Sunday, December 30, 2012

HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN 5/2-5, 2013 at Ungdomshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark CONFIRM: MOURNFUL CONGREGATION and COUGH


Promoters for HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN, set to take place 5/2-5, 2013  at Ungdomshuset, Copenhagen, Denmark have confirmed Australian funeral doomsters
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION and COUGH.
HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN promoters have also confirmed MOSS, SATURNUS, GRAVES AT SEA,
SAMOTHRACE, CONAN, PROCESSION and many more doom acts.




FROM HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN PROMOTERS:



On this second last day of the year of 2012 we have a special suprize for all you doomfanatics out there. For the past several months we have worked hard on trying to get this band all the way across the globe to come do a much anticipated tour in Europe. Two days ago they had the honor of being announced at Roadburn 2013 and today its our turn. We are extemely honored to present to you the uncrowned kings of funeral doom, the masters of downtuned heaviness and the lords of epic, somber, mournful music. We bring to you the mighty MOURNFUL CONGREGATION!!!

To those of you who aren´t familiar with the amazing band; Mournful Congregation is from Adelaide, Australia and was formed in late 1993. Throughout the 90's they recorded two demo tapes, and one full length album, which would only be officially released in 2002. From the beginning they dedicated themselves to writing "Extreme Doom Metal", utilising extra-slow tempos, down-tuned heaviness and mu
ltiple guitar harmonies for the aim of creating depressing, epic and mournful music. With these recordings they slowly spread through the underground metal scene, mostly via tape trading.

In 2005 their second full length, "The Monad of Creation" was released through Weird Truth Productions (JAP) , which solidified their dedication to "Funeral Doom". 2009 saw the release of their third full length, "The June Frost" also through Weird Truth (JAP) and Ostra Records (FRA). At this point the band played live for the first time ever in their career, starting with an Australian tour, and then moving onto play a 17-date tour throughout Europe.

In late 2011, they released their fourth full length, "The Book of Kings" through 20 Buck Spin (US), Osmose Productions (FRA), Weird Truth (JAP) and Ostra Records (FRA), and subsequently toured the US West Coast. In 2012, they once again toured the West Coast of the US, comprising of 11 dates and a performance at the Stella Natura Festival in California.

"Mournful Congregation are very pleased to be a part of Heavy Days in Doomtown 2013. We are currently preparing an ultimate set of death, doom and depression for the event, that we may be able to deliver a funeral doom meditation mass to the doomed danish hordes attending" - Mournful Congregation

Check them out and give them a listen here:
www.facebook.com/mournfulcongregation
www.mournfulcongregation.com
www.myspace.com/mournfulcongregation
"Heavy Days In Doomtown -a DIY celebration of all things slow and heavy" will be a 4 day event from 2nd to 5th of May in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- A warm up show on Thursday (Location will be announced later on)
-3 days of music, art, events and madness at the DIY activist driven social centre Ungdomshuset, Dortheavej 61


On this very last day of the year 2012 we have the pleasure of bringing you another band that was annouced for the first edition of HDDT, but had to cancel due to unforseen events. We are extremely stoked to present a band that delivers a massive impenetrable wall of psychedelic doom; We bring to you Richmond, Virginias heaviest and finest doom sludge outfit; COUGH!!!

To those of you not familiar with Cough; Cough is a sludge/doom metal band that was conceived in the fertile metal underground of Richmond, VA circa 2005. The newly formed band sought out to be the heaviest band ever from Richmond, and took inspiration from traditional doom metal bands (Sabbath, Cathedral, Pentagram, Grief, Electric Wizard, Goatsnake, etc.), grimy sludge (Sleep, Eyehategod, Cavity) and early metal (Bathory).

The band self-released an EP, ‘The Kingdom’, in 2007, and followed it quickly with their first proper full-length ‘Sigillum Luciferi’ in 2008. Recorded w/ acclaimed producer Sanford Parker (Minsk, Rwake, Pelican, Nachtmystium), ‘Sigillum Luciferi’ is an ugly, agonizing set of misanthropy set to music. Slight bits of psychedelia had wormed into the massive riffs and woven throughout the bands inhuman screams, making this one of the most promising pieces of doom metal to emerge from North America in quite some time.

Sporadic gigging followed the release before the band holed up in a Richmond warehouse to write the follow up. Winter 2008 was brutal, the warehouse was filthy and unheated, and the band slowly labored forward with the writing between hospital visits and bouts of near-insanity. By winter 2009/2010, the band had signed to Relapse Records and returned to Chicago, IL, enlisting Parker once again to record the follow-up to ‘Sigillum Luciferi’.

That follow-up, their aptly titled Relapse debut ‘Ritual Abuse’, delivers thoroughly massive, psychedelic doom. The albums five epic tracks are impenetrable walls of sludge; at some points suffocating and claustrophobic, at others warped and hallucinogenic. ‘Ritual Abuse’ is an impressive monolith of sound and volume, and one of the finest moments yet for 21st century doom metal.

Check them out and give them a listen here:
http://cough.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/Cough666

Stay tuned for the last announcement tomorrow!

PRESALE START TOMORROW! We wanna remind all of you that the presale starts tomorrow at 12.00 CET, so if you wanna make sure to secure your attendence in HDDT 2013, you better set your alarm clock or do an extra line of speed so you can be ready when the presale will be launched. Get your ticket from here: www.billetto.dk/events/heavydaysindoomtown2013!

From all of us at HDDT main führerbunker we wish you a happy new year and looking forward to seeing you all in 2013!
On this very last day of the year 2012 we have the pleasure of bringing you another band that was annouced for the first edition of HDDT, but had to cancel due to unforseen events. We are extremely stoked to present a band that delivers a massive impenetrable wall of psychedelic doom; We bring to you Richmond, Virginias heaviest and finest doom sludge outfit; COUGH!!! 

