Cromagnon-"Caledonia" (1969)

[MotorheadDrew]

who ever thinks this sounds like Comus has never heard the rest of this album or Comus, the only connection is that there both ahead of there time

[DaBarrack0bama]

hippy black metal

[eddy67]

this song shits all over everything released in 1969

[eddy67]

this song is fuckin sick

[jasonthehumanist]

Whatever this is officially 'classed' as, no person can truly enjoy this unless they own a battle axe. I love it.

[gazmax]

I wouldn't be surprised if this band had an influence on people like Der Blutharsch...

[psychosurfer69]

1969? hell yeah

[Frankinmoo12]

ugh... 240??? REALLY?!? D:

[SHELLHEAD1961]

Does anyone know what the band members look like?....i bet they are all RED with POINTED TAILS and TONGUES And BIG ASS HORNS on their heads.....the most evil screaming shit i've ever heard with my mortal ears.

[Paelolithic]

@SHELLHEAD1961 hate to destroy your illusions, but they have mullets and aviator specs.

[SatanFang]

Hate me all you want but this is not even close to black metal, it's folk.

[chrisM33]

@SatanFang Mate the vocals are bang on black metal, hell even the breathing part is bang on, yeah musically your right, but those vocals are way out of there time

[SatanFang]

@chrisM33 If you ask me it sounds like a bunch of people forcefully whispering. Black metal vocals are shrieks and screams.

[VictorUnderground]

HOLY FUCK.

[whitedemai]

I have the original lp! In my opinion, a real lightning bolt over the market!

[Wakkajakka]

Industrial music is such a broad spectrum that it's hard to get by any band from the 80's to today without having an industrial sound by it's standards. Basically all you need is distorted digital sounds, and provocative lyrics. Good luck finding a "metal, black metal, grunge, or punk" band without these parameters.

[hairymarx]

If you think this is weird, check out 'No Record' (1968) by the Nihilist Spasm Band. Cromagnon and Nihilist Spasm Band invented Noise/Industrial.

[PennyDreadful1]

I thought Bathory was early!...Geez!

[yacambielacontra]

@LeDZeP616 That is music son Music!

[atzenanu]

To those who say he whispers and does not shout, ...hmmm ever tried listening to it with headphones? Do YOU whisper like that to your kids or to your wife when you're in bed at night? The Residents singer (Homer Flyn) does this as well...

[bcolby89]

Early No-Wave and in theory it does classify the categories for industrial. Throbbing drum beats, distorted vocals and sound samples

[ObiUanTrombopi]

Hippie black metal

[storysplicer]

Cromagnon has a fan page on Facebook now.

[MarionLord]

I would say is more similar to folk black metal (similar) than industrial



[addictedtometal69]

Fuck Cracked.com! The ANUS sent me here long ago and I keep coming back.

[HumanMonolith]

@addictedtometal69

Yeah but, ANUS is a fucking laughable shithole of a site.

[panjawel2]

Industrial? 30 years ahead of it's time? Are you guys deaf or just stupid? This sounds nothing like industrial (unless you believe shit like NIN is industrial, lol), but it's very similar to Comus, who released their first album in 1971. So yeah, at best this is 2 years ahead of it's time, you can stop jerking off now.

Oh, I still think this is an awesome song, just not 30-years-ahead awesome.

[kingfeeb]

@panjawel2 I disagree that this is "very similar" to Comus. Other than the fact that Comus and Cromagnon both twisted folk idioms to their own purposes, and they both were somewhat shambolic, they don't have much in common. It may not be "30-years-ahead awesome", but it is around 15 years ahead, since the percussion and vocal approach, as well as the roaring background clatter, would later appear in such 70s-80s industrial music as Neubauten, SPK, Young Gods, Skinny Puppy and Throbbing Gristle.

[panjawel2]

@kingfeeb

Seriously, come on. Listen to Second Annual Report or The Third And Final Report and find Cromagnon-like percussion and vocals there. I don't know SPK and Einstuerzende Neubauten very well, so I'd appreciate if you could guide me to their songs with Cromagnon-like elements. About Young Gods and Skinny Puppy, don't even get me started - let's just say that industrial rock is something completely different than industrial. I fail to comprehend how people keep confusing those two genres

[panjawel2]

About Cromagnon's similarity to Comus, after rethinking it I must say you're right, it's rather remote - but it's the same with similarity to industrial music, it's purely superficial, there is no real connection.

[VoodooFlintstone]

@kingfeeb I agree with this person, I also think it's quite close to being labelled Proto-Noise.

