Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff

The sunny coasts of Portugal are a distant memory as Jake returns to set Bryn and Jaff off on their new journey to South America, kicking off with a trip to Chile and Argentina!

A man makes money selling CD's, the summer has arrived and brought a veritable feast of Doctor Dave's with it, Jaff talks about a rather large swimming pool and Bryn gives the low down on Download....

Due to Bryn's festival exploits, there are a few less albums to chat about this week....but Jaff has brought some absolute rippers, including a stunning return from German black-metallers Fyrnask!

This Weeks Releases

Fyrnask - Íosir (01:09:37)

Van Records

https://fyrnask.bandcamp.com/album/osir-2

Jesse Welles - Masks Off (01:15:00)

Self

https://open.spotify.com/album/1ADa0uCdQlkfKng3mYVF9C?si=Zvl8UEI9RO-4561ISIsCBA

Woewarden - The Roots Of My Neglect (01:16:48)

Dusktone

https://woewarden.bandcamp.com/album/the-roots-of-my-neglect

MONO - Snowdrop (01:20:58)

Temporary Residence

https://monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/album/snowdrop

Goetia - Mortuary Cult (01:23:16)

Carbonized Records

https://goetiadeath.bandcamp.com/album/mortuary-cult

Iron Reagan - Demonetization (01:27:55)

Relapse

https://ironreagan.bandcamp.com/album/demonetization-ep

Stormkeep - The Nocturnes Of Iswylm (01:29:47)

Order Of The Divine Light

https://stormkeep-odl.bandcamp.com/album/the-nocturnes-of-iswylm-2

Man Looking Man - Man Looking Man (01:31:48)

Argonauta

https://open.spotify.com/album/7MZ0XBS0MCCdp0bCn5vwmM?si=0XkrYCNdTVOCW42vJMrCHA

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As they approach the end of their Portuguese journey, Bryn and Jaff find themselves on a distinctly fishy submarine...

Ginger Wildheart shows off his eloquent way with words, Jaff uses fashion to solve the international haulage problem, Bruce Dickinson takes joy in the machinery of war, and Bryn mourns his 26 year old rucksack.

Converge are back again with their second album this year, Oh Hiroshima have created something quite incredible with their latest release, and Jaff has stumbled upon an incredible blackgaze record from Swedish outfit Together To The Stars.

This Weeks Releases

Converge - Hum Of Hurt (00:21:50)

Deathwish / Epitaph

https://convergecult.bandcamp.com/album/hum-of-hurt

Blood Incantation - All Gates Open OST (00:24:14)

Century Media

https://bloodincantation.bandcamp.com/album/all-gates-open-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-24-bit-hd-audio

Evanescence - Sanctuary (00:32:15)

BMG

https://officialevanescence.bandcamp.com/album/sanctuary

Suicide Forest - World Of Decay (00:36:39)

Avantgarde

https://suicideforestblackmetal.bandcamp.com/album/world-of-decay

Oh Hiroshima - And The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (00:41:13)

Pelagic

https://ohhiroshima.bandcamp.com/album/and-the-dead-tree-gives-no-shelter

Together To The Stars - Iridescence (00:47:59)

Self

https://togethertothestars.bandcamp.com/album/iridescence

Üga Büga - Valley Of The Wolf (00:52:54)

Self

https://ugabuga.bandcamp.com/album/valley-of-the-wolf

Wu-Lu & Poison Anna - Bakerz Dozen (00:57:41)

Warp Records

https://wu-lu.bandcamp.com/album/bakerz-dozen

Fournier - Fournier EP (01:01:04)

Caligari

https://fournierdeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/demo

Kybalion - Make The World Bleed EP (01:06:15)

Non Serviam

https://non-serviam-records.bandcamp.com/track/make-the-world-bleed-2

Guilt Trip - Armur Of Angels (01:07:03)

