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.
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.
Holy shit, what can I say about this? In 2006 Cult of Luna released this monumental post-metal/atmospheric sludge metal album. This might very well be my favourite post-metal album, let alone being among the best metal albums of all time in my book. It's the kind of album that when I feel like listening to a particular song off it, I can't help but continue all of it, though I usually always start it from the start. A deep, self-contemplative emotional trip parallel to a religious experience which I highly recommend to everyone to experience, whether you like metal or not.
I was spoiled enough to witness them resurrect this masterpiece to life at Roadburn 2016. It was the very first band at the four-day festival - after finishing the set, I was so shaken, and thinking "Now what? I could go home happy now." It was life-shattering to say the least.
According to guitarist Erik Olofsson, SATH is about "Male loneliness - I was very inspired by a book by J.M. Coetzee [Life & Times of Michael K] about a man in South Africa with a hare lip. [The character] escapes from everything and lives off the earth eating only pumpkings. Johannes Persson [guitar, vocals, lyrics] had similar ideas for the lyrics about loneliness, it has a countryside vibe to it." The latter is further highlighted by banjo in some moments. If you missed it in the first paragraph, I highly recommend this.
This little EP by Ukrainian black metal cult leaders Drudkh consists of two tracks. The first being Fallen Into Oblivion, a slow-paced instrumental. The second, which highlights this release for me is riff-laden Ashes. It's more upbeat compared to the former. Atmospheric, simple, sorrowful and raw.
'HigherGrounds is the second full-length release by Healer, the downtempo and ambient project of Swedish producer Michael Andresen. Originally released in 2004, this lightly mixed album is an elegant example of soothing melodic downtempo filled with evolving soundscapes and deep, luxurious rhythms.'
Claypool needs no introduction, and if the name doesn't ring a bell to you, maybe today is your lucky day because this album is a great vehicle to familiarize with the bass wizard. Four Foot Shack is an acoustic bass country/hillbilly/americana album with bluegrass tinges. The album contains one original and fourteen covers, although most of the 'covers' are Claypool and Primus songs.
When I started getting into metal and punk, I discovered and got into this one at about 13 on a blog. Since then, it had remained among my favourite crossover releases. I never recall anyone really mentioning or talking about it after discovering it, online or irl. Recently I found a physical of this and my jaw literally dropped. A few days ago I fucking acquired it and to make it sassier it was a sexyass green vinyl. So I'm celebrating the occasion of having it (and christmas) by sharing this gnarly kickass crossover thrash gem with you. Enjoy!
As weird as Finnish death metal gets. Warped riffs, angry toad vocals, schizophrenic lyrics and overall atmosphere that'll turn you into one of the blokes on the album art. Essential. One of the best metal albums. Highly recommended.
I don't remember how this one slipped into my library but I checked it out a few days ago and I'm enjoying it more everyday. Contemporary acoustic folk with soft vocals. Great tracks throughout and nice to mellow out to in winter.