Playlist: TD1219
When we were coming up with the theme for our final Spotify playlist of 2019 we were fortunate that one dropped into our laps.
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The Decayist 027: Iommi – Iommi
Black Sabbath. They’re an enormous source of pride for us West Midlands metalheads, and their compelling claim to have invented the genre we love centres on the guitar player.
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Playlist: TD1119
For our penultimate Spotify playlist of 2019 we’ve cast the net far and wide.
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Review: Procédures Mystiques by Fox Medicine
“Black Sabbath with J-Pop vocals.” These are the words of Toshi Kasai, the producer of the new album by Portland two-piece Fox Medicine.
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The Decayist 026: The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
Before the passing of the late Keith Flint, The Prodigy had become a regular topic of conversation here at This Decay.
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Playlist: TD1019
For our tenth Spotify playlist of 2019 we’ve gone all the way back to the 1990s for a decade of brilliance by the mighty, the one and only, The Offspring.
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Review: Opium Lord – Vore
Bands from Birmingham and the surrounding areas have at their disposal the great promotional privilege of touting themselves as originating from the home of heavy metal.
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Review: Tool – Fear Inoculum
There’s something about Tool that sets them apart. Maybe it’s creativity. Maybe it’s mystery. Maybe it’s aloofness, or production, or sheer musical proficiency.
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Review: SeeYouSpaceCowboy – The Correlation Between Entrance And Exit Wounds
There aren’t a lot of bands riding the hype train as effectively as SeeYouSpaceCowboy in 2019. Their first record of the year was a collection of odds and sods that happened to fucking slap.
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Review: Renounced – Beauty Is A Destructive Angel
Some record labels become synonymous with quality. They build a back catalogue so strong that, when they put something new out, you trust that it will hit the spot. Think Roadrunner Records in the 1990s.
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Playlist: TD0919
For our ninth Spotify playlist of 2019 we’re simply smashing together a bunch of bangers old and new.
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Playlist: TD0819
For our eighth Spotify playlist of 2019 we’ve delved into the heyday of the Big Four for a 1980s thrashageddon.
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