Staff picks
What do you get when you combine two of the darkest, most delicious bile spewing musical entities that are Gnaw Their Tongues and Alkerdeel? Something sinister that's for sure. Subtle blends of insidious doom, drone, black metal and dark ambient create an aural landscape dripping with death and disease. Even some melancholic melody seeps through. Start 2014 the right way; listen to this.
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!J.O.O.E.! Apothecary, Mr. Doctor, Marcel Hubregtse, wormdrink414 |
A really interesting and engaging blend of Progressive Black and Thrash Metal. Imagine Vektor with a little bit of Death & Enslaved mixed in. Sounds good right?
Go give them a listen.
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Nefarious wormdrink414, psykometal, !J.O.O.E.!, Mr. Doctor, R'Vannith |
Start your year off on a good note with the debut from this interesting Finnish group. Harsh and death doom-ish at points, but also has a surprisingly groovy edge to it, with clean vocals that sound as if they could easily fit in your typical desert stoner band.
Check out a few tracks on their Bandcamp, "The Spiral Of Decay" in particular.
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Apothecary Nefarious, BloodTears, Mr. Doctor, BitterCOld, psykometal |
In this case any kind of distraction is out of question. These heavily pounding sounds will nailed you to the infertile ground. Being debut album, this is more than a proper introduction. It's a fucking beast!
LISTEN !
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Abattoir Mr. Doctor |
Listening to Condor is like eating a whole meat-lover's pizza.
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wormdrink414 Mr. Doctor, psykometal |
This album is like going to heavy metal heaven. The songs are anthems and the lyrics are compelling stories of the epic kind. With its solo bravado, truly majestic vocals, roaring melodies and beautifully crafted acoustic work, The White Goddess is too good to be ignored. There is never a dull moment in the kingdom of Atlantean Kodex.
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BloodTears Marcel Hubregtse, Mr. Doctor, Ag Fox, nikarg |
In need of good hard rocking stoner? Look no further. With ups and downs, these Finns nevertheless know how to rock your boat.
Can you say no to "Troubled Son"? Right...
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Ivor |
Guys from or formerly in or who have played with groups including Power Trip, Trap Them and Insect Warfare are in this band.
And that's just prestige points stuff, because this thing here is a neck wrecker from start to finish.
Not to be missed stuff.
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wormdrink414 Collin, Mr. Doctor |
Catchy grooves and trippy landscapes galore, the first full release from this Finnish four piece is definitely one of the better stoner efforts of 2013, as well as one of the best debuts. Has a very "lazy floating" type of feeling at many points, creating an atmosphere that's quite easy to fall back and get lost in. If that and the fantastic album art don't win you over, I don't know what will.
Turn on, tune in, drop out.
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Apothecary !J.O.O.E.!, R'Vannith, Collin, BloodTears, Mr. Doctor |
What would get if you made Dragged Into Sunlight a bit less serious, a tad more melodic and had them sing about slugs? You'd get Slugdge of course. Worship the slime!
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!J.O.O.E.! psykometal, Abattoir, wormdrink414, Nefarious, Collin, BloodTears |
Good grind is like a good Burgundy--philistines will, and quite regrettably, never quite understand it; they will always be jealous of those of us to whom are discerning enough to; what with all it's nuance and history and soul-elevating quality.
Click here for the Romanée-Conti of grind albums from 2013.
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wormdrink414 psykometal, Mr. Doctor, Collin |
Simply put, this is a great follow-up to last years album Sui Caedere that further solidifies Eye Of Solitude as one of the elite UK death/doom metal acts.
Listen here.
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Nefarious Marcel Hubregtse, Abattoir, psykometal, Doc Godin, Apothecary, Mr. Doctor, Collin, Troy Killjoy |
Mories' ( Gnaw Their Tongues, De Magia Veterum, Aderlating etc.) Cloak Of Altering project is turning into his most unusual if this little EP is anything to go by. Outside of his chilled-out, non-metal musings in SEIROM, this is probably the most accessible side to his repertoire and this great gem could only be described as avant-garde metal crossed with trippy music from video games made for aliens, played in reverse.
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!J.O.O.E.! Mr. Doctor, Apothecary, Daniell, Darkside Momo, BloodTears |
Describing themselves as "sci-fi metal", this Norwegian duo release their third album Outbound with the help of funding from fans! Cheesy, spacey power metal; great stuff!
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Baz Anderson R'Vannith |