Friday, March 30, 2012

Torn Flesh Records Presents It's All Your Fault - Listener's Discretion


Artist: Various Artists
Album: It's All Your Fault - Listener's Discretion
Genre: Grindcore. Cybergrind, Noise

01 - It's All Your Fault (Intro)
02 - Bukowski Family - Kneecaps and Onions
03 - Cannibal Accident - Slaves On The Leash
04 - Gore Obsessed - The Dead Hate The Living
05 - How We Worked Corpsecleaners - 8th day: We have washed Jesus body, and it has revived
06 - EYETOFUK - Sweet Satan Pill
07 - Crowbar Abortion - Chav Killer
08 - TheArmiesOfTheWorldMarchAgainstUs - REG
09 - ...and then, there were FROGZ - II. System Block
10 - Hovadah - The First Of The Last Day
11 - elephantknuckle - Monsters in My Flesh
12 - Banisher - Brutal Vasectomy
13 - Revokation - An Offering To The Unknown One
14 - No One Gets Out Alive - decomposition process
15 - Mutually Assured Destruction - Making Love to the Funeral Director
16 - ViRginTuRtleWhoRe - UpstaiRs
17 - DEFORMED SOUL - Cryogenic Christ
18 - Conviction - People like these
19 - Praetorian - Hands Of Kali
20 - TakeMeToTheMorgue - Beauty Inspired By Darkness (ft. Ricky Revenge)
21 - Gangrena - Rotten Corpses Dementia
22 - PiGSHiT - Look Who Is The Cleanest
23 - Impact - Destroyer of the Good
24 - Cryptomnesia - Live Like A God, Die Like A God
25 - Stillbirth - You look like your Parents were Sibblings
26 - The Captain Kirk on LSD Experience - My first LSD-Trip
27 - Greezminh - CLEAN MY CLAWS
28 - Blasphemation - Crucifiction Not Crucifact
29 - Goregasm - Genital Lacerations
30 - Anti-Ben - Emo Is For Bens
31 - Surgical Infection - Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
32 - Fulcrum - Poison Tree
33 - Vulgar Disease - Scatnibbler Finale

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Wolfnuke - Nightwar (2010)


Artist: Wolfnuke
Album: Nightwar
Genre: Black Metal, Thrash
Country: MY, USA
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1.
Beneath The Lash Of The Neuro-goat 06:14



2.
Deathfire 05:59



3.
Nightwar 05:40



4.
Filthwraith 06:33


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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Die On Planes - The Deep Future (2012)


Artist: Die On Planes
Album: The Deep Future
Genre: Sludge, Stoner, Doom
Country: Australia
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1. False Memory Syndrome
2. Your Mum is Good
3. Today... Twice
4. Axxoff
5. Toxic and Wrong
6. A Life Without Time
7. Post Hole Digger
8. Sit Back, Relax (Low Frequency Edition)

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Circle Takes the Square - Decompositions - Vol I. Chapter 1. Rites of Initiation (2011)


Artist: Circle Takes the Square
Album: Decompositions - Vol I. Chapter 1. Rites of Initiation
Genre: Hardcore, Screamo, Post Hardcore, Grindcore
Country: VI, USA
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1.
Enter By The Narrow Gates 06:55



2.
Spirit Narrative 02:46



3.
Way of Ever-Branching Paths 08:57



4.
The Ancestral Other Side 04:27

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State Faults - Desolate Peaks (2012)


Artist: State Faults (Formerly Brother Bear)
Album: Desolate Peaks
Genre: Post Hardcore, Screamo
Country: CA, USA
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1. Sleepwalker  
2. Cities  
3. Arrowhead  
4. Shiver  
5. Faultlines  
6. Wayfarer  
7. Teeth And Bones  
8. Sleeptalker
9. Hallways  
10.  Vespers  
11. Skeletons 

Some of the coolest dudes and most passionate and beautiful music. The album is not released yet but you can download it instantly now. You should be able to afford it. There are also multiple different preorder packages.

