Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

2 days ago

Discography Deep Dive: Pelican – Forever Becoming Pelican – Forever BecomingOctober 14th, 2013Post-Metal / Post-Rock / Sludge MetalSouthern Lord RecordingsChicago, Illinois, USA In 2013 Pelican returned with their fifth full length record, F…

My Discography Deep Dive into Pelican concludes with their fifth album ‘Forever Becoming’, perhaps their angriest and darkest record.

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Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

3 days ago

Discography Deep Dive: Pelican – What We All Come to Need “So fair are you my dear. So deep in love am I.” Pelican – What We All Come to NeedOctober 27th, 2009Post-Metal / Sludge Metal / Post-RockSouthern Lord RecordingsChicago, Illinois…

Discography Deep Dive continues with Pelican's fourth album 'What We All Come to Need', my personal favourite album from the band.

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#pelican #whatweallcometoneed #postmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

5 days ago

Discography Deep Dive: Pelican – City of Echoes Pelican – City of EchoesMay 22nd, 2007Post-Metal / Sludge MetalHydra Head RecordsChicago, Illinois, USA After releasing a couple of splits, with the bands Playing Enemy and Mono, after the re…

Our Pelican Discography Deep Dive continues with 2007's 'City of Echoes', possibly the band's most accessible, and certainly shortest, record.

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#pelican #cityofechoes #postmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 month ago

Discography Deep Dive: Alice in Chains – Dirt “Into the flood again. Same old trip it was back then.” Alice in Chains – DirtSeptember 29th, 1992GrungeColumbia RecordsSeattle, Washington, USA In 1992, after releasing Sap, Alic…

Discography Deep Dive continues with Alice in Chains’ second record ‘Dirt’, one of the greatest and defining rock records of the 90’s.

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#aliceinchains #dirt #grunge #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 month ago

Discography Deep Dive: Alice in Chains – Sap “You were always so far away, I know that pain and I won’t run away like I used to.” Alice in Chains – SapFebruary 4th, 1992GrungeColumbia RecordsSeattle, Washington, USA In…

‘Sap’ is one of the more interesting pieces from Alice in Chains’ discography.

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#aliceinchains #sap #grunge #epreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 month ago

Discography Deep Dive: Alice in Chains – Facelift “These stand for me. Name your god and bleed the freak. I’d like to see how you all would bleed for me.” Alice in Chains – FaceliftAugust 28th, 1990GrungeColumbia RecordsSea…

This month's edition of Discography Deep Dive features legendary grunge band Alice in Chains, starting with their 1990 debut 'Facelift'.

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#aliceinchains #facelift #grunge #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 month ago

Discography Deep Dive: Tool – 10,000 Days “Vicariously I live while the whole world dies.” Tool – 10,000 DaysApril 28th, 2006Progressive MetalVolcano EntertainmentLos Angeles, California, USA And so we come to the end of …

Discography Deep Dive on Tool ends with '10,000 Days', my personal favourite of their records.

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#tool #10000days #progressivemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

2 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Tool – Lateralus “I know the pieces fit, ’cause I watched them fall away.” Tool – LateralusMay 15th, 2001Progressive MetalVolcano EntertainmentLos Angeles, California, USA Lateralus is the t…

Tool's third full length record is one of the greatest prog albums of all time, and endures a quarter century after its release.

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#tool #lateralus #progressivemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

2 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Tool – Aenima “Mom’s comin’ round to put it back the way it ought to be.” Tool – AenimaSeptember 17th, 1996Progressive Metal / Alternative Metal / Hard RockZoo Entertainment / Volca…

Tool’s second album ‘Aenima’ marks a noted change in the band’s production style while they lean further into prog metal.

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#tool #aenima #progressivemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

2 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Tool – Undertow “Why can’t we not be sober. I just want to start things over.” Tool – UndertowApril 6th, 1993Progressive Metal / Alternative Metal / Hard RockZoo EntertainmentLos Angeles, C…

Tool’s first full length record ‘Undertow’ is a hefty, rhythmic, and emotive journey through the mores of 90’s alternative and proggy psychedelia.

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#tool #undertow #progressivemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

2 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Tool – Opiate “Seems like I’ve been here before. Seems so familiar.” Tool – OpiateMarch 10th, 1992Progressive Metal / Progressive Rock / Alternative MetalZoo EntertainmentLos Angeles, Cal…

This month on Discography Deep Dive I’m digging through the first five Tool releases, starting with their 1992 EP ‘Opiate’.

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#tool #opiate #progressivemetal #epreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

6 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Mastodon – Once More Round the Sun “This time, this time, things’ll work out just fine. We won’t let you slip away.” Mastodon – Once More Round the SunJune 19th, 2014Progressive Sludge MetalReprise Reco…

Mastodon's sixth record is an absolute banger from beginning to end.

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#mastodon #oncemoreroundthesun #progressivesludgemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

7 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Mastodon – The Hunter “Just close your eyes and pretend that everything’s fine.” Mastodon – The HunterSeptember 27th, 2011Progressive Sludge MetalReprise Records / Roadrunner RecordsAtlanta, Geor…

Discography Deep Dive continues with Mastodon's fifth record, 'The Hunter', a stripped back version of the band's signature sound.

