Here we go for the BEST OF 2012 !!!
Just as last year, I've asked actors of the scene (I'm connected with) to give me their Top Albums and Live Performances of 2012, their revelations too, plus expectations for next year which already promise huge moments of sonic DOOM and finally some eventually more personal notes !!! Thanx to everybody who took part to this 1st Part and watch out for the 2nd part soon (details at the end of this post...) !!!
KIMI Kärki (LORD VICAR)
Top-10:Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
Neil Young and the Crazy Horse: Psychedelic Pill
Saint Vitus: Lillie F-65
Hexvessel: No Holier Temple
Sammal: s/t
Revelation: Inner Harbour
Pallbearer: Sorrow and Extinction
Scott Walker: Bish Bosch
Paul Buchanan: Mid Air
Opium Warlords: We Meditate Under the Pussy in the Sky
- REVELATION(S) OF 2012 (limited to 3)
Seeing The Obsessed rehearse in the basement, preparing for Roadburn gig!
Polish Doom Metal crowd at Goleniów.
New Finnish prog rock band Sammal. I really like 1970s stuff like Haikara, Tabula Rasa, and Finnforest, and they capture that vibe & innocence perfectly, like a time machine.
- TOP LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2012
Seeing The Obsessed rehearse in the basement, preparing for Roadburn gig!
Sigiriya & Orchid on the last April tour we had with them, every night.
The Wounded Kings at HDDT-festival in Copenhagen.
Sleep in Helsinki.
Hexvessel in Helsinki.
- On a more personnal point of view, please give us your own appreciations about this year and - if there’s any particular - your expectations for 2013 ?
This was a hard year because there was a lot of work to do. Not as much time for music and especially live shows as I would have liked. Next year there will be a new Lord Vicar full length album, 'Gates of Flesh', and some cool live shows as well.
ZACH Wilding (BALAM)
my top albums of 2012...all the shit ICE DRAGON released was great, but Tome of the Future Ancients and Dream Dragon were my 2 favorites. PILGRIM's Misery Wizard is a masterpiece. the return of Saint Vitus with Lillie f65 was great. hmm thats all i can really think of. a lot of bands released some great stuff this year like windhand, cough, the sword, electric wizard, in the company of serpents, i can go on.... but those really stand out for me. LIVE SHOWS i didn't get to go to many unfortunately but i did however get to see Elder and Pilgrim a few times each. both those bands fucking rule...
there is a lot to anticipate for 2013 already... Goatess should be releasing an album. i'd love to see an album from MAGIC CIRCLE. War Injun is doing a US tour so it will be cool to get to see them up here. also a new Balam album
EWENN Padovan (TOTEM CAT RDS)TOP ALBUMS /
1 HOODED MENACE - Effigies Of Evil
2 ELDER - Spires Burn / Release
3 WO FAT - The Black Code
4 THE DISEASE CONCEPT - Liquor Bottles and Broken Steel
5 UNSANE - Wreck
6 SNAIL - Terminus
7 OM - Advaitic Songs
8SONS OF OTIS - Seismic
9 WINDHAND - Windhand
10#16 - Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds
GIGS /
1 FATSO JETSON / O2/07/12 - Les Combustibles, Paris.
2 OM / 15/04/12 - La Maroquinerie, Paris.
3 THE OBSESSED / 17/06/12 - Hellfest, Clisson.
4 ACID KING / 17/06/12 - Hellfest, Clisson.
5 JUCIFER / 18/04/12 - Les Combustibles, Paris.
EXPECTATIONS FOR 2013..... The new BLOOD FARMERS album. Can't wait any longer!
KATHY Reeves (K.R. Production and Photography)
Top Album of 2012:Pale Divine - Painted Windows Black
Revelation of 2012: Beelzefuzz
Top Live Performances of 2012: Pentagram at Swedish Rock Fest (Wish i'd been there) Earthride at DOTD II Beelzefuzz at DOTD II Not just for the 2 amazing songs, but for making it there at all! 2 exploding tires couldn't even stop them.. lol
Most anticipated albums of 2013: BEELZEFUZZ, Victor Griffin's IN GRAVED
Personal note: Worked with and met so many great people this year! One in particular stands out... Looking forward to a lot of changes this upcoming year! (All good) Oh, and Mike Smith owes me a bag of RUFFLES!!
