6.9.11
September 2011 Tour
Here are our dates for the tour with Bacchus. They are continuing north after our departure, so if you are in those parts of the western seaboard, join them.
09.06 – 4PM PST live radio show on KFJC 89.7
09.06 – 5 Points Artspace 72 Tehama St, San Francisco, CA w/Tigon, Monuments Collapse, Kowloon Walled City
09.07 –The Bel-Tower 69 E. Belmont Ave, Fresno, CA 93728 w/SKOMM, Beat Red, Failed Creation
09.08 – Coconut's 34235 Doheny Park Rd, Capistrano Beach, CA w/ New Romantics, Monuments To Thieves, Burn Infinite
09.09 –Steinhaus 4635 Dwight St, San Diego, CA
09.10 – 30047 1/4 Madison Way, Val Verde, Ca 91384 w/Under
09.11 – Santa Barbara TBA
09.12 – 2007 Broad St, San Luis Obispo, CA
09.13 – The Hive, 1420 10th St & Mandela, West Oakland w/ Negative Standards
09.06 – 4PM PST live radio show on KFJC 89.7
09.06 – 5 Points Artspace 72 Tehama St, San Francisco, CA w/Tigon, Monuments Collapse, Kowloon Walled City
09.07 –The Bel-Tower 69 E. Belmont Ave, Fresno, CA 93728 w/SKOMM, Beat Red, Failed Creation
09.08 – Coconut's 34235 Doheny Park Rd, Capistrano Beach, CA w/ New Romantics, Monuments To Thieves, Burn Infinite
09.09 –Steinhaus 4635 Dwight St, San Diego, CA
09.10 – 30047 1/4 Madison Way, Val Verde, Ca 91384 w/Under
09.11 – Santa Barbara TBA
09.12 – 2007 Broad St, San Luis Obispo, CA
09.13 – The Hive, 1420 10th St & Mandela, West Oakland w/ Negative Standards
11.8.11
blasphemous rumours
The shows in Clevo and PGH were both excellent,we owe a great debt to any and all who came out, lent us gear, enabled our questionable pursuits, etc. For your edification, we highly recommend you catch Masakari and Alpinist on tour as it was a great honor to share the stage with both. Thanks to them and thanks to you.
Immediately following those shows, we secreted away to Akron, OH for a brief recording session. During that time, less than a mile away, a man shot 8 people to death. The stock market began convulsing. And London, of course, began burning. Clearly this is all unrelated.
We will be joining Bacchus from Ireland for a brief tour of California in the beginning of September. Details forthcoming.
Immediately following those shows, we secreted away to Akron, OH for a brief recording session. During that time, less than a mile away, a man shot 8 people to death. The stock market began convulsing. And London, of course, began burning. Clearly this is all unrelated.
We will be joining Bacchus from Ireland for a brief tour of California in the beginning of September. Details forthcoming.
4.8.11
1.8.11
Obfuscate Often, Enlighten Exclusively
In preparation for our performances in Cleveland and Pittsburgh, we chose to give a little insight into the inner workings of Lockstep.
Interview by Aaron Vilk.
How long has Lockstep been together?
Lockstep began in the spring of 2008, meant to be an indulgence of our shared aesthetic tastes.
Musically, Lockstep seems to pick up where the late 1990s metalcore sound left off, drawing much from the sound of Integrity and other Holy Terror style bands. How influential is this style of hardcore to the music and imagery that you present? What other styles are influential to your sound and attitude?
We are all big fans of the Holy Terror sound, which is evident in our songwriting as an influence. We don't want to limit ourselves, however, and hopefully with our next recordings we can expand upon more of our less conventional influences. As far as imagery, however, we're simply above and beyond the base reductionism and simple reactionary content of this once-dead and now revived "movement." That isn't to say we don't have a great admiration and appreciation for the motivations behind those sounds and images and enjoy many of the bands… to stir the cattle into a frenzy is a great service to all wolves, regardless. We have simply found things holier and more terrorizing than the babbling of ideologically impotent prison mystics. We have also transcended the dichotomies of Christian dogma and feel no need to call upon its imagery to invoke a sense of fright. Still, we appreciate and draw inspiration from other artists who have forced boundaries and transgressed against the modern world, from hardcore to noise to neofolk to electro-pop and the various other performance and visual arts.
