For those of you who dug Quicksand, but always felt that they could have been a bit heavier (or something), then you should probably give Kowloon Walled City a spin. If you happen to name your band after an enclosed city in Hong Kong that was once a military fort during the 19th century, you're probably both a genius and also a metal band -- at least logic would lead me to believe so. I can't sit inside this fort (aka my house) and tell you that I know too much about metal and sludge rock (I love [...]
If you live in one of the surrounding areas that The Atlas Moth and Batillius plan to play on their tour kicking off in a few weeks, you may notice some extra reverberation because both bands are SO FUCKING LOUD when they play. You will also notice some sick tones. So basically, I'm saying you ...
photo by Scott Irvine Admittedly, I am not the resident doom expert at MetalSucks, but for my money, the genre is not having a terrific year. To wit: I have heard two doom releases which really knocked my beard off: Rwake's Rest, and Batillus' Furnace (my review here). I've spoken plenty about the former in the past [...]
If you live in the East Coast or the South and you didn't see Batillus and Kowloon Walled City recently, you missed out. You really missed out on some of the best modern doom around today. Were Grey's Anatomy or Community THAT important to you? Did you forget Batillus' drummer, Geoff Summers, was the founder of the very blog you're reading?We are going to flog you about this...unless you catch
by ill? ya! (NYC)Winter is coming. So is CMJ and a slew of crusty shows. Why wait though? Once again, NYC offers in one week what most cities can't pull off in a month.While tornadoes rage outside, Humanity Falls will unleash a storm of teach-death riffs at the Production Lounge tonight, along with Shiro Ishii, Prostitution, Embrace Agony and some pole dancers. Definitely catch them if you
by ill? ya! (NYC)Winter is coming. So is CMJ and a slew of crusty shows. Why wait though? Once again, NYC offers in one week what most cities can't pull off in a month.While tornadoes rage outside, Humanity Falls will unleash a storm of teach-death riffs at the Production Lounge tonight, along with Shiro Ishii, Prostitution, Embrace Agony and some pole dancers. Definitely catch them if you
( Battilus ) I have to say, last week's Nachtmystium show put me in a bit of a funk. Not only did I not get much photo-wise, but I was just really disappointed that so few people saw the show. When several friends told me I simply had to see Kowloon Walled City and Battilus (above) on Tuesday at Dive Bar, I decided to check the show out and see if it put me in a better mood. I knew very little about both bands, but ended up loving them both. [...]
How did I miss this? Oh, right... I was too busy giving away hundreds of CDs in the best trade EVER! (more on that soon). But while I was busy packing up boxes in exchange for water foul (!?), our pals at Crustcake premiered a new Fight Amp song. For those unawares, Fight Amp are [...]
Before me, Kowloon Walled City were a bunch of nothing nobodies turning tricks in Tenderloin tenements. I discovered them, presented them to the MetalSucks masses, interviewed them, ranked them highly (#10) on my Best Albums of 2009 list... and what do I get? Email after email from frontman Scott Evans bitching and moaning [...]
Download: Fight Amp - "Thankless" [MP3]Today we have an exclusive download for you from Philadelphia's Fight Amp. The track "Thankless" comes from the upcoming three-way 12" split Lose Lose Lose featuring two new songs from Fight Amp, Kowloon Walled City and Ladder Devils. The record will be available from Brutal Panda Records and is available for pre-order right here, right now. This release is
Batillus, my favorite doom band (although I have been listening to a lot of new Harvey Milk lately), are bringing their slow sounds of death to the South by way of the East Coast this fall. Accompanying Kowloon Walled City this tour is already turning into a monster: featuring shows with Thou, Dissappearer, Fight Amp and Riff Cannon.Batillus not only just recorded their debut full length with
Thursday : Miles Kurosky , Pancho-san , Lia Rose @ Bottom of the Hill (8:30, $12) Miles Kurosky - "Dead Language Blues" (from N,IL ) Friday : Love of Diagrams , Weekend , Fever Dream @ Hemlock (9:30pm, $7) Weekend - "All American" Saturday : Kowloon Walled City , Hollow Mirrors , Across Tundras , Lost Machine @ Thee Parkside (9pm, $7) [...]
Back in January, Mayhem announced a tour with some ridiculously awesome support acts, including Ludicra, Krallice, and Tombs; then, in true Mayhem fashion, they cancelled the tour just a couple of weeks later. And I think pretty much everyone had the same reaction: "Ludicra, Krallice, and Tombs should just tour without Mayhem." Because it was [...]
This year we have a few special, humorous and interesting guest Top 10 Lists from some of our favorite artists and one of our favorite writers (who chooses to wield his keystrokes towards all things unholy and grim). Enjoy the absurdity and read more to see one of the best band logos, ever. TombsMIKE HILL'S TOP TEN THINGS OF 2009:10. Advance copy of Diet Pills / Dead in the Woods split9.
10~KralliceDimensional Bleedthrough [Amazon](Profound Lore)Outstanding when it's not too noodly, tolerable when it is. If these guys would just reign in their tendency to wank, they would be an unstoppable force in contemporary American black metal.Crucial Cut: "Intraum"9~LiturgyRenihilation [Amazon](20 Buck Spin)They bill themselves as 'pure transcendental black metal' and I suppose that's a
We loved the last tour blog that Bison B.C.'s Dan And did for us so much, we're only all-too-happy to present another! Below, please enjoy part 2; you can read part 1 here. Sep 28 '09 (Albuquerque NM @ Launch Pad) The first thing that struck me about this venue was the framed posters that line the [...]
Kowloon Walled City 's new record is called Gambling on the Richter Scale , which is both a homage to their San Francisco roots and an introduction to their sound. Taking a page from bands like Unsane and local heroes Neurosis , the quartet specializes in mammoth, down-tuned riffs - slabs of tectonic impact that seem summoned from the San Andreas fault itself. Built around bassist Ian Miller's monstrous tone and the sheer amperage marshaled by guitarists Scott Evans and Jason Pace, the band is undergirded by Jeff Fagundes' heavy-handed drumming and brought [...]
There's a lyric in the song "Hour of Rats" from Fed Through the Teeth Machine, the album by The Red Chord, and this particular lyric has really taken hold in my brain as of late: "WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER TOO LONG TO BE FRIENDS." What a simple, beautiful statement that I can 110% relate to [...]
San Francisco's Kowloon Walled City are an integral part of the short history of Scraping Genius Off The Wheel. One of the reasons why I started this here blog column at MetalSucks was to document what I recognized as a New Wave Of American Noise Rock. The band's 2008 Turk Street EP turned [...]
As before, when I wrote about their "Turk Street" EP, a lot of other sites are already saying a lot of good things about "Gambling on the Richter Scale" - the first full-length effort from Kowloon Walled City (released by The Perpetual Motion Machine). And rightfully so, as these ...
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