. : THE WALL OF YAWN // BEST OF 2020 : .

(Photo / Art by Yours Truly)

"Here’s my year-end list of some my favorite records released in this - thee most dogshit of all years in this man's lifetime (2020) - that did a number on my ears / head.

There is no order to this (portion) of the list - that’s how I tend to listen to music.

This ain't no competition, so SAVE IT.

Music is subjective to YOU, the listener, at all times anyways - or at least it should be.".

Your results may vary. Check it out.
OFF THE CHAIN FOR 2020:
Tim Heidecker - Fear of Death

Thin Lizzy - Rock Legends (Box Set)

These Bastards / Hard Foul Split EP

Tar Pond - Electrical Protocol of Constant Sadness

Statik Selektah - The Balancing Act

Skeletal Remains - The Entombment of Chaos

Six Organs of Admittance - Companion Rises

Said Sara - S/T EP

Royce Da 5’9“ - The Allegory

RA The Rugged Man - All My Heroes Are Dead

Planet On A Chain - This Won’t Get Any Fucking Better

Ondskapt - Grimoire Ordo Devis

Ofermod - Pentagramaton

Necrot - Mortal

Motörhead - Anniversary Reissues

Mortality Rate - Sleep Deprivation

Morta Skuld - Suffer For Nothing

Lockheed - Conflict Delerium EP

X - Alphabetland

Andre Nickatina - Drugz

Xibalba - Anos en Infierno

No Man - Erase

Envy - The Fallen Crimson

Wise Intelligent x Snowgoons - Omnicide

United Mutation - Dark Self Image

Tombstoner - Descent To Madness EP

Today Is The Day - No Good To Anyone

Innumerable Forms - Despotic Rule EP

Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities

Horna- Kuoleman Kirjo

Hirudinea - S/T

Grey C.E.L.L. - S/T LP

God’s America - "Plagiarisms" (Cassettes)

Gag - Killing For Both Realities 3 ’92

Forced Expression - Discography

Fluids - Ignorance Exalted

Depeche Mode - MODE (18-disc box set)

The Damned - The Rockfield Files EP

Coil - Musick To Play In The Dark

Carcass - Despicable EP

Kvelertak - Splid

Yashira - Fail To Be

Ulcerate - Stare Into Death & Be Still

Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

Anhedonist / Spectral Voice - Abject Darkness / Ineffable Winds

Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Defeated Sanity - The Sanguinary Impetus

Armored Saint - Punching The Sky

The Casket Lottery - Short Songs for End Times

-(16)- - Dream Squasher

Black Curse - Endless Wound

Ulver - Flowers of Evil

Primitive Man - Immersion

Grand Invincible - Demolition Strictly

WVRM - Colony Collapse

Dephosphorus - Sublimation

Lantern - Dimensions

Malokarpatan - Krupinské Ohne

Deftones - Ohms

Gag - Still Laughing

Revenge - Attack. Blood. Revenge.

Terminal Nation - Holocene Extinction

Canyons - Stay Buried

Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota

Dwayne Kennedy - Who The Hell Is Dwayne Kennedy?

Niki Sudden - Bible Belt (reissue)

Motörhead - Ace of Spades (40th. Anniversary (!) (re)issue

Gang of Four - “77 - ’81 Box Set (re)issue

Sun Ra - Egypt 1971 (re)issues

THE WALL OF YAWN BAKER'S DOZEN "BEST OF THE BEST" FOR 2020

FEATURED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin - Stygian Bough, Volume 1

Boris - NO

Carlton Melton - Where This Leads

Caustic Wound - Death Posture

Dropdead - 2020

Grand Invincible - Demolition Strictly

Greenmachine - S/T LP

Internal Rot - Grieving Birth

Seized Up! - Brace Yourself

Subhumans - Crisis Point

Vile Creature - Glory! Glory! Apathy Took Helm!

Wake - Devouring Ruin

Yawning Man - Live at Giant Rock

Yuri Gagarin - The Outskirts of Reality

In closing, I'd just like to wish everyone a little prosperity in your lives this coming year.
This world is in a state of decay that hasn't been seen in generations.
Love your people - tell them often. I lost ALOT of good ones this past year, & Covid doesn't pick & choose - it consumes all.

MASK UP! WASH YOUR HANDS. DON'T BE PASSING JOINTS OR BONGS OR COKE STRAWS OR DRINKS! STAY HOME & LISTEN TO MUSIC & WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS SHIT.
If you have a better idea, tell me - please. Lates!!!

102: NIP DRIVERS.

"EAT YOURSELF OUT, BABY"..
D/L
(you get the full clip)

The WALL of YAWN BEST of 2020 LIST COMING SOON

101: FRIENDSHIP.

"Chiba, Japan's surgeon-precise masters of the grind-violence defy your eyes & ears when you first encounter them. Should you choose to accept what they put forth, is your call.

They defy any one certain genre of extreme music, & that's a good thing for you, the listener.

Are you listening?".

D/L
(you get the full clip)

100: BL'AST!

100 Posts deep here since I started this blog.

Speaking of, I started this on March 17th. of this year (2020) - the day that California enacted the Shelter-In-Place order.

I figured I was gonna need a new (revive an old) hobby, so here it is. We are now 11 months into this (fucking bullshit) pandemic, & today marks the start of the second Shelter-in-Place order, so how's that for (shitty) timing.

It's gonna be a dismal December in a hell that could have been prevented (had it been addressed properly), so let's just do our best to get through this.

Music is the answer.

It's always there when you need it.

It comes in a million flavors, & you should enjoy  a plethora of those flavors at any given time throughout the day for maximum effect.

Music enhances, satiates, hypes you up, mellows you out - all that stuff. It's the best / cheapest "drug" out there.

There's no rules, either - unless you wanna be that Douche Lord who subscribes to what the "Scene Police" deem cool / not cool.

FUCK THOSE DUDES! Listen to what YOU want to listen to!

Always. End of rant.

Enjoy this mega-collection of everything I have in my Bl'ast! collection.

Clifford is the OG Homie, & one of the nicest fuckin' dudes you'll ever meet. The man has BEEN THERE, & this band should be appreciated hella more than they are.

And you don't need Dave Grohl to tell you that (you don't need Dave Grohl to tell you anything, honestly).

Hang in there & STAY UP!

D/L
(you get the full clip)
Rad Gig / Flyer Archive.
BL'AST! 1987 - 2001: A Punk Rock Documentary Music Video
LIVE: 07.02.2014 Viper Room, Wien/Landstrasse, Vienna, Austria

99:"GET LIT(erature), Pt.3".

WELL, IT'S NOT GONNA READ ITSELF...
D/L
(another six-pack grab bag o' rock books, bitch)