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From Corners Unknown

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About the show

A podcast that interviews musicians and provides in-depth, and at times zany, reviews regarding the latest albums from the obscurer corners of extreme metal, dark ambient, and noise.

Newest episodes

#242 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Stormruler, Fat Randy, Nostalghia, Cloud Rat, and More

Jan 29, 2023 2 hr 5 min

What’s up, everyone! In case you missed the announcement on our socials a couple of weeks back, we’re going to be taking an indefinite hiatus from the podcast. Before we flitter off into the void, we have two more episodes to share with you. This is the second to last episode we recorded around Halloween 2022; the final one was recorded around Thanksgiving and will be released in about a month. There might be a time in the future when we return for a one-off episode or two, but we have no concrete plans (if Creed reunites, we’ll consider it). In this penultimate episode, we cover releases from Marigold King and Drumcorps to Crippling Alcoholism and Cloud Rat. Cacophonous black metal, aggressively mellow noise rock, cybernetic hyperdeath, and emotive grindpunk are but a few of the genres explored. Bands/artists covered in this episode include Blattaria, fleshwater, SkyThala, Liturgy, Oozing Wound, Gatekeeper, Mourning, Putrescine, Kosmogyr, F****d Up, ZOMBIESHARK!, Marigold King, Swampworm, Daniel Patrick Cohen, Drumcorps, The God Awful Truth, Under the Pier, Crippling Alcoholism, Polywhy, Winterquilt, Stormruler, Fat Randy, Cloud Rat, Nostalghia, and others.

#241 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Sunflo'er, The Callous Daoboys, Pilori, Dale Kerrigan, and More

Nov 7, 2022 1 hr 47 min

What's up, vacuum vagabonds! We hope all is well in your respective corners of the world. As is tradition, we have a heaping bundle of new(-ish) music to sputter on about. A good deal of the albums and EPs contained herein date back to August and September 2022, but we hope there might be an intriguing release or two you might have missed upon initial release. Gurgling cosmic death metal, Tolkienian cozy synth, balmy mathcore, rancid goregrind, and belligerent hardcore punk comprise a handful of the frequencies unearthed in this episode. Bands/artists covered in this episode include Machine Music (compilation), REZN, Osi and The Jupiter, Elder, Mindforce, Chrome Ghost, Wipes, Adzes, Universally Estranged, Dream Unending, Dregahir, Heksebrann, KFC Murder Chicks, Lymphatic Phlegm, The Bug, Зло, God Mother, The Callous Daoboys, Sunflo'er, Dale Kerrigan, Pilori, and others.

#240 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Still/Form, Asunojokei, Throth, Mico, and More

Oct 10, 2022 2 hr 6 min

What's up, folks! You know the drill. We have yet another digital box of music and other odd frequencies to rummage through. As is tradition, the material covered in this one is "dated" in relative terms. Many of these releases dropped back in July/August 2022, but here's hoping that this episode might pull your attention toward a release you potentially overlooked. Releases covered in this one range from GEL, Organ Failure, and Serling to Asunojokei and Crowfeeder. Scathing hardcore punk, HM2-drenched goregrind, exuberant blackgaze, burnished breakcore, and sludgy metal-punk comprise but a smattering of the noises explored. Bands/artists covered in this episode include Ithaca, Alleageaon, Grave Blankets, Fallfiftyfeet, Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner), The Sentient Thumb, Clutch, Netherlands, Arkheth, ZOMBIESHARK!, Forlesen, GEL, Cold Brats, Fromjoy, Crowfeeder, Spider God, Grinning God, Organ Failure, Rhymes of Destruction, Marion, Serling, Asunojokei, Still/Form, Mico, Throth, and others.

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#242 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Stormruler, Fat Randy, Nostalghia, Cloud Rat, and More

Jan 29, 2023 2 hr 5 min

#241 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Sunflo'er, The Callous Daoboys, Pilori, Dale Kerrigan, and More

Nov 7, 2022 1 hr 47 min

#240 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Still/Form, Asunojokei, Throth, Mico, and More

Oct 10, 2022 2 hr 6 min

#239 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Ashenspire, Chat Pile, Dawnwalker, WAKE, and More

Sep 12, 2022 2 hr 7 min

Salutations, void wrigglers! We hope you’re keeping well. We have another big ol’ carton of music to dissect and incoherently ramble about. Much of this material dates back to June/July 2022, but we hope there is an intriguing find or two lurking within that you might have overlooked. Releases covered in this one range from CMD094 and moreru to Bergfried and Pillar of Wasps. Wistful dreampunk, excoriating emoviolence, sludge-stomping noise rock, ice-laden death doom, and medieval folk rock are but a few of the timbres explored in this iteration of Reviews and Other Rambles. On our site, you can find the full list of what we discuss, with timestamps provided for each piece, in case you want to jump to a particular segment of the conversation. Bands/artists covered in this episode include Bummer, Tunic, Sumac, Keiji Haino, Mount Shrine, Slipknot, Mindforce, Loma Prieta, All Them Witches, Mamaleek, Vermin Womb, Pillar of Wasps, THROES, Atvm, Penance Stare, Other Half, Negative Measures, Batholith, Bergfried, Frigus, moreru, Disfigured Robot Child, CMD094, Candy, Ashenspire, Chat Pile, Dawnwalker, WAKE, and others.

#238 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Rigorous Institution, Hermit Knight, White Ward, Sunrise Patriot Motion, and More

Aug 15, 2022 1 hr 55 min

What’s up, everyone. We hope all is going well in your corner of the world. Welcome back to the void where we ramble about yet another box of new-ish tunes and odd frequencies for you to explore. In this one, we cover territories that lean into realms of industrial metal, cosmic death metal, chug-da-chug hardcore, minimalist dungeon synth, balmy crust punk, and noise-oozing powerviolence. There are quite a few grotty timbres harbored in this one, but there are a few tufts of calm that pock the episode’s duration. Many of these releases dropped in the early summer months of 2022, so we hope our ramblings shed some light on releases you might have missed. That being said, you can peruse the full list of what’s covered throughout this episode below. Timestamps are provided for each single, EP, split, or album, in case you want to jump to any particular segment of the conversation. Bands/artists discussed in this episode include Dawnwalker, Tulip, Black Magnet, Valborg, END, Cult Leader, Labyrinth of Stars, Cloud Rat, Gonemage, Riversleem, Hekselbad, Threats, Smug Anime Face, Glazeddeathdoughnut, Moon P***y, Mirakler, Foverever Stuck on this Nightmare They Called Planet Earth, Feth, Rigorous Institution, Arkaik, Trauma Bond, Hermit Knight, White Ward, Sunrise Patriot Motion, and others.

#237 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Couldcareless, Doldrum, Mothman, Altars, and More

Jul 18, 2022 2 hr 2 min

Howdy, huffers of space dust! We hope you’re keeping well. We’re back yet again with a big ol’ crate of noise to incoherently ramble about. As is typical, much of the material covered here dates a few months back into 2022, but we hope our delayed coverage might unearth an interesting find or two that you might have overlooked. In this one, we babble about releases from Chat Pile, Low Cunning, Crowning, and a litany of other bands. Slicing emoviolence, cathartic avant-garde black metal, funky electronic, and cacophonous deathgrind are but a few timbres explored. Below you will find the full list of what we cover throughout the episode’s duration. Timestamps are provided for each single, EP, album, or split, in case you want to jump to any particular segment of the conversation. Bands/artists discussed in this episode include The Callous Daoboys, Antigama, Beaten to Death, A Band of Orcs, Chat Pile, Ashenspire, Karl Sanders, Osees, Amon Amarth, Heat Deth, Botanist, Thief, Disavowed, Crowning, Naedr, Biomorphic Engulfment, The Midnight Ensemble, Low Cunning, Absent in Body, couldcareless, Doldrum, Mothman, Altars, and many others.

#236 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Greyhaven, Black Matter Device, Pyrithe, Steaksauce Mustache, and More

Jun 20, 2022 2 hr 5 min

'ello, fellow vacuum drifters! We hope you're all doing well. Here we are yet again with another episode chock full of word waffling. As you might expect, much of the material we cover in this one is "dated" in internet terms, but we hope a gem or two you might have overlooked these past few months lurks within. The releases covered range from noir black metallers White Ward and partycorers Steaksauce Mustache to nature-steeped dungeon synth and berserk mathcore. Connor yammers on about becoming primordial space goop and repeats one too many soundbites from a Counting Crows tune. There's a whole armada of non-sense to wade through. Below you can peruse the entire list of material we blather about. Timestamps are provided for each single, EP, or album, in case you want to jump to any particular segment of the conversation. Bands/artists discussed in this episode include Drain, ZOMBIESHARK!, Psycroptic, White Ward, Saor, Mutually Assured Destruction, WAKE, Candy, Imperial Triumphant, In-Between, Warthog, Virgin Mother, Trǫlláss, Ghoulmire, Alkilith, Moonshield, Eight Bells, Greyhaven, Pyrithe, Black Matter Device, Steaksauce Mustache, and many others.

