Dead to a Dying World - Dead to a Dying World

We Enter the Circle at Night... and Are Consumed by Fire


Dead to a Dying World - Dead to a Dying World

This post comes courtesy of Ryan over at No Gods, No Masters who first showed me this band. I recommend pillaging his shit also even if he does post a lot of bad folk punk.

Now lets go over some of my favorite things in here...

Dual Male/Female vocals? Check
Neocrust? Check
Sludge? Check
Blackened crust? Check
Cellos? Double fuckin check.

If any of the above made you salivate, give this a listen.

Tracklist:
1. Concrete and Steel
2. Stagnation
3. We Enter the Circle at Night... and Are Consumed by Fire

http://www.mediafire.com/?4m1chdesfp2jel9

Kukl - The Eye

Did you know Bjork used to be in a goth rock/post-punk band?


Kukl - The Eye

I certainly never did. But now I do, since this is it.

This is Kukl, an old Icelandic goth/post-punk band Bjork used to be in back in the 80s. The album was even released through Crass Records back in 84'. This is a great album that I first listened to last night and it is just great.

Kukl itself is apparently ancient Icelandic for "witch" and Bjork's voice here works well as if a cackling witch or wailing banshee.

Give it a listen, wild stuff.

Tracklist

1		Assassin
2		Anna
3		Open The Window And Let The Spirit Fly Free
4		Moonbath
5		Dismembered
6		Seagull
7		The Spire
8		Handa Tjolla

http://www.mediafire.com/?a3vpkj7y36adpbo

Raised Fist - Dedication

Holy fuck this album is kicking my ass.


Raised Fist - Dedication

As said, this album is fucking kicking my ass. Enough so that I need to fucking post this.

Swedish hardcore. No faggotry. Just pure ballbusting fuckin hardcore.

Fuckin get this if you like hardcore.




Tracklist

1		Get This Right!
2		That's Why
3		Message Beneath Contempt
4		The People Behind
5		Disable Me
6		Killing Revenues
7		Illustration Of Desperation
8		Dedication
9		Silence Is The Key
10		Another Day
11		Between The Demons

http://www.mediafire.com/?uhtlh9xh4tolbfa

Current 93 - HoneySuckle Æons

More automatic writing insanity.


Current 93 - HoneySuckle Æons

New Current 93. Pretty sure this just leaked very recently.

I've listened to this several times already and it is fantastic. Similar to Baalstorm except more mellow.

Give it a listen.

Tracklist:

1. Kingdom
2. Moon
3. Persimmon
4. Cuckoo
5. Jasmine
6. Lily
7. Pomegranate
8. Honeysuckle
9. Sunflower
10. Planet
11. Queendom

http://www.mediafire.com/?vdx64fb94l1kca1

Boris - New Album

J-Pop? In my Boris?


Boris - New Album

I assume most of you have heard this already so I'm mainly putting this up for a friend.

In short, Boris released a new album. Sounds kind of like a J-Pop, J-Rock, and electronic mish mash. Really catchy. Some fans hated it, I think it is great. Decide for yourself.

Tracklist
1. Party Boy
2. 希望 -Hope-
3. フレア
4. Black Original
5. Pardon?
6. Spoon
7. ジャクソンヘッド
8. 黒っぽいギター
9. Tu, la la
10. Looprider

http://www.mediafire.com/?5171nm6nq2auek6

Blut Aus Nord - 777 Sect(s)

Prepare to release buckets.


Blut Aus Nord - 777 Sect(s)

New Blut Aus Nord.

Buckets. Everywhere.

This goes right back to the days of The Work Which Transforms God/Thematic Emanation Of Archetypal Multiplicity and as a result, back to the earlier Liber release type stuff. In short, this is my favorite type of Blut Aus Nord.

Get on this shit.

Tracklist:

01. Epitome 1
02. Epitome 2
03. Epitome 3
04. Epitome 4
05. Epitome 5
06. Epitome 6

http://www.mediafire.com/?oa574l18vfj1162

101A - one day

I can't think of a relevant one liner.


