Sea of Bones - The Earth Wants Us Dead

New Haven atmospheric sludge trio Sea of Bones has written a doom metal masterpiece - The Earth Wants Us Dead - that will send you plodding through a geas of shadow, wondering where your soul went.

KAYO DOT / WESS MEETS WEST / HANNIBAL MONTANA / VALENCE @ Heirloom Arts Theatre on 1/18

Killer show at The Loom this Saturday. Get off the couch, put on some clothes and go get some tunes blasted up your ear holes, courtesy of KAYO DOT, WESS MEETS WEST and more!

Sperm Donor, Murdervan, and Beasty at Cafe 9 on 8/29!

You are cordially invited to get your goddamned teeth kicked in on Thursday @ Cafe Nine as the rolling thunder from this show is sure to impact ALL faces in a mile radius. Sperm Donor, Murdervan and Beasty are too busy blasting rock music to care about your poor bruised ears!

Tomb And Thirst - Great Leveler & Precipice (live at Elm Bar)

Here's a video of one of the heaviest bands out of CT, Tomb and Thirst, kicking it hard at Elm Bar earlier this month. The sound on this video is awesome, as is the performance!

Holy Grail lay down some pyrotechnic heavy metal at the Arch on July 6

In some ways, it must suck to be a modern metal band these days and have to deal with people on the internet or in person always questioning your "tru-ness". You know, the type of people who try to act as scene police and will always question your band's sincerity, if you haven't heard of the same obscure bands that they have heard of.

The Devil In The Flesh: Integrity plays Hartford on May 23

Integrity is one of those bands that people either love or hate. There is no middle ground for this band, which is basically a vehicle for lead man, Dwid Hellion, to express the darkness that exists within him.

Coliseum bring their passionate post hardcore sound to New Haven

From their earliest recordings, up to their latest one, no one could have predicted the musical trajectory of Louisville's Coliseum. On early albums such as "Goddamage" and "No Salvation", they were more of a straight up crusty hardcore band, while they took a slight left turn with the spooky post-punk vibes of 2010's "House With A Curse". Soon followed, the "Parasites" EP, and in 2013 on their most recent record, "Sister Faith", released late last month, they have undergone yet another transformation, yet still retaining all of their power and passion.

Interview with Dave Lutz of Tomb and Thirst

Tomb and Thirst hails from New Haven and has been taking the Elm City on a ride through the world of Metal, doom, sludge, and grindcore. Releasing a self-titled CD late last year they are on their way to becoming one of the premier bands to see in the area. Check out an interview with guitarist Dave Lutz.

Royal Thunder & Stone Titan at Cafe Nine This Saturday!

Royal Thunder is bringing their thunderous metal to Cafe 9 on Saturday, on tour with Ancient VVisdom and including locals Bedroom Rehab Corporation and Safety Meeting's own Stone Titan!

Bedroom Rehab Corporation Interview

Bedroom Rehab Corporation are a duo from New London who are tough to classify. They are parts metal, doom, punk, and garage. They are loud and ferocious. They have recorded and released a tremendous album earlier this year titled “Red Over Red” and are constantly playing all over the Northeast. Check out BRC at Café 9 (250 State St) in New Haven on the February 23^rd as Ct.com presents Royal Thunder, Ancient Wisdom, Stone Titan, and BedroomRehab Corporation. But first read a quick interview Meghan and Adam did with us here.

new Ferocious Fucking Teeth video - Pony

Ferocious Fucking Teeth have a new music video for their song "Pony", directed by the incomparable Jimi Patterson. Check the video out below and check out Ferocious Fucking Teeth at Cafe Nine on Saturday, December 29th!

Ferocious Fucking Teeth - Pony from Safety Meeting Records on Vimeo.

Tomb & Thirst, Ferocious Fucking Teeth, and Stone Titan @ Cafe Nine

December 29th @9pm / $5
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Empty Vessels - Restraining Order EP

Empty Vessels do that confusing category thing, where you can't tell if they're hardcore punk or something of a metal outfit. And their guitarist is female, which messes up the possibility of baritone gang choruses and awesome macho promo shots with crossed, muscly forearms. They sound heavy and dangerous - aggressive even. But also like they're having fun, and not taking themselves too seriously. They sing about cool metal shit like alien spacecraft, betrayal, owls, and Michael Cera? The whole thing just pisses me off.

