Tuesday, July 17, 2007

BM Boner


File this under music-that-will-never-impressed-that-girl-that-you-think-off-when-you-are-spanking-your-monkey. Mentioning Bone Awl in any conversation will not get you laid. Period. If you want some action, do talk about all those “IT” indie bands that you can read in Junk or any one of those bands that are on constant rotation on MTV and you might get lucky with that underage girl or boy.

If you are one of those ultra underground BM dudes you probably noticed how Bone Awl have make a name for themselves in the last couple of years. Read that again. U-L-T-R-A U-N-D-E-R-G-R-O-U-N-D B-L-A-C-K M-E-T-A-L. We’re not talking about some pansy wimpy BM that you can find in some glossy magazine (you know the one with the extra cheesy keyboard on top of that sweet melodies and confused "singing"). If your favorite “BM” band is Cradle of Filth, chances are you have no idea about Bone Awl and are secretly listening to Fall Out Boy and love that movie Titanic.

Don’t ask me why they are like the “IT” band in the ultra underground BM circles. I have no idea and could care less about any of that. As far as I am concern, Bone Awl shits on most BM with it simplistic and primitive take on genre. This shit is so primitive that you will have to redefine everything you ever know about BM. Bone Awl makes bands like Emperor and Dimmu Burger sounds like Dream Theatre. Since most of the band’s outputs are OOP (most of them are limited and small in numbers, you know it is not “kvlt” if more than 10 copies are made available), I think it is cool to point you to some blogs that have links to some of the band’s music. Go here and download some of the early stuff that is only available on cassette and vinyl. The band had also recently released their debut full length that you can buy here or download here.