# self titled (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover self titled. Page: Feed: --- ## [Friday Full-Length: Colour Haze, Chopping Machine](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/colour-haze-chopping-machine-in-full/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ The prevailing narrative around Chopping Machine — which starts with the sound of… wait for it… a machine, chopping — is that it’s not indicative of the band that Munich’s Colour Haze would become. Its sound, not unlike its cover art, is darker, more aggressive at points and more obscure genre-wise, its lineup is different, and it lacks \[…\] ## [Mojave Experience 2027: Corrosion of Conformity, Black Moon Cult & earthlings? Added to Lineup](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/mojave-experience-2027-coc-black-moon-cult-earthlings-adds/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Hard to get more desert-weirdo than earthlings?, but the lineup for Mojave Experience 2027 has shown multiple times over at this point that as much as the experience is about place, the musical reach is less limited to landscape. That is to say, Corrosion of Conformity are many things, and generational heavy rock pioneers among them, but \[…\] ## [Planet Desert Rock Weekend VII Adds Rezn, ASG & Fostermother to Lineup](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/planet-desert-rock-weekend-vii-rezn-asg-fostermother/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Some comings and goings in this announcement from Planet Desert Rock Weekend VII, with Australia’s Child and Italy’s Black Rainbows being unable to make the trip to Las Vegas but Rezn, ASG and Fostermother stepping in to fill those gaps. I don’t know the reasons for the dropoffs, but between logistics and visa expenses, time \[…\] ## [Stinking Lizaveta Premiere “Stinkface”; Call for Fan Stinkface Video Submissions](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/stinking-lizaveta-cassandra-prophet-of-doom-stinkface-premiere/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Don’t worry, they put extra stank on it to help the cause. “Stinkface” (premiering below) is the lead single from the 10th Stinking Lizaveta album, Cassandra, Prophet of Doom, which is set to release in less than a month, on Sept. 16 in continued collaboration with SRA Records. To celebrate the outing and maybe just \[…\] ## [Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol: Ca$h Grab LP Out Oct. 23; Title-Track Streaming](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/rickshaw-billies-burger-patrol-cash-grab-release/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ At long last, the album announcement and release date. Austin, Texas, bashers Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol have done well holding momentum over from 2024’s Big Dumb Riffs (review here) through touring and, starting earlier this year, eeking out singles even as the follow-up, titled Ca$h Grab, was still coming together. With the posting of the \[…\] ## [Early Moods to Release Ready for the Grave Sept. 18](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/early-moods-ready-for-the-grave-release/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Not to be a nerd or anything, but a third record from L.A.’s Early Moods is a thing I’ve been looking forward to since the first one. The trad-leaning five-piece have torched decades and captured classic-style glories all the while, and with the significant time they’ve spent on the road behind them, they have yet \[…\] ## [Enslaved to Release New Album Mið Oct. 30](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/20/enslaved-mid-release/) _2026-08-20 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Okay, look. I’m not trying to cast aspersions or talk smack about either the band or the label here. If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you know I have a tremendous and long-standing respect for Norwegian progressive black metal forefathers Enslaved, and truth be told I’m very much looking forward to \[…\] ## [Black Feather Fuzz Premiere Fuzzy Catharsis EP in Full; Out Tomorow](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/20/black-feather-fuzz-fuzzy-catharsis-review-premiere/) _2026-08-20 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ It’s a new day for Brazil’s Black Feather Fuzz, who trace their origins back 15 years to 2011 and tomorrow release their five-song EP, Fuzzy Catharsis, as their first outing under a new name. It’s pretty close to their own moniker, which was Black Feather Klan — and surely the cultural connotations of starting ‘clan’ \[…\] ## [Acid Rooster to Release Live at Fuzz Club Festival 2025 Oct. 