MY SPIRIT ANIMALS WHEN I'M HAVING "ONE OF THOSE DAYS."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on members of "Dismal"-era GRIEF -- Boston sludge/DOOM metal band, c. 1992-'93.

These shots are damn near impossible to find on the interweb, so, I figured the next best thing was to snap the pictures from the CD booklet itself, from my Fuck Yoga Records/Hellmilitia reissue of "Dismal" on CD, and which you should totally already own if you like slooow, heavy, fucked up sounds with a slight hardcore punk influence in Jeff Hayward's vocal delivery.

Tune Down, Stay Down, DOOM On!!

Source: My GRIEF collection on CD -- only hard copy is real!!

🔮𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖉 & 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖉🔮 Interested in hearing the new album in its entirety just days before it’s Official Release? Check out @doomedandstoned where Sebastian will be providing an exclusive track by track first look and official commentary for the making of “The Silent Bell Toll” before its release on August 20th. Special thanks to DoomedandStoned.com for giving us a platform to provide you with unique backstory, insight, and experience while crafting our finest work to date.⚰️ Look forward to hearing what your favorite track is 👊 🔮𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖞 𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖞 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖉🔮 #doomed #doommetal #doom #doomedandstoned #doomer #stoned #stonerrock #stonerrockband #stonerrockart #stonermusic #stonerdoom #stonerdoommetal #sludgemetal #weedian #hesher #doesitdoom #sludgedoom #sludgecore #sludgerock #sludgedoommetal #sludgelord #dunable #heavymetalartworks #heavymetal #heavy #metal #pedalboard #stonerchick #stonermemes #stonerart (at Fayetteville, Arkansas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRuJ78iJPip/?utm_medium=tumblr

#Hexendrone @sxrxsxtx #Harsh #Noise #HarshNoise #PowerViolence #Methastases #HeavyDrugsAndSmashedAmps #Doom #Metal #DoomMetal #Sludge #SludgeDoom #SludgeMetal #SludgeDoomMetal (at Glenelg, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5cufJ2plIm/?igshid=8u9x0fs86lrs

darklands 111 - stalked by the shadow of death’s hand part I - a pyre of lost dreams bereft of love: esoteric - circle bell witch - longing (the river of ash) mourning beloveth - all hope is pleading/sinistra loss - all grows on tears mournful congregation - as I drown in loveless rain saturnus - embraced by darkness black wreath - the black holes of your mind part II - in my kingdom of desolation i look ahead to a vast emptiness: funerary - atonement/beneath the black veil ataraxie - résignés monarch! - louves bell witch - judgement, in air: II - felled (in howling wind) funeralium - vanishing once and for all tyranny - drown wastes - pt. 7 dusk - mourning shadow part III -in my own ashes i am standing without a soul: agalloch - a celebration for the death of man…/in the shadow of our pale companion ulver - ulvsblakk mourning beloveth - autumnal fires saturnus - call of the raven moon empyrium - the ensemble of silene opeth - to bid you farewell “We see death coming into our midst like black smoke, a plague which cuts off the young, and a rootless phantom which has no mercy for fair countenance.” - jeuan gethin darklands is every wednesday night from 10pm to 1am mst on denverundergroundradio.com #denverundergroundradio #darklands #darklandsradio #doommetal #doom #funeraldoommetal #funeraldoom #sludge #sludgemetal #sludgedoommetal #sludgedoom #dronemetal #dronedoommetal #dronedoom #deathdoom #deathdoommetal #neofolk #gothicdoommetal #gothicdoom #gothicmetal #death #medievalart #blackdeath #1349 #jeuangethin https://www.instagram.com/p/B3JerWdJBsu/?igshid=1vgs1m9evu5vi

SIXES - Methistopheles - “Acid God” - Release date: March 1, 2018 Label: Black Bow Records - SixesDoom.Bandcamp.com SixesDoom.com - Vinyl coming very soon through @poisonedmindrecords - - Sixes is: Stephen Cummings - Vocals, guitar Hannes Bogacs - guitar Zander Reddis - Bass Dustin Daniels - Drums - #sixes #sixesdoom #methistopheles s #acidgod #blackbowrecords #poisonedmindrecords #doom #alldoommatters #doomworship #deathdoom #extremedoom #doommetal #stoner #stonerdoom #sludge #sludgedoom #sludgemetal #sludgedoommetal #fuzz #heavy #music #vinyl #sabbath #sabbathworship #sabbathsunday #sundayworship #vinylcollection @sixesdoom @poisonedmindrecords @zanderbar_ @durty.deeds @_stephen_cummings_ @bihilnaxter

Pillars: new band profile on The Bible of Metal http://thebibleofmetal.blogspot.com/2018/05/bands-pillars.html

Stream I Klatus ‘Opium Cyborg’ – Esoteric sludge doom taken from their new album ‘Targeted’ that releases April 1st via their own Dead Sage label, listen now at… . https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/.../i-klatus-opium-cyborg/ . @iklatus @dead_sage_records @earsplitcompound . #stream #premiere #trackstream #newmusic #iklatus #iklatusband #opiumcyborg #targeted #doom #doommetal #sludge #sludgemetal #sludgedoom #sludgedoommetal #blackeneddoom #blackeneddoommetal #blackeneds… See more

SCRAPE ME FROM INSIDE, MY WALLS THEY BLEED, MY OWN BLACK MASS...."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1807x2768 -- Spotlight on concept art for one of the most iconic zombies in film history, the "Tar Man," artwork by William Stout for "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985), co-written & directed by Dan O'Bannon✝.

