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Jeff “Oly” Olson Rejoins The Skull
Most recently found playing keys in In~Graved alongside Victor Griffin, former Trouble drummer Jeff “Oly” Olson has once again joined forces with Trouble offshoot The Skull, who’ve begun writing their...
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Solace Bassist Rob Hultz Joins Trouble
I guess when Trouble comes knocking, you answer. Just a day after Trouble-offshoot The Skull had some lineup revelations of their own, Trouble have put word out that bassist Rob Hultz has entered the...
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Blackfinger Sign to The Church Within for Debut Release
Blackfinger‘s self-titled debut has been a while in the making for sure. Former Trouble and current The Skull frontman Eric Wagner discussed the project’s first album in an interview late in 2011,...
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Here’s the First Video of The Skull with Jeff “Oly” Olson on Drums
I don’t know about you, but I’m really excited at the prospect of a studio album from The Skull. The band recently announced they’d be recording this fall with Billy Anderson, and it just seems like...
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Trouble Added to Days of the Doomed IV
So after The Skull, and Blackfinger, and Earthen Grave, and Spillage, and In~Graved, and probably one or two other Trouble-member-inclusive acts I’m forgetting along the way over the last few years,...
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Trouble, Psalm 9 (1984) If you have any doubt that the reverberations of Trouble‘s 1984 debut, Psalm 9 — released on a then-nascent Metal Blade Records — are still being felt, then I would direct your...
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The Skull Debut Album For Those Which are Asleep Coming Nov. 4
Don’t put 2014 to bed yet! After releasing their debut single earlier this year (review here), The Skull will issue their first full-length, For Those Which are Asleep, on Nov. 4 via Tee Pee Records....
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Eric Wagner Posts Acoustic Track “An Absurd Jurisdiction”
Apparently it’s been a busy couple weeks for Eric Wagner. The former Trouble vocalist has got a new solo album out, an acoustic release called Highdeas Vol. 1 that seems to be drawn from demos and raw...
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Deserfest London 2016: Final Headliner Announced and Lineup Complete
Well, that’s a wrap for Desertfest London 2016… unless, you know, you count the actual holding of the fest in April. Which you should probably count. Okay, maybe not a wrap at all. But the lineup is...
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Doomed Gatherings III: Crowbar, Elder, Toner Low and Many More Announced
You know how I know Doomed Gatherings III has its shit together? Yeah, they’ve got Elder, Crowbar, Trouble, Monolord, Egypt, Ramesses, Mantar and so on confirmed to play over the course of the...
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The Skull Tour Launches this Week; Playing Trouble’s Self-Titled in Full
Easiest sell ever. Chicago doomers The Skull head out this week on a major-market US tour playing Trouble‘s 1990 self-titled album in full. Seriously. What more could you ask of the universe than...
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The Skull Finish New LP The Endless Road Turns Dark; Tour Dates Announced
One hates to even think of things in these terms, but from where I sit, The Skull‘s forthcoming second album for Tee Pee, produced by Sanford Parker and given the title The Endless Road Turns Dark, is...
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The Skull Announce Tour Dates with Earthride and Hyborian
Doom on. I’m not sure much more than that really needs to be said about The Skull announcing a run of headlining tour dates with Maryland’s finest, Earthride, as direct support. Chicago doom meets...
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The Skull Tour Launches this Week; Playing Trouble’s Self-Titled in Full
Easiest sell ever. Chicago doomers The Skull head out this week on a major-market US tour playing Trouble‘s 1990 self-titled album in full. Seriously. What more could you ask of the universe than...
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The Skull Finish New LP The Endless Road Turns Dark; Tour Dates Announced
One hates to even think of things in these terms, but from where I sit, The Skull‘s forthcoming second album for Tee Pee, produced by Sanford Parker and given the title The Endless Road Turns Dark, is...
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The Skull Announce Tour Dates with Earthride and Hyborian
Doom on. I’m not sure much more than that really needs to be said about The Skull announcing a run of headlining tour dates with Maryland’s finest, Earthride, as direct support. Chicago doom meets...
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Trouble Sign to Hammerheart Records for New Album and Reissues
Signing on to reissue the entire Trouble catalog is no minor commitment for a record label to make. Hammerheart Records will reportedly not only reissue the Chicago doom legends’ entire discography —...
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Friday Full-Length: Trouble, Simple Mind Condition
Trouble, Simple Mind Condition (2007) In light of the announcement earlier this week that Hammerheart Records in the Netherlands has undertaken the rather significant charge of stewarding deluxe...
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Trouble Announce June 2021 UK/Ireland Live Dates
Hammerheart Records picked up Chicago doom legends Trouble earlier this year and announced that the band’s entire discography would be reissued. For sure plenty of their records could stand a little...
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The Tempter: Chicago-Based One-Off Collaboration Cover Trouble
The PR wire makes it pretty plain: don’t go expecting The Tempter to be a real band. Chicago already has one badass doom outfit named after Trouble‘s work and that’s The Skull. Don’t — no, you don’t —...
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