GRANT Netzorg (IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS)
* Ladybird – Demo 2012/Ontalogical Physicalism
We got to play with these dudes earlier this summer, and they kill it pretty fucking hard. I’m really looking forward to hearing what they’re gonna do next. They kind of remind me of what would happen if you fed a band like Weedeater, Bongzilla, or Dopethrone nothing but amphetamines instead of copious amounts of weed.
* Ice Dragon – Tome of the Future Ancients
You could probably put anything Ice Dragon did this year on this list, but if someone put a gun to my head I’d chose this as my favorite. I’m a little jealous that these guys can be so prolific yet consistently solid.
* Fister – The Infernal Paramount
This is just a really cool, menacing release. To top off the genuinely misanthropic vibes that the music gives off, this is just a really cool piece of wax. It plays from the center outward, ends in a locked groove repeating “Satan is Lord”, and has an Enochian sigil etched into the b side.
* Low Gravity – Incarnadine
These dudes are good friends, and this is a killer slab of groove-laden stoner doom.
* Stoic Dissention – Fatidium Vita
Stoic Dissention are another Denver favorite. If you’re partial to funeral doom with an emphasis on blackened elements, look no further.
Western Ritual is another Denver favorite, and I really hope they get into the studio soon. We’ve played on a number of bills with them, and I routinely get their stuff stuck in my head for days afterwards.
- Best Live Performances of 2012
St. Vitus/ Weedeater/ Sourvein was amazing. I’m bummed that Keko parted ways with Weedeater, but it was cool to see them one last time with that lineup. Earth was another really cool gig. I got to speak to Dylan Carlson for about 20 minutes outside the venue, and he seems like a really cool, genuine person. EYEHATEGOD was another amazing show, and it was cool to see our buddies in Low Gravity, Black Sleep of Kali & The Flight of Sleipnir get to open for them. Swans was another really interesting gig. I also really enjoyed seeing YOB with Norska and Primitive Man.
- Overall this was a really cool year. We were lucky enough to play shows with some really cool bands, and I’m looking forward to where 2013 will take us. We’re working on a follow-up to our debut record, and so far I’ve been pleased with the direction the songs are taking. If funds will permit it, we’d also like to venture out on our first tour, but we need to scratch together some coin before that can happen.
STEVE Howe (The Sludgelord)
- Top albums of 2012. Fuck. Hard one. Still working on the final list but shouldn't be vastly different from this one.
1 - Adrift For Days - Come Midnight
2 - Kowloon Walled City - Container Ships
3 - Galvano - Two Titans
4 - Wheelfall - Interzone
5 - Summoner - Phoenix
6 - Bear Fight! - Gnarmageddon
7 - Conan - Monnos
8 - Sunswitch - S/T
9 - Carrion Mother - Koronis
10 - Demonic Death Judge - Skygods
11 - At Devil Dirt - Chapter II
12 - Indian Handcrafts - Civil Disobedience For Losers
13 - Eagle Twin - The Feather Tipped The Serpent's Scale
14 - Red Desert - Damned By Fate
15 - Sea Bastard - Sea Bastard
(Apologies if I have missed any other bands out. 2012 was a brilliant year for Sludge/Stoner/Doom/Post-Metal. Hard to include everyone).
REVELATION(S) OF 2012
The Fans - They make the blog what it is. If they didn't come visit us each day we wouldn't be here. Really made 2012 something special. I would never believed I would of hit over 450K hits this year. Long may it continue.
Bear Fight! - They have been my fave Sludge/Stoner Rock Discovery of 2012. Great band who came out of nowhere. And provided me with a great interview as well.
Wheelfall - Another Stoner Metal band who came out of nowhere to totally blow me away with their amazing debut album. As with Bear Fight! give me a great interview.
Top Live Performances of 2012
1 - Sleep - Glasgow - The Arches - Fucking amazing concert. 2hrs of brilliant Sleep magic. Best gig I have seen so far.
2 - Pelican - Glasgow - Stereo - Brilliant concert from Sludge/Post-Metal pioneers. Meeting some of the band was a highlight as well.
3 - Karma To Burn - Newcastle - Trillians - Excellent concert from Stoner Metal legends. Great support to from Desert Storm and Druganuat.
4 - Conan - Newcastle - Trillians - Conan were just immense. Definitely the best UK Doom/Stoner Metal band who are just going to get better
5 - Orange Goblin - Newcastle - Legends - UK's Legendary Stoner Metallers still showing why they are the Kings of UK Stoner Metal. Amazing 90 minute performance
Most Anticipated Albums of 2013
Palms - Deftones/Isis Supergroup. Need to see if this will be any good.
