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Northern CA based crossover veterans CONDEMNED? have made their new album available for streaming in its entirety right here.

CONDEMNED? will release their brand new album entitled Condemned 2 Death on February 11 in Europe and March 8 in North America. The album was recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios with producer Billy Anderson (NEUROSIS, MR. BUNGLE, CATTLE DECAPITATION, CATHEDRAL, EYEHATEGOD etc.). As an added bonus, the release will include a second disc of rarities from the band including their long out of print Nuclear Blast release Humanoid or Biomechanoid?.

Condemned 2 Death Track Listing:
(Disc 1)
1. Big Time Game Hunting
2. Aggressive System
3. Thoughts of Equality
4. Practicing for War
5. Crutch
6. Anti-social
7. Cavern in Mind
8. Cleansing Pool
9. Emotional Blurr
10. Crucified
11.Ocean
12. Save Thy Brother
13. D-Day
14. When Worlds Collide

(Disc 2)
California 2 Downunder
1. Intro
Condemned to Death 1983-84
2. Gartland’s Pit
3. Pain of Mind
4. Media Control
5. Dismember Me
6. Blood River (Scotty-VERBAL ABUSE/HOLLYWOOD HATE First vocal appearance)
7. The Assassin (Scotty)
8. Bang Your Maidenhead
9. Wired
Death Sentence 1985
10. Condemned 2 Death Sentence
Humanoid or Biomechanoid?
11. Big Time Game Hunting
12. Emotional Blurr
13. Crutch
14. A Cavern In Time
15. Icy Minds
16. When Worlds Collide
17. Satan’s Sandals
18. Tidal Wave
19. Face Yourself
20. Humanoid or Biomechanoid?
Condemned/Attitude 1987
21. Homeless Crew
22. No Boundaries
23. 3rd World Child
live-Senseless Death comp.
24. No Blind Power
25. D-Day
26. Deadly Euphoria
27. Big Time
SOMETHING SCALEY 1989-93
28. River of Life
29. Movement
30. Fool’s Fable
30. Outro

CONDEMNED? recently re-signed with their former label Nuclear Blast Records. As the second band to ever be released by Nuclear Blast the label is honored to be once again working with one of the groups that helped get them up and running.









For more CONDEMNED? click here.

Brooklyn, New York sludge rockers, HULL, will release their epic Viking Funeral EP, initially self-released in 2005, on vinyl via Science of Silence Records this spring. The limited edition wax version will come in 180 gram blood red/black swirl vinyl with the song on one side, a laser etched image on the other and a parchment insert with the detailed Viking Funeral saga as well as a sticker and digital download info all wrapped in a Viking Funeral poster and wax-stamped with the band’s logo. To get your hands on the Viking Funeral vinyl and a sampling of some new tunes, don’t miss HULL on their upcoming SXSW tour with Batillus.

HULL, who kicked off the year with a crushing performance opening for doom legends Pentagram, are gearing up for a two week tour with Batillus this March. The tour will run through SXSW and draw to a close at a special Manhattan performance at The Studio at Webster Hall on March 26th with Caltrop and Horseback. The show is sponsored by BrooklynVegan and 1000 Knives. Stay tuned for a full tour announcement in the coming days…

HULL are putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to their critically-acclaimed Sole Lord debut, issued via The End Records in 2009. Their sophomore full-length will be co-produced by Brett Romnes (who played drums on the Viking Funeral EP) and mixed by Billy Anderson (Sleep, High On Fire, Neurosis, EHG, Melvins et al). The record is slated for release this summer with another bout of live dates to follow.

For more HULL click here.

We don’t need to rave about the well-known legacy of the man who is Scott Weinrich, better known as WINO. With dozens of albums released throughout his time spent in THE OBSESSED, SAINT VITUS, SHINE, SPIRIT CARAVAN, THE HIDDEN HAND, SHRINEBUILDER, Dave Grohl‘s PROBOT project and much more since the late ’70s, his mammoth and varied resume spans nearly three full decades, essentially set him up as a purveyor and forerunner of the entire genre we now call doom rock. A true legend; this is Wino. But, with the release of the humble but legendary musician’s new solo album, Adrift, a side of the man that most haven’t heard is being uncovered for the first time.

