the Dead C - Whitehouse And indeed, there it is on the cover. There's not much in the way of commentary or anything about that, though, so either call it a wry Kiwi joke at the Yanks' expense or just something that looked nice enough to use. Consisting of six tracks of unsurprisingly varying length -- fairly short or totally long -- in ways The White House is Dead C as per usual and in others a bit of a diversion from the usual form. Notably, there's evidence of relatively more production -- while it's hardly hard-disk billion-track digital sound or the like, there's effect pedals galore and senses of very careful arrangement as opposed to simply upping the shadowy, crumbling sound factor. Further keyboards and other strange noises from who knows where also slip into things. The off-kilt
Dave Krejci - Cleophonethanks to Hifimono David Krejci always had a childlike fascination with sound and the realm of possibilities that comes from running your fingers across bare piano strings, taping down organ pedals or running a vacuum — not for cleaning the carpet, but for tonal effect. After putzing around with his collection of myriad organs, guitars and instrument pieces, Krejci conceived, built and unfettered what became known as the Cleophone (named after daughter Cleo, who describes the instrument as producing “Scooby Doo sounds”). Since its inception, Krejci and his Cleophone have been appearing at various venues across the Minneapolis scene for the last year, and the arrival of the debut album is what prompted us to get in touch with Krejci and learn more. Apart from
James Plotkin A Strange, Perplexing the Joy of Disease Mosquito Dream A Peripheral Blue James Plotkin is an American guitarist and producer, famous for his role in bands such as Khanate and O.L.D. but has an extensive catalogue outside these bands. He has performed guitar duties for bands Phantomsmasher and Scorn and continues to remix tracks for bands in the drone/noise/sludge category, such as KK Null, Sunn O))), ISIS, Pelican and Earth. Wikipedia PlotkinworksMyspaceWiki HAPPY X-MAS Burial Hex/Peter Wright/OvO/Seaworthy/Heavy Lids/ElegiGuilty Connector/QA'A/Les Aus/ Double Leopard/Hugo Race/Jet Lag/Serena Maneesh/ Phobos/Kiss the Anus of A Black Cat/Amesoeurs/Ulan Bator/Part Chimp/ Agonhymn/Knives ov Resistance/Hiawatha/the lights from here/ Joy Wants Eternity/Fungal Hex/Lungfish TenHornedBeast/ Aluk Todolo/Trephine/ Machines of Loving Grace/ Black Shape of Nexus/ Endvra/Porn/the Antarcticans/Ruhr Hunter/Alcest/ScissorFight/Yeti/ Guapo/AsbestosDeath/Holy McGrail/Ex
Elegi Elegi - Sistereis "Sistereis' is the opposite of a ship's maiden voyage. It's a ship's doomed final voyage. For KTL's fans. "All was as it had been upon my previous visit, save that the picture which I have described as having hung at the end of his bed had been cut out of it's frame, as with a knife, and was gone. With this last link in a strange chain of evidence I close my diary of the voyage"Not much is known of Tommy Jansen (Elegi), apart that he's from Norway, and has a passion for wreck-diving.He has been recording the deep sea environment during his diving trips. These recordings were used in the creation of Sistereis - which may give it it's haunting quality.The overall atmosphere of this album is that of sunken, wrecked ship. You almost feel the presence of the tormented souls that went down with it. This record is special because it's not just a recording by a musician envisioning an atmosphere. It's created by someone t
Peter Wright - At last a new DawnCD1 At last a new DawnCD2 At last a new Dawn "At Last a New Dawn" is a double disc set of truly epic proportions. It constitutesthe first new recordings by Peter Wright released to CD since 2004's "YellowHorizon," and is, without a doubt, a radiant high point, perhaps even thepinnacle, of his distinguished and exceptional discography. All of the familiarand wonderous Wright touchstones are present here in pristine form: a wealthof gorgeous, ghostly guitar drones and swells, and impeccably employedfield recordings from manifold fascinating sources. Also worth noting is theemergence of some slightly harsher sounds found here, a divergence from thetraditionally pastoral nature of much of Wright's catalog. This is reflective ofPeter's current live setup, which employs increased overdrive and distortion.The album's title is, Peter asserts, a 'vauge reference to undying optimism in theface of gloom.' Many of the track titles too reflect a
OvOOvO - Miastenia OvO is a project involving music and life. Stefania Pedretti (also singer of Allun and solo performer aka ?Alos) and Bruno Dorella (also performing in bands as Ronin and Bachi da Pietra, former drummer of Wolfango and Bugo and manager of Bar La Muerte Records), together in life as well, decided to create OvO in order to go on playing and travel together. Actually, OvO is first of all a tour band, a specific choice which made them moving throughout Europe and North America from 2001 until present, with stops in Mexico and Turkey, performing more than 500 concerts in 6 years. Their first album “Assassine” (2001) and the second “Vae Victis” (2002) as well were produced by Bar La Muerte and could boast the contribution of guests and friends. After the splits with Rollerball and KK Null, OvO definitively became a duo and the change was marked by the issue of their third album “Cicatrici” (2004), a co-production of Bar La Muerte and Ebria Records. In 2006 the w
