Relapse Records this week unveils a pummeling upcoming split between two prime acts in the contemporary doom/sludge circuit, COUGH and WINDHAND. The following press release was issued about the collaboration:
"With both COUGH and WINDHAND hailing from the unrestrained Richmond, Virginia underground, the choice to team the two of them up for the brutal "Reflection Of The Negative" split album was a simple one, and the results are, as expected, thunderous and immense. COUGH leads off, delivering a characteristically electrifying down-tuned epic track, while their brethren in WINDHAND serve up two brand new epic songs for their half of the dirge.
"While the track listing bears merely three tracks, this monstrous split bears nearly forty minutes of premier doom at its absolute gloomiest. The album acts as a precursor for both bands’ upcoming full-lengths, which are both currently being conceived.
""Reflection Of The Negative" will see official release on April 16th in North America, preceded by international street dates of April 12th (Germany/Benelux) and April 15th (UK/World). Today Relapse has released a visual trailer for the LP, as well as pre-orders for the album including digital and CD formats, as well as a super-limited mailorder-only black/white vinyl combo.
"In conjunction with the release of the split, COUGH will embark on a brutal month-long European tour. The majority of the dates will see the band joined by WITCH MOUNTAIN, while several later dates will instead be with GRIME, the entire trek leading up to 'Heavy Days in Doomtown'. The festival, an international DIY Doom/Stoner/Sludge festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, runs from May 2nd through the 5th, and will see COUGH sharing the stage alongside GRAVES AT SEA, PAGAN ALTAR, SAMOTHRACE, MOSS, BELL WITCH, DARK BUDDAH RISING, LECHEROUS GAZE, MOURNFUL CONGREGATION and many others."
April
08 - Fonobar - Warsaw, Poland w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
11 - Nuclear Nightclub - Oulu, Finland w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
12 - Klubi - Turku, Finland w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
13 - Studioravintola Paksu - Helsinki, Finland w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
15 - Klub Püssy A Go Go - Stockholm, Sweden w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
16 - Truck Stop Alaska - Gothenburg, Sweden w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
18 - Schaubude - Kiel, Germany w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
19 - O13 @ Roadburn Festival - Tilburg, Netherlands w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
20 - DNA - Brussels, Belgium w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
21 - Raymond City - Clermont-Ferrand, France w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
22 - Saint Des Seins - Toulouse, France w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
23 - Combustibles - Paris, France w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
24 - Bastard Club - Osnabrück, Germany w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
26 - Desertfest - Berlin, Germany w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
27 - De Pit - Terneuzen, Netherlands w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
28 - Desertfest - London, England w/ WITCH MOUNTAIN
29 - Péniche Inside Out - Liege, Belgium w/ GRIME
30 - Halle 14. - Karlsruhe, Germany w/ GRIME
May
04 - Ungdomshuset - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Heavy Days in Doomtown
Source: www.EarsplitCompound.Com