#235 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Soul Glo, Aeviterne, Messa, Black F*****g Cancer, and More

May 23, 2022 1 hr 54 min

Sup, discharge danglers! We hope you're all keeping well. Welcome back to another podcast episode, wherein we ramble for a couple of hours about some music we've been enjoying for the past several weeks. Granted, most of the material covered in this one dates back to February/March 2022, but we hope there is a neat find or two awaiting you in the discussion. We cover releases extending from The Callous Daoboys and Artificial Brain to Spider God and Drug Church. Balmy grungecore, sludgy noise rock, rambunctious hardcore punk, and bludgeoning black metal but scratch the exterior of what's blathered about. Below you will find the full list of what we cover throughout the episode's duration. Timestamps are provided for each single, EP, or album, in case you want to jump to any particular segment of the conversation. Bands/artists discussed in this episode include Rattleback, Dethklok, The Callous Daoboys, Insanity Check, Steaksauce Mustache, Artificial Brain, Drug Church, Spider God, Webdriver Torso, Misanthropik Torment, Mutilation Barbecue, Eye Flys, Beyond the Grasp of Light, Soul Glo, Aeviterne, Messa, Black F*****g Cancer, and many others.

#234 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Heavy Meta, Blastanus, Allegaeon, An Isolated Mind, and More

Apr 25, 2022 2 hr 14 min

Salutations, sluddites! We hope you’re all keeping well. Our respective schedules have become a bit complicated these past several weeks, which rendered our output of rambles sluggish. After this episode, we should be back to normal form (we already have a new one recorded). In this episode, we talk about a bundle of releases, many of which are “dated” by internet standards (you’ll see what we mean when you scroll further down). Regardless of that aspect, we cover an assorted array of frequencies that are meditative and droning, hammering and technical, emotive, bedraggled, and soaring. You can find all of the artists we chat about, in roughly chronological order, in the list down below. If you have some artists, albums, singles, or any other form of musical media you’d like us to consider for an upcoming episode, please feel free to send us an email or reach out at one of our various social media channels. Thank you all so much for tuning in! Bands/artists discussed in this episode include Cave In, Wormrot, Insanity Check, Besna, Greg Puciato, Forndom, Whores., Mycorrhizae, Big Water, IIRA, TRAPS, Sander Cohen, Autosarcophagy, Fetal Blood Eagle, Thisquietarmy x Away, Human Cull, Khazad-dûm, Heavy Meta, Blastanus, Allegaeon, An Isolated Mind, and many more.

#233 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Pensées Nocturnes, Rolo Tomassi, Chalk Hands, Zeal & Ardor, and More

Mar 28, 2022 2 hr 17 min

Ay, slime writhers. We hope you’re all well. It’s been about a month since our last podcast episode. Though we broke our promise on keeping the episode output to a new one every three weeks, I was in the middle of a home move, which made it difficult to find time to slice this episode’s audio up. Fortunately, we already have another episode recorded (and a new one that will be recorded in the next week or so), so anticipate our schedule to resume unabated. With that out of the way, this iteration is chock-full of debuts. Be it EPs or full albums, we cover an extensive array of tones, from stomping and melodic metalcore to unhinged, brutal “free jazz”. Black metal is abundant and diverse, reaching corners that harbor circus music, creeping atmospheres, and soul. The death metal here is spacey, excoriating, and abhorrent. We also noticed that many artists featured on this one synthesize a smattering of genres together, which inadvertently catapulted our word slop into echelons unfathomable. You can find all of the artists we chat about, in roughly chronological order, in the list down below. If you have some artists, albums, singles, or any other form of musical media you’d like us to consider for an upcoming episode, please feel free to send us an email or reach out at one of our various social media channels. In a couple of weeks’ time, there will a new “Reviews and Other Rambles” episode that covers even more artists than we do in this episode. Thank you all so much for your continued support! Bands/artists discussed in this episode include Pupil Slicer, Aerial Ruin, Burst Synapse, Greyhaven, Black Matter Device, Ithaca, Almanac Man, Talsur, YRRE, Norskald, Scud, Tantric Bile, Cow Humps, Genghis Tron, Jarhead Fertilizer, She Said Destroy, Spors, Pensées Nocturnes, Rolo Tomassi, Chalk Hands, Zeal and Ardor, and many more.

#232 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Hippotraktor, Foxtails, Dormant Ordeal, YUGGOT, and More

Feb 28, 2022 2 hr 17 min

What’s up, tar dwellers. We hope you’re all hanging in there. This new “Reviews and Other Rambles” episode marks what should be the last shift in our podcast format. We’ve been keeping steady at one episode every two weeks, but we’re going to alter that to one episode every three. The reason being that our personal lives have been sapping up more of our free time, and it’s been tough to keep pace with the biweekly output. That being said, we’ve added some more coverage to this episode (i.e., more bands) to offset our change in schedule. We’ll be sure to keep each future episode a touch lengthier so that we can maintain momentum with the stupid number of solid releases that have been trickling out the first quarter of 2022. In this episode, we ramble about noises that are sopping and putrid, warped and rhythmic, chill, dreamlike, and excoriating. You can find all of the artists we chat about, in roughly chronological order, in the list down below. If you have some artists, albums, singles, or any other form of musical media you’d like us to consider for an upcoming episode, please feel free to send us an email or reach out at one of our various social media channels. In a couple of weeks’ time, there will a new “Reviews and Other Rambles” episode that covers even more artists than we do in this episode. Thank you all so much for your continued support! Bands/artists discussed in this episode include Carpenter Brut, Greg Puciato, All Them Witches, Hermit Knight, Heat Deth, Meshuggah, Soul Glo, Effluence, Blowtorch, Rhino Body Lover (Compilation), Solid Feces, Serotonin Leakage, Sunless, Andrew Black, The Sway of the Mountains, Coilguns, Hippotraktor, Foxtails, Dormant Ordeal, Yuggot, and others.

#231 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Remain Sedate, Creature, Trenches, Ethereal Shroud, and More

Feb 14, 2022 1 hr 50 min

What’s up, noxious wasteland inhabitants! We hope you’re all well. As is expected, we’ve been sluggish to drop a new “Reviews and Other Rambles” podcast episode, but we have an excuse. Several months back, we commissioned William Hay to create an original art piece to pair with our new podcast format. Now that it’s complete, we wanted to debut his bizarre flesh monstrosity alongside the first episode we recorded in the new year (yes, we recorded this episode in the first couple weeks of January). We’re ecstatic with how the uncanny piece turned out and we hope you enjoy it too. That being said, this new episode follows the same episode format we’ve adopted in the past few months. In it, we ramble about frequencies that are meditative and harsh, doomy and heartfelt, eccentric, cheeky, and cudgeling. You can find all of the artists we chat about, in roughly chronological order, in the list down below. Bands/artists discussed in this episode include Keosz, Vein.fm, Dog Fashion Disco, Pike vs The Automaton, Dead Neanderthals & Aaron Turner, Breaths, Malevich, R. Josef, Heel Turn, Wanderer, 3 Ringos & a Banjo, Obscure Skuadron, Papangu, Sugar Horse, Remain Sedate, Creature, Trenches, Ethereal Shroud, and others.

#230 | Interview | Uttered in Tongues (Meditative Harsh Drone)

Jan 31, 2022 1 hr 40 min

Exploring the intersection between harsh drone as meditation and mental health. Continue reading

#229 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Be'lakor, Scowl, Plebeian Grandstand, Archspire, and More

Jan 17, 2022 2 hr 2 min

Salutations, cavern revelers. Happy 2022! It’s the fourth iteration of our new podcast format, wherein Connor and I endeavor to cover a deluge of new(-ish) singles, EPs, albums, and other developments from the underbelly of extreme music. The vast majority of what we yammer on about can be found in the list down below, but you can expect a few easter egg morsels to be discovered only within the audio (Connor littered this one with quite a bit of “mainstream” detritus). As is typical, we span an array of various genres, from biting hardcore punk and sweeping, melodic death metal to blistering tech-death and harrowing avant-garde black metal. There is much more discussed in the episode’s approximate two-hour runtime, but we’ll leave all of those tidbits for you to discover. If you have some artists, albums, singles, or any other form of musical media you’d like us to consider for an upcoming episode, please feel free to send us an email or reach out at one of our various social media channels. In a couple of weeks’ time, there will a new podcast interview I conducted with Uttered in Tongues, where he discusses the intersection of harsh drones and mental health. After that, our “Reviews and Other Rambles” series will continue to trudge ahead. Thank you all so much for your continued support! Bands/artists discussed in this episode include Blut Aus Nord, Voidsphere, Jordan Guerette (Falls of Rauros), Blood Incantation, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Heavy Meta, Moon Tooth, Willzyx, LETTERBOMBs, PORTRËIT, I Shot the Duck Hunt Dog, Airlock, Elephant Rifle, Dead and Dripping, Be'lakor, Scowl, Plebeian Grandstand, Archspire, and others.

#228 | Reviews and Other Rambles: RONGEUR, Stormkeep, Down with Rent, TEETH, and More

Dec 13, 2021 1 hr 42 min

What’s up, abyss wallowers. It’s round three of our new podcast format, wherein Connor and I endeavor to cover a deluge of new(-ish) singles, EPs, albums, and other developments from the underbelly of extreme music. The vast majority of what we yammer on about can be found in the list down below, but you can expect a few easter egg morsels to be discovered only within the audio. As is typical, we span the gamut of various genres from doom-laden death metal and excoriating hardcore punk to epic progressive folk and hammering noise rock. Connor gets a bit too giddy with a new soundboard (that may have inadvertently toasted his computer) and we may or may not have dedicated a few too many minutes to a “popular” tune that’s been making the rounds on the web, but we’ll let you be the judges of that. If you have some artists, albums, singles, or any other form of musical media you’d like us to consider for an upcoming episode, please feel free to send us an email or reach out at one of our various social media channels. We’re going to take a small breather to recuperate over the holidays, so don’t expect a new episode until the first or second week of January. Thank you all so much for your continued support! Bands/artists covered in this episode include: SAOR, Det Eviga Leendet, Regressor, Blindfolded and Led to the Woods, Imperial Triumphant, Climb, Malignant Altar, Wilderun, Mors Verum, Trigger Cut, The Ruins of Beverast, Rongeur, Stormkeep, Down with Rent, TEETH, and others.