[InfiniteCheese]

@kingfeeb I don't know about you two but this reminds me mainly of extreme metal I've heard. I mean the unusual percussion, folk instruments, high amounts of distortion, harsh vocals and epic atmosphere remind me eastern europes folk metal. I think these guys are ahead of their time but not 30. If I had to name a genre for them I'd say extreme heavy psychedelic.

[B360Lightning]

@panjawel2 Wrong, this has elements of both industrial and black metal, easily heard. This is the most frightening tune I've heard, made in the 1960s. Comus' first album sounds like a band of Witches that made a folk album, not like this at all.

[panjawel2]

Ok, this is awesome, but could anyone explain to me why people keep saying this sounds like industrial? I listen quite a bit to Throbbing Gristle and Laibach and they sound nothing like this.

[stigler30]

@panjawel2 Sounds more like late Coil or early Current 93.

[TheSteelyMan]

Just skip ahead to 0:57

[superdiaper]

whether this was pre industrial or pre metal doesn't matter. the fact it sounds like something that hadn't been invented yet is quite good.

This song is both catchy and slightly creepy. And cracked.com sent me here too

[Avatarfan2012]

@superdiaper More like proto-metal

[EpicBeard815]

This guy could use a glass of water

[DoubleEdgedSword12]

Man, if I tripped to this song I would be scared as hell.

[willfullyobscure]

they're whispering into a phat mike you can hear it if you tune up your ears. cillun these days use iFuckyou mics and don't know hardware for shit

[EXIDEBANDENGLAND]

this would of scared the shit out of you in the 60s btw sounds like the ritual music in alex jones bohemia grove

[HitsTownUSA]

Wild!!!

[OldMusicOnVinyl1]

Wow.

This song is WAYYYYY out of its time.

[barrab]

@OldMusicOnVinyl1 no its not

[poltergiest11]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL, IM HIGH AND I LOVE IT!

[tacozzrgood15]

This is crazy. This is AWESOME.

[crowbarftw]

I want whatever drugs these guys were on. Killer tune! First World Of Bronze is awesome as well.

[whitedemai]

superstars



[superpaco666]

Black metal roots far away from Venom!!

Amazing!!!

[TheMaliciousZephyr]

BEHOLD THE WHITE BEARD

[guiltyspark66]

This song played when I was defeated by the Final Boss Of The Internet.

[kokaxp]

Give me aminazinum

[deepjew]

guitar worlds 50 heaviest songs before black sabbath brought me here

[deepjew]

this songs really starting to grow on me

[yourleaderDrChaos]

Rebecca Black in the recommended videos? This isn't right at all.

[mangofiend333]

1969? woooaahh.

[Niaboc67]

This is incredible i mean i hear black metal in this, gorgoroth,bathory, immorta what an incredible find, thanks for the upload!

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

This sounds 40 years ahead of today.

[immortalx50]

KVLT TRVE BLACK METAL

[MassHumanicide]

Awesome song. :)

[yaddayadda82]

why is Rebecca Black in the suggestions?

[Nog64]

@yaddayadda82 People who like to go to Cracked.com probably watched Friday around the same time the website put out an article linking to this page.

[hairymarx]

The Residents meet Nepalm Death

[atzenanu]

@hairymarx WITH lyrics! Some say ND have lyrics but i can only understand The Residents'.

[LoveoneAn]

Trent Reznor sucks

[mehico33]

@LoveoneAn To quote martinez1671 "trent reznor is a badass, and thats it"

1671, one hell of a year

[Skedarlord]

This is fuck'n awsome. Best Absu song ever.

Hail Moloch!

[zaxmania]

Every track  from this LP is pure genius!

[Kattinator]

I need more stuff like this. Best thing i've heard in a while.

[akryllic000love]

I saw the wikipedia article and thought it might be cool... but honestly guys, this is pretty bad. Things that are hyped up and called "influential" by everybody usually are bad.

[clumpft]

@akryllic000love Whaaat ?? Absolute bollocks. You don't get it at all. This was fucking wild for it's time, you can her elements of black metal and all sorts of stuff.

[xxxmandacaruxxx]

@S7UP1D17Y Yes, we read the article at Cracked as well.

[Bassbait]

Let's just admit that NIN sucks. What about them is industrial? You want REAL industrial? This is good.

But also look up this -

"Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch excerpt"

That music video is just WEIRD.

[TheBackseatJesus]

@Bassbait Funny thing is Trent Reznor has never claimed to be industrial. It was the mainstream that claimed it.

