554 No God, only Doom!

   I read an article years ago on MetalSucks that touted the 25 best doom metal songs.  Naturally I went about trying to source and compile them into a playlist only to find that I didn't really like all the weird avenues and nuances of the doom metal genre.  Sure I like the big names and the easier to digest groups, but most of that playlist wasn't my cup of tea.   So I sat on this for... well pretty much since I started this blog.  This was originally labeled as my mix #66, and here we are up at 554.  

Over those years I took my time and if I came across a track that fit better with the overall feeling I wanted to express with this playlist I'd add it to the folder, and this could no longer be called a doom metal mix.  Months later I'd review and scrap some tracks and resurrect others.  Eventually I just said screw it, close enough, and I filled in the last few holes to make what is available here.  I would love some recommendations for this genre as I know I'm missing some gems.

00:00  Belzebong - The Bong of Eternal Stench

05:56  Weedeater - Wizard Fight

08:08  Acid Bath - Paegan Love Song

13:29  Green Lung - Call of the Coven

18:11  Viaje a 800 - El Amor Es un Perro del Infierno

22:48  Torche - Rockit

23:53  No Zodiac - Chaos Reigns

26:25  Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today

34:07  Sleep - The Druid

38:57  Earth - High Command

44:30  Isis - Hand of Doom (Black Sabbath)

52:36  Bongripper - Satan

64:06  The Sword - Winter's Wolves

68:37  Amon Amarth - Raise Your Horns

72:57  Celtic Frost - Procreation (of the Wicked)

76:59  Without God - They Rot

84:43  Yob - Original Face

91:42  Disma - Chasm of Oceanus

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507 Whatever sinks your ship

Oh yeah!  Some hardcore, doom, sludge, metal, post-rock, punk, thrash, and crossover.  Plenty of weirdness abounds.

00:00  Palms - Opening Titles

05:47  Sick of it All - The Blood and the Sweat

07:32  Dr. Colossus - Stupid Sexy Flanders

14:01  Soundgarden - Hunted Down

16:35  Unsane - Straight

20:35  Tool - Sweat

24:06  Prong - Defiant

26:58  Yoo Doo Right - Join, Be Curst

31:25  The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black - Neighborachie

33:47  Current 93 - Desperado

39:12  aMiniature - He, The Bad Feeler

42:10  Okilly Dokilly - White Wine Spritzer

45:12  And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead - Isis Unveiled

51:37  Wayfarer - Night Shift (Siouxsie & the Banshees)

57:49  Envy - Zero

59:46  mewithoutYou - Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

64:31  I-Spy - You Don't Talk no Sh!t

65:22  Los Crudos - Desde Afuera

66:40  D.R.I. - How To Act

67:44  Unseen Terror - My Life (Sick of it All)

68:22  Suicidal Tendencies - Memories of Tomorrow

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483 Supergroups and side projects A

My criteria for this mix was to focus on groups/bands that put out at a minimum one full album under this title; so no one off projects that only recorded a track for a tribute album for example.  The group must be made up of members from at least two significant other bands.

I know there are so many more that are worth looking into, so please share more ideas with me.

00:00  Fantomas - Experiment in Terror (Faith No More, Slayer, Melvins)

02:40  Palms - Shortwave Radio (Deftones/Isis)

09:32  Shrine Builder - Solar Benediction (Om/Saint Vitus/Neurosis/Melvins)

18:06  Down - Lifer (Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar, Eyehategod, Kingdom of Sorrow)

22:42  Handsome - Closer (Quicksand, Jets to Brazil, Cro-Mags, Helmet)

25:36  Nailbomb - Blind and Lost (Fudge Tunnel, Sepultura/Soulfly)

27:28  Superjoint Ritual - It Takes no Guts (Pantera, Hank Williams III, Jimmy Bower, Kevin Bond, Warbeast)

29:31  Tomahawk - God Hates A Coward (Faith No More, Jesus Lizard, Helmet, Melvins, Mr Bungle)

32:09  Killer be Killed - Face Down (Sepultura/Soulfly, Mastodon, Mars Volta, Converge, Torche, Dillinger Escape Plan)