To those of you not familiar with Cough; Cough is a sludge/doom metal band that was conceived in the fertile metal underground of Richmond, VA circa 2005. The newly formed band sought out to be the heaviest band ever from Richmond, and took inspiration from traditional doom metal bands (Sabbath, Cathedral, Pentagram, Grief, Electric Wizard, Goatsnake, etc.), grimy sludge (Sleep, Eyehategod, Cavity) and early metal (Bathory).

The band self-released an EP, ‘The Kingdom’, in 2007, and followed it quickly with their first proper full-length ‘Sigillum Luciferi’ in 2008. Recorded w/ acclaimed producer Sanford Parker (Minsk, Rwake, Pelican, Nachtmystium), ‘Sigillum Luciferi’ is an ugly, agonizing set of misanthropy set to music. Slight bits of psychedelia had wormed into the massive riffs and woven throughout the bands inhuman screams, making this one of the most promising pieces of doom metal to emerge from North America in quite some time.

Sporadic gigging followed the release before the band holed up in a Richmond warehouse to write the follow up. Winter 2008 was brutal, the warehouse was filthy and unheated, and the band slowly labored forward with the writing between hospital visits and bouts of near-insanity. By winter 2009/2010, the band had signed to Relapse Records and returned to Chicago, IL, enlisting Parker once again to record the follow-up to ‘Sigillum Luciferi’.

That follow-up, their aptly titled Relapse debut ‘Ritual Abuse’, delivers thoroughly massive, psychedelic doom. The albums five epic tracks are impenetrable walls of sludge; at some points suffocating and claustrophobic, at others warped and hallucinogenic. ‘Ritual Abuse’ is an impressive monolith of sound and volume, and one of the finest moments yet for 21st century doom metal.

Check them out and give them a listen here:
http://cough.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/Cough666

Stay tuned for the last announcement tomorrow!

PRESALE START TOMORROW! We wanna remind all of you that the presale starts tomorrow at 12.00 CET, so if you wanna make sure to secure your attendence in HDDT 2013, you better set your alarm clock or do an extra line of speed so you can be ready when the presale will be launched. Get your ticket from here: www.billetto.dk/events/heavydaysindoomtown2013!

From all of us at HDDT main führerbunker we wish you a happy new year and looking forward to seeing you all in 2013!






The festival is organized by the association "Undergrundsmusikens Fremme" (translated: Undergroundmusic promotion) based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The association has for the past three years been organizing the successful DIY Death Metal Festival "Kill-Town Death Fest" (www.killtowndeathfest.dk) and has now spread its ventures to the doomspectre.

The whole event is organized by the DIY principles, which means that neither the organizers, the bands or the people who work at the fest are making any profit, and our main purpose besides having an amazing fest full of heavy music, is to promote the DIY principles to the genres who doesn’t usually organize this way.

Besides music, were inviting a bunch of great artists to come and make installations, visuals and more before and during the festival to make the expeirence of the fest visual as well as musical.

We hope to see all of you in Copenhagen in May for Europes heaviest underground event of 2013!

All the best//
HeavyDaysInDoomtown Crew



Stay tuned for another announcement tomorrow!



HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN 2013 LINEUP MORE DOOM BANDS TBA: 

Lineup 2013 (one new band announced a day throughout all of December):
PAGAN ALTAR (uk)
-www.paganaltar.com
GRAVES AT SEA (us) - first European show ever!
-www.facebook.com/GravesAtSea
CONAN (uk)
-www.hailconan.com
SAMOTHRACE (us) - first European show ever!
-www.facebook.com/pages/Samothrace/67987779185
DARK BUDDHA RISING (fin)
-www.varjotila.org/dbr
METH DRINKER (nz) - first European show ever!
-http://methdrinker.bandcamp.com/
BELZEBONG (pl)
-http://belzebong.bandcamp.com/
PROCESSION (swe)
-www.facebook.com/pages/Procession/141525302533057
DANAVA (us)
-http://danavaband.blogspot.com/
KADAVAR (d)
-www.myspace.com/kadavar1969
HIGH PRIEST OF SATURN (n)
-http://highpriestofsaturn.bandcamp.com/
TONER LOW (nl)
http://tonerlow.bandcamp.com/
HEXVESSEL (fin)
http://hexvessel.bandcamp.com/
SKRAECKOEDLAN (swe)
-www.skraeckoedlan.com
RESONAUT (n)
-www.facebook.com/resonaut
ALUNAH (uk)
-http://alunah.bandcamp.com/
SATURNALIA TEMPLE (swe)
-www.facebook.com/saturnaliatemple
SEREMONIA (fin)
-www.facebook.com/seremonia666
HUATA (fr)
-http://huata.bandcamp.com/
TROUBLED HORSE (swe)
-www.facebook.com/troubledhorse
BOTTOM FEEDER (dk)
-www.facebook.com/bottomfeedermetal
NOCTURNAL (swe)
-http://nocturnalswe.bandcamp.com/
SHADOW OF THE TORTURER (us) - first European show ever!
-http://shadowofthetorturer1.bandcamp.com/
MOSS (uk)
-www.mossdoom.bandcamp.com
HEAT (d)
-www.heatthelights.blogspot.de
SATURNUS (dk)
-www.facebook.com/pages/Saturnus/8935853109
LECHEROUS GAZE (us)
-www.facebook.com/lecherousgaze
BELL WITCH (us) - first European show ever!
-www.bellwitchdoom.com
SIENA ROOT (swe)
-www.sienaroot.com
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (aus)
-www.mournfulcongregation.com



Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-DOOOOOM OOOON-\m/ -l-