[AzilRaziel]

@TheBackseatJesus This is true. Most people don't know this fact.

[martinez1671]

@Bassbait trent reznor is a badass, and thats it

[eyarbroughzone]

Thanks to Cracked.com we were finally introduced to this amazing song. Can't get this tune out of my head now. It makes me want to dance around a fire in goat leggings.

[cubby3o5]

@eyarbroughzone I actually came here from TV Tropes, who told me about the Cracked.com article.

[SirBraxton1989]

This should have been in Braveheart.

[ThePsychoReturns]

Not bad at all.

[Ne0Xer0]

Caveman metal.

[Gnomeman101]

Sounds to me as if the Dropkick Murphy's met some acid-bearing roadies on a trip and well....you hear the rest.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

If I were listening to this whilst on acid, chances are I'd be flipping out.

[anonymouswillnotstop]

@juliaisafilmbuff123 that risk I may be willing to take :D

[steelers5ty9]

i dont want to vote on that second comment because it's at 42... but this is freaking awesome

[doomtown84]

Sounds like The Moon Lay Hidden Behind a Cloud, or rather, they sound like this song

[shadowcop75]

@doomtown84

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[TheGREENJAY]

trent reznor rented a bagpipe and traveled back in time

[TheGREENJAY]

hmm, i didnt know trent reznor and aphex twin were friends, let alone went back in time together and rented a bagpipe

[frostyx512]

@XCasperX666 I just uploaded a video with the lyrics, and without the intro.

youtube . com/watch?v=yQBpFMZmMqI

[Damnation2525]

This is quite possibly very amazing.

[JiminyKracker]

Just wow

[androx17]

Singer kind of sounds like Trent from Mystik Spiral

[NekoJenn]

This is shocking. SHOCKING.

[funfdogg]

Dam 1969??? This was hard.

[MrHornyWii]

BI WINNING

[bl00sadr]

The closest thing I can equate this to is folk-metal, a genre that's only existed since like 1998, if we're being generous.

I just messed my pants.

[slxslippy]

its like Dethklok's grandfathers crashed a studio

[PencilShank]

Not black metal, Caveman rock.

[gnrchild]

I have to give Cracked credit; when they said Songs ahead of their Time, I just assumed they'd talk about the Velvet Underground or David Bowie. But this is pretty cool, even if I wouldn't call it industrial.

[shadowcop75]

@gnrchild

I definitely would call it industrial considering how many industrial bands sound like the Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, Der Blutharsch, Luftwaffe, Blood Axis, Current 93, Allerseelen etc often come close to this sound and style.

[dewismaximus]

To quote a buddy, " It sounds like a renaissance festival having sex with Al Jourgenson." I believe that to be an apt description.

[89152019]

the whole album shoulda been like this. . .they were really onto something amazing with this track

[Inenitias]

I feel like the Scottish devil wants me to to his bidding...I like it.

[Dai3eb]

This is a terrible song.

[DDA1220]

I don't even like industrial or black metal, yet I think this song is quite awesome.

[AtlantaFalcons89]

This is surpringly catchy. (And yes Cracked sent me) Love the bagpipes.

[WrrnMyr]

Imagine the scene: it's 1969 and a couple of sheltered, wholesome teenyboppers are hanging out one Friday evening. They play The Archies' new single "Sugar Sugar," some Beach Boys albums, and Yellow Submarine twice, all the while drinking soda pop and arguing about which Beatle is the cutest. Then, one of them suggests putting on this far-out looking new album she just bought. They take it out of the packaging, giggling about the album name, and put it on the player.

Then this song plays.

[mhammer50]

@WrrnMyr HA HA HA HA HA! The carnage is beautiful!

[mevalemadresnot]

@WrrnMyr Got their minds blown, questioned their existence and became hippies for years, heavily consumed drugs trying to understand such greatness and finally pulled their shit together and tried to forget they had been spectators of something too great for humanity to withstand. Then got a blue collar job and a lot of them became parents of some of the kids that comment here.

[Amnesiac085]

I deleted my entire music collection. All I really need is this song. It will play at my wedding, the birth of my son or daughter, when I'm hired at my next job, when I'm fired from that job, and at my funeral.

[brovell]

@Amnesiac085 You've inspired me to do the same.

[Slacktoo]

@Amnesiac085 Epic fucking post

[ComputerJunkie00]

@Amnesiac085

No you didn't, and no you won't.

[Coxworthful]

@ComputerJunkie00

Sometimes people will jokingly use hyperbole in order to emphasise a feeling or opinion. It's not meant to be taken literally. I hope this has been helpful to you.