#227 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Frontierer, MASADA, Injury Reserve, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, and More

Nov 29, 2021 1 hr 53 min

Greetings corner dwellers! We hope you're all doing well. This is the second stab at our new podcast format, wherein Connor and I attempt to cover a slew of singles, EPs, albums, and other releases in roughly two hours. In this episode, we cover quite the disparate amalgamation of blistering frequencies, as is tradition. We have some new tech-death from one of Connor's favorite bands, deranged noise rock with a sludgy, mildew-soaked twist, a girthy compilation featuring a fresh black metal track from the sludge titans known as INTER ARMA, plus banter over some experimental hip-hop, heady post-metal-infused noise rock, emotive hardcore, and scathing electronic-laced mathcore. Many other tones are discussed, but no one wants to read a laundry list of adjectives. Bands/artists contained in this episode include: Tongue Party, Firelink, Patrik Jarlestam (Valheim videogame soundtrack), Porcupine Tree, Allegaeon, Outrun the Sunlight, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Fleshvessel, Infinity Land, Machine Music, Bríi, Frontierer, MASADA, Injury Reserve, and The Grasshopper Lies Heavy.

#226 | Interview | Atvm

Nov 15, 2021 1 hr 54 min

‘Sup sluddites! Several weeks after Connor and I published our review of Atvm’s debut LP, Famine, Putrid and F*****g Endless, Harry, the band’s vocalist got in touch with me to have a chat about the project. Most perplexing to us was the contrast of their record’s vibrant artwork—penned by Harry Jenkins (@ineptaliens)—against the lyrical content that purports the Egyptian God Atum wreaking havoc on civilizations. While we do address that point in this conversation, a litany of other topics is explored. In this interview, I am joined by Harry and Luke, Atvm’s bassist. Both are not originating members, but Luke has been a part of the project since their 2015 EP, Out of Chaotic Waters. Harry joined in subsequent years after one of Atvm’s founding members, Max (guitarist and vocalist), moved on to start a family. After establishing some background details on the project’s formation, we get into lyrics, the democratic process by which they compose their songs, and working with Colin Marston from across the pond. They also spill a couple details regarding new tunes they’re working on that we will be part of an upcoming split with Penance Stare. There are many hilarious tangents contained herein and I sincerely hope you enjoy our exchange. Oh! And at the time this conversation was recorded, it was not yet announced that Atvm had signed to Transcending Obscurity Records! A huge congratulations to them for this exciting step in their growth as a band.

#225 | Reviews and Other Rambles: Wordclock, BUMMER, Trophy Scars, GRIZZLOR, and more

Nov 1, 2021 1 hr 59 min

Salutations void denizens! This new podcast episode marks a shake-up in our typical approach to covering music. While we maintained a steady pace of publishing single album review episodes for the past couple of years, this formula has become increasingly cumbersome. There are so many albums we want to cover from this year that we just don’t have the time for in our current format. Plus, we wanted to take a stab at making the episodes more conversational. (Note: We do have two more episodes that are, more or less, in our now old format that we plan to drop in due time). With that in mind, this new format endeavors to cover many more artists. Upcoming records to look forward to, some fresh(-ish) singles from bands we dig, newer EPs, splits, and demos, and even some peculiar finds from the dregs of Bandcamp. The back half of the episode aligns more with what you’d expect from our old format. In it, we cover four records with some depth and banter. Connor picks two and I pick two. In this episode, we cover: Pomegranate Tiger, Pound, Allegaeon, Unfurl, Mastodon, Intercourse, Don't Grow Old, Gonemage, Knock Over City, Insomnium, Knocked Loose, Bossk, LLNN, Abstracter, Vixen Maw, Wordclock, BUMMER, Trophy Scars, and GRIZZLOR.

#224 | Album Review | Ophidian I - Desolate

Oct 25, 2021 1 hr 40 min

Another podcast episode, another death metal band to muse about. Reflecting on the year to date, it's staggering how many bands of this strain have unfurled new material, and yet more is to release in 2021's remaining two months. Phrenelith, 200 Stab Wounds, Archspire, and Worm (granted, their album just released, but it is ace), give us plenty to look forward to as the daylight decays in the northern hemisphere. However, of all the death metal albums we've yammered about this year thus far, none compelled us to cobble together some rambles quicker than Ophidian I's Desolate. I think it took the two of us, at most, fifteen seconds of the album's opening track "Diamonds" to compel us to prepare this word salad for you. Ophidian I was founded back in 2010. Within a year of their formation, they dropped a three-track demo followed by their debut album, Solvet Saeclum, in 2012. Then the project mostly fell silent. According to an interview with Echoes and Dust, members of Ophidian I journeyed on to other projects, but after a handful of years, some of them regrouped to revitalize the band. And instead of picking back up where they left matters off, they decided to reinvigorate every fiber of the project's being. The result: a tech-death marvel that is as blistering in its speed and ferocity as it is exhilarating in its melodies and sharp arrangements. We knew we were going to struggle in dissecting Desolate, as so much kinetic energy is bottled within every track, but nonetheless, we made it through. Thank you so much for tuning in, and we sincerely hope you enjoy our exchange.

#223 | Album Review | Orphan Donor - Unraveled

Oct 11, 2021 1 hr 33 min

Hope things are going smooth, orphans of the infinite void! Prepare your earholes for some more nonsensical ramblings from Ryan and myself (Bear-snack Benson). In this week’s episode, we unroll our slobbery tongues to chat in detail about Orphan Donor’s latest opus, Unraveled. Unraveled is a flurry of excoriating grindcore burdened with leaden sludge, corrosive dissonance, and a strident belligerence a la screamo. Founded sometime in 2010 by Jared Stimpfl—the drummer of Secret Cutter—Orphan Donor has amassed a modest body of work with a handful of musicians contributing throughout its lifespan. Most recently, Chris Pandolfo of Clouds Collide has taken on vocal duties for both Unraveled and Orphan Donor’s 2020 record, Old Patterns. Although we had not heard of Chris’s project prior to experiencing Orphan Donor, he catapults the emotional tumultuousness of Unraveled to altitudes seldom felt. Anguished shrieks often slice against cudgeling percussion and walls of writhing bass. Yet every so often a melody will spasm, or a surge of catharsis will unfurl. Most poignant, however, are the lyrics that reflect upon the passing of Jared’s father in his youth. We had a bunch to say about Unraveled, particularly the lyrics and how they sharpen the intensity of the instrumental arrangements. I wish I could punch myself in the teeth the next time I describe guitar sounds as “skronk” because I said that one too many times during the episode. At any rate, we hope you enjoy the rambles in this one. Thank you for tuning in!

#222 | EP Reviews | Friendship Commanders, Apostle, and Ghostbound

Sep 27, 2021 1 hr 41 min

Salutations, folks! We hope you’re all well. This episode marks a slight change in pace from our usual output insofar that the conversation is much more off-the-cuff. Of principal importance, however, Derek makes his return to the vacant hellscapes where Connor and I often ramble. You may recall a stint of episodes where the three of us attempted to review roughly six tracks per installment. That fizzled out mid-October of 2020, with Derek taking a hiatus shortly after our review of Corey Taylor’s debut LP, CMFT, in December 2020—honestly, who could blame him after that sanity drain? Now, we have, more or less, decided to resuscitate that series, but pivot the coverage from six tracks to three EPs, where each “reviewer” brings an EP to the table for the group to discuss. We have yet to establish a firm release schedule frequency, but we’re tentatively gauging it at one episode per four to six weeks (don’t hold us to it). To inaugurate this new series, we settled on the following EPs: Hold On To Yourself from Friendship Commanders, I Have Tried to Speak Through the Soil in My Mouth from Apostle, and Extended Play for My Sweet Mary Thyme by Ghostbound. They are spoken about in that order. Friendship Commanders blends impassioned melodies with fuzz-drenched stoner rock that plods with a sludgy momentum. Apostle berates with excoriating chaotic hardcore, splotching their succinct salvos with experimental sprawls of post-hardcore and black metal. And Ghostbound unfurls a seafaring sojourn peppered with post-punk atmosphere, buoyant crooning, and elegiac musings. That being said, we hope you enjoy the rambles contained herein. Thank you all so much for tuning in!