Digital Download (lol this aint free)
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Daniel - The Early Demos EP (2010)


Artist: Daniel
Album: The Early Demos EP
Genre: Indie Rock
Country: IL, USA


1.
The Ballad of Chill Phil & The Chemicals Within (Demo) 04:31



2.
What You're Looking For (Demo) 03:27



3.
My Song 20 (Demo) 03:24

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Jordan Smith - The Month of December


Genre: Rock, Ambient
Album: The Month of December
Country: USA
Website
Here are also his other bands:
Daniel
Mars Argo

1. Dec 10th
2. Dec 12th
3. Dec 25th
4. Dec 26th

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Lands - Subtitles (2010)


Genre: Ambient, Hardcore
Album: Subtitles
Country: UK
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1. I
2. Interlude
3. II
4. III
5. IV

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Various Artists - Grinding Aftermath (2011)


Artist: Various Artists
Album: Grinding Aftermath
Genre: Grindcore, Crust, Powerviolence
Grind to Death

A 69-track Grindcore Compilation brought to you by American Aftermath and Grind to Death

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Burn Everything - Hollow Victory (2012)


Artist: Burn Everything
Album: Hollow Victory
Genre: Hardcore
Country: NY, USA
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1.
Hollow Victory 02:49



2.
Holy-Diverticulitus 03:12



3.
Maintain Radio Silence 02:16



4.
Vengeance and the Night Sky 03:40


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The Burning of Rome - Ballad of An Onion Sprout (2012)


Artist: The Burning of Rome
Genre: Their Facebook says "DEATH-POP." Hell, just listen to it!
Country: CA, USA
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1. Ballad of An Onion Sprout

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Al Bundy Live Track


Artist: Al Bundy
Genre: Sludge/Black Metal
Country: CA, USA
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1. Live at the Beltower 1/15/12

Don't mind the quality and everything, I just wanted to get this stuff recorded. I was stoked to see a local band play such sludgy, noisy stuff and screaming/wailing with so much reverb and delay on the vocals. Not many do that anymore! Check it out if that's what you are into or you want to listen to a band who gives no fucks about anything.

Music video


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Saturday, March 24, 2012

+HIRS+ - The First 100 Songs (2011-2012)


Artist: +HIRS+
Album: The First 100 songs
Genre: Pretty much Grindcore
Country: PA, USA
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All the songs from their first 13 releases. Do I really need to list all 100?

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The Pessimist Hangs the Optimist - You See All Kinds of Things When You Are The Only One Awake (2011)


Artist: The Pessimist Hangs the Optimist
Album: You See All Kinds of Things When You Are The Only One Awake
Genre: Hardcore, Screamo, Sludge
Country: MD, USA
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1.
No Hope, Taut Rope 01:17



2.
We Bow Our Heads 04:00



3.
Stay Awake 04:05



4.
William Wilson 01:58



5.
Buzzards 03:03



6.
The Woods 02:10


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Knowing We'll Never Grow Up - I Think I Hate Myself (2012)


Artist: Knowing We'll Never Grow Up
Album: I Think I Hate Myself
Genre: Post Hardcore, Screamo
Country: UT, USA
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1.
Take My Hand, and Let's Walk Through an Open Field During a Thunderstorm 01:53



2.
Untitled 02:46



3.
Assisted Suicide (Bangarang) 00:54



4.
I Majored in Philosophy and All I Got Was This Stupid T-Shirt 01:51



5.
Boy, Am I Lost... 02:10



6.
Masturbate to Heartache 02:34



7.
Aokigahara Forest 00:56



8.
So He Sank Into the West as the Mountains Began to Eat Him 03:18



9.
Don't Forget Projectile Weapons 01:19



10.
Roughly 67 Miles to Freedom (Vertically) 03:18

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Kilgore Trout - Split with False Flag (2011)


Artist: Kilgore Trout
Album: Split with False Flag
Genre: Punk/Powerviolence
Country: VA, USA
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1.
Hollow 03:36



2.
Rose Quartz 03:42



3.
Visita Interiora 02:54


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Treehouse (2011)


Artist: Treehouse
Album: Treehouse
Genre: Post Hardcore, Screamo
Country: UT, USA
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1.
Weapons in Boxes 01:34



2.
Last Leaf Falls 02:21



3.
Escape 01:43



4.
Average Life Expectancy Should Be 16 Years 02:51



5.
Freedom as Laughter 02:25



6.
Processing... 05:46



7.
Persist 01:54



8.
Refused or Bricks 02:04



9.
A Euphemism for Failure 02:17



10.
Revolution is Complete Rotation 01:40



11.
Nine to Five 01:22

Very awesome tunes!