Ancient VVisdom - Brilliant Occult Rockers back with their new album. New song is superb
Bear Fight! - Looking forward to the new album from these hugely talented Sludge Rockers
Nibiru - Italian Ritual Psych Sludge Metal. These guys might not be known yet. But they have showed me with their YouTube Videos they will be releasing something special. More info here - http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2012/11/interview-with-nibiru.html
Truckfighters - Swedish Stoner Rock Heroes back with their first album in 4 years.
Personal Highlights Of 2012
Aaron joining the team. Took the blog in a whole different direction. Doing interviews, more reviews and mixing with free downloads. Plus his work on the Facebook Page has been second to none. Took viewers from 225 people upto over a 1000 people.
Adding more team members to make Sludgelord what it is. Sure we lost a few members but we have gained some great writers and made a lot of friends as well. Long may this continue.
Personal Predictions
Hopefully Justin Bieber and Simon Cowell fucking off back to the pits of hell and staying there.
Chris (HUATA)
STEVE Howe (The Sludgelord)
1 - Adrift For Days - Come Midnight
2 - Kowloon Walled City - Container Ships
3 - Galvano - Two Titans
4 - Wheelfall - Interzone
5 - Summoner - Phoenix
6 - Bear Fight! - Gnarmageddon
7 - Conan - Monnos
8 - Sunswitch - S/T
9 - Carrion Mother - Koronis
10 - Demonic Death Judge - Skygods
11 - At Devil Dirt - Chapter II
12 - Indian Handcrafts - Civil Disobedience For Losers
13 - Eagle Twin - The Feather Tipped The Serpent's Scale
14 - Red Desert - Damned By Fate
15 - Sea Bastard - Sea Bastard
(Apologies if I have missed any other bands out. 2012 was a brilliant year for Sludge/Stoner/Doom/Post-Metal. Hard to include everyone).
REVELATION(S) OF 2012
The Fans - They make the blog what it is. If they didn't come visit us each day we wouldn't be here. Really made 2012 something special. I would never believed I would of hit over 450K hits this year. Long may it continue.
Bear Fight! - They have been my fave Sludge/Stoner Rock Discovery of 2012. Great band who came out of nowhere. And provided me with a great interview as well.
Wheelfall - Another Stoner Metal band who came out of nowhere to totally blow me away with their amazing debut album. As with Bear Fight! give me a great interview.
Top Live Performances of 2012
1 - Sleep - Glasgow - The Arches - Fucking amazing concert. 2hrs of brilliant Sleep magic. Best gig I have seen so far.
2 - Pelican - Glasgow - Stereo - Brilliant concert from Sludge/Post-Metal pioneers. Meeting some of the band was a highlight as well.
3 - Karma To Burn - Newcastle - Trillians - Excellent concert from Stoner Metal legends. Great support to from Desert Storm and Druganuat.
4 - Conan - Newcastle - Trillians - Conan were just immense. Definitely the best UK Doom/Stoner Metal band who are just going to get better
5 - Orange Goblin - Newcastle - Legends - UK's Legendary Stoner Metallers still showing why they are the Kings of UK Stoner Metal. Amazing 90 minute performance
Most Anticipated Albums of 2013
Palms - Deftones/Isis Supergroup. Need to see if this will be any good.
Ancient VVisdom - Brilliant Occult Rockers back with their new album. New song is superb
Bear Fight! - Looking forward to the new album from these hugely talented Sludge Rockers
Nibiru - Italian Ritual Psych Sludge Metal. These guys might not be known yet. But they have showed me with their YouTube Videos they will be releasing something special. More info here - http://thesludgelord.blogspot.com/2012/11/interview-with-nibiru.html
Truckfighters - Swedish Stoner Rock Heroes back with their first album in 4 years.
Personal Highlights Of 2012
Aaron joining the team. Took the blog in a whole different direction. Doing interviews, more reviews and mixing with free downloads. Plus his work on the Facebook Page has been second to none. Took viewers from 225 people upto over a 1000 people.
Adding more team members to make Sludgelord what it is. Sure we lost a few members but we have gained some great writers and made a lot of friends as well. Long may this continue.
Personal Predictions
Hopefully Justin Bieber and Simon Cowell fucking off back to the pits of hell and staying there.