Answering the call from his friends and supporters to record an acoustic solo album following the sudden and tragic passing of friend and bandmate Jon Blank, who appeared on Wino‘s first “solo release” Punctuated Equilibrium album in 2009, he set to work on his most personal and powerful recording to date. Adrift is a revealing alternative view of this underground legend’s personality and history. Stripped down to the bare minimum — just his voice and his guitar — the songs on Adrift follow classic American songwriting ideals offering a compelling mixture of emotion and storytelling.

Wino is a man on his own in a boat without sails. He’s fighting against tides and storms, enjoying the moments of bright sunshine; bound to the will of something external — the wind, destiny and the drift. Easily his most heartfelt and personal material to be recorded to date, the twelve tracks on Adrift help elevate this already iconic musician to a new level of storytelling, setting Wino up to fall right in line with greats like JOHNNY CASH, WOODIE GUTHRIE, NEIL YOUNG, BOB DYLAN and other classic American songwriters.

Adrift tracklisting:
Adrift
I Don’t Care
Hold On Love
Mala Suerte
Old And Alone
Iron Horse/Born To Lose
Suzanes Song
DBear
Whatever
Shot In The Head
O.B.E.
Green Speed

Adrift is set for official release on respected German label Exile On Mainstream Records March 8th, 2011 in North America, the label now distributed domestically by E1 Entertainment. A limited edition vinyl version of the album featuring extended liner notes and more is to be released in the US on January 18th by Volcom Entertainment.

Wino will hit the road stateside this February on a short acoustic tour, rocking alongside longtime friend, and also Shrinebuilder bandmate, SCOTT KELLY (NEUROSIS). The tour will be in support of the upcoming split 7″ between Wino and Kelly, to be released early in the year by Volcom, as well as the Adrift album. The tour will venture through California, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland and New York, showcasing both legendary artists each in solo, acoustic mode.

Wino/Scott Kelly 2011 Tour:
February
5 – Viper Room – Hollywood, CA
7 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
8 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
9 – Abbey Pub – Chicago, IL
10 – Great Scott – Allston, MA
11 – Sonar – Baltimore, MD
12 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY

Legendary stoner rock band SLEEP split in 1997 after two hugely influential albums. Members went on to form underground heroes OM and HIGH ON FIRE, and more recently metal supergroup SHRINEBUILDER. This fall, original members Al Cisneros and Matt Pike will be joined by drummer Jason Roeder of NEUROSIS to perform the seminal “Holy Mountain” album as well as selections from “Dopesmoker” and more.
SLEEP debuted with 1991′s “Volume One” album, recorded for San Francisco label Tupelo. Earache Records received the band’s next recordings in the mail as a demo. The label — impressed by SLEEP‘s single-mindedness and unique vision — immediately signed the band and released the tape exactly as it was received. Record stores worldwide stocked SLEEP‘s “Holy Mountain” from November 1992 to this day.
After signing with London Records, SLEEP‘s major-label debut took the form of one mammoth 63-minute leviathan of a track entitled “Jerusalem“. The band resisted the label’s attempts at radio edits and bringing in their own engineer to remix the album in view of “marketability.” London balked at the prospect of promoting what is probably the most extreme music ever recorded for a major label, then shelved the recording and dropped the band.

SLEEP 2010 U.S. tour dates:
Sep. 03 – All Tomorrow’s Parties – Monticello, NY
Sep. 07 – Starlight Ballroom – Philadelphia, PA
Sep. 08 – Brooklyn Masonic Temple – New York, NY (w/ LICHENS)
Sep. 09 – Logan Square Auditorium – Chicago, IL (w/ LICHENS)
Sep. 10 – Mohawk – Austin, TX (w/ SUB OSLO)
Sep. 11 – Roseland Theater/Music Fest NW – Portland, OR (w/ SCOTT KELLY, YOB)
Sep. 12 – Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

For more information on SLEEP visit their MySpace page here.