Knoll

Give this album a listen: As Spoken

Just got out of this show and HOLY SHIT am I in love 😍😍 fucking amazing

Happening tonight! I haven’t seen Thantifaxath in years. Very stoked to catch them again.

Knoll // thee Parkside // San Francisco, CA // 02-27-24

artwork for METEMPIRIC - KNOLL by HELL SIMULATION

Hi Chris! I followed you a few years back because you posted a lot of Jazz and Hip Hop but I know you're into other genres as well. I've been trying to branch out a bit and you seem like a good person to ask for recommendations, so I was wondering if maybe you could post some of your favorite band/artists currently or anything you'd recommend? Any genre is fine! Love your blog btw, glad to see you're still on here :) Cheers!

thanks for the kind words anon, always nice to feel like the time i've spent on here wasn't a complete waste. sorry it took a few days to respond to this, but i wanted to give a more in depth answer. i can throw out some recommendations for sure, i basically just went through my last.fm from the last year and added all the non hip hop / jazz stuff to a list. you didn't mention if you were into metal or hardcore at all and there's quite a bit of that on here, but if you're not interested in that let me know and i can suggest some other stuff. i'm not a genre expert or anything but i did my best to give a brief description, so maybe if you end up liking one of these artists it'd be easier to find something similar. also a good chance you might be familiar with some of the ones that are more hip hop adjacent. you can also click the name of the artist and it'll take you to an album i recommend on bandcamp or spotify. i'd also be down to do another one of these later if you want, you can even hit me up off anon if you want. i appreciate you and i hope you're doing well! peace.

tried to make this as neat as i could so i put it in alphabetical order and made it a read more. 1. 10th Letter (Electronic/Jazz/Hip hop - Underappreciated producer, if you’re a fan of Flying Lotus you’d probably like this) 2. Alvvays (Indie Pop / Dream Pop) 3. At the Drive-In (Post-Hardcore, Relationship of Command is my favorite album in the genre) 4. Autonoesis (Thrash Metal / Black Metal) 5. Birds in Row (Post-Hardcore / Screamo) 6. Blood Command (Poppy Post-Hardcore/Alt Rock. Not a huge fan of their new vocalist, but the previous album and EP with Karina are both fantastic) 7. Boris (Drone, Stoner Rock, Noise Rock, Sludge, Post-Rock, Crust Punk – depends heavily on the album. ) 8. Bruno Pernadas (Progressive Jazz Fusion Art Pop) 9. Brutus (Post-Hardcore / Post-Metal, Stefanie is one of my favorite vocalists right now) 10. The Callous Daoboys (Mathcore) 11. Chelsea Wolfe (Darkwave / Gothic Rock / Doom Metal / Dark Folk) 12. Cibo Matto - (Art Pop / Trip Hop) 13. Cleric (Avant-Garde Metal / Mathcore / Brutal Prog) 14. Cloud Rat (Grindcore / Punk) 15. Converge (Metallic Hardcore, another all time favorite band.) 16. Cult of Luna (Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post-Metal) 17. The Dillinger Escape Plan (Mathcore, top 5 band of all time for me) 18. Dragged Into Sunlight (Blackened Death / Doom Metal) 19. Dreamwell (Screamo/Post-Hardcore) 20. Every Time I Die (Southern-fried Metalcore / Mathcore, an all time favorite of mine) 21. Fievel is Glauque (Jazz Pop / Progressive Pop) 22. Genesis Owusu (Hip Hop/Neo-Soul/Funk/Post-Punk - all over the place in a good way) 23. Gospel (Blend of 70s Prog Rock with Screamo/Post-hardcore, with their 2022 album being a lot more of the former but still very good.) 24. Greyhaven (Metalcore / Post Hardcore - one of the few bands i know of carrying the torch for that Southern-tinged Metalcore sound since Every Time I Die split) 25. Grouper (Ambient/drone, folk and dream pop influences)

