Episode 65

Greetings. I’ve returned like the snow did last night, albeit almost phantom-like in its fleetingness. There is much in the way of your metals of death and blackness this month. This installment also features a hefty amount of noise/sonic weirdness, not to mention electronics. Hopefully it soothes your nerves. Thank you for the continued support.

Schedule alert: I’ll be back the second Wednesday of January. I’m not wasting my time churning one of these out for New Year’s Day. January 8th will mark my return. May the end of 2024 find you well. Onward.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time  noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One:

01) Paineater – “Genocide King”
02) In Obscurity Revealed – “Magnum Spectrum” (04:20)
03) Necrony – “Under the Black Soil” (07:05)
04) Pestilength – “Phorme” (11:30)
05) Flying Testicle – “Dark Eyes” (15:25)
06) Jimmy Smack – “Death is Certain” (23:00)
07) Lisa Gerrard – “The Rite” (24:55)

Side Two:

08) The Sun of Mithras “IV” (28:10)
09) Kampfar – “Flammen fra Nord” (31:15)
10) Satanic Magick – “Unbreakable Domination” (36:40)
11) Veins Like Vines – “The Wound-Bearer and His Lance…” (41:30)
12) Caroliner Rainbow Throw Up Fantasy – “Bow Tie Buddy” (45:40)
13) Schleimer K – “Come to Me” (49:10)
14) Nocturnal Emissions – “Don’t Believe It’s Over” (51:35)

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Episode 61

Greetings, with this episode Anxiety Eternal has been a festering sore on the face of society for five years. Much has changed in the world-at-large (and in your selector’s corner) in the past half decade and I appreciate all who have taken the ride. That being said, the music is the focus here, not reflection.

With Summer in full swing I felt the need to inject some speed into the mix which I feel has been lacking of late. Worry not, as the dirges and the misery also show themselves so as not to overwhelm the senses with pace for pace’s sake. There’s not much more to add other than thanks as always for any and all support. I will return the first Wednesday of September with the next installment. Anxiety Eternal is Eternal.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time  noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One:

01) In Disgust – “Vas a Ver”
02) Kill The Client – “A Mockery of Guidance” (01:05)
03) Kinetic Orbital Strike – “Evil Action” (02:10)
04) Sexpill – “South East Santa” (03:20)
05) Wad – “No Provisions” (06:35)
06) Kilslug – “A Curse Will Fall” (11:40)
07) Ausgang A-Go-Go – “Turn on Tonic” (16:30)
08) Stein Im Brett – “Skalpell” (23:20)

Side Two:

09) Maria Violenza – “Sicilian Ghost” (28:00)
10) Fire Messiah – “Children of Light” (34:50)
11) Dune Mear – “Withered Masque” (39:55)
12) Febris Manea – “Vanity & Vexation of Spirit” (43:00)
13) Southern Spruce – “Summer Morning Exhibition” (45:55)
14) Hardy Kukuk – “.. …. So” (49:00)
15) Matt Howden – “Shu – Lord of Light” (52:15)

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Episode 57

Hello once again. Hopefully the all-covers episode treated you well and you were left filled with mirth and nostalgia. But it is time to return to form.

April’s episode is filled to the brim with blackened noise and…regular noise, I guess. It also starts with a great deal of punk nastiness. Perhaps I’m raging against the dying darkness as the temperature soars and my mood sours. There’s no way anyone could know. BUT, you have nearly 60 minutes of sonic mayhem to use at your discretion. Please do so.

Thanks as always for any and all support. It is much appreciated. I will return the first Wednesday of May with more musical bullshit to tide you over until the next time.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time  noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One:

01) Scumraid – “Chronic Isolation”
02) Fairytale – “Fairytale” (01:15)
03) Enewetak – “Hands Are Tied” (05:05)
04) Virgin Witch – “Nail of Dicara” (09:40)
05) Final Dose – “Like Rats” (12:50)
06) The Black – “The Priest of Satan” (15:20)
07) Phaunos – “III” (19:45)

Side Two:

08) Altarage – “Foregone” (28:55)
09) Dead World – “El Shaddi” (35:50)
10) Carbonized Organs – “Evil Rectum” (40:50)
11) Ariadne – “Feeble Heart” (46:40)
12) Zero Kama – “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome” (48:35)
13) Scorpio Doctrine – “The Dragon Called Christ” (51:45)

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Episode 55

Greetings! I’ve returned with more filth for the lot of you’s. This month is pretty orthodox in its “darkness” on side one with primarily black and death metal tracks. Side two is when things go a bit off the rails (hopefully in a good way). But that tends to be my “process” for better or worse.

As for my monthly weather report–we got snow and it’s been cold. I am in my element so maybe that means this episode also sounds more jubilant somehow (?).

