Video: Liturgy – “Quetzalcoatl”

Brooklyn’s Liturgy dropped a video for “Quetzalcoatl” off their recently released Thrill Jockey effort, The Ark Work. The visuals are super trippy and have an epic nature to theme even though there is no traditional narrative happening, it’s pretty hypnotic and fits the bands sound and overall esthetic very well.

Listen: Liturgy - "Quetzalcoatl"

Earlier today Brooklyn’s Liturgy updated their Facebook account with a new graphic; from there it was only a matter of time before some new music was shared from the band and news of a new record, the follow up to 2011 year-end favorite Aesthethica.

March 25th will mark the release of The Ark Work via Thrill Jockey with our first taste being lead single "Quetzalcoatl".  The tune marks a major departure from previous work especially in regards to the vocal delivery which shares almost nothing in common with the black metal styling’s that marked the group’s previous efforts. Give the tune a spin below and take note of the track listing.

The Ark Work:

01 Fanfare
02 Follow
03 Kel Valhaal
04 Follow II
05 Quetzalcoatl
06 Father Vorizen
07 Haelegen
08 Reign Array
09 Vitriol
10 Total War

Video: Liturgy – “True Will”

Brooklyn black metal act Liturgy has a new video from their Onomatopoeia 2011 favorite LP, Aesthethica. Check out “True Will" below which sees the band using found footage from the stranger side of religion as their inspiration. 

Liturgy - True Will from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

Throwback Thursdays: Rock Under The Red Flag- "Birthday Boyz"

For the Final Throwback Thursday of 2011 I went with a real gem… In 2007 Vice tagged along with Brooklyn's Birthday Boyz, Hunter Hunt-Hendrix’s excellent hardcore band that preceded Liturgy, on an unprecedented tour into the hinterlands of China's underground rock scene, the result is this 30 minute documentary. 

While Bjork and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs graced government-sanctioned summer stages, a small film crew followed the Boyz as they played shows and hung out with local Chinese bands in the shadier venues of Beijing, Shanghai and down the Yangtze to the bustling rock communities of the lesser-known south. The band expected debauchery, train chaos, and plenty of baijiu (Chinese moonshine) but were surprised to come upon a relatively diverse and bourgeoning music scene. Oh yeah, the best part?  The tour wasn't legal; in fact, restrictions were recently put in place to prevent foreign bands from even entering China.

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