FatherAlabaster

Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao Naked City - Leng Tch'e

Dream Unending - Tide Turns Eternal

Hey, I've merged your promo threads together. We ask that you use one thread per project, please keep your band's posts in this thread from now on.

Abigor - Time Is The Sulphur In The Veins Of The Saint Blut Aus Nord - 777 Cosmosophy

Setentia - Darkness Transcend Slidhr - White Hart!

Seconded w/ gusto

MorningRISE dammit mark I love this album. It was where I discovered them and it was pivotal to the way I thought about songwriting as a budding musician. I'm hopelessly biased in favor of it. If you're a fan of Blackwater Park you should definitely listen to Still Life and My Arms, Your Hearse. MAYH is a conscious shift in style away from the first two albums, Still Life is similar but more fully realized and polished.

Wardruna - Kvitravn

Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions

Selbst - Vortex Of Anguish And Death

Hell yeah man, thank you for the support.

Vestígio - Vestígios ...thanks to SurgicalBrute for the rec. Cool interplay between the guitars, melodic approach reminds me a bit of Selbst.

Cool writeup at NCS for another couple of promo tracks. "Instrumental" isn't entirely right, but the vocals on these are for texture and melody. This is from near the end of the album. https://www.nocleansinging.com/2024/04/12/an-ncs-premiere-construct-of-lethe-excerpts-from-a-kindness-dealt-in-venom/

How does it feel to be part of the basic-bitch casual crowd that can't handle the throat-eradicating, tongue-petrifying bitterness real men crave? I think part of the reason they're everywhere is that they're easy to do an ok job on quickly, and the hop flavor and bitterness can cover up a lot of little flaws and inconsistencies that would ruin a more nuanced beer. But that doesn't make for a great experience. They are not all like that. If you're ever up this way, like for Messe Des Morts, lemme know. Too much good beer up here for you not to try some.

Bittering depends on the beer. "Hoppy" doesn't necessarily mean "bitter". The hazy New England pale ales keep the later flavor and aroma hop additions much more forward. That's what I loved about them when I couldn't smell things properly, there was enough there for me to latch onto. I don't love hop bitterness for its own sake (don't mind it but don't seek it out) and I really don't like that back-of-the-throat chalky quality that comes with using overly hard water. Talking about trends, there was a trend in overbearing bitterness for a while before the new school hazy style caught on, and I'm glad that one died back. I'm looking for balance and fresh hop flavor/aroma when I drink IPAs. It's slim pickings for the West Coast style up here and harder to find it fresh. We get Stone and Sierra Nevada, that's about it. I used to enjoy them but they can't compete with the local stuff for my dollar. They're just not as good. I also think Sierra has fallen off in general, I don't know if it's just their east coast brewery or my tastes changed or what, but they used to be my favorite all around brewery and now they're just kind of meh. I do look forward to their Celebration Ale in the winter, that's about as close as I get to a west coast IPA anymore.