Dreams of Consciousness: Recent Episodes
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 352 features an interview with Lord Kaiju of Oxygen Destroyer.My thanks again to Lord Kaiju for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Sons of the Necrobeast""Possessing the Putrified Remnants of the Unholy God Incarnate"taken from the album Sinister Monstrosities Spawned By the Unfathomable Ignorance of Humankind"Shadow of Evil""Banishing The Iris Of Sempiternal Tenebrosity"taken from the album Guardian of the UniverseThanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed listening to this as much as I enjoyed making it! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Herin | Sons Of Ra | Uncanny | Zu | Vitskär Süden | Rubi Ate The Fig | The Pocket Gods | Dalton Wilcox & Jimmy Blades | Gotho | Lizzard | Von Hertzen Brothers | Per Wiberg | Red Sun | Traum | AnubisMusic On This Mixtape:Herin: "The Darkest Hour" taken from the album "Hiding In Plain Sight"Sons Of Ra: "Tropic of Cancer III" taken from the album "Tropic Of Cancer"Uncanny: "Music For The Faint Hearted" taken from the album "Shroomsday"Zu: "Shin Jin Rui" taken from the album "The Lost Demo"Vitskär Süden: "R'lyeh" taken from the album "Vessel"Rubi Ate The Fig: "They Came With Stones" taken from the album "Gilgamesh"The Pocket Gods: "The King Of UFOs" taken from the single "The King Of UFOs"Dalton Wilcox and Jimmy Blades (Andy Daly and James Bladon): "Roll Music" taken from the podcast "Bonanas for Bonanza"Gotho: "First Fight In Planet Disco Dance" taken from the album "Gothron Versus Fartark"Lizzard: "Black Sheep" taken from the album "Mesh"Zolle: "D'ANNATA" taken from the album "Macello"Von Hertzen Brothers: "A Good Life" taken from the album "In Murmuration"Per Wiberg: "Follow The Unknown" taken from the album "The Serpent's Here" Red Sun: "Intempesto" taken from the album "From Sunset To Dawn"Traum: "Antarctic Dawn" taken from the album "Traum"Anubis: "Part III - Alone" taken from the album "The Unforgivable"Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed listening to this as much as I enjoyed making it!Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 351 features an interview with Luke Cazares of Laceration.Music In This Episode:"Parasomnia""Monolith"taken from the album Demise"Carcerality""Vile Incarnate"taken from the album I ErodeThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 350 features an interview with Jeremy Wagner of Broken Hope and Earthburner.My thanks again to Jeremy for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:Broken Hope: "Earth Burner"taken from the album Grotesque BlessingsEarthburner: "Total War"taken from the 2012 3 song EPEarthburner: "Like Dogs"Earthburner: "Uncreation"Earthburner: "Slaves To The Screen"Earthburner: "Facelift"taken from the album Permanent DawnThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Automat | STARFORCE | Drifting In Silence & w-berg | Andrey Iskanov & Alexander Shevchenko | Leila Abdul-Rauf | S.C.R.A.M. | Sólveig Matthildur | Dave Neabore | arottenbit | GosT | Eihwar | De Arma | Kraftwerk | MASTER BOOT RECORDMusic On This Mixtape:Automat: "Droid" taken from the album "Automat"STARFORCE: "Nebular Anomaly" taken from the EP "Age of Nano"Drifting In Silence & w-berg: "Iceland In Summer" taken from the album "North Sea"Andrey Iskanov & Alexander Shevchenko: "Sorrow" taken from the album "Choice Cuts From Philosophy Of A Knife"Leila Abdul-Rauf: "The Light That Left You" taken from the album "Calls From A Seething Edge"S.C.R.A.M.: "Slipstream Visions" taken from the album "The Inner City"Sólveig Matthildur: "Venus" taken from the single "Venus"Dave Neabore: "Star Feels" taken from the album "Star Feels"arottenbit: "SPECIMEN_SEI_____(PROBE#1262011)" taken from the album "You Don't Know What Chiptune Is"GosT: "Deceiver" taken from the album "Prophecy"Eihwar: "Mjölnir" taken from the album "Viking War Trance"De Arma: "Shadowstreets" taken from the album "Synthwave Sessions Vol. 2"Kraftwerk: "The Model" taken from the album "The Man-Machine"MASTER BOOT RECORD: "GPU" taken from the album "HARDWAREZ"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 349 features an interview with Dome Diego of Fulci.My thanks again to Dome for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Gore Life"taken from the album Opening the Hell Gates"Funeral"taken from the album Exhumed Information"Vile Butchery/A Blade In The Dark""Morbid Lust"taken from the album Duck Face KillingsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
The Cryptids • CALABRESE • Nox Novacula • ACTORS • Spell • Diavol Strâin • SPECTRES • Skeletal Bats • Zombina and the Skeletones • Cemetery Skyline • Pøltergeist • KINGCROW • Spirit In The Room • Dead Kennedys • VaderMusic On This Mixtape:The Cryptids: "Phantom of the opera"taken from the album "THEY LIVE!"CALABRESE: "Thing Unnatural"taken from the album "Thing Unnatural"Nox Novacula: "Wolves"taken from the album "Feed The Fire"ACTORS: "We Don't Have To Dance"taken from the album "It Will Come To You"Spell: "A Waxing Moon over Babylon"taken from the Spell / Pøltergeist split EPDiavol Strâin: "Lilith"taken from the album "Elegía Del Olvido / Elegía Del Horror"SPECTRES: "Dominion"taken from the album "Presence"Skeletal Bats: "PARALITIKO"taken from the album "SONIDOS MUERTOS PARA LOS MUERTOS"Zombina and the Skeletones: "Don't Kick My Coffin"taken from the album "The Call Of Zombina"Cemetery Skyline: "Violent Storm"taken from the album "Nordic Gothic"Pøltergeist: "Children of the Dark"taken from the album "Nachtmusik"KINGCROW: "Night Drive"taken from the album "Hopium"Spirit In The Room: "Creepy Phone Calls"taken from the album "Passengers"Dead Kennedys: "Halloween"taken from the album "Plastic Surgery Disasters"Vader: "I Feel You"taken from the album "De Profundis"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 348 features an interview with Benjamin Hutcherson of Glacial Tomb.My thanks again to Ben for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Of Flesh and Worship""Sunless Dawn"taken from the album Glacial Tomb"Sanctuary""Voidwomb""Seraphic Mutilation"taken from the album Lightless Expanse"Burial Shroud"taken from the EP Cognitive ErosionThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
High Priestess • Space Queen • Necro • Angelica & The Crooked Path • Alunah • WyndRider • Cachemira • Messa • Holy Grove • SoftSun • Kabbalah • Ponte del Diavolo • SlowerMusic On This Mixtape:High Priestess: "Ave Satanas"taken from the album "Casting the Circle"Space Queen: "Demon Queen"taken from the album "Nebula"Necro: "Entropia"taken from the album "Adiante"Angelica & The Crooked Path: "Creature of Spring"taken from the single "Creature of Spring"Alunah: "Sacred Grooves"taken from the album "Fever Dream"WyndRider: "Devil's Den"taken from the album "Revival"Cachemira: "Mujer Vudù"taken from the album "Ambos Mundos"Messa: "Snakeskin drape"taken from the album "Feast For Water"Holy Grove: "Huntress"taken from the album "Holy Grove"SoftSun: "Unholy Waters"taken from the album "Daylight In The Dark"Kabbalah: "The Ritual"taken from the album "The Omen"Ponte del Diavolo: "The Unborn"taken from the EP "Sancta Menstruis"Slower: "Hellfire"taken from the album "Rage And Ruin"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 347 features an interview with Hayden Johnson and Tre Wilz of Coffin Rot.My thanks again to Hayden and Tre for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Miasma of Barbarity""Mechanical Separation"taken from the album A Monument to the Dead"Predator Becomes Prey""Lurking in the Cemetery"taken from the album Dreams of the DisturbedThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Massacre • Hail Of Bullets • Thanatos • Membrance • The Crown • Ophidian Memory • Deivos • Feral Forms • Recidivist • Living Gate • Chained To The Dead • Earthburner • Molder • Necroferum • Sarcophagum • 200 Stab WoundsMusic On This Mixtape:Massacre: "Death May Die"taken from the album "Necrolution"Hail Of Bullets: "Red Wolves Of Stalin"taken from the EP "Hail Of Bullets"Thanatos: "Putrid Existence"taken from the album "Four Decades Of Death"Haggus: "Severed At The Torso"taken from the EP "3 Cadavers, 2 Corpses and a Carcass"Membrance: "Corpse for Sale"taken from the album "Undead Remains"The Crown: "The Agitator"taken from the album "Crown of Thorns"sth Ophidian Memory: "Hollowed"taken from the album "Carrion Lord"Deivos: "Maelstrom of Decay"taken from the album "Apophenia"Feral Forms: "Sadistic Inner Hate"taken from the album "Through Demonic Spell"Recidivist: "Ceremony Of Flesh"taken from the album "Madness Malformed"Living Gate: "Hunting Maggots"taken from the album "Suffer As One"Chained To The Dead: "He's Just Meat Now"taken from the album "Only Hunger Remains"Earthburner: "Broken Head"taken from the album "Permanent Dawn"Molder: "Bursted Innards"taken from the album "Catastrophic Reconfiguration"Necroferum: "Malignant Echoes of Non-existence"taken from the album "Visions from the Necrorealm"Sarcophagum: "Feudal Futures"taken from the album "The Grand Arc of Madness"200 Stab Wounds: "Maggot Casket"taken from the album "Piles of Festering Decomposition"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 346 features an interview with Karl Agell of Legions of Doom.My thanks again to Karl for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:Trouble: "Run To The Light"taken from the album Run To The Light (Expanded Edition)The Skull: "As the Sun Draws Near"taken from the album The Endless Road Turns Dark"Lost Soul""Insectiside"taken from the album The Skull 3Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Goatkrieg • Koldbrann • Gravenoire • Dreamless Veil • 1349 • Kanonenfieber • Tryblith • svrm • BÁL • Schammasch • Bestialthrone • Sulphur & MercuryMusic On This Mixtape:Goatkrieg: "Kneel Before Satan"taken from the album "Hanging God"Koldbrann: "Rykk Skaperverket Opp Med Roten"taken from the album "Ingen Skånsel"Gravenoire: "Ordo Opera Cultura"taken from the album "Devant La Porte Des Etoiles"Dreamless Veil: "The Stirring Of Flies"taken from the album "Every Limb of the Flood"1349: "Inner Portal"taken from the album "The Wolf & The King"Kanonenfieber: "Ritter der Luefte"taken from the album "Die Urkatastrophe"Tryblith: "Chalice Ov Opulence"taken from the album "Draconis Maleficium"svrm: "Нестерпне світло"taken from the album "Мовчання і смерть"BÁL: "Ceremónia"taken from the split EP "Horror"Schammasch: "They Have Found Their Master"taken from the album "The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean"Bestialthrone: "Transilvanian Forests"taken from the album "The Vampires in The Dawn of Blood"Sulphur & Mercury: "Lightless Slumber"taken from the album "Alchemia Prophetica"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 345 features an interview with Andrew Lee of Houkago Grind Time. My thanks again to Andrew for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Power Of Anime""Moe Again""Rum Raisin Daisuki""People Die When They Are Killed"taken from the album Houkago Grind Time 2: The Second Raid"KIRARA CHAINSAW""Disgrace to the Corpse of Watsuki""Cruel Grinder's Thesis""Houkago Grind Time Still Cares"taken from the album Koncertos Of Kawaiiness: Stealing Jon Chang's Ideas, A Book By Andrew LeeThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Grava • Deadform • Oryx • Five The Hierophant • Locusts and Honey • Nobody • QAALM • Funeral • Mother of GravesMusic On This Mixtape:Grava: "The Fall"taken from the album "The Great White Nothing"Deadform: "Of Plagues"taken from the album "Entrenched in Hell"Oryx: "Myopic"taken from the album "Primordial Sky"Five The Hierophant: "Initiatory Sickness"taken from the single "Apeiron"Locusts and Honey: "Traitor to Love"taken from the album "Teach me to live that I dread the grave as little as my bed"Nobody: "A Silent Prayer"taken from the album "Despair Is Where My Thoughts Swim"QAALM: "Hangman's Lament"taken from the album "Grave Impressions Of An Unbroken Arc"Funeral: "My Own Grave"taken from the album "Gospel of Bones"Mother of Graves: "Shatter The Visage"taken from the album "The Periapt Of Absence"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 344 features an interview with Jacob Björnfot of Kvaen.My thanks again to Jacob for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Sulphur Fire"taken from the album The Great Below"Septem Peccata Mortalia"taken from the album The Funeral Pyre"De Dodas Sang""Traverse the Nether"taken from the album The Formless FiresThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 343 features an interview with Shaun Ross of Excel.A product of the same Venice Beach punk and skateboarding community that produced Suicidal Tendencies, Excel were mainstays of the Eighties crossover/thrash scene. They went on hiatus after their third album Seeking Refuge, becoming another casualty of a shifting music industry that kept metal at arm's length. The band re-emerged in 2014 to play some reunion shows, and their first two albums were re-issued by Southern Lord Records shortly after.I spoke with bassist Shaun Ross about how doom metal pioneers Trouble influenced his music, and his intentions to keep Excel relevant to the current day. We also discussed why Seeking Refuge is considered a "lost" album, and what the next Excel album might sound like.My thanks again to Shaun for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Insecurity""Social Security"taken from the album Split Image"Tapping Into The Emotional Void"taken from the album The Joke's On You"Overview""Hair Like Christ"taken from the album Seeking RefugeThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
O Zorn! • Angelica & The Crooked Path • Helevorn • Flourish • Dvne • Vestige • Vestindien • Hanging Garden • Endless Floods • THAW • GaereaMusic On This Mixtape:O Zorn!: "New Suffer"taken from the album "Vermillion Haze"Angelica & The Crooked Path: "Lily"taken from the single "Lily"Helevorn: "Signals"taken from the album "Espectres"Flourish: "New Cosmic Terror"taken from the album "Deepest Wellsprings of Being"Dvne: "Reaching for Telos"taken from the album "Voidkind"Vestige: "Deviens la Nuit"taken from the album "Janis"Vestindien: "Verdande"taken from the album "Verdande"Hanging Garden: "The Fireside"taken from the album "The Garden"Endless Floods: "Décennie"taken from the album "Rites Futurs"THAW: "The Great Devourer"taken from the album "Fading Backwards"Gaerea: "Suspended"taken from the album "Coma"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 342 features an interview with Demiser the Demiser of the band, Demiser.My thanks again to Demiser for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"All Innocence Burns Here"taken from the album The Inhabitable Dark"Children of the Static"taken from the album ...From Dead Horizon to Dead Horizon"Written in Blood and Covered in Flies""The Reaper's Blessing"taken from the album Slave to the ScytheThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 341 features an interview with Kyle Shaw of Obscene.My thanks again to Kyle for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"All Innocence Burns Here"taken from the album The Inhabitable Dark"Children of the Static"taken from the album ...From Dead Horizon to Dead Horizon"Written in Blood and Covered in Flies""The Reaper's Blessing"taken from the album Agony & WoundsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Glacial Tomb • Undeath • Whitechapel • Ashen Tomb • Livløs • Defacement • Vile Rites • Narcotic Wasteland • Perfidious • Coffin Rot • GraveMass • Maul • Massacre • BrujeriaMusic On This Mixtape:Glacial Tomb: "Abyssal Host"taken from the album "Lightless Expanse"Undeath: "Disputatious Malignancy"taken from the album "More Insane"Whitechapel: "A Visceral Retch"taken from the single "A Visceral Retch"Ashen Tomb: "Catharsis Through Torture"taken from the album "Ecstatic Death Reign"Livløs: "Usurpers"taken from the album "The Crescent King"Defacement: "Scabulous"taken from the album "Duality"Vile Rites: "Shiftless Wanderings"taken from the album "Senescence"Narcotic Wasteland: "Barbarian"taken from the single "Barbarian"Perfidious: "In The Reign Of Perpetual Agony"taken from the album "Savouring His Flesh"Coffin Rot: "Hands of Death"taken from the album "Dreams Of The Disturbed"GraveMass: "Slave to Pain"taken from the single "Slave to Pain"Maul: "Spontaneous Stigmata"taken from the album "In The Jaws Of Bereavement"Massacre: "The Colour Out Of Space"taken from the album "Necrolution"Brujeria: "Revolución"taken from the album "Raza Odiada"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 340 features an interview with Kakophonix of Hvile I Kaos.My thanks again to Kakophonix for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Hermetitude - A Wrathful Reclamation"taken from the album O Holy Fire"The Somberlain" (Dissection Cover)taken from the EP Hvile I Kaos"Locusts""Psalmody for the Child Offering"taken from the album Lower Order ManifestationsInterviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 339 features an interview with Kenny Ruggles–Alaniz and Nathan Collins of Amarok.My thanks again to Kenny and Nathan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"III - Deserted"taken from the Amarok/Pyramido Split"VIII Skeleton" (excerpt)taken from the album Devoured"Charred (X)"taken from the album ResilienceThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
God Bullies • The Stabbing Jabs • Bye Bye Tsunami • Atom Driver • The Antikaroshi • Palmar de Troya • Shun • Desolat • Three Second Kiss • Upright Forms • Tina Fey • hijss • Rated Eye • Fuck Your Birthday • High Noon KahunaMusic On This Mixtape:God Bullies: "You Call This Love"taken from the album "As Above, So Below"The Stabbing Jabs: "F-Bomb"taken from the album "The Stabbing Jabs"Bye Bye Tsunami: "Eating"taken from the album "Eating"Atom Driver: "Occupants"taken from the album "Occupants"The Antikaroshi: "Sticky Hands"taken from the album "L’inertie Polaire"Palmar de Troya: "Cold Snakes"taken from the EP "II"Shun: "NRNS"taken from the album "Dismantle"Desolat: "This Band Is Your Yoga"taken from the album "Get Sick And Let Me Watch You Die"Three Second Kiss: "Garum"taken from the album "From Fire I Save The Flame"Upright Forms: "Drive At Night"taken from the album "Blurred Wires"Tina Fey: "I Spent My Whole Life Thinking I Would Be Ready for This Moment (but Here We Are and I'm Fucking Terrified)"taken from the EP "In Living Memory"hijss: "1234me"taken from the album "stuck on common ground"Rated Eye: "Pig's Eye"taken from the album "Rated Eye"Fuck Your Birthday: "Propane Accessories"taken from the album "BBQd"High Noon Kahuna: "Good Night God Bless"taken from the album "This Place Is Haunted"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 338 features an interview with Matt Sokol and Mike Szymendera of Wraith.My thanks again to Matt and Mike for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"The Curse"taken from the album Absolute Power"Hell's Canyon""Warlord"taken from the album Fueled By Fear"Wraith"taken from the album WraithThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
MoonKill • THE GALLERY • Low Pressure System • Lethe • De Arma • GosT • Zolle • Louvado Abismo • Sooma • FVRMN • The Holy Circle • The Deathtones • 55CASTLES • Glose • BizarrekultMusic On This Mixtape:MoonKill: "Dead Holiday"taken from the album "MoonKill"THE GALLERY: "Desperate Times"taken from the album "SHE CUTS YOU DOWN"Low Pressure System: "Experience Makes War (On the Innocent)"taken from the album "Unknown Caller"Lethe: "Erosion"taken from the album "Alienation"De Arma: "Nighttime Departure"taken from the album "Synthwave Sessions, Vol 2"GosT: "Through the Water"taken from the album "Prophecy"Zolle: "Confetto"taken from the album "Rosa"Louvado Abismo: "Corrida Lenta"taken from the album "Louvado Abismo"Sooma: "Sale"taken from the album "Drü"FVRMN: "Back To The Whip"taken from the album "Back To The Whip"The Holy Circle: "The Nightingale"taken from the single "The Nightingale"The Deathtones: "Creature From The Black Lagoon"taken from the album "Universal Monsters"55CASTLES: "The Grave"taken from the album "55CASTLES"Glose: "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" [Tears For Fears cover]taken from the album "New Wave Donut"Bizarrekult: "Useless" [Depeche Mode cover]taken from the single "Useless"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 337 features an interview with Erol Ulug of Teeth.My thanks again to Erol for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Blindness""The Fog of Futility"taken from the EP Finite"Loathe""Apparition"taken from the album The Will of HateThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Týr • Portrait • Sonata Arctica • Hands Of Goro • Sorcerer • Death Magick • Kings of Mercia • Lizzy Borden • Armored Saint • Category 7 • U.D.O. • Angel Witch • Satan • Cirith UngolMusic On This Mixtape:Týr: "Axes"taken from the album "Battle Ballads"Portrait: "The Blood Covenant"taken from the album "The Host"Sonata Arctica: "California"taken from the album "Clear Cold Beyond"Hands Of Goro: "Archduke of Fear"taken from the album "Hands Of Goro"Sorcerer: "The Underworld"taken from the album "Reign of the Reaper"Death Magick: "Violence Is King"taken from the album "Demo MMXXIII"Kings of Mercia: "Set the World on Fire"taken from the album "Kings of Mercia"Lizzy Borden: "Death of Me"taken from the single "Death of Me"Armored Saint: "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)"taken from the single "One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)"Category 7: "White Flags & Bayonets"taken from the album "Category 7"U.D.O.: "Isolation Man"taken from the album "Touchdown"Angel Witch: "Sorceress (Demo)"taken from the album "Seventies Tapes"Satan: "Turn The Tide"taken from the album "Songs in Crimson"Cirith Ungol: "Relentless"taken from the album "Dark Parade"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Duel • Legions Of Doom • Gods & Punks • Doomraiser • Saltpig • Rifflord • Fostermother • Dixie Goat • ÇÖKÜŞ • WyndRider • Lie Heavy • Mammoth VolumeMusic On This Mixtape:Duel: "Greet the Dead"taken from the album "Breakfast With Death"Legions Of Doom: "All Good Things"taken from the "All Good Things" 7"Gods & Punks: "The Night of a Thousand Days"taken from the album "Death"Doomraiser: "DARK OMENS"taken from the album "Cold Grave Marble"Saltpig: "Burn The Witch"taken from the album "Saltpig"Rifflord: "Grim Creeper"taken from the album "39 Serpent Power"Fostermother: "King To A Dead Tree"taken from the album "Echo Manor"Dixie Goat: "He Waits For No One"taken from the album "Order, Chaos, Life and Death"ÇÖKÜŞ: "Wolf Moon"taken from the album "An Hour Of Lies"WyndRider: "Remember the Sabbath"taken from the album "Revival"Lie Heavy: "The Long March"taken from the album "Burn To The Moon"Mammoth Volume: "Diablo III: Faces in the Water"taken from the album "Raised Up By Witches"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 336 features an interview with Tomi Koivusaari of Amorphis.My thanks again to Tomi for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"In the Beginning""Forgotten Sunrise""Vulgar Necrolatry""Black Winter Day"taken from the album Tales From The Thousand Lakes - Live At TavastiaThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
The Depressick • FERAL WINTER • Vastigr • Offernat • Forgotten Tomb • Selvans • Manic Abraxas • AmarokMusic On This Mixtape:The Depressick: "Greywave"taken from the album "faded.exe"FERAL WINTER: "THE REAPING BELL"taken from the single "THE REAPING BELL"Vastigr: "Katharsis"taken from the album "The Path of Perdition"Offernat: "Like Blood In The Snow"taken from the album "Where Nothing Grows"Forgotten Tomb: "Nightfloating"taken from the single "Nightfloating"Selvans: "Il Capro Infuocato"taken from the single "Il Capro Infuocato"Manic Abraxas: "Dark Builder"taken from the album "Skinformation"Amarok: "Penance (XII)"taken from the album "Resilience"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 335 features an interview with Henrik Levahn of Horndal.My thanks again to Henrik for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Ruhr""Growing Graves"taken from the album Lake Drinker"Famine""The Shining Specter"taken from the album Head Hammer ManThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousnes
Morgue Terror • Father Befouled • 200 Stab Wounds • Heinous Exsanguination • Wormed • Black Hole Deity • Cranial Disorder • BornBroken • Fractal Generator • Assimilator • Herakleion • Artach • Clactonian • Fulci • MRSA • Husqwarnah • Demiser • Demonical • DepressedMusic On This Mixtape:Morgue Terror: "Neanderthal" (Feat. Chaney Crabb)taken from the album "Violent And Murderous Thoughts"Father Befouled: "Immaculate Pain"taken from the EP "Immaculate Pain"200 Stab Wounds: "Gross Abuse"taken from the album "Manual Manic Procedures"Heinous Exsanguination: "Severed Limbs, Mangled Remains" (ft. Desoectomy)taken from the album "The Stench of Decaying Flesh"Wormed: "Pleoverse Omninertia"taken from the album "Omegon"Black Hole Deity: "Human Filet"taken from the album "Profane Geometry"Cranial Disorder: "Perpetual Dismemberment"taken from the album "Congenital Depravity"BornBroken: "Am I Invisible"taken from the album "Am I Invisible"Fractal Generator: "Askesis"taken from the album "Convergence"Assimilator: "Changeling"taken from the album "Expelled Into Suffering"Herakleion: "The Tomb"taken from the EP "Necroverse"Artach: "Frozen Factory"taken from the album "Sgrios"Clactonian: "Bone Ritual"taken from the album "Dea Madre"Fulci: "Human Scalp Collection"taken from the album "Duck Face Killings"MRSA: "Crystal Lake"taken from the EP "Heavier"Husqwarnah: "Tower Of Suicide"taken from the album "Purification Through Sacrifice"Demiser: "Hell Is Full of Fire"taken from the album "Slave to the Scythe"Demonical: "Sun Blackened" (Live in Latin America)taken from the album "Victorious Death - Live in Latin America"Depressed: "Horrors in the Storm of Blood"taken from the album "Afterlife In Darkness"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 334 features an interview with Brendan Sloan of Convulsing.My thanks again to Brendan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Severed Hemispheres""Eleven Sigils"taken from the album Errata"Were"taken from the album Grievous"flayed""gossamer pall""inner oceans"taken from the album perduranceThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Absorb • Funeral Leech • Blind Monarch • Void Witch • Mekigah • Rot Coven • FöhnMusic On This Mixtape:Absorb: "Smog"taken from the EP "Smog"Funeral Leech: "Chronofixion"taken from the album "The Illusion Of Time"Blind Monarch: "The Dead Replenish The Earth"taken from the album "The Dead Replenish The Earth"Void Witch: "Supernova of Brain and Bone"taken from the album "Horripilating Presence"Mekigah: "Away Drifting From"taken from the album "To Hold Onto a Heartless Heart"Rot Coven: "Blood Pours Out of the Sun"taken from the album "Nightmares Devour The Waking World"Föhn: "Bereft"taken from the album "Condescending"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 333 features an interview with Terence Hannum of Locrian.My thanks again to Terence for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Solar Lodge"taken from the EP Solar Lodge"Eternal Return""Panorama of Mirrors"taken from the album Return To Annihilation"In The Throes Of Petrification""Excarnate Light""Utopias"taken from the album End TerrainThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Allegaeon • Cognitive• Summoning The Lich• Art of Attrition• Thirteen Goats • Terminal Nation • Sentiment Dissolve • Derelict • Fractal Gates • Omnivide • Dååth • Rivers of Nihil • Nocturnus AD • GAEREAMusic On This Mixtape:Allegaeon: "Iridescent"taken from the single "Iridescent"Cognitive: "Rorschach"taken from the album "Abhorrence"Summoning The Lich: "Potion Seller"taken from the album "Under the Reviled Throne"Art of Attrition: "...And It Will All End Forever"taken from the album "...And It Will All End Forever"Thirteen Goats: "A Wolf in Shepherd's Clothing"taken from the album "Capricorn Rising"Terminal Nation: "Written By The Victor"taken from the album "Echoes Of The Devil’s Den"Sentiment Dissolve: "Omnipotent Panopticon"taken from the album "The Orwellian Dream"Derelict: "Workhorse"taken from the album "Versus Entropy"Fractal Gates: "Hyperstate"taken from the album "One With Dawn"Omnivide: "A Tale of Fire"taken from the album "A Tale of Fire"Dååth: "No Rest No End"taken from the album "No Rest No End"Rivers of Nihil: "Clean"taken from the album "The Work"Nocturnus AD: "CephaloGod"taken from the album "Unicursal"GAEREA: "World Ablaze"taken from the single "World Ablaze"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 332 features an interview with Theodor Kapnas and Esmar Joensen of Hamferð.My thanks again to Theodor and Esmar for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Evst"taken from the album Evst"Hon syndrast"taken from the album Támsins Likam"Rikin""Marrusorg"taken from the album Men Guðs hond er sterkThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Psychosomatic • Squid Pisser • Apes • Brat • Slug Gore • Brainsore • Incinerated • Arthouse Fatso • Wristmeetrazor • Durian • Kandarivas • Kosuke Hashida • ACxDC • The Order of The Precious Blood • Christ on Parade • DOOM • VHS • Henry Kane • Nest • Bedtimemagic • Paradox Rift • Feed Them Death • Impending Annihilation • Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy • Escuela Grind • Culled • Subscum • LWSTNDRDS • Sick/Tired • CRUSHUMAN • Houkago Grind Time • L.M.I. • Full Of Hell • Compulsion To KillThanks for listening! For the full track listing - as well as Interviews, reviews, and more - please visit www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 331 features an interview with Poia and Urlo of Ufomammut.My thanks again to Poia and Urlo for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Supernova""Vibrhate"taken from the album Crookhead"Spidher""Kismet"taken from the album HiddenThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Iron Monkey • Nest • Dopethrone • Ufomammut • Hashtronaut • Cowardice • Carnwennan • Borer • Temple of the Fuzz WitchMusic On This Mixtape:Iron Monkey: "Off Switch"taken from the album "Spleen And Goad"Nest: "Burn Clean"taken from the album "Endeavors"Dopethrone: "ABAC"taken from the album "Broke Sabbath"Ufomammut: "Leeched"taken from the album "Hidden"Hashtronaut: "Dweller"taken from the album "No Return"Cowardice: "The Diminutive Principle"taken from the album "Atavist"Carnwennan: "III"taken from the album "Lotus"Borer: "Wretch"taken from the album "Seeker"Temple of the Fuzz Witch: "Apostate"taken from the album "Apotheosis"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Kvaen • Vimur • Paradise In Flames • Black Lava • Shroud of Despondency • LanzerRath • Seth • Hexen House • Inherits the Void • 1349 • svrm • SVNEATRMusic On This Mixtape:Kvaen: "Basilisk"taken from the album "The Formless Fires"Vimur: "Fortress of a New Faith"taken from the album "The Timeless Everpresent"Paradise In Flames: "I Feel The Plague"taken from the album "Blindness"Black Lava: "Unsheathing Nightmares"taken from the album "The Savage Winds of Wisdom"Shroud of Despondency: "The Source of Multiversal Degradation" (Single Radio Edit)taken from the Shroud of Despondency/LanzerRath splitLanzerRath: "Nebular Collapse, The Dissolution of Order and Meaning Music"taken from the Shroud of Despondency/LanzerRath splitSeth: "La Destruction des Reliques"taken from the album "La France des Maudits"Hexen House: "Exhumed Tetrad"taken from the album "Retributiones Maleficarum Mallei"Inherits the Void: "Celestial Antler"taken from the album "Scars of Yesteryears"1349: "Ash of Ages"taken from the single "Ash of Ages"svrm: "Самотній і проклятий"taken from the album "Прощання"SVNEATR: "Blackout"taken from the album "Never Return"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Laceration • Noxis • Miasmic • Serum • Teeth • Nequient • Six Feet Under • Morbid Grave • Desekryptor • Crawl • Pathology • Trog • Wharflurch • Obscene • Pneuma Hagio • Traumatomy • Cephalectomy • VHSMusic On This Mixtape:Laceration: "Excised"taken from the album "I Erode"Noxis: "Skullcrushing Defilement"taken from the album "Violence Inherent In The System"Miasmic Serum: "Mortal Training" (feat. Jason Netherton)taken from the album "Infected Seed"Teeth: "Prison"taken from the album "The Will of Hate"Nequient: "Kimota"taken from the album "NEF100_Burn_After_Hearing"Six Feet Under: "Compulsive"taken from the album "Killing for Revenge"Morbid Grave: "Recycled Body Fluids"taken from the album "The Slime Crawlers + EP"Desekryptor: "Enraptured in Chants"taken from the album "Curse of the Execrated"Crawl: "Until They Crawl"taken from the album "Altar of Disgust"Pathology: "Psychotronic Abominations"taken from the album " "Trog: "The Void"taken from the album "Horrors Beyond"Wharflurch: "Headless God"taken from the album "Shittier Slimier"Obscene: "Breathe the Decay"taken from the album "Agony Wounds"Pneuma Hagion: "Harbinger Of Dissolution"taken from the album "From Beyond"Traumatomy: "Consumed Into Nothing"taken from the album "Triumph Of Enslavement"Cephalectomy: "The Deliberate Provenance of Inescapable Cataclysm"taken from the single "The Deliberate Provenance of Inescapable Cataclysm"VHS: "Beware the Infernal Moon"taken from the single "Beware the Infernal Moon"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 330 features an interview with Marecov Mena and Mike Royal of Swampbeast.Music In This Episode:"The first prime evil""1000 years of pestilence"taken from the album Seven Evils Spawned of Seven Heads"Bestial sanctuary""Impetuous Black Pyre"taken from the album Offering of Chaos, Lamenting in the Blood of ManThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Vomitory • Forbidden • Bloodbath • Severe Torture • Immortal • Mayhem • Nixil • Agalloch • Soilent Green • Gorguts • Cryptopsy • DismemberMusic On This Mixtape:Vomitory: "Disciples of the Damned"taken from the album "All Heads Are Gonna Roll"Forbidden: "March into Fire"taken from the album "Forbidden Evil"Bloodbath: "So You Die"taken from the album "Resurrection Through Carnage"Severe Torture: "The Pinnacle Of Suffering"taken from the album "Torn From The Jaws of Death"Immortal: "Tyrants"taken from the album "Sons Of Northern Darkness"Mayhem: "Buried By Time And Dust"taken from the album "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"Nixil: "The Way Is The Grave"taken from the album "From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire"Agalloch: "Falling Snow"taken from the album "Ashes Against the Grain"Soilent Green: "Her Unsober Ways"taken from the album "Sewn Mouth Secrets"Gorguts: "Faceless Ones"taken from the album "Obscura"Cryptopsy: "Phobophile"taken from the album "None So Vile"Dismember: "In Death's Sleep"taken from the album "Like an Everflowing Stream"Miss you, Charm City! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Weekend Nachos • Street Tombs • Kömmand • Deathgrave • Atræ Bilis • Daeva • Aberration • Ascended Dead • Ulthar • Body Void • Giant Squid • Ossuary • RepulsionMusic On This Mixtape:Weekend Nachos: "Old Friends Don't Mean Shit"taken from the album "Worthless"Street Tombs: "Diseased Existence"taken from the album "Reclusive Decay"Kömmand: "Speedkilling"taken from the album "Stubborn Arsenal"Deathgrave: "Slurring Sermons"taken from the album " "Atræ Bilis: "Inward To Abraxas"taken from the album "Aumicide"Daeva: "Polluting The Sanctuary"taken from the album "Through_Sheer_Will_And_Black_Magic"Aberration: "Blighted"taken from the album "Refracture"Ascended Dead: "Inverted Ascension"taken from the album "Evenfall_Of_The_Apocalypse"Ulthar: "Cultus Quadrivium"taken from the album "Anthronomicon"Body Void: "Flesh Market"taken from the album "Atrocity Machine"Giant Squid: " Ampullae of Lorenzini"taken from the album "Metridium Field"Ossuary: "Gaping Mental War-Wound"taken from the album "Cremation Ritual"Repulsion: "Crematorium"taken from the album "Horrified"Thanks for a wonderful birthday party, Seattle! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 329 features an interview with Brian Ortiz of Tzompantli.My thanks again to Brian for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Tlamanalli""Ohtlatocopailcahualuztli"taken from the album Tlazcaltiliztli"Chichimecatl""Otlica Mictlan"taken from the album Beating The Drums Of Ancestral ForceThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 328 features an interview with Tom of Altar of Gore.My thanks again to Tom for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Acolyte of the Foul Ones""Altar of Gore"taken from the album Obscure & Obscene Gods"Destined for the Pit""Infinite Visions of Violence"taken from the album Litanies Of The Unceasing AgoniesThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 327 features an interview with James McHenry of Blind Equation.My thanks again to James for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Life II"taken from the album Blind Equation"Pain" (Ft. Natty Gray)taken from the album LIFE IS PAIN"speedrunning life""never getting better"taken from the album DEATH AWAITSThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 326 features an interview with Grzegorz Luzar of Wingless.My thanks again to Greg for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Constellations""Sadness Filled With Silence"taken from the album Nonconform"Only The Graves Will Remain""Stronger Than Death"taken from the album AscensionThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Satanic North • 1349 • Hässlig • Blaze of Perdition • Hail Spirit Noir • Ultio • Beholder • Darkend • LanzerRath • Rotting Christ • Night Shall Drape UsMusic On This Mixtape:Satanic North: "Behind the Inverted Cross"taken from the album "Satanic North"1349: "Ash of Ages"taken from the single "Ash of Ages"Hässlig: "Psychopathic Triumph"taken from the album "Apex Predator"Blaze of Perdition: "Niezmywalne"taken from the album "Upharsin"Hail Spirit Noir: "The Temple of Curved Space"taken from the album "Fossil Gardens"Ultio: "Looking for eyes"taken from the album "Cor"Beholder: "Despotisme ecclésiastique"taken from the album "Dualisme"Darkend: "An Ancient Plague Has Silently Worn Our Garments As Its Throne"taken from the album "Viaticum"LanzerRath: "Nebular Collapse, The Dissolution of Order and Meaning" (edit)taken from the Shroud of Despondency/LanzerRath SplitRotting Christ: "Saoirse"taken from the album "ΠΡΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΟU (Pro Xristou)"Night Shall Drape Us: "Under the Dead Sky"taken from the album "Lunatic Choir"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 325 features an interview with Vlad Necrowretch.My thanks again to Vlad for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Necrowretch"taken from the album The Ones From Hell"Bestial Rites"taken from the album Satanic Slavery"Vae Victis""The Fifth Door"taken from the album Swords of DajjalThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
At The Gates • Pestilence • Necrot • Unearthly Rites • Altar Of Gore • Tzompantli • Wingless • Human Infection • Ancient Entities • Moral Putrefaction • Blood of Christ • Impending Annihilation • SwampbeastMusic On This Mixtape:At The Gates: "All Life Ends"taken from the album "Gardens of Grief"Pestilence: "Sinister"taken from the album "Levels Of Perception"Necrot: "Superior"taken from the album Lifeless BirthUnearthly Rites: "Ecdysis"taken from the album "Ecdysis"Altar Of Gore: "Carrion Womb"taken from the album "Litanies of the Unceasing Agonies"Tzompantli: "Tlayohualli"taken from the album "Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force"Wingless: "From There It's Always Dark"taken from the album "Ascension"Human Infection: "Embrace Perfection"taken from the album "Gravesight"Ancient Entities: "Pierced By Obsidian"taken from the album "Echoes of Annihilation"Moral Putrefaction: "Serpent’s Gaze"taken from the album "Moral Putrefaction"Blood of Christ: "Oath Breaker"taken from the EP "Sworn Trilogy"Impending Annihilation: "Rapidly Destructive Coxarthropathy"taken from the EP “Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head”Swampbeast: "Valley of defilement"taken from the album "Offering of Chaos, Lamenting In The Blood of Man" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 324 features an interview with David Stepanavicius of Atræ Bilis.My thanks again to David for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"By The Hierophant's Maw""Hymn Of The Flies"taken from the album Apexapien"A Monolith Aflame""Kingdom Of Cortisol"taken from the album AumicideThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Cypress Hill • Dopethrone • Bongzilla • Hashtronaut • Weedeater • Tons • Sleep • Stöner • Pink Floyd • Max Boogie OverdriveMusic On This Mixtape:Cypress Hill: "Hits From the Bong"taken from the album "Black Sunday"Dopethrone: "Shlaghammer"taken from the album "Broke Sabbath"Bongzilla: "Diamonds and Flower"taken from the album "Dab City"Hashtronaut: "Dweller"taken from the album "No Return"Weedeater: "Weedmonkey"taken from the album "God Luck And Good Speed"Tons: "Slowly We Pot"taken from the album "Hashension"Sleep: "Marijuanaut's Theme"taken from the album "The Sciences"Stöner: "Space Dude & The Burn"taken from the album "Totally"Pink Floyd: "Comfortably Numb"taken from the album "The Wall"Max Boogie Overdrive: "Stoned Again"taken from the album "Max Boogie Overdrive" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 323 features an interview with Vincent Van Dell of Witch Vomit.My thanks again to Vincent for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Fumes Of Dying Bodies"taken from the album Buried Deep In A Bottomless Grave"Necrometamorphosis"taken from the EP Abhorrent Rapture"Dominion of a Darkened Realm""Serpentine Shadows"taken from the album Funeral Sanctum Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Tətsuo • Cell Press • Godflesh • The Black Flamingo • Heavy for the Vintage • Kill The Thrill • Alber Jupiter • Midas Fall • meth. • Glyph • Mudshow • Charles East • BaratroMusic On This Mixtape:Tətsuo: "Dots"taken from the album "Dots"Cell Press: "Recoil (A Collective Behaviour of Violence)"taken from the album "Cages"Godflesh: "Angel Domain"taken from the album "Songs of Love and Hate"The Black Flamingo: "An-Nûr"taken from the album "An-Nûr"Heavy for the Vintage: "5-5"taken from the album "Droneuary 2024"Kill The Thrill: "Autophagie"taken from the album "Autophagie"Alber Jupiter: "Daddy's Spaceship"taken from the album "Puis vient la nuit"Midas Fall: "Point Of Diminishing Return"taken from the album "Cold Waves Divide Us"meth.: "Vanity"taken from the album "B-Sides / Demos / Old Ideas"Glyph: "Where He Wandered, Now He Lies."taken from the single "Where He Wandered, Now He Lies."Mudshow: "Destiny Awaits"taken from the album "Destiny"Charles East: "I Am Your Consequence"taken from the album "I Am Your Consequence"Baratro: "Nervous Wreck"taken from the album "The Sweet Smell of Unrest"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 322 features an interview with Jim Rushby of Iron Monkey.My thanks again to Jim for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"2 Golden Rules"taken from the album Our Problem"Big Loader"taken from the album Iron Monkey"Rat Flag""The Gurges"taken from the album Spleen & GoadThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Hour Of Penance • VLTIMAS • Benighted • Ingested • Atræ Bilis • Brodequin • Witch Vomit • Olamot • Chunked • Necrophagia • Pestilence • Vaticinal Rites • Sadistic Ritual • Hecatoncheir • UlcerateMusic On This Mixtape:Hour Of Penance: "Devotion for Tyranny"taken from the album "Devotion"VLTIMAS: "Scorcher"taken from the album "EPIC"Benighted: "Nothing Left to Fear"taken from the album "Ekbom"Ingested: "Pantheon"taken from the album "The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams"Atræ Bilis: "Salted In Stygia"taken from the album "Aumicide"Brodequin: "Tenaillement"taken from the album "Harbinger Of Woe"Witch Vomit: "Black Wings of Desolation"taken from the album "Funeral Sanctum"Olamot: "Soul Harvest"taken from the album "Path of Divinity"Chunked: "Putridity"taken from the album "Inhaling the Infestation"Necrophagia: "Moribundis Grim"taken from the album "Moribundis Grim"Pestilence: "Horror Detox"taken from the album "Levels of Perception"Vaticinal Rites: "Plead For Termination"taken from the album "Cascading Memories Of Immortality"Sadistic Ritual: "The Recusant"taken from the Wormwitch/Sadistic Ritual Split EPHecatoncheir: "Sefirot of Understanding"taken from the album "Nightmare Utopia"Ulcerate: "The Dawn is Hollow"taken from the album "Cutting the Throat of God"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 321 features an interview with Drew Horton of Civerous.My thanks again to Drew for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"From The Crypt To The Cavern""Herodacy"taken from the album Decrepit Flesh Relic"Levitation Tomb""Labyrinth Charm"taken from the album Maze EnvyThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Volcandra • Merrimack • Chapel Of SamhainNecrowretch • Kvadrat • StormcrowHekseblad • svrm • MidnightWormwitch • Ultio • Sacrificial VeinMusic On This Mixtape:Volcandra: "The Blackened Temple"taken from the album "The Way of Ancients"Merrimack: "Dead and Distant Clamors"taken from the album "Of Grace and Gravity"Chapel Of Samhain: "Flesh"taken from the album "Black Onyx Cave"Necrowretch: "Dii Mauri"taken from the album "Swords of Dajjal"Kvadrat: "Υπογειος Λαβύρινθος"taken from the album "The Horrible Dissonance of Oblivion"Stormcrow: "Petit Dru"taken from the album "Path to Ascension"Hekseblad: "Sodden"taken from the album "Kaer Morhen"svrm: "Зловісне"taken from the album "Є тільки смерть, є тільки тьма"Midnight: "Masked and Deadly"taken from the album "Hellish Expectations"Wormwitch: "Spells Of Tartarus"taken from the Wormwitch/Sadistic Ritual Split EPUltio: "The grey inferno"taken from the album "Cor"Sacrificial Vein: "Cruciatum Aeternum"taken from the album "Black Terror Genesis"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 320 features an interview with Miles McIntosh of Apparition.Music In This Episode:"Drowning In The Stream Of Consciousness""Entanglement"taken from the album Feel"Paradoxysm""Asphyxcreation"taken from the album Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil StateThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Je Est Un Autre • Midas Fall • Drifting In Silence • Sylvaine • Matt Harvey • Jason Blake & Raphael Weinroth-Browne • Eventide • Curse All Kings • Keygen Church • Martin HowthMusic On This Mixtape:Je Est Un Autre: "Death, The Musagetes"taken from the album "Flatworm Mysticism"Midas Fall: "Atrophy"taken from the album "Cold Waves Divide Us"Drifting In Silence: "The Embrace"taken from the album "Winters Past"Sylvaine: "Livets Dans"taken from the album "Eg Er Framand"Matt Harvey: "Silence at the Edge of Memory"taken from the album "Toward the Cold Light"Jason Blake featuring Raphael Weinroth-Browne: "Rift and Reckoning"taken from the album "Candles Burn"Eventide: "Waterline"taken from the album "Waterline"Curse All Kings: "The Veil Between the Forest and Glade"taken from the album "Feral Earth"Keygen Church: "Sulla Via Della Gloria"taken from the album "Nel Nome Del Codice"Martin Howth: "Dear Dorine"taken from the album "Distant Dissonance"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 319 features an interview with Brenner Moate and Liz Selfish of Brat.My thanks again to Liz and Brenner for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Bitch Muscle"taken from the Grime Boss EP"Chain Pain"taken from the Chain Pain single"Rope Drag""Slow Heat"taken from the album Social GraceThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Grey Skies Fallen • The Bleak Picture • Bismarck • Shores Of Null • Angmodnes • Ornamentos del Miedo • Primordial • HamferðMusic On This Mixtape:Grey Skies Fallen: "No Place For Sorrow"taken from the album "Molded_By_Broken_Hands"The Bleak Picture: "Misguided (Fortuna's Hand)"taken from the album "Meaningless"Bismarck: "Sky Father"taken from the album "Vourukasha"Shores Of Null: "A Nature In Disguise"taken from the album "Loss of Beauty"Angmodnes: "The Hours"taken from the album "Rot of the Soul"Ornamentos del Miedo: "Escapando a Través de La Tierra"taken from the album "Escapando a Traves de la Tierra"Primordial: "Pilgrimage to the World's End"taken from the album "How It Ends"Hamferð: "Hvølja"taken from the album "Men_Guðs_hond_er_sterk"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 318 features an interview with Dave Palenske of Volcandra.My thanks again to Dave for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Plains of Despair""The Weight of Darkness"taken from the album Into the Azure"Fouled Sanctity""Not Even Death"taken from the album The Way of AncientsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Stoned Void • Ponte Del Diavolo • Dark Shaman • Goat Major • Grave Speaker • Cancervo • Max Boogie Overdrive • Bongzilla • Acid Mammoth • The Obsessed • SorcererMusic On This Mixtape:Stoned Void: "Fucking Love"taken from the album "Throbbing Rhythm of the Doldrums"Ponte Del Diavolo: "Covenant"taken from the album "Fire Blades From The Tomb"Dark Shaman: "Sign of the Wizard"taken from the album "Evil Ceremony"Goat Major: "Turn to Dust"taken from the album "Ritual"Grave Speaker: "Earthbound"taken from the album "Grave Speaker"Cancervo: "Sacrilegious Mass"taken from the album "Cancervo III"Max Boogie Overdrive: "Suffer Sister"taken from the album "Stoned Again"Bongzilla: "Hippie Stick (live)"taken from the album "Dab City"Acid Mammoth: "Supersonic Megafauna Collision"taken from the album "Supersonic Megafauna Collision"The Obsessed: "Stoned Back to the Bomb Age"taken from the album "Gilded Sorrow"Sorcerer: "Reign of the Reaper"taken from the album "Reign of the Reaper"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 317 features an interview with Rick Habeeb of Grey Skies Fallen.My thanks again to Rick for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Earthwalker"taken from the album Earthwalker"Knowing That You're There""Cracks In Time"taken from the album Molded By Broken Hands"Ways of the World"taken from the album Cold Dead LandsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Hypoxia • Necronomicon Ex Mortis • Funerelic • Endless Loss • Slimelord • Apparition • Pelagius • Owl • Civerous • Nuclear Tomb • Convulsing • Mutilation BarbecueMusic On This Mixtape:Hypoxia: "Drowning In Darkness"taken from the album "Defiance"Necronomicon Ex Mortis: "My Bloody Valentine"taken from the single "My Bloody Valentine"Funerelic: "Tomb Of The Nercrolith"taken from the album "Abyssal Synodality"Endless Loss: "Grave Subjugation"taken from the album "Traversing the Mephitic Artery"Slimelord: "Tidal Slaughtermarsh"taken from the album "Chytridiomycosis Relinquished"Apparition: "Imminent Expanse of Silence and Not (or Not)"taken from the album "Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State"Pelagius: "Radiant"taken from the album "Pelagius"Owl: "A Window in a Strange City"taken from the album "Ghosts of Summer"Civerous: "Shrouded In Crystals"taken from the album "Maze Envy"Nuclear Tomb: "Terror Labyrinthian"taken from the album "Labyrinthian Terror"Convulsing: "shattered temples"taken from the album "perdurance"Mutilation Barbecue: "Auto Anthropophagy"taken from the album "Amalgamations Of Gore" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 316 features an interview with Tommy Meehan.My thanks again to Tommy for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:CANCER CHRIST: "Make Them All Dead"taken from the album God is ViolenceChum Out!: "We're Gonna Fuck Your Eyeballs"taken from the album Death OrbSquid Pisser: "Liquified Remains"Squid Pisser: "My Tadpole Legion" (feat. Yako of Melt-Banana)Squid Pisser: "Vaporize A Neighbor"taken from the album Vaporize A TadpoleThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Crowskin • Guiltless • Clarion Void • meth. • Bad Luck Rides On Wheels • Mudshow • Baratro • Blazar • BesottenMusic On This Mixtape:Crowskin: "Resthirn"taken from the album "Verstummt / Monocelestial Chords"Guiltless: "All We Destroy"taken from the album "Thorns"Clarion Void: "Sisyphus Wept"taken from the album "Failure In Repetition"meth.: "Give In"taken from the album "SHAME"Bad Luck Rides On Wheels: "Monocelestial Chords"taken from the album "Verstummt / Monocelestial Chords"Mudshow: "Burning Idol"taken from the album "Destiny"Baratro: "The Bad, the Bad, and the Ugly"taken from the album "The Sweet Smell of Unrest"Blazar: "Beyond The Event Horizon"taken from the album "Fatal Cosmic Wound"Besotten: "Anothered"taken from the album "Abyssal Synodality"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 315 features an interview with Carolina Perez of Hypoxia.My thanks again to Carolina for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Withered""Enslaving Cage"taken from the album Abhorrent Disease"Pathway to Charon""Bleed For Blasphemy"taken from the album DefianceThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Sundrifter • Disastroid • Tigers On Opium • Big Scenic NowhereClarion Void • If These Trees Could Talk • Mr. Bison • Alber JupiterModern Stars • Dätcha Mandala • The Awesome MachineMusic On This Mixtape:Sundrifter: "Final Chance"taken from the album "An Earlier Time"Disastroid: "Garden Creatures"taken from the album "Garden Creatures"Tigers On Opium: "Sky Below My Feet"taken from the album "Psychodrama"Big Scenic Nowhere: "Bleed On"taken from the album "The Waydown"Clarion Void: "Sisyphus Wept"taken from the album "Failure In Repetition"If These Trees Could Talk: "Trail of Whispering Giants"taken from the single "Trail of Whispering Giants"Mr Bison: "The Promise"taken from the album "Echoes From The Universe"Alber Jupiter: "Daddy's Spaceship"taken from the album "Puis vient la nuit"Modern Stars: "Bartleby"taken from the album "Termination"Dätcha Mandala: "She Said"taken from the single "She Said"The Awesome Machine: "Son Of A God"taken from the album "...It's Ugly Or Nothing (Beneath The Desert Floor series)"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 314 features an interview with Scotty Heath of Tankcrimes Records.My thanks again to Scotty for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:Voetsek: "Dismember Momma"taken from the album Infernal CommandMunicipal Waste: "Mourning Sex"taken from the Toxic Waste split EPDead Heat: "Eyes Of The Real"taken from the album Endless TormentCannabis Corpse: "Gateways to Inhalation"taken from the album Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt RiseGhoul: "Ratlicker"taken from the album Noxious ConcoctionsNecrot: "Cut the Cord"taken from the album Lifeless BirthThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dissimulator • Apogean • The Risen Dread • Wounds • EXOCRINE • Opium Death • The Monolith Deathcult • Lord Dying • Job For A Cowboy • Podridão • MORTAL EMBODIMENT • Necrotum • Corpsevore • Necrodeath • Endless LossMusic On This Mixtape:Dissimulator: "Hyperline Underflow"taken from the album "Lower Form Resistance"Apogean: "Thousand-Yard Glare"taken from the album "Cyberstrictive"The Risen Dread: "Betrayal"taken from the "Betrayal" singleWounds: "Zoophagist"taken from the album "Ruin"EXOCRINE: "Eidolon"taken from the album "Legend"Opium Death: "Genocidal Nemesis I: Fear"taken from the album "Genocidal Nemesis"Lord Dying: "I AM NOTHING I AM EVERYTHING"taken from the album "Clandestine Transcendence"The Monolith Deathcult: "THREE-HEADED DEATH"taken from the album "The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men"Job For A Cowboy: "The Agony Seeping Storm"taken from the album "Moon Healer"Podridão: "Tomb Of Repugnant Stench"taken from the " Convulsively Rotteness " split EPMORTAL EMBODIMENT: "The Abyss Speaks"taken from the album "Unbounded Emptiness"Necrotum: "Hanging above the Deadpool"taken from the album "Undead Symbiosis"Corpsevore: "Just Another Stun Gun Failure"taken from the album "Feed The Plague"Necrodeath: "Necromantical Screams"taken from the album "Mesmerized - A Tribute to Celtic Frost"Endless Loss: "Vertiginous Depths of Unchained Hedonism"taken from the album "Traversing the Mephitic Artery"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 313 features an interview with Seb Alvarez and Nate Spainhower of meth.My thanks again to Seb and Nate for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Child of God""Inbred"taken from the album Mother of Red Light"Compulsion""Shame""Cruelty"taken from the album Shame"Envy"taken from the album B-Sides - Demos - Old IdeasThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Chained To The Dead • Corpsevore • Rank And Vile • Lifesick • Tweedledead • Rat King • Swim or Drown • ASSUR • Feral Forms • Manipulator • Strigoi • LIES! • Dishell • Mondo Generator • Thetan • Methedrine • Dripping Decay • Neid • Svdestada • DESELECT • Funerot • Smoking Mirror • S.U.R.G.E. • SHITBAG • Feed The Corpses To The Pigs • gnashing teeth • meth. • Gore Machine • PROLETAR • Harms WayMusic On This Mixtape:Chained To The Dead: "Moe Syzslak"taken from the album "Discography Of Debauchery"Corpsevore: "Horn Impaled"taken from the album "Feed The Plague"Rank And Vile: "Lobotomobile"taken from the album "Worship"Lifesick: "Reverse Birth"taken from the album "Love and Other Lies"Tweedledead: "Liars"taken from the album "Infernotes"Rat King: "Born To Conform"taken from the album "Psychotic Reality"Swim or Drown: "Human Scum"taken from the album "Trapped"ASSUR: "Christian Woman"taken from the album "Blast No.1"Feral Forms: "Premalignant"taken from the album "Premalignant"Manipulator: "Tangled Insides"taken from the album "Drawing Secret Circles"Strigoi: "Beautiful Stigmata"taken from the album "Bathed In A Black Sun"LIES!: "Resurrect"taken from the album "Mind Pollution"Dishell: "Prawda i wiara"taken from the album "Barricades"Mondo Generator: "Sky Valley Meth"taken from the album "We Stand Against You"Thetan: "Coup De Grace"taken from the EP "Grand Ole Agony"Methedrine: "No solution, no salvation"taken from the album "No solution, no salvation"Dripping Decay: "Oppressive Repulsive"taken from the EP "Ripping Remains"Neid: "Colpire"taken from the album "Still Offensive"Svdestada: "Nudo"taken from the album "Candela"DESELECT: "Waste of Life"taken from the album "DESELECT"Funerot: "Death Or Die"taken from the album "Invasion From The Death Dimension"Smoking Mirror: "Wounds Foretold Cut Painful Still"taken from the album "Smoking Mirror"S.U.R.G.E.: "SNYTHETIC"taken from the album "STATE OF COMPLETE EMPTINESS"SHITBAG: "Dissociate"taken from the album " "Feed The Corpses To The Pigs: "Under The Scenery"taken from the album "Anthology"gnashing teeth: "heresy"taken from the album "antinferno"meth.: "Elder Body"taken from the album "The Children Are Watching"Gore Machine: "Lunker"taken from the album "Macerated & Liquified"PROLETAR: "Angry Inch"taken from the album "Blast No.1"Harms Way: "Devour"taken from the album "Common Suffering"www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 312 features an interview with Eugene S. Robinson.My thanks again to Eugene for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:Whipping Boy: "Human Farm"taken from the album Not So Quiet on the Western FrontBUÑUEL: "When God Used A Rope"taken from the album Killers Like UsOXBOW: "Bull's Eye"taken from the album FuckfestOXBOW: "A Gentleman’s Gentleman"taken from the album Thin Black DukeOXBOW: "Lovely Murk" (ft_ Lingua Ignota)taken from the album Love's HolidayThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
