Originally Posted by Oriphiel Hmm, what's this in my pocket? *epic guitar solo blasts into my face* DAMN IT MONDO

Niechęć
https://niechec.bandcamp.com/

The self titled Niechęć had really blown me away and I can't be satisfied with the relative lack of hype for the modern jazz heroes. The style is contemporary and totally original with a curtain of futuristic free jazz wrapped around massive walls of audio. Never straying too far from a highly consistent overall atmosphere yet still shuffling through disparate territories like kraut/post/noise rock and chaotic jazz freaks, yet it's always 100% compelling and impossibly replayable.


Helium Horse Fly
https://heliumhorsefly.bandcamp.com/

HHF insist on taking their music to the brink even though we discover along the way that the brink is quite distant, so they're indefinitely astounding. They sound like a chamber version Sonic Youth but not in the way SYR4 sounds. It's still rock to the bone but its sonic array is immeasurable.

Originally Posted by Oriphiel Hmm, what's this in my pocket? *epic guitar solo blasts into my face* DAMN IT MONDO

ESOCTRILIHUM
https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/inhu-ma

As far as I'm concerned, ESOCTRILIHUM is the top dog in modern metal. A one man band too, no less. That one man writes some of the most evocative, surreal, disorienting, shredtastic, atmospheric, and adept black/death metal that you'll ever hear. His two 2018 releases are already enough to define a reputation.


UGORY
https://ugory.bandcamp.com/

Ugory have a considerable output of highly interesting and textural music, which you can download for free from bandcamp. Their music is dynamic (though often quite loud) and the sonicscapes that surface from their blend of noise rock, psychedelic/krautrock, and sludge metal are pure bliss.


SubRosa
https://subrosausa.bandcamp.com/

SubRosa are more than deserving of their own esteem in respect to modern metal. There's a chance they could be my favorite doom metal band tbh. Their brand is unconventional and dramatic, pretty sludgy at times, and intertwined with a wide array of instrumentation, most notably their violin. For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages is a titanic masterpiece and highly recommended to anyone looking for crushing and captivating doom metal with an artistic bent.

Originally Posted by Oriphiel Hmm, what's this in my pocket? *epic guitar solo blasts into my face* DAMN IT MONDO

Ventla
https://www.last.fm/music/Ventla

Pretty sure all their stuff can be downloaded from last.fm. Ventla has a massive offering of vaporous chillsynthpop/neo psychedelia/library music that is generally pleasant and always highly Japanese.


Nanuchka
https://open.spotify.com/album/3XML6oJRQITGZziehA0P2P

Yula Be'eri is one of my favorite musicians and vocalists. She's been in World/Inferno Friendship Society, and has another band called Yula and the eXtended Family. Nanuchka play a Mediterranean blend of dark cabaret with infectious rock undertones.

Originally Posted by Oriphiel Hmm, what's this in my pocket? *epic guitar solo blasts into my face* DAMN IT MONDO

Kowloon Walled City
https://kowloonwalledcity.bandcamp.com/

Modern take on noise rock inspired sludge metal, but not exactly on the "fun" side like Karp or Melvins, at least not sonically. It's very dense and oppressive and there's also some post-metal influence. I recommend Gambling on the Richter Scale, heavy, raw, crush.


Monkey Plot
https://monkeyplot.bandcamp.com/

A stellar example of the journal title. Monkey Plot have done some post-rock colored free improv and really show the versatility of acoustic instruments.


F.E. Denning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Uak6d4Bp0

Hazy drone and ambient music from fuzz aficionados over at Posh Isolation, but with a touch of post-modern classical.


Giant Squid
https://giantsquid.bandcamp.com/

I consider Giant Squid a pretty significant force with respect to modern progressive music. Their music is aquatic and mysterious, always harrowing and beautiful, and they definitely made some stuff unlike anything before. Progressive doom metal isn't as rampant in the universe as it ought to be, listening to GS makes me wonder why. Plus the plethora of disparate yet highly subtle elements they draw from elsewhere, it all comes together for something of a melancholic and weirdly sludgy elegy of funeral doom rock. Metridium Fields is their best album.

Originally Posted by Oriphiel Hmm, what's this in my pocket? *epic guitar solo blasts into my face* DAMN IT MONDO

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle Giant Squid https://giantsquid.bandcamp.com/

Rakta

https://rakta.bandcamp.com/

Taking the modern airwaves by storm comes the Brazilian band Rakta and their very interesting brand of psychedelic and noisy deathrock, which is quite a treat. Their newest album is a trippy and formidable effort, bringing a heavy krautrock and industrial element into the fray.

88Kasyo Junrei


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlpzCBEI-4I

Japan has the hots and this is downright scalding. I was actually recommended them and the album I linked specifically while looking for stuff that sounds similar to Voivod's Nothingface, and not only was I blown away by how astonishingly perfectly they fit the bill but blown away on basically all fronts and have divulged into the rest of their incredible discography. It's not metal like Voivod, but pretty heavy psychedelic noise/math rock that is very structurally and texturally adjacent. Amazing band really.

Originally Posted by Oriphiel Hmm, what's this in my pocket? *epic guitar solo blasts into my face* DAMN IT MONDO

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle 88Kasyo Junrei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlpzCBEI-4I Japan has the hots and this is downright scalding. I was actually recommended them and the album I linked specifically while looking for stuff that sounds similar to Voivod's Nothingface, and not only was I blown away by how astonishingly perfectly they fit the bill but blown away on basically all fronts and have divulged into the rest of their incredible discography. It's not metal like Voivod, but pretty heavy psychedelic noise/math rock that is very structurally and texturally adjacent. Amazing band really. [/center]

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.