WEBVTT 00:00:00.020 --> 00:00:05.220 Metalhead Podcast, Metalhead Podcast, go! 00:00:26.260 --> 00:00:28.000 You must listen. 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:30.180 You must listen. 00:00:31.340 --> 00:00:32.580 You must listen. 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:40.400 Now, here is the podcast, Metal Heads Podcast Go. 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:42.800 Hello, and welcome to the Metal Heads Podcast. 00:00:43.030 --> 00:00:43.880 My name is George. 00:00:44.860 --> 00:00:45.620 This is Jay. 00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:46.640 This is Will. 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:48.100 This is John. 00:00:48.740 --> 00:00:49.420 This is Matt. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:51.000 This is Markisan. 00:00:51.540 --> 00:00:53.120 And welcome to our... 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:54.960 I can't even say it. 00:00:55.020 --> 00:01:24.700 Welcome to our 2022 mid-year episode. For some reason, I keep wanting to say June. I'm like, no, 2022. Anyway, fuck it is what it is. Yeah. So here we are halfway through 2022. We've got a top 25 list for you. So block out eight hours and let's get to this. Yeah, that'll be the first half. 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:54.980 But before we have to do a t-shirt and beer check. So we're going to start with Markisan. Yeah, so I'm wearing my old school Graves at C-shirt. Nice. I was trying to find my shirt, my Graves at C-shirt, but I couldn't find it. It's in a drawer somewhere. Yeah, because it came up on cast. We were talking about Jay actually brought it up. I'm just like sending pictures of the album to Jay because he wanted to see the 00:01:55.580 --> 00:02:24.640 I had. So I found the shirt, but it's ripped. So I'm really sad. So this might be the grave. For the Graves at Sea shirt, this is it. You can just be like, my number one is no shirt. And I am, oh, go ahead. I was going to say it'd be awesome if I saw the shirt came. Like, well, you know, you were shipwrecked. Your shirt got torn in the rack. I'll keep it for a while, but then Tracy will see the rip and she's like, what are you doing? Like 300 shirts. Why do you have this ripped on? 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:25.860 It's my painting shirt. 00:02:27.140 --> 00:02:30.780 What I'll probably end up doing is just replacing the shirt with another Grazett C-shirt. 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:34.540 So I'm drinking Brimminghorn, of course. 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:38.320 Got to start with the mead, especially in this 15-hour cast. 00:02:39.100 --> 00:02:40.340 And it's the Devil's Call. 00:02:40.880 --> 00:02:47.100 It is blackberry mead with natural flavors, aged six months, and bourbon barrels. 00:02:47.300 --> 00:02:52.360 And it was for Oceans of Slumber, the band that they made this for. 00:02:52.580 --> 00:02:54.600 So pretty good. 00:02:54.640 --> 00:03:24.120 And it's in this long skinny bottle. I think I've only had one of these before. Usually the little stubby ones. Does it say 375 or 500? 500. Yeah. So I think the picture I said earlier, I think that was a misprint. 500 milliliters. Yeah, definitely a misprint, George. Yeah. All righty, Matt. All right. I am wearing my bright yellow carcass t-shirt from MDF. I wear it every day. And I sleep in it. So get used to it. That's pretty cool. 00:03:24.660 --> 00:03:54.620 I don't think anybody else would have that no no it's very unique and I am drinking a it's from KCBC Kings County Brewers Collective it is called Taco Friday there is a pilsner and I'm starting slow so the slurring will take longer but but we'll get there yeah in good time all right John all right so I wore my Judas Priest firepower tour shirt from 00:03:55.080 --> 00:04:24.600 When was it? 2018 we saw him, George? That seems right. It's so long ago. A long time ago. Like, I don't know how many years before their 50th anniversary. It's taken three years to do. And I'm on beer number four because I went out for a quick beer and food and I had a date that I didn't know was going to be there. I met up with Will at our local place called Discasual Pints. So we had a couple beers over there. Oh, you didn't know he was going to be there? 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:54.620 No, because I was there first thing called. He said, I'm coming over to see you. I saw that he was there from the picture he posted on the chat. I'm like, wait, you're right down the street. You're a casual client. Yeah. I've got a special set of skills. I'll be right there. Yeah. So the beer I'm on now is from Three Floyds. And since I had to rush home to feed my cat, I figured it'd be appropriate to have a cat date beer from Three Floyds, which is 00:04:54.660 --> 00:05:24.520 is a double Indian pale ale. How hazy is it? It's not too bad. Okay. Will. Nice. I too am wearing my bright yellow carcass. Oh, look at that. That we got from MDF. It's weird. How weird is that? Well, at least we know there couldn't be possibly more than two. Yeah. And I am drinking Gatorade Zero Orange because I'm not really supposed to be drinking. Although when I saw, met John up, I did have two sips of beer. 00:05:24.660 --> 00:05:53.300 Nitro beer goes down a lot easier than anything carbonine. Carbonine just destroys my throat at this point. So yeah. All right. Jay. Sorry, I muted myself. I'm literally filling in the spreadsheet as we go. I mean, because I did all my stuff on word. I am wearing my yellow carcass shirt. What? Well, there was a sale. It's three for one. So the flying carcass brothers. 00:05:54.660 --> 00:06:24.620 These mediums are on sale. And I'm, and while I are sitting in the same section, I'm having a nice cold glass of water. I just went and had one. Water. I got one of those. In an A's cup, which, which means that I'm eventually going to lose this cup because everything with the A's loses. We have the worst couple team this year. Anywho. I don't have much of a selection, so I'm just cycling through what I have and I'm wearing my death logo shirt. However, I do want to mention 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:54.580 I'm just going to preview the drinks of the day because everything provided today has been provided by somebody else. So just finished the Birmingham Horn Black Flower Mead with vanilla and oak courtesy of Looch. Looch. And then in no particular order, I'm not sure which order I'll go in, but from Markasson, Three Floyds Blot Out the Sun Imperial Stout is on deck. 00:06:55.480 --> 00:07:22.540 Also from Looch is the Treehouse Alter Ego IPA. Just poured that. And from Matt, we've got the Drekker Involuntary Narcissistic Rage Lactose Double IPA. If we get beyond that, who knows? There's still more. Plenty more. Looch actually gave me this. This made the devil's call. Thanks, Looch. Pretty awesome. Alrighty. I guess let's get down to business. 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:53.140 Yes! It's on! No screwing around today. Number 25, Marcuson. Alright, weeks of crafting the list and it finally comes down to this. Sorry. Alright, so my number 25 is Norna. Star is Wei Wei is I on Vinter Records. You know, sometimes I just want some dense and dark sludgery. 00:07:53.600 --> 00:08:00.440 dredged up from a stone well of heaviness so norna delivers is a hypnotic doom 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:08.320 bucket of evil that's pretty straightforward and it just is one of the heaviest albums this year right on 00:08:10.840 --> 00:08:18.880 matt um before i do my number 25 i will say um i feel like most years as we go along i probably spend 00:08:18.880 --> 00:08:48.340 about 90% of my time listening to current-year music. This year, I would say if I spent 50% of my time, that might be a stretch. Basically, I've been living in the past this year. I don't know why. I can't imagine why. Yeah, I can't imagine why. My list is how I feel today. I would say the top, I don't know, I would say 11 through 25 again, tomorrow could completely shift, but this is a snapshot of my life today. Or after a few drinks. 00:08:48.440 --> 00:09:18.060 Yeah, exactly. I could be shifting here after, you know, once the speech slurs. You're going to shift into a blanket soon. Yeah. My temple avoids Snuggie. All right. My number 25. George, I think you threw this in the box fairly early in the year. I spun it. I really dug it. A lot of times I just, I like at least one album on my list that makes me want to party and heavy metal, just straight up heavy metal makes me want to party. This band is called Sanhedrin, I think is how it's pronounced. The album is Lights On. 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:47.600 They are a US heavy metal band. This is their third album. The only thing I know with the guitarist is also in Black Anvil. But yeah, it's straight up heavy metal, and it's solid. I forgot about that one. That's good. I'm here to remind you. Cool. That's the point of the list, George. I know. To make us all go, oh yeah. But we're supposed to be communing. Our lists should be exactly the same. 00:09:49.360 --> 00:10:17.720 But in different ways. Somehow I don't think that's going to happen. No, no, no, no. Of course not. John, what do you got? All right. So two quick things. Like Matt, I would say everything from eight to 25 plus my honorable mentions literally could, as I was saying earlier, be put in a bag and I could just redraw them and they could go in that order. They are pretty much interchangeable. And I have to state for the record, and I think Jay will appreciate this, the best album of the year is not a metal album. 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:47.880 It's not even a studio album. It's a live album and it's 41 years old. And that is Rush Live in YYZ. It's hands down the best release this year by a light year. So we'll just get that out of the way to start. So I've already ruined my list. I don't even know why we're here. Yeah. All right. And thanks, everybody. We'll see you next time. Rush for the win. All right. My number 25 is Aporia, album Aporia on Prosthetic Records from our good friend Trevor. 00:10:48.520 --> 00:11:18.420 It's a solid, aggressive, 90s-inspired black metal with a modern production twist, just like it says on the Bandcamp page. And I think that's pretty spot on. A lot of times you read those descriptions from bands, you're like, eh, I guess. But this is pretty spot on. Spot on on Bandcamp. Spot on on Bandcamp. Shout out to Trevor. Yo, Trev. All right, Will. Just a quick word about my list is that I realized about a week ago that I only bought 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:48.360 17 albums this year. It's been kind of a fucked up year for me. So luckily you guys chipped in and sent me some stuff and I went through my wish list. I'm like, oh yeah, I should buy this and listen to this. Oh, I forgot about this one. I forgot about that one. So I literally made my list basically yesterday. So at my number 25, I know by the way, I predict 13 volleyball, including this one. Mutal Traded, Determined to Rot, Death Metal Al Bahio, 00:11:48.460 --> 00:12:18.400 on Seeing Red Records. These guys played with pretty straightforward death metal. They played with Mortis Gold at Atlas. Oh, yeah. Mutilate Trid. You could make a list just of bands that played at Atlas. Yeah, I could. Actually, he usually does. I'm going to confirm well that that's probably your first volleyball. Yeah. I think we can all confirm that. 00:12:20.640 --> 00:12:48.420 All right. Six bands on my list play to Atlas. I would have guessed more because you're a people person. Somebody comes up to you, shakes your hand, you listen to their music, like you're on the list. Yeah. All right, you can get in. You're on the list. That was a really good handshake. That wasn't my hand, but you know. That's not a handshake. All right, my number 25 was 00:12:48.460 --> 00:13:17.960 was a band who charted with me, if not last year, the previous year. I liked this record a lot when it first came out. I still like it, but it has slipped down to 25. Legitimately, I could see it falling off. But it's something a little bit more adventurous for them, kind of old school doom, which they normally are, but with kind of tried some new paths this year. Mesa Close. Really enjoyed that record. I'm not listening to it as much as I was. It's not one of the ones where like a constant rotation, so hence it's lower placement. I kind of like this one better. 00:13:18.880 --> 00:13:19.660 than previous. 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:22.200 It's different, though, too. 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:24.380 That's not surprising, George, because it's definitely 00:13:24.660 --> 00:13:25.620 different from the previous stuff. 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:28.440 You were pretty high on that one. I remember 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:30.360 you talking it up, Jay, so I actually 00:13:30.420 --> 00:13:31.640 thought it would be higher on your list. 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:33.220 When did it come out? 00:13:35.040 --> 00:13:36.340 Three months ago, two months ago? 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:37.080 Sounds about right. 00:13:37.839 --> 00:13:40.200 It was still pretty early in the year, which, you know, 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:42.380 it's neither here nor there, but it's been a couple of good 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:44.140 things since then that kind of pushed it out of the playlist 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:44.700 a little bit. 00:13:46.540 --> 00:13:46.720 Right. 00:13:47.860 --> 00:14:16.280 So my number 25 will probably be the first number 25. And that is, it's time to rise from the grave with undeath. Oh, yeah. No complaints about the positioning. All right. I don't think so. I mean, it's a really good album. Yeah, it's a 25. Seems low. Yeah. All right. Well, back to Markisan then for number 24. 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:47.780 I mean, I had to fight to get this thing on there. And I was like, I think they're really good death metal band, but they, you know, it's just pretty straightforward. So I know that's why Will's going to love it. Right. Yeah. I like a little bit more in my little saxophone here and there. I don't. I don't. Wow. No, I'm not. I don't dig on sax. No, you're thinking of Matt. Or maybe John. 00:14:49.340 --> 00:15:17.680 All right, number 24 for me is Feral Light, Psychic Contortions on I, Void Hanger Records. It's a furious, crust-infused black metal stomp monster. There's post-metal passages in it. There's some big doom riffs in it that give the band and the album more of an interesting sound than I think their previous albums. They did an EP last year, I think, that bridge. 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:47.680 the gap into this more varied attack. So it's nice to see them redefining their music and developing it. And I'm looking forward to hearing more of what they do in the future. But I do really like this record. It's one if I feel like I want to get pumped up, I would throw that on. Cool. Matt. Number 24. I'm going to fuck up the pronunciation, but I believe 00:15:47.700 --> 00:16:17.640 It's art. Take up my bones. I don't say with this being more on the funeral doom side, I don't spend a ton of funeral doom, but it's more. I love this. I mean, yeah, but it does. To me, it gets into a little bit of the funeral, but it's pretty small. Yeah. It's this album is fascinating. It's awesome. It's amazing. And yeah, I dig it. I forgot to listen to that. It's pronounced earth. Well, you got a couple hours. Well, so hard. 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:46.660 It's sort of like, yeah, it's art. But it's like arts. I was working on the start of it and I botched the end of it. Well, you know what's funny is that, so I posted that picture yesterday of me preparing for cast and Mark Deeks commented on it. He's like, I've never been so nervous for a cast ever in my life. And I was like, I think your art is going to do fine. I think so. But the pronunciations might not. Yeah, it'll get butchered. Sorry, Mark. 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.660 That's the key. 00:16:49.160 --> 00:16:52.380 So he spelled it out phonetically for me. 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.120 Yeah. 00:16:53.300 --> 00:16:56.040 Because, you know, that guy is like a detail dude. 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.560 Yeah. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.080 We love you, Mark. 00:16:58.400 --> 00:16:59.500 Was it like, yeah, we love you, Mark. 00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:01.860 Was it like A-R-D-T-H? 00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:04.319 That's how you would say it. 00:17:04.780 --> 00:17:04.939 Okay. 00:17:05.520 --> 00:17:05.660 Art. 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:05.900 Yeah. 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.240 Art. 00:17:06.540 --> 00:17:07.100 It's like art. 00:17:07.520 --> 00:17:07.760 Art. 00:17:08.300 --> 00:17:10.880 I mean, as Americans, we can't do it proper justice. 00:17:11.260 --> 00:17:11.339 Yeah. 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:11.880 But, you know. 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:13.280 Well, yeah. 00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:17.459 No, I think it's because not because we're Americans, just because we don't have that. 00:17:17.520 --> 00:17:47.440 in our language. Because we're Americans. Yeah. You make it sound like it's because we're idiots. I mean, it's not because of that. Well, recent events would tend to make one believe that, but yes. Because the whole world is just so smart. Yeah. Because nothing goes on anywhere else in the world. No. But I do find that people in other countries do seem to pronounce other countries' stuff better than we do, or at least better than I do. And they still can't say La Jolla. 00:17:47.660 --> 00:18:17.160 So there. Fair enough. All right, John. So my number 24, being the dumb American that I am, I'm going to say Arth. Take up my bones. I also have some Mark. There's two picks on our list so far. So you're doing all right. Prophecy Productions. Nice. Okay, Will. My number 24, I think is also going to be a volleyball. Midnight, Let There Be Witchery. 00:18:17.540 --> 00:18:46.580 Speed Metal on Metal Blade out of Cleveland, Ohio. I don't think this was good as our last record. It was a something blasphemy. But I mean, it's still Midnight. I think they kind of took the, it sounds like it kind of took the foot off the pedal and the gas a little bit on this one, which is going to be a theme in my list. It seems like some of these albums aren't as good as the last ones. 00:18:53.500 --> 00:19:17.400 My 24 is... I'm curious to see how many people had very late additions, as in very new releases. But this one just came out, and I was not getting a chance to listen to it. I'm not necessarily crazy about this band. I haven't released anything in like eight years, but this is a driving, mid-range, blasting fun. And I have to say, I just really thought it needed to be included. 00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:47.100 It's cold. Wow. Yeah, I listened to that yesterday too. And I, you know, I really thought I might be able to squeak that in, but I did not. It's good though. Yeah, it's fun. I'm sure I'll be listening to it quite a bit more. So yeah, maybe, maybe next time. Broader in. Yeah, we saw them at MDF. Like, you know, last time there was an Edison lot and I may have been the only one that watched them because I was like, dude, it's cold. And you know, it's K-H-O-L-D. And yeah. 00:19:47.520 --> 00:20:17.120 I saw them at Valken and I think they were kind of bummed to be playing at like 11 o'clock in the morning. I get that. I mean, they're on the main stage, which was cool, but the singer totally reminded me of the Grim Reaper and Bill and Ted's. He reminds me of the Disturbed album cover. Oh, yeah. The guy that's like, you know, like, you know, the uncut guy. But all right. That was Jay. So me, number 24. I'm going to start. 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:24.620 getting with the program and saying that from the United States of America on Bind Rune Records, this is Nachachwin and Kanawha Black. 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.080 Yeah, that's a good one. 00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:30.940 Indeed. Almost forgot to get that one on there. 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:36.840 Yeah, it didn't make my list, but it was very close. Although I did a top 40, so it's on there. 00:20:37.230 --> 00:20:38.080 Okay, fair enough. 00:20:38.530 --> 00:20:42.320 Is it me or is this one a little more neo-folk than previous albums? 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.260 Yeah, that's what I thought. 00:20:43.340 --> 00:21:12.980 Yeah. But that's sort of kind of way it got included. No, I figured as much because I thought you said something about that. You'd like that aspect of it, that it just wasn't raw sounding, that there was more to it. Yeah. Yeah. The guitars on this are amazing. Cool. So, hey, back to Moccasan number 23. Yeah. Back to me. This is a repeat one off from from tying with Jay in the same position. It's Mesa close. 00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:43.000 Fart Records. You know, it's beautifully crafted, ritual dune folk with really transfixing vocals. You know, made for late night spellcasting around a rune fire, I would say. And I think it's the band's best album. I like their other albums, but this one, it's just, it's more immersive. It's mystical. It has this cool world music instrumentation in it. There's a dudak in it, which is a traditional Armenian woodwind instrument. There's jazzy guitar parts. 00:21:43.340 --> 00:22:13.060 And, you know, those additions, they just fill in the space between all those occult riffs pretty seamlessly. So I think it's a really well-written album with remarkable songs throughout it. But yeah, just a tough year. Like, I was surprised I put it down here because I do really like it a lot. But... Sorry, Mark, what was it? Mesa. Close is the name of the album. Okay. M-E-S-S-A. I think from Italy. Yes. 00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:43.120 Oh yeah, I think a couple, I didn't know they put something out. Yeah. You should listen to that one. It's really good. Now you do. All right, Matt. All right. My number 23 on this band. I feel like I listened to a lot of the catalog retrospectively, I think is the word I want to use. They had a particular trilogy that I fell deeply in love with. And then every album that's come out since then has been on my list, but always, you know, near the end of it, 00:22:43.340 --> 00:23:13.300 I'm thinking like man I don't love it as much as I love the trilogy but then it seems as though it's always like a like an end of year list and number 23 yeah we do the end of year and then I listen to it again and it's like this album is brilliant I should have doubled this but anyways following suit Bluthaus Nord Disharmonium Undreamable Abysses number 23 so bleak I feel like crying right now just because you mentioned it I can feel you're 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:19.620 I can feel your tears. 00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:21.860 Although it might be like hair metal. 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.280 I don't know. 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.680 He kind of just ruined it for me now, George. 00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:29.780 I can think of somebody from hair metal singing that. 00:23:32.760 --> 00:23:34.940 You know, that's like a white lion or something. 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:36.040 I thought no more tears. 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.140 A little schmozzy. 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.740 All right, John. 00:23:42.940 --> 00:24:12.780 So my number 23, I don't know if anyone will have this on their list. It was released yesterday. Maybe one other person might. Maybe I don't know. But it's an interesting listen, and it needs a lot of listens. And that is the debut album and probably the only time they'll ever release an album, Final Light, the album Final Light. And I'm going to try to pronounce this. I actually, it's not because I'm born in the United States. I actually do have trouble pronouncing words. Is it Perturbador? 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:42.900 Is that how you say it? Perturbator. Okay. Perturbator. It's a very strange name, but he's an industrial dude from France, I believe. Is that correct? Yes. And then it's Johan Pearson from Colta Luna. This is industrial post-metal dark synth. It's like a combination of modern day John Carpenter meets Blade Runner meets Colta Luna. It's good. It's all industrial and synth. I don't think there's anything other than that in guitars. I don't think there's any actual drums or bass. It was a one-off, I guess, road 00:24:43.860 --> 00:25:12.660 commissionedists. Yeah. And as they do, they commission these just really strange, odd combinations like Waste of Space Orchestra, I believe is the name. Yeah. From Aranci. And Buddha. Buddha Rising. Yeah. But it's it's cool stuff. It's very dark. It's ominous. It's heavy. But I agree with you, George. It does feel a little light in some spots, which makes me think that if we go back and listen to the live performance, that it would be just that much better. 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.100 I think. 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:20.840 There's some very cool Colta Luna type rhythms and atmospherics in it with the synth wave. 00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.940 So it's good stuff. 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:26.480 It's interesting because you and I were discussing this album and whether it would make our lists. 00:25:26.780 --> 00:25:28.860 And ultimately it did not make my list. 00:25:29.020 --> 00:25:32.200 But while it was on the list, it was in this same spot. 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:32.840 Yeah. 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:37.960 I couldn't justify putting it any higher than this just because it came out yesterday. 00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:40.000 It's a lot to listen to. 00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.460 Yeah. 00:25:40.550 --> 00:25:41.780 It could still make year end. 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.320 It's possible. 00:25:44.120 --> 00:26:12.240 I haven't listened to it yet. I did save it in Bandcamp and I just didn't get a chance to listen to it. Yeah. Not for everyone though. I will say that. But it's cool. If you like industrial synthy stuff, then you might dig it. Yeah. The industrial kind of puts me off, but I got to listen to everything. No, it's not industrial. It's not industrial. Not industrial beat. Okay. It's not that. It's more like an 80s industrial, wouldn't you say, George? Well, it's like synth. I mean, Perturbator is, 00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:42.080 Like a heavy synth wave. Yes. But it's heavier. It's a little more oomph than like Stranger Things kind of synth wave. Yeah. It's not the 80s cheesy synth, but it has some of that texture, though. I mean, like Author and Punisher. Do you like Author and Punisher? It's kind of like that, except... I know. Yeah, well... You like the Blade Runner soundtrack, Markerson? I do, yeah. It's got a touch of that style to it. A little bit, not much. Yeah, I love that Blade Runner soundtrack. 00:26:42.100 --> 00:27:11.240 I haven't had vinyl. I think I haven't had two different vinyls, actually. But if you also like John Carpenter style type stuff a little bit, it has a little feel of that. Hey, John, by the way, today, the 40th anniversary of Blade Runner. Wow. Pretty awesome. Both my favorite movie and John's favorite movie, in case people didn't know from all versions. I'm not one of those people who gets all bent out of shape over the version. I like them all, too. Like them all. Yeah. All right, Will. 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:41.940 So I'm going to get ready to serve up this volleyball. I don't know. Maybe George has a full volleyball team yet. He does have a pit in his yard. I love him in short shorts. Yep. Troglodyte. Hierarchical ecological succession. Welcome to the food chain from this death metal from Missouri. I forgot about that one too. Yeah. This is just a good time. 00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:43.580 All they do is sing about Bigfoot. 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.000 As Squatch Metal. 00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:46.340 Yeah, as Squatch Metal. 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.500 They just sing about Bigfoot. 00:27:48.510 --> 00:27:50.640 They kind of dress up in these weird masks. 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.920 We saw them at the barbecue a couple years ago. 00:27:53.010 --> 00:27:53.440 Yeah, we met them. 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.620 Yeah, we got to talk to them for a little bit. 00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:58.420 I think we tried to get them on the cast. 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.560 Yeah, I don't know. 00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.560 They didn't respond or something. 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.380 We would never see them. 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.340 That's true. 00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:06.380 Because we've heard of them, but nobody's ever seen them. 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.720 Well, we saw them without their masks. 00:28:09.350 --> 00:28:11.900 It's funny because my daughter is convinced that Bigfoot is real. 00:28:12.020 --> 00:28:41.980 She went on this kick of like watching all those Bigfoot shows. She's like, oh, it's real. I'm like, I don't know. Have you been to the Pacific Northwest before? You should put some Bigfoot in the backyard. I know, I should. Oh my God, she would freak out. I like that band a lot. I haven't listened to the new one as much, but I've listened to the other albums quite a bit. So maybe it's something to revisit before the year end. Definitely. It probably won't make your year end list. This is all fodder. Probably it's going to 00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:41.020 The New Caven record is fucking good. And I did like Caven back like it was the Jupiter days or whatever. I think was that the last one I think they released. It was kind of a cool record. But they came out and did this kind of post metal thing reunion album. I don't know if they ever really broke up. But fuck it's fucking good man. And heavy and well again there's a little taste of it sounds like Caven because Stephen Brodsky singing. Do you guys know them? 00:29:42.160 --> 00:30:11.220 What's his side project that we liked? It's a Bridgeburner thing. That's the name of the album. Is he in like Mutoid Man or something? Yeah, Mutoid Man. Thank you. Oh, really? That's him. Okay. I've seen Mutoid Man open for like... I may have met him. Because they play Mutoid Man. Great. And I did know about Cabin before Mutoid Man, but I loved that he took off and kind of did that. It was really cool. And they managed to put together a cool record. Might be the least metal 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:41.220 I feel like they paused when the bass player died. Is that what it was? Because they have not put anything on in a long time. Well the bass player died in 2018 and they did put out an album called Final Transmission that was like these demos that he had played on. It was a full album but it you know it was like pieces put together and it was actually pretty good for something like that for just demos. But this is the first album they really got together and and recorded and and decided they 00:30:41.240 --> 00:31:10.520 were going to continue as a band. I mean, I love Cave In. And I think this is one of their best records. Yeah, I was going to throw a nod your way, because if I'm not mistaken, it was an album of the month for you, I believe. And it was a worthy choice. I think it was the last one, yeah. I'm excited to hear that's on your list, because there's a lot of metal. They just straddle so many different genres, but you'll hear it again. I'll talk about it. I do have a history with them, so they're not an unknown band to me. And I like Steven Brodsky a lot. 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:41.220 So I know them, but I haven't listened much. Do they literally after, I guess, the second album have changed directions or ventured into new areas with each subsequent album? Have they known for doing that? And they've kind of not radically shift, but over time, they're not anything like they were when they first started. Yeah. And Mutoid Man is nothing like anything they did too. I mean, I think Steve Brodsky is just a super talented guy. I mean, I don't know their whole back catalog, but is this 00:31:41.260 --> 00:32:10.140 Is this their heaviest record, Mark? No, their first record, Until Your Heart Stops, is super fucking heavy. That's what I thought, yeah. That's the one I know. Yeah, it's great. I mean, I talked about that recently in like a top five, I think. Anyways, but then they kind of ventured in this more like spacey rock territory. And I love like Jupiter is one of my favorite records. It's not metal at all. But then they would come back with other albums and, you know, they would be much, much heavier. 00:32:10.560 --> 00:32:40.480 So they've kind of incorporated all those different sounds into this record, I think. And I think that's why it kind of, I don't know if it's my favorite because I do love Jupiter and I love their first record so much, but I think it's like the most cohesive effort that they've done. And it kind of showcases all of their talents and skills and sounds in one. So I'm really pleased that they came back. It's like, it's a comeback album to me. You know, when somebody dies in your band, that's a tough blow. 00:32:40.560 --> 00:33:10.520 you could easily fold and they've got other projects you know they didn't have to come back with cave in but now they've come back with a vengeance i think cool george right so my number 23 is a bit of a standout on my list just because it's one of these things is not like the others uh this is a band from poland on nine records and they're called monasterium cold are the graves is the album this is a straight up 00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:40.100 doom metal. Apparently nasally sounding. According to Will. But I don't hear that. To me this is much more in the chemist's field of doom. In terms of... It is. Musically it is. I don't know. Just something about the guys vocals. Just kind of like... This is the one that we were talking about. Yeah, we were talking about... See, I hear some early candle masks too in their sound. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. I like the music. I gotta say though, 00:33:40.540 --> 00:34:10.480 is the nose expert. So I just want to hear from him about this. I'll be honest with you. I don't think I've heard this, but yeah, I mean, my nasal, you know, judging capabilities are pretty harsh. So I'll give it a listen. I'll get back to you on it. You might like it, Jay. Like George said, it has got that really cool, traditional epic doom sound. Yeah. Awesome, dude. Cool. And by the way, there's new Candlemas record coming. Nice. Yeah. Love that last one. So George, was that the first time you've listened to them before, right? 00:34:10.540 --> 00:34:40.480 Yeah, as it turns out, you know, when you brought them up, I was like, oh, who are these guys? And then I go and I look and I'm like, oh, I bought their last album. Yeah, because the album cover is very distinctive. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I remember that. Yeah. I thought it was pretty good, too. I've forgotten more bands than you'll ever know. I think you're right. All right. Wow. 22. Yeah. Back to Margot. Come on, back to me already. All right. Man, I'm almost done with this meat already. It's not a good sign. All right. So my number 22. 00:34:40.540 --> 00:34:41.840 22 from Chicago. 00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.560 Ferdelance. 00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:45.940 The Hypermorian. 00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.500 That's from Chicago, really? 00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.260 Yep. 00:34:48.540 --> 00:34:49.100 Oh, that's funny. 00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:50.159 I thought it was like a French band. 00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:53.780 You know, with the, you know, the title and all. 00:34:54.419 --> 00:34:55.060 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:59.280 Yeah, you know, it means, I forgot what it meant. 00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.560 It's like a snake or something. 00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.460 It's like a killer snake. 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:03.260 I remember talking about it once before. 00:35:03.560 --> 00:35:03.800 Yeah, I think so. 00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.820 Yeah, I like that. 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:10.500 Yeah, it's epic traditional metal and doom that's deeply rooted in fantasy and 00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:39.920 And there's also elements of black metal. There's acoustic sections on there. Really ambitious arrangements. But it all adds up to a soundtrack for gleefully kicking orcs off the mountainside. And that's exactly what I demand from that genre of metal. Orc kicking. It's really good. Dwarf tossing and orc kicking. Kicking. Yeah, tossing. No, get a kick. The only thing with this, I wish it had like bigger choruses to it. 00:35:40.500 --> 00:36:10.240 You know, they did an EP and it had some really great choruses to sing. This one, I think they kind of leaned into more of a variety of music. Just like I said, kind of these ambitious arrangements. So I'd like to see them get a little bit more bombastic with the choruses because I think this type of music lends itself to that. It would have been higher if there was more of that in it, I think. But it's still a great, great record. Cool. Matt? 00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:40.360 All right. What are we on? 2022. Deuce, deuce. I want to say the name of this band is Pirith. P-Y-R-I-T-H-E. Pirith? Possibly, yeah. It's their first album, Monuments to Impermanence. Let's see. Metal Archives describes their sound as experimental sludge slash post-metal slash noise rock. I'd say that's fairly accurate. I dig this album. It's insane. But it's, 00:36:40.680 --> 00:37:10.480 It kind of spans the spectrum like a cult leader or like a Crowhurst. I mean, it really they just have such a broad sound or a range of sounds, but it's it's crazy. It's aggressive. It's out of control. I really like it. Crazy. Yeah. It's our first album on Gilead Media. They're out of Pittsburgh. Yeah. Nice. George with the Aussie reference there. Yeah. But that's how it goes. You know, can we stop for two seconds and ask her 00:37:10.520 --> 00:37:40.480 Anybody listen to his new song? Oh, shoot. Not yet. Not yet. Forgot. Patient, what, nine? Yeah, Patient Number Nine. Yeah, don't get too excited. Well, that's too bad because, you know, when the last album came out, the first song was Under the Graveyard, and I still, to this day, fucking love that song. The rest of the album fucking sucks, but I love that song. It's weird. The chorus is metal, and the verses are super poppy keyboards, and it's kind of an Alice Cooper 00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:46.660 I mean, it's more Alice Cooper than Ozzy. And Alice actually has a song called Public Animal 00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:50.480 Number 9, which is very like this. You'll see. You'll see. 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:56.560 Yeah, I missed that one. I'm going to have to listen to it. I did listen to the Negadeth song, and I actually like that. 00:37:56.940 --> 00:38:08.240 Oh, I haven't heard that yet. Negadeth. All I heard was like a clip of it, because it was just instrumental. Maybe I wasn't listening in the right place, but it was just an instrumental clip of them riffing for like a minute, and then it ended. I was like, well, that was lame. 00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:10.720 I don't know there's vocals on it but 00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:13.380 there's a long solo on it like towards the end 00:38:13.670 --> 00:38:15.400 I was well I wasn't impressed 00:38:15.490 --> 00:38:17.240 with what I heard I was like wow this sounds like old 00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:19.200 Megadeth like exactly like 00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:21.460 old Megadeth you know 00:38:21.620 --> 00:38:22.920 like the riffing was all like 00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.380 regurgitated 00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:27.380 well I mean it's 00:38:28.160 --> 00:38:29.420 you guys suck your musical tastes 00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:31.540 suck hey I like 00:38:31.630 --> 00:38:33.440 old Megadeth okay 00:38:33.590 --> 00:38:35.540 what were you gonna say John I think 00:38:35.540 --> 00:38:37.700 it depends on which old Megadeth we're talking about 00:38:37.720 --> 00:39:06.740 Yeah. I mean, it wasn't so much that it sounded like it. It was just like, this sounds like regurgitated Megadeth, which is not cool. But I need to just shut the fuck up and listen to the whole song and then I'll come back with a real opinion. You can't judge it. You haven't even listened to it yet. Well, it was a video and it was like some guy like stabbing and beating another guy in the ocean and then it was over and it was like more coming soon. I was like, okay, whatever. So. Is the name of the song, We'll Be Back Chapter One? 00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:37.060 That's what I saw. I think so. But it was only like a minute long. Maybe two. I like the record. No vocals. The record's called The Sick, the Dead, and the Dying or something like that. Yeah, the cover's really cool too. I haven't seen it. I'll look it up. Well, I hope it doesn't suck because I would, you know, Megadeth seems to ebb and flow. It's like good, bad, good, bad. Wasn't the last record good though? No. Last good record was like... The Abominations one. 00:39:38.920 --> 00:40:05.820 I like the one with Chris Broderick. The first one, Endgame. That's the last one I liked. That had some good tunes on it. But after that, like you said, George, it didn't just ebb and flow. It like bottomed out. 13 followed after that and Super Collider. There's a full video on it that's five minutes long. I'll check it out. I'm watching it right now. But Marcus, you said there's a killer solo in it? 00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:36.200 Yeah, last two or three minutes, I think. Oh, that guy, Kiko, the guitarist who used to be in Angra, he's so fucking good. Yeah, well, I also like Dave Mustaine's vocals, because I hate the old Megadeth vocals where it's kind of shrieky. What are you talking about? That was good, George. Well done. Yeah, it was pretty good. They were better to me. I don't know. It's probably not something that would ever make my list, but I was a little bit surprised. I watched the whole thing through, and I was like, this sounds pretty good. Maybe. 00:40:36.260 --> 00:41:06.000 I think he sings more now. I find his voice more palatable these days. Yeah, he was not palatable to me in the past at all, but this one I was okay with. So it isn't a usual, maybe a different time signature than I was expecting in it. So anyways, you guys have to listen to it and see if you're here for yourself. Yeah, I'm watching it. I've got a minute and 24 seconds into it and it rips. It's good. Okay, I'll check it out. 00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:36.000 This is traditional Dave. He gets a new guitarist. He lets them absolutely go ape shit on an album, and then he reels them back in, and the next couple albums suck. And then get another new guitarist. Well, the last album he was on, it was like the Dystopia or whatever, and that sucked. Yeah. So this is the album he's letting them probably rip. All right. I have no idea who we're on. Me. My turn. So I will need help pronouncing this, because I don't know if I got it right. But this might be an eyebrow raiser and head scratcher for Markisan it. It's so low. But my number 22, 00:41:36.260 --> 00:42:06.180 is it Ailes? Whatever. From Profound Lower Records. They are a, I don't even know how you describe them on this album because they don't sound as much like they did on the previous album. It's a little more dissonant, this album. It's more aggressive. It's more angular. It's still proggy and it's still death metal, but it's a harsh listen, even though it's only 31 minutes long. And so I like it and I'm glad it's only 31 minutes because I get a little worn out at the end. 00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:36.140 this. But it's a good album, though. And they're an interesting band. They have an upside, I think. I don't know if they've gotten to it yet, but it's a good album. Haunter. Yeah, they're super talented. I know I have no problem with you having it here on your list, John, because it's not on my list. It's in my top 40. Okay. I know you like them. Their last album was good, too, but I think I like the last album better style-wise, I think. This is still a good album. This is one of those albums where you listen to it, 00:42:36.260 --> 00:43:04.500 And you have to be in the right mood for it to appreciate what they're doing with all the layers and the soundscape there. And sometimes you listen to it and you're like, I just sounds like noise to me. Yeah, I had the same exact reaction. Like if I try to walk like two miles, I'll listen to something and it's on. And I'm like, okay, I just walked for like the last 30 minutes. I don't even know what I just heard. And I'll listen to it at home. I'm like, wow, this is fucking awesome. So yeah, your head has to be in the right space. Yeah, exactly. 00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:34.520 So usually an album like that I won't make my top half of the list at least. That's why it's on the bottom. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In your bottom. Yeah, all the way up your bottom. I will. We on 22? Yes. 22. All right. I marked this as a volleyball from Denmark. Creeping flesh and then the bombs came. Straight up death metal. It's pretty cool. I like it. It's on. 00:43:34.840 --> 00:44:03.800 Emancipation Productions. Wilson? Yes. Is that all death metal for you, Will, so far? No, Midnight's not death metal. Oh, right, right, right. I appreciate you throwing out the Wilson there, the Will, because you kept saying volleyballs, and I was like, did we get a cease and desist or something? Yeah, we couldn't put it up on YouTube because we kept getting flagged for all the Wilson comments. 00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:34.120 Will's not going to get a ball. He should get an entire net for this. Yeah. Well, it's good that he's got room for it there. So there's one of my top five. I'm pretty sure is a Wilson. Yeah. Quite a few myself. No, no, I got a few. And here's one of them. Did Hollywood vampires come out of the new album? No, but they're going on tour. I was going to say, are they? And get excited. No, no, they are. 00:44:35.919 --> 00:45:04.700 I don't want to look more like a douchebag. This one, well, I'm sure I'm the one who has this. Newark British heavy metal band, reformed a few years ago. We've all seen them a couple times. I know, well, George and Will, John, I'm not sure if Mark's on the same. Satan, Earth Infernal. These are a really cool record this year. Their production in the last couple has been really kind of played down. Like, I think, I don't know if they're recording these things in somebody's garage or God knows what, but 00:45:04.720 --> 00:45:34.180 But this is one of their darker, most weird, and minor key albums they've ever done. It doesn't have big shouty choruses, which I don't usually do anyway. But fuck, this thing's fucking dark. And I listened to it quite a few times after it came out. So probably their best post-reunion album, as far as I'm concerned. I've got to admit, I didn't listen to it. It's good. It's good. I think you'd like it, George. Probably more than anybody else. Okay. I'll listen. It's not really my taste, but I have heard a lot of great things about that record. 00:45:34.740 --> 00:45:36.200 So I've spun it a few times. 00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:37.880 It was a fucking surprise. 00:45:38.520 --> 00:45:43.520 They've never made a list of mine before, so it's not like I'm a huge follower of them, but I love it. 00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:46.000 It's good to see Satan on one of our lists. 00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:48.100 You follow Satan. 00:45:48.200 --> 00:45:49.300 You follow Satan, but the other one. 00:45:49.680 --> 00:45:50.180 Not this one. 00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:52.360 My lord and master. 00:45:53.620 --> 00:45:55.860 You've got to keep your street cred on this cast here, Jay. 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.260 Come on. 00:45:56.820 --> 00:46:01.220 Well, me and Sergey saw him together live here in San Francisco once, and I remember posting on Facebook. 00:46:02.620 --> 00:46:30.260 With Sergey and we're seeing Satan tonight, the band, not the guy. I do find it somewhat ironic that they are the least satanic band you'll ever run into, though, with the name Satan. Very much true. Yeah. Yeah. It's their good band, though. All right. Number 22. On Sataneth Records, from Pakistan, 00:46:36.220 --> 00:47:02.560 I was kind of surprised that I did some research on this just because they were from Pakistan as like, are they going to get murdered? And apparently Pakistan does not frown upon heavy metal like other Muslim countries do. So yay for that. I think it'd be pretty interesting to get these guys to podcast just because they're from Pakistan. Yeah, that would be interesting. Isn't the drummer from Indonesia? I think the guy who played on the album, he's from like a bunch of extreme bands. 00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:31.480 there. I felt like I read something about that. They have an interesting group of musicians on the album. And Indonesia is one of the places you can't play heavy metal. That's why I brought that up. Yeah. Because of what you said. Yeah. Right. That's, you know, death metal. I could be wrong about that, but I thought I read that song. Isn't that Pure Wrath Band from Indonesia, too? That's right. So there are some heavy metal bands. Taking their lives in their hands. 00:47:32.620 --> 00:48:02.420 Yeah. That's a good album, George. I really like that one. Yeah. All right. Well, back to you then, Markison. Number 21. Number 21. And it is Ataraxy, The Last Mirror. Dark Descent. I'm doing my Adam Sandler. I don't think this band gets a ton of attention for some reason, but they play a really bold form of death doom. 00:48:04.700 --> 00:48:32.580 and of course that style already has my attention because i do love death metal but what sets this band apart for me is the way they keep experimenting with and pushing the boundaries of atmosphere on their records so each time out it feels like they they plunge their sound into this more layered somber depths so they can make you feel dread in the deep marrow of your bones or you could feel a real sense of 00:48:32.600 --> 00:48:59.560 Grace as it goes through. And this one is really thick with atmosphere. And I like that. I mean, my favorite of theirs, I don't know. And this one could go higher for me. I just, I don't feel like I have enough time to spin it. Cause it's one of those kind of like a depressing albums. I'm not going to spend a ton, like one after another, just keep playing it over and over. So we'll see how it goes. But I really liked this one. You had me at plunge. 00:49:02.600 --> 00:49:03.940 Can you take me higher? 00:49:08.200 --> 00:49:08.700 All right, Matty. 00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:10.960 What is this, 21? 00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:11.400 Yep. 00:49:14.220 --> 00:49:17.020 My 21 is a great example of how I don't know shit about shit. 00:49:17.660 --> 00:49:18.440 Amorphous, Halo. 00:49:19.920 --> 00:49:21.240 I've always liked Amorphous. 00:49:21.380 --> 00:49:22.660 They've always been there. 00:49:22.810 --> 00:49:25.620 I don't know that I've really dug deep and spent a lot of time with them, 00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:29.020 but this album came out and, man, I cannot stop listening to it. 00:49:29.080 --> 00:49:30.300 It just puts me in a good mood. 00:49:30.640 --> 00:49:31.140 It's solid. 00:49:31.440 --> 00:50:01.360 I think it's their 53rd full-length album because they've been around forever. And again, I don't listen to a ton of Melodeath, but at least in the last few years, when I first got out of my new metal phase, I almost called it New Metalcore, which would probably actually be more accurate, but I felt like Melodeath was really available and easy to listen to and readily available to find. And I got into a lot of stuff, but Amorphous wasn't one that I got into at that time, but I've kind of found, 00:50:02.979 --> 00:50:08.800 But yeah, this album is solid. I would listen to it all day and continue to do so. I don't know that I consider them 00:50:08.930 --> 00:50:13.300 mellow death. I mean, I guess technically they probably are, but they sort of transcend that label. 00:50:14.710 --> 00:50:25.460 Would you put it more in like a progressive death? Yeah, maybe. They're like a proggy, folky band that has some death and some melodic stuff. But I mean, they definitely came up in the mellow death scene, for sure. 00:50:26.140 --> 00:50:55.440 I think, George, they're sort of like Guns N' Roses is to hair metal. You know what I mean? Like you said, it's like it produced a whole bunch of shit and there was this one legitimate band that came out of it. You know what I mean? Which is maybe unfair because that's probably not true. It's kind of interesting because their first album is straight up death metal and then their album that they're known for the most is more a Death Doom album, I think. But yeah, they've dabbled in a lot of stuff. I mean, they're not immune to the clunk or something. 00:50:55.560 --> 00:50:58.980 site either when they got alt-medally there for a little while. 00:51:00.640 --> 00:51:05.480 That's a good choice, man. It's an infectious album more so than a lot of their albums. 00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:10.640 Yeah, I would like to spend some time going back. There's just a lot in that catalog. 00:51:10.940 --> 00:51:15.520 But yeah, I think when you say infectious is a really good word to describe it. 00:51:15.520 --> 00:51:16.780 It's more infectious than COVID. 00:51:17.640 --> 00:51:18.800 Much like infectious groups. 00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:23.820 I'll take that one. I'll take an amorphous fever for 20. 00:51:25.340 --> 00:51:55.200 So Alex. Yeah. All right. John. My number 21. Maybe somebody might think this is low. I like this album, but man, it's a lot to take in. And that is half all that was promised on Willa Tip. It's a good album. But for some reason, I'm still working with this band, every album. I like them more and more with each album. But I don't know what it is. Maybe the blackened part doesn't work for me so much, but it's definitely their best album today. 00:51:55.340 --> 00:52:24.400 and they are extremely good musicians. So I see an upside with these guys with each album. And Jay, you mentioned a while back about how you thought they sounded like Still Life era Opeth. And when I listened to the previous, I was like, you know what the fuck he's talking about. But then I went back and I listened to the album before that. And I was like, oh shit, he's spot on. Their very first release is Still Life Worship. Was that an EP, John? Yes. 00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:54.120 That is the one I was referring to. Which I didn't realize that at the time. And then they have not dramatically shifted, but they've gone more kind of the black and proggy death side of their. Oh, no, no, it's different. It's way different. Honestly, if they, I like half, I'm not going to rate this as high as some people did. It's on my list, but I wish they would have stayed closer to the first EP to me. A little bit more. Yeah. So I think, I think I've burned out on black and death metal a little bit because there's so much of it right now. 00:52:54.180 --> 00:53:23.340 But I will say, of the bands that do it, they do it better than almost all of them, I think. So, all right. All right. My number 21. This is our first matchy matchy. Ataraxy, The Last Mirror. Nice. On my dry eye records. Or Dark Descent. Yeah. Sacco. No, Sacco's not dry. Sacco is dry. I don't know. They're from Spain. Marcason talked about them soon. That's it. 00:53:24.200 --> 00:53:54.140 I was the one who told me about them. And I listened to it yesterday. I was putting together furniture. And I was like, this is really cool. I like this. You have furniture now? Oh, yeah. The whole living room that didn't have anything in it now has a TV, has a futon, and has a nice TV stand. A whole bunch of guitars and amps. And yeah, starting to look like a house now. I love that I told you about Ataraxia like yesterday. We have it at the exact same place. 00:53:55.220 --> 00:54:23.720 I was surprised when you said 21. I thought you were like, you only gave me one thing to listen to. No, I gave you like four things. So you didn't know it. No, a couple of days ago, I gave you like four things. And then I gave you Adorexia after that, when you were like, I still need two albums. Here's what's, here's what's funny. Well, go back into chat a few days and you'll notice that I actually suggested this to you before, Markisan, but because I suggested, I think you just ignored it. Yeah. Well, the thing is, if it's in the chat, 00:54:24.200 --> 00:54:52.800 I lost. You posted, hey, give me some albums. I know, I know. Sorry. You didn't room with him at MDF, John. That's why. No, I laughed so hard because as soon as he said that, I was like, I know he's going to say, thanks, Marcasson. As soon as he puts it on his list. I just burst out laughing. No, I thought it was really funny. Because Marcasson sent that to me directly. And then George sent me a whole bunch of recommendations directly. If it's in the chat. If it's in the chat. No, it was in the chat. 00:54:52.840 --> 00:55:22.800 That one was in the chat. I usually will tag you, though. I'll tag you because you, you know. I'll tag you. I'm actually surprised, Will, because I figured you would have already have to investigate this. You would have already listened to them because that's right up your wheelhouse. Your wheelhouse. It's clearly this year's Ordos now. I had nothing to do with it. Yeah, Will, you need to scroll up because John probably had more recommendations than I know I had more, and you need to listen to them. 00:55:22.860 --> 00:55:52.200 I gave him two. I gave him two. And he ignored them both. Yeah, because usually I give him one and he's like, I don't like that shit. So I was like, all right, here's two. That's so funny. I love it. I think it's absolutely hilarious. I'm glad you actually like it, to be honest with you. Yeah. All right, let's move on to Jay. My 21 is probably going to be the first Jay of the episode. Though I guess traditionally a Jay might be leaving something completely off, but this will be a Jay because this will be the first like, what? 00:55:52.200 --> 00:56:21.460 With the possible exception of this record having at least slightly pissed Will off this year, so he might not have it at number one or something. Anyway, you surely know that I'm about to say Temple of Void, something that's the Slayer. Let me at least get a little forgiveness by saying this is the first time I have even put a Temple of Void record. So that means they are moving on up. Improving. They were Kenneth's junior for a while. Up to and including. 00:56:22.200 --> 00:56:51.620 And even very appreciative of the controversial last track, which apparently was enough for Angry Metal Guy to be like, you guys are fucking losers. Okay, motherfucker, but whatever. Of course, one of the reviewers doesn't even listen to their music, but he reviews them, so. Fair enough. This is the finest hour. Yeah, that's so funny. I'm sure one that will be said a lot, and I apologize if I'm dragging its average down. Hey, Jay, just so you know, there was a conversation. 00:56:53.580 --> 00:57:21.940 Roughly about three hours ago regarding a song you just mentioned. Between Will and myself. How did you get in? I said I had no problems with it, and I would even be fine with it being in the middle of the album to break the album up. It's all fucked up. It's got to be a DNC. You can skip that shit. You're going to skip it. Put it in track one. If it's anything, they're guilty of extreme Black Sabbath worship with that song because that was something Sabbath did what Planet Caravan. I thought just like. 00:57:22.220 --> 00:57:52.020 What you and George said, I literally thought the same thing when I heard it the first time. It was like, this is Planet Caravan. Yeah. Yeah. Which, by the way, comes off as this, like, really not very transparent, like, yeah, man, you know, we're trying to fucking be a doom band. And that's great. But it's, I'm not aware of other doom bands. I mean, there's probably been a few things like that. Yeah, not many. But I wouldn't think there would be many more, frankly. But what is? Okay. I did my investigation, very thorough. 00:57:54.080 --> 00:58:18.620 And all of two minutes. John did say Ataraxy, an artificial brain. And then George said, I sent you a bunch of stuff. I think what happened is when George sent me stuff and just went to that. And then Marcus, I did send Inanna, come to grief. Golgothan remains. Golgothan shit demon. Did you listen to any of those at all? No. You would love all of those. Yeah. 00:58:22.220 --> 00:58:51.760 because the real readout there should be record title, record title, dick pic, record title, Robert Redford. George is behind some plants. Yeah. So, hey, Jay, I think we've transcended your Ordos comment. I think that Ordos is off the table going forward. It's from now on, it's Ataraxy. I love that Will was like, fuck no, we're not going that direction. The best part is Will asks for recommendations. We give it to him right below. 00:58:52.220 --> 00:59:22.160 He doesn't even care. He just sees John. The problem is, then you go on to say 400 more things, and he's like, I'm not going all the way back. That's part of it. Yeah, then the dick pics come right after that, you know, exploding trash. He just scroll back to his own comment. It's right below it. I know, that's what I just did now during my investigation. It's a little too late here, pal. You're late to the party, pal. We are definitely guilty of going off the rails in our own comments. 00:59:24.660 --> 00:59:52.020 So the moral of the story is do not recommend anything to Will unless you're going to do it directly. You're going to text it to him. Next time I'm just going to, I'm going to fucking drive over to your house, knock into your, here, listen to this and just leave. Then I'll knock on the door two seconds later. Can I get a beer before I go? You know, we try to help you. And this is how you pay us. I know. Well, hey, anorexia is on my list and I gave you credit, Marcus. So there you go. It's true. It's only because both John and I both recommended it. 00:59:52.220 --> 01:00:21.900 You can take all the credit. It's fine. I'm not dragging this out. By the way, there is such a thing as chemo brain, which makes you very scatterbrained. So I blame that. Okay. So fuck off y'all sons of bitches. Now what do we say? Yeah, exactly. I have a cancer card on your ass. Sorry, Will. I should have sent you the flack file. Sorry, Will. All right. I think it's your pick, Jay. This would be Jorge. 01:00:23.300 --> 01:00:52.060 My number 21 from the United States of America on Profound Lore Records, Luminous Vault, Animate the Emptiness. I dug this because it's death metal, but it's also got synthwave mixed in with it. And it's a really good combination. I don't know if it was Angry Metal Guy or somewhere else where I read the review. It might have been Angry Metal Guy. Where they're like, you know, this could really go off the rails. 01:00:52.220 --> 01:01:20.680 in the wrong direction, but they really make it work. It blends really well, and it's just cool. So I dig it. 21. Yeah, I like that one, too. Nice. All right. Into the top 20 with Marc Gasol. I'm going to do this, and then I got to get a beer. All right. So this one has been mentioned a couple times. Mr. Mark Deeks will be happy. Arth, take up my bones. 01:01:22.200 --> 01:01:51.800 It's a gorgeous album. It's dark, mystical. It has those chant-like choruses that are stunning. And from talking to Mark a few casts ago, we know how much he put into crafting this record, and that all comes through. I really adore the textures in it, the layers, the fragility of history on this record. It's just a really unique and moving record. It's one you definitely want to put on at night, headphones. 01:01:52.200 --> 01:02:21.640 and just like let it wash over you. Yep. Definitely feel like you're transported to that time that the album features and its themes really feels that way. It's a very unique album. George gets I think George you're the first one who brought that up to us right? I believe so. I think so. Because you kept saying you got to check this out and man it's excellent. So I believe that's three now already? Three already. 01:02:22.760 --> 01:02:51.660 Lower, though, so I don't know how many points he's going to get for it, but still. It's got a good showing. Yeah. I agree. All right, beer time for me. I'm going to have to ask you guys what you pick when I come back. Sorry. Okay. Tell them we picked something really lame. Right. 20. I'm just apologizing that this is so low. Desolate Shrine, Fires of the Dying World, 01:02:52.220 --> 01:03:01.160 really dark death metal uh it's solid it's awesome um i suck so hey it's not even on my list so i suck more 01:03:02.020 --> 01:03:08.580 all right yeah no a really good album um but again today today is what my list looks like it could look 01:03:08.740 --> 01:03:14.900 different by you know seven o'clock tonight kidding me man like i told you up to eight through 25 is just 01:03:15.660 --> 01:03:21.020 up in the air yeah you put a note in the chat probably like weeks ago john and i i didn't have a chance 01:03:21.040 --> 01:03:50.900 to respond to it and I read it and I was like fuck that's exactly how I feel you know about about this year so I think my top 14 are pretty solid 15 through 25 is pretty that's pretty good George actually I think for this year because there's no super standouts this year meaning like there's a couple for each of us I think maybe but there's no like just right from the get-go there's an album that we're all like when Tumult came out that one month it was just so above everything else yep so anyway yeah good pick hey Matt did you get 01:03:51.040 --> 01:04:20.800 the vinyl from Decibel for Desolate Shrine? No, I did not. And I should have. But I suck. Yeah, you did. You said it. So Matt picked Desolate Shrine? Yeah. Yep. Cool. Cool. Cool. So my turn. All right. So my Nord 20. It's been mentioned once before. That is Bluedaos Nord Disharmonium Dash Undreamable Abysses. I don't even know how to describe this album. 01:04:21.040 --> 01:04:49.920 I don't know how you guys feel about this, but it's just it's so dark and ominous and evil. To me, the only thing I could say to someone is it's the soundtrack as you descend into hell because it just his last two albums are just so much different than everything else he's done. And this is by far even more different than the last one, which I thought was fairly straightforward for his sound. But to kill our album. But man, you have to put some serious work in. 01:04:50.000 --> 01:05:19.900 This is a headphones album to hear all the vocals that are layered way in the background. I mean, they're way back there. It's almost like they're not intended to be vocals, but more just other souls, John. There's souls being dragged down to the depths of hell. It's the quick flashing of the Pazuzu's face in The Exorcist. You know what I mean? Like you think you saw something, but you're not sure. Right. But yeah, you know, Jay, that's a good description. 01:05:19.980 --> 01:05:49.960 because you see those flashes of it and if you put this music to that you could see that if that's if you're looking at something it just feels like just pure evil um this album so but i i don't know where else to put it because i don't know if i fully have appreciated what it is just because it's that different and it's that hard to describe so but it's a killer album yeah you described it so much better than i did john so could i still which is unusual because usually i'm like 01:05:49.980 --> 01:06:18.300 I'm like that's a dude in a green shirt. You know, so. John understands hell. I'll tell you about it, hell. That chimichanga I had last night is hell. No, I didn't have it. No, I want a chimichanga really bad. That's pretty good. Anyway, George, what you missed. I picked Blutos Nord as my number 20. Number 20? Yeah, I know. Cool. Yeah. Soundtrack to hell. 01:06:19.860 --> 01:06:49.040 Definitely. So, Will then. My number 20 is compliments of Justin Riley Belez. He sent this to me. From Greece. Ectoplasm. Inferna. Kabbalah. Ectoplasma. What did I say? You just said ectoplasm. All right. Well, if you have fucking cancer and you throw it and you mumble a little bit, fuck you. Okay, gotcha. I've talked twice in a row, man. 01:06:49.860 --> 01:06:51.700 All the time. 01:06:52.120 --> 01:06:54.400 Now you're going to have to deliver this album to him in his house. 01:06:54.920 --> 01:06:55.100 Yeah. 01:06:55.599 --> 01:06:55.960 Jeez. 01:06:56.360 --> 01:06:57.920 I pictured a lot of this at Will's house. 01:06:58.010 --> 01:06:59.340 Who wants the last piece of pizza? 01:06:59.779 --> 01:07:01.020 Well, I do have cancer. 01:07:02.319 --> 01:07:04.000 So I guess I'll have it. 01:07:07.620 --> 01:07:08.700 What is that from, Jay? 01:07:09.040 --> 01:07:10.440 I feel like I've seen that in some comedy. 01:07:10.670 --> 01:07:12.380 It does feel like that could be a thing. 