36:44  Prophets of Rage - Unf*ck the World (Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Rage Against The Machine)

40:25  Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - Rocket Man (NOFX, Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, Rich Kids on LSD, Swingin Utters)

43:53  SPASM - All That Is Good (Dead Voices On Air, Lab Report, Pigface, Evil Mothers)

50:16  Download - Base Metal (remix) (Skinny Puppy, Dead Voices on Air, Anthony Valcic, Phil Western)

54:37  Run The Jewels - Legend Has It (El P & Killer Mike)

58:02  Revco - Attack Ships on Fire (Ministry, Front 242, Luc Van Acker)

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Spotify (28/29) combines both mixes

Others that I decided not to include:

Boygenius - Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker

Eyes adrift - Nirvana, Meat Puppets, Sublime

The Sleeping Moustache - NWW, irr app ext, Stilluppsteypa, Coelacanth, RK Faulhaber

Temple of the Dog - Pearl Jam, Soundgarden

420 THAT mix

A brief detour on this month's themes because tis time to celebrate that unofficial holiday.  I already did an all reggae/dub mix on the subject, only natural that I expanded to other genres of music that celebrate the stinky.  This one is all over the map, as is proper for the ADHD euphoria associated with it.  Something for everyone here. 

00:00  The Beatnuts - Get Funky (remix) (intro)

00:10  Cypress Hill - Yo Quiero Fumar

02:47  Madvillain feat Lord Quas - America's Most Blunted

06:41  Gang Starr - Take Two and Pass

09:48  Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women No 12 and 35

14:14  Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels

18:55  Willie Nelson - Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die (Live)

20:51  Digable Planets - Nickel Bags (Sneak A Beshu)

25:41  Sonic Youth & Cypress Hill - I Love You Mary Jane

29:14  The Pixies - Gouge Away

31:52  Crackerbash - Trinkets

36:42  Cracker - Low

41:10  Talking Heads - Lifetime Piling Up

44:56  The Orb - Reefer Spin In The Galaxy

49:46  Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

54:45  Sleep - Giza Butler

64:45  Down - Hail The Leaf

68:12  Cannabis Corpse - Mummified in Bongwater

72:12  DJ Vadim - Til Suns In Your Eye

76:47  Mindless Drug Hoover - The Reefer Song

78:32  Sun City Girls - Uncle Jim

82:49  Guided By Voices - Weed King

84:24  Kind of Like Spitting - Why I Smoke Mad Weed

89:33  Butthole Surfers - Bong Song

93:02  Cypress Hill - Something For The Blunted

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389 Another Sabbath Tribute

A second selection diving into the wonderful world of Black Sabbath covers.   My first mix last November was well received and one of the most popular posts yet on my blog.  This round it starts with the heavy stuff, moves on to the weird stuff, and ends with some jazz. Thanks to George Glass for drawing my attention to Santa Sabbath, and bandcamp Friday for introducing me to Hellsongs.   

00:00  Grails - Black Sabbath

04:11  Soundgarden - Into The Void (Stealth)

10:45  Helmet - Lord of This World

14:05  Converge - Snowblind

18:31  Screaming Trees - Tomorrow's Dream

22:37  Pantera - Electric Funeral

28:24  Santa Sabbath - Wicked Christmas

32:46  1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut

39:10  Snares - Black Sabbath

44:12  Matmos - FX

45:57  Andy Votel with Clita Johnrose - Hand of Doom

51:19  Marissa Nadler - Solitude

55:50  Hellsongs - Paranoid

60:14  Mercury Rev - Planet Caravan

63:47  Casualties of Jazz - Sweet Leaf

71:11  Jazz Sabbath - Rat Salad

75:36  Tony Reed - Laguna Sunrise

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349 The meditative world of Om

In hindsight, I probably should've made this more of a career overview of Al Cisneros.  Then I could've included Asbestos Death, Sleep, Shrine Builder, and his work with Six Organs of Admittance, Harvestman and the Melvins.  It is what it is, and here is a mix of my favorite Om and Al solo tracks for some post-holiday meditative comedown.  While making the Spotify list, I checked and found the YouTube mix made by someone else and took this as an easy out to save me some work today.

