Future Noise v3.0 - Gigs and PR for Metal, Doom, Drone, Sludge, Stoner, Grind and Noise

For those unaware Future Noise have been promoting Metal and Doom in the Manchester area since 2002, for more info on what we're about, see our About page and keep an eye on our news bulletin below for our latest goings on and don't forget to check out the Gigs page for any up & coming events we're holding.

17/12/08

Rise To Thunder 'Master of Infinite Wisdom' CDr is now sold out and while on the subject of Rise To Thunder, you can now get their latest album 'Slagnoramus' for the measly sum of £5 (UK) / £6 (Overseas) direct from www.negatropolis.com.

15/12/08

Future Noise are proud to be teaming up with DFFD to bring you Wolves In The Throne Room, the date is the 1st February 2009 with support TBC, please also note this is a Sunday show so doors will be a little earlier than usual and will finish with enough time for people to catch the last train/bus home, more details to follow soon.

11/12/08

Unearthly Trance and Ramesses will be playing for Future Noise on Wednesday 15th April 2009 which will be part of their 3rd European Tour together and will also coincide with the release of their split 10" through Future Noise Recordings.

Other news, we have now started started to book the Beehoover/Blackshape of Nexus UK tour which will take place in September 2009, a rough tour route can be found on our tours page and interested parties wishing to help out, please email us for more info.

24/11/08

Advanced tickets sales for the Ufomammut/Lento & Grief/Trap Them gigs on Tues & Weds have finished but don't fret if you haven't got a ticket as you can still pay on the door, damage is £8 per night.

Other news, in place of the cancelled Ufomammut/Lento gig on the 26th November, Malleus will now be putting on an Art Expo at the Notting Hill Arts Club, London.

18/11/08

UNEARTHLY TRANCE / RAMESSES – 10" Vinyl (FUN007)

Future Noise Recordings proudly announces our forthcoming release in the form of a limited 10" split vinyl, featuring two exclusive recordings by the deadly brotherhood of Unearthly Trance & Ramesses. "Sabbath of Spirals" is a previously unreleased gem by Unearthly Trance now re-worked into a new dimension, and "The Glorious Dead" by Ramesses is a brand new war-torn exploration of the blackened kind. Set for a spring 2009 release to commemorate the band’s third European tour together, this long awaited split will also come with a poster and stickers!!!

15/11/08

Black Sun, The Sontaran Experiment & They Are Cowards are planning a few outings together, only 1 date confirmed at the moment which is 31st Jan 2009 at The Tunnels, Aberdeen, more dates to be added soon and will be listed on our Tours page.

We are pleased to be working with Beehoover & Black Shape of Nexus for a full UK tour next Sept 2009, more news as and when its confirmed will be announced.

30/10/08

Italian Sonic Instrumentalist Morkobot are the latest band to join the ever growing fnPR roster, check out their PR page at www.future-noise.co.uk/pr/morkobot.php.

16/10/08

Black Sun have now been confirmed to play Roadburn 2009 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland on Thursday 23rd April, other bands playing this festival include Neurosis, Amebix and St Vitus featuring Wino!

08/10/08

Another date for your diary as Future Noise will be sponsoring the Firebird, Charger, Space Witch gig at The Rigger, Newcastle-under-Lyme on Thursday 22nd January 2009, more news & flyer to follow soon.

26/09/08

If you don't want a combined ticket for the 2 Day Extravaganza, you can now purchase tickets online for either the 25th November with Ufomammut, Lento & Rise To Thunder or the 26th November with Grief, Trap Them & Volition, price is £8 each. Please note, payment is via PayPal (which also accepts credit card payments) and no tickets will be sent out, simply print out & bring with you your confirmation email to collect on the night, more info on how to order can be found on our Gigs page.

We've also added another gig to our Tours page as we'll be helping to promote Space Witch, LAMO, The Sefton Delmer & (((Infrasound)) when they play The Glebe, Stoke-on-Trent on Friday 24th October.

