Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff

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After a few weeks of aimless meandering through the vineyards of the world, Bryn and Jaff are back with a new plan...sampling the offerings that can be found on the shelves of Lidl. Is this a public service...or possibly a public nuisance?

This week Jaff gets a new catchphrase, the beverage thieves strike Scotland and Italy, Tony Tommi's fingers cause some confusion....and it turns out the word "sausage" vastly improves any band name.

There's new music from Deafheaven, everyone's favourite vikings Amon Amarth, and Power Trip...as well as some ludicrous peasant-metal, some tech-thrash and plenty of black metal...

This Weeks Releases

Amon Amarth - The Allfather Awakens (00:37:50)

Metal Blade

https://amonamarth.bandcamp.com/album/the-allfather-awakens

Johnny Marr - The Age Of Everything (00:42:08)

New Voodoo

https://open.spotify.com/album/52lzfH80ON0jSqt1NkKsOQ?si=iqS_RsESR2m7Swt4eltByw

Deafheaven - At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb (00:46:03)

Roadrunner

https://open.spotify.com/album/7tIVbLtTqWrlTnoPiLLA1R?si=nmTVQcibSUaMIJTxBeeJQA

Power Trip - Precinct 3 / Scavenger (00:49:51)

Blue Grape

https://open.spotify.com/album/3zPrUvKsKqARv9v1UOzS1d?si=VZvpEMGmQ1SXF9OjcNKozA

Joe Hendry - Beyond Belief (00:51:18)

WWE

https://open.spotify.com/album/0HRZijtmFCa0LNfLNh4Fce?si=SWzE2elKQKWz_8wZNpU8CQ

Dissimulator - Artifice Dissolves (01:06:22)

20 Buck Spin

https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/artifice-dissolves

Netherwilds - Peasant Rising (01:10:57)

King Volume

https://netherwilds.bandcamp.com/album/peasant-rising

Wolf Brigade - Howl From Underground (01:19:04)

Metal Blade

https://open.spotify.com/album/5FUxj31V6IQ2USXi2WUyFB?si=P2HjWC-OR6KBNPgpv3PDnQ

Enterré Vivant - Kurogoku (01:29:39)

Transcendence

https://enterrevivant.bandcamp.com/album/kurogoku

Ominous Covenant - Legacy Of The Dead God (01:35:46)

Wulfhere

https://wulfhereproductions.bandcamp.com/album/legacy-of-the-dead-god

Unpeople - We Are Unpeople (01:39:22)

Sharptone

https://unpeopleofficial.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-unpeople

Tårfödd - En Känsla Av Hopplöshet (01:48:01)

Purity Through Fire

https://trfdd.bandcamp.com/album/en-k-nsla-av-hoppl-shet

Lustmord Lombardo - The Pulse Of Atoms (01:49:07)

Ipecac

https://lustmord.bandcamp.com/album/the-pulse-of-atoms

Xasthur - Open To Misinterpretation (01:50:38)

Prophecy

https://xasthurband.bandcamp.com/album/open-to-misinterpretation

Andrew Tuttle / Darren Cross - AT/DC (01:51:57)

Room40

https://andrewtuttle.bandcamp.com/album/at-dc

Werewolves - You're Weak and You Know You're Weak (01:53:13)

Back On Black

https://werewolvesdeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/youre-weak-and-you-know-youre-weak

Firtan - Helios (01:53:41)

AOP

https://firtan.bandcamp.com

Servant - Lux Ex Inferis (01:54:13)

AOP

https://artofpropaganda.bandcamp.com/album/lux-ex-inferis

Slumbug - Slumbug (01:54:59)

Self

https://slumbug.bandcamp.com/album/slumbug

Bana Haffar - Ancient Future (01:55:59)

https://banahaffarreleases.bandcamp.com/track/spirit-pouch

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After a brief moment (and some international meandering), Bryn and Jaff are back for Season 4! They're kicking off proceedings with an organic, Argentinian Malbec...will it be any better than their previous forays into organic wines?

