10,000 Years Announce Release Details Of Upcoming New Album III And Details Of Next Two Singles From New Album

THE TRILOGY ENDS

We are extremely proud to announce that June 24th will see the arrival of our new album "III".
This is the third record we've done in two years and it is the final chapter in what's become known as the Albatross Trilogy. We firmly believe that this is the crowning achievement of everything we've done so far, and we hope that you will enjoy it as well.

The first single, "The Green King Rises", will be released March 21st with a second single, ”Cult Axe” complete with music video, following in late April.

The album will be released in the following formats:

Cosmic Horror Edition vinyl from Interstellar Smoke Records
12" purple vinyl with black splatter, A3-poster and 2-sided insert

CD from Death Valley Records
Limited to 100pcs including exclusive woven patch

Limited Edition cassette tape from Olde Magick Records
Clear tape with cosmic glitter housed in a classic-style case

The album will be available on Bandcamp and all the usual streaming services as well

Preorders for CD and digital will start on April 1st (which also happens to be Bandcamp Friday). Vinyl and cassette will be available from the respective labels in due time.

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IKITAN is proud to present "Darvaza y Brinicle", its first limited-edition cassette published by Taxi Driver Records.

IKITAN, a heavy post-rock trio, is proud to present "Darvaza y Brinicle", its first limited-edition cassette, published by Taxi Driver Records.

The cassette will be released on Friday 3rd December 2021 and the two new songs, titled “Darvaza” and “Brinicle”, will be available on Taxi Driver’s Bandcamp page as well as on all the band’s digital stores.

The tape contains the two singles on side A, and “Twenty-Twenty Live at Forte Geremia” on side B, which was released digitally and as a video in June 2021.

Only 30 copies of the cassette will be available, and each one comes with a digital download of the two singles… and a BIC pen.

The two songs will also be premiered on 666MRDoom’s YouTube channel on Thursday 2nd December 2021.

Listen to “Darvaza” and Pre-order the limited-edition cassette “Darvaza y Brinicle” (limited-edition: 30 copies).

“With a lot of new riffs under the belt since the release of “Twenty-Twenty”, and having had the opportunity to share “Live at Forte Geremia” with the world, it was the right time to publish some new music.

We’ve been rehearsing a lot as a consequence of the prolonged state of emergency in Italy, and “Darvaza” and “Brinicle” are the first products of this increased musical productivity in IKITAN’s headquarters”, says the band.

Unusual natural phenomena and weird facts have always been fascinating for IKITAN; the name of the band itself represents the alleged Aztec god of the sound of the stones, as depicted in the cover of “Twenty-Twenty”.

The Darvaza is in Turkmenistan whilst the Brinicle occurs in the Antarctic Ocean.

“Darvaza (“Door to Hell”, an artificially-created crater that’s been burning since the 70es) and Brinicle (a finger-of-death ice stalactite that kills everything it encounters in the water) represent two different yet complementary sides of our nature, devastating and powerful but ethereal and dream-like at the same time”, says IKITAN.

The idea of releasing the two singles as a cassette comes from Massimo Perasso, owner of Taxi Driver Records, an independent music label based in Genoa and born in 2009.

“We’re very happy to partner with Maso, a true legend in Genoa when it comes to heavy music, stoner and all types of interesting and cool projects, and his label Taxi Driver Records. We’ve always been fans of the label and its releases, and to be among some of Genoa’s (and beyond) best acts makes us very proud”, concludes IKITAN.

IKITAN was formed in Genoa, Italy, in 2019. The band’s self-released debut “Twenty-Twenty” is a one-track instrumental EP lasting 20 minutes and 20 seconds, and it was published on 20th November 2020. The EP was well-received globally by the press and fans alike.

As it was impossible to play live due to the pandemic, IKITAN recorded its first live video, “Twenty-Twenty Live at Forte Geremia”, in March 2021. It was recorded on top of an old military fort (819 m asl) and it captures the band playing “Twenty-Twenty” live for the first time, in a dramatic scenery between sea and mountains, and with no audience. The video of the concert, a tribute to generator parties, is available on YouTube.

The artwork for both “Twenty-Twenty” and “Darvaza y Brinicle” is crafted by Luca Marcenaro.

Save the date! "Darvaza y Brinicle" will be published on 3rd December 2021 in a limited-edition cassette by Taxi Driver Records and it will be available on the label’s Bandcamp.

Listen to “Darvaza” and Pre-order the limited-edition cassette “Darvaza y Brinicle” (limited-edition: 30 copies).

“Twenty-Twenty Live at Forte Geremia” is available on IKITAN’s Bandcamp as a name-your-price digital download as well as a live video on YouTube.

IKITAN’s debut EP “Twenty-Twenty” is available as a limited-edition (200 copies) digipack with a free poster and sticker as well as a digital download on Bandcamp.

Find IKITAN on: Bandcamp - Facebook - YouTube - Instagram - Twitter - Spotify from https://linktr.ee/ikitan

They said about IKITAN:

"If Tool were a post-rock band, they might very well sound like IKITAN."
- The Progressive Aspect

“Twenty-Twenty is more about journey than destination, and IKITAN make the voyage enticing.”
- The Obelisk

"Together, the three-piece writes an earth-shattering blend of Hard Prog Rock, mixing equal parts of My Sleeping Karma, Karma to Burn, and Russian Circles into something that seems to transcend the world around us. "
- Monster Riff

"Twenty-Twenty is a superbly entertaining record that you should all check out now."
- Outlaws of the Sun

“IKITAN celebrate the mystical by delivering something that sounds like it’s capturing the enormousness of the universe. Simply stunning!”
- Stoner Hive

IKITAN:

Luca Nash Nasciuti: guitar
Frik Et: bass
Enrico Meloni: drums and cowbell

“Darvaza y Brinicle” was recorded at IKITAN’s Studios in October 2021.

