Blackstaff

Blackstaff

Seattle, WA-based doom. Heavy, dark, blackened doom. Prepare to be crushed.

05/11/2023

I just did a deep dive with Gaz on his YouTube/streaming channel Fed Up (and it’s right here: https://www.youtube.com// ) about each song Blackstaff has published to date.
We talked about the nerdy foundations of Blackstaff, , , litRPG books, Magic: The Gathering, a slew of tabletop role playing games and a million things in between and somehow filled out two and a half hours. Gaz is an awesome nerdy mf and is 100% my people. Check out 5 minutes or the whole shooting match, whatever floats your boat. Hope to hang with this dude again some time.

04/11/2023

My friend Todd is on Fiverr, taking his mixing services to a public platform for the first time. If you’re a musician or a one man band producing your own raw tracks and you need someone to turn them into the song in your head, you can’t do much better than $100 a track with price breaks for 3 and 5 tracks for the kind of love this guy gives to his craft. Up til now he’s basically been a member of the band, we have spent so much time together with this music. If you need a guy like that on your team, and you liked the sound of the Godless EP, get on Fiverr and hit him up.

13/10/2023

Had an awesome time kicking it with and checking out the show last night—met some bad ass people and musicians and scores this signed vinyl. sounded fu***ng spectacular! Every band was massive.

15/09/2023

Square Hammer is catchy as f**k.
Yeah, I said that.
ARE YOU ON THE LEVEL?
Okay, OKAY, I’ll change the music.
Human beings: the most opinionated food group.
Can we proceed with the skin removal? Kindly lie still..

10/09/2023

Check out this handmade synth I got at last night’s .possession show made by

Can’t wait to freak this thing out with a bunch of distortion and time based fx.

07/09/2023

Going to be putting these patches up on the Band Camp store for all of you wild, patched up heathens.

04/09/2023

The Mighty Decibel included ‘Barrow Wight’ in their new release podcast.

https://on.soundcloud.com/hoRVC

STONER/DOOM METAL NEW RELEASES - August/September 2023 04/09/2023

The Mighty Decibel included ‘Barrow Wight’ in their new release podcast!

STONER/DOOM METAL NEW RELEASES - August/September 2023 It's a new week, so time for another "New Release Monday" episode. This episode we spotlight new and upcoming releases from August and September 2023 in stoner metal, along with a smattering of deat

30/08/2023

Please, for the love of dog. Of all the things you might smoke today—don’t smoke as***le.

New Blackstaff in the works.

***les

23/08/2023

Wake up to screaming
And put on my wizard hat
Hammer, then silence
-a haiku about the beginning of a day in the life of Blackstaff

Photos from Blackstaff's post 19/08/2023

NEW MERCH DESIGN
“Hungry Wizard” tee
art by
My, Blackstaff, what big teeth you have!
Get it at the merch section on Blackstaff.Bandcamp.com or drop me a comment/DM!
Limited women’s sizes available as well as a handful of tank tops because tanks are my s**t and I needed a few.

13/08/2023

Where are my NERDS AT
Who can tell me what this picture is?
It’s one of the most dismal, torturously evil moments in gaming, and it may or may not be a topic in an upcoming Blackstaff tune… because if you’re a nerd, you’re my people
F**k the world, join the swarm

12/08/2023

In case you missed it, Weedian hit my home state, the mountain-topped, river-crossed and Alpine laked WA state, where I currently sit and typeth this message unto you. We’ve got a lot of great, dark music over here, and this compilation is a great showcase of our NW vibe, including yours truly. Go and pick it up at weedian420.bandcamp.com !

DOOM CHARTS – JULY 2023 04/08/2023

Blackstaff made it on to the Doom Charts.

Right on!

