tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55230792332650922472024-03-14T10:52:38.881-07:00Paranoid HitsophrenicLK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.comBlogger621125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-90753001921715355832016-05-28T17:10:00.000-07:002016-05-28T17:10:37.831-07:00LK Ultra's Molten Hot Mixtape, May 28th, ed.<b>Side A</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TMcnlX29IvxHF4N4ho9M0XHMVmOF_rh30Rik-qAsByVRgAwMiRy7zlhNgX1r527fFpYdcemvOZkCaOV6c3aY9JG9Ei9cTwvC1cIkegNQmtgLbGJ-UOQBprjVaQ8AA00AYQW9qtMstTc/s1600/cardinals+folly+-+holocaust+of+ecstasy+and+freedom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TMcnlX29IvxHF4N4ho9M0XHMVmOF_rh30Rik-qAsByVRgAwMiRy7zlhNgX1r527fFpYdcemvOZkCaOV6c3aY9JG9Ei9cTwvC1cIkegNQmtgLbGJ-UOQBprjVaQ8AA00AYQW9qtMstTc/s1600/cardinals+folly+-+holocaust+of+ecstasy+and+freedom.jpg" /></a><b>1). CARDINALS FOLLY - Her Twins of Evil</b> - You can say they're underrated or you can just say they're awesome. Cardinals Folly remains one of the more distinctive bands in the world of traditional doom, when these Finns are at their best, they have a knack for finding the fun side of death and damnation and they're at their best here. Their new album, 'Holocaust of Ecstasy & Freedom' is a good party: there's laughs, maybe a cry or two, then a fight breaks out and it's back to bacchanalia ... with sexy results!<br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">3). SLOMATICS - </b><b>Electric Breath - </b>We've still got roughly forever to wait for the release of 'Future Echo Returns' (September 2), but everybody's favorite Irish sludge band released the first taste of it recently. And oh, surprise, surprise, what do ya know, it's a crusher. Come on guys, like, predictable much? I mean, seriously though, there's one part of the song where they're just beating you to death with sheer power, Oh gee, "didn't see that coming".<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZA8cNjBakg9x33Nd0udKvi4hDMkWbN9EgD-Xo2QZ-R8bOFUBxYZ3m0DeyHOJJkFMVSVLn_FBb5x_JbsmT9_b91OyPx_OSlJ8r2-pU7FFSCcmATvBWU45_Ny4He7C6EKD_dZgBbDiB64/s1600/Lord+Vicar+-+gates+of+flesh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZA8cNjBakg9x33Nd0udKvi4hDMkWbN9EgD-Xo2QZ-R8bOFUBxYZ3m0DeyHOJJkFMVSVLn_FBb5x_JbsmT9_b91OyPx_OSlJ8r2-pU7FFSCcmATvBWU45_Ny4He7C6EKD_dZgBbDiB64/s1600/Lord+Vicar+-+gates+of+flesh.jpg" /></a><b>4). LORD VICAR - Accidents</b> - This is arguably the most evil song Lord Vicar's recorded yet. When the verse kicks in and the bottom drops out on the drums, you're suspended by a rope over a fathomless abyss and each razor-edged note of the main riff is another frayed fiber. I connected with it in a big way yesterday when I passed a funeral chapel and a Dracula statue on Hastings street (Dracula statue courtesy of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Netherworld-Collectibles-447474701990897">Netherworld Collectibles</a>).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejUOUWxX04zGLDor8MEnm6Zr6NhPSTfQUdhyphenhyphenwIluttLfRvNxBCE6BRg5dJGaHVY1VrYvODwMHaJtDRJPYwvc06n8WIIXzvV90AyQ6qxBwoKubfz7gzH4Z_rI0nnlmQaA5NEa9ygwkFoc/s1600/Altar+de+Fey+-+Echoes+in+the+Corridor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejUOUWxX04zGLDor8MEnm6Zr6NhPSTfQUdhyphenhyphenwIluttLfRvNxBCE6BRg5dJGaHVY1VrYvODwMHaJtDRJPYwvc06n8WIIXzvV90AyQ6qxBwoKubfz7gzH4Z_rI0nnlmQaA5NEa9ygwkFoc/s1600/Altar+de+Fey+-+Echoes+in+the+Corridor.jpg" /></a><b>7). <a href="https://massmediarecords.bandcamp.com/track/1975">ALTAR DE FEY - 1975</a></b> - There's so much right about this. The new single from punky San Fran goth rockers Altar De Fey's 'Echoes in the Corridor' sounds like a product of the era it's named after. Musically, it's a tour of the dark side of the glam rock scene, the dingy big city club bathrooms, the overdoses swept under the rug. Altar de Fey remind me of 'Three Imaginary Boys'-era The Cure or early Echo & the Bunnymen, which is a nice change of pace, I'm going to keep my eye on this band, "1975" is a standout track on an interesting album.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCm3rkpf5gklEWq1xbHK62FdxpFaupvCFAzKRwaaIDKHShIL6aZr9KBGp6dpJOh-t_B4Ajt8KY3BgiFWIZT7LTTLixnVUhXN9nOQrjIcUBUNp6JEuLniOSGz4W_BMa6gbngW_4UmmCTes/s1600/Yeti+on+Horseback+-+Dragged+Down+to+Hell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCm3rkpf5gklEWq1xbHK62FdxpFaupvCFAzKRwaaIDKHShIL6aZr9KBGp6dpJOh-t_B4Ajt8KY3BgiFWIZT7LTTLixnVUhXN9nOQrjIcUBUNp6JEuLniOSGz4W_BMa6gbngW_4UmmCTes/s1600/Yeti+on+Horseback+-+Dragged+Down+to+Hell.jpg" /></a><b style="text-align: right;">8). YETI ON HORSEBACK - </b><b style="text-align: right;">Dragged Down to Hell</b><span style="text-align: right;"> - Here's a hoser band that I was just introduced to by my good buddy Steve Howe of the <a href="http://outlawsofthesun.blogspot.ca/">Outlaws of the Sun</a> webzine. It's a longer track, one you can take off your shoes to and put your feet up. It was released on bandcamp as a standalone track but will be the closing track on their upcoming debut album, 'The Great Dying' (September 23). It's enormous in all ways. The harsh vocals may be a sticking point for some, but Yeti on Horseback are poised to be a breakout hit in the world of sludge for 2016. (Note: 'The Great Dying' album artwork not yet revealed).</span><br />
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THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX - If I Had a Gun<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj861iZUYeWbzbKw-W4omi1jgKqG5TAyMobrF13UF_VzkBRqbBlAPLQP0rb7utbA4LKrsDrzZUDgh3YgOBCImknpJ4PYDHpzOVDcVFyy-h6_IcZOsA0ohz_Dn81TWJyqBQRJmMrX3Zq6eg/s1600/16+-+lifespan+of+a+moth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj861iZUYeWbzbKw-W4omi1jgKqG5TAyMobrF13UF_VzkBRqbBlAPLQP0rb7utbA4LKrsDrzZUDgh3YgOBCImknpJ4PYDHpzOVDcVFyy-h6_IcZOsA0ohz_Dn81TWJyqBQRJmMrX3Zq6eg/s1600/16+-+lifespan+of+a+moth.jpg" /></a><b>1). -(16)- - <a href="https://16theband.bandcamp.com/track/the-absolute-center-of-a-pitch-black-heart">The Absolute Center of a Pitch Black Heart</a></b> - Relapse Records revealed this week that legendary Los Angeles sludge band 16 will return with a new LP, titled 'Lifespan of a Moth' on July 15. Along with the news came the bandcamp link above featuring the first single. It's an osbtacle course full of fast-moving curve balls. A great song that shows the deft hand of a veteran band at work and an excellent start to any mixtape.<br />
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"I'll hang you high and drain your blood</div>
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Sip on the nectar while your bones reduce to sludge</div>
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Submerge your carcass in the drum</div>
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Sulfuric acid bath, without a trace you're gone"</div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">4). MERCHANT - <a href="https://doommerchant.bandcamp.com/track/black-vein-2">Black Vein</a></b><b> - </b>I hadn't heard Australia's Merchant until fairly recently. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. My feeble mind couldn't have imagined a band so expertly walk the line between extreme metal and what you might consider to be traditional sludge in the Crowbar, Eyehategod vein. "Black Vein" is a real standout track on their new album 'Suzerain' and at 9 minutes, it's one of the shorter ones.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrVf4454XCiF_3509a4axl8QsWeTX5cpq59cZbQNz3fs6MQvHZ94qT_Df0xZG4rThbdew9HZqgncrIGZybrE-pTiVWknwYcE_W1rbrwVNTHiXKTiHw2yG47aUDawUMktBLRTM3WhRjHM/s1600/black+shape+of+nexus+-+carrier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrVf4454XCiF_3509a4axl8QsWeTX5cpq59cZbQNz3fs6MQvHZ94qT_Df0xZG4rThbdew9HZqgncrIGZybrE-pTiVWknwYcE_W1rbrwVNTHiXKTiHw2yG47aUDawUMktBLRTM3WhRjHM/s1600/black+shape+of+nexus+-+carrier.jpg" /></a><b>5). BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS - <a href="https://blackshapeofnexus.bandcamp.com/track/sand-mountain">Sand Mountain</a></b> - Germany's resident drone/sludge masters Black Shape of Nexus (B-SON)'s new album 'Carrier' was an adrenaline shot to the heart of a band that's been shaping minimalist sonic worlds for a decade and "Sand Mountain" is the standout track, a nervous breakdown of a song with a paranoia-inducing riff. This is the flashpoint where the drive to move minds with droning sounds and minimalist structures and the drive to move bodies with great riffs and punchy rhythms comes together.<br />
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<b>Side Magma</b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">6). BLIZARO - <a href="https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/track/frozen-awakening">Frozen Awakening</a></b><b> - </b>Blizaro is my favorite band and they're still the best kept secret in the world of underground heavy. Their second official full-length 'Cornucopia Della Morte' was recorded years ago but got lost in haze of delays and label changes. When their new, self-titled record comes out (hopefully sometime this late spring / early summer) you'll hear how the band has changed their focus so this album is a weird artifact of a weird band. "Frozen Awakening" is arguably the best song on the album, one that finds that perfect marriage between Goblin-esque Italian horror music and Paul Chain-like Italian proto-doom riffs.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPWX9Y4bNRR8hFh3v_8MmAQWajUAMGrMJuk8DjAG5U_QdBTUjfurZGFijetmCUsIeUQe-9vJBctniTEexLB-RczMKCDCfd0M_rnjXXh0yIouUJ-zKzx7hCTfx-Tt31R0aatQqATN5UzU/s1600/blood-ceremony-lord-of-misrule.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPWX9Y4bNRR8hFh3v_8MmAQWajUAMGrMJuk8DjAG5U_QdBTUjfurZGFijetmCUsIeUQe-9vJBctniTEexLB-RczMKCDCfd0M_rnjXXh0yIouUJ-zKzx7hCTfx-Tt31R0aatQqATN5UzU/s1600/blood-ceremony-lord-of-misrule.jpg" /></a><b>7). BLOOD CEREMONY - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62GCQLP860w">Lord of Misrule</a></b> - The title track to Blood Ceremony's fourth album has that signature band sound with a sprinkling of 60's flower power petals. An upstrokey riff and flute combine with a powerful chorus to keep that Wicker Man vibe from their last album going strong. It's a scene of drunken revelry, fated to end in a sobering way.<br />
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<b>8). VOKONIS - <a href="https://vokonis.bandcamp.com/track/olde-one">Olde One</a></b> - I have to remind myself that Vokonis is a Swedish, not an Italian band. They have that sound. The ostensible title track from Vokonis' first album, 'Olde One Ascending' is doing just that at the Paranoid compound. It's one of those songs where when you're still learning it and it comes up on a playlist, you have to pull your device from your pocket and check who does it and make a mental note. It's the melodic riff that floats over the heavy bassline that does the trick.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ckk0e0IGFcQVazZoZjE4TNk3UOSJVcHzZyfVFCh5V3Q9S1phWQFSxUU82ObbI7SoG_vNT351jLVht3r0xg-Vl2RYw5m2GaqBr9lyRKToNfzYggzvuOUmo0T_WcWDMRRQ0WqNcht-ACM/s1600/dopethrone+fister+split.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ckk0e0IGFcQVazZoZjE4TNk3UOSJVcHzZyfVFCh5V3Q9S1phWQFSxUU82ObbI7SoG_vNT351jLVht3r0xg-Vl2RYw5m2GaqBr9lyRKToNfzYggzvuOUmo0T_WcWDMRRQ0WqNcht-ACM/s1600/dopethrone+fister+split.jpg" /></a><b>9). DOPETHRONE - <a href="https://dopethrone.bandcamp.com/track/host">Host</a></b> - Dopethrone and Fister put out a FREE split single on bandcamp last week. Dopethrone's side is like a pipe bomb filled with spinning sawblades. Just a killer tune with a great riff and that buzzy tone the band is known and celebrated for. It made for a nice surprise and a solid ramp for the big finish to our mixtape.<br />
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<b>10). HEAD OF THE DEMON - <a href="https://headofthedemon.bandcamp.com/track/sathanas-trismegistos">Sathanas Trismegistos</a></b> - Head of the Demon is another of my top 5 favorite bands. Their second album just escaped into our dimension, this is the title track. Sometimes I think they're playing black metal at quarter or even eighth speed, this is one of those times and it's a perfect example of what about this band just clicks for me. A good way to end a mixtape, by throwing you into the abyss.</div>
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<b>Bonus Cassingle:</b><br />
A). LOOKING GLASS - <a href="https://lookingglassoz.bandcamp.com/track/procession">Procession</a><br />
B). LOOKING GLASS - <a href="https://lookingglassoz.bandcamp.com/track/electric-mistress">Electric Mistress</a>LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-21497704002554646912016-04-09T11:32:00.000-07:002016-04-09T11:32:09.954-07:00BLACK MOUNTAIN - IV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I haven't listened to Black Mountain in over 10 years, not since their debut, the one with the memorable tune, Druganaut on it. I only listened to the whole album once or twice and I remember being pleasantly surprised by Black Mountain because I didn't like Stephen McBean's other, earlier project Pink Mountaintops. Anyway, here we are years later, I've grown from a young outsider to an angry loner and Black Mountain has gone from a surprisingly cool local band to an internationally known and respected heavy psych / stoner band. I think I got the better end of that deal ...<br />
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<b>MOTHERS OF THE SUN</b> - In the meantime however, I've seen the movie Beyond the Black Rainbow which has a brilliant synth soundtrack from Black Mountaineer Jeremy Schmidt, in fact I've got the DVD right here. This album kicks off with a staccato synth over which glides a soulful duet. Three and a half minutes in we get our first riff and it's a good one. The synth and guitars here match the album sleeve art perfectly. The cover reminds of mid-career Pink Floyd, Technical Ecstasy and perhaps some Supertramp or even some Badfinger covers. It's the coup de grace of throwback moods.<br />
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<b>FLORIAN SAUCER ATTACK</b> - I'm always biased against Vancouver bands because this is such a hipster town and I don't know about your hipsters, but ours are incredibly snobby and arrogant. I mean, basically they're a bunch of beta-types that manufacture status by being extremely cliquish. Unfortunately most people can't resist the allure of being accepted into an exclusive group. I just say, fuck it, who needs ya? Songs like this just seem so "staged", if you know what I mean. It's hard to believe that a bunch of musicians in today's day and age got together and just jammed out a song like this. It's more 80's than 80's. Would have fit right in to the essential hipster playlist from 10-12 years ago when bands like Le Tigre dominated the underground dance clubs.<br />
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<b>DEFECTOR</b> - This one's got somewhat of a True Detective vibe to it. A little gospel-ish in places with a sexy night blues undertone. Not my cup of tea, but sounds a little more natural than the last one. At this point, I can see some of you out there thinking something along the lines of "uh oh, the angry loner's out of control here!" There may be some truth to that.<br />
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<b>YOU CAN DREAM</b> - But to be fair, I know this culture, I know where these people come from. They're more concerned with their daily costumes than the inside of their own heads. People who are so pre-occupied don't necessarily have anything to say. Fuck this. It's table flipping time. Angry loner has become raging creep!<br />
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... alright, no more ranting about hipsters. I only meant about 80% of that anyway, some of it was just said for effect. You decide which is which! Honestly though, I'm bored by this song. I can't really tell the difference between this and the last. The synthy parts are the real saving grace here. But again, that's me showing bias because I was such an enthusiastic fan of Schmidt's Beyond the Black Rainbow soundtrack. This album is starting to sound closer to the way I remember the first Pink Mountaintops album being. What happened to this band in the last 10 or 11 years?<br />
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<b>CONSTELLATIONS</b> - Also, I don't remember this band having a female vocalist. I mean, they might have, I just didn't remember them that way. This is a better song. Just crunchy guitar, drum, bass and cowbell. Unpretentious. This is what the whole album should be. Then the synth comes in, no problem there. Doesn't seem like they're trying to do anything in particular here, just get their groove on, which is what it's supposed to be about. End of, you're supposed to feel what you're creating. Creation isn't a totally intellectual enterprise, some of it is sextremely libidinous. And that's a good thing. Definitely courting a Heart, Loverboy, Streetheart or later-Chilliwack affair on this one. I'm into it.<br />
