Feb 5, 2020
My Best of the Decade show,
counting down to my number 1 album of the last 10 years!
BATILLUS (Brooklyn), album –
Furnace (2011)
Song: ...And The World Is As Night To
Them (0:25-9:00)
— This song is in my top 10 of all
time, and watching Fade headbang to it is the best ever. They are
kings of lead up and hotness. Fade is also the mastermind of
Statiqbloom.
VENENUM (Germany), album –
Trance of Death (2017)
Song: The Nature Of The Ground
(10:09-15:42)
— This album builds upon itself,
revealing bits in every listen. I think I listened to this vinyl
every Friday for a year, bringing me to my weekend in a mesmerizing
psychedelic death trance.
HORISONT (Sweden), album –
Second Assault (2012)
Song: Crusaders Of Death
(16:00-20:40)
— Sweden has so many beautiful
rocking retro bands, and Horisont is their king. Each song has a
unique way of jamming out.
ORANSSI PAZUZU (Finland),
album – Kosmonument (2011)
Song: Loputon tuntematon
(21:10-26:58)
— Alien brains unleash waves of
strange immersive eclectic intergalactic textures.
DAWNBRINGER (Chicago), album
– Nucleus (2010)
Song: The Devil
(27:40-33:37)
— First time I was introduced to
Chris Black, also of High Spirits and Aktor. His guitar tone is is
rocker 70's, glam 80's and the riffage of a thousand
headbangers.
THE RUINS OF BEVERAST
(Germany), album – Exuvia (2017)
Song: Surtur Barbaar Maritime
(34:12-43:03)
— I listened to both Venenum and The
Ruins of Beverast every Friday to decompress from the world. Each
minute brought me closer to not absolutely hating everything and
everyone. The Ruins of Beverast is evil, demonic and tribal. And
the album cover is fucking awesome.
HORROR VACUI (Italy), album –
Return of the Empire (2014)
Song: 5000 (43:35-47:40)
— One of those shimmeringly romantic
deathrock and dark wave albums that you hear once every 20 years.
Brings me right back to those days living in my parents' basement,
staying up to watch 120 Minutes.
GRAVEYARD (Sweden), album –
Hisingen Blues (2011)
Song: The Siren
(48:42-54:32)
— Listening to this album will make
your jeans flare, your joint light up, and your long hair part in
the middle. A retro jewel with a gorgeous lead vocalist. I think
they won the Norwegian grammy.
DAVID BOWIE (UK), album –
Blackstar (2016)
Song: Lazarus
(54:51-1:01:09)
— Sob, David Bowie. This album does
you justice. Made to be played with wine and good
friends.
SHE PAST AWAY (Turkey), album
– Belirdi Gece (2012)
Song: Sanri
(1:01:41-1:05:50)
— The new generation of dark pop and
dance wave is spectacular. They are true vampires. I got to see
them on my birthday, and I will never forget.
My #1
Album
MURMUR (Chicago), album – S/T
(2014)
Song: Larks' Tongues in Aspic
(1:06:27-END)
— Easily my number one album. It
blooms from psychedelic to jazz to vicious black metal, and each
second between is a joy.