[Psykotto]

This is a lot closer to black metal than industrial, like pagan or folk metal. If you replace the bagpipes with a guitar, it sounds just like an old Moonsorrow or Kampfar or Nokturnal Mortum song.

[RangerAhab]

Ok yeah Cracked.com sent me. But this is good. This is really good,better then NIN.

[progrockcoffee]

...This was 1969?!?!?

[XCasperX666]

Does anyone have the lyrics for this?

[StingTheory]

Psychedelic industrial black metal, best genre ever.

[PayNoAttentiontoCaes]

CRACKED

[AgnarchyBeats]

This is so awesome.

[anglocowboy]

Pictish industrial/metal?  Win!

[carlosduran]

This heavy vomity orgy fest of bloody metal bag pipes is punk as fuck

[Mongoloidspesh]

This is heavy. Cheers Cracked!

[xJMAN07x]

Thumbs up if cracked.com sent you here. O.o

[SpartanT48]

None of you posting "proto, black, hardcore, heavy metal before it existed" know shit about music. This is clearly industrial, learn you'r music kids

[HasBeenProductions01]

@SpartanT48

Yeah, definitely, as evidenced by the harsh black metal vocals.

[jbxspartan]

@SpartanT48 Hard to take you seriously when you typed a monstrosity like "you'r"

[Satanslilhelpr666]

kinda reminds me of Grendle

[saimpot]

Cracked send me here

[RangerAhab]

@saimpot As well as me.

[silvicus1]

@saimpot yeah, me too:p

[ilotitto]

This is sooooo fucked up... I LOVE IT!!

[asinnedangel]

Long Live Cracked.com!

[EchoOfLohengrin]

BAGPIPES!!

[tremisanthrope]

I would definitely not call it black metal. Industrial, most definitely, like if Throbbing Gristle were to have been masterminded by Trent Reznor.

[schnids1605]

damn, cracked. that's some heavy stuff

[nitronick389]

I've been a lifetime fan of this, totally

..cracked

[Jak00125]

Cracked sent me here. Great find!

[MuIdoon]

Cracked



[rdiaz21]

this is not black metal.. not even close.. the main difference being that black metal sucks huge amounts of ass and this fckin rules... Seriously now this is more in tune with all the noise rock and noise punk (LIARS, HEALTH, etc.) bands nowadays than metal.. seriously now... fck black metal...

[rdiaz21]

this is not black metal.. not even close.. the main difference being that black metal sucks huge amounts of ass and this fckin rules... Seriously now this is more in tune with all the noise rock and noise punk (LIARS, HEALTH, etc.) bands nowadays than metal.. seriously now... fuck black metal...

[blackmetalblunt]

@rdiaz21

hmmm. you seem to not know much about black metal. im willing to bet you dont know how the style of music has evolved and matured, nor do you have a clue about any of the artistic masterpieces its put out in the last 10 years. If youre well listened in the genre and how it sounds now you will find some eerie connections to this song.

[Slayer5551]

@rdiaz21 If you don't think this sounds like black metal, you really don't know much about black metal.

[Timeforthaunted]

Interesting 

[goldensloth7]

Awesome video, goes perfectly with the music.

[OrochiFlamez]

Cracked brought me here!

[kbjami]

I love it!

[VaultTechy]

Cracked?

[blackmetalblunt]

Cracked got this wrong. So more black metal then industrial.

[CaptainNeckbeard0]

Cracked.

[Flamingpond]

lolcracked

[silvestrerevueltas]

hi cracked!!!!!

[PerfectingTimeTravel]

Cracked.

[noogies]

Cracked just mentioned this song, and I felt so cool because I knew about it way before haha

[VictorianSlaughter3]

thumbs up if you came here from cracked.com

[zeester09]

Cracked.com

[saintsaens21]

c-r-a-c-k-e-d

[zucciniinabottle]

this sounds a lot like agalloch

[redshaftedflicker]

One of the true originals.

[MrChambonable]

That scared kids, and pissed moms in the 60's

[jek21]

wtf this is awesome

[SonOfNothingness]

kvlt

[iizlandon]

Sucks this is the only real song on the album :(

[texanman]

Justin bebier?

[pontipicon]

Who knew druid hippies rocked so hard?

[PopeDarwin]

love those drums or wve it is. tubes or something?

[ffgiza]

@PopeDarwin I think those are bagpipes.

[CoastForager]

Decades ahead of their time, Cradle of filth have become a tribute band!

[MegaWaah]

not black metal but current93-like music with many years in advance... amazing!!