101A - one day

This is a great, and to my knowledge, relatively unknown band from Japan. Tough to put this into a genre but shoegaze best describes their overall sound. There is a lot more to this than just shoegaze though, believe me. There is some nice experimental and electronic stuff laced within this stuff.

Overall, very soothing ethereal beautiful music here, with a few harder hitting tracks to nicely round it all off.



Tracklisting:
1. one day
2. love less
3. Aerial
4. sex slave
5. draw
6. silent ballet
7. Jane Doe
8. grief coast
9. corona
10. neo

http://www.mediafire.com/?gwq7it5b3442v8j

MAA - Monkey Kingdom

Ballerina Brain System


MAA - Monkey Kingdom

So it's no secret I've been gone for a few months so here is my most current addiction.

Earlier this month I listened to Allkore Riot Kontrol 03 and during DJ Amaya's set I was introduced to the song Beautiful Mistakes by MAA. Long story short, I got a hold of her album and I fucking love it. I've listened to this a shit ton of times. It's catchy, varied and just fucking great.

EDIT: Oh yea, the video for Ballerina Brain System is adorable also.



Give this shit a listen if you like J-pop, electro, or house.

Track List
1. バレリーナ・ブレインシステム
2. Ghost Enemy
3. Tomorrow @ Your Kingdom
4. モンキーボーン・シティ
5. ハングオーバー・ペイバック
6. Beautiful Mistakes
7. バージンキラー・サンタ
8. Demon’s Phone Call

http://www.mediafire.com/?cj0qpxqhejqs698

I'm alive!

Random picture for the sake of a picture.




Just letting you all know I'm still alive.

Saw Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2 weeks ago also, great show.

Expect more updates again.

Also The Body and Whitehorse are playing in a few days at Machines with Magnets. Go see that shit.

Various Artists - The Christmas Album

Greatest Christmas album ever!
Ever!


Various Artists - The Christmas Album

So I couldn't really decide when I wanted to post this but I figure now is a good time. This is the best Christmas album ever. Anyone who disagrees doesn't know shit about music.

What we have here is a collection of some fantastic bands covering several Christmas songs. Sounds normal, untill you realize who those bands are.

Hows Merzbow covering Silent Night sound? Or Melt-Banana covering White Christmas? Your answer damn well better be "Awesome!"

Also for you Merzbow haters, it is actually a very nice cover, and has a very strong psych vibe to it, along with the lyrics sung in Japanese.

Admittedly also the S.O.B. track is after their grind period, when they became electronic, but hell, it's still S.O.B.

Tracklist

1	Melt-Banana -	White Christmas
2	Secret Chiefs 3 -	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
3	Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her -	Here Comes Santa Claus
4	Gastr Del Sol -	The Bells Of St. Mary
5	Hair Stylistics -	Sleigh Ride
6	SxOxB* -	Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
7	God Is My Co-Pilot -	Marshmallow World
8	Merzbow -	Silent Night

http://www.mediafire.com/?jfmnvev4tzz

Amor Loreena - Las Viejas Costumbres

And now for something completely different...


Amor Loreena - Las Viejas Costumbres

I've been meaning to post this for weeks now but due to NbBMN was unable to. This is Amor Loreena, and chances are, this is the only place you will find this, unless others were as lucky as I was and happened to be there as well.

Long story made short, the lead guitarist of this group was asking for thoughts on her bands recently recorded album on a particularly popular image board. As things tend to go, she was driven off due to trolling. Much to mine and many others dismay, she had already left before we could offer our praise.

And so I am posting this here. This is some beautiful flamenco style guitar with kind of new agey elements I suppose you could say. Very beautiful music and very good guitar playing.



Give this a listen, and if you do like it, please pass it on. I'd someday like to google this band and actually find something. As is, there is no website, no myspace, absolutely nothing.

Highlight tracks would be Piloto Azteca and Sin Titulo 1 but hell, they are all pretty damn good.

http://www.mediafire.com/?v5rjh5oc6sn6b92

Urfaust - Der Freiwillige Bettler

New Urfaust


Urfaust - Der Freiwillige Bettler

And much as the case was with Paracletus, my good friend has already upped it before me to his blog, and again, he is a better writer than I, so here is his post.