#221 | Album Review | Atvm - Famine, Putrid and F*****g Endless

Sep 13, 2021 1 hr 40 min

‘Sup sluddites! As promised a couple of weeks back, we have for you a review of what is tentatively one of our favorite records of the year; tentative because who the hell knows what gems lurk in the remaining months of 2021. During one of my regular sifts of the dregs of Bandcamp’s recent releases section in early April, my eyes immediately locked onto the slurry of vibrant colors exuding from the artwork of Famine, Putrid and F*****g Endless, the debut LP from London’s Atvm. A robot getting its dome sliced off, a gangrenous totem wincing as it appears to sink into a maroon substance, or the Master Hand-like mitts making peculiar gestures. It didn’t scream death metal at me, but once the twanging bassline protruded from “Picture of Decay” (the sample track available at the time) and then crumpled under the incursion of trem-flaying barbs, I knew this was one to circle back to. And wouldn’t you know it, the entirety of this 56-minute mammoth of an opus continues to enthrall me all of these months later. You could generally typify Atvm as progressive death metal, but I often find “progressive” to be too broad of a catch-all descriptor to aptly articulate what you will experience. Their debut is outlandish and strays some of the well-trodden pathways of its death metal forebearers; however, it remains inextricably linked to its roots. Thrashy surges lambaste with primal energy. Salvos of tremolo picking spew acrid, atonal frequencies that fluster. Vocals excoriate like venom. Ripe melodies are abundant; tempo shifts are persistent. So many of these elements are familiar, yet Atvm manages to invigorate the death metal formula with funky excursions and an electrifying spirit. Often they fissure the momentum of their arrangements with sprawls across verdant instrumental tangents, be it jubilant, heady, or disquieting. Brutish are their metallic hammerings, but there exudes an intoxicating buoyancy that renders each composition a breeze. I have yet to suss out all qualiti...

#220 | Album Review | Diskord - Degenerations

Aug 30, 2021 1 hr 59 min

Salutations, portal loiterers! It’s been quite the year for outlandish death metal albums thus far. In February, Ad Nauseam dropped their cerebrum-liquefying sophomore LP, Imperative Imperceptible Impulse, just days after the release of StarGazer’s fourth dimension-warping album, Psychic Secretions. Famine, Putrid and F*****g Endless, the debut full-length from progressive death metallers Atvm, revels in invigorating melodies spliced with stupefying riptides of corrosive tempo shifts (podcast review coming in a couple of weeks). And more recently emerged the torturous hallucinations from Qrixkuor’s Poison Palinopsia. This is but a mere smattering of records that have piqued my curiosities and have held my attention long after experiencing them. None so far though have been as eccentric as Diskord’s Degenerations. Diskord is an Oslo-based death metal trio that has existed since 1999. In their approximate twenty-two years of respiring they have released several demos, a couple of EPs, and three albums. Although I have been aware of the band’s existence for a handful of years now, I admittedly am not well-seasoned in their discography. So, I thought who better to drag along through this corpse parade of rambles than one of our very own writers, Tim Harbour? It took at least half a dozen spins of Degenerations for my gourd to begin computing the pandemonium. The slurry of dissonant riffs and ever-tilting drum patterns, fills, and blasts locked me in a state of disorientation. In a way, the album’s tenacious flux of barbarous timbres felt rather numbing at first; however, the longer I loitered to soak in the slithering bass lines and peculiar atmospheric sprawls, Diskord’s eccentricities became more digestible. The cowbell strikes that originally left me scratching my skull wound up peppering their compositions with some whimsical levity. Moreover, the discharges of bedlam slowly congealed into misshapen grooves with each passing spin of the record. Despite all the talk...

#219 | Album Review | Cities Last Broadcast - The Umbra Report

Aug 16, 2021 1 hr 39 min

Greetings from beyond the pale, fellow denizens of HomeTown Buffet. This week, Connor and I attempt to rationalize the mystifying timbres radiating from Cities Last Broadcast’s sophomore Cryo Chamber LP, The Umbra Report. Cities Last Broadcast is one of many projects helmed by the prolific dark ambient producer Pär Boström. Toward the beginning of 2021, we dissected Thronal, the fourth record from Pär’s long-established (est. 2000) post-apocalyptic endeavor known as Kammarheit. And although this review is only our second podcast delving into Pär’s ever-growing body of work, we found ourselves wholly ensnared by the ghastly textures harbored within The Umbra Report‘s runtime. There’s a distinctive quality about Pär’s compositions that persistently elude me. The production of his frequencies is replete with warm and sizzling tape noise; however, the odd chitter from tongues of apparitions burrow under my skin and slither through my cerebrum like a parasite. Moreover, the density of his onyx-laced drones instills dread while simultaneously suspending me in a stasis of introspection. While the conceptual throughline of The Umbra Report is decidedly vague, it did not halt our smooth brains from rampantly striding from one idea to the next. The album poses the question: is it depression, a séance, or an exorcism? Although we toyed with these thoughts in our review, we somehow landed on the former lead singer of Hinder using his velociraptor arms to coax unsuspecting victims into a derelict HomeTown Buffet to convert them to a post-grunge cult. It makes no sense, but here we are. Cities Last Broadcast was originally founded as an archive project of after-dark sounds Pär recorded while wandering city streets in the late 90’s. Over the course of about a decade, his archiving culminated into The Cancelled Earth, the debut Cities Last Broadcast record published by Cyclic Law in 2009. Since then, Pär has released two solo records under Cryo Chamber’s banner—The Humming Tapes (2...

#218 | Album Review | MouthBreather - I'm Sorry Mr. Salesman

Aug 2, 2021 1 hr 34 min

What’s up, maw agapers. This week Ryan and I spew some word slop from our verbal orifices as we endeavor to make sense of the crushing LP, I’m Sorry Mr. Salesman, from the heavy hardcore quartet known as MouthBreather. As is typical, we incorporate nonsensical ways of explaining the bloodcurdling tones lacerating our eardrums. How the hell does Nic Cage getting swarmed by bees describe a droning guitar texture? Or, what would it be like to get your cranial fluids sipped through a crazy straw? We bring the outlandish tangents, and you just embrace them. If you have a hankering for some quality Massachusetts hardcore, look no further. MouthBreather will leave your mouth ajar as they weave a conceptual tale rife with searing vocal hooks and gnarled riffs. I found myself incessantly repeating the reprised line, “Don’t bring me back” over and over again in my hollow noggin. Mathcore skronkage (can I trademark this made-up word?) douses the dour atmosphere with synapse-frying discordance. All the while, sterilized guitar thrums purport a harrowing glimpse into the seedy doll-making factory managed by none other than Mr. Salesman himself. Though we could not firmly grasp the album’s concept from front to back, its violent hardcore spasms and maniacal vocal deluges kept us enraptured across its succinct 24-minute run time. Beyond the excoriating beatdowns, MouthBreather does not shy away from experimentation. Tarnished glints of nu-metal leer from rotted alloy structures, and the odd melody or two bite with teeth-licking glee. Standout bass moments and blistering drum pummels are aplenty too. This is just a flat-out fun f*****g album, and I recommend checking out their music videos as well. You got weird and kinky red room foreplay (“Tension Underbite”), a dude losing his shit at a talent show (“Cotton Shot/Daunt”), and Mr. Salesman playing Russian roulette (“Wasted Science”). I’m Sorry Mr. Salesman was released on May 7, 2021 via Dark Trail Records. The quartet emerged in...

#217 | Interview | Mark Norgate of Dawnwalker

Jul 19, 2021 1 hr 47 min

Hello, plains walkers! A few months back, Connor and I bent our own “rules” pertaining to some album coverage. Typically, we prefer to review albums that are dropped in the same year we record an episode. However, we made an exception for Dawnwalker’s fourth LP, Ages, which was independently released by the London-based outfit back in December 2020. The album would have most certainly crested the tops of our respective year-end lists last year had we done our jobs and been more thorough in our research, but so it goes. Mark Norgate is Dawnwalker’s lead songwriter, who founded the project as a bedroom endeavor back in 2011. Drummers, flutists, bassists, and vocalists ebb and flow throughout the band’s discography like a revolving door; however, Mark remains the constant. Moreover, he pens the overarching concept for each record. He notes that conceptual ideas arise from difficult-to-define obsessions in his personal life, which could range from pieces of art like Ted Nasmith (the artist who hand-painted Ages’ cover) to a director’s filmography. And while these obsessions are challenging to articulate, one thing is for certain: Dawnwalker’s music is colossal and cinematic in scope. The conceptual underpinnings of Ages served as a hook for both Connor and myself. Giddy at the sight of not one, not two, but seven Gandalf-like individuals depicted on the album artwork, was enough to compel Connor to review this opus having not even pressed play on Bandcamp. Little did he know that the sweeping, gargantuan timbres contained therein would catapult the record into the upper echelon of his favorite releases from 2020. I found myself similarly awestruck by Ages’ weighty compositions. Most of its runtime is composed of tracks that approach or exceed the eleven-minute mark. And although that sounds daunting, each piece is balanced with kinetic shifts. Be it blankets of wind or oceanic tides stirring a sense of serenity, volcanic barrages of molten black metal unexpectedly lurch...

#216 | Album Review | Gloomseeker - The Violet Grim

Jul 5, 2021 1 hr 47 min

Good morning, afternoon, or night! While Connor basks in some rays, sipping brews alongside a lazy creek up near Sisters, Oregon, I’m down here in California visiting family. A geographical swap for the long weekend, if you will. In this week’s episode, Connor and I (mostly Connor) ponder our self-diagnoses with impostor syndrome, a key theme underpinning the sophomore LP, The Violet Grim, from New York’s one-man doomgaze project, Gloomseeker. We have been endeavoring to lighten the mood with albums we discuss during this time of year as we often couple sweltering summer heat with frenzied punk, hardcore, and noise rock. However, we stray from that sun-gilded cobblestone pathway here. Instead, we found ourselves paralyzed in the umbrage of a bottomless well, suffocating in the throes of anxiety with an ever so infrequent glimmer of hope. Sounds captivating, yes? As the album title (and moniker) suggests, The Violet Grim is a dreary stupor through the dwindling of life and subsequent passing into death. It’s rife with reverb, which often masks Gloomseeker’s vocals. In the same breath, the ponderous vibrations distort the sundry of instrumental layers into nebulous clouds of melancholy. Primordial industrial rhythms shape the spine of each composition. They are stifled in biting acidic resonances, yet somehow, each strike is rendered palatable due to the atmospheric undertow subsuming them. Moreover, the rare post-rock protrusion makes for a sobering moment or two to self-reflect amidst the dour wandering. I don’t want to spoil all of the points we touch on in this review, so I will refrain from divulging further. You can expect our usual non-sensical tangents, in addition to some personal reflections fueled by the poignant aura percolating from this record. That being said, we sincerely hope you enjoy our exchange. Thank you so much for tuning in!