26. Hiatus Kaiyote (Psychedelic Neo-soul / Nu-Jazz) 27.  Ichiko Aoba (Minimalistic Ambient Folk) 28. Imperial Triumphant (Avant-Garde Black Metal fused with Jazz) 29. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Foundation of their sound is pretty much Psychedelic Rock but they pull from all over the musical spectrum. Last album even had a couple tracks with rapping, hard band to classify. It’d be easier to list the rock subgenres they haven’t dabbled in) 30. Knoll (Grindcore / Death Grind) 31. Krallice (Avant-Garde Black Metal) 32. Liv.e (Neo-Soul / Alternative R&B) 33. Massa Nera (Post-Hardcore / Screamo / Post-Rock) 34. Maudlin of the Well (Avant-Garde Progressive Metal - Also check Kayo Dot) 35. Messa (Doom Metal) 36. Misþyrming (Black Metal) 37. Ne Obliviscaris (Progressive Black Metal with violin except it’s actually tasteful and doesn’t feel gimmicky) 38. Neptunian Maximalism (Avant-Garde Jazz/Drone/Noise/Industrial.. like Swans meets Sun Ra meets John Zorn’s Electric Masada. These guys also have some of the best album artwork out there.) 39. The Ocean (Progressive Metal / Sludge - mainly on the earlier albums) 40. Oranssi Pazuzu (Avante Garde Psychedelic Black Metal) 41. Os Mutantes (Brazilian Psych Rock) 42. Otoboke Beaver (Noisy, High energy Hardcore / Garage Punk from Japan, very fun band) 43. Panopticon (Atmospheric Black Metal with some Bluegrass and Folk influences) 44. Protomartyr (I think I like these guys the most out of all the newer Post-Punk bands) 45. Rolo Tomassi (Mathcore, Post-Metal, Post-Hardcore) 46. Senza (Blackened Screamo/Mathcore. Chaotic in a way that reminds me of Jerome’s Dream a bit.) 47. Sigh (Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal) 48. Soul Glo (Noisy Hardcore Punk, 2022 album incorporated some more hip hop elements and even had rap features. Shout out to McKinley Dixon who used to be on tumblr waaay back about a decade ago.) 49.  Spiritbox (Alt Metal / Djent / Metalcore) 50. Stereolab  (Space Age Pop mixed with Lounge Music and Krautrock) 51. Sudan Archives (Alternative R&B, Art Pop / Neo-Soul) 52. Tim Hecker (Ambient / Drone) 53. toe (Japanese Math Rock / Post-Rock - Kashikura Takashi is one of the greatest drummers ever.) 54. Tómarúm (Progressive Technical Melodic Black Metal) 55. Tricot (J-Rock / Math Rock / Pop) 56. Tropical Fuck Storm (Punk-Blues, Noise Rock) 57. U.S. Girls (Psychedelic Pop / Art Pop) 58. Ulcerate (Technical Death Metal) 59. Ultha (Atmospheric Black Metal) 60. Vanishing Twin ( Neo-Psychedelic Art Pop, check if you like Stereolab or Broadcast) 61. Wake (Black Metal / Tech Death / Sludge - Grindcore on the early releases) 62. Weyes Blood (Baroque Pop / Art Pop) 63. White Ward (Black Metal / Blackgaze /Dark Jazz) 64. Wormrot (Grindcore) 65. Yves Tumor (Unique sound blending Neo-Psych / Soul / Glam Rock /  Hypnagogic Pop + some Sound Collage / Ambient stuff as well on earlier albums)

I feel like you'd like The Red Chord if you're into deathcore, if you haven't already heard of 'em. Knoll is really good if you're into Grindcore/Death Metal

oh fuck yeah. I've just recently gotten back into metal etc, so I really appreciate the rec. just sampled their top songs and they're exactly up my alley

Januárová albumová smršť (2024)

Je koniec mesiaca a teda čas rekapitulovať. Najprv v práci zadať hypotetické čísla do veľmi reálnej tabuľky. Potom zrekapitulovať účty. A teraz zrekapitulovať januárový výtlak metalovej scény.