01:07:12.490 --> 01:07:12.920 I don't know. 01:07:14.200 --> 01:07:14.460 Anyway. 01:07:15.440 --> 01:07:16.900 Now's a good time to buy a car, Will. 01:07:17.250 --> 01:07:17.360 Yeah. 01:07:17.680 --> 01:07:19.260 Well, if you want to know the truth. 01:07:20.880 --> 01:07:49.360 The chemo mall doesn't make me lose my hair, but there are two little weird spots in the back of my neck where the hair is falling out. Anyway, it's death metal from Greece. It's good. I remember him mentioning that to you, and you actually paused and asked him about that again during the podcast. He direct messaged me a whole bunch of stuff, and I think at least two of the things he sent me are on my list. Go, Justin. Our good friend, Justin. He's my metal muse. 01:07:49.480 --> 01:08:19.460 His taste and mine are very similar. In music. Taste of music. In men, very different. You're like us. Because yours is random and all-encompassing. But here we go. Let me get my list up here. 20. I don't know. I lost track of how you guys are fucking pronouncing this. Just say whatever you want. Arth. Arth. Arth. Arth. Arth. Arth. Arth. Arth. Arth. Arth 01:08:19.500 --> 01:08:48.180 with me really well, man. I agree with everybody else. This guy put together a really cool record, and he's a really cool guy. When we posted, when he shared our podcast, when it came out, my comment under his, and I'm very proud of this comment, was the devil's in the Deke's tales. But in any case, a very fine record, and it was easy to get on the list. And a daily dull between you and me. 01:08:49.500 --> 01:09:19.440 Oh, that's right. It was yours, too. Actually, two Daily Doubles, Marcus. Two Daily Doubles. I doubled up with Matt. Right. Right. I doubt we'll have any more, but we'll see. We're kind of coupling on this podcast right now. Will and I had Adaraxy, and now Jay and I had Arth, and then there was a couple more. Matt and I had Woodhouse and Arth. Yep. Wow. Wow. Once we get towards the beginning, I wonder how we're going to line up. You guys will all line up, and I'll just be fucking changing. 01:09:19.500 --> 01:09:20.600 the shit out of this podcast. 01:09:21.470 --> 01:09:23.620 I think I'm going to be shit under everything too. 01:09:23.810 --> 01:09:25.819 Going to be spiking them volleyballs. 01:09:26.920 --> 01:09:30.799 So I don't think Will will have this on the list and that's okay. 01:09:30.910 --> 01:09:34.200 But I'm wondering, George, you're the last one here. 01:09:39.420 --> 01:09:39.960 Oh boy. 01:09:41.569 --> 01:09:41.720 Okay. 01:09:42.460 --> 01:09:43.520 My number 20. 01:09:45.980 --> 01:09:48.920 On Century Media Records from Belgium. 01:09:49.839 --> 01:10:16.800 I don't know how the rest of the world pronounces this, but my pronunciation is Ouija dude. And their album, There's Always Blood at the End of the Road. You just say Ouija dude? Yeah, man. I mean, I'm phonetically, it's W-I-E-G-E-D-O-O-D. Ouija dude. I do the German W sounding like it. Ouija dude. Ouija dude. 01:10:19.820 --> 01:10:48.860 Parker or whatever the name of the game company is with a Ouija board. Would you say that? A Ouija dude. Yeah, man. Ouija dude. That's awesome. I don't know this one. What am I missing? I don't know this one. It's black metal from Belgium. Yeah. It's pretty intense. It is pretty good. As you'll see on my list, my black metal leanings and straight doom leanings are just very thin these last couple of years. I think I have an increase of black metal this year. 01:10:49.120 --> 01:11:16.800 Really good, Matt. Really good. Yeah, Drecker's good stuff. Excellent. Cool. All right. Wow, 19? Let's keep it moving. Yeah, 19. Mark us on. 19. Yeah, nobody will have this on their list. It is Durr and Gray, Phalaris. Oh, man. I didn't know they put on an album. Better listen to it quick. Yeah. On a Sony Music Distribution of Japan. 01:11:19.100 --> 01:11:48.460 of Durant and Gray for a long time because of their eclectic and quirky progressive metal albums. So their records always take me on a wild ride that the songs will pummel my bones. They'll baffle me with bizarre experimentation. They'll take up your bones. Yep. Or they just make me want to sit alone by a reflection pool and ponder my existence. And after 25 years, 01:11:49.120 --> 01:12:19.080 they still know how to stir my blood with that circus of sounds and emotions so this is just another great album um it's another one where i always like it but i have degrees of how i like it i have to be in the right mood to listen to it but i always really enjoy it but sometimes i really think it's like one of the best albums and then other times i'm like oh i gotta put a little bit lower but that's always how they've kind of been because their albums are so eclectic great great 01:12:20.160 --> 01:12:20.520 Nice. 01:12:22.580 --> 01:12:22.780 Matt? 01:12:22.880 --> 01:12:23.460 Could you repeat that? 01:12:23.580 --> 01:12:25.200 I missed it because I had to use the bathroom. 01:12:25.360 --> 01:12:25.640 What was it? 01:12:25.780 --> 01:12:26.180 What was it? 01:12:26.520 --> 01:12:30.160 It's called Durin Gray or a Japanese progressive metal band. 01:12:30.440 --> 01:12:32.780 It's D-I-R and then it's three words. 01:12:32.910 --> 01:12:34.920 D-I-R-E-N and then gray. 01:12:35.420 --> 01:12:36.020 G-R-E-Y. 01:12:38.200 --> 01:12:38.380 Gotcha. 01:12:38.940 --> 01:12:39.920 Yeah, they've been around a long time. 01:12:40.220 --> 01:12:40.900 Yeah, that's awesome. 01:12:41.030 --> 01:12:46.080 I may have missed the last couple of releases, but I know I'm definitely going to grab that one. 01:12:46.250 --> 01:12:46.500 Yeah, yeah. 01:12:46.810 --> 01:12:47.400 Grab it, Matt. 01:12:47.540 --> 01:13:17.080 Listen to it, because you know I'm going to still have the year end. I sure do. Your end. You have till tomorrow. Matt's getting a drug, I think. Matt, you got till at least tomorrow. I mean, we'll probably get to the top ten at some point tomorrow. You got time. I mean, don't feel any pressure here. Boys, I'm feeling good already here. Listen three or four times, and then, you know, get back to us in the top ten. Feeling pretty good. 01:13:17.540 --> 01:13:46.840 I think we should at some point do like a 24-hour podcast. I have a feeling. Oh, like the old like dance-a-thon things where you had to like dance for 24 hours. The Jerry Lewis telethon. We'll raise money for metal. Oh, that would be kind of cool. I wonder if we could do that. I would do that. People just pass out, come back like three hours later. All right, I'm good. I took a nap. I'm ready. Let's go. Go take a break. I'm in. Clearly. We'll tap each other in and out. I'm coming to you from the restroom of my home. I'm feeling Ouija dude right now. 01:13:46.920 --> 01:14:16.660 So clearly not something wills going to be up for anytime soon. All right. So it's my pick 19. Uh, I did not show. I didn't, I didn't say mine yet. Oh, I'm sorry. Uh, my number 19, I would say this is probably of albums released. This was probably the most recently released on my list. The band is magnetar. The album is called crushed. I would describe this as sludge with some doomy sludge with some like spacey Jane's addiction. 01:14:17.020 --> 01:14:42.940 Sludge. This is their first album. They are on Omen Records and they are from the US. That's all I really know. Good album though. Sludge squared is what you're saying. Sludge squared. Cool. Sludge to the power of sludge. So that's sludgy then. Does that look like a brownie in physical form? Like Sludge squared? Sludge dude. Like a hot lava cake. 01:14:50.160 --> 01:15:16.880 Actually, I heard Ministries Lava on the radio the other day, and I was like, ah, hot lava. Anyway. All right, now it's my turn for 19. Yes. So my last pick was the soundtrack As You Descend Into Hell, and my number 19 has quite the ethereal, gothic kind of floating vocals to go along with the feeling. 01:15:17.660 --> 01:15:45.400 It might be, I'm guessing, a volleyball for me. Shape of Despair, Return to the Void on Season of Mist. I'm not a super Funeral Doom fan, but of all the Funeral Doom bands like Evoken, Shape of Despair is one of the ones that I like a lot. And I've always enjoyed their stuff because they add a little more of the gothic sound. And we saw them at Atlas. Yeah, well, we saw Fog and some Hoods. 01:15:46.800 --> 01:15:50.360 that they were wearing that they might wear on a video when they're walking 01:15:50.410 --> 01:15:54.240 through the forest with fog. But yeah, they were cool to see live. 01:15:54.610 --> 01:16:01.220 I never thought I'd get to see them, but they were cool. I like this album a lot. I don't know if it's my favorite from them. Probably not. 01:16:01.480 --> 01:16:05.300 But I think it's, they haven't put out a bad album yet, but it's Funeral Doom. 01:16:06.040 --> 01:16:09.400 And for me, that's a lot of work. This was on my list for a while, John. 01:16:09.600 --> 01:16:13.020 It's up to my honorable mentions, but I do love Funeral Doom. 01:16:13.520 --> 01:16:42.940 Yeah, but they add that ethereal gothic vibe to it, which adds more texture for me, which I really enjoy. So I think, like I said, them and Evokin are the two funeral doom bands that I like a lot. So they're both played Atlas. And they both play. And I never thought I'd get to see Evokin either, which was kind of cool, you know, at least not in that setting. So. And didn't you guys just basically see them with each other and nobody else? No, I think it was a few people. I remember those photos were pretty small. No, who else was there? 01:16:42.980 --> 01:17:11.960 That was also a Crip Sermon, wasn't it, that night? Yeah, that was the pre-show. That show was fucking awesome. It was packed. White Boots. Give me some fucking credit, dude. You get all the credit, man. Sorry, cancer. Yeah, we got to see Crip Sermon debut new songs from the new album at that first time. It was awesome. And White Boots. That was a new Crip Sermon. 01:17:13.000 --> 01:17:42.860 So I'm guessing that might be a volleyball now if Will doesn't have it on his list. Maybe. Most likely. Maybe not. You never know, John. There's not enough volleyballs to go around when Will's got a list. Or when Will's got balls. He's got the net. He's about to have the volleyball team playing. And at that point, let's put on some ACDC and sing big balls. My kids love that song. What kid? 01:17:42.980 --> 01:18:11.320 I didn't like that song growing up. I'm like, they're talking about baseballs and bouncing balls and ballroom dancing. Yes, soccer balls, footballs, baseballs. Yeah. All right. My number 19. I probably could have had this higher if I listened to it more, but Werewolves from the Crave to the Grave from Australia on Prosthetic Records. Nice. Pretty good, straightforward, brutal death metal. I like it. I like their last album too. 01:18:11.420 --> 01:18:41.400 Which was only like, you know, six months ago or whatever. I feel like that. They're just banging them out like three albums, three years. It's incredible. I remember it was January last year that they put out an album. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Because I remember you guys had it as your album of the month, didn't you? Yeah, I did anyway. Do you feel this album is better than the last one or do you like the last one better? Yeah, I like this one better. George, I feel like you feel different about this one. No, no, I think it's great. Do you? Personally, I think it's great. 01:18:41.440 --> 01:19:11.380 I think this one and the last one are pretty comparable. I mean, this one, I might agree that this one might be a little better, but they're still in the same vein of just like punishing death metal. This one seems to be getting a lot of traction. I think George will talk about it more later. Maybe. Oh, okay. All right, mine is 19 is one that I always end up with one or two. 01:19:11.440 --> 01:19:40.040 that Matt turns me on to, especially as his album of the month. I believe this was his album of the month once. Anyway, Feral Lights, Psychic Comportions. This record is really fucking cool, man. Somebody described it on their page as, what if black metal had riffs? That's a great description, man. This is just good old school, new school, fun, fucking great, catchy, lots of fucking angles that kind of stick in your brain a little bit. 01:19:41.440 --> 01:20:10.900 I totally enjoyed this record and it's really not that high on my list but I would look to see this one because I kind of listen to it a lot now probably survive to the next time. Yeah that's true because I had it and I think Matt will probably have it because it was his album of the month possibly. Might be three. Never know. Yeah it's really good. I like that man. All right my number 19 I hesitate to mention because they're from Spain on Misako Un Ojo. 01:20:11.440 --> 01:20:41.320 Records, Ataraxy, The Last Mirror. Let's move on. No, you got to talk about it, George. Saying as you're the first person to ever tell us about Ataraxy. No, actually, I am giving credit to John on this one. Giving credit to John on this one. Yeah, yeah. Mark told me all about it. Well, I had him on my list, I think, of the last album. Yeah, no, I grabbed this from John's wish list. Or no, you pre-ordered. 01:20:42.460 --> 01:21:11.340 And that's where I grabbed it from. So. Yeah. John gets credit. I don't think it made my list, but I like the last time a lot. Yeah. I remember the last one, but yeah. No, it's, it's good. You know, it's a little, uh, ethereal, uh, atmospheric, but, but, but very good. Very good. That's what I was saying. They, they really doubled down on the atmosphere there, but I like it. Cause it's just, you don't hear that as much, you know, they really done well. Like depths, like really well. 01:21:11.440 --> 01:21:40.440 You feel that fog coming in on you. Yeah, it didn't affect the sound quality. It was totally added to it. Yeah, definitely. Oh no, George. Let's not go on that sound quality kick. No, I'm actually saying that it's good. I know. It's muddy. No, I know what you're saying. The addition of the atmospherics didn't distract or kind of muddy the production. It didn't create too much going on at one time. Yeah. 01:21:41.800 --> 01:22:10.980 Cool. That's three now? Yeah. Ataraxy? Whoa. All right. Let's see what number 18 brings, Markisan. Yeah. Well, first of all, I should mention drinking something else now. I'm drinking the Saga. Ah, yes. Is that a different one? No. I smuggled this in my bag. I forgot about it, George. I should have given it to you. I know. I was like, hey, there weren't any more. I thought it was. No, there weren't. I smuggled one in because I like this a lot. I got to save it. I totally forgot. 01:22:11.440 --> 01:22:39.380 Well, sorry, I can get it here. You can get it. You can go right to that back down the store and get it. Exactly, exactly. Hazy triple IPA, so we'll disapprove, but it's very good. It's awesome. It's not even a double. It's a hazy triple. I want that quintuple IPA that's just like... It's like bog water. Yeah. So number 18 in my quest to match Will, ball for ball. 01:22:42.240 --> 01:23:10.960 Dawn of Failure on Noel Frost Records. So John was just talking about black metal, and I've been listening to a shit ton of black metal this year, because I just think it's so varied, and there's a lot of unique albums in that genre. So I haven't heard a lot of people talk about this band, and I think that's a shame, because Dawn of Failure is one of the best black metal records this year. They play this ultra-cinematic, atmospheric, 01:23:11.460 --> 01:23:20.000 black metal with these epic prog breakdowns they recall early opeth and agaloc for me so i 01:23:20.080 --> 01:23:26.600 wouldn't if you like that kind of stuff i wouldn't sleep on this one dear metal heads um because i like i said i 01:23:26.600 --> 01:23:33.500 don't even think i've seen a review of this one um but it's great the i listened to it on bandcamp the freaking 01:23:34.380 --> 01:23:39.880 production if you just listen on bandcamp is awful you got to download it and get the flag because it's way way better 01:23:40.340 --> 01:24:09.740 Sometimes you listen to it on Bandcamp and it's fine. And then sometimes they put stuff up there that's just way inferior. Garbage. Markisan that. That's crazy. That's funny you bring that up. Do you guys remember Sean from Gates to the Morning? Of course. We had him on. Actually, I saw a post where he was complaining about that. He was saying, is it me or does Bandcamp sound like shit when you stream on there now? And I think he might be right. I think that they've done that because I tried to listen to this when I had heard about it. And I was like, 01:24:09.880 --> 01:24:39.200 This doesn't sound very good. Let me download it. Let me buy it. Download sounds awesome. Yeah, they should. Oh, amazing. They should allow you to change your sound quality. I mean, even Spotify does that. Let you set your sound quality for streaming. I mean, if you're going to let us download the different sound qualities, why can't we stream the sound qualities too? I agree. Yeah, it should just be the highest quality on there. I mean, I know it takes probably a lot of space, but it should just be the highest. And then, you know, even if you just put a couple songs up. 01:24:39.880 --> 01:25:09.740 Yeah. Anyways, this is a really great album. Proggy atmospheric black metal. Hey, got me hooked when you mentioned early Opeth and Agaloc. See what you think, John, because that's what I thought when I was listening to it. Yeah, definitely. Matt? Number 18 for me, Sentient Horror, Rites of Gore. Really straight up meat and potatoes, death metal. Really good riffs. Really good riffs. 01:25:09.880 --> 01:25:39.100 Really good riffs. Really good death. Really good metal. I really like it. Is this the sci-fi themed? Sort of. A little bit, yeah. I remember the name. I think they're from New Jersey. New Jersey. That is Stockholm, New Jersey. You are correct. They are Unredefined in Darkness. This is their third full-length album. Used to be known as Sentience, but now they are Sentient Aurora. I like the new name better. 01:25:42.260 --> 01:25:43.020 All right, then. 01:25:43.020 --> 01:25:43.720 Is Will asleep? 01:25:44.620 --> 01:25:46.860 We're going to need a big... 01:25:46.900 --> 01:25:47.020 No. 01:25:48.080 --> 01:25:48.260 Sorry. 01:25:49.100 --> 01:25:50.220 I have to send a text. 01:25:50.380 --> 01:25:50.700 I'm listening. 01:25:52.520 --> 01:25:54.760 I need a bigger cricket for this pick. 01:25:55.260 --> 01:25:55.760 Nice job. 01:25:56.620 --> 01:25:56.800 Yeah. 01:25:57.300 --> 01:25:57.740 All right. 01:25:57.940 --> 01:26:02.040 Not only is this going to be a volleyball, but we're going to need a bigger cricket for this one. 01:26:02.820 --> 01:26:03.600 Cicada time. 01:26:04.360 --> 01:26:05.160 Cue it up, George. 01:26:05.540 --> 01:26:08.440 If you guys know your jaws... 01:26:08.900 --> 01:26:09.340 Of course. 01:26:10.080 --> 01:26:39.360 One of the great ad-libs ever in all the films. Roy Schneider, we're going to need a bigger boat. Anyway, my number 18, hopefully I can say this right because I'm not from Greece. Vas Katsionis is the name of the band. That's two last names. And the album is Epical Dilemma on Symmetric Records. This is straight up late 80s, early 90s progressive metal in the vein of Fate's Warning during the kind of perfect symmetry 01:26:39.400 --> 01:27:09.180 Period, which is my favorite Face Warning album. They've got a little bit of a Queenswike early. Queenswike? Queen Dwike. In Conception vibe to them. So if you're into that stuff, it's cool stuff. I don't know these guys. Bob Katsionis, I guess, is from Firewind and Sirius Black. I know the bands, but I don't really know them because I guess they're power metal bands and I'm not a big power metal fan, but they seem to be two very popular bands, at least with the Prague Power Crowd. Oh, yeah. 01:27:09.400 --> 01:27:37.400 Firewind, for sure. Yeah, and I feel like I may have seen them at Prog Power. Maybe not. Maybe I just, I've heard of their name. And then Billy Vass. I don't know him or Voss. I don't really know him, but I like this album a lot. It's right in the wheelhouse for that style that I like, which I'm a bigger fan of the 80s, late 80s, early 90s, guitar-driven prog metal over the kind of inundated keyboard-driven stuff that followed after that, so. 01:27:39.400 --> 01:27:40.020 Yes. 01:27:41.820 --> 01:27:42.800 It's such a 01:27:44.740 --> 01:27:47.660 deep album that I'm so buried in the ocean, 01:27:47.740 --> 01:27:50.560 I can't even yell at Wilson because I'm sinking in so much ocean water. 01:27:50.580 --> 01:27:51.800 I'm swallowing it so fast. 01:27:52.580 --> 01:27:54.480 So that will be definitely a cricket. 01:27:55.280 --> 01:27:55.480 All right. 01:27:55.580 --> 01:27:55.660 Yeah. 01:27:55.880 --> 01:27:56.560 Volleyball on my list. 01:27:58.520 --> 01:27:59.780 I'll have to check it out, John. 01:28:00.020 --> 01:28:01.140 I haven't even heard of that one. 01:28:01.660 --> 01:28:01.780 Yeah. 01:28:01.960 --> 01:28:03.880 I don't think most people have, to be honest with you. 01:28:04.420 --> 01:28:06.360 I haven't seen many people talking about it. 01:28:06.520 --> 01:28:08.400 But if you like Perfect Symmetry from Fate's Morning, 01:28:08.780 --> 01:28:38.300 It's, you'll be right up your alley then. Cool. Will. All right. My number 18. This is one of five out of the next six that are going to be volleyballs. Save some for the rest of us. I know, man. I got a couple coming. I got a couple. Stop spiking us. Yeah. Wilson goes to convent. Call to this. Call down the sun. Oh. From all female band from Denmark. 01:28:38.460 --> 01:29:08.420 on Napal Records. This is just Doom music with some brutal death metal vocals. I really like their... I kind of like the last album a little bit better. Me too. The last one was Puritan Masochism. But this one's still pretty good. And it lands at my number 18. I feel like this dropped and people talked for a second and then no one talked about it again. I didn't like it as much. Yeah. I thought the vocals were worse this time. Yeah, they seemed a little harsher. Yeah, last time I thought that the... 01:29:08.440 --> 01:29:38.020 I like the production wasn't as good, but the vocals were decent. And this time the production was better, but the vocals were less good. So I would agree. I like this one better. I mean, it's not on my list. I like this one better. I just think that they added more elements to the music. The other one was a lot more basic. So, um, which is fine. You know, there's nothing wrong with that, but I like there's a little, little, little bit more variety in the, uh, in the song structures. Yeah. Which stands with, 01:29:38.460 --> 01:30:06.380 I just said the music was better. Cool. Next dude in a yellow shirt. What's your pick? You're going to have to help me pronounce the title, John, though I will say the band name. Wilderun. Epigone. Just like it reads. Yeah, that wasn't hard at all. I was like Epigone. Epigone. Epigone. 01:30:08.440 --> 01:30:09.320 I would like, 01:30:09.390 --> 01:30:09.480 I would like, 01:30:09.820 --> 01:30:12.000 sounds like Star Wars. 01:30:12.080 --> 01:30:13.400 I'm going to have the linguine and I'll have the, 01:30:13.510 --> 01:30:13.600 uh, 01:30:13.700 --> 01:30:14.440 epigone please. 01:30:14.630 --> 01:30:14.720 Uh, 01:30:14.980 --> 01:30:15.300 it's, 01:30:15.460 --> 01:30:15.580 um, 01:30:16.860 --> 01:30:18.260 and I don't order for my wife like that, 01:30:18.320 --> 01:30:18.660 by the way, 01:30:18.740 --> 01:30:19.420 I'm a modern man. 01:30:20.080 --> 01:30:20.940 She orders for you. 01:30:23.720 --> 01:30:23.940 Um, 01:30:24.100 --> 01:30:24.180 I, 01:30:24.340 --> 01:30:26.660 there doesn't need to be a lot to be said about wilder on their, 01:30:27.160 --> 01:30:27.320 well, 01:30:27.330 --> 01:30:30.900 known on this podcast becoming increasingly well-known in the metal world. 01:30:30.930 --> 01:30:32.420 I think this one's on nuclear blast. 01:30:33.240 --> 01:30:33.420 Uh, 01:30:33.760 --> 01:30:34.280 century media. 01:30:34.420 --> 01:30:34.660 Oh yeah. 01:30:35.040 --> 01:30:35.400 Century. 01:30:35.500 --> 01:31:05.380 Okay, okay. One of those big two. Well, no, that's a big deal because you won't see it anywhere on some platforms other than Spotify. I was a little slower to these guys than you were, but this was the one that's come out that I've liked the most. I've checked every one of them out. I think I might have listed with me once before, but I did, this one did get me coming back to it a few times, maybe 10 times. I probably listened to this record, which speaks highly to it in a world full of records to listen to. So my biggest vote of confidence for this band yet, for sure. Cool. You know, Marcus, on, 01:31:05.500 --> 01:31:34.240 We were trying to say the name. And honestly, I just saw them at Prog Power. And I'm really trying to remember how Evan said the name of the album. And I'm like, fuck, it could be either one of those two. But I don't know if he said it that way. That's what I'm trying to say. It's funny, too, because the actual word, like they could say the word wrong, even though it's their album. I know. That's what's really funny. So Epigone. Okay, good enough. I don't know for sure, John, but that's what I remember. I don't know. I like the way it sounded when somebody said it like a Jawa. 01:31:34.400 --> 01:32:04.380 That kind of worked with me too. The important thing is that it's on Jay's list. Sorry, George. No worries. So here's the first of my next two volleyballs. From Sweden on Regain Records. This is Eucharist and I Am the Void. Used to be a sort of mellow death band way back in the day. And this album's kind of 01:32:04.400 --> 01:32:33.940 Like more of a like old school traditional black metal album. And it fucking rips. I always thought I never I never heard this band, but I always thought that Eucharist would be a good name for a band. Yeah. Like something like Poison Eucharist or Eucharist vomit. Yeah. Something with Eucharist in it. Eucharist yummy. They should probably tour with ghost men or whoever the fuck you just ghost convent. And you know, just convent. Yeah. And Crip sermon. Yeah. Catholic terms. 01:32:35.080 --> 01:33:04.360 All right, well, we can, I'll just take my volleyball and move on. You're not the only one with the volleyball. Mark is on number 17. 17. Oh, man. All right. My number 17 is Night Fell. Never Comes the Storm. Independent release. This is a surprise release, actually, from the band when it dropped in April. 01:33:04.440 --> 01:33:32.900 Because it's independent. Because it's independent. They can do that. And it's my favorite album they've done. It's 30 minutes of big bass, heavy black and death tune draped in an atmospheric blanket of mourning. And I love this record. The more I listen to it, the more I get into it. I like that it's short. I like that it makes me feel things. 01:33:33.320 --> 01:34:03.060 She didn't say that. Short and feel things. Come on. Let them have it. Come on. Oh, geez. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. So it's a lot like George is what he's saying. Exactly. Can I point out one thing, too? If it's 30 minutes, then it's the same length as Rain and Blood, as we all know, but it would have one fourth of the notes. Oh, Rain and Blood's 28 minutes. Wait, is it 29 minutes? It's 28. 01:34:03.920 --> 01:34:32.360 28. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What was the name of the band? Markisan night. See, I like this one too, Markisan, but I think I like the previous album more. And I don't know why I like the previous, previous album. Yeah. I don't know. That's strange. I mean, I think they're both great. They kind of fly under the radar, I think. Well, yeah, they're independent released. You know, the last one was on a 20 bucks spin, wasn't it? I think it sounds right. I think it was. I'm actually surprised this one. 01:34:33.300 --> 01:35:02.720 I know has not gotten a label to distribute it. No. Which is weird because it's a really great record. And they didn't announce it. It literally just dropped. It was April. No, no, I meant it. When it dropped, there was no build-up to the album. It literally just said, hey, by the way, we released an album today. I think they may have posted one thing a few days before saying 4-1-22. That's it. So yeah. Yeah. 01:35:03.320 --> 01:35:32.360 I like that they're kind of a DIY band, you know, and they're still putting out this kind of a quality, but I kind of do wish that more people knew about them. Yeah, I'm positive I got their last album from 20 bucks, then I bought the vinyl. Yeah, I don't remember, John. I thought it was independent, but you could be right. No, this album is independent. It is. This one is, yeah. I mean, the last one I thought was too, but I don't remember. Hold on. There we go. 01:35:35.300 --> 01:36:02.920 20 bucks bin. Fuckers. I wonder why I won't put the new one. Maybe they just don't want to. Maybe they just want to stay independent. Who knows? Yeah. All right, Matt, you're up. 17. All right, number 17. I would describe this as a death metal back to back. My number 17 is undeath. It's time to rise from the grave. No nonsense. 01:36:03.340 --> 01:36:05.000 Bullshit. Oh, wow. 01:36:06.980 --> 01:36:08.000 But why'd you wow? 01:36:09.000 --> 01:36:10.120 Because you like yawned. 01:36:10.490 --> 01:36:12.000 Because it was time to rise. I'm like, 01:36:13.060 --> 01:36:14.860 I'm tired. I wasn't making a, 01:36:15.160 --> 01:36:16.300 I mean, it was my 25. 01:36:16.300 --> 01:36:19.100 You should be yawning when Matt's trying to describe this album. 01:36:19.300 --> 01:36:20.460 It was interpretive dance. 01:36:20.860 --> 01:36:21.820 Sorry, I was 01:36:23.360 --> 01:36:24.900 rising from the grave. I'm sorry. 01:36:25.800 --> 01:36:26.840 Oh, well then, okay, 01:36:27.120 --> 01:36:28.240 George, I stand corrected. 01:36:29.030 --> 01:36:29.400 Very cool. 01:36:30.530 --> 01:36:31.620 But it was in a doom sense. 01:36:31.900 --> 01:37:01.800 It was like what we do in the shadows kind of thing. Oh, we don't talk about that, George. The shadow stuff is just us. No, sorry. What we do, no. That's two for that album now, right? Yeah. Nice. Sorry, Matt. You may continue if you have more. No worries. It's all good. I got a refill. All right. Oh, yeah. We're not on that. I can go dive in the fridge. 01:37:01.900 --> 01:37:31.820 and see what I got. Do it. All right. So my number 17. First off, I changed beers. So I'm drinking something called the fallen. It's a collaboration between one family brewing and funk brewing. And I believe this, it's a West coast IPA, but I believe they are donating all the funds from this beer to the, and I can't read this. I'm sorry. The gold star. They want to have a new gold star Memorial, Northern Virginia, first one ever. So they're, 01:37:31.900 --> 01:38:01.400 I'm donating all the proceeds from this beer. And I've never had it before, so I'm just getting ready to start drinking it. My number 17, band's been mentioned before, Temple of Void, Summoning the Slayer. I like this album. I like all their albums. I just feel like this one's missing just a little something, like a little punch to the sound. The riffs are all there. Everything's there. I just feel like, I don't know. 01:38:01.880 --> 01:38:07.520 just missing just a tiny bit it probably would be a lot higher for me but i do like it i didn't 01:38:07.740 --> 01:38:12.800 have the uh visceral reaction that angry metal guy had but hey i think that's good publicity any 01:38:12.880 --> 01:38:18.700 publicity is good that you can use um and i actually do enjoy that they've been adding 01:38:18.940 --> 01:38:23.940 atmospherics to their sound i think they go in a cool place i think what it is actually maybe is i'm 01:38:23.960 --> 01:38:29.100 digging that the drums are pretty straightforward on this one compared to previous albums i feel like 01:38:29.100 --> 01:38:32.420 they were a little more aggressive, but maybe that's what they're going for in this album. 01:38:33.180 --> 01:38:34.260 Also, do they have a new drummer? 01:38:35.100 --> 01:38:38.060 No, it's the same guy. I think it's just a shift in style. 01:38:39.120 --> 01:38:44.340 His playing is great. I think they've just shifted their style a little bit, and they're exploring new areas. 01:38:45.160 --> 01:38:51.660 As heavy and as fuzzy a band as they are, I also think there's something cleaner about their production, which could be to their detriment. 01:38:53.200 --> 01:38:56.000 That takes one level of menace off of it somehow. 01:38:56.080 --> 01:39:25.520 I mean, it's not like the old ones were muddy, but this one's just like almost as if Andy Snead did it or something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And that might be because they have been adding some very cool atmospheric stuff to their sound. They've definitely explored new territory. And that's what I want from bands. I don't want the same album over. And we all have bands. We like to do the same album over and over again. And I think with Death Doom, I think you have to try to explore a little more because it can get pretty monotonous fast. And they do. They definitely explore. 01:39:25.840 --> 01:39:53.960 So it's good though. I like it. Obviously, it's on my list. It's on your list. And midway through. Yeah. Not quite midway. But I think that's where their last one fell to. Midway through midyear. What is that made for the year end? We got to get to like 13 for that. My midrange is big. Will. 01:39:55.840 --> 01:39:59.880 17 was mentioned before all the way from pakistan 01:40:01.140 --> 01:40:08.240 zhab summoning the cataclysm george sent me this and you kind of had me at pakistan 01:40:09.280 --> 01:40:14.620 uh and then i started listening like man this is really fucking good it is yeah there's uh there's a 01:40:14.620 --> 01:40:19.420 little bit of everything in this they kind of they're they're you know there's some dbeat stuff 01:40:19.900 --> 01:40:24.179 there's some uh there's i mean it's basically death metal but i mean it is death metal but there's like 01:40:24.200 --> 01:40:24.560 It's kind of a, 01:40:26.380 --> 01:40:27.060 there's some, 01:40:28.300 --> 01:40:29.100 what do you call it? 01:40:29.210 --> 01:40:29.620 I don't know. 01:40:30.400 --> 01:40:31.820 There's just a little bit of everything in the sound. 01:40:32.000 --> 01:40:32.480 I like it. 01:40:33.280 --> 01:40:35.240 They take a couple left turns here and there, 01:40:35.760 --> 01:40:36.880 but not too much. 01:40:37.060 --> 01:40:37.360 Just no. 01:40:37.920 --> 01:40:38.500 I like the sound. 01:40:38.610 --> 01:40:40.300 I just haven't got the grab yet. 01:40:40.430 --> 01:40:40.860 It hasn't, 01:40:41.160 --> 01:40:42.440 the final hook hasn't got me. 01:40:42.740 --> 01:40:43.660 And each time I listen to them, 01:40:43.740 --> 01:40:44.840 I'm getting a little closer with it, 01:40:45.200 --> 01:40:45.620 but it's good. 01:40:45.740 --> 01:40:47.320 They're very good musicians. 