Saturday, September 29, 2012

Falling Down IIV


This is cool. A compilation with lots of previously unreleased tracks from a lot of known and some not-so-known artists and bands. I don't have time to adequately review all the material here, but the track listing should be enough to convince you to check it out.
EDIT: Both links now lead to the proper download.

Disc 1
1| Hopewell - This is This
2| Year of No Light & Mars Red Sky - Green Rune White Totem
3| Ocoai - Mère de la Lumière du Matin (live recording)
4| The Flying Eyes - Apollo Creed
5| Vanessa Van Basten - Got to Say
6| Dyskinesia - Tra i Ghiacci
7| Planning For Burial - Friendship
8| Aidan Baker [Nadja] - Instrumental B
9| Julie Christmas - Scalps
10| The Winchester Club - Burn it All Down (Pt.1)
Disc 2  
1| Black Sun - Syntax Error
2| Rorcal - Világvége V
3| Terra Tenebrosa - Apokatastasis
4| Monarch - Daggvrs
5| Syndrome - Now and Forever
[with special collaboration of CHVE (AmenRa) - backing vocal & Josh Graham (Neurosis, A Storm of Light) - piano and texture]
6| Ayahuasca Dark Trip - Manantial
7| Ethereal Riffian - March of Spiritu (Rise of Sheol)
8| Sendelica - Ingrid Cold (edited remix)
9| Vespero - Flight of the Lieutenant
10| Mouth of The Architect - How This will End

Buy

Friday, September 28, 2012

Ayat - Six Years of Dormant Hatred


Ministry at their rawest and heaviest mixed with black metal fury, with one of the most delightful vocalists in all of heavy music. It's been four years since this came out, can we have a new album now?

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Leechfeast - Hideous Illusions


Plodding, wretched doom. Slow'n'heavy, with a vile vocal performance.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Forks of Ivory - The Isolator


I've gotten a couple of submissions recently, which is cool, but I've been doing a really bad job of that whole listening to them thing. But I will get to them!
Okay, here's one. Forks of Ivory is a two piece band that fuses droning doom, black metal, and heavy post-metal. They play each of these styles well, but in the main song here, "Sentence," they're juxtaposed in a way that's a little jarring. The other two tracks are an ambient intro and a shorter, purely sludge song. Plenty of potential on display here, if not as much fully developed ideas. Keep an eye on these guys.

Ursut -Dårarnas Paradis


Crusty Swedish d-beat. Nothing particularly new here, but done with plenty of piss and vinegar.

Monday, September 24, 2012

The Reptilian


Something a little different for you. The Reptilian are heroes of Kalamazoo's local music scene, playing tappy, mathy post-punk/rock with screamo vocals. I know, I didn't think I'd like them either. Maybe I've just got hometown-band-tinted glasses on. Anyway, their discography is free, so you might as well check them out.

The United Sons of Toil


"Precision Midwestern noise-rock delivered by populist theoreticians." Angular, heavy, and emotional rock music, longing for free world. Get their discography for free.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Full of Hell/Calm The Fire split 7"


New Full of Hell, which is really why you're here. Calm The Fire is a pretty solid hardcore band too, with a bit of a post-punk/noise rock thing going on.

Glasses - The Ills of Life


German hardcore with a tinge of rock. Blistering and energetic.

Direwolves - Me From Myself, To Banish


"Neo"crust, whatever that means. Mostly that they got a decent production job, I think. Also that they have parts/songs that are slower and more melodic. Anywhere, here you go. And the other.