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Shock Troopers - Shock Troopers


This band hails from Italia and sings about beer a lot, but in a good way. Where as a lot of the Stateside and UK bands use it as their only lyrical device to point out how totally cool and hardcore they are... these guys... uhh... ...do the same? the truly special thing about this band was this was the first thrash band my thrash hating friend liked.

Also, pre-warning 96kb, 's been like that since I got it.

tl;dr?
It good. U listen.

Moss - Tombs of the Blind Drugged

Moss is one of the most extreme Sludge/Drone Doom bands out there, equalled only by the French band Mönarch. So far, they have released several splits with Nadja, Mönarch, Wolfmangler and other more esoteric bands, and two full-lengths. As the description suggests, you're in for a very heavy trip of drone-ridden riffs, ecstatic vocals and a very, very oppressive atmosphere.



Chtonic Rites is their first actual full-length, released in 2005, produced by Jus Oborn. Needless to say, the production marvels at bowelling out the larger than life riffs, which are dragged to their feet by the evocative drumming. Screams cascade down over and over again. Suitable record length, sixty-six minutes and six seconds, two tracks.

Evoke.

This album can be bought through Aurora Borealis for just under £11, post-paid.




Sub Templum is their second and most recent release, one of which I'm glad to own a copy myself. This colossus features four tracks and is, as to be expected, lengthier than Cthonic Rites, clocking in at little over seventy-four minutes. As hoped, none of the misanthropic, drug-filled atmosphere has left. Riffs build up more consistently, droning on to the point where you'd nearly wish they'd hit the climax. No worries, they do. Very often.

Evoke.

FAAL - Abhorrence-Salvation [2008]

Artist: FAAL.
Tracklist:

01. 00.00
02. In my Final Hour of Grief
03. The Scent of Withered Flowers
04. Perpetual Solitude

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5OL2X83O

Ho-ly shit

Just found this blog while looking for one japanese hardcore band and wound up downloading close to 20 new jap hardcore bands i had either never heard of, or had one release by

MY EYE FOR YOUR TOOTH

Band: Eye for and Eye
Album: Cisza
Genre: Hardcore


Download (Windiafire)


Notes:
Great Femme fronted Hardcore band from mah neighbor, Poland.

Trist - Hin-Fort

Artist: Trist
Album: Hin-Fort
Year: 2007
Country: Germany
Genre: Ambient Black Metal/Dark Ambient

This album is one that requires a serious effort to go through, expanding over two CDs and edging very closely towards two hours in length. The first part and song is Hin, the Black Metal part. Needless to say, this one spins and whirls and expands and encompasses. It may not reach the pinnacle of the genre à la Darkspace, Paysage d'Hiver and whatnot, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. The sole member Tristan (Lunar Aurora) has chosen a slightly different composition.

Disc 2 is pure dark ambient, and quite good at that. Haunting and creeping, it's easy to contemplate what the album cover suggests.

Courtesy of dunkelheit616.blogspot.

Evoke. (scroll down to pick a link)

Rage Against The Machine

Well... here is RATM's album Battle of Los Angeles. Good album. Yeah.

Battle of Los Angeles

Ogre Upstairs - Out of the Atmosphere

I felt like posting this simply because I love to marvel at the fact that these guys live in my town. Terrific Progressive Metal a la Behold... The Arctopus, BTBAM, Spiral Architect, Dysrhythmia, etc. Totally worth hearing, and a great band to see live.

Download

Two blogs of note

These are my main sources for Jap hardcore, but they have other things as well:
http://truepunkmetal.blogspot.com/
http://fightagainsttheplutocrats.blogspot.com/ <- hasn't updated in 5 months

Hark! It's A Crawling Tar-Tar

Ahh, an Indonesian hardcore gem. Their sound is usually categorized as crust punk, but they also have a lot of heavy and thrash metal influence. Pretty good production, everything has it's place and still manages to sound raw. These kids write some of the catchiest music I've ever heard.

Hark! It's A Youtube Video
Dorr Darr Gelap Communique (mediafire)

Ea - Ea Taesse

"Ea is a funeral doom band from the US whose lyrics are sung in a recreated dead language, They currently only have one release Ea Taesse, Which is one fifty or so minute song, broken up into three parts. they sound similar to the band Shape of Despair, Other than that, Not much is known about this band."

Enjoy, kids. This one's from Lee, who spent hours battling his computer and the interweb to upload.

