The French extreme music scene has come on leaps and bounds since I first heard a French band called Trust. After their 1980 album 'Repression' was released Trust were touted as the next big thing and the band that would put French extreme music on the map, the song 'Paris Is Still Burning' still gets a regular airing on the show even after all these years. Alas, for one reason or another, Trust never really made it but one band that is certainly carrying the mantle is The Chris Rolling Squad. Their latest album 'Damn You All To... Hell' has now been released and it's ferocious. Abrasive punk rock and roll riffs spraying spittle in your face have scoured away most of the predominantly blues based sounds of earlier albums and a metal undercurrent intensifies the anger, giving a much heavier feel to the mix. The recording is pretty spot on. You can taste the sleaze and feel it oozing through your fingers all awhile the collection of songs rampage through your hearing like a gang of cutthroats.
Doom/Death/Thrash/Prog/Sludge/Stoner/ Rock ~ All of the bases are covered
Halfaya https://halfaya.bandcamp.com/album/kryptoniter
Wrath Of Belial https://wrathofbelial.bandcamp.com/album/embers-of-dead-empires
Dig Me No Grave https://satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat396-dig-me-no-grave-necrocosmic-ceremony-20
The Howling Eye https://interstellarsmokerecords1.bandcamp.com/album/erf
Katatonia https://katatonia.bandcamp.com/album/nightmares-as-extensions-of-the-waking-state
Deathgoat https://xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dragged-into-realms-below
Joe la Truite https://joelatruite.bandcamp.com/album/ultimate-ninja-storm-2-full-zguen
Outergods https://outergodsuk.bandcamp.com/album/dethroned-devoured
Vinnum Sabbathi https://vinnumsabbathi.bandcamp.com/album/intersatelital
Knub https://hexrecords.bandcamp.com/album/knub-crub
Sleeping Mountain https://sleepingmountainband.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-mo
McKenzie Hills https://mckenziehills.bandcamp.com/album/ice-crossing
Mooch https://moochmusicofficial.bandcamp.com/album/kin
Gruesome https://gruesomedeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/silent-echoes
Black Helium https://riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-animals-are-coming
Barren Altar https://barrenaltar.bandcamp.com/album/bound-by-impermanence
Helms Deep https://helmsdeep666.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-the-dragon
Alkemia https://chaos-records.bandcamp.com/album/depulsus
1968 https://1968band.bandcamp.com/album/royal-bastards
Mantra https://mantrafr.bandcamp.com/album/celestial
Holyroller https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/rat-king
Ravine https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-and-catastrophes
Rifle https://rifleheavytrip.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-paranoia
~Embrace The Sickness ~
Disastroid #14 Feb Doom Charts 2024
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Dust Bolt
Anubis
The Wizards
Boneyard
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Hallelujah! The Anointing The Sick show is back! Starting with a crust / punk classic and ending with a dose of pummelling sludge. I haven't done a label feature in a while so this week a spotlight falls on Drowning In Chaos Records with three brutal death and black metal bands from that stable Cryptic Process, Fadeaux and Obsidyen. Recent releases that you really should be checking out are by Beware Of Gods, Blind Mess, Spiral Guru and Madmess.
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Doom
Spiral Guru
Emperors Lair
Cathode ULT
Cryptic Process
Fardeaux
Obsidyen
Aggression
Sun Of Grey
Beware Of Gods
Blind Mess
Madmess
The Chris Rolling Squad
I Bleed Lava
Inherus
Drawers
Wolves Carry My Name
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BIO ~ Turtle Skull are a four-piece from the Australian East Coast serving a monolithic dose of psych-doom- pop. They’ve honed an experiential blend of warm melodies and ethereal vocal harmonies over cell-bursting riffs, motorik beats, and warbling drone.
With Being Here, Turtle Skull have evolved. A new lineup. A fresh approach. A leap forward. While the album builds on the sonic foundations of 2020’s Monoliths, it’s a different beast. Still hefty and considered but more immediate. Made for the moment. A record that values gut instinct over perfection.
Tracked live at NoWave in Mullumbimby, with a paired-back approach to studio tweaking, Being Here captures that ‘lightning in a bottle’ energy that happens when a band fully locks in. New member Ally Gradon’s synths inject fresh energy, swirling around meaty riffs and driving rhythms. It’s expansive yet raw, drawing from the likes of Black Moth Super Rainbow, Idles and Cause Sui with a nod to the cinematic sprawl of Spiritualized and The Flaming Lips. A heavy, heady blend of melody and atmosphere.
'Being Here' was much more about good songs that we had freshly written being captured live in the moment" says Gradon. "No click, no excessive layering, no studio trickery. The only thing that wasn’t captured live was the vocals. Choosing to self-produce and mix the album gave us the chance to preserve our initial vision, even if it nearly did kill me."
The album puts a spotlight on songwriting, covering weighty subject matter, from the life-force drain of social media to the relentless march of time. But it does so with a call to stay connected, empathetic and grounded. In this way, Being Here isn’t just an album title. It’s a philosophy. A mantra. A demand to be fully present, to embrace the chaos, the beauty, the weight of it all.
THE NEW ALBUM 'Being Here' ~ A new album of psych rock with a new line up featuring Ally Gradon on synth. Being Here is a peppery mix of 60's sounding pop rock and grainy acid suffused heavy psych. Vocal harmonies are lush and syrupy sounding similar to something The Mamas & The Papas would produce, not normally my cup of tea but with a burbling bass line laying the groundwork for edgy shoegaze fuzz a la Bardo Pond at their most caustic, I found Being Here to be a totally immersive experience. ~ Steve (Anointing The Sick Metal Blog)
