Yeah, I realize that I say the same shit every time I post a Gimme Metal playlist, but this is a good god damn show. New Simple Forms to start, new Sandrider, Merlock, Acid King, Polymoon, REZN, some WyndRider and Strider — both reviewed in the last week or so — then on to Enslaved as a shift into meaner fare with Tribunal, These Beasts, They Grieve, Fuzzy Grapes and Mammoth Caravan touching on various points in gruff doom and sludge before I come on again to mouthfart or whatever it is I do around saying ‘thanks for listening’ and turn it over to an 18-minute finish from Clouds Taste Satanic, who’ll head to Europe this Spring to support the 2LP record they released today on Majestic Mountain. Good god damn show.

There’s a flow to it that I like, from the Pacific Northwestern takes of Simple Forms and Sandrider at the outset to the lumbering of Mammoth Caravan before that last voice track, it has a groove. Because it airs at 5PM on a Friday evening, I’m not always able to blast out the show while I try to keep up with the chat — that’s Sesame Street time, these days, and all volume conflicts are resolved by my being yelled at and turning down the music, putting my phone on the lowest volume and holding it to my left ear or stepping out to the back yard to get stoned and listening there for a bit — but Dean Rispler, who actually assembles the thing from the playlist I turn in, is a genius and I always know that he’s got it down when it comes to conveying the flow from one song to the next. I rely on that, and he nails it every time. It honestly makes me look forward to these Fridays more.

If you listen, I hope you dig it. Thanks for reading either way.

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

Full playlist:

The Obelisk Show – 02.03.23 (VT = voice track)

Simple Forms	Unprecedented Uncertainty	Unprecedented Uncertainty
Sandrider	Alia	Enveletration
Merlock	Onward Strides Colossus	Onward Strides Colossus
VT
Acid King	Beyond Vision	Beyond Vision
Polymoon	Set the Sun	Chrysalis
REZN	Possession	Solace
WyndRider	Creator	WyndRider
Strider	Midnight Zen	Midnight Zen
Enslaved	Forest Dweller	Heimdal
Tribunal	The Path	The Weight of Remembrance
These Beasts	Code Name	Cares, Wills, Wants
They Grieve	Wither	To Which I Bore Witness
Fuzzy Grapes	Sludge Fang	Volume 1
Mammoth Caravan	Petroglyphs	Ice Cold Oblivion
VT
Clouds Taste Satanic	Flames and Demon Drummers	Tales of Demonic Possession

The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is Feb. 17 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.

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Tags: Acid King, Clouds Taste Satanic, Enslaved, Fuzzy Grapes, Gimme Radio, Mammoth Caravan, Merlock, Polymoon, REZN, Sandrider, Simple Forms, Strider, The Obelisk Show, These Beasts, They Grieve, Tribunal, WyndRider

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