HWWAUOCH • Hulder • Narzissus • Obsidian Tongue • Svdestada • Pharmakeia • Hyrgal • Wothrosch • W.E.B. • Far Beyond • AlfahanneMusic On This Mixtape:HWWAUOCH: "Anthrophobia"taken from the album "Under the Gaze of Dissolution"Hulder: "Vessel Of Suffering"taken from the album "Verses In Oath"Narzissus: "Im Glanze baden"taken from the album "Akt III: Erlösung/Narzissus"Obsidian Tongue: "The Stone Heart"taken from the album "The Stone Heart"Svdestada: "Cierzo"taken from the album "Candela"Pharmakeia: "Zeal"taken from the album "Maenadic Ecstasy"Hyrgal: "Implorer la grâce"taken from the single "Implorer la grâce"Wothrosch: "Mass" (feat. Niklas Kvarforth)taken from the album "Odium"W.E.B.: "Necrology of Hel"taken from the album "Into Hell Fire We Burn"Far Beyond: "From The Stars And The Crescent Moon"taken from the album "The End Of My Road"Alfahanne: "Alfa omega" (feat. Nattefrost)taken from the album "Vår tid är nu"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 311 features an interview with Edley ODowd.My thanks again to Edley for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:Edley ODowd: "ConstanceC.Craving"taken from the album F(OUR)-WARDScorpion Tea: "Six Souls Afloat"Scorpion Tea: "Clandestine Whispers"Scorpion Tea: "Exacting Father"taken from the album Scorpion TeaThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Yama Uba • John Murphy and Kim Deal • Savage Republic • Sweetheart • Scorpion Tea • Shotmaker • Stymie • Products Band • Normans • False Tracks • Auralayer • Dreamwheel • AcidSitter • Årabrot • The Holy Ghost • TSO • Mondo Generator • Sonny VincentMusic On This Mixtape:Yama Uba: "Facade"taken from the album "Silhouettes"John Murphy and Kim Deal: "Death Bats 1985"taken from the unreleased demos "Mente with Mrs. John Murphy 1985/1986"Savage Republic: "Mobilization"taken from the album "Live In Wrocław January 7, 2023"Sweetheart: "This Tour Shall Pass"taken from the album "The Unbearable Tightness of Being"Scorpion Tea: "Scarlet Misquote"taken from the album "Scorpion Tea"Shotmaker: "Drifting"taken from the album "A Moment In Time: 1993-1996"Stymie: "Faulty Design"taken from the album "Toil & Folly"Products Band: "Lab Rack"taken from the album "Some Sudden Weather"Normans: "Dead Snakes"taken from the album "Normans"False Tracks: "Suspended Animation"taken from the album "Hymn For Terror"Auralayer: "Shelf Black"taken from the album "Thousand Petals"Dreamwheel: "Chain of Fear"taken from the album "Redeemer"AcidSitter: "Roller Coaster"taken from the album "Make Acid Great Again"Årabrot: "We Want Blood"taken from the album "Of Darkness and Light"The Holy Ghost: "The Non-Dual"taken from the album "Ignore Alien Orders"TSO: "Constraint"taken from the album "Hellcare"Mondo Generator: "One Two Three Four"taken from the album "We Stand Against You"Sonny Vincent: "Awmaw"taken from the album "Primitive 1969-1976"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 310 features an interview with Alan Averill of Primordial.My thanks again to Alan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Traitors Gate"taken from the album To the Nameless Dead"We Shall Not Serve""Victory Has 1000 Fathers, Defeat Is an Orphan""Death Holy Death"taken from the album How It EndsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Elitist • Stages of Decomposition • Dripping Decay • Morgue Terror • Ghoul • Tyrannus • Necronemesis • Iron Front • Coagulate • Revulsed • Engulf • Abhoria • Empires Of Euphrates • Domination Campaign Music On This Mixtape:Elitist: "Funneled into Oblivion"taken from the album "A Mirage Of Grandeur"Stages of Decomposition: "Skid Row Slasher"taken from the album "Raptures of Psychopathy"Dripping Decay: "Wormridden Piety"taken from the EP "Ripping Remains"Morgue Terror: "Nighstalker" (ft. Brian Mason)taken from the album "Morgue Terror"Ghoul: "Noxious Concoctions"taken from the EP "Ghoul"Tyrannus: "Bricks Flesh"taken from the split EP "Tory Punching Music"Necronemesis: "Drawn And Quartered"taken from the album "Warfield Forever"Iron Front: "Burned By A Crack Pipe"taken from the album "Hooked"Coagulate: "The suck"taken from their two-song rehearsal demoRevulsed: "Nefarious Devourment"taken from the album "Cerebral Contamination"Engulf: "Bellows From The Aether"taken from the album "The Dying Planet"Abhoria: "The Well"taken from the album "Depths"Empires Of Euphrates: "Never Meant To Be"taken from the album "Echoes Of Ancient Past"Domination Campaign: "The Iron Beast"taken from the album "A Storm of Steel"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 309 features an interview with Matt Jarman of Void.My thanks again to Matt for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Where Red Limbs Stir""Ego Tranquilizer"taken from the album VOID"When Lucifer Dies""Self Isolation"taken from the album Jadjow"IV: Imminent Demise - The Black Iron Prison"taken from the album The Hollow ManThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Furnace Floor • Body Void • Counting Hours • Mourning Dawn • Morne • Worm • Convocation • SlowerMusic On This Mixtape:Furnace Floor: "Under the heel of god"taken from the EP "Furnace Floor"Body Void: "Cop Show"taken from the album "Atrocity Machine"Counting Hours: "Timeless Ones"taken from the album "The Wishing Tomb"Mourning Dawn: "The color of waves"taken from the album "The Foam of Despair"Morne: "Memories Like Stone"taken from the album "Engraved with Pain"Worm: "Midwinter Tears"taken from the album "Starpath"Convocation: "Atychiphobia"taken from the album "No Dawn For The Caliginous Night"Slower: "Blood Red"taken from the album "Slower" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 308 features an interview with Kevin Rutmanis of The Cows, The Melvins, and Gaswar.My thanks again to Kevin for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:The Cows: "Allergic to Myself"taken from the album Orphan's TragedyThe Melvins: "The Brain Center at Whipples"taken from the album Hostile Ambient TakeoverGaswar: "Terrible Day To Have Eyes"Gaswar: "Memories of Steam"taken from the album Girl Vanishes On Way To Jive ClubThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Ascended Dead • Ruin Lust • Fossilization • Grave Desecrator • All Out War • Gravesend • Elitist • Liquid Flesh • Ulthar • SermonMusic On This Mixtape:Ascended Dead: "Ungodly Death"taken from the album "Evenfall Of The Apocalypse"Ruin Lust: "Purge"taken from the album "Dissimulant"Fossilization: "Eon"taken from the album "Leprous_Daylight"Grave Desecrator: "Finis Hominis"taken from the album "Immundissime Spiritus"All Out War: "Caustic Abomination"taken from the album "Celestial Rot"Gravesend: "11414"taken from the album "Gowanus Death Stomp"Elitist: "Sustaining Collapse"taken from the album "A Mirage Of Grandeur"Liquid Flesh: "Océan de Failles"taken from the album "Dolores"Ulthar: "Flesh Propulsion"taken from the album "Anthronomicon"Sermon: "The Great Marsh/Royal"taken from the album "Of Golden Verse" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 307 features an interview with Theo Spence and Matt Oien of Rank And Vile.My thanks to Theo and Matt for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"killdozer""redistribution of flesh"taken from the album redistribution of flesh."Worship""Splatter"taken from the album Worship Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
gaswar • Shotmaker • Lucid Sins • Prosthetic Bung • LaColpa • Bassoon • Matana Roberts • The Cyclist Conspiracy • Kotiomkin • Yellow Eyes • KY • TEMIC Music On This Mixtape:gaswar: "Lion"taken from the album "Girl Vanishes on way to Jive Club"Shotmaker: "Archeologist"taken from the album "A Moment In Time: 1993-1996"Lucid Sins: "A Call In The Dark"taken from the album "Dancing In The Dark"Prosthetic Bung: "Klaatu Bungada Nikto"taken from the album "The Curse of Castle Bungenstein"LaColpa: "Larva I"taken from the single "Larva I"Bassoon: "Pentisept"taken from the album "Succumbent"Matana Roberts: "unbeknownst"taken from the album "Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden..."The Cyclist Conspiracy: "The Blood of the Lamb"taken from the album "Mashallah Plan"Kotiomkin: "Morte sospetta del compagno Folagra"taken from the album "Le Casalingue (The Satanic Rites of Cobram)"Yellow Eyes: "Winter is Looking"taken from the album "Master's Murmur"KY: "Power Is The Pharmacy (Teeth)"taken from the album "Power Is The Pharmacy"TEMIC: "Skeletons"taken from the album "Terror Management Theory"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 306 features an interview with Daniel Butler of Vastum.My thanks to Daniel for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"3 A.M. in Agony""Enigma of Disgust"taken from the album Patricidal Lust"Abscess Inside Us"taken from the album Orificial Purge"Stillborn Eternity""Vomitous"taken from the album Inward To GethsemaneThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Varathron • Strigoi • Koldbrann • Helfró • Ringarë • Wrath of Logarius • Nyrst • VOID • Disorientation • Domhain • Aeternus Music On This Mixtape:Varathron: "Hegemony of Chaos"taken from the album "The Crimson Temple"Strigoi: "The Grotesque"taken from the album "Bathed In A Black Sun"Koldbrann: "Inhumanitær Inngripen"taken from the album "Den 6. Massedød (Manna fra en annen himmel)"Helfró́: "Þögnin Ytra, Kyrrðin Innra"taken from the album "Tálgröf"Ringarë: "Of Mages and Mystics"taken from the album "Of Momentous Endless Night"Wrath of Logarius: "Gates"taken from the album "Necrotic Assimilation"Nyrst: "Hrímvíti"taken from the album "Völd"VOID: "Oduduwa's Chain"taken from the album "jadjow"Disorientation: "Dissociation"taken from the album "Survival Mode"Domhain: "A Silent Frequency"taken from the album "Nimue"Aeternus: "Wresting Worm"taken from the album "Philosopher"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 305 features an interview with Wes Warren of Left Cross.My thanks to Wes for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Consecrated in Victory"taken from the album Prophecy of Conquest"Nuclear Destiny"taken from the album Chaos Ascension"Unbinding the Covenant""Burning Raids"taken from the album Upon Desecrated AltarsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 304 features an interview with Paul Ledney of Profanatica.My thanks to Paul for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Covered in Black Shit"taken from the album Disgusting Blasphemies Against God"Rotten Scriptures""Bleed Heavenly Kingdom"taken from the album The Curling Flame of Blasphemy"The First Fall""Compelled by Romans"taken from the album Crux SimplexThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
High Priestess • Occult Hand Order • Hermano • GONG • Super Pink Moon • The Trudy • AcidSitter • Helga • Hippie Death Cult • San Leo • Bone Church Music On This Mixtape:High Priestess: "Bad Moon Rising"taken from the album "Burn On The Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute To Creedence Clearwater Revival"Occult Hand Order: "Pyre"taken from the album "Silence By The Raging Sea"Hermano: "Landetta (Motherload)"taken from the album "...Only A Suggestion"GONG: "O Arcturus"taken from the album "Unending Ascending"Super Pink Moon: "The Apex"taken from the album "Inertia"The Trudy: "Dear Sancho"taken from the album "Outside Time"AcidSitter: "Staywatch"taken from the album "Make Acid Great Again"Helga: "If Death Comes Now"taken from the album "Wrapped in Mist"Hippie Death Cult: "Better Days"taken from the album "Helichrysum"San Leo: "J!OY"taken from the album "Aves Raras"Bone Church: "Fortunate Son"taken from the album "Burn On The Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute To Creedence Clearwater Revival" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Vastum • Tweedledead • Thanamagus • Voraath • Carnation • Pessimystic • Elitist • Infection Code • Hatred Reigns • Rank And Vile • Rat King • Savage • Feral Forms • Chained To The Dead • Cruciamentum Music On This Mixtape:Vastum: "Indwelling Archon"taken from the album "Inward To Gethsemane"Tweedledead: "Influcancer"taken from the album "Infernotes"Thanamagus: "Unburied Whispers"taken from the EP "Lie In Wait"Voraath: "Judas Blood and Vultures"taken from the single "Judas Blood and Vultures"Carnation: "Dutroux"taken from the album "Cursed Mortality"Pessimystic: "Burnt Offering"taken from the EP "Burnt Offering"Elitist: "Vacuous Magnificence"taken from the album "A Mirage Of Grandeur"Infection Code: "Deleted Error"taken from the album "Sulphur"Hatred Reigns: "Departing Acheron"taken from the album "Awaken The Ancient"Rank And Vile: "Destitution"taken from the album "Worship"Rat King: "Feeding Off Broken Backs"taken from the album "Psychotic Reality"Savage: "Revulsion"taken from "Demo I"Feral Forms: "Voice from the altar"taken from the EP "Premalignant"Chained To The Dead: "A Graveyard Without Corpses"taken from the album "Discography Of Debauchery"Cruciamentum: "Scorn Manifestation"taken from the album "Obsidian Refractions"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 303 features an interview with Chris Grigg of Woe.My thanks to Chris for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Drown Us With Greatness""No Blood Has Honor"taken from the album Hope Attrition"Shores of Extinction""Distant Epitaphs"taken from the album Legacies of Frailty"Longing Is All That Will Remain"taken from the album A Spell for the Death of Man (2016 Remaster)Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
S.C.R.A.M. • Garden Gnome • Zahn • Markus Floats • Yawning Balch • Gridfailure • Ed Schrader's Music Beat • Dave Neabore • ChiaraOscuro • Erik Wøllo • VEiiLA S.C.R.A.M.: "Tomorrow Is Always Right Behind You"taken from the album "The Inner City"Garden Gnome: "Das Ding an Sich (Am Ende wird Gnomenhauer als der wahre Erbe des Gnomewegian Idealismus gefeiert werden)"taken from the album "Phegnomenology of Spirit"Zahn: "Apricot"taken from the album "Adria"Markus Floats: "Death (Pt 2)"taken from the album "Fourth Album"Yawning Balch: "Psychic Aloha"taken from the album "Volume Two"Gridfailure: "Skin Is An Organ"taken from the album "Shards In The Wire"Ed Schrader's Music Beat: "Sermon"taken from the album "Jazz Mind"Dave Neabore: "Zombie Moon"taken from the album "Retro Inferno"ChiaraOscuro: "In the Manner of Serpents"taken from the album "Rancor: Succor"Erik Wøllo: "Snowfall"taken from the album "Cloud of Strings"VEiiLA: "Another Day"taken from the album "Sentimental Craving For Beauty"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 302 features an interview with Neill Jameson of Krieg.Music In This Episode:"...And Now The End"taken from the album Blue Miasma (Remastered)"Fleshprison Monolith"taken from the album the black house"Photographs from an Asylum"taken from the album The Isolationist"Red Rooms""Manifested Ritual Horror"taken from the album RuinerThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Witching • October Tide • Insomnium • On Thorns I Lay • Domhain • Todomal • Altars Of The Moon • Dream Unending • Mourning Dawn Music On This Mixtape:Witching: "From Beneath"taken from the album "Incendium"October Tide: "Tapestry Of Our End"taken from the album "The Cancer Pledge"Insomnium: "Stained in Red"taken from the EP "Songs of the Dusk"On Thorns I Lay: "Among The Wolves"taken from the album "On Thorns I Lay"Domhain: "The Mourning Star"taken from the album "Nimue"Todomal: "Antichrist Of Love"taken from the album "A Greater Good"Altars Of The Moon: "G.O.D. Initiative"taken from the album "The Colossus And The Widow"Dream Unending: "If Not Now When"taken from the album "Starpath"Mourning Dawn: "Blue Pain"taken from the album "The Foam of Despair"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 301 features an interview with Shane McCarthy of Wayfarer.My thanks to Shane for speaking with me, and to you for listening.TRACK LIST:"The Iron Horse (Gallows Frontier, Act II)"taken from the album A Romance With Violence"Cities Built on Conquered Ground"taken from the album Children Of The Iron Age"To Enter My House Justified""The Cattle Thief"taken from the album American GothicThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Profanatica • Krieg • Axioma • Witching • Nixil • Woe • Wayfarer • Returning • PutrascensionMusic On This Mixtape:Profanatica: "Division of Robes"taken from the album "Crux Simplex"Krieg: "An Execution in the Kingdom of Ideas"taken from the album "Ruiner"Axioma: "Fellowship Of Serpents"taken from the album "Primal Descent"Witching: "A Grave Mistake"taken from the album "Incendium"Nixil: "A Door Never Closed"taken from the album "From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire"Woe: "Far Beyond the Fracture of the Sky"taken from the album "Legacies of Frailty"Wayfarer: "Black Plumes Over God's Country"taken from the album "American Gothic"Returning: "Path of Ashes"taken from the album "Severance"Putrascension: "Stillness"taken from the album "Forever BelowThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com "
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 300 features an interview with Scott Burns and David E. Gehlke.My thanks again to Scott and David for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:Death: "Altering The Future"taken from the album "Spiritual Healing"Sepultura: "Mass Hypnosis"taken from the album "Beneath The Remains"Deicide: "Sacrificial Suicide"taken from the album "Deicide"Cannibal Corpse: "Born In A Casket"taken from the album "Eaten Back To Life"Suffocation: "Depths of Depravity"taken from the album "Pierced From Within"Cynic: "Celestial Voyage"taken from the album "Focus"Obituary: "Slowly We Rot"taken from the album "Slowly We Rot"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Display of Decay • Cannibal Corpse • Foetal Juice • Xoth • Torn The Fuck Apart • Aroma • Maul • Seep • Left Cross • Xorsist • Wormhole • Ruin Lust • Endseeker • Disguised Malignance • Manipulator • RebaelliunMusic On This Mixtape:Display of Decay: "Harbinger"taken from the album "Vitriol"Cannibal Corpse: "Vengeful Invasion"taken from the album "Chaos Horrific"Foetal Juice: "Legion Of The Grotesque"taken from the album "Grotesque"Xoth: "The Parasitic Orchestra"taken from the album "Exogalactic"Torn The Fuck Apart: "Something Went Wrong"taken from the album “Kill.Bury.Repeat.”Aroma: "Desiccated Scalp Slowly Rotting"taken from the album "Adenocarcinoma"Maul: "The Sacred and The Profane Hovering, Sinking"taken from the EP "Desecration And Enchantment"Seep: "Arcane Torture"taken from the Seep/Stench Collector SplitLeft Cross: "Deity of Molten Iron"taken from the album "Upon Desecrated Altars"Xorsist: "Grace"taken from the album "At the Somber Steps to Serenity"Wormhole: "Bleeding Teeth Fungus"taken from the album "Almost Human"Ruin Lust: "Thrall"taken from the album "Dissimulant"Endseeker: "Wheel of Torture"taken from the album "Global Worming"Disguised Malignance: "Remnants Of Serenity"taken from the album "Entering the Gateways"Manipulator: "Wet Tourniquet (II)"taken from the album "Drawing Secret Circles"Rebaelliun: "All Hail The Regicide"taken from the album "Under The Sign Of Rebellion" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 299 features an interview with Gravesend.My thanks to Gravesend for speaking with me, and to you for listening.TRACK LIST:"Scum Breeds Scum""End of the Line"taken from the EP Preparations for Human Disposal"The Grave's End""Methods Of Human Disposal"taken from the EP Methods Of Human Disposal"Streets Of Destitution""Gowanus Death Stomp""Make (One's) Bones""Festering In Squalor"taken from the album Gowanus Death StompThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
John Carpenter • False Figure • NAUT • Muscle Mass • The Bad Doctors • David Eugene Edwards • Maggot Heart • The Nuns • Scorpion Tea • MoonKill • Masses • Hortus Animae • Depeche Mode • The Horror Legacy • The Skatt Bros • Killing JokeMusic On This Mixtape:John Carpenter: "Chariots of Pumpkins (Halloween III)"taken from the album "Anthology II: Movie Themes 1976-1988"False Figure: "Possession"taken from the album "Castigations"NAUT: "Gold & Death"taken from the album "Hunt"Muscle Mass: "Stay Awake"taken from the album "Survive The Night"The Bad Doctors: "The Reanimator"taken from the album "Re Animate"David Eugene Edwards: "Apparition"taken from the album "Hyacinth"Maggot Heart: "THIS SHADOW"taken from the album "Hunger"The Nuns: "I, Monster"taken from the album "Romania"Scorpion Tea: "Take Solace in Suffering"taken from the album "Scorpion Tea"MoonKill: "Murder House"taken from the EP "The Kong Sessions"Masses: "Left Behind"taken from the album "Masses"Hortus Animae: "Tubular Bells"taken from the album "Waltzing Mephisto 20th Anniversary"Depeche Mode: "Black Celebration"taken from the album "Black Celebration"The Horror Legacy: "Zombie 2"taken from the album "Days of Terror"Skatt Bros: "Walk The Night" (12" version)taken from the album "Strange Spirits"Killing Joke: "On All Hallow's Eve"taken from the album "MMXII"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 298 features an interview with Dan Emery of Thetan and Anti-Corporate Music.My thanks to Dan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.TRACK LIST:"By My Own Hand""Put Out To Pasture"taken from the album Abysmal"Dim Times"taken from the EP Dim Times"Note To Self""Gutted"taken from the album Grand Ole AgonyThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dopelord • Kadabra • Ohmwork • Greenseeker • Kotiomkin • Moon Coven • Rocky's Pride and Joy • La Chinga • Suspiriorum • Vitskär Süden • Asteroid WitchMusic On This Mixtape:Dopelord: "Night of the Witch"taken from the album "Songs for Satan"Kadabra: "The Serpent"taken from the album "Umbra"Ohmwork: "17 Years"taken from the album "In Hindsight"Greenseeker: "The Curse of the Black Cloud"taken from the Asteroid Witch/Greenseeker splitKotiomkin: "Ufficio caroselli & magie nere"taken from the album "Le Casalingue – The Satanic Rites of Cobram"Moon Coven: "Behold The Serpent"taken from the album "Sun King"Rocky's Pride and Joy: "Crawl"taken from the album "All the Colours of Darkness"La Chinga: "Witch's Heart"taken from the album "Primal Forces"Suspiriorum: "Mother Suspiriorum"taken from the album "Suspiriorum"Vitskär Süden: "Thriller"taken from the single "Thriller"Asteroid Witch: "Time Crystal/Mind Prism"taken from the Asteroid Witch/Greenseeker splitThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 297 features an interview with Sam Bennett and Jack Wilson of Ruin Lust.My thanks again to Sam and Jack for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Primal Vision"taken from the album Ruin Lust"Prison Of Sentient Horror"taken from the album Choir Of Babel"Imperium""Infinite Regress"taken from the album DissimulantThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dismal Aura • Hortus Animae • Askesis • Suol • Black Grail • Voidescent • Cvinger • Aeternus • VEILE • The Magus • EshtadurMusic On This Mixtape:Dismal Aura: "…And Their Blood Shall Be Upon Them"taken from the album "Imperium Mortalia"Hortus Animae: "Welcome the Godless"taken from the album "Waltzing Mephisto"Askesis: "Dawn of Current Inferno"taken from the album "Beyond the Fate of Death"Suol: "Slot van Voorst"taken from the album "SUOL"Black Grail: "La ciudadela de Shiva"taken from the album "Misticismo regresivo"Voidescent: "Crosstunnel Descent"taken from the album "Dust and Embers"Cvinger: "Fury Born Out of Bones and Fire"taken from the album "Doctrines By The Figures Of Črnobog"Aeternus: "Existentialist Hunter"taken from the album "Philosopher"VEILE: "The Abyss'"taken from the single "The Abyss"The Magus: "Βυσσοδομώντας"taken from the album "Βυσσοδομώντας"Eshtadur: "Umbra"taken from the single "Umbra"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 296 features an interview with Derrick Vella of Tomb Mold.My thanks again to Derrick for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Chamber Of Sacred Ootheca"taken from the album Manor Of Infinite Forms"Planetary Clairvoyance (They Grow Inside Pt 2)"taken from the album Planetary Clairvoyance"Servants Of Possibility""Angelic Fabrications"taken from the album The Enduring Spirit"Aperture Of Body"taken from the album Aperture Of BodyThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Caged • Thetan • Suffer Yourself • Stomach • Goatburner • Dwaal • Magnitudo • Seraphic Entombment • Mantar Music On This Mixtape:Caged: "The Messiah Draws Near"taken from the album "From Roving About The Earth"Thetan: "Blackened Inside"taken from the album "Grand Ole Agony"Suffer Yourself: "Axis Pain"taken from the album "Axis of Tortures"Stomach: "Ocular Migraine"taken from the album "Parasite"Goatburner: "Lobotomized"taken from the album "Fatal"Dwaal: "Pseudanthium Aionios"taken from the album "Never Enough"Magnitudo: "The Healing"taken from the album "Scotoma"Seraphic Entombment: "Quivering Majesty"taken from the album "Sickness Particles Gleam"Mantar: "Valhalla Hammering"taken from the "Valhalla Hammering" singleThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 295 features an interview with Emil Hansen of Terminalist.My thanks again to Emil for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Relentless Alteration"taken from the album The Crisis as Condition"Voyagers"taken from the Voyagers single"Mutating Fractures""The Crisis as Condition""Last Remains"taken from the album The Crisis as ConditionThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Alkaloid • Wormhole • Oxx • Equivocator • Terminalist • Fabricant • The Zenith Passage • Sam Mooradian • Horrendous • Tomb Mold • Orbital Extrema • Lost To The VoidMusic On This Mixtape:Alkaloid: "The Fungi From Yuggoth"taken from the album "Numen"Wormhole: "Spine Shatter High-Velocity Impact"taken from the album "Almost Human"Oxx: "The Haruspex"taken from the album "The Primordial Blues"Equivocator: "Axiomatic"taken from the album "Equivocator"Terminalist: "A Future To Weave"taken from the album "The Crisis as Condition"Fabricant: "Demigod Prototype"taken from the album "Drudge To The Thicket"The Zenith Passage: "Deletion Cult"taken from the album "Datalysium"Sam Mooradian: "Tinnitus (feat. The World Is Quiet Here)"taken from the album "Bad Brain"Horrendous: "Preterition Hymn"taken from the album "Ontological Mysterium"Tomb Mold: "Fate's Tangled Thread"taken from the album "The Enduring Spirit"Orbital Extrema: "Blitzar"taken from the album "Apsis"Lost To The Void: "Welcomed Plague" ft. Adam Warren (Oceano)taken from the album "Embrace in Disgust"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 294 features an interview with Jeff Knoblauch and Trevor Graham of Organ Dealer.My thanks again to Jeff and Trevor for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Piss & Gasoline""Black Dolphin"taken from the album Visceral Infection"Controlled Submission""Chemical Reaction"taken from the Birdflesh/Organ Dealer Split"Gluttonous Abundance""Truth Blinders""Daily Existence""Panoramic"taken from the album The Weight Of BeingThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
October Tide • The Devil's Trade • Deadly Carnage • Omen Astra • Radiant Knife • Great Falls • Sleep Maps • The Moth • Haurun • MizmorMusic On This Mixtape:October Tide: "Blodfattig"taken from the album "The Cancer Pledge"The Devil's Trade: "Vidékek vannak idebenn"taken from the album "Vidékek vannak idebenn"Deadly Carnage: "Mononoke"taken from the album "Endless Blue"Omen Astra: "The City That Burns"taken from the album "The End Of Everything"Radiant Knife: "Phil Collins Was Right"taken from the album "Pressure"Great Falls: "The Starveling"taken from the album "Objects Without Pain"Sleep Maps: "Follow the Signal"taken from the album "Reclaim Chaos"The Moth: "Cathedral"taken from the album "Frost"Haurun: "Lunar"taken from the album "Wilting Within"Mizmor: "Anything But"taken from the album "Prosaic"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 293 features an interview with AR and C of Nixil.My thanks again to AR and C for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"May This Flame Flicker Out""Make Me The Voice"taken from the album All Knots Untied"In Thrall""From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire"taken from the album From the Wound Spilled Forth FireThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Noisepoetnobody • Dolore • SWAMI LATEPLATE • Aidan Baker • Taylor Joshua Rankin • S A R R A M • DarsombraMusic On This Mixtape:Noisepoetnobody: "Crush A Can"taken from the album "This City"Dolore: "Scorticamento"taken from the EP "Tortura"SWAMI LATEPLATE: "Deception"taken from the album "Doom Jazz II"Aidan Baker: "Encase-Enclose Me"taken from the album "Tense Surfaces"Taylor Joshua Rankin: "Limo at the Coffee Shop"taken from the album "Sun, Will Grow"S A R R A M: "Lotus Quest" (w/ Sicker Man)taken from the album "Pàthei Màthos"Darsombra: "Azimuth"taken from the album "Dumesday Book"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 292 features an interview with Matthew Knox and Damian Herring of Horrendous.
My thanks again to Matthew and Damian for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Soothsayer" taken from the album Idol
"Polaris" taken from the album Anareta
"Cult of Shaad'oah" "Neon Leviathan" "Ontological Mysterium" taken from the album Ontological Mysterium
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Teloch Vovin • Den Saakaldte • Nixil • Viserion • Death Dies • Hiems • Pyrkagion • Augurium • Impaled Nazarene • SolipnosisMusic On This Mixtape:Teloch Vovin: "Teloch Vovin"taken from the album "TELOCH VOVIN / VISERION - The Iron Age Of Kali Yuga"Den Saakaldte: "Av Satans Ild"taken from the album "Pesten Som Tar Over"Nixil: "Abyss Unto Abyss"taken from the album "From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire"Viserion: "Abandoned"taken from the album "TELOCH VOVIN / VISERION - The Iron Age Of Kali Yuga"Death Dies: "Abiura l'eterno"taken from the album "Stregoneria"Hiems: "Stranger In A Wastelandc"taken from the album "Stranger in a Wasteland"Pyrkagion: "II - The Unending Fire"taken from the EP "The Katechon And The Unending Fire"Augurium: "Ancient Grimoire"taken from the album "Unearthly Will"Impaled Nazarene: "Ghost Riders"taken from the album "Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz"Solipnosis: “Permanencia de Memoria Inmediata”taken from the album "Síntesis Silenciosa"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 291 features an interview with Alex Bossen of Oxx.
My thanks again to Alex for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Trespassers" "Birthday Song" taken from the album The Skeleton is Just a Coat Hanger; These Are the Black Strings That Make You Dance
"The Fishing Village" "The Song Of The Rivers" "The Coast" taken from the album The Primordial Blues
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Dripping Decay • Congealed Putrescence • Organ Dealer • DEFILED • Snuffed On Sight • Feed Them Death • GENDO IKARI • Holocausto Canibal • Pray U Prey • Exnun • Gutslit • Mortify • Radiation Blackbody • Svaveldioxid • Lycanthrophy • Matsunaga Was Right • Cave Moth • Glyph • Fâché • Cattle Decapitation • Lipoma • ROAD PIG • Phantom Corporation • Dead Never Sleep • Maniak • Chepang • Fluids • Oxx • Nasum • Napalm Death • IntolerantToo many songs, not enough space! Visit www.dreamsofconsciousness.com for the full tracklist.
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 290 features an interview with Brian Daniloski and Ann Everton of Darsombra.
My thanks again to Brian and Ann for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Call The Doctor (Sun Side)" [excerpt] "Nightgarden (Moon Side)" [excerpt] taken from the EP Call The Doctor/Nightgarden
"Everything Is Canceled" [excerpt] "A New Dell" [excerpt] "Gibbet Lore" taken from the album Dumesday Book
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Nuclear Remains • Rebaelliun • 3rd War Collapse • Dripping Decay • Fossilization • CrusHuman • Stench Collector • PRAY U PREY • Percussor • Necronomicon Ex Mortis • Exsanguination • Membrance • Snuffed on Sight • Blight House • Trocar
Music On This Mixtape:
Nuclear Remains: "Subterraneal Breeding" taken from the album "Dawn Of Eternal Suffering"
Rebaelliun: "In Heresy We Trust" taken from the Single "In Heresy We Trust"
3rd War Collapse: "Asphyxiating Tyranny" taken from the album "Catastrophic Epicenter"
Dripping Decay: "Watching You Rot" taken from the album "Festering Grotesqueries"
Fossilization: "Once Was God" taken from the album "Leprous Daylight"
CrusHuman: "There Was Blood Everywhere" taken from the single "There Was Blood Everywhere"
Stench Collector: "Daemon Rat Onanism" taken from the Seep/Stench Collector Split 7
PRAY U PREY: "The Overlay Cracks" taken from the album "The Omega Kill"
Percussor: "Gaslight Mania" taken from the single "Gaslight Mania"
Necronomicon Ex Mortis: "Silver Bullet" taken from the EP "Silver Bullet"
Exsanguination: "The Pleasure To End All Pleasures" taken from the album "Burial Rites"
Membrance: "1348" taken from the album "Undead Island"
Snuffed on Sight: "Repeat Offender" taken from the album "Smoke"
Blight House: "Cryptid Cutie" taken from the album "Blight The Way"
Trocar: "Wonders Cease" taken from the Lipoma / Fluids / Trocar split "Dissertations"
In this supplement to episode 289, I spoke with Tom Hazelmyer about the influence of Jack "The King" Kirby on his artwork, and how his time in the military shaped his creative output.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
The Cows: "Allergic To Myself" taken from the album "Orphans Tragedy"
Halo of Flies: "Headburn" taken from the album Music For Insect Minds
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 289 features an interview with Tom Hazelmyer.
My thanks again to Tom for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
Halo of Flies: "No Time" taken from the album Music For Insect Minds
Today is the Day: "Mountain People" taken from the album Today is the Day
Helmet: "Bad Mood" taken from the album Strap It On
The Melvins: "Nightgoat" taken from the Nightgoat 7"
Unsane: "Scrape" taken from the album Scattered, Smothered & Covered
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Swans • Neurosis • Faith No More • Godflesh • Harvey Milk • Unsane • Today Is The Day • Meatjack • Bloodlet • Breach • Kiss It Goodbye • Will Haven
Music On This Mixtape:
Swans: "Power for Power" taken from the album "Filth"
Neurosis: "Takeahnase" taken from the album "Souls at Zero"
Faith No More: "Smaller and Smaller" taken from the album "Angel Dust"
Godflesh: "Mantra" taken from the album "Selfless"
Harvey Milk: "where the bee sucks, there suck i" taken from the album "my love is higher than your assessment of what my love could be"
Unsane: "Get Off My Back" taken from the album "Scattered, Smothered & Covered"
Today Is The Day: "Realization" taken from the album "Today Is the Day"
Meatjack: "Lost" taken from the album "AIM (expanded)"
Bloodlet: "Eucharist" taken from the album "Entheogen"
Breach: "It's Me God" taken from the album "Deadheads"
Kiss It Goodbye: "What If" taken from the album "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not"
Will Haven: "Climbing Out This Bottle" taken from the album "El Diablo"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 288 features an interview with Scott "Wino" Weinrich.
My thanks again to Wino for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
The Obsessed: "Jaded" taken from the album Lunar Womb
Spirit Caravan: "Fear's Machine" taken from the album Jug Fulla Sun
Wino: "Crystal Madonna" taken from the album Forever Gone: Blood And Strings - The Ripple Acoustic Series Chapter 1
Saint Vitus: "Born Too Late" taken from the album Born Too Late
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Giöbia • Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow • REZN & Vinnum Sabbathi • radiant. • Saint Omen • East Of The Wall • Cinema Cinema • Nuzzle • Yawning Balch • Lanayah
Music On This Mixtape:
Giöbia: "The Sweetest Nightmare" taken from the album "Acid Disorder"
Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow: "Out At Large" taken from the album "Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow"
REZN & Vinnum Sabbathi: "Hypersurreal" taken from the album "Silent Future"
radiant.: "Aspettami" taken from the EP "O R A"
Saint Omen: "Evolution Of The Demon" taken from the album "Death Unto My Enemy"
East Of The Wall: "Momentum Mori" taken from the album "A Neutral Second"
Cinema Cinema: "Zero Sum" taken from the album "Mjölnir"
Nuzzle: "If Left To Our Own Devices" taken from the album "No Love Like That: Stanford Sessions 1997"
Yawning Balch: "Cemetery Glitter" taken from the album "Volume One"
Lanayah: "Nameless Fluttering" taken from the album "I’m Picking Lights in a Field..."
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Nocturnal Breed • Vio-Lence • Adversor • Sinnery • Necropanther • Ratos de Porão • All Out War • Colony Drop • Black Pestilence • Fugitive • PHANTOM CORPORATION • Dead Heat • All Hell • Doomsday • Vanishment • R.A.M.B.O. • Tyrannus • Maniak
Music On This Mixtape:
Nocturnal Breed: "Thrash Metal Hate Saw (The Last Act of Terror)" taken from the album "Carry the Beast"
Vio-Lence: "Gato Negro" taken from the album "Let the World Burn"
Adversor: "Greed" taken from the album "Portrait of a Wasteland"
Sinnery: "Share This" taken from the EP “Below the Summit”
Necropanther: "If You Can Count" taken from the album "Betrayal"
Ratos de Porão: "G.D.O." taken from the album "Necropolitica"
All Out War: "Hideous Disdain" taken from the album "Celestial Rot"
Colony Drop: "Stand Against The World" taken from the album "Brace For Impact"
Black Pestilence: "The Devil's Connection" taken from the EP “Chaotic Wisdom”
Fugitive: "Hell's Half Acre" taken from the EP "Maniac"
PHANTOM CORPORATION: "Alongside Hell" taken from the album "Fallout"
Dead Heat: "Tears Of The Wolf" taken from the EP "Endless Torment"
All Hell: "Let the Night Run Red" taken from the EP "All Hail The Night"
Doomsday: "Soul Deprivation" taken from the album "Depictions Of Chaos"
Vanishment: "Severed Cord" taken from the album "No More Torture"
R.A.M.B.O.: "Outlive The Bastards" taken from the album "Defy Extinction"
Tyrannus: "Breaking the Law" taken from the single "Breaking the Law"
Maniak: "Speed Metal Terrorist" taken from the EP "Speed Metal Terrorist"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 287 features an interview with Christian Bakka Larson of Necrofier.
My thanks again to Christian for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Unholy Hunger" "Return To Chaos" taken from the album Prophecies of Eternal Darkness
"To the Wolves" "Forbidden Light of the Black Moon" taken from the album Burning Shadows in the Southern Night
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Pyrexia • Godslut • Thra • Liquid Flesh • Necronomicon Ex Mortis • Lunar Chamber • Kruelty • Ethereal Void • Ascended Dead • Sludge Keeper • Mutual Hostility • Torture Rack • To Descend • Olkoth • Defiled • Cognitive • Cattle Decapitation
Music On This Mixtape:
Pyrexia: "Unscathed" taken from the album "System of the Animal 25"
Godslut: "War, Pestilence, Death, Hunger" taken from the album "Procreation Of God"
Thra: "Drag" taken from the album "Forged in Chaotic Spew"
Liquid Flesh: "Tribunal Fantomatique" taken from the album "Dolores"
Necronomicon Ex Mortis: "Nocturnal" taken from the EP "Necronomicon Ex Mortis"
Lunar Chamber: "The Bohdi Tree" taken from the album "Shambhallic Vibrations"
Kruelty: "Reincarnation" taken from the album "Untopia"
Ethereal Void: "The Brown Stone Spire" taken from the album "Gods of a Dead World"
Ascended Dead: "Visceral Strike" taken from the album "Evenfall Of The Apocalypse"
Sludge Keeper: "Mud Keepers" taken from the album "Slough Of Despair"
Mutual Hostility: "Myth Through Time" taken from the album "Inhuman Anguish"
Torture Rack: "Bone Snare" taken from the album "Primeval Onslaught"
To Descend: "Voices In The Fire" taken from the album "Mindless Birth"
Olkoth: "Thousand Faced Moon" taken from the album "At The Eye Of Chaos"
Defiled: "Demonization" taken from the album "The Highest Level"
Cognitive: "Rot Eternal" taken from the "Rot Eternal" single
Cattle Decapitation: "The Storm Upstairs" taken from the album "Terrasite"
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In this supplement to episode 286, Gutslit vocalist Aditya Barve gives an overview of the history of the Indian death metal scene.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
Gutslit: "Matriarch" taken from the album "Carnal"
Demonstealer: "Screams of Those Dying" taken from the album "The Propaganda Machine"
Godless: "Cormorant" taken from the album "States Of Chaos"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 286 features an interview with Gurdip Singh Narang and Aditya Barve of Gutslit.
My thanks again to Gurdip and Aditya for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Brazen Bull" taken from the album Amputheatre
"Bind Torture Kill" (feat. Julien Truchan of Benighted) "Body Snatcher" "Altar of Putridity" taken from the album Carnal
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Iron Buddha • Viral Tyrant • Fudge Tunnel • Will Haven • Formalist • Pylar • Thunder Horse
Music On This Mixtape:
Iron Buddha: "Samsara::Repose" taken from the album "Raze//Repose"
Viral Tyrant: "Vosturan" taken from the album "Vultures Like You"
Fudge Tunnel: "Find Your Fortune" taken from the album "Complicated Futility of Ignorance"
Will Haven: "Paloma's Blessing" taken from the album "VII"
Formalist: "Monuments" taken from the album "We Inherit a World at the Seams"
Pylar: "Ruptura-afuera" taken from the album "Límyte"
Thunder Horse: "Apolcalypse" taken from the album "After The Fall"
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In this supplement to Episode 285, I spoke with Jeff Irwin about how Will Haven's debut "El Diablo" pre-saged "post-metal" and "doomgaze", and how he feels about the bands that adopted that sound years later.
Music In This Episode:
"Climbing Out This Bottle" "Mason" "I've Seen My Fate" taken from the album "El Diablo"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 285 features an interview with Jeff Irwin of Will Haven.
My thanks again to Jeff for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Bootstraps" taken from the album Muerte
"Jaworski" taken from the album WHVN
"Diablito"/"Diablito II" "No Stars to Guide Me" taken from the album VII
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Wizard Master • Gozu • Black Rainbows • Auralayer • King Howl • Oreyeon • Dead Quiet • Bog Monkey • Lord Elephant • Bongzilla
Music On This Mixtape:
Wizard Master: "Ablanathanalba" taken from the album "Wizard Master"
Gozu: "Pillow Talk" taken from the album "Remedy"
Black Rainbows: "Desert Sun" taken from the album "Superskull"
Auralayer: "Faith To Reason" taken from the album "Thousand Petals"
King Howl: "Slowly Coming Down" taken from the album "Homecoming"
Oreyeon: "C10H12N2O" taken from the album "Doom Sessions Vol.8"
Dead Quiet: "Existential Dread" taken from the album " IV"
Bog Monkey: "Tunnel" taken from the album "Hollow"
Lord Elephant: "Twilight Reflexes" taken from the album "Doom Sessions Vol.8"
Bongzilla: "King Of Weed" taken from the album "Dab City"
Nebula • TankZilla • Margarita Witch Cult • The Golden Grass • Wolfnaut • Loose Sutures • Auralayer • The Far Outs • Lucifer Star Machine • Blue Heron • Dozer • High Desert Queen • PERSEKUTOR • DEMONICAL • All Hell • Motörhead • Karma Vulture
Music On This Mixtape:
Nebula: "Nebula" taken from the album "Charged"
TankZilla: "Wolfpack" taken from the album "TankZilla"
Margarita Witch Cult: "Death Lurks At Every Turn" taken from the album "Margarita Witch Cult"
The Golden Grass: "The Golden Grass" taken from the album "Life Is Much Stranger"
Wolfnaut: "My Orbit Is Mine" taken from the album "Return of the Asteroid"
Loose Sutures: "Another Hell" taken from the album "Sado Sex for Dummies"
Auralayer: "Dance To Thrash" taken from the album "Thousand Petals"
The Far Outs: "Freight Train" taken from the album "The Far Outs"
Lucifer Star Machine: "Purgatory Souls" taken from the album "Satanic Age"
Blue Heron: "Superposition" taken from the album "Turned To Stone Chapter 8 - The Wake"
Dozer: "Run, Mortals, Run!" taken from the album "Drifting in the Endless Void"
High Desert Queen: "Roll The Dice" taken from the album "Turned To Stone Chapter 8 - The Wake"
PERSEKUTOR: "Snow Business" taken from the album "Snow Business"
DEMONICAL: "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" (Ramones Cover) taken from the EP "Into Victory"
All Hell: "Breaker" taken from the EP "All Hail The Night"
Motörhead: "Tell Me Who To Kill" taken from the album "Bad Magic"
Karma Vulture: "No One's There" taken from the album "Something Better"
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In this bonus episode, Melissa Crema of Giöbia speaks about the band's new album, "Acid Disorder".
Music In This Episode: "Consciousness Equals Energy" "Circo Galattico" taken from the album "Acid Disorder"
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Nocturnal Breed • NECROFIER • Inferion • Maniak • svrm • Rana • Silver Knife • CLOAK • Vortex • TSJUDER
Music On This Mixtape:
Nocturnal Breed: "Salt the Wounds" taken from the album "Carry The Beast"
NECROFIER: "Whispers That Burn in the Dark" taken from the album "Burning Shadows in the Southern Night"
Inferion: "Empty Heavens" taken from the album "Inequity"
Maniak: "Nocturnal hellfire" taken from the album "Speed Metal Terrorist"
svrm: "II" taken from the album "... а смерть ввійшла у тебе вже давно"
Rana: "Lautern" taken from the album "Richtfeuer"
Silver Knife: "Recalcitrant" taken from the album "Silver Knife"
CLOAK: "Invictus" taken from the album "Black Flame Eternal"
Vortex: "First Blood" taken from the album "The Future Remains In Oblivion"
TSJUDER: "Gods of Black Blood" taken from the album "Helvegr"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 284 features an interview with Kate Davies of Pupil Slicer.
My thanks again to Kate for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Wounds Upon My Skin" "Mirrors" taken from the album Mirrors
"Momentary Actuality" "Dim Morning Light" taken from the album Blossom
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Voidhaven • JOHNNY THE BOY • TAKH • Maud the moth & trajedesaliva • Wooden Veins • Mars Red Sky • CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX • Mournful Congregation
Music On This Mixtape:
Voidhaven: "To Walk Among Ghosts" taken from the album "Lithic"
JOHNNY THE BOY: "ENDLESSLY SENSELESS" taken from the album "You"
TAKH: "Drôme" taken from the album "TAKH"
Maud the moth & trajedesaliva: "Fruta alrededor de una vela" taken from the album "Bordando el manto terrestre"
Wooden Veins: "Ganymede" taken from the album "Imploding Waves"
Mars Red Sky: "Maps Of Inferno" taken from the album "Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow"
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX: "I'm OK, Just Not Alright" taken from the album "Banefyre"
Mournful Congregation: "The Forbidden Abysm" taken from the album "The Exuviae Of Gods - Part II"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 283 features an interview with Benjamin Widerøe, Fredrik Widerøe, and Stian Økland of Seven Impale.
My thanks again to Benjamin, Fredrik, and Stian for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Extraction" "Windshears" taken from the album City of the Sun
"HYDRA" "SISYPHOS"(excerpt) taken from the album Summit
"Languor" taken from the album Contrapasso
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Drifting In Silence • Erik Wøllo • Steve Roach • 1st Base Runner • The Slightest • Tangerine Dream • Edley ODowd • Clang Quartet • Mouth Wound • Object As Subject • The Mon • Aarktica
Music On This Mixtape:
Drifting In Silence: "I Wish You Were Here" taken from the album "Timeless"
Erik Wøllo: "Serenity" taken from the single "The Le Paysage"
Steve Roach: "Future Informing" taken from the album "Rest of Life"
1st Base Runner: "Dark Drive Through The Canyon" taken from the album "Night Stalker"
The Slightest: "Touching the Ghost" taken from the album "Fragments"
Tangerine Dream: "Circulation Of Events" taken from the album "Atem"
Edley ODowd: "GalactricImmersion" taken from the album "F(OUR)WARD"
Clang Quartet: "Sufficient Grace (sounds based on my December 2022 MRI)(2 Corinthians 12:9)" taken from the album "A Slow Death For The Peacemaker"
Mouth Wound: "You Won't Let Leaving Come Between Us" taken from the album "Nothing Will Belong To Us"
Object As Subject: "Dig Unearth" taken from the album "Heretic"
The Mon: "To The Ones" taken from the album "Eye"
Aarktica: "Arcturan Transmission" taken from the album "Paeans"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 282 features an interview with Dylan Carlson of Earth.
My thanks again to Dylan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"this bitter glory" "the bees made honey in the lion’s skull (dub)" taken from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Even Hell has its Heroes
"An Inquest Concerning Teeth" taken from the album Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method
"The Corascene Dog" taken from the album Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
"Hung From The Moon" taken from the album The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 281 features an interview with Clyde Petersen, director of Even Hell Has Its Heroes.