Chris (HUATA)
hangman's chair : hope/dope/rope,
dopethrone III,
monarch : omen,
putiferio :lov lov lov,
switchblade s/t (2012),
revelations :
top live performance: bitcho - mudfest 2, year of no light - mudfest 1, ufommamut - glazart, Paris, dopethrone - roadburn, yob - roadburn
most anticipated albums of 2013: toner low, ocean chief, eibon
appreciations 2012 + expectations for 2013:
the activity of the french doom scene, our participation at Roadburn, but also some nice meetings who gave birth to collusion and/or friendship (wounded kings ,toner low , dopethrone,bitcho, barabbas, funeralium,wheelfall, yonl, monarch, cult of occult....) well, 2013 ? looks like this will be a cool year....
ZACHARY Salmans (STOIC DISSENTION)
Top albums
In the Company of Serpents- S/T
Evoken- Atra Mors
Ahab- The Giant
Dodecahedron- S/T
Pallbearer- Sorrow and Extinction
Royal Talons- S/T
Inverloch - dusk\subside
Velnias- RuneEater
The Swans- Seer
Dead Can Dance- Anastasis
Revelations:
Not sure if anything to profound happened which revels I need to get out more or drink less!
Most anticipated of 2013 is:
The Flight of Sleipnir- Saga
Primitive Man
A new Pallbearer release
a new 40 Watt Sun release
Top live performances for me were Pallbearer at the Denver Doom Fest II and Dead Can Dance. Both were really amazing and sublime experiences for me.
This year was amazing for me personally as Stoic Dissention released or first full length Relinquished which has been very positively received. Also the birth of my son Baylon Veles Salmans brought an ultimate dynamic of glory to my life. Also the Denver Doom fest of which I put on was a major success and I cannot wait til the next one.
I expect 2013 to just expand on the glory of this years triumphs we have all experienced musically speaking.
STEVE Miller (contributor Doommantia + T.o.P.)
Top Releases of 201213. Bedemon – Symphony of Shadows
12. Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65
11. Northwinds – Winter
10. Kadavar – S/T
9. Ice Dragon - greyblackfalconhawk
8. Pallbearer – Sorrow and Extinction
7. In the Company of Serpents – S/T
6. Demonic Death Judge – Skygods
5. Slomatics – A Hocht
4. Revelation – Inner Harbor
3. Reino Ermitaño - Veneración Del Fuego
2. Ice Dragon – Tome of the Future Ancients
1. Uzala – S/T
Top EPs, Singles & Demos 2012
5. Balam – S/T
4. Spelljammer – Vol. II
3. Apostle of Solitude – Demo 2012
2. Burning Saviours – Förbannelsen 7” Series
1. Tentacle – Void Abyss
Top Live Performances 2012
3. Saint Vitus – Bluebird Theater
2. Mudhoney – Bluebird Theater
1. Denver Doom Fest – 3 Kings Tavern
Most Anticipated Albums of 2013
5. Peacemaker
4. The Black Angels
3. Apostle of Solitude
2. Black Sabbath (out of morbid curiosity)
1. The next three releases from Ice Dragon or anything from Tentacle.
What did I appreciate in 2012? Great music, cool friends and acquaintances both near and abroad, my family—no matter how fragmented or estranged—and of course, most importantly, my lady.
SEB (ABRAHMA)
- TOP ALBUMS OF 2012 (limited to 15)ANCESTORS - IN DREAMS AND TIME
RESCUE RANGERS - MANITOBA
GREENLEAF - NEST OF VIPERS
DWELLERS - GOOD MORNING HARA KIRI
WHEELFALL - INTERZONE
SOUNDGARDEN - KING ANIMAL
NEUROSIS - HONOUR FOUND IN DECAY
LORD FOWL - MOON QUEEN
BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA - THE STORM GENERATION EP
LARMAN CLAMOR - FROGS
ORANGE GOBLIN - AN EULOGY FOR THE DAMNED
KELLY JOE PHELPS - BROTHER SINNER & THE WHALE
WO FAT - BLACK CODE
ENOS - ALL TOO HUMAN
WIGHT - THROUGH THE WOODS INTO DEEP WATER
- REVELATION(S) OF 2012 (limited to 3)
WIGHT, MOTHER OF GOD, SEDULUS
- TOP LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2012
MOTHER OF GOD
BLACK TUSK
KELLY JOE PHELPS
SOUNDGARDEN
- MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2013
CLUTCH - EARTH ROCKERS
MOTHER OF GOD - ANTHROPOS
DEVILLE - HYDRA
ED MUNDELL's ULTRA ELECTRIC MEGA GALACTIC
BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA - THE EDGE OF AN ERA
- On a more personnal point of view, please give us your own appreciations about this year and - if there’s any particular - your expectations for 2013 ?