DOOM CHARTS – JULY 2023 “This? This can’t be the Doom Charts. I’m heavier than this…” ~ Misheard quote from Stephen We hear all sorts of stuff from all sorts of angles and sources, but what w…

Trip to Washington, by WEEDIAN 04/08/2023

Https://weedian420.Bandcamp.com/album/trip-to-washington

The opening track of the Dark Stick EP, ‘the Bone Hand Speaks,’ has been featured in the new Weedian compilation.

Rad!

Trip to Washington, by WEEDIAN 45 track album

Photos from Blackstaff's post 31/07/2023

Gear for sale:
$925 shipped via my Reverb ad (search or dm for details)
LTD M-1008 with a Lundgren M8 in the bridge
If you dig the guitar tone on my released stuff, you’re hearing the combined tone of 2 different guitars, and this is one of them.
Ships with a hard case and the original Duncan Nazgûl bridge pickup if you want to swap them out. This guitar is in ‘very good’ condition, according to Reverb’s matrix.

Buy my s**t, make many metals.

31/07/2023

Gear for sale:
$925 shipped via my Reverb ad (search or dm for details)
LTD M-1008 with a Lundgren M8 in the bridge
If you dig the guitar tone on my released stuff, you’re hearing the combined tone of 2 different guitars, and this is one of them.
Ships with a hard case and the original Duncan Nazgûl bridge pickup if you want to swap them out. This guitar is in ‘very good’ condition
Blackhawk Amplifiers Hel Fet Preamp
$180

Buy my s**t, make many metals.

28/07/2023

This ole girl has been taking a lot of abuse this week…
When new Blackstaff drops, believe it is going to eat face

Photos from Blackstaff's post 13/07/2023

New Blackstaff shirt design incoming. is a great artist—they were lightning fast, had zero problems implementing my thoughts and ideas and were a joy to work with. If you’re a band or if you just want art, drop them a line!

10/07/2023

Rad!

07/07/2023

Available now at Blackstaff.Bandcamp.com: new ‘Godless’ EP. 3 tracks with a bonus instrumental upon download.
It’s $1, but I’m feeling punk rock as f**k, so if you want a download code here’s a few:
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If you want a code and there’s no more available, hit me up.

Hope you guys enjoy this thing.
Mix: Todd Purnick
Master:
Cover art:

Thanks to all who check out my stuff and particularly those who show up in my life to lend their ears throughout my crazy creative process.

This was intended to be an LP, but it has taken a while to get all the pieces together and during that time I’ve changed my mind about some of the material that was going to be here—it’s saved for another release, or another band. I do, however, have some stuff I am absolutely stoked about in the works, so expect to hear more from me soon.

Godless EP, by Blackstaff 07/07/2023

$1.00 on Bandcamp.
🤘🏻

Godless EP, by Blackstaff 4 track album

Swarm-That-Walks(8).mp3 06/07/2023

May your ears be assaulted by TONE
(SoundCloud files/“in progress” songs subject to sudden disappearances)

Swarm-That-Walks(8).mp3 Slow and low, sludge doom with a fantasy twist. SPOTIFY: Blackstaff YOUTUBE: Dustin Cleary

20/01/2023

Blackstaff merch coming soon:
A draugr design by Unexpected Specter,
And a re-creation of The Dark Stick EP cover, art by

DOOM METAL NEW RELEASES - December 22 January 23 02/01/2023

https://on.soundcloud.com/rRoRfeDdbCdnuWHN9

Co**se Queen got a shout out on The Mighty Decibel’s new release playlist, with a heavy feature of the cover art (https://www.themightydecibel.com/single-post/podcast-video-doom-metal-new-releases-december-22-january-23)

DOOM METAL NEW RELEASES - December 22 January 23 It's a new week, so time for another "New Release Monday" episode. This show we spotlight new and upcoming releases from December 2022 and January 2023 in doom metal/rock, including stoner of course

The Dark Stick EP, by Blackstaff 27/12/2022

Want to play some D&D (Dungeons & eating Dead people)?
DOOM
‘The Dark Stick’ EP

The Dark Stick EP, by Blackstaff 5 track album

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