02/23/14: Weekly Song #3 - One Rose by Why? (2009)

This next entry is something i was listening to a lot around the time my Grandpa passed away. I often return to this album. Why? is a musician that started off more as a hiphopper and rapper. 

This album was conceived and recorded at the same time as their previous album Alopecia. Alopecia had remnants of hip hop left and with this additional collection of songs, he abandoned hip hop completely to show his more folky slant. 

Overall a pretty depressing album but "One Rose" is a beautiful song that I will remember forever. Why? can be an acquired taste for some, but I really love his unique approach to music. 

Thanks

December 21 - 31 (#356 - 366)

#356) Gum Takes Tooth - Silent Cenotaph (2011) weird noise metal 


#357) Wildildlife - Six (2007) psychedelic noise metal

#358) True Widow - As High As the Highest Heaven and From the Center to the Circumference of Earth (2011) "stonegaze" 

#359) Comity - The Journey Is Over Now (2011) experimental hardcore

#360) Pig Destroyer - Book Burner/Blind, Deaf and Bleeding (2012)Blind, Deaf and Bleeding is a bonus EP of punk covers (Black Flag, Minor Threat and the Misfits to name a couple) that comes with the deluxe cd and lp versions of Book Burner.

#361) Crystal Castles - (III) (2012) 

#362) How to Destroy Angels - An Omen (2012)

#363) Igorrr - Hallelujuah (2012) "baroque-core"

#364) Whourkr - 4247 Snare Drums (2012)Whourkr is metal Igorrr

#365) Black Feelings (2009) noisy, kinda psychedelic rock

#366) Verdun - The Cosmic Escape of Admiral Masuka (2011) doom/sludge 

November 21 - 30 (#326 - 335)

#326) Locrian - The Clearing (2011)

#327) The Catalyst - Marianas Trench (2008) 

#328) Horseback & Locrian - New Dominions (2012) 

#329) Vektor - Outer Isolation (2011) 

#330) Circle - Panic (2007) 

#331) Anodyne - Salo (2003) chaotic, noisy hardcore

#332) Nadja/Ovo - The Life and Death of a Wasp  (2010) 

#333) Pygmy Lush -Mount Hope (2008) 

#334) White Wizzard - Over the Top (2009) 80s metal

 #335) Furze - Trident Autocrat (2000) weird experimental black metal

November 11 - 20 (#316 - 325)

#316) Book of Sand - How Beautiful to Walk Free (2010) 

#317) Wolf Eyes - Black Wing Over the Sand (2007) sick stuff

#318) Fister - Bronsonic: Lethal Overdose Edition (2011) doom.


#319) Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire - Harmonies From Bleeding Mouths (2006)

#320) Psychofagist - Il Secondo Tragico (2009) 


#321) Atavist/Nadja - II: Points at Infinity (2008) drone doom

#322) Author & Punisher - The Painted Army (2005)  

#323) Author & Punisher - Warcry (2007) 

#324) Author & Punisher - Ursus Americanus (2012) 

#325) Bell Witch - Longing (2012)

November 1 - 10 (#306- 315)

#306) Pygmy Lush - Bitter River (2007) 

#307) Red Harvest - Cold Dark Matter (2000) 

#308) Book of Sand - Mourning Star (2012) 

#309) Lifelover - Sjukdom (2011) "narcotic metal"

#310) Wolf Eyes with John Wiese - Collection (2006) collection of out of print eps

#311)  Author & Punisher - Drone Machines (2010) 

 #312) Korperschwache - A Fistful of Nihilism (1996) 

#313) Openwound/Antigama - Blastasfuck split (2004)

#314) Kowloon Walled City - Gambling On the Richter Scale (2009) 

#315) Drudkh - Handful of Stars (2010) 

October 21 - 31 (#295 - 305)

#295) At the Graves - II (2010) 

#296) Clinging to the Trees Of a Forest Fire - Omega Drunk on the Blood Of Alpha (2008) 

#297) Celeste - Nihiliste(s) (2008) 

#298) Book of Sand - Destruction, Not Reformation (2010) 

#299) Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage (2011) 

#300) Elizabeth - Where Vultures Land (2012) hardcore from Switzerland.

