Robocop/Detroit - Dead Language, Foreign Bodies (2012)

Artist: Robocop, Detroit
Album: Dead Language, Foreign Bodies
Genre: Grindcore/Powerviolence
Country: USA, Canada
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	1.	Robocop - Psychic Transferal 02:12
	2.	Robocop - Fed To The Wolves 00:38
	3.	Robocop - Feminism Über alles 01:10
	4.	Robocop - Room 641A 01:27
	5.	Robocop - Zapruder Frame 265 01:59
	6.	Robocop - Word Virus 04:52
	7.	Detroit - Pills 00:50
	8.	Detroit - Arizona 00:34
	9.	Detroit - Day After Day 02:20
	10.	Detroit - Wake Up 00:32
	11.	Detroit - Mules 01:02
	12.	Detroit - Into You 01:49
	13.	Detroit - Pusher 01:02

Fuck yeah

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Death of Self - No Relief (2008)

Artist: Death of Self
Album: No Relief
Genre: Doom, Grindcore
Country: CO, USA
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	1.	Hopeless Doctrine 04:00
	2.	Buried 01:28
	3.	Tombstones in your mouth 01:19
	4.	Never hear, Never See 01:40
	5.	Mistakes 01:12
	6.	Ghost 03:00

Featuring the vocalist/guitarist of Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire, Ethan Lee.

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Mahria (2011)

Artist: Mahria
Album: Mahria
Genre: Screamo, Emotive Hardcore
Country: Edmonton, AB
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	1.	Lights 02:38
	2.	Justification of an Old Man 02:15
	3.	Ghost Limb 03:08
	4.	Wagering Life 01:23
	5.	Sleep 02:15
	6.	Instrumental 03:00
	7.	Save Yourself 02:54

BEAUTY. DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT NOW

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Advina - Fortune Teller (2012)

Artist: Advina
Album: Fortune Teller
Genre: Rock, Post Rock, Ambient
Country: ON, Canada
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	1.	For A Moment, We Were Something More 03:44
	2.	Through Troubled Times (Safety Found Us) 03:42
	3.	Clockwork 03:02
	4.	Broadcast 02:50
	5.	I Ended Up Here On My Own 04:14
	6.	Hello, Ocean 04:51

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Hawk Jones (2011)

Artist: Hawk Jones
Album: Hawk Jones
Genre: Rock, Experimental, Post Hardcore
Country: CA, USA
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1. Burning Down the House
2. Vegas Fare
3. The Chustle

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Dressed For Apocalypse - Invisible Empire (2012)

Artist: Dressed For Apocalypse
Album: Invisible Empire
Genre: Brutal Death metal/hardcore
Country: Cagliari, Sardinia island (ITALY)
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01-Novus Ordo Seclorum (intro)

02-Bilderberg (music by TSUN TSUN PRODUCTION)

03-Illuminati (music by TSUN TSUN PRODUCTION)

04-JFK interlude

05-Cremation of Doll Care (music by TSUN TSUN PRODUCTION)

06-Bohemian Grove (under a dead sky cover)

07-Non Sine Sole Iris (outro)

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Sectioned - Monotonne (2012)

Artist: Sectioned
Album: Monotonne
Genre: Experimental Metalcore, Mathcore
Country: Scotland
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1. Dog's Blood
2. Monotonne
3. Rot

This has elements of pretty much every kind of -core subgenre you can think of. It's crazy. It's worth the $1.61 for sure! Get it

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James Doesn't Exist - Trash (2012)

Artist: James Doesn't Exist
Album: Trash
Genre: Hardnoisemathgrind
Country: USA
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	1.	Head In The Game 01:34
	2.	Crumbling 01:09
	3.	The Best Around 01:33
	4.	I'm Obsessed 01:11
	5.	Joker 01:48

IT'S JAMES FUCKIN DOESN'T EXIST'S NEW SHIT GET IT!!!

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Sainthood Reps - "Monoculture"

Artist: Sainthood Reps
Album: Monoculture
Genre: Some kind of post-hardcore? I dunno, I'm not terribly versed on the genre.
Country: NY, USA
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1. Monoculture
2. Dingus
3. Telemarketeer
4. Animal Glue
5. Hunter
6. No/Survival
7. Hotfoot
8. Holiday Makers
9. Reactor, Reactor, Reactor, Reactor!
10. Widow

Alright guys, been a while since I got this to work, so this is my first post in actually months. I plan on posting much more in the future, including rewriting my last two posts, which were deleted for some reason.

