F.A.G (Fridays Album Gratification) is a weekly album reccomendation, where I post an album I like and reccomend every Friday.
Let the court know I think Doomgrass is the most fucking dumb most cringe shit on this godforsaken earth, that being said to be cringe is to be free and if you like it I'm so happy for you. HOWEVER: Xasthurs non doomgrass albums are very much enjoyable. New to Xasthur? Count yourself lucky, Xasthur is a black metal and doom grass music artist that, when finally went solo after band mate issues in 2001, started to release music under the black metal genre, and one of the albums he produced is Leviathan which is my favorite album by him by far. This album is a very good classic example of the genre and makes you feel like you are entering each level of hell itself. With seven songs that came out in the album which was released in 2004, every one of them is a banger. A lot of them are similar, but fight me, most black metal fucking is. I also like it due to that because it tells its own story in that format. My favorite song on the album has to be Conjuration of terror. I adore long songs, and at just a bit over of seven minutes, this song is just is beautiful. The sound echos and has grit, but you can still hear every part and instrument clearly, but due to them playing so loud it also sounds more like waves are crashing against rocks.
"he weight of ignorance cursed all their beliefs Yet curse the children who have nothing to pray to" Conjuration of Terror from the album Leviathan by Xasthur.
Listen to Leviathan by Xasthur here
Skinny Puppy is most definitively my favorite band, I have adored them for years but only recently went through and listened to every single song by them about a year or so ago. Bites is by far one of my favorite albums by them. Released in August of 1985 with 17 tracks, If you like gloomy depressing industrial music that makes you feel like you are constantly walking through a damp wet run down city that is run by corrupted people with factories that blow smog and constantly having to look over your shoulder, or if you really fuck with Rhythm nation by Janet Jackson, you will fucking love this album. My favorite songs on this are many, but my top three have to be of course Assimilate, followed by Dead Doll and The Choke.
"Bubonic plague, the truth of aids Immunity avoid decay In the trench of pestilence The bible screams announce your faith" -Assimilate by Skinny Puppy
Listen to Bites by Skinny Puppy Here
Asphyxia is a very nostalgic band to me personally, it is how I found out there was more industrial music to be discovered on the internet besides just looking up movie sound tracks. I discovered this band when I was maybe eight or nine years old and so I hold this album very VERY close to my heart and love it simply because it quite literally paved the way to me finding more and more music. Asphyxia is a french band and there be like nothing online about them, they also only have one fucking album with only 12 tracks. SO I am personally taking that as a hint that maybe they do not want much information about them to be spread, for what reason I am unaware, but information about them is rather sparse. Their singular album, which released in 2009, has absolute banger after fucking banger, although my personal favorite, and which was the first song that I had found from them, was Obliterate My Fate. This fucking album makes you feel like you are in a dubious relationship with this mad scientist evil robot alien cyborg who experiments on you as he destroys the earth you were born from. It is very deeply meant with not love but possession but also is fueled by self awareness and evolving as a person or entity. This album fucks and nine year old me was listening to this damn album on repeat every morning at six in the morning on my way to elementary school to go color in my traced hand for thanksgiving.
"I will muzzle you with wires, I will make your limbs collapse I will stay awake for you reading your children's tales Prepare yourself because you'll struggle against pain I would rather stop by now but you're driving me insane"-Obliterate My Fate by Asphyxia
Listen to it all here
Alghol is one of my favorite artists and is somewhat of a local artist to me whom has been very vocal politically along side making music, helping his community along side giving it amazing music to listen to. He creates black metal with the fantasy horror blend. Especially with the album Night Eternal. This album has eight songs in which I very much enjoyed five songs from and was just okay with the other three. My favorite songs on the album have to be Witch Doctor, Noxious Opulence, What Lies Within, The Heart of Darkness, and the title song Night Eternal. These songs have a specific haunting echo-y tone that I very much enjoy that makes it feel like you're in a damp cave or dark castle underground. I enjoy songs that give a lot of atmosphere and puts you in a specific place, and this album does a good job doing so. His lyrics are simple yet also have thought behind them, they allow you to paint even more of the picture of the setting. His vocals are amazing and one of if not my favorite, his voice matches the music itself so perfectly, it is extremely cohesive as I find some newer black metal artists have a good base for music and yet their vocals stand out too much and it feels messy so listening to him was like getting an extra nugget in my fast food order.
"Back to my castle, drugs, and whores To rule in glory Unopposed Until I'm called upon to serve once more..." -Night Eternal by Alghol.
Listen to Night Eternal by Alghol here