#215 | Interview | Terror Peaks (Enigmatic, Extreme Electronic Concepts)

Jun 21, 2021 1 hr 36 min

Wandering the treacherous terrains harbored within the mystical realm known as Terror Peaks. Continue reading

#214 | Album Review | Intercourse - Rule 36

Jun 7, 2021 1 hr 26 min

Hello hello! It’s been awhiiiile since I’ve penned a write-up for one of our album review episodes, but it’s a pleasure to return to the fold. In this episode, Connor and I ramble and sputter into the void about the latest LP, Rule 36, from some of our favorite noise rockers, Intercourse, who have become a household name here in our dingy dwelling. With this new album comes a new line-up. Fresh are the guitarist and bassist, helmed by Sean and Pete, respectively; however, the bedrock of the quartet remains unshaken. Tarek continues to forge utterly batshit lyrical wizardry and Caleb stomps with leaden percussive rhythms. Less present are the mathcore influences this time around—as heard on their prior LP, Everything is Pornography When You’ve Got an Imagination—and in their place, an undiluted strain of noise rock hammers. Corrosive blockades of blaring feedback and sibilant string notes slither through tracks. The grooves are meatier and there even persists intermittent splotches of an acrid atmosphere that effuses like a stifling must from a claustrophobic basement show. Each track is punctual too, with only one of nine piercing a three-minute runtime. Most interesting, however, may be the final two cuts of Rule 36. Although these frenzied diatribes fester in the aforementioned tones and timbres, they exude a palpably bleak mood that is felt through the synergy of the pared down instrumentation and sobering, introspective lyrics—especially in the album’s final track, “Pagliacci Was Ahead of His Time”. We cannot say for certain if the tones Intercourse tinkers with in these last couple of tunes will become a mainstay in future releases, but we found ourselves agreeing that this novel change in pace is one we would love to hear explored further. Rule 36 is a twenty-minute cotton shot of deranged noise rock. It’s one Connor and I have been enjoying a whole hell of a lot. And though only twenty minutes in length, we ended up dissecting it for well over an hour. That b...

#213 | Interview | Patrik Jarlestam (Composer of the Valheim Videogame Soundtrack)

May 24, 2021 2 hr 12 min

Skol, fallen warriors of the void! This week Ryan and I interview the vastly talented composer Patrik Jarlestam. For the gamers out there you may know him as the composer for the hit Viking survival game Valheim. The soundtrack is a stellar mix of relaxed folk-like melodies, peculiar ambient textures, and epic metal boss fight compositions. Ryan has never played the game himself, but now that he’s getting a new PC here soon… I’ll guide him into the dangerous magical realm myself! My good pals and I had just beaten the final boss and we decided to see what it would be like to fight multiples of each boss. We spawned about fifteen Eikthyr (a giant stag that shoots lighting) and watched the chaos ensue as our framerates tanked. As the glorious Meshuggah-inspired boss battle riffs blared my friend asked, “Dude, why not interview the composer for your podcast?” Lo and behold, that’s exactly what we did. Within the episode, Patrik goes into detail about his involvement with Valheim as well as his other musical endeavors, from briefly being in the Swedish metal band Hom Dai to conducting modern classical orchestral pieces. He speaks about some of his most cherished games, how he went about piecing together Valheim’s soundtrack in a matter of months, as well as his musical influences and travels. I was also intrigued by his thoughts and sentiments toward learning about other cultures through their music. Patrik is a man of many talents and is superbly well-spoken. It was an immense pleasure to chat with him for a couple of hours and glean so much backstory about his life and how he crafts his compositions. I sincerely hope you enjoy this episode with a tankard of mead in hand. Below is a screenshot of our plains Valheim fortress—those damned horrid Deathsquitos and Fuling weirdos.

#212 | Album Review | Pupil Slicer - Mirrors

May 10, 2021 1 hr 35 min

What’s up wriggling celestial void worms! This week Ryan and I carve our way into the grinding and technical math-slathered skronk salvo Mirrors, the debut LP unleashed by the UK outfit Pupil Slicer. As is typical, I make a reference or two to Shelob and Sean Astin while Ryan lets loose his fleshed-out smart lad rambles. Fair warning though, this is yet another episode where I decimate the metaphorical horse’s husk with a litany of “bow now now” diatribes and the infamous adjective known as “skronk”. I will say the instrumentals and harsh mix of vocals in this album stab me in all the right auditory pressure points. From technical guitar flaying to hardcore beatdowns, they consistently surprise and writhe within experimental sepsis. There are moments of brooding atmospheric passages, noisy tempo shifts, and the odd heartrending melody, which keeps Mirrors razor-sharp, sporadic, and varied. The vocals eviscerate and snuff you out of existence while delivering poignant emotional messages. Hell, you even get garroted by some gnarly powerviolence bits here and there. This album unfurls a pain that is harnessed within its exhilarating compositions to imprint upon your cerebrum a memorable scar. I recommend blasting Mirrors to the point of wrecking whatever sound system you are listening to the record on. Pupil Slicer is a trio from London, England. They consist of Kate Davies (guitars & vocals), Josh Andrews (drums), and Luke Fabian (bass & backing vocals). The band formed in 2016. Since then they have released two splits, an EP, and of course, their debut LP. Mirrors dropped on March 12, 2021 via Prosthetic Records.

#211 | Album Review | Dawnwalker - Ages

Apr 26, 2021 1 hr 37 min

Greetings magical creatures of the void! This week, Ryan and I talk about the 2020 album that got away. The album I’d space out to into the wee hours of the night, followed by many hours of melody humming. A saga of an LP that takes your imagination to faraway ancient vistas. The album known as Ages by the band Dawnwalker. We did not discover this masterpiece until a few months after its official release thanks to our pal Alec from Ghostbound. If you are familiar with the podcast, you obviously know the album cover of Gandalf-looking fellas gathering at the seaside instantly caught my interest, which compels me to warn you that many dorky references will be made throughout this episode’s duration! Ages is truly an auditory journey of atmospheric progressive post-metal. It feels like a concept album both lyrically and tonally. Cataclysmic events transpire on a planet brimming with mysterious and arcane powers. Moments of blackened instrumentals crush lush, tranquil landscapes. Eternal choir-like chants fill moonlit forests that heal fallen beings. There is a mix of harsh instrumentals and vocals that contrast superbly with the atmospheric proggy grooves, and even a splash of folky mysticism inspires visages of elves, wizards, and the like. Dawnwalker themselves say they sought to combine the sounds of modern experimental metal with 70s prog/folk such as King Crimson and Led Zeppelin. Ages is easily one of my favorite listens in the past few years. Dawnwalker started as a home studio project in 2012. Over time, the London-based project grew into a full band consisting of various musicians. They currently sit at four albums and three EPs, all of which are worth listening to. Ages was released independently on December 4, 2020. Now grab your staffs and enter into a universe full of adventure.

#210 | Album Review | Black Sheep Wall - Songs for the Enamel Queen

Apr 12, 2021 1 hr 23 min

Hey there and welcome to the void of “BWAAAH”. This week, Ryan and I insert ourselves into the oceans of obliteration by listening to Black Sheep Wall’s latest record, Songs for the Enamel Queen. The bulky bass and corrosive drone qualities discharging from this album compelled me to say BWAH a bit too much during this episode (it will make sense after the first twenty minutes of listening, I hope). Also, every damn time I read this band’s name I want to yell black snake moan! I also enjoy picturing a cute little black sheep meandering over a crumbled-down wall. Songs for the Enamel Queen hemorrhages venom through its vocal abrasions. While some stanzas read like unfettered spite, there is a keen sense of sobering, and typically raw, self-reflection that pierces each utterance, anguished shriek, or gravelly rasp. And their bite is made most acute by the record’s enamel-stripping instrumentation (you’ll be looking like our pal Gollum in no time). Molasses-like grooves will give way to claustrophobia-inducing drone segments, virulent breakdowns, or poignant, post-hardcore tinged melodies. Although you should be able to make out most of the lyrics while listening, I found that reading them in tandem with sanity-grating arrangements emphasized the personal struggles being portrayed. Between the bass and drums, we are annihilated; let the bwaaaah rain down and liquidize me. The album’s frequent brawny moments coupled with the vocalist’s emotional strife propels Songs for the Enamel Queen into an unfathomably dense echelon of auditory decimation. Black Sheep Wall formed in California sometime in 2006. Over the years, the group has carved out their own corner of sludgy experimentation. Songs for the Enamel Queen is their fourth LP and it dropped on February 26, 2021 via Silent Pendulum Records.

