Darkly industrial debut from Dublin metal newcomers. A curious combination of atmospherically intense, at times droning, industrial metal and more traditionally melodic hard rock sensibilities, this brooding, spring heeled debut from Dublin's Xerosun manages to straddle some disparate (though rarely uncommercial) influences to come off as a compelling whole. It's a clever - if not entirely original combination; one that replicates an almost Rammstein-esque sense of claustrophobic portent but rails against it with defiant vocals not a million miles away from Metallica frontman James Hetfield's insolent twang. Indeed, with tracks as hookily brilliant as opener Cut Me Down its difficult not to look past this debut to bigger prospects looming promisingly on the horizon but for now, this'll do just fine. KKK.
Thumping Solemnity from across the Irish sea. Although perennially scuppered by geography and the lazinesss of other nations, the Irish metal scene has long been a breeding ground for great bands and killer records like this one.
Originating from Dublin, Ireland, this quartet mix up a head-pounding cocktail of thumping industrial beats, hard rock and melody. The end result can be heard on Absence Of Light their debut album for UK label Rising Records. Offering more than your average underground metal band, Xerosun are certainly turning heads with their powerful, brooding sound and, with songs like Cut Me Down and the stomping Long Way Down, it is no surprise the quartet are being given time on Irish TV. Hopefully, with the album receiving favourable press all over Europe, the backing of Rising Records will give this impressive outfit the chance to really spread their wings and develop their glorious towering sound into something quite magnificent. New material is being written as we speak so it looks like 2012 could be a good year for these Irish lads.
Xerosun - Absence Of Light CD (Rising Records) - Rising Records have found yet another great U.K. band that we need to hear more of. ‘Absence Of Light’ is the Dublin rockers debut full length (and pretty damn fine I hasten to add) with a heavy but melodic style of metal. Having supported Avenged Sevenfold on the Irish leg of their world tour…
With ‘Absence Of Light’ Xerosun moves around in the gray area between rock and metal. I find them difficult to categorize, the whole album I am wondering whether they are a rock band playing metal or the other way around. They probably will be a lot heavier playing live as they have played already with a band like Avenged Sevenfold.
Absence Of Light has been award 4/5 by Edwin McFee of Hotpress o page 90 of their November issue. Describing the album as "a punchy yet melodic molten slab of heaby metal that immediately evokes the thunder like the Mighty Thor himself". Read on for more of the review...
Xerosun's debut album Absence Of Light has been awarded a 9/10 review by french metal rock webzine Pavillion 666
Dublin-based metal outfit Xerosun have been on my own personal radar for a
while now. Ireland being such a small place many good acts often find themselves on the tips of
many tongues without really having to try to push themselves too hard on the PR front. Xerosun
have been working hard on their debut album for some time and have made an impact on the
pub/club scene across Ireland and England.
Xerosun are pleased to announce their contract signing with UK based record label, Rising Records. This deal will see Rising Records release
Xerosun's début album "Absence of Light" on December 12th in stores around the Ireland, UK and Europe. A copy of the digipak CD can be ordered
on-line at both Rising Records and Xerosun's website and will be available for download from iTunes.
Xerosun's debut album Absence Of Light is now available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify, Tesco MP3 and more! It will soon be available to Zune users in the coming weeks. Click the headline to read more!
Xerosun want to say a big thanks to all the fans for rocking out on Thursday in the Gypsy Rose, Dublin and Friday in the Pavaillion, Belfast! Big Thanks to Taibhse and Syllian Rayle in Dublin for killer sets and big thanks to ForChristsSake, Spittin' Bones and Cursed Sun in Belfast for rocking out hard! Two great nights of headbanging! Special thanks goes to Helen Bell for promoting and organising the Belfast gig! We will see you all soon! \m/
Hels Bells Promotions presents Xerosun in Belfast's Pavilion bar on the 15th of July with Spittin' Bones, Cursed Sun and ForChristSake. Doors are 8pm with admission being £5.00. Its going to be a great metal night, make sure to bring a spare neck for all the head banging!
Xerosun will be joined by our good friends Taibhse and Syllian Rayle on the 14th of July in The Gypsy Rose on Edan Quay, Dublin. Admission is 5euro, doors at 8pm and pints are just 4euro all night long! After the show, there will be a metal DJ, to top of a great night of metal - hope to see you there!
XEROSUN is delighted to announce that our very own Ives is now officially endorsed by Taurus Amp and Bass Effects! The guys were kind enough to meet with us in London in March, and the deal was sealed. Check out the review Ives wrote about these awesome pedals and head over to Taurus on here and check em out!
We are delighted to announce that in the last few days, Ives has become an official Hartke Bass Amp artist, having accepted an endorsement deal with the Bass amplification giants. He now stands shoulder to shoulder with such Bass Heavy weights as Frank Bello of Anthrax, Dave Ellefson of Megadeth, Stu Hamm, Victor Wooten, Billy Sheehan and the awesome Biscuit and Bass!
