Saturday, October 10, 2009

Thou Shalt Suffer - Into the Woods of Belial (1997)


Thou Shalt Suffer was one of the many side projects of the Norwegian circle of second wave black metal bands. This project features Ihsahn, Samoth, and Ildjarn. Instead of the usual lo-fi black metal, Thou Shalt Suffer plays (or played I should say) a rather odd type of death metal, with extremely guttural vocals and effectively used keyboards. This compilation feature the original Into the Woods of Belial demo, the Open the Mysteries of Your Creation EP, and a rehearsal from 1991.

1) Into the Woods of Belial
2) I Seek the Path of Obscurity
3) Chimera Dimension
4) The Goat of a Thousand Young
5) Succumb to Vestigia Terrent
6) Painful Void of Time
7) Spectral Prophecy
8) Into the Woods of Belial
9) The Goat of a Thousand Young
10) Chimera Dimension
11) I Seek the Path of Obscurity (Burp Mix)
12) Obscurity Supreme

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Ojos De Brujo - Techari (2006)


Ever wonder what flamenco would sound like if it was crossed with hip hop? Well here it is. Ojos de Brujo plays flamenco with a bit of a twist. Instead of the traditional style, they adopt an extremely modern method with blends flamenco with hip hop and jazz.

1) Color
2) Sultanas de Merkaillo
3) Todo Tiende
4) Runali
5) El Conforto No Reconforta
6) Tanguillos Marineros
7) Brujo Silencio
8) No Somos Maquinas
9) Bailaores
10) Corre Lola Corre
11) Feedback
12) Piedras vs Tanques
13) Respira
14) Nana

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

S:T Erik - From Under the Tarn (2009)


I promised you albums right?

Slow, heavy, crushing DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM. Not to mention a little bit of psychedelic-ness (is that even a word?) thrown into the mix. Final verdict: Do check out.

1) Goddess
2) The Search
3) Your Highness
4) Black Wall
5) Swan Song

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Monday, September 28, 2009

Yay School

So it's been a while since I last posted stuff. School started and I'm still trying to back into the swing of things. You can expect two or three new albums over the next few days.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Burnt By The Sun - Heart of Darkness (2009)


Here's another band reppin' the 732. Imagine a cross between Converge, Napalm Death, and Pig Destroyer and you've got Burnt By The Sun.

1) Inner Station
2) Cardiff Giant
3) F-Unit
4) A Party to the Unsound Method
5) There Will Be Blood
6) Goliath
7) Rust | Future Primitive
8) Beacon
9) The Great American Dream Machine
10) The Wolves are Running

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Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressive (2009)


YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you can clearly see, I absolutely love the Waste. Here's their latest effort, Massive Aggressive. It's a bit slower and the lyrics are a bit more 'mature' (they stopped singing about zombies and beer), but it still kicks ass.

1) Masked By Delirium
2) Mech-Cannibal
3) Divine Blasphemer
4) Massive Aggresive
5) Wolves of Chernobyl
6) Relentless Threat
7) The Wrath of the Severed Head
8) Upside Down Church
9) Shredded Offering
10) Media Skeptic
11) Horny for Blood
12) Wrong Answer
13) Acid Sentence

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Behemoth - Evangelion (2009)


Behemoth are back with their 9th full-length album, Evangelion. This one is without a doubt a step up from Demigod and The Apostasy. They even debuted at 56 on the Billboard Top 200! Along with Crack the Skye, this is one of the best mainstream metal albums released this year.

1) Daimonos
2) Shemhamforash
3) Ov Fire and the Void
4) Transmigrating Beyond Realms ov Amenti
5) He Who Breeds Pestilence
6) The Seed ov I
7) Alas, Lord is Upon Me
8) Defiling Morality of Black God
9) Lucifer

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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Be'lakor - Stone's Reach (2009)


There haven't been too many great melodeath releases in the past couple of years. However, Be'lakor's Stone's Reach is among the few recent melodeath albums that won't (or at least shouldn't) be forgotten. Instead of going for the usual Children of Bodom, In Flames or Arsis styles, Be'lakor plays something similar to Opeth's Blackwater Park and the legendary Heartwork and Slaughter of the Soul. The only complaint I have about this album is the average song length, which is hardly a problem and is canceled out by the band's mastery of the genre.

1) Venator
2) From Scythe to Sceptre
3) Outlive the Hand
4) Sun's Delusion
5) Held in Hollows
6) Husks
7) Aspect
8) Countless Skies

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Man Must Die - No Tolerance For Imperfection (2009)


What we have here is technical death metal, but not the kind with all the guitar neck wankery. True, there's still intricate guitarwork on No Tolerance For Imperfection, but what makes Man Must Die tech death is their complex rhythms. If you like death metal, this is a must-have album for this year.

