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i guess from now on i don't need to mention anymore that i couldn't listen to everything i'd liked to - because this is simply a chronic problem... ;-)

Albums Of The Week:


2020 releases:

Midnight - Rebirth By Blasphemy
listen: https://midnight-ohio.bandcamp.com/album/rebirth-by-blasphemy
punky metal? metallic punk? deathrock? some also call it black metal and/or speed metal. everybody's correct somehow. in the end that's probably just the soundtrack to extinction of life on earth which humanity deserves!

Thy Catafalque - Naiv
listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kQn-_ymsWAx6BKC02jef3SICHGMyeBDGE
"Avant-garde Metal", mostly "black" (some also refer to this as black metal) but also folky/pagan, some (retro?)wave assets, even "industrial" influences, damn, sometimes it's even funky and other times nearly "jazzy". very interesting, progressive stuff!

Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch
https://www.awayfromlife.com/antilopen-gang-abbruch-abbruch-review-2020/
listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nM0nq4ywuvlS2DuURcEV40bv6r_VkCMjE
at first it seems a lot "darker" or "more depressive" than the last album. but after all this is also a pretty diverse album. lyrics range from self-referential to political and last but not least they still are not afraid at all to piss off everyone (the good old "anti alles"-spirit lives on!). no "radio-hit" like "pizza" this time, although from my pov "roboter" would be suitable, but not subtle (or "mindless") enough to be played from your standard-format-hit-radio station.

Also worth mentioning:


2020 releases:

Pisse - s/t LP
https://nerdcore.de/2020/01/24/ein-neues-pisse-album-namens-pisse/
listen: https://pisse.bandcamp.com/album/lp
snotty, rumbling, arty, sometimes wavy lo-fi punk. short tracks (10 in 18 minutes). althought this is really irritating or even strange at first run i already kind of like "CO2 Bilanz" und "Kündigung", so this might be worth a few runs to get used to it ^^.

American Television - Watch It Burn
info/source: https://idioteq.com/pop-punk-rockers-american-television-release-new-music-teasing-new-lp-on-wiretap/
listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kdJXVlfFQLgYAdIHYJ7b9RhqDs_m_zhtw
https://amtv.bandcamp.com/album/watch-it-burn
catchy melodic punkrock inviting for a dance!

Regarde - The Blue and You
info/source: https://idioteq.com/small-talks-italian-emotive-post-hardcore-act-regarde-premiere-new-captivating-song-video/
https://idioteq.com/the-blue-and-you-regarde-streaming-new-emo-post-hardcore-masterpiece-in-full/
https://www.visions.de/platten/29270/regarde-the-blue-and-you
listen: https://throughloverec.bandcamp.com/album/the-blue-and-you
very nice indie-/emorock! not really inventing anything new, but on the other side also not simply repeating or copying what already has been done.

Oberst - Paradise
https://www.angrymetalguy.com/oberst-paradise-review/
listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mY0u6BVfy8FGhK7tFiRAW4vWu_PXpp82c
ok, as i listen to this one while preparing this posting i'll need to sneak this in, too ^^! playful, partly hyperactive blackened posthardcore. definitely worth a recommendation!

Grin - Translucent Blades
listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFBRChMxPvs
heavy psych doom from berlin (EarthShip)! if you like sticky, groovy heavyness this is something for you!

Elder Druid - Golgotha
info/source: http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2020/01/13/elder-druid-euro-tour-video/
listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mw4Zq9-Sh1asYYLtqkj8X_EikGsI1DJME
very sticky/sludgy doom metal, quite good but you need to be in the mood for this...


older releases:

Space Paranoids - High Tales
listen: https://briganterecordsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/high-tales
Sleazy, grungy Stoner/Hard Rock from Italy. Don't invent anything new but they're strong with the boogie! Could definitely spend these 36 Minutes worse ^^