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Unsacred - Where the Light Dims (2012)


Artist: Unsacred
Album: Where the Light Dims
Genre: Blackened Crust/Hardcore
Country: VA, USA
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1.
Drawing Down the Moon 02:23



2.
Suffer Me 02:18



3.
Blight 02:34



4.
Where the Light Dims 02:04



5.
Abandoned 02:58



6.
It Only Gets Worse 02:05

Awesome

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Pity Sex - Dark World (2012)


Artist: Pity Sex
Album: Dark World
Genre: Emo Rock


1.
When You're Around 03:56



2.
Dogwalk 04:42



3.
Hole Away 03:18



4.
Coca Cola 03:39



5.
Glue 04:24



6.
Flower Girl 03:55

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

ToTheArk (2011-2012)


Artist: ToTheArk
Album: Apotheosis (2012)
Genre: Progressive Metalcore/Deathcore
Country: MD, USA
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1. Apotheosis

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Artist: ToTheArk
Album: ToTheArk (2011)
Genre: Progressive Metalcore
Country: MD, USA
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1.
Regards 01:17



2.
Projectionist 03:08



3.
Turn, Look, Run. 04:45



4.
October 11th 10:01

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Daido Loori - Laika (2012)


Artist: Daido Loori
Album: Laika
Genre: Screamo/Post Hardcore


1.
Sacred Ground 02:17



2.
A List of Chemical Compounds You Probably Can't Spell 02:54



3.
Murky Waters 01:31



4.
Long Live the King 00:23



5.
Buddhist Priest 04:44

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Billions and Billions (2010)


Artist: Billions and Billions
Album: Billions and Billions
Genre: Post Rock
Country: IL, USA
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1.
Waking When Growing In Knowing 01:31



2.
Ghost View 03:41



3.
Cloud Nine and a Half 04:58



4.
A Shift In Orbit 05:30



5.
Stormy Windows 03:52



6.
The Erupting Struggle 04:51



7.
Powers of Ten 05:03



8.
It Was Beautiful 04:03

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Harto - Oh, Internet (2012)


Artist: Harto
Genre: R&B
Country: USA

1. Oh, Internet

I am having this brief crush on this girl. But she is a lesbian from youtube. Already off to a bad start.

The Music Video


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Captive Bolt - Rape, Slaughter, Slavery and Vivisection. (2012)


Artist: Captive Bolt
Album: Rape, Slaughter, Slavery and Vivisection.
Genre: Punk
Country: FL, USA
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1.
Cogs 01:12



2.
Fight to exist 01:20



3.
Non believer 01:34



4.
Justified Arson 01:12



5.
Cats and Dogs 01:36

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Vegan, straightedge hardcore. Awesome

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Cabin Fire - Digital Teeth (2012)


Artist: Cabin Fire
Album: Digital Teeth
Genre: Grindcore/Screamo
Country: CA, USA
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1.
Digital Cavity 02:21



2.
Conversion Methods V2 01:45



3.
Pornstar Applications V2 01:36


I recorded this too. It sounds a bit better than the last one! Just as good musically though.


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Those Who Lie Beneath - Antichrist (2012)



Artist: Those Who Lie Beneath
Album: Antichrist EP
Genre: Death Metal
Country: OR, USA
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1.
The Sun Named Moon 03:06



2.
Antichrist 03:50



3.
Death, Become Me 04:12 

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Thrashy, technical, and brutal. all from a three piece. This is a lot better than I was expecting. I think this does Oregon/America proud.


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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Anomia - Attributes (2011)


Artist: Anomia
Album: Attributes
Genre: Progressive Metalcore
Country: MS, USA
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1.
Making Mountains 04:49



2.
Lines 03:37



3.
Attributes 01:35



4.
Passion Won 04:08



5.
Unstoppable 04:48


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Fierce Creatures - I Mostri Feroci (2010)


Artist: Fierce Creatures
Album: I Mostri Feroci
Genre: Indie, Psychedelic, Jams
Country: CA, USA
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1.
Satan is a Vampire 05:40



2.
Phantom Athletes 05:19



3.
The Great White 04:06



4.
Harpooning 04:37



5.
The Brute and The Beast 05:42

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Skull Incision - Endoparasit (2012)


Artist: Skull Incision
Album: Endoparasit
Genre: Deathgrind
Country: CA, USA
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1.
Clinging



2.
To 



3.
The 



4.
Floorboards,



5.
Holding



6.
False



7.
Hope

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CRYM - "Axioms"


Artist: CRYM
Album: Axioms
Genre: Rap
Country: IL, USA
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CRYM/224737154283000

1. Day In, Day Out
2. Fire In A Crowded Theatre
3. Great < Greater
4. Conquer The City
5. Live Young, Die Fast
6. Perpetual Creation
7. Stupid Dumb
8. Searchlights
9. Pressure
10. Fables
11. The Rest

LOCAL MUSIC TIME.

