The Lord Weird Slough Feg
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Dr. Pepe
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Nur um Missverstännisse zu vermeiden: Die Fotos sind natürlich nicht von mir, sondern ich hab nur heute morgen auf der FB-Seite von @heretik entdeckt, der die dort inzwischen hochgeladen hat.
Kann ich nicht sagen. Ich meine, die Band wurde zwar vorgestellt, aber ich konnte die Ansagen akustisch leider schwer verstehen. Könnte jetzt auch nicht sagen, ob der nur für die Tour dabei war oder jetzt festes Mitglied ist. Vermutlich sind wir nach dem neuen Album schlauer.
giant squid
Till Deaf Do Us Part
@wrm und andere Leute, die in dem groben Zeitraum Konzerte buchen können und wollen: Bitte zumindest mal im Hinterkopf behalten!
über wen läuft das Booking?
Dr. Pepe
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Öh, keine Ahnung, sorry. Hab nur die Ankündigung vom UTH-Festival bei Facebook gesehen.
giant squid
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Alles klar. Dachte eventuell du wüsstest da mehr. Dann befrag ich mal das Internet
zopilote
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Man kann auch die Band problemlos direkt auf FB anschreiben. Sie wollten eh dieses Jahr wieder nach Europa, wenn das nicht wieder im August ist kann man einen Ö-Gig vll schon früher verwirklichen.
giant squid
Till Deaf Do Us Part
zopilote
Till Deaf Do Us Part
FB? Ist das ein Flipperautomat?
Gewissermaßen, nur statt Münzen wirft man seine Daten ein und statt Kugeln gibt's Beleidigungen.
Opa Hoppenstedt
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Tolle Band. Kann ich mir auch sehr gut auf dem Hell over Hammaburg zum Bleistift vorstellen.
giant squid
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Besten Dank!
Iqui
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Die Traveller war auch super! Trotzdem gefallen mir grundsätzlich die Alben die dann nur unter dem Slough Feg Banner erschienen etwas Besser. Vor allem von Atavism bis Ape Uprising!
Das schöne an der Band ist aber, dass es so viele unterschiedliche Stile gibt.
Interessant wäre mal wieder etws folkig angehauchtes wie auf der Twilight of the Idols..
Roland_Deschain
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Lohnt eigentlich das "made in poland" Livealbum ?
Bin sonst eigentlich kein großer Fan von Livealben, meistens liegen die bei mir nach zwei mal hören nur rum....
...ok, bis auf Maiden und "Live and Dangerous"
Bin sonst eigentlich kein großer Fan von Livealben, meistens liegen die bei mir nach zwei mal hören nur rum....
...ok, bis auf Maiden und "Live and Dangerous"
exumer
Till Deaf Do Us Part
!!! Ich finde sowieso, dass die Band mit diesem Album am stärksten war. Wobei die folgenden eigentlich auch ohne Ausnahme saustark sind. Aber dieser, auf die beste Art und Weise runtergerotzte, 100 Prozent ehrliche Folk Metal ohne Humppa, Pathos und sonstiger Peinlichkeit, gabs seitdem nicht wieder. Nicht von Slough Feg und auch von keiner anderen Band.
The Aftermath
Deaf Dealer
Um ehrlich zu sein, nicht unbedingt. Laut Aussage der Band waren sie an diesem Abend seit über 20 Stunden wach und kamen geraden noch rechtzeitig an, um die Bühne zu betreten. Das hört man deutlich, gerade bei "Sky Chariots" geht Mike hörbar die Puste aus. Wobei man sagen muss, dass die Band den Umständen entsprechend immer noch eine tolle Performance abgeliefert hat. Die Setlist ist ein schöner Mix aus allen Schaffensphasen, aber insgesamt wurde hier keine Live-Sternstunde eingefangen. Noch enttäuschender ist allerdings, dass man Mikes Ideen für Titel und Cover nicht übernommen hat! (War-Saw als Titel plus Barbaren mit Axt vor einer brennenden Stadt als Coverartwork... )
Iqui
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Susi666
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Ich hör es auch nicht oft. Gehört halt in die Kategorie der Alben, die man sich kauft, um seinen Beitrag zu leisten, der Band ihren nächsten Europatrip zu finanzieren.
