… why the heck am i writing this.

Listens

Split (1994) - Lush

{Shoegaze, England}

Okay, I don’t listen much to shoegaze; I’m listening to this album because of the track Light From a Dead Star. It turns out that shoegaze, if this band represents the scene well, is more rock-ish and postpunk-ish than I expected. Sometimes it’s hard to draw a line between this genres .. Maybe I need to listen more. It would be a charm if I’m to this one on tapes. Alas, I need to fix my cassette deck when I got the time…

Fav. tracks: {Light From A Dead Star, Hypocrite, Desire Lines}

btw. the music reminds me of the Antichrisis

on the radar & TODO

Glory and Perdition (2009) - Sear Bliss

{symphonic/melodic/atmospheric black metal, Hungary}

War-themed black/death metal

NOTE: war-themed metal could be a neo-nazi brewery. I try my best to fact check that the bands are not actively promoting nazi ideologies. Also I try not to include the NSBM scene. I’m not gonna talk about my opinion on using nazi materials in music though, that’s for another lengthy post.

Holocaust over Dresden (2017) - Hak-Ed Damm

{black metal, Quebec}

https://www.metallerium.com/hak-ed-damm-interview-black-metal

Hak-Ed Damm: Absolutely not. We are not Nazis. When we used those terms, it was only to describe an evil reality that once was. Our opinion about politics in music is that it is bullshit, whatever side you are on. Moreover, T-34s were Red Army tanks that killed many Nazis…

Obviously the name “Holocaust over Dresden” is talking about the Bombing of Dresden towards the end of WWII. Sadly the neo-nazis take the memorial days (13–15 February) of the bombing for their propaganda because they see the tragedy as a “shame to their national pride”. Nevertheless I’m not gonna comment on Nationalstolz oder Nationalsozialismus here.

The music is very punk-ish. I especially enjoy the bass section - it’s jazzy and seems to be a fretless, extra groovy, extra brutal! One thing I don’t like though, is that some of the chord progression seems to be … too upright (like Usine de Mort)? Not saying melodic stuffs are bad but this kinda defeats the goal of, said the artist, being as brutal & terrifying as possible.

Overall, clean mixing, brutal tones, and AMAZING BASSIST.

• Where Fear and Weapons Meet (2021) - 1914
• The Suns of Perdition - Chapter I:War,Horrid War (2019) - Panzerfaust
• Menschenmühle (2021) - Kanonenfieber
• Alpenpässe (2019) - Minenwerfer
• Turm am Hang (2017) - Horn
• Memorandum Occultus (2017) - The Committee
• Blood On Snow (2010) - Estern Front
• Kapitulation 2013 (2013) - Endstille
• Warlord (2020) - Panzerwar
• Kekrokrator (2023) - М8Л8ТХ
• Marcellin s’en va-t-en guerre (2016) - FT-17
• Panzer Metal (2010) - Negator
• Grebbeberg (2023) - Sammath

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