August 'Best Of' suggests that the Podcast is taking an ever increasing shift into more extreme metal territory considering the sparse number of hard /classical rock bands that are featuring during the last few months. Having said that, sludge bands are having to expand their sound to get a look in after years of listening to this type of music and becoming somewhat numb to the monotony of a lot of this genre. This has been demonstrated by The Master Of Suspense by Sithter becoming my Sludge album of August due to the fact that, although there is definitely an element of Eyehategod worship going on here, there is sufficient punk/crust overtones married with a raw guitar sound to make this album stand out.
I guess similar could be said about the other bands that made the list, Stone Nomads for example could easily have been my Doom album of the month, such is the constant shifting between doom and stoner influences within their Fields Of Doom album, however I had to go for the enormity of the droning sounds of Morbid Evils to fill that particular slot.
Stone Nomads ~ Fields Of Doom
The sons of Sabbath, raised in the Texas fields of doom, we are STONE NOMADS... Experience an amalgamation of Doom, Southern Sludge, and all things Metal on a stoned out Sabbath trip...
Morbid Evils ~ Supernaturals
Helmed by the Rotten Sound vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, Finnish band Morbid Evils give us their own dark, twisted and unbearably heavy interpretation of death/doom/sludge metal music which is both awe-inspiring and riveting.
Nightbearer ~ Ghosts Of A Darkness To Come
Nightbearer do not only stick to the harsh sound and trademarks of the Old School Death Metal they love but give it a decent modern twist. They take the listener for a phantastic, yet bloody and brutal journey through the world of Robert Jordan's "The Wheel Of Time
Eruption ~ Tellurian Rupture
Fast, guitar-based and infectiously melodic metal, with pounding drums and soaring vocals.
Sithter ~ The Master Of Suspense
Japanese band Sithter's newie is an ungodly tapestry of Eyehategod style sludge and the begrimed punk of Buzzov.en, crudely stitched together by feedback contaminated riffs sounding all the more brutal due to the excellent mix.
Omen Stones ~ Omen Stones
US Stoner/sludge
Early Moods ~ Early Moods
The self-titled full length debut of Los Angeles quintet Early Moods is a marriage of classic underground doom like Candlemass, Witchfinder General, Pentagram, Trouble and Saint Vitus, paired with traditional “big box” Heavy Metal melodies and song structure.
Old Tomb ~ Phantom Hour
Stoner doom from Slovakia
Hellgrav ~ Rottomatic
German death metal with a relentless HM-2 sound that grinds you to your knees. There's nothing new here and I'm sure Hellgrav couldn't care less, I certainly don't while I sit here listening to the album in all its downtuned, blood spattered glory!
Consumption ~ Necrotic Lust
Death metal is not dead yet and it’s gruesome, yet fascinating future is here in the form of Consumption!
Swarn ~ Whispers From Beyond
Dream-infested hallucinatory
death metal
Autonoesis ~ Moon of Foul Magics
Thrash/Death/Black metal band
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