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The Body

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The Body: Jamie Questions Drummer Lee Buford

28th October 201315th September 2019 Jamie Grimes Christs Redeemers, Interview, Jamie Grimes, Lee Buford, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

For over a decade or so now, The Body have been navigating fascinating, often disturbing musical terrain. Their musical trajectory

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New THE BODY Video For ‘To Attempt Openness’ Made By Visual Artist Alexander Barton

17th October 2013 Lee Edwards Alexander Barton, Blood Reflects, Christs Redeemers, New Video, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records, To Attempt Openness, US Tour 2013

Hot on the heels after the release of the down right creepy video for ‘An Altar Or A Grave‘, heavy

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THE BODY: New Video Released For The Track ‘An Altar Or A Grave’

27th September 2013 Lee Edwards An Altar Or A Grave, Christs Redeemers, New Video, News, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

After releasing the track ‘To Attempt Openness‘ earlier this month via Soundcloud which Pitchfork described it as “so dense and

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The Body ‘Christs, Redeemers’ CD/LP 2013

11th September 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Atmospheric, Christs Redeemers, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Review, The Assembly Of Light Choir, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records, Work/Death

There is currently nobody else, to my mind, who does religious apocalypse like The Body. Truly, we’re talking about a

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New Bone Crushing THE BODY Track ‘To Attempt Openness’; New Album ‘Christ, Redeemers’ Out 14th Oct

10th September 2013 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Callers, Christs Redeemers, New Album Details, News, The Assembly Of Light Choir, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records, To Attempt Openness, Work/Death

It has been said by more than a few intrepid listeners that THE BODY is the most brutal band on

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THE BODY Prepare To Unleash New Album ‘Christs, Redeemers’ Via Thrill Jockey On 14th Oct

5th August 2013 Lee Edwards Christs Redeemers, New Album Details, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

It has been said by more than a few intrepid listeners that THE BODY is the most brutal band on

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The Body ‘Master, We Perish’ CD/12″/CS/DD 2013

17th May 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 12", 2013, At A Loss Recordings, Cassette, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Master We Perish, Noise-Rock, Revelations, Sludge, The Body

When 2010’s ‘All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood’ was released, The Body established themselves as a band

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THE BODY Signs To Thrill Jockey Records; New Full Length Album Due Later This Year

26th April 2013 Lee Edwards At A Loss Recordings, Master We Perish, News, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

Portland based progenitors of aural horror THE BODY have signed with Thrill Jockey and will be releasing a full-length with

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THE BODY: Video Documents Mass Suicide Aftermath, Caustic Soundtrack

11th April 2013 Lee Edwards At A Loss Recordings, Master We Perish, New Album Details, New Video, News, The Body, The Ebb And Flow Of Tides In A Sea Of Ash

Deep in the rural vastness of the upper Northeastern region of the country, white birch and conifer bodies now mournfully

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THE BODY Preaches End-Time Sermon Through New Hymn At Pitchfork

30th March 2013 Lee Edwards At A Loss Recordings, Audio Stream, Master We Perish, New Album Details, News, Pitchfork, The Body, The Ebb And Flow Of Tides In A Sea Of Ash

Even though recent warnings of new hymns from apocalyptic sludge ministers THE BODY have been released, you have failed to

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ASSEMBLY OF LIGHT: Track From Debut Album Streaming At Brooklyn Vegan

7th August 2012 Lee Edwards Assembly Of Light, At A Loss Recordings, Audio Stream, Braveyoung, Brooklyn Vegan, New Album Details, News, The Assembly Of Light Choir, The Body, Transition

Today, Brooklyn Vegan is hosting a stream of “Transition,” the second track from the pending self-titled debut album from Rhode

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