1) No Tolerance For Imperfection
2) Gainsayer
3) Kill It Skin It Wear It
4) It Comes In Threes
5) This Day Is Back
6) Hide The Knives
7) Dead In The Water
8) What I Can't Take Back
9) Reflections From Within
10) How The Mighty Have Fallen
11) Survival of the Sickest

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Whiplash Vol. 3

After going away for a week and another week of being just plain lazy, I'm here today with the third part of my Whiplash series.

1) Misconception- Hour of Penance
2) No Compromise- Xentrix
3) Stranded in Hell- Nuclear Assault
4) Death Metal Darkness- Demonical
5) Hammer Slammer- Gama Bomb
6) Isaz- Necrophobic
7) Destructed Life- Violent Force
8) The Waking Cold- Aurora Black
9) Necrotechnology- Death Mechanism
10) Demiurge of Thermonuclear Damnation- Blasphemophager
11) Battered Youth- Gothic Slam
12) Triangular Tattvic Fire- Melechesh
13) Altar do Sacrificio- Wardeath
14) Blasphemies of the Flesh- Carnage
15) Stare into the Sun- Gwynbleidd
16) Destroying the Manger- Nocturnus
17) Iron Tears- Flotsam and Jetsam
18) Through the Skin to the Soul- Ripping Corpse
19) Live Like an Angel (Die Like a Devil)- Venom
20) Suffer the Children- Napalm Death

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

100th Post!

WHOAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so nobody cares, but whatever.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Powerwolf - Bible of the Beast (2009)


Aaaaaaaaaaand, I'm back. Today we have Powerwolf, an extremely cheesy, yet oddly entertaining, power metal band. With song titles like "Resurrection by Erection," "St. Satan's Day," and "Catholic in the Morning...Satanist at Night," it's not hard to see why I like this so much.

1) Opening: Prelude to Purgatory
2) Raise Your Fist, Evangelist
3) Moscow After Dark
4) Panic in the Pentagram
5) Catholic in the Morning...Satanist at Night
6) Seven Deadly Saints
7) Werewolves of Armenia
8) We Take the Church by Storm
9) Resurrection by Erection
10) Midnight Messiah
11) St. Satan's Day
12) Wolves Against the World

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God (2009)


I was pleasantly surprised with Goatwhore's new album. Naturally, I was expecting another A Haunting Curse, but this album has a heavier, thrashier feel to it. As far as lyrics go, it's still the same Goatwhore we've all come to love (or not). Overall, Carving Out The Eyes Of God is an improvement from Goatwhore's last album.

1) Apocalyptic Havoc
2) The All-Destroying
3) Carving Out The Eyes Of God
4) Shadow Of A Rising Knife
5) Provoking The Ritual Of Death
6) In Legions, I Am Wars Of Wrath
7) Reckoning Of The Soul Made Godless
8) This Passing Into The Power Of Demons
9) Razor Flesh Devoured
10) To Mourn And Forever Wander Through Forgotten Doorways

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Minor Threat - Complete Discography (1989)


Minor Threat is one of many bands that shaped hardcore punk into what it is today. This compilation contains Minor Threat's three EPs, the Out of Step album, and songs from the Flex Your Head compilation.

1) Filler
2) I Don't Wanna Hear It
3) Seeing Red
4) Straight Edge
5) Small Man, Big Mouth
6) Screaming at a Wall
7) Bottled Violence
8) Minor Threat
9) Stand Up
10) 12XU
11) In My Eyes
12) Out of Step (With the World)
13) Guilty of Being White
14) Steppin' Stone
15) Betray
16) It Follows
17) Think Again
18) Look Back and Laugh
19) Sob Story
20) No Reason
21) Little Friend
22) Out of Step
23) Cashing In
24) Stumped
25) Good Guys (Don't Wear White)
26) Salad Days

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Harvestman - In a Dark Tongue (2009)


It should be known that there is no such thing as a bad Neurosis side project. Steve Von Till's work under the name Harvestman is strong evidence. In a Dark Tongue, Harvestman's sophomore effort, features a cross between Neurosis' brand of sludge and northwestern US folk metal.

1) World Ash
2) Karlsteine
3) Birch-Wood Bower
4) By Wind and Sun
5) Music of the Dark Torrent
6) Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail
7) Headless Staves of Poets
8) The Hawk of Achill
9) Carved in Aspen
10) Light Cycle
11) In a Dark Tongue
12) Centre of the World

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Mastodon - Crack the Skye (2009)


You know how every year there's that one mainstream album that kicks ass? Well this year, that album is Crack the Skye. Instead of the usual obnoxious groove metal, Mastodon opted for a sludgier and more psychedelic sound on this album. Scott Kelly of Neurosis appears on the title track, performing guest vocals.

