#Stoner metal fusion

[moosenaround2448]

Stoner fusion metal from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Braford - Poco Sueño, Mucha Data

[enbyjae]

Because everyone else is doing it, why not :)

Apparently let my stoner rock/ math rock side shine this year!

...also shanties. Because shanties are boss.

[charlott2n]

do you have any good shoegaze recs that arent, like, starters? i really like it but need to explore the genre a bit more

please listen to daydream twins self titled. for me. its a little lighter and more dreampoppy but it has a beautiful atmosphere that i think you might like a lot. i like it a lot. moonlight serenade is easily one of my alltime favorite songs. but if you want something even more rumbly and noisy theres lucid express self titled or pop by carousels or a fusion of two hemispheres by sphere, which, also a must listen. i think. and nightlife by yuragi. also my electric fantasy by looprider which is an interesting fusion of sboegaze and stoner metal. its very good. ok thats probably enough for now :) enjoy

[haveyouheardmetal]

Here's some!!

Infant Annihilator (Technical Deathcore)

Methwitch (Deathcore)

Mac Sabbath (Black Sabbath tribute band, refers to themselves as "Drive Thru Metal")

Zeal & Ardor (Black Metal and Soul fusion)

Gore Pig (Nu Death)

Carl Weezer (Slamming Brutal Death Metal)

Party Cannon (Slam Metal)

Body Count (Heavy Metal)

Slaughter to Prevail (Deathcore, somebody might have already sent this one in idk)

Nekrogoblikon (Melodeath and Folk Metal)

Thrown (Metalcore, "Pissedcore")

Geoffplaysguitar (Argent Metal)

In Gloom (Deathcore)

Kreator (Thrash Metal)

Last Days Of Humanity (Goregrind)

Grave Digger (Heavy Metal)

Demons & Wizards (Power Metal)

DragonCorpse (Power + Death Metal fusion)

1000 Homo DJs (Industrial Metal)

Electric Wizard (Stoner Metal)

Dr. Colossus (Doom Metal)

Conan (Doom Metal)

Utsu-P (Vocaloid Metal)

Sorry if some of these had already been sent in!

Pissedcore? And Electric Wizard already has a poll.

[defjux]

Hi Chris! I followed you a few years back because you posted a lot of Jazz and Hip Hop but I know you're into other genres as well. I've been trying to branch out a bit and you seem like a good person to ask for recommendations, so I was wondering if maybe you could post some of your favorite band/artists currently or anything you'd recommend? Any genre is fine! Love your blog btw, glad to see you're still on here :) Cheers!

thanks for the kind words anon, always nice to feel like the time i've spent on here wasn't a complete waste. sorry it took a few days to respond to this, but i wanted to give a more in depth answer. i can throw out some recommendations for sure, i basically just went through my last.fm from the last year and added all the non hip hop / jazz stuff to a list. you didn't mention if you were into metal or hardcore at all and there's quite a bit of that on here, but if you're not interested in that let me know and i can suggest some other stuff. i'm not a genre expert or anything but i did my best to give a brief description, so maybe if you end up liking one of these artists it'd be easier to find something similar. also a good chance you might be familiar with some of the ones that are more hip hop adjacent. you can also click the name of the artist and it'll take you to an album i recommend on bandcamp or spotify. i'd also be down to do another one of these later if you want, you can even hit me up off anon if you want. i appreciate you and i hope you're doing well! peace.

tried to make this as neat as i could so i put it in alphabetical order and made it a read more. 1. 10th Letter (Electronic/Jazz/Hip hop - Underappreciated producer, if you’re a fan of Flying Lotus you’d probably like this) 2. Alvvays (Indie Pop / Dream Pop) 3. At the Drive-In (Post-Hardcore, Relationship of Command is my favorite album in the genre) 4. Autonoesis (Thrash Metal / Black Metal) 5. Birds in Row (Post-Hardcore / Screamo) 6. Blood Command (Poppy Post-Hardcore/Alt Rock. Not a huge fan of their new vocalist, but the previous album and EP with Karina are both fantastic) 7. Boris (Drone, Stoner Rock, Noise Rock, Sludge, Post-Rock, Crust Punk – depends heavily on the album. ) 8. Bruno Pernadas (Progressive Jazz Fusion Art Pop) 9. Brutus (Post-Hardcore / Post-Metal, Stefanie is one of my favorite vocalists right now) 10. The Callous Daoboys (Mathcore) 11. Chelsea Wolfe (Darkwave / Gothic Rock / Doom Metal / Dark Folk) 12. Cibo Matto - (Art Pop / Trip Hop) 13. Cleric (Avant-Garde Metal / Mathcore / Brutal Prog) 14. Cloud Rat (Grindcore / Punk) 15. Converge (Metallic Hardcore, another all time favorite band.) 16. Cult of Luna (Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post-Metal) 17. The Dillinger Escape Plan (Mathcore, top 5 band of all time for me) 18. Dragged Into Sunlight (Blackened Death / Doom Metal) 19. Dreamwell (Screamo/Post-Hardcore) 20. Every Time I Die (Southern-fried Metalcore / Mathcore, an all time favorite of mine) 21. Fievel is Glauque (Jazz Pop / Progressive Pop) 22. Genesis Owusu (Hip Hop/Neo-Soul/Funk/Post-Punk - all over the place in a good way) 23. Gospel (Blend of 70s Prog Rock with Screamo/Post-hardcore, with their 2022 album being a lot more of the former but still very good.) 24. Greyhaven (Metalcore / Post Hardcore - one of the few bands i know of carrying the torch for that Southern-tinged Metalcore sound since Every Time I Die split) 25. Grouper (Ambient/drone, folk and dream pop influences)

