Tasting Notes - With Bryn and Jaff

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Hosted by two guys who know a bit about music and nothing about wine, the Tasting Notes podcast is a weekly chat about both. Bryn and Jaff try a different bottle every week in a quest to understand the terminology and to be able to taste wine, rather than just drink it; as well as discussing all things heavy, extreme and alternative in the world of music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. S3 E9 - House By Sainsbury's

    1D AGO

    S3 E9 - House By Sainsbury's

    This week Jaff finds himself tottering around Italy whilst Bryn is nowhere to be seen...luckily he has a reliable bottle of Montepulciano to keep him company. Nikki Sixx makes some comments about g******s, Metallica get spherical and Jaff summons the spirirt of Oz Clark to keep him company... There's twelve releases this week for you to get your teeth into...including some questionable 'big' release...plenty to keep you occupied! This Weeks Releases Black Stone Cherry - Celebrate (00:16:56) Mascot Records https://blackstonecherry.bandcamp.com/album/celebrate Prong - Live and Uncleansed (00:19:30) Steamhammer https://prongband.bandcamp.com/album/live-and-uncleansed-live Morrissey - Make-up Is A Lie (00:20:29) Sire Records https://open.spotify.com/album/6A40Ozbw7pFO7HBeKHkxs2?si=5ftdJVqAQA2fuZ3jWRVsSg Miserere Luminis - Sidera (00:24:05) Debemur Morti https://miserereluminis.bandcamp.com/album/sidera Temple Of Void - The Crawl (00:28:54) Relapse https://templeofvoid.bandcamp.com/album/the-crawl Blackbraid - Nocturnal Womb (00:32:48) Wolf Mountain Productions https://blackbraid.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnal-womb Lost Society - Hell Is A State Of Mind (00:37:16) Nuclear Blast https://lostsocietyband.bandcamp.com/album/hell-is-a-state-of-mind Desert Storm - Buried Under The Weight Of Reason (00:41:18) Heavy Psych Sounds https://desertstorm.bandcamp.com/music Grail Guard - Still No Future (00:44:03) TNS Records https://grailguard.bandcamp.com/album/still-no-future Azken Auzi - Infernua (00:45:44) Argonauta https://azkenauzi.bandcamp.com/album/infernua Qwälen - Veri Virtaa Edellenn (00:48:26) Time To Kill https://qwaelen.bandcamp.com/album/veri-virtaa-edelleen Black Lung - Forever Beyond (00:49:32) Magnetic Eye https://blacklungband.bandcamp.com/album/forever-beyond Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    55 min
  2. S3 E8 - Primitivo and Zinfandel (The Journey)

    MAR 5

    S3 E8 - Primitivo and Zinfandel (The Journey)

    It's long overdue, but we've finally got our friendly resident wine expert back! This week Jake leads us on a carefully curated journey into the history of Primitivo and Zinfandel....and you may actually learn something for a change! Bryn talks about his embarrassing faux pas, Jaff scours the internet comments sections for more comedy gold and Jaff goes head to head with Jake in a round of 'Band or Booze' There's an album of the year contender, some questionable pop music and a progressive death metal album that will make your brain melt.....plenty to get stuck into! This Weeks Releases Olhava - Memorial (00:35:39) Avantagarde https://olhava.bandcamp.com/album/memorial Cryptic Shift - Overspace and Supertime (00:42:14) Metal Blade https://cryptic-shift.bandcamp.com/album/overspace-supertime-2 JeGong - Gomi Kuzu Can (01:10:07) Pelagic https://jegong.bandcamp.com/album/gomi-kuzu-can Die Like Gentlemen - Die Like Gentlemen (01:13:35) Drink This Music https://dielikegentlemen.bandcamp.com/album/die-like-gentlemen Ennui - Qroba (01:18:01) Self https://ennui-funeral.bandcamp.com/album/qroba Slagmaur - Hulders Ritual (01:20:11) Prophecy Productions https://slagmaur-no.bandcamp.com/album/hulders-ritual Blunt Knife Castration - Blood & Oil (01:22:00) Self https://bluntknifecastration.bandcamp.com/album/blood-oil Speglas - Endarkment, Being & Death (01:44:36) Trust No One https://speglas.bandcamp.com/album/endarkenment-being-death Carpenter Brut - Leather Temple (01:48:40) No Quarter Prod https://carpenterbrut.bandcamp.com/album/leather-temple Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2h 1m
  3. S3 E7 - Waking The Demon (Mead)

    FEB 26

    S3 E7 - Waking The Demon (Mead)

