Episode 38 Breakdown:
Catching up with the boys (:48)
What we’re drinking/Beer news (8:25) (Agua Straight from Todd's Apartment and Starbucks Viatnam Da Lat Reserve Blend)
Metal news (17:29)
Upcoming Tours (38:14)
Brewtal Alumni Updates (39:28)
New music (43:38)
Featured band (58:16) (Vancouver BC Deathcore Outfit Carcosa)
Synopsis:
Stare into the Void with your boys as Todd and Arie take this episode to celebrate the legacy of H.P Lovecraft, and the lyrical content of this week's featured band, by going sober!
The weird doesn't stop there, though! Todd will be channeling his inner Greek gods and goddesses out of the country while Arie plans to make his triumphant return to live music. What????
The boys channel different forms of lifebloods with Todd snagging some water straight from his apartment's tap and Arie uses water to brew his Starbucks Reserved blend coffee. Who are these people??
Whitechapel announce their new album 'Kin,' and drop a FIRE new single 'Lost Boy,' Angelmaker, Loathe, and Bring Me the Horizon are all teasing new music, there's no bad blood, only blood brothers, for Lil Nas X and Tony Hawk, Motionless in White hit the road for the first time in two years, and we get HUGE releases from Iron Maiden, Carnifex, and Foreign Pain. Will the madness ever end??
That's a rhetorical question. You'll be too scared to sleep after losing yourself with our Featured Band Carcosa blending the worlds of True Detective and H.P. Lovecraft for their track Hypnos. Time is a flat circle, hopwolves.
Turn it up to 11, crack open that beer, it's about to get BREWTAL!
Featured Band:
This week's episode features Hypnos from Carcosa.
Bio:
If time is a flat circle, then 2 things are true:
1) Deathcore's return was inevitable.
2) Andrew Baena, Johnny Ciardullo, Cooper Lagace and Travis Regnier were destined to form another band.
The quartet killed off predecessor Galactic Pegasus' djenty metalcore as their writing trended deadlier. So intense was Carcosa's devotion to death that the body was still warm when they started.
Their June 2020 unveiling and release of the 'Absent' EP 2 months later took them from disregard of to mastery over death.
Carcosa stares into the abyss—knowing everything happens in cycles but with nihilistic knowledge, everything ends. Their name, as well as the black, yellow and spiral-laden imagery, were inspired by 'True Detective.'
One could argue their lyrics and sound came from the hopeless mind of Rust Cohle. The music borders on apocalyptic but accepts the bleak end as the twin of the hopeful beginning. It’s the kind of doom-and-gloom through which The Acacia Strain and Chelsea Grin channeled their brutality, tempered with the futuristic noises of contemporaries like Brand of Sacrifice.
The lyrics on debut LP 'Anthology' don’t follow the tragic journey of their debut, but the collection renews its endless loop construction. The new release drops on the year anniversary of its predecessor (8/19) and the final track seamlessly segues to the opening of both.
Though done intentionally for 'Absent,' on 'Anthology' it happened without conscious thought; time is a flat circle, indeed.
What Carcosa is drinking:
Andrew (guitar) and Johnny (vocals) are the only two people in the band that drink beer consistently but Johnny can say with full confidence that both of their favorite beers are 1664's Kronenbourg Blanc
Make sure to give Carcosa some love via any of the following:
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Jam Hypnos and other gnarly tracks from previous Featured Bands on our Bands to Watch For playlist
Beers fueling this week's episode include Agua Straight from the Tap in Todd's Apartment (Todd's pick) and Starbucks Vietnam Da Lat reserve Blend (Arie's pick.)
Links Referenced in the Episode:
Artwork by megabest Kevin Burfield! Show him some love, and get something rad, via any of the follwoing:
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Intro track by absolute legend ZaKrahe
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What's the Hopwolfpack drinking and jamming this week? Let your boys know, and keep up with us, via any of the following:
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We love Friday release days for new brewtality and so should you! Jam our Brewtal Release Day Playlist and get your neck braces ready!
Start a circle pit from the comfort of your own home with this week's Brewtal Songs of the Week
Since you're feeling good from the brews and the jams, why not leave us a review at any of the following? That'd be BREWTAL of you!
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