Starting off with a live album from local stoner/doom heroes Holy Grove. I can’t even remember who we saw them open for a few years back, but they absolutely blew us away.

https://holygrove.bandcamp.com/album/live-from-the-world-famous-kenton-club

This collaboration between Emma Ruth Rundle and(sludge? doom? post-metal?) band THOU was the talk of a corner of the metal world a couple years ago. A couple of these tracks have a PJ Harvey vibe…

https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/may-our-chambers-be-full

An “instant classic” black metal record from a Native American kid back east. And a terrific headphones record. #blackbraid

(I realized that I never asked him what his tolerance for “Cookie Monster vocals” is, so we’ll see)

https://blackbraid.bandcamp.com/album/blackbraid-i

Flawless OSDM from Oakland… #Necrot
LOVE this rekkid.

https://necrot.bandcamp.com/album/blood-offerings

So long as we’re listening to the devil’s music, this one is absolutely /chef’s kiss/. Ripping speed metal from Portland, so damn good and catchy as hell. Don’t listen if you hate fun! #Bewitcher

https://bewitcher.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-witching-cross

American black metal day.

A whole separate branch of this genre has taken root here – it’s more atmospheric, leavened with American folk roots, and almost always grounded in a kind of nature worship.

This is perhaps my favorite flavor of metal, and this particular record is an acknowledged classic. Went to a #Panopticon show last summer, and it was something of a spiritual experience. 🖤

https://thetruepanopticon.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-eternal

OK, continuing the “sending my friend metal recommendations“ thread

#Allfather are lefty, hardcore-inflected metal best described by their official slogan: “fucking riffs, mate!” Love this band – I’ve interacted with some of the members on Twitter, and on top of kicking ass, they just seem cool as hell. 🖤

https://allfather1.bandcamp.com/album/and-all-will-be-desolation

#BodyVoid – another band made up of awesome people. Incredibly heavy sludge/noise/doom. I believe there’s a Bay Area connection with this one, and I’m kicking myself that I missed a rare tour date in Portland early this year.

https://bodyvoid.bandcamp.com/album/bury-me-beneath-this-rotting-earth-3

Throwing these guys from British Columbia in because – as one reviewer described it – this record sounds like it’s made people who are in love with metal, mixing a bunch of different styles and sounding like they’re having a blast doing it. #Wormwitch

https://wormwitch.bandcamp.com/album/heaven-that-dwells-within

OK, one more today, then back to work:

Maybe my favorite death metal band of recent times, #TombMold are hardcore kids who met at a metal show and decided to form a band! My personal ideal of #deathmetal sounds like the monsters from “where the wild things are” stomping around and bellowing, and that is 100% what’s happening here. 🖤

https://listen.20buckspin.com/album/manor-of-infinite-forms

My friend is someone I would call a connoisseur of “weird music”.

What’s the weirdest metal (in a good way) that you can think of?

#metal #weirdmetal #keepmetalweird