Joining recent car accident alums Arsis and The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravangaza, Genghis Tron crashed their van in Ohio yesterday, Lambgoat reports. A statement reads as follows:

“While traveling north on I-71 through Ohio this afternoon, we got into a wreck on the highway. We were about 90 miles North of Columbus when, very inexplicably, the right rear wheel of our van completely FELL OFF, sending our van and trailer flying out of control. Not just the tire — the whole wheel.

“Any amount that ANYONE could give to chip in to our costly repairs, towing, and transportation would be incredibly helpful. As is, we were already beneath a sizable chunk of debt and this accident is only going to make it worse, blah blah blah. Our trailer was brand new, fresh out of the factory for less than ten days…”

We’re glad the band is okay, and, from a more selfish perspective, that they’ll still be able to play their show here in NYC next month with Converge, The Red Chord and Baroness.

Rock on, Genghis Tron.

-AR

After a nice long, hot shower and a little grub it was time to head back downtown. The nightcap for my full Day One of metal would be…

VVEREVVOLF GREHV/COLISEUM/GENGHIS TRON/MUNICIPAL WASTE/HIGH ON FIRE @ EMO’S ANNEX, Thursday, March 14, 9:00 P.M. – 2:00 A.M.

Yes, I’m sure you see the name Emo’s up there. Don’t fret. Emo’s in Austin is a longstanding hardcore/punk/metal institution that has existed long before the incredibly pussified musical genre that co-opted its name emerged. In fact, the venue is so revered that it did not limit itself to only two stages this year – it had its usual indoor stage, a smaller lounge stage, and a third stage across the street on the corner of the infamous Sixth Street in a giant tent called Emo’s Annex.

I showed up around 8:45 p.m., paid $13 to get in (…to hell with SXSW badges!), missed opening act Mala Suerte, and grabbed a makeshift seat close to the temporary stage. While listening to some guy hit on a chick by saying he “smoked out” with Enslaved, I was curious to see one man setting up gear on stage. That man was…

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Photos from yesterday’s Motorhead show at Stubb’s and Relapse Records showcase at Emo’s Annex featuring High on Fire, Municipal Waste, Genghis Tron, Coliseum and Vverevvolf Grehv. And Jamey Jasta hangin’ out at the show. Click on the thumbnail to see a full-size picture. Also, a short video clip of Genghis Tron after the jump!

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Vverevvolf Grehv:

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Living in hepster Brooklyn, I am continually given access to some of the coolest new music in the world. At one point I even gave a rat’s ass. And being the only third of MetalSucks.yrmom that resides in Brooktown, USA (thus far), I do feel somewhat obligated to report on what the kkkkool kidz are listening to, but when a band so directly intersects with one of my fellow writer’s strongest predilections as of late, I have no freakin’ choice, right?

It was pushing 1:30 in the ultra-AM this past Friday when Dizzy Winnz and me, we stopped back by the Wingerschmidt Wing of the MetalSucks Mansion (aka the newly annointed Slam Palace) to take a brief pause from a nearby party and check out the MySpace tracks of Pony Pants, the next band that was to play at said nearby party, in order to decide whether we should return to said said party or move onward into the night towards more debaucherous venues. Once knee-deep into the plasma pit of PP’s miniscule hold on the intranut, I was struck by the listing for an upcoming show at which Pony Pants is to share the stage with super-sweet art-punk-psych-funk Brooklyn superstars Oneida (one of my very favorite [non-metal] bands I’ve experienced this side of the goddamn millenium) and our own Axl Rosenberg’s nocturnal emission for 2008, Genghis Tron.

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Okay, so here’s the thing: every time we run a story about electro-grind masters Genghis Tron, we get no response from you people. And that makes no sense to me, ’cause this band is AWESOME. Seriously, YOU NEED TO BE LISTENING TO THIS BAND.

So now their new album, Board Up the House, has leaked. Produced by Converge’s Kurt Ballou, it is just a mind-blowing, orgasm inducing piece of work, and you really owe it to yourself to give it a listen (preferably with a really, really good pair of headphones that will allow you to explore every nook and cranny of aural delight). What have you got to lose? It’s free, fer Chrissakes.

Head over to Deathcore is Sexy to download the whole album. Then haul ass over to the your local music store – assuming you still have a local music store – to buy an actual copy when Relapse releases the album on February 19.

-AR

February 19 can’t come soon enough. I just can’t believe how many potentially awesome albums are come out that day (see our sidebar for a complete list!); but the two I’m most excited about are Hate Eternal’s Fury and Flames and Genghis Tron’s Board Up the House.

So glory be to GT, who just posted another new song from that forthcoming album, entitled “Things Don’t Look Good,” on their MySpace page. And like the other two songs from the album on said MySpace page – the title track and “City on a Hill” – it’s absolutely stellar.

So head over there, already. If you’re not listening to Genghis Tron, you’re denying yourself one of the 21st century’s great pleasures.