There's discussions about Devin Townsend's flatulence, Nicko hosts a big welsh curry night, it's Metal Hammer's 40th birthday, Slipknot continue to be Slipknot...and Jaff appears to have returned from Oz with a comprehensive knowledge of Neighbours...

And on the music front, Anthrax have a new album, there's some bimbo-violence from New Orleans, a rather interesting slowcore record and many, many more!

This Weeks Releases

Anthrax - Cursum Perficio (00:39:24)

Nuclear Blast

https://open.spotify.com/album/66sInN5ejxo3K8Al4QDw3S?si=AozJkH6tSnCzS_jVLOTFig

Godflesh - Decay (00:44:04)

Relapse

https://godflesh.bandcamp.com/album/decay

Tom Morello - Everyone Gets Everything They Want (00:46:44)

Mom + Pop

https://tommorello.bandcamp.com/album/everyone-gets-everything-they-want

Adam Wiltzie & Jóhann Jóhannsson - Friendship Survival Guide (00:51:22)

Deutsche Grammophon

https://adamwiltzie.bandcamp.com/album/friendship-survival-guide

Rorcal - Mahre (00:57:21)

Hummus Records

https://rorcal.bandcamp.com/album/mahre

The Ocean - Solaris (01:06:05)

Pelagic

https://theocean.bandcamp.com/album/solaris

Storefront Church - Blue Movie (01:12:57)

High Room

https://storefrontchurchmusic.bandcamp.com/album/blue-movie

BRAT - Manslayer (01:24:08)

Prosthetic

https://brat504.bandcamp.com/album/manslayer

Moloken - Moloken (01:28:26)

Discouraged

https://moloken.bandcamp.com/album/moloken

Profeci - Troska (01:33:07)

Godz Ov War

https://profeci.bandcamp.com/album/troska

Mr Bison - The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams (01:34:33)

Heavy Psych Sounds

https://mrbison.bandcamp.com/album/the-garden-of-forgotten-dreams

Noctule - Extinguish Thy Flame (01:36:25)

Church Road

https://noctule.bandcamp.com/album/extinguish-thy-flame

Theosophy - Line Before The Event Horizon (01:38:10)

Apocalyptic Witchcraft

https://theosophygroup.bandcamp.com/album/line-before-the-event-horizon

Kongh - Dissolved In Time (01:38:53)

Self

https://kongh.bandcamp.com/album/dissolved-in-time

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Well...it''s a bit of a strange edition...Jaff is off barreling his way around Australia so in an act of solidarity, Bryn has chosen an Australian Chardonnay to sip on during this weeks episode.

There's some questionable tour choices, an upcoming solo album from the one and only Pepper Keenan, a jobby in a moshpit....and that Slipknot single...

And that's without mentioning the twelve incredible records that Bryn brings to the table...punk, death/doom, noise-rock...there's an absolute gold mine of new releases!!

This Weeks Releases

A-tota-so - I Told You So (00:12:17)

Buttonpusher

https://a-tota-so.bandcamp.com/album/i-told-you-so

Slug Comparison - Cold In Cold Out (00:14:54)

Self

https://slugcomparison.bandcamp.com/album/cold-in-cold-out

Epitaphe - III (00:18:08)

Aesthetic Death

https://epitaphe.bandcamp.com/album/iii

Ch'ahom - Anthropic Rites Of Sublimation (00:20:14)

20 Buck Spin

https://open.spotify.com/album/4OHmDHVAJCfr6VvvHx0heC?si=BoXGLOuvShqR-mQqvdhzEA

Arab Strap - Half-Told Tales (00:25:23)

Rock Action

https://open.spotify.com/album/12dPsO3WXjHBvZnG7Czr1u?si=LUZS57ZuQUC2ntXdjQ4k8Q

Brian Fallon - Not Bad For New Jersey (00:27:25)

Lesser known Records

https://brianfallon.bandcamp.com/album/not-bad-for-new-jersey

Foreign Body - Libertine (00:29:16)

