Various Artists - Utmarken 3 x CS box (2011)

"Final Utmarken statement. Long time in the making, this 3xC20 boxset follows up the Utmarken compilation 10" from 2009. 10 minutes each from Ättestupa, Arv & Miljö, Lust For Youth, Blodvite, Skuggor and Sewer Election"

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Viimeinen Kolonna - Luonnoton Poistuma (2011)

Another band I've posted before but equally worthy of your time is Viimeinen Kolonna from Finland. They play hardcore punk and they're good so grab this one too.

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Cülo - Life is Vile...And So Are We (2011)

I've posted some Cülo stuff before, and if you haven't taken notice of them then now is the time. This compilation has stuff from their EPs, plus I guess some other stuff or whatever, but just listen to it. Thrashing hardcore punk and party times. Straight-up fucking awesome.

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The Devil's Blood - Fire Burning (2011)

New EP from The Devil's Blood, occult rock from the Netherlands.

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Bastard Priest - Ghouls of the Endless Night (2011)

I'm posting some stuff that I have not yet had the chance to listen to, but here is the new Bastard Priest LP and I'm sure its going to be killer since their previous album was one of the best death metal releases from 2010. Taking cues from early Entombed, Dismember and Grave, these guys are one of the finest bands to come out of this new old school of death metal craze that has been going on in recent times and I can't wait to sink my teeth into this one.

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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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