Pre-order Greenbeard's "Lödarödböl"

New music: Austin, TX rippers, Greenbeard, have opened up pre-orders of their brand new album, Lödaröböl via Sailor Records!

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Murder City Devils, Botch, Russian Circles, Isis, Minus the Bear, The Sword) at Red Room Recording in Seattle, Washington and mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering in Seattle, Washington, this ripper builds upon the Austin blend of desert groove the band has firmly established with their last two releases to deliver six tracks of seasoned stoner craftsmanship paralleled by top-notch production. Lödarödböl wastes no time getting down to business with the charging opening track "Swing" and holds that death grip all the way on through to the album's closer, "Wyrm." Get in there y'all!

https://greenbeard.bandcamp.com/album/l-dar-db-l

Greenbeard is Chance Parker, Dan Alvarez and Buddy Hachar. 

Issue III: Beyond the Dumpster Fire has arrived! Previews below...

Despite the numerous hurdles we've had to navigate in the printing of this bad boy, Issue III hit our dusty doorstep today and ain't that a damn good feeling. Thanks for being patient, y'all. We think you'll find it all worthwhile!

Pre-orders have shipped and Issue III is live for sale through the "magazine" tab above. Here are some preview spreads from the issue, scanned in, the old-fashioned way, for that extra little tease you need. Get in there!

Issue III online preview release 5/9

The Cosmic Dead on the @psycholasvegas Roadshow last summer. Outtake from our feature interview with the Scottish group in issue III (available now thru link in profile) on breaking the live mold, the guise of capitalist democracy, the American Experiment and more.

Issue III, 'Beyond the Dumpster Fire' online preview release will be next Tuesday night, May 9th. Issue release party is May 18 at @trvebrewing in Denver, CO.

Pre-order giveaway end today (5/1) at 5pm MST

Last minute entries! Pre-order a copy of Issue III Beyond the Dumpster Fire today for entry to win one of the following:

- Ticket to Denver Electric Funeral fest (June 16+17, Denver, Colorado)
- 11x17 print of Issue III cover (framed)
- 11x17 print of Issue I cover (framed)
- 'Creeper's Choice' - 11x17 print of any photo we shot and posted on our IG (framed)

Winner's will be announced on Instagram. Get in there!

Issue III: Beyond the Dumpster Fire pre-order

It's live! 

 All pre-orders will include a copy of Issue II AND a 4x6 print of the Issue III cover. Pre-ordering the issue will also get ya entered for a chance to win one of the following: 

- 11x17 print of Issue III cover (framed)
- 11x17 print of Issue I cover (framed)
- Creeper’s choice 11x17 print of any photo on our IG
- Ticket to Denver Electric Funeral June 16-17

Hell, if you share this image with the tag #ROSbeyondthedumpsterfire on Instagram, and we’ll enter ya twice. Winners selected via random drawing May 1. Pre-orders ship May 4. **European orders. We are working on an overseas distributor to help lower shipping costs. Will keep you updated.

Pre-orders and Issue III cover released TOMORROW

Pre-orders for Issue III: Beyond the Dumpster Fire go live tomorrow at 9 a.m. MST on www.RitualofSin.com, along with the release of our new cover! All pre-orders will include a copy of Issue II AND a 4x6 print of the Issue III cover. Pre-ordering the issue will also get ya entered for a chance to win one of the following: 

- Ticket to Denver Electric Funeral June 16-17

- 11x17 print of Issue III cover (framed)

- 11x17 print of Issue I cover (framed)

- Creeper’s choice 11x17 print of any photo on our IG

Pre-orders ship May 4. Here is an outtake of that was a frontrunner for page 1. **European orders. We are working on an overseas distributor to help lower shipping costs. Will keep you updated.

Austin Terror Fest Gallery

Photos from the first edition of Austin Terror Fest at The Lost Well by Michael Goodwin and Jay Conlon. Thanks a ton to David and Dusty for having us down to join the party. We will have more from the festival for your analog enjoyment in Issue IV. Have yourselves a damn fine weekend.

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Zim Zam Zim tour finale pt. II

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Following up on last week's recap - a few handfuls of shots off the rolls from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's two night Zim Zam Zim tour finale in Austin, TX. More from this photo set in our upcoming Issue III (release date announced 3/14).

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Zim Zam Zim tour finale

“Before the yuppies, I was here!” Arthur proclaimed to a packed and exuberant crowd at Austin, TX's Barracuda. The God of Hellfire returned to the city he called home through a good stretch of the ‘80s and '90s (and current home to some of his family) to bring to a close his first US tour in 47 years with back-to-back shows, February 24 and 25.

