How deep you long for death, now as your kingdom fades away …
As Marty’s head swirls in packing and pre-orders for his label’s latest releases, still the Finnish Metal warrior within himself has squeezed out the seconds necessary to find and dissect extremity for our bleary-eyed readers across the inter-globe. And I, the trusty O’Donnell Robin to his nippled-Clooney Batman, have also risen from my domesticity to bring you sounds both heavy and uh, not-so-much. To whit: the dark folk of Deutschland’s Nebelung, the grave-robbing greatness of Indonesia’s Exhumation, the ‘jazz-whatever-metal’ of new Cynic, and the New Mexico doomy black metal of Lamentations of the Ashen. And for those of you looking for a US distro carrying the recently-reviewed awesome release by Thunderwar, looky here. Post those pugnacious playlists and comment to your caulk’s content!
Marty Rytkonen Playlist
Rush – Hemispheres
Rotting Christ – The Official Tribute to Rotting Christ
Brimstone Coven – S/T 12”
Falls of Rauros/Panopticon – Split 12”
Cynic – Kindly Bent to Free Us
Stilla – Ensamhetens Andar
Entombed – Left Hand Path
Dismember – Like and Everflowing Stream
Infirmary/Aetherium Mors – Split CD (master)
Waldgefluster – Meine Fesseln
Jim Clifton
Infirmary/Aetherium Mors – Split CD (master)
Thunderwar – The Birth of Thunder
Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day
Graveland – Immortal Pride
Trenchrot – Necronomic Warfare
Immortal – Blizzard Beasts / Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
Summoning – Lost Tales / Nightshade Forests
Imperium Dekadenz – Meadows of Nostalgia
Perished – Seid
Burzum – Aske / Det Som Engang Var
Bolt Thrower – Realm of Chaos
Worm Gear 
Nice! I’ll be placing an order soon for the Thunderwar and the Falls of Rauros/Panopticon split. When will the new Falls of Rauros full length be released?
Grave – Into the Grave
Grave – You’ll Never See (lots of fucking Grave)
Corpsessed – Abysmal Thresholds
Altar of Betelgeuze – Darkness Sustains the Silence
Debauchery – Dead Scream Symphony
Iced Earth – Burnt Offerings
Black Sabbath – Headless Cross
Beyond – Fatal Power of Death
Trenchrot – Necronomic Warfare
Faith No More – Introduce Yourself
Samael – Ceremony of Opposites
Chryst – Phantasmachronica
Windham Hell – South Facing Epitaph
Guardian Alien – Spiritual Emergency
D/A/D – The Construct
Behemoth – The Satanist
Neneh Cherry – Raw Sushi!!!
Coven 13 – Destiny of the Gods
The Krixhjälters – Evilution
Mekong Delta – Mekong Delta
Discharge – Why?
Gloria Mundi – The Word is Over
Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant
Jesters of Destiny – Fun at the Funeral/In a Nostalgic Mood
Pat Metheny United Group – Kin ()
Seth – L’excellence
Warhead – Raping of Angels
Paul Chain Violet Theatre – Detaching From Satan
Holocaust – The Nightcomers/Hypnosis of Birds
Death SS – Evil Metal & …In Death of Steve Sylvester
Absymal Grief – Exsequia Occulta / Foetor Funereus Moruorum / Feretri
Realmbulder – Blue Flame Cavalry
Fuoco Fatuo – The Viper Slithers in teh Ashes of What Remains
Bulldozer – IX
Rotting Christ – The Triarchy of Lost Lovers
Yngwie Malmsteen – Marching Out/Rising Force
Rhapsody of Fire- Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Mortuary Drape – Tolling 13 Kneell
Altars – Paramnesia
Sol Negro – Dawn of the REd Sun
Neige et Noirceur – Solstice Hivernal
Ceremonial -Ars Magicka (now this is good BLack Thrash)
Astral Silence – Open Cold Dark Matter
Murmur – S/T
Joe Samson – Paul Chain Violet Theatre ‘Detaching From Satan’ – I just listened to that 2 days ago. What are the odds huh? hehe.
