ACATALEPSY // LIVE BURIAL // FED TO THE BOARS

ACATALEPSY

Edinburgh technical death metallers who formed in 2007 featuring members of Haar, Barshasketh and Of Spire & Throne amongst others. This will be their first gig in England and promises to be a brutal hammering for your lugs!

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LIVE BURIAL

Local death metal with a doomy twist, these lads are doing the whole English tour with Acatalepsy as they claw their way to the surface.

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FED TO THE BOARS

Newish local crusty death metal band constantly blowing the heads off anyone who has seen them!

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Thursday the 23rd of October

Northumberland Arms

Newcastle Upon Tyne

8pm

£5 Entry

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OF SPIRE & THRONE // NEOLITHIC // OPPENHEIMER

OF SPIRE & THRONE

The always welcome annual visit of Edinburgh doom titans Of Spire & Throne. This Newcastle date is part of their UK tour to promote their latest crushing record, Toll of the Wound.

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NEOLITHIC

Sunderland misery-mongers Neolithic produce the aural equivalent of ancient monoliths falling over and crushing their worshippers.

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OPPENHEIMER

Collective experimentation and improvisation from local noise makers including Culver, Wrest and Charles Dexter Ward, playing in rock band formation. Anything could happen.

Friday the 26th of September

Northumberland Arms

Newcastle Upon Tyne

8pm

£5 Entry

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DUNE // TIDE OF IRON // LUMP HAMMER

DUNE

"Dune's weighty sound combines big sludgy riffs with some interesting song structures and a couple of spacey, progressive sections thrown in for good measure. Fans of bands like Mastodon or High on Fire will be in their element here." - Terrorizer.com

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TIDE OF IRON

Local noise rock heroes blast their way through one final performance. Do not miss your last chance to have your ears thoroughly agitated!

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LUMP HAMMER

Playing the same thing lots of times

Playing the same thing lots of times

Playing the same thing lots of times

Northumberland Arms, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Friday 19th of September 2014

8pm onwards

£4 entry

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HORSE LATITUDES // COLTSBLOOD // OMMADON // BONG

Leave Me Here + Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings have teamed up to bring you this cracker of a night. 

HORSE LATITUDES (Finland)

Menacing and majestic, the riffs and atmospheres of Horse Latitudes never veer off into pretension. This trio includes two bass guitar players who combine intricately with a vocalising drummer to execute a sublime form of doom that is heavy as well as serene.

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COLTSBLOOD (Liverpool)

Punishing and methodical, Coltsblood's grim sludge encapsulates the haunting howls of ancient armies entering battle. Relentless and dense soul-crushing doom riffs are accompanied with cacophonous drums and the war cries of our ancestors. Coltsblood remind us of the pain as they travel on a bleak journey into the dark remnants of a battle torn past. 

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OMMADON (Glasgow/Newcastle)

Heavy and gravity laden, Ommadon's raw and minimal doom comes clawed down from the Moon and crashes to the Earth at a glacial pace. This two piece create huge chasms of heavy riffs telepathically bound with clangorous percussion. A filthy rich heaviness that is always perilously close to collapse into the abyss. 

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BONG (Space)

Ritualistic and trance inducing, Bong create molten drone guitar laden vibes that continuously overlap in a journey through ancient space. A sitar crowned swathe of rhythm and darkness brings on eastern tones and reminds us that endurance through darkness leads to mystical fulfilment. Bong are true journeymen and you will be encouraged to accompany them into oblivion. 

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Wednesday 23rd July at The Head of Steam, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Doors 7pm, Tickets £7 from the links below

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LATITUDES // WAHEELA // NEOLITHIC

LATITUDES

Following the success of their critically acclaimed debut album "Agonist" in 2009, and after a run of successful tours and crushing live shows, LATITUDES wasted no time starting work on their second full-lengther, "Individuation". And with a growing worldwide following, the quintet from Hertfordshire, is now prepared to unleash their most monumental work to date.

Produced once again by Chris Fielding (Napalm Death, Electric Wizard, Primordial) at Foel Studios in Wales, and mastered by Jamie Gomez Arellano (Ulver, Cathedral, Ghost) "Individuation" will crush you like a steel wrecking ball in a velvet glove. Jungian psychology refers to "Individuation" as the process of self-unification through the resolution of successive layers of psychological conflict. And it is a fitting title for an album that showcases a long hard road for a band that have not only survived, but grown stronger and better with every release. "Individuation" is the band's strongest statement yet and re-affirms why LATITUDES have captured the interest of fans from across genres, worldwide.

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WAHEELA

The waheela is a wolf-like cryptid reported from Nahanni Valley in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Waheela are an improvised noise/rock project driven by a shared affection for shrieking feedback, non-denominational riff worship & unexplained sounds. They have been described as sounding like “a kind of death-trance” & akin to a particularly good German band being dredged from a big river.

Waheela are five male bipeds with biblical names & are typically found in darkened rooms in the North of England.

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NEOLITHIC

Sunderland based doom droners who rumble like a large thing falling over causing misery for all.

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The Head of Steam, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Friday the 18th of April 2014, 7pm

£7 entry, all proceeds to the performers

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BURIAL // WODE // LIVE BURIAL

INVERTED GRIM-MILL RECORDINGS PRESENTS

BURIAL

Blistering blackened death metal from Manchesterish. A welcome return to the North East for these guys, the first time since the infamous Sunderland gig of August 2011 with Crabsu and Gary Marchant...

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WODE

Another returning act. Atmospheric black metal with crust elements. Last seen in Newcastle in July 2013 with Barshasketh and Blind Spite.

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LIVE BURIAL

Yet another returning act, not to be confused with the similarly named headliner of this gig... Local old school death metal with some doomy bits thrown in.

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The Northumberland Arms, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Saturday the 22nd of March 2014, 8pm

£6 entry, all proceeds to the performers.

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ORTEGA gig roundup

First and foremost, a heartfelt cheers to all those that attended the recent Ortega, Of Spire & Throne and Live Burial gig. Enough of you turned up to ensure all the bands got paid what they asked for, maybe a little more!

Additional thanks to anyone who bought an Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings or Tyrant T-shirt (or both) or any of the range of badges I've been making.

Next up, here's the between-band playlist for anyone enjoying the tunes more than awkward silence:

5ive - Jules Vernes' Dream
Slomatics - Flame On
Jackal-Headed Guard of the Dead - Obsidian Bats
Yob - Grasping Air
Bongripper - Satan
Dark Castle - Seeing Through Time
Ahab - Old Thunder
Latitudes - Fluxes of the Womb
Conan - Grim Tormentor
Necro Deathmort - Led To The Water
The Wounded Kings - Baptism of Atlantis

Cheers to the venue, soundman and bar staff for putting up with our racket and for being easy to deal with. I think we'll be using it again...

Finally, a massive thanks to all the bands for turning up on time, playing to schedule and generally not being any fuss. A smooth gig to run, a rare occurance and a real pleasure!