26. Hiatus Kaiyote (Psychedelic Neo-soul / Nu-Jazz) 27.  Ichiko Aoba (Minimalistic Ambient Folk) 28. Imperial Triumphant (Avant-Garde Black Metal fused with Jazz) 29. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Foundation of their sound is pretty much Psychedelic Rock but they pull from all over the musical spectrum. Last album even had a couple tracks with rapping, hard band to classify. It’d be easier to list the rock subgenres they haven’t dabbled in) 30. Knoll (Grindcore / Death Grind) 31. Krallice (Avant-Garde Black Metal) 32. Liv.e (Neo-Soul / Alternative R&B) 33. Massa Nera (Post-Hardcore / Screamo / Post-Rock) 34. Maudlin of the Well (Avant-Garde Progressive Metal - Also check Kayo Dot) 35. Messa (Doom Metal) 36. Misþyrming (Black Metal) 37. Ne Obliviscaris (Progressive Black Metal with violin except it’s actually tasteful and doesn’t feel gimmicky) 38. Neptunian Maximalism (Avant-Garde Jazz/Drone/Noise/Industrial.. like Swans meets Sun Ra meets John Zorn’s Electric Masada. These guys also have some of the best album artwork out there.) 39. The Ocean (Progressive Metal / Sludge - mainly on the earlier albums) 40. Oranssi Pazuzu (Avante Garde Psychedelic Black Metal) 41. Os Mutantes (Brazilian Psych Rock) 42. Otoboke Beaver (Noisy, High energy Hardcore / Garage Punk from Japan, very fun band) 43. Panopticon (Atmospheric Black Metal with some Bluegrass and Folk influences) 44. Protomartyr (I think I like these guys the most out of all the newer Post-Punk bands) 45. Rolo Tomassi (Mathcore, Post-Metal, Post-Hardcore) 46. Senza (Blackened Screamo/Mathcore. Chaotic in a way that reminds me of Jerome’s Dream a bit.) 47. Sigh (Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal) 48. Soul Glo (Noisy Hardcore Punk, 2022 album incorporated some more hip hop elements and even had rap features. Shout out to McKinley Dixon who used to be on tumblr waaay back about a decade ago.) 49.  Spiritbox (Alt Metal / Djent / Metalcore) 50. Stereolab  (Space Age Pop mixed with Lounge Music and Krautrock) 51. Sudan Archives (Alternative R&B, Art Pop / Neo-Soul) 52. Tim Hecker (Ambient / Drone) 53. toe (Japanese Math Rock / Post-Rock - Kashikura Takashi is one of the greatest drummers ever.) 54. Tómarúm (Progressive Technical Melodic Black Metal) 55. Tricot (J-Rock / Math Rock / Pop) 56. Tropical Fuck Storm (Punk-Blues, Noise Rock) 57. U.S. Girls (Psychedelic Pop / Art Pop) 58. Ulcerate (Technical Death Metal) 59. Ultha (Atmospheric Black Metal) 60. Vanishing Twin ( Neo-Psychedelic Art Pop, check if you like Stereolab or Broadcast) 61. Wake (Black Metal / Tech Death / Sludge - Grindcore on the early releases) 62. Weyes Blood (Baroque Pop / Art Pop) 63. White Ward (Black Metal / Blackgaze /Dark Jazz) 64. Wormrot (Grindcore) 65. Yves Tumor (Unique sound blending Neo-Psych / Soul / Glam Rock /  Hypnagogic Pop + some Sound Collage / Ambient stuff as well on earlier albums)

[sludgebucketmusic]

Current state of the band. Stoner metal/Post-metal Instrumental bas/drum duo. #SLUDGEBUCKETBND #stonermetal #postmetal #doommetal #sludgemetal #punk rock #metal #jazz #fusion

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

World Domination or Death, Vol. 1 1990 Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Goth Rock / Thrash Metal

So, according to a 1988 Rolling Stone profile that I just read about Björk's old band, The Sugarcubes, and the Icelandic music scene more broadly, the small island nation was pretty musically desolate until about 1981, when UK punk had finally made its way up there. And even after that, Iceland still only had one TV station and one radio station well into the 80s—both of which were state-owned—and the radio station almost exclusively played US top 40 fare.

