Pilgrim - II: Void Worship (2014)

Sad news, sad day. Jon 'The Wizard' Rossi - guitarist, singer and songwriter of Pilgrim - died and this totally sucks. He died at 26 (didn't even make it to the 27 club). For this, I'm listening to Pilgrim today in memory, and sharing a DLable for their latest/last album, which in my opinion was one of the best albums to be released in 2014.

Pilgrim is a young doom metal band that plays in the style of the mighty Reverend Bizarre, and they do it well. They've only been around since 2010/2011, and I've always wished for more material from these guys. A successor contender for the Reverend Bizarre, but with their own twist to the sound. This would also appeal to fans of Hammers of Misfortune.

Rest in Power Jon Rossi, your doom will live on.

Apr 1991 - Oct 2017

Was the master real or was he a dream?

Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

One of Porcupine Tree's best outputs. Epic spacey progressive rock with influences from Klaus Schultz, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream. The songs are amazing here. The Sky Moves Sideways is easily among the band's best tracks (both parts). Semi-melancholic feel is heard throughout. Dislocated Day's oppressive riffing introduces doom vibe, another highlight from the band's catalog. If I could upload a joint, I would. Highly recommended.

I will find a way to make you say the name of your forgiver

Reverend Gary Davis - Blues & Ragtime (1993)

Blind since infancy and having had led a difficult life, Reverend Gary Davis outthugs about any gangsta rapper and satanic black metal band from Scandinavia. A collection of Reverend Gary Davis songs recorded at different locations between 1962 and 1966. One of my go-to delta blues releases to play at any occasion.

Check it out

Sunn O))) - Agharti Live 09-10 (2011)

Hallucinatory live take on Sunn O)))'s Monoliths and Dimensions. It works as a different album though, it's not a copycat. Accompanied by voidfucking vocals of Attila Csihar, Aghartha is broken into two tracks. The first half is sweet droning drones, the second one features some of Attila's best recorded moments. Hunting and Gathering (here H&G Foraging) is crushingly heavy, and of course it's played slower! If you like Monoliths and Dimensions, drone or you are an admirer of adventurous vocals, you should listen to this.

Where tunnels open into the great nothing and the giant spaces that rent gravity unto the depths of the earth. Alight becomes the riddle of the labyrinth where the channels of the junction reform the ethos and forget everything

Yehudi Menuhin · Ravi Shankar · Jean-Pierre Rampal - Improvisations - West Meets East 3 (1976)

One of the best things ever recorded. Ravi Shankar on sitar, Yehudi Menuhin on violin, Jean-Pierre Rampal on flute, accompanied by harp, tambura, and tabla (amazingly played by Alla Rakha). The tabla work is particularly masterful virtuoso alongside the front men. Not to mention 'Morning Love' having one of the best melodies and riffs ever. Highly recommended.

Transcend

R.I.P. Martin E. Ain

R.I.P. Martin Ain, former bass and vocal duties of  legendary Celtic Frost and Hellhammer.
July 18, 1967 - October 21, 2017

Bathory - The Return...... (1985)

Fuck yeah Bathory's second full-length is full of bangers. Venom, blasphemy, black metal, goat worship, (bestial) lust and sleeze. Absolutely essential.

Get it poser

Pole - 3 (2000)

Stefan Betke aka Pole hails from Dusseldorf, Germany. His albums in general dabble in healthy balance of ambient dub techno with a minimal approach. Pole puts some extra focus on the dub element in this 2000 release. Some eerie vibes thrown in too. If you like glitch, bleeps and ticks in a dub/ambient context, or just looking for music to work/study/do shit to, give this a try.

Never knew of dodging backrooms over powder. This uninvited company and I. Only in the sleepless freakshows seX entertainment if so I partied anonymous. Change could start my sleep. A lonely care, but inevitable. Thus would bills, stripclubs & strangers. I could grave pills. On every streetcorner I did them.