Roadrunner

https://officialguilttrip.bandcamp.com/album/armour-of-angels

Fucked Up - Grass Can Move Stones Pt. 2: Year Of The Monkey (01:08:39)

What's Your Rupture

https://fuckedup.bandcamp.com/album/grass-can-move-stones-part-2-year-of-the-monkey

Aeger Anima - The Falling Leaves EP (01:09:39)

Eerie Sounds

https://aegeranima.bandcamp.com/track/aeger-anima

Gurt - Survival Of The Shittest (01:11:08)

When Planets Collide

https://gurt.bandcamp.com/album/survival-of-the-shittest-2

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The Portuguese journey continues as Bryn and Jaff return to the world of red wine with an Alicante Bouchet...and Jaff provides some interesting facts about prohibition.

Cult Of Luna get naked, Jaff falls into a verbal diarrhoea wormhole, Bryn plays with Butterflies, Steven Bartlett annoys everyone and Mark Morton has a wholesome new hobby!

There's a new album from the wonderful mind of Devin Townsend, Jaff raves about the new Elder record and Bryn may have found his album of the year.....

This Weeks Releases

Devin Townsend - The Moth (00:34:25)

InsideOut

https://devintownsend.bandcamp.com/album/the-moth-deluxe-edition-24-bit-hd-audio

Dogstar - All In Now (00:39:07)

Dillon Street

https://open.spotify.com/album/1fxFvw95DNNmV4Zzoc5pvC?si=unXb4tq0Q2S8VWpN5IOQBw

Boards Of Canada - Inferno (00:40:45)

Warp

https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/album/inferno

Harboured - We're Only The Love That We Lead (00:45:05)

Lost Future

https://harbouredmusic.bandcamp.com/album/were-only-the-love-that-we-lead

Godthrymm - Projections (00:52:02)

Profound Lore

https://godthrymmdoom.bandcamp.com/album/projections

Bleeth - Lazara EP (00:57:22)

Self

https://bleeth.bandcamp.com/album/l-zara

MZZTR - Pronounced MIS-TER EP (01:01:36)

Self

https://mzztr.bandcamp.com/album/pronounced-mis-ter-3

Elder - Through Zero (01:04:49)

Blues Funeral

https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/through-zero

Monolord - Neverending (01:10:21)

Relapse

https://monolord.bandcamp.com/album/neverending

The Real McKenzies - Paul McKenzie Sings On Yer Bike (01:16:09)

Stomp

https://therealmckenzies.bandcamp.com/album/paul-mckenzie-sings-on-yer-bike

Hanry - What Came From Silence (01:18:24)

Pelagic

https://hanry.bandcamp.com/album/what-came-from-silence

Abrasive Trees - Light Remaining (01:19:17)

Argonauta

https://abrasivetrees.bandcamp.com/album/light-remaining-artist-edition

Hecate Enthroned - The Corpse Of A Titan, A Lament Long Buried (01:21:05)

M-Theory Audio

https://hecateenthroned.bandcamp.com/album/the-corpse-of-a-titan-a-lament-long-buried

Graveir - The Festering Triad (01:23:25)

Apocalyptic Witchcraft

https://graveircult.bandcamp.com/album/the-festering-triad-2

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As Bryn battles the inferno of British weather, Jaff comes to his aid with some Portuguese white wine...but does it stand up to the recent track record of high scoring bottles....

Should Ozzy be turning in his grave? Iron Maiden blow the dust off an old classic, A notorious alcoholic headlines an alcohol free festival....and Jaff shows off his love of cheese...

We have French black metal, Swiss post-metal, some rather good death metal from Ireland...and Tommy Lee desperately tries to polish a steamer from 2005.

