20 Buck Spin is relocating in less than two weeks. We have a new mailing address which should be used from this day forward for all correspondence, payments, billing, trade packages, promo mailings, hate mail, love letters, meg white related amateur vids, etc.
20 BUCK SPIN
PMB #136
120 State Avenue NE
Olympia, WA 98501
9.25.2007
9.10.2007
Grey Daturas / Monarch Split Available Now. New Coffins Shirts
The Grey Daturas / Monarch “Dawn Of The Catalyst” CD is available now through 20 Buck Spin. Won’t be available in distros for a few weeks yet.
Two respected underground heavyweights pair up on ‘Dawn Of The Catalyst’. Australia’s Grey Daturas have built a solid following over the last few years through constant touring worldwide with artists like Neurosis, Wolf Eyes and Yellow Swans (having also released splits with the latter two). Their combination of Sonic Youth style guitar-improv freakouts with more detuned doomed ambience and all out noise has attracted fans from all dank corners of underground music. France’s female-fronted Monarch is that country’s entry into the slo-mo nihilistic utterly oppressive doom genre where they’ve distinguished themselves from their peers in both sound and aesthetics. On ‘Dawn Of The Catalyst’ each band contributes one extended track, both veering to the more experimental, droning, lurching side of their collective personas. A split to be felt more than simply heard, it requires full volume and full bass frequencies for maximum effect.
Two new Coffins shirt designs are also available. Go to the Coffins page on the 20 Buck Spin website to check them out. One new black t-shirt, and one on white if you just have too many black shirts already (like us).
New shit in mailorder this week too:
Alcest – Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde CD
Ammit – Hammer of Darkness CD
Book Of Black Earth – The Feast LP
Circle – Arkades 2xCD
Circle – Panic CD
Cobalt – War Metal CD
MASTER – Unreleased 1985 Album CD
Nachtmystium – Eulogy IV LP
Runemagick – On Funeral Wings CD
Runemagick / Ocean Chief – Northern Lights CD
Sleep – Holy Mountain LP
Striborg – Ghostwoodlands CD
Striborg – Nefaria CD
Striborg – Nocturnal Emissons / Nyctophobia CD
Striborg – Spiritual Catharsis CD
Restocks:
Circle – Forest CD
Circle – Tulikoira CD
Oakenthrone #5 Zine
20 Buck Spin is relocating to Olympia, Washington in early October. We won’t be shipping orders between September 25th and October 8th. You can still order, but it won’t be shipped until October 9th if you order on or after September 2nd. Get it? Good. We’ll have a new snail mail address posted on the site soon. More news to come…
Two respected underground heavyweights pair up on ‘Dawn Of The Catalyst’. Australia’s Grey Daturas have built a solid following over the last few years through constant touring worldwide with artists like Neurosis, Wolf Eyes and Yellow Swans (having also released splits with the latter two). Their combination of Sonic Youth style guitar-improv freakouts with more detuned doomed ambience and all out noise has attracted fans from all dank corners of underground music. France’s female-fronted Monarch is that country’s entry into the slo-mo nihilistic utterly oppressive doom genre where they’ve distinguished themselves from their peers in both sound and aesthetics. On ‘Dawn Of The Catalyst’ each band contributes one extended track, both veering to the more experimental, droning, lurching side of their collective personas. A split to be felt more than simply heard, it requires full volume and full bass frequencies for maximum effect.
Two new Coffins shirt designs are also available. Go to the Coffins page on the 20 Buck Spin website to check them out. One new black t-shirt, and one on white if you just have too many black shirts already (like us).
