* BARONESS (Sludge - USA) sortira son 3ème album chez Relapse le 17 juillet. Nommé Yellow & Green, il s'agira d'un double album! Le groupe vient d'annoncer son tracklisting:
CD 1: 1. Yellow Theme - 2. Take My Bones Away - 3. March To The Sea - 4. Little Things - 5. Twinkler - 6. Cocainium - 7. Back Where I Belong - 8. Sea Lungs - 9. Eula
CD 2: 1. Green Theme - 2. Board Up The House - 3. Mtns. (The Crown & Anchor) - 4. Foolsong - 5. Collapse - 6. Psalms Alive - 7. Stretchmarker - 8. The Line Between - 9. If I Forget Thee, Lowcountry

Accident
Posted: August 15, 2012

Baroness were in a serious bus accident last night near Bath, England. The band members and crew are recovering at local hospitals. All tour dates are postponed until further notice.

More updates to come.

Radio Metal a écrit:ITV news rapporte que BARONESS a été victime aujourd’hui, 15 août, d’un accident de bus pendant leur tournée en Angleterre, leur tour-bus (photo ci-contre) ayant fait une chute d’une hauteur de 9 mètres environ du haut d’un viaduc près de Bath (au sud-est de Bristol).

L’accident a eu lieu à 11h30 ce matin. On compte neuf blessés dont deux qui étaient restés coincés et ont dû être secourus par les pompiers. Sept personnes ont été conduites au Royal United Hospital de Bath avec des blessures mineures. Deux autres souffrant de blessures plus sérieuses ont été emmenées au Frenchay Hospital de Bristol.

Le groupe avait joué la veille à Bristol et se rendait à Southampton.

Un message de la maison de disques Relapse Records (relayé par Pitchfork) n’offre pas plus de détails sur l’accident mais annonce déjà que le reste de la tournée européenne (dont leur passage au Pukkelpop le 17 août en Belgique) est annulé.

Évidemment, dans cette situation, nous ne nous étonnons pas de ne trouver pour le moment aucune information provenant directement du groupe.

The band members of Baroness and their crew are recovering from injuries sustained after their tour bus crashed outside of Bath, England early on Wednesday morning.

John Baizley has broken his left arm and left leg. Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured vertebrae. All three remain in the hospital as of this writing. Pete Adams has been treated and released from the hospital.

Three of the five crew members who were on the bus have also been treated and released. One member is still undergoing testing. The driver of the bus remains in critical condition.

Please stay tuned for further updates. Thank you for all the support during this extremely difficult time.

Thank you to all of you who have been sending the tidal wave of positivity our way. We are uplifted by its sheer magnitude, and power. Every single one of you is making our days and nights easier and our recovery quicker. Thank you all so much, we are truly lucky to have such incredible people on our side. A sincere and heartfelt thank you from each of us to each of you.

- Baroness

Savannah, Georgia-based quartet BARONESS was involved in a road accident on August 15, 2012 in England when the band's tour bus reportedly plummeted for 30 feet over a viaduct after going through a security barrier during heavy rain. Nine people, including the four members of the group, were sent to the hospital, two of them with serious injuries. BARONESS frontman John Baizley and guitarist Peter Adams have since played a handful of acoustic shows and the band has scheduled an appearance at this year's Bonnaroo festival, set to take place June 13-16 in Manchester, Tennessee.

Baizley has now issued the following update on BARONESS' current status and future activities:

"Nothing can truly prepare you for a brush with death. The event is unique one, singular to the observer. Trust me, you don't want to invite the experience.

"Our bus accident left indelible marks, external and internal, physical and mental, you name it. Each of the nine of us went through and continues to go through an entirely different, yet common experience. We are tied to each other by a trauma, which, despite its damage, has been made individually easier through our shared ordeal. While I would never wish the incident on anyone, I cannot imagine going through that wreck alone.

"Thankfully, injury was not dealt out evenly; unfortunately, it was dealt in great supply. Each of the nine of us now finds our self in a drastically different circumstance, and we each move forward accordingly.

"There are two important things to note. First, we are all healthy. We are recovering at different rates, and we'll all be fine in the end. Second, BARONESS has made a commitment to pick up where we left off, and get back out on tour, where we belong. In fact, I am personally staking my recovery on this principle; it gives me direction and something to look forward to (finally).

"However, for some of us, the accident necessitated a change that would prevent them from performing music or touring. It is with sadness that we must announce that [bassist] Matt Maggioni and [drummer] Allen Blickle will not continue touring with BARONESS. The details of their departure are not sensational; they do not come with hard feelings. Nor are the details going to be public; suffice it to say we'd like to keep to ourselves the finer points of this situation, to respect the privacy of all involved.

"While the nine of us must respect the significance of the bus accident in Bath, we must also move away from it and get back to our lives. Simply put, some of the effects and injuries were severe enough to prohibit further activity in BARONESS.

"While we would never have asked them to leave; we have the utmost sympathy for this situation, and in earnest, we wish Matt and Allen the best in the future. In their stead, we have found two musicians who can approach our music with passion and vitality and help get us back out on tour to finish what was seemingly cut short last August."