Nicoffeine - Admiring Those Artholes (2008)

Country: Germany

Genre: Progressive Rock, Noise Rock.

Label: Blue Noise
Tracks: 6

Wow, no prisoners are made here, listening habits aside and a bulk ..... on song structures, where, as a listener you are already happy, who finds the band a common end. Otherwise, the backing band shifts and rumbles and shrieks, sighs and shimmers in the foreground the guitar, and sometimes are added bestial scream. Noise is written with the great, and the complete album requires the listener from a lot of concentration and attention. For Nicoffeine takes time and rest, then opens up a unique world of sound, and you have a chance to open up the density, nerve anything could. And at home, the Koblenz course the best German Noise label * Blue Noise - brute!

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Wild Dögs - Discography (2009 - 2010)

Country: Spain

Genre: Hardcore, Grind, Thrash, Stoner, Rock'n Roll.

Label: ¿?

Spanish female fronted grind/crust. The vocals are what make this out, but the more I listen, the songs are pretty exceptional, though I could do with out the bits that lean towards the metal side of grind. Add a touch of mid tempo rock'n roll on the last song throw in a tasteful of melody hand you have a killer demo. -Maximun Rock'n roll

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Wild Dögs - EP 7" (2010)*
*Original link from descargando rabia

Salvation-Mortality Interactions LP (2010)

Country: USA

Genre: Hardcore, Metal, Crust

Label: Youth Attack

Damn, I've been waiting to hear this album for the past two months. Pennsylvania PA's Salvation play an intense style of metallic, crusty, punk influenced style of music that's truly hard to ignore. Salvation is dark, forboding, furious, and will pummel you into oblivion with their style of music. Influences will be pointless because I hear so many elements of great bands coming from Salvation's sound. Mortality Interactions is a great release that will destroy the listener with it's massive approach to heavy music. Fans of hardcore, punk, metal, and crust will equally enjoy this band due to the intense nature of the music. This album was limited to 500 copies and is already sold out. Amazing is an understatement. A repress better be in the works because I missed out on this. Major props to Derrick from well fed for the original link. Excellent blog that's well worth your attention.

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Salvation-Mortality Interactions LP

Best of 2010 Pt. II

As I said in my last "best of" post, I broke my picks for best albums of 2010 into two categories. Here's part II, covering the emo, punk, and indie rock releases that I consider to get the top nods for 2010. Enjoy! It's already looking like a great 2011 with Lemuria and Higtide Hotel already putting out new material. Can't wait.

10. Lower Dens - Twin Hand Movement Lp

9. Paper Arms - Days Above The Ground

8. Gun Outfit - Possession Sound

7. Frontier(s)-There Will Be No Miracles Here

6. Bear Hands-Burning Bush Supper Club

5. System And Station-A Series Of Screws

4. Estrogen Highs - Tell It To Them Lp

3. Snowing-I Could Do What I Wanted If I wanted LP

2. End Of A Year - You Are Beneath Me

1. Grown Ups - More Songs

Purple Rhinestone Eagle-The Great Return (2010)

Country: USA

Genre: Sludge, Garage rock, psychedelic, stoner rock

Label: Stankhouse Records

Portland Oregon's female power trio Purple Rhinestone Eagle play a great style of music that's hard to classify at times. On the band's latest album, The Great Return, I hear a varied style of influences ranging from 70's garage punk like The Stooges or MC5, to later era garage punk such as Drive Like Jehu or Black Tambourine. Add to that a possible Slits vibe by way of Black Sabbath and you might start to get where the band is going with their sound. Overall a great mixture of sounds that makes for a unusual take on garage rock, punk, and psychedelic/stoner metal. An extra large thanks goes out to Travis from Stankhouse records for being extra cool and sending me this record on vinyl! Do your self a favor and give Purple Rhinestone Eagle a listen. Highly recommended!!!

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Purple Rhinestone Eagle-The Great Return (2010)

Lemuria-Pebble (2011)

Country: USA

Genre: Indie rock, pop punk

Label: Bridge 9

With some of the sweetest sounding girl/ boy dueling vocals heard in indie rock in years, Buffalo, NY's Lemuria is poised to be one of 2011's breakout artists. The band's debut Bridge Nine album, "Pebble," is chock full of catchy choruses, intricate guitar work and sugary vocals. The pristine recording was done at the Magpie Cage with producer J Robbins (Hey Mercedes, The Promise Ring, Jawbreaker) and delivers 11 solid tracks that are perfect for fans of Superchunk, Get Up Kids and Sebadoh.

