STREAMING // (Album) Phoniks – “The Quarantine Tape”
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Track List: Back In The Day, Wanderlust, On & On, Machine Gun Jazz, Passin Me By, Anything, The Enemy, Ms Jackson, Itzoweezee, Street Dreams, All In Together, Metal Thangz
STREAMING // (Album) Wayfarer – “A Romance With Violence”
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Recorded By: Peter DeBoer
Mixed By: Colin Marston
Mastered By: V. Santura
Track List: The Curtain Pulls Back, The Crimson Rider, The Iron Horse, Fire & Gold, Masquerade Of The Gunslingers, Intermission, Vaudeville
STREAMING // (Album) YL – “Jesus Is My Homeboy”
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Written, Mixed, + Mastered By: YL
Photography + Cover By: Derek Balarezo
Featuring: Yungmorpheus, Starker, Koncept Jack$on, Theravada, Mid
Produced By: Chuck Strangers, Zoomo, Yungmorpheus, Grimm Doza, Unlucky Bastards, Beven Stary, Jack, No Face, Argov, YL, Roper Williams, LastNameDavid, Rob Chambers, Navy Blue, Benji Socrate$, Foisey, Saint James
Track List: July Raps, Kriss Kross, Player’s Ball, 3LW, Big Picture, Mirage, Citibike Drive, In A Haze Like Isaac, 2 Pair, Riverside Freestyle, Green Light, Homme / Angel Interlude, Life After Death, The Maury Show, Clicqout, Switch, Time Worth More Than Money, Hills Have Eyes, Ghost Ride, Pray On It
STREAMING // (Track) NVSV – “Spendit”
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STREAMING // (Album) Car Bomb – “Mordial”
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Written + Produced By: Greg Kubacki
Lyrics By: Michael Dafferner
Mixed By: Adam “Nolly” Getgood
Mastered By: Ermin Hamidovic
Recorded By: Alexis Berthelot, Greg Kubacki, Jamie Uertz, + Jon Modell
Drum Recording Engineers: Alexis Berthelot + Jamie Uertz
Creative Consultant: Joseph Duplantier
Recording Consultant: Johann Meyer
Track List: Start, Fade Out, Vague Skies, Scattered Sprites, Dissect Yourself, Xoxoy, HeLa, Blackened Battery, Mordial, Eyecide, Antipatterns, Naked Fuse
Misc. Day – Let Hell Purify
Across the pond lays Thy Dying Light, a trance of devotion to the dark arts that begins from the start of 2016 to the end of time. As their June 2020 self-titled release marches down against the tides of war, Thy Dying Light has some black metal tricks up their sleeves.
The production for a record of this caliber is incredibly clean and is one of the first noticeable pieces of Thy Dying Light’s puzzle. Somehow even though the recording process is air-tight and leaves little room for any breath to escape, the shadows rush the audience from the start of “Under The Horns.” Immediately a stomp in nail-spiked boots that jut out like aggressive shin guards, the percussion here from Azrael is a resurrection of the demonic sound.
Coming up with the guitars as well, Azrael is a powerhouse that combines with the likes of Hrafn to cover the vocals, guitars, and bass. The two-man wrecking crew is volatile in a studio space, with corpse paint overthrown to polish off the night. Lamps of heat disguised as strengthening riffs and intricate percussion give Thy Dying Light a foundation of steel to stand upon.
With a world cowering around them, Thy Dying Light moves to “Black Death Master” which is essentially four-minutes of a straightforward crunch through sound. With not much being able to be heard besides the shouts that resemble “Satan” over and over again, Thy Dying Light never seems to be on the back foot. They lead with upbeat instrumentation and always keep the mind active through the near 45-minutes of time.
Each track blends together but has these periods of real surprise that even after multiple listens holds layering not often found in the same genre of technicality. Instead of just pounding their heads against a brick wall to illustrate the shroud of storms, Thy Dying Light forces ornate into the listener as a polarizing outsider of performance. Where the white painted skin and the leather straps meet, however, is this fair middle ground where tracks are shortened and appealing.
The sense of drowning that appears in the music from Thy Dying Light is less from the atmosphere intensity and more from the powder keg that the band is placed next to. Like dynamite in a firework factory, Thy Dying Light is dangerous and for that reason becomes a joy to hear after each track.
From the ugliness of ritual sacrifice to the bitter ends of cold desolation, Thy Dying Light is a call back to the old days of black metal with undertones of modernity to it. They adapt, they combine, and most importantly, they are able to stay rigid against the incoming wails of misery as Thy Dying Light takes a throne next to the sunken place.
