I’ve slowly amassed a selection of goofier black metal stuff over the past year — and, as it’s Black Friday, I thought I’d post some of it up. I’m also inspired after a recent email exchange with longtime internet/pen pal Alex Vivian who pointed me to even more goodies. Without further ado…
BENIGHTED LEAMS
I discovered Benighted Leams from the Aquarius Records list. Alex Kurtagic’s epic one man black metal band, the cheesey electronic drums & absurdly long song titles (“Hermetically Leering As Frigid Blores Obumber”, “Saturnine Fury Adumbrated The Aestival Castellions of Iberia”…) really put this one over the top. I think Andrew WK fans will get it right away. One reviewer said, “This is by far one of the most unbearably bad albums I’ve ever heard and if I was the one responsible for it, I’d hang my head in eternal shame. This goes beyond parody and right into the trash.” YES. I made a ringtone out of “Aurora of Despondence on Valles Marineris” which is kind of….amazing.
Listen to Benighted Leams + Succeding Departure From The Chryse Planitia
Download Benighted Leams – Astral Tenebrion (1998)
HEKALOTH RECORDS
From the Hekaloth Records website:
Hekaloth Records is a new recording label located in Vancouver BC. Canada. Our specialty is orchestral metal that employs epic themes. We are partial to music that puts a strong emphasis on the instrumental side of things. We want to expand the boundaries of metal by attempting fuse it with classical orchestral music, jazz or even world music. We are intrigued by the idea of combining elements of metal with the sounds of instruments not traditionally heard in that genre. especially when this is accomplished by the use of a single instrument, the guitar synthesizer. We believe that the guitar synthesizer represents a new frontier in music. While guitar synthesizers have been since the late 1970’s, they’ve never guite been harnessed in the way that artists on our label have.
Listen to Gluttony + Marius Engages the Teutons
Listen to Shevalreq + The Fountain of Loathing
Another Aquarius Records find. BONKERS.
ACID ENEMA
Yes, Acid Enema. Gabber black metal. One of the most ridiculous things I’ve EVER heard. I can’t take it! I searched in vain on YouTube for live footage of the group, which I would love to see. But, alas, no such luck.
Download Acid Enema – Acid Enema
AHULABRUM
Instigators of the genre known as UFO Black Metal. And perhaps the only known group of said genre. Via Cosmic Hearse.
Listen to Ahulabrum + April 23rd 1976 Project City, Ca.
Listen to Ahulabrum + The Rendlesham Forest Psyop
Download Ahulabrum – Magonia
