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Showing posts with label Lair Of The Minotaur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lair Of The Minotaur. Show all posts
THE GATES OF SLUMBER, LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, HOUNDS OF HASSELVANDER (featuring Joe Hasselvander of PENTAGRAM/RAVEN) and EARTHEN GRAVE (featuring Ron Holzner of TROUBLE/DEBRIS INC.) are among the confirmed bands for the Templars of Doom festival, set to take place May 7-9 at the Melody Inn in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE BULLETWOLF EARTHEN GRAVE EARTHRIDE THE GATES OF SLUMBER HOUNDS OF HASSELVANDER LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR NECROPHARMACON PALE DIVINE REVELATION TUNGASKA
The growing success of High on Fire has helped legitimize other bands wishing to pay homage to heavy metal's less refined but still historically important exponents of raw ferocity — and none do this with greater ferocity than Chicago's brilliantly named Lair of the Minotaur. Intentionally crude and lo-fi in its approach, the trio (which arose from the ashes of cult comedy-metal idols 7000 Dying Rats) follows in the paw prints of early thrash and black metal luminaries such as Venom, Bathory, and Hellhammer — bands whose very human deficiencies brought them down from the lofty pedestals of '70s dinosaur metal and helped endear them to young metalheads by giving them the confidence to start bands of their own. Those needing further clarification of this process need only look as far as album opener "Carnage Fucking Carnage," which finds vocalist Steven Rathbone doing his best Tom G. Warrior impression, while leading his bloodthirsty cohorts through a brutalizing sonic barrage owing much to Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost. So distorted and primal is their collision of guitar, bass, and drums, in fact, that it could very well double as the sound of bones being crushed upon a battlefield, and therefore provides a more than adequate backdrop for Lair of the Minotaur's lyrics, which are exclusively inspired by Greek mythology — how appropriate! Though they never amount to just one concept album-like thread, ancient legends invariably populate ensuing standouts like the frantically thrashing "The Wolf," the devastatingly heavy "Lion Killer," the amazingly violent "Warlord," and the two-faceted "Demon Serpent" (see its anomalous synthesizer coda). On the downside, the album is also authentic in its limitations, with the formula starting to wear a little thin on rather average (if still spectacularly named) offerings like "Caravan of Blood Soaked Kentauroi," "Enemy of Gods," and parts of the exceptionally doomy "Burning Temple." Hardly a perfect first outing, in other words, but to those metal heads wishing to relive their impressionable teenage innocence for just a few seconds once again, Carnage is a roaring success. (Eduardo Rivadavia & Tara Koetsã, All Music Guide)
Track Listing:
01. Carnage Fucking Carnage 02. The Wolf (mp3) 03. Lion Killer 04. Caravan of Blood Soaked Kentauroi (mp3) 05. Enemy of Gods 06. Warlord 07. Demon Serpent 08. Burning Temple
Chicago-based doomsters LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR have posted the "uncensored" version of their "War Metal Battle Master" video at this location (***WARNING***: Video contains graphic violence and nudity).
"Horde of Undead Vengeance", the new track from the Chicago-based doomsters LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, is available for download at this location. The song comes off the group's new album, "War Metal Battle Master", due on March 25 via Southern Lord Records. The CD includes a 20-page booklet featuring art by Jeremy Mohler and graphic design by Seldon Hunt (NEUROSIS, KHANATE, JESU).
"War Metal Battle Master" track listing:
01. Horde of Undead Vengeance 02. War Metal Battle Master 03. When The Ice Giants Slayed All 04. Slaughter the Bestial Legion 05. Black Viper Barbarian Clan 06. Assassins of the Cursed Mist 07. Doomtrooper 08. Hades Unleashed
The video for the title track, "War Metal Battle Master", was directed by Gary Smithson (HIGH ON FIRE, GOATWHORE, EXODUS).
A special-edition LP version of "War Metal Battle Master" will be released in the summer, featuring a bonus track.
Southern Lord Records will premiere "War Metal Battle Master" at an exclusive pre-release listening party. The event will take place on March 18 at Kuma's Corner (2900 W. Belmont Avenue) in Chicago, Illinois at 10 p.m. Limited-editions versions of the CD will be available and the exclusive screening of the band's new video for "War Metal Battle Master" will also be held. Entry to the listening party is free.
LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR will hit the road with TODAY IS THE DAY, MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT and COMPLETE FAILURE in March/April. A May/June U.S. tour with THE OCEAN will follow.
Watch fan-filmed video footage of LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR performing the song "The Ultimate Destroyer" in June 2007 in Vienna, Austria (courtesy of "Bahomar"):
The third full length, WAR METAL BATTLE MASTER out March 25 2008 on Southern Lord Records (SUNN91). A concept album about solving conflicts with a big fucking axe. Recorded at Volume Studios in Chicago by Sanford Parker and mastered by Scott Hull. The songs are a mix of the thrashing aggression & mega-riffage of The Ultimate Destroyer and the unrelenting beatings & Sabbath chugs of Carnage, mixed with a new emotionless ferocity reserved for an executioner.
CD track listing:
1. Horde of Undead Vengeance 2. War Metal Battle Master 3. When The Ice Giants Slayed All 4. Slaughter the Bestial Legion 5. Black Viper Barbarian Clan 6. Assassins of the Cursed Mist 7. Doomtrooper 8. Hades Unleashed
*Featuring art by Jeremy Mohler and layout by Seldon Hunt. CD contains a 20 page booklet with graphic illustrations for each song.
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