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Gordy
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Posted: May 17 2021 at 01:33 |
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Black Vomit is the British experimental black metal project of Dave OBM, co-founder of the Frequency Thirteen (Freq13) record label and based in Sheffield. Dubbed "True Sheffield Black Psychedelia," Black Vomit plays a unique blend of noisy, grinding black metal mixed with IDM, krautrock and dub influences, with songs often lapsing into dark and hypnotic kosmische drift, with slowed down and distorted voice samples enhancing the hallucinatory atmosphere. Black Vomit released two splits before issuing their debut and most well-known album Jungle Death on Rusty Axe Records in 2009. Dave OBM, presumably using the moniker Mndeathfreq, was accompanied on this release by two mysterious fellow Freq13 musicians: Ghettodweller on bass with guitar and vocals handled by C12H16N2 (named after the molecular formula for DMT, highly-magnified crystals of which adorn Jungle Death's cover art). As with their first two CD-Rs, Black Vomit's sophomore LP, Let it Come Down, was released on Frequency Thirteen in 2011, where the project began subtly incorporating dub and dubstep elements. Comparisons prove difficult, as Black Vomit sounds like some impossible mix of Igorrr, Aluk Todolo, Tim Hecker, Pharaoh Overlord, Oranssi Pazuzu, Lightning Bolt, Yoga and Goblin. (Note: no photos could be found of the band) "Scumf**k / Ambient Sh*tstorm" split (2005) "Be My Second" split (2006) "Jungle Death" (2009) "Let it Come Down" (2011)
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Gordy
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Probably a long-shot but an interesting, one-of-a-kind group to check out regardless!
EDIT: I forgot to mention Dave OBM is already in Progressive Electronic under Torture Gnosis (http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9856).
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Forwarded to the PM team, vomit and all.....
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SteveG
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Ok, enough with these B movie grade band names.
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Hey, they got your attention. See how good they work?
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'Tis true.
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Gordy
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I'm curious on the state of this one (I'm pleasantly surprised it's gotten so much traction already). Does bonnek or someone else come in to add their deciding vote?
As of 6/17
(@SteveG: my next two metal suggestions will be right up your alley, in both names and content)
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nick_h_nz
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I think they remain in purgatory until either one of those who voted changes their vote, or someone else adds a vote, as two thirds is not enough of a majority. 🤷🏻♂️
In the meantime, at least PA members might come across the band via this thread. So full credit for bringing them to our attention! Here is what I wrote in the collaborators discussion regarding the band (as I am a great fan of transparency):
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yam yam
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Gordy
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@David: I appreciate the post, but I'm pretty sure that promo pic is for the non-prog Mexican black metal band with the same name that were apparently around in the early 90s. The British Black Vomit remain obscured in mystery. As for their future possible admission, I continue to keep my fingers crossed
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The funny thing is reading the OP after having evaluated the band for inclusion. I tend to do the same thing with evaluating a band as I do with reviewing albums for TPA - in that I avoid reading anything about the subject. So when I see anything crop up in the Submit New Bands for prog metal, I tend to deliberately avoid those. I like to listen to the music without having any preconceived notions of what they might sound like.
So, I had no idea you had compared the band to Igorr, which obviously I did, too. (And it’s an obvious comparison to make). Seeing you mention Pharaoh Overlord absolutely makes sense, and as soon as I read that I said “yes!”. Put Pharaoh Overlord and Igorr together in your mind, and you probably have a fairly good idea of what Black Vomit sound like. I also get the Oranssi Pazuzu reference. Goblin, I’m not so sure about, but I’ll give you that. I don’t know the other bands, but since I like the bands you mentioned that I do know, then I guess it is worth my doing some investigation…. |
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Yeah, after further investigation you're right! I thought there might be a chance that it could be the British band because there were three of them, and most sites show the Mexican outfit as a four-piece, as per the photo below: However, When you look at co-founder A. Serpent Devotum's profile on Metal Archives, you see this image: And on a short Spanish podcast from July 2012 promoting the band's merchandise we see this one: Clearly the guy in the centre of the image I found under Black Vomit on Last.fm, and he doesn't really look like a typical resident of Sheffield UK, so it's back to the drawing board lol!
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Gordy
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I like and respect that approach and should try doing it more often. I tend to willingly drown myself in research about intriguing groups before I take the listening plunge, and was influenced to do so by the enthusiastic and almost hyperbolic reviews of prog-friendly (and defunct) record stores such as Aquarius Records, Crucial Blast and Volcanic Tongue. So it's thrilling to hear you detect the same reference points I do. To clarify, I get the Goblin similarities from the middle of Jungle Death, nodding towards the unique atmosphere of Suspiria; Lightning Bolt can be heard in the frenetic drumming blurred together into a murky Aluk Todolo-produced stew, and all of Jungle Death shares similar vibes with Yoga, another experimental, kosmische and black metal-adjacent group who are sorely missed (the infamous Piero Scaruffi calls Yoga "post-metal," for what it's worth): "Skinwalker" "Megafauna"
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Black Vomit added to Experimental/Post Metal.. |
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Gordy
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Awesome, thanks Mike! What a long, strange (dark and viscous) trip it's been!
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