Dr. Pepe
Till Deaf Do Us Part
Offenbar war die Ansage beim Weiden-Konzert kein Witz, und die heißen jetzt wirklich wieder THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG...
Hier mal das ganze Facebook-Gesumse zum neuen Album:
THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG Returns With First Album In Five Years, ‘New Organon’
“I didn’t want to just ‘put out another album,’” begins Slough Feg vocalist/guitarist Mike Scalzi. “I remember telling people that I didn’t want to do another album just to do another album, like so often happens. So, we wrote a lot of songs and only picked the best ones.”
Such was the approach for SLOUGH FEG’s long-awaited tenth studio album, “New Organon”, which will see the light of day via Cruz Del Sur Music on June 14 in European territories and June 21 in North America. “New Organon” also marks the recording debut of drummer Jeff Griffin (who split studio duties with John Dust) and joins Scalzi and longtime members Angelo Tringali (guitar) and Adrian Maestas (bass).
“New Organon” is another definitive statement from one of America’s most enduring and unique true metal bands, whose penchant for THIN LIZZY-inspired guitar harmonies and Scalzi’s timeless storytelling has turned albums such as 2005’s “Atavism”, 2007’s “Hardworlder” and 2010’s “The Animal Spirits” into proto-metal bedrocks.
Since the release of 2014’s “Digital Resistance”, SLOUGH FEG did three touring jaunts through Europe in addition to some shorter American runs, not to mention the release of the “New Organon” seven-inch, which was issued last year. Scalzi freely admits that real life has gotten in the way of SLOUGH FEG making a new LP. That, and his desire to make sure the band still sounds fresh after nine studio albums. “A lot of stuff ended up on the cutting room floor,” he says. “There were some songs we tried to work out for months but ended up dropping because they bored us. We have to be excited about new songs or there’s no point in recording them. We dropped several songs I came up with and some that the other guys came up with, too. It’s tough, but sometimes you have to be honest with yourself and the people in your band and move on when an idea is not working. So, we came up with a lot of song ideas and only kept the ones that sounded exciting for months.”
In true SLOUGH FEG tradition, there is a strong theme running throughout “New Organon”, which was inspired by the 1620 book published by Francis Bacon of the same name. “It presents a new version of the scientific method, as originally presented by Aristotle 2,000 years earlier,” notes Scalzi, who is also a philosophy professor at a college in California. “According to Bacon and others, the science method had remained stagnant for this long period, through the middle ages and renaissance, and needed a refresher. ‘Organon’ refers to a scientific ‘instrument’ or more literally, ‘organ.’ So, it represents a new method for scientific revolution. The songs are all basically about philosophy—from my lecture notes! It starts out talking about primitive tribal society like shamanism as the first philosophers and then proceeds though the pre-Socratics era and then Plato, Aristotle, medieval catholic theology, enlightenment and then existentialist philosophy — mostly in chronological order.”
Fans of the band’s early output when they went under the extended name of THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG will no doubt be enthused for what’s in store on “New Organon”. The album has a more natural, if not “rustic” feel to it, recalling the band’s halcyon “Twilight Of The Idols” and “Down Among The Deadmen” era. “Very simply, the songs are more heavy, rough and produced rawer than the last album or two,” says Scalzi. “The themes are not about technology, but about ancient philosophy and science. It’s just more metal, but in a very primitive way — but that’s sort of our specialty anyway.”
Around the release date of “New Organon”, SLOUGH FEG will be trekking across the United States with labelmates Sanhedrin. “We’ll be doing ten shows on the east coast in late May/early June, right about the time when the album comes out, including New York, Boston, Baltimore and Pittsburgh,” says Scalzi. “In early August, SANHEDRIN is going to come out we’ll do another run with them up and down the west coast.”