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Lemuria - Pebble (2011)

Total Devastation - Honour The Disorder (2008)

Country: Finlad
Year: 2008
Genre: Death Metal, Metal, Progressive
Label: DIY
Tracks: 9

New album shows no compromises, instead it gives you nine tracks of violence, dishonour and hooliganism. Maybe punkier approach than before, but still heavier than most of the 'metal' albums of today.

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Lagrimas y Rabia._.desafecto(2010)

Genre: punk, hardcore

Country: Spain

Year: 2010

Label: 22 distris!

Tracks: 18

La friolera de veintidos colectivos han coeditado este trabajo de Lagrimas y Rabia, que asimismo trae la friolera de 72 minutos de caña, je,je...vamos que han aprovechado hasta el último segundo del posa-vasos. A los temas nuevos hay que añadir un extenso repertorio de bonus-tracks, de ahí la duración de este disco. Su estilo, el de siempre: letras anarquistas, una original manera de cantar melódica y rabiosa a la vez y música punk muy rápida, casi hardcore. (DDT)

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Hightide Hotel-Nothing Was Missing Except, Me (2010)

Country: USA

Genre: postpunk, posthardcore, emo, indie rock

Label: Runner Up Records

Nothing Was Missing, Except Me" doesn't walk much middle ground. The debut LP from Philadelphia's Hightide Hotel comes off as either hauntingly mellow or completely frantic, depending on the song and perhaps one's own perspective. Either way, the entire record is underscored by the sense of desperation that Hightide has always so eloquently conveyed. The contrasts are stark and capture pretty accurately what it's like to be satisfied one minute and have the rug pulled out from under you the next. Great record, great band. Enjoy! Fans of Algernon Cadwallader, My Heart To Joy, Castevet, and Into It. Over It take note!

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Best Of 2010

Wow, it's hard to believe it's almost the end of another year. 2010 saw many stellar releases in the independent music scene and 2011 is shaping to be another good year. Here's a brief recap of what I consider to be the best releases in the hardcore, metal, and noise rock scene for 2010. Later this week I'll do a part two covering the best of 2010 in the emo, punk and indie rock scenes. So for what it's worth (probably not much, LOL) here goes:

10. Sexdrome-Grown Younger 12" (2010)

9. Nomos-From The Acheron 12"

8. Sweet Cobra-Mercy (2010)

7. Glasses._.The Ills Of Life(2010)/download.

6. Planks-The Darkest Of Grays LP (2010)

5. Tideland - Asleep In The Graveyard (2010)

4. Loma Prieta - Life/Less 12" (2010)

3. Black Kites-Songs Written While Things Were Changing Lp (2010)

2. Logs-Hogz Lp- Download

1. Burning Love-Songs For Burning Lovers LP (2010)

Havalina - Las Flores Secas (2010)

Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Genre: Indie, Stoner, Pop.
Label: Origami
Tracks: 11

The Madrid market today Havalina take his latest work The Leaves of hand again Origami Records after the shot and imperfection. Castilian to keep their words, and far more mature stories with which we were accustomed, plagued by sexual instincts and impulsivity.

This album is the perfect evolution following his previous works: a neat and clean production, more quiet and thoughtful. The sound is still as strong and angry, but now we put into an atmosphere much more dense and dark, with songs touch more "stoner" like Mammoth, Mordant or Desert, which is responsible for opening the album with a riff to Black Sabbath style. There are also times for quiet and introspection: The Leaves, The Wall and the evening feature inspiring instrumental passages. All accompanied by a soft, melodic voice, which acts as a counterpoint to the harshness of guitar, bass and drums.

The Leaves, has been recorded entirely in the studies the left side, with Dany Richter as a recording engineer, and later mixed and mastered by Manuel Cabezalí himself. In terms of composition, we are as a novelty song with Personal Objects, written by the brother of Manuel, Jose Juan Cabezalí, with an average duration of items significantly higher than in June and Imperfection.

In short, an album of eleven songs impeccably finished, it's worth listening to from beginning to end, through the different stages of disruption, loss, decay, anxiety, peace and tranquility that it offers during the trip. A masterpiece for the discerning ears. -YndYTV

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Punto de quiebra._.mugre(2010)

Country: El Salvador

Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2010

Label: D.I.Y.

