Available now to stream in its entirety, Placenta is the debut album from Hamburg, Germany, post-sludge troupe No God Only Teeth. The five-piece released the album digitally on Oct. 10 and they’ll follow-up on Dec. 1 with a physical edition through Narshardaa Records, CD and LP both. What was the 10th, Sunday? Fine. So I have no problem admitting I hadn’t heard it before this announcement. Mostly, on first listen, it seems to be an opportunity to guess wrong.

That is, going into it, you think, “Okay, yeah, put on the first track, heavy post-metal.” Then they kind of up the atmospherics. So you think you’re getting into the pretentious Amenra lurch school. But “Safer” resounds with a chug. “Stockholm” is pure sludge. “15.37.12” works its way into blastbeats, and so does “Bethune.” You might see the slowdown of “Raffer” coming, but that ambient midsection is hardly expected, and neither is the subtle triumph of riff at the end. And “Matters” has first-song-we-wrote punk vibes written all over it. So yeah, guess wrong. Then guess wrong again. Then keep going like that as you make your way through. It’s kind of fun.

The PR wire has tales to tell:

Sludgy Post-Metal Quintet NO GOD ONLY TEETH Announces Debut Album “Placenta”!

No God Only Teeth are a post-metal/sludge quintet from Hamburg, Germany and Placenta is their full-length debut album on Vinyl and CD, released via Narshardaa Records on December 1

With their roots in different types of extreme and emotional music, they combine all their sounds to compose their distinctive voice. Between heavy guitar riffs, some gentle sounds accompany their quick-tempered melodies. Reflection of loss in uneasy and unsettling songs.

What would you expect from a band that consists of people who actually all come different corners, from the same punk or metal scene? A cooperation, or working against each other, or perhaps in the best case a few conflicts of interest that lead to exciting results. Here you have the luck to get the latter.

The path that the band has already hinted at with the first demo only gets stronger with the new album. Quite angry and desperate sound the female vocals, reminiscent of the good old Japanese emo scene. The German-language lyrics emphasize this very well. Around the vocals revolve the two guitars, bass and drums in a pseudo-ritual like dance. Sometimes fast, almost crossing over into the dirty more modern crust. But then suddenly, following the best post-rock motifs, it unfolds into something heartbreakingly beautiful and dramatic. And yet the mix remains balanced in the sludgy middle, reminiscent of the Neurosis Times of Grace album in terms of variety and atmosphere.

Placenta is a moving album that you listen to again and again, pre-order it here: https://narshardaa.bigcartel.com/product/no-god-only-teeth-placenta-lp-cd

Tracklist
1. Gegenlicht
2. Safer
3. Stockholm
4. 15.37.12
5. Bethune
6. Raffer

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No God Only Teeth, Placenta (2021)

“Maelstrom” sets a raw post-metal vibe for Ortega‘s impending second album, Sacred States, and as the first audio made public from the Netherlands-based outfit for the follow-up to their 2013 debut, The Serpent Stirs (review here) — they also released the 18-minute single “Crows” (review here) in 2014 — it shows progression in its rougher edges and less cerebral take overall — as though the Groningen four-piece decided to cut ties with their preconceptions and just go for being as expressive as possible. That’s a hard vibe not to dig, and guest appearances from Gnaw Their Tongues and Primitive Man‘s Ethan Lee McCarthy only add intrigue for the rest of the album.

Release date is Oct. 5, but preorders for the vinyl are available now from Narshardaa Records, and Sacred States will also be out on CD through Consouling Sounds and tape through Tartarus Records.

Details go like this:

Ortega – Sacred States

New track ‘Maelstrom’ + vinyl pre-orders

It has been quiet for a long time.

We are thrilled we can finally announce the release of our second full length ‘Sacred States’.

Since 2007, Ortega have been exploring the murky depths of humanity’s longing for the horizon. Perilous courses which drag carcasses ashore, sojourns that tell of the bells that chime on the sands below, collisions of doom, sludge and noise that tell tales of abyssal mankind.

Now, Sacred States is the first glance upwards. But whereas the depths below are finite, the chasms above ridicule every human attempt to realise itself. Whether he looks above or inside, the void remains. The tentative grasps into the great unknown will never hold anything but pain, and Ortega recount every step into the understanding of this fate that we turn away from more often than not. The hollow is here:

Recorded by John Bart van der Wal and mastered by James Plotkin.

Featuring contributions by Gnaw Their Tongues and Ethan Lee McCarthy of Primitive Man fame.

Sacred States is a collaborative effort between Consouling Sounds (CD), Narshardaa Records (Vinyl) and Tartarus Records (Cassette).

Vinyl pressing info:
100 multicolored splatter vinyl
100 clear vinyl
300 black vinyl

Pre-orders for Sacred States vinyl have started at Narshardaa Records: http://narshardaa.bigcartel.com/product/ortega-sacred-states-2xlp-pre-order

Release date: October 5th

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