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...And Vol. 4 All
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A deeply reverent and lovingly irreverent exploration of the history, philosophy, and future of the greatest music in the world: Heavy Metal.

...also, there's jokes.
It was a humiliating loss for me. Why do you think I grew this mustache? ...today.
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
in order:
-me, telling you to listen to the album Pelagial
-me adding "by The Ocean"
-a god-tier trilogy of records...
-my Halloween costume from last night. my kid was dressed like Jinu so I just stood behind him and kinda moved the cardboard around.
November 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Nov 1, 1952: Operation "Ivy Mike", the detonation of the world's first thermonuclear bomb (500 times more powerful than the one dropped on Nagasaki 7 years earlier) lead to the discovery of 2 new superheavy elements.

On Nov 1, 2025: We sink through boundless vasts of blue...
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
the vol. 4 today is...

Liminality / Dream State Return

a new 2 song EP from Elder and it is wonderful...
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
if you haven't started this yet, it's time. SO good...
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
🤘NEW EPISODE🤘

The Heaviest Songs of the Universe, Part 3- Side B(1)

Ohhhhh Anthony Kiedis is gonna be so mad at me. Won't you join me in trolling Tony Flow with what is probably his least favorite picture?

either way, its time we lost our Faith, no?
open.spotify.com/episode/7qxB...
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
October 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
the Vol. 4 today...

a spiritual journey through modern, avante gard, Black Metal and classic Death Metal.

Agriculture gets a little "my precious" on the vox but its a small price to pay for the beauty and sheer brutality of the record as a whole.

and Death rules...
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
been quiet on the socials but should have a new A Side out before the end of the week.

it's a differunt un...
October 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
yesterday, I recorded 3 more sides (C, D, & E) of this AV4A Sleep-dive into the stoner caravan of Sleep ➡️ HoF ➡️ Om ➡️ Sleep...

will be furiously editing to try and get these out weekly for the next 3 weeks.

please share with any friends that need to get some Sleep.
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
the Vol. 4 today is...

INNERN
by Der Weg Einer Freiheit

German Black Metal about feelings and how sad they make you.

and they say I don't like "fun" music--pfft! I say--PFFT!!

also a for real #AOTY25 contender!!
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
sometimes when I'm working on an episode, I see these little signs from the Universe that indicate I'm on the right path... not this time, however. this time they are really BIG fucking signs.

Episode 2 (Side B) is coming soon in Stoner Caravan form...
September 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
done it!
August 31, 2025 at 5:36 AM
more of an interpretation than a representation but here's my homage to @mastondonmusic and one of the greatest records ever made, Leviathan (carved from a bit of left-over shelf) #RIPBRENT
August 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
hey, the new shit from DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT will fuck you up in the best ways...
August 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"...Time to wake up!"
August 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
this record stand was kind of a test to see if I could carve small designs with any level of success.

at first it was going to be vertical (thats why the mountain is sideways) but I like it well enough. I wanted it to look like a Stoner Metal album cover.
August 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
some sketching this AM... ignore the misplaced eye I had to scratch out. now its a tear drop he had done before he got parole.
August 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
the Vol. 4 this week...

Crowbar. butt-trucks of Crowbar.
August 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
the Vol. 4 today...

Solar Paroxysm by MARE COGNITUM

Black Metal in SPAAAACE!!
and yes, it fucks...
August 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Donald Trump was never qualified to be president. he has only ever been disqualified: criminally, civilly, politically, and morally.

the only thing he knows how to run is a scam. /1
August 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
making myself a new record stand... and flashin a little leg cause I'm a slut.
August 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Is the heaviness of a band inversely proportional to the length of its discography? OR "Does Brutal Shit inevitably become Melodic Shit?"

What bands exemplify this theorem? And which ones defy it?
August 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
the Vol. 4 this week (so far)...

Hushed and Grim by MASTODON

Absolutely Launched by DEMONIC DEATH JUDGE (thanks @sabbathbloodypc)

Planet Her by DOJA CAT

Panzer Faust by DARKTHRONE
August 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
4. Master of Puppets
3. Kill 'Em All
2. Ride the Lightning
1. ...And Justice for All

rank 'em if ya got 'em, Mother-Punchers!
August 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM