Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 167, featuring an interview with Warg and Crypt Hammer of Heretical Sect.

Heretical Sect drummer/vocalist Warg and bassist Crypt Hammer spoke with me about the classical influences that creep into their songs, and their use of unorthodox time signatures. We also discussed thow the history and landscape of New Mexico inspired the songs on their first full-length album Rapturous Flesh Consumed.

My thanks to Warg and Crypt Hammer for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:

"Visceral Divination"

"Punish the Christ"

taken from the EP Rotting Cosmic Grief

"The Depths of Weeping Infinity"

"Degradation Temple "

taken from the album Rapturous Flesh Consumed

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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 166, featuring an interview with Kurwa Doktor of Cannibal Accident.

"The main rule is to have fun," is the guiding principle behind Cannibal Accident. Hailing from the town of Turku in southern Finland, the band keep grindcore fun with mosh parts, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, and more mosh parts. As the story goes, alcohol is a big part of their process.

I spoke with vocalist Kurwa Doktor about the booze-drenched formation of Cannibal Accident, and how their dual vocalist approach and mosh parts distinguish them from other grindcore bands. We also discussed how the band ended up recording their fourth album Nekrokluster with members of Mors Principium Est, and whether it's okay to call Cannibal Accident "party grind".

My thanks to Kurwa Doktor for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:

"Born In A Vacuumpack"

"Tender Flesh"

taken from the album Cannibal Accident

"You Are Dead... Amen"

"Semen Continuum"

taken from the album Ritual Paprika

"Let This World Be Done"

"Haista Vittu Ihminen"

taken from the album Nekrokluster

"Shotgun Selfie"

"Enemies Of Privacy."

taken from the EP Shotgun Selfie

Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com

Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 165, featuring an interview with RM and JC of Plague Weaver.

Plague Weaver was created by a former member of the Polish bands Azarath and Damnation, but it favours slow, doomy black metal over pure blast. The Ontario-based duo say that the air of mystery that surrounds their project is unintentional - though it suits their music perfectly.

I spoke with founder/multi-instrumentalist RM and vocalist JC about Plague Weaver's origins, and the creation of their upcoming full-length debut Ascendant Blasphemy. We also discussed the circumstances that drove RM to play and record all the instruments himself, and how the band's writing process may change with a full line-up.

My thanks to RM and JC for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:

"Unchained"

"Descent"

taken from the EP Through The Sulphur Eyes

"Seek to Betray"

"Nothing is Sacred"

taken from the forthcoming album Ascendant Blasphemy

Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com

Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 164, featuring an interview with YhA of Suffering Hour.

Minnsesota's Suffering Hour are an antidote to the hordes of newly popular "primitive" and "caveman" death metal bands. As chaotic as the trio's mix of death and black metal gets, at its core is a progressive mindset that sets the band apart from their peers.

I spoke with guitarist Josh "YhA" Raiken about how Suffering Hour emerged from his previous progressive/gothic thrash band, Compassion Dies. We also discussed how the band members worked remotely on Suffering Hour's upcoming second album, The Cyclic Reckoning, and whether it's a challenge to write metal songs if you don't listen to the style anymore.

My thanks to Josh for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:

"Devouring Shapeless Void"

"Through Vessels of Arcane Power"

taken from the album In Passing Ascension

"Obscuration"

"Strongholds Of Awakening"

taken from the album The Cyclic Reckoning

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Here is episode 163 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Jackie Perez Gratz of Grayceon.

A cello-driven power trio that shares members with Giant Squid, Squalus, and Amber Asylum, Grayceon are one of the most unique bands to come out of the Bay Area metal scene. Though often lumped in with the progressive and avant metal scenes, their music owes just as much to classical and folk music as it does to metal.

I spoke with cellist/vocalist Jackie Perez Gratz about how she ended up in a metal band, using classical instruments to make heavy music, and why it's a challenge to describe Grayceon's style. We also discussed how the band's songwriting process has changed from their earliest albums to their latest release, Mothers Weavers Destroyers, and whether or not Grayceon is a "message" band.

My thanks to Jackie for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:

"A Road Less Travelled"

taken from the album All We Destroy

"Scorpion"

taken from the album IV

"And Shine On"

"Diablo Wind"

taken from the album Mothers Weavers Vultures

"It Begins, And So It Ends"

taken from the album This Grand Show

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chandra machine

love and gratitude eternally

TRACKLIST:

New Order - Temptation

Sentenced - White Wedding

Paradise Lost - Embers Fire

Bloodbath - Eaten

Devourment - Truculent Antipathy

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Destro's Secret

Pelican - A Delicate Sense Of Balance

Nine Inch Nails - We're in This Together

Dimmu Borgir - The Insight and the Catharsis

Devin Townsend - The Death of Music

The Gathering - Nighttime Birds

The Gathering - Shrink

Coalesce - Thank You

Here is episode 162 of the Dreams of Consciousness podcast, featuring an interview with Doug Moore of Glorious Depravity.

A supergroup emerging from New York's underground metal scene, Glorious Depravity combines the talents of members of Woe, Mutilation Rites, Cleanteeth, and Pyrrhon. Named after a Ripping Corpse song, the band channels the classic albums of American death metal that were released in the Nineties.

I spoke with vocalist Doug Moore (also of DoC friends Pyrrhon) about what brought the members of Glorious Depravity together, and the road leading to the release of their debut album, Ageless Violence. We also compared the ease and clarity of modern DAW recording to that of the Morrisound era.

My thanks to Doug for speaking with me, and to you for listening.

TRACK LIST:

"Ocean of Scabs"

"The Stone Hammer Swings"

"Incel Christ"

taken from the album Ageless Violence

"Hospital Incinerator Blues"

taken from the 2018 demo

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Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 161, featuring an interview with Ezra Nattkaos of Gravkväde.

A perfect soundtrack for this plague-beset winter, Swedish trio Gravkväde combine black metal, funeral doom, and dark ambient music to create bleak, crushing elegies of sorrow and despair.

I spoke with multi-instrumentalist Ezra Nattkaos about Gravkväde's history, and the the influence of Ingmar Bergman's films on his songwriting. We also discussed how expanding into a trio affected the music on their new album, Grav|Ruin, and the benefits of working with a band over having a solo project.

My thanks to Ezra for speaking with me, and to all of you for listening.

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:

"Sorgeakt"

taken from the album Grav|Aska

"När Allt Liv Vissnat"

taken from the Grav|Sorg demo

"Av hopplösheten förtärd"

"Själadöd"

taken from the album Grav|Ruin

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In this supplement to Episode 160, I spoke with USBM author Daniel Lake about the different factions within the USBM scene, whether they can co-exist, and why certain bands elicit such stridently negative reactions.

MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:

Deafheaven - "The Pecan Tree"[Sunbather]

Nachtmystium - "No Funeral" [Addicts Black Meddle Pt II ]

Yaotl Mictlan - "K'inich Janaab' Pakal" [Sagrada Tierra del Jaguar]