Harvey Milk - Special Wishes album uploaded by El0i Harvey Milk - Courtesy and Good Will Toward MenHarvey Milk's tenure with Troubleman Unlimited gets off to a great start with this lavish double-disc reissue of the band's 1997 landmark album Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men. Sounding just as punishing and ambitious years later as it did then, tracks like "Sunshine (No Sun) Into the Sun" and the ten-minute epic "Pinocchio's Example" underscore Harvey Milk's willingness to mix delicate acoustic moments with the heaviest of the heavy (while "The Lord's Prayer" and "Go Back to France" prove they can work in just one of those modes equally well). The reissue also includes a 1996 performance at TT The Bears, which counts an extra-sludgy version of "Pinocchio" and the surprisingly speedy guitar work on "Merlin Is Magic" among its highlights. Neither strictly metal nor noise nor indie rock, but incorporating elements of all three, Harvey Milk's music remains an almost unclassifiable,
QA'AQA'A - RehearsalIf you like: Neu!, This Heat, Nurse with Wound, Sun City GirlsmyspaceLem Festival Les Aus Les Aus - Haranna Hanne//Buy our LP / CD "Haranna Hanne":-in america on simple social graces - Click on this link here.-in Europe on our own label ozono kids (CD only).-itunes store - click here -emusic.com- click here A.I’ve been thinking about genres. How did they start? Are they simply one pioneer’s innovative creation? Is all of music just cookies cut from these molds? I worry at times I ask eccentric questions for the simple fact of how they make me appear. For if I was truly as smart as I attempt to lead others to believe I am, I would be answering and not asking. So aside from these hollow babblings, I must say that Haranna Hannes may be one of the most thought-provoking albums I’ve heard this year. As I write this review, I sit in a room directly above a recording studio that is currently in use. I’d honestly rather be listening to an audio recording of L
Serena Maneesh - Serena-Maneeshpsw:http://bloodistruth.blogspot.com/ Angels Sing, Guitars Shriek and Shatter on Serena Maneesh Full-Length DebutAugust 29, 2005, Honey Milk Records Norwegian Serena Maneesh present their self-titled, full-length debut Serena Maneesh with eleven songs that slide down a razors edge of distortion and pop whimsy, raucous guitar work and underwater static, angelic voices and primal screams. The strange melodies are strikingly original, yet they strike to the heart of something familiar: a classic rock guitar lick, a wound, a kiss.Inspired by everything from Southern blues via Neu! to Gershwin, Serena Maneesh is as much about exploring sound as crafting song. Working in both horizontal and vertical layers, head musician Emil Nikolaisen creates tuneful paradoxes, infinite yet time-bound. His meticulous compositions balance whispery female vocals and underlying violin with driving guitar rock, distorted samples, and chant-like repetition. Tracks such as Sapp
Knives Ov Resistance - Prisca Sapientia Like the band Various Production, Knives Ov Resistance eschews the cardigan and commune imagery of folk revivalists in favour of a darker more contemporary take. Despite incorporating elements of hip hop turntablism, Knives’ noir/folk contains no beats whatsoever - just pastoral swells, buzzing stringed bliss, layered samples (from birdsong and choirs through to blankets of the indistinguishable) and electronic fuckery... Amongst their members are Spykidelic - who combined guitar textures and hip hop breaks in his late 90's Lo Recordings project Echo Park - and Demian Castellanos; responsible for the excellent Orichalc Phase and Mesma EPs on DC and Static Caravan respectively. A stunning piece of folk-concrete, or as dance mag 'One Week To Live' stated "the sound of hip hop envisaged by druids and played by Popul Vuh." Myspace Website Part Chimp - Cup Formed in 2000 by timm chimp, drumm chimp & 'big' nick prior after timm
Lungfish is a post-punk band formed in 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland. All of their music has been released by the Washington, D.C. punk label Dischord except for their first LP, Necklace of Heads which was released by Simple Machines (it was later added to the CD release of Talking Songs for Walking by Dischord). Their line-up as of 2005 consists of Daniel Higgs (vocals), Asa Osborne (guitar), Sean Meadows (bass), and Mitchell Feldstein (drums). Previous bass players are John Chriest and Nathan Bell. Lungfish - Feral Hymns By M. Beebe (Somerville, MA United States) This band just cranks out wonderful riffs and melodies, one after another with no sign of abatement. Lungfish is a strange phenomenon in this way- they are so linear on the surface. You take their song format: the simple, persistent riff, entangled with some howling vocals and other theatrics, then you apply that model across 17 years, and somehow you get the amazingly complex band Lungfish. It's so pleasing to hear rock
Best known for his 1990's work with dark-ambient occultists ENDVRA, Christopher Walton controls layers of sub-sonic drones and abstract noise to create a vision that is bleaker and darker than its predecessor. TenHornedBeast harnesses waves of coiling, shimmering ambience only to see them crash down on distorted bass and sporadic, chaotic drums. Guitars and bass divide, merge and divide again forcing monochrome washes of dissonance to illuminate black walls of reverb.Powered by biblical prophecy and oppressive volume TenHornedBeast stalks the neither-neither world where sound is invocation and screaming feedback calls down the elder night. Cold Spring is releasing the brand new studio album from TenHornedBeast in July 2007.Coldspring TenHornedBeast - Ten Stars , Ten Horns Known primarily for his output as a member of revered ambient ritual drone outfit Endvra (a/k/a Endura), Christopher Walton is back making music after a lengthy absence. It may have been awhile since the guy put anyt