So, given that landscape, it's then pretty remarkable just how downright weird Icelandic music managed to get so quickly by 1990, which is when this pretty eclectic sampler from The Sugarcubes' own label, Smekkleysa (Bad Taste in English), was released; because it wasn't like Icelanders had a collective easy access to any avantgarde traditions, and they certainly hadn't been organically forging their own either. But if all you and your fellow countrymen have access to for decades is US hits, then I guess the eventual backlash to that can and will turn out to be severe.

So, here's a strange brew of alternative Icelandic tunes that were recorded and released between 1986 and 1990. This label showcase's biggest draw is, naturally, The Sugarcubes, who were one of the first bands to ever receive attention from outside of Iceland (the first was jazz fusion band Mezzoforte; h/t to @dropdead-celebration), when their song, "Birthday," managed to peak at #2 on the UK's Indie chart in 1987, which then caused industry types and journalists to flock to the country itself in order to investigate just what the hell the conditions were like in this small, isolated nation that could lead a band to make something that sounds like that.

But while their exclusive, "My March," received its own sticker on the front of the CD's jewel case—so you'd know that this album had The Sugarcubes on it without having to pick it up and then turn it around in order to view its tracklist—there's actually another band on here that plays the nutty, hall-of-mirrors Sugarcubes style on here too, and with a very similar type of touched little girl vocalizations as Björk as well, but their pair of contributions are, dare I say it, actually better?

Reptile is a band that comes with the following assortment of instruments: your standard drums, guitar, bass, and keyboards, but also a saxophone, a violin, a banjo, and a marimba too. And while that combination sounds like something a bunch of smirking college stoners would probably torture their fellow classmates with, this group actually seems to squeeze out the best sound that anyone possibly ever could with what they have. "Gun Fun," which also appears on their only album, 1990's Fame and Fossils, and their exclusive, "Ó," really do sound a whole lot better than you'd think; a pair of quirky tunes that are unpredictably fun as hell.

But this album's not just made up of a Sugarcubes-type sound; there's also goth rock, thrash metal, industrial, even rockabilly, and also a band called Daisy Hill Puppy Farm (named after Snoopy's home), who deliver a song that totally flies in the face of the vibe that you'd think a band with that name would have; "Young Blood," which also ended up leading their final release, a 1989 12-inch called Spraycan, is a great, ploddingly heavy, downtempo indie rocker that sounds like it came from the States.

So, truth be told, I did not really end up enjoying most of this album, but it's still definitely interesting and worth it to hear some of the varied sounds that this little country that seemed to be pretty culturally isolated from the rest of the world for a really long time for was able to muster in such short order. Other places with far more ease in their many avenues of cultural access seem to have taken a whole lot longer to get to a similar point of weirdness when compared to this small island nation. And while weird stuff tends to stay underground and indie most everywhere else, it seems to not only just rise to Iceland's mainstream, but it becomes their most popular music attraction, overall.

Highlights:

Reptile - "Gun Fun" Reptile - "Ó" Daisy Hill Puppy Farm - "Youngblood"

[superfreeq]

Hi?

Heyo, I’m Weston.. uhm.. i’m not good at this stuff so.. here’s a list i guess?

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Name: Weston, most peeps call me West! my other nicknames are Punkin and Patho :]

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Pronouns: They/Them. He/Him. 

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Important to know: I am autistic, shy, awkward, anxious and have the memory of a bee.. but, i think i’m nice!

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Hobbies & interests: Digital art, Character design, Toy collecting, Rock collecting, Paleontology, Evolutionary biology, Marine biology, Anything 00s related, Animals (all kinds, including arthropods! and extinct animals!) Nostalgia blogging, Photography, Horror, Thrifting, Plushy Collecting.

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Favorite games: The Sims (mostly the sims 4 cuz it’s the easiest to run X﹏X) NITW, Wobble Dogs, Spore, Pokemon, Webkinz, Moshi Monsters, Animal Jam, Digital: A Love Story, Any lps games lol, Roblox, Minecraft, Acnh, LSD: Dream Emulator.

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Favorite Shows & Movies: Treasure Planet, Lilo & Stitch, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Ponyo, Hellraiser, Beetlejuice, My Neighbor Totoro, Kill Me Baby, Mlp (G3 and G4), Lps webisodes, Bluey, Anything Sanrio related, Bob’s burgers, Wander Over Yonder, Superjail! metalocalypse.

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Favorite music artists: Alex G, Far Caspian, Bulldog Eyes, Hellogoodbye, Cavetown, Duster, Teen S*icide, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Literally every vocaloid artists, Brother Android, Crying, Machine Girl, Weezer, Rory in early 20s, Modest Mouse, SOAD, Alice Gas, Akiko Wada, Yameii Online, Nona Reeves, Snail Mail, Snowmine, Fox Academy, Hippo Campus, Starry Cat, Good Morning, True Widow, The Smiths, Toshiki Kadomatsu.

