Chelsea Wolfe performs “16 Psyche” and “Spun” in the King Arthur Court at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago, IL for Audiotree. 

Chelsea Wolfe will be headlining CRUCIALFEST 8 – this September in SLC.
Early bird tickets available HERE // tour info @ chelseawolfe.net

Chelsea Wolfe will be performing live on KEXP at 1pm PST on Saturday, May 5th, 2018. Mark your calendars…

Via Revolver.

Several years ago, a British company developed Vantablack, a material “so dark that the human eye cannot understand what it is seeing.” Officially recognized as the world’s darkest manmade substance, it absorbs virtually all visible light, creating the visual effect of a black hole on any surface it covers.

Should Vantablack ever find itself in want of a sonic companion, it need look no further than Chelsea Wolfe. With an essence and aesthetic embodying all things dark, the enchanting singer-songwriter has made a name for herself as a subculture sorceress, casting a spell on fans of acoustic, folk, drone, goth rock and extreme metal.

Shortly after the aforementioned optic void was unleashed upon the world, Wolfe released a fitting musical accompaniment with Abyss in 2015, her most eclectic and ambitious record to date. The aptly titled album explored new depths of her trademark sound, with pulsing electronics and distorted, downtuned guitars adding yet another layer of darkness to the cavernous niche she’s carved in alternative music’s dismal underworld.

When the world first gazed into Abyss, the album gazed back with a vengeance. Prior to its release, Wolfe’s oeuvre was mostly colored with stripped-down acoustic songs and dark folk serenades, as well as a brief detour into electronic experimentation on her fourth studio album, Pain Is Beauty. The incorporation of pounding industrial rhythms and thundering doom metal riffs on Abyss sent shockwaves through her legion of dedicated followers, with many longtime fans hailing the album as her finest work.

What next emerged from the abyss was another creature altogether. In September of last year, Wolfe released Hiss Spun, her sixth full-length record and the first to fully expand upon the doom, post-metal and sludge influences hinted at in her earlier work. She released the album through Sargent House, a Los Angeles-based label that has handled all of her studio recordings since her debut, The Grime and the Glow, in 2010. Recorded at GodCity Studio by Kurt Ballou, guitarist with metalcore heavyweights Converge (with whom Wolfe collaborated on the 2016 Blood Moon tour), Hiss Spun draws inspiration from grunge and industrial artists like Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails.

The result was the heaviest and most aggressive record in Wolfe’s catalogue, made possible in part by contributions from Troy Van Leeuwen, from Queens of the Stone Age (who toured with Wolfe in 2014), and Aaron Turner, vocalist and guitarist of Isis. Far from the delicate dirges of her early records, Hiss Spun is Wolfe’s definitive rock & roll album. The culmination of lifelong influences, the album’s heavier undertones trace back to her roots in rock music.

Named after a Joni Mitchell song, Wolfe was perhaps destined for a life of singing and songwriting from birth. She inherited her earliest musical influences from her father, a country musician who introduced her to artists like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath at an early age. In nearly a decade of writing music and performing around the world, her body of work has grown from a handful of frail, ghostly ballads into a sinewy, towering beast, only becoming stronger with each release.

From the bare-bones folk of her first recordings to the grungy doom of her latest work, Wolfe has created her own shade of black with masterful precision. Through it all, the gloomy siren’s haunting voice has led the way deeper into the darkness, giving us no choice but to close our eyes and follow. She is currently supporting industrial metal heavyweights Ministry on the nationwide “AmeriKKKant” tour, which stops by the Hard Rock Live on Thursday.

New episode of Hypnos Hour with Chelsea Wolfe: žal / úzkost  – Airs today (April 16) on Red Bull Radio at 3 PM PST HERE

Chelsea selects songs to soothe during times of heartache or anxiety, including IO Echo, Low, serpentwithfeet and IAMX.

“I started off the year with songs about love, romance and sex, and this month I’ve put together a group of songs about heartbreak. Not necessarily about a breakup or relationship, but songs that feel soothing in any time of heartache or anxiety. Sometimes, when you’re dealing with heartbreak, you need sad songs, to fully dive in and feel it all. You have to feel it in order to move on. And sometimes you need uplifting songs, to pull you out of the anxiety and weight of it all, to remember your own freedom, power, passion — to lose yourself and find yourself again.” – Chelsea Wolfe

Full review by Velvet Devoe and Shannon Claire via KZUM
Photos by Shannon Claire

The hardy crowd at The Bourbon Thursday night welcomed doom metal songstress Chelsea Wolfe for the artist’s first performance in Lincoln. Overhearing more concert goers than not stating they were there for and eager to catch Wolfe’s act was not only surprisingly pleasant to hear, but assurance for an attentive crowd.

