a twisted eulogy to TDG.
Kydoimos Records has released the entire thedowngoing discography on limited edition cassette tape.
That's a whole bunch of absurdist noise and filthy grind to listen to.
Thanks to Alex for putting it together, go support his label and buy some shit.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Saturday, July 12, 2014
rip.
we're done.
it was something.
thanks to anyone who supported TDG, bought merch, booked gigs, released records, gave us a place to crash, fed us, smoked us out or had the misfortune of hearing our tunes.
catch you all later.
it was something.
thanks to anyone who supported TDG, bought merch, booked gigs, released records, gave us a place to crash, fed us, smoked us out or had the misfortune of hearing our tunes.
catch you all later.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
DETROIT//TDG SPLIT OUT NOW
Here it is, the DETROIT//THEDOWNGOING Split Cassette is available now via HYGIENE RECORDS.
pick up one of the hundred pro-cassettes via hygienerecords.storenvy.com
our canadian pals have got more stuff at detroitpv.bandcamp.com/
check out heaps of other rad noise and chuck a facelike to HYGIENE RECORDS
wrap your earholes around this...
pick up one of the hundred pro-cassettes via hygienerecords.storenvy.com
our canadian pals have got more stuff at detroitpv.bandcamp.com/
check out heaps of other rad noise and chuck a facelike to HYGIENE RECORDS
wrap your earholes around this...
Monday, March 17, 2014
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
east west
well, only 8 months between updates...
Last gig for 2013, and it is a big one.
Look at all those illegible metal logos, aren't you just hard as fuck?
Full details on the fb event page HERE
Last gig for 2013, and it is a big one.
Look at all those illegible metal logos, aren't you just hard as fuck?
Full details on the fb event page HERE
Friday, February 1, 2013
GOATSONGS SHIPPING
If you haven't already snagged a copy of the WATER TORTURE/THEDOWNGOING split 7" vinyl through NERVE ALTAR RECORDS you can now order directly from our bandcamp page.
THEDOWNGOING.BANDCAMP.COM
We've also uploaded the tracks from our side of the split, so feel free to Stream/Pirate/Download at Name-Your-Price etc.
GRIND & PUNISHMENT has just reviewed the split saying "Water Torture and thedowngoing are two bands at the peak of their abilities arbitrarily laying waste to the landscape..." and "...the most hostile, abrasive and uncompromising bands working today..."
Read the whole review here
xo. tdg
Monday, January 7, 2013
BEST OF 2012
Another year down.
2012 was a busy year for TDG, with our contribution to the MONOMANIAC COMP SERIES, a huge North American Tour to support our split 7" with WATER TORTURE and the release of ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS.
And what year would be complete without the age-old BEST-OF lists?
ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS snagged the Number 1 spot over at GRIND TO DEATH.COM
Picked up the Bronze for ATYOD at the nets Blastbeat Bible GRIND & PUNISHMENT
Both ATYOD and the MONOMANIAC COMP get some love at PERPETUAL STRIFE
And we even snuck our way onto OPERATION GRINDCORE's list.
Here's hoping we can make 2013 even better.
mat/tdg
2012 was a busy year for TDG, with our contribution to the MONOMANIAC COMP SERIES, a huge North American Tour to support our split 7" with WATER TORTURE and the release of ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS.
And what year would be complete without the age-old BEST-OF lists?
ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS snagged the Number 1 spot over at GRIND TO DEATH.COM
Picked up the Bronze for ATYOD at the nets Blastbeat Bible GRIND & PUNISHMENT
Both ATYOD and the MONOMANIAC COMP get some love at PERPETUAL STRIFE
And we even snuck our way onto OPERATION GRINDCORE's list.
Here's hoping we can make 2013 even better.
mat/tdg
Sunday, December 23, 2012
PTD
Post Tour Depression has set in.
After an amazing time blasting the USA and Canada, thedowngoing has finally earned ourselves a holiday.
We want to thank WATER TORTURE, CLOUD RAT, AARON/NERVE ALTAR RECORDS, every band who we played with along the way, all the new friends we made, and everyone who came out, bought our merch, smoked us out and listened to our heinous grind.
xo
PS. Check out this new digi-comp we're featured on over at Torn Flesh Records
After an amazing time blasting the USA and Canada, thedowngoing has finally earned ourselves a holiday.