Music In This Episode:
Earth: "omage 2 stoney bone child" Earth: "is anyone out there" Earth: "rocker" taken from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Even Hell has its Heroes
Your Heart Breaks: "In the Life" taken from the album Drone Butch Blues
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Earth Crisis • Entombed • Samael • Morbid Angel • Behemoth • Deicide • Jimmy Page • Pentagram • Iron Maiden • Savage Necromancy • Naglfar • Mayhem • The Crown • Crucifyre • Brujeria • SlayerMusic On This Mixtape:Earth Crisis: "Hell Awaits Intro"taken from the album "Last Of The Sane"Entombed: "Like This With the Devil"taken from the album "To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth"Samael: "Worship Him"taken from the album "Worship Him"Morbid Angel: "Chapel of Ghouls"taken from the album "Altars of Madness"Behemoth: "Demigod"taken from the album "Demigod"Deicide: "Sacrificial Suicide [Demo Version]"taken from the album "Amon: Feasting the Beast"Jimmy Page: "Lucifer Rising Part VI"taken from the album "Lucifer Rising"Pentagram: "Be Forewarned"taken from the album "First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection)"Iron Maiden: "The Number of the Beast"taken from the album "The Number of the Beast"Savage Necromancy: "666 Dead Angels"taken from the album "Feathers Fall To Flames"Naglfar: "Diabolical - The Devil's Child"taken from the album "Diabolical"Mayhem: "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"taken from the album "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"The Crown: "Satanist"taken from the album "Crowned In Terror"Crucifyre: "Hail Satan"taken from the album "Infernal Earthly Divine"Brujeria: "Seis Seis Seis"taken from the album "Matando Güeros"Slayer: "Born Of Fire"taken from the album "Seasons In The Abyss"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.compraise the 🐐
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 280 features an interview with Paul "Putrid Bruce" Brousse and Luc "Gastric Luke" Messina of Liquid Flesh.My thanks again to Paul and Luc for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Tortured"taken from the album Spontaneous Liquefaction"Necroville"taken from the album Chair Liquide"Dose Létale Médiane""Cauchemar Blanc"taken from the album DoloresThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Cani Dei Portici • King Crimson • High Castle TeleorkestraSpirit Of Hamlet • Louise • Tina Fey • Terms • Odd CircusPYLAR • Seven Impale • Palace Of Worms • The AbbeyMusic On This Mixtape:Cani Dei Portici: "Disappointment Waltz"taken from the album "Hype For Nothing"King Crimson: "Cat Food"taken from the album "In The Wake Of Poseidon"High Castle Teleorkestra: "The Aramchek Accusation"taken from the album "The Egg That Never Hatched"Spirit Of Hamlet: "March Of Rain"taken from the album "Northwest of Hamuretto"Louise: "Boulder"taken from the Tina Fey // Louise splitTina Fey: "Nuremberged"taken from the Tina Fey // Louise splitTerms: "Blusterguts!"taken from the album "All Becomes Indistinct"Odd Circus: "Scoundrel"taken from the album "DEUS"PYLAR: "Diosa de la vegetación"taken from the album "A ella te conduce la sagrada espyral"Seven Impale: "IKAROS"taken from the album "Summit"The Abbey: "Queen of Pain"taken from the album "Word of Sin"Palace Of Worms: "Rebirth of Nihil"taken from the album "Cabal"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 279 features an interview with Peter Östlund of Vomitory.My thanks again to Peter for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Pure Death"taken from the album Raped In Their Own Blood"Torturous Ingenious"taken from the album Opus Mortis VIII"Dead World""Ode to the Meat Saw"taken from the album All Heads Are Gonna RollThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Vomitory • Azath • Nucleus • Cronos Compulsion • Larvae • Kommand • Miscreance • Pentacrostic • Exitium • Corpsessed • Spinebreaker • Demonical • Ironmaster • Grave Desecrator Music On This Mixtape:Vomitory: "Piece by Stinking Piece"taken from the album "All Heads Are Gonna Roll"Azath: "In Reptilian Pathways"taken from the Nucleus/Azath split EPNucleus: "Inculcate"taken from the Nucleus/Azath split EPCronos Compulsion: "Sacred Butchery"taken from the album "Malicious Regression"Larvae: "Open Tomb Of Nightmares"taken from the album "Entitled To Death"Kommand: "Polar Holdout"taken from the album "Death Age"Miscreance: "No Empathy"taken from the album "Convergence"Pentacrostic: "Empty Existence"taken from the "Empty Existence" single " "Exitium: "Hammering The Walls Of Grace"taken from the album "Imperitous March For Abysmal Glory"Corpsessed: "Death-Stench Effluvium"taken from the album "Skeletal Grotesquery"Spinebreaker: "Spectral Forge"taken from the album "Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition"Demonical: "Into Victory"taken from the EP "Into Victory"Ironmaster: "Monolithic Suppressor Engaged"taken from the album "Weapons Of Spiritual Carnage"Grave Desecrator: "Fogo Fátuo"taken from the album "Immundissime Spiritus" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 278 features an interview with Jon Reider of Ascended Dead.My thanks again to Jon for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Dawn of Armageddon"taken from the album Abhorrent Manifestation"Nexus of the Black Flame"taken from the split with Evil Priest"Bestial Vengeance""Inverted Ascension"taken from the album Evenfall of the ApocalypseThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Ondfødt • Tilintetgjort • Muskeg Charnel • Hässlig • OMEGA INFINITY • Spirit Possession • Veriluola • Maudiir • The End Of Six Thousand Years • Harboured • DERHEAD • BehemothMusic On This Mixtape:Ondfødt: "Where Death Roams"taken from the album "Det Österbottniska Mörkret"Tilintetgjort: "Sannhetens Søyler"taken from the album "In Death I Shall Arise"Muskeg Charnel: "As Maggots Feed"taken from the album "Decomposition Part 3: Rigor Mortis"Hässlig: "Taint"taken from the album "Deathlust"OMEGA INFINITY: "Death Rays (feat Lindsay Schoolcraft)"taken from the album "The Anticurrent"Spirit Possession: "Practitioners Of Power"taken from the album "Of The Sign..."Veriluola: "Regal Barbarism"taken from the album "Cascades Of Crimson Cruor"Maudiir: "Residue"taken from the album "Soliloque"The End Of Six Thousand Years: "Endbearer"taken from the album "EP 2023"Harboured: "Far Barren"taken from the album "Harboured"DERHEAD: "This chaos is for you only"taken from the album "The Grey Zone Phobia"Behemoth: "Thou Shalt Forever Win"taken from the album "Grom" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 277 features an interview with Garrett Johnson of VoidCeremony.My thanks again to Garrett for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Sacrosanct Delusions""Abandoned Reality"taken from the album Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel"Entropic Reflections Continuum""Abyssic Knowledge Bequeathed"taken from the album Threads Of UnknowingThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
The Melvins • Woorms • Anatomy Of Habit • Treedeon • Ugly • They Grieve • LETHVM • UMBILICHAOS • King Bastard • ObelyskkhMusic On This Mixtape:The Melvins: "Joan Of Arc"taken from the album "Houdini"Woorms: "Quiet As Isaac"taken from the album "Fatalismo"Anatomy Of Habit: "A Marginal World"taken from the album "Even If It Takes A Lifetime"Treedeon: "Viking Meditation Song"taken from the album "New World Hoarder"Ugly: "Dirt"taken from the album "Autograph"They Grieve: "Weakness"taken from the album "To Which I Bore Witness"LETHVM: "Carved"taken from the album "Winterreise"UMBILICHAOS: "Burden of a New Dawn"taken from the album "Mourning Carnivals From Now On"King Bastard: "Black Hole Viscera"taken from the album "It Came From The Void"Obelyskkh: "Universal Goddes"taken from the album "The Ultimate Grace Of God"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 276 features an interview with Fern Alberts of Deathgrave.My thanks again to Fern for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Seeping Through The Shoebox""This Is What You Get Pt. 2"taken from the album So Real, It's Now"Tony's Deli""Lonely Streets"taken from the album It's Only MidnightThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Gorod • Demonstealer • Chasm of Discord • Embryo • Lunar Chamber • Entheos • Voidscape • Heretic Plague • Abaddonia • Pronostic • Dååth • NE OBLIVISCARISMusic On This Mixtape:Gorod: "Victory"taken from the album "The Orb"Demonstealer: "Monolith of Hate"taken from the album "The Propaganda Machine"Chasm of Discord: "Living Envy the Dead"taken from the album "Admonishing the Dawn of Reverence"Embryo: "The Seed Of Lividity"taken from the album "A Vivid Shade On Misery"Lunar Chamber: "Spirit Body And The Seeing Self"taken from the album "Shambhallic Vibrations"Entheos: "Oblivion"taken from the album "Time Will Take Us All"Voidscape: "Extinctionborn"taken from the album "Odyssey Of Spite"Heretic Plague: "Briefcase Full Of Cutlery"taken from the album "Context Is A Stumbling Corpse"Abaddonia: "Holy Water"taken from the album "Dawn of the Serpent"Pronostic: "Concealed Parasite"taken from the album "Chaotic Upheaval"Dååth: "No Rest No End"taken from the "No Rest No End" singleNE OBLIVISCARIS: "Graal"taken from the album "Exul" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 275 features an interview with Shane Embury. My thanks again to Shane for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:Unseen Terror: "Expulsions of Wrath/Charred Remains/Odie's Revenge"taken from the album Human ErrorLock Up: "Submission"taken from the album Pleasures Pave SewersVenomous Concept: "Voices/Fractured/Everything is Endlessness"taken from the album The Good Ship LollipopDark Sky Burial: "Visceral Epitaph"taken from the album Nascentes Morimur Morientes NascimurNapalm Death: "Inside The Torn Apart"taken from the album Inside The Torn ApartThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Music On This Mixtape:Birdflesh: "Chainsaw Frenzy"taken from the album "Sickness In The North"Grid: "Starving For Purpose"taken from the album "Livsleda"Sickrecy: "Man’s The Leech"taken from the album "Salvation Through Tyranny"Houkago Grind Time: "It's a Q.U.A.L.I.T.Y. Anime!"taken from the album "Houkago Grind Time 2: The Second Raid"Phobia: "Death To Leeches"taken from the "Death To Leeches" singleSTRIGOI: "Redeemer"taken from the album "Viscera"Negative Prayer: "Hell"taken from the "Negative Prayer" 7"Ground: "Tastemaker"taken from the album "Habitual Self-Abuse"FesterDecay: "Stench Of Decay"taken from the album "Reality Rotten To The Core"General Surgery: "Massive Cyjanic Mayhem"taken from the EP "A Legendary Death"Ghoulhouse: "Loveshack Graveyard"taken from the album "Rigor Mortis Intermezzo"EDKH: "I Like Wrestling (I Live With My 'Ma)"taken from the album "Conspirashit"Shining Wizard: "Devil In The Mirror"taken from the album "Tournament Of Death"Vile Species: "Dystopian Victoria"taken from the album "Against the Values of Civilization"The Crippler: "Suicide by Cop"taken from the album "I'm Just Gonna Let Myself In"Horrible Earth: "Rats Eat Better Than Us"taken from the album "Weakened By Civilization"Endorphins Lost: "Funerals To Come"taken from the album "Night People"Impulse Noise: "And We Burn"taken from the album "Monuments To Arson – A Tribute To His Hero Is Gone"Tithe: "Demon"taken from the album "Inverse Rapture"Deathgrave: "Resur'wreck'ed"taken from the album "It's Only Midnight "Watchmaker: "Mourning Breath"taken from the album "Erased From The Memory Of Man"Stheno: "Zulu Time"taken from the album "Wardance"Skuz: "Sickening Nostalgia"taken from the album "Death Mince Discography"Cave Moth: "Fault of Charlatans"taken from the album "Paralytic Love"Gravesend: "The Grave’s End"taken from the album "Methods Of Human Disposal"Captain Cleanoff: "Hardcore Fashion Parade"taken from the album "Symphonies of Slackness"Straight Hate: "The Curtain Has Fallen"taken from the album " "Nuclear Holocaust: "Mutant Blitzkrieg"taken from the album "Sailing The Seas Of Nuclear Waste"Sea of Shit: "Dormancy"taken from the album "Sea of Shit"SkullShitter: "Following"taken from the album "Goat Claw"Spazz: "Hard Boiled"taken from the album "Sweatin' 2: Deported Live Dwarf"Napalm Death: "Mentally Murdered"taken from the album "Death By Manipulation"Thanks for listening!
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 274 features an interview with Him of Sermon.My thanks again to Him for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Contrition""The Drift"taken from the album Birth of the Marvellous"Wake the Silent""Golden""Unredeemable"taken from the album Of Golden VerseThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Sepultura • Dead Kennedys • Ratos de Porão • Suffer • TestamentAdversor • Lüger • Bulldozer • Mass Extinction • Cattle DecapitationEarth Crisis • Metallica • Obituary • Napalm Death • ProletarMusic On This Mixtape:Sepultura: "Old Earth"taken from the album "Against"Dead Kennedys: "Forest Fire"taken from the album "Plastic Surgery Disasters"Ratos de Porão: "Amazônia Nunca Mais"taken from the album "Brasil"Suffer: "Global Warming"taken from the EP "Global Warming"Testament: "Greenhouse Effect"taken from the album "Practice What You Preach"Adversor: "Portrait Of A Wasteland"taken from the album "Portrait of a Wasteland"Lüger: "Toxic Sludge"taken from the album "Revelations Of The Sacred Skull"Bulldozer: "Buried Alive By Trash"taken from the album "Unexpected Fate"Mass Extinction: "Doomed Species"taken from the album "Never-Ending Holocaust"Cattle Decapitation: "Alone At The Landfill"taken from the album "Karma.Bloody.Karma"Earth Crisis: "Ecocide"taken from the album "Breed the Killers"Metallica: "Blackened"taken from the album "And Justice for All"Obituary: "World Demise"taken from the album "World Demise"Napalm Death: "Unfit Earth"taken from the album "Harmony Corruption"Proletar: "Nature Warning For Human Extinction (Malignant Tumour Cover)"taken from the album "Back To Hatevolution Discography" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 273 features an interview with Dominik Goncalves dos Reis of Downfall of Gaia.My thanks again to Dominik for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"The Grotesque Illusion of Being""As Our Bones Break to the Dance "taken from the album Ethic of Radical Finitude"Final Vows""Unredeemable"taken from the album Silhouettes of DisgustThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Witchthroat Serpent • 1782 • Acid King • The Crooked Whispers • Megalith Levitation • Moribund Mantras • Mesmur • Sorrowful Land • HANGING GARDENMusic On This Mixtape:Witchthroat Serpent: "The House That Dripped Blood"taken from the album "Trove Of Oddities At The Devil’s Driveway"1782: "Devil's Blood"taken from the album "Clamor Luciferi"Acid King: "90 Seconds"taken from the album "Acid King"The Crooked Whispers: "DEATHMAKER"taken from the album "Funeral Blues"Megalith Levitation: "Into the Depth"taken from the album "Obscure Fire"Moribund Mantras: "The Shimmering Darkness"taken from the album "...Of Fathomless Depths"Mesmur: "Petroglyph"taken from the album "Chthonic"Sorrowful Land: "The Cold Gray Fog of Dawn"taken from the album "Faded Anchors of the Past"HANGING GARDEN: "The Garden"taken from the single "The Garden"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 272 features an interview with Ian Logan of Kommand.My thanks again to Ian for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Archibloodago""Radiation"taken from the album Terrorscape"Chimera Soldiers""Global Death"taken from the album Death AgeThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Joy Division • False Figure • NAUT • ESSES • Night Goat • Public Image Limited • Paradise Lost • Blood Moon Wedding • healthyliving • Tension Span • Rubella Ballet • Lotus Thrones • Christian Death • Bauhaus • Love Ethic • Wailin Storms • SermonMusic On This Mixtape:Joy Division: "Passover"taken from the album "Closer"False Figure: "Faim"taken from the album "Castigations"NAUT: "Nightfall"taken from the album "Hunt"ESSES: "Four Corners"taken from the album "Bloodletting for the Lonely"Night Goat: "Ritual of Antlers"taken from the album "Totem"Public Image Limited: "Religion 1"taken from the album "Public Image"Paradise Lost: "Shades of God"taken from the album "Draconian Times"Blood Moon Wedding: "Hey Mia Do You Remember"taken from the album "Blood Moon Wedding: An American Nightmare"healthyliving: "Dream Hive"taken from the album "Songs of Abundance, Psalms of Grief"Tension Span: "Problem People"taken from the album "The Future Died Yesterday"Rubella Ballet: "A Dream of Honey"taken from the album "Ballet Bag"Lotus Thrones: "The Quarry"taken from the album "Lovers In Wartime"Christian Death: "Deatwish"taken from the album "Only Theatre Of Pain"Bauhaus: "St. Vitus Dance"taken from the album "In The Flat Field"Love Ethic: "Self Censorship"taken from the album "The Thinking Man's Redux"Wailin Storms: "Who Took Our Drugs"taken from the album "The Silver Snake Unfolds"Sermon: "Light the Witch"taken from the album "Of Golden Verse"
Bloodjob • Maze Of Sothoth • Sepolcral • Vision Deprived • Siege of Power • Street Tombs • Necropanther • Ablaze My Sorrow • Majesties • Sadist • Embalm • Occulsed • Plague Bearer • Bred For Slaughter • MENSTRUAL VAMPIRESMusic On This Mixtape:Bloodjob: "All for the Good"taken from the "Metastasis" EPMaze Of Sothoth: "The Revocation Dogma"taken from the album "Extirpated Light"Sepolcral: "White Venom Temple"taken from the album "Scourge"Vision Deprived: "Beyond Myself"taken from the album "Self Elevating, Deep Inside The Void"Siege of Power: "Oblivion"taken from the album "This Is Tomorrow"Street Tombs: "Devour"taken from the album "Reclusive Decay "Necropanther: "Breathe Evil"taken from the album "Betrayal"Ablaze My Sorrow: "Rotten to the Core"taken from the album "The Loss of All Hope"Majesties: "Across The Neverwhen"taken from the album "Vast Reaches Unclaimed"Sadist: "Breathin' Cancer (30th Anniversary Edition)"taken from the "Breathin' Cancer (30th Anniversary Edition)" singleEmbalm: "Exquisite Tenderness"taken from the album "Prelude To Obscurity"Occulsed: "Resiled Necromniscience"taken from the album "Parturition Of Adulteration"Plague Bearer: "Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation"taken from the album "Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation"Bred For Slaughter: "Sacrificed At Dawn"taken from the album "Here You're Born... Here You Die"MENSTRUAL VAMPIRES: "Miscarriage Fetish(Womb with a View)"taken from the album "MENSTRUAL VAMPIRES"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 271 features an interview with Daniele Tollon and Cristian Minin of Sepolcral.My thanks again to Daniele and Cristian for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Plague"taken from the split album Reborn VI"Interred Species""Flagello""Purity"taken from the album Scourge"Constant Massacre"taken from the album VictimsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band • BRIAN! • Ice Age • Dez Dare • Giant Brain • Gone Cosmic • Caustic Casanova • Morass Of Molasses • The Swell Fellas • STONED JESUS • OwlMusic On This Mixtape:Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band: "The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)"taken from the album "Trout Mask Replica"BRIAN!: "Cascade"taken from the album "The Cataclysmic Engine"Ice Age: "Together Now"taken from the album "Waves Of Loss And Power"Dez Dare: "I Know Why You Cry at Adam Sandler Films"taken from the album "Perseus War"Giant Brain: "Fore (Rage At The Cruelty Of Forced Transhumanism)"taken from the album "Grade A Gray Day"Gone Cosmic: "For Sabotage"taken from the album "Send for a Warning, the Future's Calling"Caustic Casanova: "Lodestar"taken from the album "Glass Enclosed Nerve Center"Morass Of Molasses: "Slingshot Around The Sun"taken from the album "End All We Know"The Swell Fellas: "Placebo"taken from the album "The Great Play of ExtensionSTONED JESUS: "Season of the Witch"taken from the album "Father Light"Owl: "Minion Of The Amethyst Cave"taken from the album "Geomancy"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 270 features an interview with Shelby Lermo of Ulthar.My thanks again to Shelby for speaking witzh me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Narcissus Drowning""Undying Spear"taken from the album Providence"Anthronomicon" (excerpt)taken from the album Helionomicon"Fractional Fortresses""Astranumeral Octave Chants"taken from the album AnthronomiconThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Arnaut Pavle • Pagan Rites • Haiduk • Black Lava • Slegest • Tryglav • Plague Bearer • Theophonos • UNFELLED • Qwälen • Downfall of Gaia • BIZARREKULT • WOODS OF DESOLATION • ...and Oceans • OMEGA INFINITYMusic On This Mixtape:Arnaut Pavle: "Final Descent"taken from the album "Transylvanian Glare"Pagan Rites: "Pain Of The Flesh"taken from the Pagan Rites/Vulcan Tyrant splitHaiduk: "Infernal"taken from the album "Diabolica"Black Lava: "Black Blizzard"taken from the album "Soul Furnace"Slegest: "Vinterkristus"taken from the album "Avstand"Tryglav: "V The Redemption"taken from the album "The Ritual"Plague Bearer: "Under One Sign"taken from the album "Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation"Theophonos: "Lost One"taken from the album "Nightmare Visions"UNFELLED: "The Opposer"taken from the album "Pall of Endless Perdition"Qwälen: "Kaksi Hautaa"taken from the album "Syvä Hiljaisuus"Downfall of Gaia: "The Whir of Flies"taken from the album "Silhouettes of Disgust"BIZARREKULT: "Den Tapte Krigen"taken from the album "Den Tapte Krigen"WOODS OF DESOLATION: "Illumination"taken from the album "The Falling Tide"...and Oceans: "Wine into Water"taken from the album "As in Gardens, So in Tombs"OMEGA INFINITY: "To The Stars"taken from the album "The Anticurrent"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 269 features an interview with Julien "Nutz" Deyres of Gorod.My thanks again to Julien for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"The Axe Of God"taken from the album A Perfect Absolution"Wolfsmond"taken from the album Æthra"Waltz Of Shades""Savitri"taken from the album The OrbThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Sepultura • Morbid Angel • Larvae • Putrid Evocation • Reeking Aura • Swamp Witch • Autopsy • Chthonic Deity • Demilich • Worm • Obituary • SamaelMusic On This Mixtape:Sepultura: "Procreation (Of the Wicked)"taken from the album "Blood Rooted"Morbid Angel: "Where the Slime Live"taken from the album "Domination"Larvae: "Decomposed Disembodied"taken from the album "Necroptuary"Putrid Evocation: "Cryptical Rites of Rotting Flesh"taken from the album "Eternal Gloom: A Void of Agony and Repugnancy "Reeking Aura: "Grublust"taken from the album "Blood And Bonemeal"Swamp Witch: "Marsh of Delusion"taken from the album "The Slithering Bog"Autopsy: "Pus / Rot"taken from the album "Acts Of The Unspeakable"Chthonic Deity: "Disintegrating Organs"taken from the album "Reassembled In Pain"Demilich: "And the Slimy Flying Creatures Reproduce in Your Brains"taken from the a"The Four Instructive Tales ...of Decomposition" demoWorm: "Rotting Spheres of Sentient Blackness"taken from the album "Gloomlord (Remastered)"Obituary: "Slowly We Rot"taken from the album "Slowly We Rot"Samael: "Till We Meet Again"taken from the album "Ceremony of Opposites"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 268 features an interview with Gary Thibert of They Grieve.My thanks again to Gary for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Cure""Dwelling with the Dead"taken from the EP I Made My Sacrifice Accordingly"Under the Weight""To Which I Bore Witness""If Light Should Appear"taken from the album To Which I Bore WitnessThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
The Cows • Botch • Today Is The Day • Unsane • Breach • AlienatörMinutemen • Black Flag • Bl'ast! • Meatjack • Coalesce • King CrimsonOrnette Coleman • Shellac • Don Caballero • Lightning Bolt • SlugMusic On This Mixtape:The Cows: "39 Lashes"taken from the album "Sexy Pee Story"Botch: "Framce"taken from the album "An Anthology Of Dead Ends"Today Is The Day: "Sidewinder"taken from the album "Willpower"Unsane: "Dispatched"taken from the album "Total Destruction"Breach: "Bloodlines"taken from the album "It's Me God"Alienatör: "THE LESS DEAD"taken from the album "Regrets"Minutemen: "Sickles And Hammers"taken from the album "Paranoid Time"Black Flag: "This Is Good"taken from the album "Loose Nut"Bl'ast!: "Winding Down"taken from the album "It's In My Blood"Meatjack: "Black Juice"taken from the album "AIM"Coalesce: "Sometimes Selling Out Is Waking Up"taken from the album "0:12 Revolution in Just Listening"King Crimson: "Indiscipline"taken from the album "Discipline"Ornette Coleman: "Focus on Sanity"taken from the album "The Shape of Jazz to Come"Shellac: "Ghosts"taken from the album "1000 Hurts"Don Caballero: "Nicked and Liqued"taken from the album "For Respect"Lightning Bolt: "Mythmaster"taken from the album "Fantasy Empire"Slug: "King of ghosts"taken from the album "The Out Sound" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 267 features an interview with Radek "Overkiller" Grygiel of Nuclear Holocaust.My thanks again to Radek for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Nuclear Holocaust""Dwelling with the Dead"taken from the album Mutant Inferno"Doom of the Astrohogs""Pukelear Holocaust"taken from the album Grinding Bombing Thrashing"The End is Imminent""The Last Day of Serenity"taken from the album Sailing The Seas Of Nuclear Waste"Only Cockroaches Will Survive""Deathbringer of Death""Religious Mutation"taken from the album Overkill CommandoThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Lüger • Motörhead • Waranimal • Bones • Bombs Of Hades • Bathory • Dead Neon • SLAVEHOUSE • Eyehategod • Reaping Flesh • Driller Killer • DELLAMORTE • Entombed • Disfear • Crucifyre • Abscess • Doom • Black Flag • The Dwarves • Poison Idea • Venom • Mondo Generator • NebulaMusic On This Mixtape:Lüger: "Bloodmoon"taken from the album "Revelations Of The Sacred Skull"Motörhead: "Mean Machine"taken from the album "Orgasmatron"Waranimal: "Thornado"taken from the album "Into Gore We Ride"Bones: "Boozer"taken from the album "Diseased" Bombs Of Hades: "Burn"taken from the album "The Serpent's Redemption"Bathory: "Bestial Lust"taken from the album "The Return......"Dead Neon: "Wastelandesque"taken from the album "Dead Neon"SLAVEHOUSE: "SPENT"taken from the album "Taste in Pain"Eyehategod: "Blank/Shoplift"taken from the album "Southern Discomfort"Reaping Flesh: "Putrid Strife"taken from the album " "Driller Killer: "Speed D'mon"taken from the album "Total ****ing Hate"DELLAMORTE: "Gotta' explode"taken from the album "EVERYTHING YOU HATE"Entombed: "Won't Back Down"taken from the album "Uprising"Disfear: "Get It Off"taken from the album "Live The Storm"Crucifyre: "Through the Darkness"taken from the album " "Abscess: "Four Grey Walls"taken from the album "Horrorhammer"Doom: "Exploitation"taken from the album "25 Years of Crust"Black Flag: "Wasted"taken from the album "Wasted...Again"The Dwarves: "Fuck You Up And Get High"taken from the album "Blood Guts & Pussy"Poison Idea: "Death of An Idiot Blues"taken from the album "Feel the Darkness"Venom: "Sacrifice"taken from the album "Black Metal"Mondo Generator: "Fuck It"taken from the album "Fuck It"Nebula: "Whale Finger"taken from the album "Demos && Outtakes 98-02"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 266 features an interview with Matt Eiseman and Alex Huddleston of Tithe.My thanks again to Matt and Alex for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Tetrahedron""Mantra"taken from the album Penance"Parasite""Luciferian Pathways Of The Forked Tongue"taken from the album Inverse RaptureThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
In this supplement to Episode 266, Brandon Hayden recalled his experience of playing South East Asia with Endorphins Lost.Music In This Episode:"Bounded Choice"taken from the album Night People"Facing The Knife""Warm Body Targets""Choose Your Way"taken from the album Choose Your Way"Nothing Beyond The Fire"taken from the album SeclusionsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
esu • The Bleak Picture • Holy Water • Super Pink MoonLazy Legs • BleakHeart • Vouna • Have A Nice Life • AnathemaMusic On This Mixtape:Jesu: "We All Falter"taken from the album "Jesu"The Bleak Picture: "Absence of Light"taken from the album "Songs Of Longing"Holy Water: "Sit Down, Restless"taken from the album "Holy Water"Super Pink Moon: "EVERYTHING"taken from the album "IRON RAIN"Lazy Legs: "Wax"taken from the album "Moth Mother"BleakHeart: "The Visitor"taken from the album "Dream Griever"Vouna: "Grey Sky"taken from the album "Atropos"Have a Nice Life: "Waiting For Black Metal Records To Come In The Mail"taken from the album "Deathconsciousness"Anathema: "Eternity, Pt. 1"taken from the album "Eternity"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 265 features an interview with Brandon Hayden of Endorphins Lost.
Insurrection • Re-Buried • Dead Will Walk • Celestial Scourge • Instigate • Psycroptic • A La Carte • Severed Headshop • Betrayal • Profanity • Goratory • Gorgatron • 200 Stab Wounds • Pyre • Mutagenic Host • The Flaying • UndertakersMusic On This Mixtape:Insurrection: "The Eulogy of Hatred"taken from the album "Extraction"Re-Buried: "Sepulchral Stench"taken from the album "Repulsive Nature"Dead Will Walk: "From Moving Grounds"taken from the album "A new day of dawning"Celestial Scourge: "Elliptical Orbit"taken from the album "Dimensions Unfurled"Instigate: "Obliteration"taken from the album "Unheeded Warnings Of Decay"Psycroptic: "Ashes of Our Empire"taken from the album "Divine Council"A La Carte: "Scalped Potatoes All Rotten"taken from the album "Soup Dejour"Severed Headshop: "Self Gorification"taken from the album "The Fuckening"Betrayal: "Devouring Nothingness"taken from the album "Disorder Remains"Profanity: "Towards the Sun"taken from the album "Fragments of solace"Goratory: "Back To The Grinding Machine"taken from the album "Sour Grapes"Gorgatron: "Impostor Syndrome"taken from the album "Pathogenic Automation"200 Stab Wounds: "Drilling Your Head"taken from the album "Slave To The Scalpel"Pyre: "Disgraced And Dethroned"taken from the album "Chained To Ossuaries"Mutagenic Host: "Enforced Bodily Terror"taken from the album "The Genotoxic Demo"The Flaying: "Disloqué"taken from the album "Angry, Undead"Undertakers: "The Night Of The Bastards"taken from the album "Dictatorial Democracy"
Swans • Fall of Because • Bottom • Zeni Geva • Harvey Milk • Fudge Tunnel • Art Of Burning Water • Sky Pig • CULTED • Cerbère • Tons • UnsaneMusic On This Mixtape:Swans: "Your Property"taken from the album "Cop/Young God"Fall of Because: "Malewhoreslag"taken from the album "Life Is Easy"Bottom: "Got Meth"taken from the album "Feels So Good When You're Gone"Zeni Geva: "Heathen Blood"taken from the album "Desire For Agony"Harvey Milk: "Women Dig It"taken from the album "My Love is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be"Fudge Tunnel: "Six Eight"taken from the album "Complicated Futility of Ignorance"Art Of Burning Water: "Whitman, price and haddad"taken from the album "Love you dead"Sky Pig: "Sinning Time"taken from the album "It Thrives In Darkness"CULTED: "02 Lifers"taken from the album "Nous"Cerbère: "Sale Chien"taken from the album "Cendre"Tons: "A Hash Day's Night"taken from the album "Hashension"Unsane: "Only Pain"taken from the album "Visqueen"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 263 features an interview with Kåre André Sletteberg of In The Woods...Emerging from Norway alongside black metal's infamous second wave, In The Woods... were practically a genre unto themselves. Their early experimental and classically-inspired albums were a big influence on the avant and progressive metal scenes that coalesced throughout the Nineties.I spoke with guitarist Kåre André Sletteberg about his musical background, and why In The Woods... don't write songs with a specific intention. We also discussed why the band's songs change so much during the writing and recording process, and what makes their latest album Diversum unique.My thanks again to Kåre for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Cult Of Shining Stars"taken from the album Pure"Kairos!"taken from the album Omnio"Moments""We Sinful Converge"taken from the album DiversumThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Cancervo • Godwatt • Endtime • Manic Abraxas • Witchfinder • Tribunal • Atomic Trip • Cosmic ReaperMusic On This Mixtape:Cancervo: "The Cult of Armentarga"taken from the album "II"Godwatt: "Croce"taken from the album "Vol III"Endtime: "Beyond The Black Void"taken from the album "Doom Session Vol.7"Manic Abraxas: "Canonized"taken from the album "Foreign Winds"Witchfinder: "Lucid Forest"taken from the album "Forgotten Mansion"Tribunal: "A World Beyond Shadow"taken from the album "The Weight Of Remembrance"Atomic Trip: "Bomb #6"taken from the album "Strike #3"Cosmic Reaper: "Dead And Loving It"taken from the album "Doom Session Vol.7"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 262 features an interview with Steve "The Krusher" Paradise and Seb Duster of Obelyskkh.As heavy as a menhir and equally imponderable, the German trio Obelyskkh pulled from their stoner and noise rock backgrounds to create their own version of slow, heavy music.I spoke with drummer Steve "The Krusher" Paradise and bassist Seb Duster about whether they consider Obelyskkh to be a "metal" band, and how paring down to a power trio affected their style. We also discussed why they decided to record their latest album The Ultimate Grace Of God live, and how they integrate noise and ambient parts into their music.My thanks to Steve and Seb for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Dust of Angels"taken from the album Mount Nysa"Mount Nysa"taken from the album White Lightnin'"Black Mother""The Ultimate Grace Of God"taken from the album The Ultimate Grace Of God"The Ravens"taken from the album Hymn To PanThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Windy & Carl • Lori Goldston & Greg Kelley • Skullflower • Glenn Branca • Aarktica • Faust • SOL • GRAVKVÄDE • Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind • WinterMusic On This Mixtape:Windy & Carl: "Snowing"taken from the EP "Christmas Song & Snowing"Lori Goldston & Greg Kelley: "All Points Leaning In"taken from the album "All Points Leaning In"Skullflower: "Rotten Sun"taken from the album "IIIrd Gatekeeper"Glenn Branca: "Third Movement"taken from the album "Symphony No. 3 (Gloria)"Aarktica: "A Quiet Place"taken from the album "We Will Find the Light"Faust: "Picnic On A Frozen River"taken from the album "So Far"SOL: "And the mouth of death is open"taken from the album "And The Mouth Of Time Is Open"GRAVKVÄDE: "Bortom"taken from the album "GRAV|ANDE"Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind: "Rocky Mountains"taken from "The Shining" Original Motion Picture SoundtrackWinter: "Eternal Frost"taken from the album "Into Darkness/Eternal Frost"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 261 features an interview with Jerry A. Lang.My thanks to Jerry for speaking with me, and to you for listening.TRACK LIST:Poison Idea: "Drug Revival"taken from the EP Get Loaded & FuckPoison Idea: "Novelty"taken from the album Latest Will And TestamentPoison Idea: "The Butcher"Decimation Front: "The Art of the Steal"taken from the album From The Fire Into The WaterPoison Idea: "Taken By Surprise"taken from the album Feel The DarknessThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Godflesh • Voivod • Killing Joke • Dead Kennedys • Devo • Judas Priest • MotörheadThe Stooges • Hawkwind • Neu! • Destruction Unit • Loop • The RamonesMusic On This Mixtape:Godflesh: "Baby Blue Eyes"taken from the album "Pure"Voivod: "Pre-Ignition"taken from the album "Nothingface"Killing Joke: "Complications"taken from the album "Killing Joke"Dead Kennedys: "Moon Over Marin"taken from the album "Plastic Surgery Disasters"Devo: "Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy"taken from the album "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!"Judas Priest: "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"taken from the album "Screaming For Vengeance"Motörhead: "We Bring The Shake"taken from the album "Bastards"The Stooges: "Penetration"taken from the album "Raw Power"Hawkwind: "You'd Better Believe It"taken from the album "Blood of the Earth"Neu!: "Drive (Grundfunken)"taken from the album "Neu! '86"Destruction Unit: "Monsoon"taken from the album "Sonoran"Loop: "This Is Where You End"taken from the album "Fade out"The Ramones: "Beat On the Brat"taken from the album "The Ramones"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 260 features an interview with Clay Olson and Alex Walstad of Nothingness.My thanks to Clay and Al for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.Music In This Episode:"The Wretched Ground Beckons""Iced Over Ash"taken from the album The Hollow Gaze Of Death"Inviolate Viscera""Catapulted Into Hyperspace"taken from the album SupraliminalThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Rush • Atomic Rooster • Captain Beyond • Birth • Vitskär Süden • Van Der Graaf Generator • Amon Düül II • WIZRD • BRIAN! • Jethro TullMusic On This Mixtape:Working Man: "Rush"taken from the album "Rush"Atomic Rooster: "I Can't Take No More"taken from the album "Death Walks Behind You"Captain Beyond: "Raging River Of Fear"taken from the album "Captain Beyond"Birth: "For Yesterday"taken from the album "Born"Vitskär Süden: "Archdiocese of Worms"taken from the album "The Faceless King"Van Der Graaf Generator: "Lemmings (including Cog)"taken from the album "Pawn Hearts"Amon Düül II: "Luzifers Ghilom"taken from the album "Phallus Dei"WIZRD: "All Is As It Should Be"taken from the album "Seasons"BRIAN!: "Cascade"taken from the album "The Cataclysmic Engine"Jethro Tull: "A New Day Yesterday"taken from the album "Stand Up"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 259 features an interview with Brad King of Alienatör.My thanks to Brad for speaking with me, and to you for listening.TRACK LIST:"Reptilian Endoskeleton""Drag The River"taken from the album Pariahs"The Priest""Regrets"taken from the album RegretsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Music In This Episode:Skumstrike: "Ensnared (in Endless Night)"taken from the album "Deadly Intrusions"Defleshed: "Unburdened by Genius"taken from the album "Grind over Matter"Deathsiege: "At The Ruins of Legacy"taken from the album "Throne Of Heresy"Orthodox: "Starve"taken from the album "Proceed"HUSH.: "By This Are You Truly Known"taken from the album "The Pornography Of Ruin"VoidOath: "From Gods to Morsels"taken from the album "Ascension Beyond Kokytus"Origin: "Nostalgia For Oblivion"taken from the album "Chaosmos"Savage Necromancy: "Conquest Of Nazareth"taken from the album "Feathers Fall To Flames"Ratos De Porao: "O Vira Lata"taken from the album "Necropolitica"Birth: "Descending Us"taken from the album "Born"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 258 features an interview with Jon DeRosa of Aarktica.My thanks again to Jon for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Eating Rose Petals"taken from the album Mareación"Morning One"taken from the EP Morning One"Can't Say I Missed You""Olha O Sol Que Vai Nascendo""Goodnight"taken from the album We Will Find the LightThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
In this supplement to Episode 257, I spoke with Gridfailure's David Brenner about the audience for noise and experimental music, and what it currently means to be "underground".Music In This Episode:Gridfailure & Megalophobe: "Play Me A Jig Through The Corpse Of A Cyborg"taken from the album TasuketeGridfailure: "Special Dead"taken from the GRIDFAILURE / S.C.R.A.M. split EPThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
The Doors • Feral Light • Vader ª Deicide • Dumal • Sacrilege • Dawn • Immortal • Tomorrow We Sail • Agalloch • DOPETHRONEMusic On This Mixtape:The Doors: "Waiting For The Sun"taken from the album "Morrison Hotel"Feral Light: "Endless Nights"taken from the album "Void/Sanctify"Vader: "When the Sun Drowns In Dark"taken from the album "Necropolis"Deicide: "Day of Darkness"taken from the album "Deicide"Dumal: "Dead of Winter"taken from the album "+CONIURATIO NIGRUM ATLANTIKA+"Sacrilege: "In Winter Enticed"taken from the album "The Fifth Season"Dawn: "Svarter Skiner Solen"taken from the album "Naer Solen Garniber"Immortal: "At the heart of winter"taken from the album "At the heart of winter"Tomorrow We Sail: "December"taken from the album "For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight": "Ghosts Of The Midwinter Fires"taken from the album "Marrow of the Spirit"DOPETHRONE: "Ain't No Sunshine" [Bill Withers cover]taken from the album "Dark Foil"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 257 features an interview with Dave Brenner of GridfailureMy thanks again to David for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Proximity Negativemantra"taken from the album Epicenter MMXX: Quarantine Instrumentals"Outlander Harvesters"taken from the album Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery II"This Dirge Requires A Murder""Bellows""Burn Pits"taken from the album Gridfailure & Megalophobe: Harbinger WindsThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Iffernet • Zëlot • Glassing • FLOATING • FINAL • T.O.M.B. • Collapse Culture • Swans • VÉVAKI • Noisepoetnobody • Wolok • BlattariaMusic On This Mixtape:Iffernet: "For the Destitute"taken from the album "Silences"Zëlot: "Splintered Soul"taken from the album "Supplices"Glassing: "Dire"taken from the album "Dire and Sulk"FLOATING: "Gag"taken from the album "THE WAVES HAVE TEETH"FINAL: "To The Heavens"taken from the album "3"T.O.M.B.: "Hatred to All"taken from the album "Terror Winds"Collapse Culture: "Wasp And Orchid (The Map Precludes The Territory)"taken from the album "Drag Your Coffin My Lord"Swans: "In My Garden"taken from the album "Children of God"VÉVAKI: "Dísablót"taken from the album "Fórnspeki"Noisepoetnobody: "Ugly Bent Reflection"taken from the album "Insanity Mirror"Wolok: "BLOTCHES"taken from the album "The Bilious Hues of Gloom "Blattaria: "They Seek Blood"taken from the album "Dismantle The New Cult"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 256 features an interview with Adam Bjørn Schønemann-Warming of Orm.My thanks again to Adam for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Ancient Echoes"taken from the album ORM"Floden, Som Kan Skabe"taken from the album Intet • AltetThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Cachemira • Sonic Flower • Electric Mountain • Orbiter • Sweet Cobra • Warlung • The Doors • Dead Meadow • Captain Caravan • Brant Bjork • Sun Voyager • Freedom HawkMusic On This Mixtape:Cachemira: "Future's Sight"taken from the album "Ambos Mundos"Sonic Flower: "Quicksand Planet"taken from the album "Me And My Bell Bottom Blues"Electric Mountain: "Void"taken from the album "Valley Giant"Orbiter: "Hellmates"taken from the album "Head Wounds"Sweet Cobra: "Cave"taken from the album "Threes"Warlung: "Sky Burial"taken from the album "Vultures Paradise"The Doors: "Riders On The Storm"taken from the album "L.A.Woman"Dead Meadow: "Binah"taken from the album "Force Form Free"Captain Caravan: "Painted Wolf"taken from the album "Turned To Stone Chapter 6"Brant Bjork: "1968"taken from the album "Mankind Woman"Sun Voyager: "To Hell We Ride"taken from the album "Sun Voyager"Freedom Hawk: "Never To Return"taken from the album "Take All You Can"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 255 features an interview with Mike Coniglio of Blood of the Wolf.Speed and aggression define Chicago's Blood Of The Wolf. The band delivers their mix of death/thrash and "assault black metal" with precision and at ludicrous tempos - a testament to how metal will always get faster.I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Mike Coniglio about not repeating his previous bands' mistakes with Blood Of The Wolf, and whether his time in Kommandant influenced his playing and writing style. We also discussed what's new for BOTW on their latest album IV: The Declaration Of War Eternal, and what a band owes its audience.My thanks again to Mike for speaking with me, and to you for listening.Music In This Episode:"Progenitor"taken from the EP III: Blood Legend"Overretaliate"taken from the album I: The Law of Retaliation"Their Blood Is Our Warpaint""Father War Enthroned"taken from the album IV: The Declaration Of War EternalThanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Grava • Griefbringer • Whimz • The Otolith • Estrangement • OTUS • Black Math Horseman • Constellatia • Mazzy StarMusic On This Mixtape:Grava: "Crusher"taken from the album "Weight Of A God"Griefbringer: "A Warlock"taken from the album "The Horrible Wilting"Whimz: "PM1"taken from the album "PM226"The Otolith: "Andromeda's Wing"taken from the album "Folium Limina"Estrangement: "Detritivore"taken from the album "Disfigurementality"OTUS: "Apnea"taken from the album "Torch"Black Math Horseman: "The Bough"taken from the album "Black Math Horseman"Constellatia: "In Vituperation"taken from the album "Magisterial Romance"Mazzy Star: "Into Dust"taken from the album "So Tonight That I Might See"Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 254 features an interview with Jules Kicka of Catalyst.
The French band Catalyst combine an extremely high level of musicianship with a love for furious speed, resulting in music that's both extreme and extremely technical. Their songs revolve around a character named "The Catalyst", whose story is told across all their releases.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Jules Kicka about the narrative that he created for Catalyst, and why their first EP is a blueprint for future albums. We also spoke about how developing the concept went hand in hand with writing their latest album A Different Painting For A New World, and what the conclusion of The Catalyst's story would mean for the band.
My thanks again to Jules for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"To Chaos..." "The Great Purpose Of The Lords" taken from the album The Great Purpose Of The Lords
"Worms And Locusts" "The Catalyst's End" taken from the album A Different Painting For A New World
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Savage Necromancy • Krisiun • Witchmaster • Blood Of The Wolf • ANTROPOFAGUS DEATHCRUSH • GOAT TORMENT • Affliction Vector • Imperial Savagery • Sons Of Famine Lightning Swords Of Death • Incarceration • Stheno • Daeva • Deathsiege
Music On This Mixtape:
Savage Necromancy: "Storming The Gates Of Heaven" taken from the album "Feathers Fall To Flames"
Krisiun: "Aborticide (In the Crypts of Holiness)" taken from the album "Apocalyptic Revelation"
Witchmaster: "All-consuming Hate" taken from the "All-consuming Hate" Single
Blood Of The Wolf: "Domination Decree" taken from the album "IV: The Declaration Of War Eternal"
ANTROPOFAGUS: "Origin" taken from the "Origin" Single
DEATHCRUSH: "Under Serpents Reign" taken from the album "Under Serpents Reign"
GOAT TORMENT: "Profanation" taken from the album "Forked Tongues"
Affliction Vector: "A Mere Illusion" taken from the album "Death Comes Supreme"
Imperial Savagery: "Burned Upon Rebirth" taken from the album "Lashing The Feral Swine"
Sons Of Famine: "Hail The Aggressor" taken from the album "As Razors Gnaw Like Wolves"
Lightning Swords Of Death: "Vorticating Into Scars" taken from the album "The Extra Dimensional Wound"
Incarceration: "Beneath the Chains of Existence" taken from the album "Empiricism"
Stheno: "Military Discharge" taken from the album "Wardance"
Daeva: "The Architect And The Monument" taken from the album "Through Sheer Will And Black Magic..."
Deathsiege: "Smear Campaign Triumph Eternal" taken from the album "Throne Of Heresy"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 253 features an interview with Sammy Duet of Goatwhore.
Does Goatwhore need an introduction? Formed by members of Soilent Green and Acid Bath, they were an early exponent of USBM before those letters really meant anything. They ended up becoming one of the biggest bands to emerge from the American black metal scene, even as their sound grew to encompass thrash, sludge, and hardcore punk.
I spoke with Goatwhore guitarist/co-founder Sammy Duet about how the band's NOLA origins shaped their sound, and the reactions their music elicited from European black metal fans early on. We also spoke about why their latest album Angels Hung from the Arches of Heaven is their ugliest, and getting Kurt Ballou's feedback on their arrangements.
My thanks again to Sammy for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Chaos Arcane" taken from the album Vengeful Ascension
"Apocalyptic Havoc" taken from the album Carving Out the Eyes of God
"The Bestowal of Abomination" "Nihil" taken from the album Angels Hung from the Arches of Heaven
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Master • Entombed • Rogga Johansson • Omnifariam • Cinis • Defleshed Ingested • Fulci • Crypt Rot • Snipers Of Babel • Venomous Skeleton The Spawn of Satan • Possessed • Morbikon • Deeds Of Flesh
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 252 features an interview with Gustaf Jorde of Defleshed.
Even in the crowded Swedish metal scene, there isn't another band quite like Defleshed. The band's alchemy of thrashy riffs and grindcore beats made them distinct from both the buzzsaw guitars of the Stockholm scene and the classical melodies of the one in Gothenberg. Quiet since Reclaim The Beat was released back in 2005, the band is back with a new album that's as blistering and precise as any of their other releases.
I spoke with bassist/vocalist Gustaf Jorde about what led to Defleshed's long hiatus, and how plans for an unreleased boxed set convinced the trio to reunite. We also discussed why a looming deadline added flavour to the band's latest album Grind Over Matter, and how the time away restored their hunger.
My thanks again to Gustaf for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Fast Forward" taken from the album Fast Forward
"Fleshless and Wild" taken from the Fleshless and Wild 7"
"Blast Beast" "Grind Over Matter" taken from the album Grind Over Matter
"May The Flesh be With You" taken from the album Reclaim The Beat
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Reverend Bizarre • Angmodnes • Sfeerverzieker Jupiterian • Mammoth Storm • Worm • Dead Witches
Music In This Episode:
Reverend Bizarre: "Goddess of Doom" taken from the album "Return to the Rectory"
Angmodnes: "Under Darkened Vaults" taken from the album "The Weight of Eternity"
Sfeerverzieker: "Lost" taken from the album "Death is the Desired Ending"
Jupiterian: "Sol" taken from the album "Terraforming"
Mammoth Storm: "Vultures Prey" taken from the album "Fornjot"
Worm: "Centuries Of Ooze II" taken from the album "Bluenothing"
Dead Witches: "The Church By The Sea" taken from the album "The Final Exorcism"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 251 features an interview with Jon "Necromancer" Woodring of Bones.
Describing Chicago trio Bones is a tricky task - so much so that the band themselves are loathe to do it. Their sound is shaped by their long history in the death metal underground, as well as classic rock and crusty hardcore.
I spoke with bassist/vocalist Jon "Necromancer" Woodring about what he's been up to since our last conversation in 2019, and why Bones is "the bastard stepchild of underground metal". He also explained why The Who's Live at Leeds became a guidestone for the band's latest album Vomit, and why they chose to record a cover of Van Halen's "She's The Woman".
My thanks again to Jon for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Mass Graves" "Stench of the Deceased" taken from the album Diseased
"Tower Of Skulls" "Vomit" "Death Sentence" taken from the album Vomit
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Joy Division • Nox Novacula • Killing Joke • Christian Death Savage Republic • False Figure • Tension Span • The NuNs • Depeche Mode ESSES • Echo & The Bunnymen • This Mortal Coil • The Cure • Billy Idol • Rush
Music In This Episode:
Joy Division: "She's Lost Control" taken from the album "Unknown Pleasures"
Nox Novacula: "Victim" taken from the album " Ascension "
Killing Joke: "Europe" taken from the album "Night Time"
Christian Death: "This Glass House" taken from the album "Catastrophe Ballet With Rhapsody Of Youth And Rain"
Savage Republic: "Torpedo" taken from the album "1938"
False Figure: "Sadist Lament" taken from the album "Castigations"
Tension Span: "Trepidation" taken from the album "The Future Died Yesterday"
The NuNs: "Angeles Domini" taken from the album "Rumania"
Depeche Mode: "Halo" taken from the album "Violator"
ESSES: "Faceless Past" taken from the album "Bloodletting for the Lonely"
Echo & The Bunnymen: "All My Colours" taken from the album "Heaven Up Here"
This Mortal Coil: "Waves Become Wings" taken from the album "It'll End In Tears"
The Cure: "Siamese Twins" taken from the album "Pornography"
Billy Idol: "Eyes Without a Face" taken from the album "Rebel Yell"
Rush: "The Enemy Within" taken from the album "Grace Under Pressure"
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In this special Halloween episode, I spoke with Mike Hochins about the latest giallo-themed VHS album, Deep Gashes and Long Lashes, and had a long discussion about classic Italian horror films and B-movies.
Music In This Episode:
"Filthy, Slimy, Pervert" (Featuring Alessio of Guineapig) "Solange" "Quack, Quack" (Featuring Fiore of Fulci) "Murder Witnessed Through Hallucinogens" (Featuring Il Becchino of Tenebro) taken from the album Deep Gashes and Long Lashes
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The second part of the 10th Anniversary and 250th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness Podcast features an interview with Max Kolesne of Krisiun.
I don't think it's a secret that I've always had a soft spot for Brazilian legends Krisiun. The band signified death metal's return to its fast, brutal roots, as well as the arrival of a new generation of heshers from far-flung corners of the globe who were eager to push the genre to new levels of extremity.
I spoke with Krisiun drummer Max Kolesne about what led the band to go against the alternative and groovey tide in the Nineties, and their early supporters in the Scandinavian black metal scene. We also discussed the band's willingness to expand their sound during the previous decade, and learning new ways to play in the lead-up to their latest album, Mortem Solis.
My thanks to Max for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"They Call Me Death (Re-recorded version)" "Rites of Defamation" taken from the album Apocalyptic Revelation
"As Angels Burn" "Serpent Messiah" taken from the album Mortem Solis
"Conquerors of Armageddon" taken from the album Conquerors of Armageddon
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The first part of the 10th Anniversary and 250th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness Podcast features an interview with Michel "Away" Langevin of Voivod.
Few bands have epitomized metal's forward thinking vanguard as much as Canadian legends Voivod. Even in their raw and speed-obsessed early recordings, their music was characterized by a unique quality that inspired like-minded heshers to take thrash, death, and black metal to strange new places.
I spoke with Voivod drummer Michel "Away" Langevin about the origins of their distinctive style, and how their sound has evolved with the addition of guitarist Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain. We also discussed why their 15th album SynchroAnarchy came together like a puzzle, and why they decided to record an EP of Ultraman TV themes.
My thanks to Michel for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Voivod" taken from the album War And Pain
"Nothingface" taken from the album Nothingface
"Quest For Nothing" "SynchroAnarchy" taken from the album SynchroAnarchy
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Amy Turk • Iron Maiden • Might • Grave • Bathory • Celestial Sword • Dead Space Chamber Music • The Angelic Process • Snogard • Ancestor (Cuba) • Darkthrone • Marduk • Entombed
Music In This Episode: Amy Turk/J.S. Bach: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565" taken from the single "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565"
Iron Maiden: "Transylvania" taken from the album "Iron Maiden"
Might: "Vampire" taken from the album "Might"
Grave: "Reborn" taken from the album "Fiendish Regression"
Bathory: "Woman Of Dark Desires" taken from the album "Under The Sign Of The Black Mark"
Celestial Sword: "The Gardens of Wallachia I - III" taken from the Klanen/Μνήμα/Celestial Sword/The Oracle split
Dead Space Chamber Music: "Nosferatu" taken from the album "Dracula - Music Inspired By The Bram Stoker's Novel"
The Angelic Process: " ...And Our Blood Is Full Of Honey" taken from the album "...And Our Blood Is Full Of Honey"
Snogard: "Belmont: Nosferatu " taken from the album "Moral Presence Corrupt Misdeeds"
Ancestor (Cuba): "Vlad The Impaler" taken from the album "Hell Fuckin' Metal"
Darkthrone: "Transilvanian Hunger" taken from the album "Transilvanian Hunger"
Marduk: "Dracul Va Domni Din Nou In Transilvania" taken from the album "Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered"
Entombed: "Night of the Vampire" taken from the album "Entombed"
In this supplement to episode 249, I spoke with Carbonized Records founder Chad Gailey about why he founded the label, and how he chooses the bands he works with.
Music In This Episode:
Chthonic Deity: "Echoes Of Death" taken from the album Reassembled In Pain
Isotope: "Godless Blade" taken from the EP Isotope
Mortuous: "Funerealm" taken from the Deform / Mortuous Lamenting Reflections Split
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 249 features an interview with Chad Gailey of Mortuous.
Beginning as guitarist/vocalist Colin Tarvin's solo project, Mortuous quickly expanded to a full lineup that now includes members of fellow Bay Area acts Exhumed and Necrot. The band's sound has likewise grown from classic death metal to include doomy passages with piano and violin accompaniment.
I spoke with drummer Chad Gailey about how he became a part of Mortuous, and his long friendship with Colin Tarvin. We also discussed why the material on their latest album Upon Desolation was so challenging for him, and whether or not the new songs are "technical".
My thanks to Chad for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Prisoner Unto Past" "Bitterness" taken from the album Through Wilderness
"Defiled By Fire" "Ash And Dismay" taken from the album Upon Desolation
"The Eternal Return" taken from the compilation Among The Lost / Mors Immortalis
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Liers in Wait • Martyred • Ensanguinate • Hissing EXHUMATION • Phantasmagore • Phobophilic • Writhing • Deformatory ANTROPOFAGUS • Catalyst • Hedonist • STRIGOI • Demonical
Liers in Wait: "Maleficent Dreamvoid" taken from the album "Spiritually Uncontrolled Art"
Martyred: "DIvine Pestilence" taken from the album "The Relegation"
Ensanguinate: "4. Perdition's Crown" taken from the album "Eldritch Anatomy"
Hissing: "Intrusion" taken from the album "Hypervirulence Architecture"
EXHUMATION: "Grandeur Dawn" taken from the album "Eleventh Formulae"
Phantasmagore: "Insurrection or Submission" taken from the album "Insurrection or Submission"
Phobophilic: "Survive in Obscurity" taken from the album "Enveloping Absurdity"
Writhing: "Concealed Within the Soil" taken from the album "Of Earth & Flesh"
Deformatory: "Sunrot" taken from the album "Harbinger"
ANTROPOFAGUS: "Hymns of Acrimony" taken from the "Hymns of Acrimony" Single
Catalyst: "Worms And Locusts" taken from the album "A Different Painting For A New World"
Cinis: "Inundation" taken from the album "Lies That Comfort Me"
Hedonist: "Bottomless Sun" taken from the album "Sepulchral Lacerations"
STRIGOI: "Napalm Frost" taken from the album "Viscera"
Demonical: "Fallen Mountain" taken from the album "In League With Death"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 248 features an interview with Daniel Butler of Acephalix.
