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Excoriate

The demon had flown past the reach of Erebos's whip but not the point of the sun god's spear.

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Excoriate

On Pestilent Winds...

Death/Thrash Metal

Germany

hello anon!  i’m currently listening to Aaliyah.  i’ve been listening to her music since i was a kid and she’s still one of my favorite vocalists. she’s been a major source of influence for many of the singers that i enjoy today (i’m thinking of Kelela in particular, who is my favorite living vocalist).  i think her s/t has definitely stood the test of time.

also, i’d be happy to recommend some albums.  

something i’ve been listening to a lot recently is Anthony Braxton’s For Alto.  Braxton is a free jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist and i’ve only recently gotten into his work (tho i’ve been listening to free jazz since i was a teenager) but apparently For Also is considered to be one of the major works of the free jazz genre.  anyways, take a listen to the track “To Composer John Cage”.  it’s unrelentingly cacophonous and some sections of it are genuinely very unnerving, particularly the middle section where he makes the alto saxophone sound like a human screaming in terror.  

another that’s been a consistent favorite of mine for a while is Death Kneel’s Lilac & Benzine EP.  Death Kneel have been putting out some of the best industrial ambient and power electronics in recent years, but my first introduction to his music was this particular tape put out on Aught Void back in 2014.  he’s also put out tapes on Summer Isle, Total Black, and Strange Rules so you know this dude is in good company. Death Kneel’s particular brand of industrial ambient invokes images of flower vases on gravestones, the scent of funeral homes, and moth eaten silk.  check out the track “Apollo” to get a good idea of what the EP sounds like.  

also give a listen to Excoriate’s On Pestilent Winds which Sepulchral Voice Records (which has also released albums by the likes of Grave Miasma and Teitanblood) put out back in 2009.  Excoriate didn’t put out anything after this, and this LP was also their only full release, so unfortunately there’s not a lot to offer from this project as a whole.  still, i think for the brief time that Excoriate were together they managed to put out one of the filthiest and most unforgiving death metal releases ever.  anyways, listen to the titular track because it’s mean as fuck.    

you should also check out Sanguine Relic’s Blood On Old Altars In Remembrance which was released by Perverse Homage in 2016.  if you know anything about Perverse Homage then you know that they’ve become known as a purveyor of some of the grimiest and most cryptic black metal to come out in recent years.  and there is nothing i love more than black metal that sounds like it was recorded in a fucking cave, or in the case of Sanguine Relic this was likely recorded in an abandoned Transylvanian crypt.  Sanguine Relic’s vampyric black metal has yet to disappoint and this release is definitely a testament to that.  the whole thing is on youtube so give it a listen.