Mary Halvorson Trio - Dragon's Head

This album gave back my faith in free jazz. Mmmm. Awesome stuff.

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The Wizar'd - Pathways Into Darkness

The Wizar'd used to be a medicore, slightly underinspired trad.doom band. It took them 6 years and numerous releases to find their sound and create something really worthy. 2010's "Pathways Into Darkness" brings us great, harsh trad.doom with amazing expressive vocals. Yeah, the singer is bad. But was Ozzy a good singer, technically? No. Is Albert Witchfinder? Not really. Ol' Rusty Vintage Wizard Master (hail cheesy doom stage names) has this raw, indeed rusty voice and he's finally not affraid to use it.

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Jucifer / Show of Bedlam split

I dig it when a split has a "famous" and a new band facing each other. Though both collectives are "new" for me, as this is the first time I'm exposed to either of them. Two 'girly' bands. "Female fronted metal". You know, like Nightwish and Evanescence.
Jucifer deliever a fair dose of harsh punkish sludge(core). Now, Show of Bedlam is a promising newcomer, with a mix of retro, psychedelic sound, doom and twisted female vocals. My personal favourite is "Miss Johnny Shirt", where the vocal palette includes spoken word, 70's singing and screams.

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Patti Smith - Horses

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All Kanye West albums were removed...

Lunar Sex - Lunar Sex

Look, something you usually don't see 'round here: an 80's band. An obscure little female-fronted band, they played pretty awesome fast-paced hard rock/heavy metal with some punkish overtones... And, well, they are called Lunar Sex, how cool is that??.

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Skullflower - Taste the Blood of the Deciever

More Skullflower, a really great album.

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The Lamp of Thoth

Another post that should be tagged "Doom" many times...

I Love the Lamp demo <<< love it >>>

Oh yes I do, I do love the Lamp!! Traditional doom metal at its best, with the accent on traditional. Most trad.doom bands only incorporate "sabbathisms", but not the Lamp, oh no, they go further and add the 80's to the 70's, they are heavy on NWOBHM influences. Aaaand they are proud Englishmen.
Their demo (just like all their material) has a pretty raw but warm and enjoyable sound and what's more important, great compositions, interesting songs, riffs-riffs-riffs.

Portents, Omens & Doom <<< yer doom >>>

Their full-length effort brings no disappointment... The Lamp of Thoth keeps on delivering first class trad.doom.

Sing as You Slay <<< _dsfas__ >>>

Aaaand finally an EP with some bonus tracks.

Buy their stuff, most of them are avaible at doom distros. They have splits with all kinds of bands, EPs, 7"s...

Wreck of the Hesperus - Terminal Dirge

no compromises blackened funeral doom from Ireland. This is their first demo, and it's one of my favourite records lately. Raw sound, but not in that bedroom-black-metal way, just muddy enough to deliever the kick. All their stuff is highly recommended!
(oh, and this is post no 67, so Einstürzende Neubauten was no 66, you know, that is, SHAITAN! BURN!!)

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Einstürzende Neubauten - Tabula Rasa

Strangely enough, I used to dislike Einstürzende Neubauten. Then I learned German, got my hands on a discography, had a few murky, night-time listening sessions, opened up a dictionary or two, and, well, now I'm a fan. "Tabula Rasa" is a great album, it has all these spoken word stuff, various drones and quite interesting arrangements.
Also, I have a fuckin' slow internet, so
updates are going to be sporadic --- as always. Have fun!

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Creature with the Atom Brain - Transylvania

Here's a feel-good record for you all. This is easy-going stoner rock with various "alternative" overtones plus a touch of retro by Millionaire's guitarist, who also was in Mark Lanegan Band. Oh, and the first album of the project featured Lanegan on one of the tracks. Musically it's somewhere between Millionaira (what a surprise), Brian Jonestown Massacre ("The Color of Sundown" even uses the same chords as BJM's "Servo"...), The Dandy Warhols (chorused vocals), some Eagles of Death Metal, but with a more polished aesthetic. Some songs drift into other territories as well, callwords include "gothic Americana", "new country" etc. Might not be a challenging, original and ground-breaking record, but it's a) professional, b) good, c) that's all.

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