Bumsnogger - 2002-2006

Bumsnogger were a  band from Nottingham in the UK, apparently drunkely formed to play sludge!  There's a definite Iron Monkey influence here, which of course means I love it, though there's a slightly more bouncy, stoner rock feel to Bumsnogger than IM.  I remember seeing the name on forums and stuff a few years ago but had never actually heard anything from them until I found this!  Unfortunately this was around the same time as I reinstalled Last.FM and it decided to submit all my tracks to Skype as 'mood messages'.  My boss was not amused to find his Skype homepage filled with notifications that I was listening to Bumsnogger tracks like Being Fucked Over, Dutch Fisting and Murdering the Homeless!

This release compiles Bumsnogger's two EPs and one split 7", plus a couple of rehearsal recordings of unreleased tracks.  Sounds like they were a great band so this is well worth a download.

Various formats including MP3 (320K/VBR) and FLAC from Bandcamp.com

Bumsnogger on Facebook
Bumsnogger on Myspace

Crypsis - Choir For The Carrion

Crypsis are a thrash metal band from Brighton, UK. I first encountered them when they played at the Brightona bike rally last year with my band Funeral Hag. Their style is pure oldschool European thrash metal, in the vein of Kreator and Sodom, though the vocals really remind me of Death! They have supported such mighty thrash bands as Gama Bomb and Death Angel (as did Funeral Hag :D).

Choir For The Carrion is their first release aside from a three track demo in 2009, and the sound on this is much more polished. You can grab the EP for free from their Bandcamp page, or there is now a CD version available for purchase. The CD launch party is taking place tonight at the Prince Albert in Brighton, so head on down for some great Brighton thrash if you can!

Various formats including 320Kbps MP3 and FLAC from Bandcamp

Crypsis on Myspace

Wiht - Wiht

Wiht are an instrumental stoner doom band from Leeds in the UK. Whilst somewhat reminiscent of other instrumental stoner bands like Karma To Burn and Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Wiht's sound is quite a bit heavier than either of those and more doomy in pace. Their material works well as instrumental, with a massive guitar tone that must have taken a lot of layers to create. It's not all heavy grooves, there are some nice chilled out droney and almost ambient sections. Well worth a listen, and as always if you like it go buy it! £4 on CD from their Myspazz, not bad for >40 minutes of kickass stoner doom.

256Kbps MP3 via HTTP from Mediafire.com
http://www.mediafire.com/?gqzrghymtor
http://www.mediafire.com/?uzznd1jjh2j

Wiht on Myspace

Greg(o)rian - Dormancy Of Our Omniscient Masters

Greg(o)rian are an experimental doom band from London/Essex. They describe the album as "Gregorian’s debut full length, 43 minutes of Lo-Fi, atmospheric, sludge drone doom, influenced by My Dying Bride, Jesu, Sleep, and Sunn O)))." I'd say that's probably about right. The album's kinda post-rocky sounding, in that the guitars aren't ridiculously heavy all the time and there's a whole slow buildup vibe going on. The vocals remind me of Godflesh 'cause they sound kind of like a pissed bloke shouting at you down an echoey corridor, which I quite like. Anyways, it's free so go download it!

VBR MP3 (roughly 128Kbps) via HTTP from Mediafire

Greg(o)rian at Myspace