Tracks: 11

Punto de quiebra es la primera banda que yo conozco que venga desde el Salvador, practican un hardcore bastante potente con tiempos lentos (sin llegar a ser los tiempos de la musica doom evidentemente), la voz es una apisonadora que hara que tus neuronas se quejen acompañado con coros mas "suaves". Las letras combinan letras reacionarias con otras que hablan sobre tendencia depresiva o suicida. Date un vuelta por su myspace y en tres temaas te encantaran o te dejaran indiferente.

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The Suicide of Western Culture - The Suicide of Western Culture (2010)

Country: Spain

Genre: Electronic, IDM, Post Rock

Label: Irregular
Tracks: 14

With just some toy keyboards and a bunch of second hand pedals, these two sci-fi individuals decided to create their songs from the room of a hostel for students in London, trying to reproduce sounds from those bands they admired in the 90s: Godspeed You Black Emperor, Disco Inferno, Mogwai, Flying Saucer Attack, Tortoise...

Also strongly influenced by Spanish unusual but classic bands in the electronic scene like Esplendor Geométrico (harsh industrial sounds) and the mechanical low-fi pop of Telefilme. Hardness and emptiness, melody and surprise, instrumental post-electronic based on the palpable, impossible contortion of buttons, a revolution of the machines, some as familiar as the Casio CZ-1000 or the beloved TR505 drum machine ... an ode to the analog power.The result is a homonym album, recorded between November 2008 and January 2009 in Vauxhall (London) and mastered in Barcelona.

The result of all this gear of genres is a9 tracks album, ‘The Suicide Of Western Band’ (titled to the name of the band), registered between November 2008 and January 2009 in Vauxhall (London) and mastered in Barcelona.

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Devils of Belgrade - Tracks of the Cloven Hoof (2008)

Country: USA

Year: 2008
Genre: Stoner, Thrash, Heavy, Instrumental
Label: D.I.Y.
Tracks: 11

Hailing from nowhere near Belgrade, Serbia (try Indianapolis, Indiana in the U.S., friends) come the mostly instrumental sounds of Devils of Belgrade, and what a marvelous bunch of music this is to behold. Tracks of the Cloven Hoof sports no less than nine solid tracks that run the gamut from Thrash to Sludge to Stoner to Progressive to Power to plain ol' Blues and Rock - and then back again. Brilliant, really. That they remain unsigned is curious, too, because they truly are a talented bunch. Specific mention must be made of Kreeb's bass because he's as much a virtuoso as the 6-string slingers (Adam and Hatchet). And drummer Todd is certainly no slouch, stopping on a dime just quick enough to pick it up (hey, free money!), and keeping up with - or propelling to madness? - his band mates.

Some song titles are really riotous, here's looking at "Corpseweed" and "Diary of a Hashish Eater," but album opener "Swirling Frozen Doom" would be a keeper with a less clever name. Highlights include the entire album, but "Lung Stripper Lowdown" is easily the most interesting, what with that swamp guitar blues bit. Sonically one would rightly reminisce about Karma to Burn, the instrumental nature of this beast undoubtedly aiding the comparison, while at times The Atomic Bitchwax and The Fucking Champs are recalled. The band's ability to blend all aspects of its influences invokes the majesty of Mastodon while not sounding alike at all. The Devils of Belgrade simply like what they like and not so simply play what they play (i.e., this is heady stuff). Tracks of the Cloven Hoof rules. That's all that needs to be said. Buy it. Now. And tell 'em Tony from Tartarean Desire sentcha. Tony Belcher@Tartarean Desire

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Decisión._.st(2010)

Country: Spain

Year: 2010

Genre: hardcore

Label: D.I.Y.

Tracks: 12

Decisión es un grupo que surge hace unos años fruto de la amistad entre quienes lo formamos y de las ganas de hacer música como forma de diversión. Para nosotrxs la música, al menos la que hacemos, no es más que una forma de entretenimiento y expresión mediante la cual no pretendemos desahogarnos, ni la consideramos una forma de lucha. Decisión no pretende ser un “grupo político”, sino que más bien es un grupo hecho por “gente política”, que intentamos cada día, en la medida de nuestras posibilidades, dirigir las energías hacia formas más efectivas de solucionar los problemas. Es por ello que nuestras letras hablan de la lucha, de la amistad, del compañerismo y el profundo odio que sentimos hacia el estado, el capital y quienes no dudan en defenderlos. Nos gustaría que nuestra música sirviera para inspirar a otras personas en su lucha vital y política, igual que a nosotrxs nos ayudan otras bandas.