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<b>LINE THEM ALL UP</b> - Here comes the folk rock section of the album. Some cool feels here, the synth gliding in and out always provides an ominous overtone to even the most pastoral tune. Like if the bad guys in The Sound of Music were Terminator robots. If you know me at all, you know I hate slow songs ... but I don't hate this at all. Wait, is that an accordion I hear? Maybe? Not sure. I sat-in once or twice on the local radio show Accordion Noir back when. That was fun and the guy who hosted it was cool as shit. He looks like an uptight guy but isn't at all. Forgot all about that til just now actually.<br />
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<b>CEMETERY BREEDING</b> - At this point it's becoming clear to me that I prefer the female vocals. I didn't mention they have a boy/girl singing duo in this band. Very jangly guitar on this one. Some kind of out-of-body XTC vibe here. Not the worst tune on the album, but not really my cup of tea. Schmidt's contributions are definitely the most interesting part of this band ...<br />
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<b>(OVER AND OVER) THE CHAIN</b> - ... There's no doubt about it. Even this three minute long mostly droning and monotonous atmospheric ramp up is interesting. Some heavy guitars coming in with a bombastic riff. I want to say the riff is Barbarian Pomp and I mean that in a very good way. Sounds like a lost track from the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack. Kind of a slow song, but this one has won me over. Picking thing up a little bit here slowly ... and a long, slow decay.<br />
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<b>CRUCIFY ME</b> - I don't know, call me crazy, call me stupid but I was expecting riffs. That's what happens when you've got ignorance. I've got to admit, I was hoping for 10 Druganauts. I'm this band's worst nightmare. They would roll their eyes at me in an overly theatrical way. But I'm more surprised that the Canadian indie rock scene is still stuck in the days of Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire. I figured that Canadian hipsters united would have moved on by now. I really did. Finally, three minutes in and only a minute and change to go and the song finally starts. Oh there the drums drop out again. Who likes this stuff?<br />
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<b>SPACE TO BAKERSFIELD</b> - More slow jamz. Long ways to go yet on this song. Could you imagine seeing this live? Everybody standing around with their arms crossed, some swaying back and forth, some nodding along with their eyes closed, all feeling at one with the universe for brief shining moments of peace. Shudder ...<br />
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Overall this album is like what if Pink Floyd had recorded Obscured By Clouds later on, like between Wish You Were Here and Animals? But instead of Pink Floyd it's Broken Social Scene or Arcade Fire as the band doing it. I'm sure there's a better way to say that, but I don't care. This album wasn't a complete waste of time, but I know now that I'll never listen to this band again. It's not for me. I think this album might be for people with low-testosterone.LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-38030920137822748992016-03-14T10:46:00.000-07:002016-03-14T10:46:00.489-07:00SON OF A WITCH - Thrones in the Sky<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Alright, it's Sunday night, I'm drunk, feelin' good. This was my one day off this week and now it's time to settle down with a little previously unheard tuneage. What do we got here ... ah, Son of a Witch! South American band. First full-length album. Lotsa long songs, 4 of 5 over 10 minutes. Looks good, perfect for where my head is at. I remember them from a 2012 EP they released. Without going back and replaying it, I remember them as a band with a jammy kind of sound. Not really psychedelic, but expansive. We'll call it breathing room doom. I'm just about ready to roll, let's do this. Press play and awaaaaay we go ...<br />
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<b>THRONES IN THE SKY</b> - Nice opening. Good riff, nice pounding crash. This is enormous ... Alright, I'm feelin' good but let's not pass judgment too quickly. Good break down and tight rebuild. Echoey vocals. I'm flyin'. Fuck this is a good track. 7 more minutes to go and we've got a slow jam part. Shades of Iron Man. My mind wanders ... Since Halloween I've been on a #nowanks movement and it's changed my life. I feel better than I have in years, maybe ever. I'm more assertive, more direct. I feel like a man again and more than that, I feel like a human being again. I make direct eye contact and hold it without discomfort. What I'm saying is, I feel strong and I owe it all to quitting wanking. Oh, I think I can put my finger on this tune. With the huge riff and echoey vocals it reminds me of Sons of Otis at their expansive best. Two minutes left. This thing is ending on an anthemic note with the repeated refrain. Excellent opening move. Let's see what we've got next.<br />
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<b>ALPHA OMEGA ASTRA</b> - Almost a Radar Love feel to the start of this track. I'm expecting double time on the snare up next. But it spills like oil into a main riff. You don't really see a move like that coming when something's that pausey. Ah, a break down ... and onto the main drag. Nice primary riff. Fuck, I think I'm fully sold on this album. Ho-lee fuck, this is some kick ass shit. Not to downplay Son of a Witch themselves but this one's got a Sons of Otis meets Church of Misery swagger to it. Nicely done. Any fan of the riff would be proud to blast this out their windows. And a sudden tempo shift. I'm in love. Lots of changes in this one. 6 minutes into a 12 minute monster and I'm still engaged. I think we're into a jammy part. Yeah, this week I've been thinking about the two different types of musicians. There's the cool beardo / hipster musician, who I'm worried I don't really get along with all too well and the nerdy, ponytail sporting musician who is more my natural ally. I was thinking about who I'd rather sit down and have a cup of tea with: Robert Plant in his prime or Geddy Lee at the height of Rush's fame ... I got to go with Geddy Lee. No question. You just feel like he wouldn't feel like he has some better place he needs to be and he'd be more into talking about whatever weird shit pops into your head. "Martians: green skinned or red skinned, what makes more sense?" I don't know. I don't know what the fuck I'd talk to either of those two guys about but I can't help but feel talking to Geddy Lee would be more interesting. We've been around the world here with this song and now we're chunking back into the main riff. Two songs in and I'm into it, man.<br />
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<b>FAR AWAY FROM DREAMING (Giant Spheres & Humanoids)</b> - Shortest track on the album and it's still almost 9 minutes long. Good start though. Bit of a laidback vibe in a heavy way. Transitioning into a Church of Misery meets classic-era Down mode. Another solid riff. Drifting off into space now ... floating ... and crashing back down. Finally checked out that bar across the street that's been there about two solid years now. I don't know, it's too busy and wild on the weekends. By the way, the bar is used as a regular set or exterior on the show Lucifer, I don't know which cause I've never watched it and probably never will. The bar is called the Union Jack if that rings a bell to anyone who's ever seen it. Whatever. Pretty cool place. I remember when it was a full-on raging dive bar so it's weird it looks the same inside with maybe a slightly improved atmosphere and far fewer winos and junkies. Holy shit, yeah about 6 minutes in and we've definitely hit on some Down vibes with the vocals, if not the music. Not my favorite on the album so far, but another solid tune. At this point I think I'm just spoiled to be honest because this might be the standout tune on any number of albums. Drummer does a good job of keeping things live and moving, but maybe gets out of a good situation a little too early if you know what I mean. He brings the excitement up to a peak but only for a bar, he doesn't let it breathe and flow.<br />
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<b>NEW MONSTER</b> - Okay, I'm definitely spoiled. We're a half hour in, just listened to three great tunes, let our minds wander and on pops another cool track and I've got next to nothing to say about it. Another cool riff. Not bad at all. But now I'm wondering if this had been the second track and Alpha Omega Astra had been in fourth spot would I be unimpressed with that one? It's a valid question. You can sometimes have too much of a good thing. At this point I'm thinking about the empties in my apartment and how I should either cash 'em out this week or leave 'em for the bums in the alley, one or the other. And you know something, it's not the band's fault, it's mine. I'm a big spoiled baby of a music fan at this point. This song has got some good rock n roll moves in it. Two and a half minutes in and we come to a nice bridge. This album is stuffed with riffs. Not Master of Reality level perhaps, but these guys don't quit. It's impressive really and it's just hit me how well this album is recorded and mixed. Clean but organic might be the best way to describe it. And that sudden change again. Yeah, this tune is at least on par with the first two. I'm thinking about the next couple film things my buddies and I have to shoot on weekends. I'm excited about what we're doing but nervous that I won't be able to hit my self-imposed deadlines. You'll see what we've been up to soon enough ... I hope! Fucking great tune this is! My buddy Chris Smith and I were talking about the Metallica song Shortest Straw at work this past week and I still haven't listened to it. Got to keep a mental note of that for after Thrones in the Sky. Haven't listened to that tune in a long time. I've had Apetite for Destruction in my head all week thinking about doing Sweet Child O Mine for Karaoke. That one and Bohemian Rhapsody. Those are good karaoke jams. Pretty excited about that. Nice finish to this one.<br />
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<b>JUPITER COSMONAUT</b> - Bass only intro right here. Guitar wahs in with slow drums and rattling crash. Drifting off into space again here ... then a gigantic Sabbathian riff, maybe the heaviest one on the record. This is nice. And the main riff takes shape. I think I may have hit on why I got so spoiled by this album: it's consistent. I don't think it's same-y, but just consistent in tone and structure. Instead of letting that huge pendulous doom riff play out, they whipped it into rock n roll shape. It's good stuff though. I'm not bitchin'. Speaking of consistent, the touchstones here are Sons of Otis, Church of Misery, Down and Black Sabbath. And you know what? Even a little Tombstones somehow, their early stuff, not their last two albums which we're a bit more sludgy. 6 minutes in and some brief swampy vibes here. It doesn't last, yet again. I'm a little disappointed, I gotta admit. They kind of slide in and out of swampy and flowing. Oooh, now a little jumpy thing here. This is what I was talking about with the drummer hitting on a good move and playing it out a little bit. Nice to hear, but again, like the glimpse of a ghost out of the corner of an eye, it's gone too soon. Yeah, this tunes all over the map, like it isn't sure what it wants to be. Haven't been to karaoke in over ten years. Looking forward to it. Now just have to make the night happen. I asked the waitress at the Union Jack if they did karaoke cause I thought I could hear it from my building, she said, "the house band's that bad, huh?" I nodded and said, "yup." Though if I wagered a guess, I'd imagine they were more the nerdy musician types. Funny how these things go sometimes. You can't win 'em all. The #nowanks thing is a work in progress. I'm still ironing out the kinks and finding what works for me. I've gone longer without ejaculating than I have since I was 11 years old if that doesn't creep you out too much. It's supposed to not be healthy for you to "hold it in" for too long. At this point I've got it to, you can jerk off once every two weeks. Like I said, it's about finding a balance, but so far, I like the results.<br />
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And what's more is I like this album, Thrones in the Sky. Not to sound like any more of a dick than I already have with my wild ravings, but I'm surprised how good this is. I expected a lot more loose jamming and lack of structure. This is a very well put together album. Although, as I eluded to earlier I wonder if the band didn't out-smart themselves in a few places. Don't worry about doing too much all at once, let it breathe. I mean, I understand it's been four years since their humble EP debut on bandcamp and it's true that if anything these songs sound overcooked not undercooked.<br />
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So, I've had a musical crush on Slasher Dave since he released his album Spookhouse back in 2013. In fact, he was one of the first of the faux horror soundtrack / synthwave artists I discovered. Truthishly, it's entirely inaccurate to call him synthwave at all as he's right up my musical alley located just around the corner from Goblin-avenue and Carpenter lane with little to none of the dance bollocks that characterize much of today's scene. He's a horror soundtrack purist, a metalhead and one hell of a synth artist. His new album Exorcisms was released by Bellyache Records in mid-February. Let's dissect it, shall we?<br />
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<b>EXORCISMS</b> - Right off the bat Slasher Dave gets to a nice spooky place. Demented sound. Totally warped. This is exact giallo music. Totally Argento. I get the sense straight away that this is a tone setter for the rest of the album. Different sound from what we've heard on the last two Slasher Dave albums.<br />
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<b>INSOMNIA</b> - Cold, wintry tone hear with the bell sounds and dark overtones. Synthwave or Horror Disco or whatever you want to call it is emerging as a popular subgenre of electronic music but it's mostly just dark dance music or even Miami Vice inspired. THIS is what I'm looking for when I dip my stubborn toes into the synthwave waters. No drums of any kind to speak of here, just a frightening or unsettling atmosphere.<br />
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<b>DAY DREAMS</b> - Another aspect of this subgenre that I love is picturing the missing film of these soundtracks that never were. The last two songs are all about billowing curtains bathed in light through a darkened room. Shadows move.<br />
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<b>TRANCE LIKE STATE</b> - It's been minutes now and we haven't heard bass or snare drums since the opening track. Slasher Dave has really taken his time here to build suspense and hammer home the possession narrative. In a way the music itself is becoming a proxy for the storyline suggested by the title. We'll see if we get delivered from evil by the end of this thing.<br />
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<b>STRANGE BEHAVIOR</b> - Creepy piano and a keyboard choir greet us at the front of this composition. This may be my favorite track yet. The thing about Slasher Dave is, he comes from the metal world so he's not approaching things from a spooky-fun dance-off ethic. I think he really gets what horror and the accompanying music is all about. The tragic thing about horror fanatics is that we don't get scared by horror films, we're stuck with spooking our significant others, but the music gets under our skins. Slasher Dave brings that across here better than most, maybe better than anyone I've ever heard do it.<br />
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<b>DEVIL'S POSSESSION</b> - Very surrealistic overtones here. Man, there must be some kind of toddler's birthday party going on in my building or the one next to me. As this surrealistic song is playing two girls start high-pitched howling in unison. Weird moment perfectly suited to the music.<br />
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<b>THE WINDOW</b> - Here we go. I had a feeling it was coming. The Tubular Bells moment. This is still an interesting song because it's like a what if Goblin had written Tubular Bells. Some fine giallo here especially towards the middle of the song. And wouldn't you know it, this song is called "The Window". Slasher Dave does such a great job of painting a moving picture through music that he pre-suggested that image to me by the second and third tracks in only to deliver the coup de grace here!<br />
