Showing posts with label The Crinn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Crinn. Show all posts
Thursday, August 23, 2012
AMBASSADOR GUN Joins the Prosthetic Records Roster
Congratulations are in order to local grind/thrash band Ambassador Gun, whose signing to Prosthetic Records was announced last week. Their new album is slated for release this Fall. Blabbermouth dutifully copied the official press release verbatim here. With proper backing and some key tours, Ambassador Gun is poised to make a worldwide impact. Here's some pictures from the Dreaming Saturn record release show with The Crinn back on April 24, 2010 at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis (show review is here). Click on either pictures to see more photos of Ambassador Gun (13).
Thursday, July 5, 2012
In Concert This Week - July 5, 2012
It should be a
crazy night of hardcore tonight, Thursday, July 5 at The Beat Coffeehouse in
Minneapolis as they host metalcore band Lionheart
with support from straightedge band Thick
As Blood (Rise Records) and Bullet Tooth Records recording artist Dead Icons.
If a short drive
doesn’t bother you, head on up to Bubba’s in Sauk Rapids tomorrow, Friday, July
6 to catch more metalcore from Straight
Line Stitch with local openers Thira
and Throw The Fight.
Saturday, July 7
has one big national band in town and a slew of cool local shows. The Brick in
Minneapolis has long-running rock/reggae/rap band 311 taking their stage on Saturday. St. Paul-based technical
hardcore kings The Crinn play the
Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis with Morality Crisis, A Boy And
His Dog, and Nerves. Station 4
in St. Paul also has a local bill with Day
ΓΈ, Trip The Grid, Riffica, and Surelock. Lastly, if you remember local pop-punk pioneers The Magnolias, then you’ll want to get
down to the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis to catch them with The Rhinestone Diplomats and Bullet Proof Hearts.
The long-running
punk showcase that is the Warped Tour
arrives at Canterbury Park in Shakopee on Sunday, July 8. Have fun outside all
day in the blistering heat on a dusty field! Seriously, the list of bands
playing is too long and it hurts my head just to see it.
Local industrial
band As|Of performs Monday, July 9
at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis with Camden and Temple.
On Tuesday, July
10, local Tooth & Nail recording artist Write This Down will showcase their new material at Station 4 in
St. Paul with Red Moring Voyage, Harp & Lyre, Awaken, Imagine The Silence,
and Sick Of Talking About It on the
bill.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Three Great Shows Tonight
There's three big metal shows going on tonight, surely there's something here for most people's taste.
Death metal fans should already have their plans set for Station 4 in St. Paul tonight, with a monstrous bill of Immolation, Vader, Abigail Williams, Pathology, and Lecherous Nocturne. Nuclear Blast recording artist from St. Paul, The Crinn, will open the show, so be there when the doors open at 7 for this 16+ show.
A big hardcore show is happening at the Triple Rock in Minneapolis with Agnostic Front appearing with Mother Of Mercy and Product Of Waste. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of their Victim In Pain album, Agnostic Front will be performing this classic album and their United Blood 7" in their entirety.
Lastly, the great alternative metal band The Pimps (aka The Goodyear Pimps) from Illinois will be performing tonight at Club Underground in Minneapolis with Kentucky Belt Fight and The Grande Machine.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Soilwork And Death Angel Concert Feedback, From The Vault
Who went to the Soilwork and Death Angel show on Saturday, July 24? Post your comments if you went or caught this tour in a different city! Of course, the show was moved to Robert's in Mounds View due to the closing of The Rock (more on this later). I had family in town and was unable to attend this show, which also featured Augury, Mutiny Within, Swashbuckle, and The Crinn. Evidently Robert's didn't know what to expect with a metal crowd since from what I heard the bar was wiped clean of all their beer at this show!
Death Angel was the band I really wanted to see that night and I was really bummed to have missed them on their first Twin Cities appearance since they reformed. The only time I've seen Death Angel was in 1990 in support of the groundbreaking Act III album. I've posted the ticket stub below, and this show took place at Medusa's in Chicago.
This was a true thrash feast as Forbidden and Realm opened the show, supporting their Twisted Into Form and Suiciety albums, respectively. I was a big fan of all three bands, and I was eager to hear new Realm material since this show took place a month or so before Suiciety was released. Imagine how mad I was when Realm was forced to start their set as the doors opened. I believe Medusa's was sold out that night, so it took a while to get through the door and I only caught the last couple of songs by Realm. Incidentally, Realm bassist Steve Post used to play in St. Paul's instrumental masters of heaviosity, Zebulon Pike. Forbidden was simply amazing as they blazed through most of Twisted Into Form, closing their set with "Chalice Of Blood". The place went absolutely berserk when Death Angel took the stage with "Seemingly Endless Time". They rolled through a large chunk of Act III including the two acoustic numbers "A Room With A View" and "Veil Of Deception". I'm not a fan of Frolic Through The Park so thankfully little was played from that album, although "Bored" started a massive mosh pit. The Ultra-Violence was given due attention with classics like "Voracious Souls", "Thrashers", and "Mistress Of Pain". This was a legendary show, indeed.
