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| Don't be scared! It's just 2hrs of music and rambling commentary. |
Hey look at that, third time's a charm. Finally got a show off the ground with minimal tech issues. Next week I'll get some background music for my voice breaks so you don't have to hear the wretched screams of San Francisco drunks and the creep of awful local live bands as backdrop.
This week I featured some tracks off my favorite albums so far this year. Probably my favorite up and coming band is Gerzolth out of Russia. Their stuff is reminiscent of that late 90s Russian and maybe a bit of the Polish sound. All those atmospheric and stoically pagan bands coming out around that time; these guys are young but have clearly taken influence where it matters while still developing a unique sound.
bez|kres out of Poland is another highlight, being the (likely) reincarnation of Kły after 4 years of dormancy. Now leaning fully into the post punk sound they had flirted with initially, bez|kres has them at their most minimalist but still knowing when to burst out into some triumphant riff or vocal switch up. When I think of where black metal is 'going', bands like them give me hope.
Some other recent favorites include Rites of Tara out of Canada, who play some very deliberately paced and riff-centric folk metal, Sepulkhral Baptism playing extremely solid war metal, and Dominion - an OSDM throwback that doesn't suck.
Did some throwbacks to some cool 90s goregrind and some one-off favorites of late 90s / mid 2000s black metal. Take a look, take a listen.
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| Artist | Song | Album | Timecode |
| Dominion | Sexual Sadism | Evil Control | 0:00:00 |
| Voice Break | | | 0:04:46 |
| Gerzolth | Душе Волков Расправить Крылья | Влагу вен бодрящий ветер | 0:07:48 |
| Rites of Tara | Below the Lake | Relic | 0:11:52 |
| Cryptopsy | Keeping the Cadaver Dogs Busy | Once Was Not | 0:17:30 |
| Ancient Rites | Fatherland | Fatherland | 0:23:12 |
| Radigost | In the Heart of Battle | For the Honor of our Truth... For the Honor of our Faith | 0:30:12 |
| Voice Break | | | 0:36:29 |
| Sepulkhral Baptism | II | Sepulkhral Baptism | 0:41:28 |
| Mgła | Presence II | Presence | 0:45:43 |
| Cedamus | Seven Sky | In a Dream... | 0:53:31 |
| Hirpus | Sentenza di morte per la modernità | Ianuaria | 0:58:04 |
| Voice Break | | | 1:04:25 |
| Drive Like Jehu | Future Home Of Stucco Monstrosity | Drive Like Jehu | 1:07:35 |
| Squash Bowels | Stranger Mind: Possessed, Amssenn, Passage | Tnyribal | 1:11:36 |
| Catasexual Urge Motivation | I Am As Beautiful As I Have Killed | Encyclopedia of Serial Murders | 1:14:10 |
| Odium | Towards the Forest Horizon | The Sad Realm of the Stars | 1:17:38 |
| Diabolical Masquerade | Tracks 38-43 | Death's Design | 1:23:16 |
| Voice Break | | | 1:28:14 |
| bez|kres | wygłos | bez|kres | 1:33:59 |
| Simple Existenz | Die See | Das Leben vor dem Tod | 1:39:23 |
| Baptism | The Sacrament Of Blood And Ash | V: The Devil's Fire | 1:46:06 |
| Voice Break | | | 1:52:22 |
| Swans | Time is Money (Bastard) | Greed | 1:55:39 |
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| Onwards to Glory (etc) |