Tag Archives: Housecore Records

Final Warbeast album coming in August

Posted by on June 7, 2017

Last month, we heard the unfortunate news that Warbeast singer Bruce Corbitt was being forced to retire after being diagnosed with stage three cancer of the esophagus. While he’s sadly done with the band, at least he got to record an album with the band before having to bow out. Enter the Arena will be released on Phil […]

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Interview: King Parrot talk cost of Aussies touring the states, Housecore, hygeine

Posted by on June 7, 2016

You may have already seen Australia’s King Parrot as support on a tour with Clutch, Souflly, Down or Weedeater. Whether or not you can handle their brash sense of humor makes little difference to these five purveyors of frenetic punk and metal. At present, the band consists of vocalist Matthew “Youngy” Young, guitarist Ari “;Mr. White” White, guitarist Andrew […]

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Interview: Child Bite’s Shawn Knight on Voivod tour, Housecore deal, Melvins video cameo

Posted by on June 1, 2016

Although Detroit, Michigan’s Child Bite were formed in 2005, point of origin is of little consequence. With a rotating cast of able players, guitarist-vocalist- founder Shawn Knight has become quite a known quantity in both art rock and metal circles. Driven by a desire to create rather than follow trends or any given formula, Child Bite caught the attention […]

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Phil Anselmo’s black/death metal project Scour release first song “Dispatched”

Posted by on May 12, 2016

It turns out that the latest supergroup to hit the scene might also be one of the heaviest. Phil Ansemo (Down, Superjoint Ritual, ex-Pantera), Derek Engemann (Cattle Decapitation), Chase Fraser (ex-Animosity), John Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Jesse Schobel (Strong Intention, Cast the Stone) teamed up to form an extreme death/black metal band called Scour, […]

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Superjoint announce first tour in over ten years

Posted by on June 4, 2015

After successfully reuniting for Housecore Horror Film Festival in 2014 and planning to perform in European soil at Hellfest in France, sludge legends Superjoint have announce their first North American tour in over a decade, in company of Australian maniacs King Parrot and post-punk Child Bite, both signed to Philip Anselmo’s label Housecore Records. The tour named […]

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Home is where the gutter is for King Parrot

Posted by on May 1, 2015

Aussie grind maniacs, King Parrot, are known for their unique style of music and videos since they debuted with Bite Your Head Off back in 2012; this year, they will release their new LP Dead Set via Housecore Records, which we discussed with Matt Young a few days back, pointing out that it’ll have a more serious approach than their debut […]

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Interview: Youngy from King Parrot talks vocal style, Anselmo

Posted by on April 29, 2015

Wrapping up their latest tour and SXSW appearance, Australia’s King Parrot are on their way home for several weeks before tour support begins for Dead Set, the band’s latest release and first for Philip Anselmo’s Housecore Records. In advance of the album’s May 19th release, vocalist Youngy caught up with us to talk about playing […]

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King Parrot get a Phil Anselmo assist in new video

Posted by on March 19, 2015

[youtube]https://youtu.be/6welxMRKZ9Y[/youtube] Australian grind merchants King Parrot must’ve really hit it of with Phil Anselmo when they toured with Down last winter. How else to describe the fact that he signed them to Housecore Records? And is producing their next album? And appeared in their video for “Like A Rat?” That’s the first track from the album, Dead […]

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Author & Punisher and Phil Anselmo in the studio together

Posted by on November 21, 2014

The one man doom and noise band Author & Punisher is in the studio recording an album for Phil Anselmo’s Housecore Records. The album, due out in 2015, is being co-produced by Tristan Shone, the man behind the Author & Punisher name, and Anselmo himself. Said Anselmo of working with Shone: “Tristan Shone is a genius. I’ve seen […]

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Phil Anselmo still trying to transform Dave Hill in 2nd Metal Grasshopper episode

Posted by on October 22, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/2orlKLePItQ[/youtube] Last week, the first episode of Metal Grasshopper, the web series with Philip H. Anselmo and comedian Dave Hill debuted online. It was basically a setup episode in which Hill begged Anselmo to school him in the ways of metal. In this episode, “The Awakening,” there’s a breakfast meeting between the two, in which […]

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