after a hectic beginning of the year we took a little gig break through July, but we can’t stay quiet for long so here’s what’s coming up…

5th August: Silver Apples + Pram @ Hare and Hounds
We’re extremely excited to host the great grandaddy of electronica, Silver Apples created what are now widely regarded as the first rock-orientated albums to utilise electronic techniques.
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13th August: Tunng + Health & Efficiency @ mac
Twisted pop wonders perform at mac’s outdoor arena
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8th September: Modified Toy Orchestra @ Town Hall Birmingham
After international performances to critical and audience acclaim, MTO return to their hometown for this UK premiere of their new album Plastic Planet, performed using only modified toys.
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29th September: Josephine Foster and the Victor Herrero Band @ Hare and Hounds
One of the most enigmatic, luminious and enlightening American singers of her time
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11th October: Red Sparowes @ Hare and Hounds
Epic, instrumental songs that manage to pummel you into submission
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PLUS more Supersonic Festival announcements to come, watch this space as they say

This bit of footage makes us SUPER excited about Godflesh playing SUPERSONIC in October.
Tickets from
www.theticketsellers.co.uk
www.seetickets.com

from 19th of April tickets also available from:

Swordfish Record Shop
Cheltenham House
14-16 Temple St, Birmingham, B2 5BG
0121 633 4859

Polar Bear
10 York Rd
Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7RZ
0121 441 5202

Formed by Justin Broadrick, a one-time member of Napalm Death who’s collaborated on various projects with Kevin ‘The Bug’ Martin and also leads Jesu, Godflesh are considered legends in the Birmingham experimental music scene that birthed Surgeon, Scorn, Regis and more. They were also a pronounced influence on the apocalyptic dubstep of Skull Disco, as well as various metal bands throughout the ’90s.

READ FULL ARTICLE Factmag.com

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https://www.capsule.org.uk/supersonic/

Saturday was our final memorabilia collecting day at City 10 in Wolverhampton, it was a great day with some fantastic pieces brought in and a rad soundtrack provided by Dunc and Bill.

A spot of Black Sabbath colouring in

One of the regulars…

For all the family (this kid was wearing a ‘Sleepyhead’ Motorhead t-shirt!)

Killer DJ skills

Uber fans

And some great memorabilia!

Go to http://www.homeofmetal.com/ for more memorabilia and Home of Metal news…

Rob Haynes speaks to avant metal pioneer Justin Broadrick about getting the gang back together for a series of hellish shows…

The thunderous rock heritage bequested the world by the Midlands of England took a startlingly effective turn for the brutal in the late 1980s. Taking the genetic strain of genre progenitors Black Sabbath and the magnificent yob-metal/ punk blend that was Stoke’s Discharge, in 1987 Birmingham’s Napalm Death announced their arrival by inserting the rocket-fueled suppository of their Scum album into the extreme scene. Guitarist on that debut was Justin Broadrick, whose fidgety musical imagination led him to depart after one side of their debut release, first to the drum stool of cult alt-noisers Head of David and then on to a project he could call his own – the mighty Godflesh. Amid the fertile noise scene as it stood, Godflesh – with Broadrick on guitar and vocals, GC Green (Benny to his friends) on bass, and an appropriately relentless drum machine – hit a midway point between the neurotic spite of Big Black and the death-knell hammer blows of Swans.

Read full Justin Broadrick interview on The Quietus
Godflesh play their first UK show in over 10 years &  join Swans, Melt Banana, Voice Of The Seven Thunders, Lichens and many more for this years Supersonic Festival 22nd – 24th OCTOBER
Weekend Tickets available here: www.theticketsellers.co.uk
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Following the news that the 2010 edition of Birmingham’s acclaimed annual Supersonic Festival will be headlined by SWANS, Capsule are hugely excited to announce the second headlining act, GODFLESH. Acclaimed by many as founders of the industrial metal movement, Godflesh will be returning to their Birmingham roots to play the band’s first UK show in over 10 years. Tickets are now on sale!

Featuring band members Justin Broadrick (ex-Napalm Death and Head of David) and Benny Green (ex-Fall of Because), Godflesh will be bringing their crushing, apocalyptic sound back home to Birmingham in only their second show since they disbanded in 2002.
“We cannot even recall specifically the first Birmingham Godflesh show. Oddly, we think it was supporting Suicide in 1988, just after the release of our first Mini LP on Swordfish, the record label of Birmingham’s best record shop. So it’s only natural that the first Godflesh UK show in its original form in over 10 years, comes home to its birthplace, and for whom better than Supersonic, the organisation responsible for keeping Birmingham on the map with underground music, be it metal or otherwise. It is with great pleasure that Godflesh returns to its roots.” – Justin Broadrick, Godflesh

This rare and exceptional performance by GODFLESH forms part of a series of line up announcements for Supersonic 2010. Also confirmed are with many more exciting acts and artists to be revealed in the coming weeks and months.

Buy tickets: www.theticketsellers.co.uk
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It’s been a grey, rainy day in Wolverhampton so a big thank to you all who came down to the shop to pay us a visit today.

Fans have brought down some great artefacts including this scrapbook with a page dedicated to Judas Priest

A bit of Black Sabbath colouring in…

Come along tomorrow when Steve Gerrard will be photographing fans in their band t-shirts and we’ll be playing some records – let’s hope for sun…

If you can’t make it to Wolverhampton, you can submit memorabilia direct to http://www.homeofmetal.com/

Home of Metal @ City 10, Queen Square, Wolverhampton