OK I went through a lot of musical memories and mp3 CDs, this morning (thanks to this thread and constant flow of caffeine delivered by nice person) in pursuit of a defining sound. Started out with Dead Meadows. Nah not psychedelic enough. 5ive? Nope. Isis? ‘Oceanic’ has moments of extreme continental drift and thoughtful phrases but hardly psychedelic. Goat are great and everything but surely more pop than doom/metal/stoner. Colour Haze? Close, half a cigar. Let’s try Japan. GMFTPO? Not doomy enough but flippin awesome inspired thrashy-prog nonetheless. Boredoms? Punk and psych rock. This is a challenge. Boris? Too Nirvana but a few LPs are more experimental and worth a ponder. Howaboit ‘Boris w/Sunn O)))? As awesome as that is, it’s not metal, more ambient. Scott Walker + Sunn O))). Totally bonkers pairing. Don’t know whether to laugh or fall prostrate. Genius nonetheless.
So I stuck a search in youtube, and went through some compilations. Holy far-gone freakout! jimjam – I have to thank you for setting me off on this Sunday Morning subsonic über-qüest through goblin-haunted halls of howling metal jams.
Consequently think I found my holy Graal. Of course they are from Germany! Only Germany has forests so deep and dark and cold, forests so eldtritch that they could birth such occult tones, tall black trees echoing the sound of howling Valkyries/sexy witches dancing in yr face with bare beaubs, carried along on the motorik undertow of subterranean psych-blues in which swirl floating memories of Hawkwind groupies’ discarded underpixies! This better had be on itunes because I have some loooong night rides planned. Sounds like I’m ripping the pi** but seriously happy about this find, it is IMHO insanely Good Stuff 🙂
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