Rosetta and The Minor Times will release a split 7" through Relapse, featuring two new tracks from The Minor Times not featured anywhere else.

Middian are planning to released their album “Age Eternal” as a dual vinyl July 30th via Land O Smiles. The 500 limited 12″ copies will be packaged in a gatefold cover.

Rwake

Note: Many people consider Rwake to be more of a sldue/doom/stoner band.

Rwake At MySpace
Rwake At Metal-Archives

Rwake will tour in the U.S. during the second half of July. Here are the dates:

7/14 Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music w/ Made Out of Babies, Mouth of The Architect
7/18 Columbia, MO @ Mojo’s w/ Stag, Slugtrail
7/19 Chicago, IL @ The Note w/ Muzzler, Angel Eyes
7/20 Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar
7/21 Kent, OH @ Club Khameleon w/ Rue
7/24 New York, NY @ Club Midway w/ Bloody Panda, Dead Unicorn, more
7/25 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar (w/ Made Out of Babies, Mouth of The Architect, more
7/26 Philadelphia, PA @ Mill Creek Tavern w/ Fistula, Fossegrimen
7/27 Washington, DC @ Velvet Lounge w/ Wooly Mammoth
7/28 Harrisonburg, VA @ Crayloa House
7/29 Asheville, NC @ Joli Rouge
7/30 Nashville, TN @ The End w/ Loss, Sea Witch

Mouth Of The Architect and Made Out Of Babies will hit the road together in July, primarily on the East Coast. Here's the schedule:

7/10 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop w/ Red Giant
7/11 Columbus, OH @ Ravari Room
7/12 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w/ Raise the Red Lantern
7/13 Columbia, MO @ Mojo's
7/14 Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music w/ Rwake
7/15 Denton, TX @ Hailey's
7/16 Austin, TX @ Emo's
7/18 Mobile, AL @ The Cellblock
7/19 Orlando, FL @ The Social w/ Kylesa, Torche
7/20 Tampa, FL @ Transitions Art Gallery w/ Kylesa, Torche
7/21 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn w/ Big Business
7/22 Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber w/ Skeletonwitch, Withered
7/24 Washington DC @ DC-9
7/25 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
7/26 Boston, MA @ Baseball Tavern
7/27 Providence, RI @ AS220 w/ The Body
7/28 Brooklyn, NY @ Southpaw

Neurosis has their song "Water Is Not Enough" featured for free download at Invisible Oranges. The song comes from their most recent album, "Given To The Rising". Some other songs are featured as well.

Mouth Of The Achitect: At Arms Length (Live)

Mouth Of The Architect

Mouth Of The Architect at MySpace
Mouth Of The Architect at Metal-Archives

Cult Of Luna: The Watchtower

Cult Of Luna: Leave Me Here

Khanate: Under Rotting Sky (Live)

Khanate: Dead

Cult Of Luna: Back To Chapel Town

Isis: In Fiction

Neurosis Video: Locust Star (Live)

To make up for several old posts which simply linked to videos, I’m re-posting the videos.

Pelican: "City Of Echoes"

Pelican has a review of their latest album “City Of Echoes” at Lambgoat.

Neurosis Video: Locust Star

Minsk has a review of "The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment" at MetalReview.

Minsk has a review of "The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment" at Decibel Magazine.

Minsk has a review of "Out Of A Center Which Is Neither Dead Nor Alive" at Decibel Magazine.

Minsk has an article about them in from April 2007 in Decibel Magazine.

Minsk has a review of "The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment" at Lambgoat.

Minsk has a review of "Out Of A Center Which Is Neither Dead Nor Alive" at MetalReview.

Minsk

Minsk
Minsk at Metal-Archives
Minsk at BNR Metal

Rosetta has finished their new album. Titled “Wake/Lift”, it will be released via Translation Loss, and features art by Paul Romano. Here is the track listing:

1. Red in Tooth and Claw
2. Lift (part 1)
3. Lift (part 2)
4. Lift (part 3)
5. Wake
6. Temet Nosce
7. Monument

Rosetta

Rosetta
Rosetta at MySpace
Rosetta at Metal-Archives
Rosetta at BNR Metal

Eyehategod have made their long out of print seven-inch single “99 Miles Of Bad Road” available for free download, but only for a limited period of time at their MySpace page.

Eyehategod

Note: Eyehategod is considered a sludge band, and part of the NOLA sound and scene.

