Festival News Scorched Tundra Announce Entire Line-Up For 2018 Edition

Scorched Tundra is proud to announce the entire lineup for its tenth edition.  The second installment of 2018 – taking place on August 31st and September 1st at The Empty Bottle in Chicago – features newcomers and veterans of the festival from across the country and abroad.

Friday August 31st

Monolord

Lair of the Minotaur
Telekinetic Yeti

Saturday September 1st

Sumac
Yakuza
In the Company of Serpents
Couch Slut

Tickets can be purchased through these links:

Friday 8/31:
http://eventbrite.com/e/scorched-tundra-x-the-empty-bottle-tickets-46205946229

Saturday: 9/1:
http://eventbrite.com/e/scorched-tundra-x-the-empty-bottle-tickets-46205078634

Scorched Tundra’s mission is to give a new generation of talented artists a unique live platform in Gothenburg and Chicago. The festival’s billing – based on sound, not stature – creates an unparalleled aural experience for its audience.

“The process of selecting bands for the tenth edition of this festival began over a year ago. For this momentous occasion, I sought bands that have forged their own space at the convergence of heavy, progressive and dark music. Scorched Tundra’s mission is to give a new generation of talented artists from Gothenburg and Chicago a unique platform. The tenth lineup achieves this, while also mixing in extremely talented musicians from around the country. I look forward to sharing this exceptional lineup at The Empty Bottle on Labor Day Weekend.” states organizer Alexi D. Front.

Tickets for August 31st and September 1st will be $20 per night, and more exciting festival details will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Links:
Scorched Tundra
http://scorchedtundra.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/scorchedtundra

The Empty Bottle
http://emptybottle.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/emptybottle/

Sumac
https://sumac.bandcamp.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/SUMACBAND/

Monolord
https://monolord.bandcamp.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/monolordsweden/

Lair of the Minotaur
http://www.lairoftheminotaur.net/ | https://lairoftheminotaur.bandcamp.com/

Yakuza
https://www.facebook.com/yakuza-55268044860/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza_(band)

In the Company of Serpents
https://inthecompanyofserpentsdoom.bandcamp.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/InTheCompanyOfSerpents/

Telekinetic Yeti
https://telekineticyeti.bandcamp.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/telekineticyetiband/

Couch Slut
https://couchslut.bandcamp.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/couchslut/

In The Company Of Serpents - Ain-Soph Aur (Album Review)

Release date: March 10^th 2017. Label: Self Released. Format: DD/Vinyl

Ain​-​Soph Aur – Tracklisting

1.Middle Pillar

2.Nothingness

3.Crucible

4.Merkabah

5.Limitless Nothingness

6.Limitless Light

Band Members

Grant Netzorg: Vocals, Strings

Joseph Weller Myer: Drums

Review

Greetings all,

I had the extreme pleasure of checking out the new In the Company of Serpents record, Ain-Soph Aur. I've been a huge fan of this Denver Doom Metal duo ever since I stumbled across their demo tape a few years back. Ain-Soph Aur is the band's second full length and it is devastating from beginning to end. I'm confident to say that at this point the fellas in ITCOS can out-neurosis the mighty Neurosis, which is no small feat. This record is both dissonant and heavy.

The album opens with the subdued intro of Middle Pillar which spends about a minute easing you in before it absolutely rips your face off for the next 7 or so minutes. The next track Nothingness sounds like the background music to a dark spaghetti western and leads the way into the amazing Crucible.

The first 4 minutes play as a raspy, jazzy stomp before utterly exploding into a massive wall of bone crushing sound. Merkabah is a another raspy acoustic number that is dark and unsettling. Limitless Nothingness is a short little banjo(?) and noise track that leads into the final, heavy as hell destroyer that is Limitless Light. 12 plus minutes of heaviness personified.

I can not recommend this album enough. If I had one minor, and I mean minor, gripe it would be the brevity. I get it is due to vinyl, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Do whatever you have to do to snag a copy of this monster. Grab the vinyl, these guys do an amazing job with the look and sound on all of their releases.

It is still really early in the year, but a solid album of the year contender is here. Highest Recommendation!

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Words by Todd Stealey

Thanks to Earsplit PR for the promo. Ain-Soph Aur will be available to buy on DD/Vinyl from the band on March 10^th 2017.

Links:

Facebook | BandCamp