New shit in mailorder this week too:
Alcest – Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde CD
Ammit – Hammer of Darkness CD
Book Of Black Earth – The Feast LP
Circle – Arkades 2xCD
Circle – Panic CD
Cobalt – War Metal CD
MASTER – Unreleased 1985 Album CD
Nachtmystium – Eulogy IV LP
Runemagick – On Funeral Wings CD
Runemagick / Ocean Chief – Northern Lights CD
Sleep – Holy Mountain LP
Striborg – Ghostwoodlands CD
Striborg – Nefaria CD
Striborg – Nocturnal Emissons / Nyctophobia CD
Striborg – Spiritual Catharsis CD
Restocks:
Circle – Forest CD
Circle – Tulikoira CD
Oakenthrone #5 Zine
20 Buck Spin is relocating to Olympia, Washington in early October. We won’t be shipping orders between September 25th and October 8th. You can still order, but it won’t be shipped until October 9th if you order on or after September 2nd. Get it? Good. We’ll have a new snail mail address posted on the site soon. More news to come…
8.21.2007
More Mailorder Stuff
Bone Awl - Not For Our Feet LP
Corrupted / Discordance Axis / 324 split CD
Disgust - War Deterrent CD
Tarantula Hawk - 1 CD
Unholy Grave - Terroraging Crisis CD
V/A - Grind Bastards CD (Jap grind comp)
www.20buckspin.com
Corrupted / Discordance Axis / 324 split CD
Disgust - War Deterrent CD
Tarantula Hawk - 1 CD
Unholy Grave - Terroraging Crisis CD
V/A - Grind Bastards CD (Jap grind comp)
www.20buckspin.com
8.19.2007
Some New Mailorder Items
couple new things in today:
ares kingdom - return to dust LP
bone awl - meaningless leaning mess LP
caina - mourner cd
cobalt - eater of birds cd (best album of 07 so far)
coffins - mortuary in darkness cd (finally repressed)
ares kingdom - return to dust LP
bone awl - meaningless leaning mess LP
caina - mourner cd
cobalt - eater of birds cd (best album of 07 so far)
coffins - mortuary in darkness cd (finally repressed)
Some Release Dates
Grey Daturas / Monarch 'Dawn Of The Catalyst' CD is officially released October 2nd.
Vargr 'Northern Black Supremacy' is released officially October 16th.
Both will be available through mailorder prior to their release dates.
Vargr 'Northern Black Supremacy' is released officially October 16th.
Both will be available through mailorder prior to their release dates.
8.02.2007
Coffins Split & Half Makeshift CD Out Now + New Release Announcement
Two new releases are now available:
Coffins / The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God “Split” CD
Half Makeshift “L’anse Amort” CD
These will only be available through 20 Buck Spin for the next few weeks.
MP3s from both releases have been uploaded to 20buckspin.com and also to our myspace page, www.myspace.com/20buckspin - including a brand new Coffins track titled “Decapitated Crawl”.
Descriptions:
Coffins / The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God “Split” CD
Coffins has made a big name for themselves in the year since the release of their universally praised 2nd full length "The Other Side Of Blasphemy". Fans of death metal, doom and crust have all flocked to the impossibly catchy old school approach Coffins call their own. On this split, Coffins returns with their first new material since the release of the LP, two brand new classics and a cover in tribute to old gods Pungent Stench. SoCal's long-but-awesomely-monikered The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God make their four track debut on the split. Similar in style to both Graves At Sea and Coffins with some added dirt n grime production wise and insanely pissed gutteral vocals, The Arm & Sword... are among the best new bands to come from the barren sunburnt wastelands outside LA. The CD also features amazing new artwork from our office mate David D'Andrea. Features special vertical gatefold packaging.
Half Makeshift “L’anse Amort” CD
Half Makeshift is the solo project of Pennsylvania's Nathan Michael. The first release under the Half Makeshift moniker, Aphotic Leech, released by Utech Records, was a single expansive track of strained piano, ominous war drums and subterranean guitar noise described by Brainwashed as "nothing short of massive" and "an entire world of sound with viscerally effective moments." L'anse Amort contains four tracks that expand on Aphotic Leech's density, creating more space and reflection, more peaks and valleys. The monumental 17 minute opener "Whale Heart" builds from a simple melody and crackling electro-static to eventually collapse under its own weight in a huge Nadja-esque wall of drone riffery. Tracks like "Oblivion" and the title track recall the vast landscapes of Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore and even Radiohead at their most adventurous. Different from anything previously released by 20 Buck Spin, L'anse Amort is epic in a way most "post-rock" bands can only aspire to. Comes specially packaged in a vertical gatefold with four photographic postcards.