With regards to your imagery, I've seen your music labeled by some distros as “eco-fascist” hardcore. Would you agree with this assessment of Lockstep's vision? What necessarily do you feel “eco-fascism” would entail? Does it relate to the somewhat apocalyptic beliefs underlying radical anarcho-primitivism? How does it relate to the violent actions taken on by radicals such as Ted Kaczynski or other actions of eco-radical domestic terrorism?
Within the overbearing political correctiveness of the modern world, anytime one finds something that vehemently calls into question the foundations of a dominant paradigm, those within that paradigm see such things as absolutely vile, and thus feel the urge to reduce that thing to a base evil. Perhaps their conscious intentions weren't so apparent, but whoever called us so did just that. However, to be misunderstood is to intrigue, and intrigue is what drives people to deeper understandings. But we'll take this rare opportunity now to make clear on this issue.
Lockstep is a rather amorphous collection of individuals with a wide range of thoughts and philosophies. Our unique individual political/philosophical associations are insignificant as not a one represents some sort of holistic underlying message we are trying to convey. Our ideas are simply too complex to synthesize in that manner, something that undoubtedly makes us largely inaccessible in a scene of sloganeering and identity politics. It is true that we all have a great reverence for the natural world. And while we may understand the desperation certain philosophies surrounding an ecological re-prioritization might have, in the end they are nothing more than uncritical, civilized responses to civilized problems. They simply fail to see the weight of our history as a species and our natural inclinations towards egalitarianism.We implore our fellow humans to embrace our evolutionary heritage and to destroy modern reality. That is as cohesive a statement one could ask from us. Some of us do fall more in line with a nihilistic or anarchist primitivism, others something more sinister and mystical than to be prescribed within the boundaries of ideology. But regardless the realities that are called to mind when faced with the utter failure of techno-industrial civilization and its imminent collapse fit quite well with the tone of our music, so we take advantage of those feral visions of our true destinies.
As far as the question regarding our Theodore J. Kaczynski, we may or may not have many criticisms of him as an individual (not to mention our question of whether he acted alone as the Freedom Club), but we greatly appreciate what he and the Unabomber campaign represented: a rejection of modernity's victim culture, and FC's concerted effort to make those who maintain the modern world call into question their accountability and its cost. We stand by those who have chosen to make very real the consequences of the modern world, from John Linley Frazier in the 70s to those saboteurs in Sweden who recently took down 70 power lines.
You cover Integrity's “A.T.F. Assault” on your demo. Does your music fall in line with something more along the ideas of right-wing survivalism and violent anti-government action? Do you feel that the idea of eco-anarchic awareness falls outside simple left / right political spectrum?
I feel we answered the first part of this question above.
We chose this song to cover because it relates a story of a people wanting to be left alone under pressure by an intruding, dominant force. Such is the fate of many of the last truly authentic human cultures today, and our cover is done with those people in mind, never some Christian sect.
As for eco-anarchic awareness, I would say genuine anarchic thought (not the limp liberal leftist garbage that passes for 90% of contemporary anarchism) exists beyond such a spectrum, as it is inherently anti-political. For example, primitivist thought calls upon the very nature of our species from an evolutionary perspective, not an economic or social construct of fairly recent creation by desperate and incomplete beings and maintained by similar beings.
There has been some muttering over the band's symbol, which bears a resemblance to the Black Sun rune. Would you like to clear up what the symbol represents or put aside any misconceptions?
The meaning that this or various other symbols carries is beyond Lockstep or the individuals involved. The work involved in arriving at or understanding certain interpretations is not something that can be shared through words. It is at the heart experiential, sensuous. That said, this symbol has been seen to represent the many crooked paths with which to reach one's desired end. Someone also pointed out to us that it resembles the classic punk symbol of chaos, twisted and mangled with sharper and deadlier edges. We delight in such interpretations of the imagery. We enjoy allowing those looking to find their own meanings. We know what we know.
You do not get to play live or tour very often. The few shows that do manage to come together have been marred by fighting and transgressive forms of provocation such as blasting the audience with high-intensity floodlights. What does these kind of activities accomplish and what statement are you trying to make with them?
We don't play often because we are all exploring our individual paths, and oftentimes some of us are living above the law and beyond the average circumstances that most in the hardcore and punk community are comfortable in. Simple logistics, be they legal, physical, or otherwise, are oftentimes what keep us from playing often. However, we prefer it this way. Better we are realizing ourselves and making our few shows truly worth it than to be in a tired routine of performance.
