Convictions Are More Dangerous Enemies Of Truth Than Lies

Band: Various Artists

Album: Yemen - Death Metal Compilation 0211 via SOMA

Origin: Various

Genre: Death Metal, Black Metal

Year: 2011

Being busy studying for exams (again, seems like that's the only thing I do throughout the year) and living through the hell of having my house renovated, I decided to post this death metal compilation put together by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), KTL, Burning Witch, and much more) which he posted on his own website. Enjoy!

This is what he wrote about it:

"I made a few friends this comp 2CD of death/black metal bands Ive been listening to a lot lately... not all the most current (98-010), and not as cool a comp as M. Fenriz routinely puts together (obviously?) but these are fucking killer sounds in varying degrees... DEATH METAL NEVER DIES."


Yemen Disc 1:
1) Swallowed - Black Phlegm
2) Swallowed - Unsavorably
3) Swallowed - The Dying Misted In The Bloodstream
4) Acephalix - Warm Flesh
5) Innumerable Forms - Illusory
6) Ascension - Fire And Faith
7) Ascension - Grey Queen
8) Bastard Priest - From Beyond
9) Bastard Priest - Merciless Insane Death
10) Dead Congregation - Morbid Paroxysm
11) Dead Congregation - Source Of Fire
12) Grave Miasma - Pillars
13) Grave Miasma - Ritual Lair
14) Hooded Menace - Laboratory Of Nightmares
15) Hooded Menace - Night Of The Deathcult
16) Kaamos - Dark Void


Yemen Disc 2:
1) Kaamos - Curse Of Aeons
2) Miasmal - Abduction Of The Soul
3) Repugnant - Spawn Of Pure Malevolence
4) Repugnant - Repugnized
5) Sonne Adam - Armed With Hammers
6) Sonne Adam - I Dream The Devil Sign
7) Vasaeleth - Wrathful Deities
8) Vasaeleth - Poisoned Tongue
9) Teitanblood - Infernal Dance Of The Wicked
10) Teitanblood - Seven Chalices Of Vomit And Blood
11) Teitanblood - Anvil Of Holocaust (Outrogramatton)
12) Teitanblood - Necrosemen
13) Teitanblood - Black Pasch (Carnivore Eucharist)
14) Black Majesty - From The Kingdoms Of Edom, Come Ye Forth
15) Black Majesty - Shemhamphorasch
16) Black Majesty - Ad Portas Mortis 
17) Black Majesty - Thus Singeth The Sword Of Curse, Key Of Truth


Various Artists - Yemen

The bandstand is a sacred place.

Band: Various Artists

Album: Invocation Of Sacred Resonance I

Origin: Various

Genre: Doom, Drone, Experimental, Black Metal, Sludge

Year: 2008

It's been a while, both life and laziness have kept me busy, but I'm back with another promise to be more active. So I start with another Southern Lord sampler. You know the deal by now. Enjoy!

1) Ascend - Ample Fire Within
2) Earth - Rise To Glory
3) Boris - You Were Holding An Umbrella (Live 10/16/07 At Echoplex, LA)
4) Wolves In The Throne Room - Dia Artio
5) Gore - Search & Love
6) Iceburn - Power Of The Lion Pt. 3 (Edit)
7) Pentemple - Pazuzu II
8) Lair Of The Minotaur - Horde Of Undead Vengeance
9) Thou - Chained
10) Lurker Of Chalice - Minions
11) Velvet Cacoon - P.S. Nautical

Various Artists - Invocation Of Sacred Resonance I

God I love Autumn

Band: Various Artists

Album: Paradigms Recordings - Autumn Sampler 2011

Origin: Various

Genre: Electronic, Drone, Noise, Experimental, Black Metal, Jazz, Psychedelic Folk, Metal

Year: 2011

I stumbled upon this free label sampler without ever having heard about the label and only knowing one of the artists, Aidan Baker (Nadja), and I have to say, there is quite some awesome stuff to discover on this compilation. Paradigms describes itself as 'a boutique record label based in London, England specializing in exclusive mailorder editions from the esoteric music underground'.
If you like experimental music, then this is definitely worth checking out. Enjoy!

