The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 42
This show’s actually really cool. A couple weeks ago I put up a post on Thee Facebooks asking for recommendations of young heavy bands, and by young I meant under 30. I’ve felt like it’s a lot of dudes who look like me: headed to or past 40, grey in the beard, showing more hairline and gut than they’d probably prefer. Anyway, I got a ton of awesome suggestions from people and decided to put together this whole show based on those suggestions. You’ll see there are groups from all over the US and Europe, plus Nor from Nova Scotia, which I particularly dug, and there are a range of styles covered as well from straight up heavy rock to sludge to post-metal and jams.
And I’d love to talk more about how great that is and how wonderful it is that even in these shit-tastic, things-are-only-getting-worse-every-single-day, times in which we live creativity can flourish among disaffected youth — gotta have something when you’re about to enter an even worse job market than I did — but I can’t talk about any of it. Because the dog is whining in the kitchen and all I can think about is how fucking obnoxious she is. Can’t stand this fucking dog.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the show.
The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at http://gimmemetal.com
Full playlist:
The Obelisk Show – 09.18.20
Saola (Portland, OR) | Red Witch | Saola |
Double Horse (Spain) | Highlands | Highlands* |
Loud Silence (Athens) | Flow With It | Elements* |
VT | ||
Merlock (Spokane, WA) | Prolapse | That Which Speaks* |
MAG (Poland) | Pragnienie | MAG* |
Magnatar (New Hampshire) | The Melting Skin of My First Born Son | The Trail |
SEED (Boston, MA) | Hole | Hole* |
Faerie Ring (Indiana) | Heavy Trip | The Clearing |
Liquid Signal (Kouts, Indiana) | Rush Limbaugh | Neuronicae |
Mother Root (Seattle, WA) | Stranger Neighbor | The Baker Demos |
Nor (Halifax, NS) | Ruby Pin | Ruby Pin |
Adam (Perama, Greece) | Enter: Oblivion | Sun* |
Misleading (Portugal) | Karmemoto | Misleading |
Sugar Honey Ice Tea (Germany) | Heat’n Up – C | Tea Time* |
VT | ||
White Ward (Ukraine) | Uncanny Delusions | Love Exchange Failure |
Gandalf the Green (UK) | A Billion Faces | A Billion Faces |
The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is Oct. 2 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.
Tags: Adam, Double Horse, Faerie Ring, Gandalf the Green, Gimme Radio, Liquid Signal, Loud Silence, MAG, Magnatar, Merlock, Misleading, Mother Root, Nor, Saola, SEED, Sugar Honey Ice Tea, The Obelisk Show, White Ward
I missed the FB post, but Wardehns from Wisconsin is one of the better metal bands I’ve seen live and they’re all in their 20s. I’ve had the pleasure of playing a handful of shows with them and goddamn if they didn’t fucking bring it every time. Seriously impressive. Great songwriting too.