ANOINTING THE SICK
Sunday, December 1, 2024
MONOLITHIC ARCHITECTURE ~ Our World Grows Worse (2024)
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ANOINTING THE SICK DIRTY 30 ~ A Death Metal Playlist Volume III
The third death metal playlist is now available to download. Expect a blastbeating blitzkrieg with tracks by ~
Abnormality
Barbarity
CÆLIBATUS
Damien
Echoes Of Death
Fall Of Serenity
Garoted
Hanging Fortress
Icon Of Evil
Jungle Rot
Kaamos
Lady Carnage
Macabre Decay
Near Death Condition
Obituary
Paladin
Rabid
Sacramental Blood
Teeth
Unbidden
Vainaja
Warp Chamber
Xibalba
Off Silence
72 Legions
Aborigen
Barren Earth
Caffa
Damned To Downfall
Eciton
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Friday, November 22, 2024
SEA OF SNAKES ~ Bow To No One (2024)
After their previous full length, the excellent 'The Serpent And The Lamb' blew my mind as well as my speakers, now lumbers forth the latest album from Los Angeles Sea Of Snakes called 'Bow To No One' and as with 'The Serpent And The Lamb' this is right on point.
'Bow To No One' sees the band fully embracing a doomier direction that was hinted at with previous songs such as End Of The Sun. There is an abundance of riffs, huge and full of depth for the listener to revel in. I was particularly struck by the grandeur and clarity of the excellent mix creating a more satisfying crystalline crunch to the tracks rather than a dreary thud. Despite the lucidity of the production, 'Bow To No One' isn't overly polished, the undercurrent of stoner sees to that but neither is it choked in fuzz allowing the dynamism of the songs to shine through, songs that aren't shackled by rigidity that this genre often harbours. enhancing the heaviness of the album and allowing the tracks to ebb and flow like magma.
A bastion of doom for 2024
Saturday, November 16, 2024
ANOINTING THE SICK #231 ~ Amplification Aberration
Tickle your tinnitus with the latest offering from Anointing The Sick. Starting with a dose of Death metal with Saevus Finis and ending with some U.S grindcore in the form of Phobia. Inbetween there is a big stoner /doom section, some doom chart entries and name your price albums. I've assailed my nostrils with the stench of the the filth pit and drawn out slimy and wriggling, tracks from Iron Front and Vulgarian. This weeks showpiece track is by Black Sheep Wall.
~Embrace The Sickness~
Saevus Finis
Cariosus
Mourning Dawn
The Awesome Machine
The Clamps #6 Jan Doom Charts
Arteaga
Iron Front
Black Sheep Wall BC Nyp
Kayleth #11 May Doom Charts
Hatred Reigns
Volume
Doomsday Profit #13 Oct Doom Charts
Smoke #13 Oct Doom Charts
Vulgarian
Sea Of Snakes
Pyrogaric
Phobia
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Monday, November 11, 2024
PYROGARIC ~ The Serpent (2024)
Thursday, November 7, 2024
ANOINTING THE SICK #230 ~ Pharmacological Torture
Another psychotic episode of pharmacological torture from The Anointing The Sick Show, hosted by Halo Of The Goat Radio. It will soon be the 'Best Of' season with many Blogs etc publishing their top albums for 2024. I'll be doing the same myself but first I'm highlighting some of my last years Dirty Dozen which was represented by the Doom Charts including bands such as Ceased Sunfire, Divinist, Adversvm, Cannabus, Dread Witch and Spawn Of Evil, just incase anyone missed these fine albums.
~ Embrace The Sickness ~
Into The Deep
Svdestada
Vorvan
Ceased Sunfire
Divinist
Adversvm
Cannabus
Dread Witch
Spawn Of Evil
Architecture of Aggression
Bloodbeast
Nethervault
Bocc
Sonic Moon
Doomsday Dementia
Dragonbreed
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Thursday, October 31, 2024
VULGARIAN ~ Eye for an Eye for an Eye (2024)
Hateful sludge bloated with the DNA of slow, stagnant doom which takes you right back to the glory days of the 90's. The atmosphere of this release is loathsome. Spiteful and repellant riffs are disfigured by serrated feedback which feels like an icepick being driven into your brain and the barking vocals are gleefully malicious, revelling at the thought of the audience being dispatched by the ensuing onslaught of heaviness. 'Eye For An Eye' isn't all low and slow however, it does occasionally combust and suppurate a noxious concoction of crust laced punk.