October 2025: Matt Recommends

October was a pretty good month (for music) if we're being honest. This is gonna be a spitfire of recommendations with little insight. Strap in!

Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Lifeblood: The month started off really well with the latest from this dynamic cellist. Lifeblood is a captivating and passionate affair that draws you in as if you weren't freely giving yourself over to it already. Excellent work, as always.



M.E.L.T. - Innervate/Obliterate: High-energy psych/indie/fuzz/stoner rock power trio. Very high energy. Best enjoyed very high.



Verona Florrist - Verona Florrist: Stoner doom trio from Toronto. Big powerful sound with nuance. Not afraid to "get into'er" and crush some skulls. FFO AAWKS.



Frayle - Heretics and Lullabies: Heavy doom rock with haunting melodies and ethereal vocals. The atmosphere fills the room in a similar way to Alice in Chains.



Biohazard - Divided We Fall: I've been a Biohazard fan for over 25 years and I was not disappointed by this return! First album in 12 years! (Not on Bandcamp.)



Soulfly - Chama: I'm a big Soulfly fan. My first ever tattoo was the Soulfly wings logo. They sound a lot different than 1998 but Max always rules! (Not on Bandcamp either.)



Cattlemass - Alpha 1128: Kick-ass fuckin' doom. Fuzzed-out and dripping with groove. Crank it! Crush something!



Hawklords - Faith: Yes, this is an offshoot of Hawkwind. And they sound like it. Always a trip with these lads!



The Acacia Strain - You Are Safe From God Here: I don't always go for deathcore. If you can even call this deathcore. It's pretty doomy. And angry.



Space Witch - Mountains of Neptune: Instrumental space doom masterpiece! It's been eight years since their last album. Well worth the wait. Safe travels, friends.



Like I said, it was a good month and I wanted to highlight as many as I could. Check out my October Playlist for more good tunes.

Here's what folder I put these albums in

As I try to figure out what albums will make my Top 40 or so of 2008 I put them into one of 2 folders. NOPE, or I KNOW it's good. Here is how I shifted some of the latest I listened to:

Scott Hull - Requiem: NOPE
Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure: NOPE
Soilent Green- Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction: NOPE
Mammoth Volume - Loved by Few, Hated By Dolphins Vol. 1: I KNOW it's good
Saviours - Into Abaddon: I KNOW it's good
Rotten Sound - Cycles: I KNOW it's good
Soulfly - Conquer: I KNOW it's good
Pitch Black Forecast - Absentee: I KNOW it's good

The Inaugural Post

Hey meatheads!!

This is the first post of my new Metal blog, Kingdom of Noise.
To start things off, I love metal. DUH!
What I will be writing about here is stuff like album reviews, metal related movie reviews, metal related book reviews, the occasional concert review (stay tuned for Cancer Bats Dec 19) and what I have been listening to recently.

I LOVE to talk about metal so PLEASE feel free to bitch at me about my opinions and/or suggest a better band.

So, today, I well, it was a slow metal day. I, ah, listened to a few songs of the new Soulfly album, Conquer. I love that album. I am gonna head over to myspace and check out the 2 new Cavalera-less Sepultura tunes. I'll let ya know what I think.