01:40:47.920 --> 01:40:49.620 That's going to be the next album called the final hook. 01:40:50.380 --> 01:40:50.740 Yeah. 01:40:50.800 --> 01:40:50.980 It's like, 01:40:51.040 --> 01:40:51.440 I'm in. 01:40:51.500 --> 01:41:21.480 Get a little closer with hair and extra dry. So I thought that was going to be a volleyball. I thought even though you sent it to me, George, I'm like, he's not putting this on this place. I think a lot of people like it, actually. Seems like it got a lot of good. I know Justin liked it, too. Yeah. So. All right, then, Jay. First time I ever heard anything by this band, and I confess, I can't remember if there's somebody who gets 01:41:21.940 --> 01:41:25.340 I'm sure you guys have mentioned them to each other and maybe even in the text 01:41:25.400 --> 01:41:27.180 they're like hey there are new ones I don't fucking know but 01:41:27.580 --> 01:41:27.800 Metallica 01:41:30.360 --> 01:41:37.420 see um this is um but I'm it's another band that's kind of gotten past me a lot but uh Sour Origins or Sayor 01:41:37.600 --> 01:41:38.460 I don't know how to pronounce this 01:41:38.640 --> 01:41:42.580 Scottish one man thing it's fucking cool I dig this band 01:41:43.180 --> 01:41:46.700 I think it's pronounced Soar is it Soar yeah they played Atlas and I asked him straight up 01:41:46.700 --> 01:41:48.540 and they're like a sore super nice dudes by the way 01:41:49.240 --> 01:42:18.520 Maybe I wrote it down wrong, Jay. It's actually pronounced like it's not spelled. I thought it was a one-man thing, I guess, but maybe he tours with people. I could be making that up. Anyway, it's just cool when I kind of finally put my foot in something that I don't really know about. And I always need some folky something, and I love Scottish stuff. And he's got a lot of weird Scottish roots stuff in here and stuff. Plus, it's just a fucking quality record. If it's not Scottish, it's 01:42:20.740 --> 01:42:48.200 I put this one aside because I said that George, I said, no, I'm not blowing my list up for all these albums today. I need to save some for the second half of the year. So I'll visit this because I like all the early stuff that he's done. This isn't in no way accurate, but I like to think that he, as, you know, Ireland is to, what the fuck, what can I think of the Irish band right now? I'm already all. 01:42:48.540 --> 01:43:18.100 Yeah, this guy is the Scotland. Not terribly similar bands, but, you know, sort of rooted in his own past. Oh, but he says that that's what his deal is. The Scottish folklore and the black metal. I need more Primordial. Badly. Yeah, it's been a while, dude. It's been a hot minute, man. Four or five years or so. It's been a while. Well, he's been busy. Why do you say that? Oh, sorry. Is it my 17? Okay. 01:43:18.560 --> 01:43:45.520 So there's an international band on Van Records that was yet another commission from Roadburn. And that is a band called The Nest and their album Her True Nature, featuring members of Wolven Nest, Primordial, Dread Sovereign, Saturnalia Temple, The Ruins of Beverast, and Dool. 01:43:46.420 --> 01:44:16.100 And it is a really cool atmospheric, kind of black metal-y thing, like a mix of that stuff. A boatload of atmosphere, though. Yeah, totally. Wolven Nest is very much about the atmospheric stuff. And yeah, it's just an amazing album. And I'll take the volleyball now. Thank you. No, I need to go back to that album. I remember when, because that was your album of the month. And I liked it. I just, I completely forgot about it. Yeah. Markisan real quick. I saw Primordial at Prog Power. 01:44:16.420 --> 01:44:46.380 They absolutely destroyed the place and I stood next to is it what's his name the singer well he's got two names yeah I stood next to him he was still intense at the bar he's just like I need a beer and then he's kind of like then he's like all right I'm good he was so intense on stage they were awesome I saw them I saw him do both bands both primordial and dread sovereign I think at MDF I 01:44:46.800 --> 01:45:16.380 Yeah, I have never seen them. They're so good. I'm dying for them to come here and tour. I know they were at MDF. I think they posted something about that recently, actually. Yeah, he's busy podcasting. That's what he does. I've listened to his podcasts. Some of them are really good. Some of them are just like really in the weeds, but not as good as ours, but you know. Yeah. Nobody's as good as us. I like when he talks about Primordial because they'll do that from time to time, like how this album came to be or stories 01:45:16.440 --> 01:45:45.880 from the road and stuff. Those are always pretty interesting, but he's a pretty smart guy. Yeah. That's cool. Well, let's almost get to the top 15 with our number 16, Magasan. Absolutely. So my number 16 is Hangman's Chair, a loner on nuclear blast. This is a phenomenal new wave infused gothic posthum album. That's funny, man. Justin's been trying to get me to listen to that and I'm like, eh. 01:45:46.400 --> 01:46:16.380 It's not that I don't like it. It just wasn't where my head was. Please carry on. Justin got me into it. When he was on the cast, he mentioned it. I had not heard of it at all. This kind of thing definitely is my bag, baby. I'm surprised George didn't like it because it's like a mashup. It's not that I don't like it. It's just... Type O negative. Yeah, definitely. Definitely. With a modern spin to it. I just... When I listened, I was like, this is not where 01:46:16.380 --> 01:46:46.280 I don't dislike it. I just wasn't able to get into it at the time. I should probably revisit it. I've told Justin that I would do that. I just haven't yet. Well, it's phenomenal. So yeah, you definitely should revisit it. Okay. They call their sound Cold Doom. And it's definitely that. It's nine gorgeous gloom tracks with this great fuzzy guitar sound. There's a lot of reverb in it. This dark cloud atmospherics to it. Yeah. 01:46:46.380 --> 01:47:16.200 I really like it a lot. It has a good emotional quality to it. It definitely makes me think of those like, like typo negative. Yeah. As I mentioned, Mercy, Life of Agony. And I like that part of it. It's just very different than the other things that I've been listening to. So I never would have found this without Justin mentioning it. I'm glad somebody listened to him. Yeah. Not that I don't listen to you, Justin. I do. It just wasn't, just wasn't clicking that day. I mean, it's almost halfway through my list. 01:47:16.380 --> 01:47:45.960 Yeah, you should definitely give it another spin. Oh, I will. I will. Because it's in your wheelhouse for sure. I know, I know. All right, Matt. I think this is the second mention of this band with my slightly different pronunciation. The Vigadude. There's always blood at the end of the road. Ouija dude. Vigadude. Yeah, the Ouija board dude. No, I'm remembering that. Definitely super aggressive black metal. I feel like we had a conversation about the chanting. 01:47:46.920 --> 01:48:16.340 because this is a fairly older album for this year. The chanting really grew on me. It's very weird. But I kind of got into it. Maybe it's even just more random mumbling. But awkward. But I like it. And I dig this album. He's good. So John then. All right. So now we start venturing into John's prog bands. Well, I mentioned one, but now we're going to mention one of the big ones. 01:48:16.420 --> 01:48:44.980 I like super big. It's Prague Power Hour with John. Yeah. Well, just Prague Hour because I don't like that power stuff that much. However, these guys are some of the godfathers of the genre. And I'm one of the people that doesn't hate them and I'm not like obsessed with them. I'm in the middle. So I'm like literally that 1% because there aren't many people you'll find like this when it comes to this band. 01:48:45.720 --> 01:49:14.980 And that is Voivod, Synchro Anarchy. Nice. Cool album. Nice return. I don't want to say it's a return to form. It's a continuation of the return to form. Yeah, exactly. But I mean, it has their late 80s, early 90s sound, but it's contemporary. Yeah. Not a bad song on the album. They're all cool tunes. Indeed. This is probably, they've probably reached where they needed to be with their new guitarist. 01:49:15.340 --> 01:49:45.260 Meaning there's no more Piggy in the band. He's assumed the role. He still honors Piggy's sound, but now it's his sound, but while still honoring Voivod's mission, which is very cool that he took that on like he did. Honestly, he's more like Piggy than Piggy was on the last few albums. And yet he's still his own guitarist, and he's not at all mimicking. He just honors the style of play and the just odd time signatures and weird sounds and just excellent play. 01:49:45.340 --> 01:49:48.980 And I'm glad that he's in the band because 01:49:49.360 --> 01:49:53.520 with him in the band, I've actually gotten more into them again with the last few albums 01:49:53.760 --> 01:50:00.200 really kind of picking up. And then I find that I look at my collection, I got like fucking 11 Voivod albums. What the fuck? How did this happen? 01:50:02.240 --> 01:50:10.780 And they're all cool in their own right, you know, so. Yeah, definitely. It's such a weird band because I know how much you guys love it and I've been trying to get into it and I can only get into like two albums. 01:50:11.560 --> 01:50:15.300 Nothing Face and Angel Rat? That's right. And I just picked up 01:50:15.400 --> 01:50:45.160 Nothing Face. Well, those are the two best in my opinion. What? So they did a record store day and Angel Rat came out and Nothing Face was supposed to come out that same day, but they did a backup day for it because they knew they might not get all the records in. So Nothing Face just came out, I think it was like last week and I just picked that one up. Those are the only two that I like. It's so bizarre. I mean, you ought to listen to some Killing Technology. Oh yeah, that's awesome. I've listened to all the albums and I only like those two. 01:50:45.300 --> 01:50:46.300 I don't get it. 01:50:47.000 --> 01:50:49.060 George, you know, it's funny about you saying that they're the two best. 01:50:49.240 --> 01:50:52.600 My two favorite are Dimension Hat Trusts and Outer Limits. 01:50:53.340 --> 01:50:55.120 Well, so you're bookending me. 01:50:57.260 --> 01:50:59.680 But I think Markisan that plays in what I'm saying. 01:50:59.880 --> 01:51:01.580 Either you get them or you don't. 01:51:01.760 --> 01:51:03.440 There's not many people in the middle with that band. 01:51:03.580 --> 01:51:08.360 It's really strange how they have this kind of connection with certain people and then not with others. 01:51:08.960 --> 01:51:12.740 And yet I kind of dabble in the middle, which is you don't make many people like that. 01:51:12.800 --> 01:51:41.780 Well, it's just weird to me because normally if you get into a band, you're going to like the catalog to the varying degrees. But that's not the case. Have you heard of a band called Metallica? That's for you, Will. No, I agree. I agree, Marcus. I know what you're saying. They have such a big catalog and I really, I only connected with those two records. And it's weird that those are the two that they put out for record survey, but maybe they were the more popular ones or something. 01:51:41.860 --> 01:52:10.860 Well, I think it's about commercially, isn't it, George? Because that's the one that hadn't been getting the reissues. Everything else was getting reissued, wasn't it? I think for a while. Well, Nothing Face. There's a box that coming out called Space Travel or something like that. That's got a bunch of them. And it's not all of them, but there's a pretty big box that's going to show up in my Facebook feed. Oh, is it? Yeah. The killing technology, the first, what, four albums got the reissues with the triple discs and everything and all the vinyl. But Nothing Face is with a different label. 01:52:11.860 --> 01:52:41.060 to get that. Yeah, that was on that. What was it called? That's when they kind of jumped up a little higher. It's like IRS or mechanics or something like that. Yeah. So the vinyl, the box set is called Forgotten in Space. Nice name. It is 167 and comes with six records. I'll just let you look it up yourself. Well, what's up? Which six records? Yeah, what are the five records? 01:52:41.880 --> 01:53:11.640 technology, you mentioned HeyTrust, I mentioned HeyTrust, the demos, no speed, limit week of 86. Okay, so it's really focused on the first three with that. That's that whole group that got those reissues. I have two of them. They're like three discs. They're awesome. It's like live shows and demos with them and everything. That was my first Voivod album was Roar on vinyl back in 85, 86, something like that. I bought it at the store. I was just like, holy crap, look at this cover. Wow, look at these songs. Corgle the Exterminator, fuck off. 01:53:11.880 --> 01:53:41.140 I mean in 86 a song called fuck off and die was not something you saw in the record store. And it wasn't overkill. Yeah. Yeah. And then you heard it. You're like, what did I just listen to? Yeah. It took a little while to get into that one. Yeah. That was hard. Yeah. Anyway, no idea where we are. So be will at number 16. Okay. This may be volleyball. I'm not sure. But my number 16 is Pike versus the automaton. Oh, nice. 01:53:42.720 --> 01:54:09.660 I know Jay liked that too, didn't he? Yeah, I'm going to have to call that an accidental volleyball because I forgot about it, dude. There was something in my head that told me it came out last year, as dumb as that sounds. What? Wow. I fucked up. Well, look forward to being on the end of the year and I'm not going to cheat over it. It won't be on Will's now. I feel silly. I can't believe that. I literally thought that was going to come out last year. You were big time on that album. Great. No, it's really fucking good, yeah. 01:54:11.860 --> 01:54:14.360 is great. I dig this. 01:54:14.940 --> 01:54:15.360 Wow, I'm an idiot. 01:54:16.340 --> 01:54:18.320 Has he put a shirt on yet? 01:54:20.940 --> 01:54:22.160 I lost a toe. 01:54:23.000 --> 01:54:23.420 Yeah, I know. 01:54:24.220 --> 01:54:25.600 Yeah, no, it's a good record. 01:54:25.860 --> 01:54:34.740 I like it because, you know, it's kind of like stuff he's done before, but then he does experimentation on it, you know, that you just never heard before. 01:54:35.680 --> 01:54:38.540 It's kind of him like, oh, I'm just going to see what sticks. 01:54:38.780 --> 01:54:41.260 I'm going to try this and see what happens with it. 01:54:41.440 --> 01:55:11.040 And I kind of like that, you know, in the middle of the other stuff that he does. So. Hey, Will, what do you think of this compared to High on Fire? I mean, I'll take High on Fire every day. Okay. Take High on Fire for $300? No, I was curious because I know that everyone has said that he's doing different stuff on this album. I didn't know what people thought of that relative to High on Fire. I'm not going to include sleep because sleep is a whole different. It's still Pike. So it's like, it's going to sound like sleep. 01:55:11.100 --> 01:55:40.620 It's gonna sound like High on Fire. There's some weird shit on there though. Okay. And if you heard it, you'd be like, what the hell happened to High on Fire? But I mean, it's still... But there's songs on there that sound exactly like High on Fire. Right. It's way more like High on Fire. That's why I've only mentioned High on Fire. Yeah. And then it just goes in this weird kind of like alt-country territory. I think that's the... Have you been hanging out with Dave Binsen lately? I think that's the Mike Hines. You know. Oh, that's right. He's been hanging out with Brent Hines, hasn't he? 01:55:41.100 --> 01:56:11.040 He's on a record and they are like best friends. And it's kind of the point of the solo records. You're going to experiment. You're going to do fun things, you know, because you're going to come back to your like main bread and butter. Is Brett like metal again? Is he back? No. No. And by the way, that's the way, that's the reason Mastodon sucks now. For liking or not, the best stuff he wrote, that's, he's such a unique guitar player. And that's when Mastodon started to go downhill was when Bill Keller. I will say though, that I agree with George on the last album for Mastodon. 01:56:11.100 --> 01:56:39.180 I do like the last album more than the previous three. I'm still not like Jay. I think you and I are on the same boat. Those first four, especially Leviathan, are my wheelhouse. I even throw the EPs as an album too in there because I love those two EPs that came out before remission. Alas, we have no album of the episode. Oh, I do. Well, yeah. Yeah, I do agree, John. 01:56:41.100 --> 01:57:10.820 I have the box set of remission because I like that record so much. I do miss those days. Yeah, me too. But alas, they are behind them and us. But you can go listen to Brian Hines with Matt Pike now. So there you go. Well, Matt Pike, bring them back, baby. Yeah. My number 16 is probably not a surprise to anybody that it's on my list because I was so taken with the first record. This one's a little different. They kind of just went more a little straightforward this time. It doesn't meander. 01:57:11.080 --> 01:57:41.040 as much as the first one did. It's still cool. I still think they're a good band. A bit of a drop-off from the first record. Actually, let me look at the title of it because I forget it every time I walk away from it. But the band is Black Fucking Cancer and the album is Procreate Inverse. An Oakland native band, by the way, which I didn't know when I got into them. That's just a hometown pride thing here. So does that really mean Go Fuck Yourself? The way you read the title? Procreate Inverse. Fuck Yourself. That's exactly what the fuck it means. I never thought through it because I never see anything. 01:58:09.280 --> 01:58:10.880 I just finished reading this book by the way. 01:58:11.100 --> 01:58:40.940 Opening up for Clapton is God. I'm not even going down that Yngwie route right now. Fuck that guy. Anyway. Awesome guitar player douchebag guy. Number 16 from the United States of America on the Artisan Era. You're going to have to wait for this one. You're going to have to wait for this one. 01:58:42.100 --> 01:59:08.260 It's weight, the end of noise. I thought I'd be the only one. No, no volleyball there. Awesome. Yeah, good stuff. I mean, it's very Voivod-ish to me. You know, it's proggy, deathy, thrashy goodness. You mean Voivod? Voivod. Whoa, you changed your ways. He did. I have changed my ways. 01:59:11.100 --> 01:59:39.960 My peer pressure. Progressive George. That's right. In my head, it's still voivet. Yeah. Yeah. So what you basically do is just let them hear it the way they want to hear it. That's right. If I say it the way they want me to say it, they'll shut the fuck up. We can just move on. All right. So there we are. Number 16. And I'm sure we'll hear it again later. Possibly. 01:59:41.100 --> 02:00:10.920 Where are we here? 15. Number 15, Moccasan. First beer check. I am now drinking a beer. Looks like Bud Light. The magic of Tavor. Anchorage Brewing Company's Air Whale Hell. Oh, nice. Anchorage is awesome. I've got that one in the fridge. Look at this fucking whale. These people and that whale. It's a flying whale. I can see the whales. It's a Gojira beer. It is. Fuck. 02:00:11.080 --> 02:00:40.840 And it's an imperial stout fermented and aged in Missouri oak, finished on Thai bananas, Tahitian vanilla beans, and Clatch coffee. And I haven't even tried it yet. Okay. Sounds like a coffee. I know that word, but I don't know what it is. Sounds like a TR beer. I'm going to try to do Jay's noise. I just poured the, I just poured the blot out the sun, Marcus, on, so I'm going to imperial stout with you. That blot out the sun is the barrel-aged version. That's not the normal version. 02:00:41.100 --> 02:01:10.860 That's like a limited edition version. So good. This is good. This is thick as fuck. It feels like you're drinking liquid. Liquid motor oil. Liquid bananas and coffee. Well, that's really good. And there's a future clip right there. This is thick as fuck. Just like John's hair. Just like Will's. It feels like you're drinking liquid and then the pause was a little uncomfortable. 02:01:11.080 --> 02:01:40.960 Right, because I had to sip. That was weird. I agree, Jay. That was wrong. Completely wrong. But what is right is my number 15. Ooh. And my number 15 is Sharkani, Vernal Despair. You can cue the crickets there, George. I've mentioned this album before. I stumbled across this gem on Bandcamp at the end of January, and I just haven't stopped spinning it. It's a huge, it's a doom metal album. 02:01:41.120 --> 02:02:10.860 with a huge pit of despair riffs, slow, memorable synthesizer, sad atmospherics, piano parts, and these devilish vocals that sound like you're being dropped into a dark ghost trap cavern of the earth. And it's an independent, well, it's on Mooncatcher Records, but it's basically an independent release. So not a lot of people have heard about it. I don't even know how I came across it, but. 02:02:11.100 --> 02:02:40.300 I think it's one of the very best doom albums this year. So anybody who hasn't heard of it, definitely give it a spin. Sharkani, and it's spelled S-A-R-K-A-N-Y. I know I mentioned it before because Will asked me for the spelling of it because he thought it was like some region that he had gone to war in or something. Nice. There you go. Okay, then. Matt. Matty. I grabbed something called the Kron, Hop Cartel. 02:02:40.360 --> 02:03:09.700 It is short for the chronic. It's a double IPA. It's good. And then are we on 17? Are we on 15? 15. Sorry. My number 15 is a band called Vital Spirit. The album is Still as the Night, Cold as the Wind. They are a black metal band from Canada. This is their first full-length album. But it's black metal in the same vein as Wayfair. 02:03:10.340 --> 02:03:40.320 They don't incorporate the Wayfair sound as much in their stuff, but it's still really good. It's still really unique. Just kind of a cool spin on what you can do with Black Metal in that vein. So Vital Spirits. Cool. Spirit. Sorry. Singular. I'm not plural. I don't think I've heard of that one. You probably mentioned it before. Yeah, I would have mentioned it on a New Music Friday. I'm guessing it was like six to eight weeks ago this came out. But one of those ones where I call it. 02:03:40.340 --> 02:04:10.300 I was like, whoa, this is cool. And then finally got back to hearing this whole album and kind of digesting it a little bit. Yeah. Nice. Going to check it out. All right. John. Number 15 has been mentioned already. And that is Desolate Shrine Fires of the Dying World. This is a killer, complex, dark, aggressive death metal album. I love the riffs on this thing. I think this is their best album personally of their five that they have. 02:04:12.160 --> 02:04:40.320 And I don't know much more I can add than I think Matt talked about. I don't know if someone else did. If he did, I apologize. I've already forgotten because it was so long ago. But it's a killer album. And I feel like it's going to get kind of overlooked with other death metal albums because it's not as flashy as the other albums. It's a little, it's not dirty. It's not grimy, but it is a little darker in sound. But there are just some massive, massive fast paced riffing on the album. 02:04:40.360 --> 02:04:44.560 this album is there's aspects of this that reminds me of fool of hell which i really liked 02:04:44.840 --> 02:04:51.040 huh okay it gets a little death do me in spots not as much as the previous albums it's a little less on this 02:04:51.130 --> 02:04:55.960 album this is a little more straightforward but it's a cool album all right will a double 02:04:58.260 --> 02:05:09.320 uh cue the wilson um these guys played atlas uh probably about six months ago or so uh all the way 02:05:09.340 --> 02:05:39.260 from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Nighthag, Phantasmal Scourge. It's a three-piece. It's just straight up death metal. It's really good. Check it out. So was this one of the bands that they showed up at Atlas? You're like, you're on the list. Yep. No, I liked them before. I think I had them. I feel like you've mentioned it before in the past. Yeah, they're good. A little, like that, you know, some doom in there, some death doom. I've listened to Nighthag. 02:05:39.340 --> 02:05:39.860 It's very good. 02:05:40.240 --> 02:05:40.360 Yeah. 02:05:41.100 --> 02:05:43.280 I like that you said, all the way from Virginia Beach. 02:05:43.380 --> 02:05:45.180 I'm like, that's not too far. 02:05:45.940 --> 02:05:47.480 Well, it is, but it's not that far. 02:05:49.720 --> 02:05:56.820 My number 15 is a band that admittedly has been making the same record for the last four or five records. 02:05:57.080 --> 02:05:59.020 But that's okay, because it's a pretty good record. 02:06:00.440 --> 02:06:05.420 And actually, this one's maybe a little faster in places and heavier than the last one. 02:06:05.680 --> 02:06:07.300 But a lot of the same shouty, shouty choruses. 02:06:07.740 --> 02:06:37.620 That doesn't mean it's bad. Creator. Hate Uber Alice. Fully expected this to be a good release and am not let down by it. I dig it. Cool. What else can you say about Creator? Indeed. Except for George, what's your 15th? So this is a band that, I mean, I've liked for decades. But whenever I think of them, I think of me and Matt standing in Germany in the cold, cold rain going, 02:06:38.480 --> 02:07:07.060 Fuck! But this is also creator hate uber alice. Wow. That's two. Back to back. George and Jer. Indeed. And George, I mean, I think we can both agree it's the 15th best record of the year so far. Yeah. Yeah. I expected it to be higher, honestly. Yeah, because you actually had Gods of Violence as your number one at mid-year. 02:07:07.060 --> 02:07:36.240 I thought that was Will. No, we both had Creator. Did we? Okay. Yeah. Right, right, right, right. Yeah, no, I expected this to be higher, but it just didn't. I don't know. They put clean singing in it. I was like, why Creator? Slayer would not do that. This is Arthur Rizik's fault. He produced this shit. 02:07:37.060 --> 02:08:07.000 It's not shit. It's number 15 good. But I'm just joking that I'm blaming Arthur because, you know, he produced it. That guy's getting his name. It's a big place. Yeah, it is. Hey, Will, I'm going to take two seconds here and I'm not going to make this a long conversation about how fucking good was the finale of Obi-Wan, dude. Oh, yeah. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I haven't watched it yet. Stop it. It was awesome. It was awesome. None. Dude, the finale is awesome. 02:08:07.060 --> 02:08:37.040 Shut up! I'm just saying it's awesome! I don't want to hear it's awesome! Alright, well fuck you, it sucked! It's like somebody's saying what happened in Barry, I haven't caught up in Barry yet either. I don't know if you guys are watching Barry. No. I was blown away by The Mandalorian and I honestly think this was kind of even better. This is my favorite so far. This is by far absolutely hands down my favorite. Well that's good because at the beginning people seem to not like it very much. I've liked the first, I've seen 02:08:37.120 --> 02:09:07.040 4. The first episodes are good, but I think it actually would work really well if you watched it all at once, which would be cool. But it's got lightsaber shit in it. Come on. Darth Vader. I just finished the first season of Clone Wars, so I got a ways to go yet. Well, I'm giving you one spoiler because it's not a plot line, but just where Vader fucking stops the ship with the fucking force, dude. Jesus. Yeah. That's so many other cool scenes like that. I mean, it was so funny. If you read the Vader comics, you can 02:09:07.080 --> 02:09:36.740 see that Vader has way more power than they ever showed really in episode 4, 5, and 6. And his brutality, like in Rogue One, you finally saw Vader in his brutality. We shouldn't talk about this. They haven't seen it. Let's not talk about it. Let's not talk about it. Wow, it's more implied in 4, 5, and 6. People just drop dead as he walks by. 02:09:37.080 --> 02:10:06.600 I don't want to spoil it for them. People have seen four or five and six. Episodes four or five and six. New Hope Empire Strikes Back. Yeah, thank you. Jesus Christ, what the fuck? All right, let's go. Let's all just stay on target, all right? Jesus. Nice, John. George, you've taken your hat off. Is everything okay? What? Your headphones, excuse me, sorry. 02:10:08.000 --> 02:10:37.020 Oh shit. All right. Is it my turn now? Yes. Number 14. Number 14. Yeah. This definitely been mentioned before. Love this band. It is amorphous. Hey, though. Yes. Fire Records. Yeah. I've talked about this a little before on cast past, but the last amorphous album, Queen of Time, didn't make my top 25. 02:10:37.060 --> 02:11:06.540 And that was a big surprise for me because I just assumed that anytime Amorphous puts out new material, it's going to go on the list. So Halo for me is a comeback album that really reaffirmed my love for the band. And it's my favorite album in the trilogy that started a couple albums before that. And it's pretty high on my all-time favorite Amorphous Spins now. I feel like the album gets stronger as it goes too. 02:11:06.640 --> 02:11:08.740 It has really good songs in the beginning, and then 02:11:09.300 --> 02:11:11.200 it just gets better as it goes. 02:11:11.480 --> 02:11:13.760 I find myself just 02:11:14.280 --> 02:11:15.780 singing the songs and just 02:11:15.940 --> 02:11:17.320 really being investing in it 02:11:18.440 --> 02:11:19.280 the further it goes. 02:11:19.480 --> 02:11:21.620 It's a pretty long album. 02:11:24.000 --> 02:11:25.840 I'm really excited 02:11:25.900 --> 02:11:27.540 for Amorphous and to see 02:11:28.000 --> 02:11:29.260 what they do next, but 02:11:29.840 --> 02:11:31.860 I think they wrapped up that whole trilogy 02:11:32.700 --> 02:11:33.440 with the best 02:11:33.960 --> 02:11:34.880 that they can offer. 02:11:37.420 --> 02:12:05.480 If Matt, if you want to keep walking down that trail, the next one I would get would be Under the Red Cloud. And I agree with Markisan that. The one previous to this didn't quite live up to it, but I thought Under the Red Cloud was a special for right. I do too. It's funny, Jay. I literally was about to type, listen to more amorphous. Under the Red Cloud was one of my, you know, the one that kind of hooked me. So, and it's just two records ago. Yeah. Of that trilogy. Yeah. I think I like this one the best. 02:12:06.000 --> 02:12:35.100 Are these albums a trilogy though? That's what they've been referring to it as. They've been referring to it as. Oh, okay. Because I didn't realize there was any kind of link between the three. Yeah, they're linked. I didn't realize that either, but then I was reading some interviews with the bands and stuff like that, and they were talking about the trilogy, and I was like, oh, okay. So yeah, I put the middle album, Queen of Time, is definitely my least favorite. Like I said, it didn't make my list, but those other two albums did, and they're great. Somebody else. 02:12:35.180 --> 02:13:05.100 Is Matt the only one? So this is the second mention? Is that correct? I think it's the second. Because it's probably going to be on a few more higher up, I'm guessing. Perhaps. Fuck you, asshole. Fuck you, asshole. Sorry, I was just checking that because it wasn't working before. You're just checking your asshole? Checking your asshole, asshole. We got to get him to do that. Listen to the podcast. Do it now. We got to get that. Do it. Do it now. You're listening to the Middle Heads podcast. 02:13:05.180 --> 02:13:34.340 And if you don't listen, then the hell with you. That's right. Just like that. All right, Matty, you're up. Number 14, Cosmic Putrefaction. Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones. I don't know if I pronounced that first word right. Crepuscular. As always, really dig their album. Really dig this album. I think what I like most about it is just really cool chaotic death metal. 02:13:35.200 --> 02:13:37.480 But then in the background there's always just these kind of clean 02:13:38.460 --> 02:13:39.900 chorus driven chords 02:13:40.400 --> 02:13:42.300 and it just creates this kind of cool 02:13:42.480 --> 02:13:44.440 spacey contrast that you know to me 02:13:44.540 --> 02:13:46.120 is infectious and I you know 02:13:46.300 --> 02:13:47.680 I really dig it but yeah 02:13:48.300 --> 02:13:48.720 number 14 02:13:50.260 --> 02:13:51.560 nice it's a good album 02:13:52.740 --> 02:13:53.060 good job 02:13:53.120 --> 02:13:54.260 I'll probably show up again 02:13:55.580 --> 02:13:56.060 perhaps 02:13:57.640 --> 02:13:59.620 so do you want to tell me to fuck off asshole 02:14:01.240 --> 02:14:02.180 fuck you asshole 02:14:02.900 --> 02:14:03.240 thank you 02:14:03.260 --> 02:14:32.900 because I said perhaps. So this has been mentioned several times already. That is Ataraxy, the last Dark Descent records from Spain via Greece back to Spain. Death, doom metal, death metal. We've mentioned it. We've already said enough about this album. It's a great album. Is it though? Yeah, I think it is. I think it is. It is. It really is. I have it the highest so far. So yeah, I think it is. I don't know where it fits in the overall catalog. 02:14:32.940 --> 02:15:02.460 They only have three full-length albums over the last 10 years. They got a bunch of EPs, but definitely a band that is, I don't know if it's so much underrated as more unknown amongst Death Doom fans because they don't, their output's not that big. So, but it's good. My output's not that big either. No, it's not. Three full-lengths back to 2012. So, if you like Death Doom and they add atmospherics more on this album than they have in the past, there's some more. 02:15:02.920 --> 02:15:32.900 Synth-y kind of keyboard stuff going on, but not much. But it adds more flavor to the sound that they already have. Nice. That's a good showing for Ataraxy so far. Will. Continuing with my Wilson Awards in Volleyballs. Mine were 14. The Chasm. Our name is The Scars of the Lost Reflected Shadow. These guys are originally from Mexico. I think they're now in 02:15:32.940 --> 02:16:02.840 Chicago on Lux Infamunius Productions. Yeah, and this is just great fucking death metal. And these guys played Atlas a couple years ago. I think it was their first tour in the United States for like a long time. Super awesome. Love it. Definitely. That just dropped in. Yeah. In fact, I can't see it, but I got the show. 02:16:03.020 --> 02:16:32.800 Poster. Right. I can't see it. I see it. Well, what's cool about that is that the guy who does that album sang on Incantation's Diabolical Conquest, I think. Yeah. And it was the only time that he had done it. That's the only album he appears on. That's like my favorite Incantation album, too. I actually like the Chasm. 02:16:32.920 --> 02:16:33.000 more. 02:16:34.170 --> 02:16:34.260 Yeah, 02:16:34.519 --> 02:16:35.719 he's been doing it for a long time. 02:16:36.059 --> 02:16:37.019 I haven't explored him enough, 02:16:37.219 --> 02:16:37.380 but I, 02:16:37.469 --> 02:16:39.860 they keep showing up on lists for stuff that I like. 02:16:40.200 --> 02:16:41.540 I feel like I need to listen to them more. 02:16:42.120 --> 02:16:42.280 Yeah. 02:16:44.080 --> 02:16:44.440 Um, 02:16:44.510 --> 02:16:46.860 we're getting to the point now where some have been said, 02:16:47.219 --> 02:16:47.280 well, 02:16:47.500 --> 02:16:48.559 we've obviously doubled up a few, 02:16:48.620 --> 02:16:48.940 few times. 02:16:49.340 --> 02:16:50.420 So I don't have a lot to say about this one, 02:16:50.800 --> 02:16:52.280 except that I agree with their comments on it, 02:16:52.400 --> 02:16:52.540 John. 02:16:53.280 --> 02:16:53.540 Um, 02:16:53.639 --> 02:16:54.559 but I still think it's good. 02:16:54.630 --> 02:16:56.480 And I think this is a band with huge promise. 02:16:57.160 --> 02:16:59.960 So ironic that their album is called all that was promised. 