ANOINTING THE SICK #225 ~ Beyond The Pain Threshold

 

Can you take the pain dished out by The latest Anointing The Sick Show 'Beyond The Pain Threshold' hosted by  Halo of the Goat Radio on 03/9/2024. The show opens with a dose of heavy psych from Nomestomper and closes with the random pick of post sludgsters Battle of Mice. Inbetween, the doom charts is featured as well as one or two albums you can buy for NYP on Bandcamp. I'm really excited to be featuring a new split between Iglesia Atomica and Out Of Hand One side is an awesome stoner jam band, the other an equally killer thrashing death metal band featuring members of Iglesia Atomica. As well as this split, I have tracks from the excellent new albums from Bleed This Earth and SANGRIA

Embrace The Sickness Of ~

Nomestomper

Helms Deep

Josiah

Hyperia

THE BAND REPENT

Wrath of Logarius

ATHIRIA

Nebula Drag

Unverkalt

Iglesia Atomica

Out Of Hand

Grey Giant

Vaara

Demon & Eleven Children

Bleed This Earth

SANGRIA

Battle of Mice

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BLEED THIS EARTH ~ The Shapes That Stood in Silence (2024)

Straddling the the various emotions of despair between My Dying Bride and Mournful Congregation, we have a new album by New Zealand's Bleed This Earth called 'The Shapes That Stood in Silence' It's a tragic tale of Parental devotion and ultimate sacrifice that is captured magnificently in four lengthy inconsolably grieving tracks that sweat fear, dismay and a love that has been cruelly snatched away. There is perfect balance between melodic guitar crying out in anguish against an oppressive backdrop of hulking funeralistic doom outraged at the injustice of it all.

I very rarely mention album covers on the Podcast or in reviews but I'm particularly drawn to this one because it cleverly embodies the essence of the album, the spirits of the doting Parents distraught at the realisation that they must forsake their daughter in order to cure the child of the night terrors brought about by their ghastly silhouettes.

SANGRIA (Chile) ~ Esclavo de la Ira (2024)

 I have a long standing affinity with the Chilean sludge/doom band Sangria ever since I contacted them many years ago when trying to find a copy of their first album 'Renaces de la miseria' The band was kind enough to reply with a CD of the album and also some earlier demo's and the track 'El Esbirro' became a regular feature on the various radio stations I was involved with. And so, after the release of  the excellent 'Agnosis' I was keen to try out the destructive force of Sangria's latest album 'Esclavo de la Ira' (Slave Of Wrath). 

The album is still heavy enough to crush the marrow from your bones but there is a slight difference between this and the others. As usual with Sangria, each song structure is fairly straightforward and won't distract you from your punishment, but rather than suffocating you in doomy sludge, 'Esclavo de la Ira' has a darker, enraged sound to it, reminding me of Triptykon in parts. The riffs have an edge to them, not blunted by excess sludge, although there is still enough to cause maximum pain, giving an overall crunchier more violent sound not heard on previous albums. 

ANOINTING THE SICK #224 ~ Wrong Side Of The Dirt

The latest Anointing The Sick Show has been unearthed once more on Halo Of The Goat Radio to bring you more death, doom, thrash and sludge metal carnage. As usual there are Bandcamp nyp albums to discover by Knim, Penny Coffin and Fange plus a hark back to one of the Doom Charts 'best of' albums of 2023 from Mars Red Sky.

Enbrace The Sickness ~

Dwelling Below

Inculter

Unmothered

Phobocosm

Aggression

Mars Red Sky

Sons Of Eternity

Ektomorf

Genus Ordinis Dei

Lies!

Swarf Damage

Knim

Penny Coffin

Fange

Headspawn

Chemical Annihilation

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DEMON & ELEVEN CHILDREN ~ Demonic Fascination (2024)

 

Last year's demo ended up in my 2023 'Dirty Dozen' for the Doom Charts. It consists of three heavy psych tracks that crackle and spit out an authentic,70's vibe. 

Now we have Demon & Eleven Children's proper debut full length,'Demonic Fascination' and boy, is it killer. Like a séance, vocalist Akinashi acts as the Medium, allowing the music to communicate through her voice and its trance like quality is in perfect contrast to the caustic, grainy, lo-fi sound carried over from the demo. However, what makes 'Demonic Fascination' stand head and shoulders above last years demo is the enhancement of a much meatier stoner doom tone with reverb and wah heavy enough to warp time. Riffs are mighty, and the multitude of jams have been dipped in the same vat of acid used on the last recording. There is some evidence of herb induced stoner groove beloved of East Asian stoner doom bands but Demon & Eleven Children is firmly rooted in the classic Italian style of occultism.

The Witching Hour is upon us

 

ANOINTING THE SICK #223 ~ Wrong Side Of The Dirt

The Anointing The Sick Show 'Wrong Side Of The Dirt' is hosted once again by Halo of the Goat Radio tonight @9pm UK time. It's the usual carnage of doom, death, thrash, sludge and black metal. This week there are lots of NYP albums from Bandcamp highlighted plus a doom Doom Charts entry for June, WyndRider . The filth pit has once again come up trumps with a track by sludgsters Cestode

Embrace The Sickness with 

Diminium

Electric Machete (Ita)

DARK BLUES Project

Soldier

Bodybag (Rus)

Insonika

Ranchero

Tenebro

BUSS

Moonstone

Shadow Limb

Laguna - Band

CHRCH

Cestode

Witchcaster

FIREBLOOD

WyndRider   9th in Doom Charts (June)

Wormthrone

Anonymus

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ANOINTING THE SICK DIRTY 30 ~ Black Metal Vol 3

The Anointing The Sick Show turns to the extreme dark side of the metal spectrum once again by presenting another non curated Dirty 30 show, this time VOLUME 3 of Black Metal bands. 30 tracks from bands specializing in warping Black Metal into death, doom, sludge and thrash.Unholy vibes hosted by  Halo of the Goat Radio.

Embrace The Sickness Of ~

Abigorum / Baerus / Cavalcade / Darkthrone / Embalsamado / Feannag / GAUL/ Haradrim / Impure / Joyless Euphoria / Kavyk / Last Legion / Malevich / Necramyth / Obscura Qalma / PantheonLr / Red Necklace / Sacrilegious Rite / Thee Kvlt Ov Ouroboros / UMBRA CONSCIENTIA / Valletta NC / Wardaemonic / Your End / Above Aurora / Barren Altar / CaVar / Dead To A Dying World / EMBRACE OF THORNS / Felsenmirror / Ghast / 

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