#209 | Album Review | StarGazer - Psychic Secretions

Mar 29, 2021 1 hr 50 min

Hello, gazers of the void! I hope all is well in your corners of the world. This week, Ryan and I journey into an atmospheric realm of black and death metal epicness conjured by the heavy, intriguing, and downright heroic album that is StarGazer’s latest opus, Psychic Secretions. As per usual, Ryan and I dork the hell out on a variety of the record’s timbres, particularly how the bass f*****g decimates throughout its duration (insert bow now-now). The music/track titles inspired the bizarre concept of a goblin cult arriving on the back of a comet, alongside the origin story of a new FCU character, Chadwick the Golden Slump. We also go into ramblings about movie battles and other mystical warfare as we meander through our ramblings on the album. (I was fully addicted to Valheim at the time of recording, so that tracks.) Psychic Secretions features a solid concept where each track belongs in the same universe, yet this does not prevent StarGazer from crafting tracks that expand into all kinds of sonic territories, featuring moments of frigid and airy northern light-flickering riffs, or galloping, bone-bashing drum marches. You even get moments of progressive sweeps that pair well with the harsher elements. The vocals take on various theatric entities; I pictured an evil necromancer, an ageless toad (as suggested by the album’s lyric), and eventually, my evil cult leader goblin warlord. Once again, some of the grooves and bass lines on this record are pure, undiluted magnificence. Overall, Psychic Secretions is a perfect blend of darkened prowess and stunning enchantments. StarGazer hails from Adelaide, Australia. Psychic Secretions is their fourth full-length album, which released on February 1st, 2021. This avante-garde extreme metal behemoth has existed since 1995, and throughout the decades, they have conjured handfuls of demos, splits, and EPs. The trio’s lineup consists of The Serpent Inquisitor (Guitars/Vocals), The Great Righteous Destroyer (Bass/Vocals), and K...

#208 | Interview | Rattleback

Mar 15, 2021 1 hr 46 min

For the first time in FCU history, I am joined by burrito boy Benson in an interview! He actually doesn’t end up saying a whole lot, but in it, we chat and shoot the shit with the Melbourne-based hardcore punk trio, Rattleback. By some unknown Bandcamp wizardry, Connor was recommended the group’s debut LP, Weeding the Garden State, shortly after its release in September of 2020. You may recall his poor recollection of discovering Rattleback back in a track reviews episode we dropped last October, and it was from this mealy-mouthed word sputtering that led us two knob-heads to (finally) get this interview set up many months later. All that being said, Rattleback is an intriguing breed of hardcore punk because they have no guitarist. Their bassist, Harry “McBassFace” Ross, uses a signal splitter to effectively emanate the tone of a guitar in some tracks, but he often writhes in the pond-scummy undercurrents of baritone reverberations. This slathers their tunes in a bedraggled climate, which vigorously swelters as percussion blares, and their vocalist, Frank “Drunktank” Hynes, heaves a litany of scathing, cord-frying rasps. The conversation sprawls in several haphazard pathways, the most basic being the trio’s origination. From there, Rattleback discusses the approximate year-long writing process that gave rise to their debut and the two whole shows they were able to play just before the pandemic struck. Much more word spew is volleyed (from me, mostly) during the interview’s runtime, with a healthy slather of banter coating the exchange. We sincerely hope you enjoy our back-and-forth as it was an utmost pleasure chatting with these dudes. Thank you so much for tuning in!

#207 | Album Review | Evil - Possessed by Evil

Mar 1, 2021 1 hr 28 min

Hello hello! It’s been a minute since I’ve written one of these, but it’s a welcome, albeit short-lived, return as Connor is pre-occupied this weekend lighting a set for an experimental short somewhere in San Jose. That being said, I want to briefly reiterate that we’re now publishing our podcast episodes on a biweekly basis, as opposed to the previous weekly frequency. With that out of the way, let’s shift focus to the album of discussion in this week’s installment. Evil is a black/thrash metal quartet from Tokyo that has existed since 2011. I was an apex curmudgeon when I saw their band name land in our promo inbox and essentially wrote them off for a couple of days because… well, in retrospect, my reasoning was supremely doltish, but I found the name so generic that I figured the tunes couldn’t be terribly intriguing. However, don’t let the simplicity of their name fool you as it did me. After a day or two of plundering the deluge of soon-to-drop albums, I struggled to find a record that hooked me, and thus, I decided to spin their sophomore LP, aptly titled Possessed by Evil, for the hell of it (pun partially intended). Not even ten seconds into the opening track, “The Cycle of Pain”, I realized I had made an utmost critical error. Possessed by Evil is an excoriating cluster of belter after belter. Be it the searing melodic leads, galloping drum rhythms, or the infrequent, but exhilarating power metal shrieks, each track exudes contagious energy that only evaporates as the album’s final track lopes into a blistering sunset. Twinges of black metal permafrost most tracks, imbuing streaks of malice amidst otherwise electrifying compositions. And although we did not have access to lyrics prior to recording this episode, we perceived a narrative-driven momentum felt through the ebb and flow of the album’s track sequencing. All that being said, we had quite a few words to exchange over this LP. We are much too early into 2021 to stack this record against others that w...

#206 | Album Review | Beaten to Death - Laat Maar, Ik Verhuis Naar Het Bos

Feb 15, 2021 1 hr 47 min

Hello, fuzzy sentient creatures of the void! This week Ryan and I delve into the latest Beaten to Death album Laat Maar, Ik Verhuis Naar Het Bos, which roughly translates to Never mind, I’m moving to the woods. This is an idea I’ve been pondering since I was a child (in the episode, I also poorly recommend the book, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit). I’m just a little forest obsessed dude. Beaten to Death originally made this fifth LP of theirs a vinyl-only release. Unfortunately, it is sold out at the time of this writing. Fret not, however, as the melodi-grind crackpots separated the record into four EPs, with each connected to a forested area on the blue marble. One of these was Endor, aka the Northern California redwood forests. And, as you could likely surmise if you’ve listened to just one or two of our past episodes, my undying love for hiking and Star Wars instantly compelled me to want to review this album based on the existence of the Endor EP alone (I’m sure Ryan just loves me bringing up Lord of the Rings and Star Wars all the time!). Interestingly, Ryan (who bought the vinyl) and I discovered that the album’s tracks flow much smoother if you follow the vinyl’s track sequencing in contrast to listening to each four-track EP in isolation. Irrespective of this quibble, we absolutely adored the zany riffs, sun-gilded melodies, and meaty bass protrusions throughout. I poorly attempt to sound out some of the riffs via mouth mumbles and although I undoubtedly fail, something about the harsh yet rambunctious grindcore vocals pairs lovingly well with the melodic surges, grooving bass lines, and bum-blasting drum patterns. They also incorporate many textures into their compositions to keep their succinct outbursts dynamic and entertaining. Hell, one track ends with the sound of zombies snarling as a psychopathic murderer sews together a costume for us to wear. In other instances, you get punky gang vocals or sludgy atmosp...

#205 | Album Review | Crowning - Survival/Sickness

Feb 8, 2021 1 hr 44 min

Hello kiddies! The other Ryan (formerly Woody) here. This week I had the great privilege of sitting down with Ryan v1.0 and C0NN0RB0T to discuss one of 2020’s eleventh-hour monster releases, the new LP Survival/Sickness by Crowning. Though it doesn’t break the 20-minute mark, this record expertly blends black metal spaciousness into Crowning’s pounding hardcore-tinged skramz. The melodic guitars wind up the emotion in the songs, only to release it in sudden flurries of heavy drumming and wrenching shouts like a spring-loaded bear trap snapping shut. Plus there’s plenty of potty-humor weirdness to turn your stomach, so toke up, turn it up, and let this record snap against your eardrums. Crowning is a five-piece skramz/(melodic) hardcore outfit from Chicago, IL. Their debut EP Funeral Designs definitely f****d my shit up when it dropped in 2017. Their next two releases, a split with Swallows Nest in 2018 and another with Marée Noire in 2019, saw the band move towards darker, uglier tones, making their LP an interesting synthesis of melody and madness. Crowning demonstrates more maturity, growth, and fearlessness with each new record, and I am certain you will find something within these eight tracks to delight or destroy you, whatever you fancy.

#204 | Album Review | Kammarheit - Thronal

Feb 1, 2021 1 hr 44 min

Hello, fantastical individuals of the endless space void. This week Ryan and I eject ourselves in a doomed escape pod! This pod (hehe podcast) heats us up like an overcooked bag of popcorn as we find ourselves entering the atmosphere of what remains of Earth. In reality, we are actually going into a deep conversation on the dark ambient album Thronal by Kammarheit. As per usual when we talk about ambient music, we get rather descriptive with the imagery the atmosphere inspires, including abandoned post-apocalyptic landscapes, cyberpunk-like rotting temples, and random dorkery in spacecrafts. Thronal crawls with rumbling drones, enchanting tones, and complex atmospheres. One moment I find myself deep within space (possibly in cryo-sleep) listening to the hum of an engine. On another track I find myself leaving a derelict apartment complex and wandering into a frosty, overgrown forest; or, I find myself balancing on the crumbling remnants of a concrete overpass with rebar daring to stab me with one misstep. Kammarheit gives a brief description that may influence these thoughts. He talks of space travelers returning to the remnants of human civilization on Earth. The music he has composed as the soundtrack for urban explorations works quite perfectly. You truly feel as if you are on a morose yet exciting (maybe even calming) adventure. Just today I explored the wetland waste of old fishing communities that once occupied the South Bay Area. I thought back to this album as I gazed upon the rotting wood jutting out from the muddy bog. The colorful bits of plastic mixed with bones of various avian creatures, foreshadowing what may come for all of humankind. Man, I’m being a total bummer! Kammarheit is a Swedish dark ambient project by Pär Boström. The project was formed in the year 2000. From what we have discovered (mostly Ryan)… Pär has an absurd number of musical projects. Thronal is his fourth full-length title under the Kammarheit name. It was released on December 21,...

