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On 8/11/2022 at 7:58 AM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Some stoner doom for our young friend who just discovered it.

Lee Van Cleef - Holy Smoke, Italy 2016

 

Nothing worse than being tired at 2 and 3 and 4am and not being able to sleep. 

Just looked up all the 5 Aussie time zones. You people are nuts. 

Oh no I didn't JUST discover it.  I heard most of the Sleep catalogue a couple years ago.  Just felt like a good time to get back to it.  Nevertheless, how could I not check out a stoner band named after one of the greatest actors of the 60's?  Thanks for the link; I never knew they existed until now.

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14 hours ago, True Belief said:

Gee, no love for Borknagar

I dig the debut and Empiricism. They're a weird band for me though, there isn't much middle ground. I can't find anything to latch on to in their other stuff and I kinda hate some of it. It's like the planets just happened to align for a couple of albums. 

NP: Opeth - Still Life

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7 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Is that generally the sign for: tonight's your lucky night? Should've jumped in there with her to harmonize the chorus.

Yep. Didn’t realise I was a Wanted Man….let’s just put it down to a Lack of Communication.. 

Sorry guys, I’ll show myself out.

9 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I dig the debut and Empiricism. They're a weird band for me though, there isn't much middle ground. I can't find anything to latch on to in their other stuff and I kinda hate some of it. It's like the planets just happened to align for a couple of albums. 

NP: Opeth - Still Life

My first Opeth album; Godhead’s Lament probably my favourite Opeth song ever.

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HIGH PRIEST - Vile's Vice

MAKHAIRA - Forced To Exist

.....both of these records fucking rip it...

28 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Gulch - Burning Desire to Draw Last Breath, Metallic HC Santa Cruz CA

 

ICONOCLAST - Domination or Destruction (Early Recordings Remastered) 1983/85 SOCAL HC

 

Wated Youth - Reagan's In, LA punk 1981

 

Downside - Something's Off, SOCAL punk 2019

 

...GULCH was straight fyre....wish they were still around.....

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I haven't been posting much here because I've bought very little new metal this year. I will say Haunter's Discarnate Ails is one of the best albums I've grabed..it's progreesive black/death with a fair amount of dissonance but they always cycle back to a heavy, chaotic sound I dig......that said I found a stack of CD's from 2016, some new, some old but 2016 purchases- tucked away in my basement in overflow CD storage that I've been listening to before putting into main collection interspersed with 2021 albums:

Asphyx/Incoming Death

Ghoulgotha/To Starve the Cross-sounding better than I remembered

Monolord/Vaenir-pretty boring, really

Red Giant/Devil Child Blues-great

The Vision Bleak/The Unknown-this holds up pretty well-gothic metal with blackened overtones

Fleshgod Apocalypse/King-on the one hand-what was I thinking?-on the other hand-this is like a DM version of Dimmu Borgir or Therion both of whom I occasionally enjoy-and it's fun. 

Ramones/Leave Home

Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine/A Beginner's Mind

The War on Drugs/I Don't Live Here Anymore

King Woman/Celestial Blues

 

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