Tangaroa's first full length studio album, One hand for the knife, one hand for the throat, will be hitting the shelves on October 13th! The clamouring of the metal hordes is reaching it's zenith as they've been gnashing at their collective bits during the band's three year sabbatical, hotly anticipating their new release...

And as if this delectable album wasn't enough, fans get to double their pleasure with the chance to see them headlining their first UK tour at the following venues -



24th Oct - Star & Garter, Manchester
25th Oct - The Tudor House, Wigan
26th Oct - The Fenton, Leeds
27th Oct - The Purple Turtle, Camden town
28th 0ct - Nottingham - TBA
29th Oct - TBA
30th Oct - The Racehorse, Northampton
31th oct - The Borough, Sunderland

Please check their respective sites for tour info and details - http://www.myspace.com/uglypeoplebreedfast, http://www.myspace.com/evisorax and http://www.anticulture.co.uk

Gloomy Grim blackens the summer!!!

After the release of their latest album, Under The Spell Of The Unlight, through Anticulture Records, Gloomy Grim has parted ways with original guitarist Mörgöth. His replacement is axeman occultist, Father Umbra Sol.

The founder of Gloomy Grim has stated the following: " Problems have existed
for a long time. Working with Mörgöth has been difficult day to day, but recently it has become impossible. This decision wasn't easy, but has
absolutely been the right one. It has cleared the air in a very positive way.
This had to be done, otherwise the band would have been dead, finished. We
didn..t come out of this as friends. The reason was not musical
differences or anything like that. To me, Mörgoth is DEAD!"

Witness the Unlight this summer at the following shows!!!!

Baltic Invasion 2008 mini tour & Ferrum Rust Fest!!! Featuring the evil likes of HATE (Pol) + RASTA (Blr) + GLOOMY GRIM (Fin) + GRENOUER (Rus) +>
ILLIDIANCE (Rus)

14.8 Brutal Assault Festival http://brutalassault.edgedesig..n.cz/
05.09 - Tallinn(Estonia) "TBA"
06.09 - Vilnius (Lithuania) "FERRUM RUST FEST"
07.09 - Riga (Latvia) "Mielna Piektdiena"


Please note: the views of the artist are not necessarily the views of the label.

RETH at Obscene Extreme Festival!!!

Next weekend heralds one of Europe's most heavy and uncompromising open air events, that of the mighty Obscene Extreme festival in the Czech republic!

If you're lucky enough to be going, Anticulture's very own explosive grindsters RETH will be hitting the stage Saturday 12th July at 2.15pm with their Herculean performance so don't miss it!!!

New Tangaroa track uploaded!!

Tangaroa are coming, and their fucking up your head!

The congregation of extreme bands formed each year, all hoping to catch the attention of the discerning metalhead, are more often than not ignored in a sea of cliché riffs and tired arrangements. But every now and again, a band stands out amongst the masses. One that turns heads and garners nods of approval.

That band is Tangaroa.

Formed in 1998 in the north of England, they tore their way through several EP releases and it is the time for them to unleash their bastardized form of prog-grind-jazz-metal in the guise of a full length release; One hand for the knife, One hand for the throat.

Coming to you on 09/09/08 'One Hand For The Knife, One Hand For The Throat' takes everything done before, puts it in the barrel of a gun, and blows your face off! The track 'D'ya Hear That Wolf' is now available here with the only description being.. indescribable! One has to listen to this aural madness to at least attempt to define it, let alone understand it. With virtuosity well on display throughout Tangaroa truly match their 'progressive' tag, rather than some to who a few flashy guitar runs is enough.

Tangaroas previous 'creations' have been well received with Kerrang awarding 'Day' a 4/5 review describing the release as a 'Warped musical head-fuck' and 'Unlike anything you've heard before' and this tradition is brought forward to 'One Hand For The Knife, One Hand For The Throat. '

Tangaroa's myspace page (found here) contains the aforementioned new track, as well as artwork preview for 'One Hand For The Knife, One Hand For The Throat'.

Make sure you experience the new tune!

!!!GUTWORM, THE GRIEVING PROCESS & EVISORAX TOUR!!!

