Radical Research

20/08/2024

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20/08/2024

Heal and Kill.

Wagner:
Craft - White Noise and Black Metal
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Ofermod - Sol Nox
Marduk - Those of the Unlight
Trelldom - “Exit Existence,” “Between the World”
Loudblast - Disincarnate
Kansas - “Throwing Mountains,” “The Song the River Sang”
Styx - Equinox
50% of Styx - Man of Miracles
60% of Strawbs - Nomadness
Landberk - Indian Summer
Landberk - One Man Tells Another
Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
Coroner - R.I.P.
Wire - 154
Peter Hammill - Patience

Ginn:
Dark Angel - Leave Scars
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Nirvana - Bleach
Seefeel - More Like Space
Gorgoroth - Incipit Satan
Placebo - Without You I’m Nothing
Black Witchery - Desecration of the Holy Kingdom
Gas - Konigsforst
Curve - Cuckoo
Toby Driver - In the L..L..Library Loft
Nocturnus - The Key
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
Beastmilk - Use Your Deluge
Voivod - Dimension Hatross
Codeine - The White Birch
Cave In - Antenna
Mr. Bungle - California
Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Thou Art Lord - Eosphoros
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Obliveon - From This Day Forward
Joe Farrell - Moon Germs
Godflesh - Songs of Love and Hate
Queensryche - Empire
Egg - The Polite Force
His Name Is Alive - Home Is in the Head
Confessor - Condemned
Medicine - The Hidden Life
Candlemass - Dactylis Glomerata
Landberk - Indian Summer
Split Enz - “Breaking My Back,” “Years Go By”
Dodheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast
Hero - Hero
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Magnetic Flip
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P
Monster Magnet - Dopes to Infinity

19/08/2024

We are absolutely gutted to learn that Ulver's Tore Ylvisaker has passed away at the age of 54. A huge part of Ulver's work since 1998, Tore's musical contributions will live on forever. We send condolences to the rest of Ulver, Tore's family and all friends who were brightened by his presence. The world is richer because of your music, sir. Fly free.

19/08/2024

A new .5 episode (our short, between-episode excursions) is out! Here we self-flagellate for not getting into Cryptopsy's 'None So Vile' sooner. 28 years later, we are on board!
https://radicalresearch.org/episode-118-5-better-slit-than-never-cryptopsys-none-so-vile-28-years-later/

08/08/2024

We just noticed we have 999 likes on this page. Who's gonna be #1000? We know we have more listeners than this, so if you're out there, Person 1000...make yourself known! ;)
As you were...

08/08/2024

This just in: Music is STILL the Best. Share your listens, you freaks!

(Please note: no playlist post or new episode next week, but we'll be back the week of the 19th.)

Wagner:
Coroner - Mental Vortex
Coroner - No More Color
Diskord / Atvm - Bipolarities split
Kansas - Point of Know Return
Strawbs - Ghosts
Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens
Marduk - Dark Endless
Malign - Demo 1/95
Ofermod - Tiamtu
Voivod - Angel Rat
Landberk - Indian Summer
Landberk - Unaffected
Fantomas - Fantomas

Ginn:
To Rococo Rot - Veiculo
Don Caballero - World Class Listening Problem
Popol Vuh - Nosferatu
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gruppen
Pest - Ãra
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Zs - Zs, “Bump”
Be***al Warlust - Blood & Valour
V/A - Decay Product
Jacula - In Cauda Semper Stat Venerum
Archgoat - Worship the Eternal Darkness
The March Violets - The Botanic Verses
Paraxism - Selected Works
Plastikman - Consumed
In the Woods… - HEart of the Ages
Mind Over Four - Halfway Down
Comsat Angels - “The Secret”
D.C. Cooper - D.C. Cooper
Acid Bath - PTT Radio Edits
Dimension Zero - Penetrations from the Lost World
Laughing Hyenas - “Outlaw”
Samael - Rebellion

07/08/2024

Episode 118 is ready for your consideration! Within, we survey 5 metal albums built of one long song. Join us as we dissect lengthy, ambitious works by Renaissance (Belgium), Edge of Sanity, Sabbat (Japan), Fates Warning, and Green Carnation. There's only one good song on these albums!

https://radicalresearch.org/episode-118-theres-only-one-good-song-on-these-albums-one-song-metal-albums/

06/08/2024

Thank you for the Destination Onward 👉Please share yours in the comments below.👇
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31/07/2024

"Music is the strongest form of magic" - Marilyn Manson

Lately...

