Escape from boredom

White Zombie, ‘La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One’ (1992)

Thumbs up! White Zombie, I like, but I knew that from before.

Deafheaven, ‘Sunbather’ (2013)

This was heavy, and suddenly not heavy, and then heavy again.

…That blend of influences has made Deafheaven one of the most polarizing and controversial metal bands of recent years. As McCoy put it, they claim “this triangle of extreme music, experimental music and very sad indie rock….

Dream Theater, ‘Images and Words’ (1992)

Well, not that bad, but…still, not my cup of tea

Kvelertak, ‘Meir’ (2013)

Simply great!!

Quoting Rolling Stone:

….Metal in the 2010s is almost absurdly balkanized, a sea of disconnected subscenes. Think of Kvelertak as the genre’s loutish, lovable unifiers, smashing through metal’s stylistic barriers, Kool-Aid Man–style, and bringing the fun back. These hard-touring Norwegians – whose name means “Stranglehold” – started strong with their self-titled 2010 debut, but their second LP, Meir (“More”), felt like a benchmark for contemporary metal as a whole, an album that playfully, raucously muddied lingering distinctions between mainstream and underground styles…

Gojira, ‘From Mars to Sirius’ (2005)

Finally something that did not hurt my ears and what I will be playing even more in the future.

Sunn O))), ‘Monoliths & Dimensions’ (2009)

…and I have started to regret the “no skip”-rule. I quote Rolling Stone:

“I would never claim that Sunn O))) is a jazz band, but I think there are elements of jazz, if it’s not the tone, it’s the theories and the openness,” Sunn O)))’s Greg Anderson told The Wire. While no one will confuse Dave Brubeck with Sunn O)))’s signature roar – wall-rumbling slabs of drumless, heavily amplified electric-guitar drone – the open-ended platform allows the avant-metal duo to collaborate and experiment with ease.

This album was way out of my league…I now listen to David Bowie’s “Heroes” just to wash my ears…