#301) Macho Distorto - To My Dead & Beloved (2011)

#302) Gay Witch Abortion - Maverick (2009) 

#303) Happy Days - Cause of Death: Life (2012) 

#304) Wraiths - Plaguebearer (2007) dark drone/ritual/ambient/noise

#305) Necrophiliacs - The Collected Works (2012) 

October 11 - 20 (#285 - 294)

#285) Botanist - II: A Rose From the Dead (2011)

#286) Botanist - III: Doom in Bloom (2012)

#287) V/A - III:Allies (2012) 

#288) Tomb - Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy II (2010) harsh black industrial

#289) Korperschwache - Ritual of the Ouroboros (2007)  

#290) Bongripper - Satan Worshipping Doom (2010) instrumental doom from Chicago

#291) Mz.412 - In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi (1995) 

#292) Aderlating/Crown of Bone split (2012) 

293) Hallowed Butchery - Funeral Rites For the Living (2009) 

#294) Lair of the Minotaur - Carnage/Cannibal Massacre (2004/2005) 

September 21 - 30 (#265 - 274)

#265) This Heat - Repeat (1993) 

#266) Burmese - White (2003) 

#267) Nadja - Belles Bêtes (2009) 

#268) Anitgama/Psychofagist - 9 Psalms of an Antimusic to Come (2012)

#269) Behold! The Monolith - Behold! The Monolith (2009) 

#270) Oneida/Liars - Atheists, Reconsider (2002) .

#271) Behold! The Monolith - Defender, Redeemist (2012) 

#272) Book of Sand - The Face of the Waters (2011) 

#273) Horseback - The Gorgon Tongue (2011)

#274) 16-17 - Gyatso (1994) 

September 1 - 10 (#245 - 254)

#245) Millions - Gather Scatter (2008)  hardcore from Chicago

#246) SSS - The Dividing Line (2008) 

#247) Deterior - Cleanse (2009) 

#248) Sockeye - Barf On a Globe (1999) 

#249) Tenhi - Airut:aamujen (2004) neofolk from Finland

#250) Vektor - Black Future (2009) 

#251) Artortured - Dimensions of Suffering (2012)  

#252) Atavist - II:Ruined (2007) drone doom

#253) Circle - Miljard (2006) 

#254) The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, the Lord Has Left Us (2006) 

August 21 - 31 (#234 - 244)

#234) Pinkish Black - Pinkish Black (2012) 

#235) The Blind Shake - Carmel (2007) 

#236) Death in June - The World That Summer (1986) 

#237) Keuhkot - Toimintatapoja Olioille (2005) 

#238) Captain Ahab - The Great Disappointment (2006) 

#239) 16 Volt - Demography: The Basement Tapes (2000) collection of old tracks and demos

#240) Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors (2008) 

#241) Captain Ahab - The Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (2010) live tracks

#242) Captain Ahab - The Sex Is Next (2004) 

#243) The Phantom Carriage - Late Comers (2005) 

#244) Ramona Falls - Intuit (2009)  

August 11 - 20 (#224 - 233)

#224) Brutal Truth - End Time (2011) 

#225) Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Angles (2008) 

#226) Nesseria - Nesseria (2010) blackened hardcore

#227) Nadja - When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV (2009) 

#228) Assault Squad Safety Scissors - The Children Are Our Future and So Are Flying Cars (2007)  

#229) Captain Ahab - After the Rain My Heart Still Dreams (2006) 

#230 - 232) Merzbow - Another Merzbow Records (2010) collects various tracks off splits and comps released between 1991 and 2001

#233) Great Falls - Fontanelle (2010) 

July 18 - 31 (201 - 213)

#201) Hammers of Misfortune - The Bastard (2001) 

#202) Emo Summer - Land of Emotional Plastic Furniture (1999) bad. not for me

#203) George Holdcroft - The FP Soundtrack (2011) 

#204) Disunicorps - Try (2011) 

#205) Disunicorps - Re:Try (2012) 