Wagner:
Landberk - Indian Summer
Voivod - Dimension Hatross
Voivod - Nothingface
Coroner - final sessions stuff from ‘95 s/t
Coroner - Grin
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Fantomas - The Director’s Cut
Peter Hammill - Patience
Eddie Jobson Zinc - The Green Album
UK - Night After Night
Strawbs - Hero and Heroine
Styx - The Serpent is Rising
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Craft - White Noise and Black Metal

Ginn:
Gorguts - Obscura
Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
OLD - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
Fennesz - Endless Summer
Cathedral - “Melancholy Emperor,” “Whores to Oblivion,” “Alchemist of Sorrow”
Bang on a Can - Gigantic Dancing Human Machine
Voivod - Angel Rat
Autechre - Chiastic Slide
Monster Magnet - Superjudge
Anathema - Pentecost III
Ministry - Psalm 69
Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
Miles Davis - Sorcerer
Obituary - Cause of Death
Etron Fou Leloublan - Les Trois Fou’s Perdégagnent (Au Pays des)

30/07/2024

A fun and easy little .5, this one, 117.5 touches on Ginn's love for Steve Gadd. (RR118 will be live next week, covering the one-song albums by Renaissance [Belgium], Edge of Sanity, Sabbat [Japan], Fates Warning and Green Carnation.) Cheers!
https://radicalresearch.org/episode-117-5-ginn-loves-gadd/

28/07/2024

If you love FATES WARNING, you need this book! 👉 www.FatesWarningBook.com or https://bit.ly/FatesWarning_Amazon
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25/07/2024

Radical Research episode 117 is ready! Recorded together in Savannah, GA, this is our third delving into Steven Wilson's fantastic and beguiling 4CD 'Intrigue' compilation (highlights: Dali's Car, Thomas Dolby, Crispy Ambulance, Peter Hammill, and a Cardiacs offshoot, amongst others. And a couple we do not like!) Please listen, like, rate and review...thank you!
https://radicalresearch.org/episode-117-steven-wilsons-intrigue-compilation-dissection-part-3/

24/07/2024

We love seeing what you've been listening to! RR117 launches tomorrow. Hails to all you freaks.

Wagner:
Thule - Liquid (Rock and Roll Dream)
Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker
Death - Human
Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens
Hail Spirit Noir - Eden in Reverse
Judas Priest - “Grinder,” “Fever,” “Night Comes Down”
Accept - “Winterdreams”
Darkthrone - Total Death
Ofermod - Ofermodian Litanies
Malign - A Sun to Scorch 10”
Void - Void (2012)
Landberk - Indian Summer
Landberk - Unaffected
Strawbs - Grave New World
Strawbs - a frosty concoction I call The Liquids EP (“Down by the Sea,” “The River,” “Tears and Pavan”)
Styx - Styx side 2
Styx - "A Day," "Earl of Roseland," "I'm Gonna Make You Feel It"
Voivod - War and Pain
Voivod - “Slaughter in a Grave,” “Helldriver,” “Cockroaches,” “Too Scared to Scream”
Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
Enslaved - “What Else is There”
Manes - Pathei Mathos

Ginn:
Gyorgi Ligeti - Requiem
Absu - The Third Storm of Cythraul
Third Eye Foundation - Semtex
Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones
Misfits - “We Bite”
Autechre - Tri Repeatae
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
Cryptopsy - None More Vile
Morrissey - Bona Drag
Algaion - General Enmity
Gorgoroth - Destroyer
Monster Magnet - Spine of God
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Tad - 8-Way Santa
Ladytron - “Tomorrow”
The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
Astor Piazzolla - Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night
Virus - Carheart
Ripping Co**se - Dreaming With the Dead
The Jesus Lizard - Liar
Dysrhythmia - Coffin of Conviction
Flower Travellin’ Band - Satori

19/07/2024

Got 8 minutes? Listen to our new episode, 116.5, which calls out the metal bands brave enough to tackle the hot middle in King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man," and the ones who avoid it!
https://radicalresearch.org/episode-116-5-king-crimsons-schizoid-man-and-the-metal-in-the-hot-middle/

