Storm Kvlt - Europas Weg zum Grab (2022)

 

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Another delicious bowl of raw black metal served up fresh and ready for ear absorption. I will not lie, this album does not reinvent the wheel, but damn if it doesn't show us a great was to use it. Grab a drink and have a smoke and tune in for today's program. 

Europas Weg zum Grab

Mystic Circle - Mystic Circle (2022)

 

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Upon first listen, I had this incredible urge to play the first Castlevania game. It was as if something deep inside me awoke and demanded that I play that damn game. I think it's because the content of this album has very similar sounds that conjured up this nostalgic imagery. The guitars are often played so fast that they sound robotic, almost 8-Bit in nature, coupled with elegant piano passages and drums that blast nonstop for 45 minutes. Also, the solos are fucking amazing. Grab this and a whip and kill your demons!

Mystic Circle

CAN - Tago Mago (1971)

 

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CAN has gone through a few style changes throughout its existence. From krautrock, to avant-garde, and ending somewhere near ambient; these dudes made some pretty heady and great tunes. I enjoy their latter works, but nothing hits like the records they did with Suzuki. His voice was the jittery, sometimes mumbling glue that held the albums together, in my opinion. I circle back around to this record every other year or so, and wear it out over the course of like a month. Mushroom is my jam.  The history behind the recording is pretty dope. The band stayed in a castle, rent-free for roughly 3 months. It's also named after an island that has something to do with Crowley? Creepy.  Grab this and freak out. 

Tago Mago