We want to thank WATER TORTURE, CLOUD RAT, AARON/NERVE ALTAR RECORDS, every band who we played with along the way, all the new friends we made, and everyone who came out, bought our merch, smoked us out and listened to our heinous grind.
xo
PS. Check out this new digi-comp we're featured on over at Torn Flesh Records
Saturday, November 10, 2012
UPDATED TOUR INFO
THEDOWNGOING & WATER TORTURE
NOV 9th - Ithaca, NY @ The Space w/ Hiroshima Vacation, Temuchin
NOV 10th - Boston, MA @ The Burrow House w/ Twerps, Haldol
NOV 11th - Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron w/ The Communion, Skullshitter
NOV 12th - New Brunswick, NJ @ Ray Cappo’s Cantina W/ Flesh Temple, Cheap Art, Weird Wolf
NOV 13th - Philadelphia, PA @ Cloud City w/ Gash & +hirs+
NOV 14th - Pittsburgh, PA @ Secret skate bowl house w/ Illegals, Future x
NOV 15th - Baltimore, MD @ Nu Haus Cassanova w/ Gash, Cold Inside, Burning Axe
NOV 16th - Washington D.C. @ 1498 Douglas St. NE w/ D.O.C. , Thick Skin
NOV 17th - Greensboro, NC @ Butter Day Ranch
NOV 18th - Raleigh, NC @ Katmandu
NOV 19th - Athens GA @ TBA w/ Gripe
NOV 21st - Dayton, OH @ Casa Demise w/ Pizza Hi-Five, Good Times, Drowner & Forced Opinion
THEDOWNGOING, WATER TORTURE & CLOUD RAT
NOV 22nd - Grand Rapids, MI @ New Grenada Rec Center w/ Yeung & Bruxism
NOV 23rd - Chicago, IL @ Albion House w/ Sea Of Shit, & Rectal Hygienics
NOV 24th - Madison, WI @1818 Park St W/ Mellow Harsher
NOV 25th - Minneapolis, MN @ Medusa w/ Scaphe & Agitate
THEDOWNGOING & CLOUD RAT
NOV 26th - Winnipeg, MB @ Negative Space w/ Putrescence & Plague
NOV 27th - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina
NOV 28th - Edmonton, AB @ The Pinkerton w/ Detroit, Mahria, Flint & Dysplasia
NOV 29th - Calgary, AB @ TBA w/ Rape Revenge
NOV 30th - Vancouver, BC @ Alf House
DEC 1st - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge w/ Black Hole of Calcutta
DEC 2nd - Olympia, WA @ Track House
DEC 3rd - Portland, OR @ The Know w/ Black Hole of Calcutta
DEC 4th - Reno, NV @ Holland Project
DEC 5th - Sacramento, CA @ TBA
DEC 6th - Oakland, CA @ Zombieland w/ No Fucks Given
DEC 7th - Oakland, CA @ Shirley Temple of Doom w/ Negative Standards
DEC 8th - Los Angeles, CA @ Pyrate Punx House w/ Bruce Campbell & LxDxT
DEC 9th - Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
DEC 10th - Phoenix, AZ @ TBA
DEC 11th - Albuquerque, NM @ TBA
DEC 12th - Denver, CO @ Aqualungs
DEC 13th - Kansas City, MO @ TBA
DEC 14th - St. Louis, MO @ TBA
DEC 15th - Bloomington, IN @ Fort Vegan w/ Rat Storm, Lion Eater
DEC 16th - Indianapolis, IN @ IHOP w/ Who Fucking Cares? & This Is The Enemy
more updates to come
Monday, October 15, 2012
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR & WATER TORTURE SPLIT
G'day.
2012 has been a busy year for thedowngoing, but we're not finished just yet.
We're proud to announce that tdg will be teaming up with Buffalo's Powerviolence wrecking ball WATER TORTURE for a SPLIT 7" VINYL due for release on November 11th through NERVE ALTAR RECORDS.
First taste is the new single "UNWATCHED SNUFF"
And we're going to be spitting chunks of noise all across North America with Water Torture, and with Michigan's CLOUD RAT as thedowngoing play a huge 38 shows across the East Coast, Mid-West, Canada and West Coast during November and December.
We'll have copies of the WATER TORTURE//TDG split 7", MONOMANIAC comp, ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS, 2011's UNTITLED EP and some other merch available for the tour... so come check out some vicious noisegrind.
