Witch City Music

19/12/2023

This Vast Array makes another top albums of the year list!

https://twitter.com/fuzzdoomrip/status/1736796831995031777/photo/1

14/12/2023

Thrilled to say that Old Mine Universe's "This Vast Array" was ranked in the top ten albums of 2023 by Jamie Laszlo (Sea of Tranquility) [segment starts at 30:30 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAnW7IUJKTw&ab_channel=SeaofTranquility]

01/12/2023

https://twitter.com/TheRecidivists (Rob in the 'Hood) has been doing a 2023 retrospective, and gave a nod to "The Duster" by Old Mine Universe. If you enjoy heavy music, and you're on twitter, give him a follow. BTW - It's Bandcamp Friday! If you don't have a copy of "This Vast Array" now's the time to get it. https://oldmineuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/this-vast-array

07/11/2023

Hey folks. As some of you know, Chris Pew (vocalist in Old Mine Universe) is an amazing visual artist (fine art, costumes, masks). Here is a link to a segment on the popular "The House of Masks" Youtube channel - featuring a mask Chris made. Scroll to 5:35 where the segment begins. Cheers

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thehouseofmasks/MERCH! - https://teespring.com/stores/the-house-of-masksSupport the channel on Patreon - https://www.patr...

27/10/2023

Tide out...

18/05/2023

A new review of THIS VAST ARRAY by Branimir Lokner at TMM!

Old Mine Universe is the newer name to me on underground rock heaven. They are based in Canada, and in its line-up are also members from Latin America. They are also constantly between Canada and South America, but what is most important for all of us who are deeply in the world of rock culture, is....

25/04/2023

Hey friends, check out Erikson Silva (lead guitarist of Old Mine Universe) playthrough his solo on "Sixes and Sevens" from the album THIS VAST ARRAY.

17/04/2023

Hi friends, we're thrilled to let you know that Jamie Laszlo (on the Youtube channel "Sea of Tranquility") just reviewed Old Mine Universe's album THIS VAST ARRAY. Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_9rLMl8n5Q&t=187s&ab_channel=SeaofTranquility

****Jamie's lead-in to the review puts everything it context. That starts at 1:11:25. He digs into THIS VAST ARRAY around 1:13:20***

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Sea of Tranquility (with 83K subscribers) is a daily music talk show covering the genres of heavy metal, progressive rock, jazz-fusion, hard rock, classic rock, blues rock, both new and old.

Also check out the The Contrarians, another Youtube channel where they debate classic albums: https://www.youtube.com/

And, of course, for absolutely all of your hard rock and metal reading, check out Martin Popoff's treasure trove of books: http://www.martinpopoff.com/html/bookslist.html

Cheers

Join the Sea of Tranquility crew for a monthly program where we show off some new music related collectibles and tell the stories of where and how we acquire...

08/04/2023

Congratulations to the winner of the Old Mine Universe hoodie draw! (see video below).

We will reach out to the winner, but if the winner doesn’t claim the hoodie within two weeks, we’ll hold another draw.

And thanks for everybody so far that has supported us.

Just a reminder that you can purchase “This Vast Array” on Bandcamp here:
https://oldmineuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/this-vast-array

26/03/2023

We're pretty thrilled that This Vast Array is making its way on to charts, lists, and podcasts encompassing a variety of genres. Thanks for the play La Próxima Estación!

Programa 157
Afortunadamente he encontrado entre programa y programa un momento para "dar cuerda al reloj que se había parado en la publicación del programa 156" y puedo dedicar algunos minutos a plasmar en "papel" la gran oferta musical que te proponía en esta edición de La Próxima Estación (157). Esta fue su presentación:
He de reconocerlo, me gustaban los conciertos que olían a tabaco. Esas actuaciones donde la música se abría paso entre el humo que difuminaba una escena que pasaba a convertirse en la foto de decenas de noches ante el escenario, donde los músicos navegaban con sus instrumentos por olas blancas que, no sólo amenazaban con hundir el espectáculo, sino también, de llevarse lo poco que quedaba de mi cordura a lo más profundo de mí. Un lugar donde p***s y alegrías se encontraban en una misma barra. Antros en los que el aire no abundaba. Y el poco que se podía respirar, era compartido por todos los que allí estábamos presentes. Una costumbre insana, para una vida demasiado perversa. Aunque, creo que debería cambiar el orden de los factores y tal vez así se ajustaría más a mí, por aquel entonces, “Modus Vivendi”. Una forma de vida que hoy vuelve a dejarme al pie de tu estación: en el 107.4 de Radio Somontano el 107.2 de Siempre Radio FM en Jaén. el 107.4 de Radio Matorral, el 107.3 de Radio Utopía, y el 106.8 de Radio El Álamo Y en formato de unos y ceros: en Perú, RADIO 414. En España, La Zona Eléctrica , en Argentina, CaretaRadio Y en sus formatos digitales, para todo el mundo. Y desde hoy, damos la bienvenida a los oyentes de Fm Sarria Radio a los que acompañaremos en su formato digital todos los martes a partir de las 8 de la tarde. Vayamos en busca del horizonte. Soltemos frenos.