16/07/2024

Listening for the past 9 or 10 days...individually, together. !!!sU nioJ

JW:
Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker
Void - Void (2012)
Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens
v/a - Intrigue compilation, CD3
Split Enz - Time and Tide
Split Enz - Conflicting Emotions
Split Enz - See Ya Round
Soundgarden - King Animal
Voivod - To the Death 1984 demo
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Liege Lord - Master Control
Borknagar - Winter Thrice
Borknagar - Fall
Funeral Mist - Salvation
Red Temple Spirits - Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon
Thule - Liquid (Rock and Roll Dream)
Death - Human
Loudblast - Disincarnate

HG:
Skeletal Family - Futile Combat
Loveliescrushing - Xuvetyn
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Your Funeral, My Trial
Merciless - The Awakening
Helios Creed - The Last Laugh
George Crumb - Music for a Summer Evening
Nazxul - Totem
Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral
Biglietto Per L’Inferno - Biglietto Per L’Inferno
Crash Worship - Asesinos
Dax Riggs - We Sing Only of Blood or Love
Sigh - Scorn Defeat
Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky
Steve Reich - You Are
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
Murcof - Remembranza
Only Living Witness - Innocents

JW/HG research under oak and moss:
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Dalis Car - The Waking Hour
Miracle - Fluid Window
The Lucy Show - Undone (several songs)
My Dying Bride - “Apocalypse Woman”
Paradise Lost - “Deep”

14/07/2024

Our listens so far in the Savannah chamber. Also, received a thunderstorm symphony on the front porch facing exact due south, pounding rain and all. + "unreasonable" amounts of great food.

Split Enz - “Years Go By”
Landberk - Indian Summer
Ofermod - Thaumiel
Von Goat - Septic Illumination
Porter Ricks - Biokinetics side 1
Dalis Car - The Waking Hour

“I’m intimidated air-drumming with you in the room” JW to HG

10/07/2024

For no good reason other than I'll be seeing my Brother Banjo Ginn for a whole week starting tomorrow (I guess that's the reason), maybe you would like to revisit Radical Research episode #10, GINNCORE.
Going to Savannah NOW because if it's this hot in Greensboro, it must be wonderfully, exponentially hotter in Savannah. JW

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09/07/2024

Proud and honored to have been a part of this project. It's Tim Durling's book on Kansas, 'Let it Be Your Guide,' a deep dive into every single album with a large panel of guest commentators. I was asked to write the Foreword, and added my 2 cents worth on the albums 'Kansas,' 'Masque,' 'Point of Know Return' and 'The Prelude Implicit.'
Thanks, Tim, for this loving geekfest on one of the greatest American bands ever. You can buy this book on Amazon and I encourage you to dive in if you love this band as much as we do.

09/07/2024

Make time for music.

Wagner:
Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens
Tool - “Wings for Marie” parts 1 & 2
Joywave - Permanent Pleasure
Split Enz - True Colours
Split Enz - Waiata
Split Enz - Dizrythmia
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
Arcturus - Arcturian
Malign - A Sun to Scorch 10”
Dissection - “Where Dead Angels Lie,”
“Elizabeth Bathori” (from W.A.R. Compilation)
Venom - Black Metal
Ofermod - “Litanies of the Lascivious Lucifuga” and, of course, Thaumiel
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
Ulver - Grieghallen 20180528
Rush - Live in YYZ, 1981
Judas Priest - “Desert Plains,” “One for the Road,” “Never Satisfied”
Blue Oyster Cult - “Fire of Unknown Origin” (song), “Vengeance (The Pact),” “After Dark,”
“The Vigil,” “Lips in the Hills”
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Thief - Bleed, Memory
Iggy Pop - “Mass Production”

Ginn:
Deicide - Legion
The Cure - The Cure
Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite
Nirvana - “Aneurysm”
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
16 Horsepower - Secret South
Soundgarden - “Limo Wreck,” “4th of July”
Cynic - Focus
Beyond Dawn - Longing for Scarlet Days
Primus - Frizzle Fry
Coroner - “Serpent Moves,” “Paralyzed, Mesmerized”
Atrocity - Todessehnsucht
Paraxism - Selected Works
Aslan - 1986 demo
Forbidden - Disillusions demo
Morbid Angel - “Desolate Ways,” “The Ancient Ones”
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Blood - O Agios Pethane
Embrionic Death - Streams of Solidarity demo
Laughing Hyenas - Life of Crime
Voivod - Nothingface
Heathen - Victims of Deception
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Gorguts - Considered Dead
Masquerade - 1994 Promo

