SATAN'S DOZEN: The Best Unearthly Hymns Unearthed 2017

Compiled by: Andrei Moose

Artwork by: Josh Mashesh

When we started the SATAN’S DOZEN back in July of this year, for those folks new to the blog or this feature, the idea was to present the very best music the underground scene has to offer to you the reader/listener.  Whilst we make every effort to review every album we can, we also receive band submissions, not to mention the countless recommendations you send our way, so in practical terms it is just not possible to review everything.  

Therefore because we don’t want killer music to pass you by, each and every month Andrei Moose  painstakingly sifts through the music labelled “all killer  riffs” and chooses 13 of the best new albums released via bandcamp and bundles them together into the mightiest riff sandwich.

Whilst all the albums we included are top tier stuff, we have compiled the albums into a chart on a sliding scale of 13 - 1. So with the year coming to end, we thought it was appropriate to choose  our favourites of the year, in what we like to call THE BEST OF SATAN’S DOZEN 2017,  so we hope you dig our selections and enjoy The Best Unearthly Hymns Unearthed 2017.  

These bands need more exposure, so go “like” “share” and “follow” their pages, but most of all enjoy some of the best music the underground has to offer.  THE SLUDGELORD most sincerely approves.   Now, go heavy or go home.

13) Idlegod – “Idlegod”(Tuscany, Italy)

Stoner / doom / Sludge

12) Lord Crow – “Gods Among Man” EP (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Sludge / Stoner

11) Shadowmaster – “Shadowmaster” (Sundsvall, Sweden)

Stoner / doom / Sludge

10) AIAUASCA – “Rise of the Molecule” (Montreal, Québec)

Stoner / doom / Sludge

9) Have Blue – “Melted Mind” (Berlin, Germany)

Garage / psychedelic / blues / rock 

8) Presumption – “Presumption”(Le Mans, France)

Stoner / Doom / Metal

7) Masterhand – “Mind Drifter” (Oklahoma)

Garage / psychedelic / stoner / rock

6) Void Commander – “Shrooming Widow” (Karlskrona, Sweden)

Stoner-rock / hard-rock / doom

5) Coughdust - “Worldwrench” (Finland)

Stoner-doom / Sludge / death doom

4) DROID – “Province”(Melbourne, Australia)

Sludge / Stoner / Doom / Metal

3) Blame God – “Strategically Confined” (Oneonta, New York)

Noise / Grindcore / Powerviolence

2) Bone Church – “Bone Church” (Connecticut)

Psychedelic / stoner / doom / metal

1) Monte Luna – “Monte Luna”

Stoner / Doom / Sludge

Band info: Idle God || Lord Crow|| Shadowmaster || Aiauasca|| Have Blue|| Presumption|| Masterhand|| Void Commander|| Coughdust|| Droid|| Blame God|| Bone Church|| Monte Luna

SATAN'S DOZEN: 13 Unearthly Hymns Uncovered (July 2017)

Satan’s Dozen

Satan’s Dozen is our attempt to present the very best music the underground scene has to offer and whilst we’d love to review every band submission we receive, not to mention the countless  recommendations you send our way, in practical terms that is just not possible, however because we don’t want killer music to pass you by, each and every month Andrei Moose will painstakingly sift through the music labelled “no killer riffs included” and choose 13 of the best new albums released via bandcamp and bundle them together into the mightiest riff sandwich.  So we hope you dig our selections and enjoy the riffs.   This is Satan’s Dozen!!

1) Lord Crow– “Gods Among Man” EP, Released 14 June 2017

Sludge, Stoner-Metal

2) Void Commander – “Shrooming Widow”Released May 9, 2017

Stoner-rock/hard-rock/doom

3) Crematory Ash – “Approach” EP Released May 31, 2017 

Black/funeral doom/sludge

4) Space Deer– “I” Released June 26, 2017

Stoner-rock

5) Sunn Trio “Sunn Trio” Released June 23, 2017

Experimental/punk/avant-garde/drone/jazz

6) Under– “Slick” Released May 31, 2017 

Prog/noise/psych/sludge

7) Eat the Dark– “Lord Murc” released June 16, 2017

Blackened sludge/doom/Hardore

8) Kill West– “Gush” Released June 23, 2017

Garage-rock

9) OCKULTIST– “Present Day Neglect” Released April 15, 2017 

Blackened Sludge/Doom

10) GoatHawkBuffalo– “Release The Beast” Released April 21, 2017

Party-Sludge/Stoner Metal

11). Adrestia– “The Art Of Modern Warfare” Released April 27, 2017

Hardcore/punk/crust

12). Dwaal– “Darben” Released April 7, 2017 

Stoner-doom/sludge/post-metal

13). Wastes– “Into The Void of Vacuity” Released 16 June 2017-07-04

Funeral doom / sludge