VALVE (FRA)

Born in Paris in 2010, VALVE is a Sludge and Post-metal infused blackened Hardcore band. After an eponymous demo in 2012, the band recorded its first LP ‘’Apnée’’ in 2015 with sound engineer Sylvain Biguet (Comity, Revok…). The release of ‘’Apnée’’ was followed by several European tours (France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Danemark, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria…) between 2015 and 2017, sharing stages with the likes of Eagle Twin, Death Engine, Ingrina, The Prestige, Yautja, Ramesses, Year of no Light, Coilguns… VALVE will be back in the fall of 2022 with the release of their 2nd LP ‘’Thermoclines’’, recorded live and mixed at Swan Sound Studio by Guillaume Doussaud (Burning Heads) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. The album will be available from French label Itawak Records and German label Moment of Collapse Records.

tears of fire : founder Magus Faustoos  had to flee from his homeland Iran in the late 1990s, because his music was viewed as subversive to the state and Magus – just like numerous colleagues from Iran – was even arrested for this. TEARS OF FIRE describe their music as Funeral Doom with the influence of old Iranian music. It’s a mix of oriental music, funeral doom and black metal.
These influences of oriental music give the band its ultimate style, independence and a transcendence, which in its mantra-like presentation pulls the audience more and more under its spell. There is no escape.
The singing, mainly performed in Fârsi, between growling and ‘crazy sounding screams’ creates an atmosphere that sounds like hell, but means liberation.

we took our way unto the nearest woods seating ourselves within a darksome cave such places heavy saturnists do crave where yet the gladsome day has never seen nor phoebus' piercing beams had ever been.