Featuring massive hits “Brackish” and “Charlotte,” KITTIE’s debut album Spit catapulted them to fame with heavy airplay and MTV exposure. They rocked stages at Ozzfest 2001 and SnoCore Festival and toured with Slipknot, Chevelle, and Suicidal Tendencies.
Spit debuted at #79 on the Billboard Top 200 and topped the Heatseekers Chart, staying on the Billboard Top 200 for 37 weeks and achieving Gold status with over 650,000 units sold.
GWAR To Release Acoustic EP “The Disc With No Name” May 28th
Stripped Down, Unplugged Version of “Fuck This Place” Streaming Now
We are just a mere three months into the year, but 2021 truly is shaping up to be the year of the Bohab! Following the announcement of GWAR’s “Ragnarok” Rye and their brand new CBD line “Bud of Gods,” your Lords and Masters have yet another surprise up their sleeve. May 28th will see the release of “The Disc With No Name,” via Pit Records. The EP is a limited edition 12” picture disc. It is available for purchase at GWAR.net and indie retailers.
“The Disc With No Name” features unplugged versions of four GWAR classics, completely reimagined and rearranged with acoustic instruments. The idea to release the EP came during last year’s quarantine following the band’s heart wrenching, emotional and ridiculous acoustic performance for The A.V. Club during their quarantine sessions. With this release, the band looks back wistfully on eons of murderous rock and roll and the lonesome time of the great GWARANTINE of 2020. Listen to the unplugged version of “Fuck This Place” HERE
Lead singer Blóthar the Berserker had this to say: “During the quarantine of 2020 I spent long, lonely days with my hand down my pants, hiding out in a fortress made entirely of rolls of toilet paper, drinking hand sanitizer and watching ‘1000-Lb Sisters’... which is business as usual for me. So I was relieved when I got the call to lay down some vocals on “The Disc With No Name.” We recorded this record over the telephone, which was fine with me, because I can’t stand to be in the same room as the other members of GWAR.”
In other GWAR news, the alien overlords have teamed up Puck Hcky for an exclusive live of GWAR hockey jerseys. The jerseys are available for purchase HERE.
“The Disc With No Name” Tracklisting:
Side A:
Fuck This Place
Gonna Kill You
Side B:
I’ll Be Your Monster
The Road Behind
DRACONIAN to Release Monumental Full-Length, Under A Godless Veil, on Picture Vinyl, out April 23rd
Pre-Order Starts NOW!
A haunting doom spirit covers the world underneath
a melancholic Godless Veil!
Almost five years after the release of their long-player Sovran, DRACONIAN unveiled their highly acclaimed epos and seventh full-length, Under A Godless Veil, in October 2020 via Napalm Records. Entering the charts in several countries, this prodigious album marks the unit's most successful record to date and delivers a captivating mélange of dreary doom and contrasting vocals, and mixes Heike Langhans' angelic voice with Anders Jakobsson's death growls. Now, this intoxicating piece of art will be released as an atmosphericly conceptualized picture vinyl, out April 23rd 2021.
DRACONIAN on Under A Godless Veil:
“To DRACONIAN, Under a Godless Veil is by far the most diverse album we have created. Inspired by some of the music closest to Johan’s heart; everything from traditional Doom to scaled-down, Gothic rock-inspired pieces and more. Some will perhaps describe the songs as more refined and meditative. Some ambient elements have been added to the mix without overshadowing the traditional characteristics that are DRACONIAN.
Resonating with the compositions, Anders’s lyrical direction is ambiguous and a progression of the first two-three albums, yet more subtle while embracing the Gnostic philosophy more directly. One could say Under a Godless Veil is an act of contemplation; About living and dying and remembering who we are in a strange, abrasive world far from home.”
Pre-Oder Under A Godless Veil on picture vinyl HERE:
And though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...
The one-hour long album, graced with a haunting cover artwork by Natalia Drepina, carries the legacy of gothic doom metal à la My Dying Bride or Trees Of Eternity into the new decade and will drag the listener into a sorrowful cosmos with the very first notes of spellbinding opener "Sorrow Of Sophia“, interweaving beauty with crippling depression.
After crushing slow rhythms and the fragile "Sleepwalkers” that leads through barren soundscapes, the band – founded in Säffle / Sweden in 1994 – rises up to their best in the nine-minute long "Ascend Into Darkness“, which will echo in the listener's ears long after the final chord has died away.
“Under a Godless Veil is a milestone in the metal scene and in a career that has grown
with vision and resilience."
Metal Hammer PT (4/5)
"A beautiful achievement, which elegantly and seamlessly combines classic ingredients
with a cleverly renewed sound signature."
Rock Hard FR (8/10)
“Under A Godless Veil is another massive album from a band who, 26 years into their career,
show no signs of stopping.“
Powerplay UK (8/10)
Under A Godless Veil is currently available in North America in the following formats, with many formats already sold out:
- 2 LP Gatefold Picture Disc
- CD Digipack
- Digital Album
DRACONIAN is:
Anders Jacobsson - vocals
Heike Langhans - vocals
Johan Ericsson - guitar
Daniel Arvidsson - guitar
Jerry Torstensson - drums