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Black Breath – Sentenced To Life Southern Lord – 2012 There’s certain music that just makes you pull ‘the face.’ The face is achieved when maximum riff peaks and your facial muscles are contorted to look like you just drank sour milk but somewhat enjoyed it. This album is a face fest. Swedish death metal […]
The St Pierre Snake Invasion – A Hundred Years A Day Self-released – 2015 How good is it when you go around believing something with so much conviction that you correct people with your infallible knowledge, only to find out that information was actually very fallible? I worked as a bartender for years smugly telling […]
Graf Orlock – Destination Time Tomorrow Vitriol Records – 2011 It’s nothing new to include film samples in grind, but for my tastes, no one does it as well as Graf Orlock. Once they even went as far to make their own film/album based on a Canadian assassin being sent back in time to kill […]
TWIN PIGS – Scandinavian Nightmare Luftslott Records – 2018 By working at Vaterland I’m extremely fortunate to work with a wealth of incredible bands. Usually I’ll do my research before mixing a band, but sometimes life gets in the way and I have to trust my judgement that I can translate their sound to the […]
YLVA – META Pelagic Records – 2017 Not to be confused with the smorgasbord of Northern European artists under the same name, YLVA come from the cultural hub of Australia, Melbourne. This album oozes so much vibe I was shocked the first time I heard it. Even more shocked to realise while researching this that […]
Stomach Earth – Stomach Earth Self-released – 2013 Anyone that knows me knows that I have an incredibly big soft spot for The Red Chord and particularly guitarist Mike ‘Gunface’ McKenzie. His unconventional playing helped shape what I considered the boundaries of metal and hardcore, all while keeping a sense of humour about it. […]
Author & Punisher – Beastland Relapse Records – 2018 What do you do when you move to a new town and can’t find musicians to start a band with? Most people would give up or compromise by joining some shitty covers band. But some people like Tristan Shone (Author & Punisher) fall back on their […]
Thou – Rhea Sylvia Deathwish Inc. – 2018 These guys and gals are so prolific it’s difficult to keep up with sometimes. They had five releases last year alone. Rhea Sylvia was one of those and it stirred up my love for Thou once again. It’s a beautiful, trundling goliath with touches of incredible accessibility, […]
Kowloon Walled City – Grievances Neurot Recordings – 2015 I mentioned these guys last week and figured it was time to feature this beautiful release. There’s so much space here, every moment has a chance to inhale then hit you with the force of the next exhale. The guitars and bass aren’t particularly distorted, just […]
TOWN PORTAL – OF VIOLENCE Small Pond Recordings – 2019 One of my favourite finds this year. It was strange to see friends in the scenes in the UK and Australia pushing this, but the release being completely under the radar here in Norway. But like I’ve mentioned before, instrumental music seems to be a […]