Listen To Thy Dying Light Here!!! – BandCamp
STREAMING // (Album) Zaytoven – “GrinchToven ‘Stole The Trap'”
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Featuring: OJ Da Juiceman, Yung LA, Juugman, Chief Keef, G Herbo, Jack Harlow, Boosie, NLE Choppa, Pastor Troy, Playa Fly, Quavo
Track List: EA LEGENDS, MOMONEY, DID ME BAD, TENNESSEE FREESTYLE, STALKIN, FREESTYLE, AMBER ALERT, SAME OL G, YAEE
SUNDAY SAMPLER // (Playlist) “01/10/2021”
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“A playlist of tracks that were featured on MattsMusicMine.com from the week of January 4th – 10th. From Reviews to Streams, never miss a track with these playlists that are uploaded every single Sunday till I drop dead.”
Featuring: Bob Vylan, Run The Jewels, King Woman, Ramirez, Obreezy Beats, Havukruunu, Lou Reed, Navy Blue, P Almighty, Countless Skies, Ulcerate, Your Old Droog, R.A.P. Ferreira, Scallops Hotel, Abigor, Oranssi Pazuzu, KRS-One
Track List: Down, Run Up, Walking In The Snow, Hierophant, Hunnids, Early Riser, Kunnes Varjot Saa, How Do You Think It Feels, Sad Song, Self Harm, P Almighty From Medina, Tempest, Inversion, Ukraine, Babushka III, Sips Of Ripple Wine, The Saint Of Murder, KUulen Ääniä Maan Alta, Black Black Black
STREAMING // (Album) KRS-ONE – “Between Da Protests [Extended Edition]”
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Featuring: SUN-One, Pascal, S.U.N. One, G Simone
Produced By: Mlody, Bennie ‘DJ B Original’ Williams, SUN-One, KPrymeTheJäger, KRS-One
Bass: Edward Nappi
Drums: Peter Hines
Guitar: Peter Mengede
Original Engineers: Pat Dillet + Ted Wholson
Executive Producers: Simone Parker, Tyme Journey, + KRS-ONE
Accounting: Kristine Aleksandryan
Recording and Mix: Vladimir Castor
In-Studio Video Recording: SUN-One
In-Studio Video Recording: Pascal
Mastering: Nick Chahwala
Cover Design: KPrymeTheJäger
Cover Photography: Jonny Guardiani
CD Art: Serna 1 (Christopher Bennett)
Product Manager: Tyme Journey
In Memory: Scott La Rock, Randy Parker, Jam Master Jay, Big Pun, Kwame Ture and Love-Bug Starski
Track List: Opening Remarks, Tight, Don’t Fall For It, Black Black Black, Boom Bye Bye, Murder She Just Saw, Turn The Volume Up, Stay Real, Medu Neter, We Are The Gods, Organize, Free (The Book List), See The Exit, Opeen Your (((|))), Who You Are
STREAMING // (Album) R.A.P. Ferreira – “bob’s son: R.A.P. Ferreira In The Garden Level Cafe Of The Scallops Hotel”
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Featuring: Pink Naval, SB The Moor, + Eldon Somers
Track List: Battle Report, The Cough Bomber’s Return, Yamships Flaxscript, Diogenes On The Auction Block, Redguard Snipers, Sips Of Ripple Wine (No Stemware), Skrenth, Bobby Digital’s Little Wings, Listening, High Rise In Newark, Rejoice, Abomunist Manifesto
STREAMING // (Album) Oranssi Pazuzu – “Mestarin Kynsi”
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Track List: Ilmestys, Tyhjyyden Sakramentti, Uusi Teknokratia, Oikeamielisten Sali, Kuulen Ääniä Maan Alta, Taivaan Portti
STREAMING // (Album) Mark Aubert – “Cool Beat”
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Track List: The Roads, All About, Bobblehead, What’s On Your Mind?, Monovariety Hell, Everyone’s Earth, We Can Go, Memory, Love, King Of The Jungle Gym, We Lose You?, Bizarro World, That Old Wind, We Lost You, Close To Home, Couldn’t Believe It, Overtime/You & I, Versions, Little Bit Longer, Ya This One’s Dope, Today, Fat Cats, 10 Steps To Easy Gardening With Court Dracula
STREAMING // (Album) Abigor – “Totschläger”
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Track List: Gomorrha Rising – Nightside Rebellion, Silent Towers Screaming Tombs, Orkblut, The Saint Of Murder, Scarlet Suite For The Devil, La Plus Longue Nuit Du Diable – Guiding The Nameless, Tartaros Tides, Flood Of Wrath, Terrorkommando Eligos
STREAMING // (Album) Lamp Of Murmuur – “Heir Of Ecliptical Romanticism”
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Written + Performed By: Brendan Perry + Lisa Gerrard
Logo, Artwork + Border By: Amalantrah Workings
Death Kvlt Version Logo + Additional Inlay Design By: Viral Designs
Track List: Of Infernal Passion And Aberrations, Bathing In Cascades Of Caustic Hypnotism, Gazing Towards The Hallways Of A Peaceless Mind, The Scent Of Torture Conquering All, Chalice Of Oniric Perversions, Heir Of Ecliptical Romanticism, The Stars Caress Me As My Flesh Becomes One With The Eternal Night, In The Wake Of Adversity (Dead Can Dance Cover)
New Music – Send A Postcard
Your Old Droog has undergone these musical transitions since first appearing on the personal radar with Kinison. As his 2019 string of trifecta-esque championship run with It Wasn’t Even Close, Transportation, and finally Jewelry; there were always moments of Eastern European flair that never was fully utilized until Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition.
