Still - Still (2017)

Still is an alt-country band featuring a past member of legendary Australian slowcore act Bluetile Lounge.

Bluetile Lounge are one of the greatest bands to ever come from my home country of Australia.

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Chelsea Wolfe - A Tribute to Rudimentary Peni (2012)

Chelsea Wolfe covers some Rudimentary Peni songs. Cool.

“Previous Peni incarnations have never sounded like this, though one did actually out peni the Peni!” – Nick Blinko of Rudimentary Peni after listening to this recording.

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Proclamation - Nether Tombs of Abaddon (2012)

This band should need no introduction (and I'm not going to give you one anyway), their killer new album.

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Alaric - S/T LP (2011)

This got requested a while back. Alaric are a great new deathrock band from Oakland.

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Bulbous Creation - You Won't Remember Dying

Psychedelic, bluesy hard rock from 1970 with lyrics about satanism, vietnam and heroin.

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Ancient Methods

Dark industrial techno.

First Method

Second Method

Third Method

Fourth Method

Fifth Method

Adolf Butler - Holland (2011)

Adolf Butler are a sloppy, sludgy punk band from the Netherlands. They feature members of Malle Pietje & The Bimbo’s, The Devil’s Blood, Dominatör, Malkovich and Safe Swim.

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Cara Neir - Stagnant Perceptions (2011)

Cara Neir are a black metal band taking influence from a range of different genres including crust, grindcore, grind and post-rock. With a description like that I would often dismiss them as "hipster garbage" without even listening, however I gave this band a shot and it has paid off. Excellent progressive and experimental black metal that actually works and where the different influences make sense and don't just feel like a whole lot of stuff jumbled together for the sake of it.

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Magic Circle

Here are a couple of tracks from Magic Circle, a traditional doom metal band featuring members of Mind Eraser (thats what I've read anyway). The vocalist sounds a lot like Ozzy Osbourne and indeed the music isn't too far off Black Sabbath either. Fans of Pagan Altar, Trouble, Pentagram, Candlemass and of course Black Sabbath will love this sound. There was supposed to be an LP coming last year (?) but I can't find any information about it, so if you know anything I'd love to know. These are just 2 tracks from youtube that I've converted to mp3 for your listening convenience. Seriously awesome stuff, if you don't enjoy these songs then there is something wrong with you. Oh yeah, and they are playing Chaos in Tejas this year so check them out there, I know I will be.

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Christina Vantzou - No. 1 (2011)

Gorgeous ambient from one half of The Dead Texan.

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Voyvoda - Iztok (2011)

More Voyvoda for you to enjoy. I can't get enough of this at the moment.

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Aelter

Aelter is the drone/dark ambient side project of Blake Green, guitarist of Wolvserpent.

Download Dusk Dawn & Follow You Beloved (2009/2010)

Download Aelter III (2011)

Concrete Asylum - Demo (2012)

Thrashy hardcore punk.

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Skin Like Iron / Nails Split (2012)

Skin Like Iron play melodic hardcore punk, not dissimilar to bands like Tragedy. Their side of this split stands out for me, stellar material and some of the best of this style. Nails play tough and heavy metallic-tinged hardcore punk including a few mosh-worthy breakdowns.

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Xothist - S/T (2011)

Raw and mysterious black metal from the US.

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Voyvoda

Voyvoda is a balkan band playing a mix of martial industrial, electronic and synthpop. For me, there really couldn't be a more perfect mixture of sounds. Brilliant and highly recommended.

Download The Confederacy (2009)

Download The West is Dead (2011)

Sargeist - Lair Of Necromancy (2011)

Latest Sargeist EP released on Hospital Productions, 2 tracks which are really a continuation of 'Let the Devil In'. Excellent, catchy BM with some really great riffs.

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Favourite releases of 2011

1. Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years

2. Antediluvian - Through the Cervix of Hawaah

3. Arctic Flowers - Reveries

4. Peste Noire - L'Ordure à L'état Pur

5. Cremation Lily - (All output)

6. Circle of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers

7. Bastard Priest - Ghouls of the Endless Night

8. Midnight - Satanic Royalty

9. Soror Dolorosa - Blind Scenes

10. Giles Corey - S/T

11. Scapegoat - S/T

12. Antediluvian - Revelations in Excrement

13. Hexvessel - Dawnbearer

14. Ice Age - New Brigade

15. The Haunting Presence - S/T

16. Strongblood - The Beaten Paths of Youth

17. Goatpenis - Depleted Ammunition

18. Rome - Die Æsthetik Der Herrschaftsfreiheit

19. Loss - Despond

20. Mournful Congregation - The Book of Kings

21. Brain Killer - Every Actual State is Corrupt

22. Looks of Love - The Midnight Hour

23. Male Compliments - S/T

24. Negative Plane - Stained Glass Revelations

25. Blessed Offal - S/T

26. Of The Wand And The Moon - The Lone Descent

27. Bizarre uproar - Viha & Kiima

28. Autopsy - Macabre Eternal

29. Puerto Rico Flowers - 7

30. Leviathan - True Traitor, True Whore

Could be late additions/Need to listen to more:

Embrace Of Thorns - Praying For Absolution

Ride For Revenge - Under The Eye

Anna Gardeck - Bondage Women

Excellent industrial, thematically focusing on fetishism, female domination and bondage which makes this one of the most interesting releases in the genre that I have heard in quite some time. Highly recommended.

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Old One - s/t

Here's some traditionally tinged doom with a few modern tweaks by a two-piece (drums, bass) from the US. Great fuzzed-out trad-doom riffs and some grooving bass solos. So grab a beer, sit back, relax, light one up, and enjoy the fuzz.


Old One - s/t