TRACK STREAM: Mosara – Majestik
This is, I would say, first and foremost stoner doom, and it has a side order of prog mixed in as well, but it also carries that aura of sludge metal (or maybe Sludge Metal is more apt).
Gonemage – Mystical Extraction
The album is sometimes spastic, and rarely sits still long, even in the slower parts. And yet it all flows so well together.
Darkgem – Luminous Hag
There is vibrant energy and a sense of immediacy to these tracks, probably due to the purpose of the composition.
Capra – In Transmission
In Transmission is perhaps the most immediate album I’ve heard all year. I feel like I’m front row at a show and only years spent developing self control have saved my couch from being turned into kindling in a living room mosh session.
Zebulon Kosted – Die Groot Korkodil Pieter Willem Botha
The reality is that it draws you into a trance with it’s droning rhythms, building tension and beauty slowly, Ghafur revealing more of this monster with each bile filled invective.
LABEL FEATURE: Sentient Ruin Laboratories
I can count on any Sentient Ruin release to be well crafted, challenging in some way, and aesthetically interesting.
Varanak – Relics of Mourning
I press play, I am transported to some warm, dark, dangerous, and welcoming place, and then some indeterminate time later, I come slowly back to this world.
Bog Wizard VS Dust Lord – Four Tales of the Strange
I think the only important thing left to say, is roll for initiative!
Lamb of God – Lamb of God (Deluxe Edition)
So, the whole album, plus a few extras, all delivered with such energy and professionalism that one would almost think these guy’s had been doing this for a while…
Kardashev – The Baring of Shadows
They know what they’re doing, and they are executing their craft in the most passionate of ways.