The Loathsome Couple

Not long ago I had made a post about this band on Vonfrost’s blog but I guess some of you may appreciate this stuff as well.
Recently I stumbled upon the debut full-length release by Seattle-based trio The Loathsome Couple and I found it a really cool slab of, let’s say, Heavy Metal, in the sense of heavy and in the sense of metal.
The line-up of this band attracted me particularly because of the presence of Tobias Burch, the man behind a really cool funeral doom act, Amort.
Hence the line-up includes Tobias on really crushing vocals and Mike and Matt Vogan on drums and guitars, respectively.
Officially the band is tagged as “sludge-doom-noise” on Metal Archives and as “experimental heavy metal” on Bandcamp. Well, both tags fit and none is adequate!
The debut full-length by The Loathsome Couple is a vortex of heavy, massive riffs, and some great relentless drumming as nest for Tobias’ powerful voice. The tracks develop according to typical down-tempo rhythms but sounds range from sludge-doom to experimental dark prog via some great heavy metal (I don't know how to call it in another way).
Just listen, for example, to the awesome second track of this album, and you’ll see how killer a charge of distorted upbeat heavy metal can get when funeral doomsters unleash their rage!
Great musicians indeed and a great singer are behind this impressive debut.

The band guys offer their cool album as free digital download via Bandcamp.
However it is possible to support the band by getting hold of the physical release which comes as cool folded apparel (not the same old plastic box) or else in “old school” tape format. There’s a cool t-shirt as well. You’ll find all the options in the said Bandcamp page

Band here and here

The Loathsome Couple - S/T (2011)

P.S.: … and if you dig funeral doom, change latidude for once, leave Finland for a while and go to see how they do it in Seattle with Amort.

Seahag

Ok so Seahag is a band from North Central Miss...FINE I'LL DO SOME RESEARCH. Oh...so they're from Little Rock Arkansas, ouch, that's worse than North Central Missouri. I don't mean to cast aspersions *(yes I exclusively do mean to do just that) but this band's "About Us:" is void of any background around the band and members and just mentions "we've played with rwake". Is life that bad? That's the highlight of your lives guys? Little Rock must be a fucking barren outpost on the highway to the abstract fields of magnetized nothingness.

Believe it or not a band from the south featuring a group of what i can best describe as "not classically handsome gentleman" would play an angry brand of doom metal. They have a song called "Drawn to Darkness" which is a song I assume inspired by fat red haired girls who smoke Newports. Ahhh yes, stereotypical bigotry™.

I'm not good at doing positive reviews about anything, ask any girl that ever blew me only to have me unpause my xbox game, but I will say this, if you do enjoy doom metal/riffs/metal/flannel/sideburns you have to check out the 3:28 second song called "Count Your Dead" it really is worth the download. Doom can use some more songs under 7 minutes long. I love classic movies that aren't in a hurry to tell the story but there is something to be said about pace, and this band has it. 7 minute songs certainly don't feel like it at all. I'm kind of out on doom, so I don't know if these guys ripped any band off or anything, but I genuinely enjoy them, and I didn't think I could say that about any band that plays doom metal lately.

Also lets not go crazy here, I'm not saying this album moved me and everyone should own two copies, I'm not sure what really could in this genre at this point. But it definitely didn't eat farts.

Our Presence Here is Vain

If the band ever reads this feel free to quote me on any album sleeves and press releases "definitely didn't eat farts"

also does anyone think of the scene in Kiss of Death where Widmark pushes the old woman down the stairs and calls her "a lyin' ol' haaaaag"? "double crossin' squeelers all of ya"

no?


click play and die laughing.




best fucking laugh.

sunsmasher

I love band names that involve malicious feelings towards the sun. its just so fucking deep to hate life's .....sun. For me to link a bandcamp band who didn't specifically email me like 20 times is kind of a anomaly, but in any perspective is not a big deal whatsoever outside of my own head. But if I can't be self serving on a blog then where can I? besides my personal life. I like to pull my wallet out like its a gun at the cashier. fuck your feelings i want you to be scared of me.

This is really great unrefined shit. Band is really promising I even overlook their useless interlude noise track of sound. You know all the bands they sound like before I type them so lets not damn this band with half hearted praise. I've included the stupid player thing so you can hear them before you heartlessly dl their shit.



bandcamp

Doom death monsters

I have posted it on Vonfrost's blog, but I guess this one fits here as well, in case some of you didn't get hold of it before.
Thanks to the blogger in The Mean Man for sharing.
Limited edition vinyl-only release out on US label Contagion Releasing.

Bands' links: here and here - here and here

Buy (if still available) here

d/l

Ramesses – Take the Curse [2010]

well with all this fun going on you'd think that some of you guys forgot how completely crushing music can be? well here is the proverbial dick in the birthday cake of fun. ramesses are not fun gentlemen. they did a great job on the for the sick tribute thing for who gives a shit. just download this. heres the good album you've been looking for in god knows how long, this album is nothing like ocean. i promise you.

dl

ultralord - we hate you and we hope you die (2006)

well in a shocking turn of events here is more upsetting doom metal aptly titled "We Hate You and We Hope You Die" not a great listen for anyone who has a healthy relationship with anyone. album will not blow you away with its strong musicianship or lyrics or production. but it is some real fantastic music. dudes from rune and fistula are in this band and they are not in this band to make feel good music.

angry mother fuckers who will never bum you out with a noise track or anything that could come close to be defined as "filler". so if you're like me and the last thing you ever want to hear again is another fucking isis wanna be band than this is perfect for you, or say if you are less than pleased with a current situation with work or you piss off your commander and get demoted to harbor police, or your exwife is dating some suit who gets front row seats at an orioles game and your kids tell you how much better they are than the ones you could afford, or your partner shoots an undercover cop and has to become a teacher, or you start banging out a campaign advisor and she only uses you as a dick robot and she belittles you for not being politically savvy, maybe you light everything on fire just to watch it burn? mcnulty ftw.

or say you're like me and you fucked a girl on a jetski once than by all means download this because you are fucking awesome.


ultimate warrior