The Obelisk Show on Gimme Radio Recap: Episode 19 (Maryland Doom Fest Special)
Yeah, I know, Maryland Doom Fest 2019 was like a month ago. Quit livin’ in the past and all that. Well, this show was supposed to air July 5, so whatever. It got pushed back because apparently July 4 is some kind of holiday now — what.ever. — and it was kicked down the line to two weeks later with re-runs on in the interim. Did anyone notice? Did anyone care? I did. But I’m glad to have had the chance to pay homage to MDDF one way or the other, since it was such a killer time and boasted a lineup of so many good bands.
Of course I had to lead off with Beelzefuzz and Foghound, two staples of the Frederick diet, and the show unfolds from there with new stuff from Zed and Lo-Pan and Kings Destroy amid the likes of Devil to Pay and Earthride and Backwoods Payback and Greenbeard. I made sure to put Solace and Freedom Hawk and Horehound and Toke and Witchkiss in here because their sets were particularly righteous — not to mention Year of the Cobra! — and in addition to representing the headliners in Conan, Mothership and Earthride, I had to include WarHorse since their reunion set was something so particularly special and such a huge part of the festival.
For those who didn’t hear the show, Gimme Radio runs the ‘Gimme Brigade’ which you can sign up for. I think it’s $5 a month or something like that, but you get access to their full archive and help them with hosting costs, etc., so fair enough. If you got to hear this one, thanks. If not, the basic point of the thing was that Maryland Doom Fest 2019 kicked ass, which I sincerely hope also came across in the reviews.
Here’s the full playlist:
The Obelisk Show – 07.19.19
Beelzefuzz | All the Feeling Returns | Beelzefuzz (2013) |
Foghound | Known Wolves | Awaken to Destroy (2018) |
Zed | Chingus | Volume* |
Lo-Pan | Savage Heart | Subtle* |
BREAK | ||
Devil to Pay | Ten Lizardmen and One Pocketknife | Fate is Your Muse (2013) |
Kings Destroy | Yonkers Ceiling Collapse | Fantasma Nera* |
Earthride | Vampire Circus | Vampire Circus (2005) |
Witchkiss | Seer | The Austere Curtains of Our Eyes (2018) |
Year of the Cobra | Cold | Burn Your Dead (2017) |
BREAK | ||
Solace | Khan (World of Fire) | The Black Black (2007) |
Backwoods Payback | Whatever | Future Slum (2018) |
Toke | Blackened | Orange (2017) |
Greenbeard | WCCQ | Onward, Pillager (2018) |
Conan | Battle in the Swamp | Monnos (2012) |
Apostle of Solitude | Ruination Be Thy Name | From Gold to Ash (2018) |
The Age of Truth | Come Back a God | Threshold (2017) |
BREAK | ||
Horehound | Dier’s Dirge | Holocene (2018) |
Freedom Hawk | Danger | Beast Remains (2018) |
Mothership | Midnight Express | High Strangeness (2017) |
Warhorse | Lysergic Communion | As Heaven Turns to Ash (2001) |
The Obelisk Show on Gimme Radio airs every other Friday at 1PM Eastern, with replays every Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next show is Aug. 2. Thanks for listening if you do.
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