Greek sludgy post metal monumentalists from KALPA are heading on their very first European tour with their pals from MINERVA SUPERDUTY (MNRV) on October 21st! See the details below and be sure to dive into theirย expansive musicality, capable of engaging sonic adventures and expansive beauty.
Gorod Zero, the new record from MNRV has just been released and it’s available for streaming below. The band is prepping two different LP versions and will unveil them on November 1st via Yetagain,ย SweetOhm recordingsย andย Body Blows records.ย Building on the template it solidified on their previous efforts, “Gorod Zero” serves even more more expansive and exploratory soundscapes and proves one of the year’s most compelling and moving post metal / dark hardcore listens.
Oct 21, Thessaloniki (GR) @ Biologica –ย w/ Calf & Living.Under.Drones
Oct 22, Sofia (BG) @ Live & Loudย –ย Kalpa | Minerva Superduty – Live in Sofia
Oct 23, Bucharest (RO) @ Quanticย –ย DIY Live: Kalpa [Athens] // Tragic[Bucharest] // Minerva Superduty[Kalamata] // Sunday – October 23rd at Quantic
Oct 24, Zupanja (ฮR) @ MKC Zupanja
Oct 25, Budapest (HU) @ Dรผrer Kertย –ย MNRV , Kalpa , Her Highness : okt 25
Oct 26, Vienna (AT) @ Venster 99ย –ย Kalpa, Minerva Superduty, Lugubrious Childen, Boak+1 live at V99
Oct 27 @ TBA
Oct 28, Mantova (IT) @ FCE Records Studio [Frammenti Di Un Cuore Esploso] –ย FCE records party con Kalpa // MNRV // Lamantide
Oct 29 @ ฮคฮฮ
Oct 30, Xanthi (GR) @ Autonomo Steki (ฮ ฮฟฮปฯ ฯฮตฯฮฝฮตฮฏฮฟ ฮฮฌฮฝฮธฮทฯ) –ย w/ ฮฮฮฅฮกฮ ฮฮฮคฮฃฮฮ
Kalpa is a five-piece-playing-loud collective located in Athens (GR) that intends to deliver intense soundscapes to listeners constantly challenging their sonic limits. Bearing their roots in sludge and drawing elements from all hardcore, Kalpa embrace post metal in its deepest, darkest and purest form.
2015 marked a defining year for the band. The release of their debut album “Sequences*” was followed by their first tour, receiving a warm welcome in the local underground scene and some notable reviews from music press.
Adding raging vocals as a key factor to their strange equation, in 2016 they released their latest studio album “Dissociation”. This new album consists of five powerful composes that reveals KALPA’s darkest and more aggressive approach through screaming and heavily distorted guitars/bass guitar riffing, along with gloomy melodies and devastating soundscapes under a staggering drumming play. Kalpa as an act is mainly influenced by Converge, Neurosis, Isis, Tool but they have developed a very personal sound and structure marking a new approach in post metal /dark hardcore scene.
MNRV got together in late 2011 in order to escape crushing daily routine.
They started playing loud, yet voiceless music, then entered the studio to record material which took form in their self-titled debut album released in March 2014.
The band’s been making music & performing ever since, fusing their influences, experimenting and adding vocals to their line-up.
At the moment they are working towards putting out their second full-length ‘Gorod Zero’ in November 2016 – recorded in Athens, late 2015 and mastered by Alan Douches at WWSM. Routine can wait.