9](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/20/acid-rooster-live-at-fuzz-club-festival-2025-release/) _2026-08-20 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Ahead of a new studio full-length slated for Spring 2027, German fuzzonauts Acid Rooster are releasing their live album, Live at Fuzz Club Festival 2025, on Oct. 9 through — you guessed it — Fuzz Club Records. Right now, for those so inclined and of suitably expanded mind, the vibe-heavy single “Irrlichter” is streaming at the bottom of \[…\] ## [My Sleeping Karma Open-Air All-Dayer to Feature Rotor, Daily Thompson and More](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/20/my-sleeping-karma-open-air-lineup/) _2026-08-20 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ To follow-up on their ‘Karma Haze’ tour last year alongside Colour Haze, Aschaffenburg, Germany’s My Sleeping Karma are hosting a hometown open-air all-dayer on Sept. 12 with Rotor, Daily Thompson, Lucid Void, Abzug and Noisy Valet rounding out the bill. I don’t know if you call this Aschaffenburg Open Air, MSK Open Air, or just \[…\] ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fVEVkxqo5lko) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Codex Serafini European Tour Starts Sept. 2](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/19/codex-serafini-euro-tour/) _2026-08-19 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Heralding last Fall’s full-length, Mother, Give Your Children Sanity (review here), UK weirdopsych troupe Codex Serafini are set to embark on a round of mainland Euro tour dates starting Sept. 2 in Hamburg. They’ll mostly be in Germany and France, which is often how it goes, but are also set to make forays into Switzerland, \[…\] ## [Neurosis, Emma Ruth Rundle and More to Play Roadburn 2027](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/19/roadburn-2027-neurosis-emma-ruth-rundle/) _2026-08-19 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Having already played Fire in the Mountains this summer and announced a limited selection of live dates, for the Fall, post-metal innovators Neurosis will return to Roadburn 2027 next Spring in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The band and festival are long associated, have journeyed together across years where the band has curated (2010; killer) and celebrated \[…\] ## [Khan Announce Fall 2026 UK & European Tour](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/19/khan-fall-2026-euro-tour/) _2026-08-19 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ The upcoming Fall European tour for Khan not only sees the Melbourne-based three-piece continuing to support their massive 2025 two-songer full-length That Fair and Warlike Form // Return to Dust (review here) and partners them with Skin Thief, for whom the Euro run represents new turf, but it ties together previously announced appearances at Stoomfest and Desertfest Belgium 2026. And \[…\] ## [Vulture Neck Premiere “Raining Fire, Raining Stones”; Self-Titled Debut Out Sept. 4](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/19/vulture-neck-self-titled-review-premiere/) _2026-08-19 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Vulture Neck release their self-titled debut full-length on Sept. 4. The Stockholm-based trio offer seven songs on the 37-minute long-player, and meet heavy rock methodologies and tones with darker currents of metal and a raw progressivism in the construction. What does any of that mean? Well, they have fuzz and, broadly speaking, are riff led. \[…\] ## [HUFR Fest II Adds Denver Showcase Pre-Show w/ Cobranoid and More](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/18/hufr-fest-ii-pre-show/) _2026-08-18 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ So, in addition to the addition of the four-band lineup for the pre-party on May 13 — ‘The Denver Showcase,’ as it’s labeled below — and the badass bill for the rest of the days as has been so far revealed, HUFR Fest II announced this past week that it’s running a poster contest for \[…\] ## [Iron Jinn to Release Zeitgeist on the Run Sept. 19](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/18/iron-jinn-zeitgeist-on-the-run-release/) _2026-08-18 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Netherlands-based dark heavy progressive rockers Iron Jinn have announced their new album, Zeitgeist on the Run, playing off Paul McCartney and continuing the Louise Te Poele artwork theme from their recent 18-minute premiered-here single “The Futurist.” The record will be out Sept. 19, released at a show in Nijmegen with zZz, and preorders are up now for those \[…\] ## [Review & Full Album Premiere: Celophys, Neanderthal](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/18/celophys-neanderthal-review-full-premiere/) _2026-08-18 