Church of Australian Metal

[CiG]

They're blowin' up lately!

 

[Slammed]

I want to see them blow up that shitbox Hyundai

 

[CiG]

Just discovered this band from Melbourne.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Great stuff, legitimately couldn't tell if it was NWOTHM or a lost 80's single. Aardvark is a killer band name too.

 

[CiG]

One-woman black/doom. I would've seen her drum in Thrall when they played NZ.

This is pretty good.

 

[Slammed]

Just discovered this band from Melbourne.

Not bad. I don't think I've heard of them before either.

 

[Slammed]

I just did a search on M-A for Aussie full length albums released this year and there is 186 of them.
I'm certainly not going through them all to see if any deserve to make my end of year list.

 

[Bloopy]

Need a TikToky digest video that plays a good representative 5 second sample of each one. It'd be plenty of time for me to figure out if I like 'em anyway!

 

[Lios]

Here to quickly state how much I appreciate Portal."
"Avow" was fantastic.

 

[Slammed]

My Aussie top 10 for 2023
1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
2. Frenzal Rhomb – Cup Of Pestilence
3. Drug Mother – Rise Witch
4. Executus – The Black Throne Of Chaos Abandoned
5. C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops.
6. Apocalyptic Annihilation – Necrothrash
7. Art Of Dysfunction – Art Of Dysfunction
8. Reaver – Iron Nation
9. Caprahed – Caprahed
10. Zlórtcht- Welcome To The Zlórtchterhaus

Caprahed and Zlórtcht would definitely have been higher had I spent more time with them. Zlórtcht got into the top 10 without even hearing the full album. I need to get this shit!!

 

[CiG]

He said he's working on new Zlórtcht material for a 2024 second album.

 

[Slammed]

I've listened to all three (Caprahed, Zlorcht and Solemn Ceremony) and he does have some good shit there.

 

[CiG]

My Aussie top 10 for 2023

1. Caprahed - Caprahed
2. StarGazer - Bound by Spells
3. Decrepitorum - Foul Examination of Putrefied Remains
4. C.O.F.F.I.N - Australia Stops
5. Lucifer's Fall - Children of the Night
6. Spectre - Lonesome Gambler
7. ALF - The Demo
8. Zlórtcht - Welcome to the Zlórtchterhaus
9. Carcinoid - Encomium to Extinction
10. Drownd - GRuMP eTeRNaL

Left off the poppiest stuff, but honourary "hail Minogue!"

 

[Slammed]

If Kylie would return my fuck request I'd happily put her on my list.

 

[CiG]

If Kylie would return my fuck request I'd happily put her on my list.

She just won't give you the...

 

[Slammed]

I'd settle for a "fuck off you creepy bastard!"

 

[CiG]

Striborg has been on my mind a lot lately. So many fucking albums out there but this one in particular (and In the Heart of the Rainforest) hits the spot.

 

[Slammed]

Holy shit, that dude has more releases than King Gizard (although he's also been around longer)

 

[CiG]

New Tarot album out in April!

 

[CiG]

Dan from Horrisonous and The Slow Death's one-man death doom project.