"The perfect follow-up from Verräterischer, Nichtswürdiger Geist and with hints of Einslieder and the split with Joyless, Urfaust delivers after 5 years without releasing a full length. The duo conformed by IX (vocals, guitar) and VRDRBR (drums) proved that they didn't waste their time. Der Freiwillige Bettler (The Voluntary Beggar in german) is an excellent album, which makes me miss a bit of the orchestral sections in Verräterischer..., but it has some of the melodic side of Einslieder which made that EP so worthy of several listens.
Big favorite of the album: Der Mensch, die kleine Narrenwelt.

Download it here: [320]

Buy it directly from Ván Records here."

Fantastic album, well worth a listen if you enjoyed the previous album posted.

Sabbat - Black Up Your Soul

Envenom Into the Witch's Hole


Sabbat - Black Up Your Soul

So for those of you not aware, there are two bands named Sabbat. There is the British thrash band which was basically their answer to Slayer who eventually became the folk metal band Skyclad, and then there is the Japanese one...

The Japanese Sabbat is a lovely mix of really everything metal but namely thrash, black and even old school death, and this album is a perfect introduction to the band. Black Up Your Soul is basically a best of compilation and it really does have some of their best tracks, including the godliness that is the track Mion's Hill.

Vocals may seem off putting for some but this is a fantastic band best not ignored.

Tracklisting:

1.	Welcome To Sabbat
2.	Black Fire
3.	Poisonchild
4.	Rage Of Mountains
5.	Possessed The Room
6.	Darkness And Evil
7.	All Over The Desolate Land
8.	Satan's Serenade (Quartz cover)
9.	Mion's Hill
10.	Black Fire
11.	Hellfire
12.	Bird Of Ill Omen
13.	Danse Du Sabbat
14.	Envenom Into The Witch's Hole
15.	Carcassvoice
16.	Bewitch

http://www.mediafire.com/?ypr2gwpa5o8akdd

Spite Extreme Wing - VLTRA

More fantastic Italian black metal


Spite Extreme Wing - VLTRA

I admittedly just got around to giving this a listen earlier today and I think this will quickly become a fast favorite. Last.fm calls this "melodic black metal" however to me this is not something quite so simple. There is a lot going on here, with a lot of different influences. Seriously, there is a The Misfits and The Beatles cover in here.

Best bet, just give it a listen, you won't regret it.

Tracklist

1		I
2		II
3		III
4		IV
5		V
6		VI
7		VII
8		VIII
9		IX
10		X

"IV" is a cover version of "Devilock" by The Misfits with different lyrics sung by Il Colonnello from Italian band Frangar.
"X" is a cover version of "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles sung by Herr Morbid from Forgotten Tomb.

http://www.mediafire.com/?4idceybabl1wwwm

Hateful Abandon - Famine (or Into the Bellies of Worms)

Like Joy Division?
Like black metal?
Ever wanted to hear a blackened Joy Division?


Hateful Abandon - Famine (or Into the Bellies of Worms)

Seriously. This sounds like a blackened Joy Division. One track even has a strong resemblance to the track Shadowplay. Apparently this band used to be just Abandon and supposedly played some pretty normal black metal, and then another guy from pretty much a Von worship band joined and... this is what came out.

I've had this along with the new Thranenkind on repeat really for the past few days and it is just wonderful. Give it a listen.

Tracklist

1		Rats Whisper Murder
2		Diamond Spine
3		Riding The Blade
4		Avalanche
5		Boiling Seas
6		Painters Rope
7		Lungs

http://www.mediafire.com/?19y0k3jgosvgabv

Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico - Stelle Senza Luce

More Italian black metal


Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico - Stelle Senza Luce

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"Avant-garde movement Hermetic" so for the sake of proper English, I'm going to say that translates to "The Hermetic Avant-garde Movement". If anyone actually knows what the name translates to, let me know.

Anyway, this is some pretty good black metal. For having Avant-garde in the name though it isn't that... different or avant-garde really. It's some nice easy to listen to atmospheric type stuff for the most part. The cover is actually pretty accurate to the sound as well I would say.