#206) Sutekh Hexen- Larvae (2012) 

#207) Panopticon - Social Disservices (2011) 

#208) The Paper Chase - Cntrl-Alt-Delete-U (2001) 

#209) Richard Cheese - Dick at Nite (2007) 

#210) Trust - Trst (2012) 

#211) Antigama/Drugs of Faith split (2007) 

#212) Nadja - The Bungled & the Botched (2008) 

#213) In Defence - Into the Sewer (2009) 

Harpoon - Deception Among Birds

#193) Harpoon - Deception Among Birds (2011)

 1. To the Tall Trees
2. Prequel to a Lifetime of Dissapointment
3. Dreadnaught
4. Phlegm
5. Troglodyte's Delight
6. The Cut of His Jib
7. Shit Wizard
8. Deception Among Birds

Harpoon's 2nd and most recent album. in the 2 years since they released Double Gnarly/Triple Suicide  they've improved by leaps and bounds. they've added a 3rd member to the band in D.J. Barraca (bassist for Lair of the Minotaur, another great Chicago band that i'll be getting to soon). i don't know if that has anything to do with the sound change but i'm happy either way.

(if anyone cares, "To the Tall Trees" is the track off the Locrian split that i mentioned in my last post. i should've probably mentioned that then...)

Harpoon - Double Gnarly/Triple Suicide

Like Flies The Lies Swarm Around Your Head

#192) Harpoon - Double Gnarly/Triple Suicide (2009)

 1. Company Man
2. Lefty
3. The Midget and the Duchess
4. The Cacographer
5. Walter Reuther
6. Buddy System
7. Sloth-Ass
8. Frogs, Boils, Locusts...
9. Throngs
10. Bad Beekeeping
11. You Should Be Longer
12. The Difficulty in Listening to the Elderly

i first heard these guys on a split they did with Locrian. they're a 2 man drum machine grind band from Chicago featuring Toney Vast-Binder (of 7000 Dying Rats) on vocals and Dean Costello handling guitar, bass and drum programming. at times it reminded me a bit of Plague Bringer but the riffs aren't as good and the vocals are occasionally a little...i dunno, sometimes i just don't dig 'em. overall it's a pretty rad album though.

Nadja/Black Boned Angel

#190) Nadja/Black Boned Angel (2009)

 1. I
 2. II

another Nadja collaboration, this time with Black Boned Angel, whose album Verdun was the 3rd album i posted about here.
the violent noise/drone doom of Black Boned Angel combines perfectly with Nadja's dreamsludge to give us two 20+ minute tracks of brutally heavy noisy doom. these guys really play off each other well. i know they've worked together on at least one other album, i'll have to try and track it down. this was great stuff, i hope these guys continue to work together.

(121A) (End of Month Theme: Band Recommendation) The Paper Chase - Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1 (2009)

(121A) (End of Month Theme: Band Recommendation) The Paper Chase - Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1 (2009)

1. If Nobody Moves Nobody Will Get Hurt (The Extinction)
2. I'm Going to Heaven with or without You (The Forest Fire)
3. The Common Cold (The Epidemic)
4. The Laying of Hands The Speaking  in Tongues (The Mass Hysteria)
5. Your Money or Your Life (The Comet)
6. What Should We Do with Your Body (The Lightning)
7. This Is a Rape (The Flood)
8. The Small of YOur Back The Nape of Your Neck (The Blizzard)
9. This Is Only a Test (The Tornado)
10. We Have Ways to Make You Talk (The Human Condition)

     End of a month that ended a few months ago. I am not even entirely sure I followed the theme I picked hahaha. I think I said it was bands that the other writer introduced us to. This is technically another crossover, but oksentaminen played this album for me in Mid May and it blew me away. He definitely knows the stuff I like. This band is an incredible melding of dissonance and darkness with a catchy pop sensibility. It has elements of bands like cursive and bright eyes. Dissonance, grandiose and large compotions and bands, and angry, shaky vocals. I highly recommend all of their albums. I have listened to 4 of their 5 releases. Bummer that they broke up but The singers new band sounds like he will continue with this sound eventually (121)

