When Deafheaven played their first show in Boise on March 25 — at Mardi Gras, a venue typically reserved for wedding functions — they provided the five-day Treefort Music Fest with its only dose of shoe-gazing black metal. Continue reading
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Posted in Violent Sleep of Reason with tags Ascended Dead, Ashen Horde, Crimson Throne, Deafheaven, Deletere, Dodecahedron, Ghost Bath, Khemmis, King of Asgard, Meshuggah, Obituary, Pallbearer, Telekinetic Yeti, The Moon and the Nightspirit, This Will Destroy You, Warbringer, Without Waves, Woe on 04/02/2017 by kurtorzeckThe premiere episode of The Bad Penny’s “The Violent Sleep of Reason” radio show featured the song after which the show was named, as well as new cuts by King of Asgard, Woe and Dodecahedron.
The Bad Penny Has A New Metal Radio Show!
Posted in The Violent Sleep of Reason with tags Radio Boise, Radio Free America on 04/02/2017 by kurtorzeckThe Bad Penny recently launched a new program through Radio Free America that cherry-picks from the best new and upcoming heavy-metal releases.
The Radio Boise/KRBX show is called “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” named after one of the best albums of last year (h/t Meshuggah). It airs terrestrially on Wednesday mornings from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. Mountain Time in the U.S., and also airs live online here.
Listen to and check out the playlists for the first two editions of “The Violent Sleep of Reason” here and here.
The show spotlights the best metal tracks released during the previous week, songs from highly anticipated upcoming albums, and cuts by bands with recent or upcoming shows in Boise. The show also highlights one Boise-area metal band each week, right around 2 a.m.
Interested in getting played on “The Violent Sleep of Reason”? Email korzeck at gmail dot com.