Sharing members with Mortuous, Necrot, and Vastum, Acephalix has been a key part of the surging Bay area death metal scene. The band has evolved from their crusty beginnings to embrace the style that emerged from Sweden, Finland, and the UK over 30 years ago.
I spoke with vocalist Daniel Butler about how the latest Acephalix lineup came together, and the through line connecting all their releases. We also discussed the theological and philosophical underpinnings of their latest album, Theothanatology, and the distinction between the death of God and godlessness.
My thanks to Daniel for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Suffer (Life in Fragments)" "Egoic Skin" taken from the album Decreation
"Innards of Divinity" "Godheads" taken from the album Theothanatology
"Tomb of Our Fathers" taken from the album Deathless Master
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SVARTTJERN • Blodhemn • Immortal • EVIL WARRIORS GAEREA • Allegaeon • Orm • Schattenfall
SVARTTJERN: "Ta dets Drakt" taken from the album "Shame Is Just A Word"
Blodhemn: "Vil Livet av Deg" taken from the album "Sverger Hemn"
Immortal: "Unholy Forces Of Evil" taken from the album "Live In Wetlands, NYC (Bootleg)"
EVIL WARRIORS: "Schattenbringer" taken from the album "Schattenbringer"
GAEREA: "Ebb" taken from the album "Mirage"
Allegaeon: "Blight" taken from the album "DAMNUM"
Orm: "Floden, Som Kan Skabe" taken from the double album "Intet • Altet"
Schattenfall: "Abschied" taken from the EP "Das Verderben"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 247 features an interview with Fabio Carretti of Hierophant.
Hierophant have experienced a stylistic rebirth, and appear to be an all-new band as a result. Following an extensive line-up shuffle, the Italian band has allowed the chaotic death/black influences threaded through their earlier albums to subsume their sound and dictate their current direction.
I spoke with guitarist Fabio Carretti about Hierophant's recent transformation, and how he became a part of this new incarnation of the band. We also discussed how the band developed songs over Zoom during Covid lockdowns, and why they decided to wait a year to release their latest album, Death Siege.
My thanks to Fabio for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Sentenced to Death" taken from the album Mass Grave
"Spawned Abortions" taken from the Spawned Abortions 7" EP
"Bloodbath Compendium" "In Chaos, In Death" taken from the album Death Siege
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Plague Patrol • Meatjack • Deadguy • Bloodlet • Breach • Entombed Leeched • HUSH. • Slimelord • VoidOath • Void Witch
Plague Patrol: "Oort Cloud" taken from the album "Demo 2021"
Meatjack: "Lost" taken from the album "AIM"
Deadguy: "[Untitled Track]" taken from the EP "Screamin' with the Deadguy Quintet"
Bloodlet: "Seven Hours of Angel Food" taken from the album "Seraphim Fall"
Breach: "Centre" taken from the album "It's Me God"
Entombed: "Returning to Madness" taken from the album "Uprising"
Leeched: "NOW IT ENDS" taken from the album "To Dull The Blades of Your Abuse"
HUSH.: "Rest/Nonexistence" taken from the album "UNEXIST"
Slimelord: "Amphibia" taken from the album "The Delta Death Sirens"
VoidOath: "Alabaster Ruminations" taken from the album "Ascension Beyond Kokytus"
Void Witch: "Asphyxiation Ritual" taken from the EP "Void Witch"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 246 features an interview with Kelly Schilling of Dreadnought.
Trying to categorize Denver's Dreadnought within the modern metal landscape is a tricky task. Putting its members' varied musical backgrounds to good use, the band combines metal with Seventies prog, jazz, and classical music, eluding both genre and typical song structures.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist/flautist Kelly Schilling about how a classic game franchise inspires Dreadnought's albums, and when she decides a song needs saxophone. We also discussed why their latest album The Endless is more guitar-driven, what makes a "good song".
My thanks to Kelly for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Transpiration" [excerpt] taken from the album Bridging Realms
"Besieged" taken from the album Emergence
"Midnight Moon" "Gears of Violent Endurance" taken from the album The Endless
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Lock Up • Disfear • Murder Squad • Carnage • Carcass • Napalm Death Blood From The Soul • Converge • Old Man Gloom • GREYMACHINE Cathedral • Repulsion • Expulsion • Exhumed • Terrorizer
Full track list at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Lock Up • Disfear • Murder Squad • Carnage • Carcass • Napalm Death Blood From The Soul • Converge • Old Man Gloom • GREYMACHINE Cathedral • Repulsion • Expulsion • Exhumed • Terrorizer
Full track list at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 245 features an interview with Marc Bourgon of Greber.
Ontario's Greber didn't let an errant guitarist stop them from rocking out; instead, they hulked up their bass to sound impossibly gnarly and opressive, and continued as a duo. Over a decade later, the two of them continue to find new ways to blend noise rock, grindcore and sludge - all without the input of any diva lead guitarists.
For the final week of DoC's "Grindtember", I spoke with Greber bassist/vocalist Marc Bourgon about why he and drummer Steve Vargas decided to forego guitars, and how key words gestate into songs. We also discussed how Marc achieves his unique bass sound, and recording the latest Greber album Fright Without in the thick of a fear-stricken pandemic.
My thanks to Marc for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Our Burnt Treasure" "Grave Plot" taken from the album Cemetery Preston
"Into Silence" "Larkinitis" taken from the album Fright Without
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 245 features an interview with Marc Bourgon of Greber.
Ontario's Greber didn't let an errant guitarist stop them from rocking out; instead, they hulked up their bass to sound impossibly gnarly and opressive, and continued as a duo. Over a decade later, the two of them continue to find new ways to blend noise rock, grindcore and sludge - all without the input of any diva lead guitarists.
For the final week of DoC's "Grindtember", I spoke with Greber bassist/vocalist Marc Bourgon about why he and drummer Steve Vargas decided to forego guitars, and how key words gestate into songs. We also discussed how Marc achieves his unique bass sound, and recording the latest Greber album Fright Without in the thick of a fear-stricken pandemic.
My thanks to Marc for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Our Burnt Treasure" "Grave Plot" taken from the album Cemetery Preston
"Into Silence" "Larkinitis" taken from the album Fright Without
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
PSYCHONEUROSIS • Unborn Suffer • Violent Opposition • Mass Extinction • The Human Race Is Filth • Ripped To Shreds • Mortify • Crypt Walk • NERVE SAW • Filthy Christians • Shock Narcotic • Scheletro • Choke • THE ARSON PROJECT • Nails • Assück • Human Cull • Herida Profunda • Bayht Lahm • Retortion Terror • Formless Master • Rottenness • SkullShitter • The Body + Full of Hell • Wormrot • False Church • bone tower • WAKE • Brutal Truth • Total Fucking Destruction • Fuck The Facts
Full tracklist at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
PSYCHONEUROSIS • Unborn Suffer • Violent Opposition • Mass Extinction • The Human Race Is Filth • Ripped To Shreds • Mortify • Crypt Walk • NERVE SAW • Filthy Christians • Shock Narcotic • Scheletro • Choke • THE ARSON PROJECT • Nails • Assück • Human Cull • Herida Profunda • Bayht Lahm • Retortion Terror • Formless Master • Rottenness • SkullShitter • The Body + Full of Hell • Wormrot • False Church • bone tower • WAKE • Brutal Truth • Total Fucking Destruction • Fuck The Facts
Full tracklist at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 244 features an interview with Edd Robinson of Human Cull.
This site has been plugging Human Cull since they released their split with DoC friends Homolka almost a decade ago. The grind power trio has always been a band to watch for lovers of forward-thinking, aggressive grindcore.
For the third week of DoC's "Grindtember", I spoke with Human Cull vocalist/guitarist Edd Robinson about why his style is "classic British grind", and what makes grindcore an atavistic style of music. We also discussed the "Kaiju riffs" on their latest album, To Weep for Unconquered Worlds, and why releasing albums DIY means they take longer to come out.
My thanks to Edd for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Point of No Return" "You Can't Disappear" "Anger Inferno" taken from the album Stillborn Nation
"Instinct Enthroned" "Axe of Flint" "Subject to Predation" "Time of Ending" "Confession Archive" "Siege Lord" taken from the album To Weep for Unconquered Worlds
"The Butcher's Nails" "Like an Emissary into the Abyss" "The Muzzle" taken from the album Revenant
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 244 features an interview with Edd Robinson of Human Cull.
This site has been plugging Human Cull since they released their split with DoC friends Homolka almost a decade ago. The grind power trio has always been a band to watch for lovers of forward-thinking, aggressive grindcore.
For the third week of DoC's "Grindtember", I spoke with Human Cull vocalist/guitarist Edd Robinson about why his style is "classic British grind", and what makes grindcore an atavistic style of music. We also discussed the "Kaiju riffs" on their latest album, To Weep for Unconquered Worlds, and why releasing albums DIY means they take longer to come out.
My thanks to Edd for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Point of No Return" "You Can't Disappear" "Anger Inferno" taken from the album Stillborn Nation
"Instinct Enthroned" "Axe of Flint" "Subject to Predation" "Time of Ending" "Confession Archive" "Siege Lord" taken from the album To Weep for Unconquered Worlds
"The Butcher's Nails" "Like an Emissary into the Abyss" "The Muzzle" taken from the album Revenant
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Napalm Death • Unseen Terror • Benediction • Fall of Because • Cathedral Meathook Seed • Blood from the Soul • Scorn • Jesu • Head Of David Menace • Extreme Noise Terror • Lock Up • Venomous Concept Corrupt Moral Altar • Defecation • Carcass • Terrorizer
Napalm Death: "Retreat to Nowhere" taken from the album "From Enslavement to Obliteration"
Unseen Terror: "Garfield For President" taken from the album "Human Error"
Benediction: "Experimental Stage" taken from the album "Subconscious Terror"
Fall of Because: "Malewhoreslag" taken from the album "Life Is Easy"
Cathedral: "Soul Sacrifice" taken from the EP "Soul Sacrifice"
Meathook Seed: "Forgive" taken from the album "Embedded"
Blood from the Soul: "Suspension of My Disbelief" taken from the album "To Spite the Gland That Breeds"
Scorn: "Walls of My Heart" taken from the album "Vae Solis"
Jesu: "Star" taken from the EP "Silver"
Head Of David: "Roadkill" taken from the album "Dustbowl"
Menace: "I Wont See The Sun" taken from the album "Impact Velocity"
Extreme Noise Terror: "Jesus on My Side" taken from the album "Damage 381"
Lock Up: "Leech Eclipse" taken from the album "Pleasures Pave Sewers"
Venomous Concept: "Life's Fine" taken from the album "Retroactive Abortion"
Corrupt Moral Altar: "Destroying Everything You Believe In" taken from the album "Eunoia"
Defecation: "Recovery" taken from the album "Intention Surpassed"
Carcass: "Empathological Necroticism" taken from the album "Symphonies Of Sickness"
Terrorizer: "Nightmare" taken from the album "Darker Days Ahead"
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Napalm Death • Unseen Terror • Benediction • Fall of Because • Cathedral Meathook Seed • Blood from the Soul • Scorn • Jesu • Head Of David Menace • Extreme Noise Terror • Lock Up • Venomous Concept Corrupt Moral Altar • Defecation • Carcass • Terrorizer
Napalm Death: "Retreat to Nowhere" taken from the album "From Enslavement to Obliteration"
Unseen Terror: "Garfield For President" taken from the album "Human Error"
Benediction: "Experimental Stage" taken from the album "Subconscious Terror"
Fall of Because: "Malewhoreslag" taken from the album "Life Is Easy"
Cathedral: "Soul Sacrifice" taken from the EP "Soul Sacrifice"
Meathook Seed: "Forgive" taken from the album "Embedded"
Blood from the Soul: "Suspension of My Disbelief" taken from the album "To Spite the Gland That Breeds"
Scorn: "Walls of My Heart" taken from the album "Vae Solis"
Jesu: "Star" taken from the EP "Silver"
Head Of David: "Roadkill" taken from the album "Dustbowl"
Menace: "I Wont See The Sun" taken from the album "Impact Velocity"
Extreme Noise Terror: "Jesus on My Side" taken from the album "Damage 381"
Lock Up: "Leech Eclipse" taken from the album "Pleasures Pave Sewers"
Venomous Concept: "Life's Fine" taken from the album "Retroactive Abortion"
Corrupt Moral Altar: "Destroying Everything You Believe In" taken from the album "Eunoia"
Defecation: "Recovery" taken from the album "Intention Surpassed"
Carcass: "Empathological Necroticism" taken from the album "Symphonies Of Sickness"
Terrorizer: "Nightmare" taken from the album "Darker Days Ahead"
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 243 features an interview with Piotr "Edi" Kwiatek from Herida Profunda.
Polish grind quartet Herida Profunda aren't against looking outside the genre for inspiration, but keep things simple and to the point all the same. The band's crusty punk roots are evident from their short, hooky songs, as well as the socio-political commentary they contain.
Continuing DoC's "Grindtember", I spoke with Herida Profunda vocalist Piotr "Edi" Kwiatek about why his living in the UK hasn't affected the band's productivity, and how political developments in Poland inspire his lyrics. We also talked about Polish punk legend Dominika "Nika" Domczyk's guest appearance on their latest album, Power to the People, as well how the band decided on the album's unique cover art.
My thanks to Edi for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Udręka" "783̨" taken from the album Herida Profunda
"1312" "Zjedz zanim zgnije" taken from the Herida Profunda/Hellbastard Split
"Remembrance Day" "Prepare to Die" "Lie" "Scene of Exclusion" taken from the album Power to the People
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 243 features an interview with Piotr "Edi" Kwiatek from Herida Profunda.
Polish grind quartet Herida Profunda aren't against looking outside the genre for inspiration, but keep things simple and to the point all the same. The band's crusty punk roots are evident from their short, hooky songs, as well as the socio-political commentary they contain.
Continuing DoC's "Grindtember", I spoke with Herida Profunda vocalist Piotr "Edi" Kwiatek about why his living in the UK hasn't affected the band's productivity, and how political developments in Poland inspire his lyrics. We also talked about Polish punk legend Dominika "Nika" Domczyk's guest appearance on their latest album, Power to the People, as well how the band decided on the album's unique cover art.
My thanks to Edi for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Udręka" "783̨" taken from the album Herida Profunda
"1312" "Zjedz zanim zgnije" taken from the Herida Profunda/Hellbastard Split
"Remembrance Day" "Prepare to Die" "Lie" "Scene of Exclusion" taken from the album Power to the People
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
NoMeansNo • Thetan • Sete Star Sept • Lightning Bolt • Japanther Radiation Blackbody • Bog Body • Bedtimemagic • Bismuth • HUSH. Black Tar Prophet • OM • Metallica • GREBER • A Tribe Called Quest
NoMeansNo: "Big Dick" taken from the album "Wrong"
Thetan: "Shitdozer" taken from the album "Abysmal"
Sete Star Sept: "Disposal Of The Dead" taken from the album "Revision Of Noise"
Lightning Bolt: "assassins" taken from the album "Wonderful Rainbow"
Japanther: "Buried Alive" taken from the album "South of Northport"
Radiation Blackbody: "Pleasure Impulse Denied" taken from the album "Decoherence"
Bog Body: "Cryonic Crevasse Cult" taken from the album "Cryonic Crevasse Cult"
Bedtimemagic: "Pass Out" taken from the album "Between The Sheets"
Bismuth: "The Holocene Extinction" taken from the album "Unavailing"
HUSH.: "There Can Be No Forgiveness Without The Shedding Of Blood" taken from the album "The Pornography Of Ruin"
Black Tar Prophet: "Ruinous Decay" taken from the album Black Tar Prophet / Iron Gavel split
OM: "State Of Non-Return" taken from the album "Advaitic Songs"
Metallica: "Anesthesia [Pulling Teeth]" taken from the album "Kill 'Em All"
GREBER: "BUSH CORD OF ENTRAILS" taken from the album "FRIGHT WITHOUT"
A Tribe Called Quest: "Buggin' Out" taken from the album "The Low End Theory"
NoMeansNo • Thetan • Sete Star Sept • Lightning Bolt • Japanther Radiation Blackbody • Bog Body • Bedtimemagic • Bismuth • HUSH. Black Tar Prophet • OM • Metallica • GREBER • A Tribe Called Quest
NoMeansNo: "Big Dick" taken from the album "Wrong"
Thetan: "Shitdozer" taken from the album "Abysmal"
Sete Star Sept: "Disposal Of The Dead" taken from the album "Revision Of Noise"
Lightning Bolt: "assassins" taken from the album "Wonderful Rainbow"
Japanther: "Buried Alive" taken from the album "South of Northport"
Radiation Blackbody: "Pleasure Impulse Denied" taken from the album "Decoherence"
Bog Body: "Cryonic Crevasse Cult" taken from the album "Cryonic Crevasse Cult"
Bedtimemagic: "Pass Out" taken from the album "Between The Sheets"
Bismuth: "The Holocene Extinction" taken from the album "Unavailing"
HUSH.: "There Can Be No Forgiveness Without The Shedding Of Blood" taken from the album "The Pornography Of Ruin"
Black Tar Prophet: "Ruinous Decay" taken from the album Black Tar Prophet / Iron Gavel split
OM: "State Of Non-Return" taken from the album "Advaitic Songs"
Metallica: "Anesthesia [Pulling Teeth]" taken from the album "Kill 'Em All"
GREBER: "BUSH CORD OF ENTRAILS" taken from the album "FRIGHT WITHOUT"
A Tribe Called Quest: "Buggin' Out" taken from the album "The Low End Theory"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 242 features an interview with Pawel Jaroszewicz of Antigama.
My thanks to Pawel for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Fed by the Feeling" taken from the album Meteor
"The Insolent" taken from the album The Insolent
"Hindrance" "Holy Hand" taken from the album Whiteout
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The Crown • Sacrilege • Dark Tranquillity • Edge of Sanity • Ceremonial Oath • The Haunted In Flames • Dawn • At The Gates • Eucharist • Dan Swanö • Opeth • Hypocrisy
The Crown: "Earthborn" taken from the album "The Burning"
Sacrilege: "Torment of Life" taken from the album "Lost in the Beauty You Slay"
Dark Tranquillity: "Silence And The Fimament Withdrew" taken from the album "The Gallery"
Edge of Sanity: "Silent" taken from the album "Purgatory Afterglow"
Ceremonial Oath: "Dreamsong" taken from the album "Carpet"
The Haunted: "Invein" taken from the album "The Haunted"
In Flames: "Dead Eternity" taken from the album "Jester Race"
Dawn: "Falcula" taken from the album "Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)"
At The Gates: "Forever Blind" taken from the album "Terminal Spirit Disease"
Eucharist: "Dissolving" taken from the album "Mirrorworlds"
Dan Swanö: "The Big Sleep" taken from the album "Moontower"
Opeth: "Demon of the Fall" taken from the album "My Arms, Your Hearse"
Hypocrisy: "The Arrival of the Demons, Pt. 2" taken from the album "Abducted"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 241 features an interview with Mark Norgate of Dawnwalker.
Described as a "collective", Dawnwalker is the brainchild of London-based multi-instrumentalist Mark Norgate. The project draws from a wide assortment of influences, including prog, black metal, and post rock, with a varied group of contributors to match its eclectic sound.
I spoke with Mark about how Dawnwalker expanded from a bedroom solo project to a collective, and how he writes parts for non-traditional instruments. We also discussed the concept and narrative that frames their latest album, House of Sand, and why Dawnwalker probably won't be coming to a town near you anytime soon.
My thanks to Mark for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Reflecting Pool" taken from the album In Rooms
"Coming Forth By Day" "False Doors" taken from the album House of Sand
"Colony/A Gathering" taken from the album Ages
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At The Gates • Dead To A Dying World • Dissolve Patterns • Morrow • Contemplator • My Dying Bride • All My Faith Lost... • Giant Squid • Grayceon
At The Gates: "Through Gardens of Grief" taken from the album "The Red in the Sky Is Ours"
Dead To A Dying World: "Empty Hands, Hollow Hymns" taken from the album "Elegy"
Dissolve Patterns: "II" taken from the album "Dissolve Patterns"
Morrow: "The Hunt" taken from the album "Fallow"
Contemplator: "Ashes Allowed" taken from the album "Morphose"
My Dying Bride: "A Kiss to Remember" taken from the album "Like Gods of the Sun"
All My Faith Lost...: "Keeping Time" taken from the album "Untitled"
Giant Squid: "Tongue Stones (Megaptera megachasmacarcharias)" taken from the album "Cenotes"
Grayceon: "This Bed" taken from the album "Mothers Weavers Vultures"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 240 features an interview with Justin Storms, Mark Oates, and Steve Stanczyk of Wailin Storms.
Wailin Storms were one of the first bands I spoke to as the pandemic unfolded in 2020. They were on the road as lockdowns were announced, and social distancing guidelines caused tours to be cancelled. Two years later, they've got a new album and are ready to pick up where they left off with their mix of death rock, post-punk, and doom (sometimes described as "if Bauhaus and Black Sabbath had a baby").
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Justin Storms, drummer Mark Oates, and bassist Steve Stanczyk about how they navigated Covid restrictions to work on new material as a band. We also discussed how their Covid times affected the sound of their latest album, The Silver Snake Unfolds, and the IPA that a North Carolina brewery created especially for the album.
My thanks to the Justin, Steve, and Mark for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Ribcage Fireplace" "Lost" taken from the album One Foot in the Flesh Grave
"Drag" "Sunday Morning Ceremony" "In The Heart of the Sea" taken from the album The Silver Snake Unfolds
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Buddy Holly • Monks • Neu! • Led Zeppelin • Motörhead • MC5 • Hawkwind Judas Priest • Black Sabbath • Venom • Cheap Trick • Dead Boys • The Dictators The Stooges • David Bowie • The Ramones • Misfits • Descendents • Minor Threat Black Flag • The Bad Brains • Discharge • Hellhammer • Entombed • D.R.I.
Buddy Holly: "Rave On" taken from the album "Buddy Holly"
Monks: "Shut Up" taken from the album "Black Monk Time"
Neu!: "Super" taken from the album "Neu! 2"
Led Zeppelin: "Communication Breakdown" taken from the album "Led Zeppelin"
Motörhead: "Vibrator" taken from the album "Motörhead"
MC5: "Borderline" taken from the album "Kick Out The Jams"
Hawkwind: "Kings Of Speed" taken from the album "Warrior On The Edge Of Time"
Judas Priest: "Running Wild" taken from the album "Killing Machine"
Black Sabbath: "Paranoid (Alternative Lyrics Version)" taken from the album "Paranoid"
Venom: "Welcome to Hell" taken from the album "Welcome to Hell"
Cheap Trick: "He's a Whore" taken from the album "He's a Whore"
Dead Boys: "Sonic Reducer" [originally by Rocket From The Tombs] taken from the album " "
The Dictators: "Young, fast, scientific" taken from the album "Manifest Destiny"
The Stooges: "Search and Destroy" taken from the album "Raw Power"
David Bowie: "Hang on to Yourself" taken from the album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars"
The Ramones: "Suzy Is A Headbanger" taken from the album "Leave Home"
Misfits: "Where Eagles Dare" taken from the album "Legacy of Brutality"
Descendents: "I Wanna Be a Bear" taken from the album "Somery"
Minor Threat: "I Don't Wanna Hear It" taken from the album "Complete Discography"
Black Flag: "Spray Paint" taken from the album "Damaged"
Bad Brains: "Attitude" taken from the album "Bad Brains"
Discharge: "The Blood Runs Red" taken from the album "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing"
Hellhammer: "Revelations of Doom" taken from the EP "Apocalyptic Raids"
Entombed: "Just as Sad" taken from the album "To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth"
D.R.I.: "To Open Closed Doors" taken from the EP "Violent Pacification"
Neu!: "Super 78" taken from the album "Neu! 2"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 239 features an interview with Charles Cure of Hush.
My thanks to Charles for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Unbearable Weight" "Waves of Exultation" taken from the album UNTITLED II
"And The Love Of Possession Is A Disease With Them" "I Am Without Heaven And A Law Unto Myself" taken from the album The Pornography Of Ruin
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 238 features an interview with Lewis Fischer of Altars.
Australian trio Altars emerged as death metal fans world-wide started paying more attention to bands from the Australasia region. Their turbulent, chimaeric style hearkens back to classic death metal albums by Gorguts and Morbid Angel while overlapping with the newer style of "dissonant death metal".
I spoke with guitarist Lewis Fischer about inventing his own musical language for Altars, and why the band went quiet after their 2013 debut Paramnesia. We also talked about the circumstances that led Lewis to write material for the new Altars album, Ascetic Reflection, and how Brendan Sloan from Convulsing became a full-time member of the band.
My thanks to Lewis for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Husk" "Khaz'neh" taken from the album Paramnesia
"Anhedonia" "Ascetic Reflection" "Luminous Jar" taken from the album Ascetic Reflection
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Righteous Fool • Behold! The Monolith • The Swell Fellas • Valley Of The Sun • Greyborn • Cities of Mars • Lord Elephant • Electric Mountain • Kyuss • Mother Iron Horse • The Sword • Ian Blurton's Future Now
Righteous Fool: "FOREVER FLAMES" taken from the album "Righteous Fool"
Behold! The Monolith: "Spirit Taker" taken from the album "From The Fathomless Deep"
The Swell Fellas: "Wet Cement" taken from the album "Novaturia"
Valley Of The Sun: "Devil I've Become" taken from the album "The Chariot"
Greyborn: "After Dark" taken from the album "Leeches"
Cities of Mars: "Towering Graves (Osmos)" taken from the album "Cities of Mars"
Cosmic Reaper: "Heaven's Gate" taken from the album "Cosmic Reaper"
Kyuss: "Demon Cleaner" taken from the album "Welcome to Sky Valley"
Fostermother: "Dark Desires" taken from the album "The Ocean"
Mother Iron Horse: "Samhain Night" taken from the album "Under The Black Moon"
Lord Elephant: "Raktabija" taken from the album "Cosmic Awakening"
The Sword: "How Heavy this Axe" taken from the album "Gods of the Earth"
Ian Blurton's Future Now: "Second Skin" taken from the album "Second Skin"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 237 features an interview with Rick Habeeb, William “Big Will” Smith, and Terrell Grannum of Reeking Aura.
My thanks to Terrell, Rick, and Will for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Beneath the Canopy of Compost" "Groaning Moss" taken from the EP Beneath The Canopy Of Compost
"Pyramid-Shaped Plow The Caretaker" "A Vegetative Mush that Melts Among the Shelves Lined with Meats of Indeterminate Origin" "Harvesting the Hatchet" taken from the album Blood And Bonemeal
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Earth • The Shenandoah Electric Company • Orthodox • Stiu Nu Stiu • BongBongBeerWizards • Korperschwache • Lathe • Birth • Slow Burning Rage • The Goddamn Rattlesnake
Earth: "The Dire And Ever Circling Wolves" taken from the album "Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method"
The Shenandoah Electric Company: "Pillar Of Salt" taken from the album "LP1"
Orthodox: "Abendrot" taken from the album "Proceed"
Stiu Nu Stiu: "Nyx" taken from the album "New Sun"
BongBongBeerWizards: "Slumber" taken from the album "Ampire"
Korperschwache: "breathing down deep the smoke of paradise" taken from the album "Ignore the Need"
Lathe: "Journey to the East" taken from the album "Tongue Of Silver "
Birth: "Another Time" taken from the album "Born"
Slow Burning Rage: "El Tio (Curse of the Caves)" taken from the album "Slow Burning Rage"
The Goddamn Rattlesnake: "Where Will This Ship Go To Die" taken from the album "Stay Sweet"
Andy Daly (as Dalton Wilcox, Poet Laureate of the West): "The Lonesome Cowboy" taken from Comedy Bang Bang #148
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 236 features an interview with Paul Ryan of Origin.
Origin should be pretty familiar to followers of Dreams of Consciousnes by now. The band has been written about ad nauseum on this site, and was the featured guest on the 100th episode of the podcast. Safe to say, I'm a fan.
Guitarist/founder Paul Ryan caught me up with what the band has been up to since the last time he was on the podcast, and why he wants the flow of Origin's to be like movies. We also discussed the "one song a month" writing challenge that he gave himself to create the latest Origin album, Chaosmos, and why the band doesn't know what their albums will sound like until the recording process is done.
My thanks to Paul for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Dajjal" "Cascading Failures" taken from the album Unparalleled Universe
"Decolonizer" "Panoptical" "Cullscape" taken from the album Chaosmos
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Backslider • Herida Profunda • Severe Torture • Gorged Afterbirth • Birdflesh • Foes • Psychoneurosis • Matsunaga Was Right • Crisis Benoit • Wageslave • Holocausto Canibal • Gronibard • Black Rheno • Come Mierda • Skaven • Hive • Napoli Violenta • Rejekts • Balance of Terror • Skumstrike • Unidad Trauma • Antigama • Apes • Wormrot • Crawler • Bodyrot • Organ Trail
Backslider: "Bone Thief" taken from the album "Psychic Rot"
HERIDA PROFUNDA: "DIRTY HANDS" taken from the album "POWER TO THE PEOPLE"
Severe Torture: "Entangled In Hate" taken from the album "Fisting the Sockets"
Gorged Afterbirth: "Puking Up Dead Nuns" taken from the album "Got Gore?"
Birdflesh: "Dying After Midnight" taken from the album "All The Miseries"
Foes: "Dog Catcher" taken from the Foes/Heated split EP
Psychoneurosis: "Turn Off TV - Turn On Thinking" taken from the album "Grind Resurrection"
Matsunaga Was Right: "Once In A Lifetime, For A Second Time" taken from the album "Born In Wire"
Crisis Benoit: "Raging Bulldozer" taken from the album "El Culto De La Muerte"
Wageslave: "Vestige" taken from the EP "Wageslave"
Holocausto Canibal: "Sinaxe do Sepúlcro Tafófobo" taken from the album "Crueza Ferina"
GRONIBARD: "Individual Thought Pâté" taken from the album "Regarde Les Hommes Sucer"
Black Rheno: "Empire" taken from the Child Bite / Black Rheno split EP
Come Mierda: "Warzone" taken from the 2021 Demo
Skaven: "Flowers Of Flesh And Blood" taken from the album "Flowers Of Flesh And Blood"
Hive: "Protection" taken from the album "Spiritual Poverty"
Napoli Violenta: "No Woman No Grind" taken from the album "Neapolitan Power Violence"
Rejekts: "Divorati Dal Tempo" taken from the album "Adamo"
Balance of Terror: "A Better Tomorrow" taken from the album "A Better Tomorrow"
Skumstrike: "Panic Obsession" taken from the album "Deadly Intrusions"
Unidad Trauma: "Pacientes De..." taken from the album "Arte Médica Siniestra "
Antigama: "Unclear Conversions" taken from the album "Whiteout"
Apes: "No Will To Live" taken from the album "Lullabies For Eternal Sleep"
Wormrot: "Fucking Fierce So What" taken from the album "Dirge"
Crawler: "Cold Moldy Bones" taken from the album "Womb"
Bodyrot: "Obsidian Blade" taken from the album "Fleshworks"
Organ Trail: "Get Of My Fucking Lawn" taken from the album "Appetite For Dissection"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 235 features an interview with Rob LaChance of Wake.
Canadian grinders Wake have gone through a metamorphosis over the course of their release history. From the short, crusty ragers that defined their early albums, the band has broadened their scope to include shoegazing atmospheres and black metal dissonance, without neglecting the speed that defined their early sound.
I spoke with guitarist Rob LaChance about when the band is happy with a song, and why they don't want to be "a re-run machine". We also talked about how derailed touring plans led to their recent releases, and why developing as musicians and songwriters caused their latest album, Thought Form Descent, to be their most experimental.
My thanks to Rob for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"In the Lair of the Rat Kings" "Kana Tevoro (Kania! Kania!)" taken from the album Devouring Ruin
"Infinite Inward" "Swallow the Light" taken from the album Thought Form Descent
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Feralia • Haunter • Mortal Thrall • Inexorum • Predatory Light • Bedsore • Gaahls WYRD • svrm • Axis of Light • IATT
Feralia: "MARCIA FUNESTA" taken from the album "Under Stige"
Haunter: "Spiritual Illness" taken from the album "Disincarnate Ails"
Mortal Thrall: "Passion Made A Weapon" taken from the album "A Path To Fire"
Inexorum: "Until There's Nothing Left" taken from the album "Equinox Vigil"
Predatory Light: "Wracked by Sacred Fires" taken from the album "Death And The Twilight Hours"
Bedsore: "Shapes From Beyond The Veil Of Stars And Space" taken from the Bedsore/Mortal Incarnation split
Gaahls WYRD: "The Humming Mountain" taken from the album "The Humming Mountain"
svrm: "Carceri" taken from the album "Червів майбутня здобич"
Axis of Light: "Stone Hooves" taken from the album "Axis of Light"
IATT: "Seven Wandering Stars" taken from the album "Magnum Opus"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 234 features an interview with Paul "Decaylust" Lang of Denouncement Pyre.
Denouncement Pyre is the sound of burning dedication. Emerging from Melbourne as a number of more prominent bands had broken up or moved overseas, the band endured a shifting roster to emerge as one of the fiercest bands in Australia's metal underground.
I spoke with Denouncement Pyre founder/vocalist/guitarist Paul "Decaylust" Lang about how his band fits into the Australian death/black/war metal sound, and why it was always more than just a hobby for him. We also spoke about how a new line-up and more collaborative songwriting process shaped their latest album Forever Burning, and what the band has left to accomplish.
My thanks to Paul for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Almighty Arcanum" taken from the album Almighty Arcanum
"Hung Like Swine" "Tongues Stretched for Salvation" taken from the album Forever Burning
"Witness" taken from the album Black Sun Unbound
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Neu! • Joy Division • Sol Invictus • Sonic Youth • Robert Rental • Killing Joke • Live Skull • Glenn Branca • Jarboe • Swans • Loop • Faust • Blind Idiot God
Neu!: "E-Musik" taken from the album "Neu! '75"
Joy Division: "Shadowplay" taken from the album "Unknown Pleasures"
Sol Invictus: "Summer Ends" taken from the album "Sol Veritas Lux"
Sonic Youth: "Star Power" taken from the album "Evol"
Robert Rental: "On Location" taken from the "Double Heart" 7"
Killing Joke: "Complications" taken from the album "Killing Joke" [1980]
Live Skull: "(X) w/ the Light" taken from the album "Dusted"
Glenn Branca: "Light Field (In Consonance)" taken from the album "The Ascension"
Jarboe: "Caché Toi" taken from the album "Sacrificial Cake"
Swans: "Celebrity Lifestyle" taken from the album "The Great Annihilator"
Loop: "Pulse" taken from the album "Fade Out"
Faust: "Mamie Is Blue" taken from the album "So Far"
Blind Idiot God: "Raining Dub" taken from the album "Blind Idiot God"
Some thoughts on "No Wave" and its relationship with punk, post-punk, and "alternative": https://bit.ly/3PfSwFZ
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 233 features an interview with Axioma.
Axioma are a study in contrasts. Flowing black/death riffs jut up against jagged noise rock rhythms; just as the listener is acclimating to the band's love of dissonance, the discordance gives way to an expected amount of melody.
I spoke with guitarists Cyril Blandino and Justin Meyers, and bassist/vocalist Aaron Dallison about why dynamics are an important part of Axioma's sound, and why a lead vocalist would be a poor fit for the band. We also discussed why their new album Sepsis is more dynamic and complex than anything they've done previously.
My thanks to Cyril, Justin, and Aaron for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Cult of Moloch" "Sacred Killing Machine" taken from the album Crown
"Septic" "The Tower" "Emptiness of Anguish" taken from the album Sepsis
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Cartilage • Altars • Writhing Shadows • Putrid Evocation • Blasphemous Creation Cosmic Putrefaction • Harvested • Instigate • Husqwarnah • Void Rot • Mortal Incarnation
Cartilage: "Slaughter Day at the Chopping Mall" taken from the album "The Deader The Better"
Altars: "Perverse Entity" taken from the album "Ascetic Reflection"
Writhing Shadows: "devourment of God's People" taken from the album "Writhing Shadows"
Putrid Evocation: "Faceless Shadows" taken from the album "Eternal Gloom: A Void of Agony and Repugnancy "
Blasphemous Creation: "Shadows Of Evil" taken from the album "Beyond The Grave"
Cosmic Putrefaction: "From Resounding Silence To The Obsidian Womb" taken from the album "Crepuscular Dirge For The Blessed Ones"
Harvested: "Bludgeoned" taken from the album "Harvested"
Instigate: "Atonement" taken from the album "Unheeded Warnings Of Decay"
Husqwarnah: "Screams From The Cellar" taken from the album "Front: Toward Enemy"
Void Rot: "Telluric Dismemberment" taken from the album "Telluric Dismemberment"
Mortal Incarnation: "In The Perpetual Torment Of Recurrence" taken from the album "Bedsore - Mortal Incarnation split"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 232 features an interview with Samuel Smith of Artificial Brain.
Artificial Brain belong to a new generation of underground metal band that New York has become known for - one that combines speed, dissonance, melody, and stellar musicianship to create a sound that hearkens back to the classic death metal albums that emerged from the area, whilst simultaneously looking to the future (in both their progressive sensibility and science fiction themes).
I spoke with bassist Samuel Smith about the sci-fi concepts that connect Artificial Brain's albums, and his thoughts about their music being labeled "dissonant death metal". We also discussed why their self-titled third album may sound more melodic than previous releases, and what the future holds for Artificial Brain.
My thanks to Sam for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode: "Labyrinth Constellation" taken from the album Labyrinth Constellation
"A Lofty Grave" "Cryogenic Dreamworld" "Insects and Android Eyes" taken from the album Artificial Brain
"Magnetic Gravity" taken from the Butchering Cosmic Giants EP
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Godflesh • Above & Below • Foetus • Einstürzende Neubauten • Kollaps • MØTIVATIØN • N8NOFACE • KYOTY • ScorpKlub • Gridfailure • Luminous Vault • Depressor • Omnibael • MASTER BOOT RECORD
Godflesh: "Pulp" taken from the album "Streetcleaner"
Above & Below: "Isolate" taken from the album "Suffer Decay Alone"
Foetus: "Friend or Foe" taken from the album "Gash"
Einstürzende Neubauten: "Für Den Untergang" taken from the "Für Den Untergang" 7"
Kollaps: "I Believe In The Closed Fist" taken from the album "Until The Day I Die"
MØTIVATIØN: "Control (Feat. Paul Delaney, Theo Kogan)" taken from the album "The Infinite 8 Steps To Power / Money / More"
N8NOFACE: "Pushing the Line" taken from the album "Homicide"
KYOTY: "Respite" taken from the album "Isolation"
Hifiklub, Scorpion Dagger, Iggor Cavalera, Alain Johannes: "Cliff Diving" taken from the album "ScorpKlub I & II Original Soundtracks"
Gridfailure: "Homicide Meditations" taken from the album "Ghoul Bushcraft: Henchpersons Instrumentals II"
Luminous Vault: "Earth Daemon" taken from the album "Animate The Emptiness"
Depressor: "F.I.L.T.H." taken from the "Depressor 1995" demo
Omnibael: "Flowing Backwards" taken from the album "Rain Soaks The Earth Where They Lie"
MASTER BOOT RECORD: "PERSONAL COMPUTER" taken from the album "MASTER BOOT RECORD"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 231 features an interview with Jaleel Castillo and Matti Güey of Rottenness.
Rottenness have been around in some form for almost 30 years. Originally based in Mexico, the band's current line-up includes members of various Midwestern death metal and grindcore acts, including Formless Master, Gorgotron, and Invidiosus. What hasn't changed is the band's commitment to brutal, unrelenting music.
I spoke with guitarist/founder Jaleel Castillo and vocalist Matti Güey about how the band's current line-up coalesced into its present form, and why there are no rules for Rottenness other than "death metal". We also discussed how their latest album Violentopia was written and recorded with the band members spread across various cities, and what's left on Jaleel's bucket list.
My thanks to Jaleel and Matti Güey for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Fistfuck" taken from the album Die Wege Der Lust
"Violentopia" "Bitchmade at Birth" taken from the album Violentopia
"Embodiment of an Impulse and Excess" taken from the Dead Root/Rottenness Split
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo • Hawkwind • Dead Can Dance • Glissando • J. Zunz • Jesu • Swans • John Coltrane • Iggy Pop • Cocteau Twins • Ryan Michael Patterson • The Cure • Marissa Nadler
Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo: "The Lines On the Road That Lead You Back Home" taken from the album "Prince Avalanche OST"
Hawkwind: "D-Rider" taken from the album "Hall of the Mountain Grill"
Dead Can Dance: "The Arcane" taken from the album "Garden of the Arcane Delights"
Glissando: "The Long Lost" taken from the album "The World Without Us"
J. Zunz: "JÙPITER" taken from the album "Hibiscus"
Jesu: "Losing Streak" taken from the EP "Opiate Sun"
Swans: "The Seer Returns" taken from the album "The Seer"
John Coltrane: "A Love Supreme, Pt. 4: Psalm" taken from the album "A Love Supreme"
Iggy Pop: "The Endless Sea" taken from the album "New Values"
Cocteau Twins: "Dear Heart" taken from the album "Garlands"
Ryan Michael Patterson: "Melting Horizons" taken from the album "Apocalypticism"
The Cure: "The Drowning Man" taken from the album "Faith"
Marissa Nadler: "Sad Cinderella" taken from the album "Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 230 features an interview with Mauricio "Boka" Alves Fernandez of Brazilian crossover legends Ratos de Porão.
Hopefully Ratos de Porão don't need an introduction to this audience - São Paulo's legendary "basement rats" are held in high regard by everyone from Sepultura to Jello Biafra, and were instrumental in shaping the Brazilian underground beloved by heshers worldwide.
I spoke with drummer Mauricio "Boka" Alves Fernandez about why he had to learn songs for their latest album Necropolítica in the studio, and how local issues in Brazil inspire RDP's "sarcastic and macabre" lyrics. We also discussed why Necropolítica sounds like a return to their crossover era, and what the band has left to accomplish after 40 years and 14 albums.
My thanks to Boka for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Máquina Militar" "AIDS, Pop, Repressão" taken from the album Brasil
"Entubado" "Necropolítica" "Aglomeração" "Passa Pano Pra Elite" taken from the album Necropolítica
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Small Life Form • Ushangvagush • Kaatayra • pando • Red Sparrowes Pseudodoxia • Snøgg • Nick Vasallo • Arne Heesch
Small Life Form: "doll piano" taken from the album "First Recordings"
Ushangvagush: "Amasia's Letter" taken from the album "Mntu"
Kaatayra: "Dundararaiê" taken from the album "Inpariquipê"
pando: "dadaism" taken from the album "rites"
Red Sparrowes: "Buildings began to stretch wide across the key, and the air filled with a reddish glow." taken from the album "Live at Bottom of the Hill, 2005-08-11"
Pseudodoxia: "EON S o o t h ECHOES" taken from the album "The Eerie and Radiant Doorless Rooms Of Pain"
Snøgg: "Dan, ko je Vrag vzel šalo" taken from the album "Dan, ko je Vrag vzel šalo"
Nick Vasallo: "The Moment Before Death Stretches on Forever, Like an Ocean of Time..." taken from the album "Apophany"
Arne Heesch: "The Goddess" taken from the album "Demons Are Scared"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 229 features an interview with Mando Tovar of Las Cruces.
Hailing from San Antonio, TX, Las Cruces are metal lifers who have weathered line-up shuffles and music industry tumult since they emerged in the mid-Nineties. Since their inception, they've represented a style of "true doom" that has one foot in early Black Sabbath and another in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
I spoke with guitarist Mando Tovar about why the early Las Cruces albums made him decide he had to join the band, and how their late drummer Paul Deleon took over vocal duties for a time. We also discussed the long road to completing and releasing their fourth album Cosmic Tears, and what it'll take to keep Las Cruces going.
My thanks to Mando for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Revelations" taken from the album Dusk
"Holy Hell" "Egyptian Winter" taken from the album Cosmic Tears
"Skin Chamber" taken from the album S.O.L.
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Healing Magic • Assumption • Pyrithe • The Crooked Whispers • Crypt Monarch • Stöner • Black Lung • Witchfinder • Beastie Boys • JIRM • Tzompantli
Healing Magic: "Wolf Coven" taken from the album "Volume 1: Fire"
Assumption: "Submerged By Hadean Tides" taken from the album "Hadean Tides"
Pyrithe: "Luminous" taken from the album "Monuments To Impermanence"
The Crooked Whispers: "Evil Tribute" taken from the album "Satanic Melodies"
Crypt Monarch: "Aglaophotis" taken from the album "The Necronaut"
Stöner: "Turn it Around Now" taken from the album "Totally..."
Black Lung: "Dark Waves" taken from the album "Dark Waves"
Witchfinder: "The Maze" taken from the album "Endless Garden"
Beastie Boys: "Gratitude" taken from the album "Check Your Head"
JIRM: "You fly" taken from the album "The Tunnel, The Well, Holy Bedlam"
Tzompantli: "Ohtlatocopailcahualuztli" taken from the album "Tlazcaltiliztli"
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
a Q+A with Pyrithe: https://bit.ly/3wo7PER
a Q+A with Tzompantli: https://bit.ly/39IqRhI
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 228 features an interview with Scott Burns of Cavernlight.
Over the course of a Cavernlight song, expect to traverse through doom, shoegaze, noise and ambient music. As oppressive as the Wisconsin band's music is, their songs have an inherent listenability that guarantees repeated returns.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Scott Burns about why Cavernlight largely avoids playing live, and whether their music is "doom" without necessarily being "metal". We also discussed why their latest release As I Cast Ruin Upon the Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw is angrier than previous ones, and the importance of taking time to address one's mental health.
My thanks to Scott for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Lay Your Woes Upon the Ground and Know That the End Will Soon Swallow You" "To Wallow in the Filth that Dwells Where Despair is Born" taken from the album As We Cup Our Hands and Drink From the Stream of Our Ache
"Material" "As I Cast Ruin Upon the Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw" taken from the album As I Cast Ruin Upon the Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw
"Upon the Threshold of Reason, Embracing Our Corporeal Forms" taken from the EP Corporeal
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Voivod • Brave the Waters • Hippie Death Cult • Giöbia • SLIFT • Saturna • Yawning Sons • Tiamat • Opeth • Anathema • Pink Floyd
Voivod: "Astronomy Domine" taken from the album "Nothingface"
Brave the Waters: "Trials of the Sunken Swamp" taken from the album "Chapter II - Days of Solitude"
Hippie Death Cult: "Walk Within" taken from the album "Circle Of Days"
Giöbia: "Haridwar" taken from the album "Plasmatic Idol" album "UMMON"
Saturna: "Drowning" taken from the album "Turned To Stone Chapter 4: Higher Selves"
Yawning Sons: "Shadows and Echoes" taken from the album "Sky Island"
Tiamat: "Atlantis as a Lover" taken from the album "Deeper Kind of Slumber"
Opeth: "To Rid the Disease" taken from the album "Damnation"
Anathema: "Flying" taken from the album "A Natural Disaster"
Pink Floyd: "Comfortably Numb" taken from the album "The Wall"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 227 features an interview with Come To Grief.
Come To Grief are one of the few bands to be interviewed on this podcast twice. The last time I had the New England quartet on was soon after the release of their first EP The Worst of Times, and prior to their split EP with Fistula.
The whole band (vocalist/guitarist Jonathan Hebert, guitarist Terry Savastano, drummer Chuck Conlon, and new bassist Jon Morse) took time from their recent tour to catch me up on what they've been doing for the last five years, and how they kept busy during their Covid times. They also explained why it took this long to release their first album, When the World Dies, and what led them to record at GodCity Studios with "sound wizard" Kurt Ballou.
My thanks to Jonathan, Terry, Chuck, and Jon for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"March of the Maggots" taken from the EP Pray for the End
"Life's Curse" (featuring Jacob Bannon) "Devastation of Souls" "When the World Dies" taken from the album When the World Dies
"Take Me In My Sleep" taken from the Come to Grief/Fistula split
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Temple Of Dread • Savage Necromancy • ULTHAR • Tyrannus Possessed • Violentor • NECRODEATH • Undeath • Egregore Skumstrike • QAYIN REGIS • Azaab • MYSTAGOS • Lurking
Temple Of Dread: "Symbiotic Delusion" taken from the album "World Sacrifice"
Savage Necromancy: "Disgorging Christ’s Kingdom" taken from the album "Feathers Fall To Flames"
ULTHAR: "Furnace Hibernation" taken from the album "Providence"
Tyrannus: "The Flood" taken from the album "Unslayable"
Possessed: "Burning in Hell" taken from the album "Seven Churches"
Violentor: "Vendetta Privata" taken from the album "Manifesto di odio"
NECRODEATH: "Transformer Treatment" taken from the album "Transformer Treatment"
Undeath: "Enhancing The Dead" taken from the album "It's Time... To Rise From The Grave"
Egregore: "Howling Premonition" taken from the album "The Word Of His Law"
Skumstrike: "Panic Obsession" taken from the album "Deadly Intrusions"
QAYIN REGIS: "Neenia Ataecina" taken from the album "Doctrine"
Azaab: "Trophies Of Flesh" taken from the album "Summoning the Cataclysm"
MYSTAGOS: "Ritual" taken from the album "Azoth"
Lurking: "Self-Induced Hysteria" taken from the EP "Self-Induced Hysteria"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 226 features an interview with Poia and Urlo of Ufomammut.
"Psychedelia is the way we see the world with the eyes of a child." So says Italian psychedelic sludge trio Ufomammut. The group were early adopters of the slow atmospheric metal sound; and as they enter their third decade as a band, they've outlasted and outworked most of their peers in the genre.
I spoke with Ufomammut co-founders Poia (guitars) and Urlo (vocals/bass/synths) about why there are no rules to their mix of sludge and psychedelia, and the reason their previous albums are "like a cannonball". We also discussed the rebirth alluded to on their latest album Fenice, and why they prefer to record their albums live.
My thanks to Poia and Urlo for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Plouton" taken from the album Ecate
"Stigma" taken from the album XV - Live
"Pyramind" "Psychostasia" taken from the album Fenice
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Johnny Cash • Mortician • Cannibal Corpse • Sick of it All • Suicidal Tendencies • Vio-lence • Slayer • The Crown • Chakal • VHS • General Surgery • Videogram • Motörhead • Beastie Boys • Samhain • December Wolves
Johnny Cash: "Thirteen" taken from the album "American Recordings"
Mortician: "Camp Blood" taken from the album "Chainsaw Dismemberment"
Cannibal Corpse: "The Time to Kill is Now" taken from the album "Kill"
Camp Kill: "Friday The 13th Audiobook: Prologue" taken from the Camp Kill Youtube Channel
Sick of it All: "Machete" taken from the album "Death To Tyrants"
Suicidal Tendencies: "Disco's Out, Murder's In" taken from the album "Lights...Camera...Revolution!"
Vio-lence: "Bodies On Bodies" taken from the album "Eternal Nightmare"
Slayer: "Serenity in Murder" taken from the album "Divine Intervention"
The Crown: "Kill 'Em All" taken from the album "Possessed 13"
Chakal: "Jason Lives" taken from the album "Abominabel Anno Domini"
VHS: "FROM CRYSTAL LAKE TO SPACE" taken from the album "GORE FROM BEYOND THE STARS"
General Surgery: "Viva! Blunt Force Trauma" taken from the album "Left Hand Pathology"
Videogram: "Voorhees Stomp (extended)" taken from the EP "Camp Blood"
Motörhead: "Serial Killer" taken from the album "Hammered"
Motörhead: "Sweet Revenge" taken from the album "Bomber"
Beastie Boys: "Girls" taken from the album "Licensed to Ill"
Samhain: "All Murder, All Guts, All Fun" taken from the album "Initium"
December Wolves: "Friday the 13th" taken from the album "Completely Dehumanized"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 225 features an interview with Mark Wallace, Ria Wallace, and Mike Flory of Cartilage.
San Francisco's Cartilage are part of the boom that the Bay Area metal scene has been experiencing recently. The five-piece play grindcore/gore metal in the vein of Exhumed and Impaled - not surprising, since those two veteran bands are friends and mentors to Cartilage, and Impaled's Sean McGrath even designed their logo.
I spoke with guitarists Mike Flory and Ria Wallace, and vocalist Mark Wallace about how they started the band, and their relationship with the other death/grind bands around the Bay Area. We also talked about recording their sophomore album The Deader The Better in Matt Harvey's studio, and the contributions members of Exhumed, Impaled, and Pounder made to the album.
My thanks to Mark, Ria, and Mike for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Backseat Victim" "El Necrocabra" taken from the Dialect of the Dead
"Cellar Full Of Stiffs" "I Skin You" taken from the album The Deader The Better
Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
SOL • Blut Aus Nord • Swami Lateplate • Chaos E.T. Sexual • Mizmor & Andrew Black • Pentagram • Endtime
SOL: "Ceremonial Rot" taken from the album "And the mouth of time is open"
Blut Aus Nord: "Procession of the Dead Clowns" taken from the album "The Work Which Transforms God"
Swami Lateplate: "Doom Jazz" taken from the album "Doom Jazz"
Chaos E.T. Sexual: "Tomorrow, Prudence" taken from the album "Only Human Crust"
Mizmor & Andrew Black: "Nostalgic Dystopian" taken from the album "Dialetheia"
Pentagram: "Sub-Basement" taken from the album "Sub-Basement"
Endtime: "Cities On Fire With The Burning Flesh Of Men" taken from the album "Impending Doom"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 224 features an interview with Sean Walsh of Skullshitter.
NY's Skullshitter play grindcore with a through line of psychedelia (not to mention Satanism). Expect conga drums and John Carpenter-esque keyboards to be in the band's songs in addition to blastbeats and guttural vocals.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Sean Walsh about how an overnight hotel shift led to Skullshitter's formation, and the role of psychedelics in shaping the band's music. We also discussed the unexpected quiet moments on the latest Skullshitter album, Goat Claw, and continuing the legacy of experimental and genre-bending NY grindcore bands.
My thanks to Sean for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Lava Seed" "Acid Crazed Gravediggers" "BlasphemoSlayer" taken from the Skullshitter/Bleeding Out split
"Digitally Reproductive World" "D.D.W.T.D." "Smoke Break" "Angel of Decay" taken from the album Goat Claw
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Sewer Fiend • PYLAR • An Evening Redness • Alice Coltrane • QAALM • Earth • GRAVKVÄDE • Endtime
ewer Fiend: "Echoes from the Cistern" taken from the album "Echoes From The Cistern"
PYLAR: "El Dios-Año" taken from the album "A ella te conduce la sagrada espyral"
An Evening Redness: "Mesa Skyline" taken from the album "An Evening Redness"
Alice Coltrane: "Charanam" taken from the album "Turiya Sings"
QAALM: "Cosmic Descent" taken from the album "Resilience & Despair"
Earth: "Song 4" taken from the album "Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions"
GRAVKVÄDE: "GRAV|ANDE" taken from the album "Sorgens Apostel"
Endtime: "Living Graves" taken from the album "Impending Doom"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 223 features an interview with Donny G of Chasmdweller.