TREPHINE Trephine - Trephine TrephineTrephine (Public Guilt)By: Mike SOS Instrumental gold? Absolutely, thanks to the jarring noise rock offerings of Maryland’s Trephine, whose most recent exquisite excursion into the avant-garde generates an eight-track grab bag full of musical treats. What sets this thrill-seeking unit apart from other bands of their ilk is their use of alternative percussion besides the standard guitar, bass, and drum tandem, giving flavor to tracks like "Metal Detector" and "Devil’s Activist". Well, that and the shredding riffs, the spastic rhythm section, and the utter disregard for normalcy. Trephine’s self-titled affair is fine musical fodder for those audacious sets of ears that have grown weary of the watered down."Their songs sound like unfinished metallic mini-operas played by musical mad scientists taking the best parts of one idea and applying it to the next uncharted direction." - Kevin Stewart-Panko, Metal Maniacs"If Mars Volta and Yes swung the r
Machines of Loving Grace Machines of Loving Grace are an industrial/post-punk band from Tucson, Arizona. They formed in 1989 as Machines of Loving Grace (named for a Richard Brautigan poem). The original lineup consisted of Scott Benzel (vocals), Stuart Kupers (guitar and bass), and Mike Fisher (keyboards), with Brad Kemp (drums) added shortly thereafter. They recorded a demo and were picked up by Carrboro, North Carolina-based Mammoth Records in 1991. The band was unable to rerecord their material for their eponymous debut album, as the label released their demo as it was recorded. Two years later, the band released Concentration. It continued their signature sound, but was more refined in the combination of beat- and bass-heavy riffs, with hard edged guitar. With the release of two videos, the band was able to get national-level MTV airplay, and join in the industrial rock wave that was ushered in by Nine Inch Nails. 1994 saw a new song by the band, "Golgotha Tenement Blues" fea
Black Shape of Nexus Black Shape of Nexus - B.SON 3 songs, 45 minutes of massive doom. Mastered by James Plotkin (O.L.D., Khanate, etc.)Price:10.00 Euros + shipping. (Shipping within Germany is 4.00 Euros).For Shipping Rates outside Germany please ask for Rates to your Country. To order, send MySpace Mail or an e-mail through our website. We love playing live. If you think slow shit is interesting don't hesitate in booking us.We love to record stuff. If you like to release our slow stuff don't hesitate doing it.Note: There are some doom/drone bands out there sympathizing with fascist/racist "views" - we want to make it as clear as possible, that we strongly disagree with such opinions. B.SON is anti fascist and anti sexist. Thx for taking care.Got that? WE'RE ANTIFASCIST YOU NAZI FUCKS!!! SO JUST STOP TRYING TO ADD US! EAT SHIT. MyspaceWebsiteMetal ArchiveVideosEndvra/Porn/the Antarcticans/ Ruhr Hunter/Alcest/ScissorFight/Yeti/Guapo/AsbestosDeath/Holy McGrail/Expo '70/
Endvra - Elder Signs Cd1 Dreams of Dark Water 1. Dreams Of Dark Waters /2. Intra-Uterine Sabbat /3. Colours /4. Rlych Awakens / 5. Stelluris/6. Black Eidolon /7. Dance Of Qulielfi /8. The Frozen Moon9. Varuna /10. Twilyte Language /11. Nailed To The Cross Of Pluto12. Bio Mechanical Soul Journey /13. Total Control /14. The Last Pylon15. The Call Of The First AethyrCd2 the Dark is Light Enough01. The Stars Are Right /02. Nevers Gift /03. Listen To Wolves /04. Ubbo-Sathla05. He Knows The Gate /06. Nu Silence Rite /07. In The Sea My Lord Lieth /08. When I Was Dead /09. The Dark Is Light Enough /10. The Fall Of Amor /11. The Sun Behind The Sun12. The Bull & The East Wind Blowing /13. Child Of Fire /14. Back In Black15. Stay Not The Tides The cult dark ambient band Endura is the name that says a lot to everyone who enjoys releases of such labels as Cold Meat Industry or World Serpent. Their albums "Great God Pan," "Liber Leviathan," or the more recent "The Watcher" gained them a reputati
PORN (the men of)Porn is Billy Anderson, Dale Crover, Tim MossMyspaceWebsite Porn (the men of) - Wine, Women and Song When I put on Wine, Women and Song I wasn't immediately taken with the guitar sound as much as I was with the absolutely bombastic and spectacular playing of one Mr. Dale Crover. Ever driven onward with the urgent and studiously heavy guitar work of the King of Buzzo in the Melvins, Dale just doesn't get to lay back and play with that ever important nano-second behind the beat like he does with Porn. That nano second is the key to the laid back groove, which is sprawled out and sunning itself like a laboriously fat kitty cat all over this record. I'm digging the superbly fuzzy bass tone, punctuated with the neatly beefy and big muffed mid-range of Tim Moss' guitar. Then the vocals come in, and it sounds like Elmer Fudd swallowed the microphone. I'm pretty absorbed in the bizarre mud and bass pummel rush of the band... I couldn't help but hit the repeat button and
