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benbellum.bsky.social
@benbellum.bsky.social
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Underground heavy rock nerd, contributor to Doom Charts, bassist for Grim Trophies.
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Danny Kenyon deserves to be spoken about alongside the great guitarists of the MD doom scene. People like Victor Griffin, Al Morris, Wino, Dale Flood, John Brenner, etc. R.I.P. thousandvisionmist1.bandcamp.com/album/journe...

#doommetalsky #marylanddoom #ThousandVisionMist #LifeBeyond #Indestroy
Journey to Ascension and the Loss of Tomorrow, by Thousand Vision Mist
10 track album
thousandvisionmist1.bandcamp.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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My top 10 favorite bands/musicians (in alphabetical order):

Agusa
Apostle of Solitude
The Atomic Bitchwax
Color Haze
Kyuss
Jason Molina
Monster Magnet
Pale Divine
Pentagram
Solace
August 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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There’s a new Marmalade Knives album coming in September and I, for one, am here for it! marmaladeknives.bandcamp.com/album/paradi...

#psych #prog #musicsky #stonerrocksky #progrock
Paradigm Lost, by Marmalade Knives
1 track album
marmaladeknives.bandcamp.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Roughly first quarter listening:
April 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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New doom charts are up. Read what I have to say about Masters of Reality at #17
April 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Favorite 25 albums of March 2025:

23. SANHEDRIN - HEAT LIGHTNING

Classic metal, traditional metal

thesanhedrin.bandcamp.com/album/heat-l...
April 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Favorite 25 albums of March 2025:

24. LUCIFER’S CHILD - THE ILLUMINANT

Black metal

agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-il...
April 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Alright, here we go… my favorite 25 albums (including a few EPs) released in March, 2025.

25. FROGG - ECLIPSE

Wild and weird technical death metal: froggofficial.bandcamp.com/album/eclipse
Eclipse, by FROGG
10 track album
froggofficial.bandcamp.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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We’ve had a really strong start to the year in terms of new albums. I’m contemplating listing out my top 25 albums from March here… it’s the list I sent to Doom Charts, but not everything falls under the big umbrella of doom/stoner/psych. What say you, Blue Sky?
April 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This week’s listening: a lot of new stuff with a little extra black metal thrown in and some Alcest in honor of finally getting to see them in a couple weeks.

#nowplaying #metalsky #blackmetalsky #deathmetalsky #musicsky #progrock #heavypsych #doommetalsky #stonerrocksky
A 6*6 grid of the covers of albums I listened to between 2/8 and 2/14. Albums include Tumbleweed Dealer - Dark Green, FVZZ POPVLI - Melting Pop, Pentagram - Lightning in a Bottle, 16 - Guides for the Misguided, Causa Sui - Loppen 2024, Cruces - Spite.
February 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Also, holy shit… new Pagan Altar coming in hot!! dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/never-...

#metalsky #doommetalsky #tradmetal #nwobhm
Never Quite Dead, by Pagan Altar
8 track album
dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Cool! New Clouds Taste Satanic live (in studio) album! cloudstastesatanic.bandcamp.com/album/birmin...

#doommetalsky #stonerrock #heavypsych #psych #progrock
Birmingham 2024, by Clouds Taste Satanic
4 track album
cloudstastesatanic.bandcamp.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Double punch of good news! Futuropaco has a new record coming out and their label, @elparaiso.bsky.social, one of the very best in the biz for #psych, #progrock, and #jazz, is now on Bluesky.
elparaiso.bsky.social El Paraiso Records @elparaiso.bsky.social · Feb 1
Bluesky sneak peak of the new Futuropaco cover! Thanks for joining us & screw the broligarchs - we’ve deleted X and are hoping for a Meta killer. Pre-orders soon!
February 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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If you like your post-metal on the more aggressive side with somewhat blackened vocals, I’d highly recommend the new Adrift album!! @posttim.bsky.social this might be up your alley! adrift666.bandcamp.com/album/dry-soil. #nowplaying #metalsky #postmetalsky #doommetalsky #blackmetalsky
Dry Soil, by Adrift
6 track album
adrift666.bandcamp.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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For all my friends into #doometalsky and retro heavy, Doctor Doom just joined, they rule!
January 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Listening for this week. Mostly new stuff plus records from the shows I saw last weekend and the first Solace album as my band plays with them in a couple days.
A 5x5 graphic of album covers that I listened to this week. Featured albums include the new Fish Basket album, recent releases by Sulfator, Sarcator, Moon Wizard, and Godzillionaire plus the new Dax Riggs
January 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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January is the month for bands whose names start with S and end with ATOR. Both the Sarcator and Sulfator albums have been kicking my ass. Blackened deathy thrash. #blackmetalsky #deathmetalsky #metalsky #nowplaying