"Scrape me from inside, My walls they bleed, My own black mass, Fullfill, My needs.

Take hold of my mind, Capture my soul, Eternal peace, Forever stoned, Burning black tar, Stains my lungs."

-- "Tar" (1998) by GRIEF

"My job was to carry out Dan's vision, not my vision. It just so happened that Dan and I were in-synch in almost every way."

-- WILLIAM STOUT (American illustrator/painter/concept artist/living legend) on working on T.R.O.T.L.D.

Source: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/5d/60/c25d6018c9314e91ffa1f99d29e355ba.jpg.

#AcidWitch #ChristmasEvil #ChristmasEvilYouBetterWatchOut #Sludge #Doom #Metal #SludgeMetal #Doom #Metal #SludgeDoom #SludgeDoomMetal @acidwitchofficial (at Glenelg, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5W_pdZJBZW/?igshid=18whwxpfj1pqf

"67 MINUTES OF CULT, PUTRID, PUNISHING SLUDGE/DOOM" -- AND THEN I REMEMBERED TODAY'S DATE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on new sleeve art to the vinyl repress of "Turbulent Times: Unreleased and Out-of-Print Material," a compilation album by American sludge metal/DOOM metal band, GRIEF, released by Throne Records in summer 2023.

BAND: GRIEF (US)

TITLE: Turbulent Times

CAT. #: TR116

RELEASE DATE: June, 2023

FORMAT: Vinyl 2xLP (180g)

RUNNING TIME: 67 minutes

FILE UNDER: Sludge metal/DOOM metal

OVERVIEW: "A collection of unreleased and out-of-print material.

Compiles the following very-hard-to-find limited vinyl releases:

Split 7” w/ DYSTOPIA (1993)

Split 7” w/ 13 (1993)

Split 7” w/ -(16)- (1995)

Split 10” w/ SOILENT GREEN (1995)

Split 7” w/ SUPRESSION (1995)

Split 7” w/ CORRUPTED (1996)

Split 10” w/ SOILENT GREEN (1997) Plus unreleased and re-mixed tracks.

67 minutes of cult, putrid, punishing sludge/DOOM."

-- THRONE RECORDS, c. June 2023

PIC #2: The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. The supporting structure of the forward tripod mast has collapsed after the forward magazine exploded. The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. The ship now rests on the harbor bottom.

Source: https://thronerecords.bigcartel.com/product/grief-turbulent-times-vinyl-2lp-black-ltd-200 & Wikimedia.

RX PRESCRIPTION BY "DR. NUT" -- TAKE 2X DAILY UNTIL DEATH.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on cropped artwork of "Dr. Nut," back cover sleeve art to the "Alive" album on CD, recorded live in Boston 2005 by American sludge/DOOM metal band GRIEF, and released under the Southern Lord label in 2006. Limited to 2000 numbered CD copies [my copy is #1242].

Artwork from the "unquiet mind" of former GRIEF bass player Eric C. Harrison.

"Life can be Confusing And not very Amusing A fucked Circus Full of freaks and psychotic Attractions Trying to make sense Forget it..."

-- "Life Can Be..." (1998) by GRIEF

Source: www.discogs.com/release/941544.

"OVER 40 MINUTES IN 5 SONGS ABOUT DEPRESSION, COLLAPSE, FAILURE."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the unreleased 1994 debut album by Bay Area sludge/DOOM metal band NOOTHGRUSH, released on vinyl and CD formats under the Macedonian label Fuck Yoga Records in 2011. Cover artwork by Jason Barnett.

"Over 40 minutes in 5 songs about depression, collapse, failure. This is the unreleased debut NOOTHGRUSH album, their first recording from 1994, the only record with melodic vocals and moog synth/noise. A valuable document of DOOM."

---- FUCK YOGA RECORDS/HELLMILITIA

OFFICIAL OVERVIEW: "Crusty, torturous DOOM, truly refined in it's execution. Unlike the later releases that defined the sludge genre, this album is more funeral DOOM with clean, depressing vocals in symbiosis with noise and moog synths. Featuring Tom Choi of ASBESTOSDEATH (pre-SLEEP) on guitar. NOOTHGRUSH have recorded these songs shortly after the band was conceived in 1994 and were released only on a handful of cassettes. None of them appear on any other release except a rearranged version of one song."

-- BANDCAMP (official Nooth Bandcamp)

Source: https://fuckyogarecords.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled.

NEVER OUTGROW YOUR INFLUENCES -- ALWAYS WEAR THEM PROUDLY.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on ex-ex-DYSTOPIA drummer/vocalist, and current NOOTHGRUSH vocalist, Dino Sommese, rocking an AXEGRINDER tee (UK hardcore/crust punk band), from a Noothgrush gig, live at Club Sonar, Baltimore, MD, 5/26/2012. 📸: Laina Dawes.

Source: https://exclaim.ca/music/article/noothgrush-club_sonar_baltimore_md_may_26.