Illinois-based post-metal crew Minsk are teaming up with fellow Swiss metallers Zatokrev for a new album split release, BIGOD. Now, Minsk premiere a brand new song, "The Chalice And The Dagger", summoning walls of doomy guitar and strong, melodic vocals over a slow-burning six minutes. BIGOD will be out in stores October 5th through Consouling Sounds.

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Minsk is extremely excited to announce a special collaboration with their friends from across the sea, the ever inspiring Swiss metallers Zatokrev. They will release a split album, entitled Bigod, which will see the light on October 5th via Consouling Sounds and Czar Of Crickets Productions. An European tour featuring both bands will also follow the album's release. More details about the album will be coming soon.

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As they are about to release their first new album in six years, Minsk have graced us with a full stream of their new offering, The Crash & The Draw. You can listen to the 76 minutes of material here. The Chicago post-metallers worked alongside Sanford Parker ( Twilight, Voivod, Eyehategod, Yob etc.) on this record.

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With the official unveiling of The Crash & The Draw, the imminent new full-length from Illinois post-metal unit Minsk now less than one month away, they have presented the album's eighth movement, "The Way Is Through," for communal ingestion. You can be the judge of the 9-minute track after you listen to it at this location.

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Minsk fans had to wait six years for another new album from the band. Set to drop via Relapse Records this spring, the post-metal band's new musical offering is called The Crash & The Draw and today you get to hear a piece from it. The song "To The Garish Remembrance Of Failure" is available for your listening pleasure below. Satisfy your curiosity now and beware the heaviness!

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Minsk fans rejoice because the band's new album is finally dropping in April! After a six-year slumber, the follow-up to 2009's With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone is called The Crash & The Draw and has been scheduled for release on April 7th 2015 in North America through Relapse Records. To build up the anticipation, you can check out the album's cover art as well as the tracklist below. Get ready!

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Now that they are back and working on a new album, Americans Minsk just announced a co-headlining tour with Floor across Europe for April 2015. If you want to check out the band live, tickets are on-sale now via all the usual outlets. See the tour poster below for more information and all the dates of the trek.

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While fans were pleased to hear Minsk's hiatus ended last year, they will be even more pleased to know that the post-metal band has entered the studio to begin work on their new full-length record and first in over 5 years. After a two-year hiatus, "the band has been reinvigorated and has written their most ambitious material to date." The album is being recorded at Earth Analog studios outside of Champaign, Illinois throughout July/August and produced by long-time collaborator Sanford Parker. The as-of-yet untitled album will see an early 2015 release via Relapse Records.

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Two years ago, Minsk announced an indefinite hiatus. Luckily for fans, the band started writing new material last year and has now officially ended their two-year hiatus. This year, Minsk is also celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their very first show and will return to the live arena.

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Swedish black metal band Marduk has issued the following statement about having the band's appearance in Minsk, Belarus, cancelled: "The Prosecutor General's Office has banned Swedish black metal band Marduk from playing a show in Minsk, Belarus."

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For those of us Metalstormers who love the truly awesome, amazing, crushing wall of sound which is Minsk, it is time for a Saturday Feel Bad. The band is now on indefinite hiatus. Woe is us. From their facebook page:

Dysfunction, Sad News, Indefinite Hiatus...
by Minsk on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 9:56am

We regret to have to say that for the immediate and indefinite future, Minsk will be on a continued hiatus. In the recent months, it's been increasingly difficult to answer the question "what is up with Minsk?" Truthfully, I don't think anyone has a definitive answer. It doesn't feel like we've done everything that we intended to do or exhausted the creative space that Minsk occupied. But times and people change.

We had been slowly working toward a new album, which we all spent a week recording this past December. And we introduced two new individuals into the family with the additions of Jeff Hyde and Aaron Austin, two long time friends and generous collaborators. But the way forward seems insurmountable at this point. Nothing about this band has ever been clear cut, or easy, or predictable. And we're unable to see the future once again. There desire to create and explore new approaches still exists at the same time we have to let go of what has been.

We would certainly like to extend the greatest thanks to all the friends and allies we've made over the years, all the fans and kindred spirits that have urged us on during the best and worst of times, and to our friends and family without whose continued love and support none of this would have been possible. Once again we find ourselves soul searching and reflecting. And more certainly needs to be said at some point.

In the coming days and weeks, we will continue to use this space to remember what Minsk has been and has accomplished these past eight years and to highlight the whole host of Minsk-related projects currently in motion. Thanks again for all the love and support.

But before you ponder seppuku at this news, the band is named after a city which has shown historical resilience too invasions and razings. So who knows, maybe they, too, like their namesake, will return and rebuild. Or at least finish that album they mentioned working on and go out with a (sonic) boom.

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