sulfator.bandcamp.com/album/gemini

sarcator.bandcamp.com/album/swarmi...
Gemini, by Sulfator
8 track album
sulfator.bandcamp.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The new Fish Basket album is out. This is not a drill, I repeat: the new Fish Basket album is out!! Instrumental prog/psych goodness! #progrock #progsky #heavypsych #nowplaying fishbasket.bandcamp.com/album/fish-b...
Fish Basket and his second album, by Fish Basket
7 track album
fishbasket.bandcamp.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This week’s listening. Jamming some older bangers and starting in on 2025 releases. #nowplaying #metalsky #doommetalsky #stonerrocksky #blackmetalsky #deathmetalsky
A 5*5 collage of album covers from albums that I listened to this week. Albums include Pentagram - Lightning in a bottle (2025), Moon Wizard - Sirens (2025), TFNRSH - Book of Circles (2025), all three Sun and Sail Club albums, a couple Solace records, the first Trigger Effect album, and others.
January 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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My favorite new release so far this week. A little psych, a little prog, a little kraut rock, a little post-metal, all awesome!

tiefenrausch.bandcamp.com/album/book-o...

#metalsky #nowplaying #progrock #heavypsych #spacerock
Book of Circles, by TFNRSH
4 track album
tiefenrausch.bandcamp.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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This weeks’s listening. A couple new albums, a couple nostalgic (and perhaps slightly guilty pleasure) 90s records, and a couple to commemorate the passing of original Solace vocalist Jason. #nowplaying #metalsky #doommetalsky #stonerrocksky
A 6*6 grid of album covers for that I listened to this week. Albums include the new Fermentor, Accurst, and Tanpopo Crisis Albums, Solace’s first two albums (Further and 13), 311’s Transistor and Lisa Loeb’s Tails, along with records by Raven, Warbeast, Brant Bjork, King Parrot, Volcano, Kanaan, and others.
January 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Don’t often get a chance to spin records, but working from home today and running through some (relatively) recent acquisitions. Up first is this Mondo Drag seven inch. #nowspinning #progrock #progsky #heavypsych #nowplaying #vinyl
Side A of a Mondo Drag seven inch sitting on a turntable. The seven inch is a picture disc. On this side, the band name and Roding Easy record label logo are printed in red lettering and it says This Side - Out of Sight, That Side - Ride the Sky Side B of a Mondo Drag seven inch sitting on a turntable. The seven inch is a picture disc and printed on the entire record is a black and white image of the band with the frontman standing ahead of the rest of the group.
January 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Weekly listening collage!
#nowplaying #musicsky #metalsky #doommetalsky #blackmetalsky #stonerrocksky
A collage of the covers of albums I listened to this week. Albums listed include: MAN Incorporated - Machine Isis - Oceanic Pentagram - Lightning in a Bottle Svar - In the Land Called Night Fu Manchu - King of the Road Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem Barracuda Bomb - Noise Oblivion Cave in - Jupiter Cinis - Lies that Comfort me Frayle - Skin and Sorrow
December 29, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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Wonderful to hear that Nine Records is giving the reissue treatment to the lone album by trad doom supergroup, Under the Sun (members of Pentagram, Cathedral, Penance, Revelation, Memory Driven, Place of Skulls, etc.). ninerecords.bandcamp.com/album/man-of.... #musicsky #metalsky #doommetalsky
Man of Sorrow, by Under The Sun
1 track album
ninerecords.bandcamp.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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My favorite album released in the:

1970s: Blues Creation - Demon and Eleven Children
1980s: Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire
1990s: Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
2000s: Apostle of Solitude - Sincerest Misery
2010s: Elder - Lore
2020s: 40 Watt Sun - Perfect Light
#musicsky #metalsky #doommetalsky
albumism.com Albumism @albumism.com · Dec 24
OK, it's time to get to know our Bluesky followers better!

Copy the list below, paste it into a repost, replace "X" with YOUR #1 all-time favorite album released in each decade + share it for all to see!

My favorite album released in the:

1970s: X
1980s: X
1990s: X
2000s: X
2010s: X
2020s: X
December 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM