2022: This is one of those albums where the album art and music within perfectly align. I saw this cover and was all, fuck yeah, I’m in on this one. 70s styled straight on hard rock
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2021: That big mystical sound Mastodon is known for. I enjoy the prog elements of their records, which Hushed has in spades. So there is more switch up. It’s not all thrash, there is time-signature trickery, atmospheric sound…you know, proggy.
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2021: I’m really routing for this guy. It must be hard to be in the shadow of one of the greatest all time rock guitar gods. Wolfy has his own sound here. Mammoth is a solid main stream metal album. Epiphany really stood out for me.
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3.17.20 My friend Roger has introduced me to a number of amazing recordings over the years. A number of them are on this list. The newest introduction is this album, Splid by Kvelertak.
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11.11.19 Another kick-ass Vancouver band. I had their strong self titled debut from 2005 and I have not really kept up since. That was until I saw this album cover with the monolithic 80s style tower speaker on the crashing ocean and I said to me, I am in on this one.
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11.2.19 I recently saw frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt on an episode of, my favorite store in the universe, Amoeba’s What’s In My Bag. I found him damn likable. And his musical interests pallet is quite diverse. Though I am not the biggest death metal fan (No Napalm Death on my list)
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1.9.18 With a title paying obvious homage to their masters (..of reality) this Dorset UK doom-metal group continues their mission through the dungeons of despair. Though Bloody Wiz doesn’t quite measure up to their 2000 triumph Dopethrone.
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Angry Metal Guy Says: To fully appreciate where we’re going, we must understand a few things about Hobosexual. Firstly, they’re not metal, and that isn’t going to kill you. I might though, if you opt to miss out on this slab of goodness based
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5.2.17 Hailing from within the Bible belt, Dallas, Power Trip definitely has much to dissent from. The heavy metal lure was sunk into my young teenage cheek in the early 80s. In recent decades I have not been as drawn to the sounds of metal thrash
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