Circle of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers (2011)

New album from this prolific Finnish experimental black band.

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Teargas - The Way Of All Flesh (2011)

Speaking of Teargas, here is their new LP. Ripping hardcore punk from Brisbane.

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Last Chaos - Wild Men Demo (2011)

Last Chaos from Brisbane, Australia playing old school raw hardcore punk the way it should be. Featuring members of Teargas.

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Robert Turman - Way Down

Robert Turman was an original member of NON. His solo work is electronic / industrial and its really good. I think that anyone into Vatican Shadow would like this as the sound is quite similar (of course this came before - its a 1987 release).

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Immolation - Providence (2011)

New Immolation EP! It rules, as expected. Delicious riffs.

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Bizarre Uproar - Lily the Flesh

Truly unsettling power electronics. Filth and Violence.

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The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up

Two albums from this fantasic indie/emo band.

Homemade Drugs
Picks Us Apart

Laibach - Opus Dei

My favourite Laibach album, featuring nationalistic sounding marching hymns. This, combined with the fact that the members are often pictured wearing German SS-style uniforms, one may think that the band may be nazi-sympathizers, but anyone writing them off as such is clearly missing the point. The songs here are clearly tongue-in-cheek, and are more of a social commentary than being "shocking".
Its quite amazing how the Queen song "One Vision" is transformed after changing the lyrics to German and adding a more driving beat behind it. Many of the songs work like this, being intelligent, satyrical as well as damn catchy! Opus Dei is a brilliantly clever and artful album, influencial and important in the development of numerous bands and genres.

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Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Slow Architecture (2011)

Lovely ambient/drone.

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Monarque - Ad Nauseam

Decided that the blog should be revived, and here is some excellent Canadian black metal that I've been listening to a lot lately. Canada is producing some quality black metal bands of late, and this is no exception. Monarque is a one-man project, formed in 2003 with a few releases including some live recordings.

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Craft - Void (2011)

The first album in 6 years from one of my favourite black metal bands has finally arrived. Catchy, rocking riffs and pure Darkthrone worship is what makes this band and this new album sticks to that winning forumla. Killer!

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Departure Chandelier - The Black Crest of Death, The Gold Weath of War (2011)

"DEPARTURE CHANDELIER plays Napoleonean Black Metal inspired by the cruelty of French history and the illuminating powers of death."

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Disma - Towards the Megalith (2011)

A huge and dark death metal monster featuring the untouchable vocals of Craig Pillard (Incantation, Disciples of Mockery, Evoken, etc) as well as members and ex-members of Methadrone, Incantation, Funebrarum and Assuck. To be honest, their demo was one of the best death metal demos I've ever heard and this will probably be one of the best, if not the best death metal release of the year.

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Akitsa - Auprès de la mort, triumphant! (2011)

Latest Akitsa EP.

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Antediluvian - Revelations in Excrement (2011)

Canadian death/black mayhem. Here is their latest EP and its fucking incredible. This one leans much closer towards death metal than previous efforts, which had a lot of the bestial BM elements as well. Some of the best metal I've heard this year for sure, I really can't wait to hear their new full length which is being recorded right now.

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