Our sophomore release, The Black Chord, released back in April of this year, has been nominated for "Best Rock Album" in the upcoming 2012 San Diego Music Awards. Please make sure to vote for us when the time comes! More… Read more

Breaking News....We've just received a new box full of The Black Chord vinyl LPs from Rise Above Records. Just in time for our show at Bar Pink this Saturday, May 26th! For all of you who have been asking about… Read more

We've got a new show coming up on Saturday, May 26th at Bar Pink here in San Diego. It's a great lineup with the mighty Ancestors(LA, Tee Pee Records), ASTRA, San Diego locals Psicomagia as well as stunning visuals by… Read more

We just heard from Rise Above that the vinyl LP's of The Black Chord are in and being shipped now! You can order your copy at riseaboverecords.com.

Decibel Magazine recently asked us to do a Top 5 list for their blog - 5 albums that we found partcularly influential during the making of The Black Chord. Read more here.

We've just received a couple of great new reviews of The Black Chord! The first one is over at About.com. The second is at Ytsejam.com. Have a look!

Metal Blade records just has set up a new, updated page for ASTRA at metalblade.com! They've also released our new song Quake Meat from our upcoming album The Black Chord today. Hear it at metalblade.com or on youtube!

The CD version of our new album, The Black Chord, is now up and available for pre-order on the Metal Blade website! Unfortunately there is no news yet regarding the pre-order of the LP version through Rise Above Records. Please… Read more

Our second full length album, The Black Chord, is tentatively scheduled to be released March 27th on Metal Blade Records in the USA and on April 16th on Rise Above Records in the UK. Here's a sneak peak at… Read more

We've booked our album release gig for The Black Chord! It will be at The Casbah in San Diego, CA on March 16th. Dead Meadow and Joy will also be playing and there will be visuals by San Diego's… Read more