WOLVSERPENT to Headline American Tour

WOLVSERPENT, the blackened brainchild of longtime collaborators Blake Green and Brittany McConnell, have announced that they will once again be hitting the road in support of their avant-garde masterpiece, Blood Seed. The sprawling compositions contained therein gracefully wend their way through the valleys of death, drone, black metal, doom, and chamber music and arrive triumphantly on foreign shores. Borne of the duo's 20+ years of classical training and deep appreciation for the works of composers like Arvo Part, Gyoygy Ligeti, and Ennio Morricone, WOLVSERPENT's vision combines stringed amplified instruments with a 21st century approach to composition to create works that are dark, emotional, menacing, cinematic, atmospheric, and heartbreakingly beautiful.

Blood Seed was originally released on virgin vinyl by the illustrious 20 Buck Spin in the year 2010, and will soon be made available as a 2xCD (containing the Blood Seed album as well as Gathering Strengths, an earlier release under their former moniker) by Crucial Blast on May 31st, 2011. A mammoth 32-date tour looms ahead of WOLVSERPENT and opening allies, blackened dronesters A STORY OF RATS. Along the way, they'll be joined by the likes of SCOTT "WINO" WEINRICH, MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE, AMBER ASYLUM, TOMBS, A STORM OF LIGHT, WITCH MOUNTAIN, UZALA, KAYO DOT, and many more.

*WOLVSERPENT SPRING TOUR 2011 DATES:*

*Wed 5/11 in Boise, ID @ VAC w/Uzala*
*Thu 5/12 in Seattle, WA @ El Corazon w/Master Musicians of Bukkake, The Blinding Light*
*Fri 5/13 in Portland, OR @ East End w/Witch Mountain*
*Mon 5/16 in Arcata, CA @ The Alibi*
*Tue 5/17 in SF, CA @ Thee Parkside w/Amber Asylum*
*Wed 5/18 in Oakland, CA @ Eli’s Mile High Club w/Laudanum*
*Thu 5/19 in LA, CA @ Bordello Bar w/Wino (acoustic)*
*Fri 5/20 in Phoenix, AZ @ Sound Kontrol w/GOG, John Mannion, Rituals*
*Sat 5/21 in Santa Fe, NM @ Warehouse 21*
*Sun 5/22 in Las Cruces, NM @ The Trainyard w/Yazata, Ghost Icon*
*Mon 5/23 in Austin, TX @ Headhunters*
*Tue 5/24 in Dallas, TX @ Rubber Gloves*
*Wed 5/25 in Texarkana @ Dave’s Skate Shop*
*Thu 5/26 in Shreveport, LA @ Dalzell*
*Fri 5/27 in Nashville, TN @ Little Hamilton*
*Sat 5/28 in Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge*
*Sun 5/29 in Columbia, SC @ TBA*
*Mon 5/30 in Durham, NC @ Casbah w/MAKE*
*Tue 5/31 in Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter w/Wildildlife*
*Fri 6/3 in Baltimore, MD @ Talking Head*
*Sat 6/4 in Brooklyn, NY @ Acheron*
*Sun 6/5 in Providence, RI @ TBA*
*Wed 6/8 in Milford, CT @ Daniel St w/Kayo Dot*
*Thu 6/9 in Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Arts w/Dwarf Fortress*
*Fri 6/10 in Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon St*
*Sat 6/11 in Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar*
*Sun 6/12 in Chicago, IL @ Pancho’s w/Tombs, A Storm of Light*
*Tue 6/14 in Milwaukee, WI @ Borg Ward*
*Wed 6/15 in Minneapolis, MN @ TBA*
*Thu 6/16 in Iowa City, IA @ TBA*
*Fri 6/17 – TBA*
*Sat 6/18 – Denver, CO @ TBA*

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EARTH Reveals Details About New Album

EARTH have completed  their highly anticipated upcoming full-length album, which has been a subject of  much discussion over the past two years. Following the band's magnificent  2008-released The Bees Made Honey In  The Lion's Skull opus, the next chapter  in the ongoing EARTH legacy is ready for public consumption. To see release via  Southern Lord Recordings in February 2011, the recently completed new album has  been titled Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1, and promises to be a  brand new entity within EARTH's already impressive and constantly progressing  lineage.

Joining founding  guitarist and band frontman Dylan Carlson and percussionist Adrienne Davies, the  album lineup this time around also includes cellist Lori Goldston (Nirvana,  David Byrne, Black Cat Orchestra, Laura Veirs) and Karl Blau (K Records, Laura  Veirs, Microphones) on electric bass.

Returning to Seattle's Avast Studios in April and July of 2010 to again work with producer  Stuart Hallerman (Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Built To Spill, and Earth2), EARTH's newest  masterpiece shows the band continuing to expand on the Americana  themes represented on The  Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull, and even their incredible 2005 album Hex  (Or Printing The Infernal Method), taking their sound into broad new  directions.

Citing inspiration from  British folk-rock bands the Pentangle and Fairport Convention, as well as North  African Tuareg band Tinariwen this time around, while still maintaining the  thunderous, organic heaviness of previous EARTH releases, the material on Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1 is  more fluid and melodically oriented in nature, relying on more textured patterns and a greater emphasis on improvisational songwriting tactics. This, as well  as the inclusion of cello and other experimentations from the musicians involved, culminate into some unforgettable new hymns.

The album was mastered by Mell Dettmer, who also remastered the recent re-release of EARTH's first recordings in the form of A  Bureaucratic Desire For Extra Capsular Extraction, released by Southern Lord  in late October.

Angels Of Darkness,  Demons Of Light 1
Track  Listing:
1. Old  Black
2. Father  Midnight
3. Descent To The  Zenith
4. Hella's  Winter
5. Angels Of  Darkness, Demons Of Light 1