Here's a flyer for a Death Angel show in Baltimore from The Ultra-Violence tour in 1987. I picked this up while on a family vacation, but wasn't able to attend.
Lastly, I'll get to posting some live photos of Swarm, a post-Death Angel band, from San Diego around 2000-2001.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Album Review Recap
There's at least one show on the concert calendar (below right) every night for the rest of May, so I thought it'd be useful to provide handy links to recent album reviews for many of these bands. There's some great bands coming to town, so hopefully you have a chance to catch a couple of these!
Echoterra plays their first headlining show tonight, Friday, May 21 at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis with Alation, Hollowstone, and Dance Of The Mourning Child. The band will also perform Saturday, May 22 at Station 4 in St. Paul as part of the Earl Root Memorial Metal Massacre 2 fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Read the review of Echoterra's first performance (with pictures and video) while supporting Epica with Threat Signal, Blackguard, and Gracepoint
Slash - Slash, 7/10
Slash with Myles Kennedy singing plays tonight, Friday, May 21 at Northern Lights Casino in Walker, Minnesota.
Hypocrisy, Scar Symmetry, and Blackguard will perform with Hate and Swashbuckle on Sunday, May 23 at Station 4 in St. Paul.
Read the review of Blackguard's recent show (with pictures and video) while supporting Epica with Threat Signal, Echoterra, and Gracepoint.
Arsis, Misery Index, and Annotations Of An Autopsy will be supporting Dying Fetus with Demonicon on Monday, May 24 at The Rock in Maplewood.
Read the review of Arsis's recent show (with pictures) while supporting Arch Enemy and Exodus.
Breaking Benjamin will support Nickelback with Shinedown and Sick Puppies at Target Center in Minneapolis on Monday, May 24.
The Crinn headlines the bill on Saturday, May 29 at Station 4 in St. Paul with Dead By Wednesday, We Are Legion, Expyre, This Will Not End Well, and She Fach Dahm.
Read the review of The Crinn's Dreaming Saturn record release show with Ambassador Gun.
Primal Fear plays on Sunday, May 30 at Station 4 in St. Paul with Havok, Avian, and Dawn Of Valor.
Read the review of Primal Fear's show at Minnesota MetalFest last year with Athiest, Novembers Doom, Destroy Destroy Destroy, Gnostic, Avian, and Gracepoint.
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Crinn, Ambassador Gun Concert Review
The Crinn, Ambassador Gun
Dreaming Saturn Record Release Show
Saturday, April 24, 2010
The Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN
After getting out of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert (reviewed here) and leaving downtown Minneapolis, I made my way over to the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood to The Triple Rock for what was left of the record release show for The Crinn. Fortunately I caught half of Ambassador Gun’s set of grindcore punk. They played nearly nothing from their When In Hell album (now distributed worldwide by Relapse), instead focusing on newly recorded songs for an EP. They pounded their way through songs such as “The Crosshairs Superior”, “Calamity Jane”, “Chris Brown”, and “Fear And Coercion”, with the guitarist and bassist even switching instruments during the show. Don’t the grindcore tag Ambassador Gun had fool you, because their sound owes as much to death metal and punk. The band sounded tight with the new songs and they look set to begin making a big impact during the next year.
Click picture for more photos of Ambassador Gun (13).
Click to watch Ambassador Gun play “Chris Brown”.
Click to watch Ambassador Gun play “Dynasty”.
Everyone was here to see The Crinn play their first show since the release of their debut album, Dreaming Saturn, which came on this week on Nuclear Blast (reviewed here). The lights were dimmed for a projector displaying psychedelic images, establishing a mood of alternate reality for the next 45 minutes. Listening to Dreaming Saturn leaves you wondering if The Crinn can pull off their feats of technical acrobatics live, but jaws dropped to the floor as the band attacked their instruments and showed that no studio tricks are required for them to level a stage, seemingly without effort. Following the pace of the album, no time was spent bantering between songs as each song blended into the next. Most, if not all, of Dreaming Saturn was played, and the crowd reacted with both a fledgling mosh pit and with people planted with eyes riveted to the guitar wizardry of Cole Leonard. The show closed with the first part of album-closing instrumental “Down, In Waves” leading into “Lucid Dream Field” before segueing back into “Down, In Waves”, sounding much heavier than the laid-back vibe of the album version. While bassist Chad White’s intricate playing could be easily heard, the vocals of John Nelson seemed to be buried under the rest of the band after the first couple of songs. Although the stage setting worked in a small club, the dim lights tended to be too dark (see the videos to understand what I mean). The only legitimate complaint I have is that live, these songs need to be broken up with introductions. Sonically, The Crinn is so dense and complex that the crowd needs occasional breaks to appreciate each song and remember what they’ve heard. Nevertheless, the show was a success and the local crowd was highly appreciative of their experimental, technical hardcore, and eager for more. The Crinn is equally impressive live as on record, and the right tour could help break this outstanding band into the metal mainstream conscience. Be sure to catch one of their next scheduled shows.