Anyway, give it a listen, it's another example of some lovely Italian black metal.

Tracklisting:

1.	Decade di Isolamento e aristocratico distacco
2.	Ritorno alle porte dell'essere
3.	Spazi remoti di abissi interiori
4.	Falchi d'acciaio oltre la nebbia
5.	Quando l'onore sfida l'infamia

http://www.mediafire.com/?4cd8i3oob941s6u

Thränenkind - Eine Momentaufnahme

Borderline neigecore from Germany


Thränenkind - Eine Momentaufnahme - Der Rest ist nur Einsamkeit

I first heard this back when it came out, and had meant to post this long ago, but this little demo is fantastic.

This is just the right blend of neigecore and black metal to create some beautiful and memorable music. I really hope these guys do a full length, and soon, cause this is just a fantastic piece of music, and it's only a demo.

Tracklisting:

1.	Der Liebesbrief
2.	Im schwarzen Kämmerlein
3.	Eine Momentaufnahme
4.	Ein Hauch von Zweisamkeit
5.	Die Euphorie des Augenblicks

http://www.mediafire.com/?lumjmayjy3j

Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

Have You Beheld the Fevers?


Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

A good friend of mine already posted it over on his blog, found here, and he is a far better writer than I, so enjoy.

"The chaotic riffing of Fas, the motif structure of both Kénôse and Chaining the Katechon and the interludes of Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice, that's how the final chapter of the trilogy, Paracletus, sounds like, with an added complexity result of the natural evolution of a band that has remained in almost complete secrecy since their inception. Words alone can't explain how good this album is.

The Holy Ghost, the explicit reference on the album's title, is evoked in the album cover as a deformed black beast with thousand of tentacles and born from the above fire, Deathspell Omega exposes this true nature in a lyrical and musical frenzy, taking aback the listener in this revealing journey through chaos. The summarizing of their enlightning message comes with the final words of this album:

You were seeking strength, justice, splendour! You were seeking love!
Here is the pit, here is your pit! Its name is SILENCE…

Download it here [320]"

1.	Epiklesis I	01:42
2.	Wings of Predation	03:43
3.	Abscission	06:07
4.	Dearth	03:47
5.	Phosphene	07:03
6.	Epiklesis II	03:06
7.	Malconfort	04:57
8.	Have you Beheld the Fevers?	02:59
9.	Devouring Famine	05:09
10.	Apokatastasis Pantôn	04:01
Total playing time		42:34

"Fog" Double Post 2/2: Mgla - Groza

It's apparently pronounced "Mmgwaah"


Mgla - Groza

Mgla, "fog" in Polish, is certainly one of the best bands out of Poland in recent memory. Musically, kind of an atmospheric take on orthodox black metal, but you can decide yourself.

Great album, great band, give it a listen.

Tracklist

1		I
2		II
3		III
4		IV

http://www.mediafire.com/?n6cuwhw3dt5wfqg

"Fog" Double Post 1/2: Taake - ...Doedskvad

Rock out with your cock out!

(Literally)


Taake - Hordaland Doedskvad

If you didn't get the opening line, there is a very infamous image of Hoest from Taake live, with his penis sticking out of his jeans. Also, this will be a double post of two bands whos names both mean "fog". In case you couldn't figure it out, Taake is Norwegian for "fog".

Musically, somewhat similar to Emperor. Lots of fast little melodic lines ala I Am the Black Wizards type stuff, but really thats where comparisons end I'd say.

Anyway this album is fantastic, and was an old favorite from my high school days. With Nothing but Black Metal November going, I decided I'd revisit this oldie classic of mine, and by golly, it's still fuckin awesome.

Tracklist

1		Hordalands Doedskvad I
2		Hordalands Doedskvad II
3		Hordalands Doedskvad III
4		Hordalands Doedskvad IV
5		Hordalands Doedskvad V
6		Hordalands Doedskvad VI
7		Hordalands Doedskvad VII

http://www.mediafire.com/?gns0bdhbg55251q