Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Halshug - CS Demo
Heavy, stoner rock-infused punk with a thick, sludgy guitar tone.
Labels:
*Halshug,
band submission,
hardcore,
punk,
sludge
Closet Burner
'Cause they're gay, get it? Heavy, punky powerviolence.
Labels:
*Closet Burner,
hardcore,
powerviolence,
punk,
queercore
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
The Secret - Agnus Dei
Blackened, crusty hardcore. Not one original thing about this, right down to the Kurt Ballou production job and being released on Southern Lord, but it's rad as fuck.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Witch Hunt
Crusty, melodic punk, alternating male and female vocals. Discography was recently posted at Cut & Paste, check it out there.
Agowilt - Clocks Made Of Their Own Bones
Nominally black metal, with elements of doom, crust, noise, and ambient. Anarcho-primitivist lyrics. One-sided LP forthcoming. Fucking cool.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Kowloon Walled City - Container Ships
Speaking of this band, here's their new record. Sludge and noise rock, with a few softer, more atmospheric bits. Though I wouldn't quite call it post rock.
Ceremony - Violence Violence
Remember when Ceremony played powerviolence-tinged hardcore? Remember when Ceremony played music that didn't suck? Those were the days.
Pigs - You Ruin Everything
This one seems to have flown under everyone's radar, but it's good stuff. Noise rock/sludge. Think Unsane, KEN Mode, Kowloon Walled City. Smoke 'em.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Momentum - Herbivore
Not getting anywhere near the hype the last one seemed to get, which is unjust considering how much better this one is. Crusty punk songs about being a vegan.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
Top whatever of whatever
See how many of these records you like and mock my taste accordingly:
GY!BE - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Horseback - Half Blood
Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
Islands - Islands
Afgrund - The Age of Dumb
Torch Runner - Committed to the Ground
Gaza - No Absolutes in Human Suffering
Murder Construct - Results
Ursut - Dårarnas Paradis
GY!BE - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Horseback - Half Blood
Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
Islands - Islands
Afgrund - The Age of Dumb
Torch Runner - Committed to the Ground
Gaza - No Absolutes in Human Suffering
Murder Construct - Results
Ursut - Dårarnas Paradis
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Harm's Way - No Gods No Masters EP
I heard Isolation and thought it was okay. Then I heard this and thought it was a lot better.
Asilo - Geografías / Wardance
Single from their forthcoming album with a cover of Killing Joke's 'Wardance.' Heavy, oppressive, murky doom.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
East of Oceans - 121 Years
Not my usual cup of tea, but this is a good, chill album for the post-midnight hours. The internet tells me this belongs to the genre of "drum and bass," whatever that means. It's pretty cool, I like it.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Owen Hart - Earth Control
Is it metallic hardcore? Or hardcorelic metal? Now known as Earth Control since the Owen Hart Foundation made them change their name.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Code Orange Kids - Love Is Love // Return To Dust
Promising hardcore/sludge band finally puts out their first full length.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Saåad - Confluences
Last summer, the festival Toulouse d’Été commissioned Saåad to work on the St-Michel fountain, personification of the confluence of the river Ariège and Garonne. Romain Barbot & Greg Buffier took their recording material to this specific place and gave life to a 20 minutes trip divided in 4 movements. Confluences is lead by field recordings and chanting guitars, showing a new face of the french duo who found the balance point between immensity and intimacy.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Violent Action - Death
Grimy, crusty music for grimy, crusty dudes and dudettes.
Labels:
*Violent Action,
band submission,
crust,
punk,
thrash
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Jungbluth - s/t tape
Turns out the "hype," such as it is, is well founded on this one. Member(s?) of Alpinist I guess, kinda jangly, kinda epic, vaguely post but still heavy and aggressive punk and hardcore. Named after a German communist and antifascist.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Shining - Redefining Darkness
Primal, bestial black metal this is not. Clean vocals, extended quieter sections, horns, there's a definite gothic element to all this. These guys show off black metal's classier side.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Crusades - The Sun is Down and The Night is Riding In
You might guess that pop punk is not in regular rotation for me, but this here is some catchy and energetic stuff without being too melodic or saccharine.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
iamdisease - iamdisease
Crusty, metallic hardcore with a bit of sludge and d-beat for good measure.
Labels:
*iamdisease,
band submission,
crust,
hardcore,
punk,
sludge
Monday, November 5, 2012
Young And In The Way - Amen
Something you probably already have, and definitely should if you don't.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Isis - Celestial
If they had given up after writing "Celestial (The Tower)", they would still have been one of the greatest post-metal bands.
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