La calidad musicial de Decisión no es la mejor, ni pretendemos que así sea puesto que no somos músicos. Para nosotrxs esto no es una prioridad, ensayamos cuando tenemos tiempo y sin agobios... Por suerte, al menos desde nuestro punto de vista, en nuestras vidas hay cosas más importantes que el hardcore. Es por ello también que la edición de este disco se ha hecho de la forma más simple posible, reduciendo el gasto de producción al mínimo y evitando editar a través de sellos alternativos. Preferimos algo más directo, tanto con aquellxs que quieran contactar con nosotrxs como con quien quiera distribuirlo.

Por último, recordar que todo el beneficio obtenido gracias a la venta del cd irá destinado a las publicaciones Ruptura y Ekintza Zuzena. Hemos querido que así sea porque nos parece importante potenciar la difusión de nuestras ideas y especialmente si éstas son plasmadas en papel, formato que cada día parece más condenado a desparecer. Ésta es nuestra humilde aportación al trabajo y esfuerzo que realizan lxs compañerxs de ambas publicaciones.

Si quieres comprar el cd o contactar con nosotrxs:

contacto.decision@gmail.com

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Meczûp - Hanging from the Purgatory's Pendulum (2010)

Country: Turkey

Genre: Drone, Noise, Experimental, Classical.

Label: None
Tracks: 7

This music is not pursuant to "conserve"tories' mentality which describes the music as a composite of compatible sounds. Leaps of anarchist frequencies, a discipline which can not be rehabilitated by metronome's tick-tocks, a velvet and transcendental touch...

In this record, magnetic field has been confinement in electrical circuits and diversified far beyond the perception by Meczup.

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Meczûp - Hanging from the Purgatory's Pendulum (2010)

Batillus/Hallowed Butchery split 12" (2010)

Country: USA

Genre: Black metal, Doom

Label: Vendetta Records

Damn. This is a killer release. Hallowed Butchery's follow-up to 2009's Funeral Rites for the Living EP features 2 songs of black metal tinged with an almost Neil Young style of alt country and Americana. To seal the deal, Hallowed Butchery add an aggressive, balls out style of doom to their sound. It's hard to believe that this band consists of one sole member, Ryan Scott Fairfield. Batillus is a Brooklyn, NY based band who destroy the listener on their side of the album with 3 songs of atmospheric doom metal complete with crushing riffs, destructive bass, and massive drums. To complete the package, Batillus add synthesizers that have an almost 70's prog-rock vibe. A damn solid release that demands your attention. Batillus just signed to 7th rule recordings. Be on the lookout for their debut full length sometime in 2011.

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Batillus on myspace

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Batillus/Hallowed Butchery split 12" (2010)

Owen Hart-Earth Control (2011)

Country: USA

Genre: Hardcore, punk, grindcore

Label: Vitriol Records

Damn, I've been dying to hear this band and was definitely not let down. Owen Hart are a band from Tacoma Washington who play an explosive hybrid of grind, punk, metal, and hardcore. Owen Hart provide the listener with insane riffs that at times teeter on the edge of falling into utter collapse. Fans of Graf Orlock, Ghostlimb, Drainland, and early Trap Them need to check this album out. Overall, Owen Hart does an amazing job of bringing the mosh! Try not to get whiplash. Enjoy! Also, Check out Toxicbreed's Funhouse! Owen Hart's discography has been posted there as well.

Owen Hart on Myspace

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Owen Hart-Earth Control (2011)

The Gundown - Endless Loads Of Rage (2010)

Country: Spain

Genre: Punk Rock

Label: Sell Our Souls
Tracks: 14

Hi we're The Gundown and we've been together since summer 2008

We released a DIY demo Cd called "A Tribute to Isolation" and a split LP with Vondänikens called "Bomb This City" released by Punkmachine records and Subwix. We also toured spain twice, first with Another Year and then with Strength Approach

We've played with a lot of hardcore-punk bands like Cinder, No Sex, Fresh Trash, Orgy Of One, Off with Their Heads, No Second Chance, The Defense, Still Water To Rain, The Bite, Dandruff, Muletrain, GO! Popitas, Vondänikens, Rebelion, Secret Army, Agent Orange, Far From Finished, Truth Through Fight, Hzero, Turnstile, FP, Trust Nothing, Good Fellaz...