This Weeks Releases

Tommy Lee - Tommyland Rides Again (00:27:20)

BMG

https://open.spotify.com/album/1B7C79fIiVtud6AMWJm4ol?si=juDtIqKZR-qHht3oiG_KoA

Armored Saint - Emotion Factory Reset (00:30:10)

Metal Blade

https://armoredsaint.bandcamp.com/album/emotion-factory-reset

Dimmu Borgir - Grand Serpent Rising (00:33:02)

Nuclear Blast

https://dimmuborgir.bandcamp.com/album/grand-serpent-rising

Haemoth - Black Dust (00:38:22)

Agonia

https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-dust

Mécréant - Déchéance (00:44:11)

Self

https://mecreant.bandcamp.com/album/d-ch-ance

Hammock - The Second Coming Was A Moonrise (00:49:46)

Self

https://hammock.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-coming-was-a-moonrise

Impure Wilhelmina - Le Sanglot (00:56:38)

Season Of Mist

https://impurewilhelmina.bandcamp.com/album/le-sanglot

Corpse Water - ....Something In The Water (01:03:57)

Grindscene

https://corpsewater.bandcamp.com/album/something-in-the-water

Oracle of Worms - Cult Of Suffering (01:08:24)

FDA

https://oracleofworms.bandcamp.com/album/cult-of-suffering

Goat The Head - Death By Default EP (01:12:12)

Self

https://goatthehead.bandcamp.com/album/death-by-default

Horrific Visions - Remnants Of Atrophy (01:13:45)

Comatose Music

https://comatosemusic.bandcamp.com/album/remnants-of-atrophy

David Eugene Edwards - Mercurial Silence (01:14:29)

Sargent House

https://davideugeneedwards.bandcamp.com/album/mercurial-silence

Skip Danke B-Movie Road Club - Trippin' On A Chinese Market (01:15:43)

Aalzorp

https://skipdanko-b-movie-road-club.bandcamp.com/album/trippin-on-a-chinese-market

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As they stroll through northwestern Portugal, Bryn and Jaff grab a bottle of Vinho Verde and realise they've been missing out something quite remarkable!!

Federico is back at the keys, a 70 year old man goes bald, Geezer Butler wins the award for 'most heart-warming story' and Jaff encourages a pensioner to get into a Cannibal Corpse pit...

Bryn has a plethora of incredible EP's this week and Jaff has come armed with some experimental black metal and possibly the best funeral doom album of the year!

This Weeks Releases

Slayer - Hell Awaits 40th Edition (00:29:59)

Metal Blade

https://open.spotify.com/album/7gLJcga1ogpQNRO8B054GF?si=9czqW49hTEqsVFq1WU-_-A

Crown Lands - Apocalypse (00:36:44)

Inside Out

https://crownlands.bandcamp.com/album/apocalypse-24-bit-hd-audio

Dromos - Failing Light (00:45:30)

Argonauta Records

https://dromosdoom.bandcamp.com/album/failing-light

Orphan Donor - Ailments EP (00:54:57)

Zegema Beach Records

https://orphandonor.bandcamp.com/album/ailments

Molosser - Molosser EP (01:01:58)

Self

https://molosser04death.bandcamp.com/album/molosser

Phorboda - Dire Portents (01:06:50)

Self

https://phorboda.bandcamp.com/album/dire-portents

Junon - The Golden Citadel of The Astral Sphere (01:12:26)

I, Voidhanger

https://junonofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-golden-citadel-of-the-astral-sphere

Tough Love - Aufklärung EP (01:22:23)

Self

https://open.spotify.com/album/2t9SWuMrtS8f43NVwa4HNO?si=uwAN6LFCQD-G9L8GqToCPg

Krishna - Absence As Loss (01:26:48)

Kewn Records

https://krishna-band-malta.bandcamp.com/album/absence-as-loss-2

Verba Serpentis - Torchbearers EP (01:31:00)

Self

https://verbaserpentis.bandcamp.com/album/torchbearers

or, The Whale - Caroline Shaw and Andrew See (01:34:34)

Platoon

https://open.spotify.com/album/1QDxiDDeIwzPkU5DESXwS2?si=qGjUhif2TI61GmTU-1viXA

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Bryn and Jaff are left to their own devices as they begin their Portuguese journey...and they seem to have stumbled upon something really quite special!!