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Favorite Music Genres: … All.. lol.. but here’s what i’m currently listening to the most; Alternative/Indie, Folktronica, Indie rock, Bedroom-Pop, Dream Pop, Indie Pop, Shoegaze, Emo Pop, Pop Punk, Electropop, Space Rock, J-pop, Electronica, Dubstep, Synth-pop, Bubblegum Pop, Chiptune, Digital hardcore, Breakcore, Hyperpop, Alternative Metal, Midwest Emo, Hard rock, Nu metal, Happy Hardcore, Kayōkyoku, Shibuya-kei, Bubblegum Bass, City Pop, Experimental indie, Indie Folk, Stoner rock, Occult rock, Slowcore, Jazz fusion, Lo-Fi, Nightcore & Daycore (if that counts?).

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Other stuff i like: Jerma…, 00s Toys, Nature, The beach, Mythology, Cryptids, Aesthetics, Sparkly stuff.

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Kins: Sprinkles (Blue's Clues), Socks (Bluey), Bluey, Emoshy, Derpy, Screwball, Minty (Mlp), Yasuna Oribe (Kill Me Baby), Cinnamoroll, Mae (NITW), Lps #2033, Katsuma (Moshi Monsters), Cowplant (The Sims.. dont ask lololol), Toki Wartooth, Gir (you know where he's from ...)

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Comfort Characters: Wander (WOY), Lord Stingray (Superjail!), Jim Hawkin & John Silver (Treasure Planet), Kat (Kid vs Kat).

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My Tags:  #Punkin pics, #Punkin post, #Punkin txt, #Punkincore, #Punkin art.

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Where to find me?: Tumblr (ur already here stoopid), Toyhouse, Deviant Art.

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Need to contact me?: Discord: pathologiskull

[icantlose]

LEARN MORE ABOUT ME!

Favorite colour(s): Red, black, green, purple.

Favourite flavour(s): Salty, umami, sweet, sour...

Favourite genre(s): Angst, psychological, horror, comedy!

Favourite music: Grunge!!! Rock, hard rock, alternative rock, indie rock, funk rock, folk rock, punk rock, garage rock, stoner rock/acid rock, occult rock, glam rock, rap rock, celtic rock, art rock, prog, metal, funk metal, art metal, heavy metal, alternative metal, death metal, “proto-punk”, post-punk, funk punk, free-funk, jazz, cool jazz, smooth jazz, jazz rap, folk jazz, punk jazz, jazz fusion, swing, New Orleans Jazz, R&B, big band, blues, electric blues, chicago blues, blues rock, rap, hip-hop, nerdcore. crunk... 

Favourite movie: Toy Story 2. 

Favourite series: King of the HIll.

Last song: Devil - Shinedown

Last series: Breaking Bad

Last movie: Super Mario Bros.

Currently reading: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Currently watching: Breaking Bad lmao

Currently working on: Art -- working on a shading/highlights study

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[doomedandstoned]

São Paulo’s WEEDEVIL Reveal ‘Profane Smoke Ritual’

~Doomed and Stoned Debuts~

By Matheus Jacques

Evoked from the smoke like a truly hypnotic and intoxicating ritual. Engaging, powerful and dense. The new album by Brazilian stoner/doom band WEEDEVIL, with official release scheduled for June 6th and digital distribution orchestrated by the brazilian label Abraxas Records conjures these and other adjectives.

The album 'Profane Smoke Ritual' (2024) explores deep themes inspired by figures such as Aleister Crowley, as well as the duality and liberation of Lilith and Baphomet, addressing spirituality, transcendence and mystery. The lyrics written by drummer Flavio Cavichiolli invite listeners to delve into their own reflections on existence and the meaning of life, seeking to inspire deeper and more introspective thoughts. “I especially highlight the song ‘Profane Smoke Ritual’, which portrays a journey of spiritual liberation through rituals and experiences with cannabis smoke. This song reflects my own personal exploration of the connection between mind, body and spirit”, says Flávio.

The album 'Profane Smoke Ritual' is a deep journey through the mysteries of spirituality and liberation, inspired by figures like Crowley, Lilith, and Baphomet. Our lyrics invite listeners to dive into reflections on existence and the meaning of life. With a unique fusion of styles and an intuitive approach to composition, each track of this album seeks to provoke a significant impact, encouraging profound thoughts and a deeper connection with our spiritual journey.

The new material presents the band's new lineup which now features (in addition to Flávio) the musicians Carol Poison (vocals), Jimmy Olden (guitar), Henrique Bittencourt (guitar) and Cláudio HC Funari (bass). Even under the guise of a new beginning with the new lineup, the group continues to maintain its essence, now led by the powerful voice of Poison (who carries Heavy Metal influences in her inspirations) and with an always efficient instrumental section composed of proficient musicians. "Profane Smoke Ritual" maintains existing positive points and adds new nuances.