    Bryn and Jaff step outside their comfort zone this week and try a bottle of UK produced mead (courtesy of Bryn's father-in-law) that also happens to be a collaboration from welsh noise-mongers Bullet For My Valentine (....ball-bag). It turns out that mead has an interesting effect on Jaff's linguistic abilities... Jaff puts Bryn's knowledge of the Highway Code to the test, Download festival have ruined everyone's day (splits), there's an Ozzy themed Mardi Gras parade and Bryn has concocted a new fact-based game.....Vino Extremo!! There's also a whopping sixteen albums to get through this week including some brilliant blackened post-metal from Ireland, some dissonant, atmospheric black metal from Norway and plenty of Jazz (much to Jaff's disgruntlement...) This Weeks Releases Mumford and Sons - Prizefighter (00:28:05) Universal https://open.spotify.com/album/36tMC1BcEdVTX2YN5Ygg7k?si=Sqcsy4SlR6OIj-jQDIdlQw Sylosis - The New Flesh (00:29:44) Nuclear Blast https://sylosis.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-flesh Yungblud - Idols II (00:33:01) Capitol https://open.spotify.com/album/0cUFNGzV90YdrBfTBjxjjM?si=oUvSg6wHRyG580WuYlq73Q Domhain - In Perfect Stillness (00:39:16) These Hands Melt https://domhain-band.bandcamp.com/album/in-perfect-stillness Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean - Let Us Not Speak Of Them But Look And Pass On (00:48:03) Redscroll Records https://chainedtothebottomoftheocean.bandcamp.com/album/let-us-not-speak-of-them-but-look-and-pass-on Coscradh - Carving The Causeway To The Otherworld (00:59:36) 20 Buck Spin https://coscradh.bandcamp.com/album/carving-the-causeway-to-the-otherworld Bizarrekult - Alt Som Finnes (01:04:38) Season Of Mist https://bizarrekult.bandcamp.com/album/alt-som-finnes Phasma - Purgatory (01:09:35) Transcending Obscurity https://phasmametal.bandcamp.com/album/purgatory Dwellnought - Monolith of Ephemerality (01:14:16) Caligari Records https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/album/monolith-of-ephemerality Jazz Sabbath - Jazz Sabbath Live (01:19:55) Blacklake https://jazzsabbath.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-sabbath-live Ricky Alexander - Ragology (01:25:08) Turtle Bay https://rickyalexander.bandcamp.com/album/ragology Exhumed - Red Asphalt (01:28:18) Relapse https://exhumed.bandcamp.com/album/red-asphalt Erlend Ropstad - Like Sant Som Alt Annet EP (01:37:11) Indie Recordings https://open.spotify.com/album/2InYVvKzqda004JsMQtteT?si=2vp6Qgn9TemeIzuYcmsW6A Bayonet Dismemberment - Skull Crushed By A Tank (01:40:36) Iron Fortress https://bayonetdismemberment.bandcamp.com/album/skull-crushed-by-a-tank D'Voxx - HERZOG: A Retrospective (01:43:06) Something Else Music Limited https://din7d.bandcamp.com/album/herzog-a-retrospective-din95 Apparat - A Hum Of Maybe (01:47:06) Mute Artist Ltd https://apparat-music.bandcamp.com/album/a-hum-of-maybe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 55m
  4. S3 E6 - Pepperbox