Nicko gets a bit camp, David Ellefson draws the usual gold comments from the internet, Bryn's children eat a shed and Jaff learns all about a port called muff....just a normal week at Tasting Notes HQ...

And, on the musical front, the one and only Social Distortion are back after 15 years, Darkthrone continue whatever it is that they're doing, there's two releases that really push the boundaries of sanity and even old Neil Diamond gets a mention....

This Weeks Releases

Black Veil Brides - Vindicate (00:37:35)

Spinefarm

https://open.spotify.com/album/2bvKgi1cdJbaURY2bN7y4p?si=rYxQ7LWrRkirnojm5Dwltw

Johnny Greenwood with Shye Ben Tzur and The Rajasthan Express - Ranjha (00:42:07)

Junun

https://open.spotify.com/album/0J2LzthCjjSrl2TnAef2Pu?si=8aG5nQCXRmyUWq4gg5rgYg

Neil Diamond - Wild At Heart (00:45:42)

Capitol

https://open.spotify.com/album/1YcMBDODPFqcper1bpiNcr?si=JBKr7XtIStCduhUsQTsjqw

Darkthrone - Pre-Historic Metal (00:54:57)

Peaceville

https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/pre-historic-metal

Social Distortion - Born To Kill (01:03:37)

Crime Don't Pay / Epitaph

https://open.spotify.com/album/1Ln4Uhw3DLQ0PZkpb7HJjC?si=UJBVAJs3S2617UWSe9R7yw

Frozen Soul - No Place Of Warmth (01:09:42)

Century Media

https://frozensoultx.bandcamp.com/album/no-place-of-warmth-24-bit-hd-audio

Otay:Onii - Love Is In The Shit (01:15:54)

Pelagic

https://otayonii.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-in-the-shit

A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Towers Of Silence EP (01:21:45)

Lay Bare Recordings

https://aplagueoflighthousekeepers.bandcamp.com/album/towers-of-silence

Electric Sun Defence - Estuary (01:25:39)

Road To Masochist

https://electricsundefence.bandcamp.com/album/estuary

Black Sea Of Trees - Cult Of The Sun (01:31:02)

Self

https://blackseaoftreesofficial.bandcamp.com/album/cult-of-the-sun

Jim E Brown - Dirt (01:33:46)

Didsbury Parsonage

https://jimebrown.bandcamp.com/album/dirt

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It's "Au Revoir" France and "Olá" Portugal, as Jake (our resident wine expert) returns to set Bryn and Jaff off on their new journey. Between the blue wine and the monstrously large Portuguese bottle, there's a lot to dive in to!!

Aquatic French bus drivers, David Attenborough's Lego woes, mismatched touring partners, Jaff gives his Incineration breakdown, Bryn smells Devin Townsend's ears....and Tom Araya bellows at some drivers...

From Slovakia to Germany, with a few stops off in Ireland and Los Angeles....it's a veritable whirlwind of new music this week! Plenty for you to get you to get stuck into!!

This Weeks Releases

Kneecap - Fenian (00:31:12)

Heavenly Recordings

https://kneecap.bandcamp.com/album/fenian

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Great Parrot-Ox and The Golden Egg Of Empathy (00:37:14)

ATO

https://theclaypoollennondelirium.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-parrot-ox-and-the-golden-egg-of-empathy

Venom - Into Oblivion (00:39:28)

Noise / BMG

https://open.spotify.com/album/3R5yeXBBbjqHxSOuBfhDAb?si=8cNPj0H7RD23DX5LY3To8Q

The Black Keys - Peaches! (00:42:30)