Following, Flávio talks a little more about the band's musicians and news: "Jimmy's participation on guitar was fundamental in this album. We established a very quick creative connection, which contributed significantly to the sound and musical direction of the project. Each member of the band brought their own unique contribution, with Henrique bringing the heavy riffs, Cláudio incorporating the depth of the bass and Poison's vocals adding a special touch, inspired by bands like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Candlemass.”

Profane Smoke Ritual releases Thursday, June 6th (get it here). In addition to digital distribution by Abraxas Records, the album already has physical versions confirmed (with dates to be defined) with the usual partners: CD by Smolder Brain Records (Mexico) and Vinyl by DHU Records (Netherlands).

Track By Track: A Listener's Guide

1. "The Serpent's Gaze" - A mystical serpent dance transcending time, where Lilith whispers ancestral secrets and hearts trance under the dark twilight.

2. "Chronic Abyss of Bane" - A journey through the abysses of being, where shadows multiply, and rituals invoke ancient regents, paying homage to the primordial forces shaping the universe.

3. "Profane Smoke Ritual" - A profane ritual wrapped in sacred smoke, evoking spiritual liberation and transcendence through unique sensory experiences.

4. "Veil of Enchanted Shadows" - Under a veil of enchanted shadows, the soul ventures into a realm of magic and mystery, where the demon's gaze remains hidden.

5. "Necrotic Elegy" - A necrotic elegy echoing occult laments, exploring the mysteries of death and the soul's descent toward the unknown.

6. "Serenade of Baphomet" - A serenade in honor of Baphomet, symbolizing the duality of emotions and the cosmic dance between light and shadow, revealing hidden wisdom.

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[cuadratique]

Fantasy Species Music Preferences

Elves: The stereotype is that they were the original masters of classical, mainly because their music academia is insufferable about the supremacy of their composers, many of whom are still alive. They’re best known for acoustic layered with enough choir bucolic to make Fleet Foxes feel urban by comparison. Their other scene is symphonic/ballad/power metal dripping in heroic wanderlust. Drow elves are the rank and file among goth, but suffer from sectarianism. Elves don’t consider an album complete if it doesn’t have overarching lore. Singles are a faux pas.

Dwarves: While in the surface it sounds like straight viking metal, around four minutes in you realize the time signature has been progressing the whole time. No song is less than 6 minutes long, and 10 minutes is common. A separate scene featuring an odd mix of Gregorian chant, skald epic, and blues is localized to the point where a neighborhood’s favorite band could be unheard of the next town over. The rhythm section always kills, and their bassists would be legendary if they ever bothered to appear in public.

Goblins: EDM that mixes the manic energy of !!! with the smoky haze of Little Dragon. Songs occasionally devolve into noise music midway. Their stoner rock following is consistent and has enough fuzz to grow shag carpet on. Their soundcloud community spammed the site into submission on more than one occasion when their rival rap scenes got into an internal war. LPs are unheard of, and most music comes out in random bursts of singles.

Halflings: Their stereotype is a genre sitting squarely between limerick and shanty most of which is about the comfort of returning home, or growing a garden. Single-handedly created and killed the soft and pop rock genres in one career length. Their presence in pop totally dissolved when it became dance-oriented. Halfling groups release LPs in almost mechanically precise intervals between two and three years depending on the artist.

Orcs: Singly supporting the sustained thrash and industrial scenes. Leans mostly into hard rock and metal, with dedicated musicians that specialize in trading solos just to flex. Co-opted the punk scene from its goblin founders so hard that goblin punk groups on soundcloud are assumed orcish at first. Shanty-like acts hold a special place in each orc’s history, but few acts catch on. Every orcish musician has a side project written out that they can’t find the right partner to play it with.

Humans: None of the other races understand the abandon and improvisation capability needed for human jazz, and have a hard time hearing influences in fusion music. The elves came close with a scant few math rock groups, and orcs keep trying but can’t cooperate long enough to play more than a song or two with humans.

[plungermusic]

Fuck me, Fuck The Algorithm is fucking fucked-up …

… in a fucking good way, obviously. 

Eclectic is an over used term in music reviews: usually merely indicating that a country/Americana act strays occasionally into CSNY territory, or a blues outfit manage at least once to leaven their relentless Chicago dumpa-dumpa-dumpa-dumpa with a splash of NOLA syncopation … 

And there’s nothing wrong with either of those, but in the eight tracks of manic, maniacal, genre-mangling mash-ups of Fuck The Algorithm Mango Thomas redefines ‘eclectic’ as an ADHD chameleon on acid in a kaleidoscope during a laser-strobe light-show.

