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I've had a lovely afternoon in the park and am pleased / surprised to discover that people have actually humoured me. Many thanks, keep it coming.
Mammoth Weed Bastard, Spaceslug, Yob and Monolord sound like fun so I will start with them.
Is it just me or is seriousness the kiss of death for metal bands?
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one of my faves from the past couple of years:
https://youtu.be/GX_FZuNA1VE
i guess i lean to the slower/melancholy side of doom, but here’s a couple of others:
https://youtu.be/10q1ZJyLXFk
and possibly a little more leftfield:
https://youtu.be/-bzkxsEJ0ic
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I think that question on seriousness is really tricky to answer and massively depends on whether you’re talking about the artist or their output.
There are thousands of metal bands that create incredibly serious music but are themselves unpretentious, down to earth folk just doing what they love.
I have no qualms whatsoever with metal being serious (or the artists themselves taking their craft seriously). It’s a genre that tackles some of the heaviest subject matters out there, and in large part does so with intellect, respect and compassion (with notable exceptions!). Take 1914 as an example - this band can invoke the horror of war like no book I’ve ever read. They are huge history buffs who are obsessive with the getting the detail of the events they are relaying right, and take the task very seriously. I would consider anything but seriousness in this field the kiss of death.
It also massively turns on what you listen to metal for. If you’ve got some tunes on with some mates and a few beers then a dissonant, complex and rambling death metal masterpiece isn’t going to fit.
I listen to music a lot on the turbo, where I like hard, fast and aggressive styles to get me revved up for the session (lots of death, tech-death and certain deathcore) or otherwise as a stress reliever / catharsis type of thing (where I like more dissonant / cavernous death and black metal). So ‘non-serious’ metal doesn’t ever really fall into my sphere and as such I very rarely listen to stoner, sludge or power metal.
All that said, I have learnt not to take the seriousness of a band’s name as an indicator. I very nearly passed on Fvneral Fvkk’s 2019 album Carnal Confessions, which turned out to be one of the most gut wrenchingly serious albums I’ve ever heard, dealing with sexual abuse in the Church. It’s an incredible display of clean-vocal doom, expertly written and performed and tackling impossibly heavy subject matter with wonderful sensitivity.
Sorry, that’s probably a wildly over the top response to what might have been a throw-away comment, but it was a really interesting question!
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Some goodies in there mate!
That Bell Witch is a classic of the genre for sure. I’m not that into funeral doom, let alone a single track 1.5hr album but it’s an incredible piece.
Will dig into Urfaust - not familiar with them at all, thanks for the rec!
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They’re somewhat inconsistent, and their earlier stuff can be a bit off the wall, but I’m a big fan.
Would say other than that EP, this album is my go-to:
https://youtu.be/ZdSTirdm7As
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Cool, cheers will have a spin
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Started with MWWB and enjoying it so far.... reminds me a bit of this (which is quite silly but still excellent, and therefore probably dovetails into the seriousness thing somehow... but more on that later, when I'm not supposed to be working @Ottomanotter )
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Some great splits out recently.
Terminal Nation / Kruelty
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HsLCrgNE8k4
Anatomia / Undergang
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yz4vmrsCY_c
Malthusian / Suffering Hour
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Oooh. New LoG is really good. This is more like their earlier work and I hope this foreshadows a return to form.
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This is hitting the spot for me today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxHLVzYmNx4
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Enjoying some of the sets from Hellfest being uploaded here:
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Loads of stuff on there 👍
Seen that godflesh are playing 229 Great Portland Street for a couple of dates in Sept (don't know the venue myself)
https://link.dice.fm/7bP1aaA7hrb -
New Dead Cross -
https://youtu.be/4oEZq_JHwBg
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Booked my first gig in years (apart from Nick Cave, because my wife compulsively buys tickets whenever he tours, and it's got to the point where I've got jaded about seeing him...) so I'm looking forward to seeing Maori band Alien Weaponry (notably Maori-language performing) supporting Gojira, next February:
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New WAKE album, Thought Form Descent is out. Absolutely stunning heavy-hitter record. Best one of the year for me so far.
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This popped into my head today and very glad it did so:
https://youtu.be/hhu63xr-QL0
Also this: https://youtu.be/aUW_mloz_qs
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And some et9. I was so gutted when they did a (reunion?) set at The Garage and they didn’t play Amnesia 😞
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/earthtone9/2011/relentless-garage-london-england-53d3d371.html
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Been listening to loads all week - on my own on headphones because it’s banned in the house 😆
Absolutely love the chords on the verses at the start of this track.
And the way the lines of the verses in this flow into the next, and the breakdowns are amazing, especially the funky start to the second one 🤘
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(Also seconding just about everything mentioned so far)