24/09/08

Tickets for the Ufomammut/Lento/Rise To Thunder & Grief/Trap Them/Volition 2 Day Extravaganza on the 25th - 26th November are now on sale priced just £13 for both nights! For more information on how to order, visit our Gigs page.

20/09/08

Future Noise are proud to announce that the dates for the up and coming Ufomammut & Lento UK tour which is sponsored by Plan B Magazine, Rock A Rolla, Bad Acid & The Sleeping Shaman and the dates are as follows:

25th Star & Garter, Manchester (w/ Rise To Thunder)
26th Monkey Cafe, Swansea (w/ Suns Of Thunder)
27th The Fly(Bar Fly), New Oxford St., London ( w/ TBA)

And to join this update, we've also added a new Tours page to the website which will feature all the gigs Future Noise are helping to promote.

17/09/08

3 new reviews have been added to the Lazarus Blackstar 'Tomb of Internal Winter' page from Terrorizer Magazine, Zero Tolerance Magazine and Load Of Noise zine which you can read at: www.future-noise.co.uk/releases/lazarusblackstar_tomb.php

15/09/08

Firstly, a massive thanks to the bands, everyone who helped out and of course the people that turned up yesterday for Grind To Groove III, we just hope you had as a good a day as we did!

Secondly, supports have now been confirmed for the 2 Night Extravaganza on the 25th-26th November, Stoke's instrumentalists Rise To Thunder will be playing on the Tuesday 25th with Ufomammut & Lento and Barrow's very own despondent doomers Volition will share the stage with Grief & Trap Them on Wednesday 26th. It is more than likely we will be issuing tickets for these gigs, but more news & confirmation will follow soon.

And lastly, we're also helping out Load Of Noise for their next gig which is on the 24th September at the Retro Bar with The Freezing Fog, Hot Bone & Crawe, see poster below.

12/09/08

Grief, that's right folks, you read correct, Grief along with Trap Them have been confirmed to play for Future Noise on Wednesday 26th November which will be part of a 2 Night Extravaganza featuring Ufomammut & Lento on Tuesday 25th, more info will follow very soon about tickets, in the meantime, we'll see you all on Sunday at Grind To Groove III with Esoteric, bring it on!

05/09/08

Future Noise are proud to announce that Stoke's psychedelic warlords Space Witch have joined our PR roster.

01/09/08

Lazarus Blackstar 'Tomb of Internal Winter' CDEP is now available to purchase online for £5 (UK) or £6 (Rest of World), prices include shipping and for more information on how to get your hairy palms on a copy, click here.

29/08/08

Thanks to both the bands that played and everyone that turned up last night to help make it a storming gig and for those that didn't get a copy of Lazarus Blackstar 'Tomb of Internal Winter' CDEP, it will officially go on sale on Monday morning via this very website, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

Next up is Grind To Groove III with Esoteric on 14th September, flyer is now online (thanks Toby for the beast of a design!) and if your planning on coming, print it off and bring it along with you to get in for £8, otherwise it'll be £10 on the door.

19/08/08

Some of you may have heard the sad news that Limbic Riot have called it a day and as a consequence have sadly had to pulled out of the gig at the Star & Garter on the 28th September.

Never fear though as the ever loyal They Are Cowards have stepped in as a last minute replacement so the running order is now They Are Cowards, Space Witch and Lazarus Blackstar and don't forget, this is a FREE gig so we hope you'll all come out, show your support and help make this launch party a night to remember!

07/08/08

Future Noise are off on their annual holiday tomorrow so please note any orders made after midday today will not be shipped until Monday 18th August.

The poster for the Lazarus Blackstar EP release and 6 years of Future Noise party is now also online, click below for a larger version and thanks as usual go to Toby @ Design Void.

01/08/08

Info for our next release, Lazarus Blackstar 'Tomb of Internal Winter' CDEP is now online, although please note, online sales will not available till its official release on 1st September 2008 but copies will also be sold at the CD's release party on 28th August @ The Star & Garter, more info on this and our other gigs can be found here.

There's also been some updates to the PR pages for Malleus, Supernatural Cat & Load Of Noise.