#203 | Album Review | C.O.F.F.I.N - Children of Finland Fighting in Norway

Jan 25, 2021 1 hr 51 min

Oi, yah beautiful bums of the void! This week, Ryan and I invited our pal Tarek (vocalist of Intercourse) to chat with us about last year’s C.O.F.F.I.N release, which is a non-abbreviated self-titled album known as Children of Finland Fighting In Norway. We last covered these Aussies back in the summer of 2019 with their EP Be Gone, and we used that as an excuse to cover their Piss~Up LP (2018) as well. After getting so jazzed on the sound of Piss~Up, it took us a while to warm up to this new album, yet once we abandoned our preconceived expectations that this record would be Piss~Up: Part Two and embraced the sharpened rock ‘n’ roll sound it harbors, this record became an enlivening romp. In the episode, we dissect their lyrics, go on random tangents, talk about Australian wildlife, and listen in awe to Tarek’s uh… fascinating stories (Facebook marketplace is a lovely place to shop for underoonies FYI). Once again the vocals stand out in the band as Ben Portnoy lets out his drunken grunts and groans galore! Punky back up vocals only heighten the awesome choruses permeating the LP’s duration. This time around the guitars bring on a fun party time rock jam in each track. This includes well-placed guitar leads that will have you finger wank widdlin out of car windows. Some tracks give you a totally different flavor of the week in general, such as the slow and bluesy bar tale in “Ransack Blues”, or the heavier thrash track “Average Death”. My personal favorite, “Dead Land”, has a solid ambient opening that brings us into charcoaled doom riffs and tribal drum beats. Let’s hope the world is wild fire-free this year across all continents. Save the damn koalas! How about I just rip off the background info Ryan posted last time (deal with it Mr. Knapp)! Children of Finland Fighting in Norway (C.O.F.F.I.N) are an Aussie pub thrash quintet from the shores of Sydney. Founded back in 2005, they formulated when they were school mates, and in 2011, they crafted their first LP whi...

#202 | Album Review | Miasmatic Necrosis - Apex Profane

Jan 18, 2021 1 hr 43 min

Hey there, yah bubonic blistering bile warts! This week Ryan and preform some auditory surgery on a rather gruesome goregrind album. Just take a glance at the grotesque, yet medically verbose track titles of Miasmatic Necrosis’ debut album Apex Profane and you will know exactly what I am talking about. We both bolstered our vocabulary only for it to already leave my mucosanguineous mess of a brain. Talking about brutal ways to die has become quite the staple on this podcast so of course, there’s plenty of that to be had. I also get pretty worked up about the mass-produced “healthy” garbage buffet-style eateries of the past (I’m looking at your Fresh Choice). You will also encounter the tale of Salhalla, the planetary zit cleaner, within the episode. However, if you do happen to be repulsed by the album cover, maybe you should sit this one out (it’s a nasty one-hundred-ish minutes). Like the album’s track titles suggest, Miasmatic Necrosis delivers a barbarous, scalpel-sharp album. Many tracks are brief, but man do they obliterate you like a white head (let’s call it a Melvin) growing on the tip of your nose. Destructive noise whip lashes you like an old wooden rollercoaster that should’ve been retired a decade ago. Despite the grinding noise, you will notice some slick riffs and bodacious bass grooves throughout the duration of this ride. If you ever wanted to participate as a human whack a mole, well then this is the album for you too! The drums will mallet you into a red-hued puddle of beef pudding all while the vocalist annihilates you with gnashing pandemonium. I’ll take two tickets to Apex Profane, pack my bags, and leave tonight! Miasmatic Necrosis is a goregrind/deathgrind quartet from somewhere in the eastern reaches of the United States. There is not much information to be found about the band as of yet (I can’t even find a cute band photo). Apex Profane dropped on October 31st, 2020 (a fitting Halloween release).

#201 | Album Review | Zeit - Self-Titled

Jan 11, 2021 1 hr 43 min

How goes it confidants of the void? I know there’s a quality Golden Girls rock cover, but my god a Golden Girls–themed hardcore band would be that golden turd of my dreams. Anyway, this week Ryan and I engage in conversation about the Italian chaotic hardcore monsters known as Zeit (every time I read that name my dumbass wants to say ZEET). We talk about their latest ripper of a Self-Titled release as well as the usual random maddening tangents, such as mayo cube urine, lice, razor-filled pool noodle beatdowns (fictional), and childhood soda can hailing dodgeball games. I also get a little too excited about a track named “The Piss”. I bet there’s a Bilbo Baggins reference needlessly injected into the episode too! Hobbit hardcore would be a stellar subgenre. Betty White could fill in for both bands. We once again struggle to describe the instrumentals in this project with our musician-less brains, but man does this quartet deliver something exhilarating. The vocalist has been compared to Jacob Bannon of Converge due to his non-stop high-pitched yelps as he doesn’t relent for the majority of the album’s brief runtime—just kick you in the keister and spit on your face pissed. I must say the lyrics are pretty neat to dissect too. The guitar tone is something else entirely. It has this sharpened, off-kilter mathcore twinge to it, yet it’s rife with maleficent zaniness. You’ll have to listen to the episode or album to comprehend it as words fail to articulate it succinctly. The bass and drums also protrude with hefty-hefty-hefty frequencies (a Glad trash bag sponsor would be pretty fitting for this episode). They will brain-blast your noggin off in perfect unison with every other chaotic element seeping from Zeit’s instruments. Lastly, this was a totally random Spotify find on my part that I will happily continue to listen to as we trudge forward toward our demise. Zeit originates from Venice, Italy and they formed in 2014. Since then, they have dropped several releases,...

#200 | Year-End Top Album Pick Ramblings - Afterbirth, F**k the Facts, IDES, Gaytheist, Liturgy, and REZN

Jan 4, 2021 1 hr 39 min

I hope your year ended on a bright note void dwellers! We recently released our top album picks list of 2020, which of course led to Ryan, Derek, and I blabbing on about a handful of them. We listened to each other’s top album a few times (including those from other FCU contributors) and then jumped right into the fold of our thoughts. From upbeat hardcore punk to boisterous noise rock and aggressive bastardized grindcore to experimental orchestral craziness, this smorgasbord of genres lent itself to a wonderful year-end reflection. We don’t go as in-depth into the albums this time around and instead, we opt for a general, no notes, off-the-dome approach. As per usual, there’s plenty of out there conversational tangents and dorky oddities lurking within the episode.

#199 | Album Review Holiday Special | Corey Taylor - CMFT

Dec 21, 2020 2 hr 57 min

Howdy-ho little rotting sugar plums of the void! This week is a bit of a special episode for the holidays. We have established that if Ryan and I post a bad cover, single, or 90’s post-grunge track within our group chat three times, Derek will Beetlejuice us into actually reviewing them! Let’s just say Corey Taylor’s debut solo album CMFT got posted in our chat numerous times. Like a golden nugget from Scott Stapp himself, we then found ourselves day drinking while conversing about this album (it becomes more evident as the episode persists). In the episode, you will find us going on long manic tirades that you may find pretty damn humorous. The content is not holiday-themed whatsoever, but you’re more than welcome to perceive it as a plop of coal in your stocking, or that candy cane that has decorated your tree for several years and you decide… f**k it, why not nom this stale and chewy mint treat. Now before we get all metal elitist and crap all over Mr. Taylor, understand that we mostly came to the conclusion that CMFT was just flat out boring. With each single released I was hoping for a meme filled banger or cheesy ballad. Yet good old, “looking at you through the glass” Taylor did not really deliver. Instead, we get a hard rock album inspired by rock ‘n roll greats with no life of its own. I won’t lie, there were some fun moments in this album but it did not rest well in the music memory banks. CMFT MUST BE STOPPED! Bah humbug, at least the tangents Derek goes on are quite fantastical! CMFT came out on October 2nd, 2020 via RoadRunner Records.

#198 | Album Review | Obsidian Kingdom - MEAT MACHINE

Dec 14, 2020 2 hr 3 min

Howdy super meat critters of the void! This week Ryan and I continue our beef lad ways by conversing about Obsidian Kingdom’s new album MEAT MACHINE. Ryan brings in his knowledge having had listened to this band for quite some time while I frolic about as a newbie. This album is a trip with a platter of strange vocals, moments of synth, and drastic tempo/genre changes. Logically this means I bring in random tangents that have very little to do with the actual music, such as Arnie’s love for the muscle pump! Prepare yourself to hear a decent amount of meat talk as well (sorry vegans and veggies). Remember that stupid Sausage Party movie? Well, we (mostly Connor) come up with a pretty badass Gerard Butler steak hunk action version. Despite our typical immature ramblings, this album displays some high caliber musicianship. MEAT MACHINE is a genre-bending ride of oddities that mostly adventure in a progressive metal/rock realm. Moments of electronic pop surprisingly fork their way in seamlessly. The sudden changes in vocal delivery fit the experimental craftwork in well-thought-out ways. Some tracks are downright fun with upbeat melodies, while others lay down the meat with some peculiarly tinged heft. Lyrics display bizarre scenarios or interesting modern-day societal comparisons. F**k there are even human-dog barks. This is one to get weird and funky to, I tell you what. Obsidian Kingdom is a band from Barcelona, Spain that formed in 2005. Over the years they have released three full-length albums (four, if you include their electronic remix record, Torn & Burnt). Each one explores a diverse sound in terms of experimental progressive rock and metal. Since we recorded this podcast episode I have delved into their discography and have truly discovered how much they branch out with sound. The energy, passion, and risk the band puts into their art shows. MEAT MACHINE was released on September 25th, 2020.

