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[ldj]

Badmotorfinger era Soundgarden bootleg, judging from stuff I've listened to from other era, this has to be them at their live peak, just amazing.
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jef1hlvXuTY

[OpenSores]

Chat Pile - "God's Country"
This is right up my alley even if it does sound suspiciously like Korn

I mean I wrote about this very phenomenon here
https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/chat-pile-gods-country/

but...it's great. Sickened that yet again, An Post have lost my copy.
Mind you I like the first two Korn records. And they sound more like Big Black with Munky playing guitar than anything

It's been mainly Sedimentum, Unwound and Black Midi for me this month, but I just checked out the Harrowed (swe) demo which is fun. Usually hate bands trying to straight up pay homage to the past but this is suprisingly good.

Enjoyed reading the review very much on the money. Enjoy dipping in and out of the playlist I've discovered quite a few artists that's new to me.

Re. God's Country, it just gets better with each listen. It's defo up there in the top ten this year.

[Pentagrimes]

Guided By Voices - Under The Bushes, Under the Stars
Intensive Care - That We May Be Made Worthy (strong contender for album of the year)
Sequestrum - The Epitome of Putridity
Grotus - Mass & Luddite (Quill are you a fan of these guys?)

[ochoill]

Grotus - Mass & Luddite (Quill are you a fan of these guys?)

I only know Slow Motion Apocalypse, and that album is totally savage, often gets a listen.  Never checked out any of their other catalog though so I must try one of these today!

Actually found them at the same time as Cop Shoot Cop years ago, both recommended by Devin Townsend in an interview where he lists his early influences.

[Eoin McLove]

Sadness- Ames des Marbres.

[Pentagrimes]

Luddite is my favourite - 5 song ep, the opening title track is a banger. MAss is harder to find but it's in youtube. pretty sure Patton/FNM nudged them (and Steel Pole Bathtub) to Slash, who treated both bands abysmally in terms of promotion.

[ochoill]

Grotus - Mass & Luddite (Quill are you a fan of these guys?)

I only know Slow Motion Apocalypse, and that album is totally savage, often gets a listen.  Never checked out any of their other catalog though so I must try one of these today!

Actually found them at the same time as Cop Shoot Cop years ago, both recommended by Devin Townsend in an interview where he lists his early influences.

Back to this, because I ended up just putting on SMA first, but I'll have the others on soon too.

https://thequietus.com/articles/11006-devin-townsend-strapping-young-lad-favourite-albums?page=8

Well I was a Mr. Bungle fan, of course – being the right age for all that kind of shit at the time – and Mr. Bungle came to town and they played in Vancouver, I think it was at 86th Street or something, and Grotus opened up – I guess they were an independent or unsigned band that were friends with Mr. Bungle. But I was so there for Mr. Bungle, that's it, it was like a really big deal for me, and so when Grotus took the stage there wasn't a lot of people at the venue but I tell you what man, from ten seconds into their show I was front and centre and what my mind made me feel that I was watching was, I think, a lot different to what they were – I just saw it as something else; I saw it as this sort of dystopian, futuristic, Blade Runner-ish thing, yet mixed with the dirt and the vegetarianism and, just like, factories that are just making machine music with these kind of prisoners in it just relentlessly beating coal into this machine – afterwards I listened to that record relentlessly, and I followed that band around to the point that I pissed them off! I was that kid! I was at their shows like, "hey if you guys need a place to sleep tonight you know you can come to mine..."

It was such a big deal to me and I remember that right around that time there was a bunch of stuff that resonated with me – Barkmarket; NoMeansNo had a record out that I thought had a similar vibe – but for me Grotus was huge – and Slow Motion Apocalypse which came after, I loved that too – and it's funny because later on with Strapping I used a line from a Grotus song, on The New Black, and had to talk to Alternative Tentacles about the rights for it and all this shit, and they ended up saying that Lars, the singer from Grotus now does audio editing for, like, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears and all this shit. So I found them and I sent them a mail saying "hey, I don't know if you remember me but I was this kid that used to follow you around and I'm in band now, can I use some of your lyrics and blah, blah, blah". And he got back to me and was like "yeah, we all remember you, you used to fucking hang around us after the shows!"

[ochoill]

Luddite is my favourite - 5 song ep, the opening title track is a banger. MAss is harder to find but it's in youtube. pretty sure Patton/FNM nudged them (and Steel Pole Bathtub) to Slash, who treated both bands abysmally in terms of promotion.

Oh I missed this in the meantime, the Mr. Bungle / Grotus connection above makes even more sense now.  Deadly.

[Pentagrimes]

Highly recommend Barkmarket as well. incredible band.

[astfgyl]

Never tried Barkmarket but I remember they had an album L Ron from the old century media catalogue. What sort of thing are they? Totally forgot about that Grotus album as well after enjoying it at the time.

[Pentagrimes]

Hard to explain really..vaguely grungey but quite abstract. Here, this'll explain it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWAFhqMa_vE

The main guy is Dave Sardy who went on to be a big name producer/mixer for people like NIN, Slayer, Manson, Chilis etc

[Carnage]

Paradise Lost: Draconian Times

I know it's not one of the 'cool' ones but as a straight up metal album, it's phenomenal. They were fantastic on that tour too, despite playing to a half empty room. I saw them on the Gothic tour too and I reckon they were better on the later run.

[Eoin McLove]

I think it's considered their classic album, but I think it's a bit one dimensional. Every song is almost identically paced which starts to irk me.

[Carnage]

Nah, there's variation in pace. They do all largely 'sound' the same and there's a definite side 2 dip, I'll give you that but it's solid.

Never came across the idea that that was their 'definitive' album before, I'd have assumed that any of the first 4 would have gotten that accolade beforehand TBH.

Listening to Gothic now and I'm still blown away by it, 30 years on.

[Eoin McLove]

Definitive might be the wrong term, but it's widely considered to be their classic album alongside Icon. Two good albums with certain highlights, to be sure, but I am a Shades of God man myself. And the first two are cool as well.