Chet W. Scott is a composer, private sound engineer and producer of his own original woodland inspired, shamanic drone & soundscape composition since the early part of 1993. Born the year of 1974, in West Palm Beach Florida & raised from the age of four in the cold North of MAINE. Chet started his solo career under the moniker of "TORN OF THIS". Chet's early compositions with this initial vision, fused unique and beautiful blends of melancholic dark folk, into his own instrumental electric & acoustic bass guitar pieces. Unfortunetly the works of "TORN OF THIS" were never published. However now more than ever, the undying spirit, original style and heartfelt passion of "TORN OF THIS", still germinates & inspires throughout Chet's audible paintings... known today as RUHR HUNTER. MyspaceGlass Throat RecordingsRuhr Hunter - Ritual before the huntbuy itRUHR HUNTER'S first full length album explores the depths of dark minimalist / drone structure, fused with rich ambient soundscapes. An a
Yeti - Volume, Obliteration, Transcendence YETI is one of the few bands that you are going to encounter that absolutely defy categorization. Their tremendously multifaceted music manages to be dense yet airy and spacious. Complex yet minimalistic. Harsh yet beautiful. Ultramodern yet primitive. It is futuristic yet owes much debt to jazz and post-modern classicists who no doubt pre-date the members of YETI by decades. Try to imagine an avant-garde and anti-music amalgamation of space rock, jazz, death metal, goth, and chamber music. That is YETI... music that is as mysterious (and potentially dangerous) as the legendary creature for which the band is named. Jeb Branin Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre MondeNo matter the ratting this album gets and its views, this album is absolutely a drawing sensation to the ears of anyone, no matter who you are. The artwork the album gives you is amazing and unforgettable.Neige has done a masterpiece by showing his melancholic side then rather his r
GUAPO is a British experimental rock/art rock band consisting of drummer/percussionist Dave Smith, multi-instumentalist Daniel O'Sullivan, guitarist Kavus Torabi and bassist James Sedwards. Smith and O'Sullivan also play in Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses (who released the debut album "Perils" on Trey Spruance's Web of Mimicry Records). Taken from their home page at Ipecac Recordings: "Guapo have conjured a harrowingly complex and unflinchingly epic piece of work. Heady and hypnotic, driving and relentless, tumultuous and visceral, sonic and serene, the sheer odyssey that is Black Oni encompasses many paradoxes in its massively dynamic scope. Picking up where they left off from their previous Cuneiform Records release Five Suns (2002), the band continue to expand on their palette of dexterous chamber-rock anomalies, modal transcendence, and apocalyptic death marches, and like it's predecessor, Black Oni is one singular piece of music, making it the second record in a tril
AsbestosDeath - Dejection/Unclean This is the cult and long-sought material by Asbestosdeath, representing the earliest emanations of the mighty Sleep. This 4-song release compiles the band's two 7 inches ('Unclean' and 'Dejection'), which are the only songs they recorded before changing their name to Sleep. 01. Nail02. Scourge03. Anguish04. The SufferingAsbestosDeath - Live1990 MyspaceBuy it Among the latest from Southern Lord is this killer collection from Asbestosdeath - whose members went on to form Sleep and High on Fire, among others, of course. Despite containing but a mere four tracks in just under 20 minutes, this is actually a complete discography from the band - remastered from the original vinyl releases - who only released two 7"s before morphing into Sleep. The first 7", "Unclean", was self-released by the band (in 1989, I assume), while "Dejection" was originally released by Profane Existence in 1990. And call me crazy, but to some degree I
Burial Chamber Trio - Worm, Rotterdam 01/31/07PSW: http://bloodistruth.blogspot.com/ After a long, exhaustive excavation of a historic sacrificial burial mound the corpses of three prime-evil caveman were unearthed. Upon their resurrection their identities were revealed as: Oren Ambarchi, Greg Anderson and Attila Csihar. Archaeologists have determined the creatures stalked the land before performing archaic rituals under the names of : GRAVE TEMPLE TRIO (Israel only) SUNN0))), MAYHEM, TORMENTOR, and possibly the Menstruation Sisters. This current evocation of this unholy alliance has been rumored to be: subsonic, destructive and may induce vomiting, narcolepsy or rigor mortis. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.-Burial Chamber Trio is the devastating new collaborative project between: Oren Ambarchi (Guitar, Analog Electronics), Greg Anderson (BASS/subsonics) & Attila Csihar (Vokills, invokations).-Released only on 180 gram black vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies!!-The band have played shows in Europe w
HOLY MCGRAILHoly McGrail - Collecting Earthquakes Here at last, COLLECTING EARTHQUAKES is Holy McGrail's heavy-breathing and Yggdrasil-riding debut album. Clad in a faux-Armenian sleeve to die for, this is Doomsday's year zero for all you trudge metal outlaws. McGrail here presents us with 3 outrageously strung-out underworld rides into the dying embers of the West with the pride of Woden's Wild Hunt as his homeboys. Massive contributions by Brain Donor's Doggen, plus an all-inspiring collaboration with Sunn 0)))'s Stephen O'Malley. Lady Holle (23.34)'Quake Appeal (28.51)Ur-cow (19.59) COLLECTING EARTHQUAKES is available from Head Heritage or from this site for £12.99 (including P&P) via PayPal. Transliterate backyard bard H. D. Thoreau’s take on reading into deliberate music making, and one’s got a general idea of the metastasizing riff spread from the malignant lump of “Lady Holle,” track one of Holy McGrail’s Collecting Earthquakes. If books should be read a