28/08/08

THE FUZZBASTARDS ARE BACK!!!!

UK Legends Charger return with new a website, check it out at www.fuzzbastards.com, also an interview at www.thesleepingshaman.com and a planned EP on Future-Noise Recordings this coming winter, catch them live at:

Grind to Groove III - 14th Sept, Star & Garter, Manchester
Black Swan Festival - 27th Sept, Bath Racecourse, Lansdown, Bath
Rottingham - 18th Oct, Old Angel, Nottingham

24/07/08

Load Of Noise in association with Future Noise will play host to Northern Doomers Volition, with support from Bastard Of The Skies, Berserkowitz & They Are Cowards @ Retro Bar, Manchester on Monday 4th August, doors open at 7.30pm and damage is just £4.

23/07/08

A bit of a delay in getting this live as our lazy webmaster had the cheek to go away for a few days, anyway, its with regret to announce that Dog Kicked In Half won't be able to play at the Lazarus Blackstar release party on 28th August, however, all is not lost as the psychedelic grooves of Stoke's Space Witch have now been confirmed as their replacement.

The line-up for 'Grind to Groove III' sponsored by Zero Tolerance Magazine on the 14th September at The Star & Garter Manchester has now also been confirmed as follows:

Esoteric
The Sontaran Experiment / Stuntcock
Charger
Gonga
Volition
They Are Cowards
Jonathan Ross

Doors will open at 2.30pm and the damage is £8 with flyer (coming soon!) or £10 on the door.

12/07/08

As promised, here's the details of our up and coming gigs:

On Thursday 28th August 08 @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, we will not only be celebrating 6 Years of Future Noise, but also the release of Lazarus Blackstar's darkest chapter 'Tomb of Internal Winter' CDEP, bands playing are Lazarus Blackstar, Limbic Riot & Dog Kicked In Half (although these are still to be confirmed). And as a way to thank all those that have supported us through thick & thin over the last 6 years, this gig will be FREE ENTRY, yes you read correct FREE ENTRY!! So you really have no excuse!

The 'Grind To Groove' All Dayer returns for its third installment on Sunday 14th September 08 @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, Esoteric have been confirmed to headline this and we hope to announce the rest of the line up very soon!

On Thursday 13th November 08, we have The Star & Garter, Manchester booked, as yet we're still awaiting confirmation on who is scheduled to play, but we just thought we'd make you aware of this date so you can pencil it into your diary.

And finally, on Tuesday 25th November 08 @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, Ufomammut make there welcome return to the UK bringing with them recording & label cohorts Lento, Malleus will once again be supplying visuals for this gig and support is still to be confirmed.

Phew...we hope that's enough to wet your appetite and as usual, keep an eye on this website or our forum as news as and when its confirmed will be announced.

09/07/08

On September 1st 2008, Lazarus Blackstar will release their EP 'Tomb of Internal Winter' which features 3 tracks of crust blackened doom via Future Noise Recordings, more news along with ordering information will be announced shortly.

04/07/08

As promised, Stuntcock vs The Sontaran Experiment CD is now back in stock! So if you missed out first time around, you can now order your copy direct from Future Noise for £5 (UK) & £6 (Overseas) including shipping, more info here.

04/06/08

We can now confirm that Future Noise will be handling the booking & managment side of things for northern Doomers Volition, so if you think you can offer them a gig, please get in touch, in mean time, check out their website at www.volitiondoom.co.uk.

30/05/08

Future Noise will be supporting 2 up and coming gigs:

3rd July 2008 with Charger, The Bendal Interlude, Dragged Into Sunlight & Crawe at Korova, Liverpool, Doors 7.30pm £4 damage.

4th July 2008 with The Sontaran Experiment, Space Witch & They Are Cowards at The Bandstand, Hanley, Stoke On Trent, Doors 7.30pm £3 damage.

21/05/08

We're pleased to announce Glasgow Doomers Black Sun have joined the fnPR roster.