Xerosun's video for "Cut Me Down" from the debut album "Absence Of Light" available from Xerosun Shop.
Xerosun will be supporting our good friends Interrogate at their CD launch of their mini album "Silence The Fallen" in the famous Limelight venue in Belfast, Co. Down on the 25th of June. Joining us will be Downcoil, so it should be great night with entry price only £5.00 in, doors opening at 5pm - be there!
SHOCTOPUS and XEROSUN join rock n' roll forces in aid of the Special Olympics Ireland Team. We're trying to raise as much money as we possibly can to help them get to Athens, Greece this year to compete.....and we need your help!!
Xerosun will be playing an all ages gig on the 30th of April in the Pint, we got some great bands playing with us so be sure to call in! We are also offering a 5 euro concession, simply click the concession image below, print it off, bring it with you to the gig and you will get in for 5 euro, rather than 8 euro!
Xerosun had an awesome weekend on tour around Ireland with the magnificent Lao Che! Big thanks and love to the Lao Che guys; Mariusz, Jakub, Michał, Hubert, Filip, Rafał, and Maciek and to their sound engineer Mouse and Manager Rafal for all the fantastic fun & great craic we had with you guys - it was truly an honour :) Thanks also to podziekowania dla Tomka for all the great work on this tour!
Xerosun will be joining Polish giants Lao Che on the 3 legs of their Irish tour. Starting on April 1st in Cork's Cran Lane Theatre on Phoenix street, then onto Belfast on the 2nd at the Spring and Airbreak and finishing in The Village, Dublin.
Xerosun have been confirmed as support for Polish giants LAO CHE in the Village, Wexford Street, Dublin on the 3rd of April
Xerosun will be playing in Fibber Magees on the 12th of March with special guests and good friends Dead Label, Lace Weeper and Uncle Vernon. It is going to be a great night of metal, and not to be missed. Admission is only 5euro and bands will be selling CDs and merchandise on the night.
Xerosun will be playing their first gig in Northern Ireland in Fa Joes of Market Street in Lurgan, Co. Armagh. Be sure to check us out, we will be playing song from our debut album, Absence Of Light, a few new songs, maybe a classic or too and we are looking forward to meeting up with a some friends that we made when Xerosun played support to Avenged Sevenfold gig back on 8th of November 2010!
Xerosun will be performing twice in one day at the Pint in Dublin on Saturday 5th February. The all ages morning gig will start at 12.00 with the first band start at 12.30. Admission to the all ages day time gig is 8 euro and will feature 7 bands including Xerosun. The evening gig doors will be at 8.00pm with admission being 5 euro with 3 special guests with us. It's going to be an AWESOME day of metal so come one, come all!
Xerosun will be playing live in Fibber Magee's on Parnell St. with Censura, D-N-A and Zero Tolerance on Saturday 22nd of January. Doors are 8pm, admission is 5euro.
Xerosun are pleased to announce 6 gig dates, with 2 Dublin, 1 in Cork and 2 in Northern Ireland and a special all ages gig coming in the new year.
We have posted lyrics to all the songs from Xerosun's debut album, Absence Of Light. So feel free to pop over to the new Xerosun Lyrics section for a quick browse and maybe at our gigs you guys can sing the songs with us!
Xerosun will be playing live with our good friends A Modern Fate, iBurn and Zero Tolerance on Saturday 11th of December in the Pint on Eden Quay. It promises to be an epic gig with some of the most talented, unique metal acts around. Each band has it's own unique sound and they know how to rock! Doors are 8pm, so don't be late!
Xerosun have released an official video for "Broken", track 3 on the debut album "Absence Of Light". The song is an old favourite with Xerosun crowds, so we thought it best to put it to a video.
Xerosun will be playing tonight in The Phoenix in Kildare town with our good friends Spittin' Bones for their new EP launch. Also playing will be the ever-excellent McGalligog and the super Acrid Nebula.
Xerosun wish to thank all those great Avenged Sevenfold fans for making us feel so welcome at their gig on Monday the 8th of November in Dublin's Olympia Theatre. It was a true honour and privilege to play with a band of this calibre and with super fans to match! Many of the fans are now following us on facebook and twitter, so please feel free to join in.
We are delighted to announce that the Downloads section has been updated with some exclusive desktops images for PC and Mac users. You can now download the brilliant Absence Of Light artwork as desktop, iPad and iPhone backgrounds.
Xerosun are happy to announce we will be supporting the ever awesome Avenged Sevenfold on the Dublin leg of their tour for their new album, Nightmare on Monday 8th of November.
Both Fiachra and Gareth have been named as the featured guitarists on Zon Brookes' Blogozon site for this week. This weekly guitar and bass blog site, explains the use of the CAGED guitar system, which uses the five basic chord shapes (C, A, G, E and D in barre form) to create a fretboard navigation system.
In issue 64, Black Velvet Magazine reviewed Xerosun's debut album "Absence Of Light" and awarded the debut album by the Dublin 4-piece, the maximum score of 5 out of 5.
