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“Hail”

This. Cannot. Wait. Until. Tuesday. All hail the Mighty BONGRIPPER. This album has been my absolute favorite since its release in 2010. If you’ve been hiding under a fucking rock, check out my original Tuesday Teardown review of Satan Worshipping Doom here and in celebration of 4.20, crank this shit up! The rest of the set from Roadburn is below, along with the entire album, embedded.

“Serums of Liao”

Ok, it’s been a while but what better album to kick it back into high gear than the latest from High on Fire. If you need an introduction to this band, you’ve fucked up. Bury your head back in the sand and await the worms that will end your life. I was fortunate enough to catch High on Fire during SxSW here in Austin and was surprised to hear new material from the band. Alas, De Vermis Mysteriis was announced and all I thought about was Lovecraft. Then Matt Pike released a quote, outlying the album’s conceptual background. I won’t bother quoting it, because it’s irrelevant to the review.

High on Fire’s last album, Snakes for the Divine didn’t sizzle for me. In fact, Arik Roper’s artwork was the only thing I really liked. It had been a while since the band had the same intensity of say, Blessed Black Wings or Death is this Communion but don’t cringe, De Vermis Mysteriis has found a place next to them. While Kurt Ballou is no Steve Albini, he did manage to hone the devil within Pike to a sharp ax and chop the mother fucking head off a cave troll.

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I’ve been waiting to post this for a little while but had to get higher-res photos from the Burro crew for the nice, cushy blog body formatting. Japanther has a huge following, much like Burro and I don’t imagine these sticking around for long. Pick one up here! I can’t wait to see who Burro is going to collab with next. Let’s just say, I’m sure a Chicago band by the name of BONGRIPPER could use some bags and I would buy one of those!  Seriously, someone set that one up.

Psychedelic, cult rock, mixed in with Pacific Northwest vernacular influences is how’d describe White Orange‘s sound. But since they’re such stoners, they rant on about how White Orange embodies a “synesthesia of sound and movement, an ideological translucent experience, jammy epic psychedelic trance rock”. If you grew up listening to desert rocksters Kyuss, or had your skateboarding sessions fueled by Dinosaur Jr, these guys are for you. Hell, my dad’s love for King Crimson trickled over into my childhood music taste. All of these bands, mixed in with some Alex Grey-inspired cult album art make White Orange one unique band. And you can win some of their music, including a 2x LP.

Tuesday Teardown is back and I figured I’d start it off with something a lil different.

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The first GoPro footage from the 2012 Red Hook Crit comes from Alex at Thrown Blown with the music selected by Tuesday Teardown PiNP. It’s dark, fast and loose with tunes by Krallice. NYC black metal fits perfectly for NYC track racing. All hail the Necronomicog!

Believe it or not, I actually catch a lot of flack from readers, asking where Tuesday Teardown has gone. Truth be told, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t had time to really seek out new music. Instead, I’ve been buying my favorites on vinyl and getting back into flipping through stacks. Next week I’ll fall back into my routine to deliver you the best in doom, death, black and thrash. Till then, check out the best album art ever. Done by Putrid, for Hooded Menace‘s Never Cross the Dead, this LP is killing it!

Damn. This week has been bringing the heat when it comes to the tunes. This new video from Roda Gira has my speakers bottoming out. Black and white, epic doom death and speed! Some people just get it. Be careful though, it might give you seizures.

Did Beelzebub himself visit everyone in their sleep this weekend or what? First Floor and now my favorite song off Come My Fanatics. The SHRED crew takes an ordinary bike check and cranks it down a few notches. This song rules on vinyl, by the way.

What’s next, someone using Winter in an edit?