Easy Eye Sound / Warner

https://open.spotify.com/album/4wl0lStE236Kc7pJ7eTpgq?si=f0YU2j2aTk2kBTGep2QUqw

Hrob - Brána Chladu (01:12:41)

Memento Mori

https://hrob.bandcamp.com/album/br-na-chladu

Wandar - Tiefe Erde (01:17:21)

Vendetta

https://wandar.bandcamp.com/album/tiefe-erde

Oldowan Gash - 1000 Dreams Of War (01:22:44)

Amor Fati

https://oldowangash.bandcamp.com/album/1000-dreams-of-war-2

Lair Of The Minotaur - I Hail I (01:27:44)

The Grind-House Records

https://lairoftheminotaur.bandcamp.com/album/i-hail-i-2

Poolside At The Flamingo - This Overwhelming Horror (01:31:27)

Self

https://open.spotify.com/album/41uFBNKZtSCHRgKWB8hLGm?si=3k9Se3lCQx-vJs0ST4fwlQ

Creeping Flesh - God's Acres Rife With Flesh Adorned (01:34:26)

Self

https://creepingflesh.bandcamp.com/album/gods-acres-rife-with-flesh-adorned

Sal - Sal EP (01:38:24)

Self

https://salent.bandcamp.com/album/sal

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As their journey through France draws to a close, it's time for Bryn and Jaff to crack open a bottle of Rosé....and where better to find one than in the southern-most reaches of the country!

Is pope Leo XIV the coolest pope in history? Does anyone actually listen to Yngwie Malmsteen? Richie Faulkner treads very close to a Doctor Dave...oh, and Dave Grohl's genitalia seem to be the topic of the week...

There are two exceptional post-hardcore records from France, At The Gates have released their stunning swansong, and Jaff may well have found his album of the year!!

This Weeks Releases

At The Gates - the Ghost Of A Future Dead (00:32:26)

Century Media

https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/the-ghost-of-a-future-dead-24-bit-hd-audio

Sepultura - The Cloud Of Unknowing EP (00:37:43)

Nuclear Blast

https://open.spotify.com/album/0WFz9rFwPbjU8omow6P8yQ?si=YdIu1ki_QfGh_FcwxfOzfw

Foo Fighters - Your Favourite Toy (00:41:51)

Roswell / RCA

https://open.spotify.com/album/5qKZaYgZJakL0qIE1kKgSJ?si=9ICWxWLMTHGPdFLKKWTi8g

The Prestige - Isthmus (00:51:16)

Banshies

https://theprestige.bandcamp.com/album/isthmos

Aversio Humanitatis - To Become The Endless Static (00:59:06)

Debemur Morti

https://aversiohumanitatis.bandcamp.com/album/to-become-the-endless-static

Fall Of Messiah - Green Lands (01:05:55)

Voice Of The Unheard

https://fallofmessiah.bandcamp.com/album/green-lands

Blood Countess - Imperatrix Sanguinis (01:12:41)

Dominance Of Darkness

https://bloodcountess.bandcamp.com/album/imperatrix-sanguinis

Cnoc An Tursa - A Cry For The Slain (01:18:11)

Apocalyptic Withcraft

https://apocalypticwitchcraft.bandcamp.com/album/a-cry-for-the-slain

Armed For Apocalypse - The Earth Is Breathing Beneath Me (01:28:08)

Church Road

https://armedforapocalypse.bandcamp.com/album/the-earth-is-breathing-beneath-me

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This week Bryn and Jaff indulge their more flamboyant side with a fruity bottle of Beaujolais...and (much to their surprise) it ain't half bad!

Bryn picks a bone with Gnod, Jaff grabs his own body parts, Joe Duplantier gets compared to The Eiffel Tower and Iron Maiden manage to wriggle their way out of commitments.

Crippled Black Phoenix return with an album of the year contender, Glasgow noise-mongers Gout release their debut EP and knock Bryn's socks off....and Jaff brings some truly astounding music from Austria....