We wish to tear off the facade of security and nicety that the modern world envelops oneself in. We want to remind everyone that just below the surface is the feral being begging to be released, to enrapture itself with actual experience as opposed to the banality of civilization. We also wish to remind our audience that they have lulled themselves into believing that every single day of modern existence is not terrifying, disorienting, and dangerous. Our performances are rituals for transformation of the atavistic self.
What are some of your influences both sonically and ideologically from outside of the hardcore scene?
One of us is an scholar of Heidegger, another of Paul Shepard, another of Yeats. We are avid readers of Zerzan, Perlman, Camatte, and others who challenge the civilized man and call for a realization of the primal self. Stirner, Nietzsche, Beaudelaire and others provide varied, yet poignant perspectives on the experience of this world and beyond, as well as the potential that lies within the individual. Other recent delights have been Les Chants de Maldoror and the works of Bataille, Baudrillard, and Black…We recently discovered Otto Gross and are searching out his works for further edification.
Musically, we have many outside influences: Depeche Mode, Rudimentary Peni, Current 93, to name a very essentialist few. We are truly lovers of music, from IDM to black metal to field recordings of forager rituals.
Lately Fever Ray, Skin Graft, and while they fall under the hardcore and punk umbrella, bands like Thou, Bacchus, and Masakari have delighted our ears. Amidst a flurry of half-measured reunions, we're excited to see Pale Creation returning with some real creative energy.
We also draw a great deal of inspiration from visual arts as well. Blake and Bacon were unparalleled masters of visualizing terror. Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Nick Blinko (his writing as well) Hannah Höch, and Boo Saville catch our eyes.
One of your vocalists is primarily known as industrial noise project Plague Mother, which he incorporates into Lockstep, such as on the B-side of your demo. Where do you feel these types of extreme music intersect?
Plague Mother is the individual pursuit of one of our members, who also performs in the neo-folk project A Gaze Blank & Pitiless. Another member does a superb black metal project with a friend of ours, known as Astron Argon. A Year Without A Summer is another associated project, one whose beauty is the perfect foil for the general scope of sounds we tend to create. Many other projects are in the works but have yet to be fully realized. I would say that along with Lockstep our interests intersect in that they expose the filthy and scummy layer of civilization's rot just below the surface of modernity.
Finally, what, in your opinion, is wrong with the hardcore and DIY scene as it stands today?
Our concerns are hardly with these scenes, although we are undeniably a part of them. We would venture to say the downfall of such subcultural cliques such as these are their perpetual victim identity. A lot of self pity, not a lot of self motivation.
Along with that, as the funeral march of techno-industrial society lurches forward, we see the growing dullness of daily life reaching monumental proportions. At this point, one needn't muster any effort to interact in a subcultural clique outside the usage of a computer. The will-affirming creativity it once took to participate actively in hardcore and punk simply isn't vital, at least it doesn't appear so to the generation long-spoiled by forum-logic and paypal-it-now consumer ethos. This is why hardcore can, in economic terms, be bigger than ever, yet touring, booking shows, and the like have never been harder. There's a sea of dullards, slack-jawed drooling children with no intent of seeking out a truer self within the violent chaos of this one-time stronghold of traitor-children. Which is partially what brought Lockstep into existence - our collective experience was largely informed by coming of age (so to speak) at the paradigm shift in this subculture. One of the factors that brought us together as a unit was our deep admiration for each other's ability to realize oneself within that context, and, as Thee Temple of Psychik Youth put it, force the hand of chance.
Interview by Aaron Vilk.
How long has Lockstep been together?
Lockstep began in the spring of 2008, meant to be an indulgence of our shared aesthetic tastes.
Musically, Lockstep seems to pick up where the late 1990s metalcore sound left off, drawing much from the sound of Integrity and other Holy Terror style bands. How influential is this style of hardcore to the music and imagery that you present? What other styles are influential to your sound and attitude?
We are all big fans of the Holy Terror sound, which is evident in our songwriting as an influence. We don't want to limit ourselves, however, and hopefully with our next recordings we can expand upon more of our less conventional influences. As far as imagery, however, we're simply above and beyond the base reductionism and simple reactionary content of this once-dead and now revived "movement." That isn't to say we don't have a great admiration and appreciation for the motivations behind those sounds and images and enjoy many of the bands… to stir the cattle into a frenzy is a great service to all wolves, regardless. We have simply found things holier and more terrorizing than the babbling of ideologically impotent prison mystics. We have also transcended the dichotomies of Christian dogma and feel no need to call upon its imagery to invoke a sense of fright. Still, we appreciate and draw inspiration from other artists who have forced boundaries and transgressed against the modern world, from hardcore to noise to neofolk to electro-pop and the various other performance and visual arts.
