"Perfect Picture of Wisdom and Boldness, the 2nd album from Oakland California's THE MASS further refines the band's unique brand of malevolent indie-thrash, oozing a crawling heaviness not apparent on earlier releases. Crushing, epic, and melodic...moving beyond the hyperkinetic seizures of the band's 2003 debut full length City Of Dis (released in January 2005), here THE MASS whip out blazing, staccato riffs and multifaceted vocal attacks that knife through complex structures and sludgy, epic elegies, as wicked saxophone melodies interweave with angular crunch and creepy nocturnal post-rock. Like a stuttering, bat-winged Bay Area thrash metal outfit arming itself with Louisville/Chicago schooled math-thug asymmetry, pounding dirges, and fierce,evocative mutant jazz flourishes while lobbing some whopping bonged-out grooves. THE MASS continues to evolve its cryptic heaviosity."
--Crucial Blast 2005
HISTORY: 2003 - Present
March 2003: THE MASS record debut full length album "City Of Dis" at Louder Studios in San Francisco with famed producer Tim Green (THE FUCKING CHAMPS, UNWOUND, DONNAS, MELVINS).
October 2003: UK label MONOTREME releases "City of Dis" in Europe/UK markets to critical fanfare.
September 2004: THE MASS embark on successful European tour with Monotreme labelmates LOWER FORTY-EIGHT.
January 2005: North American re-release of "City of Dis" on CRUCIAL BLAST, featuring revised artwork and live video footage.
January 2005: THE MASS return to famed LOUDER STUDIOS compound and, alongside wizard-like producer Tim Green, craft epic, dense, confusing-as-fuck second full-length release titled "Perfect Picture of Wisdom and Boldness." 8 songs, 56 minutes, much girth.
April 2005: THE MASS hit the road in support of THE FUCKING CHAMPS, touring the southwest and midwest. New friends are made, many beers consumed.
September 2005: CRUCIAL BLAST releases "Perfect Picture of Wisdom and Boldness" all over North America. THE MASS embark upon first-ever full US tour. Destruction and nationwide rioting ensue.
October 2005: UK label MONOTREME releases "Perfect Picture of Wisdom and Boldness" in Europe/UK markets. THE MASS return to Northern Europe/United Kingdom territories for planned, travelling live act of musical wreckage. Human heads melt.
March 2006: THE MASS plays it's first show with new bassist Andy Lund. The carnage continues.
Dec. 2007: THE MASS release "Holocene 6" EP. 4 songs of epic brutality recorded by Tim Green and available at CDBaby. Numerous Myspace comments ensue.
"The tunes are eruptive affairs, very consciously constructed in an art rock or prog vein but never lacking a certain fluid momentum all their own.The band members are virtuoso instrumentalists and can muscle throgh moments of artifice with ease. A particular song can invoke any variety of rock heavitude--ponderous headbanging, kinetic DC punk, hunched over grindcore, squalling free-noise breaks, wailing hard rock, and massively crunchy black metal riffage."
- Josh Wilson, SF BAY GUARDIAN
FINALLY OUR "this is not a PROMO '09" IS ONLINE!!!! SURREALISTIC ROCK FROM OUTER SPACE Directly from Planet Magritte 41, in January 2008 Golcondha landed on that little piece of ground you call Italy.Our crazy plan is to conquer human minds by means of our music, and we're looking for music labels, live clubs or magazines evil enough to help us... golcondha@gmail.com myspace.com/golcondha facebook.com/golcondha
next releases: - 1/4 morto - discography+unreleased&live tracks CD (kings of italian fastcore) - tsubo/agathocles - split 7" (ITA powergrindcore/BEL master of mincecore) - sposa in alto mare/deprogrammazione - split 7" (ITA grindcore/ITA grindcoreblackmetal) - z.a.t. - dentro l'inganno CD (ITA mix of oldskull hardcore&violent punk from respira'zine guys) still hot: - cgb - morte di un microfono CD (oldskull hardcore active from 1987) - intothebaobab - s/t CD (hardcorestreetpunkoi, young guys with great attitude) - minkions - stop thinkin' start drinkin' (a mix of early dri/suicidal tendencies and italian oldschool HC)
a lot of hardfastdisbeatcrustsludgepowerviolencestenchgrindcoreanarcopunx in distro. look at the distrolist in the blog section.
Peculiar Pretzelmadness descends on San Francisco Tuesday night at Hemlock Tavern. Stomping and hollering with old and true comrades in arms, Deathat and Corpus Collasum! $7!
Hey The Mass, I'm stopping by your page to say "High!!" & if you want to hear another track that's up, "Attack Of The Mushroom People," you can stop by my page & check anytime you're feelin' it! blessings to you! Pablo
Thank you very much for da Link Up & Sharing the Music Nice to meet you through cyber link! Luv your tunes & keep up da Great Work! Wishes you All da Best in 2009! Enjoy your Weekend!
Hey Metal Inc. is coming to the Redhouse in Walnut Creek on the 24th of july. The address is 1667 Botelho dr Walnut Creek ca 94591. It will be $10 at the door with everything getting started at 7pm. Also playing will be Sonic Discharge, Cold Grave, Matchless Overthrow, and Falling to Pieces. we hope to see you there and make sure to say our name at the door and go ahead and check out of page for more upcoming shows near you. Stay Thrash
Hi. I'm Marco from Italy and i'd like to introduce my electronic/ambient project to you: "Banshee Nova". I released my debut LP today and i'd be really happy if you would download it (absolutely for free, of course). It's some kind of a instrumental voyage through 2100 a.d Africa.
You can reach myspace page to download the album. As always, any comment, insult, praise, mail or salute is really appreciated. bye ;)
All our CDs are on sale!! $7.50 each!! Get yours now before they go back to the regular price. In addition to the sale prices, we are still giving away (FREE) with every order, a Beneath the Fog Compilation CD. 70:00 of underground metal from all over the world.
Thanks for adding Beneath the Fog Productions. Sorry for the long delay in sending a comment... We have 7 new CDs available at reasonable prices, and free shipping. Check out our online store, hope you like our selection. Again, thanks for adding us.
