Tribes of Neurot - Grace (1999)

Tribes of Neurot is a sideproject consisting of all the members of Neurosis. Despite doing numerous standalone records, this one is intended to be simultaneously played along with Neurosis' Times of Grace for maximum effect. There are versions that combine both of the original and the TON interpretation together. On its own though, this creates a very ominous sound, sending the psyche to contemplative and dark places.

Standing in the doorway

Bardo Pond - Untitled (2018)

Bardo Pond's 2018 tour CD is a just-over one hour warped mind altering acid rock jam/song. Lot of things happen here at a beautiful pace that it only feels like 30 minutes. Space ventures, flute magick, drug infused guitars and other shenanigans blending acoustic and electric instrumentation.

Bardo Pond is one of the best bands ever. Buy their things.

Earth - Extra-Capsular Extraction (1991)

Colossal crushing drones from pioneers Earth. This EP features the prolific Joe Preston on bass and drums, Dave Harwell on another bass, and of course Dylan Carlson on guitar and magick. Get absorbed, if you're ready.

I did not hate God or Christ, but merely the God and Christ of the people whom I hated.

Boris - Feedbacker (2003)

One of eclectics Boris' best outputs. Self-descriptive Feedbacker (aka Boris at Last) is a 42-minute journey divided into 5 parts. Beautifully flowed album with a lot to hear in. There's mandatory crushing drones and slow riffery, psychedelic-tinged doom, noise and occasional vocal and stoner work. Given the guitar tones of this album, this is some shit to get lost in.

Crisis leaves beautiful remains 
Yesterday appeared in a dream 
Touched the dazzling omen

The Bug vs Earth - Concrete Desert (2017)

One of the best albums of the year, and might possibly be my favourite. This album's gotten so many listens from me. Amazing collaboration between Dylan Carlson and Kevin Martin aka The Bug (who's been involved with projects with Justin Broadrick like Techno Animal, Ice, God, among others such as King Midas Sound, etc.). Broken dub and occasionally industrial beats emerging from haunted guitar riffs from the drone metal pioneer himself. Also contains two mean versions of tracks mixed with Justin Broadrick's vocals. I got the privilege to see these guys twice this year. Addictive album, also great to immerse into when you're traveling through crowded public transport, bumping into all those people yet everyone's feeling disconnected from everyone, everything. Highly recommended.

Don't walk these streets

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