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Motherblood

Grave Pleasures

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Release Date:  29 September 2017

Label:  Century Media Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  889854685027

Genres:  Rock  

Release Date:  29 September 2017

Label:  Century Media Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  889854684921

Genres:  Rock  

Release Date:  20 September 2024

Label:  Svart Records

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  6430080235896

Genres:  Rock  

Release Date:  20 September 2024

Label:  Svart Records

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  6430080234738

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    The atomic post punk shooting stars are back with a vengeance “Motherblood” offers a perfect blend of icy, dancey goth-tinged death rock with an ominous apocalyptic obsession A pop-feast of raw, banging pleasure bringing together the musical worlds of Bowie, Killing Joke and Depeche Mode – A truly danceable nuclear menace, in all its primitive, gothic tribalism There are still those rare bands out there in the world that have a unique ability to combine macabre, mystifying rock with a more pop-oriented flare, a la early Bowie or early The Cure. Grave Pleasures are such a band that is equally suited for playing on a stadium stage, or in some Lynchian nightmare. It’s that duality and electrifying contradiction that makes their music so exhilarating. Grave Pleasures’ debut album Dreamcrash was released in 2015 in Europe/ROW on Sony Columbia and Metal Blade in North America to critical acclaim. Risen from the ashes of the short-lived underground sensation Beastmilk, the band’s new record reached out to a wide and diverse audience. With their own metallic raw tone clashed with pop hooks, Motherblood is a furiously passionate and contemporary record, which re-defines post-punk in a funereal world of its own.

    Description

    The atomic post punk shooting stars are back with a vengeance “Motherblood” offers a perfect blend of icy, dancey goth-tinged death rock with an ominous apocalyptic obsession A pop-feast of raw, banging pleasure bringing together the musical worlds of Bowie, Killing Joke and Depeche Mode – A truly danceable nuclear menace, in all its primitive, gothic tribalism There are still those rare bands out there in the world that have a unique ability to combine macabre, mystifying rock with a more pop-oriented flare, a la early Bowie or early The Cure. Grave Pleasures are such a band that is equally suited for playing on a stadium stage, or in some Lynchian nightmare. It’s that duality and electrifying contradiction that makes their music so exhilarating. Grave Pleasures’ debut album Dreamcrash was released in 2015 in Europe/ROW on Sony Columbia and Metal Blade in North America to critical acclaim. Risen from the ashes of the short-lived underground sensation Beastmilk, the band’s new record reached out to a wide and diverse audience. With their own metallic raw tone clashed with pop hooks, Motherblood is a furiously passionate and contemporary record, which re-defines post-punk in a funereal world of its own.

    Description

    Svart Records proudly present the vinyl reissue of Grave Pleasures' modern classic album Motherblood

    There are still those rare bands out there in the world that have a unique ability to combine macabre, mystifying rock with a more pop-oriented flare, a la early Bowie or early The Cure. Grave Pleasures are such a band that is equally suited for playing on a stadium stage, or in some Lynchian nightmare. It's that duality and electrifying contradiction that makes their music so exhilarating.

    Lead guitarist Juho Vanhanen (Oranssi Pazuzu) steps up to write the majority of the songs together with British-born outcast Mat McNerney (Hexvessel, ex- Beastmilk/DHG/Code). His screaming telecaster and unique interplay of discord and harmony has become a trademark of the band's sound. Together with guitarist Aleksi Kiiskil? (ex - Kohu 63), their strings shimmer, hammer and howl out a web of sound which is distinctly Grave Pleasures. Fleshed out by the hypnotic signature rhythms of Valtteri Arino (ex- Beastmilk) on bass and Rainer Tuomikanto frenetically pounding the funeral drums (Ajattara, ex- Shining Swe), this group of well-established punks have started to reach up to their zenith on their sordid testament Motherblood.

    Motherblood was recorded at Orgone Studios in the UK with Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost, Ulver, Paradise Lost) in March 2017 and originally released by Century Media on the same year. The studio was suitably situated on the site of an old WW2 coding bunker and brought with it the isolation of the bleak British countryside. The setting helped give the album an intense and smiling urgency that picks up where 80s UK bands such as Magazine, The Wire and Echo And The Bunnymen left off, but never stopping long enough to look back too much into the past. Featuring guest vocals from David Tibet from Current 93, the band sets the tone for their inspirations, from the esoteric underground of England's hidden reverse to Manchester's sound of misery. With their own metallic raw tone clashed with pop hooks, Motherblood is a furiously passionate and contemporary record, which re-defines post-punk as a "war-cry for the eternally doomed."