Eyes Adrift - Eyes Adrift Eyes Adrift was a rock supergroup consisting of Curt Kirkwood (vocals and guitar, formerly of the Meat Puppets), Krist Novoselic (vocals and bass, formerly of Nirvana) and Bud Gaugh (drums, formerly of Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars). They released a self-titled album (see below) in 2002, which was a mixture of punk, grunge, and country, taking all of their previous backgrounds and putting them together. They later broke up in 2003, after their debut album flopped.Eyes Adrift, the band's only album, was released on September 24, 2002. "Alaska" was the album's only single, released on March 3, 2003 in the UK. By "drumb" (milwaukee, wi United States) Before one can even discuss the band Eyes Adrift, their impressive personal must first be noted. Eyes Adrift is an alternative super-group that includes veteran rockers Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets, Krist Noveselic of the late Nirvana and the lesser known Sweet 75, and Bud Gaugh, formerly of Sublime
VIAJE A 800myspace "Viaje a 800 comenzó en 1996 tocando música sucia y desafinada (2 guitarras y batería ). Después de varios conciertos caóticos, nos separamos volviendonos a unir en el invierno de 1997. Conservando la formación de trío continuamos pero haciendo música diferente, más orientada al hard 70s y la heavy psicodelia. En ese año cambiamos la formación a quinteto, haciendo nuestros primeros bolos por la zona. A finales de 1998 comenzamos a grabar nuestra maqueta llamada "Santa Agueda ", que hace honor al sitio donde empezamos. Más tarde en febrero del 99 se van dos componentes y entra "Pol Elder" del grupo Malsoñando de Tarifa, creando asi la formacion actual de cuarteto. Con ella hemos grabado un 10" split con los argentinos Natas y nuestro primer larga duracion, "Diablo roto dë...". editados por Rec Orbital y Alone Records/Custom Heavy respectivamente . . . . . Hemos hecho dos giras por España actuando con grupos como: Brutal Thin , Tierra, Diamond
MONUMENT OF URNS - Cruelty (Hand Hewn Timbre) 3" cd-r 4.98 THE RETURN OF THE URNS!! THE THIRD URNS!! We've been waiting patiently, almost a year now, for the next installment in Monument Of Urns' creeping crawling, and slowly coalescing masterpiece. A timeless epic, so massive, it can only be presented 20 minutes at a time. Each chapter a massive single track, each a piece of some unimaginable grand design. Each immaculately designed and presented. Each somehow impossibly heavier than the last. First there was The Ancient Method. Then there was The Destroyer Of All. And now, there is Cruelty. Another all too brief missive from the mysterious dark lord who guards the Monument Of Urns. Cruelty is another soul smiting slab of ultra sludge, a plodding doom metal behemoth, trudging endlessly forward, knee deep in murk and mire, wreathed in clouds of black buzz, a monstrously monolithic dirge, laying waste to any and all who kneel before it. In addition to the demonic growls, there
the Screaming TreesScreaming Trees was a musical group considered part of the grunge music movement of the early 1990s. Founded in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985, their sound was a mixture of arty '60s psychedelia and west-coast punk rock. Though highly regarded among critics, they never achieved the superstardom of other grunge acts such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam. They disbanded after touring for their last record, Dust, released in 1996.The Screaming Trees - Ocean of Confusion The Screaming Trees are well known to close watchers of the alternative scene in the US in the early nineties. While other Pacific Northwest bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden were achieving nationwide success, the Trees attained notoriety only among the more discerning fans. Part of the problem was that while they cuts some amazingly great tracks, none of their individual albums rated as indisputable masterpieces. Their first several albums especially contain many weak tracks along
Acid Bath Acid Bath was a sludge metal/doom metal band from Louisiana, USA. They formed in 1991. Soon after their first demo was released, Acid Bath were signed. "When the Kite String Pops" was released in 1994 followed by "Paegan Terrorism Tactics" in 1996. Acid Bath toured with bands such as Brutal Truth, Pungent Stench, and DRI.Despite only releasing two albums, as well as a number of CDs of radio edits and some label-endorsed bootlegs, Acid Bath have gained a strong underground following owing to the unique, experimental nature of their music. Acid Bath are best known for blending extreme, grindcore influenced sludge metal with a mixture of death metal growls and melancholic goth/grunge-style vocals and acoustic guitar passages, as well as use of sampling and the spoken word. This unique musical blend still gains the band much critical acclaim almost a decade after their untimely demise. Acid Bath merchandise is fairly rare, which only serves to heighten their cult appeal. Wiki Wh