With regards to your imagery, I've seen your music labeled by some distros as “eco-fascist” hardcore. Would you agree with this assessment of Lockstep's vision? What necessarily do you feel “eco-fascism” would entail? Does it relate to the somewhat apocalyptic beliefs underlying radical anarcho-primitivism? How does it relate to the violent actions taken on by radicals such as Ted Kaczynski or other actions of eco-radical domestic terrorism?
Within the overbearing political correctiveness of the modern world, anytime one finds something that vehemently calls into question the foundations of a dominant paradigm, those within that paradigm see such things as absolutely vile, and thus feel the urge to reduce that thing to a base evil. Perhaps their conscious intentions weren't so apparent, but whoever called us so did just that. However, to be misunderstood is to intrigue, and intrigue is what drives people to deeper understandings. But we'll take this rare opportunity now to make clear on this issue.
Lockstep is a rather amorphous collection of individuals with a wide range of thoughts and philosophies. Our unique individual political/philosophical associations are insignificant as not a one represents some sort of holistic underlying message we are trying to convey. Our ideas are simply too complex to synthesize in that manner, something that undoubtedly makes us largely inaccessible in a scene of sloganeering and identity politics. It is true that we all have a great reverence for the natural world. And while we may understand the desperation certain philosophies surrounding an ecological re-prioritization might have, in the end they are nothing more than uncritical, civilized responses to civilized problems. They simply fail to see the weight of our history as a species and our natural inclinations towards egalitarianism.We implore our fellow humans to embrace our evolutionary heritage and to destroy modern reality. That is as cohesive a statement one could ask from us. Some of us do fall more in line with a nihilistic or anarchist primitivism, others something more sinister and mystical than to be prescribed within the boundaries of ideology. But regardless the realities that are called to mind when faced with the utter failure of techno-industrial civilization and its imminent collapse fit quite well with the tone of our music, so we take advantage of those feral visions of our true destinies.
As far as the question regarding our Theodore J. Kaczynski, we may or may not have many criticisms of him as an individual (not to mention our question of whether he acted alone as the Freedom Club), but we greatly appreciate what he and the Unabomber campaign represented: a rejection of modernity's victim culture, and FC's concerted effort to make those who maintain the modern world call into question their accountability and its cost. We stand by those who have chosen to make very real the consequences of the modern world, from John Linley Frazier in the 70s to those saboteurs in Sweden who recently took down 70 power lines.
You cover Integrity's “A.T.F. Assault” on your demo. Does your music fall in line with something more along the ideas of right-wing survivalism and violent anti-government action? Do you feel that the idea of eco-anarchic awareness falls outside simple left / right political spectrum?
I feel we answered the first part of this question above.
We chose this song to cover because it relates a story of a people wanting to be left alone under pressure by an intruding, dominant force. Such is the fate of many of the last truly authentic human cultures today, and our cover is done with those people in mind, never some Christian sect.
As for eco-anarchic awareness, I would say genuine anarchic thought (not the limp liberal leftist garbage that passes for 90% of contemporary anarchism) exists beyond such a spectrum, as it is inherently anti-political. For example, primitivist thought calls upon the very nature of our species from an evolutionary perspective, not an economic or social construct of fairly recent creation by desperate and incomplete beings and maintained by similar beings.
There has been some muttering over the band's symbol, which bears a resemblance to the Black Sun rune. Would you like to clear up what the symbol represents or put aside any misconceptions?
The meaning that this or various other symbols carries is beyond Lockstep or the individuals involved. The work involved in arriving at or understanding certain interpretations is not something that can be shared through words. It is at the heart experiential, sensuous. That said, this symbol has been seen to represent the many crooked paths with which to reach one's desired end. Someone also pointed out to us that it resembles the classic punk symbol of chaos, twisted and mangled with sharper and deadlier edges. We delight in such interpretations of the imagery. We enjoy allowing those looking to find their own meanings. We know what we know.
You do not get to play live or tour very often. The few shows that do manage to come together have been marred by fighting and transgressive forms of provocation such as blasting the audience with high-intensity floodlights. What does these kind of activities accomplish and what statement are you trying to make with them?