Click picture for more photos of The Crinn (26).
Click to watch The Crinn play “Incipience”.
Click to watch The Crinn play “Lucid Dream Field”.
Click to watch The Crinn play “Down, In Waves”.
Ambassador Gun plays at The Annex in Madison, WI on May 15 and Milwaukee, WI at The Rave on May 21 before their next Minneapolis show on Friday, July 16 at Hexagon Bar that kicks off a national tour.
The Crinn plays next on Saturday, May 29 at Station 4 in St. Paul with support from Dead By Wednesday, We Are Legion, Expyre, This Will Not End Well, and She Fach Dahm. The Crinn then opens the night at The Rock in Maplewood on Saturday, July 24 supporting Soilwork with Death Angel, Augury, Mutiny Within, and Swashbuckle.
Out of state, The Crinn plays July 17 at Smoked Out Lounge in Michigan City, IN and is also part of the Soilwork/Death Angel bill at The Rave in Milwaukee, WI on July 23.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
The Crinn Album Review
The Crinn – Dreaming Saturn
Nuclear Blast, 2010
9/10
After two EPs, St. Paul’s technical, progressive hardcore crew is now set to unleash their sonic mayhem worldwide with the release of their full-length debut on Nuclear Blast. The Crinn takes this style to new heights with unconventional guitar riffs and sounds, bizarre song structures, and a penchant for experimentation. Everything has improved from 2007’s self-titled EP, from song writing maturity to longer, more complex songs to dispensing with the snarky song titles. Dreaming Saturn nearly collapses under its own complexity, however, the track sequencing helps greatly to hold your attention. It’s nearly incomprehensible to grasp the full scope of Dreaming Saturn in a single listen or two, so be patient and allow your mind to absorb this with multiple plays. “Incipience” leads off the album, and builds slowly from a slow introduction into frenetic chaos before slowing back down with no loss of intensity. There’s little to no break between songs, and quickly one of the seven-plus minute tracks, “Anaphylactic Shock”, is upon you. This is one the best songs on the album, and it successfully integrates long, subdued passages that climax into neck-snapping jaunts. The other lengthy song, “Voluptuous Eruptions”, begins some dischordant scale exercises and leaps between crazy rhythms, free-form noodling, and even solid riffs reminiscent of Kyuss. The remainder of album is no less impressive, but the longer songs are given a chance to breathe and explore greater musical realms. Before you know it 40 minutes have gone by and the recovery process begins with the spaced-out closing instrumental “Down, In Waves”. On Dreaming Saturn The Crinn have laid out a roadmap for the future of experimental hardcore and can legitimately claim to be the rightful successors to Zao, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Between The Buried And Me. The bar for the genre has begun to be raised, and The Crinn have established themselves are a major contender.
The Crinn will be playing their Dreaming Saturn record release show at The Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis tonight, Saturday, April 23. Support will come from Ambassador Gun, Blue Ox, and Guzzlemug.
The next local appearance of The Crinn is Saturday, May 29 at Station 4 in St. Paul with support from Dead By Wednesday, We Are Legion, Expyre, This Will Not End Well, and She Fach Dahm.
The Crinn then opens a diverse bill at The Rock in Maplewood on Saturday, July 24 supporting Soilwork with Death Angel, Augury, Mutiny Within, and Swashbuckle.
Friday, April 9, 2010
The Crinn Gears Up For Nuclear Blast Debut
St. Paul's "progressive experimentalists" The Crinn will have their debut Nuclear Blast album, Dreaming Saturn, released April 20 in North America (May 14 in Europe), and the band has released new promotional materials in advance. The Nuclear Blast Online Store has a special CD-preorder/T-shirt deal now available for $20. A new song entitled "Meat Eating Machines" has been posted for streaming on The Crinn's Myspace page. A series of album promotional trailers have been produced, and the sixth episode in the trailer series can be viewed below. Lastly, The Crinn has lined up a few local and regional shows, with more in the works for 2010:
April 24 - Dreaming Saturn CD release show at The Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis with Ambassador Gun, Blue Ox, and Guzzlemug
May 29 - Station 4 in St. Paul with Dead By Wednesday, We Are Legion, Expyre, This Will Not End Well, She Fach Dahm
July 17 - Smoked Out Lounge in Michigan City, IN
July 23 - The Rave in Milwaukee, WI with Soilwork, Death Angel, Augury, Mutiny Within, and Swashbuckle
July 24 - The Rock in Maplewood with Soilwork, Death Angel, Augury, Mutiny Within, and Swashbuckle
Click to watch the 6th Dreaming Saturn trailer.
Monday, October 26, 2009
The Crinn Announces Local Shows
Nuclear Blast recording artist and St. Paul natives The Crinn have announced three local shows as they gear up the release of their debut album, Dreaming Saturn, in January. Tuesday, October 27 they play at Big V's in St. Paul, Sunday, November 15 they appear at The Triple Rock in Minneapolis, and Saturday, December 5 they play at The Rock in Maplewood. Additional details about these shows are in the calendar listings.
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