2012 has been a really good year for rock. Many good bands have released their first albums, and we have discovered a bunch good bands. 2013 will be a really busy year. Many albums are already on the top list of all Stoner maniacs, CLUTCH, QUEEN OF THE STONE AGE, VISTA CHINO and maybe a new MONSTER MAGNET's album...
Arc of Ascent - The Higher Key
Kadavar - Kadavar
Snail - Terminus
Undersmile - Narwhal
Om - Advaitic Songs
Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
Crippled Black Phoenix - (Mankind) The Crafty Ape
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
Ahab - The Giant
Reka - III
The Cult – Choice Of Weapon
REVELATION OF 2012
Kadavar
TOP LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2012
Opeth, 01.03 Sofia
God Is An Astronaut, 11.03 Sofia
Asteroid, Stone Axe, Truckfighters, Orchid, Slabdragger @ Desertfest London
Kadavar, 20.05 Sofia
Brotherhood of Sleep/ Center, 19.08 Sofia
MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2013
Venomin James - Holy Mountain
Clutch - Earth Rocker
JON Rossi (PILGRIM)
TOP ALBUMS OF 2012
Natur - Head of Death
Windhand - S/T
Ice Dragon - Tome of the Future Ancients
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
Burzum - Umskiptar
Asphyx - Deathhammer
Cannibal Corpse - Torture
REVELATION(S) OF 2012 (limited to 3)
1. You can't sleep and masturbate at the same time.
2. Americans aren't human.
3. There is no god.
TOP LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2012 (limited to 5)
1. The Wounded Kings @ Heavy Days in Doom Town, Denmark
2. Big Business @ The Middle East Upstairs, Boston MA
3. Blood Ceremony @ The Middle East Downstairs, Boston MA
4. Balam @ The Acheron, Brooklyn NYC
5. Weedeater @ The Middle East, Boston MA
MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS
1. The Wounded Kings
2. All 500 Ice Dragon records that will come out
3. Electric Wizard
4. Opium Warlords (or any Albert Witchfinder stuff)
5. Black Sabbath minus Ward
PERSONAL NOTE:
2012 was pretty rad for me and the guys, I guess. PILGRIM went to Europe, we got some tours under our belt, and we met a ton of new and interesting friends.
A lot of nothing also happened though. We sat around a lot. We also ate a lot of food. It was just as exciting as it was boring.
I think 2013 will be just like 2012, just newer, with cooler cellphones and better graphics.
GABRIELE Strazzeri (Aristocrazia )Ok, now is the perfect time for my top ten, maybe are not the best but they are the album's i really love listen of this magic doom year.
Top Ten:
Wo Fat - The Black Code
Ysengrin - Tragedies
Mammoth Mammoth - Hell's Likely
Eagle Twins - The Feather Tipped The Serpent's Scale
Demon Lung - Paraeidolia
Fall Of The Idols - Solemn Verses
Venomous Maximus - Beg Upon The Light
Ishmael - Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here
Obelyskkh - White Lightnin’
Arc Of Ascent - The Higher Key
i don't know what to answer as to the most anticipated album... the new Barabbas or Tombstone Highway but nothing in particular, i prefer look and surprise me in the moment of the notice of the release.
Robert Walsh (BITTER RESOLVE)
my favorite albums from this year were, in no particular order...
Witchcraft...Legend
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats...Bloodlust
MAKE...Trephine
Neil Young...Americana
Neil Young...Psychedelic Pill
Grails..Dirty Politics
Pallbearer..Sorrow and Extiinction
Across Tundras...SageMy revelation...Lyme disease sucks.
Favorite shows..
Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick 1and2 live
Melvins Lite
Roger Waters The Wall
Bruce Springsteen
Pallbearer
THOMAS Gouritin (TIME TO BLAST)
Albums :Spiders - Flash Point
Last Barons - Cheval de Troie
Stubb - Stubb
Doctor Cyclops - Borgofondo
Wo Fat - The Black Code
Wheelfall - Interzone
Corrosion Of Conformity - Corrosion Of Conformity
Voight Kampff - More Human Than Human
Funeralium - Deceived Idealism
633 & Arno Strobl - Giggles, Garlands & Gallows
Dean Allen Foyd - The Sounds Can be So Cruel
Revelations :
Spiders
Stubb
Dean Allen Foyd
Concerts :
Corrosion Of Conformity - Motocultor Fest
Dean Allen Foyd - Freak Valley Fest
Last Barons - Little Big Place
Doctor Cyclops - Cinemoviking
Lonely Kamel - Freak Valley Fest
Most anticipated 2013 :
Misanthrope
Mastodon
Clutch
Doctor Cyclops
Grifter
Personal :
Happy to find more and more great people in the underground scene, and proud of the Doctor Cyclops guys month after month crushing it on stage all over Europe. More amazing things are to come in 2013, can't wait for great albums to come out. Support the scene and buy music ! Cheers, Tom.
JAKE Mason (ALUNAH)
1. Paradise Idol - Tragic Idol
2. The Cult - Choice of Weapon
3. Napalm Death - Utilitarian
4. Baroness - Yellow & Green
5. SaintVitus - Lille: F-65
6. Orange Goblin - A Eulogy for the Damned
7. Om - Advaitic Songs
8. Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
9. Rush - Clockwork Angels
10. Marilyn Manson - Born Villain
REVELATION(S) OF 2012
finally "getting" Thin Lizzy
TOP LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2012 (limited to 5)
1. Monster Magnet - Spine of God UK shows
2. Soundgarden -Hyde Park, London
3. Rich Robinson - Temple Bar, Birmingham,UK
4. SaintVitus/ Acid King - The Underworld, London
5. Chris Cornell - Symphony Hall Birmingham, UK
MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2013 (limited to 5)
1. Black Sabbath
2. Monster Magnet
3. Sisters Of Mercy (a long shot!)
On a more personal point of view, please give us your own appreciations about this year and - if there’s any particular - your expectations for 2013 ?
Highlight of the year - "White Hoarhound" being released. Hopes for next year - more gigs, and spreading the Alunah word even further.
ULLA Roschat (The Wicked Lady Show)
1) This Gift Is A Curse - I, Guilt Bearer
2) Horseback - Half Blood
3) Amenra - V
4) Bell Witch - Longing
5) Black Shape Of Nexus - Negative Black
6) Serpentine Path - Serpentine Path
7) Enslaved - Riitiir
8) Ishmael - Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here
9) Wolves Carry My Name - Amongst Ruins And Ashes
10 )In The Company Of Serpents - In The Company Of Serpents
11) Herder - Horror Vacui
12) Old Man Gloom - NO
13) Witchcraft - Legend
14) Ahab - The Giant
15) Valborg - Nekrodepression
This year's revelations for me was This Gift Is A Curse and their album I, Guilt Bearer. What a cool mix of Black/Sludge and HC,
and Bitcho, who I heard and saw on the Mudfest in Venlo for the first time. They blew me away with a 3 bass attack of noisy drone sludge stuff.
I loved that each hair on my body was vibrating from that droning bass sound :)
I was lucky to be able to attend quite a lot live performances this year some of them were impressive. Of course the already mentioned Bitcho at Mudfest, also Huata and Belzebong who also perfomed at Mudfest. Actually I would like to name ALL bands that performed at Mudfest, but they would be too many. Two other concerts are to mention here and that is one of Enslaved and one of Ramesses.
