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Master of Alchemy

  1. England, UK
  2. Metal
  1. collection 226
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  1. The Thundering Heard
    by Eagle Twin
  2. Metta, Benevolence BBC 6Music : Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs
    by SUNN O)))
  3. Hostage Animal
    by APMD
  4. 6.0.1
    by Lifesick
    Swing Away Swing Away
    I'm so grateful to Southern Lord for their $1 promos, it prompts me to check out some bands I haven't heard before, and in so doing I often uncover gems such as Lifesick. This is so well crafted hardcore, and is impossibly catchy, more than hardcore has any right to be. Very creative with guitar tones. And the percussion (to my ignorant ears) is breathtaking. Bit of a hint of Slayer, including vocals, and that can only be a good thing. There's so much to love here, I'm hooked!
  5. Love and Other Lies
    by LIFESICK
    Every Unpleasant Emotion Every Unpleasant Emotion
    I chose Every Unpleasant Emotion as favourite track just because Lifesick had the balls to do something completely different... reminded me of Nick Cave / Warren Ellis, and Cave's Murder Ballads LP!

    Really enjoyed the video to Reverse Birth. Nails' Todd Jones features on the recorded version... apparently, Nails will be releasing a 4th LP this year 2024, so keep a look out for that.
  6. Welcome to the Wonderful World of The Christpunchers
    by The Christpunchers
    Grandier Grandier
    Satan rages most violently with this one.

    God is a disease, a plague, a weight around a man’s neck... A disease which eats away his instincts. God is a superstition, a cancer, a man-made cancer, which is injected into the brain in the form of religion - David Smith in correspondence with Ian Brady, quoted in Evil Relations, Carol Ann Lee

    Pazuzu lives!

    The Devils - directed by Ken Russel - 1971
  7. The Father Merrin EP.
    by The Christpunchers
    Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us. The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful - Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
  8. Psalms for a New Dark Age
    by The Christpunchers
    You're the Problem You're the Problem
    Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy, then gives them drugs to take away their unhappiness... Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs. In effect, antidepressants are a means of modifying an individual’s internal state in such a way as to enable him to tolerate social conditions that he would otherwise find intolerable. - Industrial Society and Its Future - Theodore Kaczynski
  9. conduit (deprogramming in 3 phases)
    by The Christpunchers
    Abre los ojos <☉>
  10. Black Lung In The Age Of Crime
    by The Christpunchers
    You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral & social conventions you despise, condemn, & know lack all foundation. It is that permanent contradiction between your ideas & desires & all the dead formalities & vain pretences of your civilisation which makes you sad, troubled & unbalanced. In that intolerable conflict you lose all joy of life & all feeling of personality, because at every moment they suppress & restrain & check the free play of your powers - The Torture Garden - Octave Mirbeau
  11. Music Make Me Murder
    by The Christpunchers
    Every man or woman is one of two things, a masochist or a sadist, only a few practise what they feel... Perversion is the way a man thinks, the way he feels, the way he lives. People are like maggots, small, blind, worthless fish bait... Murder is a hobby and a supreme pleasure... it’s a state of mind - David Smith in correspondence with Ian Brady, quoted in Evil Relations, Carol Ann Lee
  12. 3737
    by Robots of the Ancient World
    Hindu Kush Hindu Kush
    Opening with a big phat squelchy bass riff, 3737 declares its intent, setting the bar high, & continues to deliver in spades for the following songs, too. This really is a strong album, no filler at all, stoner vibes backed with plenty of weight. Excellent drumming, excellent guitars & solos, and Caleb's voice is great, strong & confident. I was a bit harsh on the previous album Mystic Goddess, but any doubts I had have now been blown out of the water. You really do need this in your collection!
  13. Herne The Hunter
    by Gravenhurst
    Nicholas John Talbot
    14 May 1977 – 2 December 2014
  14. From Ember And Rust
    by SÂVER
    There are no dying embers or rust here, for SÂVER are forging a dark metallurgy, the transmutation of base (bass) metal into pure gold. I get so immersed in SÂVER's sound that I completely forget that I'm listening to music... it is more a place that I go to. An amazing band. Give a listen to their earlier bands Hymn and Tombstones, too.
  15. Nothing Violates This Nature
    by APMD
  16. The Blind Hole
    by Dead In The Dirt
    Will Is The War Will Is The War
    Nietzsche gifted me the hammer.
    "I was a dog on a short, short chain.
    And now there is no chain".
    The triumph of my will.
  17. Squaring The Circle
    by Sneaker Pimps
    Fighter Fighter
    The UK is particularly blessed with talent in electronica, and Sneaker Pimps are right up there with Portishead, The Aloof & Massive Attack in dark urban disenchantment. 2nd LP Splinters is still my favourite with founding member Chris Corner singing throughout, but this new collection of songs is wonderfully different & Simonne Jones’ singing is dreamy & sensual. Fighter is my top song, the lyrics full of vulnerable strength. Mid LP is especially strong, with Tranquility Trap, SOS, and Stripes.
  18. Nice to Know You
    by Hippie Death Cult
    HDC exploring the doomier side of their songwriting here. An elegy of sorts. Bassist Laura singing is a significant change and a hugely positive one. If you think this song is good, just wait until you hear the new LP Helichrysum!

    An aside - if you are digging this vibe, you may well enjoy former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur's Black Sabbath tribute band Hand of Doom 2002 album "Hand of Doom - Live in Los Angeles".
    A little taster for you:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQY5jLrg_Y
  19. Helichrysum
    by Hippie Death Cult
    Arise Arise
    AotY 2023 for me! Ben Jackson is gone, Laura Phillips has taken over vocals, ace new drummer, and the transformation of the whole band is staggering! Songwriting creativity is off the scale, the band is tighter than a virgin's cherry, and Laura's singing is incredible - dramatic, tender, powerful. Excellent production. Like 70's hard rock with some heavy-psych, stoner, doom. Love the bass tone. Red Giant & Toxic Annihilator are getting thrashy. Can hear Kyuss in Tomorrow's Sky. Arise is amazing.
  20. The Feather Tipped The Serpent's Scale
    by Eagle Twin