Upcoming Willowtip releases 2008
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Today kicks off Willowtip's War on Everything tour, which has an epic lineup of Impaled, Phobia, Illogicist, and Maruta. (See tour dates here.) Malignancy joins up for the first 2/3 of the tour, while Kill the Client accompanies the remaining dates. Despite losing Arsis and Neuraxis to larger labels, Willowtip has stayed strong by forging partnerships with Neurotic and Candlelight. The label's upcoming releases this year look to be scorching. Normally, I'm not in the business of pre-release hype, but advance clips have me salivating like Pavlov's kennel. Check 'em out, and get your drool on.
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Who: Phobia
What: 22 Random Acts of Violence
When: October 28, 2008
Why: After a ton of EP's, splits, and full-lengths, the OC's Phobia still bring the grind. If "Protest/Solution" is any indication, 22 Random Acts will be violent indeed. Drummer extraordinaire Danny Walker is out with Intronaut, so Phobia will likely tour with another skinsman. You can pre-order this CD here.
Maruta - A Sea of Dead Serpents
Who: Maruta
What: In Narcosis
When: October 28, 2008
Why: It's rare now that a band gets signed to Willowtip on only its debut. Florida's Maruta peeled faces on Relapse's recent This Comp Kills Fascists (curated by Pig Destroyer's Scott Hull); In Narcosis promises more skin-flaying. If they're good enough for Scott Hull and Willowtip, they're good enough for you. Pre-order this CD here.
Who: Terminal Function
What: Measuring the Abstract
When: October/November (TBA)
Why: WOW. This clip gives me shivers. What I've heard of Sweden's Terminal Function reminds me of Zombi, Meshuggah, Death, Atheist and Cynic. (On a related note, Alarum is supposedly putting out a long-awaited new record later this year.) Technical, melodic, deep as fathoms. This debut will definitely be one to watch.
Who: Severed Savior
What: Servile Insurrection
When: October/November (TBA)
Why: South San Francisco/Santa Cruz has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of great technical death metal. Severed Savior, featuring Odious Mortem vocalist Anthony Trapani, have stepped up with more maturity and unpredictability - check out that sick bass break. The over-the-top artwork by Pär Olofsson is pretty gnarly, too.
Who: Kill the Client
What: Cleptocracy
When: October 28, 2008
Why: After 2005's mammoth Escalation of Hostility, Dallas' Kill the Client have evidently gotten even dirtier and nastier. This clip sounds like a catfight, the kind that cartoons portray as a ball of expletives with legs and claws sticking out. I don't know who did the production, but it sounds like a Steve Austin job, with those fuzzy guitars bleeding into each other. Pre-order this CD here.
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Ultimate Grind 3-pack: Willowtip is offering a special pre-order package for Phobia, Kill the Client, and Maruta: 3 CD's and 3 t-shirts for $70. This package is limited to 100 orders - get it here.
8 Comments:
Is that a clip from beneath a steel sky at the beginning of the terminal function track? if so bad ass!
Wow - that Terminal Function track is mad good. I'm really looking forward to a few of these now.
Thanks for the info. You've got some good stuff.
Can't wait for the LA stop of that tour tomorrow. Phobia and Impaled were fantastic at Deathfest, and Kill the Client were one of the bands that turned me on to live grind shows. Been waiting for a couple years to hear Illogicist, too -- they're one of the few bands around that get that late-period Death sound just about right.
Should be monstrous, but I'll have to pass.
Just returned from the Willowtip tour. Maruta does all sorts of creative things with grindcore but the lack of bottom end meant that it felt sort of empty -dunno how Pig Destroyer does it. Malignancy bored me to tears, brutality for its own sake. Illogicist don't put on much of a show but they were probably the most enthralling act musically. Phobia was Phobia, terrific no-frills grind, killer drumming even without Danny Walker. Didn't stay for much of Impaled, but ya know, they're pros, and they stray farrrrrr from the Hippocratic Oath.
Etan, thanks for the show report. It has me looking forward mightily to the NY date.
Phobia kick so much ass it's not even funny. I'll definitely pick up their new album.
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