We're honored to announce that we've been included in a compilation of the best underground heavy music from New York, curated by the one and only MetalSucks.net. We're on the first of two volumes (cover above), which will be released on January 18th. The comp includes tracks from Made Out of Babies, Black Anvil, Tombs, Naam, Castevet, Hull, The Austerity Program, Goes Cube, Wetnurse, Krallice, Defeatist, and many more. There's more information over at MS.
We were recently asked to participate in a compilation project involving 100 grind / noise bands from around the world curated and released by Andy Koettel via his Mortville label. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to do something a little out of the ordinary, a one-of-a-kind miniature representation of one of our songs that would act as an introduction to an audience that might not otherwise ever know about us.
Here's an explanation from Andy:
This is the one everyone’s been waiting for, the final nail in Mortville’s coffin! This was easily the most ambitious project I’ve taken on in my 13 years of doing the label and it took me 13 months to put it all together. “Small Doses” is a 100 band international grind/noisecore CD compilation with all bands averaging 30 seconds. 100 bands in 44 minutes packaged with a 40 page booklet (including 5 pages of essays) and a die-cut folder.
We contributed one blown-out, gnarled 30-second track to the effort. Check out a review of the comp here and visit Mortville for more information and to order a copy.
Last show for many months, as we'll be hibernating through the winter to write the followup to a record that isn't even out yet. Come out and help us help the Charleston get rid of all their whiskey. Sea of Bones are first, then us, then Naam, then Cough.
Let us destroy what's left of your holiday cheer on Saturday, December 11th at the Charleston in Brooklyn along with Cough, Naam, and Sea of Bones. We've been looking forward to this one for a while; quality lineup + recent tours + new albums = great show with lots of people. It's the last show we have planned until March, so if you've been among the missing lately, come on out and reaffirm your pagan values in the electrifying smelliness of Brooklyn's grottiest basement.
Seventh Rule Recordings will be releasing our debut full-length LP, to be called 'Furnace,' in the spring of next year. We have been talking with the label for some time, getting acquainted, and it's clear that Seventh Rule and Batillus are on the same page artistically and ethically and we are extraordinarily grateful for the opportunity to work with such a like-minded label. Seventh Rule has released the music of bands such as Indian, Coffinworm, Buried at Sea, and Plague Bringer, among others, and we're honored to join their ranks. 'Furnace' will be released by Seventh Rule in North America and the UK in CD, vinyl, and digital formats, and by Vendetta Records in continental Europe on vinyl only. Vendetta, which recently released a split 12" LP featuring Batillus and Hallowed Butchery, has been a strong supporter of the band for a year now.
Here's Seventh Rule's official press release:
Seventh Rule proudly welcomes Brooklyn doom quartet Batillus to its stormy roster.
With songs that move from bristling blast beats to subterranean crawls, Batillus (buh-TILL-us) cohere the extremes of heavy music into a surge of massive riffing, rolling over and descending on the listener with the force and intensity of a sudden storm.
The New Yorker describes Batillus as "a sludgy four-piece that slows monstrous Black Sabbath riffs to a crawl to produce highly textured compositions of droning doom-metal," and Revolver calls their music "beyond-atmospheric blackened doom."
Seventh Rule will release 'Furnace,' the first full length by Batillus, in the coming spring months, with full U.S. touring by the band to follow. 'Furnace' was recorded by Sanford Parker (Yob, Unearthly Trance, Nachtmystium, Pelican) at Semaphore Studios in Chicago.
Kowloon Walled City and Batillus Live on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine October 5th (Noon-3)- airing begins around 12:30pm.
Back-to-back bludgeoning on the Fun Machine! Diane welcomes San Francisco's KOWLOON WALLED CITY, along with local outfit, BATILLUS for a double live session! The final show of their tour is Saturday October 2nd at the Acheron in Brooklyn, go support them before, and listen in later! KOWLOON WALLED CITY is a tight combo full of sludge, anger and toxicity; downtuned and aggressive. BATILLUS are fans of heavy textures, and doom monsters in their own right. This show will transform your relationship to "heavy" music forever- be prepared to worship!!
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Alright people, you've listened to "The Division" on our streaming myspace player thing. Now, take the song home with you and put it on your iPod for convenient access while on the go! http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/09/overmars_show_c.html
Hello friends,
We have two home shows on the horizon, mark your calendars:
Monday, December 1st @ Lit Lounge 93 Second Ave, between 5th and 6th St, Manhattan 8:45 pm $6
LA Cross (N.W.O.N.Y.H.M.)
B A T I L L U S
Demiricous (Hoosier thrash)
Gates of Slumber (Profound Lore; classic doom metal)
Saturday, December 6th @ Death By Audio 49 South 2nd St., Williamsburg 8:00 pm $6
B A T I L L U S
Tombs (Relapse Records; Brooklyn black/doom)
Moving Mountains (post-rock)
Junius (epic cinematic art rock)
Rosetta (dynamic, aggressive post-metal)
Wanna see the 12/6 show for free and get a high-quality silk-screened print of the poster below?!?
Make the poster your default profile picture and leave us a comment saying you did so. Leave the poster there until December 6th and you will receive a free ticket to the show with ROSETTA, TOMBS, JUNIUS, and MOVING MOUNTAINS as well as silk-screened print of the show poster, designed by Seldon Hunt!