Brutal Panda Records

https://foreignbodynyc.bandcamp.com/album/libertine

Discouraged - A Farewell In Stages (00:31:14)

FDA

https://discourageddoom.bandcamp.com/

Green Lung - Necropolitan (00:33:35)

Nuclear Blast

https://greenlung.bandcamp.com/album/necropolitan-2

The Meffs - Business (00:35:40)

FLG

https://open.spotify.com/album/4fpiWVsOXBkLATixKVDZeY?si=4avCPREZTqeicLgd0q0vIQ

Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - In Between Strides (00:37:37)

Magnetic Eye

https://beesmadehoneyintheveintree.bandcamp.com/album/in-between-strides

Remote Viewing - State Violence (00:39:39)

Human Worth

https://remoteviewing.bandcamp.com/album/state-violence

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It's the end of the Chardonnay journey, and the end of Season Three! But, fear not, as Bryn and Jaff have a rather fine bottle of Chablis to round off the season!

There's an ArcTangent roundup, discussions about 'smoke taint', a man forgets how to wear sunglasses, Jaff joins Poison and Bryn ponders the return of MySpace and our old chum Tom...

A whole host of musical delights are provided as usual...from classical, to death grind, to jazz, post-metal and even a bit of drone thrown in for good measure!

See you in season four!!

This Weeks Releases

Mastodon - Marrow Deep (00:39:31)

Loma Vista

https://mastodon.bandcamp.com/album/marrow-deep

Mike D - Thank You (00:44:19)

UMG / Self

https://open.spotify.com/album/4f2eRJXelRGjIu5i7Ow7Hz?si=8ktCKhb0S-q2ul3RO8HIDQ

Chelsea Wolfe - The Dark (00:45:53)

Loma Vista

https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark

Andrew WK - Temptation To Exist (00:48:23)

The Louise Harland Corporation

https://open.spotify.com/album/3cgOB20VrKxHzvTPuMmav2?si=2550830ba94a4aa5

Russian Circles - Nine (00:53:28)

Sargent House

https://russiancircles.bandcamp.com/album/nine

Invocation Ritual - Altered Reality (00:59:07)

Iron Fortress

https://invocationritualofficial.bandcamp.com/album/altered-reality

Kulk - Choosing To Die (01:07:02)

Church Road

https://kulk.bandcamp.com/album/choosing-to-die

Grave Depression - Seize The Decay (01:11:24)

Self

https://gravedepression.bandcamp.com/album/seize-the-decay

Peace Test - Repercussion (01:18:05)

Delayed Gratification

https://peacetest.bandcamp.com/album/repercussion

Old Corpse Road - From Ancient Roots EP (01:21:23)

Self

https://oldcorpseroad.bandcamp.com/album/from-ancient-roots

Fen - Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth (01:24:03)

Prophecy Productions

https://fenuk.bandcamp.com/album/elemental-part-one-mourning-earth

Stephen O'Malley - Avaeken (01:26:09)

Ideologic Organ

https://stephenomalley.bandcamp.com/album/avaeken

Jon Baptiste - Black Mozart (01:27:35)

Decca

https://open.spotify.com/album/4pw6vv5tS2sbpgKjwVS7l5?si=31960e17743a41d3

Evil Dungeon Crawler - The Unending Vomiting of Northern Blasphemies (01:29:08)

Wulfhere

https://wulfhereproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-unending-vomiting-of-northern-blasphemies

Exumer - Death Mask Messiah (01:29:59)

Metal Blade

https://exumerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/death-mask-messiah

Mulch Messiah - Origins Of Apparatus (01:30:35)

Self

https://mulchmessiah.bandcamp.com/album/origins-of-apparatus

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Bryn and Jaff are back with another episode and this time they've got a Chardonnay from California...it seems that they actually enjoy Chardonnay far more than they initially expected!

Jaff gives his rundown of Bloodstock, Sid is still not in Slipknot (we think), Paul McCartney shares a gem of wisdom....and there's rather a long discussion about spaff. And, of course, they both give their recommendations of must-see bands at ArcTangent later this week!