    They have been described as "A post-punk wet dream," or perhaps more honestly as "bat-shit lunatics," and their music is in a funereal world of its own. Motherblood is a truly danceable, pop-feast of raw, banging pleasure - in all its primitive, gothic tribalism. Dance-floor death rock that brings with it an uncanny sense of inspired song craft that made Bowie's Berlin era sound so fresh and revolutionary, Killing Joke's tribal anthems so desperately ominous and dark throbbing melancholy of Depeche Mode's atmospheric pop so damn sexy. Just about every part of this record bleeds menace, or emanates nuclear fumes. It's unsafe territory which in turn makes it thrilling, sexy and most dangerously of all, catchy.

    Description

    Svart Records proudly present the vinyl reissue of Grave Pleasures' modern classic album Motherblood

    There are still those rare bands out there in the world that have a unique ability to combine macabre, mystifying rock with a more pop-oriented flare, a la early Bowie or early The Cure. Grave Pleasures are such a band that is equally suited for playing on a stadium stage, or in some Lynchian nightmare. It's that duality and electrifying contradiction that makes their music so exhilarating.

    Lead guitarist Juho Vanhanen (Oranssi Pazuzu) steps up to write the majority of the songs together with British-born outcast Mat McNerney (Hexvessel, ex- Beastmilk/DHG/Code). His screaming telecaster and unique interplay of discord and harmony has become a trademark of the band's sound. Together with guitarist Aleksi Kiiskil? (ex - Kohu 63), their strings shimmer, hammer and howl out a web of sound which is distinctly Grave Pleasures. Fleshed out by the hypnotic signature rhythms of Valtteri Arino (ex- Beastmilk) on bass and Rainer Tuomikanto frenetically pounding the funeral drums (Ajattara, ex- Shining Swe), this group of well-established punks have started to reach up to their zenith on their sordid testament Motherblood.

    Motherblood was recorded at Orgone Studios in the UK with Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ghost, Ulver, Paradise Lost) in March 2017 and originally released by Century Media on the same year. The studio was suitably situated on the site of an old WW2 coding bunker and brought with it the isolation of the bleak British countryside. The setting helped give the album an intense and smiling urgency that picks up where 80s UK bands such as Magazine, The Wire and Echo And The Bunnymen left off, but never stopping long enough to look back too much into the past. Featuring guest vocals from David Tibet from Current 93, the band sets the tone for their inspirations, from the esoteric underground of England's hidden reverse to Manchester's sound of misery. With their own metallic raw tone clashed with pop hooks, Motherblood is a furiously passionate and contemporary record, which re-defines post-punk as a "war-cry for the eternally doomed."

    They have been described as "A post-punk wet dream," or perhaps more honestly as "bat-shit lunatics," and their music is in a funereal world of its own. Motherblood is a truly danceable, pop-feast of raw, banging pleasure - in all its primitive, gothic tribalism. Dance-floor death rock that brings with it an uncanny sense of inspired song craft that made Bowie's Berlin era sound so fresh and revolutionary, Killing Joke's tribal anthems so desperately ominous and dark throbbing melancholy of Depeche Mode's atmospheric pop so damn sexy. Just about every part of this record bleeds menace, or emanates nuclear fumes. It's unsafe territory which in turn makes it thrilling, sexy and most dangerously of all, catchy.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Infatuation Overkill
      • 2. Doomsday Rainbows
      • 3. Be My Hiroshima
      • 4. Joy Through Death
      • 5. Mind Intruder
      • 6. Laughing Abyss
      • 7. Falling For An Atom Bomb
      • 8. Atomic Christ
      • 9. Deadenders
      • 10. Haunted Afterlife

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Infatuation Overkill
      • 2. Doomsday Rainbows
      • 3. Be My Hiroshima
      • 4. Joy Through Death
      • 5. Mind Intruder
      • 6. Laughing Abyss
      • 7. Falling For An Atom Bomb
      • 8. Atomic Christ
      • 9. Deadenders
      • 10. Haunted Afterlife
      • 11. There Are Powers At Work In This World [bonus track]

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Infatuation Overkill
      • 2. Doomsday Rainbows
      • 3. Be My Hiroshima
      • 4. Joy Through Death
      • 5. Mind Intruder

      Side 2

      • 1. Laughing Abyss
      • 2. Falling For An Atom Bomb
      • 3. Atomic Christ
      • 4. Deadenders
      • 5. Haunted Afterlife

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Infatuation Overkill
      • 2. Doomsday Rainbows
      • 3. Be My Hiroshima
      • 4. Joy Through Death
      • 5. Mind Intruder

      Side 2

      • 1. Laughing Abyss
      • 2. Falling For An Atom Bomb
      • 3. Atomic Christ
      • 4. Deadenders
      • 5. Haunted Afterlife