02:17:00.540 --> 02:17:00.760 Half. 02:17:01.700 --> 02:17:02.040 Um, 02:17:02.360 --> 02:17:31.460 It hasn't released anything that I didn't like yet, which I guess is neither here nor there. Very strong, very talented band. It was funny, I was listening to this a lot when I was listening to the Immolation, and they were really weird bookends to each other. So they were both on the Swimpod Void or Prohibited. Underwateraudio.com. Don't mind telling you I like the Immolation better, but yeah. All that was promised. Nice. 02:17:32.160 --> 02:18:02.120 I think most people agree that this band has the biggest upside of a lot of young bands right now. There's just so much talent there. For some reason, I feel like they're from Florida or somewhere down there. I thought they're from Jersey. Okay. I think you're right. I know who turned me on to them. And that was the first it was Matt from Sludge said something about him one time. Aren't they in like nine different bands, those guys? I feel like they're part of that whole 02:18:02.160 --> 02:18:30.780 But maybe I'm wrong about that. Could be. George. My number 14 from the United States of America, as I keep pronouncing it like Manowar, on prosthetic records, some little band called Abhoria with their self-titled album. Travah. Very good black metal. Very good. 02:18:32.899 --> 02:19:01.880 That's all I gotta say about that. It's a really good album. It fucking rips. It does. It does. You know, I was going back through, you know, skipping through albums to sort of spot check my list. And I was just like, damn, you know, damn, this is definitely a 14. So I took that one list. Yeah, 14. Interesting. 14. Nah, nah. But. 02:19:02.160 --> 02:19:31.540 But yeah. Cool. How many is that now for that? Two or three? That's two, I think. Two. Hey, Jay, real quick. Half is from Jersey, but no, not that I can tell Wayfair connection. Or Winfair. Winfair, so good. Okay, then. I'm sorry, yeah, Winfair. I apologize. Yes, that's the band I meant to say, not Wayfair. Thank you. Wayfair, also an awesome band. Right, but they're from Colorado. Yes. 02:19:32.139 --> 02:20:02.120 Sorry, my bad. I got confused. That album came out last year, I think, and it should have been on my fucking list. I love it. Had a few beers, I got confused. That sounds weird. No worries, John. That's why we're here. Fuck. You would know better than me, but are you sure that wasn't on your list? That sounds wrong somehow. Winfair was not on my list. No, Winfair was not on my list. Wayfarer has been on my list. No, I remember you talking about how you were like, damn it, after we did the podcast about that album. Yeah, I never even heard of Winfair, and then I found out 02:20:02.160 --> 02:20:23.140 I found it later like after the year and it's like it's one of my favorite record it would have been really it would have been my top five I feel like uh when when fairs uh I don't know if you guys noticed uh my friend surge posts sometimes on new music Friday I feel like he knows some of those guys I don't know why but I feel like he always brings them up all the time so and then there's a wind wayfarer 02:20:26.960 --> 02:20:52.540 It's like both the bands are one. All right. I think it's Matt. No. Number 13. No, I haven't gone yet. You haven't gone yet? Yeah. Wow. Scratch that. Scratch that. Sorry. I thought you just went. It's probably because you were talking about fairers. I'm talking about windfare. 02:20:53.140 --> 02:21:22.100 But my number 13, it has been mentioned before. It was a surprise pick. For me, I didn't think Jay was going to have it on his list. But I was pleasantly surprised. And it is number 13 in mine. It's Cave In, Heavy Pendulum on Relapse Records. The Span, they're legends to me. I mean, I talked about them earlier when Jay mentioned them. But their ability to cross and bend genres of metal, grunge, progressive rock, spacey doom. 02:21:22.680 --> 02:21:52.660 It just made me a fan for a really long time. And I didn't think this album was going to happen. Because like we mentioned, the band lost their bassist, Caleb Schofield in 2018. So I thought they were done. But instead, they got through that tragedy, they regrouped, and they delivered one of the best and most kinetic records in their catalog. It's a seismic mood shifter full of sludgy rippers, catchy choruses, and 02:21:52.700 --> 02:22:21.920 Cosmic Guitar Heroics. So well done, boys. I'm glad you're back. I'm glad that you're revitalized because, holy shit, the future's pretty bright for Cave-In. They definitely feel like they've turned a corner here. I expected them to be higher up. You said their bass player, but I didn't realize that's who he was. That was the Zobar guy, right? What's that? Caleb, is that the dude that was also in Old England? I'm not sure. I think it is. 02:22:22.000 --> 02:22:51.980 I think that's because I remember when he had a band called Zobra if that's what I'm thinking of what's his last name Schofield S-C-H-O-F-I-E-L-D I think I'm looking this shit up because let's see here yeah he was an old man gloom and also he had his own band called Zobra yeah he was pretty integral to the band so that's why I wasn't sure they were going to continue that but yeah I swear to god when he died they were 02:22:52.000 --> 02:23:19.840 Like on the bassist from Old Man Gloom died. And I was like, oh shit, you know. I didn't realize he was the Kaven dude. Yeah, that was a pretty fucked up death. Actually, I'm not sure if he played bass in Old Man Gloom. He might have played guitar in that. Yeah, as far as it being lower on my list, yeah. I mean, I don't know. It could go higher at any point. It's just the way it falls. I've been shifting my list and shifting my list and Kaven has been as high as like two, I think. 02:23:21.900 --> 02:23:50.760 How it goes with this. Fair enough. All right. Now, Matt. All right. My number 13. I don't like to cross promote, but I should note, John and I, we have a additional podcast called Sax in the City where we talk about sax core. But in our most recent podcast, we talked about how we think we're on the brink of a saxdemic. I think we're just getting too deluded with sax. We're saxed out. Yes. We're getting way saxed out. 02:23:52.619 --> 02:24:20.800 But this next band, my number 13, I think they do sax well. They also do horns well and other non-metal instruments by definition. And I will note that I lied when I said that prior album was my most recent release to make my list. This is actually probably the most recent release to get to my list. It is White Ward, False Light. And you were false. This album is amazing. Where are they from? Ukraine. 02:24:21.280 --> 02:24:51.260 That's right. Such a slow shout out to Ukraine there. Ukraine. Killer album. Killer album. I'm going to say it at some point. It'll come up again. I can guarantee it. Get on fucking teed. Jay's going to bring it up. Who fucking started this sex shit? Is it Rivers? No. No, it was. I think that's where it started. That's where we started talking about it. Somebody opened that box and then we found out 02:24:51.300 --> 02:25:21.220 There was a bunch of frustrated sax players in metal bands. Well, who was that other band? A lot of technical deaf bands use it. Like Fractual Universities is it. Barrel in the Sky uses it. Actually, the guy from Barrel in the Sky. The Shining. Is that the one? Oh, yeah. The Black Jazz, Shining. Yeah. Also, who was that? I would also go back to George Omega O Umbra, whoever the fuck that was. Does that have some sax on it? That was Doddheim's Guard, and it might have. Did that have sax on it? They had horns, I think. I mean, if we're going to do that, Jay, fucking E song. 02:25:21.280 --> 02:25:51.260 is like the god then because he's been using sex from day one i think his solo stuff has me let's just call it dson then and yeah no more research dson sax core that took a second there's definitely an overload of sex out there now but there is some bands do it really well yeah some white ward would be one of those bands yes yeah i actually think that's a permanent member of the band though isn't it in white ward yeah i think that that's a new day one has always been a band member so 02:25:53.040 --> 02:26:21.080 All right, John, number 13. Now my shit gets weird. Now? Yeah, now my shit gets weird. Yeah, I could actually say with this one, this is the most avant-garde-ish album I have on my list. It's by far the shortest, but I figure even at 27 minutes, it's still too grindcore. 02:26:21.739 --> 02:26:50.780 Yeah, but that's a minute short of the... Doesn't matter. If a grindcore album can be thrown on here at 12 minutes, then this album can be on there. It can't be thrown on here at 12 minutes, but okay. But actually, I believe, and I did check, I think this is actually considered an album release and not an EP. So that's why I got the pass. And besides, it's not like an acoustic album or a live album or a compilation or anything like that. So it's an album. Anyway, I don't know where this came from. I saw it posted. 02:26:50.820 --> 02:27:20.800 It's from iVoidhanger. So I was like, okay, cool, weird album on the horizon here. George was able to get it for us when we asked him. And this album is stuck, and it's fucking weird. It's dissident. It's angular as fuck. And I don't know what the hell they're playing. But I fucking love it. And I'm going to butcher the name of this band, but I'll do my best. The name is B-K-O-R-Q-I-L-E-S-H. 02:27:20.820 --> 02:27:50.800 L-I-S, which I always thought of you, follow the cue, but apparently not here. And the album is called Throes of Death from the Dream Nihilism. This is beyond dissident and angular, like I said, in sound. And it features guests from Kralis, Gore Guts, Cosmic Feature Faction, Flesh God Apocalypse. It's a one-man Italian something metal band. Something metal band. It's wild stuff. And I normally would listen to 02:27:50.820 --> 02:28:19.220 I said, oh man, this is fuck, fuck this. I can't follow it. But there's just so many cool, weird things that go on in this album. And I'm glad it's not more than 35 minutes, you know, let alone 30 minutes, because at some point I'd be like, all right, that's it. I can't take it anymore. So. All right. Cool. I'm guessing that that's a hard one to get through. It is. It is. The opening track is by far the best song on it, but it's. 02:28:20.400 --> 02:28:49.800 Go in for that ride, man. That's a black hole of your mind's going to get fucked hard. Yeah, revisit that. That lock going on on that one. Yeah, I figured that might be a John album. Yeah, I tend to like avant-garde a lot. But this is really pushing the. Yeah. But that's why I think kind of makes it cool. Yeah. And in a good way, because it's pretty high on your list. Yeah. And so it does have a little bit of that cosmic petrification sound a little there. 02:28:49.880 --> 02:29:19.800 And that, the main guy, or the only guy, Gabriel Gramaglia, is that how you say his name? He's on the album a little bit, so. Weird shit, dude. Weird. John's Weird Shit, a new podcast. Dude, I like it. I like it. We're going there. I got some weird shit today. Fucking buckle up. All right. But for now, let's go to Will. Hey, guys, I'm starting to hit a wall, by the way. 02:29:19.860 --> 02:29:49.840 I just started falling. I'm on these pain meds that make me a little loopy. Do you want to run through all your stuff? Yeah, I kind of do. Well, at least let Matt get back, maybe. No worries, man. Whatever you got to do, you can do. And the thing is, you've held out a long time. I'd have to take two more. That's one thing you stop. We'll take it back. So, by the way, as a matter of explanation, too, when I asked you for your new address, well, what I'm sending you is 02:29:49.840 --> 02:30:18.100 And I fully realize you may not eat that food soon, but it's like freeze dried. You'll see it's a freak. It's okay. They're frozen deep dish pizzas from like the best place in Chicago. Oh, nice, man. Yeah. And then when you're ready to eat again, they'll be there for you. I've had these. They're fucking great. Yeah. I have good days and bad days. Just stop. Marcus. Didn't run it by me. I don't know how Jake can say it's the best. I was going to say, well, they'll keep in the freezer for six months. Is it? 02:30:23.479 --> 02:30:49.820 It's good though. It's good. It's not the best. Sorry, Will. I sent you the pretty good pizza. Pretty good pizza. You know what? You sent them like bottom of the, like maybe middle of the mid-year list type pizza. Okay, fair enough. Number 13 pizza. Just so you know, Jay, Jen is from Chicago, born and raised, and she would tend to agree with Markisan that one, although we have ordered those too, because you can't 02:30:49.860 --> 02:31:19.380 order them, but it's solid. It's got a butter crust. You'll enjoy it. I want some more of that underground pizza company that we got at MDF because that shit was good. I want a postcard from today. Last night, you mean? Huh? The last night we were there, you mean? Yeah, like what you got. Yeah. I was fucking good. Yeah. Anyway, Will. Hey, Matt, I'm hitting a wall, so I got to run through mine. But my number 13, 02:31:19.860 --> 02:31:49.140 is yet another Wilson award. Give me the volleyball. All the way from Tunisia, Brood of Hatred. The album name is The Golden Age. This is some good death doom from Africa, Northern Africa. It's probably not as good as the last one, but this is still really good. I'm digging it. Good brood. Will's going to get the Continent Award this year. That's awesome. Although I don't think I have any Latin America, 02:31:50.900 --> 02:32:19.820 Well, you missed out there. Yeah. There's Asia, Africa, obviously North America and Europe. You're in danger of losing out to the fuck yeah America award. I got a bunch of that. My number 12 was mentioned before desolate shrine fires the dying world. I really like this. This is I have this I bought it on the decibel had the 02:32:19.860 --> 02:32:49.780 Vinyl issued. And I bought that. And I was listening to that the other day. The whole thing through. It was awesome. And then my number 11. I'm assuming this will come up with somebody, but all the way from Japan. Pharmacist. Carcass Worship. The name of the album is Flourishing Extremities Upon Unspoiled Mental Grounds. I don't think there was ever a band out there that kind of worshipped Carcass in the sound. 02:32:49.840 --> 02:33:18.480 But these guys definitely do. Yeah, nobody digs Carcass. It's weird. No, but I just haven't seen a band like a band who's like, obviously, like their whole sound is supposed to be like Carcass. They name the songs, name the albums. This is Carcass Worship. Yeah, it is. I've run into a band that is like that. Number 10 from partly in New York and partly here in D.C. Un-Death. It's Time to Rise from the Grail. We've talked about it. This is such a step up from their last album. 02:33:19.300 --> 02:33:49.260 This one is just great death metal. And this is one of the bands that has played Atlas. I mean, it definitely did step up from the last one. I liked the last one, too. Yeah, I was kind of blown away by this one. That's three for that one. Yeah. And then here's going to be a Wilson Award. Number nine, Druid Lord from Orlando. Oh, yeah. The name of the album is Relics of the Dead. It's Death Doom. It's good. The first time I heard this, it took me 02:33:49.300 --> 02:34:04.420 I really like this one. That's a good album. It took you where? To the Drew. Took me right in the fields into the swamps of Orlando. Noise. That's where it fucking took me. Disney World. That's a good album. 02:34:24.739 --> 02:34:49.220 My number eight has been mentioned before and holy shit I almost forgot this because I thought it came out last year. Abhoria. George texted me yesterday because we were texting back. It was today actually. Was it today? It was today. And then when I met John at the casual point right before the podcast he's like did you really just buy the Abhoria today? I'm like really? 02:34:49.300 --> 02:35:19.160 Really? You just bought that like an hour ago. I know. I know. But, well, we had the promo. And then so I have it on my phone. So I've just been listening to it. And then I realized, like, the reason why I forgot about it is, you know, it's not on my Bandcamp, like, collection. That's so funny. Anyway. So George saved me from that embarrassment. And, you know, we're on the podcast. Somebody should save you from listening to albums on your phone. No, no. On my phone, I have the FLAC files. Okay. And then I can broadcast it. 02:35:19.300 --> 02:35:48.520 the house on the Sony system. Yeah. Yeah. And on other speakers, other speakers. Okay. That's yeah. Yeah. Scared me for a second. Yeah. Um, seven, uh, number seven, sore. The new album origin just came out the other day. Uh, but we got the promo a little while ago. A couple of days ago. Yeah. I got to listen to it. It's really good. Um, it seems a little bit more instrumental than some of the last ones. Um, but yeah, it's, it's really good. 02:35:49.520 --> 02:36:18.700 And then my number six, yet another volleyball, hand me the Wilson Award. Justin Riley-Velez sent me this one, and I really, really dig this. This is Fire Breather, and the album's name is Dwell in Fog from Sweden on Easy Writing Records. This is just kind of like grungy, not grungy, what's the word I'm looking for? Stoner Doom. Yeah, it's kind of like Stoner Doom. Grimy? Yeah, like crusty in there. Dirty. 02:36:19.300 --> 02:36:48.720 Rusty Stone or Dirty Dirty Dirty Dirty. Take a shower metal. The fuck, Justin? You don t send me this shit? Come on. Unwashed metal. I've mentioned Fire Breather a couple times. Yeah. Long before Justin. That's true. That's actually true. There's a record of it. I feel like we need Justin's top 25 because he's showing up on all our lists right now. I know. No, I think it's when he was on the last episode and then I told him, send me the albums you were talking about and then he just did. Wow. 02:36:49.300 --> 02:37:17.980 Fire Brewster was one of them. Yeah. My number five. Another Wilson Award, but man, I really like this album. 100 Year Old Man is the name of the band. What? Yeah. That just dropped, I think, didn't it? It's been around for a while. How old did you say, Will? 100 years old. 100 years old. I hope it's funeral doom. 02:37:18.860 --> 02:37:46.600 I think I know him. It's not funeral doom. You're talking about John? John has a band? French fried potatoes. Several bands. What the fuck? Come on. I think I know them. It's like post-metal and black and crust and stuff. I like how Will tries to be old, but he just comes across as Southern. Sling Blade, man. Sling Blade. Billy Bob Thornton. Sling Blade. 02:37:49.739 --> 02:38:18.820 Yeah. So I think my top five, I could put these in any kind of order. And some of them I'm like, I'm not even sure if they should be in the top five, but I didn't know where to put them. So this is where they are. So I just stuck them at the top of my list. Fuck it. You're one. You play Atlas number one. Yeah. Speaking of playing Atlas, this next band did play Atlas. Number four, Capital of Voids, Summiting the Slayer. Oh, nice. Wow. That's pretty high. Yeah. I thought that was going to be 02:38:18.900 --> 02:38:48.820 Yeah, it's year one. Right. Normally, anything by Temple of Void is going to be number one, but I do think they kind of took the foot off the gas pedal a little bit on this one. They're exploring. Definitely. Yeah. Maybe it's the production or something, but I just kind of like... Maybe it's that last track. Mm-hmm. The last track. I ignore it. I ignore that last track. I don't even count it. Not even on his phone. Come on. Delete that file. No, I mean, it's still Temple of Void. It's still awesome. It's still my number four, but... 02:38:49.420 --> 02:39:18.800 Yeah, I kind of miss Lords of Death Terror. I do. That was awesome. By far. Yeah, it's my favorite. Yeah. And then my number three, I think some people may be surprised by this, but it should be on other people's list. Cosmic Putrefaction. Yeah. This one really took me. And like I said, I could have made this my number one. This was just, it was awesome. And if you don't remember, 02:39:18.860 --> 02:39:47.400 Remember, earlier in the podcast, it's crepuscular dirge for the blessed ones. And they're from Italy. So expanding my global map a little bit more. I'm going for the World Traveler Award here. Okay. I'm trying. Do you have Africa on yours? No, but I got just about everything else. I have a lot. And Antarctica? It's going to be. Yeah, yeah. Guar. Definitely. Guar. Guar comes out on a new album. Yeah. My number two. 02:39:48.860 --> 02:40:18.820 This should be pretty high, at least on Markisan list. Immolation acts of God out of New York. Yeah. Didn't see that coming. Not at all. That's weird. What a surprise. Never saw that. Yeah. And my number one, I kind of almost have a hard time putting this at number one, but it's creator. Hey, Uber Alice. This is another one that I mean, it's creator and I fucking I mean, creator is literally 02:40:18.860 --> 02:40:20.380 one of all time. 02:40:21.959 --> 02:40:23.860 And there are some rippers on here, 02:40:24.060 --> 02:40:24.940 just like the last minute, 02:40:25.600 --> 02:40:26.680 but there was also like that, 02:40:26.760 --> 02:40:29.900 there's that song with the clean sing about midnight sun or something. 02:40:31.060 --> 02:40:31.920 God damn it. 02:40:32.000 --> 02:40:32.740 Still got number one, 02:40:32.900 --> 02:40:33.820 even with a clean sing. 02:40:33.900 --> 02:40:34.340 I know. 02:40:34.740 --> 02:40:36.900 There was absolutely no fucking need for it. 02:40:38.560 --> 02:40:38.780 It just, 02:40:38.860 --> 02:40:39.220 I don't know. 02:40:39.760 --> 02:40:41.340 Apparently it didn't affect you at all. 02:40:41.480 --> 02:40:41.900 I know. 02:40:42.240 --> 02:40:42.380 Why? 02:40:42.440 --> 02:40:42.700 It's like, 02:40:42.700 --> 02:40:44.520 I don't know where to put this. 02:40:44.660 --> 02:41:14.200 I was like, you know, it's creator. It's awesome. But my problems with it. Yeah, just put it at number one. Whatever. You should have fucked up and put Cosmic Petrifaction at one. Put them at three. You know what's crazy? They've never even played Atlas. What the fuck? No. Leave it. Never of them fuckers not playing Atlas. I still put them at number one. Bastards. You bastards. It's a good list, Will. All right. There's some good albums on there. 02:41:17.619 --> 02:41:44.640 I can tell you right now that one of your Wilsons I will be mentioning later. Oh, really? Yes. And I'll also tell you that your top, one of your ones in your top, I'll say four to not give it away. I had the exact same one for whatever that one was. Oh, okay. Interesting. See, it's weird. You say you had 12 Wilsons. I bet it's 11. Hey, Will, you said you have 11 or 12 Wilsons, but I swear you said you had 12 Wilsons. 02:41:44.680 --> 02:42:14.220 He said, for all 25 picks, this is a Wilson. He did. Thank you, Mark. Except for emulation. Yeah, and creator. Creator emulation. Yeah. 100-year-old man, pretty sure no one's got that. 100-year-old. Fire breather, I doubt anybody has that. Yeah. There's a few. Maybe Druid Lord. Maybe Druid Lord. No. No, dude. Maybe George or something. No. No. That's Squatch. Yeah, guys. All right. 02:42:14.680 --> 02:42:42.960 I'm curious to see what you guys are going to have on your list. That means you'll have to listen to the episode or wait until we post them. Well, we're glad that you could come on. You guys are going to send us spreadsheets around. Yeah, yeah. Send them to me and I'll send it to you guys. Yeah, I have to make my spreadsheet. We're glad you could come on, Will, because we weren't sure you were going to be on. For sure. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I put this list together basically yesterday. Yeah, it's been a rough year to kind of focus on metal, you know. 02:42:44.680 --> 02:43:14.640 It says hi to your car, this is your dude. Yeah, dude. For sure. See you, buddy. Love you, man. Love you guys. Bye, Will. Peace. Bye, Will. Be good. Where are we? 13. 13 for Jay. 13. Come on, Jay. 13. What the fuck? A band whose first record I loved, second record I was cool on, and then they kind of came back and made another good record, so I was glad to see them have a comeback to at least what I appreciated about 02:43:14.660 --> 02:43:16.180 them. Slate Goddess. 02:43:16.880 --> 02:43:17.220 Good record. 02:43:18.000 --> 02:43:18.180 Yeah. 02:43:19.180 --> 02:43:22.160 They're not like, Black and Roll is not the right way to call them. 02:43:22.260 --> 02:43:23.240 They're kind of somewhere between 02:43:25.220 --> 02:43:26.600 New Wave of British Heavy Metal 02:43:26.920 --> 02:43:27.360 and 02:43:28.480 --> 02:43:29.440 The Children of the Night Band. 02:43:29.580 --> 02:43:30.280 Who the fuck is that? 02:43:30.920 --> 02:43:31.320 Tribulation. 02:43:32.000 --> 02:43:32.400 Tribulation. 02:43:32.800 --> 02:43:33.440 And then 02:43:34.159 --> 02:43:35.740 something else too that I can't quite describe. 02:43:35.840 --> 02:43:36.400 I like this band. 02:43:36.400 --> 02:43:36.660 They're good. 02:43:36.740 --> 02:43:38.960 And there's some weirder, slower, doomier tracks on this one, 02:43:38.960 --> 02:43:39.680 but good record. 02:43:40.100 --> 02:43:42.320 Well, this one's way different than the stuff they've done before. 02:43:43.560 --> 02:44:13.520 It's a little closer to the first one, but it's definitely different than both of them. Yeah. I mean, they're stepping into some new ground. I just didn't like the second one that much for some reason. I don't know what it was about it, but anyway, good stuff. Nice. I knew that would be on your list, Jay. Yeah. Actually, it almost wasn't, and I kind of was going back to earlier in the year, and I was like, oh, yeah, that's right. Nice. Right. My number 13. I'm starting to think this is 02:44:13.560 --> 02:44:18.920 It's gonna be a Wilson. Didn't really think about it when I put it on here, but 02:44:20.580 --> 02:44:20.900 from 02:44:22.240 --> 02:44:25.700 the United States of America, specifically Baltimore, Maryland 02:44:26.400 --> 02:44:27.540 on Century Media. 02:44:28.260 --> 02:44:30.920 This is Misery Index Complete Control. 02:44:31.700 --> 02:44:36.380 It's a world traveler. All your albums seem to be from the United States of America. 02:44:36.880 --> 02:44:38.180 Dude, I've got 02:44:39.420 --> 02:44:43.040 Poland, Pakistan, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, 02:44:43.500 --> 02:45:13.180 Germany. You've got a passport. I get it. And there's plenty more to come, bitch. You're just getting all the U.S. bands out of the way first. Exactly. Kind of, yeah. I just think it's funny. That's all. Pretty much my top six are like... Oh, man. I never really... I feel like I can't ever get into Misery Index, but I did hear a song from the new album and I really liked it. Yeah, that's good. I took a lift. 02:45:13.480 --> 02:45:43.460 And then the guy was like, what do you want to listen to? I was like, well, I listen to metal. You probably don't want to listen to that. Oh, I'll play that. So he played it and Misery Index came out and I was like, oh, it's a pretty good song. But I never really, I just never got into the album. Well, you know, no, no, I was telling you I like metal. Why are you putting this on? I'm just kidding. No, I mean, I used to not think, I used to think they were like a new metal kind of band or at least a metalcore kind of band. And then John 02:45:43.480 --> 02:46:13.460 John and I were at MDF and we saw them at Rams Head and I was like holy shit this is not new metal this is not metalcore this is really cool and so I went back and I looked at it and I was like oh I was completely mixing them up with somebody else and yeah I think there is that perception of him for some reason I don't know how it happened but I definitely it's probably just a name don't you think yeah I mean it's it's totally like death grind it's really good yeah so that's a good one that's 02:46:13.480 --> 02:46:18.980 I should revisit that yeah it's very good I love it all right well why don't you tell us your number 12 02:46:21.900 --> 02:46:29.080 well my number 12 definite Wilson uh circling a song to sorrow on true cult records 02:46:32.301 --> 02:46:42.840 uh that's what I thought it's c-i-r-k-e-l-n um this album is a it's a grand tokyonesque black metal again with a black metal john 02:46:43.440 --> 02:47:12.820 peppered with dungeon synth. So I love the cavernous vocals on here, the guitar work, and the detailed touches like the sounds of swords clashing and a wind blowing on the first track. So when I listen to A Song of Sorrow, I feel immersed in this like sweeping fantasy world of dark energy and medieval adventure. And this is a band I found earlier this year, and I bought all of their stuff. And I like, they've got, I mean, it's like 02:47:12.860 --> 02:47:42.420 The Third Album, I think. So I bought the other two and I really enjoy those as well. Yeah, it's a band I'm definitely is going to be, you know, one that I play a lot going forward. And I'm always amazed when that happens, right? Because we listen to so much metal, we know about metal, and then something comes along and they've been around for a few years. How did I miss this? But yes, I do. I really love it. It's one guy who does this, you know, like a lot of these black metal projects. 02:47:44.220 --> 02:48:10.700 But yeah, give it a spin. I know I've mentioned it before, but it could have been like New Metal Friday or something like that too. Okay. Cool. Matty. Okay. Number 12. Previously mentioned twice, I believe, Feral Light, Psychic Contortions. I don't have a whole lot else to say other than what Jay and Mark Sunset are both fabulous. 02:48:12.180 --> 02:48:13.100 You know descriptions 02:48:14.580 --> 02:48:15.560 The cool thing is 02:48:15.780 --> 02:48:16.980 And the uncool thing is that 02:48:17.160 --> 02:48:18.600 These guys are actually local for me 02:48:18.680 --> 02:48:20.480 And I had no idea until this year 02:48:21.400 --> 02:48:23.180 Which is both good and bad as I say 02:48:23.300 --> 02:48:24.240 That you know I've 02:48:24.980 --> 02:48:26.840 Been living my normal life with my head up my ass 02:48:26.960 --> 02:48:28.460 And not knowing what's going on around me 02:48:28.720 --> 02:48:30.460 But I feel good that I do know 02:48:30.590 --> 02:48:31.440 But yeah Ferro Light 02:48:31.520 --> 02:48:32.620 Psychic Contortions 02:48:32.900 --> 02:48:33.740 Really cool black metal 02:48:34.460 --> 02:48:35.720 You know with some kind of added 02:48:35.910 --> 02:48:37.680 Non-black metal stuff going in there 02:48:38.120 --> 02:48:39.260 I mean at times I almost thought 02:48:39.260 --> 02:48:40.899 I was hearing like a little bit of alternative 02:48:40.920 --> 02:49:10.820 and a little bit of grunge and being a child of that era, I thought, this is fucking cool. So yeah, my number 12. Right on. All right, John. Sticking with the strange here, my next pick. Although I don't think it's that strange, but other people might think it is. And I don't know if it's a Wilson or not, because I haven't heard anyone say it yet. I don't think anyone will mention it, but my number 12 is Epitaph 2 off of Aesthetic Death. 02:49:10.920 --> 02:49:40.880 I don't know if that's records or whatever but it's just called aesthetic death and they're from France or death doom band I believe their first album was on my list I don't know it was 2020 I guess it came out maybe 20 nights after look but it's super super long death doom proggy I did not describe it atmospheric stuff that all the songs like 19 18 minutes long they're 02:49:40.900 --> 02:50:09.940 a little too long actually but it's really cool stuff but it's a lot of work to get through the album because most death doom songs are not 20 minutes long yeah so but they add the prog element and i think that's what kind of drags songs out a little longer there's some cool interludes with acoustic work and yeah clean vocals but it it matches what they're doing in the song so but i really like what this band is doing and just they make these monolithic songs they're just behemoths to listen to 02:50:11.319 --> 02:50:37.520 So there's children singing? No children singing. Although they did do something weird. I think when we talked about this on one of the episodes, I mentioned that it has an animals feel from Pink Floyd and has nothing to do with the sound. It just has two short songs at the beginning and the end, and the three metal songs are all really long. So the difference is they're actually even longer. But cool stuff. Right on. 02:50:39.960 --> 02:51:07.600 Jay. Okay. Mine is quite possibly and very probably a Wilson. Um, it's, um, one that I just found and like every month probably so that I can try to keep up. I mean, I go to angry metal guy and stuff, but also just like Google best albums of 2022 or whatever. And anyway, this was when I found, uh, maybe a month back or something. I was like, well, fuck shit. I had no idea this existed. We'll see if you guys even know who they are. Negative Plane. Oh yeah. 02:51:10.619 --> 02:51:11.320 I know them. 02:51:12.280 --> 02:51:12.380 Yeah. 02:51:12.600 --> 02:51:13.320 It's right up my alley. 02:51:13.500 --> 02:51:13.740 It's like, 02:51:14.080 --> 02:51:17.300 it's totally ridiculously satanic concept record, 02:51:17.400 --> 02:51:17.740 you know, 02:51:17.920 --> 02:51:21.160 like along the lines of King diamond was a different singer kind of thing. 02:51:21.920 --> 02:51:22.020 Uh, 02:51:22.360 --> 02:51:22.840 but I love it. 02:51:22.880 --> 02:51:24.680 It's fucking great and more rooted in the eighties. 02:51:24.760 --> 02:51:24.880 So, 02:51:24.880 --> 02:51:25.120 I mean, 02:51:25.160 --> 02:51:25.640 it's not, 02:51:25.820 --> 02:51:27.240 it's which I know King diamond is, 02:51:27.240 --> 02:51:28.900 but so it's more merciful fatey probably, 02:51:29.180 --> 02:51:35.140 but even kind of deeper and darker and kind of maybe slightly sludgier and more old school than that. 02:51:35.520 --> 02:51:38.480 It was a really cool record and it's a cool concept record with cool packaging. 02:51:38.760 --> 02:51:41.720 I don't own it but just the way they put it together on Bandcamp looks really cool 02:51:42.600 --> 02:51:53.340 highly recommended to people checking out one I didn't know existed negative plane the pact nice oh all right my number 12 02:51:56.381 --> 02:52:03.480 um so I went to my insurance company recently and I said hey do you cover acts of god 02:52:05.819 --> 02:52:32.360 And they said, no, we don't have immolation. And I said, well, fuck you. That's my number 12. And they said, okay, fair enough. And they hung up. Stop calling here. That guy's calling again. Wants to know about Acts of God. What the hell? I love that record. I think it's great. It's very nice. Very good. 02:52:33.480 --> 02:52:35.140 Yeah. All right. 02:52:36.320 --> 02:52:37.460 I guess we have to wait now. 02:52:40.320 --> 02:52:41.900 You playing that Yngwie guitar again? 02:52:42.800 --> 02:52:43.080 Yeah. 02:52:45.140 --> 02:52:45.520 It's good. 02:52:45.620 --> 02:52:50.760 This is like so far, what, three hours of straight practice, so not too shabby. 02:52:52.240 --> 02:52:53.820 Did you fire the singer yet in your band? 02:52:54.010 --> 02:52:55.520 Glad to know you're paying attention. 02:52:58.160 --> 02:52:58.940 Yes, I'm paying attention. 02:52:59.180 --> 02:52:59.540 I know. 02:53:00.260 --> 02:53:02.140 Yeah, no, we can't fire him. 02:53:03.090 --> 02:53:03.240 Yeah. 02:53:04.439 --> 02:53:07.020 He's also the guitar player. So speaking of 02:53:07.940 --> 02:53:10.000 the band, when's that album coming out again? 02:53:11.070 --> 02:53:13.080 One of these days, I do like, I will say that's weird. 02:53:13.840 --> 02:53:15.500 It is hard to keep a band together, man. 02:53:16.380 --> 02:53:18.060 Having gone through bass players and then 02:53:18.340 --> 02:53:20.320 Sergei is like a stalwart. He's not going anywhere. 02:53:21.480 --> 02:53:22.960 And then it was hard because 02:53:23.040 --> 02:53:25.080 maybe I'm with this doofus 02:53:25.090 --> 02:53:26.120 of a drummer for a while. 02:53:26.880 --> 02:53:28.580 And then COVID. And then now we have this 02:53:28.780 --> 02:53:30.900 drummer that I love. And he came around 02:53:31.110 --> 02:53:33.300 post-COVID. So it's moving 02:53:33.320 --> 02:54:03.020 We're really getting shit done now. He's learning everything. He's learning the new songs. It's just fun to be playing again. What'd I miss? On the big amps. It's your turn, Marcus, on number 11. Yeah, but what did you guys pick? I picked Immolation for 12. And I had a band called Negative, Plain, and that one called The Pact. And I went with Epitaph. 