This week there's been horror soundtracks, black metal, Canadian hardcore....and much much more! Plenty for you to get stuck into!

This Weeks Releases

Electric Callboy - Tanzneid (00:21:14)

Century Media

https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/tanzneid-24-bit-hd-audio

Hulder - Verbolgen (01:02:42)

20 Buck Spin / Season Of Mist

https://hulder.bandcamp.com/album/verbolgen

John Carpenter - Cathedral (01:07:51)

Sacred Bones

https://johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com/album/cathedral

Wormwood - Å (01:16:59)

Black Lodge Records

https://wormwood-official.bandcamp.com/album/-

Cancer Bats - Give Me Dirt (01:20:56)

Marshall

https://cancerbatson.bandcamp.com/album/give-me-dirt

Dishumane - Centurions Demise (01:28:17)

Blood Harvest

https://dishumane.bandcamp.com/album/centurions-demise

Crumbling Ghost - Four (01:30:58)

New Heavy Sounds

https://crumblingghost.bandcamp.com/album/four

The Iron Roses - Molotov Nights (01:35:53)

Self

https://theironroses.bandcamp.com/album/molotov-nights

The Mountain Goats - Days (01:38:27)

Thirty Tigers

https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/days

Lawrence English - The Rest Is My Ghost (01:39:36)

Room40

https://lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/the-rest-is-my-ghost

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Bryn and Jaff leave the winery's of South America behind them, which means it's time to get Jake back...and this time he comes armed with a bottle of Chardonnay from somewhere a lot closer to home!

It's 'bye-bye' to Sid, Five Finger Death Punch continue to subject the world to the absolute dregs of the musical barrel, Bryn gets awfully cross about a TV remote, Jaff does unusual things to his lawn.....oh, and always remember to wash your bell tents in the bathtub!!

Continuing on the recent trend of absolutely phenomenal music releases, this week sees two fantastic post-metal records, a funky fever dream from Bootsy Collins himself, and a collection of some of the most dissonant, avant-garde albums we've seen this year!!

This Weeks Releases

Five Finger Death Punch - Legacy (00:43:35)

Better Noise

https://fivefingerdeathpunch.bandcamp.com/album/legacy

Bootsy Collins - Metal Health (00:48:06)

Bootzilla Productions

https://open.spotify.com/album/06uVHb5vadazfMziLqyljm?si=7wgxL1xBSUenZ7n1stfqkQ

Cypress Hill - Dios Bendiga (00:52:17)

Zarpazo

https://open.spotify.com/album/4NiQalkIqQLwIvu7WtwIlH?si=U0wlL8teQOeL1BDRN6P70Q

The Salt Pale Collective - ...and God said nothing (01:12:15)

Self

https://thesaltpalecollective.bandcamp.com/album/and-god-said-nothing

Viande - Monument aux Morts (01:17:25)

Transcending Obscurity

https://viandeband.bandcamp.com/album/monument-aux-morts

Altarage - Cogwheel (01:24:06)

Sentient Ruin

https://altarage.bandcamp.com/album/cogwheel

Heretic Cult Redeemer - In Oculum Chaos (01:28:03)

Serpent Sun

https://hereticcultredeemer.bandcamp.com/album/in-oculum-chaos

Mountainscape - Traversing Realms (01:36:19)

Road To Masochist

https://mountainscapeuk.bandcamp.com/album/traversing-realms

Calyss - Vessel of Theseus (01:40:59)

Anarchy Construct

https://calyss.bandcamp.com/album/vessel-of-theseus

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Bryn and Jaff have been having such a jolly time on their South American journey that they've decided to throw an extra week in and sample something neither of them have tried before....a Tannat from Uruguay!

Jaff decides wine should be worn not drunk, there are some rather questionable pub guests and Bryn concludes that now is the time to buy a vineyard.

There's been an absolute mountain of brilliant releases over the past two weeks, including (potentially) the best post-metal album of the year, some devastatingly unsettling black(ish) metal....and many, many more!