...To launch this Autumn's carefully curated selection of upcoming releases, we're very pleased to unveil a FREE download sampler compilation today featuring one exclusive track from each of our new and upcoming releases this season...(Label Description)

1) Rashomon - Jigora
2) IXTAR - Amulet
3) Kinit Her - Mosaic Of The Hyacinths
4) Tele.S.Therion with Wilderness Perversion[Mortuary Drape] - Grimoire XIII
5) Aidan Baker - Loop Study Six
6) Owlfood - End Of Distance
7) Yr Iliad - Grow In
8) A Sending Service - Toward It's Ideal
9) Iron Forest - Wintermute
10) Höhlenmusik Ensemble - Xibal
11) The Slaves - Angel
12) Heinali And Matt Finney - Tinderbox

Paradigms Recordings - Autumn Sampler 2011

It's raining riffs...

Band: Various Artists

Album: The Power Of The Riff 2011 Mix Tape

Origin: Various

Genre: Metal, Punk, Black Metal, Sludge, Doom

Year: 2011

I think that the description, the package and the links say enough. Enjoy!

In preparation for THE POWER OF THE RIFF 2011, with five West Coast shows announced to take place later this month, Southern Lord is giving away a brutal 20-track mix tape featuring artists set to appear during the upcoming melee! The free download includes tracks from ALL PIGS MUST DIE, BAPTISTS, EYEHATEGOD, PENTAGRAM, BLACK COBRA, PELICAN, NOOTHGRUSH, WINTER, TRAP THEM and more, as well as a collection of flyers from all of the upcoming TPOTR shows.


GET IT HERE!


1) All Pigs Must Die - Pulverization
2) Baptists - Good Parenting
3) Eyehategod - Jack Ass In The Will Of God
4) Masakari - Trapped In The Mold
5) Alpinist - Hak Nam
6) Skin Like Iron - Consequences
7) Early Graves - Wraiths
8) Seven Sisters Of Sleep - Sundown
9) Pentagram - Call The Man
10) Black Breath - Children Of The Horn
11) Plagues - Breathing
12) Harassor - Glory Raped
13) Acephalix - Interminable Night
14) Black Cobra - Negative Reversal
15) Æges - Roaches
16) Slave - Rise Of Shame
17) Trap Them - Carnage Incarnate
18) Noothgrush - Oil Removed
19) Pelican - Strung Up From The Sky
20) Winter - Eternal Frost


The Power Of The Riff

The depressing inevitability of hope

Band: Various Artists

Album: Darkness Hath No Boundaries

Origin: Various

Genre: Doom, Drone, Metal, Sludge, Black Metal

Year: 2006

Another Southern Lord Records sampler seemed fitting in the spirit of Roadburn. I couldn't find a decent picture so you'll have to do with this small one. Also quite a lot of Black Metal on this one. Enjoy!

1) Sunn O))) - It Took The Night To Believe
2) Thrones - Senex
3) Oren Ambarchi - Excerpt From Triste
4) Boris - A Bao A Qu
5) Lair Of The Minotaur - Cannibal Massacre
6) Craft - Earth A Raging Blaze
7) Twilight - Woe Is The Contagion
8) Orcustus - Wrathtrash
9) Haemoth - Kontamination
10) Xasthur - The Funeral Of Being
11) Earthride - Fighting The Devils Inside Of You
12) The Hidden Hand - Vulcan's Children
13) Saint Vitus - Mystic Lady
14) Earth - Raiford The Felon Wind

Various Artists - Darkness Hath No Boundaries

Schwarzer Sabbat Für Dean Martin

Band: Bohren & Der Club Of Gore/Wald

Album: Schwarzer Sabbat Für Dean Martin (Split EP)

Origin: Germany (Mülheim an der Ruhr)