Anyway, that’s all for now. See you the first Wednesday of March for the next installment. Thank you for any and all support.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One:

01) Wilsumnes – “Sacrificial Blood”
02) Slutvomit – “Baphomet’s Call” (04:50)
03) Craft – “Fuck the Universe” (09:40)
04) Kapala – “Moral Attrition” (14:05)
05) Concrete Winds – “Sulphuric Upheaval” (18:20)
06) Ensepulcher – “Perishing in Morbidity” (20:35)
07) Grotesque Bliss – “Bringeth Death to Life” (22:35)

Side Two:

08) Spine Wrench – “Lie Baiter” (28:50)
09) Realize – “Simulated World Down” (33:35)
10) White Slug – “SS Musick” (37:45)
11) Formal Defect – “Feel Your Crime” (40:25)
12) Gus Coma – “The Infiltrators” (44:30)
13) Abner Malaty, Alix Cain, and Tom Burris – “I Am Spirit” (49:30)
14) Sa Lansangan – “Maniningil, Maniningil + Sees Them” (54:20)

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Episode 54

A new year and another chapter in the book of Anxiety Eternal. If you’re interested in my opinions on the releases that were released (and actually heard by your selector) in 2023, feel free to mosey over to my Instagram (@Anxiety_Eternal) for such frivolity. If not, make no such detour.

This month brings more synth and electronic foul play than recent episodes while still retaining the expected viciousness and cold detachment I assume listeners expect of this project. Not much else to add, I’ll let you decide the merits of this installment.

Thank you for any support and I will return the first Wednesday of next month with more unnerving audial mayhem.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One:

01) Scimitar – “Flame War”
02) Aïboforcen – “S…You F…Too Much!” (05:20)
03) Security Device – “Clone” (08:10)
04) Gruuthaagy – “Zvanje Drevne Aveti” (13:45)
05) Havohej – “Seven Jinn” (16:00)
06) Khanate – “Dead” (19:25)

Side Two:

07) The Infinity Ring – “Tiferet II” (28:30)
08) Fursaxa – “Alone in the Dark Wood” (33:00)
09) Norn – “To True Luminaries” (37:20)
10) Somnolent – “I” (40:50)
11) Goat Piss – “Cacophony of Piss” (47:15)
12) Possession – “Crux Immissa” (50:15)
13) Miasmatic Necrosis – “Apex Profane” (53:10)

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Episode 49

I’ve returned with a new collection of depraved songs to dazzle and disappoint. This month’s episode is pretty heavy on black metal and its offshoots. At least relative to my recent output. Perhaps it’s my subconscious straining and bucking from the heat.

I’ve now officially been making song selections for strangers (at least this cohort) for four years. Thank you to all who have listened over the years. Hopefully you continue to do so as I begin year five of this project.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One:

01) Gitrog – “I Am the Tower”
02) Kaarna – “Vaskimies ja punainen kirves” (02:40)
03) Absolute Key – “Absent Doors” (08:25)
04) Grok – “Emptied Out” (13:45)
05) Maeglin – “My Father’s Father’s War” (19:05)
06) Grave Chalice – “Descending Mirror of Ascending Flesh” (22:55)

Side Two:

07) Eggs of Gomorrh – “Elation Devout” (28:20)
08) Messe Mortuaire – “Filius Diaboli” (33:40)
09) Reputdeath – “The Reek of Emptiness” (40:00)
10) Grief – “Isolation” (46:00)
11) Anti-Cimex – “Prelude E-Minor / Criminal Trap” (49:50)
12) Hüstler – “Uniform Fetish” (53:35)

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Episode 41

Here it is, the final episode of the year 2022. No best-of’s or end-of-the-year lists* and whatnot, just the standard weirdness and general discomfort listeners can expect from this project.

This month leans heavily into the blackened and the punk side of things; so hopefully to your liking. I’m also pretty sure this might be the first episode with two tracks featuring female performers, which is pretty embarrassing if I’m being honest. Here’s hoping for more diversity in personnel for the coming year.

See you the first Wednesday of next month. 

*I always appreciate (assuming the person doesn’t have shit taste) reading a well-curated best-of list. Please do not hesitate to share yours.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One:

01) Hold Me Down – “Faces”
02) Gnaw Their Tongues – “Nihilism; Tied Up and Burning” (04:00)
03) Fetishism – “Death is the Key” (09:15)
04) Altar of Woe – “The Flame of Truth” (15:45)
05) Begat – “Begat” (20:05)
06) Agalloch – “The Lodge” (23:50)

Side Two:

07) Swordwielder – “Out of Hades” (28:15)
08) Doldrey – “Endless Torment” (35:55)
09) Sørdïd – “Another Day” (38:35)
10) Kobra – “C.P.D.M.” (39:50)
11) Salvation – “Voices in the House” (42:45)
12) The Creatures – “Sky Train” (49:55)
13) Nathalie Stern – “Then You Talk of War” (53:00)

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Episode 39.5

Here arrives the third installment in the annual “Samhain” episode. Once you begin this sonic journey you’ll be prepared for the darker months ahead of you. Unless, of course, you do not reside in the hemisphere in which this collection was assembled. In which case, I suppose you could utilize these sounds to cool your brow.