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<b>CRUCIFIX - </b>One of the few longer songs on the album (nearing 4 minutes) and it's got a real Fulci or I should say Fabio Frizzi feel here with the steady pounding rhythm and choral notes. Sharp piano rides overtop with a haunting melody. This album is turning into a tour de force. A very specific feel that is totally appropriate to the subject matter. Maybe a little on the nose in fact, but that's kind of what you're looking for in something like this. If absolutely everybody was doing it on the other hand, it would be a different story.<br />
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<b>DELIVER US FROM EVIL</b> - At 5 and a half minutes this track is nearly twice as long as almost all the others. And as the title suggests we get our first heroic theme of the album. Finally a little relief from all this soul churning evil. This theme represents hope, I assume in the form of a priest. I'm willing to bet this guy fails by the end of it ... spoiler alert! Full disclosure: those darn kids are still making a whole lot of racket outside but not in a spooky way that suits the music anymore, so I think that's undermining my optimism here. Little call back to the opening track here, that haunted, abandoned carnival thing as I assume, the evil spirit fights back. This is more Don't Torture a Duckling than The Beyond, more giallo than pure horror. Actually, those flutey sounds are almost martial in nature which makes me wonder whether or not the heroic character on this track was intended to be a detective, rather than a priest. The hero and evil spirit wrestle for possession.<br />
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<b>HEED OUR PRAYERS</b> - Shit just got real dark, son. This is exactly the kind of music you don't want following you into a rain-splashed, steam-soaked, back-lit alley at night. A short track, but another real standout.<br />
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<b>THE RITES OF EXORCISM</b> - And now we've come to the darkest moment of all. The moment of truth. The double time melody, pitch shifting bells and Gregoran choir beneath suggest a battle and one that's not going too well. I'm amazed at Slasher Dave's ability to nail it with the stage-setting. Little spoken prayer there as the song dies out.<br />
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<b>LEVITATION</b> - Alright, this is cool shit. A dark and epic atmosphere. I was kind of waiting for a fast pace breakout, but we get that stomp going midtempo, which is about double time for this album.<br />
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<b>FOREVER'S LULLABY</b> - And a nice serene, peaceful acoustic guitar tune. It appears all is well and all will be well. And a very Goblin-esque la la la chorus. I see the little girl who was possessed lying in bed, tired from her desperate fight, but safe and sound. But I still can't shake the feeling that the parents will leave the room, the door will close behind them and the little girl's head will snap around towards the camera with glowing eyes ... Hey, that's a surprise, that final twist never comes.<br />
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And that's that. It says a lot about the current state of storytelling in movies and yes, even in music that when the final twist ending DOESN'T come it's more surprising. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing, I'll let you decide gentle reader, but if you're like me and you likes you the horror music but you don't like the danceable nature of most synthwave music, then you've just found yourself a gem of an album. And that's no twist ending either considering that Slasher Dave's previous two, 'Spookhouse' [2013] and 'Tomb of Horror' [2014] are among my favorites of the genre.<br />
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Fans of Goblin, Frizzi and indeed the entire Italian giallo ouevre will also get a great kick out of this one because Slasher Dave really picks up where those composers left off, which is using the synth as a real musical instrument and not as a drone behind a dance beat. Again, if everybody was doing this it might not be all that special, but for the nonce when Slasher Dave releases an album it's a special occasion indeed!<br />
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Centipede, a three piece stoner metal band from Helsinki. I hadn't heard of them before this promo was sent to me but according to their bandcamp page they've been EPing for a few years now. Sarnath is their debut album. I didn't know any of this stuff before I pressed play. I like to listen to my albums the way I like to see my movies: knowing as little as possible going in.<br />
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<b>DROWN</b> - This is the first single from the album so I've not only heard it, I've been listening to it quite a bit lately. Just a good heavy mid-tempo romper with some nice propulsion. Vocals are more coal than diamond which suits the tone here. Good song.<br />
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<b>THE UNSPOKEN</b> - Tempo gets turned up here. Driving tune. Yeah, this one's likely to generate a speeding ticket or two. My ex got two speeding tickets which resulted in her licence getting suspended. The first time was when I put on a Motorhead CD. The second time was when she was alone and the Motorhead CD came on the disc changer. This doesn't sound like Motorhead but it builds up that chugging momentum in a powerful way. Very good tune.<br />
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<b>FROSTBITE</b> - More of the same. Nice chugging riff then a slow down for the chorus. Next song will be critical to see if the whole album is samey or not. I'm reserving judgement til then.<br />
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<b>ABYSSAL</b> - Downshifting here for a spell. Almost a "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" feel at the front of this one. One of two short, 2+ minute ditties. Sounds like an interlude. Nice change of pace actually. I don't normally dig interludes but this one actually adds to the album overall. Good creeping around an abandoned house vibe to it.<br />
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<b>BLACK MEAD</b> - Getting that samey vibe. I mean, they're all good songs, but Centipede doesn't give you any different looks. Which is rare for a Finnish band, they're usually all over the map. This band kind of reminds me of something I reviewed once for Stoner HiVe but I can't remember what it is ... it'll come to me ...<br />
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<b>BEACON OF THE PROFANE</b> - Grande, is the band I was thinking of and it was a review for Sludgelord. It's good stuff, but a bit too samey to truly enjoy the album as a whole, cohesive work. As much as I like these songs, you end up feeling like you've just listened to the same song 8 times over so it's unsatisfying. This one was a short, fast number.<br />
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<b>MIDWINTER WOLVES</b> - And here we come back down to earth a little with a slow intro ... and then the big straight ahead heavy rock moves. See, this is ironic. I know they don't mean to, but this band is shoving my musical tastes back down my throat. Oh, the verse is a slow down and the chorus whips things back up into midtempo territory. Anyway, I make it quite clear to everybody that knows me that I don't like the slow songs, but I'm finding myself pining away for more songs like this one. More tempo changes or something, anything! I think another part of the problem might be how consistent every instrument sounds in terms of tone. I don't know. I like the songs on the album, but listening to it in one sitting may be redundant. This makes for some excellent mix-tape / playlist fodder. I think you have to take this band piecemeal, but you'll be more than happy to do so.<br />
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<b>SARNATH - </b>And now we come to the title track. The big finish. Let's see what you got ... Nice beginning, floor tom and bass gives the intro a cavernous feel here. Yeah. Okay, fuck yeah, this is what I was talking about. The verse kicks in and for the first time in roughly 30 minutes I feel like I'm listening to a whole new song. This is good stuff, arguably the most doomy song on the album, it feels bigger and more fleshed out than the other tunes. The other tunes are a good time but this is the song you settle down with.<br />
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So there you have it, a good album, I rank them all as 5-star songs, yet paradoxically it's a 3 star album. Again, until the last track and the brief mid-album interlude, you feel like you've got one song on repeat when the album is taken in all at once. But break it up, spread it out and listen to it one song at a time on playlists or whatever and I guarantee you'll get a longer shelf life out of this thing.<br />
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Sarnath will be available March 4, 2016, a little over a week from now.<br />
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Take the Steppenwolf classic "Born to Be Wild", dip it in Motörhead, drape it in Saint Vitus and cast it in the reaper's image and you begin to understand the level of badassery that R.I.P. is wielding.</div>
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I used to watch the show Sons of Anarchy; the first couple seasons were great. But the thing that always struck me as odd about the beloved biker drama was the largely acoustic folk soundtrack. I can understand the exciting juxtaposition of hauling ass down the highway with a soft or slow song playing to provide a kind of mental drag to make you feel like you're going even faster than you actually are, but come on. <br />
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When I'm watching the show I'm not on a hog and I'm not feeling the wind. The show could have used some sonic thrust to convey that cruisin' with attitude and authority thing the directors seemed to be going for. At the very least pick a better theme song, "2 Wheel Nation" by Acid King would have been a nice start. "Ridin' through this world ..." has been the butt of too many of my jokes over the years to take the music of S.O.A. seriously.<br />
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Which is the long way around to say that THIS, 'In the Wind', the debut album from self-styled West Coast Street Doom outfit R.I.P. is what the show's been missing.<br />
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There are only a handful of true bikersploitation hard rock bands in the pleasantly crowded underground heavy scene and R.I.P. may be the best of them. The concept is fairly straight-forward: take the tone of classic doom and rocket propel it with stomping drums, throbbing bass, broken beer bottles and police sirens until the hand gripping the accelerator moves forward, slowly but surely and the pavement tears. <br />
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Nowhere is this ethic more apparent than on the chugging "Smoke & Lightning" and the galloping "In the Wind Part 2", although picking standouts here is futile. And don't bother comparing this trio to Black Label Society. That's like comparing the real life Angels to Samcro.<br />
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In my limited personal biker experience, the older bikers that I know still listen to classic rock and the younger ones listen to rap of whatever's on the radio. This is unacceptable. But you and I can help. Inform your local bikers that R.I.P. exists, commandeer the stereo and dam the amplifiers with West Coast Street Doom! No doubt there will be groans of protest and maybe a hurled bottle or two, but once the wind gets moving through the speakers a calming sense of rightness will settle over the affair. Three songs into 'In the Wind' and you may have just re-established a sense of order in this mad, mad, mad world. <br />
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When TV bikers cruise to a folk rock backdrop and their real-world counterparts do their thing to a rap soundtrack, there's just a littler something off with the world. R.I,P. and you and I are here to set things aright, alright?<br />
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'In the Wind' will be released on March 18 by Totem Cat Records.<br />
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I found out about <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Lothorianband/">Lothorian</a> through Acid Cosmonaut Records, who released their 'Welldweller' EP almost exactly 3 years ago. <a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/lothorian-welldweller-album-review.html">I reviewed it</a>. I liked it, I'm not going to say I absolutely loved it, but one thing stood out to me and that was the promise of this band. Their potential was enormous.<br />
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It was around that time that a youtube teaser video was circulating for a full-length album called 'Mørke' that never came to fruition. I don't know the full story behind the abortive effort but the band went through some line-up changes and one can only hope, various sexual preference and lifestyle changes along the way. I'd also like to imagine that the band has dealt with heavy personal issues such as balloon addiction and standing trial for "flying a kite whilst not sober" to get to this point.<br />
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This is the first we've heard from them since then, and it's also their first full-length album. So, what's is going to be then, eh? Do these Belgian droogies live up to their potential or do they fall like eggy weggs and go splatty wat on the paving?<br />
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<b>Witchcunt</b> - Don't know how you can expect to get away with calling a song "Witchcunt" in today's shitty political atmosphere but I like it! Lothorian is already getting on my good side by showing some balls early on. Tone-setting screams and a horrific, evil riff. Nice. This is turning out to be an instrumental and that's alright. The way I remember it, Lothorian's Welldweller EP was split between instrumentals and vocals, one after the other, back and forth. Let's see if the trend continues... This is a fucking killer song, by the way. Very spookhouse atmosphere, like an over the top haunted house from some silly late-80s horror movie.<br />
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<b>Blackhand</b> - Starting out strong with some pounding bass drums and floor tom. Ah, there's some vocals. Different from the last time. Actually sung this time, no affectation. That's always a plus in my book.<br />
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<b>As the Void Absorbs All Light</b> - Another fast start with the drums. This guy's doing overtime here! I'll have to look up his name. Come to think of it so is the guitar with the almost, but not quite blackened tremelo picking. Bit darker, slower and heavier than black metal picking but in that same ball park. This is a damn good band, man. And, just as I suspected, another instrumental.Three songs in and we're really establishing a cinematic feel. Little more lively than say, Cult of Occult which feels Hammer-ish to me. This feels a little more like Monster Squad, The Burbs or The Gate because of the Draculan riffs and faster tempo drums. And yes, I know I just made up the word Draculan. Just try and stop me! And that word specifically refers to a cape-wearing Dracula.<br />
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<b>Eternal Smoke Cloaks the Night</b> - I'm gonna be severely disappointed if there aren't vocals in this song. Not because I don't like Lothorian's instrumentals (I'm starting to prefer them), but because it would shoot gaping holes in my sequencing theory. Right on cue. Little throatier this time than last. Another kick ass song with a solid, doomy riff and interesting drums. It makes such a huge difference when drums don't just sit there but actually do something. When I played drums, I wasn't that great, but I wouldn't just hold a backbeat, in my mind I was playing riffs of my own. I'd add little asides, not just as fills, but consistently so that they became part of the "beat", which was more than a "beat", it was a riff. In my mind anyway. This drummer seems to share a similar philosophy. This guy is awesome, an early candidate for drummer of the year. What's his name? I'm gonna look it up ... Jurgen. Yeah, this guy kicks ass, man. Again, this is a great band. No last names though. Fame is for the weak-minded.<br />
