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2009 Best of List from our prince of darkness, urufixx. 20 tunes selected from his top 20 albums, including Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, A Storm of Light, ZU, Khanate, YOB, Jamie Saft, Starving Weirdos, Maybeshewill, Kwoon, Master Musicians of Bukkake and more.

Bay Area guitar/drums duo Black Cobra is another one of them sludgy power trios and stoner duos like Om, Big Business, Weedeater & High on Fire.

The electronic soundscape / noise / ambient / drone scene is burgeouning with great releases these days whether they be CDs or CDRs and casettes on small labels. Prepare to get terrorised by Teeth of the Sea, I am Seamonster, Mountains, Lawrence English and Meczup.

Portland’s psychedelic instrumental rock outfit Grails‘ new CD Burning Off Impurities, will be out on April 24 on Temporary Residence, in the meanwhile Important Records has the previously released Black Tar FrequenciesEP’s compiled onto a CD. The name of this gem fits the music very well, because most of the album is dark & fuzzy, or should I say downright “nocturnal”.