I call it Bubblegum Ambient cause it's sweet and you're gonna want more... (I hope...)

When the metalcore album contains both metalcore (good) but also metalcore (bad)

Hey everyone! For the sake of conversation, camaraderie, and sincere curiosity, I think I'm going to start asking the following every Friday morning: "What NEW MUSIC are you enjoying (or planning to enjoy) on this NEW MUSIC Friday?" (Not trying to make it a "thing" or whatever, obviously.)

Hey everyone! For the sake of conversation, camaraderie, and sincere curiosity, I think I'm going to start asking the following every Friday morning: "What NEW MUSIC are you enjoying (or planning to enjoy) on this NEW MUSIC Friday?" (Not trying to make it a "thing" or whatever, obviously.)

Starting off NEW MUSIC FRIDAY with the new @akashicmare.bsky.social (and so should you!) akashicmare.bandcamp.com/album/trans-...

it’s 𝔣𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔡𝔞𝔶 🗡️ Donjon des Quiétudes - Le Val Paisible (cs) Halm - Doom Befalls Affalterun (cs) Jouska - a Cry from Fertile Forest (cs) Warlocks of Morgul - Empire of Puritanical Sorrow (cs) 📷 wisp

#NowPlaying Newly released today by @akashicmare.bsky.social akashicmare.bandcamp.com/album/trans-... A magnificent slab of psychedelic, sludgy, doomy heaviness "exploration of the dark sides of our modern life, from sexual violence, through discrimination and exploitation..." Go pick this up.

Tumultuous Ruin always drops bangers. Highly recommend checking out this latest banger.

Thank you to our many new followers! We have two hand drawn music videos, here's one of them. FFO: Portal, Imperial Triumphant, Thantifaxath, and alike. youtu.be/YUhb20lc6x4

Do people actually watch music videos anymore? Here’s a new Tumultuous Ruin single from the upcoming expanded edition of the split w Druid Stone (more info on that later) Massive thanks to my partner Storm from Stone Crow Photo for putting the vid together 🏴 m.youtube.com/watch?v=812e...

(nature documentarian voice) on the eve of New Music Friday, observe the local riff-enjoyer as he engages in his preparatory rituals.

Seconded

The EP drops tomorrow! Thank you everyone for your support so far, love ya'll <3 I'm very heat exhausted and emotional rn - that's why the listening party is scheduled for Sunday! Exciting things! akashicmare.bandcamp.com/album/trans-...

If you are following the Ashenheart BlueSky account, please unfollow it. That account was built entirely on Alex's hard work. He ran all of Ashenheart's social media. She does not deserve to suddenly start using it as her own, to issue her fake apologies.

shoutout listening to an album on repeat until it’s part of your bones

Song of the Year

We're currently really high up on Bandcamp discover y'all! 👀 @rubyrockatansky.bsky.social

feels like a good day for folks to listen to Eveale and Fathomless, who have both released bangers this year eveale.bandcamp.com/album/enter-... fathomlessmetal.bandcamp.com/album/ii-thy...

Also There is no "we" Everyone has left. The only person remaining is the reason everyone left. Please don't be foolish enough to audition for this. Everyone leaving at once should be enough of a cautionary tale. Don't put yourself in the same regrettable position that we did.

BLACK METAL (GOOD) fallenmoonservant.bandcamp.com/album/with-a...

Alicia swings by Jason Ashcrafts songwriting podcast and breaks down some classic Judicator songcraft! youtu.be/OZTrkRdwde4

Good album alert

It's out now! Me and @rubyrockatansky.bsky.social present volume one of 𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖁𝖔𝖑𝖙𝖆𝖌𝖊: 𝔄 ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔗𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰 𝔐𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔇𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔢! transientvoltage.bandcamp.com/album/transi...

REQUIRED LISTENING

Not sure yet what else I'll listen to, but the compilation that @rubyrockatansky.bsky.social and @vanessafunke.bsky.social put together will be a BIG part of my weekend! 😁

First listen impression: this new T.I. album is a clear case of the singles being the best songs by a significant margin. "Let Em Know" is a straight banger, I can not deny.

(emphatically) 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆) 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆?

Saving this for any future circumstances wherein normal black metal simply isn't weird enough.

Can we all collectively agree to stop being vague and hiding names when bands are bigots and/or fascists? Leave that Twitter habit behind, no one is namesearching themselves on Bluesky I promise.

Do it!

Lounging in the hot sun whilst listening to funeral doom in a (potentially misguided?) attempt to invent an entirely new emotion.

One of my favorite riffs of the year so far... Listen to @lammoth.bsky.social lammothofficial.bandcamp.com/album/onward

holy shit the trans metal compilation album I helped put together is releasing in less than 12 hours every single dollar is going directly to trans people in urgent need with incentives for download codes to anyone who donates directly prepare for TRANSIENT VOLTAGE transientvoltage.bandcamp.com

New album from Maiya the Don? Releasing this Friday?! Let's fuckin gooooooo.

A huge thank you to @antifascistbmntwrk.bsky.social for setting up a YT stream of the split with @scoured.bsky.social! We are chuffed to be on the channel. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftc8...

new Warning is 2 sad 4 me

ANNOUNCEMENT! New @buzzarddoomfolk.bsky.social single incoming July 10th and @jjkoczan.bsky.social at The Obelisk has the scoop What's the sound of 50 people saying WTF at the same time? Buzzard has the answer buzzarddoomfolk.bandcamp.com/album/hillbi...

Started listening to this whilst on a walk and I'm pretty sure I'm actually on a quest now? Optimal soundtrack for all ye knight-errants.

Tapes of my most recent album will be available on Friday via @fiadh.bsky.social !

I am once again listening to raw black metal

Our girl @allieinchains.bsky.social has been in the spotlight after rejoining power metal act Judicator, & it is so deserved. We celebrate her with a cassette edition of My Restless Temple, which takes as much influence from Symphonic Power Metal as it does from Gothic/Alternative rock.

I've been listening to music for pretty much every waking second of the day, and yet the ol' "Stuff I'm Excited To Listen To!" playlist is longer than it was this morning. I can only assume this is due entirely to the flow of excellent recommendations from @posttim.bsky.social.

I am moving to the latest ULTHA album (Apr 2 2026) a band on another level for me, and ‘A Light So Dim’ once again transcends black metal into something much larger. #Metalsky vendetta-records.bandcamp.com/album/a-ligh...

Made the mistake of running into Trader Joe's wearing an aloha shirt, I work here now I guess?

Jolting awake remembering that I run a music review website

Death/doom metal band #AbyssalRift unleash a new song from their latest album. - “It twists and turns in unexpected ways, and is as alien as it is gruesome and crushing” - @nocleansinging.bsky.social Bandcamp (NYP) - abyssalrift-label.bandcamp.com Link - www.nocleansinging.com/2026/06/22/a...

Me and @soulmass218.powerupwithpri.de really knocked it out of the park with this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=zczm...

My unsolicited thoughts on Iron Kobra's Eternal Dagger: I thoroughly enjoyed Iron Kobra's Eternal Dagger.