-AR

Between Windstein and Jasta’s commitments to Down, Crowbar, Hatebreed, Icepick, and writing a friggin’ coffee table book, I had kind of assumed that Kingdom of Sorrow would be one of those supergroups that never actually played live. But, lo and behold, the band has begun to announce some tour dates:

Feb. 27 – Palladium – Worcester, Massachusetts
Feb. 28 – Ottobar – Baltimore, Maryland
Mar. 01 – Valentines – Albany, New York
Mar. 02 – Knitting Factory – New York, New York
Mar. 04 – El Macombo – Toronto, Ontario
Mar. 06 – Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, Illinois
Mar. 07 – Magic Stick – Detroit, Michigan

No word on whether or not the band will be traveling on that scary looking horse from their cover art.

Kingdom of Sorrow’s self-titled debut comes out February 19, a.k.a. the same day as half the other exciting winter metal releases (Genghis Tron, Hate Eternal, etc.). Relapse’s small and probably overworked PR department is about as dependable as a rumored release date for Chinese Democracy, so I guess I’ll have to wait for the frickin’ thing to leak just like the rest of you before I can judge the final product. In the meantime, I know where I’ll be on March 2.

-AR

UPDATE: Hey, look at that! The band just posted a new track, “Lead into Demise,” on their MySpace page. Suh-weet. 

Electrogrind masters Genghis Tron gave their fans a holiday gift in the form of posting another new song, “City On A Hill,” on their MySpace page. The track will appear on their forthcoming opus, Board Up the House.

The phrase “city upon a hill,” for those of you who didn’t complete the 8th grade, comes from John Winthrop’s 1630 sermon entitled “A Model of Christian Charity,” and was intended to suggest that America should act as the ideal template for all the people of the world: “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.” Ronald Reagan later used the phrase in his farewell speech after leaving office in ’89. So while I can’t exactly understand what GT front man Mookie Singerman is yelping about, I have to imagine it has something to do with how very, very disappointed he feels in the U.S. of A. these days.

Board Up the House was produced by Converge’s Kurt Ballou, and hits stores February 19.

-AR

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. Those were the only three words I could manage to conjure immediately following the insanity that was last night’s Dillinger Escape Plan show at the Blender Theatre here in NYC. And rarely has the word “show” so readily applied to a concert. DEP live inhabit a plane somewhere between the brutal, take-no-prisoners all-out-war of Henry Rollins-era Black Flag and the pyro-laden theatricality of Kiss in their prime. Put more simply: YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THIS BAND LIVE.

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Kory Grow’s Sadness is Delicious might have the best name of any blog on the web – except the darn thing hasn’t been updated since August. Luckily for fans of his writing, Mr. Grow continues to be prolific elsewhere, including a recent, brief interview he conducted with Genghis Tron’s Mookie Singerman for Paper Thin Walls. The interview sheds some light on the concept behind the band’s forthcoming album, Board Up the House, and, as bonus, there’s a high quality mp3 of the title track available for download. In case you somehow still haven’t heard this song on Genghis Tron’s MySpace page, well… let me just put it this way: I spent a recent Thursday night playing it on repeat for about an hour. It’s that fucking good.

Head over to Paper Thin Walls to check it out.

-AR

Genghis Tron have posted the title track from their forthcoming Relapse debut, Board Up the House, on their MySpace page – and I gotta say, it bodes really, really well for the album. Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou’s production is EPIC, and the song continues GT’s tradition of artfully blending grindcore with elements of electronica.

The difference between this and other Genghis Tron tracks, then, is the major leap forward in terms of songwriting – the track is somewhat more accessible than we’re used to from these guys, but I’d like to go on record right now as saying that any cries of “sell outs” are bullshit. Dark, moody, chock full of screeches and gothic choruses – GT are still in no danger of getting radio play anytime soon.

If all goes according to plan, Board Up the House will be released in February ’08. We can’t wait.

-AR

When we’ve spoken about electro-grind act Genghis Tron in the past, at least a few of you have expressed a complete lack of interest in this band and anything they do; that’s too bad, because you’re missing out on one of the most creative bands out there right now – and they’re just hitting their stride.

Now they’ve completed what will be their Relapse debut, Board Up the House, with producer/Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou. In a press release, the band stated:

“After well over a year of very hard work, we’re incredibly happy and relieved to announce that we’ve finally finished our second album… The album sounds… huge. I’ll leave it at that. We’ve never been prouder. However, in lieu of spouting some self-serving hyperbole about achieving our twisted vision and/or making the best and most unique GT album to date, we’ll let the tunes speak for themselves. Keep your eyes and ears open for a preview track in the near future.”

The album won’t drop ’til February of next year, but you won’t have to wait that long to see these dudes live: they hit the road with Dillinger Escape Plan in December. Check out their MySpace page for tour dates.

-AR