Hopefully this selection of songs finds you well. I tried to be more representative of the wider swath of genres I dabble within, so I may have over-shot myself. You tell me if this is incoherent. Enjoy and thank you for your support.

See you in one week for the 40th episode in our regularly scheduled malevolence.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time noted in the parentheses after each track:

01) Trench Stench – “Fullmoon Sacrifice”
02) Aucun – “Staring from the Hollows” (01:25)
03) Blot & Bod – “Kom i hu” (03:45)
04) Innumerable Forms – “Catacombs Beneath the Frozen Sea” (05:35)
05) Geld – “The Floor” (06:25)
06) Burnt Skull – “Abduction (Lost Underground)” (07:00)
07) Human Failure – “Disassembling Morality” (08:45)
08) Raspberry Bulbs – “Interlude II” (11:15)
09) The Gault – “Ire” (13:00)
10) Witchcraft – “Bewitchment at the Avernus Gate” (15:30)
11) Aisna – “Celsclan” (16:55)
12) Gate Master – “Ritual…Declaration…” (19:05)
13) Voids of Nirvana – “Orthopraxy Abandoned” (20:35)
14) Akitsa – “Dernier souffle” (22:00)
15) Vide – “It Just Is.” (24:05)
16) Agalloch – “A Celebration for the Death of Man…” (24:50)
17) Ifernach – “↟ ↟ ↟” (27:10)

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Episode 39

The rain and the cool have returned which brings much joy to my heart. Gone (for now, at least) is the heat and the stinging brightness of Summer and in its place is a comforting chill.

Perhaps this abrupt switch in climate lead to this month’s episode being heavier on the black metal than recent installments from the hotter and sunnier months. Either way, this episode likely appeals to the “black metallers” out there. I haven’t much else to say this month. Enjoy and thank you for the support.

See you in three weeks for the third annual dungeon synth / dark ambient special.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One

01) Pa Vesh En – “A Funeral Procession”

02) Odz Manouk – “Damiens (The Regicide)”
 (04:55)
03) Chambre Froide – “Les enfants de Baal” (09:55)

04) Soldier-Tower – “Lon Laith”
 (15:45)
05) Current 93 – “Invocation of Almost”
 (19:50)
06) This Heat – “Triumph” (26:00)

Side Two

07) Stratvm Terror – “Darkgrave” (28:25)
08) Terror Cell Unit – “The Nuclear Family” (32:45)
09) Slick Son – “How to Erase Yourself” (36:30)
10) Persona – “Getting Fucked” (40:00)
11) Game – “Foundation and Empire” (43:00)
12) The Arm and Sword of a Bastard God – “Annex Wasteland” (47:25)
13) Swamp Witch – “Bayou Tomb” (52:00)

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Episode 38

Welcome back, friends. The heat is breaking and it rained all day today which places me in a superior mood for this monthly exercise. Hopefully you, the listener, find this installment to be smoother and less formulaic than the last few. I try not to fall into a pattern but no one is immune to the siren song of “That’ll do.”

That being said, I feel like this episode is very natural in its unfurling and eventual denouement. Hopefully you find it enjoyable.

See you the first Wednesday of next month.

The artists and their respective tracks are as follows with each track time noted in the parentheses after each track:

Side One:

01) Tortvred Realm – “‘Neath a Storm ov Savage Steel”

02) Waskerley Way – “Flower Show”
 (03:45)
03) Fall of Saigon – “On the Beach at Fontana”
 (07:40)
04) Twin Stumps – “Beyond the Door”
 (10:45)
05) Black Army Jacket – “Empire of Tears” (15:10)

06) Gag – “Prison Wife” (21:00)
07) Fashion Change – “Death is a Mirror 2” (22:20)

08) Arnaut Pavle – “Eat the Soil from This Grave” (24:00)

Side Two:

09) Bobak – “And the Moon” (28:20)
10) Vorde – “Hatewave” (31:35)
11) Cabinet – “Claustrophobic Dysentery Excreted From the Chiffonier” (37:55)
12) Slog – “Hidden Realities” (43:00)
13) Then Tingari – “Hungry” (47:25)
14) Dead Can Dance – “In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated” (53:10)

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