The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 97
Doing an all-Greek episode was so blindingly obvious that I actually had to check to make sure I hadn’t already done one somewhere in the last four years or so that I’ve been doing The Obelisk Show for Gimme Metal. Like, duh. And the playlist? One of the easiest times I’ve ever had putting one together. So many bands, so many vibes, so much to choose from.
Lotus Emperor’s new record, which was reviewed yesterday, was the impetus for the entire thing, so it seemed only fair to start with that, but I wanted to make sure to include a fair bit of landmark acts — 1000mods, Villagers of Ioannina City, Planet of Zeus, Naxatras, Nightstalker, Puta Volcano — alongside up and comers like Bus, Supermoon, Lotus Emperor, Acid Mammoth, Honeybadger, Half Gramme of Soma, and so on, in order to give some sense of the scope of the Greek underground, which for my money is one of the strongest in the world and an ecosystem of bands and fans unlike any other happening right now in Europe (if you want to expand to the rest of the world, Australia would rival).
Before I turn you over to the playlist, I’ll give the inevitable disclaimer that this represents but a fraction of Greece’s vibrant heavy creative community, and that there’s basically a planet’s worth of bands in Athens alone, never mind anywhere else in the country. I say in one or another of the breaks that I consider Greece at least as strong a scene as Sweden and Germany in terms of everything but broader recognition, and I stand by that. If you hear this show and want to dig further into any of these acts or find others, that’s the ideal.
Thanks if you listen and thanks for reading.
The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at: http://gimmemetal.com.
Full playlist:
The Obelisk Show – 11.11.22 (VT = voice track)
| Lotus Emperor | Petra | Syneidesis (2022) |
| Villagers of Ioannina City | Dance of Night | Age of Aquarius (2019) |
| Acid Mammoth | Black Dust | Caravan (2021) |
| VT | ||
| 1000mods | Navy in Alice | Super Van Vacation (2011) |
| Half Gramme of Soma | Muck & Cheese | Slip Through the Cracks (2022) |
| People of the Black Circle | Alchemy of Sorrow | People of the Black Circle (2022) |
| Seer of the Void | Lysergus Mons | Revenant (2020) |
| The Same River | Weight of the World | Weight of the World (2022) |
| Church of the Sea | No One Deserves | Odalisque (2022) |
| Supermoon | Mantra | Supermoon (2020) |
| VT | ||
| Planet of Zeus | All These Happy People | Faith in Physics (2019) |
| Burn the Sun | A Fist for Crows | Le Roi Soleil (2022) |
| Naxatras | The Battle of Crystal Fields | IV (2022) |
| Honeybadger | Laura Palmer | Pleasure Delayer (2020) |
| Nightstalker | Sad Side of the City | Great Hallucinations (2019) |
| Bus | Moonchild | Never Decide (2020) |
| VT | ||
| Puta Volcano | Black Box | AMMA (2020) |
| Last Rizla | Dive | Mount Machine (2018) |
The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is Nov. 25 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.
Tags: 1000mods, Acid Mammoth, Burn the Sun, Bus, Church of the Sea, Gimme Radio, Half Gramme of Soma, Last Rizla, Lotus Emperor, Naxatras, Nightstalker, People of the Black Circle, Planet of Zeus, Puta Volcano, Seer of the Void, Supermoon, The Obelisk Show, The Same River, Villagers of Ioannina City