Ea Taesse (mediafire)

Despise You - West Side Horizons

Well boys and gals, it doesn't get much better than this. Abrasive power violence founded by Chris Dodge of Spazz, this compilation is mind-numbing. Some dammit powerful hardcore with grind tendencies. An onslaught of female vocals is an all too little familiarity in this genre, but Despise You delivers more than enough vocal power from both genders. The music is amazingly tight and some of the more riff-driven songs will embed themselves in your head for days. Despise You manages to keep the next track fresh every time.
Don't get too comfortable, because the song's about to change. Again.

West Side Horizons (mediafire)

BEAUTIFUL IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT...

Artist: Sigur Ros
Album: Takk
Genre: Post-Rock / Shoegaze


Download (Windiafire)
Download (Megawinload)



Notes:
Simply the best band EVER. Saeglopur was my first song from Sigur Ros and If I remember correctly I heard the song back in 05 or something, but never really bothered checking out the band. A year later and I ran to Sigur Ros once again during a random conversation with a friend. I read reviews and stuff about how beautiful the band is and I knew I HAD to check them out with this kind of hype....
I guess you know what happens after that.

This btw is still my favorite album, though I haven't checked the latest release from the band.

The Lord of the Sith

Artist: Sithlord
Album: The Return to Godless Times
Genre: Thrash Metal the way it should be.


Download (Mediafire)


Notes:
My favorite Thrash Metal band.
If you're into Thought Industry, 80's Metallica, or Iced Earth, then this isn't the band for you, faggot. If you are into Ghoul, first three albums Sepultura and Sarcofago, then this will be your new favorite.

Hurt - Vol. 1

Fucking awesome awesome album. I guess you could call it post-rock. This album is filled with so much emotion that it just draws me in. Everything is great, down to the guitars, the drums, the bass, the violins in the background. It all meshes to create an amazing effect.

Megorpuplood

WALKING IN THE FIELDS OF LITHUANIA WATCHING THE OCEAN ABOVE ME...

Artist: Moving Mountains
Album: Pneuma
Genre: Post-Rock / Experimental / Atmospheric


Download (Mediafire)


Notes:
I got this on a whim, see I have this weird thing with Album covers, and Moving Mountain's certainly caught my attention. and let me tell you that I am glad I took the liberty to get this. This is simply one of the best Post-Rock albums I have ever heard. How do I feel when I listen to this? please refer to post title.
A must have.


If I said anything that is out of place, please disregard it, It's too early in the morn, I haven't sleep yet and I'm not thinking straight...

Acid Bath

Here are two Acid Bath albums. First is the Hymns of the Needle Freaks demo, which is very good, in some ways better than the full release of the album. Acid Bath were a band out of the Louisiana metal scene, which just makes me love them more. They didn't get nearly as much recognition as they deserved, Venus Blue could have made it as a radio song had it not been for the graphic lyrics. Their mainstream appeal wasn't too high, and this could be accounted for with their graphic lyrics and their usage of serial killer paintings as album covers. The second album I'm putting up is Pagan Terrorism Tactics, which is a MASTERPIECE. The songs Bleed Me An Ocean, Graveflower, and Venus Blue always get to me. Both albums are lush with masterful vocal work, beautiful clean vocals being complimented by harsh screams and growls.

Hymns of the Needle Freaks (demo)
Pagan Terrorism Tactics

More southern rock

The Allman Brothers Band - A Decade of Hits 1969-1979

Inspired by the Lynyrd Skynyrd post I remembered my dad had this tucked away for years. Allman Brothers Band is essential southern rock.

Lynyrd Skynyrd

I humbly offer 2 Greatest Hits compilations of the Southern Rock gods Lynyrd Skynyrd the 10 track Encore Edition and the All Time Greatest Hits. These two albums contain some of the greatest southern rock songs of all time including Sweet Home Alabama, What’s Your Name?. Gimme Back My Bullets, and Gimme Three Steps. To truly appreciate certain genres you have to appreciate the genres they in turn pay homage to. This is directed at you Sludge fans, southern rock is a big inspiration in the southern sludge bands, and Lynyrd Skynyrd is at the forefront, particularly with Weedeater.

DOWNLOAD NAO, YOU SCALLYWAGS

Johnny Cash

Here is my copy of the 2 CD greatest hits collection of country legend Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash is a great musician, you'll be hooked when you first hear it. For me it was definitely Folsom Prison Blues that did it. Johnny went kind of crazy in his later years, but he kept up making great music til the day he died.

Johnny Cash