We stopped playing live by the end of the summer of 2009, just to focus on writing new songs. Then we recorded 14 brand new songs for our debut LP Endless Loads Of Rage. And it will be released by Sell Our Souls

In the past some of us played in Ajuste de Cuentas and Caza de Brujas, now some members are currently playing in Truckstop Maniacs, Vondänikens, This Beast Is Wonderful, 4300 and Decline.

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Sexdrome-Grown Younger 12" (2010)

Country: Denmark

Genre: Hardcore, Punk, Metal

Label: Youth Attack

Wow! Another great Youth Attack band. Here's the long-awaited 8 song debut 12" from Copenhagen, Denmark's Sexdrome. Sexdrome play tense, unfurling, impulsive and power music that fans of youth attack have come to expect. Sexdrome do a great job incorporating black metal, hardcore, and punk into an almost seemless fury. Prepare to be schooled! Limited to 500 copies. For the time being, this is sold out and will be repressed soon. Enjoy!

Sexdrome on Myspace

Purchase: YOUTH ATTACK

Sexdrome-Grown Younger 12" (2010)

Hierophant-S/T (2010)

Country: Italy

Genre: Hardcore,punk, crust

Label: self released

Hierophant play a great style of blackened, metallic, and crust tingrd hardcore that's sure to please fans of Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone, Alphinist, and Perth Express. Definitely an impressive listen! Do yourself a favor and give Hierophant a listen.

*By Request of the band

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Varaverde - Varaverde (2010)

Country: Spain
Genre: Indie, Rock
Label: Everlasting
Tracks: 10

Varaverde is the meeting of 80 % of Maine, mythical band of the hardcore - emorock Spanish arisen in 1998. After 2 discs published in 2000 (Motorhome, Whip-lash Records) and 2003 (To Moment Before, Whip-lash records), Gonzalo, Alex, Tinkling, Juan and Simpleton decided to give a respite and to realize other projects.

Gonzalo goes for The United States, forming a part of the musical studding of the capital again Mexico with groups as Mei Long. For your part, Alex and Juan embark in a project entrusted by the Foundation Jose Saramago who extracts to the light Subterfuge in 2003. The project consists in musicar a few texts of the North American poet William Burroughs and Lope de Vega of Seville takes them to the scene in places as the CCCB of Barcelona, The Flushed House of Madrid or the Theatre.

At the end of 2008 Gonzalo returns of The United States and comments on the possibility of returning to touch together and Juan, Tinkling and Alex do not doubt it.. What yes they doubt is of the project which they approach. What do we do? How do we call? After months of test they are the own songs those that define the new reunion.

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Maine - Motor Home (2000)
Maine - A Moment Before (2003)

Light Up! - S.t. EP (2010)

Country: Italy
Genre: Hardcore, Fastcore, Punk
Label: DIY
Tracks: 7

It's a 7 track EP, it last something less than 7 minutes and it also contains a cover from the 80's legendary italian band Indigesti.It's 100% DIY, we spread it via web, or sale some diy printed copies at our shows.

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Pequeña Oruga Mecánica - Ultima Grabación

Country: Spain
Genre: Hardcore, Thrash, Fastcore, Crust
Label: DIY
Tracks: 17

Ultra-high speed, constant changes of pace, without being sharp guitar riffs of metal, in short, as we say of them: pure hardcore committed.

Pequeña Oruga Mecánica on MySpace
Pequeña Oruga Mecánica - Ultima Grabación*
* original source : Hard Core / Punk Demos

Amebix._.redux(2010)

Year: 2010

Country: UK

Genre: Crust

Label: Profaneexistence

Tracks: 3

Amebix are pleased to announce the release their first new studio recordings since 1987 in the form of a three-song 12" EP appropriately titled Redux onProfane Existence Records. This is three classic Amebix tracks as redone by the current lineup: Rob (aka “The Baron"), Chris (aka "Stig"), and Roy. This is Amebix played louder, tighter and more intense than you've ever heard them before. All tracks recorded and produced by Roy Mayorga, mastered by Rodney Mills and vinyl lacquors cut by Prairie Cat Mastering. Total running time is approximately 17 minutes and is pressed on heavyweight black virgin vinyl. Also included with the vinyl edition is a large embroidered Amebix patch and an access card for a free download for the digital edition (including the bonus track. Vinyl / CD tracks are Arise, Winter, and Chain Reaction.

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Unsane - Coextinction Release EP (2010)

Country: USA
Genre: Metal, Noise Rock
Label: Coextinction Records
Tracks: 3

3 new tracks from NYC noise veterans Unsane. Also the first official release of Coextinction Recordings, these songs are the first release from Unsane since Visqueen. An assault of pounding rhythm, crushing guitar and unforgiving vocals, these 3 tracks are sure to do damage to the senses.