Attentive they were. Wolfe’s howling vocals and weeping guitar, supported by the manic fluidity of her bandmates, left the full house of concert goers at The Bourbon captivated throughout the duration of their set. Backed by guitarist Bryan Tulao, Wolfe and Tulao dance with and around each other instrumentally. Ben Chisholm, Wolfe’s cohort aka production partner in crime, was no short of perfection multi tasking between keys, bass and electrics, as well as longtime hometown friend and drummer Jess Gowrie. Both Gowrie and Chisholm relationship with Wolfe span decades and are palpable in Wolfe’s conceptual makeup, especially on her most recent album, Hiss Spun.

Wolfe’s discography spans almost 10 years with six studio albums produced, and bits and pieces of them were scattered throughout her set that night. Hearing personal favorites such as “Demons” from her 2011 album Apokalypsis and “After The Fall” off of  Abyss (2015), to crowd favorite “Feral Love” released in 2013 on Pain is Beauty. These three tracks alone stood out to showcase the array of sounds that come with Chelsea Wolfe. Where these songs contrast each other from prog rock to folk industrial and goth pop, are yet greatly savored with and deeply rooted in the sounds of doom metal. Wolfe also performed tracks off her most recent album Hiss Spun like “16” Psyche, another crowd favorite.

Wolfe is looking to expand her loyal fan base this year, hence the opportunity and current tour with Ministry. Speaking with Wolfe on X-Rated: Women in Music last week, her and Ministry crossed paths last year in France at the annual festival Hellfest, and later discovered that Ministry was looking for tour support in 2018. This tour takes them both all over the US this month landing in Austin, TX on April 28. Wolfe and Ministry will also tour together this summer in Europe.

To learn more about Chelsea Wolfe, the making of her recent album Hiss Spun, and if she prefers Doc Martens to Mary Janes, listen to the podcast interview below.

Full Chelsea Wolfe + Ministry review via KZUM

Chelsea Wolfe has added headlining dates in Europe. More information and tickets HERE.

JUL 05 Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
JUL 06 Hannover, DE @ Indiego Glocksee
JUL 07 Koln, DE @ Gebaeude9
JUL 09 Karlsruhe, DE @ Jubez +
JUL 10 Esch-Alzette, LUX @ Kulturfabrick +
JUL 12 Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo +
JUL 14 Dour, BE @ Dour Festival
JUL 15 Nijmegen, NL @ Valkhof Festival
JUL 17 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City *
JUL 18 Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABC *
JUL 20 Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall *
JUL 21 London, UK @ The Forum *
JUL 23 Belfast, IE @ Limelight *  
JUL 24 Dublin, IE @ Tivoli *
JUL 25 Bristol, UK @ SWX *
JUL 28 Zurich, CH @ Mascotte
JUL 29 Milan, IT @ Circle Magnolia
JUL 30 Munich, DE @ Feierwerk
AUG 01 Rijeka, HR @ Trsatska Gradina
AUG 02 Budapest, HUN @ A38
AUG 04 Vienna, AT @ Arena
AUG 05 Prague, CZ @ Lucerna Music Bar
AUG 07 Leibzig, AT @ Arena
AUG 09 Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
AUG 10 Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
AUG 12 Hamburg, DE @ Kampnagel International Summer Festival
AUG 14 Poznan, PL @ Tama

w/ Emma Ruth Rundle +
w/ Ministry *

George Clarke of Deafheaven joins Chelsea Wolfe at the House of Blues in Anaheim.

The hugely influential and often controversial American industrial-metal outfit Ministry hit the House of Blues in Anaheim on Thursday, March 22, as part of their AmeriKKKant tour. In support was the highly lauded experimental singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe. Special guest Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory performed with Ministry and George Clarke of Deafheaven joined Chelsea Wolfe for a special performance.

All photos by Levan TK (Instagram: @levan_tk)

Full article HERE

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