Not only are there the standard big names and mediocre bands that the label wants you to know about, there’re some bands that you’d not expect to find here.
’70s gangster film soundtrack music. From India. In the ’70s & ’80s, Bombay cranked out dozens of “Brownsploitation” movies in the vein of Dolomite and Shaft.
If you peel away the layers of sexuality, debauchery, love, loss, and carnage of both Carnivore and Type O, you’ll see an under-current of classic rock.
Dissecting the elements of Tulus’ excellence is hard. It must be their unique approach and pure passion for black metal that elevates them to a higher plane.
Pealing screams, extendo wah wah run-thrus, drum breakdowns, shameless forays into psychedelia, “Alllllrightssss!” like Jon Spencer, and nonsensical lyrics.