Aug 19, 2020
0:25-6:15
QUESTION
(Mexico)
First Fragmentation
— A slam, a swirl, tempos inhale and
exhale, grim death is elevated by a joyous soul. Moody but direct.
A winning album here.
7:35-12:32
HAVUKRUUNU
(Finland)
Kunnes Varjot Saa
— Ethnic folk-influenced spacy alien
black metal with raging guitars and evil imagery via the Finnish
guttural vocalist.
13:16-18:13
KRALLICE
(NYC)
Feed on the Blood of Rats
— Another genius album by NYC giants
who pull apart black and death with ambient and prog; and still
manage to feed the riff monsters.
18:48-22:10
TERMINAL NATION
(AR)
Orange Bottle Prison
— Massive impact in a chaotic package
of political hardcore and booming death. Those boots are
flying.
22:35-30:32
DRAINBOW
(Austin)
The Death Owl in The Tower of
Flints
— A trippy capsule of storytelling
70’s and modern death and black weaved into a beautifully melodic
and proggy roller coaster ride.
31:04-36:04
ATRÆ BILIS
(CAN)
Ectopian
— A debut album from Atrae Bilis is
groove death, full on neck-bracing riffs, dynamic lurching tempos,
and technical prowess. This is a fun album.
36:35-42:47
NUG
(Ukraine)
Radiance Сяйво
— It’s a big deal for me to play
post-metal because I don’t (usually) like it. This is a stream of
consciousness blending so many different genres and creating a
wonderfully strange meditative and proggy atmosphere. And it
just ROCKS.
43:03-47:13
MESARTHIM
(AU)
Time Domain
— Last year, this band made into my
Best Modern Black Metal list with eclectic electronics and a
shrieking vocalist surprisingly hypnotic and emotional.
48:29-52:24
ROPE SECT
(GER)
Eleutheria
— A solid offering of rolling, warm,
soothing, haunting post-punk.
53:08-END
VASSAFOR
(NZ)
Emanations from the Abyss
— This dude is NZ is in Temple
Nightside, who I played last week. He’s into murky evil shit all
around.