HOLY SIX ARMED PING PONG PLAYING MERFOLK!

BAND: Irepress

COUNTRY: United States of America (Massachusetts)

ALBUM: Sol Eye Sea I

GENRE: Sludge / Post-Rock / Progressive Metal(?)

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Notes:

God yes fuck yeah! you are my favorite Sludge album ever! better than Windmills by the Ocean and Giant Squid combined.

I simply cannot stress enough how much of a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED album this is so I'll just leave you guys with a bolded HIGLY RECOMMENDED text set to the largest font.

Trippin Balls

BAND: Various Artists

COUNTRY: Various

ALBUM: Fahrenheiht Project, Part 3

GENRE: Ambient

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Notes:

If you haven't figured out from the obvious cover style. This is an Ambient compilation by Ultimae Records.

Artists includes my favorite, Carbon Based Lifeforms with other artists like Solar Fields, H.U.V.A Network, Aes Dana and more.

Hahaha

BAND: Monarque

COUNTRY: Canada (Quebec)

ALBUM: Ad Nauseam

GENRE: Black Metal

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Notes:

You Baka Gaijins didn't think I turned into a weeaboo did you? I still hate animes so that excludes me from being a weeaboo.

Anyway, Monarque re-released the Ad Nauseam demo with three new tracks and this shit is awesome! What did you expect, Monarque is from the Quebecois scene after all.

Pure Hateful Black Metal with a bunch of melodies thrown in the mix.

MIDORI IS BACK!

BAND: ミドリ (Midori)

COUNTRY: Japan

ALBUM: Swing

GENRE: Noise / Jazz / Hardcore / Experimental

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Notes:

Midori is back with a new single which is under the label Sony Japan (Long Live the Sony!)

Quite frankly, I wasn't that much impressed. The full blown mindless mayhem found on their previous albums (and EP) kind of toned down. Hopefully this isn't an indication of the band's shift to a more accesible sound.

The Discography can be found here and in the Demiphoenix blog. Well, it is basically the same links.

The above cover is for the Standard edition while the one below this is the DVD edition.

This is simply awesome

BAND: Water Fai

COUNTRY: Empire of Japan

ALBUM: Girls in the White Dream

GENRE: Post-Rock

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Notes:

An all female Post-Rock band from Japan. as opposed to explosions, MONO, godspeed or halda. The band doesn't need to build up any sonic climax for the listener. this is musical bliss without the eargasm.

Water Fai are a Japanese psychedelic-pop band, formed in Osaka in 2002. These four women dynamically contrast intricate melodies and soft harmonies with violent guitar-noise and electronic effects. They bring a much needed feminine approach to the post-rock genre that is so often dominated by male artists (and their biggest influences) like Mogwai and Tortoise. They bring their own translation of the sentimentality captured best by The Album Leaf and Yo La Tengo.

Short Cake

BAND: つしまみれ

COUNTRY: The land of Sony, Long live the Sony!

ALBUM: 脳みそショートケーキ

GENRE: It's a blender of sort. J-POP / Punk Rock / Jazz / Happycore

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Notes:

It's good to be quite honest. I really enjoyed it.

In my school no one ever started a food fight ;_;

BAND: school food punishment

COUNTRY: Nippon

ALBUM: SCHOOL FOOD IS GOOD FOOD

GENRE: Indie / Electronic / Shit that is too cool to describe

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Notes:

Another band I find very interesting.

miimi

BAND: miimi

COUNTRY: Japan

ALBUM: Ephyra

GENRE: Alternative Rock / J-Rock / Post-Rock. basically a three kind of Rock

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Notes:

Local Bus

BAND: Local Bus

COUNTRY: Japan

ALBUM: 8 Trees Mountain

GENRE: Soft Rock / Indie

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Notes:

Durr

Japanese binge

BAND: Pasteboard

COUNTRY: Japan

ALBUM: Glitter

GENRE: Shoegaze

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Notes:

I've been on a Japanese music binge lately thanks to Anoice and Rin Toshite. and this is one of the bands I find to be freaking amazing.

It's simply an awesome Dream Pop, Shoegaze or whatever shit you want to call it album.

And so they watched me from afar

BAND: And So I Watched you from Afar

COUNTRY: Ireland

ALBUM: Self-Titled

GENRE: Post-Rock / Math Rock

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Part I (Tracks 1 - 6)

Part II (Tracks 7 - 11)

Notes:

Hurr.

Naevaer

Featuring members of Green Carnation and In the Woods..., Naevaer will soothe the soul. Very folky and experimental at times. Listen with the lights off and let your mind wander.

Skiftninger

Earth, Weed and Fire

psychedelic, spacey stoner metal. can't find a damn thing for 'em, so you get a generic image.
for fans of Mammatus and Bongripper, this shit is heavy and catchy. not as soul-wrenching as many, but said catchiness makes it worth a listen. there are a few samples thrown about that don't quite fit the mood, but Earth, Weed and Fire more than make up for it in atmosphere. I look forward to embracing the collection in the way it was intended. until then, still great music. the riffs may be a little stale for some, making listening a long haul, or they may march along to make for a great trip.

Greatest (Bong) Hits

link updated

Mediafire shat on me, so at least one of my links was broken.
please let the author know if you try to download something and get an error.

the updated post can be found here (Axe Bitch).

Fäulnis

ARTIST: Fäulnis
ALBUM: Discography
NATIONALITY: Germany
GENRE: Black Metal

Letharg
Kommando Thanatos
Cholerik: Eine Aufarbeitung²
Gehirn zwischen Wahn und Sinn

The rest of their material along with Antonio's link to their 2009 release. The earlier material does not have the strong prominent low end that Gehirn does, but still retains their evil, menacing atmosphere. Should be looked in to immediately. First 3 links taken from Moonstruck.

Fäulnis-Gehirn zwischen Wahn und Sinn 2009

Awesome black metal i stumbled across the other day. I have not been able to stop playing this sweet album. They are from Germany and have been around since about 03. Great vocals and atmosphere. The riffs are just as sweet as the rest of the tunes. A tad out of the ordinary for the style and can really only be likened to Mgla or a few others. Almost sludgey at times as well. I highly recommend this album to those that love Mgla. Enjoy the newest album.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XTO1METS

Silversun Pickups - Swoooooooooooon

Another fantastic album put out by Silversun Pickups.
If you like it, buy it.
I know I plan to.

Swoon

time to finish what I've started

I feel like I cheated you all out of greatness by leaving the rest of the material by Totalt Jävla Mörker out of the original post, so here is the discography.

Det Ofrivilliga Lidandets Maskineri
Människans Ringa Värde
Totalt Jävla Mörker + Human Waste split

new album out this month!

By the way, Totalt Jävla Mörker means "Total Fucking Darkness."

Hooded Menace - Fulfill The Curse

ARTIST: Hooded Menace
ALBUM: Fulfill The Curse
NATIONALITY: Joensuu, Finland
GENRE: doom/death metal

absolutely crushing death/doom. inspired by early Cathedral, Winter, and Asphyx, as well as films by Amando de Ossorio (Blind Dead series, Malenka), these guys could only be heavy and dark. this album alternates between death metal marches to dreadfully slow passages, all shrouded in gloomy riffs. you may have heard of Hooded Menace, they've been featured in Terrorizer a few times, Metal Hammer, Decibel, Inferno, and Miasma.
turn it up loud as Hel and doom the fuck on.

Fulfill The Curse (mediafire)