Doom/Post-Metallers Coltaine Release New Video For COLTAINE

Post-Doom/Post-Metal collective Coltaine release a new video for Mogila from their critically acclaimed 2024 album Forgotten Ways with flashes of Black Metal, Psych Rock. Post-Rock and Drone appearing throughout. Quite a bold move releasing a music video from two albums back but when have ever Coltaine played by the rules. 

The band will be supporting Doom/Stoner Metallers FAETOOTH on their forthcoming 2026 European Tour. Dates listed below. 

EU/UK Tour with Faetooth

Tickets: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/15513861-coltaine

22/01 - 🇩🇪 Berlin, Lido

23/01 - 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Hafenklang

24/01 - 🇩🇪 Bochum, Die Trompete

25/01 - 🇩🇪 Mainz, Schon-Schoen

27/01 - 🇳🇱 Utrecht, De Helling

28/01 - 🇧🇪 Brussels, AB Club

30/01 - 🇮🇪 Dublin, Workman's Club

31/01 - 🇮🇪 Galway, Roisin Dubh

01/02 - 🇮🇪 Cork, The Pav

03/02 - 🇬🇧 Birkenhead, Future Yard

04/02 - 🇬🇧 Shipley, Kirkgate Community Centre

05/02 - 🇬🇧 Newcastle, Anarchy Brewery

06/02 - 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Classic Grand

07/02 - 🇬🇧 Manchester, Rebellion

08/02 - 🇬🇧 Nottingham, Rescue Rooms

10/02 - 🇬🇧 Bristol, The Fleece

11/02 - 🇬🇧 Wolverhampton, KK's Steel Mill

12/02 - 🇬🇧 Southampton, Papillon

13/02 - 🇬🇧 Swansea, Sin City

14/02 - 🇬🇧 London, The Garage

15/02 - 🇬🇧 Brighton, Patterns

16/02 - 🇫🇷 Lille, Bulle Cafe

17/02 - 🇫🇷 Paris, L'Empreinte Savigny Le Temple

18/02 - 🇫🇷 Lyon, Rock N Eat

20/02 - 🇮🇹 Milan, Slaughter Club

21/02 - 🇮🇹 Bologna, Freakout Club

22/02 - 🇨🇭 Lucerne, Sedel

23/02 - 🇨🇭 Düdingen, Bad Bonn

24/02 - 🇩🇪 Munich, Feierwerk

25/02 - 🇩🇪 Leipzig, UT Connewitz

27/02 - 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Hydrozagadka

28/02 - 🇵🇱 Wroclaw, Lacznik

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Coltaine - Brandung (Album Review)

Release Date: September 05th 2025. Record Label: Lay Bare Recordings. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Brandung - Tracklisting

1.Tiefe Wasser 01:51

2.Memories Of Ice 04:38

3.Keep Me Down In The Deep 05:50

4.Black Coral 02:06

5.Wirbelwind 02:14

6.Above The Burning Sand 06:04

7.Maelstrom 03:06

8.Brandung 07:43

9.Solar Veil 02:46

Members

Julia Frasch - vocals, percussion

Moritz Berg - guitar

Benedikt Berg - bass, cello, percussion

Amin Bouzeghaia - drums

& additional guitar on Black Coral,

Wirbelwind, Brandung, and Solar Vein

Review

Coltaine are back with their latest offering Brandung and whilst the songs maybe shorter than the ones held on their previous release that doesn’t mean Coltaine are cutting corners with the emotionally charged grooves they’ve made their name with. Far from it. As Brandung is an emotionally charged release that transcends multiple genres, themes, sounds and delicate ambient passages for a record that’s musically complex but also emotionally rewarding throughout.

Coltaine are perhaps defined as a Post-Doom/Post-Metal collective with flashes of Black Metal, Psych Rock. Post-Rock, Drone and Orchestral sounds for a bold, grand and musical statement that has influences such as Chelsea Wolfe, Wolves In The Throne Room, Godspeed You Black Emperor helping their creative cause.

The music is stripped back to its rightly cold hearted score which is also helped by the excellent recording duties and production values contained on the record. I was quite surprised to see my Jan Oberg (EARTH SHIP and GRIN) on mixing and mastering duties on this album. He pulls out all the stops as usual making Coltaine sound absolutely unique with a fresh spin on the whole Post-Doom/Blackened Post-Metal sound. Credit must also go to recording engineers Gregor Rieth & Amin Bouzeghaia as well. So production values get a major THUMBS UP from me.

Now back to the actual album itself with Brandung being quite a highly original style of evolving Post-Metal sounds with that ice-cold Blackened Metal drive with Julia Frasch’s vocals being beautiful, dynamic, aggressive and quite destructive within the heavier moments especially on tracks such as Memories Of Ice, Keep Me Down In The Deep, Above The Burning Sand and Brandung.

The album itself feels like one lengthy song broken down into individual chapters with each offering haunting melodies, ice-cold lyrics and captivating storylines to show how Coltaine have evolved brilliantly ever since their inception back in 2022 though some members were part of the much missed WITCHFUCKER. The excellent use of different musical instruments adds a sublime ETHEREAL vibe that appears within the shorter tracks of Tiefe Wasser, Black Coral and Wirbelwind.

The shorter tracks are perhaps the most dominated by Orchestral and Post-Rock movements which adds a sense of CINEMATIC sounds to the whole album. Though, Coltaine does add “extra” spice to the mix within the shorter tracks with outbursts of Julia’s intense screams and sudden shift into Psychedelic paranoia laced with Post-Black Metal intrigue. 