GinnungagapGinnungagap - Crashed like Wretched Moth Crashed Like Wretched Moth’ is a solo composition by Stephen O’Malley on piano.One laidback, outer space, droney, dreamy and hypnotic track of over 17 minutes long, originally recorded as a soundtrack for the Exhibition of Stephen O’Malley and Seldon Hunt at the Domino Festival in Brussels in April 2006, where it played during the entire week of the expo.The B side of this 180gr solid white wax LP has a beautiful silver silkscreened drawing of SELDON HUNT (www.seldonhunt.com)All vinyl comes in high quality full colour sleeves, art again by Seldon Hunt, who focused more on photography this time, perfectly catching the entire atmosphere of this album.Pressing Limited to 500 copies.Conspiracy RecordsInfo about recordAlexander Tucker I started by singing in a hardcore band called Suction in the early 1990s, we played noisy adolescent punk with leanings towards swans and Fugazi . After that I joined unhome (featuring members of long
THRONESThrones began in 1994 with an untitled cassette on the Punk in My Vitamins? label. They soon released the "Reddleman" single. In 1996, Thrones signed to Communion Records to issue the full-length album Alraune. Thrones then signed to Kill Rock Stars and released the single "The Suckling." In late 1997, Preston began a recording project under the working title "White Rabbit, White Rabbit, White Rabbit". The project was eventually released as two 12 inch EPs; White Rabbit in 1999, followed by Sperm Whale in 2000. Both EPs were compiled in the Sperm Whale CD. In 2005, a compilation of various Thrones material spanning from 1994 to 2001 was released by Southern Lord Records under the title Day Late, Dollar Short. After an extended hiatus beginning in 2001, Thrones began regularly performing live again in May of 2006, although there were sporadic live appearances during this period supporting bands such as Sunn O))). Preston has also performed as part of Sunn O))) using Moog synth
Slow Listener - Bad Coffee Day MyspaceI love music that starts with simple tools to create profound effects, both tonally and emotionally. I guess you'd have to if you end up writing for a webzine like Foxy D. But I often wonder if the well will run dry one day. Soon. The idea of simplicity has been taken to such extremes in the underground these days, it begs the question: "How do you retain an individual sound if your oeuvre consists of one or two tones played on consumer-grade electronics?" But when I get tapes like Slow Listener's "Bad Coffee Day," I'm reminded it's best to shut the hell up and pay attention for a change.Yes, the palette is rather simple on this cassette: plenty of feedback from unknown sources, electronic effects, maybe a synthesizer or two I cannot confirm. And while this set-up may conjure images of the latest batch of uninspired pedal noise, Slow Listener lives up to the improbable moniker as his tonal creations unfold with patience and a keen ear for effe
KTL - 2Myspace Like its predecessor, 2 is based on elements that Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O)))) and Peter Rehberg (Pita) created as a score to the Kindertotenlieder theater piece by Gisele Vienne and Dennis Cooper, but stands on its own as a coherent work. O'Malley and Rehberg have created another installment of genre crossing experimentation that definitely meets the requirement of "dark." The material shows its pedigree well, with neither artist dominating the other sound-wise: O'Malley's slow motion riffing is augmented nicely with Rehberg's laptop electronics. Opener "Game" and ending piece "Snow 2" bookend the work well, the former being a heavy low-end drone that begins near inaudible and builds greatly in volume and dynamics by the end, while the latter sounds like extremely lo-fi guitar parts recorded deep within a dungeon, mingling with the electronics that end up closing the disc with a film score flair. The sprawling middle tracks differ more widely from each other. "Th
POLAR BEAREric AveryHarold Barefoot Sanders IIIAndrew TroyDani TullPolar Bear - Polar Bear EP (Chewing Gum)released: may 1997, dry hump recordings (DH021)tracks: monkey, water, face, gimmee, leadernotes: The official debut (also known as the "chewing gum" e.p.). Seems to be out of print. You may be able to find it (or order it) at big music stores, such as Amazon.If there's been a race to see which ex-Jane's Addiction member was to be the first to make really good music since the split, I'd have to say that bassist Eric Avery has won. Eric plays bass and sings on this second PB release (the first being an instrumental 12" on Man's Ruin) and does this ever kick. I wasn't sure at first (drunken drive home, not in the mood for anything too obtuse), but this is one of those records (only 5 songs long) that doesn't really get going until a good third of the way in. "Face" comes off sounding a bit like the God Machine's "Home" without the studded leather wrist bands. "Gimmee," where E
VIAJE A 800 by 0n1maraz Viaje a 800 - Santa Águeda "Viaje a 800 comenzó en 1996 tocando música sucia y desafinada (2 guitarras y batería ). Después de varios conciertos caóticos, nos separamos volviendonos a unir en el invierno de 1997. Conservando la formación de trío continuamos pero haciendo música diferente, más orientada al hard 70s y la heavy psicodelia. En ese año cambiamos la formación a quinteto, haciendo nuestros primeros bolos por la zona.A finales de 1998 comenzamos a grabar nuestra maqueta llamada "Santa Agueda ", que hace honor al sitio donde empezamos. Más tarde en febrero del 99 se van dos componentes y entra "Pol Elder" del grupo Malsoñando de Tarifa, creando asi la formacion actual de cuarteto. Con ella hemos grabado un 10" split con los argentinos Natas y nuestro primer larga duracion, "Diablo roto dë...". editados por Rec Orbital y Alone Records/Custom Heavy respectivamente . . . . . Hemos hecho dos giras por España actuando con grupos c