This Weeks Releases

Nine Inch Nails - Nine Inch Noize (00:39:00)

The Null Corporation

https://open.spotify.com/album/7lcpCG4RBy3njzxHXlhOnp?si=7hwHHMiIRK-SmoDn2HQGWg

Skindred - You Got This (00:41:22)

Earache Records

https://skindred-earache.bandcamp.com/album/you-got-this

Crippled Black Phoenix - Sceaduheim (00:50:41)

Season Of Mist

https://crippledblackphoenixsom.bandcamp.com/album/sceaduhelm

Sotabosc - El Batec Dels Maquis (01:06:19)

Dunk!

https://sotaboscband.bandcamp.com/album/el-batec-dels-maquis

Reeking Aura - On The Promise Of The Moon (01:19:20)

Profound Lore

https://reekingaura.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-promise-of-the-moon

Gout - Actual Bastard EP (01:24:10)

Self

https://goutgoutgout.bandcamp.com/album/actual-bastard

Abrams - Loon (01:29:56)

Blues Funeral Recordings

https://abramsrock.bandcamp.com/album/loon

Sofia Isella - Something Is A Shell. (01:34:14)

Self

https://open.spotify.com/album/2QlGlvLUEon9SaUGNj78cy?si=YShSUTKmSCWLEPvPktxgoQ

Ape Unit - Sticks (01:37:30)

Various

https://apeunit.bandcamp.com/album/sticks

Attwenger - WOS (01:41:07)

TRIKONT

https://open.spotify.com/album/7lK3oa30GoSK9gbyGjDVar?si=p6ECMYdhSCi5Xtw5eB02mA

Doodswens - Doodswens (01:43:41)

Svart

https://doodswensband.bandcamp.com/album/doodswens

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When in France, it's time to drink French wine, and this week it's a Bordeaux and there's definitely a lot to talk about!

Ritchie Blackmore makes some quite judgmental comments, Iron Maiden finally make the leap, Jack White gets a bit political....and Jaff finds a new career as poet!

In a slight change of format, this week it's Hip-Hop week...but there's also a hefty offering of death metal...and even a smattering of drum and bass!!

This Weeks Releases

Snoop Dogg - 10 Til' Midnight (00:35:10)

Death Row

https://open.spotify.com/album/2A1wHE90Z5Aj3TSQVhyU4Y?si=yfyt441OSEm2P2qAVW2B6w

Serial Killers - The Thing Of Hours (00:40:06)

Ineffable records

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tujQJicOnuZRLiBFdp3Ou?si=-oPLLVsHRdmWhBkCchRhFw

The Melvins & Napalm Death - Savage Imperial Death March (00:42:32)

Ipecac

https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/savage-imperial-death-march

Immolation - Descent (00:45:40)

Nuclear Blast

https://immolation.bandcamp.com/album/descent

Uada - Interwoven (00:52:00)

Eisenwold

https://uada.bandcamp.com/album/interwoven

Vomitory - In Death Throes (01:00:30)

Metal Blade

https://vomitory.bandcamp.com/album/in-death-throes

Caustic - Inner Deflagration (01:04:01)

HPGD

https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/inner-deflagration

Gnod - The Chronicles Of Gnowt (Vol 1) (01:09:55)

Rocket Recordings

https://gnod.bandcamp.com/album/chronicles-of-gnowt-vol-1

Amulets - Rem(a)inders (01:17:41)

Pelagic

https://amulets.bandcamp.com/album/rem-a-inders

Doedsvangr - Within The Flesh (01:23:48)

Soulseller

https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/within-the-flesh

The Lords Of Altamont - Forever Loaded (01:28:29)

Heavy Psych Sounds

https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-lords-of-altamont-forever-loaded

Squarepusher - Kammerkonzert (01:33:39)

Warp records

https://squarepusher.bandcamp.com/album/kammerkonzert

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