1) Oblivion
2) Divinations
3) Quintessence
4) The Czar: Usurper/Escape/Martyr/Spiral
5) Ghost of Karelia
6) Crack the Skye
7) The Last Baron

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)


A true classic. What more needs to be said?

1) Five Years
2) Soul Love
3) Moonage Daydream
4) Starman
5) It Ain't Easy
6) Lady Stardust
7) Star
8) Hang on to Yourself
9) Ziggy Stardust
10) Suffragette City
11) Rock N Roll Suicide

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Glorior Belli - Meet Us At The Southern Sign (2009)


There's so many ways to describe Glorior Belli's new album. Raw, sludgy, evil, brutal, French, etc. Either way, here's one of the best black metal albums released this year.

1) Once in a Blood Red Moon

2) The Forbidden Words

3) Swamp That Shame

4) There is But One Light

5) My True Essence
6) In Every Grief-Stricken Blues
7) Nox Illuminatio Mea

8) The Blazing Darkness (Of Luciferian Skies)
9) Fivefold Thought
10) Fires of the Sitra Ahra
11) Meet Us at the Southern Sign

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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Whiplash Vol, 2

Here's the second part of my Whiplash series. You can expect a third installment later this year.

1) Meticulous Invagination- Aborted
2) Let There Be Rot- Psoriasis
3) Merciless Death- Dark Angel
4) The Beast- SSS
5) As Tyrants Fall- Fleshgod Apocalypse
6) Napalm in the Morning- Sodom
7) The Art of Partying- Municipal Waste
8) Red Wolves of Stalin- Hail of Bullets
9) Castle of Skulls- Blood Tsunami
10) The Fated Breath- Withered
11) Panic- Mantic Ritual
12) Your Time Has Come- Seance
13) Executive Onslaught- Oath to Vanquish
14) Horde of Undead Vengeance- Lair of the Minotaur
15) Into the Grave- Grave
16) Mayday in Kiev- Watchtower
17) Tide of Pestilence- Ignominious Incarceration
18) Rotterdam in Flames- Warbreed
19) This Mortal Coil- Carcass
20) Human Insecticide- Annihilator

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Whiplash Vol. 1

More playlists, awesome. This one's actually part of a series I'm working on, composed mainly of thrash and death metal.

1) Jennifer- Pig Destroyer

2) Hallowed Point- Slayer
3) La Migra- Brujeria
4) Unbeliever- Septic Flesh
5) Immortal Life- Bonded By Blood
6) Nuclear Torment- Legion of the Damned
7) Necroschizophrenia- Mondocane
8) Dignity Goes the Way of the Buffalo- Rattling Cages
9) Dormant Hallucination- Funebrarum
10) Lustful for Disaster- Nuclear Symphony
11) Omega- Hate
12) Impregnable Miscreation- Trigger the Bloodshed
13) Ensuing in Precarious- Omega Red
14) Amb Tota Rancunia- Vidres a la Sang
15) Delusional Patriotism- Brainchoke
16) Die Alone- Unanimated
17) Viva La Muerte- Pungent Stench
18) Corruption- Angelus Apatrida
19) Repentagram- Demiricous
20) Upon Wings of Black- Skeletonwitch
21) Spawn of Flesh- God Macabre
22) Heart Attack- Toxik
23) Necrosadist- Necrodeath
24) X Marks the Spot- Swashbuckle

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Blasphemophager - Nuclear Empire of Apocalypse (2008)


Unsurprisingly, the Italians have given us another amazing extreme metal band. Raw, brutal, blackened death metal. Plus, the production isn't complete crap and isn't too polished. And did I mention the imagery is ridiculous?

1) Intro / Dawn of Chaoscratic Tyrrany
2) Bringers of Extermination
3) Abyss of Lust, Chaos & Death
4) Curse of the Phosgene Fog
5) Devastating Radioactive Torments
6) Holocaust Summoning of Nuclear Storm
7) ...Of Atomic Orgies & Demoniac Elements
8) Demiurge of Thermonuclear Damnation
9) Teratogenesis of Doom
10) The Return of Bestial Vomit
11) Nuclear War Now!
12) Perverse Delight

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (1984)


I don't know much about Hüsker Dü, let along their branch of punk. However, this is awesome and that is all that needs to be said. Think Nirvana without an incredibly overrated guitarist and without the MTV.

