#chainsuck

     Have I reminded everyone that I hate goth music in 2023? Okay, just to reiterate, I will state indefatigably that I HATE approximately 94.999999% of goth music. I can’t stand the musical subculture, I despise the shitty quality of most goth albums, and I detest how most of it boils down to pop music. I also loathe how the mascara-dripping ‘darkness’ of most goth groups can be scientifically measured to be about as deep and dark as a puddle of piss upon further inspection. I don’t hate goths, but your music kinda blows, okay? So let me help everyone out by submitting a goth tune to Tumblr that is full of quality. You know what I love!? I love any music at all that punctuates *REAL* pain. I love a lady vocalist that touches upon raw nerves. You know how I like my goth music? Six feet under! Enter Chainsuck. Folks, this is week four-of-four in my monthlong Lady-Vocalist-Hotties-Who-Rock entries, and I’m going to end it with the poetry and poise of a band you’ve never heard of and likely never will outside of my blog. Do you know what ‘chain suck’ is? It’s what happens when you’re riding a bicycle and your chain is extended too far. It is the physical feeling of the metal chain beneath your feet mercilessly being sucked into its own gears; resulting in friction, often clogged with mud. You can no longer peddle, as your chain becomes jammed into its own frame if you do. It results in difficulty moving forward, a slippery injury, or in some rare cases… death. There is no other band that I can recommend that accentuates that feeling, or what the tip-of-the-spear is or was in gothic rock. This is a group that hasn’t made a new album in over two decades and never got their dues for the SUPERB contributions they made to gothic industrial metal. Their tracks were uniquely vocalized by Marydee Reynolds who has a voice that flutters on top of desolate/thoughtful electronic and guitar-driven beds. They pumped out two extremely underrated albums in the late 90’s and then vanished into extinction. And that’s what gothic music should be… a short burst into the netherworld. Just like okra, I love goth music when it’s cooked --- just right! Chainsuck slow-simmered their artform to near-perfection followed shortly thereafter by their own downfall. So smash play, break out your black eyeliner, and immerse yourself in some decent gothic rock for a change. That wraps it up for Lady-Vocalist-Hotties-Who-Rock month. This is Anything but Dead from their 1999 album Kindly Stop For Me. Enjoy dear listener!