So my first post back is a pretty good one. I'm not very familiar with this genre of post-hardcore nonsense, and this is definitely a stray from the path for me.
I heard about this band roughly a week ago, when my friend told me this story about how his girlfriend wanted to go see some crappy band, and these guys opened for that crappy band, and these guys rocked.
After listening to this album, that's about right.

Sainthood Reps rock hard. Such a nice blend of grimy and pretty. I could listen to the first two tracks on repeat for days. I suppose that's really the biggest downside to the album. While the first half of the album is super killer and stellar, it starts to kind of sound like filler. For a good part of the album, the band strikes a very nice balance between sounding harsh, and sounding gorgeous. Clean passages are haunting, mostly thanks to the singer's voice, which has a certain character to it that adds to the music as a whole. Then when SR switches on the distortion, total groovy jumpfest. The harder riffs in this album are top notch.

Again, the second half of the album starts sounding too... Poppy for me. They pretty much abandon their grit and go for sounding pretty. Such a shame, because those first tracks hit me really hard, and if they could release an album that maintained an intensity that's present in the first three or four tracks of this album, they'd be one hell of a force to look out for.
Unfortunately, that probably won't happen.

Check these guys out though. At least a little bit.



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K.Flay - MASHed Potatoes (2009)

Artist: K.Flay
Album: MASHed Potatoes
Genre: Hip Hop
Country: CA, USA
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	1.	ON the bridge 01:52
	2.	boom boom pow KUNG FU 02:38
	3.	CRAZYtown 03:06
	4.	heavy CROSS OUT 03:01
	5.	miniVANS feat. Eligh 03:02
	6.	love in this CLUB MED 02:33
	7.	supa dupa FLYING 01:18
	8.	MONEYmakerZ 02:50
	9.	LOCKDOWN feat. Zumbi 02:47
	10.	paper planes & SPITBALLS feat. MC Lars 02:54
	11.	crack a VANILLA COKE 02:47
	12.	NO ignorance 02:39

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K.Flay - Eyes Shut EP (2012)

Artist: K.Flay
Album: Eyes Shut Ep
Genre: Hip Hop
Country: CA, USA
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1. 10th Ave
2. Stop, Focus
3. Sunburn
4. We Hate Everyone
5. Easy Fix

This EP has been on repeat for me all week. It's old school hiphop with wubz. Great style, catchy hooks, and good lyrics and beats. Most of her music is free, check her out.

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Iamdeadsmiles58 (2009)

Artist: Iamdeadsmiles58
Album: Iamdeadsmiles58
Genre: Electro Noise Grindcore
Country: NY, USA
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01 - TAHT Star Spangle Machine guns (intro) (1:30)
02 - Who AM I (4:20)
03 - Im not cyber Grind Im tito core (1:34)
04 - Another Dead Shorty On The Block (4:50)
05 - This Horrifick Sight (4:11)
06 - Everone Hates Me.(4:48)
07 - This bleeding heart (1:03)
08 - Who was it that told us (6:36)
09 - Me vs U vs Myself (5:05)
10 - Surrendering (3:37)
11 - In a Dark Place (3:02)
12 - The Suffering (3:17)
13 - Untited State of Hate (6:08)
14 - Nightmers (5:07)
15 - Outro (4:08

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Discerned - (2010)

Artist: Discerned
Album: Discerned
Genre: Hardcore, Crust
Country: MI, USA
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	1.	Grave After Grave 02:13
	2.	Morning Obituaries 00:55
	3.	Old Ghost 02:41
	4.	Collapsed 04:29
	5.	Watch the World Burn 01:56
	6.	Every Sin a Scar 01:22
	7.	Accursed 02:17
	8.	Black Wind Howls 02:52

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Dredd - Cursed Earth (2011)

Artist: Dredd
Album: Cursed Earth
Genre: Hardcore, Crust
Country: MI, USA

	1.	Slaves 01:01
	2.	Rotting Rituals 00:50
	3.	Lingering Death 01:17
	4.	Cursed Earth 02:12
	5.	Street Justice 00:42
	6.	Black Sun 03:56
	7.	Desire The End 01:02
	8.	Journey To Nowhere 00:50

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Traitor - Demo MMXI

Artist: Traitor
Album: Demo MMXI
Genre: Black Metal/Hardcore/Grindcore
Country: MI, USA
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	1.	Devil Deals 02:13
	2.	No Taste More Bitter 04:33

Awesome

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Iamdeadsmiles58 - A Different Animal (2011)

