Earlier today Noisey premiered a video for “Tragedy of the Mind” by Survival, which features Liturgy’s Hunter Hunt-Hendrix on guitar and vocals. Survival’s self-titled debut album is out on Thrill Jockey May 14. While Survival’s music shares certain elements of Liturgy’s transcendental black metal (the existential angst, ever-shifting time-signatures, and emphasis on mood and atmosphere), Survival is first and foremost a rock band. The group writes their songs collectively and sing as one voice. The video highlight’s the band’s nihilistic world-view: as the trio chants “Ending begins,” an entire band’s worth of gear is charred. Check it out below.

https://vimeo.com/64575675

Survival will play a record release show at The Acheron in Brooklyn May 9 with Alan Watts, STATS, and Vaporizer. There are also summer North American tour dates forthcoming. Liturgy is currently writing and recording material to be released in 2014.

Liturgy vocalist/guitarist Hunter Hunt-Hendrix has announced he’ll be delivering an LP for Thrill Jockey with his other band Survival. The outfit’s self-titled debut arrives May 14.  A U.S. tour is in the works, but details have yet to be delivered.

Guardian Alien, an ensemble developed from of the solo work of drummer Greg Fox, known for his work with Teeth Mountain, Dan Deacon, New Party Systems and Liturgy, and named the Best Drummer in New York by the Village Voice last year, has signed to Thrill Jockey, who will release See The World Given To A One Love Entity on July 24.  Here are Fox and company’s upcoming performances:

Thu Jun 7 - Brooklyn, NY - La Sala at Cantina Royal – Performance! Residency w/ ATM

Thu Jun 14 - Brooklyn, NY - La Sala at Cantina Royal - Performance! Residency w/ Wish

Fri Jun 15 - New York, NY - Cake Shop w/ Dope Body, Roomrunner, Zulus

Thu Jun 21 - Brooklyn, NY - La Sala at Cantina Royal - Performance! Residency w/ Diamond Terrifier

Sat Jun 23 - New York, NY - St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery w/ Talibam! and Sam Kulik “Discover AtlantASS”

Thu Jun 28 – Brooklyn,, NY - La Sala at Cantina Royal - Performance! Residency w/ Raft

Fri Jul 6 - Brooklyn, NY - Death By Audio w/ Colin L. Orchestra, Bird Names (Northern Spy Fest)

Fri Jul 27 - Brooklyn, NY - Secret Project Robot Room w/ Cellular Chaos (You Are Here Fest)

Thu Sep 6 - Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Festival

Just in time for the weekend, the issue 28 mixtape has arrived! Get on over to the mixtape page and download the crap out of it.

We’ve got tons of good shit in this compilation. All of it is, as always, artists featured in the latest issue, covering all the best hip-hop, metal, rock and world music.

Here’s a full track list for those who don’t want to just go download it now:

01. Ezekiel Honig – “Subverting the Memory of Your Surroundings”
02. Kuf Knotz – “Fame Us”
03. The Black Swans – “Joe Tex”
04. Southeast Engine – “Adeline of the Applachian Mountains”
05. Frankensteez – “Black Angel (feat. Saucy Lady)”
06. Ampline – “The Dynamos Sang Dollars”
07. Alcoholic Faith Mission – “Running With Insanity”
08. Bill Callahan – “Baby’s Breath”
09. Clan Destined – “SCREAM (feat. Stacy Epps)”
10. D. Charles Speer & The Helix – “Freddie’s Lapels”
11. Times New Viking – “Ever Falling in Love”
12. Fair Nick Stars – “Arrete Mal Parlé”
13. Faust – “Herbststimmung”
14. Boris – “Riot Sugar”
15. Ayatollah – “It Came From His Fingertips”
16. Liturgy – “High Gold (edit)”
17. Low – “Try to Sleep”
18. Man Man – “Knuckle Down”
19. Maggie Bjorklund – “Intertwined”
20. Reks – “25th Hour (clean)”
21. Skeletonwitch – “Crushed Beyond Dust”
22. Kode9 – “Time Patrol Dub”
23. Andre Afram Asmar – “Onward Farword”