Finally, a quick announcment regarding a new album to be released later this year on 20 Buck Spin: Henrik “Nordvargr” Bjorkk is a known name to most in the underground experimental/noise world. He has released a prolific amount of material in recent years. As long time followers of MZ.412 and his solo work we are happy to announce the release of “Northern Black Supremacy” an album by his Vargr alter-ego. Vargr is essentially a black metal project – black metal of a bestial, lo-fi, bordering on outright noise variety. Bands that come to mind when listening to “Northern Black Supremacy” include Ildjarn, Abruptum, Leviathan, French Black Legions, Ayat, Beherit and of course MZ.412. Audio abominations from the depths of an underground torture chamber. Twisted, raw and completely ugly. Expect it in October/November.
Coffins / The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God “Split” CD
Half Makeshift “L’anse Amort” CD
These will only be available through 20 Buck Spin for the next few weeks.
MP3s from both releases have been uploaded to 20buckspin.com and also to our myspace page, www.myspace.com/20buckspin - including a brand new Coffins track titled “Decapitated Crawl”.
Descriptions:
Coffins / The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God “Split” CD
Coffins has made a big name for themselves in the year since the release of their universally praised 2nd full length "The Other Side Of Blasphemy". Fans of death metal, doom and crust have all flocked to the impossibly catchy old school approach Coffins call their own. On this split, Coffins returns with their first new material since the release of the LP, two brand new classics and a cover in tribute to old gods Pungent Stench. SoCal's long-but-awesomely-monikered The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God make their four track debut on the split. Similar in style to both Graves At Sea and Coffins with some added dirt n grime production wise and insanely pissed gutteral vocals, The Arm & Sword... are among the best new bands to come from the barren sunburnt wastelands outside LA. The CD also features amazing new artwork from our office mate David D'Andrea. Features special vertical gatefold packaging.
Half Makeshift “L’anse Amort” CD
Half Makeshift is the solo project of Pennsylvania's Nathan Michael. The first release under the Half Makeshift moniker, Aphotic Leech, released by Utech Records, was a single expansive track of strained piano, ominous war drums and subterranean guitar noise described by Brainwashed as "nothing short of massive" and "an entire world of sound with viscerally effective moments." L'anse Amort contains four tracks that expand on Aphotic Leech's density, creating more space and reflection, more peaks and valleys. The monumental 17 minute opener "Whale Heart" builds from a simple melody and crackling electro-static to eventually collapse under its own weight in a huge Nadja-esque wall of drone riffery. Tracks like "Oblivion" and the title track recall the vast landscapes of Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore and even Radiohead at their most adventurous. Different from anything previously released by 20 Buck Spin, L'anse Amort is epic in a way most "post-rock" bands can only aspire to. Comes specially packaged in a vertical gatefold with four photographic postcards.
Finally, a quick announcment regarding a new album to be released later this year on 20 Buck Spin: Henrik “Nordvargr” Bjorkk is a known name to most in the underground experimental/noise world. He has released a prolific amount of material in recent years. As long time followers of MZ.412 and his solo work we are happy to announce the release of “Northern Black Supremacy” an album by his Vargr alter-ego. Vargr is essentially a black metal project – black metal of a bestial, lo-fi, bordering on outright noise variety. Bands that come to mind when listening to “Northern Black Supremacy” include Ildjarn, Abruptum, Leviathan, French Black Legions, Ayat, Beherit and of course MZ.412. Audio abominations from the depths of an underground torture chamber. Twisted, raw and completely ugly. Expect it in October/November.
7.16.2007
News July 2007
20 Buck Spin News Update July 2007
Neige from Alcest / Peste Noire / Amesoeurs will be the vocalist on the next Forgotten Woods album Intolerance Div.
The next Forgotten Woods album, Intolerance Div., has been composed and is ready to be recorded whenever time permits the band to do so. Expect a slightly different approach this time around. Some song titles are "Welcome Perversity", "Swine vs. Swine", "It's Plain To See" and "Alpha Ego".