02:54:03.320 --> 02:54:32.720 Oh yeah, I knew that would be on your list, John. Okay. So number 11. All right. Number 11 for me is Kardashev, Liminal Rite on Metal Blade Records. This album is a sprawling and emotional tour de force of progressive death, black metal, and post-metal with some of the most impassioned, heart-rending vocals you'll find anywhere. 02:54:33.320 --> 02:55:02.420 And the record moves from soaring, melodic, melancholy, to just a crushing rumble of death, to these warm, reflective passages with an ease and an elegance. And I just love it. It's a stunner. And I read that it's a concept album about this lost man who's this elderly individual who notices the first signs of dementia and fears that he's losing the present. 02:55:02.740 --> 02:55:32.600 So he makes this pilgrimage to his childhood home. And when he gets there, he struggles to remember his family and his childhood, but he's also flooded with this deep regret for the accidental death of his brother. And he sees that his current life is nothing but this existence of continued loss. And his memory keeps unraveling every day. So he decides that he would rather die and take that history that he has left with him. And so he sets the house on fire and then burns himself along. 02:55:32.800 --> 02:56:02.320 with it, which is fucking sad as fuck, but it, you know, it, it works with the music. And I didn't realize it was a concept album at first when I listened to it, but, uh, um, you know, I, I, I always like concept albums because you listen to the music and if you don't know about it, then you go back and you're like, Oh, I see what they're trying to do. Cause there's a little bit of spoken word on it too, which is really effective. Normally I don't even like that. Um, it's not a really spoken word. It's almost like a narration, you know? 02:56:02.740 --> 02:56:32.040 But it's just done really well. It reminds you of that album. Remember the album that came out a couple years ago called The Reticent? Yeah. We did a little bit of spoken word and it reminded me of that. Where it wasn't detracting from the actual album or the story of the album. It actually adds to it. Yeah. Yeah, no, it completely added it to it. Yeah, because normally I would hate that. I don't really like talking on albums, but for some reason this one works perfectly. It's a pretty long album too, but I don't really feel the length on it. 02:56:32.760 --> 02:56:33.620 from start to finish. 02:56:33.790 --> 02:56:36.580 So I never really heard of this band before. 02:56:37.280 --> 02:56:40.600 I'm not really sure where I came across them, 02:56:40.700 --> 02:56:41.740 but I really, 02:56:41.940 --> 02:56:42.440 really dig it. 02:56:43.159 --> 02:56:45.560 They've been floating around and band camp, 02:56:45.860 --> 02:56:48.740 but this one seems to be getting all the trust. 02:56:49.580 --> 02:56:50.680 And I believe J.R. 02:56:50.900 --> 02:56:55.520 from Birmingham had mentioned this as being an album. 02:56:55.840 --> 02:56:57.760 He was really looking either. 02:56:57.860 --> 02:57:00.620 He had listened to it and said it was awesome or he was looking forward to. 02:57:00.740 --> 02:57:30.580 I can't remember what he said on one of our New Music Fridays. I mean, the singer is amazing. It's so good. This album could go into my top 10 at any time. It's at 11, so it just misses it, but I feel like who knows it's going to happen at the end of the year because the more I listen to it, the more I feel connected to it, and that's how it goes sometimes with these albums. And so it goes. Hopefully you guys have all heard it. Oh, yeah. I've spent a lot. It's another album for me that I like, but I'm not getting that. 02:57:35.619 --> 02:58:00.580 I hate to give random spoilers, but it's on my list. Awesome. It's really good to hear. I think it's an amazing record. I think it's great. Nice. And the cover's cool, too. It'd be funny if it was number 11 and we had another one. No Daily Devil there. Oh, okay. All right, Matt. All right. Number 11, Abhoria. Oh, noise. 02:58:02.220 --> 02:58:30.440 I think we all probably have different means as to how we choose our list, like different factors in how we judge albums and what makes them good in our opinions. And one thing for me is what is memorable? What do I remember? What sticks in my head? And these are probably some of the most memorable riffs that I can imagine in recent years. I mean, one of them is stuck in my head right now and I just kept thinking, listen to it. 02:58:30.580 --> 02:58:33.600 stuck in my head like but then it's like what am i listening to oh right 02:58:33.700 --> 02:58:42.860 abhoria um so yeah our friend trevor um yeah abhoria killer album personally one of the things i judge is 02:58:42.940 --> 02:58:50.940 like how sexy is the guitar player right and that's another factor you know i'm like he's definitely number 14 sexy 02:58:54.801 --> 02:58:59.721 apparently matt says he's 11 sexy well yes he is tell me there's 13 more 02:59:00.779 --> 02:59:29.700 people sexier than Trevor? That's fucked up. That's impossible. Impossible. Well, the rest of the list is completely judged differently, but number 14 is all about the sexy. I see. I see. Now, if it was 11, it'd be all sexy. Exactly. That's true. In fact, it is. I could see Trevor putting sax into one of his albums at some point. Why not? With fucking kids singing. That'd be awesome. Oh, yeah. He'd do it just for Will. We all kids singing sax and just like maybe a riff or 02:59:29.740 --> 02:59:59.700 And all clean singing. What about kids doing death metal singing? Yeah. Oh my god. What that would even sound like? I don't even know. Kids playing saxophones but they don't actually know how to play saxophones. Yes. Chissing in saxophone metal. If you make it to this point in the episode which you probably won't. So one of us will have to tell you please 02:59:59.740 --> 03:00:29.700 We write this song, call it a love letter to Will. Indeed. Indeed. All right, John, number 11. So my number 11, a while back, I remember George sent me a message. This is going back years, five years ago. And he said, you should check this band out. They're called Exist. You might like them. And then I realized, holy fuck, I used to, I like this band. I like the previous album. So I was very grateful that he reminded me of 03:00:29.740 --> 03:00:31.900 of a band that I had listened to that I'd forgotten about. 03:00:32.900 --> 03:00:33.880 And this next band, 03:00:34.260 --> 03:00:35.160 while not exist, 03:00:36.020 --> 03:00:37.340 reminds me of that situation. 03:00:37.780 --> 03:00:42.620 It's a band that I had checked out a while back and it's been a long time since their last album. 03:00:43.120 --> 03:00:46.240 But Markisan reminded me of this band and I completely forgotten about them. 03:00:46.520 --> 03:00:47.420 And I went back and listened. 03:00:47.430 --> 03:00:47.760 I was like, 03:00:47.980 --> 03:00:48.140 fuck, 03:00:48.140 --> 03:00:48.900 I know this band. 03:00:50.060 --> 03:00:52.640 And that band is in honor and Anna, 03:00:52.960 --> 03:00:56.920 whatever way you want to pronounce the second a void of unending depths. 03:00:57.140 --> 03:00:59.200 I'm a more memento Mori from. 03:00:59.340 --> 03:01:29.280 Chile, not Chile. Chile. It's cool, progressive death metal, but the quality of playing and composition is top flight. And all their albums are highly rated on a site like Rate Your Music, which is not an end-all be-all, but when you see every album for a significant number of ratings high, that should tell you something. And I have to go back now and listen to all those albums I've listened to before. 03:01:29.380 --> 03:01:59.280 before that they kind of got lost in the weeds. We just listen to so much music. It's just impossible to keep up with every band. So I'm really glad that, Margaret Sonny, you brought them up because it reminded me of them again. So. Yeah. I'll go ahead, Jeff. No, go ahead. Yeah. I call them a Nana and it sounds better to me. I have no idea if that's really how you pronounce it, but. I mean, if there's. I'm really glad that you went back and listened to their stuff. Yeah. All their records are really great. And I think this is probably. 03:02:00.039 --> 03:02:29.140 the best thing they've ever done. And if you listen to them live, which I have, because I'm so taken by this band now, they're amazing live too. But just watch them on YouTube, unbelievably good. Yeah. They're, they're excellent musicians and it's good stuff. And so it's, there's two prog death types. There's the style that follows death, how they started getting into prog and, and there, and then there's the kind of, it's not really prog death, but, 03:02:29.899 --> 03:02:59.300 I guess our bands like that you know this is more like death because it is pretty death metal but it's pretty proggy too at the same time good stuff yeah I like it it's death forward but then they they do have those really great prog I don't want to call them intermissions but no they have a lot a lot of yeah they hit the brakes and change directions really fast on you and it's kind of cool and it doesn't let up but it goes a different direction and I've seen people compare their that sound 03:02:59.320 --> 03:03:29.280 like cynic and stuff. And I definitely agree with that. You're a part of that in there. And that's, I love that, of course, because I'm a huge cynic fan. Yeah. It's more in that vein of progressive death. I'm cynical about cynic. Yeah. Oh, I'm really pleased that you have this on your list, John. It's good. Okay, then. Jay. One of the blessings and the curses of getting not that far up in the list, but pretty far up in the list is that we've started getting the records that people have said pretty profound things about already. So I don't 03:03:29.320 --> 03:03:59.280 I don't have a lot to add to this one. Say it. Longstanding stalwart band. Halo by Amorphous. Amorphous. I agree with probably the biggest comment I'll make is that I agree with it being a... The last record did not disappoint me, but it didn't please me as much as the previous one, and this one steps right back up to the high level of Under the Red Cloud. And it's great, man. These guys just make world-class 03:03:59.320 --> 03:04:29.280 music, you know, pretty much every time out of the box. And it's not always perfect, but this one's pretty great. And deserves to be an artist. I didn't, you know, I start to get kind of strategic when you get around these tens and stuff, like who gets into the tens and who gets into the fives. Yep. So it's something to be said about it. Not quite cracking the top ten, but. Still pretty high, though. Still pretty high, yeah. Got a good showing so far. Yeah. Okay. All right, so my number 11 on Deb 03:04:29.320 --> 03:04:55.560 The Muir Morty Productions from the country of Ukraine. White Ward, False Light. Wow. Nice. Previously, I was not a big fan of these guys because I thought they were something other than they were. That's my best defense is I thought they were something other than they were. Didn't listen to it close enough. 03:04:59.320 --> 03:05:26.400 She knows who she is. Told me to listen to this and I was like, shit, this is really good. And here we are. Number 11. How many is that now? Two or three? Three? Two or three? I don't know. I think two. Two. All right. And George. George, okay. Yeah. 03:05:29.320 --> 03:05:58.180 The cover, by the way, sort of recreates the Ukrainian flag, which is nice, too. If you look at it. I mean, that's, by the way, how the flag works. It's a golden seal, the wheat and the blue sky is what that represents. So I swear I thought it was just like a shack. Well, it's a love shack, baby. There's probably something. Boy, I'm not into it. Sorry, guys. Couldn't resist. I just saw a shack. 03:05:59.320 --> 03:06:29.060 I was like, man, that place is fucked up. Yeah. And you know, this album is completely sexy. So it is. It is very sad. I don't. Yeah. I don't know. I can't get into it. I know you guys love it. I've been trying to listen to it. The sax takes me out of it. Now it, I know clearly not for you guys, but yeah, no, I, I mean, I'm not like a woohoo sex kind of guy, not like Matt anyway, but, uh, it, it works in relation to the, uh, 03:06:29.320 --> 03:06:58.900 the songs. So I'm good with it. Sure. All right. Cool. So now we hit the top 10. Shit is getting kind of real. Kind of. Kind of. Almost real. Kind of real. We're getting there. Semi real. I feel like you should have some kind of gong or something for this top 10, George. What the hell? What do you got? You gotta have something. Let's see. Fuck you asshole. Fuck you asshole. You should play the Conan the Barbarian theme song. That would be better. 03:07:02.980 --> 03:07:29.280 Then the hell with you. Yes. Top 10. Here we go. All right. All right. My number 10 is Alpha. All that has never been true on Vendetta Records. Although it's never been in the top 10. They're fucking, it should be because they're fucking awesome. More black metal. More fucking black metal, John. They play a form of black metal that's drenched in sinister 03:07:29.380 --> 03:07:56.120 atmosphere in post-modern Black progressiveness. There's this kind of like, I would say maybe sweeping Echo Dungeon sound. It's not synth, but it almost has this like dungeon sound to their music that I haven't quite heard before. And there's lots of slow ambient parts stirred in to this pummeling swirl of Black Metal guitars. 03:08:00.161 --> 03:08:28.380 And I know it's gotten a lot of praise, but I also feel like it's one of those records that people haven't heard that much. It's phenomenal. I believe that Mark from Arth really likes this band because I may have mentioned it when he was on and we talked about it a little bit, but they're just phenomenal. So give it a listen. Probably another Wilson for me. Definitely. 03:08:29.320 --> 03:08:57.640 I'll check it out. We all got a lot of them, each of us. Yeah. This top 25 is going to suck to put together. Hey, we cover everything. We give you everything. The stats are going to be insane. We might just have to go a top 10 this year. No, for the mid-year, it's not a big deal. End-year is more important. Yeah. Yeah. All right, Matt. I feel like we should do a top 40 for the end of the year. There's so many good records. Yeah. 03:08:59.320 --> 03:09:00.000 Yeah. 03:09:03.760 --> 03:09:04.180 Maddie. 03:09:05.540 --> 03:09:05.740 All right. 03:09:05.880 --> 03:09:06.280 Number 10. 03:09:07.840 --> 03:09:10.340 I felt like they showed up in the box fairly early in the year. 03:09:10.740 --> 03:09:12.160 The band is in the field. 03:09:13.000 --> 03:09:13.200 Oh, 03:09:13.360 --> 03:09:13.480 yeah. 03:09:14.619 --> 03:09:15.100 Moribund. 03:09:15.620 --> 03:09:16.360 They are from Sweden. 03:09:16.540 --> 03:09:17.900 This is their first full length album. 03:09:18.280 --> 03:09:19.320 They're on edge circle productions. 03:09:21.100 --> 03:09:22.840 Metal archives list them as black metal. 03:09:23.020 --> 03:09:26.520 I would probably put them more in like a avant-garde black metal category. 03:09:28.700 --> 03:09:58.560 No, really unique, but also still really brutal. Yeah, no. Man. I really dig this album, actually. And it wanted to get on my list, but I just kind of... Swatted it away. Yeah, yeah. I was like, you're really awesome, but I don't have time for you right now. But it is a really good album. It's a great album, yeah. Yeah. I did the same thing with a lot of albums. I mean, it was like, I like you. 03:09:58.680 --> 03:10:27.240 I don't like you. I mean, like I like you, but I have all this other stuff I need to listen to. Exactly. This one, this one just kind of stayed on my radar throughout the first six months of the year. Yeah. That's very good. What I like about that, it really moves well. You know, it's like fun. It's a, it's fantastic. It just really from start to finish. Yeah. There's times where I'm listening and I feel like this thing, cause it gets a little bit slow where it's almost spoken word. And the singer reminds me of Javier Bardem. 03:10:29.420 --> 03:10:57.120 Skyfall, the James Bond movie. I just fully connected with that. Part of that just stuck in my head. Hey, Matt, heads or tails? Tails. You said Javier Bardem, and I just think of it the spookiest scene ever in a movie. Pick, heads or tails? No country for old men. That poor old man just got up to go to work that day. 03:10:58.700 --> 03:11:28.660 This asshole walks into his joint. Yep. Nice. All right. Well, John. All right. So my number 10, we need either Yanni or Mark Deese to pronounce this because I will get all three words wrong on this. But that shouldn't detract from how good I think this album is. My number 10, I will do my best to pronounce this. Maris Miley. They're from Finland. They are pagan black metal. The album is called 03:11:28.680 --> 03:11:57.080 J is my bitch. Okay, the album is called Martini and J is my bitch. Malta. I don't know how to say it. Sorry, I accidentally hit the button prematurely. That's all right. That's fine because he has to be on every episode. So it's pagan black metal, I guess you call it. Black metal, whatever atmospheric black metal. It's cool. It's got a lot of folk. I guess pagan black metal is folky black metal. I don't know. I just can't call it folky black metal. 03:11:58.720 --> 03:12:27.480 They only have two albums, and these guys sound like they've been around for 15, 20 years. They sound extremely professional and above the grade on anyone that's a new band. They've added a few new band members this time, and they've expanded the folky sound, but it's still really good black metal with that kind of finish touch to it. It's got a nice finish. It's got a nice finish. They're finished with a nice finish. 03:12:28.160 --> 03:12:58.140 Yes, I do like black metal. It's just for the last couple of years, it just hasn't been driving me much like other genres. But this is definitely one that I've dug. And I think their other, their debut, I think, was in my top 10 or 12 when it came out a few years ago, too. So yeah, good album. Yeah. A listener just asked me about that because we talked about it in another cast. Yeah. They're like, what was that one that was Marisarelli? Yeah. No, I was not saying it. Marisarelli? Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. So yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, 03:12:58.180 --> 03:13:28.140 really good record yeah yanni if you got a second send us a wave file with how to say it and then we'll still say it wrong so nice john all right my number 10 is um is it 10 yeah is um i definitely definitely a wilson but i'm proud to have it on on here and it's somebody who's really important to some portions of the history of metal and that kind of thing and i think he still sounds great motherfuckers 74 years old gram bonnet band i knew that was going to be 03:13:28.160 --> 03:13:57.800 here. It's really good, dude. Here's the funny thing. The last three Schenker records, he had multiple singers on them. And Graham Bonnet was one of those. He's not in every one of them because he mixes it up a lot. But he's taken all of his lyrics and he's talking about the most interesting things. I don't know if it was Alzheimer's or dementia or whatever, but it killed two of the people in his family. He's got this whole fucking song about it. And he's writing a lot about aging. 03:13:57.900 --> 03:14:27.220 and stuff like that. And he just writes the most interesting things. Plus, he's such a good singer for a 74-year-old man. And the irony is that he's not on the new Shanker record, which does not rate in my list this year. It's not. Wow. Dude, the last few have been great. This one, I wouldn't say I phoned it in, but it's just, it's not great. It's okay. But this record is great. And it also happens to have some all-star, Roy Z is on it, Jeff Loomis is on it. And it's a heavy record, too. 03:14:27.400 --> 03:14:57.360 Not uniformly, but mostly. And I just happen to think Graham Bond is a great singer, and it's nice that he's out there doing it again. He has some young wife bassist of his who's like, you need to keep singing. So that's the reason he keeps doing it. And it's a thrill to get something from a performer you really like that's late in their career that you enjoy this much. When he could easily not do anything. He could just go do little tours and that'd be it. So Graham Bond, I don't know how many people will be interested in it, but there are people who will remember that he was in 03:14:58.420 --> 03:15:27.360 He was in Michael Shanker's group early on. So he kind of comes and goes all over the place. He's got a great voice. Especially the lover hate, by the way. You can listen to him all night long. That's right. I love that album. It's a good record. Yeah, it is. Well, this one's good too. There you go. Alright. This is number 10, yeah? 10. So my number 10 03:15:27.400 --> 03:15:31.440 is from Prosthetic Records in Australia. 03:15:32.520 --> 03:15:33.200 And I'm going to say, 03:15:33.800 --> 03:15:33.860 Ow! 03:15:36.199 --> 03:15:36.600 Werewolves? 03:15:36.740 --> 03:15:37.940 It's Werewolves. 03:15:38.160 --> 03:15:40.540 And From the Cave to the Grave. 03:15:41.180 --> 03:15:41.580 Ah. 03:15:42.080 --> 03:15:44.160 What a fucking badass album. 03:15:44.760 --> 03:15:45.520 You duped everyone. 03:15:45.600 --> 03:15:46.840 You didn't say much about that one. 03:15:47.140 --> 03:15:48.420 You just kind of slid it in. 03:15:49.300 --> 03:15:50.020 Slid it in. 03:15:50.400 --> 03:15:52.480 We knew it was coming straight through the top. 03:15:53.520 --> 03:15:53.660 Yeah. 03:15:53.660 --> 03:15:55.040 You know, he was going that deep with it. 03:15:55.120 --> 03:16:23.580 Well, this was supposed to be my album of the month, but then I was like, oh, no, you know. Yeah, you're getting knocked off. Yeah. So I was like, oh, all right. George Silver bulleted his album. Yeah. Oh, boy. All right. So we are now. Not drunk at all. Not even buzzed. We are now deep into the top 10. Punched from number nine. 03:16:25.140 --> 03:16:26.660 Number nine. 03:16:27.260 --> 03:16:27.360 Number nine. 03:16:27.360 --> 03:16:27.400 Number nine. 03:16:27.400 --> 03:16:28.440 So it's been mentioned before. 03:16:30.220 --> 03:16:31.480 I'm a little disappointed. 03:16:31.680 --> 03:16:32.960 It's been mentioned before, which is great. 03:16:34.900 --> 03:16:38.220 But people, I don't know, they qualified it, I guess. 03:16:38.480 --> 03:16:38.960 And I don't. 03:16:39.180 --> 03:16:39.800 I don't. 03:16:39.880 --> 03:16:41.700 I think it's a fucking fantastic album. 03:16:41.770 --> 03:16:45.600 And it has all that was promised, Willow Tip Records. 03:16:47.160 --> 03:16:49.300 They're quickly becoming one of my favorite death metal bands. 03:16:49.380 --> 03:17:18.400 I like the last record but on this one they just unleash a new level of ultimate fury accented with some really fantastic prog elements like you know John was talking about earlier and really good bursts of black metal brutality I like the black metal part of it and I think that's what puts it over the top maybe for John you know keeps him from putting it a little higher for me it actually adds to adds to the music. 03:17:19.040 --> 03:17:38.600 So I just feel like it's just this fucking darkly ferocious beast of block and death and it has razor sharp execution on it man it's just a killer album from start to finish so I think they've arrived with this one I think they were kind of trying to find themselves and they kind of they arrived with this this one. 03:17:39.220 --> 03:17:48.900 And I offer up though that I think they're working towards something greater and I think that like a year or two or release two from now it's gonna be like fuck did you hear them? 03:17:48.920 --> 03:18:17.140 Like, truly. Possibly. Possibly. I don't know. You never know with bands. You know, you talked a lot about Temple of Void. For me, it's the complete opposite. You know, it's going down for me. Fair enough. You know, so I still like that band. I still buy the albums, but I'm not as into it, you know. And I think it's going to fall off the cliff pretty soon for me. Like a lemming? 03:18:18.920 --> 03:18:48.860 So yeah, I never know. I think this is a great record. Of course, there's always room for improvement. They could do something that really just even stuns me even more. But I think this is awesome. Matty. All right, number nine. For me, it is band Yatra, Y-A-T-R-A. The album is called Born Into Chaos. They are a sludge metal. 03:18:48.960 --> 03:19:18.180 band, although I almost would call them a technical sludge metal band with really demonic vocals. They're out of Ocean City, Maryland on Prosthetic Record, and this is their fourth full-length. Ocean City, really? Yeah. You know, I love this thing that we are doing, and it's a totally legit thing, which is where we slowly have to try to define genres, and it's so fun to be like, they're a sludge band, but they're like a technical sludge band. 03:19:20.340 --> 03:19:48.060 I love that. The thought of it is fun to me because I was like, how would I describe this? Like, it's very sludgy, but to me it almost feels like if Sludge had a technical side to it, this is what it would sound like. I did not know they were. So now you've piqued my interest. I did not know they were from here. I mean, that's technically where Full of Hell is from is too. Yeah. Jay, what was the band you and I liked last year? Shit. Out of England. 03:19:51.979 --> 03:20:16.480 And a sludgy. I got it. Is it Bosk? Bosk. Yeah. So think boss, but a little bit more aggressive. Awesome, dude. But like I said, the vocals are more demonic is how I would describe them. So the boss is a little more post-metal, I think. Yeah. Yep. Technical sludge. So they're a Tej. Yeah, exactly. Tej. Weird. 03:20:18.920 --> 03:20:47.680 Well, honestly, I've never heard of Technical Sludge before, but that's interesting to think about. Indeed. We are breaking new ground tonight. Yes, we are. All right. My number nine is definitely only going to be on my list, so Volleyball It Up. And I don't care because it's a band that I've been a fan of since the late 90s, and they make their return after a 14-year absence. My number nine is Zero Hour, Agenda 21 on Frontier Records. 03:20:48.220 --> 03:21:17.220 I've been a fan of this band for a long time. You can cricket all you want, but they are a very big band in the prog metal world. I was doing that for you, buddy. Just joking. Yeah, I'm a super fan of this band. My guess is hardly anyone who listens to this podcast, if not literally everyone has never heard of this band, but they're a big band on, like I said, in the prog metal world. They're extremely technical without being wanky technical. So. The wanky, the Yankee. 03:21:17.320 --> 03:21:46.680 The main driving force of the band, Jason Tipton, is this amazing guitar player who has a knack for creating complex song structures, but they're always melodic in some strange way. So that's all I'll say about it. All right. All right. Here's one nobody's mentioned, so I'm going to have to talk about it for about a half hour, and it is Cosmic Cuprefaction, Corpuscular Dirt for the Blessed Ones. I like it as much as everybody else. 03:21:47.540 --> 03:22:16.800 which is great because this is a band that's just smack dab in the middle of their genre as far as you know having unique qualities and somehow there's just like an x factor there that puts them above so i agree with what everybody else has said about them and i'm thinking that's not a sweep it's already they've already gathered a whole bunch of us into their world so in any case nice cosmic petrifaction all right so my number 03:22:16.840 --> 03:22:24.560 9 has not been mentioned yet, despite being how crepuscular they are. 03:22:25.080 --> 03:22:25.360 Yeah. 03:22:27.500 --> 03:22:27.980 Weird. 03:22:29.219 --> 03:22:30.180 Cosmic putrefaction. 03:22:34.060 --> 03:22:34.940 Yeah, that one. 03:22:36.000 --> 03:22:36.820 Is that 4 now? 03:22:37.600 --> 03:22:38.420 I'd be a full sweep. 03:22:38.920 --> 03:22:39.180 I don't know. 03:22:39.180 --> 03:22:40.000 As well, me. 03:22:40.680 --> 03:22:41.400 Matt Hedden. 03:22:42.300 --> 03:22:42.720 And George. 03:22:43.340 --> 03:22:44.560 I don't think Marcus mentioned them. 03:22:45.040 --> 03:22:45.260 Okay. 03:22:46.380 --> 03:22:46.880 I can't remember. 03:22:46.880 --> 03:22:47.100 I can't remember. 03:22:48.230 --> 03:22:48.360 Jade. 03:22:50.120 --> 03:22:50.440 Jade. 03:22:50.670 --> 03:22:50.820 Okay. 03:22:51.100 --> 03:22:51.220 Okay. 03:22:51.270 --> 03:22:52.300 So he doesn't know what he's talking about. 03:22:52.430 --> 03:22:52.840 So anyway. 03:22:54.160 --> 03:22:54.560 All right. 03:22:55.080 --> 03:22:57.240 Back to number eight for Markeson. 03:23:01.200 --> 03:23:02.600 How do you sip a beer? 03:23:06.020 --> 03:23:06.180 Okay. 03:23:08.540 --> 03:23:08.640 Yeah. 03:23:08.820 --> 03:23:12.600 Oh, my number eight is Astronoid Radiant Bloom on three dot records. 03:23:14.020 --> 03:23:15.080 I adore this record. 03:23:15.860 --> 03:23:45.820 Radiant Bloom is a gorgeously melodic, atmospheric light storm of post-metal, shoegaze, progressive rock. The tracks are lush and enveloping, but they're interspersed with blast beats, heavy riffs, and just these skyrocket solos throughout the album. And no band sounds like Astro Noir. They're just this completely unique planet lost in a dream world nebula that gets bombarded by heavy meat. 03:23:45.880 --> 03:24:15.200 years every week. And I like to visit that place as much as possible. I didn't, the last time I didn't have on my list because they went a little less metal on this one. They kind of brought back the blast beats and all that. Their first album was really metal, but I can't even conceive of them having blast beats. They had blast beats on most of their albums, not the last one, but every single one that had it and more blast beats than most. 03:24:15.860 --> 03:24:45.300 It's just crazy. Interesting. Yeah, that's what's cool about it because you listen to it and it's kind of like a lush rock sound and then if you really dig deeper into the albums, you hear all the metal parts to it and all the layers that they put into it and it's pretty phenomenal how they're able to do that while still giving you this really kind of comforting emotional delivery. Nice. Astronide. I have listened to them in the past. 03:24:45.380 --> 03:25:14.800 I just did not think they had blast beats. So maybe I need to revisit. Yes, you do. All right. Matt. Number eight. I would say probably Tuesday of this week is when I finally put the rubber to the pavement on my list. And part of that was going back and, you know, just revisiting everything I've listened to. Most of the time, I would say, honestly, like 99% of the time. 03:25:15.380 --> 03:25:21.500 Like if I passed on something the first time and I re-listened, I continued to pass on it. 03:25:21.860 --> 03:25:21.920 Yeah. 03:25:22.440 --> 03:25:23.760 It was not the case for this band. 03:25:24.260 --> 03:25:28.880 I probably listened to this album twice, not in any great detail, but I listened to it. 03:25:28.880 --> 03:25:29.560 I was like, okay, cool. 03:25:29.700 --> 03:25:33.200 And then I listened to it on Tuesday and I thought, holy shit. 03:25:34.060 --> 03:25:38.340 And I put it on my list and I listened again and it went up and went up and went up. 03:25:39.140 --> 03:25:40.360 The band has come to grief. 03:25:40.600 --> 03:25:42.160 The album is when the world dies. 03:25:42.320 --> 03:26:12.240 This is just super killer, heavy, sludgy doom. I know one of the gentlemen, I think the guitar player is in a band called War Horse, which we saw at Decibel. Not this last time that it happened, but the last time we went. Yeah, this is, like I said, it's a really good sludgy doom album. Yeah, I'm surprised we haven't heard that one yet. It's awesome. Yeah. And they come from the band Grief from years ago. Yeah, definitely. It doesn't make my list. It's on my top. 03:26:12.320 --> 03:26:42.300 40, but didn't make my top 25, but I own it on vinyl. I spin it a lot. It's great. All right. John. Um, I know rate has not been mentioned yet, and I don't know if it will, if it hasn't been mentioned yet, because I haven't really heard anyone talking about it, but I'm going to give our good friend, Justin Velez credit for this one. Justin, send your top 25 because apparently you're all over ours. Yeah. Um, and this is 03:26:42.360 --> 03:26:47.600 artificial brain self-titled artificial brain i never really listened to these guys but i knew 03:26:47.720 --> 03:26:53.720 about them then i listened this one and it's like fuck they are way above most if not all 03:26:54.060 --> 03:26:59.680 technical death bands because they don't sound like most technical death bands and he was right when he 03:26:59.800 --> 03:27:07.360 said to give it a spin and i dug everything about it it's a very good album uh they have three guitarists 03:27:07.380 --> 03:27:37.340 who do a lot of weird things when they're playing. And it doesn't get to that. One of the problems of a technical death is it just becomes like a marathon of excess. And while they have some of that, they don't go that extra mile like most of those tech death bands do. So Artificial Brain is my number nine. Or eight, excuse me. Yeah. I'm going to check that out because that showed up in some other lists I saw. It's kind of tomb moldy. Oh, is it? Okay. In the sense that it's 03:27:37.380 --> 03:28:07.320 Semi-technical, but kind of raw. Vocals are, yeah. Yeah. But there's some unusual things going on that, because of the third guitarist, you can do some really cool, unconventional things with their sound. Yeah. So, which three guitarists in Tech Death is kind of strange in itself. Three guitars in any, but Iron Maiden is kind of strange. No, not at all. 03:28:07.380 --> 03:28:37.040 Not if you're a post-metal band. Oh, wow. That's common. Okay. Artificial Brain is a killer band name, too. Yeah. Yeah, it is. Yeah. Well, Jay, what you got for number eight? All I can do is agree with Markisan this one, who is so good and eloquent with his descriptions and praise Karthijev, Liminal Light. It has all the impact that you said. It's just really fucking... It picks its spots. 03:28:37.380 --> 03:29:07.300 So just fucking pound your head off all of a sudden and then it gets kind of thoughtful and it's just full bore out. And it's clear to me that very intelligent people made this music. And I mean, and I don't mean like music theory intelligent. I mean, just somebody, there's some thinkers in this band. Yeah. Yeah. I think the fucking shit out of this record for sure. This will definitely survive end of the year and could climb higher than where it is now. Yeah. I agree with that. I've had it as high as like number two. 03:29:07.360 --> 03:29:37.060 on my list too. So it's one that's definitely stuck with me. I think it definitely survives to the end. But yeah. I'm willing to admit that I use my mid-year list as a tool sometimes to give some shout outs, even higher in my list, to people who probably aren't going to be there at the end of the year. Let's put it that way. So, so, and, but Carter Jeff is not one of those. Carter Jeff should be where it's at and it could go higher because there might be some places. Yeah. I feel like everybody on the cast would like this, this band. And what John said, he, 03:29:37.140 --> 03:30:06.880 He didn't quite click with him, but you know, maybe. I said I liked it. I just said it hasn't gotten me 100% yet. Yeah. It's dense, though. It is dense, and it's long. Like you said, it is long, and all truth in that. And so if you, you know, if you have a lot of free time today, this is the one put on it. I'm spending it on a Metal Heads podcast. Free time. What do you mean? Yeah. No, I agree. I mean, I was considering this for my list. 03:30:10.640 --> 03:30:36.080 It doesn't mean it couldn't make the year-end. I just didn't have enough time with it. I liked what I heard. I just wasn't sure what to do with it. I was like, I'm just, you know, move on. It does. It's definitely cool, though. I like it. I just don't know how much I like it. So I couldn't do anything with it yet. Well, let's find out what your next record is. 03:30:37.140 --> 03:31:06.860 My number eight, Will, you're not here, but please give me back that volleyball. The Chasm, The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow, number two in terms of being mentioned on Relay, no, sorry, where are they? Lux Inframoon-ness Productions from the United States, formerly of, what was it, Mexico? Yeah. Yeah, it's from Mexico originally. 