Chasmdweller are a Canadian duo who play a chimaeric form of death metal that's rife with blastbeats. From their initial atmospheric death metal releases, their sound has evolved to incorporate more slam parts and blastbeats.
I spoke with vocalist Donny G about how he met his bandmate Zach Smith, and what led them to form Chasmdweller together. We also discussed the writing and recording of Chasmdweller's latest release Flesh Crusade, and the other projects that Zach and Donny collaborate on.
My thanks to Donny for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Seven Lucid Mitochondria" "Septic Coma" taken from the album Bacterial Lotus
"Abstracted Sanguinary Expulsion" taken from the album Flesh Crusade
"Caves of Endless Suffering" taken from the album Invoking The Wrath Of The Seventh Circle
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In this supplement to Episode 222, Justin Stubbs talks about the history of Father Befouled, and audience reactions to their earliest drummerless performances.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Christless Mass" taken from the album "Morbid Destitution of Covenant"
"Holy Rotten Blood" taken from the "Holy Rotten Blood" EP
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Black Sabbath • Kyuss • Bongzilla • Old Grandad • Rollins Band • Brutal Truth • Inhalement • Cannabis Corpse • Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard • Sleep • Earth
Black Sabbath: "Sweet Leaf (Studio Outtake)" taken from the album "Master Of Reality"
Kyuss: "Asteroid" taken from the album "Welcome to Sky Valley"
Bongzilla: "Mother Flowers Little Helper" taken from the album "Doom Sessions Vol.4"
Old Grandad: "Cheech And Chong I" taken from the album "Vol. 666 / OGD EP Reissue"
Rollins Band: "Earache My Eye" taken from the "Sub Pop Singles Club (Vol.1 #21)" 7"
Brutal Truth: "Choice of a New Generation" taken from the album "Need to Control"
Inhalement: "Eternally Stoned" taken from the album "Eternally Stoned"
Cannabis Corpse: "Gateways to Inhalation" taken from the album "Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise"
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard: "Testudo" taken from the album "Y Proffwyd Dwyll"
Sleep: "Jerusalem 4" taken from the album "Jerusalem"
Earth: "Descent To The Zenith" taken from the album "Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 222 features an interview with Justin Stubbs of Father Befouled.
Atlanta's Father Befouled are synonymous with the resurgence of dark, morbid death metal (sometimes referred to as "Incantationcore"). As the band's founder Justin Stubbs says, "You can't mention that without mentioning my band."
I spoke with Justin about the classic death metal bands who inspired Father Befouled, and how a Southern Baptist upbringing shaped his anti-religious themes. We also discussed what led guitarist Derrik Goulding to take the production reins for Father Befouled's latest album, Crowned In Veneficum, and how the band keeps their sound fresh with every record.
My thanks to Justin for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Mortal Awakening" "Exalted Offal" taken from the album Desolate Gods
"Enlightenment Of Torture" "Katabatic Deliverance" "Salivating Faithlessness" taken from the album Crowned In Veneficum
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Abysmal Dawn • Apparition • Epitaphe • Wrack Abhorrent Expanse • Choreomanic • Feralia • Aeviterne
Abysmal Dawn: "Blacken The Sky" taken from the EP "Nightmare Frontier"
Apparition: "Entanglement" taken from the album "Feel"
Epitaphe: "Melancholia" taken from the album "II"
Wrack: "Repulsive Gravity" taken from the album "Repulsive Gravity"
Abhorrent Expanse: "Path of Extremal Action" taken from the album "Gateways To Resplendence"
Choreomanic: "Take The Money Give It To Me Now" taken from the album "Choreomanic"
Feralia: "THE PYRE AND THE STARS" taken from the album "Under Stige"
Aeviterne: "Stilled the Hollows' Sway" taken from the album "The Ailing Facade"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 221 features an interview with Vaedis Eosphorus of Vimur.
Atlanta's Vimur represent the aggressive side of USBM that's often overlooked. Their speed and searing riffs separates them from their folk-influenced and atmospheric peers.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Vaedis Eosphorus about what led him to form Vimur, and how Vimur's sound has evolved as it moved from a solo project to a full band. We also talked about the long gestation period of their latest album, Transcendental Violence, and what to expect from Vimur as they write material for a fourth album.
My thanks to Vaedis for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Seditious Apertures" "Nuclear Desecration" taken from the album Triumphant Master of Fates
"Emanations from the Sun Behind" "Transcendental Violence" taken from the album Transcendental Violence
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Rush • Joe Satriani • Early Man • Twisted Tower Dire • Dark Meditation • Portrait • Night Demon • Satan • Great Electric Quest • Warlung • War Cloud • Cirith Ungol • Hawkwind • Iron Maiden
Rush: "2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx" taken from the album "2112"
Joe Satriani: "Hill Of The Skull" taken from the album "Surfing With The Alien"
Early Man: "Evil Is" taken from the album "Closing In"
Twisted Tower Dire: "To Be A Champion" taken from the album "Crest Of The Martyrs Demos"
Dark Meditation: "Haunt Of Fear" taken from the album "Polluted Temples"
Portrait: "Shadowless" taken from the album "At One with None"
Night Demon: "Kill The Pain" taken from the album "Year of the Demon"
Satan: "The Blood Ran Deep" taken from the album "Earth Infernal"
Great Electric Quest: "Anubis" taken from the album "Chapter II"
Warlung: "Hell on Earth" taken from the album "Optical Delusions"
War Cloud: "White Lightning" taken from the album "Earhammer Sessions"
Cirith Ungol: "Brutish Manchild" taken from the album "Half Past Human"
Hawkwind: "Sentinel" taken from the album "Blood of the Earth"
Iron Maiden: "Powerslave" taken from the album "Powerslave" Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 220 features an interview with Van Labrakis and Scott Hoffman of Nite.
Based in the Bay Area, Nite make "Heavy Metal" in the unapolegetically strutting fashion of the Eighties masters - albeit coupled with raspy vocals that give their songs a "blackened" and modern edge. As founder/guitarist/vocalist Van Labrakis puts it, "The whole point was for metal to break the norms and think outside the box, not make another box for ourselves."
Van and guitarist Scott Hoffman spoke with me about how Nite sprung from a love of classic metal and guitar solos, as well as what separates their band from the retro/revival movement. We also spoke about the unexpected moments on their second album Voices of the Kronian Moon, and the fate of all the Nite songs that don't make it to an album.
My thanks to Van and Scott for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Night Terrors" "Lucifer" taken from the album Darkness Silence Mirror Flame
"Thorns" "Heliopolis" "Kronian Moon" taken from the album Voices of the Kronian Moon
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Qwälen • Det eviga leendet • Dystopia [NL] • TURIA • Hadewych • KHANDRA • ATEIGGÄR • Negativa • NOX FORMULAE • Dawn • The Funeral Pyre
Qwälen: "Viekää minut pois" taken from the album "Unohdan sinut"
Det eviga leendet: "Estrange" taken from the album "Reverence"
Dystopia NL: "Van De Meute Vervreemd: II" taken from the album "Geen Weg Uit"
TURIA: "Storm" taken from the album "Degen van Licht"
Hadewych: "Nevelruim" taken from the album "Welving"
KHANDRA: "Nothing but immortality for aye" taken from the album " "
ATEIGGÄR: "Us d'r Höll chunnt nume Zyt" taken from the album "Us d’r Höll chunnt nume Zyt"
Negativa: "XXIV" taken from the album "04"
NOX FORMULAE: "The Black Stone of Satan" taken from the album "Drakon Darshan Satan"
Dawn: "The Aphelion Deserts" taken from the album "Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)"
The Funeral Pyre: "Into the Soil" taken from the EP "December"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 219 features an interview with Falls of Rauros.
On the surface, Falls of Rauros bear all the hallmarks of "cascadian black metal"; their blend of death/black, neo folk, and progressive rock bears many similarities to Agalloch and Wolves In The Throne Room, belying the the fact that the group is actually based in Portland, Maine (on the opposite side of the continent from their peers in the Pacific Northwest).
I had an in-depth discussion about the band's egalitarian writing process with guitarist/vocalist Aaron Charles, guitarist/vocalist Jordan Guerette and bassist Evan Lovely (the band is completed by drummer Ray Capizzo), and accounting for any similarities they might have with other USBM bands. We also talked about whether the musical development on their latest release, Key to a Vanishing Future, can be described as "progressive".
My thanks to Aaron, Jordan, and Evan for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Arrow & Kiln" [edit] taken from the album Vigilance Perennial
"All That Howling Fog" [edit] taken from the album The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood
"Survival Poem" "Known World Narrows" "Clarity" taken from the album Key to a Vanishing Future
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Death • Dismember • Darkthrone • Autopsy • Benothing • Mindrot • Penny Coffin • Witch Vomit • ORIGIN • Of Feather And Bone • Funeral Chant • Astriferous • Disgusted Geist • Slayer • Disembodiment • Om
Death: "Zero Tolerance" taken from the album "Symbolic"
Dismember: "Misanthropic" taken from the album "Death Metal"
Darkthrone: "Sunrise Over Locus Mortis" taken from the album "Soulside Journey"
Autopsy: "Ridden With Disease" taken from the album "Severed Survival"
Benothing: "Engrossed Inside Compulsions" taken from the album "Temporal Bliss Surrealms"
Mindrot: "Anguish" taken from the album "Dawning"
Penny Coffin: "Bootlicker" taken from the album "ΤΕΦΡΑ / ΣΚΕΛΕΤΙΚΟ ΣΚΟΤΑΔΙ"
Witch Vomit: "Dripping Tombs" taken from the album "Buried Deep In A Bottomless Grave"
ORIGIN: "Dajjal" taken from the album "Unparalleled Universe"
Of Feather And Bone: "Sulfuric Sodomy (Disintegration of Christ)" taken from the album "Sulfuric Disintegration"
Funeral Chant: "Pernicious Rites" taken from the album "Dawn Of Annihilation "
Astriferous: "Dweller On The Threshold" taken from the Astriferous / Bloodsoaked Necrovoid split 7"
Disgusted Geist: "Fucked Up" taken from the Disgusted Geist/Medicine_Noose Split
Slayer: "Criminally Insane" taken from the album "Reign in Blood"
Disembodiment: "Transcendent Upheaval Of Unholy Graves" taken from the album "Mutated Chaos"
Om: "Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead" taken from the album "Pilgrimage"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 218 features an interview with Jarno Salomaa of Shape of Despair.
Shape of Despair excel in crafting music that's slow, oppressive, and bleak, but also beautiful in its icy, unsentimental way. Melody and atmosphere comingle with doomy chord progressions, just as the soaring vocals of Natalie Koskinen shares space with Henri Koivula's deep growl.
I spoke with founder/guitarist Jarno Salomaa about the history of Shape of Despair, and how his passion for music keeps him returning to the project. We also discussed how their latest album Return to the Void began with the search for the right guitar tone, and how Shape of Despair relates to the "funeral doom" genre.
My thanks to Jarno for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Fragile Emptiness" taken from the album Illusion's Play
"Forfeit" "Dissolution" taken from the album Return to the Void
"In Longing" taken from the album Monotony Fields
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Flesh of the Womb • Imperceptum • The Sun and The Mirror • Pisswitch • Aludra • Sataray • GRAVKVADE Flesh of the Womb: "Settle your wounds" taken from the album "Absent"
Imperceptum: "Beyond the Gates of Cosmic Mysteries" taken from the album "Entity of Undead Stars"
The Sun and The Mirror: "Katherinella Angustri" taken from the album "Dissolution to salt and bone"
Pisswitch: "Night Soil" taken from the Pisswitch / St Barthelemy's Temple split EP
Aludra: "Out of Chaos" taken from the album "Mass Stellar Graves"
Sataray: "Hexen Nacht" taken from the EP "Blood Trine Moon"
GRAVKVADE: "Av Hopplösheten Förtärd" taken from the album "GRAV|RUIN"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 217 features an interview with Sebastien von Landau of Wyatt E.
Belgian trio Wyatt E. create slow, atmospheric soundscapes with Middle Eastern overtones - an Orientalist counterpart to Earth's Southwestern twang. Their cinematic music conjures historical images without the use of lyrics, resulting in what guitarist/bassist Sebastien von Landau describes as "the soundtrack of a travel in the desert in between Jerusalem and Babylon in the 6th Century BC."
I spoke with Sebastien about how 15 years of jamming with his bandmate Stephane Rondia led to the creation of Wyatt E.'s sprawling, cinematic sound, as well as how the band's Middle Eastern melodies led Sebastien to explore his own cultural background. We also discussed Wyatt E.'s circuitous writing/recording process, and how that process resulted in their latest album āl bēlūti dārû.
My thanks to Sebastien for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Aswan" [edit] taken from the album Mount Sinai/Aswan
"Kol Badai" (with Tomer Damsky) taken from JauneOrange Split Single #2
"Šarru Rabu" [edit] taken from the upcoming album āl bēlūti dārû
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Captain Beyond • Fostermother • Pale Grey Lore • Sir Lord Baltimore • IT featuring Andrea Vidal • Sleepwulf • Moon Coven • King Bastard • Superlynx • Hawkwind • Tangerine Dream • Vanilla Fudge
Captain Beyond: "Frozen Over" taken from the album "Captain Beyond"
Fostermother: "Unholiest of Days" taken from the album "The Ocean"
Pale Grey Lore: "Undermined" taken from the album "Eschatology"
Sir Lord Baltimore: "Caesar LXXI" taken from the album "Kingdom Come / Sir Lord Baltimore"
IT featuring Andrea Vidal: "Wings Wetted Down" taken from the album "Dominance and Submission: A Tribute To Blue Öyster Cult"
Sleepwulf: "Tyrant Song" taken from the album "Sunbeams Curl"
Moon Coven: "Eye of the Night" taken from the album "Slumber Wood"
King Bastard: "Bury the Survivors : Ashes to Ashes" taken from the album "It Came From The Void"
Superlynx: "REORBIT" taken from the album "Solstice"
Hawkwind: "Master of the Universe" taken from the album "In Search of Space"
Tangerine Dream: "Rubycon (Part One)" taken from the album "Rubycon"
Vanilla Fudge: "Season Of The Witch" taken from the album "Renaissance"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 216 features an interview with Bar-Gal of Pylar.
Emerging from the Spanish town of Seville, the mysterious collective known as Pylar employ the violin, mandolin, french horn, and keyboards to create their singular mix of slow metal, ambient music, and psychedelia. The unclassifiable nature of their music (along with their desire for anonymity) has drawn comparisons to similarly avant/experimental bands like Portal, Blut Aus Nord, and Oranssi Pazuzu.
I spoke with guitarist/keyboardist Bar-Gal about what brought the members of Pylar together, and how the listener should experience their music. We also discussed the literary works that inspired Pylar's latest release, Abysmos, as well as what to expect from the final part of the trilogy they started with their Horror Cósmyco album.
My thanks to Bar-Gal for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"La de múltiples rostros" taken from the album A ella te conduce la sagrada espyral
"Menhir" taken from the album Pyedra
"Fervor Espiral" taken from the album Abysmos
"Tenebrosa Armonia" taken from the album Horror Cósmyco
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Megalith Levitation • Bloodsoaked Necrovoid • KRVVLA • Eucharist • St. Barthelemy's Temple • Oxalate • Convocation • Turris Eburnea • Coil • Void Rot
Megalith Levitation: "Datura Revelations / Lysergic Phantoms" taken from the album "Void Psalms"
Bloodsoaked Necrovoid: "Encased Emanations of Scourging Suffering" taken from the Astriferous / Bloodsoaked Necrovoid split 7"
KRVVLA: "XVII" taken from the album "X"
Eucharist: "Demons" taken from the album "Mirrorworlds"
St Barthelemy's Temple: "To The Baneful Oblivion" taken from the Pisswitch / St Barthelemy's Temple split
Oxalate: "Unwholesome Revelation" taken from the album "Infatuating Sickness"
Convocation: "Misery Form" taken from the album "Ashes Coalesce"
Turris Eburnea: "Cotard Delusion" taken from the album "Turris Eburnea"
Coil: "The Hellbound Heart" taken from the album "The Unreleased Themes For Hellraiser"
Void Rot: "Liminal Forms" taken from the album "Descending Pillars"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 215 features an interview with Ellen Southern, Tom Bush, and Katie Murt of Dead Space Chamber Music.
"Weird", "heavy", and "melancholic" is how UK quartet Dead Space Chamber Music characterize their music. Their pool of influences includes renaissance music, doom, dark ambient, and folk, resulting in what they describe as "medieval dance music".
I spoke with Dead Space Chamber Music vocalist Ellen Southern, guitarist Tom Bush, and drummer/percussionist Katie Murt about what brought them together, and how their backgrounds shaped DSCM's sound. We also discussed the amount of improvisation in their performances and recordings, as well as how the concept of their latest album The Black Hours reflected their experiences during Covid lockdowns.
My thanks to Ellen, Tom, and Katie for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Flow My Teares (I)" taken from the album DSCM Early Demos
"Ocean Star" taken from the compilation Undulating Waters
"Bryd One Brere (Bird on a Briar)" "Mari Lwyd / Morfa’r Frenhines (Grey Mare / Queen’s Marsh)" [Radio Edit] "The Pit / Dissolved in Ashes" [excerpt] taken from the album The Black Hours
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Musket Hawk • Today Is The Day • Slug • Gloop • Maggot Heart • Metroschifter • Exhalants • Breach • Oxx • Expander • Cherubs • Dukov • Buzzov•en • Backslider • Child Bite • Pain Killer • Don't Grow Old • Twin God
Musket Hawk: "Punk Rock Ruined My Life" taken from the album "Upside Of Sick"
Today Is The Day: "Cocobolo" taken from the album "No Good To Anyone"
Slug: "Sung-il meat" taken from the album "The Out Sound"
Gloop: "Bugs" taken from the album "Crayon Sun"
Maggot Heart: "Lost Boys" taken from the album "Mercy Machine"
Metroschifter: "Marker" taken from the album "The Metroschifter Capsule"
Exhalants: "Crucifix" taken from the album "Atonement"
Breach: "Ghee" taken from the album "Venom"
Oxx: "Trespassers" taken from the album "The Skeleton is Just a Coat Hanger; These Are the Black Strings That Make You Dance"
Expander: "Hyper-Flesh Aedificium" taken from the album "Neuropunk Boostergang"
Cherubs: "Pacemaker" taken from the album "Immaculada High"
Dukov: "Die When You Die (GG Allin cover)" taken from the album "Death Is OK"
Buzzov•en: "I Don't Like You" taken from the album "Sore"
Backslider: "Collision of Desire" taken from the album "Psychic Rot"
Child Bite: "The Wrong Ones Breed" taken from the album "Blow Off The Omens"
Pain Killer: "The Ladder" taken from the album "Buried Secrets/Guts of a Virgin"
Don't Grow Old: "I Spoke So Loud the Mountain Shook" taken from the Don't Grow Old / Burr split EP
Twin God: "You and I" taken from the album "Deaths"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 214 features an interview with Tristan Shone of Author & Punisher.
The brainchild of robotics/mechanical engineer Tristan Shone, Author & Punisher reimagines industrial doom metal, using custom-built instruments to create a signature style of ominous, oppressive music.
I spoke with Tristan Shone about the instruments he created for the project, and his definition of "doom". We also discussed the collaborators who helped him assemble his latest album KRÜLLER, as well as the process of capturing Author & Punisher's unique sonic output for mass consumption.
My thanks to Tristan for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Callous and Hoof" taken from the album MELK EN HONING
"The Speaker is Systematically Blown" taken from the album Beastland
"Centurion" "Misery" "Krüller" taken from the album KRÜLLER
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Haiku Funeral • Ministry • Lard • Melted Bodies • THE LION'S DAUGHTER • Sigillum S & Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte • OLD • Foetus • Human Impact • Godflesh
Haiku Funeral: "The Head of the Innocent One" taken from the album "Drown Their Moons In Blood"
Ministry: "Dream Song" taken from the album "The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste"
Lard: "Bozo Skeleton" taken from the album "The Last Temptation of Reid"
Melted Bodies: "99 Scents" taken from the album "Enjoy Yourself"
THE LION'S DAUGHTER: "Dead in Dreams" taken from the album "Skin Show"
Sigillum S & Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte: "Part 2" taken from the album "Blues And Doped Flowers From Twenty Three Years After Eschaton"
OLD: "Two of Me (Parts One and Two)" taken from the album "The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak"
Foetus: "Take It Outside Godboy" taken from the album "Gash"
Human Impact: "Cause" taken from the album "Human Impact"
Godflesh: "Streetcleaner" taken from the album "Streetcleaner"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 213 features an interview with Owen Robertson of Sleepwulf.
Based in the Swedish town of Kristianstad, Sleepwulf invoke the early years of psychedelia and proto-doom, when an interest in esoteric knowledge went hand in hand with the emerging heavy music scene.
I spoke with Sleepwulf vocalist Owen Robertson about what led him from Edinburgh to Sweden and into Sleepwulf, as well as the band's use of occult themes. We also discussed how the band recorded their latest album Sunbeams Curl live in their rehearsal studio, and the "hidden treasure" in the album artwork.
My thanks to Owen for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Wizard Slayer" "Standing Stones" taken from the album Sleepwulf
"Stoned Ape" "Satan Is King" taken from the album Sunbeams Curl
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Heaven Falls Hard • A-Sun Amissa • Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo • Leila Abdul-Rauf • Sarram • Daxma • Anna Von Hausswolff • David Lynch • Theyrgy • Raphael Weinroth-Browne • Deeper Graves • Morbid Angel • Skullflower
Heaven Falls Hard: "Safe Haven" taken from the album "The Mercy-Go-Round"
A-Sun Amissa: "To the Ashes" taken from the album "Ceremony in the Stillness"
Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo: "Passing Time" taken from the "Prince Avalanche" OST
Leila Abdul-Rauf: "Distortions In Phantasy III: Suspension" taken from the album "Phantasiai"
Sarram: "Diving Deep" taken from the album "Albero"
Daxma: "Saudade" taken from the album "Unmarked Boxes"
Anna Von Hausswolff: "Dolore Di Orsini" taken from the album "All Thoughts Fly"
David Lynch: "The Line It Curves" taken from the album "The Big Dream"
Theyrgy: "Dreamcatcher" taken from the album "Exit Strategies"
Raphael Weinroth-Browne: "From Above" taken from the album "Worlds Within"
Deeper Graves: "15000 Lives" taken from the album "The Colossal Sleep"
Morbid Angel: "Dreaming" taken from the album "Domination"
Skullflower: "Get The Horn" taken from the album "Last Shot At Heaven"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 212 features an interview with Estefan Carrillo of Hazemaze.
"Sabbathian doom" is how Swedish trio Hazemaze describe their music - a none-too-subtle nod to the extent that Black Sabbath influences their songs.
I spoke with Hazemaze bassist Estefan Carrillo about how the band transitioned from their earlier garage rock sound to the "true" doom metal style they currently play. We also discussed how recording an EP of Sabbath covers helped them through the writer's block the experienced before completing their third album, Blinded By The Wicked.
My thanks to Estefan for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Morbid Lust" taken from the album Hymns Of The Damned
"Wall of Confusion" taken from the album Hazemaze
"Ethereal Disillusion" "Ceremonial Aspersion" taken from the album Blinded By The Wicked
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KOSMOKRATOR • Swampbeast • Voidceremony • Colin Stetson • Excarnated Entity • Burial [ITA] • Devoid Of Thought • Gridfailure • Gorguts • Occulsed • Fossilization • Fabio Frizzi / Andrew Leman
Colin Stetson (music) | Nick Gisburne (narrator): "Funeral"/"The Nameless City" music taken from the "Hereditary" OST/narration from Nick Gisburne Youtube
KOSMOKRATOR: "Nathir" taken from the album "Through Ruin Behold"
Swampbeast: "The Blind God" taken from the album "Seven Evils Spawned Of Seven Heads"
Voidceremony: "Tenebrous Lucidity" taken from the album "At The Periphery Of Human Realms"
Colin Stetson: "Reborn" taken from the "Hereditary" OST
Excarnated Entity: "Split Visage" taken from the album "Stillborn in Ash"
Burial [ITA]: "Halls Of The Formless Unraveler" taken from the album "Inner Gateways To The Slumbering Equilibrium At The Center Of Cosmos"
Devoid Of Thought: "Four Cereulean Ways" taken from the album "Outer World Graves"
Gridfailure - "Napalm At Zero Gravity" taken from the Chrome Waves / Gridfailure split album
Gorguts: "The Art of Sombre Ecstasy" taken from the album "Obscura"
Occulsed: "Concupiscence Of Frenzied Humors" taken from the album "Crepitation Of Phlegethon"
Fossilization: "Exalted in the Altar of Insignificance" taken from the Ritual Necromancy / Fossilization Split EP
Fabio Frizzi (music) | Andrew Leman (narrator) | H.P. Lovecraft (author): "Azathoth" taken from the album "I Notturni Di Yuggoth"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 211 features an interview with Simon Daniel Larsen of Phrenelith.
The underground metal scene in Denmark is often overshadowed by its Northern neighbors, but that may soon change. Copenhagen's Phrenelith have been making waves with their cavernous style of death metal, joining bands like Taphos and Hyperdontia in raising their scene's profile.
I spoke with Phrenelith guitarist/vocalist Simon Daniel Larsen about the classic death metal bands that influenced Phrenelith's style, and why a song is never finished for him. We also discussed the long process of finding the right sound for their latest album, Chimaera, and Timo Ketola's cover artwork (which ended up being one of the last album covers he created before he passed away).
My thanks to Simon for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Once Fertile Soil" taken from the split wit Spectral Voice
"Deluge Of Ashes" taken from the album Desolate Endscape
"Kykytos" "Chimaerian Offspring - Part 2" taken from the album Chimaera
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Thomas Leer & Robert Rental: "Fade Away" taken from the album "The Bridge"
The Oracle: "An Ascension" taken from the album "Hypogeum"
Public Enemy: "Megablast" taken from the album "Yo! Bum Rush The Show"
Public Image Limited: "The Order Of Death" taken from the album "This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get"
Glenn Branca: "Third Movement" taken from the album "Symphony No.6 (Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven)"
Destruction Unit: "Eclipse" taken from the album "Eclipse"
Oranssi Pazuzu: "Lahja" taken from the album "Varahtelija"
Neu!: "Cassetto" taken from the album "Neu! 2"
CAN: "Vitamin C" taken from the album "Ege Bamyasi"
Dødheimsgard: "Apocalypticism" taken from the album "Supervillain Outcast"
Dolore: "Intento Omicida" taken from the album "L'Orrendo Spettacolo della Morte"
Darsombra: "Call The Doctor (Sun Side)" taken from the album "Call The Doctor/Nightgarden"
Leon Haywood: "I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You" taken from the album "Come and Get Yourself Some"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 210 features an interview with Jarro "Nuclear Exterminator" Raphael of Nocturnal Graves.
Comprised of veterans from Australia's metal underground, Nocturnal Graves are adherents of the speed-obsessed, Satan-infused early years of death and black metal.
I spoke with Nocturnal Graves drummer/vocalist/founder Jarro "Nuclear Exterminator" Raphael about his various roles in the band's recording line-up, and how their sound has evolved over the years. We also talked about the classic death/thrash albums that influenced the "organic" sound of the latest Nocturnal Graves album, An Outlaw's Stand, and what the band has planned for their upcoming 20th anniversary.
My thanks to Jarro for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
My thanks to Jarro for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Souls Tribulation" taken from the album Titan
"Command for Conflict" "No Mercy for Weakness" "Law of the Blade" taken from the album An Outlaw's Stand
"Satan's Cross" taken from the album Satan's Cross
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Our Place of Worship is Silence: "Church of Atrocity" taken from the album "The Embodiment of Hate"
Imperial Savagery: "Claiming Dominion" taken from the album "Lashing The Feral Swine"
Antichrist Siege Machine: "Carried Into Darkness" taken from the album "Purifying Blade"
Sons Of Famine: "As Razors Gnaw Like Wolves" taken from the album "As Razors Gnaw Like Wolves"
Kyle Clark: "Thanks for Ruining Satan" taken from the album "Pizza Night"
Anaal Nathrakh: "Satanarchrist" taken from the album "Total Fucking Necro"
Tod Huetet Uebel: "Nå" taken from the album "N.A.D.A."
Stheno: "RPG" taken from the album "Wardance"
Bone Tower: "mangled wounds" taken from the album "we all will die one day"
GOAT TORMENT: "Forked Tongues" taken from the album "Forked Tongues"
Covered In Sores: "FUNERAL AMBUSH" taken from the album "Blown To Bits Demo II"
Grid: "Exile" taken from the album "Livsleda"
Nasum: "Total Destruction" taken from the album "Grind Finale"
No/Más: "Burden" taken from the album "Last Laugh"
Drop Dead: "Regression" taken from the album "Drop Dead"
General Surgery: "Viva! Blunt Force Trauma" taken from the album "Left Hand Pathology"
Mortify: "Brain Gurgler" taken from the album "Grotesque Buzzsaw Defilement"
Feed Them Death: "AN OBJECTIVE TRAGEDY" taken from the album "Negative"
Gravesend: "Trinity Burning" taken from the album "Methods Of Human Disposal"
Retortion Terror: "Hunt The Blind" taken from the EP "Retortion Terror"
Intolerant: "Demonic Battle Beasts Of Victory" taken from the album "Primal Future"
Goatburner: "Violent Redeemer" taken from the album "Extreme Conditions"
Funeral Chant: "Malefic Reign" taken from the album "Dawn Of Annihilation"
Affliction Vector: "The Long Cold Rest" taken from the EP "Death Comes Supreme"
Blurring: "Cloud Burner" taken from the EP "Cloud Burner"
Red Harvest: "Aep" taken from the album "Sick Transit Gloria Mundi"
Total Fucking Destruction: "Jesus Christ Poseur" taken from the album "#USA4TFD"
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Purple Dawn: "Death To A Dying World" taken from the album "Peace & Doom Session Vol. II"
Worm: "Murk Above The Dark Moor" taken from the album "Foreverglade"
Morgion: "Nightfall Infernal" taken from the album "Solinari"
Slowdive: "Avalyn 2" taken from the album "Slowdive"
Skin: "Blood On Your Hands" taken from the album "Blood, Women, Roses"
King Crimson: "One More Red Nightmare" taken from the album "Red"
Meatjack: "Another Face" taken from the album "AIM"
Bloodlet: "95" taken from the album "Entheogen"
Entombed: "Amen" taken from the album "When In Sodom"
Napalm Death: "Point of No Return" taken from the album "Scum"
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 209 features an interview with Sam Rosenthal and Jon DeRosa of Black Tape For A Blue Girl.
There's no easy way to describe the music of Black Tape For A Blue Girl. The band call what they do "ethereal darkwave" and "neo-classical", but also have a healthy following from fans of goth rock, neo-folk, and drone.
I spoke with Black Tape For A Blue Girl founder/instrumentalist Sam Rosenthal and vocalist Jon DeRosa about how they met, and the circumstances that led Jon to become the band's new lead singer. We also discussed how the 13th BTFABG album The Cleft Serpent came together while the members were in three separate locations, as well as the narrative and characters that drive the album.
My thanks to Sam and Jon for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Remnants of a Deeper Purity" taken from the album Remnants of a Deeper Purity
"The Trickster" "Ares & Hermes" taken from the album The Cleft Serpent
"So Tired Of Our History (Instrumental Mix)" taken from the album The Instrumental Serpent
"Tear Love from My Mind" taken from the album A Chaos of Desire
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Meth Fetish: "200 Ton Self Destruction" taken from the "Meth Fetish" EP
Greenwitch: "Celestial Tomb" taken from the "CosmoSteelBlood Trinity" album
Wingless: "Contempt and Defiance" taken from the "Nonconform" album
Nequient: "Strange Death Of Kings" taken from the "Collective Punishment" album
Tony Conrad With Faust: "The Pyre Of Angus Was In Kathmandu" taken from the "Outside The Dream Syndicate" album
Swans: "Kirsten Supine" taken from the "To Be Kind" album
GASP: "Floors Building Legs" taken from the "Drome Triler Of Puzzle Zoo People" album
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker: "War Horse" taken from the "Der Abend Der Schwarzen Folklore" album
Missiles of October: "Satisfaction for Nothing" taken from the "Better Days" album
Brian Stack: "SlipNutz Opening For Slipknot" taken from the "Inside Conan" Podcast
Godflesh: "Unworthy" taken from the "Merciless" EP
Howling Giant with Bob Balch: "Godzilla" taken from the "Döminance and Submissiön: A Tribute to Blue Öyster Cult" compilation
Music In This Episode:
Cannibal Corpse: "Ritual Annihilation" taken from the album Violence Unimagined
Drawn and Quartered: "Proliferation Of Disease" taken from the album Congregation Pestilence
Ruin: "At One With the Earth and Worms" taken from the album Spread Plague Death
FOSSILIZATION: "Blight Cathedral" taken from the album HE WHOSE NAME WAS LONG FORGOTTEN
Churchburn: "Scarred" taken from the album Genocidal Rite
Sunless: "Ascended Forms" taken from the album Ylem
Cynic: "In a Multiverse Where Atoms Sing" taken from the album Ascension Codes
ALDA: "Stonebreaker" taken from the album Distant Fire
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: "Fire at Static Valley" taken from the album G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL: "Metal" taken from the album ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 208 features an interview with Adam Korchok of Ischemic.
Regular listeners of the podcast may have heard me mention Toronto's Ischemic during my interview with Mors Verum's Mrudul Kamble - Kamble is also the drummer for Ischemic; and despite one project being classified as "death metal" and the other as "doom", the two share a certain atmospheric sensibility.
I spoke with Ischemic guitarist Adam Korchok about why the band owes its existence to a Kijiji ad, and how the band evolved towards its current sound. We also discussed how they were able to record their latest self-titled album "in house", and find the middle ground between the band's visceral and melodic influences.
My thanks to Adam for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Witchcraft" "Filth" taken from the album Stagnation & Woe
"Scabs" "Crawl out of Hell" taken from the album Ischemic
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 207 features an interview with Erol Ulug of Teeth.
Dreams of Consciousness has been on the Teeth hype train since their Unremittance debut and their subsequent split EP with Fister. The California band represent the evolution of "dissonant death metal", taking the influence of Gorguts and Immolation, while giving it their own unorthodox, convention-defying spin.
I spoke with Teeth guitarist/vocalist Erol Ulug about the "Nuns With Guns" tattoo that led to his long collaboration with his bandmate, Justin Moore, and how their previous band Wageslave shaped Teeth's musical direction. We also discussed his jazz background, and the challenges he faced as both a band member and studio engineer/producer during the creation of the band's latest EP, Finite.
My thanks to Erol for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Husk" "Dread" taken from the album The Curse of Entropy
"Concubine" "Dreamless Hieroglyphs" taken from the Finite EP
"Leech Eater" taken from the album Unremittance
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 206 features an interview with Maciek Nieścioruk of Dormant Ordeal.
If you're looking for an example of how Polish death metal continues to evolve, I submit Krakow's Dormant Ordeal. The long-running trio don't scrimp on the speed or blastbeats that their scene is known for, but include plenty of discordance and eerie riffing that plants their sound in the new millenium.
I spoke with Dormant Ordeal guitarist/bassist/lyricist Maciek Nieścioruk about how the band went from drummer Radek's bedroom project to a full band, and how classical music informs his musical arrangements. We also talked about the writing and recording of Dormant Ordeal's latest album, The Grand Scheme Of Things, and the stories behind some of their enigmatic song titles.
My thanks to Maciek for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Stoning" taken from the album We Had It Coming
"Your Mother-Slave" taken from the album It Rains, It Pours
"Poetry Doesn't Work on Whores" "The Borders of Our Language Are Not The Borders of Our World" taken from the album The Grand Scheme Of Things
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 205 features an interview with Malik Camlica of Hyperdontia.
With some notable and extremely prolific contributors to Europe's death metal underground (including members of Diabolizer, Sulpherous, Taphos, and Decaying Purity), Hyperdontia could almost be counted as a supergroup. The Copenhagen-based quartet's thrashy, riff-driven style finds a balance between the classic death metal styles of both Northern Europe and the United States.
I spoke with Hyperdontia bassist Malik Camlica (also in Diabolizer) about Hyperdontia's writing process, and how the band members met each other. We also discussed how the band members wrote and recorded their parts individually for their most recent album, Hideous Entity.
My thanks to Malik for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Teeth and Nails" taken from the album Nexus Of Teeth
"Punctured Soul" taken from the Mortiferum/Hyperdontia split EP
"Grinding Teeth" "Trapped in the Void" taken from the album Hideous Entity
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 204 features an interview with Ray McCaffrey and Dave Suzuki of Churchburn.
On the surface, Churchburn is the unlikeliest of collaborations: Born from a long friendship between sludge/doom drummer Ray McCaffrey and Vital Remains guitarist Dave Suzuki, the project eschews the speed and technicality that Suzuki was previous known for, preferring instead to punish the listener with slow, crushing, oppressive metal in the vein of Winter or early My Dying Bride.
I spoke Churchburn founders Ray McCaffrey and Dave Suzuki about how they met, and when they consider a Churchburn song "finished". We also discussed why they chose to record their latest album, Genocidal Rite, with newcomer James Gazerro, and whether Churchburn still lives in the shadow of their previous projects.
My thanks to Ray and Dave for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Relieved By Burning Lead" "Authorized To Cleanse" taken from the album None Shall Live... The Hymns Of Misery
"Sin of Angels" "Genocidal Rite" taken from the album Genocidal Rite
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 203 features an interview with Sunless.
It's been a productive four years for Sunless since the last time they were on this blog. The Minnesota trio have just released their second album - part two of a trilogy, and their first for Willowtip Records.
I spoke with the band (bassist Mitch Schooler, guitarist/vocalist Lucas Scott, and drummer Taylor Hamel) about how their writing process has changed since they released their debut album, Urraca, how drummer Taylor Hamel joined the band, and what makes their sophomore album Ylem different from its predecessor. We also discussed the lyrical and conceptual contributions of former guitarist Andrew Notsch to Ylem, and what Sunless has in store for album number three. My thanks to the members of Sunless for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Gathering at the Skull’s Eye" "The Ancient Ones" taken from the album Urraca
"Atramentous" "Ascended Forms" "Perpetual Contortion" taken from the album Ylem
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 202 features an interview with Mrudul Kamble of Mors Verum.
Where would Dreams of Consciousness be without Canadian metal? Mors Verum possess all the technical skills that Canadian death metal is known for, but package that technique in dissonance and psychedelia.
I spoke with multi-instrumentalist Mrudul Kamble about what led him to form Mors Verum with vocalist Lyndon Quadros, and how the band went from playing with a drum machine to having Aepoch's Greg Carvalho become a full-time member. We also discussed the growing psychedelic rock influence that shaped their latest EP, The Living, and how their newer songs emerge more from "flow" than riffs.
My thanks to Kamble for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Paralyzed Intuitions" "Impaled by Shadows" taken from the album Deranged
"Death's" "The Living" taken from the album The Living
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 201 features an interview with Anders Ugmod Bakke of She Said Destroy.
We're seeing the tail end of an era in metal when most new bands were virtually indistinguishable from tribute acts; Norway's She Said Destroy may signal that originality is about to come back into style. The quartet's fearless mash-ups of seemingly incongruous forms of heavy music are a welcome relief after a decades-long onslaught of Entombed and Hellhammer clones.
I spoke with founder/vocalist Anders Ugmod Bakke about She Said Destroy's eclectic approach, and his experiences with the infamous second wave of black metal. We also discussed the circumstances that led the band to reconvene after their long hiatus, and how their writing process changed for their latest album, Succession.
My thanks to Anders for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"This City Speaks In Tongues" taken from the album This City Speaks In Tongues
"Swallow My Tongue" taken from the album Time Like Vines
"Not Only Bridges" "Succession" taken from the album Succession
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 200 features an interview with Michael Korchonnoff of Alda.
Alda has made appearances on Dreams of Consciousness for years. The Tahoma band's folky, atmospheric style of black metal has been regularly featured in my Bandcamp Picks, as well as a 2015 Q+A. When it was announced that their long-gestating fourth album was finally coming out, the time was nigh to have them on the podcast.
I spoke with Alda drummer/vocalist Michael Korchonnoff about how the band was formed by four high school metal friends, and the way their music and songwriting has evolved since then. We also talked about how forest fires in the Pacific Northwest shaped their latest album, A Distant Fire.
My thanks to Michael for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"The Evergreen" taken from the album Alda
"Adrift" taken from the album Tahoma
"Stonebreaker" "A Distant Fire" taken from the album A Distant Fire
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In this bonus episode, Mike Hochins from DoC friends VHS discusses the upcoming VHS album, I Heard They Suck...Blood, and his favourite vampire films.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: "Horror of Dracula" (Feat. Trevor Strnad) "Undead Casanova" taken from the upcoming album I Heard They Suck...Blood
Tim Cappello - "I Still Believe" taken from The Lost Boys OST
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 199 features an interview with Derek Webster of Succumb.
San Francisco's Succumb integrates noise elements and chaotic hardcore into a speedy black/death/grind mix to create a frantic style all of their own.
I spoke with Succumb guitarist Derek Webster about the band's evolution from their previous incarnation, Cloak, and how living in the Bay Area affects Succumb's sound. We also discussed the writing and recording of their latest album, XXI.
My thanks to Derek for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Bedchambers" "Survival" taken from the album Succumb
"8 Trigrams" "Graal" taken from the album XXI
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 198 features an interview with Ivan Cepanec of Dickless Tracy.
Slovenian trio Dickless Tracy have been nestled in the underground since the late Nineties. Now, as the band gets ready to celebrate 25 years as a band, they're primed to break through to a largeer audience with their most accomplished material to date.
I spoke with Dickless Tracy drummer Ivan Cepanec about the band's history, and the metal scene in Slovenia. We also talked about the stylistic shift from grind to death metal songs on their latest album, Grave New World, and why the band's earliest recordings are so difficult to find.
My thanks to Ivan for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Promised For Eternity" taken from the album Halls Of Sickness
"Pathetic Descendant Of Apes" "Morphing Into Maelstrom" taken from the album Grave New World
"The New Domination " taken from the album Paroxysm Of Disgust
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 197 features an interview with Brenna Leath and Tradd Yancey of Crystal Spiders.
I spoke with bassist/vocalist Brenna Leath and drummer Tradd Yancey about the early days of Crystal Spiders, and how Brenna achieves her unique bass sound. We also talked about how writing songs is like making cupcakes, and working with Corrosion of Conformity's Mike Dean on the band's second album, Morieris.
My thanks to Brenna and Tradd for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"TIGERLILLY" "CHRONIC SICK" taken from the album Molt
"PANDORA" "EN MEDIAS RES" taken from the album Morieris
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 196 features an interview with Harri Kuokkanen of Hooded Menace.
Hooded Menace combine the distinctive Finnish doom/death style with large dollops of the "Peaceville Three". Over the course of six albums and multiple EPs, the band has become one of the most popular representatives of the slower side of underground metal.
I spoke with vocalist Harri Kuokkanen about what led him to join Hooded Menace, as well as how guitarist and founder Lasse Pyykkö disseminates material to the rest of the band. We also talked about metal legend Andy Laroque's production on the latest Hooded Menace album, The Tritonus Bell, and why the band recorded a W.A.S.P. cover.
My thanks to Harri for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Night of the Deathcult" taken from the album Never Cross the Dead
"Celestial Dissection" taken from the Hooded Menace/Algoma Split 12"
"Blood Ornaments" "Corpus Asunder" taken from the album The Tritonus Bell
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 195 features an interview with Patrik Lindgren of Thyrfing.
Emerging from the Nineties' black metal explosion, Sweden's Thyrfing has spent more than 20 years expanding their vision of folk-influenced black metal. Though they may have mixed feelings about being labeled "viking metal", the band has created one of the most successful marriages between Scandinavian mythology and the bombastic side of underground metal.
I spoke with Thyrfing guitarist Patrik Lindgren about the "big picture" mentality that shaped the band, and the circumstances that led to Naglfar's Jens Rydén becoming Thyrfing's frontman. We also discussed the recording of their latest album, Vanagandr, and why the band made the decision to write all their lyrics in Swedish.
My thanks to Patrik for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"En sista litania" taken from the album Hels Vite
"Veners förfall" taken from the album De Ödeslösa
"Träldomsord" "Undergångens länkar" taken from the album Vanagandr
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In this crossover with Comic Stans Podcast Episode 3, I spoke with comics writer/artist Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf, Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever, Decibel Magazine) about his experiences as a metal fan.
Comic Stans is a new podcast I launched, where I speak to comics creators about their work, process, and experiences in the industry. You can find out more at patreon.com/comicstans.
Music In This Episode:
Judas Priest: "Hellbent For Leather"
Cretin: "Ghost of Teeth and Hair"
Sanguisugabogg: "Sangui Succulent Decedent"
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 194 features an interview with Aaron Weaver of Wolves In The Throne Room.
If there's one band that epitomizes the intensity, atmosphere, and iconoclasm of USBM, it's Wolves In The Throne Room. Their influence can be heard throughout the current generation of American black metal bands, who all take some part of the sound that WITTR pioneered.
I spoke with WITTR drummer/songwriter Aaron Weaver about the way he visualizes WITTR's music, and how their music is tied to the woods of his home state of Washington. We also discussed why WITTR's latest album, Primordial Arcana, was recorded and mixed in the band's own studio The Owl Lodge, and guitarist Kody Keyworth's songwriting contributions to the album.
My thanks to Aaron for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Crystal Ammunition" (excerpt) taken from the album Black Cascade
"Mountain Magick" "Primal Chasm (Gift of Fire)" taken from the album Primordial Arcana
"Crystal Ammunition" taken from the album Malevolent Grain
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In this supplement to Episode 193, Charlie Leduc of Deformatory and I discuss the long relationship between his band and Dreams of Consciousness.
Music In This Episode:
"Masticated By An Infinite Shadow" taken from the album Inversion of the Unseen Horizon
"The Antibody" taken from the album In The Wake of Pestilence
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 193 features an interview with Charlie Leduc of Deformatory.
Deformatory and Dreams of Consciousness have a history that goes back to the earliest years of this blog. For almost a decade, the band have catered to my love of frantic, blastbeat-driven Canadian death metal, while also patiently indulging my references to maple syrup and The Kids In The Hall.
I spoke with singer/guitarist Charlie Leduc about what Deformatory have been up to since the last time they were on this blog, and how their music takes listeners on a journey. We also discussed their impending third album, Inversion of the Unseen Horizon, getting Cryptopsy's Jon Levasseur to contribute to the recording, and why concept albums fill a innate human need to tell stories.
My thanks to Charlie for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Obsequium" taken from the album Malediction
"Myiasis" taken from the Deformatory/The Blood Of Christ split Bilateral Carnage
"Summoning The Cosmic Devourer" "Beyond The Abhorrence" "Impaled Upon The Carrionspire " taken from the upcoming album Inversion of the Unseen Horizon
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Comic Stans is a new podcast I launched, wherein I interview comics creators about their work, process, and experiences in the comics industry. This is the first episode, featuring an interview with Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man, God Is Disappointed In You).
You can find out more at patreon.com/comicstans
Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 192 features an interview with Lord Kaiju of Oxygen Destroyer.
DoC friends Oxygen Destroyer got my attention the old fashioned way: By playing thrashing death metal with the fewest frills possible. Their kaiju-inspired lyrics perfectly complement their bestial sound, which recalls the seminal early albums of Kreator and Vader.
I spoke with singer/guitarist Lord Kaiju about his love of monster movies and classic death/thrash. We also discussed Oxygen Destroyer's upcoming second album, Sinister Monstrosities Spawned By the Unfathomable Ignorance of Humankind, and what the band has planned for the future.
My thanks to Lord Kaiju for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Sons of the Necrobeast" taken from the split EP Oxygen Destroyer vs Power Beast: Pacific Devastation
"Cleansing the Earth of Humanity's Existence" taken from the album Bestial Manifestations of Malevolence and Death
"The Plague Spreading Horror from 20,000 Fathoms" "Slaughtering the Guardian Monsters" taken from the upcoming album Sinister Monstrosities Spawned By the Unfathomable Ignorance of Humankind
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 191 features an interview with Mike "Abominator" Nelson of Ruin.
By reducing death metal to its most basic elements, Ruin approach the genre much like Motörhead or AC/DC. But don't let their simplicity fool you; as guitarist/vocalist/founder Mike "Abombinator" Nelson says, "For a bunch of stupid assholes playing fucking simplistic, barbaric death metal, we actually do a lot of planning with this stuff."
I spoke with Mike about Ruin's early years, the circumstances that led to their decades-long hiatus, and why Mike decided to resurrect the band. We also discussed Ruin's upcoming third full-length, Spread Plague Death, and how RZA and Jimmy Page influenced the flow of the album.
My thanks to Mike for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"In Horrific Disgust" taken from the album Human Annihilation
"Humiliation At Birth" taken from the compilation Plague Transmissions: Vol 2
"Slow Degradation" "Ornaments of Flesh" taken from the upcoming album Spread Plague Death
"Drown in Blood" taken from the album Drown in Blood
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 190 features an interview with Andrew Lund and Tyler Cox of Thought Leaders.
My thanks to Andy and Tyler for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Gold Soldiers" taken from the EP Wires Crossed
"Radiator" taken from the split single with The Tunnel
"Burning Glass" "Desire Reserve" taken from the album In Wastelands
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 189 features an interview with Yianna Bekris of Vouna.
Vouna is a solo project from Eigenlicht guitarist Yianna Bekris. Aided by icy synths and folk melodies, the project creates funeral doom with the occasional shoegazing USBM interlude.
I spoke with Yianna Bekris about what led her to form Vouna, and why she chose to maintain the band as a solo project. We also discussed how members of Wolves In The Throneroom, Cruciamentum, and Esoteric helped with Vouna's new album, Atropos, and how the album's mythological themes tie in to ecology and biology.
My thanks to Yianna for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Cattle" "Drowning City" taken from the album Vouna
"Highest Mountain" "What Once Was" taken from the album Atropos
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 188 features an interview with Herb Burke of Drawn And Quartered.
For nearly three decades, Drawn And Quartered have been flying the flag for putrid death metal. The band never wavered from their style, and amassed a body of work that sounds indifferent to the trends of the larger metal scene throughout that time.
I spoke with bassist/vocalist Herb Burke about the early years of Drawn And Quartered, how the band emerged from its previous incarnation as Plague Bearer, and what it was like to play death metal in Seattle during the Nineties. We also discussed Drawn And Quartered's latest album, Congregation Pestilence, and what the "ultimate" Drawn And Quartered album would sound like.
My thanks to Herb for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Deliverance to the Worms" "The One Who Lurks" taken from the album The One Who Lurks
"Oblivion Pilgrimage" "Rotting Abomination (The Cleansing)" taken from the album Congregation Pestilence
"Lustmörder" taken from the album Feeding Hell's Furnace
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 187 features an interview with Dan Caycedo of Withered.
Formed by members of Social Infestation (the cult Atlanta deathgrind band that also contained members of Mastodon), Withered have spent decades ignoring genre classification with their self-described "tortured blackened doom/death". Their atonal and claustrophobic sound finds common ground between Neurosis and Ulcerate, demonstrating those bands aren't as disparate as one might think.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Dan Caycedo about his musical history before Withered, what led him to join the band, and the challenges that come with playing Withered's music. We also discussed the writing and recording of the latest Withered album, Verloren, and what the band has planned for the future.
My thanks to Dan for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Seek The Shrouded" taken from the album Dualitas
"Casting in Wait" "…The Long Hurt" taken from the album Verloren
"Clamor Beneath" (with Barney Greenway) taken from the album Folie Circulaire
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 186 features an interview with Infernal of Desaster.
Formed during metal's Eighties heyday, and forged in the crucible of early Venom and Teutonic thrash, Desaster are rooted in the hectic sound of early black metal. Though they have undoubtedly benefited from (and possibly helped inspire) the renewed interest in the early "bestial" sound of black thrash, their recorded history predates the old school revival by at least a decade.
I spoke with Desaster guitarist Markus "Infernal" Kuschke about about the various influences that shaped their style, and their resistance to second wave black metal. We also discussed their recently released ninth album Churches Without Saints, and where the band goes from here.
My thanks to Infernal for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"End of Tyranny" taken from the album The Oath of an Iron Ritual
"Learn to Love the Void" "Armed Architects of Annihilation" taken from the album Churches Without Saints
"The Splendour of the Idols" taken from the album The Arts of Destruction
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 185 features an interview with Jeff Longo of The Blood of Christ.
With a recording history that goes back more than 25 years, The Blood Of Christ are veterans of the Canadian death metal scene. Their blasting style is reminiscent of other Canadian bands, but with extended melodic sections and the rhythmic flair of classic Sepultura.
I spoke with Blood Of Christ co-founder/guitarist Jeff Longo about the band's beginnings, and why I hadn’t heard of them until now. We also discussed the upcoming reissues of the band's demos Frozen Dreams and The Lonely Flowers Of Autumn, as well as their recently released split with Japan's Vomit Remnants.
My thanks to Jeff for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Echoes From The 7th Dimension" taken from the album Unrelenting Declivity Of Anguish
"Sworn to The Northern Star" taken from the split album Eastern Beast – Western Wolf
"Christ Crucified" taken from the demo Frozen Dreams
"In the Distance" taken from the demo The Lonely Flowers Of Autumn
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 184 features an interview with Aort of CODE.
Over the course of 5 albums, the UK-based CODE have refused to settle in to predictability. Their music encapsulates the adventurous spirit of Seventies progressive rock whilst retaining the coldness of black metal.
I spoke with founder/guitarist Aort about how CODE emerged from from his solo project Seasonal Code, and how the two projects relate to each other. We also talked about how their latest release Flyblown Prince was created with the band members living in different parts of the world, and the challenges in playing CODE's music live.
My thanks to Aort for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Possession Is The Medicine" taken from the album Resplendent Grotesque
"The Rattle Of Black Teeth" taken from the EP Lost Signal
"Rat King" "Flyblown Prince" taken from the album Flyblown Prince
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 183 features an interview with Dennis Muñoz of Solstice.
Solstice were an early part of the Florida scene who recorded their debut Pray at Morrisound, and shared members with Cannibal Corpse and Cynic. Their thrashy style may have caused them to be overlooked during death metal's Nineties heyday, but it allowed them to find acclaim with later heshers as the old school revival took hold.
I spoke with guitarist/co-founder Dennis Muñoz about the early years of Solstice, and their relationship to the rest of the Florida scene. We also discussed the creation of their latest album Casting the Die, and how they found an audience late in their career.
My thanks to Dennis for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Pray" taken from the album Pray
"Plasticized" taken from the album Solstice
"Outlast" "Cast the Die" taken from the album Casting the Die
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 182 features an interview with Jarle Hváll Kvåle of Vreid.
