There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.: 2013

Friday, December 13, 2013

Carcass - Unfit for Human Consumption

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Thursday, December 5, 2013

River Lethe's Best Music of 2013

Anciients - Heart of Oak

Atoms For Peace - Amok

The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion

Beastmilk- Climax

The Bronx - The Bronx IV

Carcass - Surgical Steel

Celeste - Animale(s)

The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars

Clutch - Earth Rocker

Coliseum - Sister Faith

Cult of Luna - Vertikal I and II

David Bowie - The Next Day

The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us is the Killer

Elvis Costello & the Roots - Wise Up Ghost

Federico Aubele - 5

Goodie Mob - Age Against the Machine

Haken - The Mountain

Inter Arma - Sky Burial

Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience 1 & 2

Los Disidentes del Sucio Motel - Arcane

Mogwai - Les Revenants Soundtrack

Monster Magnet - The Last Patrol

Morcheeba - Head Up High

The Moth Gatherer - A Bright Celestial Light

Mouth of the Architect - Dawning

Mum - Smilewound

The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Push the Sky Away

Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

Norma Jean - Wrongdoers

Olafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter

Pestilence - Obsideo

Polkadot Cadaver - Last Call in Jonestown

Red Fang - Whales and Leeches

Revocation - Revocation

Russian Circles - Memorial

Samantha Crain - Kid Face

Secrets of the Sky - To Sail Black Waters

Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed

Steak Number Eight - The Hutch

Stomach Earth - Stomach Earth

A Storm of Light - Nations to Flames

Svart Crown - Profane

Tricky - False Idols

Ulcerate - Vermis

The White Buffalo - Shadows, Greys and Evil Ways

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Artwork by Ilias Kyriazis

Semi-related: Every so often, rumors of a new Sandman production swirl around. I've said it before, I'll say it again. Paul Bettany is Morpheus, and Anna Friel is Death. Currently, the internet wants Benedict Cumberbatch as Dream, and I can see it and wouldn't be unhappy with it, it's just that he's one of the go to "it" guys right now. Another name currently rumoring is Joseph Gordon Levitt. I'm a huge fan of the JGL, but I don't really see him in an Endless role. Maybe play against type and cast him as the Corinthian or Lucien? Tilda Swinton often comes up for Desire, which is good, but I think she's a bit too old for the role (sorry). I simply refuse to give ground on Anna Friel as Death though--there is NOONE better for that role, and all she has to do is basically play her Chuck character from Pushing Daisies again. Tom Waits is Cain, and Mark Boone Junior is Abel, and I would simply love to see those two play off each other. Destiny can be almost anyone, though I've seen Mads Mikkelsen suggested. I don't really have good casting ideas for Delirium, Destruction and Despair, though Despair is going to be tough. Delirium was kind of based off of Tori Amos, and I've always thought Cate Blanchett could play Tori Amos, but again, she's too old (or should I say distinguished?), for the role. Destruction needs to be more than a Hollywood pretty boy. He's a bit older, and has a yin-yang mix of world-weariness and passion.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Entombed - Vulture and the Traitor

Well, this didn't stay up long; I'll repost as soon as I find another one.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Svart Crown - Genesis Architect

WARNING!!!--At 3:12, I become Godzilla, destroying cities and swatting planes out of the sky. This band is a filthy beast. A mix of early 90s Pestilence and Entombed, mixed with the modern-day brilliance of Deathspell Omega.