great stuff. thanks for the tip

Thanks for the tip. Love it. I'm always afraid when I start listening to any Doom that I'm gonna hear some death metal vocals, I hate that (unless it's death metal) and so when I hear real singing I'm always really grateful. Ordering the green vinyl NOW.

Just ordered this:

SL has really been on top of it lately!

Proton Beast, a two-piece disco-doom band from Auckland.

http://protonbeast.bandcamp.com/

And less Pellet.

Urgh - I just saw The Sword's pre-order. The GID vinyl with black light triptych lithograph and t-shirt looks pretty sweet - but I don't need the CD and a slipmat...can't justify the price tag. Especially for not being all that huge a fan - I like 'em but don't love 'em.

I do love 'em, and saw the black light poster / GID vinyl bundle after already ordering the lava vinyl. But I don't need all of that extra crap either.

Edit: jk, I'm buying both. Fuck. http://youtu.be/JjuDQ1ryUHY

Edit: jk, I canceled my lava vinyl in favor of this bundle. What a pain in the b*tt I am.

The shirt, LP and litho are all awesome looking - wish I could throw down for the set. I'll probably just pre-order the Lava vinyl though. Hope the album is good - I was pretty disappointed with Warp Riders initially and only recently started to appreciate it. I wanted it to have more of a sci-fi sound, given the subject matter and album cover.

Agreed -- I like that shirt design a lot more than most other Sword ones. I have the 'planet' one and never wear it.

I wasn't too into Warp Riders at first either, but it quickly became one of my favorite albums of 2010, it's perfect the whole way through. From what I've heard, Apocryphon is kind of more of the same but has some areas with synth(!).

That's how I feel about The Sword as a whole. I suppose consistency counts for something! Perhaps it's better that they keep putting out good records that sound similar, rather than changing for the worse. And with Warp Riders I may have learned a lesson - not to expect something drastically different - and will enjoy Apocryphon from the jump.

Same here. Really like the new Earth. I don't grab that much music anymore so I don't even know most of these bands. I think the only other stuff I have is the sunn 0))) white 1 & 2 white lp's...and I bought those years ago. I liked the two albums but never followed them after that.

Yeah, I like Earth - though I haven't heard their last two albums. The last one I bought/heard was And The Bees Made Honey... - really like that direction they went in, though I guess it started with Hibernaculum, which I also really liked. And of course Extra Capsular Extraction and Pentastar!

Adding another +1 to Olde Growth -- This is very good and I'm only on the first track. Hope it keeps up, haha. Tempted to grab the forest green record, but I need to slow down on the other vinyl collecting after dropping that load on the Sword pre-order. Anyway, thanks for the recommendation, Acolorfulmonster! Keep 'em coming.

Can't really get into Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell though. I think it's the vocals. Might need to give it another try as Rise Above are usually pretty stellar with their output.

Oh, and I took a closer look at my Norska s/t, I was wrong about there being grey in there. Pretty sure I got the same mix as deadboy.

this was a pretty good listen..

http://hangmanschair.bandcamp.com/album/hope-dope-rope

The Gene-Simmons-esque vocals might not be for everyone. I like them though.

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I hope you've given it a few more listens. I'm hooked.



That's a pretty good comparison. Didn't think it was that accurate until I started singing the songs to myself.

Anyone checking out Goat yet? Not completely "stoner" but pretty fucking stoney. Love the strained vocals, heavy bass and fuzzed out wah guitar.

this rules..

GOYA

Edit: Wow. Goya is fucking awesome. Had to break my record-only rule and grab their cd I was so impressed. Thanks, dude!

Edit 2: Here's some pretty good nearly-instrumental stoner drone groovy shit. And hey, they've got a track titled Moth Ra, so there's that -- Sun Eater.

But wait, there's more: Carrion Mother, post-metally sludgy doomy and droney 13-18 minute long tracks? I don't know, you can only use so many adjectives when describing music and I know I'm terrible at it, but I really like this so far.

And then this just came out:

Going to be a busy music-filled weekend.

Anyone want a free copy of Windhand - s/t? I've got the record and I'm trying to purge a vast majority of my too-large cd collection. Just pay a few bucks postage and it's yours.

Offer only open to stoner doom fans!

Edit: Gonzo.

Anybody got a DL for Eagle Twin's new album? Got the LP yesterday, but would like a copy to throw on my ipod.

Ahh, You might check Filestube or Digital Meltdown. I don't know how the board treats direct linking of downloads though.

Thanks - found a live one! And it's the LP version too!
I don't think there's ever been an issue with someone posting a direct link - just as long as it's not a live auction link!

Ummm, Facebook recommended this Boris interview to me. This is the first thing Facebook has ever recommended that I've actually clicked on. Figured I'd share here.
http://www.steelforbrains.com/post/3173 ... -interview

Anybody else get the new Eagle Twin? Thoughts?
So far I like it, but it's not as powerful as The Unkindness of Crows. It's not as focused. There's such heavy and hypnotic stuff on that first album - that last song, And It Came To Pass That Birds Rain Down As Black Snakes, just can't be topped.
But I like the nod to Earth's A Bureaucratic Desire For Revenge at the very end of Snake Hymn.
All in all I think the album mainly suffers because what preceded it was perfect.

I'll have to check it out this weekend -- I don't think I've liked much of their past output, but I could be getting them confused with someone else.

The new Witchcraft is getting played over and over by me over here. I've absolutely loved all of their other albums, and this one is not a letdown in the least bit. That, the Goya demo and Carrion Mother - Koronis are my favorites lately.