This Weeks Releases

The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues (00:27:19)

Polydor

https://open.spotify.com/album/6jfU2DEetUUo8nmxrzwkhc?si=g3SNLXaKQYe-9m1CSljrBg

DevilDriver - Strike and Kill (00:31:03)

Napalm

https://devildriver.bandcamp.com/album/strike-and-kill

Jack White - Frozen Charlotte (00:33:35)

Third Man

https://officialjackwhite.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-charlotte

Hãmnd - Bortom (00:39:25)

Superlord

https://hamndband.bandcamp.com/album/bortom

Inferno - The Anthropic Sophisms (On The Heights Of Despair) (00:44:29)

Debemur Morti

https://pureinferno.bandcamp.com/album/the-anthropic-sophisms-on-the-heights-of-despair

Mourir - Nous, Le Venin (00:49:55)

Pelagic

https://movrir.bandcamp.com/album/nous-le-venin

Emptiness - Nowhere Speaks (00:56:46)

Season Of Mist

https://emptiness.bandcamp.com/album/nowhere-speaks

Escumergament - Apparebat Eidolon Senex (01:03:30)

Avantgarde

https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/apparebat-eidolon-senex

Fuming Mouth - The Ringing Bell (01:08:37)

Triple B

https://fumingmouth.bandcamp.com/album/the-ringing-bell

Iron Slaught - Metallic Torments (01:19:53)

Gates Of Hell

https://ironslaught.bandcamp.com/album/metallic-torments

If These Trees Could Talk - The Hidden Hand (01:22:15)

Metal Blade

https://ifthesetreescouldtalk.bandcamp.com/album/the-hidden-hand

Arise From Worms - A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self Destruction (01:23:16)

Church Road

https://arisefromworms.bandcamp.com/album/a-bleeding-tree-hanging-self-destruction

Poison The Preacher - Things I want EP (01:25:22)

Seek And Strike

https://open.spotify.com/album/4iQi1k3rqwh4VAEq91zfju?si=mgY4vv3zSNqJNfmU5LpCsg

Tomb Slab - Tomb Slab (01:26:36)

Road To Masochist

https://tombslab.bandcamp.com/album/tomb-slab-2

Wailin Storms - The Arsonist (01:27:30)

Season Of Mist

https://wailinstorms.bandcamp.com/album/the-arsonist

Fagerlund - Beneath (01:29:19)

BIS

https://open.spotify.com/album/3aIgXdXwo4c7jOJg8ZEM48?si=K9oSpoO9QxmWqWuvnKMN1g

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After acclimatising to the new two-weekly break between episodes, Bryn and Jaff are back as they continue on their South American Journey. This week they wet the old whistle with an Argentinian Malbec and a Chilean Syrah....cheers Don David!

Devin Townsend leaves a surprise in a guitar case, the world's largest aeroplane flies directly over Jaff's house, the winner of this months vinyl and wine giveaway is revealed (from a shoe), and plans are revealed for this weekend's special episode from The Woods!

With two weeks of releases to choose from, there's an incredible array of albums to talk about. From Muse's space-rock wanderings, all the way to Witchsorrow's classic doom sound, with a brief stop check out post-hardcore legends There Were Wires....and many more!!

This Weeks Releases

Muse - The WOW! Signal (00:32:01)

Warner

https://open.spotify.com/album/6TObgE5QDLYzA3Exu5vGhS?si=HTdsNQaOS_O-20deC_6Szw

Deep Purple - Splat! (00:36:26)

earMUSIC

https://open.spotify.com/album/4vRdiUShnNZj9eBQ65sDny?si=XYrDbhJCQB-oy9nbtHvM8w

Shane Embury - Bridge To Resolution (00:40:29)

Cherry Red

https://shaneembury.bandcamp.com/album/bridge-to-resolution

Witchsorrow - The Devil And All His Works (00:58:20)

Church Road

https://witchsorrowdoom.bandcamp.com/album/the-devil-and-all-his-works

There Were Wires - Vessel (01:03:42)

