outfit will also be actively performing live this […]
Pelican “Nighttime Stories” (Southern Lord)
Pelican, the instrumental quartet whose singular vision of heavy music eschews classification, releases its first full-length in six years, Nighttime Stories, via Southern Lord Recordings. The eight-song Nighttime Stories marks Pelican’s first release written front to back with guitarist Dallas Thomas, who took over guitar duties upon founding member Laurent […]
Big Brave “Gaze Among Them” (Southern Lord)
Since their inception in 2012, BIG|BRAVE have explored terrains of experimental rock with a clear focus on the key principles; space, volume, and raw emotion. The same principles are the starting point for the new album and in the process of revisiting their early intentions, BIG | BRAVE have boldly […]
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker “The Tribe” (Southern Lord)
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker’s masterful debut album from 1988 – remastered. The power trio’s blunt force execution is directed by Brötzmann’s explosive and exquisite six string conjuration. Channeling Hendrixian vibrations mixed with hard German industrial atmosphere
Xasthur “Nocturnal Poisoning” (Southern Lord)
Essential, classic vinyl reissue from USBM legend: Xasthur. Originally released by Southern Lord in 2005 in limited quantities. Now available again with gatefold jacket and on Southern Lord 20th anniversary silver vinyl. Limited to 500 copies Grimm grandeur unlike anything ever produced by an American black metal artist. Bleak images […]
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker “Black Axis” (Southern Lord)
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker’s masterful second album from 1989 – remastered. The power trio’s blunt force execution is directed by Brötzmann’s explosive and exquisite six string conjuration. Channeling Hendrixian vibrations mixed with hard German industrial atmosphere.
Want “Greatest Hits 5” (Southern Lord)
A lost classic pressed on vinyl for the first time ever! The Want were a hard driving, kick ass, straight up rock n’ roll band from New Jersey with a heavy dose of Led Zeppelin and Humble Pie worship within their dark grooves. Southern Lord released their recordings on CD […]
Toadliquor “Hortator’s Lament” (Southern Lord)
Southern Lord Recordings presents Cease & Decease, a double-LP discography by oppressive sludge juggernaut, TOADLIQUOR, released as part of Southern Lord’s 20th Anniversary series. The unreleased newly-recorded song included on the record, “(Closing Sections Of) Inter-Stellar Space,” is now streaming at Cvlt Nation. The mysterious TOADLIQUOR continues to hold its position as one of the most […]
Sunn O))) “White 2” (Southern Lord)
Sunn O))) have reissued their two White albums in high fidelity vinyl format. Originally released in 2003 and 2004 respectively, White 1 and White 2 were actually conceived as acoustic albums. But as Sunn O))) co-founders Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson note, the outcome of the recording sessions at Oregon’s […]
Sunn O))) “White 1” (Southern Lord)
, Sunn O))) have reissued their two White albums in high fidelity vinyl format. Originally released in 2003 and 2004 respectively, White 1 and White 2 were actually conceived as acoustic albums. But as Sunn O))) co-founders Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson note, the outcome of the recording sessions at […]
Axis of Despair “Contempt for Man” (Southern Lord)
Axis of Despair features former and present members of such bands as Nasum, Coldworker, Infanticide, Volturyon, Livet som insats, Nervgift and Overtorture. To be exact: The band was formed by former Coldworker members Anders Jakobson (drums), Oskar Pålsson (bass) and Joel Fornbrant (vocals) in the end of 2013. About half […]
Baptists “Beacon of Faith” (Southern Lord)
Beacon Of Faith broadly follows the same trajectory as the album’s predecessors, Bushcraft (2013) and Bloodmines (2014) – combining raw adrenaline-fuelled emotion, venomous vocal delivery, gigantic guitar sound, and a visceral rhythmic propulsion – a sonic manifestation of desolate rage, bolstered by a palpable sense of urgency. Beacon Of Faith […]
Scream “NMC17” (Southern Lord)
A seminal album of the 1980s DC Punk sound, the album was the first to feature drummer Dave Grohl, who replaced Stax for the album, and stayed with the band until they disbanded in 1990. This was the first ever album the now world famous musician ever played on. Since […]
Agrimonia “Awaken” (Southern Lord)
Awaken arrives ten years since the release of their first album, and AGRIMONIA has evolved notably over that period. Their sound has always been dense, immersive, ambitious even, and on Awaken, the band has evolved their prog-infused form of expansive metal into something energetic, dynamic, and powerful. On Awaken, the […]
Magma “Retrospektïw” (Southern Lord)
The first 10 years of Magma were celebrated on three memorable evenings in June 1980 at the Olympia theatre in Paris. This retrospective, reuniting most of the musicians who had performed in the group, was issued as two albums, Retrospektïẁ 1 / 2 (double) and Retrospektïẁ 3 (single). Issued first, […]
Centuries “The Lights of This Earth Are Blinding” (Southern Lord)
Centuries’ second album on Southern Lord. “The Lights Of This Earth Are Blinding is a dark album that carries a theme of constant self-doubt. It follows how we choose to accept our loses and the reaction to life, as well as the journey we take to make peace with the demons […]
Sect “No Cure For Death” (Southern Lord)
Sophomore album from Hardcore supergroup Sect. Sect consists of vocalist Chris Colohan (Cursed, Burning Love, Left for Dead), guitarists James Chang (Catharsis, Undying) and Scott Crouse (Earth Crisis, the Path of Resistance), bassist Steve Hart (Day of Suffering), and drummer Andy Hurley (Racetraitor, Fall Out Boy, the Damned Things) The […]
Kohti Tuhoa ”Pelon Neljäs Valtakunta” (Southern Lord)
Kohti Tuhoa’s debut was considered by many as the most exciting hardcore punk record out of Scandinavia in ages. Their sophomore album Pelon neljäs valtakunta is constructed from similar building blocks but with the band’s sound taking a step further towards genre classicists such as Discharge and Disorder, not to […]