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<b>March of Time</b> - Low, slow start. Let's see if my theory gets shot down here. We're into the middle of the album now so if there was a time to change things up, this would be it. 2/3 of the way through and there hasn't been much development here. This is more of a moody interlude than the previous instrumentals. I'm starting to get the impression that the way they write instrumental and vocal songs is different. The instrumentals are more simplistic and monolithic. We'll see about that later ...<br />
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<b>Forbanned</b> - This is off to a killer start. Simplistic riff and pounding drums for that Conan / Witchsorrow feel. Two totally different bands but they both do similar moves. Vocals pop in to keep the sequencing streak alive. A streak that extends all the way back to 2013. Longest song on the record here at nearly 9 minutes and it may just hold up as thee standout cut. Also a bit of a Goya vibe. Aha! There's the drop out I was waiting for. No way you sustain that pace for 9 minutes and nowhere to build up from that fast start. They've just said fuck it and changed things up completely. Another killer part here. Fuck man, this record's gonna make my end of the year list ... Another change up and it's got a bit of a drunken swagger to it. And then revved back up to a crazy riff-thing. Damn skippy, that was another great tune.<br />
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<b>Solitude</b> - Well, that was the most logical place for the vocals to come in and they didn't. Again, another instrumental with a riff that's a little more caveman-ish than their vocal songs. For the instrumentals, does the guitarist write those at home and then bring them to the band later and the vocal tunes are jammed out and therefore more complicated? Oooh, curveball. There are vocals here after all. Interesting. This is another excellent tune. Just a doomy riff and heavy hitting drums. Whoa, real whirlwind going on here in the bridge. Hurricane winds blowing through this song. Now a real funeral doom / blastbeat tug of war at the end. Disgusting.<br />
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<b>Soothsayer</b> - Three songs in a row with vocals. Nice tempo change here in the bridge. And a doomy path leads the way back. Fucking awesome song. Once again the drummer is the real hero here. I may be a little biased as a former drummer, but still. Oh my fuck! Awesome tempo changes here! Alright, every song so far has been awesome, but this one is really getting my goat and sacrificing it to some subterranean fiend. This is it, this is the song I would play for someone who's never heard Lothorian before. Oh, that fucking riff! And they come out of it leaving you wanting more. Now that's what I call a killer fucking tune!<br />
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<b>Dance of Death</b> - And we end on the shortest song on the record. I'll be shocked if there's vocals here. Absolutely gobsmacked as my British friends might say. Actually, they'd probably throw the word cunt in there to spice things up because the British are cool that way with their vulgarity. Killer, dare I say iconic doom riff, may be a call back to the intro. I don't know, I'll have to go back and replay it, my memory's not THAT great. I've just been force-fed a table full of amazing doom riffs so you'll have to forgive me.<br />
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And it's over. Well, I'm not just satisfied here, I'm positively stuffed. That's a great record and yes, fans of Goya will find a lot to love and salivate over on 'Beyond the Astral Mind'. Like I said, Lothorian prove themselves here to be a great band, not just with the riffs but by keeping things moving, keeping it interesting the whole way throughout. Jurgen is my new hero.<br />
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This definitely has the potential to be an end-of-the-year candidate. The only 4-star tune was March of Time, all the rest were 5 star boner-makers. The rest was just one amazing riff after another.<br />
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Going back I noticed that "Witchcunt" was a little call-back to the opening song on their first EP, "Witchunt".<br />
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Can you believe this shit? If you took any one of these nine songs and threw it onto commercial rock radio it would blow up the #1 spot overnight. Now, I have a rough idea of how commercial radio works, it’s not a truly organic process, money pays for plays so if there’s no money backing a band you’re not going to hear them on the radio. I get that. But ever since ‘Songs for the Deaf’ came out I’ve been waiting for the big Stoner Rock take over of rock radio and it hasn’t happened. Could this simply be about bands like Fu Manchu and sHeavy not having enough money behind them to break out or have the money people given Stoner Rock the stone cold shoulder? Conspiracy is afoot, I say!<br />
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Why do some bands make it big and others don't?<br />
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Monster Truck has gotten their names out there as have The Rival Sons to a much lesser extent, but they’re only peripherally part of the stoner rock thing at best. I think the appeal of Rival Sons is their image. It’s cute to see colorful costumes prance around on stage like pirate-themed icecapades.<br />
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Heavy metal went wrong when it started taking its image too seriously instead of just existing. It takes about two minutes for affected vocals and face paint to become quaint no matter how tough or dangerous some of these guys try to be in their promo shots. Artifice and affectation are by definition not genuine and no matter how fickle the public seem, no matter how facile their tastes appear to be, people want “authentic” art, they <i>crave</i> genuine art.<br />
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The more metal bands tried to cross over the line of decency and step into dangerous territory the more ridiculous they looked. How can you take a band seriously that looks like Kiss after being stood up for a date and left on a street corner in the rain? For that reason it’s been impossible for the general public to take anything even remotely related to metal or even heavy guitars seriously for the past 15 years or so. The last time they gave it a chance it was Nu Metal. To the buying rock radio public it’s “fool me once face painters shame on you, fool me twice and I’ll never be able to explain those old photos to my future children”. So why would the money people take a chance on something like that?<br />
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Serpent doesn’t go in for that phoney-baloney crap, they just plug in and let ‘er rip. Here’s what they’ve got going for them: good vocals with no bullshit affectation, killer riffs and an unobnoxiously heavy sensibility. Not to overstate the importance of this band but they could … possibly … save rock and roll from the dustbin of history. We’re so fractured into our little subgroups within the rock and metal community that it’s like we’re all speaking different languages trying to continue to build and maintain this once shiny tower we call Rocking Out and having an awesome time. We could use a new Guns & Roses to unite the hard rockers, or at least get them out of the closet, even if it’s just as a gateway drug to some whole other thing. Serpent could be that band. Let’s be relevant again. Let’s be cool again, rockers. Hell, Serpent could save the world if only the cultural gatekeepers would let them.<br />
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When I was a toddling little scamp headbanging to Motörhead and Quiet Riot records in my uncle’s basement suite I truly felt that this was the way life was meant to be. That this was the way life was ALWAYS going to be and that clearly metal was the only musical option out there that made any kind of sense. Well, a Madonna, a New Kids, a Brittany and a pair of Justins later and I wonder what’s wrong with the world. The radio comes on and the sky darkens, birdsong turns ominous and hidden intentions grow behind every smile.<br />
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I don't think it's entirely accurate to slap the doom label on this band. There are elements of epic doom, but I also hear early power metal and an attacking style not commonly found in today's doom with it's sepulchral turpitude. The 'Journey Blind' is more uplifting than that. Don't get me wrong, I crave sepulchral turpitude, but Magic Circle is an exotic treasure within doom's dusty war chest.</div>
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In a way Magic Circle becomes a referendum on what doom is, because it seems that any band that doesn't feature wall to wall blastbeats gets slapped with the label. I suppose that doom is more than Iommian riffing at torpid tempos under tales of witches and infernal congress. In a way, doom is the most conservative subgenre of metal, arguably the most conservative genre of music of any kind. Doom it seems, is anything that sounds old and heavy. 'Journey Blind' is a jacked up long-lost metal album from the mid-80s, before the ghetto-ization of metal into subgenres, back when metal was metal and inked jeans and studded leather were kings among fabric. 'Journey Blind' parks you right square in stall 8 of the heavy metal parking lot.</div>
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And when the ‘Journey Blind’ ends, the sky is still dark, the birdsong still mocks with portents of evil and a killer still hides behind every smile, BUT … when life hands me lemons I can then say, “oh yeah, fucking lemons huh? Give ’em here!” I then proceed to make deep, angry eye contact and suck at those lemons with such virulence that it becomes unbearably awkward for my life’s opponents and they back away slowly.</div>
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This review was originally published on the magnificent <a href="http://outlawsofthesun.blogspot.ca/2016/01/high-priest-of-saturn-son-of-earth-and.html">Outlaws of the Sun</a> webzine on January 9, 2016:<br />
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An intriguing and somehow ominous 2011 demo led to high expectations for this Norwegian quartet's first album. When it was eventually released, I remember one main criticism was that it was too one-dimensional and slow. So how did High Priest of Saturn respond on their follow-up?<br />
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A careful listen suggests the band's familiar range of tempo is more dream-like than plodding, HPOS wrings every last drop of psychedelic essence from their creative cloth. While some doom bands <br />
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'Son of Earth and Sky' is an introspective album, the listener is carried along on a magic carpet through long instrumental passages made majestic through the use of Ole Kristian Malmedal's trademark organ. One lazy comparison you tend to see thrown at this band is to the likes of Blood Ceremony. Now, that's some pretty good company to keep but the comparison is totally inept here. Ole Kristian never treats the organ as a lead instrument, rather it's the smooth-running engine that powers the proverbial magic carpet on its psychedelic flight. While the instrument was right up front on the demo, it's now relatively subdued in the mix conjuring subliminal thoughts and moods.<br />
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If you're new to the band and you're looking for a place to dive in, look no further than the deep end grooves of "The Warming Moon" as the standout track here. I can't help but feel the band has hit it's stride here with their second full-length. High Priest of Saturn will never be known as a savage band, they have found a particular niche all their own of contemplative moonlight nights in ghostly congress. 'Son of Earth and Sky' is a succubal massage but don't expect to find any happy endings here.<br />
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Post-Script: A commentor on the Outlaws of the Sun webzine wanted to know if the vocals on this record were distorted like on the band's last LP. I replied: "I thought the demo vocals were smothered in echo, then I heard the LP and they were absolutely drenched. The production has kind of hit on a mid-point, where they're still echo-y but it isn't as pronounced as on their self-titled LP. Fairly thick echo but not necessarily distorted this time around."<br />
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Like a marauding warlord, the band Conan has never lost ground but have only added new territory with every album. In the case of their upcoming full-length, the band's third, that newly gained territory consists of increased percussive dimension. This is the result of new rhythm section Chris Fielding (bass) and Rich Lewis (drums).<br />
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But it's also true that as the stories of Robert E. Howard's iconic character progressed, he learned to use his skills as a thief on the battlefield. As time went on, the raging barbarian became an astute field general. </div>
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The same is holding true for headman Jon Davis. Where once a battlecry and full-on sprint across the open field with broadaxe held high would suffice, the band finds itself in new territory, looking before they leap and thinking themselves around corners. Once the enemy is met however, the attack is just as deadly and decisive as ever.<br />
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Where ‘Horseback Battle Hammer’ documented a beast awakening into a violent world, foggy and lumbering, ‘Revengeance’ is a final shaking off of the cobwebs. Jon Davis and his band are capitalizing on lessons learned through 10 years of musical conquests to stunning effect. The battle rages on, this time the tactic is guerilla warfare which gives the band a new, progressive tinge. And they're still one of my favorite bands.</div>
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I got a bit sneaky and threw in an extra 15 'Honorable Mentions', hee hee.LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-76710625695349376432014-03-12T17:13:00.001-07:002014-03-12T17:13:28.482-07:00Doom Chart: Most Paranoid Songs of 03/12/14<b>Top 25 Songs</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://eternalchampion.bandcamp.com/track/war-at-the-edge-of-the-end">War At The Edge Of The End</a> (<b>Eternal Champion</b> / 7"single)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.scionav.com/2013/12/17/lecherous-gaze-hot-lunch-download/">There's Nothing Like Revenge For Getting Back At People</a> (<b>Hot Lunch</b> / split single w/ Lecherous Gaze)</li>
<li><a href="http://alephnull.bandcamp.com/track/backward-spoken-rhymes">Backwards Spoken Rhymes</a> (<b>Aleph Null</b> / Nocturnal)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-of5C1OHX_8">Foehammer</a> (<b>Conan</b> / Blood Eagle)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g1lHmofb3A">Narrow Minded Bastards</a> (<b>The Graviators</b> / Motherload)</li>
<li><a href="http://nakedbrown.bandcamp.com/track/the-king-is-back">The King Is Back</a> (<b>Naked Brown</b> / Not So Bad)</li>
<li><a href="http://foghound.bandcamp.com/track/easy-come-easy-go">Easy Come, Easy Go</a> (<b>Foghound</b> / Quick, Dirty & High)</li>
<li><a href="http://icedragon.bandcamp.com/track/steel-veins">Steel Veins</a> (<b>Ice Dragon</b> / digital single)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN5GoRQn0ZI">Got To Be</a> (<b>The Electric Revival</b> / Pirate Radio)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvQtdn879FA">The Coffin</a> (<b>Violet Temple</b> / Violet Temple of Doom)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ZzCJ6SU8Y">Adversary</a> (<b>Demon Eye</b> / Leave the Light)</li>
<li><a href="http://blackvulpine.bandcamp.com/track/avra-kadavra">Avra Kadavra</a> (<b>Black Vulpine</b> / Demo Single 2013)</li>
<li><a href="http://gaggleofcocks.bandcamp.com/track/black-helicopters">Black Helicopters</a> (<b>Gaggle of Cocks</b> / Low Class Trendsetter)</li>
<li><a href="http://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/track/looking-low-for-a-high">Looking Low For a High</a> (<b>Volume IV</b> / Long in the Tooth)<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><a href="http://woodwall.bandcamp.com/track/king-stuste">King Stuste</a> (<b>Woodwall</b> / Wood Empire)</li>
<li><a href="http://sunnataofficial.bandcamp.com/track/asteroid-promo">Asteroid</a> (<b>Sunnata</b> / Climbing the Colossus)<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><a href="http://marijuana.bandcamp.com/track/bad-vibes-2">Bad Vibes</a> (<b>Goya</b> / 777)<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><a href="https://therealcastles.bandcamp.com/track/palm-reader">Palm Reader</a> (<b>Castles</b> / Fiction Or Truth?)</li>
