#NowPlaying a truly strange, brutal (but also sometimes gentle) record, the new LP 'Under a Gilded Sun' by Atlanta, Georgia's MALEVICH. They claim to make 'weird, heavy music for the end of the world', and.. indeed. This is like, blackened sludge? It's rad. Dissonant but coherent, chaotic but serene. So many textures and dynamics. Riffs, weirdness, everything. Maybe ffo Sumac, Sunrot, And They Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, etc. For those of you looking for cool black metal-adjacent stuff this year.

https://malevichatlanta.bandcamp.com/album/under-a-gilded-sun

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Whoa, Finnish sludge/punk/noise rock band Kantamus was announced as the support act for Thou's next week gig in Helsinki. Good for them, and I can't wait to see them too!

Here's their new track that was released yesterday, "Ne saa sut kiinni" (or, "They're gonna catch you"). It's about the "state of acute psychiatry in Finland and how far a person's life can go into crisis before they get the help they need (if they get it)". The band donates to mental health causes so if that resonated with you, give this a listen and/or donate to your local mh organization if you can.

https://kantamus.bandcamp.com/track/ne-saa-sut-kiinni

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