Weekly Digest 3-9 May
Danish invasion of Weekly Digest: heartwarming punks Iceage, thrash metal legends Artillery and new space conquerors Terminalist. Also, London krautrock / art-punk Squid, Italian necrodoom Gargoyle, music extremists Feed Them Death and MouthBreather, radically political experimental blackgaze Violet Cold and more!
Artillery – X
To whom else to go for old-school thrash if not to the grey haired dudes who have been thrashing since the 80s and will thrash till death? Of course, this will not surpass their "Fear of Tomorrow" (1985), but it is still a decent thrash metal for fans of the genre.
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Feed Them Death – Negative
Londoners Feed Them Death and their avant-garde death / grind are returning to Weekly Digest again, because, firstly, their music slaps, and secondly, they know how to sell themselves. When the band calls itself a "negative post-grind for anti-positivist thinkers" and says that it was inspired by works of the German philosopher Theodor Adorno, I feel a desire to check it out myself what this is about. And there are lots of crushing tunes in there.
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Gargoyle – Hail To The Necrodoom
Italians Gargoyle make doom interesting again! The guitar work here is up to standard, the riffs are memorable, and the solos, vocal melodies, and non-orthodox mix of heavy metal, black, death metal and doom sets this album apart from the pile of doom releases that come up every week.
Hail To The Necrodoom!
Grey Aura – Zwart Vier
Hailing from Utrecht, Netherlands, Grey Aura creates a liquid form of atmospheric black metal which shifts between, like quicksilver, flowing over the boundaries of genres, slipping between cracks in the restrictive walls that surround them. The Dutch band's second album is based on Ruben Wheelaker's novel about abstract art and radical modernism. The album cover is bright and seems to counteract the preconceived notions of black metal, and the music contains elements of flamenco, jazz, spoken word and many other surprises.
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Iceage – Seek Shelter
Iceage is one of those bands that have gained cult status – they are loved, listened to, and respected, but they are rarely mentioned in conversations. The band went from punk with noise rock motifs to warm, emotional, and positively charged songs with elements of americana. "Seek Shelter" is definitely an album worth paying attention to. It is also proved by the fact that this year Iceage will be the headliners of perhaps the most important DIY punk festival in Europe, Fluff Fest, along with Integrity and Молчат Дома.
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MouthBreather – I’m Sorry Mr.Salesman
Hardcore + Mathcore + Grind from Boston, Massachusetts. HULK SMASH! Highly recommended to all mosh-warriors and mathcore enjoyers!
Squid – Bright Green Field
Art-punk and krautrock, psychedelic colorful music. As the band explained when announcing "Bright Green Field", the record exists in an "imaginary cityscape" with the songs illustrating "the places, events and architecture that exist in it". Given the quality of the songwriting on this debut album, I think we'll hear more than once about this London quintet.
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Terminalist – The Great Acceleration
I like the trend of reviving space thrash. Not so long ago I enjoyed the album from Cryptosis, and here is the new release from the Danish-American band Terminalist which rapidly breaks into my playlist. The album is interestingly constructed, the central track is the third one – a ten-minute epic "Invention of the Shipwreck", and the two tracks that go before and after it beautifully wrap everything in a coherent piece. And again it is worth highlighting the cover, I do love a beautifully painted space pictures as album covers.
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Useless ID - Most Useless Songs
What could be better for getting into the band for new listeners or selecting a playlist for old fans than a collection of the best songs? Israeli punk band Useless ID has been on stage for 27 years, long ago on Fat Wreck Chords, and now it is in our Weekly Digest. Get into or relisten your favorite tunes, the band is worthy.
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Violet Cold – Empire Of Love
The experimental blackgaze project from Baku fascinated Neformat´s editorial office last year and even got into albums top of our editor-in-chief Yaryna Denysiuk. The new album "Empire of Love" is no less interesting, unusual and is also very politicized. Violet Cold expressed anarchist and pro-LGBT position and opposed police brutality and totalitarianism. The album cover is as bold as the musical experiments in this release. Quite an experience listening to this one!
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