MONOLITHIC ARCHITECTURE ~ Our World Grows Worse (2024)

Monolithic Architecture is a U.S band with the DNA of grindsters Hobostew and Reptilian Brain among others skulking in a completely opposite sphere of extreme metal. In Monolithic Architecture's realm, time has slowed to a standstill and with a riff pressure that will crush out of existence anyone willing to don earphones and listen for any length of time.

The album 'Our World Grows Worse' is a raw and devastating bombardment of drone infused doom. Starting and ending with blasts of flesh stripping feedback which also permeates throughout the album like razor wire in no man's land, 'Our World Grows Worse' is a Stone Golemesque trudge into negativity. Some chords  wander into a hateful void while others slam into immobile granite walls. 

I've often wondered how 2-piece bands manage to create such cacophonies of sound and Monolithic Architecture treads the same turbulent path.

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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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

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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PYROGARIC ~ The Serpent (2024)

 

Following the raw offerings of  earlier releases 'Home' and 'Far Away' Pyrogaric is back with more Welsh stoner doom Druidry in the form of the album 'The Serpent'. This album is a more polished affair, with simple song structures embellished with the vocals of Jamey-Leigh Butcher who also sits behind the drum kit. Squeeze the deep, moistened, humid riffs and they'll drip Sabbath, Saint Vitus and Pentagram fleshed out with an earthy swagger.

Pyrogaric has just finished a tour to promote 'The Serpent' and their live performances have been described as 'powerhouse' After listening to 'The Serpent' who am I to doubt it?

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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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.

NOTE* You must also check out Vulgarian's previous release, last year's 'End Stage' for  equally awesome sludge driven carnage.