New Caliban & Winds Of Plague

I've been a bit slack of late due to excess work and random nights out drinking fruit beer watching barn-dancing, but this weekend has nicely kicked me up the arse thanks to our boys Astrohenge and Meantime shows.

Soooo...felt it only right to share the news of new releases from Caliban and Winds Of Plague :-)

Winds have taken a rather radical step by adding keyboards and producing a concept album (The Great Stone War) this time around. It tells of the destruction of civilisation, concludes in a final fight with stone (Don't ask...) and is basically an aggressive death meets black metal melodrama. And, by god, it's fun. 20 days left!

Meanwhile, Caliban have done the opposite and stuck with what they do best in Say Hello To Tragedy, and simply rocked out a giant wad of vicious modern metal. If you've forgotten just how god damn good their drumwork is, grab it without hesitation. It's out mid-August, a new song is on MySpace and they tour the UK in November. Bring it!

PTW: 26 days to The Tropic Rot

You may remember that Poison The Well gave a one song taster of new album A Tropic Rot at their Camden 36 Crazyfists gig a month or so ago...and, even despite the muddy sound, it sounded awesome. Well, now, with 26 days to go to the album release, they're streaming another new track called Cinema on their MySpace page. Have a listen, it's nicely angry and fast-paced with a slightly ambient clingy chorus. Very cool. Oh, and if you enter your details in the clever little box there you can get access to further downloads before the release too. Bring 'em on, I say.

Anti-Flag and Amnesty

Anti Flag have started posting new videos linked to their new album The People or The Gun up on You Tube. Episode one is up HERE now and the album - their seventh full-length - will be out 9th June on SideOneDummy. It's also worth mentioning that if you take advantage of the album’s pre-sale on sideonedummy.com, a portion of the spend is donated to Amnesty International. Everybody wins.
Oh, and if, like me, you couldn't catch their recent tour due to the London cancellation...then you'll have your chance this summer when they'll be one of the headliners of the Vans Warped Tour this summer too :-)