#orange goblin

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playlist 10.29.24

The The Ensoulment (Cinéola / earMUSIC) Blood Incantation Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media) Geordie Greep The New Sound (Rough Trade) The Smile Cutouts (XL) Orange Goblin Science. Not Fiction (Peaceville) Kaitlin Aurelia Smith Ears (Western Vinyl) Lunophone Surroundings (AltRock) Swingle Singers Jazz Sebastian Bach Vol 1 (Philips) Machine Girl MG Ultra (Future Classic) Godspeed You Black Emperor No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (Constellation) Andy Akiho BeLonging / Sculptures / Kin / Oculus (Aki Rhythm Productions) Rolo Tomassi Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It (Destination Moon) Aris Kindt Floods (Scissor and Threads) Shiverboard Hacksaw Morrisette (Shiverboard) Steve Roach / Vir Unis Blood Machine (Greenhouse)

Book Yuval Noah Harari Nexus

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Orange Goblin - The Abyss

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Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere (2024)

There aren't too many absolutes left in this crazy world, but one of 2024's absolute musical certainties appears to be the critical supremacy of Blood Incantation's third long-player, Absolute Elsewhere, and I, for one, agree that it's entirely deserved.

Though they formed over a decade ago, Denver, Colorado-based Paul Riedl (vocals, guitar), Morris Kolontyrsky (guitar), Jeff Barrett (bass), Isaac Faulk (drums) have multi-tasked with numerous parallel bands over the years, most notably funeral doom/thrash coffin-raiders Spectral Voice.

And, despite its rather misleading moniker, Blood Incantation is arguably their most sophisticated endeavor; dedicated to crafting adventurous fusions of advanced progressive metal and brutal old-school death metal, behind evocative sci-fi scenarios that would make space metal pioneers Voivod proud.

However, unlike countless contemporary metal-nauts who rely on their elders for inspiration (I'm looking at you, Vektor), Blood Incantation have forged a surprisingly fresh mélange of space metal hallmarks, old and new, for Absolute Elsewhere. (*)

The album consists of two, side-long suites sub-titled 'The Stargate' and 'The Message,' each broken down into three contiguous parts, or 'Tablets,' so the pyramids and obelisks that grace the gatefold cover art's alien landscape really set the stage for what's to come.

And that's a masterfully orchestrated clash of musical styles and dynamic extremes, as "The Stargate - Tablet I" shifts nimbly from cascading leads over sinister power chords, to a quasi-reggae-groove, before returning to metallic fury led by Riedl's fearsome, "if a black hole could talk" roar.

"Tablet II" is an instrumental featuring seminal Kraut-electronica greats Tangerine Dream (**) that gradually adds classic prog- and psych-rock elements (cue the synth-flute!) on its way to "Tablet III's" renewed metallic muscle, amid tribal percussion and other foreign genre splicings.

To better experience all three movements in toto, may I suggest checking out this surprisingly elaborate, 20-minute music video illustrating the 'Stargate' concept.

Over to side two and one could say that "The Message" offers more of the same, except that the lyrics turn inward to philosophical matters and that Tangerine Dream gives way to the influence of Pink Floyd (***), but that's simply not fair given Blood Incantation's continued quest to combine intricate sonic extremity with surprising immediacy.

So trust me when I say that "The Message - Tablet III" will keep you riveted throughout its eclectic, imaginative eleven-plus-minutes and leave you asking for more from a band that, as someone accurately commented, "gets better with every hair that falls out."

In sum: coming at a point in time where almost everything in rock and metal has already been done, and there are simply no stones left unturned under the Sun, Absolute Elsewhere offers an awe-inspiring, cosmic-scale achievement from Blood Incantation.

Like all absolutes, this one's absolutely essential.

* Which, incidentally, is named after an obscure mid '70s prog-rock side-project led by Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford.

** Or at least its present iteration led by Thorsten Quaeschning, who apparently took the reins after the 2015 death of Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese.

