Album Haul, November 2018 Edition

A smörgåsbord of bands and artists this time around.

Finally picked up a Butthole Surfers icon-external-link-12x12 album—I’ve been meaning to do that since I saw them on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head icon-external-link-12x12 some time back.

Protest the Hero icon-external-link-12x12 seems to be a pretty solid heavy metal band. On first listen, I was actually reminded of the sonic characteristics of Avenged Sevenfold icon-external-link-12x12, with the major difference being that the music is actually enjoyable to listen to. Too bad the Hot Topic icon-external-link-12x12 era of heavy metal doesn’t have clue what constitutes quality music—just give them lots of skull-imagery, and songs with contrived Halloween-style lyrics and redundant chugging guitar riffs.

Also, major props to Haken icon-external-link-12x12 for working plenty of Gentle Giant icon-external-link-12x12 worship into their songs. The latter is such a criminally overlooked and underappreciated band; the former probably is too.


Haken
→ Restoration
→ The Mountain

Haken's "The Mountain" album art. [Formatted]

Animals as Leaders
→ The Joy of Motion

Animals as Leaders' "The Joy of Motion" album art. [Formatted]

Butthole Surfers
→ Independent Worm Saloon

Constantines
→ Kensington Heights

Protest the Hero
→ Fortress

Protest the Hero's "Fortress" album art. [Formatted]

Melvins
→ Bullhead

Skinny Puppy
→ VIVIsectIV

Skinny Puppy's "VIVIsectVI" album art. [Formatted]

Michael Manring
→ Thonk

Angel Witch
→ Angel Witch

Steven Wilson
→ To the Bone

Steven Wilson's "To the Bone" album art. [Formatted]

The Laugh that Love Could Not Forgive

Think of Me With Kindness icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 07 from the Octopus LP by Gentle Giant icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 )
“Think of Me With Kindness” Song Lyrics icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12

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Aspirations icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 03 from The Power and the Glory LP)
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His Last Voyage icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 05 from the Free Hand LP)
“His Last Voyage” Song Lyrics icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12

Radio DAHC, Playlist 5: Stretchy Glass Machine

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Moonbeam Rider icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 02 from The Outer Limits LP by Voivod)
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Welcome to the Machine icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 02 from the Wish You Were Here LP by Pink Floyd)
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Rosemary icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 09 from the Koi No Yokan LP by Deftones)
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Stretchy icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 02 from the Jurassic Shift LP by Ozric Tentacles)
Forty-six & 2 icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 05 from the Ænima LP by Tool)
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In a Glass House icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12 (track 06 from the In a Glass House LP by Gentle Giant)
“In a Glass House” Song Lyrics icon-external-link-12x12 icon-search-12x12