The opening track alone, Pjunkle, careens between a blizzard of high-speed machine drum, guitar and incandescently furious growled vox, and Eastern-spiced spacey electronica interlaced with lithe bass lines, burbling synths and melodic harmonised guitar… via a metal-cum-drum’n’bass maelstrom. Oh yeah, plus a closing ferocious excoriation of the www.

Musically that pretty much sets the template (of there being no template) for what comes after: a relentlessly-grinding deconstructed boogie opens Punk Bitch, breaking down to a beats-and-Parklife-on-steroids rap interspersed with fusiony guitar squiggles and playfully venomous music-hall psychedelia; a surprisingly stonery laid-back late-night jazz passage from electric piano and loose-limbed drums gives way first to minimalist jamband death metal twin-guitar lines, then a double-speed pogoing anthem, before a hanging close reprise of the ‘stoner jazz’ piano… 

Hypnotically deep trancefloor bass, bubbling marimba-like accents and textured string synths underpin the increasingly urgent mantra of Whaddya Want, which canters (via some nice 80s samples and a Moroderesque hook) into a wall of melodic prog-fusion guitar and tricksy timings, ending in a staccato, punchy dead-stop.

Headlock almost convinces you it’s just the one thing: the complex percussive techno banger runs nearly half its 4-plus minutes with no more quirks beyond a bit of rapping and an occasional (very accomplished) noodling fretless bass… until that bass line returns in a full-on rendition augmented with guitar and increasingly abandoned multi-voice wordless “Na, na, na-na”s sounding like a terrace-chant Bond theme, rising to a wild peak.

As with Mango Thomas Goes De.EP his previous release, Fuck The Algorithm includes a trio of mini-tracks: Did You Mean’s spoken voice/SFX humorous rant against the Siri-tyranny of patronising suggestions; #fuckthealgorithm, a reprise of the polemic from Pjunkle set over a rather Hawkindish interstellar overdrive start-up; and Frosty Mornings, which actually does stick to its single groove of smoothly-swaying soully electric piano, heartbeat pulse rhythms and lush synth strings (although the swirling modulation, panning and phasing add an unexpected off-kilter spacey edge).

By seven tracks in, we’re all Mango Thomas veterans now, so Algorithms’ light and airy acoustic picking and mellow folky troubadour vox-led ‘love song’ aren’t fooling anybody… sure enough, the expected Oi-meets-Nu-Metal explosion of syn-drum and gutsy guitar heralds a blokey belted-out “We’re all algorithms” denunciation of the foregoing syrupy delusions, topped with very Frippish atonal guitar and a deconstructed brassy jazz-funk finale.

Now, this might all sound like a recipe for disaster, or at least a cacophonous dog’s dinner, and in the hands of someone less adept it could well be... but Mango Thomas pulls the feat off with considerable aplomb. Fuck The Algorithm is one of a handful of home-grown albums that has had me grooving and grinning simultaneously and, even more rare, laughing out loud at its invention, audacity and sheer joyous insanity. It’s fucking brilliant!

Oh yeah, almost forgot…

*****PARENTAL GUIDANCE*****

... both for the album and this review!

First single Pjunkle will be available to stream from 9th February 2024 (with subsequent releases following every 2 months) - click here for links to pre-save singles, buy the album, merch, and much more: https://linktr.ee/mangothomasmusic/

[gbhbl]

EP Review: The Holy Nothing - Vol 1: A Profound and Nameless Fear (Self Released)

They might not play ‘punk rock’ but they have a similar ethos.

Hailing from Fort Wayne, Indiana, The Holy Nothing stands as a beacon for fans seeking an audacious fusion of stoner metal, grunge, and desert rock. On November 17th, 2023, they will release their debut EP ‘Vol 1: A Profound and Nameless Fear’. One listen to Vol 1: A Profound and Nameless Fear and it’s no surprise that The Holy Nothing cite the likes of Red Fang, Baroness, and Queens of the…

[metalshockfinland]

Dutch Heavy Psych Instrumentalists BISMUT Release Expansive New Album "Ausdauer"

Hailing from the city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, BISMUT is a dynamic heavy psych trio that has been carving their unique path since forming in 2016. Drawing influences from an eclectic blend of genres including progressive rock, doom, metal, stoner, heavy psych, and classic hard rock, their music is an intense and mesmerizing fusion that transcends traditional boundaries. Their distinctive…

[eggoverlord]

Just realized I forgot to do my September Music List

Never - Lucas Abela and Zach Hill - Man I don't even know anymore. Experimental electronic with a heavy emphasis on noise, but it has too much rhythm to be noise. I like it, I just don't know what to write here

Hooteroll? +2 - Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales - Jazz Fusion