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Ukrainian solo outfit Celophys will release its sixth album, Neanderthal, this Friday, Aug. 21, through Robustfellow Productions. The band operates with Oleksandr Beregovyi as its lone denizen, and was last heard from with 2022’s Wulong, though “Paleo Dub,” which closes here, was also issued as a standalone single in 2025 and while four years matches \[…\] ## [Domkraft to Release Night Songs Nov. 20; “Void Runner” Video Posted](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/18/domkraft-night-songs-release/) _2026-08-18 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ It’s kind of astonishing how identifiable Domkraft‘s sound has become over the last decade. There’s no doubt who you’re listening to in the new single “Void Runner,” even as the Swedish trio lean into atmospherics, adjusting the balance of impact and ambience that has made their records to-date so spaciously crushing while furthering the songwriting \[…\] ## [Materializer East Coast Tour Starts Aug. 26](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/17/materializer-east-coast-tour/) _2026-08-17 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Materializer is the two-piece of guitarist/vocalist Conner Poole and drummer Chris Poole, brothers who up until last year were bandmates in the trio The Swell Fellas. If you caught wind of that band’s 2024 swansong LP, Residuum Unknown (review here), you probably already know that the moniker didn’t really suit the album’s heavy and post-metallic atmospheres, \[…\] ## [Constance Tomb Announce November European Tour Dates](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/17/constance-tomb-euro-tour/) _2026-08-17 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ About a month ago, Washington heavy post-punk rockers Constance Tomb let it be known that the basic tracks for their new album, which is revealed to be called Exploding Head in the tour announcement that follows here, were done. Band founder/principal songwriter Tony Reed (Mos Generator, late of Pentagram, etc.) had already assembled a live trio and they’ve been doing \[…\] ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sonfkMMvhnJv) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [The Ribeye Brothers to Release Shipmates of Sound Oct. 30; “Not Today” Streaming](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/17/the-ribeye-brothers-shipmates-of-sound-release/) _2026-08-17 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Set to release Oct. 30 according to The Ribeye Brothers‘ Bandcamp page, the band’s new album, Shipmates of Sound, is also slated to be their final outing, arriving as it will more than a year after the passing of frontman Tim Cronin. Cronin, of whom Red Bank, New Jersey, should almost certainly be erecting a \[…\] ## [Psalm Premiere “Pain” From Split LP w/ Erosions](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/17/psalm-erosions-split-review-premiere/) _2026-08-17 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ The vinyl for the new split LP between Freepoint, Illinois’ Erosions and Las Vegas’ Psalm is due in October as the first release through new Denver-based imprint Space Goat Records. The LP, manageable at 33 minutes and maybe a little punk for the shorter runtime, does not shy away from its sense of worship, whether \[…\] ## [Quarterly Review: Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, Tidal Wave, Thunderchief, Umma, Rifle, Brass Hearse, Svindel, Dirtmother, Hijss, Deley Sound System](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/14/quarterly-review-summer-2026-day-5/) _2026-08-14 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Well, I have just about a full week’s worth of news to catch up on, so we must be coming down to the end of the Quarterly Review. “Planets align. A king is born. Dodge Swinger.” Etc. It’s been real, though. Again, I didn’t go one day without putting something in my notes for end-of-year \[…\] ## [Quarterly Review: Child, Dr. Space, Shadow of Jupiter, Psychedelic Source Records, Fangus, Hollow Drifter, Veilcaste, Robot God, Mothertomb, Producer](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/13/quarterly-review-summer-2026-day-4/) _2026-08-13 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Some off-laptop bumps and unpleasantness yesterday, but nothing to actually derail this process, just to make it both less efficient and less pleasant. I’m grateful for that. Life happens, and what I’ve learned is that there are two ways to be a “lifer” in music or any kind of anything, and the easier and often \[…\] ## [Earthbong Premiere “Third Eye”; Salutations to the Cultivators Out Oct. 