A rare congruence of themes here. Last episode, which was all-Greek and started with a 13-minute track, an all-long-songs show idea was bandied about the Gimme chat. I’ve done this kind of thing before, and in more extreme fashion — there was the ep where I played “Dopesmoker” that time — so I set myself to the task of finding what for me passes as some kind of balance: a full show with songs having a minimum length of 10 minutes.

Easy, right? Too easy, as it turns out. So, since we’re coming on end o’ the year anyhow, I also decided to limit the playlist to songs that came out this year and use it as a beginning for the Some of the Best of 2022 coverage, which I was gonna start next episode anyhow. I’ve never done a year-end wrap that’s felt vaguely comprehensive, so if adding a third in the series this time gets me closer to that, I’ll take it.

Maybe it will, maybe it won’t — it’s been a pretty decent year for music, as most are when it comes to it — but I’m willing to roll the dice since I was headed in that direction anyway. I’ve made it 98 episodes without running out of shit to play. Somehow I don’t imagine I will now either.

Okay, that’ll do. Thanks for listening if you do, thanks for reading if you are.

The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at: http://gimmemetal.com.

Full playlist:

The Obelisk Show – 11.25.22 (VT = voice track)

Artist	Song	Album
The Otolith	Sing No Coda	Folium Limina
Elder	Catastasis	Innate Passage
VT
River Flows Reverse	Birds	The Homing Bird’s Trace
SAPNA	Oracle	SAPNA
Forlesen	Harrowed Earth	Black Terrain
Eight Bells	The Well	Legacy of Ruin
Onségen Ensemble	Naked Sky	Realms
Conan	A Cleaved Head Never Plots	Evidence of Immortality
Wo Fat	Orphans of the Singe	The Singularity
VT
Okkoto	Where the Meadows Dream Beside the Sea	Climb the Antlers and Reach the Stars

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.

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Tags: Conan, Eight Bells, Elder, Forlesen, Gimme Radio, Okkoto, Onségen Ensemble, River Flows Reverse, Sapna, The Obelisk Show, The Otolith, Wo Fat

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