Always the outsider in the modern sense of hip-hop, Your Old Droog was one of the first rhymers that combined the raw lyrical skill with verses that sampled Frank Zappa or had allusions to Lou Reed. It felt as if every time Your Old Droog was on the wax or coming through the loudspeaker, there were these reminiscent throwbacks to hearing the mysterious artist like the late MF DOOM or Droog’s partner in the rap-game heist, Mach-Hommy.
With this lean into the Eastern European background and influence, Your Old Droog assembles 12 tracks over 39-minutes as something to be enjoyed with a pastry and coffee in the morning. Especially when he peels back the Ukrainian curtain with these flutes and Russian narration before his vocals overpower and become the centerfold of the attention.
Your Old Droog and Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition is a prime example, there have always been these instrumentals that feature little to no percussive production but immediately capture the attention. With It Wasn’t Even Close, “Babushka” was one of the strongest pieces off of that record for the way that it was something for the grandmother to love. Straight poetry and lyrics over a sample that had the vinyl fuzz etched into the needle.
Now with Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition, Your Old Droog has “Matryoshka” which almost sounds as if it samples the original Dracula with Bela Lugosi. Personally, when Your Old Droog is accepting of this sound and able to capture a unique essence without becoming corny, it is dominating for the memory.
When Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition ends, these moments like “Matryoshka” or ”Babushka III” are tightly glued to the head like a Carhartt skullcap. And in the same fashion, Your Old Droog is still comedic and charismatic. On “Pravda,” which features Mach-Hommy, El-P, Tha God Fahim, and Black Thought, those four lyricists are enough to make the internet shatter in a tornado tag-team match in rap heaven.
When focusing in on an artist as versatile and deeply layered as Your Old Droog, it takes multiple listens through a track just to fully hear his delivery. Understanding what he is spewing takes weeks to months as even on Transportation, a record that I spun once a day for three months straight after its initial release. I still found rhymes to click and become realized later.
If you are going to jump into listening to Droog, this is the perfect time to start. Now especially in a time where lyricism and obscure production seems to be more accessible than ever because of the internet, there are no excuses.
Listen To Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition Here!!! – BandCamp/Soundcloud/Spotify/Amazon/iTunes
STREAMING // (Album) Ulcerate – “Stare Into Death And Be Still”
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Track List: The Lifeless Advance, Exhale The Ash, Stare Into Death And Be Still, There Is No Horizon, Inversion, Visceral Ends, Drawn Into The Next Void, Dissolved Orders
STREAMING // (Album) Countless Skies – “Glow”
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Vocals + Guitars: Ross King
Guitars: James Pratt
Vocals + Bass: Phil Romeo
Drums: Nathan Robshaw
Cello: Adrianna Mahsayeh
Piano: Marcello Ciciriello
Drums Recorded By: Forbes Coleman
Choir Recorded By: Chris Stroud
Artwork By: Carl Ellis
Mixed + Mastered By: Juho Räihä
Track List: Tempest, Summit, Moon, Zephyr, Glow – Part 1: Resolution, Glow – Part 2: Awakening, Glow – Part 3: Reflection
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SUNDAY SAMPLER // (Playlist) “12/04/2022″
(Track) Jake Mason Trio – “Rib Eye”
(Video) Lightning Bolt – “Dead Cowboy @ TAICOCLUB 2014”
(Video) The Velvet Underground – “After Hours”
(Video) Mac Miller – “10 Years Of You”
(Video) A$AP Rocky – “Same Problems”
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