23](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/13/earthbong-salutations-to-the-cultivators-release-third-eye-premiere/) _2026-08-13 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Kiel, Germany, bong metal ritualists Earthbong will release their fourth album, Salutations to the Cultivators, on Oct. 23 through The Lasting Dose Records and Evil Noise Recordings. The day after that, they’ll be at the Church of Riffs to celebrate among the throng at this year’s Høstsabbat before undertaking more crush-you-in-person live activity in Germany in November, with \[…\] ## [Quarterly Review: Warning, Mike Bee & The Acid Fuzz Trio, Teké Collective, Carson, Buzzard, Illwind, Spiral Galaxy, Gurt, Crumbling Ghost, Purest Form](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/12/quarterly-review-summer-2026-day-3/) _2026-08-12 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Today is the traditional passing-the-midpoint of the Quarterly Review — hump day, if you need it on humping terms — and indeed, this 50-release QR keeps with that tradition. It’s been almost absurdly easy so far to get through, as the best of them are, and not one day — including this one — has \[…\] [Listen](https://www.instagram.com/purestform.wav/) ## [Quarterly Review: Edena Gardens, Stone Clones, Os Solair, Darren Ironside, Sun Voyager, Oath, Automaton, Witch Ripper, Hostile Tides, Johnny Tirade and the Circle of Futures Past](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/11/quarterly-review-summer-2026-day-2/) _2026-08-11 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ I don’t know how many Quarterly Reviews I’ve done at this point, but aside making my wife avoid me for a week, they’re always their own, probably-doesn’t-make-sense-to-anyone-else kind of fun, and it’s an engagement with music that I don’t get in any other way, even doing this site. Some of it feels like the old \[…\] ## [Quarterly Review: Goddess, Irata, Gutward, Smokemaster, Bantoriak, Troy the Band, Burning Sister, The Heavy Eyes, For Eons, Rödtjut](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/10/quarterly-review-summer-2026-day-1/) _2026-08-10 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Hi and welcome to the Summer 2026 Quarterly Review. Every day this week I’ll be posting a round of 10 reviews to total 50 by Friday, rounding up recent releases, stuff I’ve missed, etc. There are a few things in the mix that aren’t out yet that I’m going to sneak in (shh…), but it’s \[…\] ## [Friday Full-Length: Mos Generator, Nomads](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/07/mos-generator-nomads-in-full/) _2026-08-07 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Released in 2012, this album turns 15 next year, and I’d imagine there will be some fanfare around that with a rerelease or whathaveyou, at least potentially. I thought about waiting until 2027 for it, putting it on the list and filing it away for the time being, and that made sense until I actually \[…\] ## [Deathchant to Release Kova Sept. 25; “Enemy” Video Posted](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/07/deathchant-kova-release/) _2026-08-07 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Seeing Deathchant live is always a pleasure, and I’m sure the Los Angeles four-piece will be out again in celebration of their upcoming fourth full-length, Kova. The newly-announced album is titled in honor of a friend of the band who passed away, and is heralded by the single/opening track “Enemy,” which is out today, while the \[…\] ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/egSnHZTpOROe) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Stinking Lizaveta to Release Cassandra, Prophet of Doom Sept. 16](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/07/stinking-lizaveta-cassandra-prophet-of-doom-release/) _2026-08-07 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ New Stinking Lizaveta coming. Heads up that Philly’s primo doom-jazz practicioners are following up the summer tour that took them throughout Europe and included a stop at Bear Stone Festival in Croatia will follow their October excursion to Emissions From the Monolith with another round of touring in November, heading south along the Eastern Seaboard \[…\] ## [Steak to Release Self-Titled LP Oct. 9](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/07/steak-self-titled-release/) _2026-08-07 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Two singles have been posted thus far from Steak‘s impending self-titled LP, out Oct. 9 through Stickman Records and Ripple Music. The London five-piece released “Cometh” first alongside a video and then “Luxury Junk” premiered here to celebrate their June tour supporting All Them Witches. Both songs speak to an expanded mindset in terms of \[…\]