05/05/08

They Are Cowards will be releasing their debut, self titled CD-r via Future Noise Recordings (FUN006) this coming Thursday (8th May) just in time for their first ever gig at The Star & Garter! More news to follow very soon!

26/04/08

Poster now online for the Gloomy Sunday gig on Thurs 8th May (see below), please note as well, there'll be no tickets sales for this gig as it'll be just £5 on the door.

24/04/08

Firstly, we hope that everyone who attended this years Roadburn had a good a time as we did so I guess its time we now get back to some kind of normality, starting off with a revamp of the PR page which now features Ufomammut, Lento, Supernatural Cat, Malleus & Load Of Noise, information on the latter 3 is a little thin on the ground at the moment, but we hope to be adding to these pages over the coming weeks.

19/03/08

Gloomy Sunday, Lazarus Blackstar, Black Sun & They Are Cowards will be playing for Future Noise as part of their UK tour on Thursday 8th May, at, where else, The Star & Garter. They Are Cowards have also been added to the ever growing Future Noise PR roster and you can view their page here, and lastly, there's also some new images been added for The Sontaran Experiment, see you all on Thursday at Weedeater!

13/03/08

We have had to remove online orders for Stuntcock vs The Sontaran Experiment CD as basically, The Sontaran Experiment have been going down a storm while on tour with Gallhammer and THEY NEED UM!! Never fear though as we're currently looking at getting it re-pressed for those that still want a copy.

10/03/08

We are very proud to announce the next release (FUN005) via Future Noise Recordings will be for the mighty Lazarus Blackstar, the yet to be titled EP is set for a summer 2008 release, more info coming soon so watch this space.

18/02/08

No ticket pre-sales for Weedeater on the 20th March, it'll be just £7 On The Door.

05/02/08

Future Noise are proud to announce that fuzzbastards Charger have now been added to our PR roster, click here for more details.

24/01/08

We'd like to thank Pete Load Of Noise zine for getting us involved with the extra promotion on the 23rd Jan, it was good to see a few FN regulars in a different venue.

Stoke's Psychedelic stoners Rise To Thunder have also been confirmed as support for Weedeater and Stinking Lizaveta on Thursday 20th March.

19/01/08

Weedeater & Stinking Lizaveta have now been confirmed to play The Star & Garter, Manchester on Thursday 20th March for Future Noise, support for the night and ticket prices will be confirmed soon.

17/01/08

The Sontaran Experiment are supporting Gallhammer on their up and coming UK tour, dates can be found on their PR page here.

03/01/08

Load Of Noise Zine in association with Future Noise presents The Freezing Fog, Apes Fight Back, Limbic Riot & Berserkowitz, the date is Weds 23rd Jan 08 and the damage is just £4! More info can be found on our Gigs page.

01/01/08

Overseas PayPal payment buttons have now been added for Stuntcock vs The Sontaran Experiment & Rise To Thunder CD's.

30/12/07

From all at Future Noise we'd just like to say THANKS!!!! to everybody who played, turned up or was involved in anyway shape or form this year. 'Volume Over Profit Crusade 2008' begins with Baroness, Kylesa and Bastard Of The Skies on Wednesday 30th Jan 08 @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, damage is just £7 On The Door.

07/12/07

We're proud to annouce that Stuntcock vs The Sontaran Experiment & Rise To Thunder 'Master of Infinite Wisdom' CD's on Future Noise Recordings are OUT NOW! Both are available to buy online via PayPal for £5 incl P&P, for more info visit our Label page.

20/11/07

Baroness & Kylesa have now been confirmed as our first gig in 2008! The date is Wednesday 30th January and the place, The Star & Garter, Manchester, support for the night comes from Blackburn's Bastard Of The Skies.

19/11/07

We're proud to announce the latest addition to our Future Noise PR family, The Sontaran Experiment, an intense mix of Crushing Doom, Ferocious Blastbeats and Harsh Electronics featuring none other than Stuntcock instigator and Lazarus Blackstar vocalist Paul Catten, you have been warned! Check out their PR page here.