We don't play often because we are all exploring our individual paths, and oftentimes some of us are living above the law and beyond the average circumstances that most in the hardcore and punk community are comfortable in. Simple logistics, be they legal, physical, or otherwise, are oftentimes what keep us from playing often. However, we prefer it this way. Better we are realizing ourselves and making our few shows truly worth it than to be in a tired routine of performance.
We wish to tear off the facade of security and nicety that the modern world envelops oneself in. We want to remind everyone that just below the surface is the feral being begging to be released, to enrapture itself with actual experience as opposed to the banality of civilization. We also wish to remind our audience that they have lulled themselves into believing that every single day of modern existence is not terrifying, disorienting, and dangerous. Our performances are rituals for transformation of the atavistic self.
What are some of your influences both sonically and ideologically from outside of the hardcore scene?
One of us is an scholar of Heidegger, another of Paul Shepard, another of Yeats. We are avid readers of Zerzan, Perlman, Camatte, and others who challenge the civilized man and call for a realization of the primal self. Stirner, Nietzsche, Beaudelaire and others provide varied, yet poignant perspectives on the experience of this world and beyond, as well as the potential that lies within the individual. Other recent delights have been Les Chants de Maldoror and the works of Bataille, Baudrillard, and Black…We recently discovered Otto Gross and are searching out his works for further edification.
Musically, we have many outside influences: Depeche Mode, Rudimentary Peni, Current 93, to name a very essentialist few. We are truly lovers of music, from IDM to black metal to field recordings of forager rituals.
Lately Fever Ray, Skin Graft, and while they fall under the hardcore and punk umbrella, bands like Thou, Bacchus, and Masakari have delighted our ears. Amidst a flurry of half-measured reunions, we're excited to see Pale Creation returning with some real creative energy.
We also draw a great deal of inspiration from visual arts as well. Blake and Bacon were unparalleled masters of visualizing terror. Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Nick Blinko (his writing as well) Hannah Höch, and Boo Saville catch our eyes.
One of your vocalists is primarily known as industrial noise project Plague Mother, which he incorporates into Lockstep, such as on the B-side of your demo. Where do you feel these types of extreme music intersect?
Plague Mother is the individual pursuit of one of our members, who also performs in the neo-folk project A Gaze Blank & Pitiless. Another member does a superb black metal project with a friend of ours, known as Astron Argon. A Year Without A Summer is another associated project, one whose beauty is the perfect foil for the general scope of sounds we tend to create. Many other projects are in the works but have yet to be fully realized. I would say that along with Lockstep our interests intersect in that they expose the filthy and scummy layer of civilization's rot just below the surface of modernity.
Finally, what, in your opinion, is wrong with the hardcore and DIY scene as it stands today?
Our concerns are hardly with these scenes, although we are undeniably a part of them. We would venture to say the downfall of such subcultural cliques such as these are their perpetual victim identity. A lot of self pity, not a lot of self motivation.
Along with that, as the funeral march of techno-industrial society lurches forward, we see the growing dullness of daily life reaching monumental proportions. At this point, one needn't muster any effort to interact in a subcultural clique outside the usage of a computer. The will-affirming creativity it once took to participate actively in hardcore and punk simply isn't vital, at least it doesn't appear so to the generation long-spoiled by forum-logic and paypal-it-now consumer ethos. This is why hardcore can, in economic terms, be bigger than ever, yet touring, booking shows, and the like have never been harder. There's a sea of dullards, slack-jawed drooling children with no intent of seeking out a truer self within the violent chaos of this one-time stronghold of traitor-children. Which is partially what brought Lockstep into existence - our collective experience was largely informed by coming of age (so to speak) at the paradigm shift in this subculture. One of the factors that brought us together as a unit was our deep admiration for each other's ability to realize oneself within that context, and, as Thee Temple of Psychik Youth put it, force the hand of chance.
