Damage Digital - Moss

Damage Digital are a Japanese grind band. As a friend said when I told him: "that's all I need to hear".

LIYL: Discordance Axis/GridLink

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Craft - Terror Propaganda

More black metal coming your way. Craft are a Swedish BM band (!) formed in '94 and have been kicking ass ever since. I know you're all secretly rolling your eyes at that picture and most BM bands don't really take the whole BM misanthropic mentality very seriously but Craft really do, especially on their Terror Propaganda album. Don't fuck with these guys.

I dig this cd because, and I know I'm gonna sound like an elitist when I say this, it's true black metal. When I say true, I don't mean trve a la posing in the forest and holding spiked bats etc. True in the sense that there's a distinctly punk attitude pervading the entire album. You can also hear it in their music. There's also a crust influence, as well as some doom (some songs give off a very Amebix-ish vibe). So put this on, run around giving the middle finger to everyone, burn a church, whatever. Just listen to this record.

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I'm In A Coffin

I haven't listened to black metal in ages but I recently rekindled my interest in the genre. Let's start with I'm In A Coffin. Now, I know that black metal is the "in" thing with the hipster generation (they have shed the plaid/flannel and have now donned the obligatory Burzum shirt as well) and I thought that this was just another couple of bozos trying to be all trve, kvlt etc. I mean, what else was I supposed to think when their members' names are Sad-Ist and Adorable? I must say, I stand corrected. I'll go so far as to say that I will recommend this band to anyone who is into the DSBM scene (depressive suicidal black metal, for those of you who don't know). The abysmal depression and claustrophobia which I grew to love in black metal are all here.

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Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be

What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness

Great fucking IDM album by mathmo genius Caribou (previously Manitoba). About care and acompassion for others, obviously.

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Sunn O))) & Boris - Altar

I finally get to see drone-doom gods Sunn O))) and Boris perform their collaborative masterpiece Altar tomorrow so this post is all about that. I first got this album 4 years ago and have playing the absolute shit out of it since then. A lot of you who visit this blog probably already have this (I'm assuming this...) but I'm going to put it up anyway. Altar has some beautiful soundscapes, crushing guitars & feedback and topped off with Atsuo's crazy ass drumming.

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Jesus Cröst

Yeah, I know I've putting up a lot of grind/fast shit lately but this is my blog so fuck off.

Jesus Cröst are a fucking ace band from BELGIUM of all places. New favourites so you know you want to check them out. I'm putting up 2 albums of theirs: TOT and 010. They're going to be putting out a split with Phobia soon so cop that once it's done.

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Wormrot - Abuse

Wormrot are a fucking amazing grindcore band from Singapore. This post is in honour of their show at Santos tomorrow night (details here). Check out their unrelenting full-length, Abuse (it has a fucking Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover, for fuck's sake!).

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edit: due to visa issues, they won't be able to play the nyc date tomorrow. sucks but the good news is that they'll still be playing in october. woop!

S:t Erik - From Under The Tarn

Quick post time. S:t Erik are a Swedish stoner/doom band with some interesting vocals. I like this one.

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Earth

(that's me trying to be witty)

The word "monolithic" gets tossed around a lot these days, as do "epic" and "awesome". The number of musical projects that I would describe as monolithic is tiny, among them are Neurosis and Earth. If you have even the slightest interest in drone/doom, you would have heard of Earth. Fun fact: Sunn O))) is so named because of 1. worship of the Sunn O))) equipment and 2. they thought it would be a cute little tribute to Earth (Sun and Earth...get it?). Earth's influence is without a doubt massive and their music amazing. Here are 2 awesome albums of theirs.

The first album is Pentastar: In the Style of Demons. It's sort of mind-boggling due to the facts that it has a predominantly stoner rock influence and that it was released after Earth had established themselves among the pioneers of drone/doom. That aside, this is a beautiful album. Incredibly soothing. On the other end of the see-saw we have...

Earth 2. This, ladies and gentlemen, is an abso-fucking-lutely huge album. Now, I know a lot of you can't stand drone or anything with even a lot of feedback in it (fuck you), but I believe everyone should listen to this album. This, my friends, is monolithic.