The two bonus tracks found on the Total Holocaust re-release of Sjel Av Natten will finally also be recorded in a proper fashion. Whether or not these make the cut for the album is uncertain however.
The current Forgotten Woods album “Race Of Cain” on 20 Buck Spin has received positive reviews and continues to attract attention. The band was featured in Decibel Mag recently and will have upcoming interviews in Metal Maniacs, Pitchfork and Zero Tolerance.
Whitehorse have finished their first US tour and have attracted a legion of new followers in the process, flooring crowds on both coasts. The self-titled 2xCD is out now on 20 Buck Spin.
Stormcrow will play a show at Gilman Street in Berkeley on August 10th to honor the release of the split CD with Sanctum. Hopefully we’ll get a full length out of the band in 2008. In the meantime, splits with Oakland’s Laudanum and Skaven are in line. An exclusive shirt design should be available in the near future through 20 Buck Spin.
Coffins has been confirmed for the Maryland Deathfest 2008. We hope to schedule some touring around this, at least on the east coast and if all goes well, the West Coast too. Their split CD with The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God, featuring 2 new tracks and a Pungent Stench cover, will be officially released on September 4th, but will be available through 20 Buck Spin mailorder well before that date. The band continues to write for their 3rd full length due in 2008.
Graves At Sea are back in action after an extended hiatus. Half the band has relocated to Portland and Oakland respectively. A new rhythm section is in place with Chiyo (Noothgrush) on drum and Miguel (Sour Vein, etc) on bass. The band will go to Japan in October and tour with Corrupted. A split with Wolves In The Throne Room is in the works.
20 Buck Spin is happy to announce that we’ll release the debut album from Lawrence Kansas’ Samothrace in early 2008. Samothrace plays crushing doom crust with a melodic sense beyond their years. They have sample tracks up, and a demo available, at myspace.com/samothraceproject
Wormwood have been invited to play in Japan also. Dates are forthcoming. In the meantime, the band will be touring down the West Coast around the Labor Day weekend, including a show at Gilman Street with Ludicra. Check myspace.com/wormwood for all the dates. Starvation is out now on 20 Buck Spin
Book Of Black Earth embark this week on a West Coast tour supporting Intronaut. Dates and venues can be found at myspace.com/bookofblackearth. The Feast is out now on 20 Buck Spin.
Toronto’s The Endless Blockade recently completed a tour of Europe with Iron Lung. They continue writing for the next LP, Primitive, due on 20 Buck Spin in early 2008.
September 4th will also be the official release date for Half Makeshift’s “L’anse Amort” CD on 20 Buck Spin. Experimental landscapes both serene and terrifying, with elements of everything from Black Boned Angel to Philip Jeck. Currently a release is available on Utech Records, titled “Aphotic Leech”.
A two track split CD (LP on Throne) will be released in September between Grey Daturas and Monarch. Each track is on the more experimental, less structured, droning, feedbacking, ultra low end heavy side of the bands personas with mastering duties handled by Scott Hull. The bands are also to play shows together in Europe in late August. Grey Daturas will have a full length released on Neurot around the same time.
October is the expected / hopeful release time for Hammers Of Misfortune’s “The Locust Years” LP version. The CD is available only as an import in North America, and the album’s length and artwork, seem ultimately appropriate for the vinyl format. Expect a beautiful gatefold edition.
Black Boned Angel recently completed a short Australian tour. Work on the third full length continues. Campbell Kneale’s main project Birchville Cat Motel will be coming to the States in December, likely the West Coast.
New stuff in mailorder includes 2 live limited edition releases from Khanate via the Archive CD label, the Coffins/Cianide split EP, new Cds from N.I.L., Profanatica, Coffins/Otesanek split, Xasthur/Leviathan split and restocks on Asunder’s Works Will Come Undone and Zoroaster’s self-titled MCD.
Neige from Alcest / Peste Noire / Amesoeurs will be the vocalist on the next Forgotten Woods album Intolerance Div.