So this rapper CRYM is my buddy Collin, and he asked if I'd review his first album, "Axioms". While I expected some good times in this album, I was fairly shocked at the musical competence. Not to be a knock at Collin, but I wouldn't expect a shorter, Jewish guy to be a great rapper.

There are quite a few things that CRYM does very, very well. The first for me would be his flow. From start to finish, this album is a smooth roller coaster of wordplay. Next, the lyrics. Drifting from smart to stupid, from serious to silly, CRYM has finds a great balance in his lyrics. Atmospheres are defined pretty quickly and effectively through the lyrical content, an ability most rappers seem to lack. This also helps to keep the album feeling varied throughout. Delivering witty satire of the world and its problems is an old trick, but CRYM manages to keep it fresh. Something about his lyric writing screams to be extra witty and gritty.

The music is where I can sometimes get lost a little bit. Some weird production choices are a little odd for my brain to process(Such as a guitar solo in the song "Stupid Dumb", or distortion and feedback purposely added in to a section that really did nothing to deserve it), and the producer(Max Loebman of Treeman, whom I've spoken so fondly of before) obviously has a palette of drum and synth sounds that he likes to retreat back to. There's nothing wrong with this, but songs start to drag on after a while, which could really be fixed by a simple synth change. That said, the instrumentals are still pretty great. Much better than a lot of what I've heard. There are just some moments where I really wish I could turn a knob or dial or something to alter the drum or synth sounds.

Overall, this is a very solid and engaging album. Surprisingly so. The lyrics craft atmospheres of many different moods, and CRYM's flow and delivery are much better than most other rappers I can think of. The album's weakest link would be the repetitive nature of the synths and drums, but the instrumentals are still completely solid for most of the album. With some better production, I really think that CRYM could get somewhere. Songs like "Searchlights"and "Fire In A Crowded Theatre" really show that this guy's got some mad talent. If you're a fan of intelligent, gritty rap that isn't afraid to have a sense of humor, this is for you.

Bandcamp: http://crym.bandcamp.com/album/axioms (If you buy an album, the proceeds go to the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education charity, CAPE)

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Monolith - The Abyss (2012)


Artist: Monolith
Album: The Abyss
Genre: Experimental Electronic, Glitch
Country: Ottawa
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1. Dagon
2. Asmoday
3. Liquid Gulfs of Infinity

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Monolith - Cathartica (2011)


Artist: Monolith
Album: Cathartica
Genre: Experimental Electronic, Glitch
Country: Ottawa
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1.
Acatalepsy 03:15



2.
Aponia 05:46



3.
Cicero 05:28



4.
Leslie 14:03



5.
Prima Materia 04:37



6.
Anagnorisis 03:22



7.
Heptamychos 13:30

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Kosmograd (2011)


Artist: Kosmograd
Album: Kosmograd
Genre: Post Metal, Sludge
Country: Canada
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1.
this weather of hangmen 08:43



2.
hard six 08:56



3.
cheeseburger picnic 03:14



4.
velossaraykin 04:51



5.
the owl 11:37

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Vira (2011)


Artist: Vira
Album: Vira
Genre: Death Metal, Progressive Deathcore
Country: Denmark
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1.
Endless Potential 05:32



2.
Disconnected 05:06



3.
Watch me shine 02:55



4.
The mirror 05:11



5.
The observer 04:25



6.
The Energy 06:50



7.
Golden skyline 05:32



8.
Closure 04:17



9.
Privilege 05:27

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Metsu - As The Earth Drinks (2011)


Artist: Metsu
Album: As The Earth Drinks
Genre: post-metal / math-rock / sludge metal / stoner metal
Country: Canada
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1.
gathering 02:18



2.
imber 05:20



3.
rust / gasping for air 05:36



4.
to keep from drowning (your feet must touch the ground) 05:43



5.
floating 07:23


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