Prvý mesiac v roku je zvyčajne chudobný na všetko možné. Život vädne, lebo vonku je zima a hnus, ovocie je na prd, zelenina nemá chuť, deti sa upgradujú z obyčajných magnetov na vírusy na hypermagnety. A hudobne to je väčšinou tiež poslabšie. Metalisti sa ešte len prebúdzajú zo zimného spánku a kapely len pomaličky zásobujú naše hladné gágory. Ale predsa sa len niečo urodilo.

Tu je krátky výcuc albumov hodných vypočutia v poradí od najlepšieho po menej najlepšieho.

Rhûn - Conveyance in Death

Rhûn som už ospevoval v samostatnej recenzii. V skratke pre tých, ktorí nevydržia tri minúty čítať: veľmi dobrý black metal s nádychom melancholickej a epickej atmosféry a skvelou gitarou. Vedľajší projekt Falls of Rauros, ale lepší. Hodnotienie: 3

Boundless Chaos - Sinister Upheaval

Nemecká skupina zo Saska hrá muziku môjmu srdcu blízku. Absolútne priamočiary death/thrash/speed. Album Sinister Upheaval je 36 minút nekonečnej zábavy (a keď napíšem nekonečnej, tak tým myslím nekonečnej počas 36 minút, takže konečnej, ale nekonečnej, chápete?). Pivom presiaknutý klasický zvuk rozbesneného metalu, bez nejakých zbytočných kotrmelcov a ohyzdnej bižutérie. Hodnotenie: 3

Dipygus - Dipygus

Tak trochu divný death metal. Plesnivý a zatuchnutý, presne tak ako ho mám rád. Masívna basa, ktorá sa ozýva z každého kúta a ohromná stena hluku do ktorej sa táto basa prebíja. Album má všetko, čo kvalitný death metal má mať. Aj nejaké to sólo. Hodnotenie: 2

Cancer Christ - God Is Violence

Jašteria sekta, ktorá vás pošle rovno do neba. Či chcete, alebo nie. Hardcore punk zmiešaný s grindom a metrickou tonou nadsázky a hrubého humoru sa postará o zábavu na každom krste a konfirmácii. Albumu som sa tiež venoval samostatne, tak pohnite prstom na myške a kliknite tam. Hodnotenie: 2

Fetal Speedball - Gutterchrist

Oficiálne je toto len EP, ale koho kedy trápili oficiálne záznamy? Fetal Speedball hrajú masívny war grind, 5 skladieb atakuje všetky zmysly a neprestáva dokým vás nezašliapne. Hektické bicie a ponurá atmosféra vytiahne každého plesnivca zpod periny rovno do kanála. Hodnotenie: 2

Ostatné albumy, hodné počutia (bez poradia):

Diabolic Oath / Aberration - Divinations SPLIT | Black/Death Metal

Asphalt Grieving - Lack of Certainty | Black/Death Metal

MooM - Plague Infested Urban Dump Of The Future | Powerviolence

Escuela Grind - DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL | Grindcore/Powerviolence/Death Metal

Iron Front - Hooked | Brutal Death Metal

Sovereign - Altered Realities | Death/Thrash Metal

Master - Saints Dispelled | Death/Thrash Metal

Perishing - Lutum | Doom/Death Metal

Necrotum - Defleshed Exhumation | Death Metal

Sacrofuck - Świ​ę​ta krew | Death Metal

Purulency - Transcendent Unveiling of Dimensions | Death Metal

Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance | Technical Death/Thrash Metal

Kalt Vindur - Magna Mater | Black Metal

The Infernal Sea - Hellfenlic | Black Metal

Rituals of the Dead Hand - The Wretched and the Vile | Black Metal

Primordial Seed - Chaos Unbound | Death Metal

Sklamania:

Nové albumy od kapiel ako: Knoll, Vitriol, Exocrine, Resin Tomb a Saxon.

Spoločenská nálada, moja konzumácia piva a stav ciest v Brne.

I had an amazing time catching Thantifaxath, Knoll, and Typeface at Foufs last week. This reinvigorated my love for live music during a somewhat dead time of year for bigger shows.

trumpet grindcore

https://knollvhs.bandcamp.com/album/interstice-2

Noise/grindcore/mathcore