1) Something I Learned Today
2) Broken Home, Broken Heart
3) Never Talking To You Again
4) Chartered Trips
5) Dreams Reoccurring
6) Indecision Time
7) Hare Krsna
8) Beyond the Threshold
9) Pride
10) I'll Never Forget You
11) The Biggest Lie
12) What's Going On
13) Masochism World
14) Standing By The Sea
15) Somewhere
16) One Step At A Time
17) Pink Turns To Blue
18) Newest Industry
19) Monday Will Never Be The Same
20) Whatever
21) The Tooth Fairy and the Princess
22) Turn on the News
23) Reoccurring Dreams

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Ignominious Incarceration - Of Winter Born (2009)


If there's one thing that makes me happy, it's when a melodeath band has balls, just like Ignominious Incarceration. It almost sounds like Amon Amarth meets Suffocation.

1) Avarice
2) Deeds of Days Long Gone
3) Elegance in Aggression
4) Saviour
5) Of Winter Born
6) Solitude
7) Dynasty Damnation
8) Tide of Pestilence
9) In the Face of Absolution
10) Elusion of Mortality

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution (2009)


Every year a bunch of old-school bands who haven't been active in ages release their "comeback" album, which usually ends up not being so great *coughmetallicacough*. This time, we have Brutal Truth's first full-length album in 12 years. Fortunately, this album is far from being called a piece of crap. Evolution Through Revolution features the same fast, aggressive, politically-driven grindcore that made Brutal Truth famous in the 90s.

1) Sugardaddy
2) Turmoil
3) Daydreamer
4) On the Hunt
5) Fist in Mouth
6) Get a Therapist, Spare the World
7) War is Good
8) Evolution Through Revolution
9) Powder Burn
10) Attack Dog
11) Branded
12) Detached
13) Global Good Guy
14) Humpty Finance
15) Semi-Automatic Carnation
16) Itch
17) Afterworld
18) Lifer
19) Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
20) Grind Fidelity

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Centaurus-A - Side Effects Expected (2009)


Centaurus-A is a new death metal band on Listenable Records. Their debut Side Effects Expected is one of my favorite albums released this year. Centaurus-A, just like every other tech death band, shows extreme influence from Necrophagist, especially in the solos. However, these guys bring something else to the table: their brand of tech death is infused with a healthy dosage of thrash.

1) The Praying Mantis
2) Narcotic
3) Drop Off
4) Morning Tremble
5) The Ease
6) Incident/Accident
7) Arson
8) Dripping Red Canvas
9) Selfmade Cage
10) Resistance Ain't Futile

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Russian Circles - Station (2008)


If I had to describe Russian Circles with one word, it would be groovy. Yea, I said groovy...what the hell? Anyway, Russian Circles is an instrumental band, playing post-rock with a little bit of a sludgy edge to it. Here's there latest album, Station.

1) Campaign
2) Harper Lewis
3) Station
4) Verses
5) Youngblood
6) Xavii

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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles (2009)


Once again, the Italians prove their extraordinary skill when it comes to death metal. Fleshgod Apocalypse is a relatively new band, with Oracles as their debut album. These guys aren't exactly your normal brutal death metal band. There's classical interludes scattered throughout the album and the guitar work is undoubtedly influenced a great deal by classical music. It almost seems as if Fleshgod Apocalypse could be classified neoclassical death metal.

1) In Honour of Reason
2) Post-Enlightenment Executor
3) As Tyrants Fall
4) Sophistic Demise
5) Requiem in SI Minore
6) At The Guillotine
7) Embodied Deception
8) Infection Of The White Throne
9) Retrieving My Carcass
10) Oracles

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Paco de Lucia - Zyryab (1990)


So Paco de Lucia is basically a living god. His album Zyryab combines a traditional style of flamenco with jazz fusion, creating a somewhat mysterious atmosphere. Jazz pianist Chick Corea plays on the title track and "Almonte" and flamenco guitarist Manolo Sanlucar plays on "Compadres."

1) Soniquete
2) Tío Sabas
3) Chick
4) Compadres
5) Zyryab
6) Canción de Amor
7) Playa del Carmen
8) Almonte

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Nonmetal Stuff

So I made another playlist, but this one has only nonmetal stuff on it.