#197 | Album Review | Next Life - Guru Meditation

Dec 7, 2020 2 hr 5 min

Hello my fried circuit void friends! This week Ryan and I digitalize to you Next Life’s, Guru Meditation. Fair warning, we nerd out hard in this episode (not that we aren’t total dorks in the others). It’s another one where we bring up a multitude of video games, cartoons, and old technology that this music mentally inspired. The experimental electro violence metal brings us to realms within my old crappy Windows 98 or my virus filled XP. Just imagine Wreck-It Ralph but inside the virtual equivalent of a crack house. The synths and unusual instruments in the album’s brain emailed us nostalgia that we didn’t even know we had. Ryan even delves into worlds with sentient insectoid creatures (nukem Rico). It’s a whacked out album full of interesting textures that I’m sure will bring up strange thoughts within every listener. The first thing I would like to note about the overall sound of this project: They somehow made a xylophone and kalimba sound incredibly stellar mixed in with slick thrashy riffs and drum thunder. Combine those aspects with the electronic 8-bit oddities and you got yourself something unique as f**k. There are moments of upbeat violent insanity and others of down-tempo retro hazed mysteries. Hell, you may even notice samples similar to a jammed floppy drive, a damaged VHS tape, or just the inside workings of a Commodore 64. Each track will spawn you right in the middle of a new bizarre level of electronics and heavy instruments, some of which you might even be able to dance to! I’ve failed to mention that there are no vocals in this album, so that could be a lead factor in why it dusted off our old brain files—unless maybe you were born in 2010 and your tech nostalgia is an original iPhone turning on. Next Life is primarily comprised of the duo Hai Nguyen Dinh (Guitar, xylophone, kalimba, tracking) and Ander Hangård (Drums). They are based in Olso, Norway, and have existed in the airways since 1999. They have released four full-length LPs in that time...

#196 | Album Review | All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal

Nov 30, 2020 2 hr 5 min

Before the year ended I managed to force Ryan to listen to one of my favourite contemporary psych-rock bands, and it turned out he was actually rather keen to have a cheeky chat about their latest album, Nothing as the Ideal. This album was a bit of a side-step from All Them Witches’ usual, heavily blues-influenced psych-rock fare, and instead saw them exploring proggier, chuggier, and groovier dimensions of their sound. And the world is a better place for it. Nothing as the Ideal breathes new life into the band’s already extensive catalogue of releases and offers a respite from the bluesy, bar-band rut which the band arguably fell into on their previous release, ATW. Maybe I’m being a bit harsh there (ATW is actually a fine album, and if you have the time I’d recommend you go and give it a spin), but the point is, on this record the band sound revitalized, re-energized, and reinvigorated—hungry again to make music and explore the auditory limits of their sound while blazing new trails through the psychedelic stratosphere. As a listener who’s been spinning their records and EPs since the release of Dying Surfer Meets His Maker, I’m pleased to say that this new album is one of the most exciting and engaging albums this already excellent band has ever put out. Stripping down to a three-piece has done wonders for their sound—trimming the fat and streamlining the band to allow for a more efficient, muscular, and immediate delivery. Experimental tones remain, with extensive use of loops, field recordings, and samples peppering the album in a surprisingly musical and non-gimmicky way. Lyrically, Parks has never been as poetic and engaging as on this release, shining most prominently (in my humble and ultimately meaningless opinion) on the album highlight (and tonal deviation), “Children of Coyote Woman”. But before I give away all of our rambling revelations, check out the podcast and listen to us incoherently babble about how wonderful this record is. It’s a wild and win...

#195 | Album Review | Return to Worm Mountain - Acoustic Tracks 2020

Nov 23, 2020 2 hr 10 min

Hello there, pig children of the void! This week Ryan and I return to the bizarre whimsical folk lands of worm mountain—aka, we get weird as hell describing the amazing music dwelling within Return to Worm Mountain’s latest record, Acoustic Tracks 2020. We delve into great detail as we describe the tracks within our own lore-filled podcast universe. We do this by introducing the sentient symbiotic immortal worm (Mgalekgolo) lads known as Nacnud and Macrand (pretty Tolkien inspired on my part). They were formed at the beginning of the world’s creation and have inspired creatures and intelligent beings alike for thousands of years. Yet in recent times the world of Grizzlium has grown depressingly corrupt and now they long to end their lives. This is where things get strange on our part. Despite our deranged ramblings that attempt to add a narrative to this album, it is incredibly beautiful, inspiring, and uplifting. Duncan and Cam create warm folky backdrops with electronic wizzes and whirls that make one’s imagination wander infinitely. There are plenty of tracks with zany yet calming acoustic guitar melodies that work perfectly for a woodland trail stroll. Do not forget the moments of harmonica and springy banjo jams either! Overall, each tune invokes a new landscape for one to adventure through, be it a western saloon in “Bad Witch” or a golden apple orchard in “Lay Me Down the Mountainside”. Hell, I also get pretty down with the relatable Covid-19 themes in “No Kissing the Dead”. These awesome dudes always deliver something interesting for my ears to digest. If I had to choose a soundtrack to endlessly walk worm filled marshlands, I’d always choose a Return to Worm Mountain album. This music gets as weirdly psychedelic as my brain mush and I relish every bit of it. Return to Worm Mountain is mostly comprised of two South African weirdos known as Duncan Park and Cam Lofstrand. Each member delivers a multitude of musical talent in each track as well as the occasiona...

#194 | Album Review | Atrium Carceri - Mortal Shell Soundtrack

Nov 16, 2020 1 hr 56 min

Salutations, pallid beef husks! Welcome to yet another dark ambient podcast review where Connor and I prattle on not only about Atrium Carceri’s latest record, the Mortal Shell Soundtrack, but the soulslike videogame it was composed for. It’s no secret that we’re avid listeners of the Cryo Chamber catalog and although our recent streak of episodes—with the exception of Tineidae’s Exo—suggests a “falling off of the wagon” with respect to chatting about music of a dark ambient strain, we found this soundtrack to be an intriguing subject of dissection as we were able to hue our rambling with the interactive media accompanying it. As such, you can anticipate brief reflections upon our first impressions of the game, its difficulty, the vague snippets of lore we could glean, and Connor’s general horridness at playing (and not completing) it. Somehow, in the near three years we’ve been yammering into the void, an Atrium Carceri record has never been explored by us. Allusions have been made to his work in several reviews of other Cryo Chamber releases we’ve done—as he, Simon Heath, is the owner/operator of the label—, but never have we descended into his obsidian timbres and endeavored to shape it into a long-form review. There is no good reason we can provide that will explain our lack of scrutinizing away, though I am sure when the next Atrium Carceri solo effort drops, we’ll trudge through its Stygian atmosphere in an attempt to make some sense of it. Admittedly, since the Mortal Shell Soundtrack is, well, a soundtrack, it does not necessarily enrich the labyrinthian mythos Simon has been carving throughout his extended tenure of solo records. However, his uncanny concoction of dreary drones, grotty industrial beats, and murmurs of arcane civilizations—most often, at least in this record, in the form of foreboding chants—is an impeccable pairing for the murky bogs comprising the game’s overworld, Fallgrim, and its various dungeons. The soundtrack itself treks a panorama...

#193 | Album Review | Tineidae - Exo

Nov 9, 2020 2 hr 9 min

We are back in space once again, void popsicles! This week Ryan and I slam on our space helms and enter a derelict spacecraft. This dark ambient craft was created by the artist Tineidae for their debut Cryo Chamber release Exo. Within the episode, we describe the various imagery the complex musical soundscapes inspire. Be it a distant sunlit communal room full of moths or a damp crimson-hued maintenance passage, Ryan and I both try to forge our own narrative as we descend into each track (we get weird as usual). I also implement a new character to the FCU lore which is inspired by Exo‘s concept. It’s the stealthy bacon-loving black market contractor “Kummerspeck”! The visuals we come up with are also inspired by what Tineidae is. So stretch your little moth wings and flutter into this episode! Tineidae drops you right into the interstellar realms of space. He does this by creating asteroid drifting drones that starship sputtering engines must avoid. You get calming arpeggiated swells mixed in with textures of futuristic computer tones. The overall ambiance creates a feeling of wonder for the great beyond. I can’t help but picture beautiful nebulas, exploding quasars, and distant galaxy swirls. There are also serene moments of piano work that teem with sorrow. Tonal melodies dance with dripping percussion and wispy souls lost to the vacuum of space. Each track delivers a mix of emotions as you create cinematic landscapes in your head, may it be exploring a heavily damaged mothership or a goofy bounty hunter tracking down an alien beast. I believe it’s up to the listener to decide. Pavlo Storonskyi is the creator of Tineidae. Pavlo resides in Warsaw, Poland but hails from Ukraine. He masterfully uses industrial beats infused with cinematic electronics and atmospheric ambience to create these complex soundscapes. You can tell the music is inspired by SciFi. Exo was released via Cryo Chamber on July 28th, 2020.

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Latest episode: Jan 29, 2023
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