    FEB 19

    S3 E6 - Pepperbox

    G'day folks! Bryn and Jaff return to Southern Australia to try out a bottle of Pepperbox Shiraz...and they humbly apologise for the appallingly bad attempts at Australian accents. Bryn's crack gets a shout out, there's a game of Kiss My Trump, David Ellefson rears his big head (sorry) and Jaff tests Bryn's knowledge of Australian hard-rock bands...oh, and we raise a glass for Dr Dre's birthday! From gypsy punk to ambient classical, death metal to deathcore with a quick amble through Mariachi and crust-punk....it's an eclectic week!! This Weeks Releases Charlie XCX - Wuthering Heights (00:35:29) Atlantic Recordings https://open.spotify.com/album/4oniyB3TRFhjglVSqVgy9e?si=0vqK2I6QRrCO5DFPol8Xxw Converge - Love Is Not Enough (00:39:19) Epitaph https://convergecult.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-not-enough Gogol Bordello - We Mean It, Man! (00:42:34) Gogol Recordings https://gogolbordello.bandcamp.com/album/we-mean-it-man Worm - Necroplace (00:45:07) Century Media https://wormgloom.bandcamp.com/album/necropalace-24-bit-hd-audio Fossilization - Advent Of Wounds (00:47:01) Everlasting Spew https://open.spotify.com/album/5EznkIQj30NXQOqsuB5EQ0?si=kFlFV3sVTqucHokvj1Y4AA De l’Abîme Naît l’Aube - Rituel : Initiation (00:51:50) Hypnotic Dirge https://danapostmetal.bandcamp.com/album/rituel-initiation Ashbringer - Subglacial (01:01:25) Nothingspace https://ashbringermusic.bandcamp.com/album/subglacial Magda Drozd - Divided By Dusk (01:07:25) Präsens Editionen  https://praesenseditionen.bandcamp.com/album/divided-by-dusk Ponte Del Diavolo - De Venom Natura (01:13:16) Season Of Mist https://pontedeldiavolo666.bandcamp.com/album/de-venom-natura Forcefed Horsehead / Shaving The Werewolf - From Horrid To Worse Split EP (01:18:42) Self https://forcefedhorsehead.bandcamp.com/album/from-horrid-to-worse Avalanche - Armed To The Teeth (01:27:48) Self https://avalanchebandrock.bandcamp.com/album/armed-to-the-teeth Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx (IV) (01:34:35) ATO Records https://thebronx.bandcamp.com/album/mariachi-el-bronx-iv Skin Stripper - Brutality Is Supremacy (01:37:50) Self https://skinstripperslam.bandcamp.com/album/brutality-is-supremacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 44m
  5. S3 E5 - Los Arrāez

    FEB 12

    S3 E5 - Los Arrāez

    This week Bryn and Jaff return to the delights of white wine! They've picked a slightly more obscure grape from Valencia in Spain....and it hasn't been made in a mental asylum or the worlds thinnest house... Slipknot are looking outside their window, Steven Wilson has made Bryn very happy, and Kid Rock gains a whole new meaning after his anti-SuperBowl show.... After wading through the musical pond, there's been some absolute beauties that have risen to the surface!! I you're looking for modern NWOBHM bands or aggressive post-rock then fill up your glass and settle in... This Weeks Releases Karnivool - In Verses (00:31:19) Cymatic https://open.spotify.com/album/2QJhJYgrwIL5C8x7FphmVk?si=L3QW4AInQdGfJyMgK5qq-w Puscifer - Normal Isn't (00:33:44) BMG https://puscifermusic.bandcamp.com/album/normal-isnt Mayhem - Liturgy Of Death (00:36:35) Century Media https://open.spotify.com/album/2C8tHSlAS7hGeHCJhvpuGW?si=KGdG909cRh6m4UpIxqaizg Puke Wolf - Descend (00:47:08) 5FeetUnder https://pukewolf.bandcamp.com/album/descend Tailgunner - Midnight Blitz (00:55:12) Napalm https://tailgunner.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-blitz Predatory Void - Atoned In Metamorphosis (01:06:23) Pelagic https://predatoryvoid.bandcamp.com/album/atoned-in-metamorphosis Moloch - Bend. Break. Kneel. Crawl (01:13:47) Dry Cough https://moloch.bandcamp.com/album/bend-break-kneel-crawl Cattle Hammer - Dark Thoughts With Lights Out (01:19:12) Road To Masochist https://cattlehammer.bandcamp.com/album/dark-thoughts-with-lights-out Uncultivates - This Will Become Clear Later, Like The French Revolution (01:25:29) Horsebox Records https://uncultivates.bandcamp.com/album/this-will-become-clear-later-like-the-french-revolution Kavari - Plague Music EP (00:35;18) XL Recordings https://kavarimusic.bandcamp.com/album/plague-music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 46m
  6. S3 E4 - The Wolftrap

    FEB 5

    S3 E4 - The Wolftrap

    South Africa is the destination of choice this week! Bryn and Jaff try a Shiraz from the Franschoek region...and the reviews are mixed... There's been announcements from ArcTangent and Damnation, Grammy's snubs, Donald Trump's aversion to Green Day, and there's another round of 'Red, White or Black'...if Bryn can keep his eyes of Jean's sugar bush.... New releases cover a wide range of genres this week, including a British black metal band, some Swedish prog and a Belarusian technical death metal band with a name longer than Gandalfs beard....plenty to get your teeth into! This Weeks Releases Sidious - Malefic Necropolis (00:39:28) Immortal Frost https://sidious.bandcamp.com/album/malefic-necropolis Gorrch - Stillamentum (00:47:30) Avantgarde https://gorrch.bandcamp.com/album/stillamentum Qasu - A Bleak King Cometh (00:58:52) Apocalyptic Witchcraft https://qasu.bandcamp.com/album/a-bleak-king-cometh Hällas - Panorama (01:09:04) Äventyr https://haellas.bandcamp.com/album/panorama Eximperitus - Meritoriousness Of Equanimity (01:15:24) Willowtip https://eximperitus.bandcamp.com/album/meritoriousness-of-equanimity Laura Cannell - The Medieval Drone Society (01:20:58) Brawl https://open.spotify.com/album/6IgbjNqm7ZAHEjLfKbGeeM?si=2d8yy4dGRkKfVTKZeev8Ww Nightmarer - Hell Interface (EP) (01:26:05) Total Dissonance Worship https://nightmarer.bandcamp.com/album/hell-interface Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 44m
  7. S3 E3 - Three Finger Jack

