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Boombats wrote:A\_Man\_Who\_Tries wrote:askii wrote:Diamatregon - Crossroad (2009)Idiosyncratic French black metal. Lineup on this, their final full-length, is the same as "occult rock" instrumentalists Aluk Todolo, who do a sort of blackened krautrock. Diamatregon are unmistakably black metal, but they find some surprisingly natural crossover between those genres. Vocals are as perfectly demented as the music, which against all odds is catchy as fuck. 'Calvaire' starts out almost Crank! c. 1997, shapeshifts seamlessly to Les Legiones Noire c. 1997, then just as easily shifts back. Aluk Todolo is cool, but I wish this band would've kept going.Thanks for mentioning this. Big Aluk Todolo fan so very interested.This is good shit!Right?!BTW, a few pages back you mentioned Girth. Hadn't thought of them in ages, but I saw them a couple times as a duo and yeah, holy shit. I had no idea they were a known quantity outside Seattle. You might also enjoy The Abodox, who often shared stages with Girth (bonus points for NKOTB backronym as album title), and Pound (formerly Lb!), a current duo in a similar vein. This ultra-spazzy calculus stuff doesn't do as much for me as it used to, but all these bands are ridiculously good at it.

A\_Man\_Who\_Tries wrote:askii wrote:Diamatregon - Crossroad (2009)Idiosyncratic French black metal. Lineup on this, their final full-length, is the same as "occult rock" instrumentalists Aluk Todolo, who do a sort of blackened krautrock. Diamatregon are unmistakably black metal, but they find some surprisingly natural crossover between those genres. Vocals are as perfectly demented as the music, which against all odds is catchy as fuck. 'Calvaire' starts out almost Crank! c. 1997, shapeshifts seamlessly to Les Legiones Noire c. 1997, then just as easily shifts back. Aluk Todolo is cool, but I wish this band would've kept going.Thanks for mentioning this. Big Aluk Todolo fan so very interested.This is good shit!

SecondEdition wrote:I could do with some more sludge metal recommendations. Something as ugly and nihilistic as it gets.my new Fistula lp is punching all them buttons for me

Some (fairly) recent death metal:Genocide Pact, on Relapse http://genocidepact.bandcamp.comCrypt Rot, on Southern Lord (and from my small shitty hometown) http://cryptrotsl.bandcamp.com

Venenum - 2017 - Trance of Deathhttps://youtu.be/LPU\_xMwcFg4Hate Eternal - Upon Desolate Sandshttps://youtu.be/\_NLk\_1Fz-5s

Looking forward to diving into a few of these. A few 2018 things:Knelt Rote - AlterityMore accessible than Trespass. Can't decide if I like it more or not. Exceptionally good noisy black/death/etc metal. Better than Portal's Ion.Sumac - Love in ShadowMore experimental/improv than their last two releases. I can't think of anyone else doing what they do. First 6 minutes of The Task are incredibly rocking. I'm quite the fan.Kriegsmaschine - ApocalypticistsKinda catchy eastern Euro black metal. They share members with Mgla, IIRC. The drumming is a little ridiculous at times (although don't tell that to the Youtube commenters) but when they lay it down with the mid-tempo stomp, it's like uuuuuugggh yes.Aparthiva Raktadhara - Agyat IshvarRidiculously noisy/nasty black metal from India. Blaring distorted hate that's all direct guitars, one-mic drums and all the treble your cold heart could desire. Just in time for Valentine's Day.If you like AR - you'll likely also like Tetragrammacide. Clearer recording, more compressed mastering job (both negatives, but hey) and plenty of 32nd note bass drum hits. This record sounds like it's falling apart at times, in a very good way.= Justin

This thread delivers.Justin Foley wrote:Sumac - Love in ShadowMore experimental/improv than their last two releases. I can't think of anyone else doing what they do. First 6 minutes of "The Task" are incredibly rocking. I'm quite the fan.So great. Aaron Turner fanboy here, and I think this band is as good as anything he's done. His best guitar sound, for sure. First album seemed just slightly less than the sum of its parts; they didn't rehearse or record together. Second album reversed that, and this one stretches out more (there's even that one part that recalls 'Didn't We Deserve a Look...'). They opened for Converge last year and it was mesmerizing.Kriegsmaschine - ApocalypticistsKinda catchy eastern Euro black metal. They share members with Mgla, IIRC. The drumming is a little ridiculous at times (although don't tell that to the Youtube commenters) but when they lay it down with the mid-tempo stomp, it's like uuuuuugggh yes.I don't typically like such "modern-sounding" black metal (cue Fenriz) but this is really good. Dude is definitely a bit Danny Carey, but it totally works in the doomy Celtic Frost parts. Now I want to hear more Mgla. I only have the Crushing the Holy Trinity tracks, which are great but have a different drummer and sound way rawer than this.Aparthiva Raktadhara - Agyat IshvarRidiculously noisy/nasty black metal from India. Blaring distorted hate that's all direct guitars, one-mic drums and all the treble your cold heart could desire. Just in time for Valentine's Day.Holy shit! This is like a Hindu Barghest.If you like AR - you'll likely also like Tetragrammacide. Clearer recording, more compressed mastering job (both negatives, but hey) and plenty of 32nd note bass drum hits. This record sounds like it's falling apart at times, in a very good way.These are also some of the most mindblowingly esoteric Lawrence Livermore extreme metal song titles ever. Radicalized Matrikavyeda Operation: Militarized Cosmogrids Destabilization (Heralding Absolute Contraction)! Intra-Dimensional Vessel of Were-Robotics, N-Logics and Assorted Lattice Intelligences! Meontological Marga of Misanthropic Computation & Extensive Backwards Physics (which are the best kind of physics, obvs)!

Justin Foley wrote:askii wrote:Now I want to hear more Mgla.Run, don't walk, to "With Hearts Towards None".Damn, no kidding. This scratches a somewhat similar itch to that last Cobalt album, but way filthier. Thanks / hailz!Another gem that s been in heavy rotation lately:Joyless “ Unlimited Hate (1996) Norwegian teenagers who were also in Forgotten Woods (several tracks here are re-recorded, and improved, FW material). This album captures their transition from classic Norwegian black metal to a more œdarkwave style, but despite the sometimes gawky mix of influences, it has a surprisingly coherent aesthetic. There s a definite rock / postpunk vibe, with weedy guitars and driving melodic basslines. Joyless Division, huh-huh. Earworms abound, especially on standout track ˜Dimension of the Blackest Dark . In my mind (and no one else s, I m sure) this album is the Rites of Spring All Through a Life of the Norwegian second wave.

askii wrote:Now I want to hear more Mgla.Run, don't walk, to With Hearts Towards None.= Justin