*** Complete with signature somnambulant vocals à la David Gilmour from German multi-instrumentalist and singer Malte Gericke (a.k.a. Mors Dalos Ra and Mordra Von Kaldesstein), I believe.

More Space Rock & Metal: Alchemist's Tripsis, Blue Aside's The White Staff Burned by the Blue Sun, Enslaved's Monumension, Hawkwind's In Search of Space, The Heads’ Mao Tinitus EP, Lowrider's Ode to Io, Lunar Chamber's Shambhallic Vibrations EP, Neil Merryweather's Space Rangers, Monster Magnet's Dopes to Infinity, Los Natas' Ciudad de Brahmam, Nocturnus' The Key, Orange Goblin's Frequencies from Planet Ten, Oranssi Pazuzu's Valonielu, Pink Floyd's A Saucerful of Secrets, Ramases' Space Hymns, Rush's 2112, Sigiriya's Return to Earth, Sons of Otis' SpaceJumboFudge, Spaceslug's Lemanis, Tangerine Dream's Zeit, UFO's UFO 1, UFOmammut's Snailking, Ulthar's Cosmovore, Vattnet Viskar's Settler, Vektor's  Terminal Redux, Voivod's Nothingface, Yuri Gagarin's Yuri Gagarin, Zemial's Nykta.

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FROM THE MAN'S RUIN RECORDS ARCHIVES -- FROM THE MIND OF A GRAPHIC DESIGN MASTER.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a promotional postcard titled "True British Space Doom," promoting the ELECTRIC WIZARD / ORANGE GOBLIN "Chrono.Naut"/"Nuclear Guru" 1997 split CD, released by the legendary Man's Ruin in 1997. Artwork by the late, great Frank Kozik.

PIC #2: Spotlight on CD booklet psychedelic-style artwork for the ELECTRIC WIZARD/ORANGE GOBLIN "Chrono.naut" / "Nuclear Guru" split EP/CD, released in 1997 by Man's Ruin Records. Package design by Frank Kozik (1962-2023).

Source: www.pixnoy.com/post/6839131728703321514354 (Pixnoy 2x).

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Orange Goblin

ORANGE GOBLIN NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO ‘THE FIRE AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH IS MINE’ OUT NOW! Get all the details now @ https://toxicmetalzine.com/post/orange-goblin-new-single-and-video-the-fire-at-the-centre-of-the-earth-is-mine-out-now

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Orange Goblin - "Shine" (Time Travelling Blues, 1999)

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my orange cat fitz’s favorite toy is pipe cleaners so they are kept under strict containment in my room.

last night I was cleaning a drawer and accidentally left it open overnight (this drawer is the one where the pipe cleaners are kept) woke up this morning, looked at the floor and BAM like seven pipe cleaners

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Orange Goblin - The Wolf Bites Back

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Hashtronaut: No Return (2024)

Hashtronaut ... are you fucking kidding me???

With a name like that I needed just a few streams to open my wallet for this Denver, CO-based stoner rock band, knowing their debut LP, No Return (and its stunning, transparent green with yellow and blue splatter wax), had already locked up a reservation on VinylSpinning when April 20th (a.k.a. 420, Cannabis Culture Day) rolled around.

Even more serendipitous was learning that Hashtronaut were playing The Cobra, a small club right here in Nashville, this past Tuesday on a four-band bill completed by local head-bangers Dead Runes, Karma Vulture, and Electric Python -- all for the princely sum of $10.

It felt like 1997 all over again!

So does Hashtronaut's music; or did you think I would have stayed up past my bedtime (on a weeknight, no less!) if these stoned space-farers didn't deliver the musical goods to back up their titular genius and visual presentation?

Just keep in mind that, in a contradiction of its title, No Return is in fact a purely nostalgic exercise and that there's literally ZERO innovation at hand; even the anti-marijuana dialog sampled from '50s and '60s propaganda films have been used elsewhere before.

