CYANOTYPE BY COLONIAL WOUND
I’ve been waiting for a full length from this band for a few years, and they nailed it with Easy Laugh late last year.
WITH THIS DAGGER IN MY HEART I SHALL TURN THE WORLD TO ASH BY CHAINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN
This sounds like a band that named themselves after a Thou song and its great.
They have a new album out, go get it.
ON THE DAY I WILL FOLLOW, MY SOUL I WILL BRING BY SAMUEL LAFLAMME
The creep on this is so great. I have zero interest in the movie its from (I’m a baby), but damn is the score isn’t amazing.
INAUGURATION DAY BY DEMONS
This song and Swallow, the ep its from feel like they were market tested and made in a lab specifically for me.
Not to say Demons is fake in anyway, it just that it hits so many of my zones so perfectly its hard to imagine it wasn’t made with me in mind.
Anyway, this rips and the digital version is free. Go get it.
RUBBLE HOME BY FULL OF HELL & PRIMITIVE MAN
I never liked regular Full of Hell as much as I like their collaborations.
This track is my favorite thing that has come out so far this year, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Suffocating Hallucination ended up one of my favorite albums of the year.
SAUVAGE BY BILLY WOODS
Billy Woods released two quality albums in one year, Aethiopes in April and Church in September. Initially Aethiopes didn’t really grab me, I think I never gave it a fair listen. But I was very into Church when it came out, enough so that I went back and gave Aethiopes another chance. Man, did I make a mistake.
Aethiopes (and Church) is one of my favorite albums of 2022.
THE GARDEN BY HAUNTED HORSES
Creeping Industrial noise rock that reminds me a bit of Young Widows, but heavier and weirder. The Worst Has Finally Happened is one of my favorite releases of 2022.
THE GLARE IS EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE OUR SHADOW BY LOCRIAN
This one snuck up on me. I’ve liked previous Locrian releases (especially the Mamiffer collaboration), but I sort of forgot about the band. But I kept seeing that cube album cover and finally gave it a listen. It grabbed me right away. New Catastrophism is one of my favorite releases of 2022.