Divina Enema - Under Phoenix Phenomena [2003]

Year: 2003
Genre: Avant-Garde Metal
Tracklisting-
1. Midnight Horror Factory - 02:10
2. A Handful of Hay - 09:06
3. Of Day and Funeral to Come - 04:44
4. P.C. Larvae - 05:28
5. Iron Megaira - 05:53
6. Demon Mastery Top Level - 07:34
7. The Face of Oranus - 07:39
8. No Corpse - No Funeral - 07:13
9. God Bless You, Bastards! - 03:13
10. Total Core Melting - 06:32
11. Impyre Concord - 06:35
12. Fee Nicks Fen' Omen On - 04:24

What the hell? This is Divina Enema, a band considered to play nothing but a horrible amalgamation of folk, funk, black metal, psychedelic, and industrial. Many people that have listened to this album have called it "the worst thing they've ever heard". I find it to be quite great. When I saw that it got a 0% rating on Metal-Archives, I simply had to check it out.

I'm glad I did. This isn't horrible in the sense of LLN black metal, where there is no music present, this horrible in the sense that it is the pinnacle of unnerving, discomforting, bizarre music. The vocals are strange crooning wails courtesy of vocalist Yaroslav Burakoff, the music is anything from catchy folk to dismemberingly weird soundscapes of doom. It is fairly reminiscent of "La Masquerade Infernale" by Arcturus on some tracks, a true gem. The standout track for me is hands down, "God Bless You, Bastards". It weaves Arcturus' brand of metal with great jazz guitar passages, and the whole thing has a great feel to it. Just listen to it, and "enjoy".

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Arroyo Deathmatch - "Burned On Fire" [2010]

Year: 2010

Genre: Folk/Punk

Tracklisting-

1. I Saw Death - 1:52

2. No Way! - 1:22

3. Burned on Fire - 2:33

4. Deer Meat - 1:50

5. Cicada Girl - 3:07

6. Stop Not To Grieve - 2:04

To kick off my blog, I'll post something from a local folk/punk band. This recording can do the band no justice, as this is band that has to be seen live to be believed. I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and this band played with us at a battle of the bands. They didn't use the stage, they stood in a circle in the crowd and played as if they were street performing at some medieval carnival.

The band uses mandolins, fiddles, ukeles, cellos, and flutes. They concentrate the rage and rasp of 70's and 80's punk and translates it to folk in the standout track, Burned on Fire, and No Way! The other songs are usually slower and more folky, with Deer Meat standing in glorious nomadic folk glory.

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