Artist: Iamdeadsmiles58
Album: A Different Animal
Genre: electro noise grindcore
Country: NY, USA
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01 - Different Animal feat CyClone (2:12)
02 - The Song That End's (2:14)
03 - Skitsofrenic Saints Sucks Sallys Sweater (1:29)
04 - Make It Snow (2:05)
05 - NYC Where Is Your Heart (4:01)
06 - We All Try To Prophesize The Lies (4:05)
07 - Grindcore Gave Gully Gods a Grave (0:40)
08 - Close (my eyes) (2:04)
09 - Choke The Man (7:08)
10 - Monster's What Do You Want From Me (5:11)
11 - The One (5:28)
12 - In It Win It! (3:35)
13 - Reason's To Believe (7:11)
14 - I am nothing (outro) (7:26)
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Iamdeadsmiles58&Dental work split - Mother (2011)

Artist: Iamdeadsmiles58&Dental work split
Album: Mother
Genre: noise grincore/noise breakcore
Country: NY/MI, USA
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Track list: 1. Dental Work - Panic City + Uptown Girls + Mother/Weekend At Rostov's + Taco Hell/Bout It Bout It + Circus D.O.A.
2. Iamdeadsmiles58 - Disguise
3. Iamdeadsmiles58 - Fire!
4. Iamdeadsmiles58 - It Needs A Purpose
5. Iamdeadsmiles58 - A Song For That Night You Slept Over
6. Iamdeadsmiles58/Tooth_Eye - The One (Remix)

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Iamdeadsmiles58 - Suicide Stories (2012)

Artist: Iamdeadsmiles58
Album: Suicide Stories
Genre: Electro noise grindcore
Country: NY, USA
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	1.	Intro 01:05
	2.	Shut Up 02:58
	3.	I Am The Tree 04:04
	4.	They Don't Get The Love They Deserve 05:31
	5.	Santa Glam 02:58
	6.	The Reapers Grave Buried In The Woods 03:04
	7.	Wasted Years 04:05
	8.	Song Of Despair 08:04
	9.	Fake 03:26
	10.	A Point Of View Of The End 04:08
	11.	Please Begin To Win The End 04:07
	12.	I Don't Hate Everything 07:27
	13.	Outro 08:10

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Distant Relative - First Folio

Artist: Distant Relative
Album: First Folio
Genre: Harsh Electronic Noise
Country: USA
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	1.	Act. 1 00:32
	2.	Act. 2 00:47
	3.	Act. 3 00:13
	4.	Act. 4 00:57
	5.	Act. 5 00:36
	6.	Act. 6 00:36
	7.	Act. 7 00:58
	8.	Act. 8 00:35
	9.	Act. 9 01:30
	10.	Act. 10 02:11
	11.	Act. 11 01:49
	12.	Act. 12 00:49

So good

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My Daughter Called Me When I Wasn't... - Black Leg (2010)

Artist: My Daughter Called Me When I Wasn't...
Album: Black Leg
Genre: Mathcore, Noisy, Hardcore, Chaotic
Country: Russia
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	1.	Над пропастью (Over the precipice) 00:39
	2.	От Себя (From Oneself) 02:05
	3.	Конгломерат Незаконченный Мыслей (Conglomerate of Unfinished Thoughts) 01:29
	4.	Вино из Одуванчиков (Dandelion Wine) 02:18

This is really good, Listen to it.

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Plagues of the Armada - (2011)

Artist: Plagues of the Armada
Album: Plagues of the Armada
Genre: Progressive Deathcore
Country: CA, USA
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	1.	The Ecclesiastical Fallacy 04:32
	2.	Dissimulative Ocular 03:37
	3.	Vectors : A Kaleidoscopic Descent 02:34

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Zelophilia - Lust, Loathing, & Love (2011)

Artist: Zelophilia
Album: Lust, Loathing, & Love
Genre: Avante-Garde hardcore, or power hardcore, or circus hardcore. I made those up.
Country: CA, USA
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1. The Locust Plague Antarctica
2. Dancing in Bloody Leather
3. Demons & Diminished Chords
4. Deconstruction
5. Feed
6. Gentle Sleep
7. Product of Man (Not Nature)
8. The Fornicator's Suicide Note
9. Wolves Scavenging For Crumbs
10. Scrawny Children
1. Lust, Loathing, & Love

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Anorak - Sick (2011)

Artist: Anorak
Album: Sick
Genre: Chaotic Hardcore
Country: France
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1. Long Black Half Hair
2. Wood Philosophy
3. Covered With Mud
4. The Mirror Building
5. Crowded Sunny Streets
6. Guru
7. Sticky Sand
8. Demonstrating My Slime
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Seize the Apparatus - The Roman Numeral for Ten (2012)