But well-written standouts like "Rip Wizard" (whose chorus shouts "Smoking it all"), "Carcinogen," "Dead Cloud," and "Dweller" offer doomy, space-themed stoner rock of the highest caliber, reminiscent of vintage Acrimony, Orange Goblin, and Lowrider.

Heck, my biggest complaint is that the fabulous "Hex" should have lasted ten minutes instead of just two!

Finally, I'll praise Daniel Smith (ex-Alamo Black) for the melancholy, haunted strain in his voice -- the kind reserved only for those of us who have been lost in space -- plus he can also roar like an alien beast on "Cough it Up" and "Lung Ruiner." The instrumental "Marsquake" (a sequel to the non-album early track "Moonquake") and a thirty-second thrashing called "Blast Off" bring No Return to an end after barely 41 minutes, but these days I'd rather be left wanting more than stuffed to the gills.

And the sum of all this is: Hashtronaut offer much more than just a clever moniker and irresistible packaging, so I'll be waiting eagerly for their next musical mission (and Nashville show) into the stoner rock void.

More Stoner Rock & Doom: Acrimony’s Tumuli Shroomaroom, The Atomic Bitchwax’s The Atomic Bitchwax, Belzebong’s Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves, Bigelf’s Cheat the Gallows, Black Capricorn’s Born Under the Capricorn, Black Rainbows’ Hawkdope, Blue Heron’s Ephemeral, Bongripper’s Satan Worshipping Doom, Bongzilla’s Stash, Cavity’s Supercollider, Ché’s Sounds of Liberation, Clutch’s Earth Rocker, Dead Meadow’s Dead Meadow, Dopethrone’s Hochelaga, Earthride’s Earthride EP, Electric Wizard’s Dopethrone, Eternal Elysium’s Spiritualized D, Fu Manchu’s No One Rides for Free, The Glasspack’s Powderkeg, Goatsnake’s Goatsnake Vol. 1, Green Druid’s Ashen Blood, The Heads’ Mao Tinitus EP, The Hidden Hand’s Mother Teacher Destroyer, House of Broken Promises’ Using the Useless ...

Even More Stoner Rock & Doom: Kyuss’ Blues for the Red Sun, Lowrider’s Ode to Io, Monster Magnet’s Spine of God, The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight’s The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, Los Natas’ Ciudad de Braham, Nebula’s Let it Burn, Novadriver’s Void, The Obsessed’s Lunar Womb, Orange Goblin’s Frequencies from Planet Ten, Reverend Bizarre’s In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend, Sasquatch’s II, Sigiriya’s Return to Earth, Sleep’s Holy Mountain, Slift’s Ummon, Slo Burn’s Amusing the Amazing, Solarized’s  Driven, Sons of Otis’ SpaceJumboFudge, Spaceslug’s Lemanis, Spirit Caravan’s Dreamwheel EP, Spiritu’s Spiritu, Terra Firma’s “Spiral Guru,” Thulsa Doom’s The Seats are Soft but the Helmet’s Way too Tight, Toner Low’s Toner Low, UFOmammut’s Snailking, Unida’s Coping with the Urban Coyote, The Wandering Midget’s From the Meadows of Opium Dreams, Warhorse’s As Heaven Turns to Ash, Witch’s Witch, Wo Fat’s The Black Code.

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Orange Goblin - A Eulogy For The Damned I shamefully haven't listened to this one in a long time but it's like returning to an old friend. For those who don't know this band, just Imagine Black Sabbath and Motorhead had a baby that grew up and liked starting bar brawls in dive bars and gritty pubs for fun, that's basically Orange Goblin.

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"The Fire at the Centre of the Earth is Mine" by Orange Goblin - From "Science Not Fiction" (2024)

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Orange Goblin

Stoner Metal

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"Ascend The Negative" by Orange Goblin https://ift.tt/sdJzvh5