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Corpsegrinder – S/T (2022)

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Mr. George Fisher — most famous to denizens of the internet as an aficionado of cuddly stuffed animals (see here, here, here, here, and here for just a few examples) — has apparently decided to try his hand at death metal vocals.

While I’m not completely sure what prompted this new hobby (although I’m curious whether it might have resulted from a coincidental similarity in appearance to Dethklok vocalist Nathan Explosion from the hit Adult Swim show Metalocalypse, particularly when Mr. Fisher is depicted in cartoon format, as evidenced in the cover artwork shown below), for whatever reason he has assembled himself a brand-new band he calls Corpsegrinder which will release its self-titled debut album one week from today!

 

Corpsegrinder – Corpsegrinder (Perseverance Music Group, 25 February 2022)

 

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healthyliving – until/below; Esses – Bloodletting for the Lonely (2021)

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Here we have two more noteworthy releases from last year. The first, a two-track single, debut release of a collaborative trio from Scotland and Germany; the other an album by a veteran deathrock quintet from the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

healthyliving – until/below (self-released, 25 June 2021)

 

Esses – Bloodletting for the Lonely (Bat-Cave Productions / Atakra Records, 06 August 2021)

 

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Norna – Star Is Way Way Is Eye; Abraham – Debris de Mondes Perdus (2022)

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Good day, readers. Here to start off the week properly I’ve got a pair of albums that live somewhere in the vicinity of post-hardcore, both by Swiss bands (well, one of them is more of a Swiss-Swedish hybrid), and both of which are coming out very soon. Get ready!

 

Norna – Star Is Way Way Is Eye (Vinter Records, 18 February 2022)

 

Abraham – Débris de Mondes Perdus (Pelagic Records, 25 February 2022)

 

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Wang Wen – Sweet Home, Go! (2016); Invisible City (2018); 100,000 Whys (2021)

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Closing out the week, and continuing to work my way through some more of last year’s releases — today I think we’ll explore some Chinese music. Specifically, the music of one particular band from the city of Dalian, which is located at the northern end of the Yellow Sea, just across the bay from North Korea.

I’ll be sharing their three most recent albums with you this afternoon. But it may be worth noting that this group has been active and productive for more than two decades now — and the material we’re covering will actually be their ninth, tenth, and eleventh albums! So if you like what you’re hearing, please feel free to continue digging into it on your own.

 

Wang Wen – Sweet Home, Go! (Pelagic Records / Space Circle, 19 October 2016)

 

Wang Wen – Invisible City (Pelagic Records / Space Circle, 25 September 2018)

 

Wang Wen – 100,000 Whys (Pelagic Records / Space Circle, 24 September 2021)

 

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Yagow – S/T (2017), The Mess (2021)

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Good afternoon! Here’s another highlight from last year, as I continue to work through getting caught up on stuff we missed talking about here: the latest release by this band from Saarland, Germany — located on the Saar river and right near the border with France. And while we’re on the subject, I’ll throw in their debut from four years earlier, for no additional charge!

 

Yagow – Yagow (Crazysane Records, 16 June 2017)

 

Yagow – The Mess (Crazysane Records, 18 June 2021)

 

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Fere – Visceral; Daxma – Unmarked Boxes (2021)

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Hey there. Here we are, midway through yet another week. And time once again to catch up on a couple releases from late last year. The first comes from a Portuguese instrumental post-rock/ambient/doom quartet, the other from a Californian post-doom/ambient/stoner-doom quartet — and both are absolutely worth checking out (otherwise why would I waste the effort talking about them or expect you to do the same reading about them)!

 

Fere – Visceral (Raging Planet Records, 15 November 2021)

 

Daxma – Unmarked Boxes (Blues Funeral Recordings / Majestic Mountain Records, 19 November 2021)

 

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Venom Prison – Primeval (2020), Erebos (2022)

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Hey! Everywhere I turn, the whole internet is buzzing about Venom Prison.

So let’s talk about Venom Prison.

 

Venom Prison – Primeval (Prosthetic Records, 09 October 2020)

 

Venom Prison – Erebos (Century Media Records, 04 February 2022)

 

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Bog Wizard – From the Mire (2020), Miasmic Purple Smoke (2021)

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Ok y’all, it’s Monday… time for some nerd shit.

Dungeons & Dragons has been called the most effective introduction to the occult in the history of Man.

It is a fantasy role-playing game that teaches demonology, witchcraft, voodoo, murder, blasphemy, suicide, assassination, insanity, sex, perversion, homosexuality, prostitution, Satan worship, gambling, barbarism, cannibalism, sadism, desecration, demon summoning, necromantics, divination, and many other occultic themes… all in living color.

Ready to get started? Roll for initiative…

 

Bog Wizard – From the Mire (self-released, 03 July 2020)

 

Bog Wizard – Miasmic Purple Smoke (self-released, 03 December 2021)

 

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Mordred – The Dark Parade (2021)

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Good morning, and here comes some more music for you all to start off your week with!

Don’t worry, I know how to operate a calendar, and I realize it’s Tuesday. But yesterday was a federal holiday here in the U.S., as well as a snow day, so we lazily decided to have ourselves a nice extended weekend.

But today we’re back on track, and I would like to call your attention to an album I particularly enjoyed when it came out last summer. Again, I assure you, I do know how calendars work, and I do realize we’re now into the third week of the new year. Within the next few days I promise the first review of a new 2022 release will be coming! But we’ve still got plenty of older ones to cover that you shouldn’t miss out on.

Like this one: the fourth album overall (and the first in 27 years!) by San Franciscan band Mordred — who, by the way, will be playing their first hometown show of the year this coming weekend, alongside fellow local thrashers Death Angel. Details on tickets (both in-person and live-stream) to be found below.

 

Mordred – The Dark Parade (M-Theory Audio, 23 July 2021)

 

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Prehistoric Pigs – Everything is Good (2015), The Fourth Moon (2021)

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All right, y’all — today I’ll be treating you to two heaping helpings of fuzzed-out instrumental goodness, courtesy of la famiglia italiana who constitute the trio Prehistoric Pigs.

 

Prehistoric Pigs – Everything is Good (The Smoking Goat Records, 26 April 2015)

 

Prehistoric Pigs – The Fourth Moon (Go Down Records, 26 November 2021)

 

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