Operation Ivy - Energy (1990)

"All I know is that I don't know, all I know is that I don't know nothing."

Operation Ivy is regarded as one of the most important bands of the third wave of ska. Despite their extremely short career, they have certainly made their name known in the music industry. Operation Ivy created a strong foundation for the ska punk sound that would be used by and built upon by numerous bands in the 90s. After the band broke up, guitarist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman went on to form Rancid. Operation Ivy's only album Energy was released on vinyl as a 19 song album and rerelased on CD with the Hectic EP and other tracks as a bonus.

1) Knowledge
2) Sound System
3) Jaded
4) Take Warning
5) The Crowd
6) Bombshell
7) Unity
8) Vulnerability
9) Bankshot
10) One of these Days
11) Gonna Find You
12) Bad Town
13) Smiling
14) Caution
15) Freeze Up
16) Artificial Life
17) Room Without a Window
18) Big City
19) Missionary
20) Junkie's Runnin' Dry
21) Here We Go Again
22) Hoboken
23) Yellin in my Ear
24) Sleep Long
25) Healthy Body
26) Officer
27) I Got No

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The Ocean - Heliocentric (2010)

The Ocean takes a whole new musical direction on Heliocentric. This new album is much more diverse than the previous three albums. Heliocentric ranges from soft songs featuring piano to heavy sludge tracks. Although fluXion and the second disc of Precambrian have been described as atmospheric and symphonic, both are still rather abrasive and come nowhere close to the level that Heliocentric is on. The lyrics of this album revolve around a debate between science and religion, from the perspective of science. A follow-up album, Anthropocentric, which takes the religious point of view will be released later this year.

1) Shamayim
2) Firmament
3) The First Commandment of the Luminaries
4) Ptolemy Was Wrong
5) Metaphysics of the Hangman
6) Catharsis of a Heretic
7) Swallowed by the Earth
8) Epiphany
9) The Origin of Species
10) The Origin of God

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RIP Peter Steele

In case you haven't heard yet:

Peter Steele passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Steele was best known as the frontman of the gothic doom metal band Type O Negative among other projects. Steele's voice was truly unique and one of the biggest contributors to Type O Negative's signature sound. Rest in Peace Peter, you will be missed.

Loving you was like loving the dead

Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (1993)

Stoner metal at its finest. This classic album is slow, groovy, bluesy, and everything else that stoner metal should be.

1) Dragonaut
2) The Druid
3) Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme
4) Some Grass
5) Aquarian
6) Holy Mountain
7) Inside the Sun
8) From Beyond
9) Nain's Baptism

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Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer (1998)

After months of intense amounts of schoolwork and not wanting to have to deal with complaints by record labels, I post my next album.

A sludge classic. Slow, heavy, dark as hell. What more could you want?

1) Warning Signs
2) Stillborn
3) History of Hell
4) Sacred Predictions
5) Country Doctor
6) Tower Place
7) Sea Hag

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