14.7.11
go to pray at the river of flame
august 5th: our first time in cleveland. if you can make it, it'll be worth it:
Masakari
Alpinist (Amazing German Crust)
Black September (Heavy Black Metal from Chicago)
Lockstep
Heartless- Heavy Hardcore from Pittsburgh
Trespasser- Ex-Our Fight/Mammals First Show
Masakari
Alpinist (Amazing German Crust)
Black September (Heavy Black Metal from Chicago)
Lockstep
Heartless- Heavy Hardcore from Pittsburgh
Trespasser- Ex-Our Fight/Mammals First Show
15.6.11
so much to say; but not the words
much has happened. we have made ourselves available for consumption at locseven.bandcamp.com.
another chapter of our revelation will be available shortly, and we will be again visiting terror on various fortifications in the western united states, this time with bacchus, from ireland. dates coming shortly.
meanwhile, feast your minds on this:
or text format: theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Anonymous__Cabal__Argot.html
another chapter of our revelation will be available shortly, and we will be again visiting terror on various fortifications in the western united states, this time with bacchus, from ireland. dates coming shortly.
meanwhile, feast your minds on this:
or text format: theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Anonymous__Cabal__Argot.html
7.3.11
TONIGHT -march 7th
OROKU
PLAGUE MASS (AUSTRIA)
LOCKSTEP
womansion - 3rd and peralta, west oakland
6:30pm
please come and support touring bands..
PLAGUE MASS (AUSTRIA)
LOCKSTEP
womansion - 3rd and peralta, west oakland
6:30pm
please come and support touring bands..
4.3.11
14.2.11
20.12.10
1.10.10
the sun no longer scorches..
...and we are once again on the prowl. let us know if you want to assist this campaign.
november:
1 eureka, ca: empire squared (47b w. 3rd st) w/ nihilist and they came at dawn
2 portland, or:
3 olympia, wa: phantom city records (302 4th ave E) w/ sixes, wreck
4 bellingham, wa: 2117 new st w/ envision, ellenoprah
5 seattle, wa: FBK w/ marrow, mercy ties, and numb
6 seattle, wa: the black lodge w/ malice, cascabal
7 salem, or: burial grounds (322 23rd st NE) w/ wolvserpent, hell
8 ashland, or:
9 oakland: the hive (1420 w 10th st) w/ death crisis, think twice, no statik, reivers
the records are done. get ready.
november:
1 eureka, ca: empire squared (47b w. 3rd st) w/ nihilist and they came at dawn
2 portland, or:
3 olympia, wa: phantom city records (302 4th ave E) w/ sixes, wreck
4 bellingham, wa: 2117 new st w/ envision, ellenoprah
5 seattle, wa: FBK w/ marrow, mercy ties, and numb
6 seattle, wa: the black lodge w/ malice, cascabal
7 salem, or: burial grounds (322 23rd st NE) w/ wolvserpent, hell
8 ashland, or:
9 oakland: the hive (1420 w 10th st) w/ death crisis, think twice, no statik, reivers
the records are done. get ready.
26.6.10
the recent tour and follow-up show went well. we made some brutal and loyal allies. we're ever closer, however slowly, to unleashing the record.
in the meantime, get a taste.
in the meantime, get a taste.
8.6.10
california mini tour in june:
12 san luis obispo @ the broadlodge (3069 broad st)
13 tijuana @ 1979 w/ thou, moloch, maladie, biocrisis
14 san diego @ che cafe w/ children of god and others
15 los angeles @ mcworld (5011 w. adams blvd) w/ thou, moloch, sheeep, cathedrals
16 santa barbara @ foundation press (5959 hollister ave, ste h) w/ thou, moloch, abandon, break
17 santa cruz @ the mill gallery (131 front st) w/ thou, moloch, fell voices
19 west oakland @ commintern (2844 union st) w/ thou, moloch, children of god
soon (immediately?) after tour, records should be available.
and again at gilman, june 25, with nails, fell to low, and others.
12 san luis obispo @ the broadlodge (3069 broad st)
13 tijuana @ 1979 w/ thou, moloch, maladie, biocrisis
14 san diego @ che cafe w/ children of god and others
15 los angeles @ mcworld (5011 w. adams blvd) w/ thou, moloch, sheeep, cathedrals
16 santa barbara @ foundation press (5959 hollister ave, ste h) w/ thou, moloch, abandon, break
17 santa cruz @ the mill gallery (131 front st) w/ thou, moloch, fell voices
19 west oakland @ commintern (2844 union st) w/ thou, moloch, children of god
soon (immediately?) after tour, records should be available.
and again at gilman, june 25, with nails, fell to low, and others.
13.5.10
emerging from shadow
we will return, refreshed by our slumber, to spill new blood, beginning on june 1 in san francisco (submission art space) with:
foundation
rotting out
harm's way
backtrack
shortly after this, the stranglehold on california will be constricted anew, potentially with recorded evidence available.
foundation
rotting out
harm's way
backtrack
shortly after this, the stranglehold on california will be constricted anew, potentially with recorded evidence available.