En este episodio escucharemos la Música de:

Lonnie Fisher And The Funeral, whiteblank, The Medium, Old Mine Universe (Witch City Music) , Morton Drax and the Concrete Buffaloes, Shawn Browning, Men I Trust, THE NEW DEATH CULT.

En el espacio reservado a Una Cuestión de Tiempo dedicábamos unos minutos a contarte una historia que incita a escuchar el primer álbum de Howlin' Wolf, "Moanin' in the Moonlight" (1959).

Puedes volver a escuchar el programa en:
https://go.ivoox.com/rf/105187988

24/03/2023

Hello friends. It's been quiet here for a bit (as we've been busy writing songs for our next album). But, we're thrilled to say that we've just made the Doom Charts "27 Club" - which is a little different than the normal Doom Chart rankings. It has its own special meaning. Read on friends, and listen to some great songs. Full quad corns up!
https://doomcharts.com/2023/03/24/doom-charts-peroration-february-2023/?fbclid=IwAR3BV7MVDofIgl0JDyzj9m-HKmcoVARCkAWXIfhJqbayTby2DOaqhsvDmHs

“Turn on your love light… and leave it on.” ~ Ron “Pigpen” McKernan Another Friday in the land of heaviness… Another round of albums for that other Monthly post.…

16/03/2023

Very cool podcast episode friends. Do yourselves a favour and download it. You might hear some contenders for March 2023 Doom Charts in there!

In an unusual twist, our 8 minute plus, multi-part song made it to air --- which is a first! Who plays 8 minute tracks these days? Deathrattle. 🤘

**READY TO DOWNLOAD** https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swoodier/episodes/2023-03-16T04_18_32-07_00

This episode of Deathrattle Podcast has a full payload of nasties to drop on your heads, starting with the psych stoner doom of Merlock and ending with the hardcore/punkish tones of Cliterati. In between I'm featuring more bands whose albums were chosen for Februaries Doom Charts plus one or two serious contenders for March's. The filth pit has, as usual, proven to be bountiful spewing forth some Japanese goregrind from FesterDecay

Munitions supplied by ~

Merlock ( #26 Feb Doom Charts )
Sarcoptes
Wretched Fate
THEY GRIEVE
Air Raid
Slumbering Sun ( #20 Feb Doom Charts)
FesterDecay
Wolves in Winter ( #25 Feb Doom Charts )
Ontborg
Coffinborn
King Abyss
Vittra
Satánico Pandemonium
Woodcreeper
Blood of the Wolf
WiderSin
10,000 Years
Old Mine Universe ( #22 Feb Doom Charts )
Pilgrimage
Victims of Creation
Hemplifier
Divinist Band
Okktli ( #41 Feb Doom Charts)
Cliterati

13/03/2023

For the week of March 6, 2023, Old Mine Universe joined some great bands on the Stoner HiVe's "Top Ten Most Listened Albums".

Make sure to check them out here: https://stonerhive.blogspot.com/2023/03/stoner-hives-top-10-most-listened_13.html?fbclid=IwAR09gZpLMCswpram1Qh-3T368U93aCix78H84ftmsfC5c429GxwIMrACbZI

09/03/2023

Tracks from THIS VAST ARRAY will be played today on CIUT FM 89.5 (TORONTO) on the "Psychedelic Stoner Rock Extravaganza" between 4:00 pm and 4:30 pm EST.

"Psychedelic Stoner Rock Extravaganza" is a great Toronto-based show that airs every Thursday 4-6 pm. We're lucky to have it. And, were are particularly stoked, since Toronto is Old Mine Universe's home base.

