JUSTIN’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2021

Here are the albums that moved me most in 2021! Click on the artwork to listen on Bandcamp!

#10 Phrenelith – Chimaera (Nuclear Winter)

#9 Cadaveric Fumes – Echoing Chambers Of Soul (Blood Harvest)

#8 Wode – Burn In Many Mirrors (20 Buck Spin)

#7 Vukari – Omnes Nihil (self)

#6 Slimelord – Moss Contamination (Sewer Rot)

#5 Wharflurch – Psychedelic Realms ov Hell (Gurgling Gore)

#4 Gosudar – Morbid Despotic Ritual (Rotted Life)

#3 Decrepisy – Emetic Communion (Chaos)

#2 Worm – Foreverglade (20 Buck Spin)

#1 STEEL BEARING HAND – Slay In Hell (Carbonized)

METAL MASS 2021

Last night we held our annual listening party, affectionately called METAL MASS (seventh annual!). We reveal our favorite albums, and then our coding-proficient friend runs the script, calculating votes with weight, to determine the consensus #1. Ferriterium took that prize this year!

LOINS ABLAZE

Cheers friends!
Justin

“KISS OF LIFE” MY TOP SONG OF 2021

Today is “Spotify Wrapped” day, and I thought I would take it as an opportunity to proclaim Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware’s “Kiss Of Life” as my favorite song of 2021. It was only released about a month ago, but it is an absolute disco pop masterpiece. Please enjoy my dance video but also be sure to watch their campy official music video!

NOW BREWING: BLACK & WHITE COFFEE ROASTERS

Black & White Coffee Roasters, Wake Forest NC
Ethiopia Worka Chelbesa – CM Washed (white flowers, lemon, cherry, peach, black tea)
This is currently my favorite at-home pourover coffee. I’ve ordered this bag several times over, it’s truly SO GOOD. Also B&W never disappoints! They make exciting coffee, always offering new roasts to try! Oh and their shipping is quick. I can’t recommend them enough.

Music: Breakbot – “Translight” (2020)

STEEL BEARING HAND DANCE VIDEO

We’re nearing the midpoint of 2021, and I had to pay homage to my absolute favorite album so far, STEEL BEARING HAND‘s Slay In Hell. It’s forty minutes of blackened thrash death fun, and every song has a CHANGE at the “golden ratio” point that gets me riled every listen.

Their hocus-pocus song arrangements are especially prevalent on “‘Til Death & Beyond” where this incredible breakdown emerges from nowhere and leads to a full-on butt dance for 2 minutes. I captured 45 seconds of it above.

Listen for yourself! (Bandcamp)

Inspiration: Steel Bearing Hand, Lil Nas X “Montero” (a capella video), Andrew WK, summertime, and the Power Of The Peach™