Return Of The Man...

Judd Madden ~ Glacial (2013)

He's back! Australia's one man instrumental doom prodigy has finally returned!
I've probably said it before, but it bares repeating. Judd is one of those guys you kinda, just wanna hate, for no other reason than the fact he's disgustingly talented. Seriously, six albums, forty four tracks, numerous demos, and that mother plays, mixes and masters bloody everything.
Any of you who have followed Madden's works over the last couple few years will have experienced his steady growth and progression from album to album, and Glacial is no different. It does to an extent take off from where Artesian ended, but he's slightly altered his approach to the whole dynamics of the album. Going back to similar style as Waterfall and crafting huge chunks of somber doom that exceed the 12-15 minute mark. It's all broken up nicely too, with the first couple of tracks building up to a nice volley of chugging riffs that bellow out in a subtly Scandinavia style before giving way to a sound that instantly reminded me of Isis's seminal Oceanic - dark, deliberate and brooding. It's all effortlessly effective, beautifully simple and quietly understated. Just like all of Judd's discography, it never tries to be too clever for its own good. Not that he couldn't pull that off, hell, he's like a young Trent Reznor. But sometimes it's the simple things that end up being the most effective and invoking... And that's why we bloody love him. 
~ Jay

For Fans Of; Pelican, The Cosmic Dead, Mountain Witch, Caspian, Tryals

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Glacial (320kbps)

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Return Of The Prodigy...

Judd Madden - Artesian (2012)

To be fair this chap doesn't really need an introduction. I said all I really can about this one man post metal power of house when I hit y'all up with his back catalog earlier in the year. So just stop pissing around and just go and download his most recent blinding release Artesian.

~ Jay

For Fans Of; Pelican, Black Sabbath, Jodis, Tusk, Mountain Witch 

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Artesian (320kbps)

Doom Down Under...

Judd Madden - (Back Catalog 2010-2012)

Ooooooh we've got a big fat update for y'all today! Four for the price of one to be exact. You lucky devils!
So occasionally it's nice to know what you should be expecting when you're given or download an album without prior knowledge of the artist. Sometimes it can be wildly disappointing or just flat out confusing, but when it comes to Judd Madden, well he really didn't bury the lead when it came to the title of his brand new album Doomgroove. You really couldn't find more truth in advertising if you tired. In all honesty I really should have posted about this guy a long, long time ago. As his first three releases Waterfall, Float and Drown have been sitting in my iTunes for nigh on 8 months at the least. But better late than never, and besides I'll drop links below for all his other work because you really, really need to check this guy out!
Solo artist from Melbourne, Australia Madden has spent the last 10 years plus making music in some dark or electronic form. Starting life with an electronic feel he dabbled with techno, experimental dance and noise producing tracks akin to that of Dust Brothers, Crystal Method and Aphex Twin. He then moved on and with a band called Fighting Locusts branched out and enthused a certain Tool/Perfect Circle kind of sound into his work. Not entirely my thing, but brilliantly executed none the less. Now that brings us to his latest efforts in the form of his dark doomy and down tuned guitar laden solo work, and oh boy does this chap have talent! I mean not just a little, I'm talking by the bucket load! It actually makes you sick that one guy can produce not one but four epic albums that are not only amazingly diverse in the make up of their composition but fantastically produced. It's like Pelican and Sabbath being jammed in a studio then mixing duties being passed over to Trent Reznor. Some bands with three or more pretty well skilled members can only dream of churning out one, maybe two albums of a similar ilk which even remotely come close to this. The riffs are huge, fuzzy and (arguably) most importantly catchy as hell, every track just leaves you wanting more and more. The man's truly discovered a winning formular. He's the sub equator's answer to Aaron Turner. It's that simple.

I implore you, pitch this guy at least a buck or two for his albums. Yeah they're up for free but he's clearly doing this for the shear love of the music. If that shouldn't be rewarded, nothing should!

For Fans Of; Pelican, Black Sabbath, Jodis, Tusk, Mountain Witch 

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Waterfall (320kbps) / Float (320kbps) / Drown (320kbps) / Doomgroove (320kbps)