Sonic Scapes and Weedy Grooves - Belzebong - Stoner Doom Metal

Troupeau bleu - Cortex - Jazz Fusion

Under Construction - Missy Elliott - Hip Hop

Ballads and Blues - Miles Davis - Swing and other jazz

Mutter - Rammstein - Industrial Metal

Beacons - Cloudkicker - Djent

Open the Door - Venjent - DnB

Welcome to Sky Valley - Kyuss - Stoner Metal

Aqualung - Jethro Tull - Prog

Sleeping People - Sleeping People - Math Rock

The Sky May Be - Uboa - Experimental

Riddles Are Abound Tonight - Sausage - Literally original Primus lineup, so you can imagine how it sounds

Supernatural - Santana - Latin Jazz Fusion I think

Getz/Gilberto - João Gilberto & Stan Getz - Bossa Nova

あらためまして、はじめまして、ミドリです - ミドリ - Punk Jazz

Houndini - Melvins - Sludge

Antlers: Live 1991 - Bastro - Post-Hardcore

Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra - Jazz Fusion

░█░█░░█░█░█░ - Keygen Church - Castlevania Metal. No they haven't made any Castlevania soundtracks, just the general vibe (pedal point melodies on an organ)

One Size Fits All - Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention - Prog Jazz

Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition) - Thelonious Monk - Jazz of some sort

Re-Entry - Techno Animal - Industrial

The Specials - The Specials - Ska

Hang-Ups - Goldfinger - Ska Punk

All Eyes On Me - 2Pac - Gangsta Hip Hop

Alright see ya

[dzpenumbra]

11/8/22

There is an eclipse happening as I type this. A blood moon, in fact. And I can't see it because the moon is just above the horizon to my west. I live at the eastern base of a mountain, so sunsets are very early, and unfortunately the moonset just happened to go in that direction. I would have to actually climb a mountain to be able to see it tonight. But I can definitely feel it.

Maybe it's a good opportunity to go over my name here. It's kind of a throwaway, for anonymity's sake. Whatever the fuck anonymity really means anymore in this day and age. Like we're blatantly spied on every fucking day for money, so like... yeah. Not getting into that! No! XD But instead of just making a new name up, I kinda took a note from my old book and took this as an opportunity to resurrect an old self... that poor mangled zombie of a soul fragment... for a second time. The second coming of DZ. <insert fog and surreal godrays and lens flares and dramatic choral music>

DZ was a stupid nickname I was given when I formed my first band. We were really inspired by like... nu metal's fusion of metal and hip-hop elements. I played guitar, my friend... let's call him Flex... he played guitar and was really into Radiohead and stuff, he was a very good singer... and our third... he wanted to be called "Nightmare". He was a half French, half Black like 6' 5" dude who was really into anime. What a combo! And I was like... a recovering stoner who couldn't smoke weed anymore because I failed out of college from weed freakouts, but still wanted to be a cool stoner dude... but I would avoid weed like it was fucking sarin gas. That shit is spooky, don't look that up, I did to make sure it was spelled right and... yeah. I'm exceptionally sensitive lately so I really don't like being around dark things. Seeing a bodybag and biosuits just kinda send a big ripple of "nope" from my head to my toes. So... nope. But yeah, I played rhythm guitar in Drop-D, I was self-taught via tabulature, I loved Coheed and Cambria (which is how Flex and I found common ground musically) and like... Atreyu, and Method Man, and I still had like hardcore and metal roots like Converge and The Hope Conspiracy and shit. So my style was like... trying to fuse Method Man's flow and my very rough budding hip-hop lyricism - which makes me absolutely vomit in my mouth reading it now... - with metalcore rhythm guitar riffs and metal screams. We had some pretty cool songs, I thought. It was very different than what anyone else was doing, the only other music acts pretty much were like... jam bands and solo acoustic acts. So a metalcore/hip-hop/alternative fusion band was just like... probably really out of nowhere for people. We didn't really go anywhere. We were 3 vocalists and two guitarists, no bass, no drummer. We had programmed drum loops and no bass at all in our music. We performed once and we had to like sit down with a drummer last minute and teach him all of our songs in one practice. It was a thrilling first show, I remember it pretty clearly actually. It was a show at the college that I ended up going to, thrown by the radio station in the student center and there were like 5 people in there. All friends of ours. They got some kinda punkish band from New Jersey to come and play a gig. We opened for them. We were the only opener. Like... those poor guys! XD Oh man do I feel for them, I hope they got paid, I mean... it was an easy gig though so let's just put it at that.

So DZ came from... well... we used to go to Denny's at like 2AM to get shitty food and just talk music and write lyrics and drink shit tons of coffee. We ended up getting to know the old lady servers there by name and we even brought acoustics with us once and played a short set for them! I have no idea how it came around but they had this whole promotional campaign about the "D-Zone" or something. And it became a bit of an inside joke somehow. I don't even remember the joke, it was so long ago. But somehow I just sorta got attached the name. Like we would call going to Denny's going to the D-Zone. And maybe I was making a joke about like getting inspired and going to the Deez-Zone? I don't know, I don't remember. But it stuck for a long time. Like almost 10 years. Until I banished him. And then brought him back. And then banished that version of him. And... now I've brought him back again! Those are stories for another day.