“New Organon” track listing:
1. Headhunter
2. Discourse on Equality
3. The Apology
4. Being and Nothingness
5. New Organon
6. Sword of Machiavelli
7. Uncanny
8. Coming of Age in the Milky Way
9. Exegesis/Tragic Hooligan
10. The Cynic
Hier mal das ganze Facebook-Gesumse zum neuen Album:
THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG Returns With First Album In Five Years, ‘New Organon’
“I didn’t want to just ‘put out another album,’” begins Slough Feg vocalist/guitarist Mike Scalzi. “I remember telling people that I didn’t want to do another album just to do another album, like so often happens. So, we wrote a lot of songs and only picked the best ones.”
Such was the approach for SLOUGH FEG’s long-awaited tenth studio album, “New Organon”, which will see the light of day via Cruz Del Sur Music on June 14 in European territories and June 21 in North America. “New Organon” also marks the recording debut of drummer Jeff Griffin (who split studio duties with John Dust) and joins Scalzi and longtime members Angelo Tringali (guitar) and Adrian Maestas (bass).
“New Organon” is another definitive statement from one of America’s most enduring and unique true metal bands, whose penchant for THIN LIZZY-inspired guitar harmonies and Scalzi’s timeless storytelling has turned albums such as 2005’s “Atavism”, 2007’s “Hardworlder” and 2010’s “The Animal Spirits” into proto-metal bedrocks.
Since the release of 2014’s “Digital Resistance”, SLOUGH FEG did three touring jaunts through Europe in addition to some shorter American runs, not to mention the release of the “New Organon” seven-inch, which was issued last year. Scalzi freely admits that real life has gotten in the way of SLOUGH FEG making a new LP. That, and his desire to make sure the band still sounds fresh after nine studio albums. “A lot of stuff ended up on the cutting room floor,” he says. “There were some songs we tried to work out for months but ended up dropping because they bored us. We have to be excited about new songs or there’s no point in recording them. We dropped several songs I came up with and some that the other guys came up with, too. It’s tough, but sometimes you have to be honest with yourself and the people in your band and move on when an idea is not working. So, we came up with a lot of song ideas and only kept the ones that sounded exciting for months.”
In true SLOUGH FEG tradition, there is a strong theme running throughout “New Organon”, which was inspired by the 1620 book published by Francis Bacon of the same name. “It presents a new version of the scientific method, as originally presented by Aristotle 2,000 years earlier,” notes Scalzi, who is also a philosophy professor at a college in California. “According to Bacon and others, the science method had remained stagnant for this long period, through the middle ages and renaissance, and needed a refresher. ‘Organon’ refers to a scientific ‘instrument’ or more literally, ‘organ.’ So, it represents a new method for scientific revolution. The songs are all basically about philosophy—from my lecture notes! It starts out talking about primitive tribal society like shamanism as the first philosophers and then proceeds though the pre-Socratics era and then Plato, Aristotle, medieval catholic theology, enlightenment and then existentialist philosophy — mostly in chronological order.”
Fans of the band’s early output when they went under the extended name of THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG will no doubt be enthused for what’s in store on “New Organon”. The album has a more natural, if not “rustic” feel to it, recalling the band’s halcyon “Twilight Of The Idols” and “Down Among The Deadmen” era. “Very simply, the songs are more heavy, rough and produced rawer than the last album or two,” says Scalzi. “The themes are not about technology, but about ancient philosophy and science. It’s just more metal, but in a very primitive way — but that’s sort of our specialty anyway.”
Around the release date of “New Organon”, SLOUGH FEG will be trekking across the United States with labelmates Sanhedrin. “We’ll be doing ten shows on the east coast in late May/early June, right about the time when the album comes out, including New York, Boston, Baltimore and Pittsburgh,” says Scalzi. “In early August, SANHEDRIN is going to come out we’ll do another run with them up and down the west coast.”
“New Organon” track listing:
1. Headhunter
2. Discourse on Equality
3. The Apology
4. Being and Nothingness
5. New Organon
6. Sword of Machiavelli
7. Uncanny
8. Coming of Age in the Milky Way
9. Exegesis/Tragic Hooligan
10. The Cynic
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