Brant Bjork UK tour
Former Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork is set to play a number of shows around the UK next month supporting his latest album Gods & Goddesses. These shows are being promoted by Desertscene.co.uk and feature some of the best UK bands as support. On top of that there is also an after show party and Camden [...]
Black Mountain announce new album
Canadian psychedelic sorts, Black Mountain, have announced that they have a new album arriving in September. “Wilderness Heart” will be released in Europe on September 13th and in the US on September 14th via Jagjaguwar Records. This will be the band’s third album, and if their last album, 2008′s “In The Future”, is anything to [...]
Some releases to get yer mits on
Here at Thee Big Black we’ve been inundated with bands and labels posting on our forum or contacting us on Myspace to tell us about their upcoming and current releases. We’re not selfish sorts so figured that we’d let you know too. First off is Sabazius, the über doom band from Steve and Nev from [...]
Bad news / good news
It seems like it’s all bad news at the moment! Mastodon have announced via their Myspace blog that the band has been forced to cancel their upcoming European tour due to guitarist Bill Kelliher being taken ill. Here’s what the band had to say on their blog . . . “MASTODON regret to inform their [...]
ISIS call it a day
Post metal legends ISIS have announced that they will be calling it a day after 13 years. Posting on their Myspace blog the band have said that after completing their final tour they also intend to finish one final EP and compile a collection of live material for future release. The band’s official post also [...]
R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio 1942 – 2010
It was announced on Sunday 16th May that Heaven and Hell frontman and heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio had passed away after losing his battle with stomach cancer. As well as replacing Ozzy Osbourne as singer for Black Sabbath in 1980 Dio was also famous for his solo career and as the frontman for [...]
Super sexy, super limited Melvins boxset on the way!
The Melvins have announced the imminent release of a new handmade (sort of, it’s been made on a hand fed, treadle operated 19th century press) box set which will be limited to 300 copies and will be available online and at their shows. Apparently each CD cover has gone through the press anything from four [...]
First Karma To Burn studio album in 8 years out now!
Karma To Burn’s long awaited new album, Appalachian Incantation, finally saw the light of day on Friday the 30th of April 2010. Currently only available through Naplam Records (the first 100 copies ordered via Napalm Records will come with a free poster), Appalachian Incantation will be on sale via Amazon UK on Monday (3rd of [...]
The Sword in impressively to the point blog shocker!
Stoner metal stars, The Sword, made a post on their blog today (30th April 2010) which has got to be firmly in the running for the, currently non-existent, ‘most to the point blog of the year’ award. Announcing the release date of the band’s follow up to 2008′s Gods Of The Earth on their Myspace [...]
New releases and new delays
It’s all go at the moment, the arrival of the sun seems to have brought with it a flurry of activity in the music world, bands all over are scurrying off to studios everywhere in the hope of maintaining their well cultivated moon-tans. We’ve already told you about Zoroaster and Oceansize’s studio activities, well now [...]