Eyehategod at MySpace
Eyehategod at Metal-Archives
Eyehategod at BNR Metal

Intronaut will be touring the West Coast in July. Here are the dates:

7/17 Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy w/ Mayhem, Sigh
7/18 Hollywood, CA @ Key Club w/ Mayhem, Sigh
7/19 Los Angeles, CA @ 6th/Alameda Warehouse w/ Giant, Bruce Lamont
7/20 Berkeley, CA @ Gilman St. w/ Phobia, Book Of Black Earth
7/21 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern w/ Giant Squid, Book Of Black Earth, 100 Suns
7/22 Sacramento, CA @ The Speakeasy w/ Giant Squid, Book Of Black Earth
7/23 Chico, CA @ 1078 Gallery w/ Book Of Black Earth, The Makai
7/24 Medford, OR @ Musichead w/ Book Of Black Earth
7/25 Eugene, OR @ Samurai Duck w/ Book Of Black Earth
7/26 Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern w/ Book Of Black Earth, Iamthethorn
7/27 Seattle, WA @ Fried Chicken Barge w/ Book Of Black Earth, Iamthethorn
7/28 Portland, OR @ Satyricon w/ Book Of Black Earth, Iamthethorn

Intronaut

Intronaut
Intronaut at MySpace
Intronaut at Metal-Archives

Transmission 0 has a review of their album “0” posted at MetalReview.

Transmission 0 has a review of their album “Memory Of A Dream” posted at MetalReview.

Transmission 0

Transmission 0
Transmission 0 at MySpace
Transmission 0 at Metal-Archives
Transmission 0 at BNR Metal

Khanate has an article about them posted at Decibel Magazine from September 2005.

Khanate has a live video of “Under Rotting Sky” posted at YouTube. The song comes from their self-titled album.

Khanate has a video of “Dead” posted at YouTube. The song comes from their album “Things Viral”.

Khanate

Note: Khanate Is a doom band. Many people classify them as “drone” doom.

Khanate at Metal-Archives
Khanate at BNR Metal

Battlefieds has a review of their latest album titled “Stained With The Blood Of An Empire” over at AversionOnline. Currently, the song “Imitations Of Antiquity” is still available for downloading there.

Battlefields

Information is a little bit hard to come by for this band, so currently the main link for them will be their MySpace page.

Battlefields At MySpace

Cult Of Luna has a video of “Back To Chapel Town” posted at YouTube. The song comes from their album “Somewhere Along The Highway”.

Isis has a video of “In Fiction” posted at YouTube. The song comes their album “Panopticon”.

Neurosis has a video of “Locust Star” at YouTube (one of the easiest Neurosis videos to find). The song comes their album “Through Silver In Blood”.

Pelican have an article posted about them at Decibel Magazine.

Pelican

Note: Pelican is an instrumental band.

Pelican
Pelican at MySpace
Pelican at Metal-Archives
Pelican at BNR Metal

Cult Of Luna

Cult Of Luna
Cult Of Luna at MySpace
Cult Of Luna at Metal-Archives
Cult Of Luna at BNR Metal

Isis

Isis
Isis at MySpace
Isis at Metal-Archives
Isis at BNR Metal

Neurosis

Neurosis
Neurosis at MySpace
Neurosis at Metal-Archives
Neurosis at BNR Metal

Metalgazing Premier

This blog is dedicated to a small but rising genre of music, and it’s associates. What is that genre of music you ask? Well, it’s actually gone by several names. Sometimes “atmospheric hardcore” sometimes being referred to as a form of “post-hardcore”. I’ve also heard “atmospheric post-hardcore”, and “metalgaze” as well. I’ve simply chosen to go with “metalgaze” to simplify speaking about it at this site.

Pretty much source I read says that Neurosis started the genre by (usually) slowing down hardcore, cranking up the heaviness, and adding things like keyboards and samples. I would completely agree with that statement. Isis and Cult Of Luna are newer bands who started playing the style earlier than most (if not all other) bands in the genre, and are widely considered to be forerunners helping to move it forward.

The purpose of this site is to provide news, and get connected with information, and other forms of media connected to the bands. One thing you will notice is that I link people to videos rather than post them. The reason why is for some reason YouTube won’t allow me to upload videos (I suspect it might have something to do with the computer I’m using, but I’m not entirely sure).

The other thing you’ll notice is that certain associated bands that don’t fit the mould of metalgaze will appear here. The reason why is because some bands appeal to fans who like metalgaze.