00:00  Al Cisneros - Dismas (Version)

03:42  Om - Addis

09:06  Om - Gebel Barkal

13:24  Om - At Giza

28:54  Om - Cremation Ghat Pt 1

31:57  Om - Haqq al-Yaqin

42:51  Al Cisneros - Harvester Dub

46:42  Om - Bedouin's Vigil

50:57  Om - Meditation is the Practice of Death

57:37  Al Cisneros - Untitled

61:46  Om - Rays of the Sun / To The Shrinebuilder

69:38  Om - State of Non-Return (Live)

77:40  Om - Gethsemane (Live)

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332 Black Sabbath Covers

Oh yes, I am passionate about Black Sabbath, and have the t-shirt "You can only trust yourself and the first six Black Sabbath albums."  I'd like to update that and say only the first four.  There are several tribute albums out there, and certainly a mixed bag of quality in the output.  I've picked what I consider to be some of the better versions here, and a few that are just cool interpretations or surprise appearances.  Only repeated one track, because they were such different interpretations, plus I love hearing the Budos Band back up Charles Bradley on his version.  Yeah, I know I used Brown Sabbath multiple times here; it should be obvious that I don't follow the rules of a mix tape set forth in High Fidelity.  Hopefully a surprise for the casual listener is Beth Gibbons from Portishead doing a tremendously cool version of the namesake track.  I had a friend that kept pushing the Cardigans on me, which I only knew "Lovefool."  Turns out they did several Sabbath and Ozzy covers in their own style and they work pretty well.  I honestly kept the track by Shelter in here because it may not be the best cover, but it is not everyday you get to hear Hari Krishna's doing a cover of Black Sabbath.  I left off Helmet's version in place of Quix*O*tic, and Marissa Nadler in place of Rondellus - they were both pretty mellow and this one fit better as a closer.  I wanted to include the Matmos cover of FX but it really didn't fit in anywhere, which I suppose was the point of the original track on Vol 4.  I did include these on the spotify mix because some other tracks weren't available (a common theme with that platform).  Who knows, I may get motivated and make a part 2 for this mix someday.  I had to choose something totally absurd, but also true for the cover here.

00:00  Zola Jesus - Changes

05:50  Sleep - Snowblind

11:37  Isis - Hand of Doom

19:59  Quix*O*tic - Lord of this World

25:29  Brown Sabbath - Into the Void

31:50  Neurosis - Children of the Grave

37:23  Brownout - Fairies Wear Boots

44:14  The Cardigans - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

48:31  Charles Bradley - Changes

54:06  Ruthie Foster - War Pigs

58:36  Gonga feat Beth Gibbons - Black Sabbeth

65:53  Hilary Woods - N.I.B.

68:52  Brown Sabbath feat David Jimenez - Planet Caravan  

75:57  The Cardigans - Iron Man

80:11  Anthrax - Neon Knights

84:33  Shelter - After Forever

87:23  Rondellus - Solitudo

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Episode 216 - Black Sabbath

 

I love Black Sabbath and rock out to them at least weekly.  I agree that their first four albums are essential listening, but after that it was about one or two good songs per album at best (in my opinion).

Episode 38 - I wanna Rock!

An overview from 2016 of the many styles of metal that I like.  Metal is such a diverse landscape anymore, with seemingly endless sub-genres.  Though I haven't made as many mixes of these styles, I mostly listen to a lot of old school death metal and post-metal, with some good stoner doom in there too.

00:00 Nile - Serpent Headed Mask

02:15 Rivers of Nihil - Perpetual Growth Machine

07:00 Cannabis Corpse - Blaze of Torment

09:52 Melechesh - Metatron and Man

16:04 Testament - Sins of Omission

21:04 Prong - For Dear Life

24:27 Wayfarer - Cities Built on Conquered Ground

30:23 Jesu - Star (edit)

36:23 Cult of Luna - Last Will and Testament (Amebix cover)

43:14 Callisto - Wormwood

50:26 Latitudes - Antechamber

57:24 SubRosa - Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes

63:14 Scheer - Shea

65:33 Fudge Tunnel - Lowdown (Wire cover)

69:02 Down - Lifer

73:39 Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave

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