I have no concrete anticipations or expectations for 2013, I have no idea of any plans of bands, I just wait and be surprised when there comes a cool release ;)
STEVEN Bell (STONE ANGELS)
Top albums of 2012:
1. Shining - Redefining Darkness
2. Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
3. Deftones - Koi No Yokan
4. High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
5. Katatonia - Dead End Kings
6. Witchrist - The Grand Tormentor (NZ)
7. Law of the Tongue - s/t
8. Blut Aus Nord — 777 Cosmosophy
9.The Watermark High - In Flux
10. Orange Goblin - Eulogy of the damned
Revelations of 2012:
1. Witchrist - The Grand Tormentor
2. Sinistrous Diabolus getting their shit together to FINALLY release a full length in early 2013
3. BOLZER - from Switzerland
Top Live Performances of 2012:
1. Sinistrous Diabolus - Live @ Desecration of the Capital
MIKAEL "Mr DOOM" Olofsson
TOP ALBUMS (in no particular order) :Barabbas - Barabbas (Cd)
Saint Vitus - Lille F-65 (CD with DVD)
Orodruin - In Doom (CD)
Blizaro - Black Majicians (CD)
Seamount - Earthmother (CD)
Lord Of The Grave - Green Vapour (CD)
Lord Vicar/Revelation -Split EP (Vinyl)
Goat - Goat
Seremonia - Seremonia (Vinyl)
House Of Aquarious - The World Through Bloodred Eyes (Reissue On Vinyl)
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel - Dont Here It....Fear It (Vinyl)
Necros Christos - Doom Of The Occult (Vinyl)
The Obssessed - The Church Within (Reissue On 2XEp Vinyl)
Sigiriya - Return To Earth (Now With LT Ed Sticker (Thanks Barla) Vinyl)
Reverend Bizarre - Crush The Insect (Reissue on Double Vinyl)
Funeral Marmoori - Vol 1 (Vinyl)
Surprises:
- Goatess rehersals and Goatess Live, very Cool !
- Spancer - Greater Than The Sun - Great live and very good album !
- Bedemon - Symphony Of Shadows (Vinyl very cool and diffrent)
- Barabbas they are great ! like a French Cathedral !
- Lord Of The Grave - wow its so much better than first record that ruled !
- Nocurnal and Skogen Brinner - two great new cool retrobands from Sweden
- War Injun and Doomdogs split 7" Super cool and good cant wait untill its out
- Funeral Marmoori ! Uriah Heep Goes Doom From Italy
- Covent Guilt (Australia) Cant stop listening to the demo :)
- Year Of The Goat - Everyone loves em even all news, could not happen to a better bunch of people im proud of em :)
- The Wandering Midget - From the Meadows of Opium Dreams they always rule and the album is even better than i tought
- Huta and finaly see live !
Top Live (in no particular order)
Pentagram, Goatess, Year Of The Goat, Lord Vicar, Sigiriya, Sleep, The Tower
What I Look Forward to in 2013:
Goatess live in Göteborg with Hour Of 13 and Doomdogs.
Goatess New Record, Griftegårds New Record.
Seeing Lord Vicar and Griftegård play together again !
New Spiritus Mortis record
In Graves album, Griffin rules !
Heavy Days In Doomtown in Denmark, lots and lots of cool bands !
And so many more things that i cant mention all !
Reading more Temple Of Perdition ;)
Sorry for all i have forgotten here
KOREY (THE OUTLAWS OF ZEN)
Top Albums:1 Black Cowgirl - Black Cowgirl
2 Graveyard - Lights Out
3 Witchcraft - Legend
4 Black Keys - El Camino
5 Kadavar - Kadavar
6 High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
7 Orange Goblin - Eulogy of the Damned
8 Baroness - Green and Yellow
9 Electric Wizard - Legalise Drugs And Murder
10 The Sword - Apocryphon
11 Down - Purple EP
12 Rival Sons - Head Down
13 Orchid - Heretic
14 King Giant - Dismal Hollow
15 Heavy Eyes - Maera, Demo EP
Revelations
1 Black Cowgirl
2 Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
3 Heavy Eyes
Top Live
Truckfighters w/ Midnight Ghost Train at the Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, Mi USA
Most Anticipated Albums :
1 Electric Wizard
2 Tool
3 QOTSA
RON Rochondo (ICE DRAGON - TENTACLE)
Top albums of 2012 (in no particular order) I'm sure I'm forgetting some other great albums here, but this is right off the top of my head. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
Pilgrim - Misery Wizard
Spelljammer - Vol II
Fellwoods - Gyromancer
Worshiper - Permeating Death 7"
In The Company of Serpents - s/t album
Strand of Oaks - Dark Shores
Torture Chain - Across Great Landscapes to a Legacy of Blood
Kroh - s/t album
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer - The Boundary Between The Living And The Deceased Dissolved
Merlin - Night Terror EP
Across Tundras - Blood Meridian For Electric Drone Guitar
Balam - demo
Revelations.... hm. the movie "Foxfur" by Damon Packard. Yeah. That shit blew my mind man.
I only went to a few shows in 2012. Pilgrim at O'Briens in Boston, which was kickass. They always do a great show. The other was St. Vitus, also in Boston. They were really really cool to see. Dude shreds on the guitar.
