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Viking's Choice: Razor-Wire Hardcore, Vocal Music From The Void

A ripping track from Nosebleed's <em>Outside Looking In</em> 7-inch single is featured on this week's playlist.

New year, new choices. Call your friends, drink more water, watch movies with subtitles, and listen to more drone and hardcore. I can't help you with the first two, but I can recommend Ana Lily Amirpour's feminist vampire western towards the third (If you're — hi there, by the way — I'm here every week with music of both extreme and soothing flavors.)

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