<li><a href="https://dirtwzard.bandcamp.com/track/season-of-the-sun">Season of the Sun</a> (<b>Dirt Wizard</b> / No Son of Mine)</li>
<li><a href="http://stonemountainva.bandcamp.com/track/release">Release</a> (<b>Stone Mountain</b> / Self-Titled)</li>
<li><a href="http://baitinthetraprecords.bandcamp.com/track/elvira">Elvira</a> (<b>Ghold</b> / Galactic Hiss)</li>
<li><a href="http://mistdoom.bandcamp.com/track/phobia">Phobia</a> (<b>Mist</b> / Demo 2013)</li>
<li><a href="http://vykanthrope.bandcamp.com/track/witch-of-circumstance">Witch of Circumstance</a> (<b>Vykanthrope</b> / The Devil's Waiting ...)</li>
<li><a href="http://oldmanwizard.com/track/nightmare-rider">Nightmare Rider</a> (<b>Old Man Wizard</b> / Unfavorable)</li>
<li><a href="http://doublestone.bandcamp.com/track/iii-iii-iii-g-tterd-mmerung">III III III [Götterdämmerung]</a> (<b>Doublestone</b> / Wingmakers)</li>
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<li><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/doom-chart-most-paranoid-songs-of-030514.html">Last Chart</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/doom-charts-for-051513.html">About the Doom Charts</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://earthwitch.bandcamp.com/track/sky-knight">Sky Knight</a> (<b>Earth Witch</b> / Earthbound EP)</li>
<li><a href="http://foghound.bandcamp.com/track/easy-come-easy-go">Easy Come, Easy Go</a> (<b>Foghound</b> / Quick, Dirty & High)</li>
<li><a href="http://alephnull.bandcamp.com/track/backward-spoken-rhymes">Backwards Spoken Rhymes</a> (<b>Aleph Null</b> / Nocturnal)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.scionav.com/2013/12/17/lecherous-gaze-hot-lunch-download/">There's Nothing Like Revenge For Getting Back At People</a> (<b>Hot Lunch</b> / split single w/ Lecherous Gaze)</li>
<li><a href="http://eternalchampion.bandcamp.com/track/war-at-the-edge-of-the-end">War At The Edge Of The End</a> (<b>Eternal Champion</b> / 7"single)</li>
<li><a href="http://icedragon.bandcamp.com/track/steel-veins">Steel Veins</a> (<b>Ice Dragon</b> / digital single)</li>
<li><a href="http://nakedbrown.bandcamp.com/track/the-king-is-back">The King Is Back</a> (<b>Naked Brown</b> / Not So Bad)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ZzCJ6SU8Y">Adversary</a> (<b>Demon Eye</b> / Leave the Light)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN5GoRQn0ZI">Got To Be</a> (<b>The Electric Revival</b> / Pirate Radio)</li>
<li><a href="http://blackvulpine.bandcamp.com/track/avra-kadavra">Avra Kadavra</a> (<b>Black Vulpine</b> / Demo Single 2013)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvQtdn879FA">The Coffin</a> (<b>Violet Temple</b> / Violet Temple of Doom)</li>
<li><a href="http://gaggleofcocks.bandcamp.com/track/black-helicopters">Black Helicopters</a> (<b>Gaggle of Cocks</b> / Low Class Trendsetter)</li>
<li><a href="https://therealcastles.bandcamp.com/track/palm-reader">Palm Reader</a> (<b>Castles</b> / Fiction Or Truth?)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-of5C1OHX_8">Foehammer</a> (<b>Conan</b> / Blood Eagle)<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g1lHmofb3A">Narrow Minded Bastards</a> (<b>The Graviators</b> / Motherload)<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><a href="https://dirtwzard.bandcamp.com/track/season-of-the-sun">Season of the Sun</a> (<b>Dirt Wizard</b> / No Son of Mine)</li>
<li><a href="http://stonemountainva.bandcamp.com/track/release">Release</a> (<b>Stone Mountain</b> / Self-Titled)</li>
<li><a href="http://baitinthetraprecords.bandcamp.com/track/elvira">Elvira</a> (<b>Ghold</b> / Galactic Hiss)</li>
<li><a href="http://mistdoom.bandcamp.com/track/phobia">Phobia</a> (<b>Mist</b> / Demo 2013)</li>
<li><a href="http://woodwall.bandcamp.com/track/king-stuste">King Stuste</a> (<b>Woodwall</b> / Wood Empire)</li>
<li><a href="http://vykanthrope.bandcamp.com/track/witch-of-circumstance">Witch of Circumstance</a> (<b>Vykanthrope</b> / The Devil's Waiting ...)</li>
<li><a href="http://oldmanwizard.com/track/nightmare-rider">Nightmare Rider</a> (<b>Old Man Wizard</b> / Unfavorable)</li>
<li><a href="http://doublestone.bandcamp.com/track/iii-iii-iii-g-tterd-mmerung">III III III [Götterdämmerung]</a> (<b>Doublestone</b> / Wingmakers)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkAxGJbb-SE">The Dream Calls For Blood</a> (<b>Death Angel</b> / The Dream Calls For Blood)</li>
<li><a href="http://ancientwarlocks.bandcamp.com/track/super-wizard">Super Wizard</a> (<b>Ancient Warlocks</b> / ST)</li>
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<li><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/doom-chart-most-paranoid-songs-of-022614.html">Last Chart</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/doom-charts-for-051513.html">About the Doom Charts</a></li>
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Null is an A1 band. They were one of the
first doom/sludge bands that I discovered on bandcamp. The 'Dale' E.P. was the band’s opening
statement and it spoke volumes. What
sold me as an impressionable doom/sludge youngster was the massive guitar tone
which drew me back to it continuously.
“Kill the Colossus” in particular is now one of my all-time favorite
songs. “Dale” and “Protogrammar” are no
slouches either. Then came the
‘Belladonna’ E.P. [<a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/aleph-null-belladonna-ep-album-review.html">read the Paranoid review</a>], early last year, which was a
psychedelically-tinged change of pace.
The tone was still there but the overall mood had brightened some. ‘Belladonna’ was capable of thrilling the
listener too, with an ever present threat looming that all the psychedelic
brightness could slip into a bad trip at any given moment, but my distinct
impression was that it was a lighter effort than the chain and shackle-dragging
‘Dale’, and the colors! Oh, the colors …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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comes the debut full-length. Proving
themselves to be as restless as ever, ‘Nocturnal’ finds the band reveling in
their weighty tone and simplifying things musically, or rather containing them. I would chart the band’s progress like
this: ‘Dale’ found the band pissed off
and brooding, ‘Belladonna’ went cosmic, while ‘Nocturnal’ is Zen, reason in the
face of chaos. In many ways it’s the
story of the mental and emotional development of any young outsider from
mid-teenage to late twenties. It’s the
backstory of the individualist, the type of character that I like and identify
with. Aleph Null is an easy band to root
for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simply
put, ‘Nocturnal’ is an incredible album.
I’ve had a number of conversations about it already with some online
buddies and everyone seems to agree that this album is insane! “Backwards Spoken Rhymes” is the best new
song I’ve heard in ages. Ages! Not since Alice in Chains released the song
“Grind” in advance of their ultimately disappointing self-titled album back
when I was in the ultimately disappointing Grade 9 have I heard such a powerful
single that cuts to the heart of a band’s sound. Chugging riffs and close harmonies are enough
to melt my butter every time, but when they’re this good, the stuff just gets
flash fried.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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how do they follow up on that potboiler?
With “The Muzzle of a Sleeping God”, that’s how. A steady stomp and snare march bleeds into a
cowbell driven rhythm, punctured by a slowly developing melody during the
verse. Again, this is reason in the face
of chaos. The relatively simplistic
rhythm which drives the bulk of the song creates a brilliant conceit for
showcasing the complex idea of the segmented verse before the band finally
heads into the fray, heads down, charging through, but soon come up against a
brick wall as the song ends all too suddenly.
“Black Winged Cherub” then introduces another idea, which is then
interrupted and otherwise snuffed by an effectively choppy and effects laden
verse. If you take nothing else away
from these song descriptions, take away the fact that it’s so breathlessly
difficult to describe what the band is doing succinctly. Just keep in mind that the band makes it all
sound so unforced and natural. Aleph
Null are like Egyptian undertakers, they take what’s given, break it open,
stick things in between and sow it all back together. Thankfully, these undertakers are artists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Stronghold”
is another of the best song I’ve ever heard, it’s got an amazing chorus with an
excellent Black Sabbath like riff (but that tone, though!) leading into a
batshit crazy vocal which goes from strength to strength. But controlled, you see. It’s plain to see that Aleph Null can handle
a livewire, they have the ability of Vincebus Eruptum, control of chaos. The two part, 15-minute title track which closes
the album puts a big wrap on this minor chord thread which had been developing
throughout its length. The constant
minor chord textures give ‘Nocturnal’ a rusty or earthen hue and remind me of
the classic albums I grew up listening to in the early nineties, not the least
of which are Alice in Chains’s infallible ‘Dirt’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two
years later and they’re still giving it away for free. This Düsseldorf trio’s impressive catalog now
spans three releases, 17 songs and over 100 minutes of music and it’s all
available as a FREE DOWNLOAD on bandcamp, there isn’t even a “pay what you
want” option, it’s just FREE. If you
haven’t jumped on the Aleph Null bandwagon yet, there is no further excuse.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Release Date:</b> February 15, 2014<br />
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!!!<a href="http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2014/03/interview-with-philip-from-aleph-null.html">Brand New Aleph Null Interview on Sludgelord</a>!!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #674ea7; font-weight: bold;">Better Reviews </span><br />
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Great news came down to me this morning. Remember when Naga released <a href="http://nagadoom.bandcamp.com/album/naga">this</a> promising E.P. / demo last year? [<a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.ca/2013/04/the-alchemical-mixture-naga-zodiac.html">Read the review here</a>] Here they come with their debut full-length ...</div>
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"Recorded and mixed in Fall 2013 by Maddalena Bellini in Naples and mastered by James Plotkin in Philadelphia, Hēn is NAGA’s debut album: 5 tracks of doom and post-core, a black monolith which recalls Black Metal atmospheres –will be released in Vinyl by the dutch label Lay Bare Recordings (distributed by Burning World Records) and on CD bythe italian labels Fallodischi, Shove Records and La fine in March 30th 2014. The sound evoked by Emanuele Schember (bass), Lorenzo De Stefano (vocals and guitars) and Dario Graziano (drums), is a morbid, pachydermic, low-tuned mid-tempo. Hēn is the word used by the ancient Greeks to indicate the One, the divine principle embracing the whole reality, it’s the highest idea, it’s what the Becoming implies, it’s where everything originates and everything returns."LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-54330654032791392122014-03-02T20:40:00.000-08:002014-03-02T20:40:06.908-08:00Super Doom Chart 03/14<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bill
Goodman [<a href="http://www.theevilengineer.com/">The Evil Engineer</a>], Billy Goat [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DoomedStoned">Doomed & Stoned</a>], <a href="http://theblastingdays.blogspot.ca/">Blasting Daysblog</a>, Cameron Crichton [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Motherslugband">Motherslug</a>], Dr. Doom [<a href="http://drdoomslair.com/">Dr. Doom’s Lair</a>], Gruesome Greg
[<a href="http://gruesomeviews.com/">Gruesome Views</a>], Joop Konraad [<a href="http://stonerhive.blogspot.ca/">Stoner HiVe</a>], <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ParanoidHitsophrenic">LK Ultra</a>, Pat Harrington
[<a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/ElectricBeardOfDoom/">Electric Beard of Doom</a>], <a href="http://phantasmagoriagr.blogspot.ca/">Phantasmagoria blog</a>, Phil Howlett [<a href="http://rotemare.bandcamp.com/">Rote Mare</a>], Rod
Reinhart [<a href="http://captain-beyond.blogspot.com/">Captain Beyond Zen</a>], Soggy Bob [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thesoggybog">Soggy Bog of Doom podcast</a>], Steve
Howe [<a href="http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/">The Sludgelord</a>], Tony Maim [<a href="http://blackinsectlaughter.blogspot.ca/">Black Insect Laughter</a>], Ulla Roschat [<a href="http://wickedlady.net/">TheWicked Lady Show</a>], <a href="http://welcometothevoidgr.blogspot.com/">Welcome to the Void blog</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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F(r)iends Phantasmagoria blog have just released their third anniversary
compilation called ‘<a href="http://phantasmagoriagr.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-in-fumes-vol-iii-2">Tunes in Fumes vol. III</a>’ for free download on
bandcamp! Click the links, check it out,
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documents a band fully realizing and fully enjoying its own power. The music starts from the heavy hitting drums
and flows outward into riffs which suspend all motion and time before crashing
down again. What’s amazing about this
album is how Slomatics wield this formula in such an accessible manner. This band embodies that old doom trope, “tune
low, play slow”. – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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third instalment from German sludge giants Aleph Null sees the bands debut full
length album realised. "Nocturnal" furthers the signature lush
discordant riffing, heavy locked-in Goatsnake low end and exceptional vocals
that Aleph Null are fast becoming known for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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band branch out in some new directions on 'Nocturnal', intricate bass lines in
'Muzzle of a Sleeping God' weaving in and out of the riff, the epic two part
title track, and a faster paced passage in 'Black Winged Cherub' reminiscent of
'Sabbath and Spirit Caravan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Null are on the rise and are beginning to receive some of the attention they
well and truly deserve with 'Nocturnal', after two amazing EP's in 'Dale'
(2012) and 'Belladonna' (2013). This album will be very hard to displace from
many year end top 10 lists... – Clint (Hand of Doom Radio)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hearts of hate and a fistful of distortion pedals, Indian are back with their
5th album - From All Purity. Primitive
doom and sludge explode from this collection of twisted tracks and quite
simply, stun you into submission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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atmospherics are dark and brooding, helped by the relentless riffs that are
crashing out, creating a dense and tension-filled collection of tracks that
need to be listened to in one sitting. You
feel drained after playing this – you don’t so much listen to this but
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the frantic, frenzied vocals emerge from deep within the mix, you realise
how much depth and layering you are hearing, how the dynamics have been thought
out and most of all, just how<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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searing riffs are in fact much more complex than realised on your first listen. Using fuzzed out riffs that register
extremely low on the richter scale, this is a solid slab of sludge with doom
elements threaded throughout.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your head and tunes that have a purpose to them bring direction and flow to all
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Bleak heaviness is the tone set but this does not mean unrelenting misery for
the listener. Careful use of electronic drones and textures carry across
an atmosphere of denseness and weight that somehow feels cleansing after the
music stops. – Tony Maim<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been on the Demon Eye bandwagon since I was first introduced to the band by
fellow Super Doom Chart contributor Soggy Bob way in the Spring of two thousand
dickety three! (okay, it wasn’t too long ago.)
