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Ultimate Playlist - Vol. 5; Pontus Ottosson (Snailking)...

9/5/2014

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As Swedish stoner/sludge/doom titans Snailking prepare to release their debut album Storm (9/16, Consoling Sounds), guitarist and vocalist Pontus Ottosson checks in with his top-10 playlist. Check back next week for a review of the new album. In the meantime, check out a few tracks here: http://snailking.bandcamp.com/album/storm. Huge thanks to Pontus for his participation.

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Melvins – “Night Goat”  (Houdini, 1993)

“My first introduction to Sludge. I was heavily in to grunge at the time and I’m afraid I only bought the album because Kurt Cobain had production credits on it. Instant favourite and the record that has probably changed my life the most.”

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YOB – “Ball of Molten Lead” (The Illusion of
Motion
, 2004)


“My introduction to YOB was through their album The
Illusion of Motion, a pheno- menal album and band that everybody should listen to.”

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Sleep – “Dragonaut”  (Holy Mountain, 1992)

“This together with Electric Wizard is what got me into stoner and doom metal many years ago. I actually heard it in the movie Gummo for the first time.”

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OM – “At Giza”  (Conference of the Birds, 2006)

“Two thirds of Sleep, bass, drums and vocals only. This is music you start cults to.”

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Indian – “The Impetus Bleeds” (From All Purity, 2014)

“Simply put, the best song of 2014 so far.”

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Pink Floyd – “Have a Cigar” (Wish You Were Here, 1975)

“Took me many years to try to figure out if it was Roger Waters or David Gilmour singing on this one, turns out it’s Roy Harper.”

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Black Sabbath – “Snowblind” (Vol. 4, 1972)

“This is a song we’ve jammed together in the band, even before there was a band. If not the best, one of the best Sabbath songs.”

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Alice in Chains – “Sludge Factory” (MTV Unplugged, 1996)

“Who would’ve known Alice in Chains were better un- plugged? Classic per-formance.”

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Toto – ”Africa” (Toto IV, 1982)

“Not many people know this, but we have a ritual in Snailking and that is to listen to this song before every gig. It started out as a joke but has now become a thing we do.”

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Ufomammut – “Lacrimosa”  (Snailking, 2004)

“If Toto’s Africa is our joke song in the band, this is the one we’re all serious about. We love Ufomammut and this is our favourite song from their record Snailking that we ended up taking our band name from.”

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Indian Girl New York link
10/21/2022 11:45:16 am

Thanks for writiing this

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