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Counting Cards – Jormungandr
Muscular, energetic hybrid of punk and metal that mixes the two very effectively.
https://countingcardsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/jormungandr
@countingcardsmusic.bsky.social
https://www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/30/opm-heavy-is-as-heavy-does/#CountingCards
10 track album
Sun Wave Mountain Cave – Paper Town
Classic midwestern indie, similar to late ‘00s vintage, indebted to emo, alt-country, and generations of guitar pop.
https://sunwavemountaincave.bandcamp.com/album/paper-town
@sunwavemtncave.bsky.social
https://www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/30/opm-heavy-is-as-heavy-does/#SunWaveMountainCave
5 track album
Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project – Jolly Johnny and his Oompahing Oomlahs
Delightfully weird & whimsical project that trades in dub, Plunderphonics, & the wild, experimental spirit of a kid with their first tape recorder.
https://ruraldistrictlofirecordingproject.bandcamp.com/album/jolly-johnny-and-his-oompahing-oomlahs
@david-soulscorch.bsky.social
https://www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/30/opm-heavy-is-as-heavy-does/#Rural
10 track album
Verstaerker – 20
A mix of heavy, heavy electronic music, descended from industrial, techno, and hardcore (electronic, not punk) with darker, slower, more experimental jams in a similar vein.
https://bandwagon.fm/6957d145f2025d70ca7ae521
https://www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/30/opm-heavy-is-as-heavy-does/#Verstaerker
Buzzard – Everything Is Not Going to Be Alright
Fuzzed out doom folk protest songs about our current dumpster-fire reality.
https://buzzarddoomfolk.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-not-going-to-be-alright
@buzzarddoomfolk.bsky.social
https://www.etherdiver.com/2026/01/30/opm-heavy-is-as-heavy-does/#Buzzard
7 track album
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@etherdiver really enjoyed this one, thanks 🙏
I'll have to listen a few more times before I decide on a favorite, but the runners up right now are:
- "This Land Is Your Land (Until It's Not)"
- "Screaming Into the Void"
- "Fever Breaks"
- "Take the Tyrant Down"
Ether Diver
Ted M. Young
ghost with tunes 👻🎶