Storm of Light UK & Europe Tour

Great news from Rarely Unable - one of the best bands around
are hitting the road this spring. Go see 'em!

A STORM OF LIGHT, HARK & MUSTARD GAS & ROSES (MGR)

“NATIONS TO FLAMES TOUR 2014”

  Through their own unique vision, A Storm Of Light combine the dynamics and the colossal energy of apocalyptic doom and pummelling sludge into the faster and more melodic side of heavy. In September 2013, STORM released their brand new album, Nations To Flames via Southern Lord, centering itself around the apex of human failure and bearing witness to the fall of all governments, all nations, and all religions.

Today we are pleased to announce the “Nations to Flames” tour across the UK and continental Europe with Welsh power trio Hark and M.G.R (aka Mike Gallagher from ISIS). 

TOUR DATES:

11.04.14    Belgium   TBA

12.04.14    Netherlands    Tilburg    Roadburn Festival

13.04.14    Germany    Berlin    Cassiopeia

14.04.14    Czech Republic    Prague    .007

15.04.14    Germany    Leipzig    Conne Island

16.04.14    Germany    Hamburg    Hafenklang

17.04.14    Denmark    Copenhagen    Underwerket

18.04.14    Norway    Oslo    Inferno Festival w/o HARK

19.04.14    Day Off   

20.04.14    Germany    Frankfurt    Elfer

21.04.14    Germany    München    Backstage

22.04.14    Italy    Bologna    Freakout Club

23.04.14    Italy    Rome    Traffic

24.04.14    Italy    Milano    Lo Fi

25.04.14    France    Clermont-Ferrand    Raymond

26.04.14    Switzerland    Martigny    Les Caves du Manoir

27.04.14    Switzerland    Luzern    Schüür

28.04.14    Germany    Stuttgart    Juha West

29.04.14    Germany    Köln    Gebäude 9

30.04.14    Belgium    Liege    La Zone

01.05.14    UK    London    Birthday’s

02.05.14    UK    Glasgow    Audio

03.05.14    UK    Bristol    Temples Fest w/o HARK

A Storm Of Light - Nation To Flames

Ever since the 2011 release of "As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us,
Our Silver Memories Fade", I have been waiting eagerly
for this new album.

And my review could really be just 3 words -

A FUCKING MASTERPIECE!

This is a heavier Storm Of Light on display this time around. 

The song lengths have been trimmed but have not lost the epic feel, 

now there is a bruising urgency to proceedings which pummel the 

senses with multi-layered, atmospheric slabs of destruction.

The guitars are alive with tension and distortion and the riffs sound

like empires crumbling under the weight of broken promises. Tempos

have been increased giving the songs an undercurrent of controlled

frenzy - the tension threatens to spill over into chaos but always the

heaviness is present.

Tribal drumming underlines the shamanistic nature of the lyrics - 

repeated phrases hammer home lines into your skull.

This should be in everyones album of the year list - in case

you are not sure how magnificent it is, I shall repeat -

A FUCKING MASTERPIECE!

Thanks to Lauren at Rarely Unable PR for sending this to me. 

Band Blurb:

New York metal alchemists, A STORM OF LIGHT, will unleash their long-anticipated new studio offering this Fall! Entitled Nations To Flames, the 11-track follow up to the band’s critically-lauded 2011 opus, As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade, was recorded with Travis Kammeyer (OCOAI, Generation Of Vipers) at Fahrenheit Studios in Johnson City, Tennessee, mixed with Matt Bayles (Isis, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Botch, Mastodon) at Red Room Recording in Seattle, Washington and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, From Ashes Rise, Nails) at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon.

Additionally, Nations to Flames features Soundgraden’s Kim Thayil and Indian/Nachtmystium’s Will Lindsay on select tracks.

Centered around the apex of human failure, Nations To Flames bears witness to the fall of all governments, all nations, and all religions. The record is both musically and thematically captivating and marks the STORM collective’s darkest, most immediately punishing creation to date.

Comments A STORM OF LIGHT founding guitarist/vocalist Josh Graham “These songs are much more focused. Even the more ‘epic’ songs are shorter but still accomplish the same journey as the longer songs used to. We’ve ditched the rock elements of the last record and  let our early influences of Killing Joke, Bad Brains, Metallica and Crash Worship seep in. We are bringing back the intensity of Black Ocean but with the speed and precision ore akin to our metal influences. While there are still some slower/sludgy tunes, some songs are twice as fast as the older material.”

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A Storm of Light - As The Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade (2011)

A Storm of Light have always threatened to break

out of the post-rock genre and with this album,

have blown it out of the water.

With songs that do not just rely on loud/soft

passages, this brings in Sludge/Doom, experimental

ambient and big doses of metallic heaviness.

Bringing in Kim Thayli from Soundgarden to wail

his trademark riffing over some of the tracks gives

an almost traditional rock feel to them, stopping the

meandering that can bog down so many post-rock songs.

Don't get me wrong, the tracks are still long but much

more focused and intense.

Josh Graham's distintive vocals are very much evident

and the drumming from Billy Graves approaches epic

proportions.

The overall feel to the album is of controlled menace

with shuddering bursts of power.

If you like this band, be prepared to like them even more.

If you have never really got into this sort of stuff, give it

a listen as I cannot see anyone else coming up with something

to better this until the long awaited new Neurosis comes out.

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