The next Forgotten Woods album, Intolerance Div., has been composed and is ready to be recorded whenever time permits the band to do so. Expect a slightly different approach this time around. Some song titles are "Welcome Perversity", "Swine vs. Swine", "It's Plain To See" and "Alpha Ego".
The two bonus tracks found on the Total Holocaust re-release of Sjel Av Natten will finally also be recorded in a proper fashion. Whether or not these make the cut for the album is uncertain however.
The current Forgotten Woods album “Race Of Cain” on 20 Buck Spin has received positive reviews and continues to attract attention. The band was featured in Decibel Mag recently and will have upcoming interviews in Metal Maniacs, Pitchfork and Zero Tolerance.
Whitehorse have finished their first US tour and have attracted a legion of new followers in the process, flooring crowds on both coasts. The self-titled 2xCD is out now on 20 Buck Spin.
Stormcrow will play a show at Gilman Street in Berkeley on August 10th to honor the release of the split CD with Sanctum. Hopefully we’ll get a full length out of the band in 2008. In the meantime, splits with Oakland’s Laudanum and Skaven are in line. An exclusive shirt design should be available in the near future through 20 Buck Spin.
Coffins has been confirmed for the Maryland Deathfest 2008. We hope to schedule some touring around this, at least on the east coast and if all goes well, the West Coast too. Their split CD with The Arm & Sword Of A Bastard God, featuring 2 new tracks and a Pungent Stench cover, will be officially released on September 4th, but will be available through 20 Buck Spin mailorder well before that date. The band continues to write for their 3rd full length due in 2008.
Graves At Sea are back in action after an extended hiatus. Half the band has relocated to Portland and Oakland respectively. A new rhythm section is in place with Chiyo (Noothgrush) on drum and Miguel (Sour Vein, etc) on bass. The band will go to Japan in October and tour with Corrupted. A split with Wolves In The Throne Room is in the works.
20 Buck Spin is happy to announce that we’ll release the debut album from Lawrence Kansas’ Samothrace in early 2008. Samothrace plays crushing doom crust with a melodic sense beyond their years. They have sample tracks up, and a demo available, at myspace.com/samothraceproject
Wormwood have been invited to play in Japan also. Dates are forthcoming. In the meantime, the band will be touring down the West Coast around the Labor Day weekend, including a show at Gilman Street with Ludicra. Check myspace.com/wormwood for all the dates. Starvation is out now on 20 Buck Spin
Book Of Black Earth embark this week on a West Coast tour supporting Intronaut. Dates and venues can be found at myspace.com/bookofblackearth. The Feast is out now on 20 Buck Spin.
Toronto’s The Endless Blockade recently completed a tour of Europe with Iron Lung. They continue writing for the next LP, Primitive, due on 20 Buck Spin in early 2008.
September 4th will also be the official release date for Half Makeshift’s “L’anse Amort” CD on 20 Buck Spin. Experimental landscapes both serene and terrifying, with elements of everything from Black Boned Angel to Philip Jeck. Currently a release is available on Utech Records, titled “Aphotic Leech”.
A two track split CD (LP on Throne) will be released in September between Grey Daturas and Monarch. Each track is on the more experimental, less structured, droning, feedbacking, ultra low end heavy side of the bands personas with mastering duties handled by Scott Hull. The bands are also to play shows together in Europe in late August. Grey Daturas will have a full length released on Neurot around the same time.
October is the expected / hopeful release time for Hammers Of Misfortune’s “The Locust Years” LP version. The CD is available only as an import in North America, and the album’s length and artwork, seem ultimately appropriate for the vinyl format. Expect a beautiful gatefold edition.
Black Boned Angel recently completed a short Australian tour. Work on the third full length continues. Campbell Kneale’s main project Birchville Cat Motel will be coming to the States in December, likely the West Coast.
New stuff in mailorder includes 2 live limited edition releases from Khanate via the Archive CD label, the Coffins/Cianide split EP, new Cds from N.I.L., Profanatica, Coffins/Otesanek split, Xasthur/Leviathan split and restocks on Asunder’s Works Will Come Undone and Zoroaster’s self-titled MCD.
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