Roadburn: Essential Sounds 10.8.18

August 10, 2018

Each Friday we aim to bring you new music from a varied selection of artists that are tickling our ears throughout the week. Sometimes we’re restricted by which artists are on Spotify, and sometimes we have to sit on our hands and wait when we’ve been granted an early listen of an upcoming album that we love. A lot of thought and patience goes into the whole process.

Sometimes, we’re overwhelmed by choice – it goes both ways! This week we have included tracks from Crippled Black Phoenix, Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou – all artists that have appeared here already in the last month or so. As much as we try to mix it up, some artists are just consistently delivering the goods. What we’re saying is, these records are so essential, we can’t resist adding each new track as it pops up online.

But there’s plenty of other stuff too – hopefully something in there will tickle your ears and carry you through to next week!

If you’d prefer to seek out the contents of the playlist elsewhere, here’s the info you need:

Ancestors – Through a Window (Pelagic Records)

Träd, Gräs och Stenar, Träden – Hymn (Subliminal Sounds)

Crippled Black Phoenix – Nebulas (Season of Mist)

Emma Ruth Rundle – Darkhorse – Edit (Sargent House)

Slow Crush – Aurora (Holy Roar Records)

Thousand Foot Whale Claw – No Kingdom (Holodeck Records)

Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas (Perturbator) – Cygnus Remix (Blood Music)

Author and Punisher – Nihil Strength (Relapse Records)

Body Void – Phantom Limb (Crown and Throne / Dry Cough)

Thou – Unfortunate Times (Deathwish Inc)

Portrayal of Guilt – Chamber of Misery Pt.1 (Portrayal of Guilt Records)

Agrimonia – Foreshadowed (Southern Lord)

Abstracter – Wings of Nihilation (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)

Myrkraverk – Nær Døden (Blut & Eisen Prod)

Split Cranium – Whirling Dusk (Ipecac Recordings)

Black Salvation – A Direction Is Futile (Relapse Records)

Spiritual Cramp – I Feel Bad Bein’ Me (Deranged Records)

Young Widows – Prey for the Beast (Temporary Residence)