It’s been nice to see the underground community respond to their debut
album in such an overwhelmingly positive way.
‘Leave the Light’ features 11 strong tracks of 70’s inspired grooves
with a hard edge which straddles the line between hard rock and proto-metal,
built around strong hooks with deceptively simplistic melodies. – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- 777 - is a masterclass of Doom Metal. If you studied at the same university
of Black Sabbath, Electric Wizard and Sleep then this is the album for you. 51
mins of pure electrifying down-tuned riffs. 777 plays out like a greatest hits
set to your favourite band. The album is a dark and dangerous ride into the
unknown. Tracks such as Rites Of Hashage, Night Creeps and Amongst The Red
showing the band are truly masters of the riff. Creepy atmospheric noises
and sounds are blended brilliantly with the band’s heavy pounding music which
is actually quite soulful at times. Demonic, Yes but still very soulful. 777
shows that Goya have grew up on a steady and healthy diet of classic 70s/80s
Doom Metal, Classic Horror Movies and the mighty power of the legendary WEED!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a classic doom metal album in the truest sense of the word. It's just that
the world hasn't caught onto that fact. But they will. Eventually… - Steve Howe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gets right down to dishing out those sweet stoner grooves that Sweden is known
for. Of course, these guys are one of the reference points for Swedish stoner
rock, so to say it sounds like the Truckfighters would be a sufficient
explanation for some. There are plenty of Nordic desert grooves here, adding a
bit of a lighter feel in between some downright doomy passages. Basically, it
still sounds like Truckfighters. – Gruesome Greg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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putting out this 4 track monster of sludgey doomness from Druglord. Heavier, bigger
and more sonically powerful than their previous output, “Enter Venus” should by
all rights go onto many peoples playlists and get stuck on repeat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of unpromised misery ooze out of the speakers giving the songs a suffocating
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<span lang="EN-GB">Vocals are reverbed and buried deep in the
mix with claustrophobic results. This is a monster of an album that will be my
companion for a long time. – Tony Maim<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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come from Greece and have produced an album to kick away the winter
blues. This has a really powerful guitar sound and the whole sonic
stew sounds LOUD at whatever volume you play it at.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Drawing
on the fast and furious influences of Fu Manchu / Orange Goblin / Nebula,
this album has all you want from a heavy stoner band and much more. Everything is drenched in thick fuzzed riffs
and solos and as it goes from thuggish psychedelic rock to up-tempo, foot
stomping tunes, the abrasive yet melodic vocals sit nicely on top of
everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
is dirty fucked up rock’n’roll at its best - the band keep the riffs
rolling along at white knuckle speed, economical solos stop
anything getting too overblown or long, besides they ain’t got time for
pointless fretboard wanking ‘cause here comes the next song, come on
people, jump on board this express train of stomping rock, Lizardia want
to show you how this sort of thing should be done - in a genre that can
be very boring in the wrong hands, this album is a breath of fresh air. –
Tony Maim<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you’re unfamiliar with Grand Magus, then ‘Triumph and Power’ is a good place to
start. The first thing you’ll notice is
the distinctive voice of JB, it’s deep and resonant with just a touch of epic
wail, ever bold, ever reaching. It’s
something the band as a whole and the music itself demands, to push brashly
toward the epic. This is sword-wielding
music, but not blindly hacking away with the fury of a thousand martyrs’s sons
kind of sword-wielding music, it’s calculating and methodical, though never too
technical. It’s measured and reasoned,
though there’s still room for the old fire and brimstone in Grand Magus’s
attack. – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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/ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/grandmagusofficial">Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the play button get me hooked and only halfway through the first track I am
already lost, lost in the warm fuzzy stoner blues tunes that three piece band
Child from Melbourne/Australia offer on their self titled debut!!! album. It is
not too often that the Blues catches me, although it is actually not much that
it takes to do this, but few blues acts really got it - feel the blues, convert
the pure, true emotion into sound, don’t dilute it with cheesy weepiness and
then pour it all over the audience/me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Stoner Blues tradition they create a very personal style that, despite all
mellow warmth and fuzziness, has a dynamic power and raw intensity that makes
the songs feel so breathtakingly soulful. The occasional hints of progressive
and psychedelic elements never sound out of place (or like “see what we can
do”), but give depth and variety. Not a single note is redundant, all is
essential and right to the point. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sheer understatement, I love it. I’d have to go quite far back in time to name
a Blues album that found its way to my heart and soul on this extremely direct
way like this one did. – Ulla Roschat</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kong are from Poland and "Doom Machine" is their second album. The
title is very apt as this is an album with huge, doomy riffs and more doomy
riffs. Major Kong are from Poland and
"Doom Machine" is their second album. The title is very apt as this
is an album with huge, doomy riffs and more doomy riffs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Apart from some samples, these are instrumental tracks........which a lot of
the time gets my heart sinking. There is a lot of generic Stoner/Earthless
clones clogging up my collection and<br />
I am growing weary my friends........<br />
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But worry ye not - this is a different beast.<br />
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Major Kong do not piss around with quiet atmospherics or calm passages - this
is heavy, fuzzed up guitar playing that wants to get your head nodding while
you drool over classic offerings from Electric Wizard & Sleep.<br />
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gotta say, I love this band’s name in a cheesy, super-villain kinda way. Doctor
Cyclops is actually a power-trio from Italy that’s dooming out with their
collective tomb out here. This one's got everything, trad doom, pig noises, a
bass solo...and undoubtedly some dastardly plans to rule the world. – Gruesome
Greg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time I think about Mammoth Storm the first thing that comes to mind is
heaviness. This Swedish trio have made
themselves synonymous with the word ‘heavy’ in a miraculously short period of
time, the two song 20+ minute ‘Rite of Ascension’ is just their second release
after last year’s debut EP. They are
quickly becoming a “buzz” band and all eyes will be on their debut full-length
if and when one comes to light. ‘Rite of
Ascension’ makes an excellent prologue. – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– Death By Burning – an album that plays out like a twisted nightmare come to
life. Mantar have the speed and ferocity of Motörhead matched against the crazy
Sludge Metal riffs of The Melvins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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album plays by its own rules and doesn’t bow down to no-one. It’s a crazy
genre-defying riff-laiden powerhouse of an album. Just check out tracks such as
Into The Golden Abyss, Cult Witness, White Nights and March Of The Crows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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great tracks bringing Mantar’s nightmarish world to life. Black Metal, Sludge,
Doom and Punk combining for one unforgettable experience. Mantar’s intense
onslaught of drums and guitar riffs has a more potent threat to it as there is
no bass guitar here. Just two guys playing heavy dangerous riffs that packs an
almighty punch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this album loud as you possibly can as these dark overlords deserve nothing
less.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a dark and twisted album that is already starting to find a fanbase within the
Sludge/Doom Metal community. And it’s not hard to see why. It’s a contender
already for Album Of The Year. It’s seriously that good!!! – Steve Howe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eagle’ cuts right down to the heart of Conan’s sound, pulsating, pounding,
rumbling and most of all, driving. A death-dealing barbarian stalking
with purpose through the canyon pass, one foot in front of the other, knowing
the marauders will ambush but ever-vigilant, meaty hand on hilt. Vocalist
/ guitarist Jon Davis pens monosyllabic lyrics with clear, precise and
uncomplicated meaning, thinking like a Neolithic warrior. On ‘Blood
Eagle’ the music follows suit. The results are devastating. This is
the album Conan was meant to produce. I don’t think it’s unfair to say
that the band has lived up to its Full Potential here. – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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interesting how things worked out here with Conan’s latest still unreleased but
sauntering easily up this Super Chart while head man Jon Davis’s label, Black
Bow Records, signees Bast brings up the very next placing with their debut
album. Bast is a sludge trio from the UK
who have been around for a while now, building their reputation and repertoire
slowly by gigging. Now they have a great
sounding album under their belts which navigates through a mine field of
static-y drone riffs punctuated by driving rhythms. – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kings’s fourth album and second with vocalist Sharie Neyland sees the band
finding their horrific essence.
Basically, they do here what a doom metal band is supposed to do which
is to give you the chills. This is the
soundtrack to an imaginary movie based on Shirley Jackson’s <u>The Haunting of
Hill House</u> directed by Dario Argento and produced by Hammer Studios. It’s a fantastic, dark and haunting album
full of ominous feelings and riffs. – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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phaser pedal and easy on the ear. Slow Green Thing are an immediate smile and
hell yeah as soon as the first notes land. Equal parts Trouble & Sabbath,
Slow Green Thing not only have one of the best band names going, but also an
extremely impressive debut release. Hard to pick a 'best track' here, as they
all genuinely kick ass. - Clint<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Warlocks long awaited debut was released back in early November and it’s still
generating a solid buzz. Here’s why: the
album features eight songs of laidback harmonies and mighty grooves. The quartet is Seattle’s stoner residents in
chief, gigging at a hellacious pace, opening for or headlining with every major
stoner and doom act that passes through the Emerald city, legendary for its
live music scene. So if they haven’t
yet, it’s only a matter of time before they get to you too! – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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released a stunning two track demo - massively heavy riffing which left plenty
of people hungry for more. Fast forward to January 2014 and Bong Breaker unveil
their debut album "MOUNTAIN", and it is more than worth the wait.
Near on an hour of laid back powerful riffing and ice cool vocals throughout.
Wilmar Timmerman (Bass/vox/guitar) and Mink Koops (drums/guitar) are a
songwriting force to be reckoned with. Impressive. A Mount Everest of riffs \m/
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Black
Moon Circle is dedicated to dark psychedelic space rock, driven by a disposition
towards prolonged jams”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3 song self-titled debut from this Norwegian power trio (quartet?) is just
that. This is a thick slice of groove served up on a plate of vintage 70’s
psychedelic fuzz. It sometimes takes a long time to go down, but oh how we
enjoy the ride! Not ominous in any real way, this is more
posi-stoner-psych-rock with almost an ‘After Forever’ vibe, sometimes even
sounding like a heavier, trippier version of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
centerpiece here is the last song, Enigmatic Superbandit (awesome song title!)
which centers mainly around a brilliantly simple funk(ish) riff that
intertwines with heavily spaced out solos for near 15 minutes of pure
interstellar exploration. The drums keep the cruiser moving with a tight
syncopated beat while the bass holds a steady landing strip for the guitar to
land occasionally to refuel before blasting off to yet another galaxy tucked
away in the back corner of your mind. Do they serve snacks on this flight? –
Pat Harrington<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is Black Space Riders’ third album, and already the title hints at an ambiguity
and complexity that runs like a common thread through the album. Far from being
just the (German) number three, the letters are the initials of the four
chapters Defiance, Ruin, Escape and I-Beyond. The message is multi-layered in
the sound as well as in the lyrics. Of
course, these five guys from Münster/Germany, weren’t true space riders, if
they wouldn’t take you on a trip through space. They do indeed, but it’s never
quite clear, if it’s outer space or the inner space of your mind. It’s the
story of destruction, ruin and survival through transformation as a cycle of
life… of an individual?... mankind?... society?... worlds?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BSR rely on psychedelic, stoner, doom rock sounds, but easily draw elements
from different styles as well and thus create a style distinctively their own.
