Thursday, March 5, 2009

Bone Awl


I know I'm a little late on this but- I was just introduced to this band and I really like it a lot. Hipster black metal for skinny kids that like hardcore? Sure. It's still fucking great. Bone Awl are a 2 piece raw black metal band from the Bay Area of California. Their sound is very primitive, noisy and not really black metal at all. There are blast beats in most of the songs and lots of punk-sounding riffage, which display Bone Awl's interest in hardcore punk. They've released quite a few Demos, Splits, Cassettes and EP's and one full length (A lot is out of print) since starting in 2002, most of which were released by Bone Awl's own Klaxon Records; You can buy their newest 7" and a few tapes there. I'm just going to upload their 2007 LP "Meaningless Leaning Mess", which is their best recorded stuff, I think.
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9 comments:

Catherine said...

pretty sure they are doing an east coast tour this summer (not sure where y'all live though).

-kevin said...

Sweet. I heard about this. I'm in minneapolis. Any idea if there are any dates posted?

Catherine said...

I haven't seen any dates posted... just heard it through the grape vine. They'll be here in June, so not sure what that would mean for Minnesota.

Brad said...

o_0

Brad said...

No dates just yet but here are the cities mentioned thus far:

Seattle WA
Boise ID
Salt Lake City UT
Casper WY
Rapid City SOUTH DAKOTA
Minneapolis MN
Chicago IL
Ann Arbor MI
Akron OH + --cleveland
Pittsburgh PA
Rochester NY—plus buffalo
Boston MA
Providence RI
New York NY
Richmond VA
Atlanta GA
Nashville TN
St Louis MO
Kansas City MO
Tulsa OK
Denton TX (Or Dallas )
Albuquerque NM
Phoenix AZ

icoulddietomorrow said...

they're touring with the awesome Volahn, as well as playing shows with Furdidurke, Ash Pool (I think,) Altars, and a few other bands that are "secret." NOT TELLING.

-Adam

Anonymous said...

you guys should come down for this ALL AGES festival in Chicago in June.

http://www.matchitehew.com

MARBLEBOG (Hungary)
MONARQUE (Quebec)
BLOODYMINDED (Chicago)
SWORD HEAVEN (Ohio)
VELNIAS (Chicago)
OAKEATER (Chicago)
SILVUM (Fairfax, VA)
DEAD TIMES (Providence, RI)
HEATDEATH (Minneapolis, MN)
TAKE UP SERPENTS (San Francisco, CA)
KRIEG (New Jersey)
BONE AWL (California)
RUSTED SHUT (Houston, TX)
AIR CONDITIONING (Allentown, PA)
ABORTED CHRIST CHILDE (New York/ Chicago)
ASHDAUTAS (Long Beach, CA)
VOLAHN (California)
MALEDICERE (Minneapolis, MN)
LOCRIAN (Chicago)
WORMSBLOOD (Madison, WI)
BURIAL HEX (Madison, WI)

Kurt said...

can anyone tell a german guy, why "hipsters" listen to black metal?

seAoxen said...

was looking for stuff by these guys & captain cleanoff & whadayaknow - you got both! thanks alot.