Xerosun's Fiachra Kelly and Gareth Jeffs have signed an endorsement with Polish hand made guitar manufacturer Mayones. Both members have been long-time fans of the guitars and were delighted with the endorsement deal from the guitar manufacturer. Xerosun's debut album "Absence Of Light" was recorded using their custom Mayones 7-strings guitars.
Custom double bass pedal manufacturer OFF-SET have signed Xerosun stick-man Darrin Bell with an endorsement deal for their incredible, hand crafted double bass pedal system.
Xerosun are delighted to announce that Darrin Bell has signed an endorsement deal with Turkish Cymbal Manufacturer, Murat Diril. The renowned craftsman himself created custom hand-made cymbals for Darrin from their Black Sea Series.
Xerosun will be on the DCUFM.com Metal Module with Jack "get to the choppa!" O'Donovan on Monday 26th of April. It's the last show this series and it may be some time before Xerosun are back on the metal module, so please, if you get a chance, tune in. It's a great show, with top music and we will be giving away a few copies of our Absence Of Light Album free on the air!
Xerosun, Eyesclosed and Spitting Bones will take the stage of The Pint on the 8th of May for the Summer Shout event that should not be missed! The venue, the Pint is a new venue located on Eden Quay and offers some great sound, a great pint and is close to both bus and taxi ranks.
Xeroun will be playing tonight in Fibber Magees, at the top of O'Connell street with Visitor Q and Mcgalligog. Our debut album "Absence Of Light" will be available as a limited edition digipak and T-shirts will also be on sale, door are 8pm admission is 5 euro. Hope to see you there, its going to be a ROCKING night!!
Xerosun are being interviewed on the 25th February with Vanessa on the Culture Café on DCUFM.com and then on the 15th March with Jack on the Metal Module on DCUFM.com
New image galleries have been uploaded to our gallery section. These include our recording sessions over the last year, from the Paradise Lost cover of "True Belief", and the latest video shoot for "Broken". Head on over the gallery section for a glimpse.
Xerosun make a return to the gigging circuit having taken time out for studio work. We will be joined by the excellent Visitor Q http://www.myspace.com/visitorqband and Mcgalligog http://www.myspace.com/mcgalligog at Fibber Magee's, Dublin on Saturday the 20th of March. It will be an excellent night so don't miss out!
Admission is 5 euro and doors are 8pm. For a large version of the poster, click the image below:
Xerosun will be playing with special guests The End Again and iBurn on the 12th of December in Fibber Mcgees. Admission is €5.00 and our debut album Absence Of Light limited edition digipak and T-shirt will be on sale at the gig.
To comemerate the launch of our debut Absence Of Light, we have updated our website. It has more features now like RSS feeds for news and gigs, a calendar to track gig dates, a new mailing list so you can be informed with the latest and greatest events.
Xerosun has been selected to be featured in alternativeaddiction.com's Next Big Thing Feature. The feature will start on 1st November 2009 and feature 8 bands and we need your vote!
Due to minor complications and logistic issues, the release date for our debut album "Absence of Light" has been changed from the 25th of September to the 31st of October.
Xerosun will be interviewed on the Culture Cafe show on Dublin City University Radio at 8.00pm on Tuesday, 27th of October.
It was a *VERY* hot night in Fibbers last night, but we thoroughly enjoyed it. We would like to thank the staff at Fibber Mcgees, John the sound engineer for a great job and all the support acts for putting on a great show: Odeum, Culture Vandals and Falter Ego. Thanks also to Cormac, the man with a van for getting us to and from the venue!
Xerosun are delighted to announce that none other than Seth Siro Anton will be doing the layout and design for Absence Of Light. For those that don't know Seth's work, it can be seen on Seth's MySpace page and also on photo.net. Seth has designed covers for big acts such as Paradise Lost and Soilwork.
New photos of Xerosun for the upcoming album have been uploaded to our Gallery page. Please be sure to check out Dublin Photo.net, Marcin Banaszek is the photographer over there, and he done a fantastic job! If you are looking for photographs, he is your man.
Xerosun will play an album preview gig in Fibber Magee's on Dublin's Parnell's Street. You will be able to hear the entire Absence Of Light album, with a few surprise songs! There will be 3 other acts, Odeum, Culture Vandals and Falter Ego.
We have joined the social networking craze! You can now follow Xerosun on Twitter and become a Fan of Xerosun on Facebook!
Xerosun have recorded a new cover version of the Paradise Lost classic, 'True Belief'. The track was recorded and mixed by Mick Richards in Trackmix Studio, Blanchardstown. Big thanks to Mick for this. Mastering was handled by Richard Dowling of Wav Mastering.
We can confirm that the debut album will be on a limited edition Digipack! Much thanks to Andrzej in Takt CD Manufacturing for this!
Xerosun are pleased to announce that the new album will be titled, 'Absence Of light'. The final stages of sound production are nearly completed and we hope to have the album for sale on iTunes and Underground Movement website in the coming months.