The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 104
Posted in Radio on February 17th, 2023 by JJ Koczan
I was sitting on the couch earlier this week, in the usual spot, putting this playlist together and, knowing that I wanted to start with the title-track of the new Mansion album — something about Alma crooning that second death is upon you felt just right — I was immediately stuck. How on earth do you follow that? I was glad that I remembered Samán and could use them to transition to a kind of riffier take, but yeah, in terms of vibe, the severity of that Mansion record is a tough one to answer immediately with something else. Where do you go from there beyond an actual dungeon?
This show kind of divides in half. The first hour is new music. The second hour is a look at some Polish heavy, which if you’ve been paying attention to the last few Friday Full-Lengths (including today’s, which isn’t posted yet), you know has been on my mind. Dopelord, Major Kong, Belzebong, Sunnata and Weedpecker represent Poland well, I thought — Spaceslug are the obvious name left out, but I’m keeping them in reserve for later — and after that I wanted to close with SubRosa just because “Black Majesty” is long, brilliant, not a jam, and something that was in my head. It’s been an up and down couple of weeks, I guess, as regards general well-being.
If you’re unfamiliar, keep an ear out for Moodoom early, plus the tracks from The Machine, Swan Valley Heights, Stoned Jesus and Troll Teeth. The 1782 track isn’t my favorite off their new record — anything about lady-demons is kind of a turnoff for me at this point — but the band is cool and that’s the single from the album, so I wasn’t about to be a jerk and pick something else. And if you didn’t hear the L’Ira del Baccano earlier this week when it premiered, that’s time well spent in instrumental immersion, and makes a great leadoff for that extended block of tunes, I think.
As always, I hope you enjoy the show if you listen. Thanks for reading.
The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at: http://gimmemetal.com.
Full playlist:
The Obelisk Show – 02.17.23 (VT = voice track)
| Mansion | Second Death | Second Death |
| Samán | A las puertas | II. Montaña Roja |
| 1782 | Succubus | Clamor Luciferi |
| Moodoom | Las maravillas de estar loco | Desde el Bosque |
| VT | ||
| L’Ira del Baccano | The Strange Dream of My Old Sun | Cosmic Evoked Potentials |
| The Machine | Reversion | Wave Cannon |
| Swan Valley Heights | The Hunger | Terminal Forest |
| Stoned Jesus | Get What You Deserve | Father Light |
| Troll Teeth | Garden of Pillars | Underground Vol. 1 |
| Dopelord | Doom Bastards | Sign of the Devil (2020) |
| Major Kong | Fading Memory of the Planet Earth | Off the Scale (2020) |
| Belzebong | Roached Earth | Light the Dankness (2018) |
| Sunnata | A Million Lives | Burning in Heaven, Melting on Earth (2021) |
| Weedpecker | Big Brain Monsters | IV: The Stream of Forgotten Thoughts (2021) |
| VT | ||
| SubRosa | Black Majesty | For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) |
The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is March 3 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.