You can listen at 89.5 on the FM dial (if you are in range) or else go here: https://ciut.fm/ [there is a player on the home screen]

Thanks to Ken Stowar!

08/03/2023

Folks. Deathrattle Podcast peeled back the curtains to reveal its Dirty Dozen for February 2023 [That is to say, its picks towards the Doom Charts].

Old Mine Universe is honoured to be one of the Dirty Dozen.

Horns Up!

And listen to the podcast here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swoodier

**AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD** https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/swoodier/episodes/2023-03-07T10_37_00-08_00

The twelve albums I contributed to the Doom Charts as my 'best of' list. As usual the 'Dirtry Dozen was mainly dominated by doom and death metal but this month had more of an influx of stoner albums and even a couple of hard/heavy rock releases. The Filth Pit also provided me with one of my albums of the month 'Repulsie Post Mortem by Putred

BONE WEAPON - Thrive Or Starve
"Death/doom that never deviates from its sole purpose of asphyxiation by claustrophobic filth"~ Deathrattle Podcast
https://transylvaniantapes.bandcamp.com/album/bone-weapon-thrive-or-starve

Warp - Bound By Gravity ( #11 Feb Doom Charts)
"Colossal stoner/doom aided by a fantastic mix that swells the sound like a dying sun. Deep, sonorous riffs are lacerated by crystalline licks." ~ Deathrattle Podcast
https://warptlv.bandcamp.com/album/bound-by-gravity

Tramalizer - Fumes Of Funeral Pyres
"There's no room to breathe with this rabid slice of Finnish death metal. Devastating death metal filled with churning riffs and wailing leadwork thats sounds like a spoiled brat clinging to its mothers skirt tails."~ Deathrattle Podcast
https://tramalizer.bandcamp.com/album/fumes-of-funeral-pyres

PÉ ROTO - Tormento
"Destructive Portuguese doom/sludge with added dissonance to the riffs for maximum aural distress. Tormento is an album swollen with bloat, (very) slowly decomposing as you listen to a heaving groove struggling under its own obese weight. The sludge laden depth of these songs are boundless in their extremity, remorseless in their depravity, colossal shambling structures of doom."~ Deathrattle Podcast
https://pe-roto.bandcamp.com/album/tormento

Drug Mother - Rise Witch ( #32 Feb Doom Charts)
https://drugmotherband.bandcamp.com/album/rise-witch

STREET TOMBS - Reclusive Decay
https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/reclusive-decay

OLD MINE UNIVERSE - This Vast Array ( #22 Feb Doom Charts)
"This is a fantastic album from a band with hard rock in its heart and stoner blues in its soul." ~ Deathrattle Podcast
https://oldmineuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/this-vast-array

Just Before Dawn - Battle Sight Zeroing
https://justbeforedawn1.bandcamp.com/album/battle-sight-zeroing

Putred - Repulsie Post - Mortem
https://putred.bandcamp.com/album/repulsie-post-mortem

Atomwinter - Sakrilege
"It's the same crusty doom/death grisliness as previous releases but this time it's all about the death metal riff. Brutality and filth still prevails but Sakrileg is the fastest album the band has yet written despite being weighed down with pustules and scabs.
This album will make even the leprous headbang. " ~ Deathrattle Podcast
https://atomwinter.bandcamp.com/album/sakrileg-2

Eta Lux - High And Low ( #7 Feb Doom Charts)
"High And Low, the third full-length album from these four-piece, North German sandstorm riders, is an absolute treat for longing craving stoner-rock souls from back then as well as today!" ~ SUNDAY‘s HEAVY TUNES
https://eta-lux.bandcamp.com/album/high-and-low

Blackwülf - Thieves And Liars ( #9 Feb Doom Charts)
"I don’t always need crazy experimentation or mold breaking on all my records; sometimes I just want straight ahead heaviness with riffs for days, killer guitar work, and just a kick ass rock swagger that oozes with its pores, like what we get from Thieves and Liars. You get all of that plus their greatest song yet, Psychonaut Edge Of Light, making this the band’s best album till date." ~ Musipedia Of Metal
https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/thieves-and-liars

06/03/2023

Day 1 - pre-production in Ecuador - follow up to THIS VAST ARRAY. Wait.. too soon?

