Sep 26, 2023
My 500th episode, and favorite albums of the last 12 years!
My favorite
metal albums, ever
Moody tribalistic psychedelic
experimental metal that transports me to a bonfire in an alien
world with monsters dancing around me.
2:29-11:38
MURMUR (Chicago),
album – S/T (2014)
Bull of Crete
11:39-20:29
VENENUM (Germany),
album – Trance of Death (2017)
Merging Nebular Drapes
20:30-27:55
THE RUINS OF
BEVERAST (Germany), album – Exuvia (2017)
Takitum Tootem (Trance)
International
genius
Tormented brilliance while still
bringing the fucking riffs from unexpected parts of the world.
Immense, complex, teeth-clenchingly satisfying.
28:32-32:57
MORAL COLLAPSE
(Bangalore), album - S/T (2021)
Divine Prosthetics I
32:57-42:14
PURE WRATH
(Indonesia), album – Hymn to the Woeful Hearts (2022)
Footprints Of The Lost
Child
42:15-48:06
QUESTION (Mexico),
album - Reflections of the Void (2020)
First Fragmentation
Genre
bending
Experimental, weird, fun, insane
albums that never get tiring. My #1 album of 2019 is Witch
Trail; my #2 album of 2018 is Convulsing.
48:50-54:50
WITCH TRAIL
(Belgium), album – S/T (2019)
Afloat
54:51-1:05:23
CONVULSING (AU),
album – Grievous (2018)
Beaten
Revitalist
You have to know, I am the biggest
fan of psychedelic, bluesy, rockin’ 70s with the sexiest vocals.
These albums have true soul.
1:06:05-1:10:39
GRAVEYARD (Sweden),
album – Hisingen Blues (2011)
No Good, Mr Holden
1:10:40-1:13:46
HORISONT (Sweden),
album – Second Assault (2012)
Things Ive Seen
1:13:47-1:17:52
GREENLEAF (Sweden),
album – Nest Of Vipers (2012)
Jack Staff
1:17:53-1:24:02
KADAVAR (Germany),
album – S/T (2012)
Black Sun
Indie
Incredible lyrics and an immediate
nostalgic appeal of indie band Moaning, easily one of my favorite
albums OF ALL TIME.
1:24:33-1:29:13
MOANING (LA), album
- Uneasy Laughter (2020)
Stranger
Legendary
dark wave
80s band Pink Turns Blue released an
album in 2021 that was as deliciously romantic and catchy as any of
their early stuff. Seeing them live was almost too much to
handle.
1:29:41-1:34:03
PINK TURNS BLUE
(Berlin), album - Tainted (2021)
Not Even Trying
Influential
She Past Away leads this dark wave
resurgence. Fearing opened for She Past Away in 2019 and just
released a brand new album on Profound Lore.
1:34:34-1:38:44
SHE PAST AWAY
(Turkey/UK), album – Belirdi Gece (2012)
Sanrı
1:38:45-1:43:18
FEARING (CA), album
- Shadow (2020)
Catacombs
Texas is a
huge goth scene
The biggest bands are coming from
Texas, and Twin Tribes are at the top. Both Twin Tribes and
Haunt Me tour, so definitely catch them live. They are lovely
goth boys with great eye makeup.
1:43:44-1:47:35
TWIN TRIBES (TX),
album - Ceremony (2019)
The River
1:47:36-1:52:23
HAUNT ME (TX), album
- This Sadness Never Ends (2021)
Clementine
Frothy
Standing alone in a bubbly, frothy
cloud, Fragrance is sweet synth pop, completely
addictive.
1:52:47-1:56:25
FRAGRANCE (France)
(2019)
So Typical
Lusciously
dark
My friend Adam and I caught Creux
Lies live, and really loved the lead singer’s gym shorts outfit.
Doesn’t matter, his vocals are luscious and dreamy
perfection. All three bands are incredible vocalists, in a deeply
melodic style of goth pop.
1:57:17-2:02:22
CREUX LIES (CA),
album - Goodbye Divine (2021)
Becoming
2:02:23-2:06:55
LEBANON HANOVER
(UK/Swiss), album - Let Them Be Alien (2018)
Alien
2:06:56-END
THIS COLD NIGHT
(WA), album - ARE WE NOT IMMORTAL YET?? (2022)
I Felt the Sun