03:31:06.860 --> 03:31:36.780 No, this is, I mean, pretty much everything by them is fucking amazing. And this continues that, that awesomeness. So definitely. Number seven, Markisan. Sorry, I had to burp. Number seven for me. I don't know if anybody, maybe Matt's listening to this one. Celeste assassins on nuclear blast records is fucking unbelievable. It's good. 03:31:36.880 --> 03:32:06.840 It's fucking unbelievable. It's black and post sludge avant-garde stunner. It's okay. Churning dark atmosphere to it. I mean, all the songs are just fucking amazing from start to finish on this thing. So I didn't even know anything about this band before I listened to it, but I'm just blown away by this record. So it's the last assassins. I don't know why there's this line from Boogie Nights 03:32:06.860 --> 03:32:36.780 me, but it does. And it's, it's at this, they're filming one of the Brocklanders porn. And, um, and he, and this woman comes into the restaurant, he's in a restaurant, he's by the bar looking cool. And she goes, uh, is there, okay, is there, can I get a menu? I heard the food was good here. And he says, good. It's not good. It's excellent. It's probably one of the best places in all of Los Angeles. I don't know how you, I don't know how you. That's a great general way to not even tell. Good. I remember that scene because, 03:32:41.441 --> 03:33:06.760 The Brock Landers series. I love it. I love that movie. Such a great record. His partner's name is Chess Rockwell. Chess Rockwell's names. The extras from that movie are better than the movie. That's so good. We need to come up with our own podcast porn names. I watched this interview with Thomas J. 03:33:06.880 --> 03:33:36.840 What's his name? The guy who's in the mist and who plays the stripper who gets shot at the... Oh, Thomas Jane. Thomas Jane. And they asked him about that particular scene where he gets shot. And he said that the firecrackers were not in the fucking script. And that Chinese kid was, for some reason, Paul Thomas Anderson's friend. And he was like, I'm just going there and just light up my fire. So like they're 03:33:36.880 --> 03:33:43.420 It's legitimate that they're jumping every time he lights a firecracker because that was not expected. 03:33:44.460 --> 03:33:51.300 And I believe that his character is John Holmes, wasn't it? Based on him? Slightly, yeah. 03:33:53.080 --> 03:33:53.960 Who's John Holmes? 03:33:55.120 --> 03:33:56.320 They don't know. 03:33:59.000 --> 03:34:00.020 No idea. 03:34:02.520 --> 03:34:02.940 All right. 03:34:04.720 --> 03:34:05.260 Where are we? 03:34:05.760 --> 03:34:05.960 Matt. 03:34:08.120 --> 03:34:35.640 It's been mentioned a number of times. Straight out of the Garden State. Half. All that was promised. Solid. Nice. Nice. It's more than solid if it's like that high on your list there, Matt. Number seven. It's more than solid. It's excellent. It's super solid. Yeah. Really good. Yeah. That's from Minnesota. 03:34:36.400 --> 03:35:04.120 Yeah, we really like our death metal here in Minnesota. Oh, you betcha. Oh, you betcha. It's kind of North Dakota, but you know, whatever. Well, what's funny is a band I mentioned was from Fargo, so just think about that. Nice to see you. To be honest, I can't remember who it was, but somebody on my list was from Fargo. All right. John. 03:35:06.420 --> 03:35:36.040 My number seven has been mentioned four times, not five, but I'll make it five. There's not much to say. Cosmic Petrefaction, Perpuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones. I'm a big fan of this Gabriel Grimaglia. He's got a bunch of projects and he's involved in a lot of stuff, but I like this one the best of all his projects. So it's a one-man band. I feel like this might make top ten. Oh, definitely. 03:35:36.420 --> 03:36:04.580 This is top five now, this album. Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby. At this point, who knows what's going to happen in this, but wow. Yeah. Shocks. It's got a shit ton of points. Yeah. Jason. Mine, well, you knew it was coming, but you know, a sax on carpe diem. A couple things about this. One is we've talked about how Rob has lost less of a step than Bruce. 03:36:06.400 --> 03:36:07.560 I mean, 03:36:08.170 --> 03:36:09.920 breath still sounds really fucking good. 03:36:10.020 --> 03:36:10.260 And I, 03:36:10.460 --> 03:36:11.000 to this day, 03:36:11.090 --> 03:36:16.960 think the reason Saxon is not as big as those other two bands is because he has a voice that you kind of have to get used to, 03:36:17.040 --> 03:36:18.300 which I did very early on, 03:36:18.400 --> 03:36:19.340 but he's got a unique voice. 03:36:20.180 --> 03:36:24.400 I still think of the great big three as maiden priest and Saxon. 03:36:24.780 --> 03:36:26.700 Saxon just didn't get the break in America. 03:36:27.900 --> 03:36:29.960 And I think pound for pound Saxon, 03:36:30.300 --> 03:36:33.800 Saxon has made better post 2000 records than the other two combined. 03:36:34.860 --> 03:36:35.900 And they're not all great, 03:36:36.020 --> 03:37:05.420 But John and I, I think, agree that every third one is good. Yeah, they're way more consistent with their output. Way more consistent. Yes, exactly. And you should probably at least buy every third one. And the very least, though, is, I don't know, I think I kind of expected this one to be good for no totally good reason, but it is better than the last few. And I ended up spinning it a lot. And I'm still spinning it. So, Saxon, a bunch of old fucks. Still great live. Yeah. They're awesome live. Yeah. I saw them in a small little fucking bar here. 03:37:05.500 --> 03:37:35.440 And I got one of Paul Quinn's guitar picks. By the way, one of the most underrated guitar players. I think they really... Yeah. That's awesome. I figured they'd be in your top ten for sure. And that's not always a given because they've had plenty of records since we've been doing these lists, but this is the best one they've done in a while. And it's fucking heavy too, by the way. Good record. It is. It is. And Beth sounds great. They all sound great. Good stuff. I'm not even a Saxon fan. 03:37:35.520 --> 03:38:05.480 to be honest with you but i like this record a lot for some reason click with me it's not um it's very different than that but then this so take this to the grain of salt but if you like make a ton sword i could see why you'd like this record it's it's a little bit you know left of that or right of that but still solid old school heavy metal nice super old school my number seven they are from a state 03:38:05.520 --> 03:38:07.320 Which I used to dwell 03:38:11.280 --> 03:38:13.980 on relapse records. Temple of 03:38:14.160 --> 03:38:16.680 Void summoning the Slayer. Hence 03:38:17.160 --> 03:38:17.740 you live in Colorado. 03:38:19.581 --> 03:38:21.860 Hence my album of the month because I 03:38:22.020 --> 03:38:23.160 couldn't put Temple of Void 03:38:24.901 --> 03:38:25.940 below Werewolves 03:38:26.140 --> 03:38:27.400 or White War 03:38:27.920 --> 03:38:29.000 based on my list. 03:38:30.460 --> 03:38:31.620 Okay. And we're back. 03:38:35.800 --> 03:38:38.820 I don't know if you guys noticed but June kind of was 03:38:39.920 --> 03:38:41.080 almost as good as February 03:38:41.460 --> 03:38:42.840 a lot of good albums came out this month 03:38:43.140 --> 03:38:43.460 for sure 03:38:44.219 --> 03:38:46.900 I think the second half of the year is going to be 03:38:47.659 --> 03:38:48.060 backloaded 03:38:48.880 --> 03:38:49.280 I don't know 03:38:49.400 --> 03:38:50.660 there's some pretty important stuff coming out 03:38:50.820 --> 03:38:52.000 I hope so 03:38:52.220 --> 03:38:53.940 there's definitely a few that I know of 03:38:56.380 --> 03:38:57.640 there's a few that we know about 03:38:57.940 --> 03:38:59.680 but I think like you said Jay 03:38:59.800 --> 03:39:02.040 maybe we're just going to start announcing them soon 03:39:02.040 --> 03:39:04.640 I mean we got the promo for WIC 03:39:06.640 --> 03:39:32.740 I haven't even listened to it yet. I haven't had time. It's so good. I'm like, this is not this half of the year, so I can't listen to it yet. I got to listen to stuff. I wasn't gonna, but it was my number. They were my number one. I know. Oh, I'm, I'm definitely psyched to hear it. I just haven't had a chance. So good. I'm going to listen to it again tonight, I think. All right. Well, what's your number six? Number six for me. Yeah. I think most of mine. 03:39:34.680 --> 03:40:04.580 Let's take a look. I don't think anybody's going to have it. Well, there's one. We'll see. Anti-Inferno, Antediluvian Dreamscapes and Vendetta Records. When I think about modern, atmospheric black metal, I'm going to have to start thinking about Anti-Inferno first because this album is a phenomenal dark lullaby of haunting emotion with storm sharks. 03:40:04.640 --> 03:40:34.600 riffs, harrowing vocals, and just airy pathways. Every time I spin it, I get more absorbed by the balance of menace, melody, and beauty throughout this album. And Antediluvian Dreamscapes is an apt title for the record because it's this primeval nightmare and a bright, pleasant dream all in one. And I love the last one. I think Thane, which is their first album, 03:40:34.640 --> 03:41:03.920 was on my list when it came out a couple years ago. And this takes them to another level. I think this is one of the best atmospheric black metal bands going now. Anti-Inferno, anti-Diluvian dreamscapes. Matt? Number six for me. Aura. A-A-R-A. Triad 2. Chimera. That's the name of the album. Black metal, very aggressive. 03:41:04.660 --> 03:41:34.580 this in the same vein as the Ouija board dude. And I'm going to figure out where are they from. Let me give you a little bit more detail than almost nothing. Oh, Switzerland. This is their fourth full-length album, Atmospheric Black Metal on Dibby Muir, Morty Productions. But yeah, I mean, it's, you know, aggressive, quote-unquote technical black metal. 03:41:35.359 --> 03:42:04.280 With some atmosphere. Noise. Noise. I think I listened to that. I'd have to listen to that again. I'm pretty sure it was my album of the month. It was my album of the month when Dan Klanter was like, hey, I was correct on all your choices. That's right. Clown car. I don't know why I keep laughing every time I hear Ouija board, dude. I'm not laughing at the pick. It's just. No, I. 03:42:04.660 --> 03:42:34.560 It just sounds funny. Like we've come up with, we've made up a character. Well, I made up a character. Thank you very much. You did. You did a great job. I'm a Ouija dude. I think, I think these guys are at Psycho Vegas and I'm excited to see them. And I'm going to say like, I'm going to see the Ouija dudes. So, but I will say quote the pod father. Indeed. Nice. All right, John. My number six is definitely going to be a Wilson. 03:42:34.700 --> 03:43:04.340 because nobody ever talks about this band except for me. So I'm pretty confident in that. But this is not the band. It's actually one member from the band. And that is Michael Romeo, War of the Worlds Part 2. Michael Romeo is part of Symphony X. Matt would know that I recently saw them with TR because he stalks me everywhere I go. Which is fine by us. I've been a fan of Symphony X going all the way back to their early albums. 03:43:04.460 --> 03:43:34.180 in the 90s, but I'm a big fan of Michael Romo because I think he's one of the best composers in metal that most people just don't know. He's already an amazing guitar player and probably better than 99% of the players out there, but his arrangements are phenomenal and he could easily arrange music for movies. And while the album is symphonic, it's not that cheesy, like the hazy IPAs of metal in the 2000s into the 2010s. 03:43:34.200 --> 03:44:04.060 Remember all those symphonic bands that were coming out of nowhere? They all had a female singer, you know, and they all had these crazy synth patches in their music. And that was great. A lot of people liked it, but it got old fast. He seems to use his symphonics in such a way that you kind of want to get out there with your sword, but it's not cheesy metal. It's done very well. So I'm surprised he hasn't worked with anyone in Hollywood yet, to be honest with you. 03:44:04.180 --> 03:44:34.160 He's that good on Ranger. And his playing is just... It's cinematic. That's true. I do like that album quite a bit, actually. Yeah, I think that's a better way to put it. It's cinematic because most times you hear Symphonic, you just think of these cheesy intros, the parts that George skips, which I agree with him on those albums. And then they get into the album the second. There's a story behind his, which is really cool. And TR and I just saw him with Symphony X. They finally got to do their 25th anniversary tour, two and a half years ago. 03:44:34.180 --> 03:45:02.280 because of COVID. Dude, it's just so fucking good on guitar. At one point, we both just looked at each other and were just like, what the fuck? All the way in the back, you could still see him playing. He's just so good. And I think he's not underrated. He's just unknown by a lot of people. They just don't know the band, which is kind of crazy because they have one of the best singers of metal. But, you know, neither here nor there. Michael Romeo, War of the Worlds Part 2, which, by the way, could easily have been the next Symphony X album. 03:45:03.020 --> 03:45:06.480 Yeah, I think if they actually had a band name instead of calling it Michael 03:45:06.800 --> 03:45:08.640 Romeo, maybe they'd get more traction. I don't know. 03:45:08.660 --> 03:45:09.620 Well, it's just him. 03:45:10.140 --> 03:45:11.800 I know, but I don't know. 03:45:12.400 --> 03:45:15.660 Well, it's no different than any band member that goes and does a solo record. 03:45:16.740 --> 03:45:19.800 I know, but they never seem to get a lot of traction when they do the solo records. 03:45:19.880 --> 03:45:21.340 You know, do you ever notice that, John? 03:45:22.500 --> 03:45:28.220 I feel like when somebody goes off and does their solo record, it never gets as much 03:45:29.560 --> 03:45:29.900 traction. 03:45:31.399 --> 03:45:31.840 Yeah. 03:45:32.010 --> 03:45:32.120 Yeah. 03:45:32.120 --> 03:45:34.360 Or traction is as like a band album. 03:45:34.500 --> 03:45:35.320 I don't know why that is. 03:45:35.440 --> 03:45:36.040 No, I get that. 03:45:36.070 --> 03:45:39.800 It just never seems to to to to work for people. 03:45:39.930 --> 03:45:40.600 I don't know why. 03:45:41.520 --> 03:45:42.340 Even when it's awesome. 03:45:42.760 --> 03:45:43.980 You know, even when it's awesome. 03:45:44.280 --> 03:45:44.700 Agreed. 03:45:44.880 --> 03:45:44.940 Yeah. 03:45:46.160 --> 03:45:47.840 Let's ask our Garfunkel. 03:45:48.540 --> 03:45:48.600 Yeah. 03:45:49.840 --> 03:45:51.340 Well, he actually would have to write a song. 03:45:52.540 --> 03:45:54.080 Oh, did I say that? 03:45:56.140 --> 03:45:56.980 One for Paul Simon. 03:45:59.159 --> 03:46:25.680 If you don't know that argument, look it up. Alright, so Jay. Yeah, and mine has been set, and I'm trying to remember if it was Marcus or John, or possibly both, but in any case, this is a big squishy, fun, punchy, doom fest. A band I don't think I really was aware of before this record, but checked it out somewhere along the line, and has really sat well with me. Night Fell never comes to the start. 03:46:25.720 --> 03:46:25.740 Yeah. 03:46:26.520 --> 03:46:27.740 That's a good fucking record, man. 03:46:30.060 --> 03:46:37.280 Trying to think of who it reminds me of right now, and I'm not coming up with it, but when I listen to it, there's always a couple things in my head. But in any case, very, very fine album. 03:46:37.880 --> 03:46:40.900 Yeah, it was on my list. Did you have it on yours, John? I don't think so. 03:46:41.319 --> 03:46:47.380 No. I don't know what it is. I like it. It's just too many albums. 03:46:48.480 --> 03:46:50.280 Right. You like the last one a little better, too. 03:46:51.120 --> 03:46:55.240 It's still good, though. I mean, like George said, he likes the previous one from mine. 03:46:55.420 --> 03:47:24.600 All three albums are great. I'm not so sure about the debut, but they've got a good output. So. Yep. Yep. All right. That means me, yeah? Too high charge. All right. Well, you know this had to be on here from Century Media from the United States of Canada. Oh, wait. Canada. Voivod Synchro Anarchy. Had to be there. Fucking beautiful. 03:47:25.440 --> 03:47:55.400 Definitely, like John said, it's reminiscent of some of the older periods. And I think, you know, it's them working their way back to where they should have been after The Outer Limits. Although I do like some of those industrial albums. I think they're kind of cool. Yeah, well, Steve, Steve, and Hello Steve, likes some of the 03:47:55.440 --> 03:48:24.960 Non-Snake albums. They're different, but they're cool. And like Phobos, and I think Phobos might be the one that he's talking about. But yeah, so I need to go back and listen to that, because I haven't listened to that in 25 years or whatever it's been. But you know, I like Voivod, so. So George, let me ask you this question. Do you feel that this is the first album since Piggy's been gone, that they finally, it seems like, 03:48:25.440 --> 03:48:54.840 It's effortless now that they're not piecing things together. They're not working through things. No, I mean, I think, uh, do you know what I mean by that? Meaning like it, you don't think now like, Oh, remember piggy for a couple albums had given them all the riffs and then the guy came in and they kind of were working. To me, it just feels like you don't even think of that stuff anymore. Now, now it's just fully Voivod and the way you think about that. I get what you're saying. And yeah, I can agree with that. Yeah. You know, I mean, target earth was like, 03:48:55.440 --> 03:49:23.320 What the hell? Yeah, it's good. I like Target Earth, too. But I get what you're saying. And yeah, I would agree with that. Yeah, it just feels like nobody talks about that stuff anymore, which is cool. Now they just talk about the band. They don't talk about all the stuff that happened there for a few years. Yeah, no. I mean, this blew my mind when it came out. That's good. All right. Shit is now officially getting real. This is real. 03:49:28.640 --> 03:49:29.040 Yes. 03:49:29.780 --> 03:49:33.580 Well, it's interesting because you guys are just talking about Voivod and this is my 03:49:33.780 --> 03:49:34.300 Voivod. 03:49:35.540 --> 03:49:35.660 Whatever. 03:49:36.439 --> 03:49:36.840 Voivod. 03:49:37.840 --> 03:49:38.700 Hey, I'm with you, brother. 03:49:39.120 --> 03:49:40.960 This is my modern Voivod, I guess. 03:49:41.300 --> 03:49:41.720 It's Voivod. 03:49:41.800 --> 03:49:43.760 They've been around for a long time. 03:49:44.960 --> 03:49:53.060 This band's actually been around since the 90s playing a mix of old school death metal, traditional doom, death and roll with lots of progressive quirkiness. 03:49:54.520 --> 03:50:24.420 And a surprise for me, but a dark millennium acid river. And I like their older albums, but this one nails the sweet spot for me. It's a, it's a bit of a timed capsule record because it sounds like progressive death doom from the nineties, but with a much more modern and dynamic song craft and atmosphere to it. And that just works perfectly for me because I get to relive those old days. 03:50:24.520 --> 03:50:54.340 while enjoying the greater complexity and artistry that I dig on newer metal albums. And another cool thing about Acid River is that the band actually recorded an analog using their original guitars, amps, and drums from the 90s. And it sounds fucking awesome. That's awesome. The guitars have this chunky buzzsaw quality to them. I love the raw rasp husky croons of Tortsen Gillsbach. 03:50:54.520 --> 03:51:23.520 And, you know, the progressive elements are just amazing throughout the record. So, you know, bravo to these old guys for delivering a great record that straddles those eras. Yay old guys. Have you listened to this one, John? No. Oh, man, I think you would dig it. You should definitely check out Dark Millennium. I've heard of them, but I've never listened to them. This is, like, by far my favorite record that I've ever done. 03:51:23.960 --> 03:51:24.540 So yeah, 03:51:24.740 --> 03:51:26.740 acid river is phenomenal. 03:51:26.740 --> 03:51:30.100 It wasn't even on my radar until maybe a couple of weeks ago. 03:51:31.500 --> 03:51:37.240 And then I found this thing and it kind of blew me away about what they were able to accomplish with it with this. 03:51:38.080 --> 03:51:38.740 So nice. 03:51:39.160 --> 03:51:39.460 Number five, 03:51:39.600 --> 03:51:40.180 dark millennium. 03:51:40.500 --> 03:51:40.680 Cool. 03:51:41.580 --> 03:51:41.940 All right. 03:51:42.380 --> 03:51:43.100 Looking it up right now. 03:51:43.700 --> 03:51:43.860 Matt. 03:51:46.960 --> 03:51:47.740 Number five, 03:51:48.120 --> 03:51:51.140 previously mentioned temple of void summoning the slayer, 03:51:52.660 --> 03:51:53.620 really digging this album. 03:51:53.740 --> 03:52:22.860 I just I've had time with it, but just probably not as much as I should. Well, it was number five enough, so yeah. Yeah, I mean, it was number five enough. I've spun it a few times, really dig it. Last track, really dig it. Really sold out. I just slipped that in. I'm a fan. I'm a fan. Slide it in. Did it for me. Last track. I'm a caravaner. 03:52:27.120 --> 03:52:53.060 All right, John, what's your number five? My number five. I mentioned this briefly earlier when somebody else had mentioned this on the list. It's a band I was not paying attention to because I thought they sounded one way, but this album sounds completely different than what I expected, and that is White Ward, False Light. I just figured they were, you know, okay, let's just get the word out of the way. 03:52:53.740 --> 03:52:55.980 Gaze. Okay, Will, insert laugh. 03:52:59.119 --> 03:53:01.920 All right, let's hold on now. Let's all laugh because Will's laughing. 03:53:04.320 --> 03:53:14.660 Post-black metal we'll go with. I just figured they had that vibe to them, and so I never checked them out. But this one has got me thinking I need to go back and listen to more of their stuff. 03:53:15.840 --> 03:53:23.120 This just sounds big. And it just sounds like, and not big as an ominous or anything like that. 03:53:23.200 --> 03:53:53.160 It just sounds, when I listen to it, like they know what they're doing. Not only have they arrived, but they're ahead of everybody else. And it's sax-y. It is. And I agree with your comment, George. It hasn't left me when you said there's almost too much sax, but it works. And I actually agree with that. Well, I think my point was that a lot of bands are now including sax. Right. You know, White Ward and Rivers of 03:53:53.280 --> 03:53:55.480 And other people 03:53:56.719 --> 03:53:58.800 who have not been mentioned today. 03:54:01.579 --> 03:54:02.840 It's like a new thing. 03:54:03.210 --> 03:54:06.920 And it's like, okay, well, is this, you know, like a trend? 03:54:07.600 --> 03:54:08.500 The saxdemic. 03:54:08.940 --> 03:54:09.740 A saxdemic. 03:54:11.079 --> 03:54:12.400 You know how they use it? 03:54:12.410 --> 03:54:14.400 And I think you'll appreciate this, John, 03:54:15.200 --> 03:54:16.580 though I think you're all fans of this band. 03:54:16.860 --> 03:54:18.460 They use it like Pink Floyd uses it. 03:54:20.430 --> 03:54:22.440 Yeah, it's not just thrown in to be thrown in. 03:54:23.380 --> 03:54:52.720 I mean like on the slower parts I can't imagine any of the slower interludes on that song not having sex knowing that that's a full-time band member it's not a it's not a guest on the album it's actually a band member as far as I understand I could be wrong about that but no you're prejudiced against it it's something to me that I'd be like come on man it's metal and stuff but the truth is is I could just as easily prejudice of it on Dark Side of the Moon but it fucking works it works and I really feel like they use it just the same way in this band yeah I agree 03:54:52.740 --> 03:55:22.580 The other thing too about them is that they had this shoegaze kind of post black metal thing attached to them. I don't even think of them as black metal. Now they're just this kind of extreme metal band that goes in all different directions. They incorporate a lot of stuff in their sound. Agreed. I mean, there's proggy moments. There's post metal moments. There's post metal moments. Then they get into these just vicious black metal sections. And then here comes that dude without a shirt on playing the sax. 03:55:22.760 --> 03:55:52.460 You know, and you're like, wow, this is kind of cool. Wait, that's Matt Pike. Well, you know what? Nobody's mentioned is that Jay Gambit is like lead vocals on one of these tracks. Yes, I know. I mean, it's just, and they got some cool guests. Yeah. Jay Gambit's everywhere, man. That guy's awesome. I think this, it's not that they've arrived. I think this is the album that solidifies them now as one of the top bands, not just in post-black metal, but just that kind of extreme. 03:55:52.780 --> 03:56:22.560 which is kind of the umbrella name now for a lot of these genres for these bands or subgenre I should say. Good album. Yeah. I always include a couple on my list that I don't think need defending. It's just we're saying so many heavy bands and all these different things and then there are some stuff I throw in every once in a while that I wouldn't blame it if people are like yeah come on whatever dude. Everybody does that Jay. Huh? Everybody does that. No I know. 03:56:22.740 --> 03:56:52.720 I know I'm the only one who's going to say this record and I will say this this record I'm surprised at the depth of this record though you could argue to me that that's not a real thing but I'm telling you it hasn't I'm surprised at how good it sounds and I think it's the best thing this band has done post 2000 Scorpions rock believer man I fucking love this record I think they did such a fine job on it and there are equivalent songs not ripping themselves off but there's a kind of a China White on here 03:56:52.740 --> 03:57:22.700 There's another one that's... Let's see, what's that song called? Well, I can't... It's not coming to mind right now. But I have listened to this record a ton, man. And I really, really like it. And it's a record that recognizes the age of its own members, both lyrically and, I think, orally. Orally. And there's a lot of great fucking hooks on it. And I fucking love it. I love it. It's the thing I've loved the most, the Scorpius Dunstan's Blackout. 03:57:22.740 --> 03:57:28.180 I don't know man I don't think you're completely understanding the 03:57:29.200 --> 03:57:36.280 fuck I forgot what you said orally no there was something before that I'm trying to trying to bust your chops 03:57:36.400 --> 03:57:52.720 and I completely spaced on what you said Jesus doesn't work now doesn't work now I was only kidding anyway but you know it's a good album yeah on my first listen Jay immediately on a couple songs I was like this has got a blackout vibe here 03:57:52.720 --> 03:58:22.700 This is kind of cool. Without being blackout. You don't want to rehash it, but it had that vibe, which is cool. They're all in their 60s and 70s now. I get it. Klaus sounds way better than he has any right sounding. If nothing else, Mickey D plays drums on this fucking album. He'd be the dude in his 60s. I'm more than willing to admit I've written this band off. I haven't even touched Scorpions. I went and saw them maybe 10 years ago. Haven't bought any of their 03:58:22.740 --> 03:58:52.180 records, but I would listen enough to know that this one was good. I think COVID did something good for them. Didn't they just do a big thing in Vegas? Because I think TR went out and saw them out there. Yeah, they had a little residency there. Yeah, they went for it. That sounds right. Barbara and I saw them a few years back. I wish I had maybe done that myself, you know. Now, they were here a few years back. I mean, a few years back, maybe four or five, six years, but we saw them and they were amazing. Yeah. 03:58:52.740 --> 03:59:22.640 I saw him back in the 80s and I saw him in post 2000s. That was it. Anyway, my hat's off to him. They made a good record and I'm fully aware that putting it top in five is a big thing, but it's fucking good. Didn't even occur to me. Did you see them with the, was that when they had Megadeth with him? No. No, the post 2000s when I saw was, there's this dumb fucking thing here of your called the, it's like the KRQ Weenie Roast. It's a local radio station does it. Basically a hard rock metal. 03:59:23.159 --> 03:59:52.620 Yeah, no, it was Scorpion's headlined, and it wasn't, it was like fucking Night Ranger or some shit beneath them. I don't know. Actually, I don't think it was. If they come through, I'm going to go see them this year. Because I happen to know they're also playing songs off this record, and that's fucking great. Yeah, no, but it was a good show. And I know I don't have to apologize for it. I just understand, in the middle of Nightfall and everything else, this sounds like candy, but it's good candy, you know? I mean, it is an odd pick, but you know what? 03:59:52.740 --> 04:00:22.680 We expect you to be odd, Jay. Yeah. Throw us a curveball. Yeah. Yeah. But a metal band. So I'm going to give them that much. All right. George. So this one's, I'm surprised I haven't heard it yet at all, but I'm sure I will hear it yet again. This is a band from Sweden that are on Metal Blade Records, and they are called Cultivators. 04:00:23.340 --> 04:00:52.640 The Long Road North. Wow. They're pretty good, man. Yeah, they're all right. All right. I mean, a little better than Scorpions, but you know. I mean, well, maybe not. Actually, they're about the same as Scorpions, apparently. They're a little more long-winded. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah. A little. Nice. I still think we might hear them yet, so. Potentially. Potentially. Perhaps. Nice. 04:00:52.740 --> 04:01:22.480 I'm glad to see someone have them on their list. Indeed. I seriously thought I'd hear them before now. All right. Well, mark us on number four. Yeah, my number four is Ancestor, White Terror, Les Acteurs de Le Hombre Productions. This is the only thrash album on my list. It was my album of the month when it came out, I think mid-January, actually. And it was a standout for me then. 04:01:22.720 --> 04:01:47.920 And then it's still the same for me. Just a really incredibly vibrant, dynamic, progressive speed metal. Deadly solos on this and a sexy injection of Mexican enchantment on tracks like the stunning La Llorona. Which was interesting because I looked up this song and I found out that I'm butchering the name. La Llorona? I don't know. 04:01:49.601 --> 04:02:18.500 It means weeping or wailing woman, which is based on this Mexican myth about a woman who tossed her children into a river after she discovers her husband is cheating on her. So she's tormented by what she's done and she drowns herself and her soul becomes trapped on earth where she roams rivers, oceans, and other bodies of water after dark tormenting children. So yeah, I love this. There's not a lot of great throttings. 04:02:19.700 --> 04:02:21.000 this year yet. 04:02:23.890 --> 04:02:25.800 But this one is definitely that. 04:02:26.320 --> 04:02:27.640 It's by far my favorite. 04:02:28.741 --> 04:02:31.200 So the solos are just fucking killer. 04:02:31.370 --> 04:02:32.880 The whole album's amazing. 04:02:35.000 --> 04:02:38.440 So Critical Defiance is coming up in the second half of the year, 04:02:38.550 --> 04:02:41.280 and they were on my list, I think, a few years ago. 04:02:42.300 --> 04:02:47.240 So maybe there's another shot for another thrash metal band to make the list. 04:02:47.640 --> 04:03:17.600 I just feel like there's not a lot of like really killer thrash albums lately you know there's a lot of black and and death doom of course and death metal but I haven't really heard anything that even comes close to ancestor as far as thrash goes and you know it's number four so it's pretty high on my list indeed did I put the critical defiance in the box no okay well I have it what the hell George 04:03:18.399 --> 04:03:47.580 I'm busy sorry but no I have it so remind me if it's not up there I'm reminding you now put it in there right now I can't do it right now I have to go upstairs now I can't all right Matt all right I love post-metal I have for years and when I think of post-metal I think of this band and I feel like this album is this band it's Cult of Luna 04:03:51.239 --> 04:04:16.680 That was really well-timed. That must be the deluxe edition. Death growl burp. That was a death growl, not a burp. Wow. I threw horns when I did it. You did. It was better than the yawn, right? Yeah, indeed. Apologies. Two top fives for that album. Indeed. Indeed. 04:04:17.620 --> 04:04:47.580 And more to come. Picking up points. Couldn't even be number one for John. I am. Perhaps. Perhaps. So got four picks. Indeed. All right. Well, John, what's your number four? Well, it's not Colt of Luna. No, of course not. However, this band has shown up on my list for two albums going back to 2015. And they have held the top spot twice for me. But not this year. But still pretty close. My number four is 04:04:49.661 --> 04:05:17.100 What? Epigon, Epigon, Epigone, whatever you want to say. Off of Century Media. Number four. Yeah, I like this album, but it's a little different than their previous albums. However, it actually moved up my list after seeing them live when they played two songs off the album and they sounded a thousand times heavier than they do on the album. They're actually great live and I'm glad I got to see them because literally right after my show, 04:05:17.160 --> 04:05:45.180 They had to cancel the rest of their tour. So, and I know Warren was going to go. He wanted me to go see him up in Baltimore and that wouldn't have worked out because I had to cancel that show. But not much more to say. I mean, if you listen to podcasts, you know, some of us like them specifically me because I've made them number one for the last two albums. But I don't think this one will get it. You never know. It might change, but it's my number four. All right. Breaking the cycle. 04:05:46.640 --> 04:06:16.460 My number four is Cult of Luna, The Long Road. Wow! They didn't chart with me at all. I think the last album, I did put them on. The album four, they had it really high. Maybe the last year's was really low. But in any case, I'm going to dig the shit out of this one. I mean, they don't just, they just don't really fuck up. I think Cult of Luna is going to be number one. What's that? I think Cult of Luna is going to be number one because John has even said what it is. It could be his, 04:06:16.660 --> 04:06:45.580 Number eight, two, one. It's going to be at least two or one. Who knows? Might have topped the list before in the past. I'll look. Yeah, it's impressive. I'm trying to think. I think the year, did they chart high when they did the album of Julie Christmas in 2016? Mariner. Yeah, Mariner. I can't remember. They were pretty high for us then. Yeah, I'll find out. I wasn't on then. No. So I don't know. No, but that's why I'm asking. I don't know if, 04:06:47.300 --> 04:07:14.660 Shit. Not the EP that was longer than most albums last year. But the one before that, I thought charted fairly high with us, too. Yeah. I'll see if I can come up with it. They're a band that doesn't disappoint. If you like post-metal, of course. Indeed. Which is key. Essential, some might say, John. Yeah, if you don't like it, why would they be on your list? 04:07:16.660 --> 04:07:17.340 Come on, guys. 04:07:18.580 --> 04:07:18.960 Where are we? 04:07:19.280 --> 04:07:19.360 Me? 04:07:19.980 --> 04:07:20.340 Yeah, you. 04:07:21.320 --> 04:07:21.420 Dude. 04:07:22.060 --> 04:07:26.680 My number four from Finland on Atomic Fire Records. 