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Unsane - Coextinction Release EP (2010)

Hallowed Butchery-Funeral Rites For The Living (2009)

Country: United States
Genre: Experimental, Black/Doom, Folk Metal
Label: Vendetta records, Sacred Tapes



Hallowed Butchery is comprised entirely of one man, Ryan Scott Fairfield, composing absolutely phenomenal acoustic folk/blackened doom metal in the vein of Agalloch. This is one of the best Eps to be released in 2009 and one that should not be missed. I can't believe I spaced on this one! Also check out their split LP with Batillus! Great Stuff!

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Hallowed Butchery: Funeral Rites for the Living [Ep](2009)

Bridge Farmers - Din of Celestial Birds (2010)

Country: USA
Genre: Psychedelic, Blues, Metal, Stoner.
Label: Giant Steps Productions
Tracks: 6

Bridge Farmers play sludgy, psychedelic blues metal (that's a mouthful I know) ... imagine something like Muddy Waters sitting in with Mastodon?
"Din of Celestial Birds" is 6 songs of reverb-heavy Southern metal recorded at Frenchie Smith's The Bubble studio (Britt Daniel, Explosions in the Sky, Meat Puppets). The four-piece just returned from a two-week tour to Boston and back, with more touring planned for 2011.

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Colony-S/T LP (2010)

Country: USA

Genre: Hardcore, Punk

Label: Frequently Deleted Records

Colony are a NY based hardcore who play a great style of intensely heavy hardcore that brings to mind bands such as Converge, Trap Them, Converge, Cursed and borders on the crustiness of bands such as From Ashes Rise, Tragedy, and Hudson Valley, NY's Colony come with their S/T debut release courtesy of Frequency Deleted Records. 7 songs of brutal hardcore goodness. Great debut! Definitely worth your time.

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7 Weeks - All Channels Off (2009)

Country: France

Genre: Metal, Stoner.

Label: F2M Planet

Tracks: 10

Plus qu’un haut fait en matière de stoner, cet album marque tout simplement son époque en matière de gros rock à tendance métallique (...) les musiciens brouillent les pistes et ne se contentent jamais d’être "un simple bon groupe de stoner. Que pouvait-on attendre d’autre de la part d’une formation qui s’est déjà imposée en deux ans sur son terrain ? La stagnation était impossible... ça va refaire mal. -The French Touch

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Sickbag - Shade Among Shades (2010)

Country: France

Genre: Metal, Hardcore, Grindcore, Mathcore, Noise.

Label: Destructure

Tracks: 6

SICKBAG started as a Napalm Death influenced grindcore band. They've released several demos and EP in 2003 and 2004 (these have been repressed on one CD). A first album was later recorded to be released on polish label Deaformeathing Production in 2006. They've toured a lot in France and Eastern Europe. After been relocated to Paris with several line up changes, SICKBAG made it's music elvove a lot.

They kept the dark mood but added lots of tempo changes and more modern riffs in their old school influences. Six songs were recorded last summer in Paris' Studio Sainte Marthe, all the music has been recorded live. The sound is powerful and as dirty as possible, in the way the scandi crust metal bands do. While listening to these new songs, I can still feel the urgency, the tension in the music even if they have evolved from grindcore to modern hardcore metal & punk crossover. These six songs (that last almost half an hour) taste like despair, they are here to prove that it has been hard but SICKBAG is still up and SICKBAG is that kind of band that really deserves your attention ! -Destructure.

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Haymarket Riot-Endless Bummer (2009)

Country: USA

Genre: Postpunk, Posthardcore, indie

Label: Divot, Thick Records, Stiff Slacks

Current members of Haymarket Riot have played in many other Chicago-area bands; Gauge, Big'N, Sweep The Leg Johnny, Traluma, Radio Flyer, Six Of One Half Summers, Just A Fire, Neutrino, Orwell..., to name just a few.Past members include: Mike Bennett, Billy Smith, Chris Almodovar, Shane Hochstetler, Quinn Goodwillie, Michael Graff.Since 1999 Haymarket Riot has toured North America, Europe and Japan; have released 3 full length albums, 3 EPs, 3 7"s, 1 CD single and appear on a bunch of comps. Enjoy! Fans of Fugazi, At The Drive-In, Mustangs & Madras, and any of the above mentioned bands need to check out Haymarket Riot!

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