Book Of Black Earth | Horoskopus = Black Death Delight!

Scott — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:41:22 +0000

Genre mixing works pretty well these days. In almost any case you can mix two genres of metal and make it sound well. Except for Straight Line Stitch, they screw it up terribly. Mixing some genres are fairly easy. Black Metal and Death Metal fuse together pretty well and Book Of Black Earth give us a a tasty helping of it with their October 14th release, Horoskopus on Prosthetic Records.

With a demo, a split and one full length under their belt, Book Of Black Earth take it to the next level with their debut Prosthetic Records release. Book Of Black Earth are a 5 piece out of Seattle, Washington. The line up reads like this: T.J. Cowgill on guitar and vocals, Dav Tafoya on Bass and Vocals, Joe Axler on drums, Hank Guthrie (Not trying to knock the dudes name, but it sounds like a country singer) on keyboards and Tony Lombardi on guitar.

Dark rhythms and doom ridden bridges fill your ears with a black/death metal delight. It’s hard to make out the keyboards in the mix and the snare sounds a bit louder than almost everything else at times. Although its a flat “tinny” sounding snare, it doesn’t sound out of place. production almost sounds a bit staticy, but not in the Death Magnetic way, but in a good way. Over all Horoskopus sounds good. The rhythm doesn’t stay stagnant and it’s a good mix of tempos. Thick, low and heavy and the guitars aren’t overproduced. There are some really good break downs and the only thing that I think would make Horoskopus better is some really good, gut ripping solos.

T.J. Cowgills vocals stand on their own and each song tells a dark story. “Horoskopus is about hidden astrological eliments of the Christian church,” Vacalist/guitarist T.J. Cowgill says. “From it’s origins as a stats sponsored religion in the fourth century to the present day, it has been guided by astrological concepts conceived before Jesus Christ was mythologized as the ‘Sun’ of God”

Book Of Black Earth’s tour starts tonight in their hometown of Seattle and are touring with label-mates Withered and Black Metal veterans Watain during October on the Black Metal Magic Tour. You can hear the track “Funeral of Peace” on their Myspace page.

9/25 Seattle, WA – The Comet (with Blackbreath, Immiserate, Galdr)
9/27 Spokane, WA – Mootsy’s (with Rutah, Doom Lit Sky, Behold)
9/29 Minneapolis, MN – Memory Lanes (with Wrath, Dianoga)
9/30 Minneapolis, MN – The Cube
10/01 Milwaukee, WI – The Borg Ward Collective (with Abbadon)
10/02 Detroit, MI – Floyd’s (with Off The Pigs)

(Black Metal Magic Tour with Watain, Withered, Book of Black Earth)

10/03 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
10/04 Montreal, QC – Katacombes
10/05 Montreal, QC – Katacombes (Second show added)
10/06 Ottawa, ON – Maverick’s
10/07 Boston, MA – The Middle East
10/08 New York, NY – Knitting Factory
10/09 Pittsburgh, PA – 31st St Pub
10/10 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
10/11 Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club
10/12 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
10/13 Denver, CO – Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
10/14 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
10/15 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
10/16 Portland, OR – Rotture
10/17 Oakland, CA – The Metro
10/18 Hollywood, CA – Knitting Factory
10/19 San Marcos, CA – Jumping Turtle
10/20 Tempe, AZ – The Sets
10/21 Farmington, NM – Gator’s
10/23 Dallas, TX – Reno’s Chop Shop
10/24 Houston, TX – Walter’s On Washington (with Ritual Killer)
10/25 Austin, TX – Red 7 (with Ritual Killer)
10/26 New Orleans, LA – Red Dragon (with Ritual Killer)
10/28 Tampa, FL – Brass Mug
10/29 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
10/30 Raleigh, NC – Volume 11 Tavern
10/31 Springfield, VA – Jaxx
11/01 Allentown, PA – Sterling Hotel

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WATAIN taps WITHERED, BOOK OF BLACK EARTH for Black Metal Magic Tour this fall

Scott — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:42:21 +0000

Prosthetic Records press Release:

WATAIN taps WITHERED, BOOK OF BLACK EARTH for Black Metal Magic Tour this fall

Prosthetic Records labelmates WITHERED and BOOK OF BLACK EARTH are proud to announce their involvement in the upcoming Black Metal Magic Tour later this fall supporting Swedish black metal titans Watain. The tour, sponsored by Metal Maniacs and BeyondTheDarkHorizon.com, will begin in Northeastern Canada in early October, head to the West Coast, then wrap up in early November in Pennsylvania.

WITHERED will be supporting the band’s recently second album, ‘Folie Circulaire,’ which has yielded critical acclaim since its June release. Recorded with Kylesa’s Phillip Cope and featuring artwork from Paul Romano (Mastodon, The Red Chord, Trivium), the album is the band’s eagerly-awaited follow-up to 2005’s ‘Memento Mori.’ WITHERED will be playing a free Los Angeles show sponsored by SCION and Vice magazine along with Today Is The Day in August as part of Scion’s Metal Show series. The show is free but reservations are required and early attendance is recommended. Fans can RSVP online here (http://www.scion.com/metalshow).

Meanwhile, BOOK OF BLACK EARTH will be touring in support of the Oct. 14 release ‘Horoskopus,’ the band’s second full-length and debut for new home Prosthetic Records. “‘Horoskopus’ is a concept album about the hidden astrological elements of the Christian church,” vocalist / guitarist T.J. Cowgill adds. “From its origins as a state sponsored religion in the fourth century to the present day, it has been guided by astrological concepts conceived centuries before Jesus Christ was mythologized as the ‘Sun’ of God.”

Black Metal Magic Tour with Watain, Withered, Book of Black Earth

10/03 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
10/04 Montreal, QC – Katacombes
10/07 Boston, MA – The Middle East
10/08 New York, NY – Knitting Factory
10/09 Pittsburgh, PA – 31st St Pub
10/10 Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
10/11 Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club
10/12 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
10/13 Denver, CO – Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
10/14 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
10/15 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
10/16 Portland, OR – Rotture
10/17 Oakland, CA – The Metro
10/18 Hollywood, CA – Knitting Factory
10/19 San Marcos, CA – Jumping Turtle
10/20 Tempe, AZ – The Sets
10/21 Farmington, NM – Gator’s
10/23 Dallas, TX – Reno’s Chop Shop
10/24 Victoria, TX – Mario’s Ballroom (with Ritual Killer)
10/25 Austin, TX – Red 7 (with Ritual Killer)
10/26 New Orleans, LA – Red Dragon (with Ritual Killer)
10/28 Tampa, FL – Brass Mug
10/29 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
10/31 Springfield, VA – Jaxx
11/01 Allentown, PA – Sterling Hotel

BOOK OF BLACK EARTH on tour

7/26 Seattle, WA – Downtown (Capitol Hill Block Party King on the Cobra Stage)
8/16 Seattle, WA – El Corazon (with Himsa, more)

WITHERED on tour

8/01 Spartanburg, SC – Ground Zero
8/01 Greenville,SC – Earshot Records (free in-store show, 5pm)
8/02 Asheville, NC – Static Age
8/04 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo (Vice Magazine Party with Today Is The Day – Free show)
8/09 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (with Weedeater, Black Cobra)
8/17 Marietta, GA – Swayze’s (with Legions of Astaroth, Obscurum)
9/27 Atlanta, GA – Lenny’s (Forward To The Apocalypse Fest)

Image and Press source: Prosthetic Records

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Book Of Black Earth | Horoskopus = Black Death Delight!

WATAIN taps WITHERED, BOOK OF BLACK EARTH for Black Metal Magic Tour this fall