London mystical-power trio, Vodun, have announced details of a UK tour, scheduled for this coming September. In the wake of the release of Ascend, the highly-anticipated follow up to 2016’s revered Possession album, Vodun will be taking their ground-flattening, groove-inflected rock power across the country to bring Ascend alive and aloud.

Released on September 7 through New Heavy Sounds, Ascend is unabashedly revolution music, its ten tracks a hurricane of mystic heaviness, spiritual soul and furious positivity, its colossal riffage & rhythms allied to inspirational lyrics and powerful melodies to deliver food for the soul and fire to inflame uprisings. At heart, it’s an album of musical celebration, and heavy playfulness – lyrically of resistance, and of solidarity.

Driven by the afro-inspired dervish drums of Zel Kaute (interpreting the spirits of Ogoun), the roaring, fierce chromium guitars of Linz Hamilton (The Marassa), and fronted by the fire-breathing howl of frontwoman Chantal Brown (Oya), delivering you the truth of generations with a drive and focus that can’t be matched.

Ascend builds upon the foundations laid down by the London-based group’s 2016 debut, Possession - the music is more sophisticated, the canvas broader, the details more vivid and varied. Their palette now embraces a healthy does of extra percussion, saxophone, and vocal arrangements that pair Chantal’s behemoth holler with harmonies, chants and howls, a full-spectrum of sound that suits their polymorphous attack.

Go and see Vodun come to life at the following dates in September 2018:

Thu 13 Sep         London               Oslo

Sat 15 Sep          Newcastle          Trillians

Tue 18 Sep         Manchester       Rebellion

Wed 19 Sep       Huddersfield      The Parish

Thu 20 Sep         Norwich              The Brickmakers

Fri 21 Sep           Birmingham       Asylum 2

Sat 22 Sep          Newport             Le Pub

Sun 23 Sep         Leeds                  Brudenell Social

Tue 25 Sep         Bristol                 The Crofters Rights

Fri  28 Sep          Brighton             Sticky Mikes

Set for release on August 31 via Svart Records, Finland based, Throat's second album, Bareback, sees the band plunge head first into unprotected encounters with musical elements hardly even hinted at on their previous releases. With a new and improved line-up, Throat spice up their version of ‘90s inspired noise rock with more melodic post-hardcore and indie rock ingredients yet show no fear in throwing influences from AOR all the way to harsh noise into the concoction.

The result might not be easy on the ears, but who cares for easy listening when guitars that sound like broken glass are so much fun? Dissonance and feedback may have been Throat's first loves – still apparent on Bareback as well – but as time has passed they have sought to experiment, giving flings with dynamics, harmony and even machines a chance. Dynamics and harmony have crept into the vocals as well albeit Throat's sordid themes of the unbright side of life often demanding a more feral approach.

The release of Bareback coincides with Throat's first U.S. tour in August, previously having toured in the UK, France, Belgium in addition to countless shows in Finland, sharing the bill with the likes of Brainbombs, Torche, Unsane and Big Business.

Bareback was recorded by Tom Brooke at Tonehaven Recording Studio. Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Converge, Cult of Luna) handled the mixing duties while Carl Saff (Big Business, Kowloon Walled City, Unsane) helmed the mastering.