Emerging from the dissolution of Windir, Vreid has continued the eclecticism of their previous band by fusing mid-paced tempos, classic metal melodies, and a progressive rock mentality into more traditional Norwegian black metal. Their music is often referred to as "Sognametal" - a reference to the band's home in Sogndal.
I spoke with founder/bassist Jarle Hváll Kvåle about the band's history, and the musical links that connect Windir to Vreid. We also talked about the concept behind their latest release, Wild North West, and the 8 part video/film created in conjunction with the album.
My thanks to Jarle for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Way of the Serpent" taken from the album Welcome, Farewell
"Storm Frå Vest" taken from the album Sólverv
"Wild North West" "Into the Mountains" taken from the album Wild North West
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 181 features an interview with Pia Isaksen and Ole Teigen of Superlynx.
Oslo-based three-piece Superlynx have no affinity for genre descriptors, choosing to refer to their music as "floaty" and "dreamy". Picture a mix of Black Sabbath and Mazzy Star, and you're close to understanding their mix of dark psychedelia, shoegaze, and doom metal.
I spoke with Superlynx bassist/vocalist Pia Isaksen and drummer Ole Teigen about the band's history, and the spiritual aspects of their music. We also talked about the writing of their latest release, Electric Temple, and how the album is thematically linked to its two predecessors.
My thanks to Pia and Ole for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Funeral Dress" taken from the album LVX
"These Children that come at us with Knives" taken from the album New Moon
"Electric Temple" "Returning Light" taken from the album Electric Temple
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 180 features an interview with Eric Daniels and Twan van Geel of Soulburn.
Formed over two decades ago by members of Asphyx, Soulburn eschew the speed-for-speed's sake dictum of death and back metal. Instead, the band employs a sinister mid-paced stomp that hearkens back to the genre's earliest recordings, whilst maintaining the level of professionalism you'd expect from scene veterans.
I spoke with Soulburn founder/guitarist Eric Daniels and vocalist/bassist Twan van Geel about the band's history, and the ways Bathory influenced their approach. We also discussed the themes behind their latest album Noa's Dark, and how the production reflects their belief that extreme art has to hurt.
My thanks to Eric and Twan for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Withering Nights" taken from the album Earthless Pagan Spirit
"From Archaeon Into Oblivion" "Noah's Dark" taken from the album Noa's Dark
"Behold The Funeral Candle/The Flames Of Soulburn" taken from the album Feeding On Angels
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 179 features an interview with Abbey and Tommy Davis of Oryx.
If sludge and doom metal seem simplistic and repetitive, Denver's Oryx provide a compelling counterpoint. The band make texture and ambience a big component of their sound, giving their bleak, crushing songs an additional dimension beyond "slow" and "heavy".
I spoke with Oryx drummer Abbey Davis and vocalist/guitarist Tommy Davis about the origins of the project, and what led them to relocate from New Mexico to Colorado. We also went into the creation of their latest album Lamenting a Dead World, and how expanding to a three-piece has impacted their songwriting.
My thanks to Abbey and Tommy for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"The Singularity" taken from the split LP with LANGUISH
"Born For Death" taken from the album Stolen Absolution
"Last Breath" "Contempt" taken from the album Lamenting a Dead World
"Withered" taken from the album Widowmaker
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Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 178 features an interview with Johnny Urnripper of Ghastly.
As I discussed with the authors of Rotting Ways To Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal, there has been a resurgence in the Finnish death metal scene, with a plethora of new bands taking up the mantle once held by Demigod and the like. To whit: the three-piece Ghastly, who combine the characteristic Finnish death metal sound with dark psychedelia.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Johnny Urnripper about Ghastly's history, their writing process, and his feelings about the band being described as "psychedelic". We also discussed their third album Mercurial Passages, which will be coming out on 20 Buck Spin at the end of May.
My thanks to Johnny for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Violence For The Hell Of It " taken from the album Death Velour
"Parasites" "Out Of The Psychic Blue" taken from the album Mercurial Passages
"Serpentine Union" taken from the album Carrion Of Time Thanks for listening! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
This is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 177, featuring an interview with Mike "Muleboy" Makela of Bongzilla.
When Bongzilla were releasing albums in the Nineties, there weren't many that shared their love of Sabbath-inspired riffs, piercing feedback, and tongue-in-cheek drug references. Now that the stoner/sludge metal pioneers are back from (as they describe it) their "HIGH-atus", they're playing to a world that's more amenable to both weed and extremely slow, heavy music.
I spoke with vocalist/bassist Mike "Muleboy" Makela about the circumstances that led to Bongzilla's return, and their new album Weedsconsin. We also talked about the late John Hopkins (who recorded the album), and Bongzilla's upcoming splits with Boris, Fister, and more.
My thanks to Mike for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Greenthumb" taken from the album Gateway
"Budgun/THC" taken from the album Stash
"Free The Weed" "Sundae Driver" taken from the album Weedsconsin
"Cupcake" taken from the split EP Doom Sessions Vol 4.
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This is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 176, featuring an interview with Martin van Drunen of Asphyx.
It was 30 years ago that Asphyx released their first album The Rack; though the band were a respected product of the Dutch death metal scene, their doomy, unvarnished sound fell out of favor as the decade wore on and tastes veered towards more blastbeat-oriented styles. But everything goes in cycles, and as old school death metal came back into fashion, Asphyx found a new audience and a new relevance.
I spoke with vocalist Martin van Drunen about the band's long history, and how he feels about being cited as an influence by a new generation of death metal bands. We also spoke about how the pandemic affected their latest album Necroceros, and whether Asphyx will ever become a studio-only band. (Answer: "No fucking way.")
My thanks to Martin for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Crush The Cenotaph" taken from the EP Crush The Cenotaph
"Molten Black Earth" "In Blazing Oceans" taken from the album Necroceros
"Death...The Brutal Way" taken from the album Death...The Brutal Way
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 175, featuring an interview with Paul Mazurkiewicz of Cannibal Corpse.
Do Cannibal Corpse really need an introduction? Their influence has been seismic, and their imitators are legion. While there are endless variations of "death metal", there may be no better representation of the genre in its purest form than Cannibal Corpse.
I spoke with drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz about how Erik Rutan became a full-time member of Cannibal Corpse, as well as Erik's contributions as songwriter and producer to the latest Cannibal Corpse album, Violence Unimagined. We also talked about the keys to Cannibal Corpse's consistency and longevity for the past three decades, and how Paul would like the band to be remembered.
My thanks to Paul for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Hammer Smashed Face" taken from the album Tomb of the Mutilated
"Ritual Annihilation" "Murderous Rampage" taken from the album Violence Unimagined
"The Bleeding" taken from the album The Bleeding
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 174, featuring Iotunn.
Denmark's Iotunn combine elements of progressive and space rock with the grandiosity of modern black metal. Their music conjures images of other worlds in line with their progressive aspirations.
I spoke with guitarist Jens Nicolai Gräs about how Iotunn grew out of a love of classic prog, and why they decided to scrap their first album and focus on writing heavier music. We also discussed the writing and recording of their debut full-length Access All Worlds, and the larger cosmic questions that drive the band.
My thanks to Jens for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Given To Explore" "The Wizard Falls" taken from the EP The Wizard Falls
"Laihem's Golden Pits" "The Tower of Cosmic Nihility" "Access All Worlds" taken from the album Access All Worlds
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 173, featuring an interview with Marko Tervonen of The Crown.
It was on an obscure regional compilation that I discovered The Crown, back when they were still known as Crown Of Thorns. Amidst tracks by Grotesque, Liers In Wait, and Sacrilege, The Crown represented a resurgence in the Swedish Death Metal scene, as well as a new standard of extremity in the region. A few years later, they would sign to Metal Blade and eclipse virtually every other band on that comp, becoming trailblazers with their own brand of feral rock-inflected death metal.
I spoke with guitarist Marko Tervonen about the early years of The Crown, and how the band related to the rest of the Swedish death metal scene. We also discussed why their latest album Royal Destroyer is a sequel to Cobra Speed Venom, and how Marko thinks The Crown will be remembered.
My thanks to Marko for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"In The Name of Death" taken from the album Cobra Speed Venom
"Motordeath" "Scandinavian Satan" taken from the album Royal Destroyer
"In Bitterness and Sorrow" taken from the album Eternal Death
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 172, featuring Wode.
This interview with Manchester's Wode has been a long time coming. A mutual friend has been prodding me to interview the band for years - and as they're about to release their third album through 20 Buck Spin, it didn't seem like something I could put off any longer.
I spoke with drummer Tim Horrocks and guitarist/vocalist Michael Czerwoniuk about Wode's history, and how the various members became involved in the band. They also broke down their songwriting process, and how they went into the creation of their upcoming album Burn In Many Mirrors with a "clean slate".
My thanks to Tim and Mike for speaking with me, my buddy Knut for bringing them to my attention, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Temple Interment" taken from the album Servants of the Countercosmos
"Trails of Smoke" taken from the album Wode
"Fire In The Hills" "Vanish Beneath" "Lunar Madness" taken from the album Burn In Many Mirrors
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 171, featuring an interview with Kim Strömsholm and Markus Makkonen, authors of the book Rotting Ways to Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal.
"There's so many stories in the Finnish scene that should be told, and somebody should write a book." That was the mission statement that led to Rotting Ways to Misery, a 300 page tome that traces the evolution of the Finnish death metal scene from teenagers playing youth centers to the global renown of bands like Amorphis and Sentenced. Written by Finnish metal lifers Markus Makkonen [Nerve Saw, Sadistik Forest, ex-Hooded Menace] and Kim Strömsholm [Festerday, ...And Oceans], it joins a growing canon of books dedicated to documenting the heaviest of metals.
I spoke with Kim and Markus about why they decided to write a book about Finnish death metal - originally inependant from each other, and ultimately as a collaboration. We also spoke about the scene's rise, collapse, recent resurgence, and whether Finnish death metal may be held in higher regard in other countries.
My thanks to Kim and Markus for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
Abhorrence - "Anthem for the Antropocene" taken from the EP Of Death and Ritual
Funebre - "Brainspoon" taken from the album Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep
Amorphis - "In The Beginning" taken from the album Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Purtenance - "Deathbed Confession" taken from the album Buried Incarnation
Demilich - "The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)" taken from the album Nespithe
Sentenced - "Rotting Ways to Misery" taken from the album Shadows of the Past
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In this supplement to episode 170, Culted guitarist Michael Klassen spoke to me about Neurosis, Godflesh, and Winnipeg.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: "Opiate The Hounds" "Crush My Soul" (Godflesh cover) taken from the album Nous
"A Prayer For Emptiness" taken from the EP Vespertina Synaxis - A Prayer for Union & Emptiness
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 170, featuring an interview with Michael Klassen of Culted.
Since 2009, Culted have been releasing a black metal and noise inflected vision of doom - and as unlikely as it sounds, the four members of the band have never played in the same room. Most of the group is based in Canada, while their vocalist lives in Sweden, making his contributions remotely.
I spoke with guitarist Michael Klassen about his lifelong friendship with bandmates Matthew Friesen and Kevin Stevenson, as well as how Myspace and a growing interest in noise music led them to enlist vocalist Daniel Jansson. Michael also talked to me about the difficult period in the band members' lives that led to their latest album, Nous , as well as how Jesse from KEN Mode helped get Culted on Season Of Mist.
My thanks to Michael for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Dissent" taken from the EP Of Death and Ritual
"Heel On Your Neck" taken from the album Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep
"Lifers" "One Last Smoke" "The Grid" taken from the album Nous
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 169, featuring an interview with Galen Baudhuin of Infera Bruo.
With members spread out from New Mexico to New England, Infera Bruo might be the most literal representation of the expansiveness of the US black metal scene.
I spoke with Infera Bruo founder/guitarist/vocalist Galen Baudhuin about the history of his band, and the creation of their latest album Rites of the Nameless. Galen also talked to me about what he learned from recording with Kurt Ballou, and his work with Trap Them and Wolves In The Throne Room.
My thanks to Galen for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Visions of the Inner Eye" taken from the album Desolate Unknown
"Endnotes" taken from the album Cerement
"Frayed" "Rites of the Nameless" taken from the album Rites of the Nameless
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 168, featuring an interview with Myopic and At The Graves.
Washington D.C.'s Myopic play discordant black/death metal with a progressive mindset; Baltimore-based solo project At The Graves play slow heavy music with a strong shoegaze influence. But these seemingly disparate approaches didn't stop the two bands from embarking on a full-length collaboration.
I spoke with the members of Myopic (bassist/vocalist Nick Leonard, guitarist/vocalist Sean Simmons, and drummer Michael Brown) and At The Graves (multi-instrumental Ben Price) about their individual histories, and the details behind their upcoming joint album A Cold Sweat Of Quiet Dread. We also discussed the future of the collaboration.
My thanks to the guys from Myopic and At The Graves for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
At The Graves - "Depression/Suppression" taken from the EP Lower
Myopic - "Resting Place" taken from the album Myopic
Myopic & At The Graves - "Through Veins of Shared Blood" Myopic & At The Graves - "Oppressive Ruminations " taken from the album A Cold Sweat Of Quiet Dread
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In this supplement to Episode 167, I spoke with Warg and Crypt Hammer from Heretical Sect about what makes metal "metal", their lyrical inspiration, and the scene in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: "Rising Light of Lunacy" "Pit Abominations"
taken from the album Rapturous Flesh Consumed
"Plateau of Stars" taken from the EP Rotting Cosmic Grief
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 167, featuring an interview with Warg and Crypt Hammer of Heretical Sect.
Heretical Sect drummer/vocalist Warg and bassist Crypt Hammer spoke with me about the classical influences that creep into their songs, and their use of unorthodox time signatures. We also discussed thow the history and landscape of New Mexico inspired the songs on their first full-length album Rapturous Flesh Consumed.
My thanks to Warg and Crypt Hammer for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Visceral Divination" "Punish the Christ" taken from the EP Rotting Cosmic Grief
"The Depths of Weeping Infinity" "Degradation Temple " taken from the album Rapturous Flesh Consumed
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 166, featuring an interview with Kurwa Doktor of Cannibal Accident.
"The main rule is to have fun," is the guiding principle behind Cannibal Accident. Hailing from the town of Turku in southern Finland, the band keep grindcore fun with mosh parts, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, and more mosh parts. As the story goes, alcohol is a big part of their process.
I spoke with vocalist Kurwa Doktor about the booze-drenched formation of Cannibal Accident, and how their dual vocalist approach and mosh parts distinguish them from other grindcore bands. We also discussed how the band ended up recording their fourth album Nekrokluster with members of Mors Principium Est, and whether it's okay to call Cannibal Accident "party grind".
My thanks to Kurwa Doktor for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Born In A Vacuumpack" "Tender Flesh" taken from the album Cannibal Accident
"You Are Dead... Amen" "Semen Continuum" taken from the album Ritual Paprika
"Let This World Be Done" "Haista Vittu Ihminen" taken from the album Nekrokluster
"Shotgun Selfie" "Enemies Of Privacy." taken from the EP Shotgun Selfie
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 165, featuring an interview with RM and JC of Plague Weaver.
Plague Weaver was created by a former member of the Polish bands Azarath and Damnation, but it favours slow, doomy black metal over pure blast. The Ontario-based duo say that the air of mystery that surrounds their project is unintentional - though it suits their music perfectly.
I spoke with founder/multi-instrumentalist RM and vocalist JC about Plague Weaver's origins, and the creation of their upcoming full-length debut Ascendant Blasphemy. We also discussed the circumstances that drove RM to play and record all the instruments himself, and how the band's writing process may change with a full line-up.
My thanks to RM and JC for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Unchained" "Descent" taken from the EP Through The Sulphur Eyes
"Seek to Betray" "Nothing is Sacred" taken from the forthcoming album Ascendant Blasphemy
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 164, featuring an interview with YhA of Suffering Hour.
Minnsesota's Suffering Hour are an antidote to the hordes of newly popular "primitive" and "caveman" death metal bands. As chaotic as the trio's mix of death and black metal gets, at its core is a progressive mindset that sets the band apart from their peers.
I spoke with guitarist Josh "YhA" Raiken about how Suffering Hour emerged from his previous progressive/gothic thrash band, Compassion Dies. We also discussed how the band members worked remotely on Suffering Hour's upcoming second album, The Cyclic Reckoning, and whether it's a challenge to write metal songs if you don't listen to the style anymore.
My thanks to Josh for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Devouring Shapeless Void" "Through Vessels of Arcane Power" taken from the album In Passing Ascension
"Obscuration" "Strongholds Of Awakening" taken from the album The Cyclic Reckoning
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Here is episode 163 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Jackie Perez Gratz of Grayceon.
A cello-driven power trio that shares members with Giant Squid, Squalus, and Amber Asylum, Grayceon are one of the most unique bands to come out of the Bay Area metal scene. Though often lumped in with the progressive and avant metal scenes, their music owes just as much to classical and folk music as it does to metal.
I spoke with cellist/vocalist Jackie Perez Gratz about how she ended up in a metal band, using classical instruments to make heavy music, and why it's a challenge to describe Grayceon's style. We also discussed how the band's songwriting process has changed from their earliest albums to their latest release, Mothers Weavers Destroyers, and whether or not Grayceon is a "message" band.
My thanks to Jackie for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"A Road Less Travelled" taken from the album All We Destroy
"Scorpion" taken from the album IV
"And Shine On" "Diablo Wind" taken from the album Mothers Weavers Vultures
"It Begins, And So It Ends" taken from the album This Grand Show
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chandra machine
love and gratitude eternally
TRACKLIST:
New Order - Temptation
Sentenced - White Wedding
Paradise Lost - Embers Fire
Bloodbath - Eaten
Devourment - Truculent Antipathy
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Destro's Secret
Pelican - A Delicate Sense Of Balance
Nine Inch Nails - We're in This Together
Dimmu Borgir - The Insight and the Catharsis
Devin Townsend - The Death of Music
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
The Gathering - Shrink
Coalesce - Thank You
Here is episode 162 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Doug Moore of Glorious Depravity.
A supergroup emerging from New York's underground metal scene, Glorious Depravity combines the talents of members of Woe, Mutilation Rites, Cleanteeth, and Pyrrhon. Named after a Ripping Corpse song, the band channels the classic albums of American death metal that were released in the Nineties.
I spoke with vocalist Doug Moore (also of DoC friends Pyrrhon) about what brought the members of Glorious Depravity together, and the road leading to the release of their debut album, Ageless Violence. We also compared the ease and clarity of modern DAW recording to that of the Morrisound era.
My thanks to Doug for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Ocean of Scabs" "The Stone Hammer Swings" "Incel Christ" taken from the album Ageless Violence
"Hospital Incinerator Blues" taken from the 2018 demo
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 161, featuring an interview with Ezra Nattkaos of Gravkväde.
A perfect soundtrack for this plague-beset winter, Swedish trio Gravkväde combine black metal, funeral doom, and dark ambient music to create bleak, crushing elegies of sorrow and despair.
I spoke with multi-instrumentalist Ezra Nattkaos about Gravkväde's history, and the the influence of Ingmar Bergman's films on his songwriting. We also discussed how expanding into a trio affected the music on their new album, Grav|Ruin, and the benefits of working with a band over having a solo project.
My thanks to Ezra for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Sorgeakt" taken from the album Grav|Aska
"När Allt Liv Vissnat" taken from the Grav|Sorg demo
"Av hopplösheten förtärd" "Själadöd" taken from the album Grav|Ruin
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In this supplement to Episode 160, I spoke with USBM author Daniel Lake about the different factions within the USBM scene, whether they can co-exist, and why certain bands elicit such stridently negative reactions.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
Deafheaven - "The Pecan Tree"[Sunbather]
Nachtmystium - "No Funeral" [Addicts Black Meddle Pt II ]
Yaotl Mictlan - "K'inich Janaab' Pakal" [Sagrada Tierra del Jaguar]
Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 160, featuring an interview with Daniel Lake, author of USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal.
Joining the canon of great books about underground metal, USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal is a Who's Who (and sometimes just "Who?") of the American black metal scene. Written by Decibel Magazine's Daniel Lake, the book is over 500 pages long, and tells the story of American black metal from the point of view of the bands who defined it - bands like Profanatica, Leviathan, and Xasthur.
I spoke to author Daniel Lake about what led him to write this book, what unifies US black metal bands, and what differentiates them from their European predecessors. We also delved deep into the character and history of American black metal, as well as the diametrically opposed philosophies and approaches that split the scene.
My thanks to Daniel for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
Von: "Blood Von" taken from the Satanic Blood 7"
Leviathan: "Fucking Your Ghost In Chains of Ice" taken from the album The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide
Xasthur: "May Your Void Become As Deep As My Hate" taken from the album Telepathic with the Deceased
Panopticon: "Bodies Under the Falls" taken from the album Kentucky
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 159, featuring an interview with Cardinal Wyrm.
Based out of the Bay Area, Cardinal Wyrm combine elements of doom metal, prog rock and post punk to create a slow, ominous sound that defies genres.
Vocalist/drummer Pranjal Tiwari and guitarist Nathan A. Verrill spoke to me about how they met, Cardinal Wyrm's "dark surf music" origins, as well as the writing and recording of their latest album, Devotionals. We also discussed their unique "riff tag" approach to songwriting, and the influence of Hindu mythology on their lyrics.
My thanks to Pranjal and Nathan for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Dreams of Teeth" taken from the album Black Hole Gods
"The Resonant Dead" taken from the album Cast Away Souls
"Canticle" "Nightmarchers" taken from the album Devotionals
"Enter the Eternal Fire"(Bathory Cover)
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 158, featuring an interview with Marcin Skullripper of Azarath.
"This isn't some kind of melodic death metal," Marcin Skullripper says with a chuckle. An understatement, indeed - with their ferocious riffing, insanely fast blastbeats, and lurching Immolation-isms, his band Azarath might be the heaviest one to appear on this podcast.
Marcin spoke with me about how he ended up filling the vacant guitarist/vocalist spot in Azarath, and the sonic character that unifies Polish death metal bands. We also discussed his contributions to the latest Azarath album, Saint Desecration, and how this album compares to previous releases.
My thanks to Marcin for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"I Hate Your Kind" taken from the album Praise The Beast
"No Salvation" "Sancta Dei Meretrix " "Life is Death, Death is Life" taken from the album Saint Desecration
"Screamin' Legions Death Metal" taken from the album Diabolic Impious Evil
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 157, featuring an interview with Martin Schulman of Demonical.
When Demonical released their first album in 2007, they were a rarity - a new band from Sweden that emulated the classic Stockholm death metal style of the late Eighties and early Nineties. Since then, a slew of revivalists flooded the scene and just as quickly disappeared - but Demonical continue pushing forward, despite regular roster and record label shuffles.
I spoke to bassist/founder Martin Schulman about what led him to put Centinex on ice and form Demonical, and his feelings about the sudden popularity of the classic "Sunlight Studios" sound. We also discussed Demonical's new line-up, and the unusual song on their latest album, World Domination.
My thanks to Martin for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Death Metal Darkness" taken from the album Hellsworn
"Hellfire Rain" "Aeons Of Death" "Slipping Apart" taken from the album World Domination
"March For Victory" taken from the album Death Infernal
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 156, featuring an interview with Tlatecatl of Yaotl Mictlan.
Just as Enslaved and Bathory found inspiration in their Scandinavian heritage, USBM trio Yaotl Mictlan draw from the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America. Along with Mayan and Aztec myths, the band employs traditional folk instruments and lyrics written entirely in Spanish, making them unique in the world of atmospheric black metal.
I spoke with vocalist/guitarist Tlatecatl about Yaotl Mictlan's history - both their own, and the Mesoamerican one that informs their music. We also discussed the folklore that inspired their latest album Sagrada Tierra del Jaguar, and the challenges of integrating traditional folk instruments in their recordings.
My thanks to Tlatecatl for speaking with me (and bearing with my terrible Spanish), and to all of you for listening.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE; "Guerra Indigena" taken from the album Guerreros de la Tierra de Los Muertos
"Hun Hunanpu" taken from the album Dentro del Manto Gris de Chaac
"Coatlicue" "Nuevo Fuego" taken from the albumSagrada Tierra del Jaguar
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 155, featuring an interview with Mike Hochins of VHS.
VHS have been featured frequently on Dreams of Consciousness, and for good reason - they write death metal songs about horror movies, a chocolate-and-peanut-butter type combination that can't be beat.
I spoke with VHS vocalist/guitarist Mike Hochins about the movies that inspired their upcoming space-themed release Gore From Beyond the Stars , and how they were able to record the album during a pandemic. We also discussed the the ways Eighties low budget video culture mirrored the death metal scene, and why VHS recorded covers of Tiffany and the Full House theme song.
My thanks to Mike for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"An Old Lady and Her Crocodile" from the album We're Gonna Need Some Bigger Riffs
"The Tastiest Chili in Texas" "Hairspray and Bloodspray" from the album Screaming Mad Gore
"Herbert West" "Gore Flicks" "Sand, Sun And Bloodshed" from the album The New Batch
"The Living Dead in Space" "Steve's Back from Space" "Sealed with a Kiss" from the upcoming album Gore From Beyond the Stars
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Music In This Episode:
"Fornicating In The Furniture Store" taken from the album Screaming Mad Gore
"Death and Carnage Coming In Waves" "Zombie vs Shark" taken from the album We're Gonna Need Some Bigger Riffs
"I'll Swallow Your Soul"
taken from the Tales of Horrific Mayhem split
Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 154, featuring an interview with Ken Baluke of Sons of Otis.
My thanks to Ken for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
"To me, it's just a different kind of blues," says guitarist/vocalist Ken Baluke of his band, Sons of Otis. Formed in Toronto in the early 90's, the band's similarities to the likes of Sleep and Electric Wizard are too strong to deny - even though the band predated the vast majority of their doom metal/stoner rock peers.
I spoke with Ken about the origins of Sons of Otis, and how the band developed their style without prior knowledge of the doom metal scene. We also spoke about the writing and recording of their latest album Isolation, and how the band found their audience overseas.
Music In This Episode:
"Clowns" taken from the album Spacejumbofudge
"Lessons" taken from the album Seismic
"Ghost" "Blood Moon" taken from the album Isolation
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 153, featuring an interview with Mathieu "Vil" Vilandré of Fuck The Facts.
Fuck The Facts were the first band I saw when I moved back to New York in 2008; as a result, I have a soft spot for the Quebecois group and their chimeric style of grindcore.
I spoke with Fuck The Facts drummer Vil about where the band has been for the past five years, and what to expect from their upcoming eighth album Pleine Noirceur. We also discussed the band's own Noise Salvation label, and what it's like to self-release music in the streaming age.
My thanks to Vil for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Skid Etiquette" taken from the Fuck The Facts/Fistfuck split
"Pleine Noirceur" "Ailleurs" taken from the album Pleine Noirceur
"Prey" taken from the album Desire Will Rot
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 152, featuring an interview with John Cooke of Corrupt Moral Altar.
Corrupt Moral Altar should be no strangers to readers of this blog, which has been praising them since they released the Whiskey Sierra 7". Since then, the band has put out two albums and a number of EPs, each filled with their unique blend of grind, groove, and puckish humour.
I spoke with guitarist John Cooke about Corrupt Moral Altar's forthcoming EP, Patiently Waiting for Wonderful Things. We also discussed the circumstances that led to him joining Napalm Death, and what's in the works for Venomous Concept.
My thanks to John for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode: "Burning Bridges And Burning Homes" "Body Horror" taken from the album Eunoia
"You Smell Expensive" taken from the Patiently Waiting for Wonderful Things EP
"You Don't Have To Go To Clown College" taken from the Whiskey Sierra 7" EP
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 151, featuring an interview with Mitch Harris of Brave The Cold, Napalm Death, Menace, Righteous Pigs, Defecation, and Meathook Seed.
With a résumé that includes Napalm Death, Righteous Pigs, and Defecation, Mitch Harris is a grindcore O.G., albeit one who's not afraid of branching out into other genres (as evidenced by his work with Meathook Seed and Menace). His latest project, Brave The Cold, indulges both his roots in old school grind and his other musical influences.
I spoke to Mitch about the circumstances that led to him forming Brave The Cold, how their debut album Scarcity came together, and what makes this band different from his other projects. We also discussed the heated reactions to Menace, and his involvement with the latest Napalm Death album.
My thanks to Mitch for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
Brave The Cold: "Hallmark of Tyranny" Brave The Cold: "Blind Eye" taken from the album Scarcity
Menace: "Everything and Nothing" taken from the album Impact Velocity
Napalm Death: "The Wolf I Feed" taken from the album Utilitarian
Napalm Death: "The Lifeless Alarm" taken from the album Inside the Torn Apart
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 150, featuring an interview with Barney Greenway of Napalm Death.
What can I write about Napalm Death that I haven't written before? The band was instrumental in my musical journey, and Dreams of Consciousness probably wouldn't exist without them.
Since the release of the new Napalm Death album coincided with the 150th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, I reached out to ND vocalist Barney Greenway to discuss the writing and recording of Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism, Napalm's releationship with the grindcore genre, and Barney's feelings about Napalm being on Sony again after they acquired Century Media.
My thanks to Barney for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Siege of Power" taken from the album Death By Manipulation
"Amoral " "A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen" taken from the album Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
"Downbeat Clique" taken from the album Time Waits for No Slave
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 149, featuring an interview with Fredrik Larsson and Andreas Backström of Grid.
Based in the Northern Swedish town of Umeå, Grid's modern take on grindcore stands in sharp contrast to the straight-edge bands that their city is known for. Like Nasum before them, the trio isn't afraid of letting their songs branch out into crust punk and black metal.
I spoke with Grid drummer Fredrik Larsson and vocalist/guitarist Andreas Backström about how they formed the band to annoy the "gatekeepers" of the Umeå hardcore scene, and the love/hate reactions to their first full-length, Livsleda. We also talked about their experience of touring Southeast Asia in 2017.
My thanks to Fredrik and Andreas for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"UAGC" "Grid" taken from the album Umeå Grindcore
"Debt " "Human Collapse Syndrome" taken from the album Human Collapse Syndrome
"Disinformation = facts" "Livsleda" "Ritual" "Doomed" taken from the album Livsleda
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 146, featuring an interview with Tony Tornay of All Souls.
With members of Fatso Jetson, Black Elk, and Totimoshi, All Souls contains veterans of the West Coast desert and noise rock scenes. But in contrast to their background in making heavy and discordant music, the new project allows the Angelinos to explore more melodic and atmospheric terrain.
I spoke with drummer Tony Tornay about what brought the members of All Souls together, how they decided on their musical direction, and what makes this project different from their previous bands. We also discussed the writing and recording of their new album, Songs for the End of the World.
My thanks to Tony for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"The Ghost is Flying Home" "Money Man" taken from the album All Souls
"Twilight Times " "Winds" taken from the album Songs for the End of the World
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 147, featuring an interview with Patrick Fiorentino of Drouth.
Since forming as Contempt, Portland's Drouth has always included elements of doom and crusty hardcore in their blasting style. Unlike the atmospheric and indie-inflected black metal that the Pacific Northwest has become known for, the band rarely lets its songs stray too far into "blackgaze" territory.
I spoke with Drouth's drummer Patrick Fiorentino about the band's history, their latest album Excerpts From a Dread Liturgy, and how their recent line-up changes has affected their songwriting. We also discussed the video created for "An Apiarist" with Papacy's Brendan McGowan.
My thanks to Patrick for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"A Shrine of Severed Tongues" "The Disquieting Muses" taken from the album Knives, Labyrinths, Mirrors
"A Crown of Asphodel " "An Apiarist" taken from the album Excerpts From a Dread Liturgy
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 146, featuring an interview with Rodolfo Ciuffo of SVNTH.
Sharing members with the similarly progressive-minded Bedsore, Rome's SVNTH integrates mid-paced shoegazing riffs and extended post-rock sections into their style of atmospheric black metal.
I spoke with SVNTH vocalist/bassist Rodolfo Ciuffo about why the band looks to the American black metal scene for inspiration, and the socio-political implications of their full band name "Seventh Genocide". We also discussed the band's trip to New York to record their latest album, Spring In Blue.
My thanks to Rodolfo for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Clouds of Desolation" taken from the SVNTH EP
"Wings Of The Ark" "Erasing God's Towers" (excerpt) taken from the album Spring In Blue
"Hourglasses Crambles Along the Orange Fucked Sky" (excerpt) taken from the Seventh Genocide / Onirica / OkyDrones / Fortisleo split release
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 145, featuring an interview with Howling Giant.
A power trio with alumni from The Berklee College of Music, Nashville's Howling Giant take a conceptual approach to writing heavy psych rock. But their music - filled with fuzz and science fiction references - is never so cerebral that it stops being fun.
Following up last week's interview with Sergeant Thunderhoof, I spoke with the members of Howling Giant (drummer/vocalist Zach Wheeler, bassist/vocalist Sebastian "Sea Bass" Baltes, and guitarist/vocalist Tom Polzin) about their half of the Masamune/Muramasa split album, and their predilection for grandiose concept albums. We also discussed the role Dungeons & Dragons plays in the world of Howling Giant.
My thanks to the members in Howling Giant for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Nomad (excerpt) taken from the album The Space Between Worlds
"Mothership" taken from the album Black Hole Space Wizard- Part 1
"Masamune" (excerpts) taken from the split release TURNED TO STONE Chapter 2: Masamune & Muramasa
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 144, featuring an interview with Dan Flitcroft of Sergeant Thunderhoof.
[Note: This interview took place on August 5, 2020.]
Based in the English city of Bath, Sergeant Thunderhoof separate themselves from the stoner and retro metal pack by crafting songs with a psychedelic and progressive mindset. From their offbeat name to the thematic underpinnings of their albums, the band take a thoughtful approach to creating music that's slow and heavy.
I spoke with frontman Dan Flitcroft about the band's approach to songwriting, how their new split with Howling Giant came about, and the animated video created for their contribution. We also discussed self-releasing music in the streaming age, and his philosophy on "name your price" downloads.
My thanks to Dan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Planet Hoof" "Goat Mushroom" (excerpt) taken from the album Ride Of The Hoof
"Muramasa" (excerpts) taken from the split release TURNED TO STONE Chapter 2: Masamune & Muramasa
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 143, featuring an interview with Keymaster and General Ham of Expander.
Self-described as "a futuristic punk band from post-war Texas", Austin's Expander represent a dystopian future where technology has run amok, and where noise rock skronk and punk's DIY ethos is fused with driving thrash tempos.
I spoke with drummer Keymaster and vocalist General Ham about Expander's history (future?...time travel is confusing), and the influences behind to their uniquely noisy sound. We also discussed the writing and recording of their sophomore album Neuropunk Boostergang, and how an online contest led to their relationship with Kurt Ballou.
My thanks to Keymaster and General for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode: "Mechanized Deathcanal" "Authority Spire" taken from the album Endless Computer
"Cryptosteal" "Megacorp" "Hyper-Flesh Aedificium" taken from the album Neuropunk Boostergang
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In this addendum to Episode142, I spoke with Necrot members Luca Indrio and Chad Gailey about their "Metal Vs. Racism" video series, and the process of making the metal scene more inclusive.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
"Cycles of Pain" "Into the Labyrinth" taken from the album "The Labyrinth"
"Shadows and Light" "Layers of Darkness" taken from the album "Blood Offerings"
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 142, featuring an interview with Luca Indrio and Chad Gailey of Necrot.
Representing the current incarnation of the Bay Area metal scene, Necrot keep things crusty and old school. As the band describe it, their approach is "almost like Motörhead/Black Sabbath... translated into down-tuned death metal."
I spoke with vocalist/bassist Luca Indrio and drummer Chad Gailey about what makes Necrot different from the other bands they're a part of, and the circumstances that led to their sophomore album Mortal coming together so quickly. We also discussed the history of death metal in the Bay Area and its recent resurgence.
My thanks to Luca and Chad for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Rather Be Dead" "Blood Offerings" taken from the album Blood Offerings
"Stench Of Decay" "Your Hell" "Asleep Forever" taken from the album Mortal
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 141, featuring an interview with Patrick Murphy of The Oracle.
In his musical guise as The Oracle, Patrick Murphy has been creating experimental music that traverses the worlds of noise, dark ambient, and drone. With the impending full-length album Hypogeum, the project has taken a leap forward in terms of songwriting and production.
I spoke with Patrick about The Oracle's history, as well as the writing and recording of Hypogeum. We also discussed the intent and creation behind the videos that were created for the album.
My thanks to Patrick for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"The Plaque" taken from the EP Once, I Had It All
"Akeldama" "The Face In The Shroud" "An Ascension" taken from the album Hypogeum
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 140, featuring an interview with Mr. Jay of Kingnomad.
Hailing from the North of Sweden, Kingnomad may draw facile comparisons to their countrymen Ghost and Witchcraft; however, over the course of three albums, the band's sound has grown to have more in common with Sixties prog and psychedelic rock.
I spoke with Kingnomad's founder and main songwriter, Johnny "Mr. Jay" Stenberg, to find out about the band's history and musical progression. We also discussed the sonic and thematic ways in which their latest album Sagan Om Rymden explores space.
My thanks to Mr. Jay for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"The Mysterious Agreement" taken from the album The Great Nothing
"Omniverse" "The Omega Experiment" "Multiverse" taken from the album Sagan Om Rymden
"Lucifer's Dream" taken from the album Mapping the Inner Void
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 139, featuring an interview with Michael Sauder of Geist & The Sacred Ensemble.
Geist & The Sacred Ensemble are a good representation of the experimental, nature-influenced scene emerging from the Pacific Northwest of the US. Though not "metal" in the traditional sense, their mix of apocalyptic folk and drone has a lot in common with bands like Swans and Neurosis.
I spoke with founder/vocalist/guitarist Michael Sauder about the road trip to the Pacific Northwest that led to the band forming, and the ways his environment affects his music. We also discussed the upcoming album Waning Hymns, and how he writes heavy songs without relying on distortion or effects.
My thanks to Michael for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"On the Next Full Moon" taken from the album Beyond This Vessel
"Through the Winter" taken from the album Within
"Rolling Roller" taken from the album Dig In Sessions
"Volition" taken from the album Waning Hymns
"Circles" taken from the album In Search of Fabled Lands
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 138, featuring an interview with Eye Of Nix.
Seattle's Eye Of Nix sidestep metal tropes and categorization. Straddling several genres, the band's experimental approach incorporates black metal, doom, dark ambient, and neo-classical into their atmospheric style.
I spoke with vocalist/guitarist Joy Von Spain, guitarist Nicholas Martinez, and drummer Luke Laplante about how they developed their experimental style, their approach to songwriting, and their latest album Ligeia. We also discussed the longstanding perceptions of the music scene in Seattle versus its reality.
My thanks to the members of Eye Of Nix for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Shroud" taken from the album Moros
"Ligeia" "Concealing Waters" "Tempest" taken from the album Ligeia
"Fear's Ascent" taken from the album Black Somnia
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 137, featuring an interview with Cruciatus of Lantern.
Eerie, atmospheric, and evil, Finland's Lantern offer common ground to those who like the darkness of traditional death metal and those who crave something out of the ordinary. Over the course of their thirteen year career, the band carved out their unique sound without abandoning the genre's defining characteristics.
I spoke with Lantern's founder, guitarist, and main songwriter Cruciatus about the band's creation, their development over the years, and his unusual riffing style. We also had an in-depth discussion about their upcoming third album, Dimensions.
My thanks to Cruciatus for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Lost Paragraphs" taken from the EP Lost Paragraphs
"Sleeper of Hypnagog" taken from the album II: Morphosis
"Strange Nebula" taken from the album Dimensions
"Entrenching Presences" taken from the album Below
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 136, featuring an interview with Vile Creature.
Vile Creature are a sludgy "experimental doom" duo from Ontario, Canada.
I spoke with drummer/vocalist Vic and guitarist/vocalist K.W. about their history, their writing process, and their latest album Glory Glory! Apathy Took Helm!
My thanks to Vic and K.W. for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Circuits Bending and Breaking" taken from the album Cast of Static and Smoke
"You Who Has Never Slept" "Apathy Took Helm!" taken from the album Glory Glory! Apathy Took Helm!
"A Steady Descent Into the Soil" taken from the album A Steady Descent Into the Soil
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 135, featuring an interview with David Buchan of Burial.
[Note: This conversation took place on May 29, 2020.]
Manchester's Burial represent an overlooked portion of the UK's extreme metal scene. No keyboards, operatic vocals, or Victorian costumes here - the three-piece keep their music stripped down and to the point, utilizing the best elements of both death and black metal.
I spoke with Burial drummer David Buchan about the band's background, the nature of Manchester's metal scene, and the proudest moments of their 15 year career. We also discussed the stylistic changes from their earliest releases to their latest album, Satanic Upheaval.
My thanks to David for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Encircled By Wolves" "Satanic Upheaval" "Hellish Reaping Screams" taken from the album Satanic Upheaval
"Nun Fucking Black Metal" taken from the album Unholy Sedition
"Deus Est Mortuus" taken from the album Beneath The Light
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In this supplement to episode 134, Chepang guitarist Kshitiz Moktan and I compared the respective cuisines of Nepal and Malaysia, and discussed the ridiculously diverse food offerings of Queens, NY.
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: Chepang - "Grinds of Change-love-war-machine" taken from 1 Love 2017 Demo
BARRIGA DE VERME - "II" taken from the album BARRIGA DE VERME
Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 134, featuring an interview with Kshitiz Moktan of Chepang.
[Note: This conversation took place on May 29, 2020.]
Chepang are a true representation of New York City's "melting pot" nature. Cheekily referring to themselves as "immigrindcore", the band's lyrics and artwork draw from their Nepalese heritage, while their free-form style integrates unorthodox instrumentation and collaborators.
I spoke with guitarist Kshitiz Moktan about how Chepang grew out of his previous band Sangharsha, and why they ended up with two drummers and two vocalists. We also discussed the many guest appearance on their latest album, Chatta, and what to expect from future Chepang releases.
My thanks to Kshitiz for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
"Chepang Basti" "Kathe-Man-Du" "Kancho Ko Badla" taken from the album Lathi Charge
"Bhramit" "Antim Bhet" "Pakhandi" "Samajik Suchana" taken from the album Chatta
"Falame Fokso" taken from the album Dadhelo
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 133, featuring an interview with Stephen Barton of Close The Hatch.
Operating out of Dayton, Ohio, Close The Hatch are the definition of quiet determinism. Flying under the radar, the band has self-released 7 albums in just under 8 years, evolving along the way from thunderous post-metal to their current atmospheric doom metal sound.
I spoke with vocalist/guitarist Stephen Barton about the history of Close The Hatch, and the reason they abandoned screaming on their latest release, Modern Witchcraft. We also talked about Barton's label, Red Moth Records, and creating backing music for Youtube "explainer" videos.
My thanks to Stephen for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode: "III" taken from the album VI
"Thorazine Empire" "Modern Witchcraft" "Persona Non Grata" taken from the album Modern Witchcraft
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In this supplement to Episode 132, J.J. Anselmi spoke to me about his first novel Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music.
Music In This Episode:
Drainage - "Rot Retract"
In the Company of Serpents - "Malice"
Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 132, featuring an interview with J.J. Anselmi, the author of Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-Metal.
J.J. Anselmi's expertise on the subject of doom metal can't be overstated. Not only is he a writer whose work has appeared in Vice, Revolver, and the AV Club, he was the original drummer and co-founder of In The Company of Serpents, and performed on their ultra-sludgy debut.
I spoke to J.J. about his own musical journey, and the genesis of his book, Doomed To Fail. I also put the doom metal expert on the spot and asked him to name his top ten albums from the genre.
My thanks to J.J. for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
Music In This Episode:
In the Company of Serpents - "Dirtnap" taken from the album In the Company of Serpents
Former Worlds - "Spectre" Former Worlds - "Variations on a Cave" taken from the album Iterations of Time
Drainage - "Under Skin" Drainage - "Deceiver" taken from the album Drainage
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 131, featuring an interview with Wailin Storms.
"Post apocalyptic Southern gothic punk" is how North Carolina's Wailin Storms are described. With elements of noise rock, post punk and doom metal, they often switch from slow and ominous to jagged and abrasive within a single song.
I spoke with the band (guitarist/vocalist Justin Storms, drummer Mark Oates, bassist Steve Stanczyk, and lead guitarist Todd Warner) about the Craigslist ad that led to the band members meeting, and how they morphed from "Roy Orbison-meets-Portishead" to their current heavy sound. They also spoke to me about the writing and recording of their latest album, Rattle, as well as meeting both Glenn Danzig and "Sexy Sax Man" Sergio Flores.
My thanks to the band for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Foot Of My Tongue" "Night Of The Long Nights " taken from the album Sick City
"Rattle" "Teeth" "Crow" taken from the album Rattle
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 130, featuring an interview with Grant Netzorg of In The Company Of Serpents.
From the traditional sludge metal of their early albums, the music of Denver's In The Company Of Serpents has taken on more ambient and neo-Western qualities, drawing comparisons to both drone band Earth and the film scores of Ennio Morricone. Not coincidentally, the band grew from a duo to a full band along the way.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Grant Netzorg about the history of the band and the development of their increasingly cinematic style. We also went deep on the writing process and themes behind their latest album, Lux, and the influence of Western esoteric traditions on the band's music.
My thanks to Grant for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST:
"Third Mind" taken from the album Merging in Light
"The Chasm at the Mouth of the All" "The Fool s Journey" "Scales of Maat" taken from the album Lux
"Crucible" taken from the album Ain-Soph Aur
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In this supplement to Episode 129, I spoke with Like Rats guitarist Todd Nief about our respective lockdown experiences and speculate on the future of live music and local music scenes, post-pandemic.
Note: This conversation took place April 17th, 2020, MYT.
TRACKLIST: "Contagion" "Pandemic Of Fear" "River Dread"
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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 129, featuring an interview with Todd Nief of Like Rats.
[This conversation took place April 17th, 2020, MYT.]
Though they have members of power violence heroes Weekend Nachos and a name taken from a Godflesh song, the hearts of Like Rats are very much in the late Eighties/early Nineties era of death metal. The Chicago band excels at writing songs that are immediate, as well as bone crushingly heavy.
I spoke with Like Rats guitarist Todd Nief about his approach to songwriting, the influence of Thomas Fischer, and the latest Like Rats album, Death Monolith. We also discussed Todd's own podcast, Todd Nief's Show.
My thanks to Todd for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST:
"The Omega Equation" "Ashen Rain" "Death Monolith" taken from the album Death Monolith
"Gates" taken from the album II
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With their name, their self-sufficiency, and their post-apocalyptic masks, Black Pestilence are the band of this pandemic moment. The Calgary B.C. band keep their punk-inflected blackened thrash short, to the point, and vicious.
I spoke to Black Pestilence's founder/vocalist/bassist Valax about the band's origins as a solo project, how it grew to its current incarnation as a power trio, and the lowdown on their latest album Hail The Flesh. We also talked about how the parallel philosophies of DIY and Satanism guide the band.
My thanks to Valax for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Godless" "Hail The Flesh" "Spurn All Gods" taken from the album Hail The Flesh
"D.I.Y. 666" taken from the album Urban Hell Rhythmics
"Desirable Calamity" taken from the album Vice
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Here is episode 127 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Pyrrhon.
Pyrrhon typify the latest incarnation of New York death metal - discordant, chaotic, and experimental, the band draw as much from the city's long jazz history as they do from Suffocation.
I spoke to the band - guitarist Dylan DiLella, bassist Erik Malave, drummer Steve Schwegler and vocalist Doug Moore - about their history, their songwriting process, and their latest album Abscess Time. We also commiserated about our respective quarantine experiences.
My thanks to the band for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Sleeper Agent" taken from the album The Mother of Virtues
"Another Day In Paradise" taken from the album Abscess Time
"Tennessee" "The Invisible Hand Holds A Whip" taken from the album What Passes For Survival
"The Mass" taken from the album Growth Without End
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Here is episode 125 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Luke Shively of Dismemberment.
Dismemberment present a melange of metal past and present. Classic death, black, and thrash metal serve as a jumping off point for the Ohio band to create something new, and decidedly progressive.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Luke Shively about Dismemberment's history, their latest album Arc of Ancients, and how they ended up with a name that another band was kind of already using. I also spoke with Luke about his work as an audio/recording engineer, and the time he played Malaysia with Incantation.
My thanks to Luke for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST:
"Anathema" "Labyrinth" taken from the album Embrace The Dark
"Beneath Bitter Frost" "Perdition's Flame" "Now As One" taken from the album Arc Of Ancients
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Here is episode 125 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Piotr Wiwczarek of Vader.
Vader are a seminal force in the history of death metal. Emerging from Poland in the early Eighties, they became the first death metal band from that country to be have a release on an international label when their debut The Ultimate Incantation came out on Earache Records. Their thrashy style paved the way for future blast worshippers like Krisiun, as well as the plethora of Polish death metal bands who emerged in Vader's wake.
I spoke with Vader's founder Piotr Wiwczarek about the writing and recording of the soon to be released album Solitude In Madness. Piotr also indulged me by discussing at length the creation of Vader's third album, Black To The Blind - a landmark album both in death metal's rebirth at the turn of the millennium, and my own musical journey.
My thanks to Piotr for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Silent Empire" taken from the album De Profundis
"Into Oblivion" "Shock And Awe" taken from the album Solitude In Madness
"Fractal Light" "Carnal" "Black to the Blind" taken from the album Black to the Blind
"Final Massacre" taken from the album Litany
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Here is episode 124 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Andrew Gigan of Castle Freak.
Philly's Castle Freak are as influenced by Eighties B-movies as they are by the metal of the same era. Their punky death grind style hearkens back to the pioneering albums of Autopsy and Repulsion, as well as recent adherents to the style like Noisem.
I spoke with guitarist/vocalist Andrew Gigan about the origins of Castle Freak, his songwriting process, and how Sebastian Philips and Ben Aft of Noisem came to join his band. We also talked about how the current Covid-19 pandemic affected the release of the band's first full-length, Savage Nights of the Castle Freak.
My thanks to Andrew for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "...Rotting" "Vampire Killer" "Vault 22" "Rats in the Morgue" "Abyss" taken from the album Savage Nights of the Castle Freak
"Human Hive" "Toxic Winds" taken from the EP Human Hive
"Beneath These Streets" taken from the EP Still Rotting
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Here is episode 123 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Dan Emery of Thetan and Anti-Corporate Music.
When Nashville trio Sanctions lost their guitarist, their remaining members (bassist/vocalist Dan Emery and drummer Chad L'Plattenier) decided to reconfigure their sound and continue as Thetan, morphing into something faster, darker and gnarlier in the process.
I spoke with Dan Emery about the development of Thetan's style and their upcoming album Space Goretex, a full-length collaboration with hip hop legend Kool Kieth. I also asked Dan about the guiding principles of his label, Anti-Corporate Music, and the importance for artists to own the rights to their work.
My thanks to Dan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Weakling" "Paradise Rejected" "CTRL+ALT-RIGHT+DEL" taken from the album Abysmal
"Kool Keith x Thetan - Complicated Trip" "Kool Keith x Thetan - Hallucinations" taken from the album Space Goretex
"A Part Of Something Much Larger Than Ourselves" "Penance" taken from the album Laughed At By The Gods
"Killing the Sacred Cow" taken from the album Welcome to Whine Country
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Here is episode 122 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Dan Sefcik of Bone Church.
No need to guess who influenced the slow and heavy retro style of Connecticut's Bone Church. The New England band's music is filled with nods to Sabbath, Zepplin, and Skynyrd, and unabashedly so.
I spoke with Bone Church founder and guitarist Dan Sefcik about how a backpacking trip through Europe led to the band's creation, and what distinguishes their blues-based rock from "stoner metal". We also discussed the writing and recording of their new full-length Acid Communion.
My thanks to Dan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Pale Moon Sacrifice" "Altered States" taken from the album Bone Church
"Witch in the Cellar" "Bone Church Blues" taken from the album Acid Communion
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Here is the 121st episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Jim Coleman and Chris Spencer of Human Impact.
You could say that Human Impact is a noise rock "supergroup", bringing together Jim Coleman (Cop Shoot Cop), Chris Spencer (Unsane), Chris Pravdica (Swans) and Phil Puleo (Cop Shoot Cop/Swans). Their first album, set to be released this week, takes elements of their respective bands whilst creating a sound entirely of its own.
I spoke to Jim Coleman and Chris Spencer about how this project and their eponymous debut came together, as well as the respective members' shared history in the New York music scene.
My thanks to Jim and Chris for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "E605" "November" "Consequences" "Cause" taken from the album Human Impact
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Here is the 120th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Steve Austin of Today Is The Day.
Steve Austin is one of the most influential figures in the world of heavy music. He helped shape the modern metal style heard in heavyweights like Converge and Mastodon through his work as a producer/engineer, as well as the confounding music of his band Today Is The Day.
I spoke with Today Is The Day's founder and mainman Steve Austin about mortality, determination, love, and why his latest album No Good To Anyone was the most difficult one he's ever made. It was the most intense conversation I've ever had on this podcast.
My thanks to Steve for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
"Discipline" taken from the album Animal Mother
"Attacked By An Angel" "Orland" taken from the album No Good To Anyone
"Nothing To Lose" taken from the album Willpower
"Temple Of The Morning Star" taken from the album Temple Of The Morning Star
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Here is the 119th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with James "Vortigern" Young of Lychgate.
The London-based band Lychgate are difficult to categorize. Their avant-garde death/black metal draws from influences as diverse as Emperor and Radiohead, as well as classical music and the films of Fritz Lang.
I spoke to Lychgate's founder and main songwriter James Young about the band's history and unique style. We also discussed the writing and recording of their soon-to-be released EP Also Sprach Futura - giving me an opportunity to mispronounce both the name of the EP and the label that's releasing it.
My thanks to James for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST:
"I Am Contempt" taken from the album An Antidote for the Glass Pill
"Progeny of the Singularity" "Incarnate" taken from the Also sprach Futura EP
"Unity of Opposites" taken from the album The Contagion in Nine Steps
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Here is the 118th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Johan Bergström of Deranged.
Since the beginning of their decades-long career, Deranged had little in common with other Swedish death metal bands. Eschewing the Sunlight Studios and melodic styles that dominate the Swedish scene, Deranged shares the musical and lyrical brutality of American death metal bands like Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation.
I spoke with new vocalist Johan Bergström about how he ended up joining the band, Deranged's long history, and how their brutal death metal style separates them from the rest of their Swedish peers. We also discussed their upcoming tenth album Deeds of Ruthless Violence, and why Deranged are a metal version of a "true crime" podcast.
My thanks to Johan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST: "Killing Spree" taken from the Rated X album
"Coven of Death" taken from the Obscenities in B-Flat album
"Hello from the Gutters" taken from the Struck by a Murderous Siege album
"Death Tripping" taken from the III album
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Here is the 117th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Enver Koneya of Disastroid.
Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, Disastroid could be considered a "retro" band - albeit an atypical one. Their heavy sound is rooted in Seattle's Nineties heyday, with plenty of nods to the stoner and noise rock bands of the same decade.
I spoke to vocalist/guitarist Enver Koneya about how the band started with a Craiglist ad, whether or not he considers Disastroid a "throwback" band, and the experience of writing and recording the upcoming Disastroid album Mortal Fools. We also spent some time discussing the Bay Area music scene, and how it may have changed in recent years.
