Don’t Miss It: Blackosh’s Black Metal Booze, Whores

Hi MetalSucks reader! Here in the first days of 2016, let’s continue to spotlight a few 2015 albums that may have been crowded off your radar. Some risked a greater chance of eluding your attention via their arrival during a highly-distracting season — and at the time when we’re looking back at the year’s best, then looking forward to vacation days, shopping, and family snuggling. Others maybe got stuck in line behind anticipated releases by our most trusted bands. Best case scenario, you’ve been jamming all of them for weeks. If not, don’t miss ’em now!

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Stated fondly: At first, Blackosh’s debut album seems to invite low expectations. The word Blackosh might remind you a bit of that silly Seinfeld character who super-sucks at tennis. The album’s title implies a black metal album that may want to make you smile and move (when we may prefer sounds that inspire us to stand stock still and frown deeply). Its lyrics in their native Czech heighten the album’s vibe of unreality. At first.

Of course, its casual arrival belies a memorable visit. It rips, obviously! Deceptively conservative, BW&BM commits most to the last part of its title. Intensity and swing measure about the same as The Crown and Goatwhore, a bit blacker but imminently as awesome. This is an album of pert, dynamic BM “rock” songs. To describe them, you get the urge to use the term “toe-tapper.” Also, you’ll quickly note that entertainment this addictive must be taken much further soon: Next, Blackosh could deliver more than six songs — 28 minutes isn’t enough time for even one of the title’s pursuits — and also deliver on the title’s promise of women and partying. Even if the job is assigned to non-English lyrics, like Kvelertak; even if their style of carousing is this harrowing. For now, crank it!

Booze, Whores, And Black Metal by Blackosh — in Czech, Kurvy, Chlast a Black Metal — came out a month ago via Iron Bonehead. Get it here and here.