Just as the atmosphere, mood and message demands, there are progressive parts,
hypnotic driving psychedelic elements, there are groovy, heavy, powerful
onslaughts and quieter, melancholic and reflective moments. Despite this
diversity plus its considerable length of nearly 80 minutes there’s a quite
perfect flow throughout the album, not least because of the four chapters
having their own dynamic build ups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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matter on which level you take this trip, the universal message of the cyclic
motion of life with its ups and downs and all the intense emotions involved,
contradicting, confusing and even ambiguous in their evaluation is perfectly captured
and conveyed by the album. – Ulla Roschat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What
a fantastic year for new releases, so far--especially for sludge metal. Meet
Tucson, Arizona 6-piece GODHUNTER. While your stereotypical sludge metal album
may sing about, say, drinking, doping, and despair, City of Dust (2014) has an
entirely different concern: "Fire on high/the hills are burning." In
other words, there is trouble afoot, right here in River City. "This
place means the world to me/this place will be the death of me," the
opening track announces, "The best of all/the worst of all. It's that
duality that defines me." We're challenged by the unstoppable pace of
technology, which is blurring our social, moral, and spiritual boundaries. The
bad guys have been quick to take advantage of this to fuck with the rest of
us--and GODHUNTER is sounding the alarm. What Rage Against the Machine and
System of a Down are to alt metal, Godhunter aspires to be to sludge. Well,
they'd probably just say that they've got words that need to be said, a loud
noise to stir things up in the established (dis)order of our world. With this
new album, I'm definitely in the mood for listening! – Billy Goat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ceaselessly
heavy, this massive debut from UK doom dwellers Grey Widow is 8 tracks and 50
minutes of abrasiveness. The band uses
various touchstones of extreme metal but alwas keeps the black curtain of doom
drawn around it all. I’d describe this
album as an ordeal if it wasn’t so seductively immersive. Still, the mood of an ordeal gallops
alongside any moments of enjoyment like a black rider, ‘I’ is an infernal
trial, one in which your soul is weighed against this album’s heaviness and
guess which one tips the scales? – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Greek
prog metal trio Hail Spirit Noir have returned with their sophomore album on
Code666 Records. Hail Spirit Noir push
their own musical vision to the absolute outskirts of extremity on all sides,
turning expectations on their heads.
This just might be what would happen if you made Dr. Seuss into a metal
band. – LK Ultra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><b>Satan's Satyrs</b> - <a href="https://badomenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wild-beyond-belief">Wild Beyond Belief</a></li>
<li><b>Conan </b>- <a href="http://shop.napalmrecords.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=blood+eagle">Blood Eagle</a></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red; font-weight: normal;">*</span>The Electric Revival</b> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Electric-Revival/212968818722596">Pirate Radio</a></li>
<li><b>Demon Eye</b> - <a href="http://www.soulsellerrecords.com/pre-order-now-out-24012014-demon-eye-leave-the-light-cdlim-lpdigital/">Leave the Light</a></li>
<li><b>Naked Brown</b> - <a href="http://nakedbrown.bandcamp.com/album/not-so-bad">Not So Bad</a></li>
<li><b>Grey Widow</b> - <a href="http://greywidow.bandcamp.com/album/i">I</a></li>
<li><b>Earth Witch</b> - <a href="http://earthwitch.bandcamp.com/album/earthbound-ep">Earthbound EP</a></li>
<li><b>Doctor Cyclops</b> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Doctor-Cyclops/182555223087">Oscuropasso</a></li>
<li><b>Breathe Fire</b> - <a href="http://breathefire.bandcamp.com/album/ep">EP</a></li>
<li><b>Vykanthrope</b> - <a href="https://vykanthrope.bandcamp.com/album/the-devils-waiting-e-p">The Devil's Waiting</a></li>
<li><b>Aleph Null</b> - <a href="http://alephnull.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal">Nocturnal</a></li>
<li><b>Blizaro</b> - <a href="http://www.i-voidhanger.com/blizaro_strange_doorways.htm">Strange Doorways</a></li>
<li><b>Buzzherd</b> - <a href="http://buzzherd.bandcamp.com/album/on-sinking-ships-rats-drown">On Sinking Ships ... Rats Drown</a></li>
<li><b>The Vitasound Projects</b> - <a href="http://thevitasoundprojects.bandcamp.com/album/american-werewolf-in-london">American Werewolf in London</a></li>
<li><b>Dwellers</b> - <a href="https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/pagan-fruit">Pagan Fruit</a></li>
<li><b>Goya</b> - <a href="http://marijuana.bandcamp.com/album/777-2">777</a></li>
<li><b>Druglord</b> - <a href="http://druglord.bandcamp.com/album/enter-venus">Enter Venus</a></li>
<li><b>Nigromante</b> - <a href="http://shadowkingdomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-magic-night">Black Magic Night</a></li>
<li><b>Destroyer of Light</b> - <a href="http://destroyeroflight.bandcamp.com/album/bizarre-tales-vol-2">Bizarre Tales Vol. 2</a></li>
<li><b>Wizard Union</b> - <a href="https://wizardunion.bandcamp.com/album/smoking-coffins">Smoking Coffins</a></li>
<li><b>The Wounded Kings</b> - <a href="http://candlelightrecordsusa.bandcamp.com/album/consolamentum">Consolamentum</a><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><b>Greenleaf</b> - <a href="http://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/trails-and-passes">Trails & Passes</a><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><b>Slomatics</b> - <a href="http://slomatics.bandcamp.com/album/estron">Estron</a><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><b>Bong Breaker</b> - <a href="http://bongbreaker.bandcamp.com/album/mountain">Mountain</a><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><b>Indian</b> - <a href="http://indiandoom.bandcamp.com/album/from-all-purity">From All Purity</a></li>
<li><b>Grand Magus</b> - <a href="http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/discography/details/3219219.730950.triumph-and-power.html">Triumph & Power</a></li>
<li><b>Green Asylum</b> - <a href="http://greenasylum.bandcamp.com/album/zero">Zero</a><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><b>Slow Green Thing</b> - <a href="http://slowgreenthing.bandcamp.com/album/i">I</a><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><b>Thothamon</b> - <a href="http://thothamon.bandcamp.com/album/prophets-of-doom">Prophets of Doom</a></li>
<li><b>October 31</b> - <a href="http://hellsheadbangers.bandcamp.com/album/the-fire-awaits-you">The Fire Awaits You</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/doom-chart-most-paranoid-albums-of_23.html">Last Chart</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/doom-charts-for-051513.html">About the Doom Charts</a></li>
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LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-12684709683122947562014-02-28T17:05:00.001-08:002014-02-28T17:05:53.522-08:00Hour of Power 02/28/14<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLhyPzps0itzf_n2dXEOezzIrVk3mPaLkE" width="560"></iframe><br />
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<li><b>Beware of the Moon</b></li>
<li><b>David</b></li>
<li><b>Lex Lucifer</b> (<a href="http://assblaster.bandcamp.com/album/blastphemy-vol-ii-veni-vidi-blast">Assblaster / Blastphemy vol II: Veni Vidi Blast!</a>)</li>
<li><b>Chased and Caught</b> (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DomadoraBand">Domadora / Tibetan Monk</a>)</li>
<li><b>Borracho campaign video</b></li>
<li><b>The Ballad of Hannah Dustin</b> (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ichabod108">Ichabod / Merrimack</a>) <b>PRE</b></li>
<li><b>Burning In Hell</b> (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElectricCitizen">Electric Citizen / Sateen</a>) <b>PRE</b></li>
<li><b>Our Mother Ash</b> (<a href="http://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/trails-and-passes">Greenleaf / Trails & Passes</a>)<b> PRE</b></li>
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<li><b>Sometimes I'm Happy</b> (Black Sabbath live instrumental jam)</li>
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LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-18687709669725451982014-02-27T19:11:00.000-08:002014-02-27T19:11:32.689-08:00Naked Brown - Not So Bad (album review)<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
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I won't
be coy about this: 'Not So Bad' is the best stoner rock album I've heard in
what seems like a very long time. I've caught my ears on some great
albums during that nebulous span, but this one takes the crown. Bolder,
tougher, harder and heavier than most everything else, but also groovier,
Polish quartet Naked Brown have recorded one for the ages. Nearly all the
music I hear coming out of Poland is just a couple pounds heavier and few
shades dirtier than all the rest and Naked Brown are no exception. These dudes
are rockers and go all the way with it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
second time I listened to opening cut, "The King Is Back", the drum
solo that kicks the album off actually put a smile on my face that wouldn't be
wiped off until well into the song, at which point it was down to the more
serious business of nodding along / outright headbanging. I should
mention that all this shamelessness took place on a public street, at a bus
stop and on the bus. Naked Brown strips
you of all shame and self-consciousness.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Taking an
overview of the album you may notice the uniformity of the song lengths, the
greatest variation between song lengths appears with the final two tracks,
“Storm is Comin’” at 4:26 and “Just Like Luke (Skywalker)” at 5:16. Those are the shortest and longest cuts on
the album. This may sounds like a
pointless detail but it goes great distances towards describing the band’s
approach to songwriting. Naked Brown
aren’t going to bowl you over with inventive song structures or outside-the-box
thinking, each song is made up of the classic verse-chorus-solo rotation. Still, some believe that the highest artistic
achievements are made within limiting confines.
So, that being the case, the success of each song must fall solely on
the strength of the riffs, melodies and drum syncopation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Like
Motorhead, Naked Brown isn’t for everyone, this is heavy rock music for
headbangers, pure and simple. In so many
ways, a band such as this (and they don’t come around all too often) are the
direct descendants of Chuck Berry in that this is hyper-making music on the
cutting edge of contemporary heaviness.
With all that said, the difference between Naked Brown and Chuck Berry
or Motorhead is the level of variation between songs within those restricting
confines of consistent individual identity and similar structures. Each song is a distinctive and unique
sibling, as opposed to being a genetic twin of the one that came before
it. The one overriding factor of each
song is the mood. This is rarely more
evident than between the blues-bar anthem “Made To Kill” and it’s sold-out
stadium heavy metal follow-up “T.O.D. the Barbarian”. That mood or thing that ties it all together
is the consistent instrumental tone. Again,
the band works with a limited palette of tones and structures and paints heavy
rock masterpieces with a surprising range of styles. </div>
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But just
in case I didn’t make myself clear, this is the best stoner rock record I’ve
heard in a long time. Naked Brown errs
on the energetic side, much of that has to do with the excellent drumming of Tomasz
Wyrąbkiewicz who keeps things moving at a psychobilly pace and pulls everything
out of the bag from double kick to cowbell.