My thanks to Enver for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACK LIST:
"Dinosaur" taken from the Screen album
"Mortal Fools" "8hr Parking" taken from the Mortal Fools album
"Money & Guilt" taken from the Love Is What You Bring On Home EP
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Here is the 116th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Nicholas Pentabona and Morgan Berns of Bedtimemagic.
Boston duo Bedtimemagic's music is as uniquely their own as the outfits they wear onstage. Their sound, which they refer to as "trash rock", revolves around Nicholas Pentabon's rumbling bass and Morgan Berns' frenetic drums, and draws comparisons to noise rock mainstays like Unsane, Man Is The Bastard, and Lightning Bolt.
I spoke to Nicholas and Morgan about how high fives led to the band forming, and their dog-centric visual aesthetic. We also discussed the recording of their first full-length album, Pillow Talk. It was a fun chat, and I enjoyed it immensely.
My thanks to Nicholas and Morgan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
"Sleepover" taken from the Fuck 'Em All split EP
"Wake-Induced Lucid Dreaming (W.I.L.D.)" "Endless Slumber" taken from the Pillow Talk album
"Long Kiss Goodnight" Remix remix by Kid Taco
"Waking Dream" taken from the Extra Firm EP
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Here is the 115th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Rory Conder of Lunar Mantra.
As part of the roster of the late Fallen Empire Records, Scotland's Lunar Mantra should be on the radar of anyone with an interest in avant garde, atmospheric, or unique metal. Their atmospheric death/black metal spans from blastbeats to Eastern percussion and throat singing.
I spoke to Lunar Mantra guitarist/vocalist Rory Conder about the band's history, their latest EP Psychosomatika, and the origins of Lunar Mantra's ambient songs. We also discussed Rory's label Ascetic Visions, which releases esoteric and experimental extreme metal bands from around the world.
My thanks to Rory for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
"Xanthotic Madness" taken from the EP Genesis
"Drolṃā" taken from the Drolṃā single
"Azothic Pyres" "Nexicthon" taken from the EP Psychosomatika
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In this bonus episode, the Musket Hawk guys and I bond over forgotten bands we grew up on, and reflect on the differences between the metal scene then and now.
TRACKLIST:
Musket Hawk - Hexagon
Cattlepress - And The Sea Gave Us Its Dead
Devourment - Xenoglossia
Social Infestation - Helpless/Hopeless
Circle of Dead Children- 10 Fingers (My Last 10 Minutes)
Meatjack - Falling Down
Musket Hawk - A Steep Decline
Here is the 114th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Musket Hawk.
Musket Hawk don't discriminate when it comes to "heavy". The Baltimore trio blend of sludge, grind, hardcore, and death metal, keeping their songs brasive and unpredictable.
I spoke to the band about their history, their song writing process, and how their latest album Upside of Sick ended up being recorded at three different studios, and released by two different labels. We also spent a good deal of time talking about the Baltimore scene and bonding over Meatjack, Cattlepress, and all the great bands we were listening to 20 years ago.
My thanks to Musket Hawk for a great conversation, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: "Two Hot Box Drags" taken from the album The Form of Disgust
"Dios Mio" "Punk Rock Ruined My Life" taken from the album Upside of Sick
"Jeweler" "Space-Ray Houska" taken from the album Desolate
"Connoissewer" "Tweed After Dark" taken from Live Demo
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Here is the 113th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with V-Rex of Arvas.
Emerging from Bergen in the early Nineties, Örth was part of a wave of Norwegian bands who trafficked in speed, blasphemy, and zero fucks. Resurrected and rechristened Arvas at the turn of the millennium, the project took on elements of death metal and eighties thrash.
I spoke to founder and multi-instrumentalist V-Rex about the band's history and their latest album Equanimity. We also discussed the long delayed release of Orth's Nocturno Inferno album, which was recorded in the Nineties but didn't see the light of day til 2017.
My thanks to V-Rex for taking the time to speak with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
Arvas - Flames of Black taken from the album Black Satanic Mysticism
Arvas - My Devil Arvas - Time's Gone taken from the album Equanimity
Örth - Moonstorm taken from the album Nocturno Inferno
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Here is the 112th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Jarboe.
Jarboe is unlike any other musician. As a solo artist, she's touched on just about every genre - her varied discography weaves through jazz, rock, noise, and electronica. And during her time with Swans, she redefined the parameters what heavy music could be.
This podcast is unusual, in the sense that I never corresponded with Jarboe directly. I sent my questions via e-mail to her webmaster Moselle, and Jarboe recorded her answers. She spoke about her last solo album The Cut of the Warrior, her upcoming album Illusory, and her collaborations with the likes of Neurosis, Justin Broadrick and Byla.
My thanks to Jarboe for taking the time to do this, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
Jarboe - Wayfaring Stranger in The Bardo taken from the album The Cut of the Warrior
Byla+Jarboe - 3 taken from the album Viscera
Neurosis & Jarboe - In Harm's Way taken from the album Neurosis & Jarboe
Swans - Children of God taken from the album Children of God
Skin - Blood On Your Hands taken from the album Blood, Women, Roses
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Here is the 111th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Dan Alderson of Horrified.
Hailing fron Newcastle (where Venom come from), Horrified are part of a surging UK death metal scene. Though their early releases were largely in the old school style, their music has taken on more progressive and melodic flourishes since then.
I spoke to Horrified vocalist/guitarist Dan Alderson about the band's history, their latest EP Sentinel, and their new partnership with Testimony Records. We also discussed the band's transformation, musical and otherwise, from their first release til now.
My thanks again to Dan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
"Dreamer Of Ages" taken from the album Of Despair
"Light's Dissolution" taken from the album Allure Of The Fallen
"Awaiting Restitution" taken from the EP Sentinel
"Veil of Souls" taken from the album Descent Into Putridity
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Here is the 110th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Shawn Knight of Child Bite.
Michigan's Child Bite draw heartily from Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys, as well as the golden years of Amphetamine Reptile and SubPop. In a lot of ways, the band is a throwback to a time when a band could make a hellacious racket without getting pigeonholed into reductive genre descriptors.
I spoke to Child Bite guitarist/vocalist Shawn Knight about his band's history, working with Steve Albini on their latest album Blow Off The Omens, and how they got involved with Phil Anselmo's Housecore Records. I also asked Shawn about Child Bite's fun music videos, which feature B-Movie themes and various underground legends.
My thanks to Shawn for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
"Vermin Mentality" taken from the album Vermin Mentality
"The Wrong Ones Breed" taken from the album Blow Off The Omens
"Ancestral Ooze" "Mongoloid Obsession" taken from the album Strange Waste
"The Usurper" (with Phil Anselmo) taken from the album Morbid Tales! A Tribute To Celtic Frost
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Here is the 109th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Jon DeRosa of Aarktica.
Jon DeRosa's work with Aarktica has spanned over 20 years, starting with his time at NYU. Since then, the project has encompassed post rock, drone, and ambient music.
I spoke to Jon about how he moved to the ambient drone of Aarktica, his pre-Aarktica musical history, and the creation of the newest Aarktica album Mareación. We also discussed his love of Glenn Danzig and what led Jon to record his version of "Am I Demon".
My thanks again to Jon for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "Snowstorm Ruins Birthday" taken from the album Pure Tone Audiometry
"Don Francisco's Blues" "Golden City (All Is Love)" "Her Divine Light" taken from the album Mareación
"Am I Demon?" (Danzig cover) taken from the album In Sea
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Here is the 108th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Johannes Persson of Cult of Luna.
"A mix of Sigur Rós, Black Sabbath and death metal" is how Johannes Persson describes his band Cult of Luna. Like Neurosis and Isis before them, Cult of Luna's music is as indebted to post-rock atmospherics and dynamics as it is to slow, heavy doom metal.
I spoke with Johannes about the writing and recording of latest Cult of Luna album, A Dawn To Fear, and how the band ended up on Metal Blade. We also discussed the "short film" music videos that Johannes directed in conjunction with the album.
My thanks again to Johannes for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "Lay Your Head to Rest" "A Dawn to Fear" taken from the album A Dawn To Fear
"Synchronicity" taken from the album Vertikal
"Leave Me Here" taken from the album Salvation
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Here is the 107th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Nathan A. Verrill of Fyrhtu.
A collaboration between Leila Abdul-Rauf and Nathan A. Verrill, Fyrhtu is a far cry from the metal bands that the two are known for. Defying categorization, the music combines ambience, drone, noise, and Eastern music in a way that - while still dark - eschews traditional "heavy" instrumentation.
I spoke to Nathan about the project's history, the way they assemble their songs and their use of non-traditional vocals. We also discussed the band's future beyond their debut, No More Days in the Light.
My thanks again to Nathan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: "Some They Walked So Softly" "Men Come Hunting" (excerpt) "No More Days in the Light" "Sun Ship Night Sea" taken from the album No More Days in the Light
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In this bonus episode, I spoke to Leila Abdul-Rauf of Vastum about her new experimental/ambient project Fyrhtu, which is about to release its debut No More Days In The Light. A full episode about Fyrhtu (featuring an interview with Leila's partner Nathan A. Verrill) will be online soon.
TRACKLISTING: "Ritual" "Far Above, So Below" (excerpt) taken from the album No More Days In The Light
Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Here is the 106th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Leila Abdul-Rauf of Vastum.
Vastum emerged from Oakland at a time when old school death metal was regaining popularity, but the band has maintained a sound and identity separate from the jacket-patched revival hordes. If anything, they represent the resurgence in the Bay Area metal scene, which has grown in leaps and bounds since Vastum released their first album almost a decade ago.
I spoke to guitarist/vocalist Leila Abdul-Rauf about the band's latest release Orificial Purge, the album's divisive cover art, and the state of the Bay Area metal scene. It was a good conversation filled with fun tangents.
My thanks to Leila for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
"Devoid" taken from the album Carnal Law
"Dispossessed in Rapture (First Wound) ""Orificial Purge" taken from the album Orificial Purge
"Hole Below (A Dream of Ritual Abuse)" taken from the album Hole Below
Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Here is the 105th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Nicklas "Terror" Rudolfsson of Runemagick.
Sweden's Runemagick were ahead of the curve when it came to ultra heavy and slow death metal. Prolific throughout the Nineties and Aughts, the band suddenly went quiet in 2007. That quiet was broken by the release of Evoked from Abysmal Sleep - their first album in a decade.
I spoke to vocalist/guitarist Nicklas Rudolfsson about the band's history, the events leading to their recent reunion, and their latest (and possibly last) album, Into Desolate Realms. I also asked Nicklas about playing the baritone guitar, since he's one of the few metal guitarists to use one that I've gotten a chance to speak with.
My thanks again to Nicklas for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: "Hail Death" taken from the album Resurrection In Blood
"Evoked From Abysmal Sleep" taken from the album Evoked From Abysmal Sleep
"The Opening Of Dead Gates" "Into Desolate Realms" taken from the album Into Desolate Realms
Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Here is the 104th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Dan Burchmore of Alunah.
Birmingham's Alunah are no mark on their city's proud metal history. Despite the preponderance of slow and heavy bands that get sent my way, it was immediately clear that there's something special about the band's psychedelic take on doom.
I spoke with Alunah bassist Dan Burchmore about the band's history, their recent line-up shuffle, and how their latest album Violet Hour came together. I also asked Dan to give me his take on Birmingham - a place that's been mythologized through the years for its role in creating the heaviest of metals.
My thanks to Dan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: "Amber & Gold" "Awn" taken from the Amber & Gold EP
"Dance Of Deceit" "Violet Hour" taken from the album Violet Hour
Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
In this short bonus episode (featuring a segment of my conversation with Cynic's Paul Masvidal that was cut for time), I explain how the Dreams of Consciousness podcast got started, my original goals, and why I keep doing it. [Short answer: What else am I going to do?]
My thanks again to everyone who has supported this show - whether you're a listener, or an artist who took the time to speak with me, I couldn't do this without you.
TRACKLIST: Cynic - Box Up My Bones taken from the Carbon-Based Anatomy EP
Cynic - Evolutionary Sleeper taken from the album Traced In Air
Interviews, reviews, and more at: www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Here is the 103rd episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Paul Masvidal of Cynic, Onward With Love, and Aeon Spoke.
It's hard to overstate Paul Masvidal's influence on metal's development. Alongside Chuck Schuldiner, he planted the seeds of technical and progressive death metal with Death's Human album; seeds he cultivated with his own band Cynic, whose influence can be heard to this day.
I spoke to Paul about his new solo project, its use of isochronic tones, and his work with sound engineer Stéphane Pigeon. And since I couldn't let the conversation go by without discussing Cynic, I asked Paul' to share his thoughts on the band's legacy and influence, its current status, and how he feels about Cynic being referred to as "yoga metal".
My thanks again to Paul for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Paul Masvidal - Nebula taken from the album Mythical
Paul Masvidal - The Spaces Paul Masvidal - Warrior of the Universe taken from the album Mythical
Cynic - Humanoid taken from the Humanoid single
Cynic - Earth Is My Witness taken from the album Kindly Bent To Free Us
Cynic - Carbon-Based Anatomy taken from the Carbon-Based Anatomy EP
Interviews, reviews, and more at: www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Here is the 102nd episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Lord Gore vocalist Gurge.
Portland's Lord Gore were both behind the times and ahead of it when they emerged 20 years ago with their blend of Impetigo, Autopsy and Carcass. Like old school death metal in general, the band has been experiencing a resurgence: This year saw the re-release of their first two albums, as well as their first album in 15 years, Scalpels For Blind Surgeons.
I spoke to Lord Gore vocalist Gurge about the band's early albums, their return, and how their mentality has changed since their first two releases. We also discussed the metal scene in Portland, and Gurge's vocal contributions to the stop motion short film Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt.
My thanks to Gurge for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "Lord Gore" taken from the album The Autophagous Orgy
"Entheogenocide" taken from the Cronenberg demo
"Daudiskegg" "The Crawling" taken from the album Scalpels For Blind Surgeons
"Resickened" taken from the album Resickened
Interviews, reviews, and more at: www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Here is the 101st episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Jon "Necromancer" Woodring of Chicago death metal band Bones.
"Filthy", "dirty", and "crusty" is how Chicago's Bones are usually described. The band's style of punky death metal hearkens back to the early years of the genre, when bands were more interested in making a satanic racket and the music could never be described as "overthought".
I spoke to bassist/vocalist Jon Necromancer about the latest Bones album Diseased, the long process of getting it released, and how they ended up on the Indian label Transcending Obscurity. We also spent some time discussing the nature of the Chicago scene, and how it may be different from the other metal scenes in the U.S.
My thanks again to Jon for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
"Bloodlust" taken from the album Bones
"Sons of Sleaze" taken from the album Sons of Sleaze
"Diseased" "Carrion Crows" "The Future Is Now" taken from the album Diseased
Interviews, reviews, and more at: www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
In this addendum to Episode 100, I talked to Paul Ryan about how he ended up revisiting his pre-Origin bands Necrotomy and Thee Abomination for the compilation album Abiogenesis - A Coming Into Existence, as well as the transformative event that led to Origin's unique cosmic perspective.
TRACKLIST: Necrotomy - "Mind Asylum" Necrotomy - "Insanity" Thee Abomination - "Murderer" taken from the compilation album "Abiogenesis - A Coming Into Existence"
Origin - "Inner Reflections" taken from the demo "A Coming Into Existence"
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Here's the 100th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Paul Ryan of Origin.
Origin is near and dear to this writer's heart - with their self-titled debut, they were part of a wave of bands who helped re-establish death metal's dominance, but their staccato style and cosmic themes established them as a band that was not content to simply rehash the past.
I spoke to Origin's founder Paul Ryan about the band's history, the development of their style, and the upcoming vinyl reissues of the first four Origin albums. We also spent a good deal of time talking about the writing and development of Antithesis - an album I've long praised as the best death metal album of the last ten (or so) years.
My thanks to Paul for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "Lethal Manipulation (The Bonecrusher Chronicles)" taken from the album Origin
"Wrath of Vishnu" "Finite" "The Beyond Within" taken from the album Antithesis
"Saliga" taken from the album Entity
"The Indiscriminate" taken from the album Omnipresent
www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Here is the 99th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Dylan Carlson of Earth.
Earth's influence on metal can't be overstated. From Nadja to Sabazius, any band that takes heavy music to a new (s)low lives in the shadow of Earth's seminal early albums.
I spoke to Dylan Carlson about the creation and intentions behind Earth's ninth album, Full Upon Her Burning Lips, which came out earlier this year. We also discussed the creation of Earth's landmark debut Earth 2, and their 2008 album The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull - the album that led me down the road to the larger world of drone and experimental music, and one of the top hundred albums that I'm grateful to have heard.
My thanks to Dylan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
"The Mandrake's Hymn" "Exaltation of Larks" taken from the album Full Upon Her Burning Lips
"Seven Angels" taken from the album Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version
"Engine Of Ruin" taken from the album The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
"Even Hell Has Its Heroes" taken from the album Primitive And Deadly
www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Here is the 98th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Matt Harvey of Exhumed.
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My history with Exhumed goes back almost 20 years, to the release of their second album Slaughtercult. Along with Nasum, Soilent Green, and other Relapse Records signees of the late Nineties, the band can be credited with grindcore's resurgence at the turn of the millennium, as well as the proliferation of gore-grind (or as Exhumed call it, "gore fucking metal").
I spoke with Matt about Exhumed's upcoming seventh album Horror, how Sebastian Phillips (of Noisem) joined the band, and the ways that the B-horror video culture of the Eighties and Nineties influenced them. We also discussed Exhumed's legacy, and why it's the project that Matt keeps returning to.
My thanks to Matt for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
"As Hammer To Anvil" taken from the album All Guts, No Glory
"Ravenous Cadavers" taken from the forthcoming album Horror
"Night Work" taken from the album Death Revenge
"In The Name of Gore" taken from the album Anatomy Is Destiny
"This Axe Was Made to Grind" taken from the album Slaughtercult
Here is a bonus episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring my conversation with Richard Knox about his band Glissando.
When I spoke to Richard Knox a week ago, I made it a point to ask about his project Glissando; not only were they the first band to be released on Gizeh Records, but they were my introduction to both his label and ambient/experimental music in general. However, since our chat ran long, I excised that portion from the released episode. Here it is now as a bonus episode, for those of you who were nice enough to subscribe to the podcast.
We discussed Glissando's formation, their musical development, and the creation of their album "With Our Arms Wide Open We March Towards the Burning Sea", and the final Glissando release, "The World Without Us" (one of my favourite albums from 2012).
My thanks once again to Richard for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "With a Kiss and a Tear" "Floods" taken from the album "With Our Arms Wide Open We March Towards the Burning Sea"
"Of Silence" "The Long Lost" taken from the album "The World Without Us"
Here is the 97th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Richard Knox of Gizeh Records, A-Sun Amissa, Glissando, and Shield Patterns.
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Richard Knox should be no stranger to readers of this blog; his bands (particularly Glissando) have been featured regularly, and his record label Gizeh has been one of my entry points into the world of drone, ambient and experimental music.
I spoke with Richard over Facebook Messenger about the history of Gizeh Records, his musical background, and the upcoming A-Sun Amissa album, For Burdened And Bright Light. We also spoke about the rapidly-changing nature of the music industry, and how Gizeh navigates it.
My thanks to Richard for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Richard Knox & Frédéric D. Oberland - "Sea of Bones" taken from the album The Rustle of the Stars
Shield Patterns - "Bruises" taken from the album Mirror Breathing
Aidan Baker / Faith Coloccia / Jon Mueller - "Yellow" taken from the album See Through
A-Sun Amissa - "To the Ashes" taken from the album Ceremony in the Stillness
A-Sun Amissa - "Breath by Breath" (excerpt) A-Sun Amissa - "Seagraves" (excerpt) taken from the upcoming album For Burdened and Bright Light
Here is the 96th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Patrik Wirén of Misery Loves Co.
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Misery Loves. Co. are a band that are near and dear to my heart. I heard their self-titled debut in high school, and spent countless hours with its unique blend of Swedish metal and industrial. Since the band recently re-emerged after a long hiatus, I reached out to vocalist and co-founder Patrik Wirén to discuss the band's long history on the podcast.
I spoke to Patrik about the band's origins, their 1995 debut on Earache Records, and the way they developed their style over the years. We also talked about the band's resurrection, and the writing and release of their upcoming fourth album.
My thanks to Patrik for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "The Only Way" 'Sonic Attack" taken from the album Misery Loves Co.
"Them Nails" taken from the album Not Like Them
"Your Vision Was Never Mine to Share" taken from the album Your Vision Was Never Mine to Share
"Suburban Breakdown"
"Way Back Home" (Single Edit)
Here is the 95th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Toby Driver of Kayo Dot, Vaura, and maudlin of the Well.
"Experimental", "progressive" and "avant-garde" are the ways Toby Driver's music is usually described. With his bands Kayo Dot and maudlin of the Well - as well as the music he's released under his own name - the prolific songwriter has crossed boundaries and created music that goes beyond the typical genre conventions of "metal" or "prog rock".
I spoke with Toby about his music school education, his approach to songwriting and composition, and the upcoming Kayo Dot album Blasphemy. We also discussed his last "solo" album They Are The Shield and the final maudlin of the Well album, Part The Second.
My thanks to Toby for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Kayo Dot - Thief taken from the album Hubardo
Kayo Dot - Blasphemy: A Prophecy taken from the album Blasphemy
Kayo Dot - The Assassination of Adam taken from the album Coffins on Io
Toby Driver - 470 Nanometers taken from the album They Are the Shield
maudlin of the Well - Rose Quartz Turning to Glass taken from the album Part the Second
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Here is the 94th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring the second part of my conversation with Kevin Whitley of Cherubs.
In the second half of my interview with Kevin, we go over the band's recent releases, and have an in-depth discussion on the writing and recording of their new album Immaculada High. We also discuss Cherubs' present audience, how Cherubs ended up on Relapse Records, and hope for some new merch with a spikier Cherubs logo.
My thanks to Kevin for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "We Buy Gold" "Monkey Chow Mein" taken from the album 2 Ynfynyty
"Sooey Pig" "Full Regalia" "18 The Number" taken from the album Immaculada High
Here is the 93rd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring the first part of my conversation with Kevin Whitley of Cherubs.
Cherubs from Austin, TX are a cult band in the annals of noise rock; as described by vocalist/guitarist Kevin Whitley, their sound is a mix of "sweet and salty" parts - as good a way as any to describe their uncomfortable mix of unorthodox time signatures, atonal riffs, and noise for its own sake.
In the first part of my interview with Kevin, we go over the formation of Cherubs, the history of the Austin punk scene, and the process of writing and recording their first three Cherubs albums (two of which came out after the band had already called it quits). We also discuss how a Cherubs tribute album released two decades later led to the band reforming.
Stay tuned for Part Two, which will be online shortly.
My thanks to Kevin for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "Stag Party" "Cockpit - Kiss The Shine" "Wornout Balls" taken from the album Heroin Man
"Zip-Up Boots" "Chanukka" taken from the album Short of Popular
Here is a bonus episode, featuring a 2012 interview with Filipino death metal O.G.s Brimstone In Fire.
TRACKLIST: Putrescence Glimpse Of A Future War In My Thoughts Winter
All songs taken from the 2012 "Live+" EP.
Here is the 92nd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Mike Score of seminal metallic hardcore band All Out War.
My history with All Out War goes back to the fall of 1997, when I saw the band performing at a Sunday matinee at CBGB's. I purchased their first album Truth In The Age Of Lies soon after. Their style owed as much to German thrash as it did New York Hardcore, and was one of the earliest examples of what became known as "metalcore".
I spoke to Mike over Facebook Messenger. We discussed All Out War's history, their place in the hardcore and metal scenes, and their upcoming album Crawl Among The Filth. Mike also walked me through the creation of their second album, For Those Who Were Crucified.
My thanks to Mike for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: "Resist"/"Truth in the Age of Lies" taken from the album Truth in the Age of Lies
"Gehenna Lights Eternal"/"Judas Always Crawls" taken from the album Crawl Among The Filth
"Enemies of Creation"/"Redemption for the Innocent" taken from the album For Those Who Were Crucified
Here is the 91st installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Aidan Baker.
Aidan Baker is a prominent figure within the world of experimental/ambient music, and his band Nadja is one of the most recognizable proponents of drone metal. Since Nadja was one of my entry points into drone, I reached out to Aidan to see if he was interested in being interviewed for this podcast.
I spoke to Aidan about his musical background, the origins of Nadja, a few of his collaborations with other musicians, and his record label Broken Spine Productions. I also asked him how about how he achieves Nadja's ridiculously burnt guitar tone.
My thanks to Aidan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Nadja - "Dagdrøm"
[taken from the album Dagdrøm]
Nadja - "Dead Skin Mask" (Slayer cover)
[taken from the covers album When I See The Sun Always Shines On TV]
Nadja - "Corrupting The Host To Appease The Parasite"
[taken from the Tangled EP]
Nadja - "Sunwell"
[taken from the album Sonnborner]
Aidan Baker, Simon Goff, and Thor Harris - "Red Robin"
[taken from the album Noplace]
Nadja - "Long Dark Twenties" (Paul Bellini/ Kids in the hall cover)
[taken from the Long Dark Twenties 7"]
Aidan Baker - "Night Dive"
[taken from the upcoming album The Forever Tapes]
Here is the 90th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Dome Diego of Italian death metal band Fulci.
Based in the southern Italian city of Caserta, Fulci combine two things near and dear to my heart - death metal and horror movies. The band was created in tribute to the master of Italian horror, Lucio Fulci, and use his films as inspiration for their pit-friendly brutal death metal.
I got in touch with Fulci guitarist Dome and conducted the interview over Facebook Messenger. From a cemetery in his home town (how kvlt is that?), he spoke with me about his band's history, their recent U.S. tour, and their second album Tropical Sun. Dome also discussed the DIY collective Caserta Beatdown Commandos, of which he and Fulci are a part.
My thanks to Dome for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Opening the hell gates Among the walking dead taken from the album Opening The Hell Gates
Church of the Undead Genetic Zombification Tropical Sun taken from the album Tropical Sun
Here is the 89th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Doug Brown, director of the documentary Slave To The Grind: A Film About Grindcore.
When I interviewed Richard Hoak of Total Fucking Destruction for my last podcast, he encouraged me to get in touch with Doug Brown, the director of the grindcore documentary Slave To The Grind. I've been hearing about the film for years; its trailers and kickstarter page made the social media rounds, generating tons of excitement from grindcore fans around the world. Since it's now available on DVD and for streaming/download, it made sense to reach out to Doug to find out about how this film came about.
I spoke to Doug about his background in the film industry, the genesis of the documentary, and the process of collecting interviews for Slave To The Grind. I also put him on the spot and asked him to settle what the greatest grindcore album of all time is.
My thanks to Doug for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Repulsion - The Stench of Burning Death taken from the album Horrified
Siege - Conform taken from the album Drop Dead
SOB - Speed My Way taken from the album Don't Be Swindle
Agathocles - Chronic Death taken from the split EP To Exist Is To Resist
Carcass - Psychopathologist taken from the album Reek of Putrefaction
Warsore - Don't Settle for Death Metal taken from the album Violent Swing Discography
Total Fucking Destruction - World War 4 taken from the album #USA4TFD
Wormrot - Principle Of Puppet Warfare taken from the album Dirge
Tools of the Trade - Suffocate taken from the Tools Of The Trade/Busk split EP
Compulsion To Kill - Bloody Grind Bloody Gore taken from the album Glorious By The Violence
Napalm Death - Siege Of Power taken from the album Death By Manipulation
Napalm Death - Dead taken from the album From Enslavement To Obliteration
Here is the 88th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Richard Hoak of Total Fucking Destruction, Brutal Truth, and Peacemaker.
Richard Hoak should be no stranger to readers of this blog - as drummer for both Total Fucking Destruction and Brutal Truth, he's been a major part of the history of grindcore, as well as my own history with the genre. Richard was kind enough to hook me up with a copy of TFD's latest album, #USA4TFD, and we made plans to do this interview when his schedule opened up.
We discussed TFD's set at this year's Maryland Deathfest, the writing and recording of #USA4TFD, the surprisingly wide appeal of grindcore, and the philosophical underpinnings of TFD's lyrics. Richard also filled me in on the creation of Brutal Truth's Need To Control - an album that is 25 years old this year, and which served as my introduction to Brutal Truth (and is still one of my favourite grindcore albums of all time).
My thanks to Richard for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Total Fucking Destruction:
"6.5 Billion (Pieces of Shit)" "Kill The Jocks and Eat Their Brains" "Necro-Anarchist " taken from the album Compact Disc Version 1.0
"#USA4TFD" "A Note To My Future Self" "Anal Trump Is Gay" taken from the album #USA4TFD
"Monsters" taken from the EP Monsters
"I Did Something Bad" "Bugs" "Hater" taken from the EP Our Love Is A Rainbow
"Hate Mongering Pig Pandemonium" "Human is the Bastard" taken from the album Hater
Brutal Truth:
"Godplayer" taken from the album Need to Control
Here is the 87th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Skyler Preston, who performs as Castration Anxiety.
Here is the 86th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Suaka.
Suaka are a New York band with deep roots in South East Asia, with vocalist/guitarist Rully Roots Rochmat and bassist Patrick Salomo both being originally from Indonesia; drummer John Meredith completes the line-up, as well as recording and releasing the band's albums.
I caught up with Suaka when they played Rumah Api on their latest Asian tour. We talked about living and playing in NY, and the reaction they get when they tour the U.S. We also discussed how they got the opportunity to play with Sepultura in Mongolia.
My thanks to Suaka for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Human Slaughter Motor Gila taken from the album Tiga
Anjing Kampung Labyrinth of Society Dark-Bright taken from the album Suakatrocity
Here is the 85th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Cult Leader from Salt Lake City, Utah.
I caught up with Cult Leader before their set at Rumah Api. We talked about how their South East Asia tour came about, their writing process, and the recording of their last album A Patient Man. We also spent some time discussing the past reputation of the Salt Lake City scene, and the nature of that scene now. It was a good chat, and one of the best podcasts I've done this year.
My thanks to the members of Cult Leader for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Suffer Louder Hate Offering taken from the album Lightless Walk
Share My Pain Isolation in the Land of Milk and Honey Curse of Satisfaction The Broken Right Hand of God taken from the album A Patient Man
This is the 84th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast.
I recorded this interview back in September of 2015, a few weeks after the raid at Rumah Api (wherein over 100 people were arrested for being at a punk rock show the night before the Bersih 4.0 rally).
Originally my plan was to transcribe the interview, post it, and share it with my friends at the PEN American Center. It was a great idea, except for the part that required me to sit still for hours while transcribing the interview.
Still, it was an important moment for the local scene that I felt needed to be documented. The raid made me realize how fragile the Malaysian scene really is, and how it could be taken away from us at any time. As critical as I often am, it really is the only part of my time here that seems worthwhile. I don't want it to disappear.
My thanks to Emi, Man, and Wan Hazril for speaking to me; and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Sarjan Hassan - Live Free taken from the Tape Rules compilation
WWHIRR - Modern Hypocrisy (Rough) taken from the album Modern Hypocrisy
Dung - Yr Righteous Fukk! taken from 2012/2013 demos
Crimescene - Transgression taken from the PECHAH 7"
Daighila - Every clouds has a silver lining taken from the RE-DEFINING DIY Split Tape
OSMANTIKOS - Security Society taken from the EP Keep Fighting Oppressive Conditions
Here is the 83rd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Sea of Bones from 2015.
Back in 2015, I interviewed Sea of Bones before their set at the Acheron in Brooklyn. I had intended to transcribe the interview and post it that same month; but transcribing interviews (especially with multiple participants) is extremely tedious, and as the months drew on, it became obvious that I wasn't up to the task.
Luckily, I have a podcast, and am able to post it that way. I spoke to the band about their origins, their writing process, and the creation of their most recent album The Earth Wants Us Dead. We also discussed audience expectations and reactions to their ambient and drone sections. It was a good talk, and I'm glad I can finally make it available to the public.
My thanks to the members of Sea of Bones for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Chapter I taken from the album Grave of the Mammoth
Chapter V taken from the album The Harvest
Dragonaut taken from Sleep's Holy Mountain - The CVLT Nation Sessions
Black Arm taken from the album The Earth Wants Us Dead
Hopelessness and Decay taken from the split with Ramlord
Here is the 82nd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Execution from Melbourne, Australia.
Execution played Not A Fest 38 on the same night as No Future and Territory; this was the third of three interviews I conducted that night. I sat down with the band downstairs from Rumah Api before they played their set.
We talked about about how the band got together, their previous experiences playing Malaysia (with their other band, Sistema En Decadencia), and why it's so damn hard to find any information about them online. I also asked them about the new record they're working on.
My thanks to Execution for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Chain Mix Horrendous Flags Intra Contra taken from the Flags of Convenience 7"
Untitled CCC Barbaric Torture And Brutal Mutilations Execution taken from the album Barbaric Torture And Brutal Mutilations
Here is the 81st installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Michael Larkins and Luke Eller of Territory from Perth, Australia.
I caught up with the band the same night I saw No Future and Execution. We talked about their previous experiences in playing Malaysia, the hardcore scene in Perth, as well as their unique approach to blending hardcore with heavier influences (which they jokingly describe as "power crust").
My thanks to Michael and Luke for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Lapdog Scarecrows taken from the two song tour cassette
Salt in the Wound Bleed Out taken from the 2015 demo
Here is the 80th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Chris and Ben of No Future from Perth, Australia.
I caught up with No Future when they played the 38th installment of Not A Fest at Rumah Api. It was the first show I'd been to in 2019. I spoke with guitarist Ben and bassist Chris about the band's history and the DIY scene in Perth, Australia. I also asked Chris about his label Televised Suicide, which has released a number of bands from around Australia (including his own).
My thanks to Chris and Ben for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Corruption War Inside My Head taken from the demo No Future
Control Me Negative Attitude Broken Use Abuse Destroy taken from the Use Abuse Destroy 7"
Here is the 79th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Fear The Setting Sun from 2015.
Back in 2015, I recorded an interview with Brisbane-based post metal band Fear The Setting Sun. I had planned on transcribing and posting the interview soon after our conversation - but I under-estimated how tedious transcribing interviews are, and over-estimated my ability to sit still and type for hours at a time.
Still, it was a good conversation, and since there haven't been many bands coming through KL these past few months, I decided there was no reason not to dig this one up from the archives and release it as a podcast. Better late than never.
My thanks to the members of Fear The Setting Sun for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: A Darkness Begins Containment I, Forsaken Now The Dying Compels Me taken from the EP Beyond Our Darkest Skies
Here is the 78th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring the second part of an interview with Jason Göbel of Cynic, Portal, and Gordian Knot.
[Listen to part one here.]
In the second part of my interview with Jason, we discuss the origins of the post-Cynic project Portal, and his reunion with Cynic bassist Sean Malone for Gordian Knot's second album. I also asked Jason about his plans for the future, and potential upcoming musical endeavours.
My thanks again to Jason for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Portal - Cosmos Portal - Belong taken from The Portal Tapes
Gordian Knot - Some Brighter Thing Gordian Knot - A Shaman's Whisper taken from the album Emergent
Cynic - I'm But A Wave To... taken from the album Focus
Here is the 77th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring the first part of an interview with Jason Göbel of Cynic, Portal, and Gordian Knot.
Thanks to my friend Alex (of In Dark Purity zine infamy), I was made aware to the fact that Jason Göbel, guitarist of Cynic (along with the Cynic-spin off projects Portal and Gordian Knot) was travelling through South East Asia. I've been a Cynic fan since I was a teenager, and jumped at the chance of having Jason on the podcast. Alex put us in touch, and we met up during his stay in Kuala Lumpur.
We did a deep dive into Jason's musical background, how he joined Cynic, and why they were so different from the rest of the Florida death metal scene. We also discussed the mixed reaction Cynic's bold style elicited from both record labels and death metal fans alike.
My thanks to Jason for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Cynic - The Eagle Nature taken from the album Focus
Monstrosity - Ceremonial Void taken from the album Imperial Doom
Cynic - Agitating Affliction taken from the Reflections of a Dying World demo
Cynic - Pleading For Preservation taken from the 1991 Roadrunner demo
Cynic - How Could I taken from the album Focus
Here is the 76th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Andrew Collett and Ben Claxton of Wellington, New Zealand-based progressive death metal band Grey Skies Over Rapture.
Grey Skies Over Rapture kicked off the third and final night of Wellington's Symbiotic Metal Fest, and were the last band I interviewed. Unfortunately, due to a scheduling SNAFU, I missed their set entirely, but managed to meet up with guitarists Andrew Collett and Ben Claxton for a quick chat about the band and their music.
On a bench outside of Valhalla, we discussed how Grey Skies Over Rapture got started, their eclectic style, and their plans for their upcoming album. They also filled me in on some of the history of the Wellington scene, since they were one of the only bands from the city that I spoke with that week-end.
My thanks again to Andrew and Ben for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Carved In Stone Between Worlds Chronosphere taken from the Between Worlds EP
VII taken from the VII single
Here is the 75th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Seth Jackson and Kris Gillan of Wellington, New Zealand-based death metal band Scorn of Creation.
Though they draw from a wide spectrum of influences, both classic and modern, Scorn of Creation can best be described as simply "death metal". Though they headlined the third and final night of the Symbiotic Metal Fest (which largely showcased tech and progressive death metal bands), they could have easily been slotted into any night of the fest.
I sat down with guitarist/co-founder Seth Jackson and vocalist Kris Gillan across the road from Valhalla. We spoke about the band's history, the recording of their self-titled debut, and their plans for their upcoming album. We also spent some time speaking about the nature of the Wellington scene, since they were the first band I spoke to that week-end who called Wellington their home.
My thanks again to Seth and Kris for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Rebirth (The Promise Of Pain To Come) The Exodus Of Limbo The Ruin Of The Damned Rebellion Unleashed taken from the album Scorn of Creation
Here is the 74th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Beau Barnes of Wanganui, New Zealand-based death metal band Disemboweling The Limbless.
Of the bands that played the second night of the Symbiotic Metal Fest, one that stood out to me was the slamming death metal outfit Disemboweling The Limbless. Their enthusiasm for the fest was infectious, and led to some of the more memorable conversations I had that night.
Since I knew very little about them or the city they hail from, I sat down with drummer Beau outside of Valhalla and asked him to tell me about his band and how he came to play drums. I also asked him about Wanganui, a city with a name that never stops being fun to say.
Since there isn't much recorded material for DTL to be found, I cut this interview together with audio from whatever live videos I could find. I'm grateful to the people who posted these, as well as to Beau for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
Here is the 73rd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Christchurch, New Zealand-based death metal band Organectomy.
Perhaps the most well-known band that I spoke with during my trip to Wellington was Organectomy. They're well known to fans of slamming death metal around the world, thanks in part to the help of Unique Leader Records, who released their last album Domain of the Wretched.
I sat down with the band across the street from Valhalla, where they headlined the second night of the Symbiotic Metal Fest. We spoke about their history, the recording of the Domain of the Wretched, and the scene in Christchurch. Unfortunately, a particularly spirited wind interfered with my recorder throughout the conversation, making a lot of it unintelligible.
My thanks to Organectomy for speaking with me, to you for listening, and apologies to everyone for the shitty audio quality.
TRACKLIST: Omophagy taken from the 2011 demo
Domain of the Wretched taken from the album Domain of the Wretched
Accede to Temptation taken from the album At the Mercy of The Devine
Fucking the Defiled (ft. Vin Minchington) taken from the 2015 promo
Here is the 72nd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with New Zealand black metal band Vargafrost.
This past October, Nelson's Vargafrost headlined the first night of the Symbiotic Metal Fest in Wellington, New Zealand. Epic and filled with references to Norse mythology, their music brings immediate comparisons to Bathory's seminal "viking" period - perhaps overturning expectations of a metal band from New Zealand.
In a car parked behind Valhalla, I spoke with the band about their history, their reasons for using ancient European history as subject matter, and their latest album Honour Blood, Spirit And Love. We also spoke about how living in the South Island city of Nelson helps inspire their music.
My thanks again to the members of Vargafrost for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Tivar Valfar taken from the album Warriors of the Dawn
Völvaress Dis Forvitin Honour, Blood, Spirit and Love taken from the album Honour, Blood, Spirit and Love
Here is the 71st installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Christchurch, New Zealand black metal band Men An Tol.
This past October, I made my second visit to New Zealand - a country that I'm slightly obsessed with, due to it having one of the more interesting and overlooked music scenes in the world. I planned my trip to Wellington to coincide with the Symbiotic Metal Fest - a three day fest that showcases metal bands from around New Zealand, and takes place in a metal pub called Valhalla. One of the stand-outs from the first night of the fest was Men An Tol, whose sombre, doomy style of black metal is fits right in with the music already featured on this blog.
I sat down with the band after their set. We discussed their history, the scene in their home city Christchurch, and the creation of their debut album Dead Trees. It was a fun and lively conversation that put to rest my reservations about interviewing black metal bands for the podcast.
My thanks to the guys in Men An Tol for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
Ancient Spire Hatred of the Undying sun Dead Trees Enchanting Death Winter's Reign taken from the album Dead Trees
Here is the 70th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Bryan Tabuteau, founder and curator of the Noise.Drone.Repeat experimental music series in Wellington, New Zealand.
My second trip to New Zealand was filled with new musical discoveries. Though I was in Wellington for a different music fest, my visit coincided with a Noise.Drone.Repeat night- part of an event series at the Wellington venue Valhalla that focuses on New Zealand's experimental music scene. Since drone and ambient/experimental music are becoming a growing part of my music diet (and this blog), I asked Noise.Drone.Repeat organizer Bryan Tabuteau if I could interview him for the podcast.
We discussed how the Noise.Drone.Repeat series came about, the nature of the experimental music scene in New Zealand, and Bryan's own noise project UZB96. I also shared my experiences from my first day in Wellington - a city that seemingly embraces artists and outsiders, no matter how unorthodox they might be.
My thanks again to Bryan for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Sol Mortvvs - Helios 1 taken from the album Diabolvs
Flesh of the Womb - Settle your wounds Flesh of the Womb - Bacchae taken from the album Absent
i.ryoko - Sacred Space taken from the Sacred Space EP
UZB96 - Live at Valhalla, Wellington, NZ 20140827
Here is the 69th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Brad Gallen of New Zealand experimental drone project Sol Mortvvs.
Evil and foreboding, Sol Mortvvs is an experimental project that heshers can embrace. Bathed in red light and accompanied by skulls and candles, a Sol Mortvvs performance makes a dark ritual out of ambient drone music.
I caught up with Sol Mortvvs creator Brad this past October at a Noise.Drone.Repeat night at Wellington metal pub Valhalla. We discussed the history of Sol Mortvvs, the role of improvisation in his live performances, and the creation and release of his latest album Diabolvs.
My thanks to Brad for speaking with me, and to you for listening
TRACKLISTING:
Sol I (excerpt)
Sol III (excerpt)
Paidiá I (excerpt)
Nomina Hecate taken from the album Diabolvs
Here is the 68th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Palm from Osaka, Japan.
I haven't interviewed many Japanese bands for the blog; as much as I love their music, the language barrier often proves to be an insurmountable challenge, making interviews impractical. Luckily, Osaka's Palm has a natural translator in bassist Will de Monchaux, an Australian transplant who speaks fluent Japanese and was able to relay my questions to his bandmates and their responses to me.
I caught up with the band at Rumah Api, on the Malaysian leg of their South East Asian tour. Their gig coincided with the Indian festival of Deepavali, and we did the interview outdoors while fireworks went off in the background. We discussed the history of the band and the reason behind the 6 year gap between albums. We also talked about the Hokage venue that Palm vocalist Toshi operates in Osaka.
My thanks to the members of Palm for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Red Flag taken from the EP Die Consciously, Live Consciously
Japanese Nightmare Rot Away taken from the album My Darkest Friends
All of Hate, All of Rage Filth taken from the EP The Unusual
Ex Owner is Fucked Dedicated To Humanity Honorable Death taken from the album To Live Is To Die, To Die Is To Live
Here is the 67th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Lucija Ivšić, Anja Tkalec, and Goran Nježić of Croatian punk trio Punčke.
Coming from the town of Vinkovci in the Eastern part of Croatia, Punčke are quite unlike any band that's appeared on this blog. Co-founded by vocalist/guitarist Lucija Ivšić when she was still a teenager, the band mix the raw energy of punk with heavier influences like Tool and Queens of the Stone Age.
I sat down with the band before their headlining set at Rumah Api. We discussed their progression from a high school duo to an international touring act, the nature of the scene in Croatia, and their latest EP Valovi. They were also kind enough to translate some of their album titles into English for me.
My thanks to Lucija, Anja, and Goran for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: Iz dana u dan Promjena 141 taken from the album Sunčano s povremenom naoblakom
Jesen u New Yorku taken from the album Mehanizmi Obrane
Valovi Roza i plavo taken from the album Valovi
Here is the 66th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Extreme Post Op Power Grind band, Scrotal Vice.
True story: I spent more than 20 minutes staring at Scrotal Vice's logo before I managed to decipher the band's name. [Blame warm weather and a lot of loose skin.] Their logo isn't the only thing baffling about the band; though originating from Sydney, Australia, the band has members living in Asia who are fluent enough in Mandarin and Japanese to cut promos.
In an interview reminiscent of the one I conducted with thrashing cannibals Ghoul, I sat down with Scrotal Vice at the very end of their South East Asian tour to discuss their history, their reasons for wearing masks, and what it's like to tour China.
Their set that night at Rumah Api was wild - possibly the craziest one I've ever seen. Wary that local authorities may be reading this, all I'll say is that the band let it all hang out and leave it at that.
My thanks to the members of Scrotal Vice for speaking to me with their masks off and pants on, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
Tipsy taken from the album A List of Some of the Things I Have Touched In the Past Couple of Days
βιαιοθανασία 目 taken from the EP Scrot Rot
Another Year in the Mating Season Cleer Skull Shampeeling taken from the compilation TENTACLES - Grind and Other Punk from East Asia and Australia
Humanimal Meatswine Flu Open Mouth - Part ii taken from the EP Humanimal
We're like the B-side of every good record," is the self-deprecating way Genaracion Suicida describe themselves. A throwback to the genre's earliest years, the band draw from the raw simplicity of Seventies punk, as well as their own Latin heritage.
I caught up with the band downstairs from Rumah Api on the first night of their South East Asian tour. We spoke about their recent South East Asian tour, the band's history, and their reasons for singing all their songs in Spanish. I was especially eager to ask them about the nature of the punk scene in South Central L.A. - an area that's usually associated with gangsta rap, and often overshadowed by the neighbouring Orange County and Bay Area punk scenes. It was an enlightening conversation, to say the least.
My thanks to the members of Genaracion Suicida for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: Generacion Suicida taken from the self-titled demo
Ya No Hay Ke Hablar Todo Destruido taken from the album Con La Muerte a Tu Lado
Desconexion Sombras taken from the album Sombras
No Hay Control Soldados taken from the album Todo Termina
Yo No Se Unidos No Existe taken from the album Reflejos
Here is the 64th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Singapore-based thrashers Tormentress.
Tormentress are no strangers to this podcast, having contributed a track way back in 2015. In addition, their bassist Gwen was a part of my interview with Reyerta a few months back. But this is the first time I actually met the whole band - and since they made their way to KL to play Rumah Api, the time had come to finally interview them.
We talked about the band's origins, their lyrical content, and why you may not hear a new album any time soon. It was a long overdue chat with one of the more interesting bands in the region.
My thanks again to the members of Tormentress for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING Thrashing Disorder Visoes De Feminista taken from the EP Thrashing Disorder
The Great Oppression Infinite Oneness taken from the album Operation Torment
Here is the 63rd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Worcester thrashers High Command.
I discovered High Command on my most recent NY trip, when they shared a bill with Black Tusk and Whores at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn. They were the odd men out that night, with their fast thrash standing in stark contrast to the slower, more "rock" centric bands that played that night.
But what stood out to me most about them was the fact that they hailed from Worcester, a city in Massachusetts that I visit almost once a year, and where I had just come back from the day before. So I was interested in sitting down with them to find out more about their scene.
We did the interview in their van, parked across the street from Saint Vitus. We talked about their history, their upcoming release on Southern Lord, and what makes Worcester so metal. It was an informative talk, and one that already has me planning my next trip to Worcester.
My thanks to the guys in High Command for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
Sword Of Wisdom The Commanders Code taken from The Secartha Demos
Labyrinth of Pain The Primordial Void taken from The Primordial Void 7"
Here is the 62nd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with J.R. Fritsch of Seratus Ribu Records.
James Russell Fritsch and I have been in the same room several times in the last 20 years without knowing it. As the projectionist for Meatjack, he was responsible for the visuals that played during the band's performances. I saw Meatjack regularly during my college days, and while I never met James personally, his contributions were a large part of the band's appeal.
James and I were officially introduced earlier this year when Third Culture Kings played KL as part of their South East Asian tour (which he helped organize, since he released their debut on his label). He was even present when I interviewed the band. We had a pleasant conversation and exchanged info that night, but at no point did his past band history come up. It was only a few weeks ago when I interviewed Darsombra on their own S.E.A. tour that I found out a member of Meatjack had been operating a label in Bandung - and was in fact the same guy I had met at Tandang in February.
I reconnected with James in Singapore when Darsombra played there, and since he was planning a trip to KL, we made plans to do a podcast together. We hung out on the roof above Tandang Store to talk about the ways our paths have (unknowingly) crossed, his time in Meatjack, how he ended up living in Bandung, and his approach to finding and releasing new artists. It was a rambling conversation filled with good stories about the past - the kind only two aging music nerds could have.
My thanks again to James for taking the time to speak with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: Meatjack - Z Meatjack - You Fuck taken from the "Three Songs With Mike Hill" sessions
Cream Abdul Babar - Todd Space is my Day Job taken from the compilation Excavation: 1995-1998
Aluk Todolo - Burial Ground taken from the album Descension
Ala Muerte - Blight taken from the split with Coffee Faith
Diehoarse (Seahoarse / To Die collaboration) - Three Songs taken from the s/t CS Diehoarse
Here is the 61st installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring part two of an interview with Brian Daniloski and Ann Everton of Darsombra.
In part two of my interview with Darsombra, we discuss the role of costumes and characters in the band's live performances, as well as the spiritual and religious aspects of their music. I also reveal the secret origin of Dreams of Consciousness, and the role Brian played in its creation 15 years ago.
My thanks again to Brian and Ann for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Nymphaea taken from the album Nymphaea
Underworld From Insects. . . To Aliens (The Worms Turn) taken from the album Polyvision
Meatjack - Crawl taken from the album Days of Fire
Here is the 60th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring part one of an interview with Brian Daniloski and Ann Everton of Darsombra.
I've been watching Brian Daniloski perform since the turn of the millennium. His previous band Meatjack played CBGBs regularly, and shared the stage with the likes of Grief and Today is the Day while representing the most forward thinking edge of heavy music. I've kept up with Brian and his music throughout the years, and got to see his latest project Darsombra a couple of times.
So it was a big deal to me when Darsombra announced their South East Asian tour, as it was one of the few times that someone from my past life has come through Malaysia. Unfortunately, the first part of their tour coincided with my own travels, and I missed their gig in KL., but due to the extensive nature of their Malaysia tour, I was able to catch them when they played Johor Bahru.
In part one of my interview with Darsombra, we talk about how Brian and Ann ended up in South East Asia, the history of Darsombra, the tricky task of categorizing their music, and the role that video plays in their live performances.
TRACKLIST:
Lamentings - Auguries taken from the album Eternal Jewel
Thunder Thighs taken from the album Climax Community
Mega-Void Part One Mega-Void Part Two taken from the album Mega-Void
Here is the 59th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Parisian punk rockers Youth Avoiders.
"Eighties inspired hardcore punk without distortion played as fast as we can." That's how the Paris-based Youth Avoiders describe their sound.
I caught up with the band before their headlining Not A Fest set at Rumah Api. We talked about their origins, their South East Asian tour, and the state of the punk scene in Paris. We also discussed the writing and recording of their latest album Relentless, including how they achieved their distinctive guitar tone.
My thanks to the members of Youth Avoiders for sitting down to speak with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Grit Your Teeth Control Vows And Vultures taken from the album Youth Avoiders
Martial Society Between Disparate Lines World Vision, Wide Opening taken from the album Relentless
Crushing Machine Deep Breath taken from the Spare Parts E.P.
Here is the 58th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Seoul-based power violence band Mymanmike.
Mymanmike is as international as it gets: Based in South Korea but with 2 expats in the line up (guitarist/vocalist Matt is American and drummer J.P. is French, with vocalist/bassist Sunwoon rounding out the trio), the band has played over 100 shows throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. Their gig at Rumah Api, where I caught up with them, was actually their second time playing Kuala Lumpur, and only one stop on an extensive tour that took them to more cities in Malaysia than I've ever been to.
We talked how the three of them met, the role of beer in the band's formation, and the story behind their unusual name. It was a fun chat which, like the band's music, encompassed several different accents and languages.
My thanks to Sun, JP, and Matt for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: My Man Mike Inside outside USA South Kor Suicide Le ligre est un animal surprenant We are the Borg taken from the album Will You Marry Me?
Pigeon king The grass is greener (feat Julien Mattana) 2-22 2 headed sharktopus The new highscore Baby, I only do that because I love you taken from the album I'm Pregnant
Here is the 57th instalment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Rasyid Juraimi of Singaporean stoner rockers Marijannah.
I caught up with Rasyid when Marijannah played Rumah Api, on the same night that I interviewed Australian psychedelic metal band Potion (with whom Marijannah were touring). Though I've seen him play a number of times, and have actually interviewed his Wormrot bandmate Arif twice, this interview was the first time I've spoken with Rasyid.
We talked about Marijannah's origins, the difference between writing for stoner rock and grindcore, as well as the setbacks the band faced in getting their debut album Til Marijannah released.
Though the focus of the interview was on Marijannah, I couldn't help but ask about Wormrot's show at this year's Maryland Deathfest - thus concluding a triptych started back in January on the Wormrot podcast and continued in April on the Code Error episode. It turns out this story had a happy, drunken, trashcan-throwing ending.
My thanks again to Rasyid for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: 1974 Bride of Mine All Hollows' Eve Snakecharmer taken from the album Till Marijannah
Here is the 56th instalment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Sydney psychedelic metal band Potion.
I had never heard of Potion prior to the day they were scheduled to play Rumah Api; but the Sleep/Electric Wizard-esque doom I heard on their Bandcamp page convinced me that they were well worth checking out. Besides, since they made it all the way from Australia to play KL, I figured I could make the much shorter trip from Wangsa Maju to check them out.
I sat down with the band before their gig at Rumah Api. We talked about the band's origins, how their South East Asian tour with Marijannah came about, as well as their feelings about the amount of attention they've received in the short time they've been around. We also spent some time discussing the nature of the music scene in Sydney.
My thanks again to the members of Potion for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: Women of the Wand Dead Mountain taken from the Women of the Wand EP
Seven Sorcerers Gravemaker taken from the Seven Sorcerers/Gravemaker EP
Here is the 55th instalment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Ryan Quarrington, Matthew DeSisto, and Pat Callaghan of Adelaide metal band Shatter Brain.
Shatter Brain opened for Ratos de Porao at their (somewhat troubled) gig in Kuala Lumpur. Since RDP's flight was severely delayed and we all had time to kill, I approached the guys about doing an interview.