03/03/2023

Hey friends, for heavy rock / psych/ stoner / doom, you can't get any cooler than this! Thanks to the Doom Chart contributors for including Old Mine Universe's album "THIS VAST ARRAY" on their best releases of February 2023.

Lots of great bands to check out on that list. Some of our favs include:

Pelegrin
elegrinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ways-of-avicenna

Jack Harlon and the Dead Crows
https://jackharlon-dawsonthedeadcrows.bandcamp.com/

Abanamat
https://abanamat.bandcamp.com/album/abanamat

“Death is but a doorway, time is but a window, I’ll be back.” ~ Vigo And we are back! Just like clockwork, every damn month again, the Doom Charts are back! The first Friday of th…

03/03/2023

THIS VAST ARRAY made the Doom Charts for February 2023! The Doom Charts is a one-stop shop for the best new heavy albums in the world!

https://doomcharts.com/2023/03/02/doom-charts-february-2023/

28/02/2023

Hello friends, today our band Old Mine Universe completes the full roll-out of its new album “This Vast Array”. In addition to Bandcamp and Youtube, it is now available on all major music streaming platforms including Spotify and iTunes.

Important: We’d like to tell you that if you purchase a digital download or a CD through our Bandcamp site between today and March 6, 2023, we will donate 100% of the proceeds (after any shipping costs and Bandcamp admin fees) to St. Paul’s On-The-Hill Community Food Bank, in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. When making a purchase on Bandcamp there is an option to “send a message to Old Mine Universe”. Just write: “OMU Food Bank Donation” or something similar.

Here are the links, and thanks for listening:

1. Bandcamp: Go here for band bio, album description / credits, lyrics, reviews, and purchase options: https://oldmineuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/this-vast-array

2. Youtube: Go here to listen to the full album on Youtube, on the web’s most popular hard rock/stoner/doom channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPDDfoNt30Q&ab_channel=666MrDoom

3. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3L3Y80FXpBJ24eBwHXUM4i

4. iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/this-vast-array/1668956857

25/02/2023

This Vast Array got some radio airplay last night, thanks to Richie, host of "The Hand of Doom" radio show on WJCU (Cleveland, Ohio).

Ritchie's show runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 and is 100% programmed by him. Every show starts with a Sabbath cut, 30 minutes of classic metal, and then 2 hours of stoned doom - showcasing everything from established stoner bands to new and up and coming bands.

Ritchie's show can be found here (but as a heads up, streaming from your desktop doesn't seem to work) you have to download either the App for Android or IOS, found here:

https://www.wjcu.org/listen/android
https://www.wjcu.org/listen

23/02/2023

Watch....THIS VAST ARRAY... (one minute compilation with animation)

THIS VAST ARRAY is available exclusively on bandcamp until 28 February 2023: https://oldmineuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/this-vast-array

One time only production crew hoodie giveaway: see Witch City Music page for photos and details.

22/02/2023

"My Shadow Devours" by Old Mine Universe featured on Hour of the Riff podcast. Catch it here: https://www.mixcloud.com/HOTR/hour-of-the-riff-episode-313/
.....starting at 30 min mark.

Episode 313 featuring tracks from Abanamat, Santo Rostro, Signo Rojo, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Barren Heir, Old Mine Universe, Hail the Void, Cleõphüzz, Pelegrin and Thomas Greenwood is now streaming on Mixcloud if you missed it on TotalRock last night. Follow the link in the comments to listen.

Thanks to all the bands, PR and labels for hooking me up with another awesome playlist. Please go show your support!

Cheers,

JP

21/02/2023

This Vast Array is currently a hard rock "Best Seller" on Bandcamp!

19/02/2023

It's Tony Iommi's birthday today. Of course, Tony is a huge influence on our band, and many, many other bands in our genre.

I highly recommend that you pick up any of Martin Popoff's books on Black Sabbath, including "Born Again!" pictured below.

Checkout Martin's links:

http://www.martinpopoff.com/
https://www.facebook.com/martin.popoff.9/
and checkout his podcast “History in Five Songs”

19/02/2023

Win an Old Mine Universe crew "hoodie" (seen below). Everyone who buys a full album download or CD from our Bandcamp site: https://oldmineuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/this-vast-array will be entered into a draw to win the hoodie. Only 15 were made and given to production crew. 1 will be held back for this draw. Draw will be held 8 April 2023.