FULL DATES:
NOV 7th - Buffalo, NY @ TBA
NOV 9th - Ithaca, NY @ The Space @ Greenstar w/ Murderedman, Hiroshima Vacation, Temuchin
http://www. facebook.com/events/ 462479993774051/
NOV 10th - Boston, MA @ The Burrow House w/ Twerps, Haldol
NOV 11th - Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron w/ The Communion, Skullshitter
http://www.facebook.com/ events/212668982194633/
NOV 12th - New Brunswick, NJ @ Ray Cappo’s Cantina W/ Flesh Temple, Cheap Art, Weird Wolf
http://www.facebook.com/ events/247932105329554/
NOV 13th - Philadelphia, PA @ Cloud City w/ Gash & +hirs+
NOV 14th - Pittsburgh, PA @ Secret skate bowl house w/ Illegals, Future x
http://www. facebook.com/events/ 128566107291152/
NOV 15th - Baltimore, MD @ Nu Haus Cassanova w/ Gash, Cold Inside, Burning Axe
http://www.facebook.com/ events/456805494363445/
NOV 16th - Washington D.C. @ 1498 Douglas St. NE w/ D.O.C. , Thick Skin
http://www. facebook.com/events/ 438026582899645/
NOV 17th - Greensboro, NC @ TBA
NOV 18th - Raleigh, NC @ TBA
NOV 19th - Athens GA @ TBA w/ Gripe
NOV 21st - Dayton, OH @ Casa Demise w/ Pizza Hi-Five, Good Times, Drowner & Forced Opinion
https:// www.facebook.com/events/ 374216219323308/
THEDOWNGOING, WATER TORTURE & CLOUD RAT
NOV 22nd - Grand Rapids, MI @ New Grenada Rec Center w/ Yeung & Bruxism
NOV 23rd - Chicago, IL @ Albion House w/ Sea Of Shit, & Rectal Hygienics
http://www.facebook.com/ events/441117589264726/
NOV 24th - Madison, WI @1818 Park St W/ Mellow Harsher
NOV 25th - Minneapolis, MN @ Medusa w/ Scaphe & Agitate
THEDOWNGOING & CLOUD RAT
NOV 26th - Winnipeg, MB @ Negative Space w/ Putrescence & Plague
http://www.facebook.com/ events/183395848452309/
NOV 27th - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina
NOV 28th - Edmonton, AB @ The Pinkerton w/ Detroit, Mahria, Flint & Dysplasia
http://www.facebook.com/ events/323089154453658/
NOV 29th - Calgary, AB @ TBA w/ Rape Revenge
NOV 30th - Vancouver, BC @ Alf House
DEC 1st - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge w/ Black Hole of Calcutta
DEC 2nd - Olympia, WA @ Track House
DEC 3rd - Portland, OR @ The Know w/ Black Hole of Calcutta
DEC 4th - Reno, NV @ Holland Project
DEC 5th - Sacramento, CA @ TBA
DEC 6th - Oakland, CA @ Zombieland w/ No Fucks Given
DEC 7th - Oakland, CA @ Shirley Temple of Doom w/ Negative Standards
DEC 8th - Los Angeles, CA @ Pyrate Punx House w/ Bruce Campbell & LxDxT
http://www. facebook.com/events/ 482046078481338/
DEC 9th - Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
DEC 10th - Phoenix, AZ @ TBA
DEC 11th - Albuquerque, NM @ TBA
DEC 12th - Denver, CO @ Aqualungs
DEC 13th - Kansas City, MO @ TBA
DEC 14th - St. Louis, MO @ TBA
DEC 15th - Bloomington, IN @ Fort Vegan w/ Rat Storm, Lion Eater
DEC 16th - Indianapolis, IN @ IHOP w/ Who Fucking Cares? & This Is The Enemy
http://www.facebook.com/ events/230456200415930/
2012 has been a busy year for thedowngoing, but we're not finished just yet.
We're proud to announce that tdg will be teaming up with Buffalo's Powerviolence wrecking ball WATER TORTURE for a SPLIT 7" VINYL due for release on November 11th through NERVE ALTAR RECORDS.
First taste is the new single "UNWATCHED SNUFF"
We'll have copies of the WATER TORTURE//TDG split 7", MONOMANIAC comp, ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS, 2011's UNTITLED EP and some other merch available for the tour... so come check out some vicious noisegrind.