We talked about the origins of the band, their drive and their commitment - which includes drummer Ryan touring South East Asia with a torn ACL. We also spent some time talking about the nature of the scene in their hometown of Adelaide. It was one of the most fun and laid back interviews I've ever done.
My thanks to the guys from Shatter Brain for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Rip The Stitch Discard Invisible War Dog's Water taken from The Shatter Brain Demo
The Ship That Never Sinks taken from the Blunt Shovel/Shatter Brain split
Here is the 54th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Boka and Jão of Brazilian hardcore legends Ratos de Porão.
As soon as it was announced that R.D.P. were playing Kuala Lumpur, I knew I'd have to get them on the podcast. It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to interview a legendary band - a band that influenced the bands I grew up on, and who I probably won't get another chance to speak with.
As fate would have it, their flight from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur was delayed several times; by the time they finished their set at Playspace, it was after 2AM and they were clearly too tired to do an interview.
Not one to let something like borders stop me, I made my way to Singapore and caught up with them there.
We spoke about the band's history, the nature of the Brazilian hardcore scene in the Eighties, and what it was like being a punk band in Brazil at the tail end of the military dictatorship. We also spent some time talking about the Brasil album, which was the first RDP album I heard, and is to this day one of my favourite hardcore albums.
My thanks again to Boka and Jão for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: Crucificados Pelo Sistema/Caos/Obrigado a Obedecer taken from the album Crucificados Pelo Sistema
Ignorância/Sentir Ódio E Nada Mais taken from the album Cada Dia Mais Sujo E Agressivo
Amazônia Nunca Mais/Beber Até Morrer taken from the album Brasil
Colisão/Difícil de Entender taken from the album Carniceria Tropical
Stress Pós-Traumático/Neocanibalismo taken from the album Seculo Sinistro
Here is the 53rd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Joe Casey of Detroit-based post-punk band Protomartyr.
I'm not going to lie, I dropped the ball on this one. My buddy Stephen told me about Protomartyr and their show at Live Fact in KL weeks before we were set to go there; but due to work and other commitments, I wasn't able to do much in the way of research. Luckily, Stephen joined us for the interview, and jumped in with his own questions - otherwise, this could very well have been a 5 minute long podcast.
We discussed the history of Protomartyr, their songwriting process, and the origins behind some of their songs. We also discussed how the band's collaboration with Kelley Deal of the Breeders came about.
My thanks to Joe for talking to us, to Stephen for keeping the conversation going, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
Machinist Man How He Lived After He Died taken from the album No Passion All Technique
You Win Again taken from the Consolation E.P.
Blues Festival taken from the Protomartyr/R. Ring split 7"
Corpses in Regalia Here is the Thing taken from the album Relatives in Descent
Come & See taken from the album Under Color of Official Right
Why Does it Shake? taken from the album The Agent Intellect
Here is the 52nd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Brandon Evans, Ryan Parrish and Kevin Longendyke of seminal screamo band City of Caterpillar.
The announcement that City of Caterpillar were coming to Malaysia was a big deal - big enough for me to consider putting off a trip back to Brooklyn. [It turned out that work and finances made those plans moot anyways.] I discovered the band during my post-college days, when I first moved to Malaysia and there was not much tethering me to life except the search for new music. It was a time when the boundaries between punk, metal, hardcore, and experimental music were fraying, and bands were deconstructing and recombining aspects of different genres to come up with new and exciting ways to play heavy music.
I sat down with Brandon, Ryan, and Kevin downstairs from Rumah Api before their headlining set at Not A Fest XXXVI. We discussed the events that led to this Asian tour, the band's history, and their thoughts on their legacy. We also discussed their plans for the future, which Ryan summed up thusly: "This is the future."
My thanks to Ci Chaan for helping coordinate the interview, to the band for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Fucking Hero A Little Change Could Go A Long Way taken from the album City of Caterpillar
As The Curtains Dim; (little white lie) Driving Spain Up A Wall taken from the Driving Spain Up A Wall EP
Here is the 51st installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Singapore-based power violence group Reyerta.
I interviewed the band at the end of March, when they headlined a show at Rumah Api. I didn't know much about them, but their story fascinated me - two people from Spain and two from the Philippines who somehow all met in Singapore and decided to play power violence.
We discussed how they came together, the quick manner their two recordings were written and recorded, and the band's preference for singing in their native tongues. We also discussed the band's future and plans for touring. It was a fun, somewhat rambling interview - enabled, no doubt, by the number of beers opened throughout our conversation (which you can periodically hear on the recording).
My thanks again to the members of Reyerta for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: ExpolioEvolucion Wala Lloros de Sangre ¿Dónde está tu Dios? Oo, Malaya Ka taken from the album Reyerta
Graxiana Autoconcienca Bobbit Vidas Tuteladas Vacuida taken from the album No Palabras
Here is the 50th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Maxwell Gravelle of Setentia.
I took a short trip to New Zealand in early April, scheduling my trip to coincide with Impetuous Ritual's gig at Whammy Bar in Auckland. As readers of the blog may have noticed, I'm somewhat obsessed with New Zealand's metal scene, and I was eager to interview a few bands while I was in town.
Setentia is a band that I've followed with keen interest since I heard their 2 song promo a few years back. I've been looking forward to interviewing them, and this trip presented a unique opportunity to do so.
I sat down with Maxwell shortly after Impetuous Ritual finished their set. We discussed Setentia's history, as well as the backstory behind the writing and release of their debut Darkness Transcend. I also asked Maxwell to fill me in on the New Zealand metal scenes. It was an elucidating chat all around.
My thanks again to Maxwell for taking the time to meet and talk to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: The Enemy Within Beyond Myopic Blame Throne of Thorns Fruit of Life
Here is the 49th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Arif Rot about his new grindcore supergroup Code Error.
When I interviewed Arif back in Janaury, the topic of Code Error only came up at the very end - I didn't ask many questions at the time, because I knew very little about the project. It's the closest this podcast has come to a "tease". Fast forward a few months, and Code Error opened up for Rotten Sound at Rumah Api - their second gig ever. Since the self-titled EP had just come out a few weeks prior, I figured it was as good a time as any to do a full Code Error interview.
We talked about the history of the project, the difficulties of having members in other countries, and the band's plans for the future. I also asked if there will ever be a Code Error/Worm Rot tour. [In a word: No.]
My thanks to Arif for talking to me (again), and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: 0-6 taken from the Code Error EP
Here is the 48th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Keijo Niinimaa and Mika Aalto of Rotten Sound.
I caught up with the band when they played Rumah Api on the 17th of March. This was the culmination of years of work by the show's organizers, who had attempted to get the band to play KL after their appearance at Obscene Extreme Asia back in 2013. Their efforts finally came to fruition this year, as the band was scheduled to return to the region for another festival in Indonesia.
Since 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of Rotten Sound, I asked them about their history, the secret to their longevity and what keeps them going after all these years. We also discussed their upcoming EP Suffer to Abuse.
My thanks again to Keijo and Mika for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Prai$€ the £ord/Sold Out/Caste System taken from the album Cycles
Declare/Exploit/Ritual taken from the album Cursed
Super Satan/Abusement Park taken from the album Drain
I, A Project/Corporate Fuck taken from the album Under Pressure
Lack of Awareness taken from the Still Psycho EP
Brainwashed/Inhumane Treatment taken from the album Abuse to Suffer
Here is the 47th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Swiss hardcore punk trio Heckler.
I was hipped to the fact that Heckler was coming to town by their fellow Swiss punks Überyou, who had played KL a few weeks prior. I contacted Heckler (bassist/vocalist Timo, guitarist/vocalist Sandro, and drummer Raphi) as they made their way through South East Asia, and met them at Rumah Api before their set. The band told me that this is one of the first interviews they've done (for which I sincerely apologize).
We talked about the origins of the band, what led to them to touring South East Asia, and bringing their "name your price/pay what you want" philosophy on the road with regards to their merchandise. They also told me about a terrifying gig in Solo (Surakarta), Indonesia, that was disrupted by both machete-wielding religious extremists and machine gun-toting police. The fact that the band still pushed through to the end of their tour is a testament to their dedication.
My thanks again to Timo, Sandro, and Raphi for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Power Demons Skateboard Rock N Roll Kill Your Kids taken from the album 2016 Records
Having Fun Privileged Nightmare Thrash and Run taken from the album Heckler
Here is the 46th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Oslo trio MoE.
Despite not coming from a traditional "metal" or "hardcore" background, MoE make tremendously heavy music - the kind that Swans or Zeni Geva would be proud to call their own. Interestingly, the band (comprised of bassist/vocalist Guro Skumsnes Moe, guitarist Håvard Skaset, and drummer Joakim Heibø Johansen) are all trained musicians with music school degrees.
I caught up with MoE before their set at Rumah Api, where they shared the stage with some of Malaysia's more notable doom and stoner rock bands. We discussed the band's origins and musical background, their writing process, and the role of improvisation in their songwriting and live performances. It was a good conversation - the first time I got to interview three music school alumni. I hope my questions rose to the occasion.
My thanks to MoE for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: It Pictures (featuring Okkyung Lee) taken from the album It Pictures
Doll's Eyes taken from the album Examination Of The Eye Of A Horse
Fighting Light taken from the album Oslo Janus II
Shōchū taken from the album Oslo Janus III
Meltdown taken from the album MoE 3
Here is the 45th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Jan Johansen and Alap Momin of Third Culture Kids.
A little while ago I ran into my buddy Alak (from Pusher and Tandang Store) on the train coming back from work. He told me that Third Culture Kings were booked to play Tandang over the Chinese New Year holiday. I reached out to the band about doing an interview, and they were enthusiastic about the idea [more than this little blog and its meager reach deserves, frankly]. We discussed the origins of their name and the concept of "third culture kids", as well as the roots of the project and the process of creating their first album Is That Light You Carry?
We also talked about the genesis of the amazing black metal-themed video for their song "Sunshine for Sadie".
The conversation, much like 3CK's music, touched on everything from Pink Floyd to Diplo. This might have been the most fun and energetic podcast interview I've ever done. My thanks to Jan and Alap for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: SevenSlayers From the Womb to the Moon Is That Light You Carry? Sunshine for Sadie Done and Gone taken from the album Is That Light You Carry?
Here is the 44th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Zurich punks Überyou.
The band played Rumah Api on a Tuesday night. We did the interview downstairs from the venue while they waited for their drummer to arrive from the airport. It was a fairly tense situation - he had missed a previous flight, and the band were concerned that he might not arrive in time for the gig.
Luck was on their side however - the gig started after 9pm and had no less than five opening bands. Originally, I found this deeply, deeply irritating (having come straight from the office, and needing to get up early the next day). But the logistics ended up working in the band's favour, as the last opening band was still playing when their drummer arrived. The timing couldn't have worked out better for them.
During the interview, we spoke about their love of touring, and their experiences playing Cuba and Myanmar (two countries not many foreign bands get to play at all). We also discussed DIY culture and their feelings about the scene in their home of Zurich. It was a good talk, aided immeasurably by the fact that we all had a lot of time to kill.
My thanks to the guys from Überyou for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Indestructable Überdose Gas Money Is All We Need Down In The Tenderloin taken from the album Revolütion
These Walls All We Got Better End taken from the album Üntergang
Best of Me So Long taken from the EP Frontiers
Here is the 43rd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Lan of Singapore hardcore veterans Protest.
We conducted the interview downstairs from Rumah Api, where Protest were playing their first KL show in more than 20 years. It was part of a short Malaysia tour in support of their new EP Moral Injustice. We discussed the history of Protest, the circumstances behind their long hiatus and their recent revival. We also discussed the band's plans for the future.
Credit for this podcast has to go to Borhan from Osmantikos, who let me know not just about this show, but about Protest's importance in the hardcore scene in Singapore and Malaysia.
My thanks to Lan for speaking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
We Can't Be Silent Pink Carnation taken from Moral Injustice
Freedom Not System Why? taken from The Biggest Proof Of Human Greed Is War
Protest taken from Remember Those Noises three-way split
Here is the 42nd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Arif of Singapore grinders Wormrot.
I caught up with Arif when Wormrot played Mamatfest 2018 at Black Box in the Publika mall. We talked about how their new drummer Vijesh became part of the band, in addition to their experiences playing Vietnam and touring the U.S. I got to tell my story about sitting outside their sold out show at Union Pool in Brooklyn back in 2011, hoping to snag a ticket. I didn't get in; but I've been lucky enough to see Wormrot regularly since moving back to Asia.
[NOTE - In the interview I mistakenly referred to the show in Vietnam as Saigon Deathfest. I have since been informed that it was something else. I apologize for the error.]
My thanks again to Arif for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Hollow Roots Oblivious Mess Buried the Su Fallen into Disuse taken from the album Voices
Loathsome Delusions Outburst of Annoyance taken from the EP Noise
Here is the 41st installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with my buddies Qadir and Aditya of Singapore thrashers Bloodstone.
I hung out with and interviewed the Bloodstone guys when they played Rumah Api back in September of 2017. I hadn't seen them in about a year. We talked about the writing process for their first full length F.T.W., their upcoming 7" split with Xanadoo, and the stylistic shift from their earlier material.
Bloodstone were the first band I ever saw at Rumah Api - I walked in on their soundcheck before their gig back in 2012 and stayed for the whole thing. I even took pictures of them soundchecking. They've been on the podcast before - I interviewed them a year later for the Singapore podcast. I've hung out with them regularly since then, and try to make it out to Singapore to watch them play. They're some of my favourite people, and I don' t think they can't be on this podcast enough.
My thanks again to Qadir and Aditya for talking to me, and to you for listening.
Tracklisting I Am Hell Curse of Existence The Piledriver F.T.W. taken from the album F.T.W.
Here is the 40th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Matthew Weed and Eric Jernigan of Rosetta.
I snagged Rosetta's guitarists just before their set at Rumah Api on December 3rd. We discussed their Asia-Pacific tour, as well as the concept and writing process behind their latest album Utopioid. We also talked about the "pay what you want" model that Rosetta has embraced for its last few releases, and the importance of touring and playing shows in expanding their audience. It was an insightful conversation, and one of the best interviews I've done.
My thanks to Matthew and Eric for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Fudo / The Immovable Deity taken from the album The Anaesthete
54543 King Ivory Tower Détente taken from the album Utopioid
(Untitled III) taken from the album Quintessential Ephemera
Here is the 39th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Montréal punks Parasytes.
The band were playing a Not A Fest show as part of their extensive South East Asia and Australia tour. We conducted the interview downstairs from Rumah Api's new location at Menara MPAJ while the opening acts were finishing up. We discussed their tour schedule, their feelings about being labelled "UK 82" punk, as well as the scene back in Montréal and their venue Coopérative Katakombes.
My thanks to Parasytes to talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Burning Down the Cities/Paranoid Visions taken from the Straight Jacket EP
Out On The Streets/Reckless taken from the split with Secta
Bloodsucker/Blinded/Melting Brain taken from the 2015 demo
Here is the 38th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Come to Grief.
This podcast came as a surprise even to me. I got in touch with the band to do a Q+A interview and fired off an e-mail to drummer Chuck Conlon; little did I know that he would assemble the entire band and record their answers. The audio was so good it seemed like a waste to merely transcribe it, so here it is as a podcast.
The band answered my questions about their origins, their debut EP The Worst of Times, and their feelings about the proliferation of "sludge" as a genre. I also asked a lot of questions about Grief, who I saw back in the day at one of the annual Loud Az Fuck fests held at CBGBs. That may be the best gig I've ever been to, and so I would have been remiss if I didn't ask them about their memories of that day.
My thanks again to the guys in Come to Grief for answering my questions, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Come to Grief - Futility of Humanity Come to Grief - No Saviour Grief - I Hate The Human Race Grief - Come to Grief
Here is the 37th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Joe "Joey Shithead" Keithley of Canadian punk legends D.O.A.
I met Joe when D.O.A. was scheduled to play Rumah Api, and snagged him for an interview during the opening bands' sets. We discussed D.O.A.'s recent Asia tour, their reputation as one of the hardest touring hardcore bands, the nature of "hardcore" and D.O.A.'s relationship to it after coining the term.
We also spent some time talking about Joe's involvement in politics, including his recent run for office with the B.C. Green Party and his future plans. I hope he wins, if only so I can tell impending Canadian friends about the time I interviewed the Mayor of Burnaby outside a DIY venue in Malaysia.
My thanks to Joe for talking to me, and to you for listening.
"Talk - Action = 0"
TRACKLIST: "D.O.A." [taken from Hardcore 81] "General Strike [taken from Let's Wreck The Party] "Ni Hao" [taken from Hard Rain Falling] "Death Machine" [taken from 13 Flavours of Doom] "When Power Came to Canada [taken from Kings Of Punk, Hockey And Beer] "Eve Of Destruction" [taken from the Fucked Up Donald single] "We Won't Give In" [taken from Talk Minus Action Equals 0]
Here is the 36th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Boston punks Sadist.
I met Sadist at Rumah Api, where they were headlining one of Ci Chaan's regular Not-A-Fest shows. I asked if they wanted to do an interview and the whole band (bassist Stormcloud, vocalist Ghost, guitarist Mimic, and drummer TPP) agreed. We did the interview upstairs behind Tandang Store while Malaysian death metal band Lavatory tore it up onstage down below. [You can hear Lavatory's entire set in the background, making this interview the weirdest live bootleg ever.] We discussed the band's South East Asian tour, the scene in Boston, and their feelings about social media, among other topics. We finished the interview with 20 seconds to spare on my digital recorder, and the band were called downstairs just as I was about to hit stop. Perfect timing.
Sadist's live set didn't disappoint. In addition to a good deal of lo-fi chaos, Ghost pulled out a razor blade and proceeded to cut up his chest, Mayhem-style. They're an intense band, to say the least.
My thanks to the guys in Sadist for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING
Beauty Fades Minotaur's Maze Abuse Mask The Shadow of the Swastika
all tracks taken from the Blood Song demo
Here is the 35th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Tessa Tribe of Melbourne band Masses. Enjoy.
I caught up with Tessa when Masses played Rumah Api last week. We discussed their South East Asian tour, the history of the band, their upcoming EP, and her label Lost in Fog Records, among other things.
My thanks to Tessa for taking the time to talk to me, and to you for listening.
[...apologies for the background noise.]
TRACKLIST:
Seasons/Intolerance taken from the EP Horde Mentality
Paranoid taken from the album Moloch
She's Lost Control taken from Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures [The CVLT Nation Sessions]
Eternal/Hidden taken from the album Moloch
Here is the 34th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Avi Kulawy of Magrudergrind.
Here is the 33rd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Drew Brown of Weekend Nachos.
I met Drew when Weekend Nachos played Rumah Api with Primitive Man back in April. We talked about doing an interview that night, but my recorder crapped out on me. Luckily, I was able to catch them again when Nachos played Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn on May 20th - the same day their latest (and last) album Apology was officially released.
We talked about the band's recent South East Asian tour, the genesis of Apology, as well as their plans post-Nachos.
My thanks again to Drew for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
Old Friends Don't Mean Shit/The Meeting/Jock Powerviolence taken from the album Worthless
Fashioncore 88/Bleed taken from the album Two Things at Once
Yes Way/No Idols and No Heroes taken from the album Still
World Genocide/Dust/Apology taken from the album Apology
Here is the 32nd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Shawn Haché of Mitochondrion.
The interview took place at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, where Mitochondrion played a show with Phobocosm, Auroch, and Artificial Brain (featured on the last podcast, and interviewed the same night).
Mitochondrion is a band that has both fascinated and bewildered me since I first heard them back in 2011. Due to the esoteric and challenging nature of their music, I have to admit I was fairly apprehensive about approaching them; of course, as is often the case, they couldn't have been nicer or more accommodating. We talked about the recent split release with Auroch, the status of the next Mitochondrion album, and the band's approach to writing music.
My thanks again to Shawn for taking the time to talk to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING Eternal Contempt of Man taken from the album Archaeaeon Gilded Words Reaped taken from the split EP In Cronian Hour Trials Banishment (Undecaphosphoric) taken from the album Parasignosis 137 (Mors Formulae) taken from the EP Antinumerology
Here is the 31st installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring interviews with Black Fast's Aaron Akin, Artificial Brain's William Smith, and Topsy and Holm of Sanitys Dawn. These were recorded over three different nights during three different shows at Saint Vitus Bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Black Fast shared a bill with Hate Eternal and Vital Remains, and kicked major ass. I talked to their frontman/guitarist Aaron about the history of the band, their insane touring schedule, and what they'll be up to when the tour wraps up.
Artificial Brain were a last minute replacement for Gath Šmânê as openers for Mitochondrion, Phobocosm and Auroch. I'd never officially met William before, but we have a lot of friends in common in the NY scene, including members of Grey Skies Fallen and his other band Buckshot Facelift. He's a hell of a frontman and a sweetheart of a guy. We talked about his onstage persona "Big Baby Brain" and the upcoming Artificial Brain album, as well as what Buckshot is up to.
Sanitys Dawn were part of an insane six band Catbomb show that was headlined by the reunited Despise You. Their singer Topsy spotted me taking photos from the side of the stage and proceeded to literally get in my face. He made an impression, to say the least, and I figured that was as good a reason as any to put him and his drummer Holm on the podcast. At the end of our conversation, they said it was the first interview they'd done in 6 years. I promised them that as soon as I got back to Malaysia I'd get in touch with them for a real interview. Look for that to happen soon...ish.
My thanks to everyone who took the time to talk to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: Black Fast - To Propogate The Void taken from the album Terms of Surrender Black Fast - Obelisk taken from the album Starving Out The Light Black Fast - Virulent Cognition taken from the EP Black Fast
Artificial Brain - Frozen Planets Artificial Brain - Absorbing Black Ignition taken from the album Labyrinth Constellation
Sanitys Dawn - Kill You taken from the split with Magrudergrind Sanitys Dawn - Fed Up taken from the split with Yacøpsæ Sanitys Dawn - Mangled in the Meatgrinder taken from the album Mangled in the Meatgrinder Sanitys Dawn - Mutilation taken from the album Cryptic Menu
Here is the 30th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Doktor Ross Sewage of Impaled.
Impaled is a band I've been a huge fan of since my college days. I had their debut album The Dead Shall Dead Remain in heavy rotation back then, and caught them multiple times as they toured in support of it. I was able to catch Ross in NY last summer while he was in town on other business. We met up at Saint Vitus Bar and I interviewed him outside the venue. We discussed their debut, their reasons for re-recording it, and the current status of the band.
My thanks again to Ross for talking to me, and to you for listening.
[Apologies for the mumbling.]
TRACKLIST: Gorenography/Spirits of the Dead taken from the album The Dead Shall Dead Remain
Raise the Stakes/To Die For taken from the album Mondo Medicale
Dead Alive/The Dead Shall Dead Remain taken from the album Death After Life
The Hearse (Deadbolt Cover) taken from the album Medical Waste
Back to the Grave/Flesh and Blood taken from the album The Dead Still Dead Remain
G.O.R.E. taken from the album The Last Gasp
Here is the 29th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with illustrator and podcaster Mark Rudolph.
Mark is half the team behind the Requiem Metal Podcast, which he does with his friend Jason Hundey. I've been a fan of their podcast for years, and it's no secret that Requiem provided the blueprint for this one. In addition to that, Mark provides art for Decibel Magazine, and has put out a few metal themed graphic novels inspired by the music of Mercyful Fate and Celtic Frost.
We did the interview in the "VIP Area" behind the merch booths at Maryland Deathfest 2015, while a reunited Solstice threatened to drown us out from a nearby stage. We talked about Mark's beginnings in the zine world, the genesis of the Requiem podcast, and some of his recent illustration work.
Since the interview was conducted last summer, one of the big questions was, "Will there by more Requiem?" Of course, in the intervening months Mark and Jason resurrected the podcast, and have released a slew of new shows. I wish I could have released this episode while that news was still fresh and exclusive, but time got away from me. What can I say - I take after my heroes.
My thanks again to Mark for taking the time to talk to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Eucharist - Wounded and Alone
Entombed - Forsaken
Dismember - And So is Life
Ceremonial Oath - The Shadowed End
Dark Tranquillity - My Faeryland Forgotten
Unanimated - At Dawn
Dawn - Ride The Wings of Pestilence
Here is the 28th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Full of Hell's Dylan Walker and David Bland.
I met up with the band in the summer of 2015 when they played ABC No Rio with The Body; they were rushing from one venue to another, so we discussed the possibility of doing an interview during their upcoming South East Asian tour. Fast-forward to this past Friday, when they played Kuala Lumpur: I grabbed Dylan and David as they were waiting for their headlining set at Play Space in Damansara Perdana. We talked about the logistics of this tour, their recent collaboration with Merzbow, and some of their future plans.
My thanks again to Dylan and David for taking the time to talk to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Bone Coral and Brine/Indigence And Guilt/Embrace taken from Rudiments of Mutilation
Coven of the Larynx/Fox Womb taken from Music From The Dial
Blue Litmus/Fawn Heads And Unjoy taken from Full of Hell & Merzbow
Ergot taken from Sister Fawn
Halogen Bulb taken from Amber Mote in the Black Vault
Here is the 27th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with French death metal band NecroWretch.
I met the band when they played Embrace Hall in Johor Bahru, on the second date of their South East Asian tour. It was their first time to the region, and the band had been looking forward to the tour for months. I spoke to founder/guitarist/vocalist Vlad downstairs from the venue about how this tour came about, the metal scene in France, being signed to Century Media, and their new album With Serpents Scourge, among other things.
My thanks again to Vlad for taking the time to talk to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
Spewed from Hell/The Anthropomancer taken from the album Putrid Death Sorcery
Zombie Ritual [Death Cover]/Sepulchral Pleading taken from the compilation NecroWretch - Bestial Rites 2009-2012
He Thrones on Thy Sins/With Serpents Scourge/Mortem Ritu taken from the album With Serpents Scourge
Here is the 26th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring a conversation with my friends Scott Colvin and "Metal Mike" Dabaie as we made our way to Maryland Deathfest.
On the second day of Maryland Deathfest XIII, I recorded a conversation with my friends Scott and Mike as we drove down from Scott's home in Annapolis, Maryland (where Scott was kind enough to let us spend the night). We discussed the metal culture, the perception that metalheads are prone to violence, and what we were looking forward to most that day.
My thanks again to Scott and Mike for speaking with me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST: Tryptikon - A Thousand Lies Arcturus - Angst Bulldozer - Don't Trust The 'Saint' Morpheus Descends - The Horror of The Truth Vulcano - Death Metal
Here's the 25th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring a conversation from my ride down to Maryland Deathfest with Josh Landes (Limbs Bin/Infinite Distortion Radio), Jesse Bagels (Spite/Stygian Black Hand Records) and Henry Yuan (Electric Assault Records).
I ran into Josh at ABC No Rio when Full of Hell and The Body played the week-end prior; he offered me a ride down to MDF, which I eagerly jumped at because AMTRAK and Chinatown buses suck. During the course of the ride we discussed who we were most excited to see at MDF, our previous experiences at the fest, and recent events in Baltimore, among other things. It was the best time I've ever had getting down there.
My thanks again to Josh, Henry and Jesse for the ride, the conversation, and the good company.
TRACKLIST: Bloodbath - Total Death Exhumed Lycanthrophy - Rancour Napalm Death - One Eyed Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Hungry Homeless Handjob Aura Noir - The One Who Smite Master - As Two Worlds Collide Suffocation - Depths of Depravity Obituary - The End Complete
Here is the 24th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Cremator of Creepsylvanian thrashers Ghoul.
I contacted the band through one of their human intermediaries. The interview was conducted just before their set at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, in a van parked around the corner from the venue. I was lucky to leave with both the interview and my life [though I wasn't quite the same when I got home that night].
My thanks again to Cremator for taking the time to talk to me (and not eating me), and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING: "Mechanized Death" "Boneless" taken from Maniaxe
"Coffins and Curios" "We Came for the Dead" taken from We Came for the Dead
"Cult of the Hunter" "Rise, Killbot, Rise!!!" taken from Splatterthrash
"Destructor" "Transmission Zero" taken from Transmission Zero
"Graveyard Mosh/Ghoul" "Ghouls Night Out" taken from the Ghoul demo
Here is the 23rd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Matt McGachy of Canadian death metal legends Cryptopsy.
Matt spoke with me shortly before Cryptopsy's headlining show at the Nihil Gallery in Brooklyn. The interview took place upstairs from the performance space, with the owner's dog Wednesday sitting in with us (and occasionally contributing to the recording). We spoke about the band's history, going independent with their last album, and their upcoming crowd-funded EP The Book of Suffering.
My thanks again to Matt for taking the time to talk to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLISTING:
"Abigor" taken from Blasphemy Made Flesh
"Phobophile" "Slit Your Guts" taken from None So Vile
"Oh My Fucking God" (Strapping Young Lad cover) taken from The Best of Us Bleed
"The Golden Square Mile" "Damned Draft Dodgers" taken from Cryptopsy
"Faceless Unknown" "Cold Hate, Warm Blood" taken from Whisper Supremacy
Here is the 22nd installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with death metal godfather Paul Speckmann of Master, Death Strike, Krabathor, Abomination...the list goes on.
The interview took place before Master played the Acheron in Brooklyn on May 7th. We talked just outside the venue; you can hear some of the other bands soundchecking in the background during the conversation. It was Paul's third interview that afternoon, but he still took the time to tell me some great stories.
My thanks again to Paul for talking to me, and to you for listening.
TRACKLIST:
"Master" "Pay to Die" taken from the album Master
"Funeral Bitch" "Terrorizer" taken from the album Unreleased 1985 Album
"What Kind of God" taken from the album On The Seventh Day...God Created Master
"American Freedom" taken from the album Let's Start A War
"Smile As You're Told" "The New Elite" taken from the album The New Elite
Here is the 21st installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Swedish hardcore legends Mob 47.
The interview was conducted outside Rumah Api, on the first date of the band's Asian/Australian tour. Jetlagged from their flight and having to cope with the Malaysian climate, they still took the time to talk with me until it was their turn to take the stage. The interview, like their music, is short and to the point. I asked them about the early days of the hardcore scene in Sweden, the development of their sound, and delved into some of their subject matter.
My thanks again to Chrille, Åke, and Johan for taking the time to talk with me. Special thanks to Ci Chaan for helping organize the interview.
Mangel on!
TRACKLIST: Nitlott Vägra Rösta Kärnvapen Attack Why Must They Die Apocalyptic Report Racist Regime Rustning är ett Brott Jag Hatar Ert System Brutal Nedladdning Animal Liberation Deathrow/Innocent Victims/Maktmissbruk/Dom Ljuger
Here is the 20th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Dondi Bunye of Filipino death metal OGs (and DoC faves) Brimstone in Fire.
This being the 20th installment of the podcast, I wanted something special to mark the occasion. As it happened, Brimstone In Fire were set to release their first full-length, Outside. I sat down with Don at Demiurge Digital Studios, where we talked about the development of the Filipino metal scene, the formation of Brimstone In Fire, and the band's history until now.
This is a special podcast for me, for many reasons. It was only after my interview with Brimstone In Fire at the beginning of 2012 that Dreams of Consciousness really started to take its present form. In addition to that, I'd been wanting to sit down with Don for a long time, to talk to him about the early days of the Filipino death metal scene - which, despite growing up in Manila, I was largely oblivious to until fairly recently.
I'd like to thank Don, Ian, Isa, Christian and Mikah for all the music and support (and friendship) over the years.
Smash your cage and fly outside...
TRACKLIST:
Gouging Out The Eyes Of The Clairvoyant/Glimpse Of A Future taken from the LIVE + EP
Skeptic taken from the Filipino Alternative Collection compilation
Lords Of Misrule/Man Lives Once And Dies Forever taken from the Brimstone In Fire/Pathogen split
War In My Thoughts/Despair/Winter taken from the forthcoming album Outside
Here is the 19th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, focusing on sludge/doom metal bands from South East Asia, and featuring an interview with Malaysian sludge band Gaur. I sat down with the whole band at Rumah Api at the end of February to talk about their history, their upcoming release, and their thoughts on what separates "sludge punk" from "doom metal".
TRACKLIST: Gaur (Malaysia) - "Taxonomy" taken from the self-titled demo
Keladak (Malaysia) - "Contortionist (EP version)" taken from the Death By Karate EP
Electric Funeral (Malaysia) - "Prison Song" taken from the split EP with Great LSDone
WWHIRR (Malaysia) - "Yesterday"/"Modern Hypocrisy" taken from the album Modern Hypocrisy
Surrogate Prey (Philippines) - "Creviniatus" taken from the upcoming Surrogate Prey/Death After Birth split from Berdugo Records
Death After Birth (Philippines) - "Archfiend Acquisition" taken from the upcoming Surrogate Prey/Death After Birth split from Berdugo Records
Eyes of Fire (Philippines) - "Flowergrave" Unreleased
Malicious Birth (Philippines) - "Mental Auschwitz" Unreleased
Candlegoat (Indonesia) - "Dismal" taken from the album Tenebrosa
Oath (Indonesia) - "Confused" taken from the split with (((...)))
Gaur - "Reflux" taken from the upcoming demo/EP Reflux
Here is the 18th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Lochlan Watt of COLOSSVS, Nuclear Summer, and Monolith Records.
I met Lochlan briefly back in 2012 when Nuclear Summer played Not-A-Fest. He was in KL again near the end of last year, and we ran into each other at Chaos in Rumah Api II. We made plans to do a podcast together, and so a few days after the fest we took a walk around town and then sat down at Merdeka Square to talk about his experiences touring South East Asia, his new band COLOSSVS, and his label Monolith.
It was a fun and insightful interview, and ended up being one of the best podcasts I've done so far. My thanks again to Lochlan for taking the time to talk to me.
TRACKLIST:
COLOSSVS - Xeper taken from the album Unholy
Nuclear Summer - Drink the Milk taken from the EP Death to False Sunshine Metal
Nuclear Summer - Nineteen Eighty Seven Nuclear Summer - The Warrior Poet taken from the album Nuclear Summer
Nuclear Summer - Yellow Bikes taken from the split w/ Stockades
COLOSSVS - Enthroned COLOSSVS - Christburner COLOSSVS - Unholy I: Benay Elohim taken from the album Unholy
Here is the 17th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview I did with Nenett of XRDM and "Djent" Jia of Naratu and Perimeter Breach. I conducted the interview at the end of 2014 while Chaos in Rumah Api 2 was going on, but the idea for this podcast has been germinating since I saw Exkoriator at my very first visit to Rumah Api. Since then I've seen more female-fronted bands, both local and foreign, in that space than anywhere else I've lived. It seemed like a subject worth its own episode even if some of these bands have appeared on the podcast multiple times before. [Coincidentally, an issue of Shock & Awe with the exact same theme came out the same week-end as our interview...what are you going to do?]
My thanks again to "Djent" and Nenett for taking the time to talk to me.
TRACKLIST:
XRDM (Sabah, Malaysia) - Faceless taken from the S/T cassette
Naratu (Malaysia) - Pergi Mampus
Tormentress (Singapore) - Thrash and Torment (thanks Gwen!!!) taken from the album Operation Torment
Exkoriator (Singapore) - Kiluminati taken from the Capitalist War Holocaust 4way split
Purgatory (Thailand) - Epistle From Hell taken from the album Part 1: The Earth
Dei Tetra (Thailand) - Devotees to Flame taken from the Devotees to Flame EP
Dance! On Your Grave (Sarawak, Malaysia) - This Is My War taken from the Civil Disorder EP
Anhura (Philippines) - Empyrean Ascent taken from their upcoming third album
Here is the 16th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, focusing on the upcoming DIY punk and metalfest Chaos in Rumah Api 2. I sat down with the organizers Man Beranak (of Sarjan Hassan, xCrimescenex, WHHIRR, and Annihilation Turbo Kids) and Emi Norazalli (of Tools of the Trade and WHHIRR) to talk about last year's installment, the logistics of organizing an international DIY fest in Kuala Lumpur, and what people can expect from this year's fest. My thanks to Man and Emi for taking the time to talk to me.
TRACKLIST:
Rotgut (Malaysia) "Razored To Death" taken from the split EP with Sete Star Sept
XRDM (Sabah, Malaysia) "Toys R Mine" taken from the split EP with No Statik
13DAS (Malaysia) "Disguise/Power of Shit" taken from the demo Man-Made Apocalypse
Backlash (Singapore) "Church Pig" taken from the album Life in A Bigger Prison
Minus (Singapore) "Murder Police" taken from the Street Voices compilation
To Hell With You (Singapore) "I'm Not the Best at Staying Afloat" taken from Demolition Vol:2
Hidden Intent (Australia) "Good Friday Thrash" taken from the album Walking Through Hell
Imminent Psychosis (Australia) "Arsonistic Pleasure" taken from the EP Arsonistic Pleasure
Lowfat (Thailand) "コンドームとマッチ棒 (Condom and Matchstick)" taken from the album Hello, My Slaves!
Да, Смерть! (Russia) "Тинейджер" ("Teenagers") taken from the album По нашему бараку отбой
Milisi Kecoa (Indonesia) "Milisi Kecoa" taken from the album Kalian Memang Menyedihkan!
Grasp of Dynamite (Indonesia) "In Darkness We Alive" taken from the EP Satanica Krust Impera
Never Come Back (Indonesia) "Bomb" taken from the album D-Beat Troopers
Here is the 15th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Tom Banks of the Vietnamese death metal band Disgusted. I met Tom in 2012 when Disgusted played Kuala Lumpur; having been in a band and lived in South East Asia for roughly the same period I've been writing about it for this blog, I wanted to get his perspective on the scene, and what it means to be a metal fan here. Especially important to me were his experiences in Vietnam, a scene that's little known and much overlooked, even in this region.
I'd been planning on doing a second installment of South East Asian Metal Attack since the beginning of 2014, as there have been a number of important releases this year. Between my talk with Tom and the new stuff that's come out, it seemed like a good time to zoom out and look at South East Asia as a whole again. Besides, this is the era of sequels and reboots.
My thanks to Tom for taking the time to talk to me, and to all the bands who sent me music.
TRACKLIST: Disgusted (Vietnam) - Unleashed the Hatred taken from the album Half Decade in Torture
Gaur (Malaysia) - Gayal taken from the self-titled demo
Keladak (Malaysia) - Black Crows (EP Version) taken from the EP Death By Karate
Death After Birth (Philippines) - The Other Side taken from the upcoming Death After Birth/Surrogate Prey split from Berdugo Records
Atomicdeath (Malaysia) - Hell Reign on Earth taken from the Re-Atomation 7"
Succubus (Malaysia) - Necrotic Rites taken from the Descend Unto Gehenna EP
Blood Legion (Malaysia) - Cathedral of Death taken from the Dawn of the Pariahs cassette EP
Toxemia (Philippines) - Death Blood and Murder previously unreleased (thanks Corix!!!)
Pathogen (Philippines) - No System (Dead Ends cover) taken from the upcoming compilation Salamat Sa Ingay: A Tribute to Dead Ends
Throw (Philippines) - Baboy taken from the album Stand
Snäggletooth (Singapore) - First Class (featuring Mikey "HOGAN!" Thunder of Bloodstone) previously unreleased (thanks Heryadi!!!)
Murio En El Caos (Mexico/Malaysia) - Lujo Sangre taken from the EP Pacífico
Maskburn (Sabah/Malaysia) - Violence taken from the Life is Short cassette EP
Flesh Disgorged (Singapore) - Indulging in Fecal Debauchary taken from the album A Pulchritudinous Macabre
Brutore (Vietnam) - Drugged and Dislimbed taken from the EP Mantra of Mankind
Tools of the Trade (Malaysia) - Convictions Tools of the Trade (Malaysia) - Consumed taken from the album Proclamation
Here is the 14th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Al Dimalanta of Filipino punk pioneers Dead Ends and Throw. We delve into the early days of the Filipino punk and hardcore, as well as Al's thoughts on the present scene.
The interview was coordinated by my buddy Ian from Brimstone in Fire. We recorded it at his studio in Makati while I was visiting the Philippines last week. Once again, my thanks to him for making it happen.
Also many thanks to Konspira Zine's Jep Peligro for his Shock&Awe article, which provided the lion's share of my research for this interview.
TRACKLIST:
Dead Ends - Nightmare taken from the compilation Chosen (2003)
Dead Ends - Propaganda Dead Ends - Insanity taken from the album The Second Coming (1987)
Dead Ends - Same Shit Dead Ends - Promises taken from the album Damned Nation (1988)
Dead Ends - Pulis, Pulis Dead Ends - Madaling Sabihin, Mahirap Gawin taken from the album Mamatay sa Ingay (1995)
Throw - Showbiz Hardcore Throw - Everything is Shit taken from the album Throw (2002)
Throw - The News taken from the album Unwavering (2008)
Throw - Eleksyon taken from the album Believe (2010)
Throw - No Fucking Apologies taken from the album Stand (2014)
Dead Ends - Dreamer taken from the album The Second Coming (1987)
Here is the thirteenth installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring part two of an interview with Kevin Hufnagel, the guitarist for Dysrhythmia, Gorguts, and Vaura (among others).
In this second part of the interview, we discuss Kevin's work with Gorguts and Vaura. Once again, my thanks to Kevin for making the time to talk with me.
Gorguts - Obscura (live)
Dysrhythmia - Room of Vertigo taken from the album Psychic Maps
Gorguts - Forgotten Arrows taken from the album Colored Sands
Vaura - Obsidian Damascene Sun taken from the album Selenelion
Vaura - Mare of the Snake taken from the album The Missing
Vaura - Incomplete Burning taken from the album The Missing
Here is the twelfth installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring part one of an interview with Kevin Hufnagel, the guitarist for Dysrhythmia, Gorguts, and Vaura (among others). I ran into Kevin while leaving the Red Bull Hardcore Activity in Progress event, when we were both waiting for the shuttle to take us from the venue back to the subway station. I've been listening to Gorguts since I was a teenager, so I asked him if he was interested in doing an interview. We met the following week at a coffee shop in Queens, and talked for over an hour.
In this first part of the interview, we discuss Kevin's musical background, the origins of Dysrhythmia, and how he ended up joining Gorguts, and the making of Colored Sands - my favourite album of 2013. Part two of this podcast will be up in a few days.
TRACKLIST:
Gorguts - An Ocean of Wisdom taken from the album Colored Sands
Dysrhythmia - Catalog of Personal Faults taken from the album Pretest
Grey Division Blue - Emily taken from the Departure demo
Dysrhythmia - Iron Cathedral taken from the album Psychic Maps
Dysrhythmia - Test of Submission taken from the album Test Of Submission
Gorguts - Ember's Voice taken from the album Colored Sands
Here is the 11th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring Noisem. My buddy Lucas is friends with the band, and was responsible for organizing the interview after their set at the Acheron. Our talk took place in the cozy confines of their van, with all the members present, plus Lucas, and members of Jarhead Fertilizer dropping in as well. It was pretty chaotic, to say the least.
Hopefully the finished result makes sense to people. I'm not even sure it makes sense to me, and I was there. But it was hella fun.
Thanks again to Lucas for helping put this all together.
TRACKLIST:
Birthing The Bestial Severed Slaughter Of The Innocent (Repulsion Cover) Split From The Inside Out Rotten Remains Mortuary Desire And Disgust
All songs taken from the album Agony Defined, except "Slaughter of the Innocent", from the Noisem/Occultist split.
Here is the tenth installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring a few interviews I did with bands I saw at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn this past May.
First up is Death Toll 80K from Finland, who I talked to the day after their very awesome (and very last minute) set at Saint Vitus. They took me through the circumstances that led to them subbing in for Hooded Menace.
Dan from Archagathus popped on the mic briefly to defend the honour of Terrorizer. I wish I could have gotten more of him, he was fantastically funny.
The last part of the podcast is an interview with Elis of Birdflesh and The Arson Project. I had met Elis previously when the Arson Project played KL in 2012; it was pretty bizarre running into him again in Brooklyn, so I had to snag him for an interview. Our talk took an awkward turn when I brought up the Indonesian leg of the Obscene Extreme Festival that Birdflesh played last year, which was plagued with problems. The interview got a little tense for a while, but I appreciated hearing his take on the whole kerfuffle.
TRACKLIST: Death Toll 80K
Burning Malls taken from the Archagathus/Death Toll 80k split
Piss-stained Press/Profiting On Fear/Purchased Happiness taken from the EP Harsh Realities
Archagathus Ratatosk 2/Horrible Smell/Idiotic Public Figure taken from the Archagathus/Death Toll 80k split
Birdflesh Children of the Napalm/Assfix/Orangutangled in Chaos/Countless Mayhem taken from the Cirkus Kristus split EP with PLF
The Arson Project Locust Swarm/Mentalt Avrätted/My Regret/Unbreakable taken from the Blood & Locusts EP
Entrails Chained and Dragged taken from the album Raging Death
Limbs Bin White Christ + Golden Sandwich + Thuggery taken from the LIMBS BIN / SETE STAR SEPT split
Here is the 9th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with New York's own Grey Skies Fallen. The band was playing a show at Saint Vitus Bar while I was in town, so I used the opportunity to interview guitarist/vocalist Rick Habeeb before their set. We talked about the band's newest album, The Many Sides of Truth, their history, their influences, and their plans for the future.
TRACKLIST The Flame taken from the album The Many Sides of Truth
Drawn to the Earth taken from the album The Fate of Angels
Introspective (edited) taken from the Introspective EP
Ritual of the Exiter taken from the album The Many Sides of Truth
Of the Ancients taken from the album The Many Sides of Truth
Here is the 8th installment of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast. While Kylesa were in town on the Malaysian leg of their South East Asian tour, I was able to snag guitarist/vocalist Phillip Cope for an interview. Of particular note is an extended discussion about his days in Damad. One of the best interviews I've done, except the parts where you can hear the 3 cups of coffee I had right before. Thankfully, Phillip was patient enough to put up with my ADHD and rapid fire stammering.
Many thanks to Ci Chaan and Emi Norazalli for helping to organize this interview; and of course, for bringing Kylesa to KL in the first place.
www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Scapegoat Taken from the album Static Tensions
Shatter the Clock Taken from the album To Walk A Middle Course
Identity Defined taken from the album Time Will Fuse Its Worth
To Forget taken from the Violitionist Sessions EP
Damad - Landscape taken from the album Burning Cold
Damad - One Word taken from the Damad/Meatjack split CD
Low Tide taken from the album Ultraviolet
Tired Climb taken from the album Spiral Shadow
Here it is, the seventh Dreams of Consciousness podcast, focusing on bands from the Eastern Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. The podcast features an interview I did on New Year's Eve with Kota Kinabalu's Maskburn, who were in KL to play Chaos in Rumah Api as well as a one-off show with Seattle's Endorphins Lost and Scotland's xSaxonx.
Our talk took us from the state of the metal and hardcore scenes in Eastern Malaysia, to the effect palm oil plantations are having on the environment in Borneo. It's a hot button issue here, since Malaysia is the second biggest producer of palm oil in the world, and the industry accounts for almost 6% of the GDP. A simple google search will show all the problems associated with palm oil production in this part of the world, but I recommend this wordpress site, which appeals to my pithy and muckraking sensibilities: https://whatrainforest.wordpress.com/
Perpetual - Deadworld Perpetual - The Intruders (Kiram) taken from the album Grind Your Mind
Bronco Buster - Revolt Bronco Buster - Piss Off Paper taken from the Grind The Strait EP Bronco Buster - Freedom taken from the Freedom single
13 - Dying Is A Disease 13 - Systematic Lunacy taken from the 13/BADXPIT split
BADXPIT - Citizen Cold BADXPIT - Living A Lie taken from the 13/BADXPIT split
XRDM - Self Dependable XRDM - Wild Cat taken from the 2013 demo
Dance On Your Grave - Paper Guns taken from the Paper Guns EP
Maskburn - Deforestation taken from the Life is Short EP
Deathevoker - Towards Nothingness taken from the Towards Nothingness EP
Mortuary Ancestor - Mist Of Darkness taken from the album Doctrine Of Hatred
This is the sixth Dreams of Consciousness Mixtape, focusing on the hardcore/punk scene in the Philippines. While we were working on the last podcast about the Filipino scene, my buddy Ian [from Brimstone in Fire and Demiurge Digital Studios] sent me a few songs from local hardcore bands. That episode was pretty packed and those songs didn't fit in with the rest of the (mostly death metal) line-up, so we discussed doing a separate show specifically about Pinoy hardcore.
Once again, most of the heavy lifting for this episode was done by Ian. Not only did he get the songs, he also extracted the sound recording from our video chat. This episode wouldn't have come together without him.
Feud - Addicted to Approval/Battling Bastards of Freedom taken from the album Battling Bastards of Freedom (2003) Tame the Tikbalang - Angst taken from the album Forever Shall Be (2002)
TSA - Hey Man taken from their upcoming album (2014)
Embrace the Absurd - The Upper Hand taken from the Movin' Up, Movin' On! compilation (2013)
Free For All - Future Generation (Private Stock cover) taken from the Twisted Red Cross Tribute compilation
Strap on Seven Inch - Unfit To Serve taken from the album Products Of Urban Discontent (2000)
Goo - Itchy Bitch taken from the upcoming album In Goo We Trust (2014)
Beauty of Doubt - Eneme (Mindrape cover) taken from the album The Nothing (2005)
Shrapnel - This Is My Choice taken from the album Full Force (2000)
Nuclear Punishment - Mga Gago Lang (Dead Ends cover) taken from the upcoming Salamat Sa Ingay: Tribute To Dead Ends compilation
Throw - Showbiz Hardcore taken from Throw's self-titled debut album (2001)
Throw - Ingay Ng Mundo (Dead Ends cover) taken from the upcoming Salamat Sa Ingay: Tribute To Dead Ends compilation
Dead Ends - Johnny Loves Hardcore taken from the album Damned Nation (1988)
Here's the fifth Dreams of Consciousness "mixtape", featuring our friends from across the causeway in Singapore. This podcast features an interview with my buddies Bloodstone, which I recorded in March when I saw them play the Home Club in Singapore with Wormrot, Hell and Hell, and Demisor. Bloodstone are all really smart and funny guys, and the interview was one of the most fun I've ever done. I meant to transcribe the recording as soon as I got home, but kept putting it off... half a year later, here it finally is.
Thanks to all the bands for their help in putting together this podcast, and special thanks to Alex Dela Cruz of In Dark Purity Zine for his recommendations.
www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Demisor - Point of Anger Taken from the album Grind for Life
Magnicide - Black Veins Taken from the Black Hole Of Calcutta / Magnicide split EP
Truth Be Known - World of Hate Taken from the album Asphyxihate
Snäggletooth - Wasteland Dreams Unreleased track
Blood Division - Hellhounds Taken from the album Necrordnance
Oshiego - Blade of the Conqueror Taken from the album The Heretic Priests of Amon
Helvette - Purging of the Worthless Taken from the album Purging of the Worthless
Absence of the Sacred - Dawn Of A Dead Aeon [featuring Rigel Walshe (Dawn of Azazel) on guest vocals] Taken from the album Come Hither O Herald Of Death
Bloodstone - The Final Hour Taken from the split EP Hellish Nuclear Destruction
This is the Thai metal podcast, which was supposed to come out way back in December of last year (I don't know what to say about that, except my apologies to all the bands who sent me music and were wondering what happened with this. But it's out now, only 8 months later). This is the culmination of my Bangkok trip last year, when I met "M" (the mysterious man I know only as "M") at his Heaven and Hell Record Shop in Jatujak Market. My thanks again to "M" for his time and his knowledge.
Dei Tetra - Adversary of the Rotten Christ taken from the EP Devotees to Flames (2012)
Macaroni - Bloody Power taken from the album A Gift for Corpse (2012)
Macaroni - หลับฝันร้าย (Nightmares) taken from the album Cremation (1996)
Anubis - Baptism taken from the compilation Metal Farm Vol. 4 (2007)
Heretic Angels - Immoral Vice taken from the album Delicious Sinistery (2002)
Zygoatsis - Supreme Hatred Of The Antichrist taken from the split EP Siamese Barbaric Nuclear Warmageddon (2011)
Voiceless of Fear - In the Eyes of the Child preproduction track from the upcoming album
Remains - Siamese Thrashing Terror taken from the cassette Demo Tape # 2 (2012)
When I was in Manila a few months ago I sat down with my buddy Ian Fernandez Cuevas from Brimstone In Fire for a chat about the Filipino metal scene. Big thanks to Ian for his help getting the songs for this podcast, many of which were recorded at his Demiurge Digital studios. In truth, he was largely responsible for putting this together. I couldn't have done it without him.
Pus Vomit - Secrecy Through Murder taken from the upcoming EP Stoned to Death (2013)
Brimstone In Fire - War In My Thoughts taken from the compilation Sa Kabilang Anyo Ng Buhay (1994)
Down From The Wound - Violence and the Macabre taken from the upcoming album Violence and the Macabre (2013)
Mass Hypnosia - Stigmata (live demo) taken from the demo for the upcoming album
Surrogate Prey - Banquet of the Beast taken from the upcoming split with Death After Birth (2013)
Pathogen - Wretched Gleam Of Disorder taken from Welcome to the Alcoholaustic South - The Unholy Alliance split with Toxemia (2013)
Toxemia - Goat's Blood taken from the album/cassette Planetary Devastation (2013)
Demiurge - Victims taken from the album Demiurge (2005) Transcendent - Dopamine Projection (pre-production version) (2013) taken from the recording sessions for the upcoming album
Death After Birth - Moon Maniac taken from the compilation Sa Kabilang Anyo Ng Buhay (1994)
The much promised, even much more delayed second DoC Mixtape, this time focusing on bands from Malaysia. My buddy Mike stopped by while I was in Queens and helped me discuss the Malaysian metal scene.
www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Atomicdeath - Forever Black Hell Taken from the Hellish Nuclear Destruction split CD
Sarjan Hassan - Play Fast or Die/Do It Yourself Not Means Do It Crappy But Do It Properly Taken from the RE-DEFINING DIY Split Tape with Daighila
Tools of the Trade - Suffocate Taken from the Tools of the Trade/Busuk Split CD
WHHIRR - Null Taken from the Selfish Achiever Demo Sickness - Post Autopsy Decomposition Taken from the album Necrosymphonies of Necropsy
W.I.D.B. - Lapar Taken from the album Velcum to Penice
Lavatory - Raise The Dead! Taken from the album Transgression
Succubus - Evil Heart (Ruthless Attack) Taken from the album Sadistic Rites of Evil
The first episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring music from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and The Philippines.
www.dreamsofconsciousness.com
Atomicdeath - Kombat 666 taken from the Hellish Nuclear Destruction split CD, released by Blood of War Records
Tools of the Trade - Disconnected taken from the Tools of the Trade/Compulsion to Kill split 7"
Hatred Division - Stickymouthegoisnose Taken from the split cassette with Gorgonized Dorks
Disgusted - Death in the World of Death taken from the album Half Decade In Torture
Brimstone in Fire - Putrescence taken from the the self-released Live + EP
Mass Hypnosia - Traumatic Violence taken from the album Attempt to Assassinate
Pus Vomit - DELUSIONS OF THE INSURGENCY from the upcoming EP Stoned to Death
Bloodstone - Based on a True Story taken from the split cd Hellish Nuclear Destruction
Truth Be Known - Herbalife taken from the album Asphyxihate