*ONLY NORTHERN SHOW*LIMITED CAPACITY*
Author & Punisher – After leaving a career as mechanical engineer in Boston to focus on art and sculpture, Tristan Shone, the creator and sole artist behind AUTHOR & PUNISHER, moved west to pursue his MFA in Southern California. In the metal and machine shops of University of California, San Diego, Shone forged a relationship with design, sound and fabrication that ultimately yielded AUTHOR & PUNISHER‘s first music which mapped the journey away from traditional instrumentation towards custom made, precision machinery. Shone used his technical knowledge, along with his artistic background to create what Wired Magazine has hailed as his own “special brand of doom metal”, using these custom “Drone Machines”.
All aspects of the AUTHOR & PUNISHER sound begin with physical movement, limbs struggling in unison to coordinate a wall of electronic rhythm and oscillation, ultimately conditioned by an organic and loose quality absent of plastic perfection. AUTHOR & PUNISHER performances are a real amalgamation between man and mechanisms. They are direct, physical, heavy experiences that have amassed praise and intrigue from a wide array of audiences. Pitchfork styled him “immediate but mysterious,” Stereogum described his “chilling, unrecognizable form,” and NPR hails him as “a thrill [who] fires on all cylinders”.
Now in 2018, AUTHOR & PUNISHER delivers his sixth full-length recording and Relapse debut Beastland. A robotic experimentation in industrial metal, noise, doom and drone, AUTHOR & PUNISHER recalls Nine Inch Nails channeling Godflesh, traversing through dark, uncompromising, and often disturbing soundscapes with occasional detours into rich melodies and splinters of light. Armed with newly built “Drone Machines” and a new label, Beastland is AUTHOR & PUNISHER’s career-defining statement and a powerful listening experience that further blurs the line between man and machine.
“I built new machines for this album to make more aggressive and dynamic music. These devices are compact and powerful, made from robotic components, intended for high energy repetition. I, as do many others, feel rage against the Beasts of our era: those who horde, who poison, or who discriminate. We need aggressive music to make an aggressive statement.
Beastland is an introspection of who we are as a human race. At a time when we have the tools, the intellect, and the history to remind us how to treat each other and the earth, we go far out of our way to feast on the less fortunate and vulnerable, disregarding the atrocities and lessons of the past.“
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOTHl6Tldc
LISTEN: https://authorandpunisher.bandcamp.com
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PLUS VERY SPECIAL GUESTS
khost – khost have toured the UK extensively with both Godflesh and Conan. khost have toured Israel and Russia.
khost have played shows with acts as diverse as Anaal Nathrakh, Ihsahn, Locrian, Skullflower, Moss, Author & Punisher, Asphyx, Sutcliffe Jugend, Ramleh, Forgotten Tomb, Hey Collossus, Isole, JKFlesh, Final, Aluk Todolo, Nadja, Cult of Occult, Gnaw Their Tongues, Crowhurst, Downfall of Gai, Necro Death Mort, Ohmms, Botanist, Okkultokrati
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO3eEXOzwU0&t=239s
Kurokuma – August 2018 saw the release of Dope Rider, a concept EP available on vinyl, CD, tape and digital download. An Eastern and Central European tour over eight countries in support of the release took place that same month, exposing the band to a whole new audience.
Kurokuma have had festival appearances at Brutal Assault (CZ), Rockstadt Extreme Fest (RO), Siege of Limerick (IE), Mammothfest (GB) with support slots so far including Crowbar, Trap Them, Conan, Primitive Man, KEN Mode, Skeletonwitch, Goatwhore and Samothrace.
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bW5fnk3CSE
Sloth Hammer – Doom, sludge, electronica, glitch, improvisation, experimentation, circuit bending, bass rumblings, horror, maniacal misanthropic malevolence.
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78oxAwT0ciM&t=95s
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1 OF A KIND SHOW /////////////// DO NOT MISS OUT
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Friday 12th April 2019
Record Junkee
£10 | 7PM | 14+
0114 275 9035