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#mastodon #thehunter #progressivesludgemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

7 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Mastodon – Blood Mountain “Gone away, my heart’s gone away, taking everything, my heart’s gone away, take it now.” Mastodon – Blood MountainSeptember 12th, 2006Progressive Sludge MetalReprise R…

Discography Deep Dive continues with Mastodon's third LP 'Blood Mountain', in which they get even more conceptual and proggy.

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#mastodon #bloodmountain #progressivesludgemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

7 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Mastodon – Leviathan “Aim directly for his crooked brow, and look him straight in the eye.” Mastodon – LeviathanAugust 31st, 2004Progressive Sludge MetalRelapse RecordsAtlanta, Georgia, USA In 2004 Ma…

Discography Deep Dive continues with Mastodon’s second LP ‘Leviathan’, a certified classic.

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#mastodon #leviathan #sludgemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

7 months ago

Discography Deep Dive: Mastodon – Remission “Anger precedes my footsteps. Haunting past comes into a head.” Mastodon – RemissionMay 28th, 2002Progressive Sludge MetalRelapse RecordsAtlanta, Georgia, USA It’s been a wh…

Discography Deep Dive returns this month with a look at the first few albums from Mastodon, starting with 2002’s ‘Remission’.

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#mastodon #remission #sludgemetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

MJMcG (he/they)

@mjmcg.bsky.social

11 months ago

I picked them for #DiscographyDeepDive a while back too. Fair to say I'm a bit of a fan.

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Album Review: Voivod – Dimension Hatröss “We’ve never seen that before. It’s what we’ve been waiting for.” Voivod – Dimension HatrössJune 29th, 1988Progressive Thrash MetalNoise RecordsSaguenay, Quebec,…

Voivod's fourth record sees the band truly come into their own with a sound that is entirely theirs.

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#voivod #dimensionhatross #progressivethrashmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Discography Deep Dive: Voivod – Killing Technology “This sphere is a bad place to live.” Voivod – Killing TechnologyApril 3rd, 1987Progressive Thrash MetalNoise RecordsSaguenay, Quebec, Canada And so we arrive at the third record …

Voivod's third record is one of the most important in their discography.

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#voivod #killingtechnology #progressivethrashmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Discography Deep Dive: Voivod – Rrröööaaarrr “Delivering the noise to keep my head red hot.” Voivod – RrröööaaarrrMarch 14th, 1986Progressive Thrash MetalCombat RecordsSaguenay, Quebec, Canada In 1986, two years after the re…

Voivod's second record sees the band inject a bit more weirdness into the standard thrash formula.

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#voivod #rrroooaaarrr #thrashmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Discography Deep Dive: Voivod – War and Pain “Our disaster is not complete today.” Voivod – War and PainAugust 10th, 1984Thrash MetalMetal Blade RecordsSaguenay, Quebec, Canada Progressive thrash metallers Voivod are certain…

This month's edition of Discography Deep Dive features Voivod, starting with their 1984 debut 'War and Pain'.

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#voivod #warandpain #thrashmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Discography Deep Dive: Immortal – At the Heart of Winter “Blashyrkh mighty be your name victorious a kingdom we made, with strength and pride all the way you are at the heart of winter.” Immortal – At the Heart of WinterFebruary 22nd, 1…

With 'At the Heart of Winter', Immortal crafted one of the greatest black metal albums ever made.

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#immortal #attheheartofwinter #blackmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Discography Deep Dive: Immortal – Blizzard Beasts “Blackwinged ravens cry for tragedies yet to come.” Immortal – Blizzard BeastsFebruary 4th, 1997Black MetalOsmose ProductionsBergen, Norway After emerging into the Norwegian black…

Immortal's fourth record is not their best, but its one of my favourites.

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#immortal #blizzardbeasts #blackmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Discography Deep Dive: Immortal – Battles in the North Immortal – Battles in the NorthMay 15th, 1995Black MetalOsmose ProductionsBergen, Norway Battles in the North is Norwegian black metal outfit Immortal’s third record. Released in 1995, …

Immortal’s third record is arguably their most extreme.

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#immortal #battlesinthenorth #blackmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Discography Deep Dive: Immortal – Pure Holocaust “Surrounding by black and the mourning moonfog and the eyes of the dark ones.” Immortal – Pure HolocaustNovember 1st, 1993Black MetalOsmose ProductionsBergen, Norway One year afte…

Immortal's sophomore record showcases a band coming into their own with a unique sound within the framework of 90's black metal.

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#immortal #pureholocaust #blackmetal #albumreview #wherestridesthebehemoth #discographydeepdive #metalsky

Greg Ravengrave

@gregravengrave.bsky.social

1 year ago

Discography Deep Dive: Immortal – Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism “The Northern darkness marches through the coldest night.” Immortal – Diabolical Fullmoon MysticismJuly 1st, 1992Black MetalOsmose ProductionsBergen, Norway Immortal are easily on…

Immortal's 1992 debut still holds up, and while it's rough around the edges, is also raw as fvck.

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#immortal #diabolicalfullmoonmysticism #blackmetal #albumreview #discographydeepdive #metalsky #wherestridesthebehemoth

Rick Adams 🇵🇸🇸🇩

@rickadams82.bsky.social

1 year ago

#DiscographyDeepDive
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MJMcG (he/they)

@mjmcg.bsky.social

1 year ago

#DiscographyDeepDive
#MusicChallenge

La Luz - News Of The Universe (2024)

Shana went through a lot since the last release - motherhood, cancer, band lineup changes - so it's a miracle this even got made, let alone that it's a total banger.