Episode 112 - Jarboe

Here is the 112th episode of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Jarboe.

[Cover photo by La Salle]

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Bandcamp Picks - Mylingar, Crimson Moon, Horror God, Murk Rider

 

I was previously unfamiliar with Crimson Moon - though the band were pioneers of USBM, they've since relocated to Germany, issuing almost a dozen releases along the way. It's clear that even if the Nineties let them slip by unnoticed, the feeling wasn't mutual - Mors Vincit Omnia holds fast to the principles of second wave black metal, combining a raw guitar tone, choral vocals, and icy keyboards to create songs that could have been featured on any of the Blackened compilations. Bonus points for that cheeky nod to The Shining score. [€7.77]

Don't expect much in the way of melody or groove from Sweden's Mylingar. On its third album Döda Själar, the secretive one-man project turns in a disorienting maelstrom of atonal riffs and inhuman growls, hearkening back to the early Mitochondrion albums. One of the most unrelenting and brutal takes on dissonant death metal that I've heard, showing the way forward for the style isn't necessarily slower or more ambient. [Name your price.]



Russian trio Horror God are another commendable addition to the discordant death metal canon. Cursed Seeds evokes Ulcerate with dissonant guitarwork and atmospheric interludes, but holds its own with its frenetic riffing and stellar drumming. And as a sign of their progressive mindset, the band got Gorguts/Dysrhythmia guitarist Kevin Hufnagel to contribute a curiously Azagthoth-ish solo to the song "They Were Behind the Barbed Wire ". [€7]



Say this about California's Murk Rider: They are not lacking in ambition. Their debut full-length Exile Of Shadows showcases the dynamic potential of black metal by utilizing a female vocalist, spoken word segments, a brass section, and actual bass-lines to create an album that warrants repeated listens. Broken into three parts and running almost 80 minutes in total, this is as much a Campbellian journey in execution as it is in concept. [$9]

Catching Up With Kevin Hufnagel (2019)

Kevin Hufnagel may be the busiest man in metal. In addition to being the guitarist for Dysrhythmia, Gorguts, Vaura, and Sabbath Assembly, he's also a prolific solo artist, and frequently collaborates with other bands. Since both Vaura and Sabbath Assembly have new albums coming out this month, I hit Kevin up over e-mail to fill me in on everything he's been up to since the last time I interviewed him.

Catching up with Kevin Hufnagel

Few people can match the prolific output of Kevin Hufnagel. In addition to his solo work, the guitar maestro is also a member of  Sabbath Assembly, Vaura, Dysrhythmia and Gorguts. With recent releases by Gorguts and Sabbath Assembly astounding and confounding, and an upcoming Dysrhythmia album scheduled for 2016, it seemed like a good time to catch up with the man. Kevin was kind enough to fill me in over e-mail.

Dylan Carlson, Stephen Brodsky, and Kevin Hufnagel @ Saint Vitus

A trio of guitarists playing solo sets was an unlikely choice for my first show back in NY, but the guitarists in question - Earth's Dylan Carlson, Cave In's Stephen Brodsky, and Gorguts' Kevin Hufnagel - are as metal as all get out. Plus, a night where a group of musicians stripped their musical identities down to the bare essentials was appealing to me since I believe that art should be separated from artifice, and that too many metalheads confuse the presentation with the actual music. And hell, now that all my friends are responsible adults with wives and kids, what else could I do on a Sunday night except hang out with all the other aging heshers unmoored by family obligations?