Pre-ordered the Falls/Panopticon split. Can’t wait to get my hands on it. Thunderwar sounds awesome. May have to order that as well.
Wuthering Heights – Salt
Wuthering Heights – To Travel for Evermore
Wuthering Heights – Far From the Madding Crowd
Barbarian Riot Squad – EP
Blut Aus Nord – Debemur MoRTi
Woods of Desolation – As The Stars
Cult of Fire – मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
Darkthrone – Sardonic Wrath
Emperor – IX Equilibrium
Watain – Lawless Darkness
Obsidian Tongue – A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time
Mgla – With Hearts Toward None
Carpe Noctem – In Terra Profugus
Falls of Rauros – The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood
Panopticon – Collapse
Panopticon/Vestiges – Split
Annorkoth – The Last Days
Labyrinth – Return to Heaven Denied
Jason Isbell – Southeastern
Doug Paisley – Strong Feelings
Gloryhammer – Tales from the Kingdom of Fife
Sarke – Aruagint
Marduk – Serpent Sermon
Root – Black Seal
Wodensthrone – Curse
Ahoy!
SLOUGH FEG — Digital Resistance, Atavism
HELSTAR — Nosferatu, A Distant Thunder
JUDAS PRIEST — Defenders of the Faith
DOMAINS — Sinister Ceremonies
ATROCITY — Todessehnsucht
SATAN — Court in the Act
BEASTMILK — Climax
METAL CHURCH — The Dark
It’s always tempting to throw in some quirky thing for hipster irony cred but I can’t even think of anything. It’s been a steady stream of getting my ass kicked eight ways from the 80s. Even that BEASTMILK is only listened to by metalheads to my knowledge. METAL!
Thunderwar, hell yes. Ordered. Spun these this past week:
Bauhaus – The Skies Gone Out
Crows – The Dying Race
Eternal Champion – The Last King of Pictdom
Christicide – Upheaval of the Soul
Enfeus Lodge … really dig Hunferd’s vocals
Wolfhetan – Entruckung
Vokodlok – Unchain the Wolf
Protector – Urm the Mad
Benestrophe – Sensory Deprivation
Grotesque … did, does, and always will rule … ripped from the cross!
Scarlet P,
I relish Marching Out, but man…I wish the guitars were stacked and on the sides—I know he wants people to hear every nuance, but the production choice of one guitar in the middle for most of the album diminishes some power. Still, the best metal album to have this amount of neo-classical stuff, and just loaded with great riffs and catching singing.
I have Abysmal Grief’s Misfortune, and think it’s decent, but that it runs out of ideas after about 25 minutes and then just coasts through filler until the end. Are the others more thoroughly composed?
Rytkonen,
Evilfeast. Wintermoon Enchantment. So this suffers from levianthanism, a problem the “band” Levianthan had among others— very long songs with a bunch of good ideas, but little clue how to arrange them into meaningful journeys. The mood here—especially the new age keyboards—is good, but do the other albums cohere a little more? Or is it always this random?
Playlist
Jackie McLean A Fickle Sonance
Jackie McLean Let Freedom RIng
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Moanin’
Jazztet Meet the Jazztet
Charles Mingus Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Goblin Back to the Goblin
Skrillex both EPs and in concert
Thin Lizzy Thunder and Lightning
Manowar Lords of Steel
Zahler – ‘Feretri’ is their last LP, and I think is their best work. I love the entire album and don’t feel that it runs dry of ideas. It also sounds the best production wise.
Scarlet P,
Thanks— I ordered it.
Scarlet P, yes love Detaching From Satan! Such glorious riffing on that one, and the atmosphere cannot be beat!
Zahler. I love a few Abysmal Grief EPs and a particular 7″ too. They are glorious in all ways. But I know what you mean by the first two albums. Concept is THERE, but 100% execution
1. Exsequia Occulta
2.Foetor Funereus Moruorum
3. Abysmal Grief / Tony Tears split. The Tony Tears song is amazing. I think maybe the only really awesome song he did solo.
Svart is issuing Death SS 7″ re-releases now. Those are really cool. Long live ‘The Death of Steven Sylvester…!”