Genre: Jazz Noir, Noise, Metal, Experimental

Year: 1995

My exams are almost over after which I promise to post more often. In the meanwhile some more Bohren & Der Club Of Gore. This is a split EP with Wald. I can't find much information on that artist except that it is a certain Mark Sikora who is a german videoclip director (Midnight Black Earth and Prowler For Bohren) and graphic designer (covers for Napalm death). He has six short tracks ranging from noisy metal outbursts to mesmerizing droning guitar loops. Bohren has only one track (as long as all of Wald's tracks combined), which sounds very different from their later output (mind you, this was only their second release as far as I know). It has more of a metal sound than a jazz vibe to it and it reminds me of Ennio Morricone or latter day Earth mixed with some doom. They seem to have had that very deep bass sound from their beginning though (I just love the contrabass). Enjoy!

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore/Wald - Schwarzer Sabbat Für Dean Martin

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Band: Various Artists

Album: Metal Swim

Origin: Various

Genre: Metal, Hard Rock, Stoner Rock, Black Metal, Sludge, Doom

Year: 2010

Adult Swim (with Scion A/V) has put together a free compilation of '16 tracks of rare and unreleased Metal from the heaviest bands in existence.' Needless to say (especially when you see the track list) that this is awesome.
You can download this compilation and also find some interviews and live footage(with Boris, Torche, Kylesa, and more) from the Scion Rockfest on their website. Enjoy!

1) Death Angel - Truce
2) Skeletonwitch - Bringers of Death
3) Torche - Arrowhead
4) Ludicra - Path of Ash
5) Kylesa - Forsaken
6) Black Tusk - Fatal Kiss
7) Red Fang - Hank Is Dead
8) Black Cobra - Frozen Night
9) Saviours - Dixie Dieway
10) Witch Mountain - Veil of the Forgotten
11) Isis - Pliable Foe
12) Jesu - Dethroned
13) Pelican - Inch Above Sand
14) Zoroaster - Witch's Hammer
15) Withered - Extinguished with the Weary
16) Boris - Luna

The Pheasant Has No Agenda!

Band: Various Artists
Album: "Phoning It In" A Hydra Head Digital Sampler
Origin: Various
Genre: Experimental, Metal, Punk, Drone, Shoegaze, Jazz, Black Metal
Year: 2010

My first (real) post since my exams ended and I decided to start with this awesome compilation that I discovered a couple of days ago. As it's from Hydra Head records, it contains some of the forerunners in experimental and/or heavy music. To download this sampler you need to:
1) add it to your cart
2) check out
3) give an email address
4) download it
5) and Enjoy!  

This is what the label wrote about it:

Regardless of the fact I/we shouldn't need to convince the public to download this sampler because... well... sampler = free, I/we plan on doing a little persuading... Please refer to list of reason for checking out the sampler below:

1. Free Jams!
2. 22 Free Jams!
3. Contains Some Unreleased Jams For Free!
4. Free Photos of the Lovely HHR Staff Having a Laugh and an Ice Creams!

Ok, so that seems like enough convincing...

Tracklisting:
1. Oxbow + Philippe Thiphaine - "Coalking" From Songs for the French (5:46)
2. Daughters - "The First Supper" From "s/t" (3:18)
3. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - "Unkerich" From Dolores (5:31)
4. Knut - "Calamity" From Wonder (1:43)
5. The Austerity Program - "Song 27" From Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn (4:04)
6. Pyramids With Nadja - "Another War" From Pyramids With Nadja (15:27)
7. Helms Alee - "Lionize" From Lionize/Truly 7" (2:45)
8. Hayaino Daisuki - "Ghosts of Purgatory" From The Invincible Gate Mind of the Infernal Fire Hell, or Did You Mean Hawaii Daisuki? (2:43)
9. Harvey Milk - "I Know This Is No Place For You" From A Small Turn of Human Kindness (5:07)
10. La Gritona - "Tony Alamo" From Demasiado Tonto Para Los Ninos Listos. Demasiado Listo Para Los Ninos Tontos (4:38)
11. Stephen Brodsky - "Here In Spirit" From Here's to the future (5:54)
12. Jodis - "Continents" From Secret House (7:27)
13. Nihill - "Mundus Subterreanus" From Krach (5:16)
14. Cave In - "Retina Sees Rewind" From Planets of Old (2:30)
15. Kayo Dot - "II. Whisper Ineffable" From Coyote (11:13)
16. Keelhaul - "THC for One" From Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity (3:34)
17. Clouds - "New Bombs" From B Chuggas May Be Logging (2:08)
18. Xasthur - "UNTITLED 4/05" From 2005 Demo (7:02)
19. GridLink - "Amber Gray" From Amber Gray (1:06)
20. Greymachine - "Wasted" From Disconnected (8:43)
21. Bergraven - "Hunger" From Till Makabert Vasen (7:08)
22. Torche - "UFO" From Songs For Singles (2:01)