Kodiak/Nadja Split

#177) Kodiak/Nadja Split (2009)

 1. Kodiak - MCCCXLIX the rising end
 2. Nadja - KITSUNE fox drone

i had never heard Kodiak before i picked up this split. they're a drone/doom band out of Germany. it looks like they've only released 1 full length and a couple splits. their track here fucking destroys. 21 minutes of  pulverizing instrumental doom. 

according to the liner notes the Nadja track was recorded/composed/performed live in a studio in Berlin. i was kind of disappointed to find that it's a 20 minute drone piece (yes i know "drone" is in the title). it wasn't a bad track, i actually enjoyed it after my initial disappointment, it's just that when i see "Nadja" i expect Nadja.

a cool split but i have to give the edge to the Kodiak track.

Sissy Spacek - Gore Jet

#164) Sissy Spacek - Gore Jet (2009)

 1. Gore Jet 1
 2. Gore Jet 2
 3. Gore Jet 3
 4. Gore Jet 4
 5. HHH13B
 6. Superm
 7. Reeve
 8. Mountain Amps
 9. Guitar Fluffs
 10. Hotel
 11. Ghost
 12. ------ ------ -------
 13. Bananas
 14. Cake
 15. Ott
 16. Phys Ed A1
 17. Phys Ed A2
 18. Phys Ed B
 19. Jason's Basement
 20. Live at No Fun


i went into this album not really knowing anything about the project other than that it was John Wiese's "grindcore" band. if you're into noise you've probably heard/heard of John Wiese as he's done splits and collaborations with tons of artists on top of his own releases.
this album is a rarities collection of  tracks off limited 7" and a couple unreleased tracks. (the cd booklet gives you all the release info which i'd normally list here but there's a lot of info and i'm far behind, sorry.)  i put grindcore in quotes because not every track is grind. some are grindy, some are noisy, some are a combination of the 2 and some are experimental improv tracks. i don't know if a rarities collection is really the best way to get an idea of what a band is about but i enjoyed it anyway. looking forward to hearing more from these guys.

Geotic - Bless the Self

#160) Geotic - Bless the Self (2011)

 1. Isolated Speech
 2. Isolated Mind
 3. Illusory Body
 4. Clear Light
 5. Union

for this Crossover i decided to check out some Geotic.

/as adam noted in his post on this album, Geotic is a side project of Will Wiesenfeld, the man behind Baths. all the Geotic albums are available for free download here.
/the music is very minimal and chill and all the tracks here flow together seamlessly. this is definitely an album that is stronger if you listen to it as a whole and follow Will's recommendation (from the site linked above) of having no gaps between tracks..
i wish this was a full length instead of an ep but other than that minor business it was a very enjoyable album. i'll definitely be looking into more of this project.

Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity

Gazing At Me Through Tears Of Urine

#159) Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity (2009)

 1. My Orifices Await Ravaging
 2. Verbrannt Und Verflucht (Burned and Cursed)*
 3. Broken Fingers Point Upwards In Vain
 4. The Stench Of Dead Horses On My Breath And The Vile Of Existence In My Hands
 5. L’Ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps (The Angel Who Announces the End of Time)*
 6. Gazing At Me Through Tears Of Urine
 7. Rife With Deep Teeth Marks
 8. All The Dread Magnificence Of Perversity
 9. The Gnostic Ritual Consumption Of Semen As Embodiment Of Wounds Teared In The Soul 

i've been listening to Gnaw their Tongues for a few years now and i still don't really know how to classify them. i guess "him" would be more appropriate since this is a 1 man project from the Netherlands. maybe experimental orchestral blackened noise doom? whatever you want to call it, the fact remains that  the music is DARK,  massive yet suffocating and it has an almost cinematic flair to it. occasionally quite beautiful in it's darkness, it's also incredibly atmospheric and i'm always amazed that just one dude is composing these huge sounding tracks.
unfortunately there isn't a lyric sheet but looking at the song titles and album artwork (which is also done by Mories) i'd guess they're pretty fucked up. 
highly recommended.

*i did the translations using google translate so if they're off, ooops i guess