Hair Police - Constantly TerrifiedRattlers Echo My Skull is my Face The Haunting Constantly TerrifiedHair Police is an American noise rock band based out of Lexington, Kentucky formed in 2001. They have released records through labels such as Troubleman Unlimited, Hanson Records, Gods of Tundra, Freedom From, and Hospital Productions. They have also released a split record on Load Records with Viki. Members of Hair Police have also played with other groups such as Wolf Eyes, Eyes and Arms of Smoke, Burning Star Core, Three Legged Race, Von Hemmling, ulysses, Warmer Milks, and ATTEMPT.Hair Police formed in January 2001 in Lexington, Kentucky. The original line up was Robert Beatty, Ross Compton, Mike Connelly, Matt Minter, and Trevor Tremaine. The band released the "History of Ghost Dad" cassette to coincide with its first live show on April 13th, 2001. Compton stopped playing with the band in the summer of 2001. Minter left the band in October 2002. Connelly moved to Michigan at the en
Wolf Eyes + Grey Daturas - Black Plague Split Tour EP Wolf Eyes MyspaceGrey Daturas Myspace Heathen Skulls 004 They may be thousands of miles apart, but it would take more than something like distance to keep these two forces of musical darkness from meeting and unleashing this Black Plague. AQ faves, Australian noise rockers the Grey Daturas, were visited recently by the US ambassadors of noise, Wolf Eyes. Never one to squander an opportunity to get together and kick up a ruckus, the Daturas dragged the Eyes into the studio, and both bands spent a few hours cooking up their own unique vision of sonic decay. Wolf Eyes came up with the 5 part "Post Civilization Muzak", 24 minutes of grrrrrrrrrrrinding post industrial brutality. Huge sheets of coruscating electronics, super distorted guitar, and wild streaks of white hot feedback, all tangled up into a blazing blood red supernova of sound. The Grey Daturas counter with some musical density of their own. A bit more lo-fi, three long t
BLACK BONED ANGELBlack Boned Angel is a drone / black metal project of New Zealand musician Campbell Kneale. The band has released material on labels such as Battlecruiser and Celebrate Psi Phenomenon. Black Boned Angel has been compared to artists such as Earth, Sun O))), and Corrupted. 1.Black Boned Angel - SupereclipseA three-track, one-hour excursion into drone-evil sound from CAMPBELL KNEALE of BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL. An insanely heavy experience for fans of Sunn O))), Earth, Corrupted, Boris, Skullflower, Melvins, and early Swans.The subterranean depths of Aotearoa have unleashed a tsunami of EARTH-shattering wall-of-drone guitar destruction excavated from petrified remains of a BLACK BONED ANGEL. At the onset of a TOTAL Supereclipse of the SUNN, layers of distortion-addled amp-damage invoke black spirits of like-minded mystics in SKULLFLOWER and CORRUPTED. Not for the meek of bowel or deficient of attention, Supereclipse is a one hour journey to the center of the riff; akin to tec
Khlyst - Chaos Is My Name DownloadMirrorWhat could we say that would adequately describe this malignant aural formation? Nothing that really comes close to the actuality of the sound, so we'll stick with the facts - or some variation there of. Khlyst is the brainchild of James Plotkin and Runhild Gammelsaeter -- the album at hand being a manifestation of a long distance musical romance conceived and executed at various studios (Oslo, Norway and NY, NY) between 2004 and 2005. Mr. Plotkin is probably familiar to many of you due to his work with/as Phantomsmasher, Khanate, Scorn, Lotus Eaters, O.L.D., as a solo artist, and a myriad of other musical projects spanning numerous genres and multiple decades. Mrs. Gammelsaeter is also an accomplished cult musician, having participated in the short lived but much beloved Thorr's Hammer, along with Stephen O'Malley (sunno))), Khanate, etc.) and others.while you might be able to picture what such a pairing might sound like, even such a mental f
JUNIUS What some other people have had to say about us: "Genius as far as contemporary new wave/cinematic art-rock goes... [an] epic audio masterpiece..." - The Big Takeover (review of Blood is Bright)"One of the most engaging dark rock albums to come out since Joy Division last graced a stage." - Disclosure Magazine (review of Forcing Out The Silence)"This fiery Boston quartet displays the potential to emerge as the bridge between post-grunge and the future of alternative rock." - Amplifier Magazine"Breathtaking atmospherics and dark sensibilities deserved of being likened to the Cure's Disintegration punctuate this EP. Vocalist Joseph E. Martinez deadpans a brooding style that clashes at the perfect angle with the swirling sounds that rise around his words. Without straying into anything too heavy, Junius manages to maintain an intense presence that is as stylish as Interpol but carries a sincerity and distinction not found in enough young acts. This band seems to have borrowe
