bygones (feat Zach Hill and Nick Reinhart) Announce Debut Album Out Early 2009 on Sargent House!

bygones
(feat Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos and Zach Hill)
Announce Debut Album "by-" Out Early 2009 on Sargent House!



The dynamic duo of Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos and Zach Hill of Hella have finally announced their new band, bygones. Formulated for some time but shrouded in secrecy, the two have finally decided to share a few of the new tracks.

bygones' debut full-length, entitled "by-" will see the light of day in Early 2009 on Sargent House, but for now, you can check out two new songs here!

Nick Reinhart talks about the new project here!

* More information, including tracklist, album art, and live dates coming soon!



For more information, visit
www.myspace.com/bygonesmusic
www.myspace.com/zachhillmusic
www.myspace.com/teramelos
www.sargenthouse.com

Poison The Well Start Recording New Album Today * Out May 2009 on Ferret!

Miami's POISON THE WELL have just announced they have, as of today, begun recording their upcoming full-length for Ferret Music due out in May 2009. Unfortunately, due to a family emergency, J Robbins will be unable to aid in the recording process (our thoughts are with the Robbins family), however the band has tapped good friend Steve Evetts (Dillinger Escape Plan, Kid Dynamite, Every Time I Die) to step in and lend his very talented, helping hand.

POISON THE WELL have also recently announced they'll be heading overseas to tour on the Soundwave Music Festival in Australia, followed by a European tour w/ friends and label-mates, 36 Crazyfists, and have just released their first of three new 7-inch releases for Ferret, entitled "I / III."



Tracklist for I / III
1. New Fast
2. Purple Sabbath

Medusa (mems of Racebannon) Announces Debut Full Length!

(featuring members of Racebannon)
Announces Debut Album, En Raga Sul, out December 2nd on Hawthorne Street Records!



An unknown name to many outside of Clash of the Titans fans, MEDUSA stand poised to deliver a sonic deathblow to all that is false with En Raga Sul, the deadliest 15 tracks to grace a vinyl platter in a long fucking time. Consisting of 3/4ths of the creative nucleus of the juggernaut Racebannon, MEDUSA bludgeon the listener with a riff-centric cyclone that sounds like Slayer playing Melvins covers through the MC5’s equipment. You’ve never heard anything quite like it, and when En Raga Sul is over, you will be left beaten, torn, and begging for more oxygen, and one more listen.

Toiling amongst the shades for their formative years, MEDUSA spent almost 5 years constructing a solid lineup and a solid stable of impure jams designed to level and destroy all that stands in their path. En Raga Sul is their only recording to date, and living proof that the way of the tortoise is often times the correct one for those who walk the left hand path. Instead of releasing some watered-down “BS” in the name of record sales and hype, MEDUSA honed and crafted a maelstrom of tar-stained riffs, thunderous drumming, and vocal incantations with more drama, tension, and hatred than an average Destiny’s Child practice. Sludgey riffs knuckle-drag themselves out of the dankest of swamps, only to careen into fast distorted oblivion at the drop of a hat, with the listener losing 5d20 with each successive passage.

Tracks like Wicked Father, Rain Un Thunder, Throne of God, Flesh Fly, Destructor, and the title track leave no room for breath, false moves, or faked jacks: this is the real deal. No girl clothes, no banjos, and no weak shit. MEDUSA is a blood-thirsty riff-centric weed machine that eats life and shits death, and En Raga Sul takes no prisoners. Less an “album” and more of a trance-inducing black ritual of catharsis, Hawthorne Street Records and MEDUSA have teamed up to deliver a bestial 12 inches of raw fury. The question is, are you strong enough in constitution and intestinal fortitude to stand up against the 15 tracks on En Raga Sul?



Tracklist for En Raga Sul
1. Rain Un Thunder
2. Mediatrix
3. En Raga Sul
4. Back To Dust
5. Transform
6. Destructor
7. Bruiser
8. Throne of God
9. Inflict The Venom
10. Snakebite
11. Soldiers of Death
12. Body Count
13. Alucarda
14. Flesh Fly
15. Wicked Father



For more information, visit:
www.medusakills.com
www.myspace.com/rainunthunder
www.hawthornestreetrecords.com

Decibel Magazine Calls Torche's "Meanderthal" Album of the Year!

HUGE thanks go to Albert Mudrian, Shane Mehling, and the entire Decibel Magazine staff for their amazing support... !\m/!



TORCHE'S "MEANDERTHAL" NAMED DECIBEL MAGAZINE'S #1 ALBUM OF 2008!



(click on each page for a closer look!)

OTHER FINALISTS ON DECIBEL'S TOP 40 of 2008!

#26 - 5ive "Hesperus"
#24 - Gridlink "Amber Gray"
#14 - Pyramids "Pyramids"
#11 - Harvey Milk "Life... The Best Game In Town"

* also, Pitchfork's "Show No Mercy" column calls "Meanderthal" the #2 metal album of 2008!

Punknews Reviews Akimbo's "Jersey Shores" and Past Lives' "Strange Symmetry!"

huge thanks to Punknews for the support! click each album cover to be taken to their reviews!



Akimbo "Jersey Shores"




Past Lives "Strange Symmetry"

The Giraffes Live on Radio K Minneapolis!

huge thanks to everyone at Radio K for their support! Click to listen!



In-Studio Session: The Giraffes. The Giraffes - live on Radio K. Nov 11, 2008

Helms Alee Tour w/ Minus The Bear and Annuals * New 7" Streaming @ the Hydra Head Blog!

Lionize b/w Truly
1. Lionize ( * stream @ the Hydra Head Blog!)
2. Truly

Helms Alee Live!

w/ Minus The Bear and Annuals!
Nov 14 2008 SOMA San Diego, California
Nov 15 2008 Glass House Pomona, California
Nov 16 2008 Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, California
Nov 17 2008 Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, California * Free show, no MTB or Annuals
Nov 18 2008 Empire Sacramento, California
Nov 19 2008 Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francsico, California
Nov 20 2008 Stanford Campus Palo Alto, California * no MTB or Annuals
Nov 21 2008 Lewis & Clark College -Templeton Campus Center Portland, Oregon
Nov 22 2008 The Showbox (at the market) Seattle, Washington

Also:
Nov 29 2008 90.3FM KEXP Seattle SEATTLE, Washington
Dec 5 2008 The Comet Seattle, Washington w/ Black Eyes and Neckties, Black Elk, Sandrider (mems of Akimbo
Dec 12 2008 Eastside Olympia, Washington




For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/helmsaleemusic
www.hydrahead.com