Iodine

https://therewerewires.bandcamp.com/album/vessel

Verdun - Abyssal Wound (01:08:14)

Transcending Obscurity

https://verdun-label.bandcamp.com/album/abyssal-womb

Sans Froid - Back Into The Womb (01:12:16)

Church Road

https://sansfroid.bandcamp.com/album/back-into-the-womb

Thaetas - The Irredeemable Age (01:18:26)

Profound Lore

https://thaetas.bandcamp.com/album/the-irredeemable-age

Truck Violence - The Weathervane Is My Body (01:22:45)

The Flenser

https://truckviolence.bandcamp.com/album/the-weathervane-is-my-body-2

Hoc Est Bellum - Filth Majesty (01:27:26)

Time To Kill

https://hocestbellum.bandcamp.com/album/filth-majesty

Soothsayer - The Unbinding (01:27:56)

Apocalyptic Witchcraft

https://open.spotify.com/album/4Rfte4xLb3un2dpNiKLKSe?si=TWaqMJumRf-JsSrU-4qNbA

Anton Pearson - Driving Through Belgium (01:28:39)

World Of Echo

https://antonpearson.bandcamp.com/album/driving-through-belgium

A World Worth Burning - The Sky Was Colored As Hammered Lead (01:30:11)

Argonauta

https://open.spotify.com/album/6K6iqqYriNmi6mez2yIk46?si=BwkTGjBoSC-q-1mG7GGgtg

The Bouncing Souls - Born To Be (01:31:52)

Self

https://open.spotify.com/album/16k0kGQjF1QSm0TSMwL7lB?si=AaCCRSq-SJ6FgwB4DsEiag

Haggus - The Mincecore Manifesto EP (01:33:33)

Tankcrimes

https://tankcrimes.bandcamp.com/album/the-mincecore-manifesto

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Continuing on their South American journey, Bryn and Jaff pick a Chilean Viognier to quench their thirst in the inferno that is the UK this week...

Bruce Dickinson shares some wisdom, KISS waste $200 million, Gwar continue their mission to dismember every public figure on the planet....and there's rather a lot of interruptions by passing planes...

On the release front, from D12 to Mork...there's guaranteed to be some releases to pique your interest this week!

This Weeks Releases

D12 - D12 Forever (Vol. 1) (00:30:17)

My Brothers Keeper

https://open.spotify.com/album/6EJpcUijwWlVtj0F1KEJEc?si=a__UsMrAS3OKu9Vb5E0dgA

Warning - Rituals Of Shame (00:34:40)

Relapse

https://warningdoom.bandcamp.com/album/rituals-of-shame

Mork - Monolitt (00:37:52)

Peaceville

https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/monolitt

Lost In Kyiv - We're All Going To Be Fine (00:43:09)

Pelagic

https://lostinkyiv.bandcamp.com/album/were-all-going-to-be-fine-2

Scordatura - Led Into Oblivion (00:50:36)

Everlasting Spew

https://scordatura.bandcamp.com/album/led-into-oblivion-3

Liminal Sky - All Tomorrow's Darkness (00:56:19)

Karisma

https://liminalskyband.bandcamp.com/album/all-tomorrows-darkness

Cutthroat - Invoking Terror (01:02:30)

Dying Victims

https://cutthroat666.bandcamp.com/album/invoking-terror

Flykt - Sinister Strain (01:05:37)

Hammerheart

https://flykt.bandcamp.com/album/sinister-strain

Arrogant Destruktor - The Old Spirit Remains (01:09:54)

Satanath

https://arrogantdestruktor.bandcamp.com/album/the-old-spirit-remains

Chainlacing - Messuage (01:10:48)

These Hands Melt

https://chainlacing.bandcamp.com/album/messuage

CMF - If We're Apart I'm Somewhere Missing You (01:12:11)

Saesori Sounds

https://open.spotify.com/album/48R1rKuzDjPYMsI8VxCfAL?si=Wtikrw6SR7y2_iuMrYacDg

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