V/A - "Phoning It In" A Hydra Head Digital Sampler

While I fuck the world...

Band: Various Artists

Album: Resurrection

Origin: Various

Genre: Drone, Doom, Metal, Experimental, Punk, Black Metal

Year: 2009

I know that things are still going slow here and that I've been saying that I would get more active a lot, so I'm just going to promise that again. And since I love compilations, I'm starting with another Southern Lord label sampler. It's the newest one so it should reflect the label's most recent work/releases. This was supposed to be up a week ago, but I had problems uploading it. Enjoy!

1) Wino - Release Me
2) Pelican - Embedding The Moss
3) Eagle Twin - Murder Off ...
4) Wolves In The Throne Room - Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog
5) Black Cobra - Omniscient
6) The Accüsed - Splatterbeast
7) Orcustus - Asphyxiokenisis
8) Black Breath - Murder
9) Virulence - Blank Stare
10) Earth - Junkyard Priest (Live In Vienna)
11) Sunn O))) - Isengard (Chopped And Screwed)

V/A - Resurrection

Fiat Lux II

Band: Various Artists
Album: Let There Be Doom II (A Kult Collection Of Massive Sub-Harmonics)
Origin: Various
Genre: Doom, Sludge, Metal, Black Metal
Year: 2004

The Second Let There Be Doom Sampler from Southern Lord Records. Enjoy!

1) Goatsnake - Black Cat Bone
2) Outlaw Order - Illegal In 50 States
3) Orcustus - Death Becomes You
4) Korog - Worshipping Of Current
5) Thorr's Hammer - Troll
6) Graves At Sea - Cirrhosis
7) Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine - New Pants & Shirt
8) Khanate - Dead
9) Place Of Skulls - The Watchers
10) Saint Vitus - I Bleed Black
11) The Obsessed - Climate Of Despair
12) Earthride - Grip The Wheel
13) Warhorse - I Am Dying
14) Sunn O))) - Hell-O)))-Ween
15) Probot - Shake Your Blood

Let There Be Doom II (A Kult Collection Of Massive Sub-Harmonics)

Gloria In Excelsis Deo, Et In Terra Pax Hominibus Bonae Voluntatis

etal, Stoner Rock, The Whale, Compilation,

Band: Various
Album: Within The Church Of Thee Overlords II
Origin: Various
Genre: Doom, Drone, Experimental, Metal, Stoner Rock, Black Metal
Year: 2007

This label sampler came free with Southern Lord mail-orders.
It's a great label, and this sampler gives you a nice cross section of it's releases.

1) Om - Unitive Knowledge Of The Godhead
2) Weedeater - God Luck And Good Speed
3) Burning Witch - History Of Hell
4) Sunn O))) - Orakulum (Edit)
5) Wolves In The Throneroom - Cleansing
6) Glorior Belli - Manifesting The Raging Beast
7) Tangorodrim - Justus Ex Fide Vivit
8) Striborg - Psychedelic Nightmare
9) Burial Chamber Trio - Only Vinyl Is Real (Ultra-Mega Death Throb Edit)
10) Orthodox - Solemne Triduo
11) Boris with Merzbow - Flower, Sun, Rain
12) Earth - The Driver

Various Artists - Within The Church Of Thee Overlords II