Sun O))) and Dead In The Dirt @ CLUB INT on 9/3

Drone legends Sun O))) are coming to New Britain to make a crater at CLUB INT a mile wide. Get your protective gear on and brave the physical power of their sound.

Ferocious Fucking Teeth - S/T

There are some go to bands when looking for something tranquil to fall asleep to. New London’s Ferocious Fucking Teeth is not one of them. Though they are tagged with terms like sludge and stoner metal, they operate without the hazy layers of reverb or infinite drone that the genre is associated with. Nothing is masked with counterfeit noise, leaving only amplified copper and the human voice to carry their trudging weight. Distortion is the primary discernible effect, and that’s just from shear loudness.  On Ferocious Fucking Teeth’s 2011 EP, Hounds, they concentrated mostly on the immediacy of bluesy doom. With their first self titled full length, FFT decelerate the raw ferocity of classic hardcore and meditate on the often ignored details, while maintaining the fierce charm of their earlier material.

The Inaugural BATTLE STAG RECORDS Summer Stampede 8/25

Danbury newest record label Battle Stag Records is hosting their inaugural Summer Stampede at The Heirloom Arts Theatre!

Primitive Weapons debuts their dark, charismatic sounds at Cherry Street

This New York City-based loud rock band plays fast and loose with the rules of hardcore, incorporating elements of metal, doom, noise and post-punk into their dense and dark musical emanations. A few years back, they released an awesome 7" called "Cosmic Horror" on the Shinebox label and this year saw the release of their full length debut, "The Shadow Gallery" on Prosthetic. So with the band finally set to make its Connecticut debut this Thursday along with another band we just wrote about, and Rhode Island doomsters Pilgrim, we sent lead singer David Castillo some questions pertaining to the title of their new record, the band's growth, and their influences, among other things. Here are his answers. Once again, do not miss this show. The info is on the bottom.

Oh, Canada: Barn Burner bring their blazing trad metal to the Webster

Metal has arguably become a little too pretentious and precious for its own good. Worse, it's being sub-genred to death. It seems like today everyone has their own post-blackened-funeral-ambient-drone project or something very close to it. Besides being outright dull, a lot of these more artsy projects are over intellectualizing a form of music that should appeal to your lizard brain. There seems to be an overabundance of smarts these days, when really there should be more hearts, guts and yes, even hips added to the mix.

Black Stool reunite for good cause

You knew it eventually had to happen, but local grindcore miscreants Black Stool, which features Mike Polce (guitar), Dennis Morin (bass), Chris Barry (drums), Kenny Albert (vocals) and some guy named Chip McCabe (vocals) have reformed, but this time it's for a good cause. They will be performing this Friday, May 18 at Cherry Street Station in Wallingford to benefit the Yale Smilow Cancer Center in New Haven. (They were helped along with this by Deolinda Sullivan).

Mares Of Thrace bring their beatifully noisy racket to Cherry Street on May 17

uncredited - from the Mares of Thrace fb page

Calgary-based Mares Of Thrace are a wicked noise/doom duo that turns it up and kicks it out on a regular basis. What may you say they turn up and kick out? Well, they turn up their amps and then kick out a loud noisy sound that wouldn't be too out of place on the Amphetamine Reptile label in the mid-1990's. Guitarist vocalist Therese Lanz along with co-conspirator, drummer Stefani MacKichan, have been turning heads and blowing speakers since the release of their debut record, "The Moulting" on the Sonic Unyon Metal label in 2010.

Dysrhythmia, Pilgrim and Cold Snap get ready to decimate Cafe Nine on 4/27

Friday April 27, 2012 Dysrhythmia Pilgrim Cold Snap Cafe Nine 250 State Street New Haven, CT 9pm - $8 - 21+ Come join us for this celebration of metal and hardcore in it's many twisted forms. Dysrhythmia, which features Kevin Hufnagel (guitar), Colin Marston (bass) and Jeff Eber (drums) have been waving the flag for out-there, technical, avant garde metal for over 10 years. Their most recent album was "Psychic Maps", put out by Relapse in 2009. Right now they are working on a new album for new label Profound Lore and hope to have it out in the Fall. Look for some more mind blowing musical acrobatics from the band on the new album and live where they promise to electrify Cafe Nine.