31.3.10
april 25
have your ears stung at the hive (10th and mandela, in oakland) with:
parasitic skies (seattle)
lockstep
distressed (santa cruz)
parasitic skies (seattle)
lockstep
distressed (santa cruz)
6.3.10
unending chaos
the infirmary: 1755 12th st in oakland, thursday, march 11th:
send 'em to the cemetery (reunion show!)
lockstep
arsonists prayer (feral noise)
two in the chest, one in the head (first show)
send 'em to the cemetery (reunion show!)
lockstep
arsonists prayer (feral noise)
two in the chest, one in the head (first show)
23.2.10
a world of steel and concrete
the path that had been laid before us proved to be paved with adversity, but we have triumphed with our reward of scars and memories. it was about halfway along our journey that we met enemies on the path and after joining in battle were taken captive for nearly three days. with the strength of nearby allies we emerged from the dungeon unscathed, if quite a bit poorer. after this we rushed to make up the ground we had lost and manifest the final few engagements that had been made. we apologize for failing to meet the commitments that we did, and extend our gratitude to those who assisted us.
if you so desire, torture yourself with this, the product of a more familiar dungeon: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3503d108674d148e6b21be4093fab7ac74164f38b65c5ff2c95965eaa7bc68bc
if you so desire, torture yourself with this, the product of a more familiar dungeon: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3503d108674d148e6b21be4093fab7ac74164f38b65c5ff2c95965eaa7bc68bc
14.1.10
the way.
the path we must take becomes clearer each day, and as the moment of departure draws near we can feel the power growing within. we are gathering the artifacts required for distribution; the impact will be unassailable. the scent of fear is in the wind. beware the dark of february:
13-san luis obispo, ca (matinee show - broad fest @ the razzz: 2007 broad st w/ fell voices, punch, and the separation)
14-LA/boyle heights, ca (the blvd cafe, 2631 whittier blvd, w/ punch, the separation, arctic choke)
15-san diego, ca (che cafe w/ ghostlimb, the separation, satie)
16-phoenix, az (the slurp w/ the separation)
17-el paso, tx (hideaway lounge, 1012 n. raynor, w/ the separation, national disasters, enemy 13)
18-austin, tx (trailer space records w/ the separation, chest pain)
19-ft worth, tx (1919 hemphill w/ the separation, chest pain)
20-oklahoma city, ok (bad grannys w/ the separation)
21-amarillo, tx (408A sw 10th st w/ the separation)
22-albuquerque, nm (coalmine, 1016 coal sw, w/ the separation)
23-flagstaff, az (taala hooghan infoshop w/ the separation)
24-salt lake city, ut (w/ blacklisted and the separation)
25-reno, nv (FR2K, 243 ryland st, w/ the separation, contend, out of reach)
26-redding, ca (sue's java cafe w/ the separation)
we are ready, and we have always known.
13-san luis obispo, ca (matinee show - broad fest @ the razzz: 2007 broad st w/ fell voices, punch, and the separation)
14-LA/boyle heights, ca (the blvd cafe, 2631 whittier blvd, w/ punch, the separation, arctic choke)
15-san diego, ca (che cafe w/ ghostlimb, the separation, satie)
16-phoenix, az (the slurp w/ the separation)
17-el paso, tx (hideaway lounge, 1012 n. raynor, w/ the separation, national disasters, enemy 13)
18-austin, tx (trailer space records w/ the separation, chest pain)
19-ft worth, tx (1919 hemphill w/ the separation, chest pain)
20-oklahoma city, ok (bad grannys w/ the separation)
21-amarillo, tx (408A sw 10th st w/ the separation)
22-albuquerque, nm (coalmine, 1016 coal sw, w/ the separation)
23-flagstaff, az (taala hooghan infoshop w/ the separation)
24-salt lake city, ut (w/ blacklisted and the separation)
25-reno, nv (FR2K, 243 ryland st, w/ the separation, contend, out of reach)
26-redding, ca (sue's java cafe w/ the separation)
we are ready, and we have always known.