Brandung is a richly observed and emotionally charged album with Coltaine breathing new life into the whole Post-Doom scene with complex rhythms, vocal harmonies and epic Post-Metal soundscapes combining for one of the most intense and beautifully realized records you’ll hear this year.

Words by Steve Howe

 

Thanks to Coltaine and All Noir PR for the promo.

Brandung is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Lay Bare Recorrdings.

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Lay Bare Recordings Announces This autumn we are all DOOMED by DÖ, COLTAINE & LOWEN

Get ready to be döömed by Northern dark cosmic doom this autumn! Finnish riff-praising, cosmos-worshipping DÖ are set to release their upcoming LP ’Unversum' at Lay Bare Recordings.

Helsinki’s trio channels dark astral energy into ‘döömer' - a mix of stoner, doom, sludge, psychedelia, with hints of death/black metal - and has been gaining global recognition over the past decade. Inspired by the Astral Death Cult ideology, they promise ‘Unversum’ is more seismic, versatile, and nuanced than ever before.

As Devil’s Horn Zine puts it, “The great thing about this band is they steer away from many sludge bands by mixing in fantastic layers of black metal and even classic hard rock.”

Join us in exploring cosmic riffs of ‘Unversum’ on September 18, 2024. Stay tuned for pre-orders!

OUT ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 - PRE-ORDERS OPEN!

COLTAINE - Forgotten Ways (500cps: heavyweight color in color) | transparent purple in bone)

The countdown to COLTAINE’s Lay Bare Recordings debut has begun!

COLTAINE unlocks an adventure in sound with their special ability to transport intuitive creations into unusually exciting and diverse microcosms of dark, atmospheric psychedelia, full of foggy, post-metal-tinged acid rock with somber blackgaze hues.

With a sound that defies categorisation, this German doomgaze band is set to embark on a quest through the deep, misty realms of their own musical craft with 'Forgotten Ways’. As NineHertz said, it’s an album that is “so varied, so unique... moody and gothy, but never cheesy.... savage music!”.

The aural journey through landscapes of desolation begins on September 6, 2024.

PRE-ORDER NOW

OUT ON OCTOBER 4, 2024 - PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE!

LOWEN - Do Not Go To War With the Demons of Mazandaran
(200cps: heavyweight white in transparent blue - EU LBR) | 300cps: transparent red w/ black splatter - UK Church Road)

LOWEN has dominated the live scene with appearances at Desertfest, Doomlines, Masters of the Riff and Uprising Festival.

On October 4, 2024, they are stopping by Lay Bare Recordings to release their fable-inspired and dissent-echoing ’Do Not Go To War With the Demons of Mazandaran’.

London-based, Middle East-rooted progressive doomers deliver a thought-provoking story about the folly of rulers who expand their power despite their people’s resistance. Songs like 'Corruption on Earth' and 'Waging War Against God’ clearly echo this message, addressing the death sentences imposed on women protesting against the Islamic Republic of Iran during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in 2022. This issue is deeply personal to vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Nina Saeidi, who was born into exile from Iran in the UK.

Inspired by the fables of the Shahnameh (the Persian Book of Kings), LOWEN once again brilliantly uses the ancient world to explore the pain and longing of the diasporically dispossessed.

Let’s listen to this message together on October 4, 2024.

PRE-ORDER @ LAY BARE RECORDINGS (EU)
PRE-ORDER @ CHURCH ROAD (UK)

Thanks to Lay Bare Recordings for all of the info.

Coltaine + Kariti Announce Tales Of Southern Lands European Tour 2023

𝕮𝖔𝖑𝖙𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖊 + 𝕶𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖓 𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝕰𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖓 𝖙𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Poster by M.M. Muench

𝟏𝟕/𝟎𝟐  𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐓𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐓 / 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫
𝟏𝟖/𝟎𝟐  𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆 / 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐤
𝟏𝟗/𝟎𝟐  𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐆 / 𝐋𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥
𝟐𝟎/𝟎𝟐  𝐙Ü𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇 / 𝐄𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐬
𝟐𝟏/𝟎𝟐  𝐃𝐈𝐉𝐎𝐍 / 𝐓𝐁𝐀
𝟐𝟐/𝟎𝟐  𝐋𝐘𝐎𝐍 / 𝐋𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫
𝟐𝟑/𝟎𝟐  𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐎 / 𝐂.𝐈.𝐐.
𝟐𝟒/𝟎𝟐  𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐀 / 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐃𝐄𝐕
𝟐𝟓/𝟎𝟐  𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐎 / 𝐜𝐬𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚
𝟐𝟔/𝟎𝟐  𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄 / 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
𝟐𝟖/𝟎𝟐  𝐋𝐉𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐀 / 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨
𝟎𝟏/𝟎𝟑  𝐙𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐁 / 𝐌𝐨č𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐚
𝟎𝟐/𝟎𝟑  𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐒𝐓 / 𝐑𝐢𝐟𝐟
𝟎𝟑/𝟎𝟑  𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐀 / 𝐊𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫á𝐤 𝐤𝐥𝐮𝐛
𝟎𝟒/𝟎𝟑  𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐀 / 𝐑𝐡𝐢𝐳
𝟎𝟓/𝟎𝟑  𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐄 / 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫
𝟎𝟔/𝟎𝟑  𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐖 / 𝐓𝐁𝐀
𝟎𝟕/𝟎𝟑  𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐍 / 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬
𝟎𝟗/𝟎𝟑  𝐊𝐈𝐄𝐋 / 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐞
𝟏𝟎/𝟎𝟑  𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃 / 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐡
𝟏𝟏/𝟎𝟑  𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐒𝐑𝐔𝐇𝐄 / 𝐏𝟖

𝐖𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝! 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟏 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭!

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