MOSS Moss - Cthonic RitesDownloadMyspace MOSS return with their debut full length, 'Cthonic Rites'. A mighty slab of extreme Doom from beyond, a paean to the Elder Gods.Managing to pack two entire tracks into the 66 minutes, MOSS redefine torturous with a larger, more cosmically heavy sound with Jus Oborn (of Doom masters ELECTRIC WIZARD) taking production duties. Though each track retains the monolithic simplicity of a Martian pyramid, the production somehow increases the scope of the trademark MOSS wall of distortion and despair. Who dares to dream what dark Old Ones may be summoned from beyond the realms of time and death by these primitive, obscene dirges?MOSS was formed in Southampton in mid-2001 by three sick individuals, wishing to propagate their dementia and macabre visions via the medium of discordant, torturous extreme Doom metal.Bound by hatred, disgust and despair, MOSS create the heaviest and most tormenting extreme doom in existence. An expression of horrific bleak
James PlotkinAlan Dubin/ Jimmy Plotkin - 2x 7" DownloadJames Plotkin - the Joy of DiseaseDownloadAlong with contemporaries like Justin Broadrick and Mick Harris, James Plotkin first rose to prominence in the early-'90s grindcore scene associated with Earache Records before venturing into more ambitious ambient dub territory. Plotkin's recording career began with the strange grindcore band Old (Old Lady Drivers), strange because Old seemed to be mocking the very movement it championed. The band's debut album, Old Lady Drivers (1988), was one of the first releases by the British Earache label; however, it was the band's follow-up, Lo Flux Tube (1992), that would garner substantial acclaim from the underground grindcore scene. Despite the acclaim, Old never attained the popularity of fellow Earache bands like Napalm Death, Carcass, or Entombed, mostly because of its somewhat avant-garde, somewhat parodic approach.By the mid-'90s, Plotkin had moved on, playing guitar and guitar-synth
Una Corda - Proper Position for Floating (1881) EP DownloadMyspaceWebsite"With its blurry My Bloody Valentine style artwork and track names of simply ‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’ and ‘four’ it might initially look like this could be a bunch of right pretentious cunts. The facts however are somewhat removed from such a potentially rash initial judgement. There is no doubt that this is not simple pop music – having two bassists and being purely instrumental attests to this – but Una Corda are one of very small handful of bands in the UK, if not the world, right now who purely let the music pour out of themselves with scant regard for genres, appeal, image or acceptance from anyone but themselves. That’s a fucking great thing (if you didn’t already know) that far more people should be aspiring to.Whilst Una Corda could loosely be described as a form of post-rock, they have a much more driven, song-orientated approach, with musical ideas being re-addressed
MOHO WebsiteMyspace With tours through France, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary, England, Italy, (and in their homeland of Spain) few bands have played as intensively as this heavy three piece has in their three years together. Their first full length “20 Uñas” released in USA by Shifty Records and in Europe by Throne Records gathered fantastic reviews linking them to heavy hitters (both in sound and attitude) such as Electric Wizard, Bonzgilla, Black Sabbath, and High On Fire. Having spent their time in bands like Denak, Looking For An Answer, Like Peter At Home, and Matarife (just to mention a few) the band developed a raw, crude, and no frills sound. This album is a testament to what they’ve achieved with their sound. Recorded in only five hours in a rigorous live-in-the-studio fashion, the result is a brutal punch in the face driven with beautiful simplicity and taken to a level that will prove painful to the weak eared listener.”He visto la cruz al r
92 votes (31%) Doom/Drone/Stoner Thanks for vote to everyone! AARNI Aarni - BathosDoom/Avantgarde/Freak/Finland Folk/Doom DownloadMirrorWebsiteAARNI are a crazy Doom band from Finland and they sound quite original. But also very exhausting for the typical Metalhead. Is that still Metal or Art Rock already? No idea – the fact is that AARNI create a very special atmosphere which seems pretty stoned eh dreamy. Complex soundscapes appear before your inner eye, which leave room for a self-interpretation. All in all a very appealing album, even though confusing at first. I haven’t heard anything comparable before. A relaxed sound which contains progressive, doomy as well as very dreamy passages and which either captivates you or doesn’t move you at all. I think there is no in between. Hurz! Firedoom, subsello de Firebox dedicado puramente a lo más lento y oscuro de su catálogo, nos ofrece el segundo álbum oficial de estos finlandeses, después de un split CD, que son más raros
Ginnungagap - RemeindreDownload 1. Duel Ravens2. Guenevere Of The Ganges3. Black Snow, Blood Mountain4. Aurgelmir Wishing to forego the amplifier worship of previous projects, the trio set about using acoustic instruments to create a meditative and different kind of "heavy" musical landscape filled with the drone of traditional Indian Harmonium, Tamboura and Sruti Box alongside bowed and plucked guitars and layers of wordless voice. The resulting four compositions are powerful, reflective and extremely beautiful. The inspiration for this session came from the soundtrack work of Popul Vuh for the films of Werner Herzog and Alejandro Jodorowsky's collaborative music for his films from the early 70's along with more modern artists like Ben Chasny's 'Six Organs Of Admittance' and Jack Rose's Pelt. The sleeve features a drawing by Alex Tucker (himself an acclaimed comic artist) based upon an illustration by Russian Folk Artist Ivan Bilibin from the fairy tale "Vassilisa The Beauti
