Best Of 2012: Gnarly’s Favorite Albums Of 2012

21 Friday Dec 2012

Posted by Gnardo Rossimov in Atmospheric, Band Spotlight, Best of 2012, Black Metal, Crust, Deathcore, Doom Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore, Metal, News, Now Playing..., Post-Metal, Powerviolence, Prog Metal, Rock

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A Life Once Los, Amenra, Ash Borer, Author & Punisher, Bastard Saping, Between The Buried And Me, Bone Dance, Bosse-De-Nage, cannibal corpse, Car Bomb, coheed and cambria, Column Of Heaven, Coverge, deftones, early graves, Everything Went Black, Gaza, hivesmasher, Homewrecker, hooded menace, Kowloon Walled City, Old Man Gloom, pig destroyer, Serpentine Path, Standing On A Floor Of Bodies, The Chariot, the secret, Torch Runner, veil of maya, War From A Harlots Mouth

An’ lemme jus’ say: Fuck December 21st in it’s ass. Ain’t no ‘pocalypse, mutha’ fuckas.

Man, there were way to many good albums released this year. I listened to as many as I could but there were some that I just couldn’t get to. There are also some that I listened to, just not enough for them to make my final list. I can’t let this slide, however and I want to give a shout out to new releases by Marty Friedman, The Mars Volta, Birds In Row, Code Orange Kids, Downfall Of Gaia and Krallice. I really wish I could have settled down to check these albums out in full, but I just couldn’t get down to do it.

Before we get to my actual list I would like to thank each and every one of you readers. Without you, I honestly probably would have given this up a long time ago. Sure, on this site I give my opinion on music, but it is really you guys/gals that count. I don’t know how I could repay you all for visiting American Aftermath these past two years. You have really made it worth while. Even the haters who talked shit, I appreciate you fucks also.

Frozen Waste, Cold Of Ages: ASH BORER Streaming New Track

29 Friday Jun 2012

Posted by Gnardo Rossimov in Atmospheric, Black Metal, News, Now Playing..., Streaming Songs..., Upcoming Shit

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Ash Borer, Fell Voices, Gilead Media, Profound Lore Records

Ash Borer are a black metal band hailing from Arcata, California. I am fairly certain I have mentioned them on here before, but if not I apologize. I discovered this band last year when they released their debut self-titled LP (which you can listen to here) and again on their split with Fell Voices. I instantly fell in love with this bands soothing, heralding black metal and I stuck with them, anxiously awaiting their next release.

Well, that release will soon be upon us in the form of Cold Of Ages, which is due out on Profound Lore Records in August. I am so stoked for this album and if anyone at Profound Lore is reading this, please contact me as to set up where to send my promo. You can check out Ash Borer’s new track streaming over at Stereogum. The track is called “Descended Lamentations” and it is the albums first track. It’s so goddamn good. Check it out and then come back here and talk about it in the comments section.

CHASMA’s Aaron Schomaker’s Top 10 Albums Of 2011

02 Friday Dec 2011

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Ash Borer, Asoteric, Beneath Oblivion, Blut Aus Nord, Chasma, false, Glorior Belli, junius, Krallice, Liturgy, Loss, Mournful Congregation, Taake

Fuck yes! Here’s my top 10 for 2011. -Aaron

10. False – False
9. Liturgy – Aesthetica
8. Esoteric – Paragon of Dissonance
7. Mournful Congregation – The Book of Kings
6. Ash Borer – Ash Borer
5. Beneath Oblivion – From Man to Dust / Glorior Belli – The Great Southern Darkness
4. Loss – Despond / Taake – Noregs Vaapen
3. Krallice – Diotima
2. Blut Aus Nord – 777 Sect(S)

Mourning Mixtape: I’m Too High To Worship Satan Right Now

19 Saturday Nov 2011

Posted by American Aftermath in ambient, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Metal, Mixtape, Now Playing..., Playlists, Post-Metal

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Ash Borer, Deafheaven, Gontyna Kry, I Shalt Become, Lantlos, Leonard Cohen, Leucosis, Petrychor, The Body, Thy Light, Vattnet Viskar, vygr, Walknut

I'm Too High To Worship Satan Right Now

Music should overwhelm the listener. It should transport him away from his physical surroundings and spark an emotional response, bring him a memory or a thought that otherwise would not have been encountered. This is a mix tape of songs that overwhelm me. This mix should not be taken lightly. –Chris Alfieri of Vattnet Viskar

Listen to Vattnet Viskar.
Track list can be viewed after the jump.
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These Days Are Marked: BONE AWL Now Playing For #BlackMetalSunday

06 Sunday Nov 2011

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Ash Borer, Bone Awl, Lake of Blood, Leviathan, Triste, Xasthur

Good mourning. Today I chose the band Bone Awl to start off the day. If you don’t know Bone Awl, they are a black metal/punk band from Novato, California. They play fast and aggressive punk soaked in blood, sweat and distortion fuzz and topped with harsh, gut-wrenching black metal vocals. Is that enough to make you want to listen to them? It should be. It’s not hard to believe that these guys are amazing, look at all of the absolutely world-shattering black metal acts coming out of California. Triste? Lake Of Blood? Ash Borer? Xasthur? Leviathan? It’s a fucking breeding ground! So now, I command you to add Bowl Awl to your list of “must-haves.” Get down, enjoy.

~R. Gnarcvlt//#BlackMetalSunday

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Morning Jams: ASH BORER

19 Friday Aug 2011

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Ash Borer, Enbilulugugal, Gilead Media

Good morning all. How are we? Last night I learned that there are 479 black metal bands in California. I am sure not all of them are active, but holy shit! That is an incredible concentration of black metal in one state. I know and love a lot of these bands and a few I listen to because they are so terrible I love them (see Enbilulugugal). One band that I am quite fond of that has spawned from the Californian black metal scene is Ash Borer. Ash Borer creates an atmospheric anomaly of blackened purity. If you are not aware of the amazing entity that is Ash Borer, may you now be introduced. You can buy the Ash Borer/Fell Voices split here for a buck. Enjoy.