1) Lips Like Morphine- Kill Hannah
2) The Power of Equality- Red Hot Chili Peppers
3) Signals Over the Air- Thursday
4) Los Angeles- X
5) Midnight Tango- Al di Meola
6) Wicked Garden- Stone Temple Pilots
7) Have a Cigar- Pink Floyd
8) Would You Be Impressed?- Streetlight Manifesto
9) I Disappear- The Faint
10) (Used To Be A) Cha Cha- Jaco Pastorius
11) Siberian Khatru- Yes
12) Everything Sucks- Reel Big Fish
13) When I Come Around- Green Day
14) I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama- John Lennon
15) Another Generation- Fishbone
16) The Time They Are A Changin'- Bob Dylan
17) Little Girl- Death From Above 1979
18) White Wedding- Billy Idol
19) Chemical Warfare- Dead Kennedys
20) Sea of Sorrow- Alice in Chains
21) Fire Woman- The Cult
22) Attitude- The Misfits
23) Hermanita- Aventura
24) Pet Sematary- The Ramones
25) Sonic Reducer- Dead Boys
26) Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley
27) Entre Dos Aguas- Paco de Lucia
28) Seeing Double at the Triple Rock- NOFX
29) In Too Deep- Sum 41
30) Santeria- Sublime

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Otkroveniya Dozhdya - Otkroveniya Dozhdya (2009)


1) Monolog Vechnosti
2) Ya ostalsya zdes'
3) Na prozrachnyh glazah
4) Zimnyaya skorb'
5) Imperia belogo sveta
6) Sny I - Resheniye
7) Sny II - Uzor
8) Sny III - Nash strah
9) Serym gnevom oseni oblichen
10) Monumental'noy tishiny apofeoz


So far, it seems like 2009 is a good year for funeral doom, sludge, stoner metal, and just doom metal in general. Here's Otkroveniya Dozhdya, a Russian band whose name I can't remember for shit. These guys play a melodic style of funeral doom.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Fen - The Malediction Fields (2009)


Fen's basically one of those proggy black metal bands that sound like Enslaved. Nothing really special but I'd put it in my favorite albums this year so far.

1) Exile's Journey
2) A Witness to the Passing of Aeons
3) Colossal Voids
4) As Buried Spirits Stir
5) The Warren
6) Lashed by the Storm
7) Bereft

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Finsterforst - ...zum Tode hin (2009)


You know those folk bands that make albums with five 10-minute songs that are super epic and awesome as hell? Yea? Finsterforst's one of those bands. Imagine Moonsorrow with a little bit more of a black metal edge and more folk instruments...oh yea, and German instead of Finnish.

1) Urquell

2) Das große Erwachen
3) Seines Glückes Schmied
4) Sturmes Ernte
5) Untergang

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Warbreed - History Undone (2008)


So I'm finally back to the underground albums. This time we have Warbreed from Argentina. Simply put, melodeath that'll be kicking your ass for an hour. You can thank my recent interest in WWI and WWII for this. This album specifically follows Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II.

1) The Hidden Legacy
2) Nightfall Over Auschwitz
3) Sippenhaft
4) Алый Снег (Blood-Red Snow)
5) Silence and the Beast
6) The Forging [of Glory and Decay - Part I]
7) The Hour Of The Wolf [of Glory and Decay - Part II]
8) Farewell Germania [of Glory and Decay - Part III]
9) The Spandau Enigma
10) A Little Lesson Of History
11) The Homecoming
12) Another Unknown Soldier
13) Rotterdam In Flames
14) Bound For Ultima Thule
15) Rendition of The Truth

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Friday, January 30, 2009

SSS - The Dividing Line (2009)


Short Sharp Shock is one of the key bands in the sudden surge of retro thrash. Imagine a darker Municipal Waste and you've got SSS.

1) The Dividing Line
2) Oil and Water
3) The Bastard Stench
4) Waiting Game
5) Toxic Bee
6) Thrash With A Small Moustache
7) Can't Burst the Bubble
8) Bored
9) Invertebrate
10) Purple Reign
11) Hammerhead
12) Sk8+Destroy
13) Ride the Best-Fuck the Rest
14) Flick the Switch
15) Time's Up
16) Street Leech
17) Cherry Island
18) 3.06
19) Last Defence
20) Unrest in the Northwest

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Download Links

In order to save time, I'm only uploading stuff to Mediafire now. Whenever you see a download link without the site next to it, assume it's Mediafire.

Auflader/Zero Burn

Once again, I'm posting material made by a friend of mine. My buddy Arafat lives in Bangladesh and is the vocalist for two bands: Auflader and Zero Burn. Auflader is a melodeath project, whereas Zero Burn is deathrash with a hint of groove. Both bands are totally awesome!

1) Deathlike Silence- Auflader
2) Reign- Zero Burn

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon (2008)


1) Chaining the Katechon

Out of all the black metal bands of the 21st century, France's Deathspell Omega is certainly one of the best. This EP contains a twenty minute track that was also featured on the split album with S.V.E.S.T.

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