Do not miss out on this awesome tour! Catch Gutworm, The Grieving Process & Evisorax on tour across the country at the following dates:

Weds 18 June - Junktion 7, Nottingham
Thurs 19 June - The Racehorse, Northampton - with The Atrocity Exhibit
Friday 20 June - The Giffard Arms, Wolverhampton
Sat 21 June - The Attik, Rushden - Evisorax not at this show
Sunday 22 June - Leeds, Rios
Monday 23 June - The Voodoo Rooms, Sunderland - with Dawn of Chaos

!!!SUPPORT YOUR SCENE!!!

www.myspace.com/gutworm www.myspace.com/thegrievingprocess www.myspace.com/evisorax

!!!Tangaroa new full length album!!!

!!! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE !!!

TANGAROA ALBUM RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED!!

Finally...the wait is nearly over! If you were crying over how deliciously short "Day" was, then Tangaroa's first full length album, mastered by WellerHill Productions, "One Hand for the Knife, One Hand for the Throat" will be released through Anticulture Records on September 8th 2008! It will blow your mind! A progressive colossus of a record, it's uncompromising demeanor is beautiful in its construct and trust us, the term crushingly heavy doesn't even come close! Here's what guitarist Baldi had to say!

"When you finally get your hands on this album it will be dripping with blood sweat and tears! We could have given up so many times but the simple fact that we are so proud of what we have achieved on this album kept us going. Tangaroa, bouncing back!!”

Taking their name from a Polynesian sea-god, Tangaroa are a truly unique hybrid of experimental extreme metal and progressive grind. An abhorrent amalgamation of virtuoso technical abilities and incendiary metal riffs that combine a wealth of styles from black metal, grindcore, hardcore and jazz, and push back the boundaries and concepts of song structures, offering a defiant middle finger response to the current wave of tech-metal pretenders to the throne.

"...a warped musical head-fuck that's certainly metal but quite unlike any you've heard before" - Kerrang!

"Drumming that keeps a solid and often unconventional beat, bipolar vocals that scream and growl as hard as they can, disjointed songs in which structures are played with to the extreme, and utterly staggering guitar work" - Edinburgh Metal Scene.

You can find more information about Tangaroa, and about 'One Hand For The Knife, One Hand For The Throat' then you can check them out on Myspace here!
or on the websites below.

www.tangaroa.org.uk www.anticulture.co.uk

Anticulture Records sign RETH!!!

ANTICULTURE RECORDS SIGN RETH


Get your face to the grindstone, RETH are coming...! "Precursors to Extinction" 9 tracks of out n out grind - released Autumn 2008!


'Reth are dead pleased to be joining forces with Anticulture. We're looking forward to the official release of 'Precursors to Extinction' and to making more ridiculous grind!" bassist Paulie P, Reth.


"Everyone's been excited about Reth and their particular brand of northern grind for ages. I'm really looking forward to working with them on this record - cant wait for the album!' - Jaz, Anticulture Records

Check em out here! and at the Obscene Extreme Festival

here!

'Reth are one of the best, if not the best grind band about today and this release will be heralded as a classic in the future'
Born in Blood Zine

'Supreme Musical Ugliness from Yorkshire Grinders!'
Kerrang!

'As subtle as a jar of hydrochloric acid flung into a child's face. Reth are a true UK force to be reckoned with on the worldwide scene.'
Load of Noise Zine

'the soundtrack to a firework party in a bomb factory.'
Deranged Epidemic

"Wow...I thought Meat Sandwich by Gwar was sh*t but this makes it look like f*cking Metallica... ... I feel sorry for their next door neighbours" - Kornography, Download forum 18 April 08


Check em out...
31st May - Wakefield The Jockey - FREE GIG.
10 Jun 2008 - ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OLIVER'S BAR
12 Jul 2008 - OBSCENE EXTREME FESTIVAL! TRUTNOV, CZECH REPUBLIC w/ Macabre, ENT, CBT, Agathocles, Splitter, Isacaarum + many more - http://www.obsceneextreme.com
26 Jul 2008 - DAVEFEST, NORTH YORKSHIRE - w/ Madman is Absolute http://www.myspace.com/davefestuk
9 Aug 2008 - ESSEXFEST SOUTHEND, THE RAILWAY
23 Aug 2008 - DERBY, FIRST FLOOR CLUB
20 Sep 2008 - BLASTONBURY FESTIVAL - NEWCASTLE THE COOPERAGE -
5 Oct 2008 - ROTTINGHAM FESTIVAL, NOTTINGHAM, OLD ANGEL - w/ Ted Maul,
4-12 April 2009 - UK Tour with My Cross To Bare.