FULL DATES:
THEDOWNGOING & WATER TORTURE
NOV 7th - Buffalo, NY @ TBA
NOV 9th - Ithaca, NY @ The Space @ Greenstar w/ Murderedman, Hiroshima Vacation, Temuchin
http://www.
NOV 10th - Boston, MA @ The Burrow House w/ Twerps, Haldol
NOV 11th - Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron w/ The Communion, Skullshitter
http://www.facebook.com/
NOV 12th - New Brunswick, NJ @ Ray Cappo’s Cantina W/ Flesh Temple, Cheap Art, Weird Wolf
http://www.facebook.com/
NOV 13th - Philadelphia, PA @ Cloud City w/ Gash & +hirs+
NOV 14th - Pittsburgh, PA @ Secret skate bowl house w/ Illegals, Future x
http://www.
NOV 15th - Baltimore, MD @ Nu Haus Cassanova w/ Gash, Cold Inside, Burning Axe
http://www.facebook.com/
NOV 16th - Washington D.C. @ 1498 Douglas St. NE w/ D.O.C. , Thick Skin
http://www.
NOV 17th - Greensboro, NC @ TBA
NOV 18th - Raleigh, NC @ TBA
NOV 19th - Athens GA @ TBA w/ Gripe
NOV 21st - Dayton, OH @ Casa Demise w/ Pizza Hi-Five, Good Times, Drowner & Forced Opinion
https://
THEDOWNGOING, WATER TORTURE & CLOUD RAT
NOV 22nd - Grand Rapids, MI @ New Grenada Rec Center w/ Yeung & Bruxism
NOV 23rd - Chicago, IL @ Albion House w/ Sea Of Shit, & Rectal Hygienics
http://www.facebook.com/
NOV 24th - Madison, WI @1818 Park St W/ Mellow Harsher
NOV 25th - Minneapolis, MN @ Medusa w/ Scaphe & Agitate
THEDOWNGOING & CLOUD RAT
NOV 26th - Winnipeg, MB @ Negative Space w/ Putrescence & Plague
http://www.facebook.com/
NOV 27th - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina
NOV 28th - Edmonton, AB @ The Pinkerton w/ Detroit, Mahria, Flint & Dysplasia
http://www.facebook.com/
NOV 29th - Calgary, AB @ TBA w/ Rape Revenge
NOV 30th - Vancouver, BC @ Alf House
DEC 1st - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge w/ Black Hole of Calcutta
DEC 2nd - Olympia, WA @ Track House
DEC 3rd - Portland, OR @ The Know w/ Black Hole of Calcutta
DEC 4th - Reno, NV @ Holland Project
DEC 5th - Sacramento, CA @ TBA
DEC 6th - Oakland, CA @ Zombieland w/ No Fucks Given
DEC 7th - Oakland, CA @ Shirley Temple of Doom w/ Negative Standards
DEC 8th - Los Angeles, CA @ Pyrate Punx House w/ Bruce Campbell & LxDxT
http://www.
DEC 9th - Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
DEC 10th - Phoenix, AZ @ TBA
DEC 11th - Albuquerque, NM @ TBA
DEC 12th - Denver, CO @ Aqualungs
DEC 13th - Kansas City, MO @ TBA
DEC 14th - St. Louis, MO @ TBA
DEC 15th - Bloomington, IN @ Fort Vegan w/ Rat Storm, Lion Eater
DEC 16th - Indianapolis, IN @ IHOP w/ Who Fucking Cares? & This Is The Enemy
http://www.facebook.com/
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
monomaniac comp hits the net
yep.
thedowngoing is featured on the awesome MONOMANIAC 7" COMP series put together by BLASTBEAT MAILMURDER and features a whole swag of extreme music from all over the world.
Volume 1 features: CLOUD RAT (USA), DETROIT (CA), SETE STAR SEPT (JAP), BODY HAMMER (USA), HEAD CLEANER (GR), DIOCLETIAN (NZ), THE HOWLING WIND (USA), SEMPITERNAL DUSK (USA) & THIS IS PAST (GR)
Catch Volume 1 streaming over at CVLTNATION.com right now...
And if you dig what you hear, get your hands on a physical copy through the BLASTBEAT online-store
Friday, September 7, 2012
last shows in oz
it's true
Australian have 2 more chances to see thedowngoing before we venture off to play A THOUSAND GIGS in the ol' U S of A and Canada in November and December.
