This might just have been the best doom album of the year.
― Sugary pee is not normal (aldo), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
i like the cover a lot
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
I fear that this is the point in the poll where it becomes all doom/drone and I tune out.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
60. Cathis Ord - The Far Shore (419 Points, 14 Votes)http://images.cryhavok.org/d/20132-1/Cathis+Ord+-+The+Far+Shore.jpghttp://www.last.fm/music/Cathis+Ord
Cathis Ord is a one-man-band from Great Britain.(From Cathis Ord myspace):Dark and melodic prog from the home of all things slow and heavy. Cathis Ord combines elements of Doom, depressive rock and acoustic passages centered around mythical landscapes and epic songs. The debut album ‘The Far Shore’ was released in January 2011.
(From Cathis Ord myspace):Dark and melodic prog from the home of all things slow and heavy. Cathis Ord combines elements of Doom, depressive rock and acoustic passages centered around mythical landscapes and epic songs. The debut album ‘The Far Shore’ was released in January 2011.
Nice to see this make it (though I don't think i voted for it) i did rave about this on the sludge/doom thread in 2011 (along with Condenados) so obviously some agreed with me.
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
jeff you need to open your mind and ears!
I like the cover: it's pretty cheerful for a metal album.
― Angrrau Birds (seandalai), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure Turisas will make it through the sludge, right?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
My mind and ears are open! I just find far too much of that stuff far too monochromatic for my taste.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
Life is too short to listen to boring music.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
seandalai i really love that cover too. I said so on that rolling thread. It was probably what made me check it out in the first place!
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
you can buy it from cdbaby http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cathisord/from/viglink
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
That Krux was my #8. My top doom pick is either Elder, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats or Lord Vicar, depending on what you consider doomy doom. Hope Obrero made the list too.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
fucking Looooooon!
― ge0rge l0ch1nsk1 (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
absolutely did not expect to see that make it! Awesome!!!
― ge0rge l0ch1nsk1 (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Kerr asked me up thread about Deafheaven... they were in my top 10 for sure. They are really good live too.
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
another momentous day for george and lil drugs b and c money in the future
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
59. Anaal Nathrakh - Passion (425 Points, 11 Votes)http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BoG5XSeJyTA/TYwmv2NfjiI/AAAAAAAAAVw/YjSqLRRQah4/s400/anaalpassion.jpgSpotifyhttp://www.last.fm/music/Anaal+Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh is a metal band formed in Birmingham, UK in 1999 that fuse industrial and grindcore elements into an underlying black metal style. The band is signed to Feto Records, which is run by Anaal Nathrakh’s Mick Kenney and Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria, Lock Up, Venomous Concept)The name comes from Merlin’s Charm of Making in John Boorman’s Excalibur (1981). Given Michael Everson’s transcription, Anaal Nathrakh means “serpent’s breath”.Anaal Nathrakh is typically described as black metal, despite eschewing the aesthetic of many black metal bands, dressing in a casual manner, as opposed to the theatrical corpsepaint and spiked leather clothing traditionally favored by the black metal subculture.The band originally started as a raw black metal band, but soon changed to blackened grindcore. Through the use of distorted samples, sound effects and programmed drums, much of its work also falls into the industrial metal category, though the band uses no keyboards.Lyrics are not published, and, prior to their employment of clean vocals, facetious rumors abounded that the band didn’t have any actual lyrics since the vocals were completely incomprehensible. But from the song titles, increasingly common clean passages, and information given in interviews, the band’s work seems to revolve around apocalyptic themes, the nature of mortality, and misanthropy.Anaal Nathrakh, like many black metal bands, draw much inspiration from the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, exemplified by such song titles as “Human, All Too Fucking Human” and “Revaluation of All Values.”
The name comes from Merlin’s Charm of Making in John Boorman’s Excalibur (1981). Given Michael Everson’s transcription, Anaal Nathrakh means “serpent’s breath”.
Anaal Nathrakh is typically described as black metal, despite eschewing the aesthetic of many black metal bands, dressing in a casual manner, as opposed to the theatrical corpsepaint and spiked leather clothing traditionally favored by the black metal subculture.
The band originally started as a raw black metal band, but soon changed to blackened grindcore. Through the use of distorted samples, sound effects and programmed drums, much of its work also falls into the industrial metal category, though the band uses no keyboards.
Lyrics are not published, and, prior to their employment of clean vocals, facetious rumors abounded that the band didn’t have any actual lyrics since the vocals were completely incomprehensible. But from the song titles, increasingly common clean passages, and information given in interviews, the band’s work seems to revolve around apocalyptic themes, the nature of mortality, and misanthropy.
Anaal Nathrakh, like many black metal bands, draw much inspiration from the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, exemplified by such song titles as “Human, All Too Fucking Human” and “Revaluation of All Values.”
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
look its not doom! jeff was wrong!
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
its real metal!
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
Every time I see "blackened" used as a descriptor I imagine the album is covered in cayenne pepper, garlic powder, salt, and msg.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
you been reading that metal cookbook again?http://www.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cover_hellbent-1.jpg
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
listening to deafhaven again now, its good stuff.