“Twenty-Twenty Live at Forte Geremia” was recorded at Forte Geremia on 7th March 2021.

Ruff Majik announce PULP, their new single and comic series of releases

(Photographer Jacqui van Staaden)

There is no white magic, there is no black magic, there is only Ruff Majik. Pulp Rock fandom, here we come.

Ruff Majik has never been a band to do the same thing twice. From trying out different production styles for every release, playing mixtures of genres ranging from soul to black metal, to releasing a season-based EP series (later compiled into a full album), the band has always strived to keep themselves (and their fans) on their toes.

It should come as no surprise then that Johni Holiday has dreamt up yet another mad hatter type plan for their upcoming release.

After the release of "The Devil's Cattle" in October 2020, the band found themselves at a crossroads. Ruff Majik had just increased their membership to a five piece, the album was well received critically, and sold well in terms of vinyl, but didn't reach the lofty heights the band were aspiring to. As fate would have it, the band pressed for their first breakout release just as COVID-19 hit the world.

Says Johni: "It's a bummer you know. We had just signed to Mongrel Records and had this festival ready album, with the best production value we've ever attempted, big eye-catching music videos, everything. And then the world stopped. I guess you could argue that we had a captive audience, hahaha, but I don't think that's completely true. The world was so oversaturated with online activity that everything just became engulfed. Too much news to follow, too many amazing artists releasing amazing productions due to their newly found time off. Just too much of everything. Being able to tour would have made a world of difference."

The band needed to make a plan to ensure their future endeavours would generate some heat. So what then? What is the logical step forward for a small South African band, still hell bent on world domination, but humbled by a global pandemic? Enter PULP - Ruff Majik's rebirth, re-brand, and singles campaign. Based on the idea of early 1900's pulp fiction magazines, which are described as:

"Pulp fiction refers to a genre of racy, action-based stories published in cheaply printed magazines from around 1900 to the 1950s. It got its name from the paper it was printed on. Magazines featuring such stories were typically published using cheap, ragged-edged paper made from wood pulp. These magazines were sometimes called pulps."

Says Johni: "So then the idea hit me. I'm a consumer of all things crazy, b-grade and wonderful. Our band name even came from a failed pilot for a b-grade adaption of a H.P. Lovecraft story (Rough Magik). One thing I've always been very invested in was the history of pulp fiction, not the Tarantino film, but where it actually got its name from. Just these crazy stories that were printed in mass on terrible, low grade paper, that gave rise to many different genres of fiction, and were even the ancestors of comic books. 

I always kind of felt like that was what Ruff Majik was doing with our music, we were always playing 'pulp rock'. It just didn't come out regularly enough and lacked the storytelling capacity that a short novel would. So, then I thought, why not have comics? Why not have animated features to go along with the singles and give us a sense of the world around the music?"

Therefore, Johni set forth to create a universe of pulp literature, to go along with their music, old and new.

The new PULP series kicks of today with a web comic telling the story between their videos "Who Keeps Score" and "Swine Tooth Grin", along with a visualizer video for "Swine Tooth Grin." The single is the second to last to be released from their album "The Devil's Cattle", and features undertones of the blues with battering heavy riffs. It will also be the final single to feature a non-animated video (at least for a while).

This will be followed up on the 30th of July with another interim comic and an animated music video for their single "Heart Like An Alligator".

From there, the band plan to start releasing a monthly issue of "PULP", which will chronicle stories from their past and future discography, released along with a range of animated music videos. The comics will feature the band, including all members and recording members, some other South African musicians, and even musicians in the greater stoner/desert/doom/rock scene.

The newest singles will form part of a full album set for release in 2022 and will be released on a monthly basis along with videos, short online comics and exclusive merch. A release date has been set for June 2022, and announcements thereof and a pre-order are said to follow "soon"(along with the launch of a Kickstarter campaign). What we do know is that the full vinyl/CD release will include multitudes of artwork, as well as a full print version of PULP with all the monthly online comics compiled into one.

If you want to keep up with the PULP chronicles, follow Ruff Majik on Webtoons, Facebook and Instagram, or check out their website for all relevant links. You can also buy merch for the current singles, with artwork centred around new PULP characters, monthly from the band's Big Cartel storefront.

If you want to contribute to the creation of PULP, you can keep an eye out for their Kickstarter campaign which is launching soon.

If you want to contribute or assist in any other way, you can contact the band at: ruffmajik@gmail.com

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Robustfellow Prods Release PYRAWEED New Album 420 on CD and Cassette Tape

 

Robustfellow Prods have recently released the CD and Cassette Tape Versions of Doom/Stoner Metallers PYRAWEED thrilling new album 420 which was originally released on 20th April 2020. 

I missed reviewing this WEEDIAN based bad-boy and it's what you would want and expect from an album influenced by the whole WEEDIAN Doom/Stoner Metal scene. Loads Of Riffs, Distorted Grooves all powered by the mighty WEED. 

PYRAWEED have been doing their thing since 2015 and has seen the band release an impressive discography with 5 full length albums and 2 live albums within that period. It's seen the band gather a dedicated loyal following within the Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal community and it's not hard to see why.

420 is their most impressive release to date with a diverse range of ideas blazing throughout the entire album with songs such as Acid Flood, Tuesdead and Illegal Song being the main highlights of the album.

PYRAWEED worship at the Riff Altar of BLACK SABBATH and SLEEP. 

So it's good to see Robustfellow Prods releasing a different variety of physical products from the album such as CD's and Cassette Tapes from their BandCamp Page

You should all check out PYRAWEED brilliant new cover of The Who classic song - BORIS THE SPIDER.

PYRAWEED Links

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