Friday Sept 28th - Newcastle
Sunday Sept. 30th - Sydney
CVLT DRO)))NING FUNK NOISE GRIND ATTACK!
more news about the USA tour and shit in the next few weeks.
mat/tdg
Australian have 2 more chances to see thedowngoing before we venture off to play A THOUSAND GIGS in the ol' U S of A and Canada in November and December.
Friday Sept 28th - Newcastle
CVLT DRO)))NING FUNK NOISE GRIND ATTACK!
more news about the USA tour and shit in the next few weeks.
mat/tdg
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
blastbeatin' hipness
Hey there.
The perpetually ahead of the curve HIPNESS AS A SECOND LANGUAGE blog has reviewed ATYOD and has thus declared: "...the tightrope walk that goes on between noise and musicality makes it a must for fans of truly insane experimental grindcore."
While any Europeans would be advised to pick up a physical copy of ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS through Panos over at BLASTBEAT MAILMURDER
And speaking of, the details concerning the first 7" MONOMANIAC COMP SERIES have come to light.
Look at this fucking killer line-up...
CLOUD RAT (USA)
DETROIT (CAN)
SETE STAR SEPT (JAP)
BODY HAMMER (USA)
HEAD CLEANER (GR)
DIOCLETIAN (NZ)
THE HOWLING WIND (USA)
SEMPITERNAL DUSK (USA)
THIS IS PAST (GR)
thedowngoing will be contributing 3 tracks to the Comp to make up exactly 60 seconds of noise.
The tracks are "Littered", "Floorboards" & "Hibakusha (reprise)"
The 7" will be available in September through BLASTBEAT PROD.
mat/tdg
Monday, August 6, 2012
post-tour lull
tour: complete.
big thanks to everyone who came and checked out tdg, lent us gear, housed us, fed us and kept us alive on the road.
While we were in Melbourne, we spoke with Matheson about being scummy over at AUSGRIND in the first edition of the Kitchen DIY interview series.
And ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS collected some more props, this time from UNDERGRIND.NET
"...an unadulterated wall of high craze all-abrasive Noise Grind that knows no equal..."
+ some dates for late September in Newcastle and Sydney
mat/tdg
big thanks to everyone who came and checked out tdg, lent us gear, housed us, fed us and kept us alive on the road.
While we were in Melbourne, we spoke with Matheson about being scummy over at AUSGRIND in the first edition of the Kitchen DIY interview series.
And ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS collected some more props, this time from UNDERGRIND.NET
"...an unadulterated wall of high craze all-abrasive Noise Grind that knows no equal..."
+ some dates for late September in Newcastle and Sydney
mat/tdg
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
ATYOD reviews drop in.
"...every other band with pretensions of being extreme should be fucking embarrassed."
ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS is starting to spread like some sort of noise virus.
The net's Grind Bible GRIND & PUNISHMENT has reviewed ATYOD, and it seems that we are totally brutal. "...very few bands earn adjectives like "brutal" and "violent" and "unrelenting" the way this band does. There are only a handful of bands working right now that deserve to be mentioned in conjunction with that thedowngoing are bringing to the table."
While tdg gets the Zombie Apocalypse treatment over at OPERATION GRINDCORE
"This music is the soundtrack to ear rape, and bath salt induced face eating"
Unless you live under a rock you should have heard what all the fuss it about by now...
Purchase/stream/pirate from thedowngoing.bandcamp.com
Download from grindcorekaraoke.com/album/a-thousand-years-of-darkness
Watch on youtube
mat/tdg
ATHOUSANDYEARSOFDARKNESS is starting to spread like some sort of noise virus.
The net's Grind Bible GRIND & PUNISHMENT has reviewed ATYOD, and it seems that we are totally brutal. "...very few bands earn adjectives like "brutal" and "violent" and "unrelenting" the way this band does. There are only a handful of bands working right now that deserve to be mentioned in conjunction with that thedowngoing are bringing to the table."
While tdg gets the Zombie Apocalypse treatment over at OPERATION GRINDCORE
"This music is the soundtrack to ear rape, and bath salt induced face eating"
Unless you live under a rock you should have heard what all the fuss it about by now...
Purchase/stream/pirate from thedowngoing.bandcamp.com
Download from grindcorekaraoke.com/album/a-thousand-years-of-darkness
Watch on youtube
mat/tdg
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