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
METALLLLLLLL
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
58. Sungrazer - Mirador (426 Points, 15 Votes)http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qFO_aqYWpnE/ThyM0Ydl6vI/AAAAAAAAFVQ/TcB1RkJk-Pc/s1600/gsdgdsgdsdggsd.jpghttp://www.last.fm/music/Sungrazer
This Dutch three-piece delivers what can only be described as mammoth walls of mountainous fuzz. Picture the mighty Kyuss rejoined after a 15-year hiatus! Somehow Sungrazer have been moulded to the very roots of stoner/desert rock, a venture that has so often been tried and, time and time again, never succeeded. Sungrazer are perfect example of how good music can sound when three musicians work in unison and collaborate as a whole.
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
stoner rock sadly got in a rut in the last 10 years but when it gets it right, it can still be majestic. Sungrazer get it RIGHT!
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
57. Shooting Guns - Born to Deal in Magic: 1952-1976 (432 Points, 13 Votes)http://f0.bcbits.com/z/12/49/1249253107-1.jpghttp://www.last.fm/music/Shooting+Gunshttp://shootingguns.bandcamp.com/album/born-to-deal-in-magic-1952-1976
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
countdown will resume til #51 after the outage is over
so get your comments in
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
56. RAVENTALE - Bringer of Heartsore (438 Points, 14 Votes, 1 #1)http://www.solitude-prod.com/releases_bmm/bmm045.jpgSpotifyhttp://www.last.fm/music/Raventale
Ukrainian Black / Doom Metal project
If you like Drudkh then check them out!
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
real good find for me when i heard their last album and this one is great too.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Siegbran heard them after he voted and thought it was great.
The decription sounds pretty good, but that name alone would have left me thinking power metal.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
that epheles album is stone cold perfect btw― blurgh (jjjusten)
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
(crack the top 100)
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
you're part of the hivemind!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
how many of your picks have placed so far?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
A couple of thoughts on today thus far (I honestly meant to check in today but life got crazy).
Happy to see some of my favorite records show up - Witch Mountain, Sungrazer and Shooting Guns. My thoughts on each, copied from my tumblr blog:
69. Witch Mountain
It’s getting called doom because it leans toward the slow and heavy sound of the early 70s, but there are some things they do that other doom bands rarely aim for or achieve. Firstly, they swing like motherfuckers (something Sabbath doesn’t get enough credit for, by the way). Nate Carson’s drumming and Dave Hoopaugh’s bass are one unit, the pocket so enveloping it’s like a 40 Hz womb. Secondly, Rob Wrong’s guitar is one of the least Iommi-inspired of anyone mining that “Hand Of Doom” vein; there is a lot of psychedelic rock in his sound (listen to that fuzz and feedback), to these ears owing more to the Hendrix/Uli Jon Roth lineage than the Iommi/Wino side of things. Top that off with vocalist Uta Plotkin’s power blues delivery and this ain’t your everyday doom band.
58. Sungrazer
I like slow, spacey, epic psychedelic hard rock. These guys do it well, and with Mirador, their second album, they’ve achieved something very special. There’s a bit of desert rock ala Kyuss in this one, but it’s got more peyote than Pabst in that groove. I found it worked for all moods, weather and seasons.
57. Shooting Guns
I’m partial to instrumental metal, if only because so many of the vocals drive me nuts. These guys don’t worry about anything beyond monster grooves. Their hypnotic heaviness often reminds me of Loop, minus a bit of the Stooges and amplifying the Hawkwind with a dash of late 80s doom ala The Obsessed or something. Feel the groove, love the groove, live the groove.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
I need to hear the Indian record again - it didn't grab me on the first go 'round and I don't remember giving it another. Should rectify that soon.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
I f-ing love Sungrazer. While they're my #12 overall (including non-metal), I didn't vote for them, as I wanted to focus on metal. If there was a stoner rock rut, there certainly isn't this year.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
55. KEN Mode - Venerable (439 Points, 16 Votes)http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jFJPiB9Ay84/TagGuU1_63I/AAAAAAAAABI/aRsmQy1anZ8/s1600/Venerable_cover.jpghttp://www.last.fm/music/ken+mode
KEN mode is a metallic noise rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that was formed in Sept, 1999.http://www.facebook.com/kenmodehttp://www.kenmode.bandcamp.comhttp://www.twitter.com/kenmodenoisehttp://www.myspace.com/kenmode
http://www.facebook.com/kenmodehttp://www.kenmode.bandcamp.comhttp://www.twitter.com/kenmodenoisehttp://www.myspace.com/kenmode
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
The Sungrazer record is odd in that if I haven't listened to it for a while it slips in my estimation, but then I throw it on and BAM I'm hooked and loving it.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
im pretty damn sure sean would've voted for ken mode
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
epheles was def in my top 5
im also still mad at u sonsofbitches for vetoing the ulver album
― blurgh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
That KEN Mode record is fantastic, my #13.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
you cant blame me for thatxp
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
ez its been a good poll for you so far
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
I need to check out Sungrazer and Shooting Guns -- slow and groovy are good keywords!
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
how many albums have you all had placed so far?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
not too bad. Honestly, there were only about a baker's dozen of metal records I really loved this year. It's the biggest reason my ballot was small; plenty of other records I liked, but couldn't weigh against each other at all.
Looks like 6 of the 20 I voted for so far. But the three I mentioned above are in the batch I loved.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
the other three I voted for are Caïna, Premonition 13 and Rwake.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link