One More Round the Bend (Blarobbarg's half-assed journal where he recommends stuff)

Blarobbarg · 01-03-2019, 08:47 AM

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Talking to other people about my family is... complicated. There are so many layers of pain and trauma and cultural quirks that are hard to explain to anyone who has had a relatively normal life. It's kind of like unearthing an ancient city that was, at one time, consumed by ash. The first strike into the black, packed earth is fine. The second pulls up tools, maybe a few bones, and that makes the unaware uneasy. The third, fourth, and fifth reveal homes full of burned bodies, pagan temples with worshipers flat on their face, begging for salvation, an entire civilization buried alive.

That's how it feels, anyway. And that's why I started listening to metal, way back in the day. For a traumatized, emotionally broken, religiously radicalized, closeted bisexual teenager in rural Kentucky, metal sounded how I felt. Extreme circumstance requires extreme response.

Swallowed have one album, from 2014. It's a ****ing wild ride. Avant garde freedom and spaced-out, old school death metal collide and twist and roar against each other. It is free, it is maddening, and it is fantastic. Take special note of the 25 minute closing track, and get lost in the noise.

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Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	Beta Talking to other people about my family is... complicated. There are so many layers of pain and trauma and cultural quirks that are hard to explain to anyone who has had a relatively normal life. It's kind of like unearthing an ancient city that was, at one time, consumed by ash. The first strike into the black, packed earth is fine. The second pulls up tools, maybe a few bones, and that makes the unaware uneasy. The third, fourth, and fifth reveal homes full of burned bodies, pagan temples with worshipers flat on their face, begging for salvation, an entire civilization buried alive. That's how it feels, anyway. And that's why I started listening to metal, way back in the day. For a traumatized, emotionally broken, religiously radicalized, closeted bisexual teenager in rural Kentucky, metal sounded how I felt. Extreme circumstance requires extreme response. Swallowed have one album, from 2014. It's a ***ing wild ride. Avant garde freedom and spaced-out, old school death metal collide and twist and roar against each other. It is free, it is maddening, and it is fantastic. Take special note of the 25 minute closing track, and get lost in the noise. __________________ https://rateyourmusic.com/~Blarobbarg ｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆　^my RYM^　｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ (◠‿◠✿)