08/07/2024

Episode #116 is ready, and it turned out to be one of our favorite episodes. We had a blast (despite the Porcupine Tree confusion/controversy) and hope you enjoy this nearly 90-minute ride. What is psychedelic music? We answer, and would like to hear your answers and thoughts too...
https://radicalresearch.org/episode-116-what-is-psychedelic-music-the-radical-research-answer-to-a-vexing-question/

07/07/2024

How did Fates Warning's fate take a turn? On page 87, learn how the members of FW passed on an opportunity that landed another band (hint) glacial success.
Read all about it in Destination Onward: www.fateswarningbook.com or https://bit.ly/FatesWarning_Amazon
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04/07/2024

Guess what? It's a new episode, and our first .5 episode (mini-episode) in a couple years! It's the second in the Permeable Lines series, where we look at the precarious lines between inspiration, coincidence and rip-off. Riff similarity or blatant steal??!?? You decide. (Under the microscope: Megadeth/Mercyful Fate/Diamond Head, Sieges Even/Testament, Suffocation/Pestilence)
https://radicalresearch.org/episode-115-5-permeable-lines-part-2/
Episode 116, 'What is Psychedelic Music? The Radical Research Answer to a Vexing Question,' out next week!

02/07/2024

in chambers...

Wagner:
My Dying Bride - 34.788%…Complete
Prophecy of Doom - Acknowledge the Confusion Master
Thule - Frostbrent
Thule - Graks
Ofermod - Ofermodian Litanies
Ofermod - Thaumiel
Ofermod - Tiamtu
Malign - Demo 1/95
Craft - White Noise and Black Metal
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Steven Wilson - “Significant Other,” “Economies of Scale”
Split Enz - Mental Notes
Split Enz - Second Thoughts
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Nomeansno & Jello Biafra - The Sky is Falling and I Want My Mommy
Atvm - Famine, Putrid and Fu***ng Endless
Van Halen - Fair Warning
Venom - Welcome to Hell

Ginn:
Red Temple Spirits - Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon
Enslaved - Blodhemn
The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia
The Afghan Whigs - Congregation
Epitaph - Echoes Entombed: The Demo Anthology
Funeral Mist - Salvation
3 - The End Is Begun, “Sugarlife”
Black Heart Procession - 3
Anacrusis - Screams and Whispers
Miles Davis - “Rated X”
Carcass - Tools of the Trade
Aphex Twin - “Xtal”
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
Alcest - Kodama
Grave - “Soulless” (song)
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty
Malevolent Creation - Retribution
Tribulation - The Children of the Night
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Univers Zero - Heresie
Therion - Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas

26/06/2024

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24/06/2024

Where we're vacationing this summer...

Wagner:
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He Who Am the Only One
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Thule - Natt
Ofermod - Thaumiel
Ofermod - Pentagrammaton
Soundgarden - “Hunted Down,” “Nothing to Say,” “Hand of God,” “Toy Box”
Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
Soundgarden - Louder than Love
Joywave - Permanent Pleasure
King Crimson - “Matte Kudasai”
Bark Psychosis - Hex
Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker
Void - 2011 self titled
Afterbirth - In But Not Of
My Dying Bride - The Thrash of Naked Limbs / I Am the Bloody Earth EPs
Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow
Pearl Jam - various live 1991-1996
Fates Warning - “Like Stars Our Eyes Have Seen”

Ginn:
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Peter Hammill - Nadir’s Big Chance
Thule - Frostbrent
Defleshed - Under the Blade
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
King Crimson - The Night Watch
Autechre - Amber
Spaceman 3 - Playing with Fire
Quiet Sun - Mainstream
Modern English - Mesh & Lace
Abigor - Verwustung / Invoke the Dark Age
Morton Feldman - Triassic Memories
The Police - Ghost in the Machine
Labradford - Prazision LP
Vaura - "Incomplete Burning," "Mare of the Snake," "Braced for Collapse"
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico
Arvo Part - Lamentate
Swans - Cop
Gorgoroth - Destroyer
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children

20/06/2024

Episode 115 is live, as is our Patreon subscription page. Listen now, and check the Notes for Patreon info.
HEXX yourself before you wreck yourself!!!
https://radicalresearch.org/episode-115-hexx-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself/