Blood Incantation - Luminescent Bridge
Two new songs over 20 minutes. One is cosmic death metal the other is dark Tangerine Dream style synthy ambience. An excellent band.
Baroness - Stone
Riffy, classic rock tinged heavy metal. I haven’t really enjoyed anything they’ve put out since Blue but apparently this is a return to form.
Nation Of Language - Strange Disciple
Indie tinged synth pop. One part goth club one part uhh I guess 80s alt night one part early 00s ironic New York dance party
Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
Upliftingly named new album from uhh…another cosmic death metal band
This is my big one for this week. Currently listening to the Colours albums in sequence in readiness. Wondering if Stone heralds a new album naming convention?
Bit of a ‘supergroup’ of the Dublin DIY indie scene, featuring Paddy Hanna on vocals along with members of Ginnels, No Monster Club, Land Lovers etc. Bit synthier than most of those bands, quite Talking Heads. Second album, released on the newly revived Popical Island label that all their old bands used to be on in its heyday.
Produced by Daniel Fox from Gilla Band as all albums are now. Looks like it was mastered by Mikey Young from Eddy Current Suppression Ring? That’s cool.
The third album from the Cameroonian- American artist. A reinvention of her sound after a self imposed move to Germany and being surrounded by dance music. Produced by rostram, this album blends beat driven dance and effervescent pop.
Not much for me today. I’ll be taking a look at the return of Brujeria
The grindcore/death metal band formed by a Mexican drug cartel which may or may not just be members of various metal bands like Fear Factory, Faith No More, Napalm Death etc in disguise
FFO MTV2 videos shown around 2am circa 1999, silly disguises, people going “aiaiaiaiaiiiiiii hahaha”
Looks like the Spotify link issue is happening to a few other folk now too. If you’re sharing it on your phone, you might need to click Share->More->Copy URL to get the proper link.
Anyone remotely interested in heavy music should give this a go. Djent-y metal-y experimental British band with first album since 2018. Bound to be one of my AOTYs, the vocals are so so good. Definitely worth a listen.
Deluxe version of last year’s album - features a cover of Whipping Boy’s ‘Twinkle’, an Orbital remix of the opening track, and versions from the original sessions.
Prolific hazy melancholic slowcore band release this year’s offering,. The slowjams seem very slightly more jumped up with each album. (This was actually out a couple of days ago, but seemed a waste to put it in last week’s thread)