04:07:29.319 --> 04:07:32.420 Hello or Halo Amorphous. 04:07:33.859 --> 04:07:35.060 Amorphous creeping up. 04:07:35.200 --> 04:07:35.380 Hello. 04:07:35.640 --> 04:07:37.120 Oh, this is going to get tight. 04:07:38.620 --> 04:07:40.560 Yeah, I expect that to be on John's list, too. 04:07:41.440 --> 04:07:42.340 You'd think, but. 04:07:42.420 --> 04:07:43.240 I'm pretty sure. 04:07:43.600 --> 04:07:44.780 You got to bring big slots. 04:07:45.660 --> 04:08:12.380 Only so many. Only so many. It's a battle between amorphous and cult of Luna. Yes, indeed. John holds the key. Man, my number one is going to be a total Wilson. Me too. Wait, so are we saying John is the key master? I am Gozer. There's no Dana. I'm going to fucking Halloween. Only John. 04:08:16.279 --> 04:08:45.640 All right. Mark is on number three. Top three. We're going to be done by nine. I know. Let's do it. Nice. Well, my number three, I've mentioned this before, was my album of the month. I don't remember which month, but Mountaineer, Giving Up the Ghost on Life Force Records. This is my favorite post-metal record. Just stunningly crafted, doomy, dreamy, emotional vocal harmonies that put a lump in my chest every time I'm going to die. 04:08:45.680 --> 04:09:14.520 I listen to it. I love its sleek runtime of 30 minutes. There's no indulgences on this record. Just no unnecessary boulders on this fucking mountain. Just a perfect, pretty landslide of post-metal. And I spin this fucking thing a ton. So, yeah, I don't know. Just Mountaineer, I've liked their other albums, but this one, I don't know. It's perfection to me. 04:09:15.680 --> 04:09:45.620 They're cool. Nice. That was your February. That was a while ago. Isn't there a song with the same name of the beer you gave to George? George, what beer you're from Mercoson did you drink to? Blot Out the Sun. Is that a Mountaineer song? Hang on. They do have something with the sun. I don't think it's Blot Out the Sun. Yeah, you're right. It might not be Blot Out the Sun. It is Blot Out the Sun, actually. I think you're right, Matt. Way to go, man. 04:09:46.180 --> 04:10:15.640 I gotta look it up but let's see I mean that album is amazing that's why that song definitely stuck with me when I listened to it yeah that album is so fucking good it is it's blot out the sun you got it Matt high five yeah Matt is the king of the podcast mountaineer's ultimate fat F yes 04:10:17.199 --> 04:10:17.640 FYI 04:10:22.159 --> 04:10:24.740 All right, my number three? Yeah, is that what this is? 04:10:26.220 --> 04:10:30.640 So this album was always in my top ten, but I did not think it would climb up to number three 04:10:30.960 --> 04:10:34.320 I love this band, I always have, but it's Falls of Roars 04:10:34.940 --> 04:10:36.360 The album is 04:10:37.510 --> 04:10:40.600 Key to a Vanishing Future, this is just beautifully crafted 04:10:40.760 --> 04:10:42.840 lush, atmospherical folk 04:10:43.240 --> 04:10:43.760 black metal 04:10:45.359 --> 04:11:12.600 I don't know a way to otherwise describe it. It's a pretty good job. Well, I mean, I'm just going to stop there because I don't know. I can't believe this hasn't come up yet. I know. I was really shocked. First time. Yeah. I mean, a lot of this. It's I don't like it doesn't compare to anything else on my list. And it's fabulous. Nothing compares. I mean, all the records are good, but I think this is probably their best record. Agreed. Agreed. 04:11:13.760 --> 04:11:42.320 All right, John. George is not the key master, Falls of Roros is. Yeah, indeed. I am the key master. I am Gozer. Indeed. And with this pick, I basically will let you know what the number one pick will be for the podcast. There it is. Line number three. All the way from Finland. 04:11:43.760 --> 04:12:13.720 Oh, there you go. Okay. Hello. Hello. Hello. As far as, you know, some people might get confused and say, hello, space boy from David Bowie, but no, it's a Morphous Halo. Nice. Fire records. I'm not going to say much other than the fact that I think this is slightly better than under the red cloud. Just slightly better because I think it's more consistent. 04:12:13.760 --> 04:12:42.820 I think there's better top songs under Red Cloud. But this is from start to finish. I think it's a great album. And I would say that of the, I think his name is Tomi, Tomi period, going all the way back to 2006, this would be my third favorite from them. Because I still like Eclipse and Silent Water is better. But this is right up there with them. This is definitely one of the better records they have put out in a very long time. Nice. Completely agree. It's a phenomenal album. 04:12:43.960 --> 04:13:13.040 And I agree with Jay's comments about Queen of Time that it was a little too slick with the symphonics on it. That's what they added for that album. That's on this album, but they don't dominate the sound at all, which is what I think sets this album apart from the last album. Very good. And it was an awesome show. Matt was stalking me at that show too with TR when we saw them recently. It was a good time. Oh, we had a blast. I was like, hey, there's Matt. From what I can tell. 04:13:13.080 --> 04:13:42.600 Matt's on my phone. I almost went to that show. Yeah, we were waiting to hear from you. Yeah, but you guys had real seats, so I was like, fuck y'all. I mean, I wasn't really like, fuck y'all, but you know what I mean. Yeah, he could have hung out with JR and John from Birmingham. They were there. We hung out with them for a few. Well, shit, I didn't know that. Yeah, I didn't either until TR said, hey, look at these guys. I know them. These fucking fucks. 04:13:43.080 --> 04:14:12.360 These guys, they make killer fucking me. Look at them. We drink them every episode. Yeah, it was cool to see them there. That was a hike for them. My number three comes all the way from war-torn Ukraine, the kings of pink Floydian sacks, white ward. Jay might have thrown a monkey wrench in the top five there. Wow. This record is exactly as much as that implies. 04:14:13.080 --> 04:14:40.560 This is a really fun, interesting, hooky, heavy listen. Yeah. Lot to like here. And I will be exploring this record for a while to come. Definitely haven't. I haven't listened to it yet. No, definitely not. For a little while, but, you know. So this is the band with the shack on their album cover. Yes, yes, you got it. Not unlike the Ukrainian flag with the shack. Got it. No, that's awesome. 04:14:43.100 --> 04:15:13.060 Me too, by the way, once I heard it, you know, I don't think they weren't really on my radar or anything, but I was like, holy fuck. Yeah, me too. Number three from France, where there were no pants, Dembe Mure Morte Productions. I know what this is. Blut aus Nord, Disharmonium, Undreamable Abysses. This album is just 04:15:13.100 --> 04:15:42.620 So insane. I mean, there's nothing like this. This is, this is, uh, fucking, uh, Lovecraft incarnate. You know, this is the sound of, of the great old ones, like waking up and devouring the world. That's what this is. And holy shit. You know, I, when they had like an advanced track or two, you're like, what, what is this shit? 04:15:43.100 --> 04:16:11.400 But then when you hear it in its entirety, in context, you're like, oh my god, this is fucking crazy. And you know, there's barely any vocals even. It's mostly instrumental. And if there are vocals, they're kind of in the background. But holy shit. Wow. This is like nothing I know. Almost nothing I know. I mean, there's two more. But seriously, good stuff. 04:16:13.080 --> 04:16:42.780 And let's do it. Let's hear that. Those number twos. Number two, Markazan. Yeah, number two. John mentioned this once before, and it's a NANA, Void of Anandic Depths on Memento Mori Records. There are a lot of good death metal albums out this year. And then there's this record, which crushes all others in its path, like a super giant star destroyer. Stronger than all. I don't even think it's close for death metal. It's gargantuan, brutal death metal mixed with progressive, 04:16:43.080 --> 04:16:45.460 technical space mysticism. 04:16:45.990 --> 04:16:49.960 So if you can imagine the galactic love child of immolation and cynic in your head, 04:16:50.470 --> 04:16:53.200 then you're going to have an idea of what this band sounds like. 04:16:53.980 --> 04:16:59.800 I absolutely love that no matter how heavy and complex the album gets, 04:16:59.990 --> 04:17:04.680 never fails to bombard you with these monstrous hooks and grooves throughout. 04:17:05.920 --> 04:17:11.320 And I never even knew about Inanna until, I don't know, like a few months ago or something. 04:17:11.500 --> 04:17:40.580 And then I found it and I had to get everything that they did. And that's why I've been listening to a lot of their live stuff and they're just phenomenal live. And then this record and all the records before it, but this is their best record that they've done. And yeah, it, like I said, it just, I like, like half is probably, it's my second closest death metal album. And I love that album, but this one blows it away. Unbelievable. I wish Will would have listened to it. Cause I think he really would have liked it, even though I recommended it and he ignored me. As he does. 04:17:41.500 --> 04:18:10.880 Hold on, let me tell him and he'll tell me that I told him. I think if you and I both recommend it, then he sees it, John, because that's what happened with one of the other. We just got to flip back and forth. Just every time you get this one, I get that one. You got to get in his DMs. Wow. We'll just start showing up at his house. Hey, check this one out. All right, Matt. Hey, sorry. I had to step away. Jay, what was your number three? White Ward. 04:18:11.500 --> 04:18:41.320 Sweet. George? My number three was Blut aus Nord. Beautiful. Beautiful. All right. My number dos. So when I talk about, and I said like a few picks ago, like when I think of post-metal, I think of Cult of Luna. My number two, I'm also thinking of post-metal. And, you know, at the end of the day, I feel like if that Cult of Luna had been just a little bit shorter, maybe things would be different. Anyways, 04:18:41.500 --> 04:19:11.460 So my number two, Celeste, Assassin. Straight up solid French post-metal. There's just so much good post-metal coming out of France. And for me, Celeste is at the top. Assassins. Fuck. I thought I was going to be alone on an island there, Matt. You're never alone. You've rescued me! I've come for you. Oh, it's so fucking good. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. This one, I mean, this is one of the earlier releases for this year, and it has really stuck with me throughout. I think it was probably my 04:19:11.500 --> 04:19:41.420 January AOTM or February. I can't remember, but which seems like light years ago, but indeed. Nice. All right, John numero dos. Number two has been mentioned by one other person, George. This is an album that I've been waiting a long time for because I got their EP a while back and I've been waiting for new music from them, but nothing happened. Finally, we got something and then it took like a gazillion years. 04:19:41.500 --> 04:20:11.240 for the vinyl to show up because that doesn't happen anymore. But this album has stuck with me since the moment I heard the whole thing. It's an amazing combination of progressive metal, death metal, and fusion. That's jazz fusion, not just fusion. They are known as We Are In Transit or also known as Wait and the End of Noise. Wait for it. Yeah, Wait. We Are In Transit. We Are In Transit for it. 04:20:11.500 --> 04:20:40.500 Yeah. Two of the guys in the band are also in the band Exist. And I really love Exist. And so Wait was just a perfect match for me. I like how they mix that kind of technical way of audish stuff like George mentioned, but they also throw in fusion. There's a lot of kind of jazzy guitar solos and parts. So they are definitely fans, obviously, of the cynic model, but they have a more modern sound to them. And their songs are longer and more complex. 04:20:41.040 --> 04:21:10.980 But just awesome stuff. And it's not for everyone, but it definitely works for me and for George. Yep. All right, Jay. My number two is full of massive riffs. And it's just a good time fucking bunch of metal, dude. Well, a dark good time of metal. And it's a record I went back to again and again and again. It's got a bunch of memorable riffs on it. It's so much more in my fucking wheelhouse than I realized because this isn't a band I've necessarily experienced. 04:21:11.821 --> 04:21:39.700 I have been doing so since. Immolation, Acts of God, is one of my favorite records of the year, for sure. And it has easily captured my number two spot. Nice. Definitely one of your favorite two albums of the year. All right. Not three. Not for you, but two. Nice. So my number two. 04:21:41.040 --> 04:22:11.000 from Prophecy Productions from the land of England. Mark, if you've been waiting, take up my bones, Arth. Oh, Mark has been waiting for this. Oh, yeah. I just had forgotten you hadn't said it. I forgot it was even on the, you know, radar of anybody. Oh, hell yeah. I mean, you know. I knew it should be on your list, Jarj. I guess I just forgot. Yeah, no. You know, when we did our monthly albums, this didn't quite make sense. 04:22:11.040 --> 04:22:41.000 it and he was sad and there was a reason for that but it it was definitely high up in contention and it is high up in contention here at number two so oh yeah least of it that's gonna put it in the top 10 easily yeah easily yeah so yeah he can incredible album absolutely love it all right let's rip this fucking band-aid off all right we are gonna get be done before nine oh my god 04:22:41.040 --> 04:23:10.840 Do it. Do it. Do it. Mark is on. Oh my gosh. We're here. Numero uno. Fucking number one. Yeah, I'm all surprised. I mean, this one has been mentioned once before. I'm surprised it has been mentioned a little bit more, but that's, yeah, that's fine. And I've been a big fan of this band for years. I've admired how they're able to consistently alter their sound while still delivering this post black core and their music that I, 04:23:11.040 --> 04:23:40.920 connected with from the start. And it's Falls of Roro's key to a vanishing future on Gilead Media. There it is. There it is. I mean, as good as their past efforts were, I think this album just takes the band into another stratosphere. It's like this sweeping stab wound of dark emotions that bleeds heavy on every single track. I love the way they cut in elements of folk and even traditional metal. 04:23:41.020 --> 04:24:11.000 I was floored by this album when I heard it because it just paints this really stirring, stark, and beautiful vista in my head that just keeps calling me back every time I listen to it. Every song is around like seven minutes long and just this fucking like a dark forest majesty to this album that I just I wasn't prepared for. I knew that I would like any Falls of Roros that it came out, but I didn't know that 04:24:11.000 --> 04:24:40.740 that I would just be swept away in this one. There's just no fad on it. Every single note, I fucking hang on. Falls of Roro is key to a vanishing future. Easily my number one. Nice. Two high picks for them. They'll be up there. All right, Matt. My number one has been my number one. 04:24:41.000 --> 04:25:10.800 Essentially, since it came out, I heard it, loved it, listened again. I was like, well, this is basically my number one. And one of the things I like about being on this podcast with you guys is we can talk about a band and we can all like different albums. You know, like, I think this is their best. I think this is their best. And I love that. And I think that's good. Until now. Now, fuck y'all. By this band, like, I'm basically going to quit the podcast. Okay. My number one, Immolation. 04:25:11.020 --> 04:25:40.140 acts of God. How is that a bad thing? Brutal death metal. The reality is, I've always liked this band. And the thing that I think I've, the thing I realized about this band first was that they are completely DIY. Like they are real people. They'll sit down and chat with you. Like they're all about just doing their thing. And they're from New York. So they have that New York, you know, kind of that New York vibe to them, that East coast vibe, which I truly love. And they've always just delivered really solid stuff. 04:25:41.000 --> 04:26:10.000 This is an album that I probably spent the most time like front to back just listening to. And, you know, it's kind of caused me to step back. You know, having the chance to see them at Decibel, seeing them at MDF really kind of solidified those things. And I mean, I probably saw them once or twice prior like them, but just never really gave them the true focus that they deserve. So this is my number one and well-deserved. Definitely. Can't disagree with that. 04:26:10.060 --> 04:26:39.700 And we'll have it at number two as well, by the way. So that's two number twos and a number one. That's pretty big points. Definitely. All right. John. It's no secret what my number one's going to be. Every album released from this band since I've been on the podcast going back to 2015 has charted in my top five. And that's going to probably happen at the year end for this one as well. Colta Luna, The Long Word North. 04:26:40.060 --> 04:27:09.840 To me, they are the best post-metal band out there. And they have been for a very long time. I know that Isis the band fans will argue that, but Isis the band does not exist anymore. And the ocean has become more of a prog metal band and no longer much of an atmospheric sledge band. I mean, Neurosis is obviously the godfathers of the genre, but Kulta Luna, I think, 04:27:09.880 --> 04:27:39.680 is the best thing going right now for that. And they have never disappointed me going all the way back to their third album, Salvation. I love everything from this band. So number one. Nice. Not unexpected. I'm sorry. I know. Don't be. They'll probably battling with Immolation for the top spot. Yeah, sounds like that. Yeah. Well, and Amorphous. Yeah. Yeah, those three. My number one is. 04:27:39.860 --> 04:28:09.160 a little weird kind of on left field. But, um, and I think people could be really dismissive of this record and this performer. I'm going to dismiss it just to make you feel better. Um, but there's just, there's a lot of fucking great hooks on this record. And I had mentioned that the immolation was the one I kept going back to. And second or first was this one. I listened to these two records. So brace yourselves. This is a weird fucking choice. I really think you might think so, but a bath dread reaver, this fucking record. 04:28:09.860 --> 04:28:39.760 It's so good. It's, it does not outstay its welcome. It's got wicked hooks on it. And I, I'm, I love a bass voice. I think the fucking cover of trapped under rice. Perfect for him. Fucking love this record. It's, it's going to stay high all year long for sure. But I'm just, I think it's the best thing he's done since all shuffle. To be perfectly honest. I forgot that game. Surprise. But I, you know, I just think that's, it's easy. Cause he's kind of a comic book. 04:28:39.860 --> 04:28:43.980 and it's easy to dismiss him or not pay attention or be like i'll get to that later 04:28:44.400 --> 04:28:48.440 yeah and for some reason i listened to it like right when it came out i was like fuck 04:28:48.640 --> 04:28:52.920 you know like it really caught me off guard and then i kept going back to it and there's just so 04:28:52.920 --> 04:28:57.380 many good hooks on it that i don't get sick of that is what it's what's fun about listening to music 04:28:57.780 --> 04:29:03.300 that's fair man that's fucking blackmail you know i mean it's fucking great right off also while i'm 04:29:03.580 --> 04:29:08.900 just this will take two seconds i apologize but he's also seems to be the king of forcing record 04:29:08.920 --> 04:29:38.880 Labels to do good merchandising for him. Look at the ridiculous poster that came with this thing. I got the vinyl. First of all, it's like card stock. It's like huge. It's like the biggest poster that I ever got. It's like vinyl. You can't tear it. I'm like, man, people really invest in this fucking guy. So anyway, that's it. Nice. You heard it here first. Or last. Yeah, that's definitely 04:29:40.520 --> 04:30:08.840 Volleyball there. I'm going to have to spin that one again. I'm proud to have it be my volleyball, but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised if you put it on a couple times. I just saw a funny picture of him, Jay, which I've never seen. Usually you see him, he's got his hands out and he's doing his weird pose. I saw him in a suit with his makeup on eating a hot dog in public. It was probably the New York thing. I just burst out laughing. He has a sense of humor. 04:30:08.920 --> 04:30:38.880 about himself and when like the last time i saw him he was selling t-shirts that said abeth road that he went and crossed abbey road with his band and the only other thing i'll mention is me and matt are going to see him at cycle los vegas with his motorhead cover group which sounds startlingly accurate and he's he's the lemmy character wow nice so this is it yeah number one number one with a fucking 04:30:38.920 --> 04:30:39.620 Volleyball. 04:30:42.780 --> 04:30:43.840 Nobody mentioned this one. 04:30:44.780 --> 04:30:46.440 And I'm not surprised that they did. 04:30:46.600 --> 04:30:52.300 I thought maybe one person might mention it like lower down. 04:30:53.680 --> 04:30:59.340 But this has just absolutely entranced me since it came out. 04:31:00.060 --> 04:31:03.460 And it's like nothing you've heard. 04:31:04.080 --> 04:31:06.720 And certain people that aren't here anymore. 04:31:07.800 --> 04:31:10.780 This episode might argue against this one, but 04:31:14.300 --> 04:31:15.140 this is 04:31:16.160 --> 04:31:16.740 from Switzerland 04:31:18.361 --> 04:31:19.400 on MVKA 04:31:20.620 --> 04:31:21.020 Records. 04:31:22.380 --> 04:31:23.240 Zeal and Ardor. 04:31:24.040 --> 04:31:24.940 Zeal and Ardor. 04:31:25.520 --> 04:31:25.620 Wow. 04:31:27.220 --> 04:31:29.060 It's funny that I didn't pay attention to you 04:31:29.090 --> 04:31:31.360 not having noticed that yet, but it was your album of the month. 04:31:31.540 --> 04:31:32.760 Whatever month that was. 04:31:34.180 --> 04:31:35.160 February, I think. 04:31:35.340 --> 04:31:36.360 Completely forgot about it. 04:31:37.460 --> 04:31:38.120 As people do. 04:31:39.659 --> 04:31:44.460 But this album, I mean, Will was like, this isn't even a metal. 04:31:44.840 --> 04:31:45.820 And that's not true. 04:31:46.639 --> 04:31:49.880 That's something that somebody would say that hasn't listened to the album. 04:31:54.799 --> 04:31:56.720 It's different, for sure. 04:31:57.440 --> 04:32:02.440 You know, I mean, it's got a lot of blues and, like, gospel stuff mixed in with the heavier bits. 04:32:02.960 --> 04:32:04.880 But this is like nothing I've ever heard before. 04:32:11.279 --> 04:32:34.980 And that's enough. To be perfectly honest, I can't see anything dislodging this for year-end. So it would have to be really freaking good. So, spoiler. Some of our volleyballs, George, are out at the top like this because it's so painful to look at the conglomerate list and be like, Dread Reaver's down at the bottom. You know what I mean? Yeah. 04:32:35.520 --> 04:33:04.740 Yeah. Yeah. It's like this, this guy has to be in there somewhere. It was a number one, but yeah. Whether it makes the list, I don't know. Yeah. It's be right next to the bath. Exactly. Exactly. Totally. Except it has to be one higher. Cause it's me. Kidding. Kidding. My prediction is that the second half of the year is going to be stronger than you guys are suspecting. I fully expect. 04:33:05.520 --> 04:33:35.359 for my gems to stick around and then to have like a really solid list at the end of the year. I have no idea. I mean, I really only know a couple things that are coming out. I haven't been paying that much attention. The stuff that's been announced doesn't seem like it's going to unseat a lot of on my list. But then again, we don't know what's going to be announced. Not much has been announced. That's the thing, too. It's a little odd. Last year, we knew a lot. This year is pretty quiet. I mean, Malik's already a list buster for me. But other than that, I don't know. 04:33:55.000 --> 04:33:56.400 Сократно. 04:34:05.520 --> 04:34:35.020 I don't think it'll do anything. I'm looking forward to the Conan album too. That's coming out. Oh, see, I didn't know about that either. I didn't know about that or Blind Go Dan. Hey, you guys are Behemoth fans. There's an album coming out. That was one I forgot about. I didn't know about that either. See, I don't know anything. Jay's number two is coming out. What is that? Your number two album's coming out. Venom Inc. Yeah. You know what? Conjurer's coming out pretty soon. Oh, yes. 04:34:36.400 --> 04:35:04.279 That's like the 1st of July. So that'll be a big one. And I mentioned Critical Defiance. I do love me some thrash. There just hasn't been a lot of good ones. And that was also last time. I'll put up the promo. Jesus. Just because you said 1st of July, that's also when Stranger Things comes out. And then also... I haven't even watched part one. If anybody hasn't watched Under the Banner of Heaven, I highly recommend it. Yes. Yes and yes. Was that the Andrew Garfield? Yes. 04:35:05.520 --> 04:35:35.080 Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Back to a J like stranger things is fucking intense. Jay. I remember we had this discussion in the airport and holy fuck. I can't wait for this. I've watched five episodes. So I will probably watch episode six tonight, which is like the break. You're hiccuping like Matt. Hey, Jay. Yeah. Something for you and me coming out in August. Double disc and DVD. 04:35:35.539 --> 04:35:37.199 Blu-ray, Fandom Plus Live. 04:35:38.779 --> 04:35:39.480 Stock and A. 04:35:39.920 --> 04:35:40.221 Yeah, man. 04:35:40.840 --> 04:35:41.680 That's awesome, dude. 04:35:42.840 --> 04:35:44.199 And they've never had a live record yet. 04:35:44.439 --> 04:35:44.939 Yeah, they have. 04:35:45.141 --> 04:35:45.920 They've got two. 04:35:47.961 --> 04:35:49.039 So this will be three. 04:35:51.398 --> 04:35:53.020 Are we going to do honorables? 04:35:54.020 --> 04:35:54.400 We can. 04:35:54.961 --> 04:35:58.141 I mean, if we want to hit five hours, we're going to have to. 04:35:59.061 --> 04:36:03.500 Well, for it is worth, I don't want to cancel out anybody's honorables, but my wife's just 04:36:07.859 --> 04:36:11.420 I don't give a fuck. Well, I don't have any. 04:36:11.920 --> 04:36:13.359 Well, then, all right. Jay's done. 04:36:15.719 --> 04:36:26.381 And I don't mean any disrespect by not listening to yours, but I love you guys. And you gave me a lot to think about, and Falls of Rouros is clearly something I need to spend some time with. Indeed. 04:36:26.939 --> 04:36:56.359 Amongst a few others that were strongly stated, but I admit I haven't listened to that. And the wake is going on to my iPod as soon as they get off. Yeah. I need to listen to that too. Yeah. I love you fellas. Bye Jay. Peace. And then there were four. Yes, we've done it. Well, do people want to do honorables? Like I said, I did a top 40 so I can run through mine, but I've got probably that many. 04:36:56.900 --> 04:37:26.820 Go for it. Just run through them. Yeah. My number 26 was a little Hava Reborn. Avant-Garde music. It's kind of like it's black metal, but it's ambient. Like they do a black metal track and then an ambient track, black metal ambient. It's like really long, but it's pretty immersive. Love that. Nachachwin, I think you mentioned that one, George. I did. Give me that volleyball. Yeah. That's number 27 on my list. Number 28 was Immolation. 04:37:26.900 --> 04:37:53.881 which I'm surprised because Immolation, the last one, was number one on my list. But I was into more different things this year. So 29 for me was It's Me, Leaving This World, Leaving It All Behind. It's kind of this epic black metal album. I really like that. Number 30 was Eight Bells, Legacy of Ruin. Number 31, shout out to Trevor Abhoria, self-titled. 04:37:56.900 --> 04:38:25.199 is Deathwhite, Grey Everlasting. Number 33, Seven Kingdoms, Zenith, the only power metal record on my list. I really dig that. Number 34 was Mismore and Thou, Myopia. Number 35, John mentioned this. It was cool to see it on his list. Haunter, Discarnate Ales, a record I recommended to Will that he ignored. 04:38:30.600 --> 04:38:56.820 He would love that record. He would love it. I'll mention it, Marcus. Yeah, do that. Number 37 for me was Tameram, Ash and Realms of Stone Icons, which is like, it's like black metal. I think I tagged it like black metal for everybody or something. It's like, it's melodic black metal. It's really good. Come to Grief, I think it's on Matt's list maybe. 04:38:58.000 --> 04:39:26.779 When the World Dies, some translation lost. Wilderun, Epigon, Epigon, who knows? But I was surprised. I thought this was going to make my list, but it fell off. I just didn't listen to it as much. And then number 40 for me was Nexorum, Equinox Vigil, which is great. Yeah. Nice. So there you go. Matt, you got any? I do. Gosh, if I had a number 26, 04:39:26.900 --> 04:39:56.640 I really love the new terror album. I think it's called pain into power for some reason. I'm just, I was into a hardcore power violence mode mood. Um, and I still am to be honest. Uh, also the new Kardashev, um, a band called. Ava Terno, the ailing facade is the album. It's more, um, French post metal. I'm still, I'm trying to work on the new ASOC Trillium. I like it. Um, but I just have not had enough time with it. I was surprised not to hear that one. I know. 04:39:58.780 --> 04:40:00.340 Some Indian glam metal, 04:40:00.660 --> 04:40:01.600 Geerish and the Chronicles. 04:40:02.100 --> 04:40:02.240 Oh, 04:40:02.760 --> 04:40:03.780 I love those dudes. 04:40:04.380 --> 04:40:04.600 Yeah. 04:40:05.760 --> 04:40:07.440 One we've talked about already this year, 04:40:07.620 --> 04:40:09.680 the Kailish calling dreams of fragmentation. 04:40:10.860 --> 04:40:11.520 Love that album. 04:40:11.720 --> 04:40:12.020 Oh yeah. 04:40:12.040 --> 04:40:13.220 It's just hauntingly gorgeous. 04:40:14.660 --> 04:40:14.840 I dig. 04:40:15.900 --> 04:40:16.300 Yeah, 04:40:16.620 --> 04:40:16.880 I know. 04:40:17.020 --> 04:40:18.560 I was looking forward to that. 04:40:18.760 --> 04:40:19.780 He had a family emergency, 04:40:20.040 --> 04:40:21.420 so maybe we can reschedule it. 04:40:21.980 --> 04:40:22.120 Yeah. 04:40:22.440 --> 04:40:23.000 And I know he, 04:40:23.340 --> 04:40:25.920 I feel like he just played at Atlas with his other band. 04:40:26.540 --> 04:40:56.400 Yes. Yes. Yes. Something of Ouroboros or something. Oh, yes. Don of Ouroboros. Yeah. I like the new Crowbar album. Oh, yeah. So I've been, I watched the, I watched Down's live set from Hellfest. And I just, I just love that slow southern sludge. And Crowbar is part of that. Love it. Another band from France, Emuish Black Metal. Their name is B.A. Apostrophe A. The second A has a mark above it. 04:40:56.560 --> 04:41:26.360 No idea how to pronounce it. Sumerian Tombs. I don't know what the name of it was, but I know it was in the box. Dug it. As Markisan mentioned, Eight Bells, Legacy of Rune. Also, Glosson with their album The Rift. Oh, yeah. A band called Discordia, who was actually just on tour with Sunless, Tech Death, Nech, Nech, Chachwin. Nech Chachwin. Yep. Dig that one. Iron Master. 04:41:26.540 --> 04:41:56.000 Thine Ancient Fire, Straight Up Death Metal, Mountaineer Giving Up the Ghost, and Fire Breather Dwell in the Fog. Nice. Mountaineer, yes. What? Out the Sun. That's right. I got five, not many. Animals as Leaders, Paragessia, Paragessia. Yeah, I like them, but this one has stuck with me from their previous albums. Nobody's ever heard of this except for me, and I don't even know who they are. 04:41:56.540 --> 04:42:25.720 This band is called Craft Epic Discordant Vision. They're a French instrumental kind of metal fusion band. I think they have sax in there, Matt. But it's instrumental metal. So Persephone Metanoia, Soliloquium Soul Searching, and Sylvain Nova. Nice. Oh, yeah. Sylvain album's good. Yeah. That was probably my 26. I'd almost got it. 04:42:29.260 --> 04:42:56.480 These are in no particular order, alphabetical or otherwise. Because once, you know, if you weren't in the 25, you were just what you were. Predatory Light. I also didn't write down album names, so they're just bad names. Predatory Light, Wilderun. Ashes of Aries had a good album. Celeste mentioned several times. 04:42:56.660 --> 04:43:25.400 Abysses. Yes. Another band that did not make any lists, I don't think, but I think Greek death metal, sort of obituary-ish if I remember. Shadow of Intent. Belphegor. You know, I really thought those guys were going to make it, but nah. Nah. It wasn't as good as I expected. Defiatory. Mentioned by Will Pharmacist. 04:43:26.560 --> 04:43:56.520 Mentioned by No One, Septic Flesh. Also Mentioned by No One, Disfuneral. Mentioned by Several, Falls of Roros. Mentioned by Several, Kardashev. Mentioned by No One, Death Spell Omega. I'm going to stop with the Mentioned by No Ones because they're pretty much mostly all of them except the last one. IATT, formerly known as I Am the Trireme, now is 04:43:56.560 --> 04:44:25.960 Simply known as IATT for some reason. Cancer Bats. Not exactly metal, but I really dug that one. That was on the list for quite a while. Jungle Rot. Their new album's really cool. And then mentioned by John, on my list briefly, Final Light. So, that's me. Nice. I gotta go back and listen to that Ashes Aries. Yeah. So, there we are. 04:44:26.560 --> 04:44:56.480 We did it. We've done it. Woo-hoo. And it's not even close to midnight. How did that happen? I mean, it's still five hours. It's five hours, but you know, when they're usually like seven or eight hours, that's pretty damn good. So all the people that were talking on Facebook about, oh, let me block off eight hours. Yeah. You're good. You got, you know, you better listen in one, one city. That's right. Don't you bother? 04:45:19.558 --> 04:45:25.180 I still feel like I'll be kind of hurting tomorrow. 04:45:26.202 --> 04:45:54.420 I'm going to check out Bandcamp in about two hours. You guys are going to be loading that shit up. I'm so curious to see what the list is going to be like because there's so many albums that we said. I mean, obviously there were some clear frontrunners. Yeah, there's about five or six that are standing out right now. Yeah. I feel like I've had a lot because I'm going to piss my pants. Oh, I have to go pee really bad. Love you guys. This has been real. All right, let's call this thing. 04:45:55.260 --> 04:46:07.380 We'll see you next month with who knows, but we'll be back. That's the band. Who knows? Exactly. We'll be back. We'll be back. All right. See y'all. Bye. 04:46:25.240 --> 04:46:35.960 The eyes that hurt a 04:46:55.260 --> 04:47:10.960 Hey, I got three things better than Metal Heads Podcast. Number one, crush your enemies. Two, see them driven before you. Three, grabbing a little ship-y-ship-ship on the Duke.