Needles & Grooves AoTM /// Vol. 2 - August 2019 /// Khemmis - Hunted

supahypeag said:
Hey, another shield song!🥳

And another album produced by Kurt. 🤬
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I was excited when I thought this meant the mastodon albums were gone because there was no connection

But then I find fallen torches and a consequence of sound article mentioning both of them
 
Dropped by a record store today to pick up last month's AOTM which they had. I looked in the metal section under K but no Khemmis. I mentioned this fact and the owner said one had just come in 2 hours earlier. Sure enough it was standard black Hunted in NM condition (actually, the vinyl looked unplayed). Walked out $35 lighter and 2 records heavier.
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
I’d also like to recommend the album Ashen Blood by Green Druid. Really dug this last year when I found it in the metal thread.

This song was one of my favorites of it. There’s some added intro that’s not in the actual album, please excuse that—
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Goatfish said:
This was my favorite doom release of 2018.
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Was not familiar with Green Druids but based on the recommendation I downloaded the LP to listen to while doing yard work and you weren’t kiddin’ this record is great. After I mowed I decided I needed a copy on vinyl but it seemed to be sold out at both the bands Bandcamp and the label. The Green variant was a bit too pricey on discogs (cheapest copy was over $50) their was one black copy on discogs that was listed for $24 but I would have still had to pay shipping so I was on the fence. I took a flyer and checked my local shops online store and Lo & behold they had a copy for $24!... so a quick scooter ride later and BOOM!...
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Thanks for the recommendation!
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Was not familiar with Green Druids but based on the recommendation I downloaded the LP to listen to while doing yard work and you weren’t kiddin’ this record is great. After I mowed I decided I needed a copy on vinyl but it seemed to be sold out at both the bands Bandcamp and the label. The Green variant was a bit too pricey on discogs (cheapest copy was over $50) their was one black copy on discogs that was listed for $24 but I would have still had to pay shipping so I was on the fence. I took a flyer and checked my local shops online store and Lo & behold they had a copy for $24!... so a quick scooter ride later and BOOM!...
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Thanks for the recommendation!
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Really happy you dig it too! Enjoy!
 
IF it’s Khemmis, I hope we get an AMA. One, because the lead singer has a doctorate and is totally fine being referred to as Doctor Doom. And second, I really wanna know why they named the band after a ghost town in Egypt.

Although an Egyptian ghost town DOES sound metal AF....maybe I just answered my own question...
 
supahypeag said:
IF it’s Khemmis, I hope we get an AMA. One, because the lead singer has a doctorate and is totally fine being referred to as Doctor Doom. And second, I really wanna know why they named the band after a ghost town in Egypt.

Although an Egyptian ghost town DOES sound metal AF....maybe I just answered my own question...
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i hope we get an AMA

i know with mine we probably wont but its always good to dream
 
supahypeag said:
IF it’s Khemmis, I hope we get an AMA. One, because the lead singer has a doctorate and is totally fine being referred to as Doctor Doom. And second, I really wanna know why they named the band after a ghost town in Egypt.

Although an Egyptian ghost town DOES sound metal AF....maybe I just answered my own question...
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AMA for dumb old me probably won’t be very enlightening for my pick this month.

I’m happy to do it, however, and shed all the light I can as to why I made the pick and give background from what I know about the band.
 
Goatfish said:
AMA for dumb old me probably won’t be very enlightening for my pick this month.

I’m happy to do it, however, and shed all the light I can as to why I made the pick and give background from what I know about the band.
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We'll be very glad to get your listening notes, but I think the hope would be to have members of the band to come and do an AMA like Mark de Clive-Lowe did for Skalap's pick of Heritage.
 
ChristoBee said:
We'll be very glad to get your listening notes, but I think the hope would be to have members of the band to come and do an AMA like Mark de Clive-Lowe did for Skalap's pick of Heritage.
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I'll do my best to get Matt Pike on the horn.

Just kidding.

I meant Brent Hinds... Ooops.

Just kidding.




Or am I?
 
So finally listened to most of Hunted today seeing as it is the forerunner of the choices, and also because I received my digital copy after purchasing the album from 20 Buck Shot.

Didn’t even realize the “growl vocals,” I feel weird calling them this but some of you seem to have settled on this description for them, were even a part of this album.

However they seem to be tastefully done given the subject matter, so perhaps this will be an entry way into more “growl vocal” metal. I know this is a terrible way to describe it, hoping some of you aren’t cringing behind your screens. Since that’s always been the hardest part for me to digest.

Sort of like Thou, musically I dig what they are doing it’s just when those slithering serpentine vocals come in I just can’t continue. I tried Magus so many times, at least 7-10, when VMP announced it around the time my metal bubble was expanding.
 
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