
I love getting weird stuff in the mail. And these 2 CD's that Racer sent me from Alone Records are pretty damn weird. I'd never heard of the label before but they've been around for 10 years and are based out of Spain. Their catalog ranges from experimental/psychedelic to more traditional rock and metal. Definitely a discography I need to explore a bit more. Getting back to the weirdness. Former Can vocalist Damo Suzuki is an acquired taste. His performances on classic Can albums [...]
Fantastic compilation of so-called "doom" music.
well this is quite the line-up. quite the choice selection of cured meats and smoked cheeses indeed. all the noise, danish wind instruments, distortion, electronickery, kosmische musik and occasional folkiness you can shake a big bloody black-clad stick at. following all tomorrows parties slow descent into some incestuous groundhog day love-in (the portishead one excepted) and the apparent [...]

11. orthodox - 'amanecer en puerta oscura' [review published on issue #8 of Rock-A-Rolla magazine] Sevilla's Orthodox are everything but – already on their first album, 'Gran Poder', a relatively hidden gem, it could be perceived that these Spaniards were on to something special. Although the album got lost in its own meanderings a bit too often for its own good, that unmistakable feeling of a band on to something unusual was there. 'Amanecer En Puerta Oscura' confirms that, and a lot more besides. Still a remarkably difficult album, [...]
Among the latest from Southern Lord is "Gran Poder", the debut full-length from mysterious Spanish trio Orthodox, who deliver five tracks in a massive 61+ minutes - exploring the types of slow, pulsing, pounding doom for which the label is still best known. Hell, opener "Geryon's Throne" is damn ...