What I wanted to talk about was the second half, which is the new alchemical infusion I've added to the DZ gene stew. Penumbra. It's very appropriate for the eclipse. The umbra is the darkest part of a celestial body's shadow. So when we have a lunar eclipse, the sun is on one side (A) and the Earth is in the middle (B) and the moon is on the other side (C). Like A -> B -> C So the light goes from A to B, and the shadow goes from B to C. And C captures light from A that manages to sneak by, and the rest is obscured by shadow. Cool. I'm trying to translate this stuff I'm reading on google to make it make more sense, I learned about all this very visually, it can be hard for me to put it in words. #artproblems So, the shadow is made up of 3 parts - the umbra (the darkest part of the shadow where light is completely blocked, like a new moon), the antumbra (the ring of light around a celestial shadow, like the eclipse halo shape) and the penumbra (a partial shadow, a partial covering, like a crescent moon). And penumbra kinda just came from that. Because I don't consider this part of myself "dark" really. I don't think there is really a lot of darkness left dwelling inside of me besides pain and fear. I think I've cast most of it out, resolved it. Sat down with the ghosts that haunted my head-house and gave them a nice big hug and gave them a copy of Casper, as inspiration that you don't always have to be a The Ring kind of ghost, you can be an Obi Wan Force ghost too. So I didn't really see this whole journal thing as like... a place to vent darkness. Though I definitely have. I never really associated myself with it. My intention is more about like... trying to shine through obscurity. Trying to speak through the fog, the shroud. I don't know if any of this makes sense, but it's a big thing for me.

I know a lot of creators that hit this wall where their future is just obscured, like a giant wave of fog hit in front and they can't like... see themselves as a published author, or a musician who has people who recommend their music, or a visual artist who sells paintings or has an installation in a gallery. I don't actually know any people who can see this first-hand. And I mean, these people like... can see in their heads very clearly an image of them selling a painting, and they believe wholeheartedly that it's going to happen. And I struggle to even be able to conjure up an image. Like my head just goes into a fog, I draw a blank. That thought just swims around in the pea soup, forever out of reach. And if you can't even imagine something. How could you possibly believe in it?

Like if I tell you to picture an apple, you can do that. Maybe not like close your eyes and magically a photorealistic apple appears floating on your eye lids like you could just reach out and grab it... but if I say red apple with yellow kinda stripey markings... you can picture that in your mind's eye. If I say picture you standing in front of a group of 40 people reading a poem you wrote, or singing a song you wrote, or showing a video you made, or paintings you made. And hearing them clap at the end? I don't know a lot of people who can do that. Even with that detail given. Which is weird, because they should be able to, with that level of detail. So it's like... a defense mechanism that makes you go blank or something? A mental fog thing. Seems like it to me.

So a big part of what I've been trying to do is kinda... un-obscure my mind's eye and try to shape what my new life is going to be. Most of my life so far has been very reactive, just going with the flow of the river of life, wherever the current takes me, and just making it work. Like my cat kinda. It's not like she's choosing that we're moving, she doesn't even know. She's just going to have a new home one day. And I can relate. But a big problem with that way of living... is that... get ready for a bit of a spooky moment, I guess, I can feel the anxiety bubbling a bit... if you're not calling the shots in your life... well, someone is. So... yeah. I know it's very easy to slip into the polar opposite side of that spectrum, I know a lot of people who have and do. To take full control of oneself and others, unfortunately way more other than self. To manipulate everything they can about life, control everything they can, to keep things safe and predictable. But too much obscurity and go-with-the-flow can also be very self-destructive. Balance, again, seems to be the key. And being adaptive and situationally appropriate with control and letting go. Discipline and impulsivity. Structure and spontaneity. This is a constant war between light and dark, order and chaos. Okay, war is not the right term... more like friction. Border friction is a fun term, kinda like that. So my darkness does tend to take the form of letting go. And a lot of good things can come from my darkness. I'm using it to nourish and acquaint myself with my inner light. So the two can work together. So I can explore my inner chaos and bring it into something coherent, hopefully something that inspires growth and healing.

I'm getting very tired, I should get to sleep. I don't know if that last bit made sense, my insecurity is creeping up a bit. I just felt like since the moon was on my mind, might as well explain my name. I'm still not 100% sure what the message of that is for me, it sounded right, it felt right, an impulse brought me to it. Maybe it's a reminder that it's good to keep some obscurity, some shadow, some mystery. Maybe it's about maintaining a balanced mix of darkness and light. Maybe it's just some edgy mysterious moon reference that doesn't mean fuck-all, if reducing meaning to like... absolutely nothing... is appealing to you, feel free to adopt that judgement. At the end of the day, it's a cover for a book. And knowing how much I fucking write... several books, I guess. I mean, it's not even the entire cover, it's just the author name part. So like... who cares. But even a 10 letter username has a story, and I just thought I'd share that.