JAY Murchison (OTIS REAPER)
Top 12 of 2012 (in no order)abominable putridity - the anomalies of artificial origin
pallbearer - sorrow and extinction
Deiphago - Satan Alpha Omega
sterbhaus - angels for breakfast ...and god for lunch
Manowar - The Lord Of Steel
Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
Master - The New Elite
Aura Noir - Out To Die
Naglfar - Téras
Satan's Wrath - Galloping Blasphemy
Black Pyramid - II
chapel - satan's rock 'n' roll
Revelations Ectovoid
Chapel
Meth Drinker
Best Shows 2012
Deiphago - Cafe Lura
Epoch of Unlight - Knuckleheads
When we (Otis Reaper) got the play at Carl Perkins house.
Most Anticipated Albums of 2013
Otis Reaper - untitled
Portal - Vexovoid
Vader - Straight to Hell
Epoch of Unlight - Foreshadows
I would like to thank my wife for being the best woman/mom/drummer anyone could ever want.
STEPH Le Saux (T.O.P.)
1) ICE DRAGON "Tome of the Future Ancients"
2) IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS "s/t"
3) WO FAT "The Black Code"
4) ORDER OF THE OWL "In the Noon of the Afterday"
5) CHAOS ECHOES "Tone of Things to Come"
6) ARKHAM WITCH "Legions of the Deep"
7) THE DISEASE CONCEPT "Liquor Bottles and Broken Steel"
8) NORTHWINDS "Winter"
9) KING GIANT "the Dismal Hollow"
10) BLACK PYRAMID "II"
11) STONE MAGNUM "s/t"
12) HANK WILLIAMS III "Long Gone Daddy"
13) ARC OF ASCENT "the Higher Key"
14) EARTHEN GRAVE "s/t"
15) KAYROS "Terras Infertiles"
(special additional mentions for CHOWDER and WHEELFALL)
REVELATIONS :
BEELZEFUZZ
TRIFECTA/TRILOGY
CHAOS ECHOES
BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES :
ORCHID - Tilburg, Roadburn
NECROS CHRISTOS - Tilburg, Roadburn
SIGIRIYA - Tilburg, Roadburn
ORANGE GOBLIN - Clisson, Hellfest
RAMESSES - Rennes
(special mention for HANK III at Hellfest for the memorable 1st part of the show... !!! but it was so fucking noisy and finally boring at the end of the 2nd part that I can not put it in this top 5 !)
MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2013 :
BARABBAS
TRILOGY
BEELZEFUZZ
EIBON
THE BOTTLE DOOM LAZY BAND
Conclusions for 2012 :
lots of cool stuff from cool people to listen to; speak with and about those bands featured in the blog is most often a real and sincere pleasure. Music has never been so important for myself, a unique and magic way to escape from everyday's life problems and/or routine... some very cool relations with other bloggers, underground addicts.. Thanks to you all for the good vibes \m/
Even if you always have doubts and fears towards the education you give them and the future of this more and more mad, greedy world they'll live in, I'm so proud of my sons Jocelyn and Liam, I love them and their mother Nathalie whom I will never thank enough for her patience, affection and understanding.
Expectations for 2013 :
See the following bands live- AUTOPSY, WO FAT, EIBON, ELDER, NORTHWINDS and between others if I had to choose only 2 - if not in 2013, before I die - they would be then ICE DRAGON and IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS, this would be the ultimate sonic experience !!!! go at the Heavy Days in Doomtown fest; see good friends from the scene at all those gigs...
Continue and developp - if possible - the blog, still need a couple of contributors more and/or one who could give a more important and regular work... (think about it muthas, hehehe !)
Have good times with my family :)
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Don't worry if you didn't find your answers here ;) I'm sorry but this would have been definitely too long to put everyone in just one part !!!!
so, expect a PART II to be published in 2 or 3 days, including nice people from CROWN, CHOWDER, THE PLEDGE OF CAIN, EARTHEN GRAVE, ARKHAM WITCH, SOUTHERN BADASS, WAR INJUN , BASTARD OF THE SKIES, BLASTING DAYS, DOGBANE, DAYS OF THE DOOMED FEST, DOOM METAL FRONT, etc...
Great, Magister ! Et merci de nous faire figurer dans tes attentes 2013, on va essayer d'etre à la hauteur !
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That picture of Steph is HILARIOUS
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