17.12.09
trudging the barren wilds
a tour of the southwestern states will manifest. this will take place in february, and visit places such as san luis obispo, san diego, LA, phoenix, el paso, austin, ft. worth/dallas, OKC, amarillo, albuquerque, flagstaff, salt lake, and reno. look for more soon.
as a temporary sedative, visit 924 gilman st, in berkeley, on 10th january, 2012. excuse me, "-10".
mohoram atta
kowloon walled city
sheeep
lockstep
negative standards
*5pm matinee
as a temporary sedative, visit 924 gilman st, in berkeley, on 10th january, 2012. excuse me, "-10".
mohoram atta
kowloon walled city
sheeep
lockstep
negative standards
*5pm matinee
25.11.09
call to assemble
come worship with us: 12.4.09:19.30h. san francisco. sub-mission art space (2183 mission st).
hour of the wolf
hot skin
touche amore
until your heart stops
lockstep
we always know.
hour of the wolf
hot skin
touche amore
until your heart stops
lockstep
we always know.
6.11.09
hymns
:the procession:
enter overwhelming panic violent throes of an era of death amidst decay the dying kneel praying begging salvation from what cannot be changed pleas of gluttons go unheard plague famine desolation consume meccas of endless greed punishment for euphoric belief bear witness the faithful quake with fear of consequences ministers of deception keepers of cornucopian myth push onward into extinction funeral procession for man's dominion a fate long heralded can no longer be ignored cascading failures of modernity converge legions red their garments at judgement as if unbeknownst that their voraciousness would ever lead to their destruction now convulsing seizing cede to necrosis bodies strewn as pavestones for this final death march
:sedecim:
sixteen strikes leveled against the technogogues shrapnel punctures guilty hearts fingers fall from bloodstained hands beneath the surface of all held dear lurking in shadows subconscious fear wolves encircling gleaming fangs bared tear into leviathan sixteen strikes leveled against the abattoir unrelenting callousness turned against its architects beneath the surface of all held dear lurking in shadows subconscious fear wolves encircling cleaving fangs bared tear into leviathan sixteen strikes herald a feral terror everything ever held dear erased industrial eschaton revived and unleashed gridcrash cloaks hordes of ludd darkness swallows cities
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3503d108674d1...
enter overwhelming panic violent throes of an era of death amidst decay the dying kneel praying begging salvation from what cannot be changed pleas of gluttons go unheard plague famine desolation consume meccas of endless greed punishment for euphoric belief bear witness the faithful quake with fear of consequences ministers of deception keepers of cornucopian myth push onward into extinction funeral procession for man's dominion a fate long heralded can no longer be ignored cascading failures of modernity converge legions red their garments at judgement as if unbeknownst that their voraciousness would ever lead to their destruction now convulsing seizing cede to necrosis bodies strewn as pavestones for this final death march
:sedecim:
sixteen strikes leveled against the technogogues shrapnel punctures guilty hearts fingers fall from bloodstained hands beneath the surface of all held dear lurking in shadows subconscious fear wolves encircling gleaming fangs bared tear into leviathan sixteen strikes leveled against the abattoir unrelenting callousness turned against its architects beneath the surface of all held dear lurking in shadows subconscious fear wolves encircling cleaving fangs bared tear into leviathan sixteen strikes herald a feral terror everything ever held dear erased industrial eschaton revived and unleashed gridcrash cloaks hordes of ludd darkness swallows cities
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=3503d108674d1...
5.11.09
live
11.6.09:20.00h. oakland. the common tern (2844 union st).
punch
lockstep
beau navire
distressed
we know because we know.
punch
lockstep
beau navire
distressed
we know because we know.
28.10.09
30.9.09
the underworld beckons
october 23rd, 2100h, san diego (secret location, instructions later):
destroy all of them
lockstep
warbound
distressed
a year without a summer
we know what we know.
destroy all of them
lockstep
warbound
distressed
a year without a summer
we know what we know.
7.8.09
into the light, we crawl
on august 22nd, 924 gilman st, berkeley:
die young (tx)
seven generations
the separation
abandon
lockstep
pussywhipped
the war of light will also see an attack unleashed upon the atomic garden. maybe some record will surface of this battle.
we know because we know.
die young (tx)
seven generations
the separation
abandon
lockstep
pussywhipped
the war of light will also see an attack unleashed upon the atomic garden. maybe some record will surface of this battle.
we know because we know.
15.6.09
shows
tuesday, june 16th, 1900h:
@che cafe, san diego
w/ time for change
abandon
despite despair
active aggressive
destroy all of them
friday, june 19th:
@2844 union st, oakland
w/ fell voices
we know because we know.
@che cafe, san diego
w/ time for change
abandon
despite despair
active aggressive
destroy all of them
friday, june 19th:
@2844 union st, oakland
w/ fell voices
we know because we know.
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