We will be returning to the UK in April 2013 for a string of headlining UK dates in conjunction with the excellent Prog Magazine. Main support for provincial shows will be the almighty Purson, whilst main support for the…

  Nick Savic from Prog-sphere.com has listed his top 30 albums of 2012 and our album The Black Chord took the #2 spot - just under OM's – Advaitic Songs! Thanks Nick.

 

Over at Revolvermag.com, Dan Briggs, bassist of Between the Buried and Me, picked his 5 favorite albums of 2012. We're honored that The Black Chord made it to #4 on his list. Thanks Dan!

 

 
The Black Chord made it to #17 on SPIN Magazine's 20 Best "Metal" Albums of 2012 list! Thanks for the love SPIN.
 

  Our album The Black Chord is #5 on Popmatters.com The Best Progressive Rock (and Metal) of 2012 list with a great write up by Craig Hayes. Thanks Craig!

 

Scion Label Showcase presents Roadburn Records @ The Roxy. A live recorded event featuring Enslaved, White Hills, Earthless and Astra.

FREE ENTRY @ THE ROXY WITH RSVP! ALL AGES.
RSVP with a valid email address is strictly required.

Early…

We're happy to announce that we'll be returning to Holland to play the Roadburn Festival 2013 Afterburner event on Sunday April 21st at the 013 Venue. Can't wait!

Here is a newly posted interview that I recently did with Mark Kadzielawa at 69 Faces of Rock. Have a look!

In addition to the news of our upcoming European tour suppoting Anathema this Fall, our label, Rise Above Records has announced that we will be playing dates in the UK and Scotland next April 2013.

Here is their …

We're headlining this show at the Casbah in San Diego on August 31st. This will be San Diego's own Joy's record release show. Dahga Bloom, Shiva Trash and California 666 also play. As usual there will be amazing old…

We are happy to announce that we will be on tour in Europe supporting ANATHEMA from October 16th to November 3rd!

October:

16 - Marseille, France - Le Cabaret Aleatoire
17 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo…

San Diego invades LA on Saturday, July 21st! This could be the happening of the summer! ASTRA and friends play HM157 in LA. Click on SHOWS at the top menu for detailed info on this show.