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When he isn't crafting .01 mph metal jams with Sunn O))) or helping run the Southern Lord imprint, Stephen O'Malley is doing, well, heaps of other things.

One of those things is KTL, his doom-laden collaboration with Mego label chief Peter Rehberg (aka Pita). Since joining forces in 2006, KTL have managed to hit us with four full-length releases already. The latest, Live in Krems, dropped just this month on Editions Mego. The vinyl-only, four-song set was recorded, you guessed it, live in Krems, Austria at last year's Donaufestival on April 30, 2007. It's limited to a mere 500 copies, so you'd best get on that.

KTL will join Earth and Sir Richard Bishop for a European tour that kicks off February 13. Later, in April, they'll set up shop at Paris' Théâtre de la Bastille for a five-night run of the theatrical piece that was the basis for their formation and the source of their name: Kindertotenlieder. That means "Songs on the Death of Children", so you know this is going to be heavy.

Kindertotenlieder will head to Spain for two May performances as well.

Come February 5, look out for another new release carrying the trusted O'Malley name. 6°Fskyquake is a collaborative effort between O'Malley and Hungarian black metal vocalist extraordinaire Attila Csihar. In addition to having the perfect black metal first name, Csihar was also the dude who put the Nightmare in this past December's ATP Nightmare Before Christmas event, appearing with Sunn O))) as the terrifically horrifying tree-creature seen here.

Consisting of a single 33+ minute title track culled from an original eight-and-a-half hour piece, 6°Fskyquake was created in conjunction with a pair of summer 2007 exhibits featuring work by sculptor Banks Violette. The CD version comes to us thanks once again to Editions Mego.

Live in Krems:

A1 Loud Game
A2 Abattoir
A3 Forest Floor
B1 Theme - Coldest Place

KTL:

02-13 Tourcoing, France - Le Grand Mix *
02-14 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique *
02-15 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino *
02-16 Nancy, France - L'Autre Canal *
02-17 Bern, Switzerland - Dampfzentrale *
02-18 Geneva, Switzerland - Theatre Alhambra *
04-24 Paris, France - Théâtre de la Bastille (Kindertotenlieder)
04-25 Paris, France - Théâtre de la Bastille (Kindertotenlieder)
04-26 Paris, France - Théâtre de la Bastille (Kindertotenlieder)
04-28 Paris, France - Théâtre de la Bastille (Kindertotenlieder)
04-29 Paris, France - Théâtre de la Bastille (Kindertotenlieder)
05-03 Gijón, Spain - Teatro de la Laboral (Kindertotenlieder)
05-04 Gijón, Spain - Teatro de la Laboral (Kindertotenlieder)
05-07 Vienna, Austria - Rhiz

* with Earth, Sir Richard Bishop