BYKER GRAVE 2014

Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings and Omega Warfare Records present

BYKER GRAVE FESTIVAL 2014

Saturday 29th of November, 3pm - 11pm, The Globe, Newcastle Upon Tyne

 

 What Started last year as a last minute replacement for the cancelled Northern Darkness festival and, by all acounts, turned into a triumph of mess and metal, Byker Grave is back for a second edition! This time around, the line-up features a selection of hand-picked bands representing the best of the North East and UK underground scenes.

Tickets are available now for £10 in advance from:

Omega Warfare Bigcartel

WODENSTHRONE

Currently taking a break from live shows to concentrate on their third album, the North Eastern black metallers return for a one-off UK performance to warm-up for a US festival appearance.

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AGELESS OBLIVION

New album Penthos has received praise from all over the place, perhaps in part to the Century Media machine behind it. Hailed as everything from "the future of metal" (by Metal Hammer) to "really fucking good" (by James Hill / Omega Warfare Records), don't miss the chance to see them at an intimate venue while you can.

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SEA BASTARD

Making waves across the UK, Brighton-based feedback worshippers Sea Bastard will be heading up to Newcastle for the first time.

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BAST

With upcoming appearances at Damnation and Roadburn alongside a Terrorizer "band of the day" feature, we are very much looking forward to welcoming London blackened doom band Bast to the Byker Grave stage.

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VACIVUS

Forming from the ashes of local death metal favourites Dawn of Chaos, Vacivus will be performing a debut show at Byker Grave.

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PLAGUE RIDER

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PROLEFEED

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BLIND SPITE

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FED TO THE BOARS

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LOVELY WIFE

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IRON SKULL

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Facebook event page | Last.fm event page

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GNAW 4: THE WOUNDED KINGS // SUNWØLF // ATRAGON // VOE // NATHALIE STERN // WAHEELA // CALLAN

Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings and Waheela have joined forces to bring you GNAW 4. The Great Northern Amplifier Worship is in its fourth year and its last year at the Star and Shadow Cinema in its current location, so no expense has been spared to bring you the best GNAW yet. Six incredible artists, one phenomenal DJ and the best venue in Newcastle. GNAW 4 is here!

THE WOUNDED KINGS

The Wounded Kings are a doom metal band formed in 2005 in Dartmoor. They uphold Britain's occult heritage and aim to produce a unique blend of spectral doom and psychedelic horror with a desolate end of the world vibe filled with suffocating heaviness. Hallmarks are eerie choirs, pianos and the use of space within the slow and mind-bending riffs. Check out their most recent album Consolamentum via the Candlelight records bandcamp link below, but expect a set heavy on their older material as they have recently been re-joined by original vocalist George Birch.

Candlelight Records Bandcamp | Facebook

SUNWØLF

Hailing from Leeds, Sunwolf create some of the most atmospheric and slow burning instrumental heaviness that you are likely to hear. Supporting a range of artists from Ufomammut, Chelsea Wolfe to Forest Swords, they have built a formidable reputation as one of the most versatile and engaging bands in the post-rock/metal style. Although taking a break from live shows to focus on new material, Sunwolf are making a very special effort to appear at GNAW 4. Catch them while you can.

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ATRAGON

Formed in the cold, harsh winter of 2012 over a common disdain for mankind, Atragon worship at the altar of the riff. They desire only to bring about your doom through the powers of distortion, tube amplification and heathen ritual.

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VOE

Glasgow-based Voe are a monstrous entity of crushingly heavy sound. Citing the likes of Neurosis, Cult of Luna, Isis and Sunn O))) as some of their influences, Voe combine a number of styles in order to deliver a very unique style of heaviness. This is only their second show in Newcastle but ask anyone who caught them on their first visit and they will tell you just how much they are not to be missed.

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NATHALIE STERN

After a two year break from performing live, Nathalie Stern recently returned with a much darker sound, layering up choral vocals and synth drones to create a ritualistic trance.

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WAHEELA

Formed in 2009, Waheela have been pushing the boundaries of heavy experimental music for five years. Entirely improvised, they draw on a range of influences from noise, metal, blues, krautrock and psychedelia, all of which have made them a difficult band to define. Their music is very loud and very intense... a great way to begin GNAW 4! Check out their latest tape release HX Pop via the Cruel Nature Recordings bandcamp link below.

Cruel Nature Bandcamp | Facebook

+ DJ Callan on the decks playing his always impeccable selection of records!

Saturday 22nd of November 2014

Star and Shadow Cinema

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Doors 6pm

First band 6:30pm sharp

£8 advance ticket (plus booking fees)

£10 on the door

Advance ticket link | Facebook event page | Last.fm event page

Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings Facebook | Star and Shadow Facebook | Star and Shadow website

NARC. Magazine also wrote a preview piece on GNAW 4 which you can read below.

INVERTED GRIM-MILL RECORDINGS BANDCAMP

Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings is now on bandcamp. 

Three things are currently found there, one each by Neolithic, Iron Skull and Ross Oliver. A short description of each can be found on the virtual flyer above, and more details are available on the individual release pages on Bandcamp. All these sounds are free (pay what you want) to download with limited edition physical versions due out in the coming months. There'll be a more in-depth look at each release as they become available to purchase, but for now you can listen and/or download at the link below:

Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings Bandcamp

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

Facebook event page | Last.fm event page

Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings Facebook | Northumberland Arms Facebook

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

Facebook event page | Last.fm event page | Wegottickets event page

Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings Facebook | Leave Me Here Facebook | The Head of Steam Facebook