Artist: Seize the Apparatus
Album: The Roman Numeral for Ten
Genre: "Groovegnar" Deathcore, Metalcore
Country: Virginia, USA
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01. Anointed
02. Designed to Fail
03. J.T.R
04. Descending Darkness
05. Stand Your Ground
06. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
07. Solitary Existence
08. Burning Bridges
09. Relinquish My Soul
10. Enlighten

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This album has quite a few elements thrown into the brutality.  A lot of keys, some singing, some black metal-ish spoken word, gang vocals, string interludes. The guitar and bass work is very nice, creating some nice riffs and leads, and the drums compliment them. What gets at me, though, is the production is really lacking in power. Randomly, the guitars will fall in volume, or you can only hear one. It isn't in-your-face, as this genre should be.  The vocals as well, while Lance has a good range, come across as weak, and could have been mixed better. But this band has something for everyone in the -Core scene. Let's see where they go in the future.

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A Lot Like Birds - Remix EP (2012)

Artist: A Lot Like Birds
Album: Remix EP
Country: CA, USA
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1.  A Satire of a Satire of a Satire is Tiring (F3RAL Remix)
2.  A Satire of a Satire of a Satire is Tiring (Spencer Faber Remix)
3.  Tantrum (ZACHYG Remix)
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Foreboding Ether - Beyond Conjecture (2011)

Artist: Foreboding Ether
Album: Beyond Conjecture
Genre: Progressive/Technical Deathcore
Country: UK
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	1.	Fore20 05:08
	2.	Deadline 04:15
	3.	Tunabhuna 04:44
	4.	Conscious Altered 05:08
	5.	House of Cards 04:09
	6.	OD 04:26

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Ah Ciliz - Led Astray (2011) Review

Artist: Ah Ciliz
Album: Led Astray
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Country: CA, USA
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	1.	Led Astray 08:55
	2.	Ailing 09:41
	3.	Secrets of the Forest 08:25
	4.	Eyes of the Old Trees 08:09
	5.	Cenizas 03:18

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I am new to black metal. The band that sparked my interest in this genre is the young new giant, Deafheaven. I was really interested in the emotional, shoe-gaze elements that they combined with the darkened thrash. I wanted to find more post-black metal bands like them. One of the bands I have come across is Ah Ciliz. Unfortunately, one of my beefs with this style of metal is, for some reason, most of the bands that I have heard so far sound like they recorded live on tape decks. This may be an artistic technique particular to the style, and in that case that is great and whatever, or it may be a lack of funds. Either way, as an engineer and mixer, this is a downer for me as I want the most powerful recordings the band can perform.
As for this record, Led Astray, the recording is pretty dry, but not awful. The instruments are audible. The usual elements are found here; emotional (usually sad) guitar riffs often effected, fast drumming, and high growls and wails. Sounds are around the 8 and 9 minutes mark. The first song kind of threw me off as it felt like the intro never ended. Track two, however, picked up the speed of the album. I feel like a hipster for comparing everything to Deafheaven, but what will you do? This release is actually quite good as a whole and the transitions to clean and ambient parts are nice, but it does not reach the DFHVN mark due to the lack of power, originality, and excitement in the main riffs. Hopefully for their next release the production if bumped up to better express the band's sounds and vibes. If you are a fan of this style, get it. If you are new to it like me, you really need to be in the right mood for it. Maybe listen to it at midnight alone with the lights low, not in the morning when you are ready to start a new day. I will be back to write about more black metal I find in my journey, I'm sure. 

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capacities - Preliminary Recording (2012)

Artist: capacities
Album: Preliminary Recording
Genre: Hardcore, Screamo
Country: NJ, USA
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	1.	Booker Tells It 00:51
	2.	All That One Can Do 00:34
	3.	An Unsuccessfull Attack 01:02
	4.	I Am Better On Pills 00:38

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Gary Busey Amber Alert - Two Songs (2011)

Artist: Gary Busey Amber Alert
Genre: Technical Crazy Death Metal
Country: CA, USA
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1. Of Decimus Divine
2. Vile Remnants

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Trocotombix - Somormujo Lavanco (2011)

Artist: Trocotombix
Album: Somormujo Lavanco
Genre: Technical Grindcore
Country: Valencia
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	1.	Motonabo 01:33
	2.	Castacliótox 02:20
	3.	Tromboicox 01:21
	4.	Trocotombix - Wokiwomider 02:12
	5.	Trocotombix - Ardominalek 01:23
	6.	Awachawíwoc 01:11
	7.	Trocotombix - trakemorrel 01:42
	8.	Trocotombix - Roca-Cúper 02:29
	9.	Trocotombix - Tucuntucui 01:41
	10.	Trocotombix - Wachopera 02:17
	11.	Trocotombix - Oconomowoc 02:08

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