EARBVDS

Say cheese, bvds – because this week, we’re back with another R-rated episode – R stands for r-chitect, obviously – full of refreshing opinions, rambunctious anecdotes, and ridiculous analogies. Once again, we’re joined by a fantastic guest, the amazingly talented and enigmatically handled Ronja (@whoiskatharina), Saarland’s stealthiest scene sharpshooter, capturing riffs, sweat, and occasional existential crises through her ever-watchful lens. R you ready to rumble? Hold still, as we pose for the ultimate metal centerfold. After we give our guest’s flashing endeavors sufficient exposure, we turn negatives into positives, as we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by vianova – Hit it! (00:25:15), Greyhaven – Keep it Quiet (00:46:15), Thrice – Horizons/West (00:53:45), Agriculture – The Spiritual Sound (01:07:13), Igorrr – Amen (01:21:33), and Der Weg Einer Freiheit – Innern (01:34:05). As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for our respective “least favorite album by one of our favorite bands”. Trick or treat yourselves to some preposterous polemics and surprising twists and turns, as we shake up feelings like freshly developed polaroids about In Flames – Siren Charms (01:47:15), Job For A Cowboy – Sun Eater (01:55:42), Protest the Hero – Pacific Myth (02:03:46), Hundredth – RARE (02:11:14), as well as While She Sleeps – SO WHAT? (02:20:37). As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠! One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us! Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions. Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠ Covert Art:  ryu.dysmorphia Music:  ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠ and  Timon Guests: @whoiskatharina Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio. PS: If Simon sounds like he was speaking through a blanket, it's because he was. Infectious little bugger. Stay healthy, everyone

From the gloomy shadows emerges a spectral figure, walking ghostly to the sound of creaking strings, aching joints, and shredding riffs. He has clenched his phantasmal fist to worship the One who bestowed upon him the gifts of venomous velocity, and who has punished him with frequent and foul-smelling urination. Don’t know who we’re talking about? Well, he’s a tough guy, likes it really rough guy, just can’t get enough guy, chest always so puffed guy. Still don’t know? He’s that bad type, make your mama sad type, make your girlfriend mad type, might seduce your dad type. Still don’t know? Well, our ghastly guest goes by many names, but whether he guises himself as Billie or Fuchtel, you shall know him as Greilich. Duh! Or Chris. Chris is also fine. Join us as we open our cellar doors for one of Saarland’s most prolific and talented musicians, our most humble and gentle guest: Chris of GEISTERFAUST, WALKING GHOSTPHASE, POISONED SPEED, and PESTILENT PISS – just to name a few of his projects. After a deep dive into our guest’s globetrotting ventures, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Fit For A King – Lonely God (00:26:48), Blackbraid – Blackbraid III (00:39:44), Phosphorus – Frail Grasp of Broken Hands (00:52:25), Deftones – private music (01:02:05), and Malevich – Under A Gilded Sun (01:12:21). As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for the “best heartache/lovesick album”. Grab yourselves some tissues and a bucketful of ice cream, as we unravel some big feelings to the soundtrack of Dornenreich – Bitter Ists Dem Tod Zu Dienen (01:24:53), Maybeshewill – Sing the Word Hope In Four Part Harmony (01:32:25), Team Me – Blind As Night (01:41:18), I Prevail – Heart Vs. Mind (01:49:45), and Biffy Clyro – A Celebration of Endings (02:03:37). As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠! Big shout-out to our good friend Timon of SEPARATØR for two fantastic new tunes to spice up our conversation! One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us! Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions. Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠ Covert Art:  ryu.dysmorphia Music:  ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠ and Timon Guests: Chris Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio.

Sharpen your knives and unbutton your third eye — we’re back in the kitchen of chaos, and tonight’s menu is anything but Michelin-approved. Returning to the EARBVDS table is none other than Sandro, aka Ryu Dysmorphia: visual artist extraordinaire, photographic alchemist, and certified stirrer of pots (both literal and conceptual). In this special EXTRABVDS episode, we toss aesthetics into the blender, sauté some raw emotions, and garnish it all with a suspicious foam of meaning. Treat yourself to a healthy helping of soul-wrenching gut punches and cleanse your palate with some barely digestible comfort food. Because you’re worth it! Dig in! For this special occasion, we renewed the formula: between some more or less profound conversation pieces, we review and discuss the recently released works by Helms Deep – Chasing the Dragon (00:22:57), Killing of a Sacred Deer – A Visage of a Mangled Body (00:52:18), The Prestige (Fr) – Amer (01:10:10), Lazer Throne – Tomb of the Lunar Oracle (01:20:21), Malevolence – Where Only the Truth is Spoken (01:34:36), and Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat (02:03:50). No lost and found this time around. For that, make sure to stay tuned for our next episode, which we plan to release in September. As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠! One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us! Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions. Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠ Covert Art:  ryu.dysmorphia Music:  ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠ Guests: Ryu.Dysmorphia Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio.

The forest floor stirs, and somewhere betwixt lichen and moss, a low drone rumbles like unholy cathedral bells in reverse. As we become one with the undergrowth, iridescent crimson dripping from the palm of our hands, we hear a voice, deeper than Earth itself ... is it a raven-haired Leprechaun, mourning the dissolution of its jolly rainbow? Is it a royal reptile, bemoaning the desecration of its magic kingdom? Or is it, simply, powerfully, Lucifer ... moaning ... in love? Whatever it was, hell was raised, as we return once more to usher in a new chapter of chaos and conversation. Join us as we unearth the sacred mud from which trve heaviness is born and regurgitate the blood of sacred deer, slain in the name of the One who teaches us to live deliciously. This episode, we summon for a seance of supreme sermons and sardonic sonic rituals: Aaron of PHOSPHORUS, Trier’s own post-black metal/sludge unit, and the new goat in town. Light some incense, burn some feathers, and roll out your best Sunday bone dice: It’s high time for some hellish heaviness. Bvds be back, alright! After a deep dive into our guest’s illustrious musical past and present endeavors, we discuss another eclectic selection of new tunes, including the recent releases by Turnstile – Never Enough (00:37:55), Wolves at the Gate – Wasteland (00:57:35), Indifferent Engine – Speculative Fiction (01:18:44), King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Phantom Island (01:29:03), and Vildhjarta - + där Skogen sjunger under evighetens granar + (01:44:49). As usual, the “lost & found” section of the show comes with a new category! This episode, we are looking for the best album that came out when we were 15yrs old. Needless to say, strap yourselves in for some good old-fashioned nostalgia and (many) questionable decisions, as we raid the tombs of long-forgotten temples and retrieve the following ancient artifacts: Edguy – Hellfire Club (02:01:03), Comeback Kid – Wake the Dead (02:16:33), Flogging Molly – Float (02:26:07), and Behemoth – The Satanist (02:35:30). As always, we're happy to provide a Spotify-playlist to complement this episode for your convenience. ⁠Check it out⁠! One more thing, as usual: We’re on Discord now! Come join the cult! We would love for you to join the Earbvds family and talk music with us! Once again, we invite you to come along for this metallic journey of epic proportions. Instagram: ⁠⁠@earbvds666⁠⁠ Covert Art:  ryu.dysmorphia Music:  ⁠⁠Thomas Kuhn⁠⁠ Guests: Phosphorus Special Thanks to ⁠⁠Dock 11⁠⁠ for accommodating us in their lovely studio.