ASBESTOS DEATH.

If you're a regular visitor here to the L-RV, then there's no fucking doubt that you're aware of who the fuck Asbestos Death was / is.
On top of that, this here live set sounds pretty fucking nice - especially since it's been 20 fucking years since this show happened.

They were unique at the time - most likely under appreciated - and you can hear the beginning of the "classic" Sleep sound coming into being (maybe just a bit less Sabbath worship). Either way, it's fuckin' beautiful…

Asbestos Death - Live @ Gilman St., Berkeley, CA 1990

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RIPPIKOULU.

Glacial-expanse heaviness.
Down-tuned guitars drenched in treble.
Flatulent bass slinging.
Drug-coma sludge-pummel drumming.
Add a rusty tree-chipper of a throat to bring it all together & there you have Rippikoulu.

Sit back and "relax" as they create an excursion through some of the muddiest, coldest, HEAVIEST fucking death-doom your busted ears have ever heard.

Unlike most of the death metal that came out in the Early Nineties, these cold-filtered bastards from Finlandia certainly knew how to make one feel like you were in alone in the scariest place on earth (or hell..?) - (in a good way, of course). Fucking classic, bro.



Rippikoulu - Musta Seremonia

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CORRUPTED.

When it comes to the Japanese masters of doom/sludge, it's hard to pick a favorite as these guys consistently put out a ton of weighty material - all of it being superior to most of the genre.

Here's an excellent recording from a 2005 live performance you don't see posted much.
I wish I could give you more info about "Live at Fandango 2005", but like many things Corrupted, it is a mystery...




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Corrupted - Live at Fandango, Kyoto Japan 09.24.2005



*** UPDATE 07.06.2008 -
Proper info courtesy of reader Ben A. lurking around the 'webernet and tracking it down at the amazing Condensed Fresh blog added.
Made a new cover w/ the correct date as well. Update your ID3 tags in your iTunes, bitches.

Now playing: Meanwhile - Wipe Out

COFFINS.

Been seein' this one around a bit lately, but I'm posting it as well cuz it's so damn good!
Gurgled-out sludgy doom from Tokyo that lies somewhere between Venom, Corrupted, 16, Motörhead & Discharge?
Yep...



Coffins - Buried Death




Now playing: Code Of Honor - Death To You

DEBRIS INC.

Some of the "dirtiest players in the game" make up the brutal wall of mud known as Debris Inc. Filthy heavy doom punk that'll make you laugh your ass off at times.
Someday, you'll wish you owned this one "back in the day" so grab it now...

LINKS -
Official Website.
Metal Archives.

D/L Debris, Inc. right here.



Now playing:
Electric Wizard - Saturnine
via FoxyTunes

P.H.O.B.O.S.

Great one-manFrench industrial doom.
Slow and heavy, lurching and cold.
Yeah, it's real good (and deserves a good listen).

LINKS -
Official Website.
Metal Archives.

D/L P.H.O.B.O.S. - Tectonics right here.




Now playing:
High On Fire - Return to NOD
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: High On Fire - Return to NOD
via FoxyTunes

CAPRICORNS.

While it seems that there is a trend in heavy music ("instru-metal") as of late, these guys don't suffer from the pretentious trappings that most of those other/more "famous" bands suffer from.
These guys are more than capable of writing sick riffs and songs that actually go somewhere.
I hope they put out something new - soon, please - as I have played the shit out of this over the last year and a half.

Lazy bastards!



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*Re-upped 08.25.08*

Capricorns - Ruder Forms Survive



Now playing:

Impaled Nazarene - The God (Symmetry of Penis)
via FoxyTunes

MAR de GRISES.

Here's a rad Chilean band that does that heavy/death/atmospheric doom shit well.
A real standout in a (rad) genre saturated with mediocre bands...

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.
Metal Archives.

D/L Mar de Grises - The Tatterdemalion Express right here.




Now playing:
Gloom - Fair Spoken
via FoxyTunes

STINKING LIZAVETA.

Crazy ass three-piece instrumental doom/jazz/metal from Phladelphia PA.
With a mojo (not so much in sound, but in "feel") akin to the infamous Dead Moon, they transcend being "just another rock band" - that's special indeed...

D/L Stinking Lizaveta - Hopelessness & Shame right here.

*(Re-Upped 05.29.2008)*



Now playing:
The Goslings - Haruspex
via FoxyTunes

WINTER.

Easily in my top five doom records/bands of all time.

THIS IS THE SOUND OF BLEAKNESs...

LINKS -
Metal Archives.
Tribute Webpage.

D/L Winter - Into Darkness / Eternal Frost right here.

IRON MONKEY.

These guys all went on to "bigger groups", but I certainly miss the caterwaul they collectively created back in the day.
Quite possibly Britain's answer to Eyehategod.
I sure miss this band...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.

D/L Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey right here.

LINK REMOVED 05.11.2012 - NEARLY FIVE FUCKING YEARS LATER - BY A BUNCH OF $$$-HUNGRY FUCKS & THEIR MUSIC-INDUSTRY GOONS. SUCK IT!