As with Brant Bjork & the Bros tickets for Leaf Hound will still be available till around 2pm Wednesday afternoon, any purchases made from now on will be held on the door and picked up in person on the night and likewise, if you don't managed to get a ticket, you'll be able to pay £9 On The Door.

12/11/07

Welcome to the new look Future Noise website and along with the redesign, we've also revamped the PR page, bands featured include Archer, Bastard Of The Skies, Lazarus Blackstar, Limbic Riot, Raucous, Rise To Thunder, Stuntcock and last, but by no means least Voltion, info at the moment is a little thin on the ground, but this will be updated over the coming weeks.

We're also excited to announce 3 new releases for Future Noise Recordings from twisted noise maniacs Stuntcock/ The Sontaran Experiment, heavy stoners Rise To Thunder and sludgers Bastard Of The Skies, masters and artwork are being worked on as we speak, so we hope to bring you more news on these very soon!

Our forum is also now online, its a collaboration between us and The Sleeping Shaman so we hope you'll all pop over, register and join in with the chat, the address is www.thesleepingshaman.com/forum.

Lastly, tickets for Brant Bjork & the Bros will still be available till around 2pm Wednesday afternoon, any purchases made from now on will be held on the door and picked up in person on the night. If you don't managed to get a ticket, don't worry as you'll be able to pay £10 On The Door.

24/10/07

It is with regret to announce that the Sourvein UK tour has been cancelled and will sadly no longer be playing for Future Noise on the 4th December. On a brighter (or should that be doomier!) note, Atavist and The Sontaran Experiment/Stuntcock collaboration have stepped in to play along side Rise To Thunder on the 4th which we hope you'll still come out and support, more info to follow soon!

18/10/07

Stoke's Psychedelic Stoners Rise To Thunder are now confirmed as support to Sourvein, also the poster for Brant Bjork and the Bros is now online, our thanks once again go to Toby at Design Void for doing an awesome job!

12/10/07

Tickets for Leaf Hound / Winters / Gentlemans Pistols are now available direct from us via PayPal for £7.75 incl postage, for more info click here.

09/10/07

Gentlemans Pistols have joined Leaf Hound & Winters on 21st November, ticket info to follow shortly.

01/10/07

Tickets for Brant Bjork and The Bros are now available direct from us via PayPal for £8.75 incl postage, for more info click here.

20/09/07

Our thanks once again go out to everyone who came out to support Unearthly Trance, Ramesses & Stuntcock last night and we've also got some support slots confirmed for the remainder of our gigs in 2007! Firstly heavy rock and rollers Winters will be joining Leaf Hound on the Weds 21st November also Zangief & Limbic Riot finish off the line up with Blood Island Raiders & Volition on Thurs 29th November, further info as usual can be found on our Gigs page.

09/09/07

Firstly, a big thanks to everyone who came out to High On Fire last Monday, we just hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Yet another date for your diary, Brant Bjork & The Bros return to Manchester on Weds 14th November to play for Future Noise at The Star & Garter, support for the night comes from Suns Of Thunder, speaking of support, Volition have now been confirmed to play with Blood Island Raiders, and lastly, Atavist have sadly had to pull out as support to Unearthly Trance, this doesn't effect the gig in anyway and doors will still open at 7.30pm so we hope to see you there.

30/08/07

Tickets for High On Fire are still available for Mondays gig, but don't worry if you can't get one before then as you'll be able to pay on the door on the night. Other news, Sourvein will be making their welcome return to Manchester on Tuesday 4th December at The Star & Garter and the venue for Leaf Hound on Wednesday 21st November has also been confirmed as our spiritual home, yup you've guessed it, The Star & Garter, more news on ticket prices & support bands to follow soon.

13/08/07

Two Gigs for November have now been confirmed, first up we have cult psychedelic rockers Leaf Hound who play Manchester on Weds 21st November (venue yet to be confirmed) then we have metal warlords Blood Island Raiders on Thurs 29th November at The Star & Garter, Manchester. Support & ticket prices for both gigs is still to be confirmed so stay tuned for news on these as well as some interesting gigs we have in the pipeline for later in the year.

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