We’re here to burn up the night!
A mountain of music is looming over the Worm compound as we shudder beneath it’s fearful shadow. But we have emerged once again clinging to a glimmer of light to offer up yet another session of critiques for you to peruse. Zahler has returned for a flyby and several reviews as well while Jake is focusing on moving. As our lives continue to be busy and complicated, the pleasure of sharing our thoughts with the class forever remains an honor and we’re thankful for all of you who choose to take the time to see what we have to offer. Many ideas continue to stir here and the passion to carry them out is forever at the forefront of our thoughts. In time…
Until then, keep sharing those playlists and secret smiles. -Marty
Marty Rytkonen Playlist
Manowar – Hell on Stage Live (disc 1 contains THE ULTIMATE setlist!)
Manowar – Louder than Hell
Carcass – Surgical Steel
Jello Biafra with the Melvins – Never Breathe What you Can’t See
Khors – Return to Abandoned
Feast Eternal – Forward Through Blood
Miscreant – Dreaming Ice
Jigsore Terror – World End Carnage
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Pan.Thy.Monium – Khaooohs
Jim Clifton Playlist
Summoning – Oathbound
Summoning – Minas Morgul
Whiplash – Ticket to Mayhem
Panopticon – …On the Subject of Mortality
Lake of Blood – As Time and Tide Erodes Stone
Marblebog/Vorkuta 7″ – Wanderings (split)
Grave Miasma – Odori Sepulcrorum
The Cult – Love
The Cult – Sonic Temple
Bathory – Hammerheart
S. Craig Zahler Playlist
Carcass – Surgical Steel
Craniotomy – Supply of Flesh Came Just In Time
Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance
Necrambulant Infernal – Infectious Necro-Ambulatory Pandemic
Stormwarrior – Heading Northe
Perverse Dependence – The Patterns of Depravity
Amputated Genitals – Human Meat Gluttony
Kraanium – The Art of Female Sodomy
Daft Punk – Random Access Memory
Genesis – Duke
Jake Moran Playlist
Blood of the Black Owl – Light the Fires!
Richard Moult – Long Dead Now, Tom Forrest
Cedar Spirits – Cedar Spirits
All In The Merry Month Of May – Root Bramble Stone
Giantkind – Early Harvest Late Harvest
Amesoeurs – Amesoeurs
Circulation of Light – Twilit Homeland
Circulation of Light – Acheiropoieta
Rain Drinkers – Uthen Web
Rudi Arapahoe – Double Bind
Worm Gear 
I’m getting in the Halloween spirt of things. Also, always nice to see Panopticon pop up on lists. I’m dying for that new split of his.
In Solitude – Sister
Amebix – Monolith
Atlantean Kodex – The White Goddess
Niden Div. 187 – Impergium
Ghamorean – Terra Ruina
Ghoul – Intermediate Level Hard-Core
Ghoul – Splatterthrash
Calabrese – 13 Halloweens
Violator – Scenarios of Brutality
The Misfits – 12 Hits From Hell
The Misfits – Static Age
The Misfits – American Psycho
The Misfits – Famous Monsters
Blodsgard – Monument
Winterfylleth – The Merican Sphere
Amebix – Arise
Inquisition – Obscure Verses for the Multiverse
Anaal Nathrakh – In the Constellation of the Black Widow
Iced Earth – Horror Show
Vallendusk – Black Clouds Gathering
Germ – Loss
Germ – Wish
Borknagar – Empiricism
Drudkh – Autumn Aurora (awesome for autumn weather, naturally!)
Amorphis – Am Universum
Entombed – Wolverine Blues
Carcass – Surgical Steel
Melt Banana – Fetch
Soundgarden – Superunknown
Psychotic Waltz – Into the Everflow
Ministry – Twitch
Northstream – Time of Triumphal Cleanliness
Summoning – Lugburz
Uz Jsme Doma – Rybi Tuk
Nagy Fero & Bikini – Hova Lett
Drakar – Let Draka
Equirhodont – Black Crystal
Time to rejoice; the new Seidr is up for pre-order! I´ve played For Winter Fire earlier today to celebrate…
Apart from that one:
Purtenance – Member of Immortal Damnation
Purtenance – Sacrifice the King EP. Blunt, simple and vile as old school finnish death can be. Looking forward to their new one.
Demilich – Nespithe
Demigod – Slumber of Swollen Eyes
Demigod – Let Chaos Prevail. Not bad, but nowhere near in quality (and sound/style) to Slumber…
Convulse – World Without God
Black Sabbath – All the Ozzy albums. Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die deserve more credit than they usually get in my opinion. Of course they’re nowhere near classic Sabbath but still… The change of style that blossomed on the Dio albums started on these two I think.
Lustre – Wonder
Lustre – Lost in Lustrous Night Skies
Primordial – The Gathering Wilderness
Primordial – To the Nameless Dead. Shit, why did I take so long to check this band out?! Fucking brilliant. Like the ghost of Thin Lizzy playing black metal with the bastard son of Angry Anderson and Martin Walkyier on vocals, so incredibly passionate he can barely stay in tune. Epic!
Props to Craig this week; Stormwarrior is a personal fave that shows what Helloween could’ve done if they’d never crossed paths with Michael Kiske, and WWIII is quite the forgotten blast form the past. I remember buying that cassette tape at an Indiana record store back when it was released. “A time, a time, a time for terror….”. Hadn’t thought of that album in ages, but soon as I saw the jpeg in the review my brain screamed “Mandy Lion!!!!”. The epitome of albums that are fun ony if you turn your brain off (mch like pro wrestling).
Looking forward to hearing the new Seidr; gonna check out the Gauntlet stream tomorrow.
Just got the new ATLANTEAN KODEX The White FGoddess’. First impression is another immaculate slab of thoughtful, epic, doomy, greatness. t IS my playlist this week.
nightsblood—thanks.
and yeah, wwiii is special and unbelievable. and i look forward to getting atlantean kodex— i already ordered it and enjoy the previous releases a ton.
Let’s see…
Condor – S/T
Besieged – Victims Beyond All Help
Beyond – Fatal Power Of Death
Cruciamentum – all
Fullmoon – United Aryan Evil demo
Grave Miasma – Odori Sepulcrorum
Grave Upheaval – No Title
new Set album on NWN
Inferno – Omniabsence Filled By His Greatness
Inferno – Black Devotion
Irkallian Oracle – Grave Ekstasis
Mephistopheles – Sounds of The End
new Gigan
Mitochondrion – Archaeaeon
Mitochondrion – Parasignosis
Oranssi Pazuzu – Valonielu
Temple of Baal – Verses Of Fire
Treblinka demo stuff
UA – your thoughts on the Oranssi Pazuzu? I’ve only heard one track so far, seemed intriguing but wasn’t sure if I should explore further …
I like it…but I’ve only listened to it once with my attention divided. IMO they mixed their chosen styles with taste and skill, it went down smooth. Nothing groundbreaking or incredibly vigorous/exciting but it didn’t offend and I’ll surely put it on again…
Thanks for your response, UA. I’ll have to give this one more time. I’m really enjoying Inferno’s take on psych-black metal right now…