Don’t miss this one, my words fall far short of what this album is all
about, it simply kicks ass.</div>
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Highlights include:</b> "The King Is Back" and "T.O.D. The Barbarian"<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Rating:</b> 4.5/5<br />
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<span style="background-color: #674ea7;">Total Run Time:</span> 33:49<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">From:</b> Gdańsk, Poland<br />
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<b><br /></b><b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Genre:</b> Stoner Rock, Hard Rock, Metal<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Reminds me of:</b> Isaak,
Motorhead, Palm Desert<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Release Date:</b> November 23, 2013<br />
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LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-1630531699643917002014-02-26T21:28:00.001-08:002014-02-26T21:28:39.640-08:00SOGGY BOB Reviews Blackfinger - Self-Titled<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's
great to hear Eric Wagner at it again. No longer with doom legends Trouble,
Wagner is still kicking ass in Blackfinger. Their self titled release is out
now on Church Within Records and can be ordered here <a href="http://shop.doom-dealer.de/" target="_blank">http://shop.doom-dealer.de/.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I love this record. Id say this record has more of a Lid (a band Eric was in
after he left Trouble in the 90's) feel to it than Trouble. There's a definite
Pink Floydian / Beatles vibe throughout the album. Vocally, one thing that really
impresses me about this lp are the dynamics. There's a great mix of heavier
rocking tunes with some somber slower runes. Even within the songs themselves
there's a simple complexity (what?) about them. One example is the tune "As
Long as I'm with You". While its title may make the listener think they are
about to hear a happy upbeat track, it's actually a very sad depressing sounding
song. The piano, strings and Eric's softer spoken voice really make this a very
touching song. One of the best on the record. Another one of my favorites is a
heavier tune "Why God?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There's so much to dig about one. The riffs
have a great catchy swagger about them and Eric's chorus is one you won't forget
soon. It will get stuck between your ears and sit there for a long time. But
again it's the dynamics of the song that makes it so bad ass. You'll just have
to hear it for yourself. From the first to last track there's not a filler
on the album. So go buy the Blackfinger debut you will NOT be disappointed. You can
also see them at this years Day of the Doomed Fest! Buy tix here! <a href="http://www.daysofthedoomed.com/" target="_blank">http://www.daysofthedoomed.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-84447260180652659252014-02-26T18:01:00.000-08:002014-02-26T18:01:59.595-08:00Doom Chart: Most Paranoid Songs of 02/26/14<b>Top 25 Songs</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://earthwitch.bandcamp.com/track/sky-knight">Sky Knight</a> (<b>Earth Witch</b> / Earthbound EP)</li>
<li><a href="http://foghound.bandcamp.com/track/easy-come-easy-go">Easy Come, Easy Go</a> (<b>Foghound</b> / Quick, Dirty & High)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.scionav.com/2013/12/17/lecherous-gaze-hot-lunch-download/">There's Nothing Like Revenge For Getting Back At People</a> (<b>Hot Lunch</b> / split single w/ Lecherous Gaze)</li>
<li><a href="http://icedragon.bandcamp.com/track/steel-veins">Steel Veins</a> (<b>Ice Dragon</b> / digital single)</li>
<li><a href="http://eternalchampion.bandcamp.com/track/war-at-the-edge-of-the-end">War At The Edge Of The End</a> (<b>Eternal Champion</b> / 7"single)</li>
<li><a href="http://blackvulpine.bandcamp.com/track/avra-kadavra">Avra Kadavra</a> (<b>Black Vulpine</b> / Demo Single 2013)</li>
<li><a href="http://nakedbrown.bandcamp.com/track/the-king-is-back">The King Is Back</a> (<b>Naked Brown</b> / Not So Bad)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ZzCJ6SU8Y">Adversary</a> (<b>Demon Eye</b> / Leave the Light)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvQtdn879FA">The Coffin</a> (<b>Violet Temple</b> / Violet Temple of Doom)</li>
<li><a href="http://baitinthetraprecords.bandcamp.com/track/elvira">Elvira</a> (<b>Ghold</b> / Galactic Hiss)</li>
<li><a href="https://therealcastles.bandcamp.com/track/palm-reader">Palm Reader</a> (<b>Castles</b> / Fiction Or Truth?)</li>
<li><a href="http://mistdoom.bandcamp.com/track/phobia">Phobia</a> (<b>Mist</b> / Demo 2013)</li>
<li><a href="http://alephnull.bandcamp.com/track/backward-spoken-rhymes">Backwards Spoken Rhymes</a> (<b>Aleph Null</b> / Nocturnal)<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><a href="https://dirtwzard.bandcamp.com/track/season-of-the-sun">Season of the Sun</a> (<b>Dirt Wizard</b> / No Son of Mine)</li>
<li><a href="https://badomenrecords.bandcamp.com/track/bellydancers-delight-i-vampires-night-orgy-ii-stompers-rumble">Bellydancer's Delight [I. Vampire's Night Orgy - II. Stompers Rumble]</a> (<b>Satan's Satyrs</b> / Wild Beyond Belief)</li>
<li><a href="http://blackmajikacid.bandcamp.com/track/ocular-terror">Ocular Terror</a> (<b>Black Majik Acid</b> / ST)</li>
<li><a href="http://woodwall.bandcamp.com/track/king-stuste">King Stuste</a> (<b>Woodwall</b> / Wood Empire)</li>
<li><a href="http://vykanthrope.bandcamp.com/track/witch-of-circumstance">Witch of Circumstance</a> (<b>Vykanthrope</b> / The Devil's Waiting ...)</li>
<li><a href="http://gaggleofcocks.bandcamp.com/track/black-helicopters">Black Helicopters</a> (<b>Gaggle of Cocks</b> / Low Class Trendsetter)<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><a href="http://oldmanwizard.com/track/nightmare-rider">Nightmare Rider</a> (<b>Old Man Wizard</b> / Unfavorable)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN5GoRQn0ZI">Got To Be</a> (<b>The Electric Revival</b> / Pirate Radio)<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span></li>
<li><a href="http://stonemountainva.bandcamp.com/track/release">Release</a> (<b>Stone Mountain</b> / Self-Titled)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkAxGJbb-SE">The Dream Calls For Blood</a> (<b>Death Angel</b> / The Dream Calls For Blood)</li>
<li><a href="http://ancientwarlocks.bandcamp.com/track/super-wizard">Super Wizard</a> (<b>Ancient Warlocks</b> / ST)</li>
<li><a href="http://doublestone.bandcamp.com/track/iii-iii-iii-g-tterd-mmerung">III III III [Götterdämmerung]</a> (<b>Doublestone</b> / Wingmakers)</li>
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<span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span><span style="color: red;">*</span> New Song</div>
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Outgoing songs:</div>
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<a href="http://marijuana.bandcamp.com/track/necromance-2">Necromance</a> (<b>Goya</b> / 777)<br />
<a href="http://sandveiss.bandcamp.com/track/bottomless-lies">Bottomless Lies</a> (<b>Sandveiss</b> / Scream Queen)<br />
<a href="http://lachinga.bandcamp.com/track/to-let-silver">To Let Silver</a> (<b>La Chinga</b> / ST)</div>
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/doom-chart-most-paranoid-songs-of-021214.html">Last Chart</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/doom-charts-for-051513.html">About the Doom Charts</a></li>
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LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-68059064237406872592014-02-25T19:01:00.001-08:002014-02-25T19:01:37.592-08:00Goya – 777 (album review)<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">FOREVER DEAD,
FOREVER STONED<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Few
artists have been able to articulate the unnameable dread of horror better than
Francisco Goya. He is perhaps best known
for his ‘Black Paintings’, of which “Saturn Devouring His Son” is arguably the
most well-known (it even graces The Obsessed’s ‘Lunar Womb’ re-issue album
cover). But my favorite is “The
Colossus” (I recognize that the painting has recently been re-attributed in
recent years to a follower of Goya’s, but that is also in dispute. To me, it remains a Goya original). The painting features an unclothed man
looming <b><i>behind</i></b> a green landscape in an apparent mood of rage, tiny
peasants flee in the foreground. What
the artist shows us so clearly in this work is that horror can be a matter of
perspective. Put the figure in the
foreground and the scene changes to what may be a caravan of death heading
toward our now defensively postured “giant”.
Phoenix, Arizona based doom trio Goya live in the same world that we all
do. Their perspective, though hardly
unique, informs every note, every syllable of their music and it’s apparent
that what they see is a melting pot of horrors even the great artist from whom
they take their name would struggle to articulate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
driving force behind the band is guitarist/vocalist Jeff Owens. The band’s 2012 demo featured an entirely
different lineup, aside from Owens himself of course and featured a much
different sound. It’s impossible to
escape the Electric Wizard / Sleep influence as it creeps into every crease and
fold of ‘777’, something that was merely hinted at on the band’s demo. To get a sense of the change in sound compare
the old lineup demo version and new lineup album version of the song
“Blackfire”. The vision the band
articulates so well is that unnameable dread that ultimately looms over every action
taken by man, that life is a losing battle at best and utterly hopeless at
worst, in short the essence a particularly vitriolic strain of true doom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Owens
and company discharges vitriol like they were born to do so, which I’m sure
they were to some degree. If you did
actually bother to compare the two versions of “Blackfire” or “Night Creeps”
for that matter, you will see automatically how much dirtier the new versions
sound. The album is of far superior
sound quality to the demo, as it should be, so the ‘dirt’ or grit comes from
the performances themselves. I hesitate
to call them ‘sloppy’ performances, as little half-millisecond hesitations and
deviations make ‘angry’ seem like the more fitting descriptor. It’s that extra little build-up that makes
every strike, every strum, every accent just a half-millisecond stronger,
angrier, more meaningful. It’s dirtier
you see, and there’s a tiny little speck of rage in every pinch of dirt, always
has been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Well
if something as beautiful as a flower can grow from a pot of dirt, then
something as diabolical as ‘777’ can also spring forth from dirt’s raging
potentiality. And make no mistake, this
is a malignant album which takes a jaundiced view of the world. Of course, as any horror fan knows, and as
Francisco Goya understood and helped us to understand, there’s beauty to be
found in all that evil. Like a flower
which grows from rage, the riffs on ‘777’ are the tits of Baphomet. The syncopated guitar / drum interplay is
undeniably gorgeous, peaking on “Necromance” (a #1 hit on the Doom Chart). The riffs are of such a quality that a song
like “Death’s Approaching Lullaby” remains hypnotic and driving even while
stretching towards 13 minutes in length.
Perhaps the magnum opus and overall mission statement of the LP is
closing track “Bad Vibes”, it’s the spike after the touchdown, the rotten
cherry on top.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
Goya succeeded in reminding us that all living things eventually fade, die and
decay, then they have done so by creating something immortal. ‘777’ may or may not go down as a doom
classic, but to call it the most hate-friendly collection of festering riffs
since ‘Dopethrone’ may not be too great a stretch, though the band doesn’t
disguise it’s influences well enough to consider it a true classic for those
with a sense of the genre’s history. Then
again, it doesn’t appear as though they bothered to try disguising anything,
because Goya doesn’t care what I think, or what you think, or what anybody
thinks. They aren’t trying to write
doomed anthems for the world, they are in it for themselves, and though that
may sound selfish, it’s the only reason to do anything in this world, you just
have to know who you are and why you’re doing what you’re doing in the first
place to have any success at it. It
sounds to me like Goya have those things sorted out.</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Highlights include:</b> "Necromance" and "Bad Vibes"<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Rating:</b> 4.5/5<br />
<iframe seamless="" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3849004012/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=9a64ff/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 654px; width: 350px;"><a href="http://marijuana.bandcamp.com/album/777-2">777 by Goya</a></iframe><br />
<span style="background-color: #674ea7;">Total Run Time:</span> 51:49<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">From:</b> Phoenix, Arizona<br />
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<b><br /></b><b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Genre:</b> Doom, Stoner<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Reminds me of:</b> Electric Wizard, Sleep<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Release Date:</b> December 13, 2013<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/goyastoner">Goya on facebook</a><br />
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<a href="http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2014/01/goya-777.html">Stoner Hive</a><br />
<a href="http://verticalchamberapparatus.blogspot.ca/2013/12/forever-dead-forever-stoned-goya-777.html">Vertical Chamber Apparatus</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/album-reviews/g/goya-777-lp-dd-2013/">Sleeping Shaman</a></div>
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LK Ultrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504265537636197544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523079233265092247.post-790229958528326902014-02-24T17:57:00.001-08:002014-02-28T19:32:23.994-08:00Conan – Blood Eagle (album review)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover artwork by <a href="http://www.blackmindseye.org/">Tony Roberts</a>.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Conan
is one of my favorite bands. When I
first discovered doom metal, I did it from the ground floor up, by sampling the
bands that made the genre: Trouble, Witchfinder General, Saint Vitus and then
Pentagram, before dipping a toe into the churning waters of today’s ceaseless
flow of new bands. Conan was the first
of the newer bands that I heard that I thought had the
potential to have as lasting a legacy as the greats of yesteryear, to be seen
30 years on the way I see those bands listed above. It’s destiny etched on a crude, blunt weapon. In short, Conan are a living legend, or at
the very least, one in the making. Their
first album, ‘Monnos’ was very good.
Solid stuff to be sure. The forthcoming
‘Blood Eagle’ is a king-making kind of album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">‘Blood
Eagle’ cuts right down to the heart of Conan’s sound, pulsating, pounding,
rumbling and most of all, driving. A
death-dealing barbarian stalking with purpose through the canyon pass, one foot
in front of the other, knowing the marauders will ambush but ever-vigilant,
meaty hand on hilt. Vocalist / guitarist
Jon Davis pens monosyllabic lyrics with clear, precise and uncomplicated
meaning, thinking like a Neolithic warrior.
On ‘Blood Eagle’ the music follows suit.
The results are devastating. This
is the album Conan was meant to produce.
I don’t think it’s unfair to say that the band has lived up to its Full
Potential here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Conan
doesn't do anything unfamiliar on 'Blood Eagle', those elements that we’ve come to expect
from the band are simply heightened, the band’s instincts sharpened. Played at full volume, Conan’s buzzing
heaviness is at a vision-inducing, religious experience level. When Phil Coumbe’s bass kicks in two minutes
into opening number “Crown of Talons” it is positively brain rattling. The last minute or so of the nearly 10 minute
opener is exactly what I’m talking about.
It’s the closest thing to a physical beat down that music can get, just
a relentless wash of hammering strikes.
A tone setter indeed, that sensibility is carried over across the entire
album. ‘Monnos’ was split between
driving, war-torn action and battle-weary contemplation. ‘Blood Eagle’ is a tireless campaign of
conquest and decimation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Conan
is a band of musical weapons, the more simplistic, the more brutal, the better. In Conan’s world, engines of war are elephant
powered, armor consists of leather and one’s only shield is the wits a pitiless
god has granted them. You won’t hear any
psychedelic soundscapes on this album.
Quiet moments of reflection are what happens when the bone-tired victor
takes a sip from a blood-clouded watering hole after battle. Conan’s weapons are bludgeoning and
honest. “Gravity Chasm” embodies this
aesthetic, heavy fuzz spikes between smashing drum strikes. “Horns for Teeth” chugs masterfully at
headbanging pace, choking out the listener with changing tempos, dragging out
the final moment, easing up then pressing harder. The lead single, “Foehammer” introduces a
table spoon of rhythmic complexity to the album and at no loss to its overall
mood [Watch the video below].<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mention
should also be made of Davis’s new Skyhammer Studios. ‘Blood Eagle’ wasn’t the first album to be
recorded at the newborn studio (if memory serves that honor went to Serpent
Venom), but this is the first album to emerge from Skyhammer that I've heard. It sounds excellent, resonant and
full-bodied with mastering to match. Depth is at a surplus making 'Blood Eagle' a 44 series of ever-increasing peaks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">An album like this
only comes around once every few years and I suspect it’ll be awhile before we
hear one as good, as on-point with a band’s sound as this one is. Whatever you do, don’t miss ‘Blood Eagle’,
it’s a sure-fire classic, the crowning achievement of a world-beating band in
stride, one that legends are made of.
It’s a document of a band at one with their instruments with a full
understanding of what those instruments are capable of, as mentioned above, this was the album Conan was made to produce.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[Also,while waiting for 'Blood Eagle' to hit stores and mailboxes be sure to check out Conan's bandcamp page for a recently released live album <a href="http://conan-conan.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-bannermans-bar-august-2012">right here</a>.]</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Highlights include:</b> "Foehammer" and "Crown of Talons"<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Rating:</b> 5/5<br />
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<b><u>Tracklist:</u></b><br />
1). Crown of Talons (9:48)<br />
2). Total Conquest (6:28)<br />
3). Foehammer (4:55)<br />
4). Gravity Chasm (7:57)<br />
5). Horns for Teeth (5:46)<br />
6). Altar of Grief (9:00)<br />
<span style="background-color: #674ea7;">Total Run Time:</span> 43:52<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">From:</b> Liverpool, England<br />
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<b><br /></b><b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Genre:</b> Doom, Sludge<br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Reminds me of:</b> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aleph
Null, Crowbar, Eyehategod, Slomatics</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #674ea7;">Release Date:</b> March 11, 2014<br />
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