Fort Worth’s Pinkish Black, Dallas’ Mothership and Little Rock’s Pallbearer kicked the place into gear on opening night, revving up an anxious crowd for a dazzling 90-plus minute set from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown that featured numerous costume changes and cuts off the 2014 Zim Zam Zim album, in addition to “The Tell Tale Heart” off Tales of Mystery and Imagination - the debut studio album from The Alan Parsons Project - and “I Put a Spell on You,” a Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover off Brown's debut release. Arthur conjured every ounce of his signature stage aura to the East 6th Street venue, a stage which allowed the crowd to intimately appreciate Arthur’s soaring vocal ability and lithe girations, moves more resemblant of a 20-something festival dancer than a 75-year-old psych icon. And his band, featuring Austinite Bruce Hughes (a friend and collaborator from Arthur’s earlier Austin years) on bass, Carter Arrington on guitar, Dane Farnsworth on keys and Chip Vayenas on drums, was nothing short of astounding in their own right. (Farnsworth was led on a tour across the stage both nights, keeping up with his finger work as Arthur snatched up the keyboard and paraded it around the stage).

Night two welcomed all female-fronted opening acts, with Electric Citizen (who held down a supporting role throughout the tour), Jex Thoth and Acid King ushering in the second wave of hellfire-seekers (and many return attendees) for an even flashier round two. As a small set of stairs was arranged at the front of the stage prior to TCWOAB’s set, rumors of a flaming helmet appearance, which was absent night one, began to weave their way through the throng. (Stay tuned for more photos in our upcoming print issue - ya can’t ruin everything on the immediate gratification of the Almighty Internet!)

While both nights elicited an impassioned crowd response, night two took a notably boisterous turn near the end of the set during "Muscle of Love" and then "Junkyard King" as a few wildcards took to stage diving, and trying their damnedest to get a pit turning in a generally non-pit environment. (Even drawing the ire of a few unenthused attendees, to put it mildly: “I am going to punch that idiot in the back of the head” was one declaration I heard from behind me). Ever the showman, Arthur never broke stride or his steadied sense of humor, blaring through the megaphone he’d recently employed to do as you please but “don’t push over the electronic equipment. And don’t you piss in my microwave either!”

Following "Junkyard King", the band exited the stage after a brief farewell bow. Arthur ensnared the audience for one last cut, swinging back to a sultry disposition as he and Arrington slid into Jungle Fever, capping off a memorable finale, one which further reinforced The Crazy World of Arthur Brown as one of the strangest, funkiest bands to have graced this rock. Cheers to Psycho Entertainment for producing such an event, to Boss Tweed for a killer backline and for keeping things tight, to the staff and sound team at the Barracuda and everyone else involved.

We will post some of the film shots (including shots of Mothership and Pinkish Black) next week once they are developed. Stay tuned for our favorite selections from the weekend in future print releases, including our upcoming Issue III out at the end of this month.

The Decemburger 2016

10 sliders didn't sound like THAT much. I kind of figured it would be a sprint, with the drunks stumbling to glory mere bites ahead of the stoners. Yet, the course proved deceptively steep and Andrew Renfrow, the lone competitive eater in the six-man field, took home the title at the first-ever Decemburger at the Hi Dive in Denver, Colorado.

For those who blew it, the inaugural edition of Dust Presents rock ’n’ roll concert/eating contest hybrid went off last Saturday, with the south Broadway party bringing in The Shrine, The Well, Zig Zags, Duel and Malahierba to join locals Love Gang, Cloud Catcher, The Munsens and In the Company of Serpents for a Philadelphia Collins’-approved, greasy good time at Denver’s finest venue. For the "burger" portion of the event, a handful of Denver’s most ravenous dirty burger fans took the stage just before The Well’s set to try their luck at finishing 10 sliders from 5280 Sliders before any of their counterparts to take home a massive prize pack courtesy of the bands, 303 Boards, LivWell, 720 Board Shop, Trve Brewing, From Beyond and this publication. While many of the contestants seemed to saddle up with a leisurely approach - more “take the edge off my buzz” than “fire through ten sliders” - Mr. Renfrow sure meant business, and his pro-eater “pour water on the buns approach” (paired with that little wiggle all competitive eaters seem to do), had him sending his last morsel of beef down the pipe before the rest of the gang had reached for their third burger. Cheers to ya, Andrew!

As for the music - the place was ripping the whole lineup through - as can be expected with such a bill and venue. With the late-afternoon nightfall of the season, attendees showed up early for opening performances from a selection of Denver’s heaviest talent and stayed late, spilling their night-capper during a blistering closer of a set few but The Shrine could deliver. The Decemburger marked the first Denver appearance for Zig Zags (Los Angeles) and Duel (Austin), both of which left an unmistakeable buzz in the crowd, and also served as the first Denver unveiling from The Well of tracks off their brand new album, Pagan Science. Juarez-based, Malahierba, a band that has spent a fair amount of time in the Mile High City over the last two years, reiterated why they are quickly becoming everyone’s favorite band. Stay tuned for more from The Decemburger in upcoming Issues III and IV. And all the other good shit you expect from rock n roll parties, that was all there, too.

The next Dust Presents festival is the second edition of Denver Electric Funeral, now a two-day event, coming up on June 16-17. Save the date, details and lineup to follow.

- The Mooseman

photos: M. Goodwin and Kate Streber