    JAN 29

    S3 E3 - Three Finger Jack

    Another week, another wine! And this time it's back to California for a Zinfandel courtesy of Three Finger Jack (prospecting not required). This week Vigljos are touring Botswana, there's drunken children stumbling around France in 1981, Bryn and Jaff have an uncharacteristically serious conversation about the challenges facing music venues across the UK......and Jaff goes full Bruce Forsyth as he brings a game for Bryn to try his hand at! It's been another stellar week for music releases, including two solo French projects that are contenders for album of the month!! This Weeks Release Gros Enfant Mort - Le Sang des Pierres (00:33:54) Moment Of Collapse https://grosenfantmort.bandcamp.com/album/le-sang-des-pierres Megadeth - Megadeth (00:44:04) BLKIIBLK https://open.spotify.com/album/6ouAFvDtaYWB7PdGaRtJGq?si=Ur0S14IcTc2FM_9wiKm4sA Madra Salach - It's A Hell Of An Age (01:01:07) Canvas Music https://open.spotify.com/album/6oZmZb6MX4lhYPN6v3sD2S?si=MJdNTmutTieOo913MJMzDw Archvile King - Aux Heures Désespérées (01:09:40) Les Acteurs de L'Ombre https://ladlo.bandcamp.com/album/aux-heures-d-sesp-r-es Handful Of Hate - Soulless Abominations (01:17:27) Dusktone https://dusktone.bandcamp.com/album/soulless-abominations Return To Silent Hill (OST) - Akira Yamaoka (01:22:02) Room 318 https://lacedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-silent-hill-original-motion-picture-soundtrack JB Dunckel - Paranormal Music Chamber (01:27:42) Prototyp https://open.spotify.com/album/0jGs4yfIyOKfn6b9kYzlS8?si=acx7akz9Rq-fONRf7bWx3g Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 48m
  8. S3 E2 - Lui

    JAN 22

    S3 E2 - Lui

    This week Jaff has pulled an absolute blinder with his wine choice, opting for a Cabernet Sauvignon from Verona in northern Italy. Gimp suits, Megadeth, James Hetfield's tricky guitar playing and the best Doctor Dave you could ever ask for.....there's all this and plenty more in store for you this week. On the release front, Jaff brings all the heavy this week, whilst Bryn basks in crust....January is throwing some absolute gems! This Weeks Releases Kreator - Krushers Of The World (00:36:07) Nuclear Blast https://kreator.bandcamp.com/album/krushers-of-the-world Corporatocracy - Corporatocracy (00:48:01) Self https://corporatocracy.bandcamp.com/album/corporatocracy Tombseeker - Tombseeker (00:57:03) Iron Fortress https://tombseeker.bandcamp.com/album/tombseeker Rotgut - 8oz Cantrip EP (01:02:13) Self https://rotgutofficial.bandcamp.com/album/8-oz-cantrip Void Monuments - Posthumous Imprecation (01:10:03) Blood Harvest https://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/posthumous-imprecation Total Annihilation - Mountains Of Madness (01:17:42) Testimony Records https://total-annihilation.bandcamp.com/album/mountains-of-madness In A House Of Hearbeats - Divination Of Dreams (01:23:52) Ripcord https://ripcordrecords.bandcamp.com/album/divination-of-dreams Imarhan - Essam (01:36:23) City Slang https://imarhan.bandcamp.com/album/essam Void Seeker - Depth (01:43:02) Self https://voidsinker.bandcamp.com/album/depth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 52m
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Hosted by two guys who know a bit about music and nothing about wine, the Tasting Notes podcast is a weekly chat about both. Bryn and Jaff try a different bottle every week in a quest to understand the terminology and to be able to taste wine, rather than just drink it; as well as discussing all things heavy, extreme and alternative in the world of music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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