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florgoth @florgoth.bsky.social · 1d

Done!
This switches from groovy to ultra-heavy and kinda terrifying from one second to the next!
But there is so much genuine beauty in between those abrasive passages; the last track specifically is pretty haunting.
This is a journey and a half!

Highly, highly recommended!

florgoth @florgoth.bsky.social · 1d

#NowPlaying
@nicbrown.bsky.social called this the "most far out doom metal album of 2025".
I'm intrigued, yet a little scared...

Going in!

sumofr.bandcamp.com/album/spectral

Spectral, by Sum Of R

9 track album

sumofr.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 1d

👍🔥🔥🔥

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 1d

That's my favourite track too!

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 2d

And the award for most out there doom metal album of 2025 goes to ... wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/spectral

Spectral, by Sum Of R

9 track album

wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 5d

Klein goes deep. klein1997.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-...

sleep with a cane, by Klein

16 track album

klein1997.bandcamp.com

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florgoth @florgoth.bsky.social · 6d

A new #BandcampFriday means new recommendations from me!

I have no theme in mind this time, so it'll simply be some of my favorite songs and albums on Bandcamp.

This'll get updated throughout the day, so check back once in a while if you want. 👍

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Paul St. Hilaire & co have conjured up a dub techno masterpiece here. kynantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/paul-s...

Paul St. Hilaire - w/ The Producers, by Paul St. Hilaire

9 track album

kynantrecords.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 9d

I don't recall having crossed paths with the Welsh triple harp before, but in the hands of Cerys Hafana it's a thing of beauty. ceryshafana.bandcamp.com/album/angel

Angel, by Cerys Hafana

9 track album

ceryshafana.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 9d

Plenty of fragrant Moving Shadow vapours emanating from this ... tombi.bandcamp.com/album/too-mu...

Too Much Noise EP, by Tombi

4 track album

tombi.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 11d

🙏 Thank you!

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 12d

🙏 Thanks Barry. Apparently, my GP's had his licence to practice revoked - I'm sure it's just a coincidence though!

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 12d

Feeling lousy af today but thankfully, this flare-up of electronics slathered noise rock is just what the doctor ordered. @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social @thelastsound.com cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scrawled

Scrawled, by UOUS

9 track album

cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 14d

😂

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 15d

😂 True, plus you've also made me realise just how incomprehensible my filing system is.

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Sonic edgebug @sleepystate.bsky.social · 15d

If the new Meral Polat album was on your plate last week by any chance, it maybe your second encounter if you made it to track 2 :)
meralpolat.bandcamp.com/album/meydan
Also Frank Rosaly is in both trios (Mother Tongue & Meral Polat 2022 album, not that one)

MEYDAN, by Meral Polat

10 track album

meralpolat.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 15d

I know Frank Rosaly well enough but the new Meral Polat album passed me by - thanks for the tip 🙏

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 15d

Took me the best part of an hour to locate my copy but it was well worth the effort. Excellent record.

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 15d

This is my first encounter with Senegalese griot Mola Sylla who helms improv trio Mother Tongue, but I hope it won't be my last. Terrific stuff. makkumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mother...

MOTHER TONGUE, by MOTHER TONGUE

7 track album

makkumrecords.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 16d

So many things to love about the new SANAM album, its sumptuous bass-heaviness to name but one. sanambeirut.bandcamp.com/album/sameto...

Sametou Sawtan, by SANAM

8 track album

sanambeirut.bandcamp.com

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E.A. @eeeeaaaa.bsky.social · 17d

Now listening to a stunner of an album from Patrick Shirioishi. Experimental jazz/ambient/post rock. Thanks to @nicbrown.bsky.social for the heads up on this one!

Forgetting is Violent, by Patrick Shiroishi

8 track album

patrickshiroishi.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 17d

👍 🔥

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 17d

Serious AOTY contender just in from Patrick Shiroishi. patrickshiroishi.bandcamp.com/album/forget...

Forgetting is Violent, by Patrick Shiroishi

8 track album

patrickshiroishi.bandcamp.com

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 19d

😂 Same here!

Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 19d

👍 He's enlisted some array of talent that's for sure and if you don't mind having your eardrums comprehensively scoured, it's a belter.

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Nic Brown @nicbrown.bsky.social · 19d

Shapednoise brings the ... er ... noise, ably assisted by Armand Hammer, Fatboi Sharif, ICECOLDBISHOP, Loraine James, Moor Mother, Slikback and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. If you like it abrasive, don't miss this. shapednoise.bandcamp.com/album/absurd...

Absurd Matter 2, by Shapednoise

10 track album

shapednoise.bandcamp.com

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