Portals Align - New Song (2011)

Genre: Progressive / Experimental / Djent

Location: Bellingham, WA

Tracklist:

1. Shikimate Pathway

Newest song from their upcoming EP titled "The Cosmic Reassessment".

Betrayed Heaven - Inner Bleeding (2012)

Album Year: 2012

Genre:  Metalcore

Location: Nantes,France

Tracklist:

1. Eleven
2. Betrayed Heaven
3. Inner Bleeding
4. God's Slut
5. Spongebob Cover

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This band has some tasty grooves. I definitely approved of this. I listened to it all the way through twice in one sitting. Not bad at all. Worth listening to.

Virulent - Demo (2011)

Genre: Expirimental / Deathcore / Djent

Location: Phoenix,AZ

Tracklist:

1.Chuggernaut

2.World Collapser

3.New Horizon

4. Deceiver

5.Awakening

Shall Be The Conqueror - Chillicothe Burning (2011)

Genre: Experimental / Progressive / Metal

Location: Chillicothe, Ohio

Tracklist:

1. Chillicothe Burning

2. With Empty Hands

3. So Far The Horizon

4. Needles Kane

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Eat a Helicopter "Descend Into Darkness" EP Review

Genre: Metal / Deathcore / Experimental

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Eat A Helicopter's latest EP, Descend Into Darkness, is a brutal album that didn't quite find its voice until about halfway through. Once they found it, there was no turning back. If you're a fan of beatdown, dissonant breakdown, crushing vocals, and amazing drum work, this album is for you! See below for the track by track dissection:

1. Blood Dynasty (Scourge) - The opening track comes at you slow and heavy with plenty of breakdowns strewn without it. There isn't a lot of technicality in the guitar work, but the drums really stand out to me on this track. There are fast blast beats and triplets on the bass. The vocals couldn't match this song any better, both high and low. This song will get you up, moving, and ready to start moshing. Be ready for a lot of dissonant, beatdown style breakdowns!

2. Internal Decay - The drums absolutely tear this track up, and the guitars take a more technical turn, which I was very happy to hear. There is still a strong beatdown presence in this song, which I haven't heard a lot of recently. It's a welcome change for me. They bring it hard from start to finish on this.

3. Maggot Mouth - A very slow, electronic beeping starts this one, followed by some ethereal sounding voices and textures. The bass drums comes in and slips away. Then, the moment you've been waiting for: a skull crushingly heavy breakdown to get things going. This doesn't give way until we go back to the creepy voices, which is short lived. It really sounds like Eat A Helicopter comes alive on this track with their brutality and sound. Ridiculously heavy, and not just for the sake of it. This song obliterates.

4. Sluggard (Infected With Life) - This song comes out of the gates of Hell blast beating, tremolo picking, and high screeches. It's a drastic change in speed from the last track to get you going again. The speed slows down as we enter more breakdowns and beatdown style writing. The pattern of blast beats and breakdowns continues as it just gets progressively heavier as the song treads on. The last breakdown may feel a little tacked on, but the insanity of it makes it okay.

5. Lovers Wrought - The last drum hit of the breakdown in track 4 leads right into this one. The intro of it reminds me heavily of Recon. The vocals kick in with a tingling keyboard sample, which I wished they used a little more of throughout this EP. The drums, as par for this album, are killing it. We hear some pretty awesome riffs from the guitarists on this track, showing they can do more than "chug chug chug". A nice drum build up leads us into the last breakdowns and keyboards, as the album comes to a close. Absurdly heavy song to end the album.

Rating: 4/5

These Men Are All Monsters - EP (2011)

Genre: Experimental / Deathcore

Location: Caguas, Puerto Rico

Tracklist:

1. The Putrid

2. What Happenned To Lucy From Next Door

(Songs available for download on band's Facebook page)

The Hysteria - Paradigm of the Faith (2011)

Genre: Progressive / Experimental / Mathcore

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Tracklist:

1. The Messenger

2. Algiophobia

3. The End of the Road to Golgotha Pt.II - Beginning

4. 9 (Nine)

5. Aurora's Missiles

6. A Small Interlude Number 5

7. Paradigm of the Faith

Preview:

Lets Burn Mary-Jane - Mentality Break (2011)

Genre: Expiremental / Brutal Deathcore / Stonercore

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Tracklist:

1. Zombie Slam!

2. Mentality Break

Wake The Colossus - Dreamality EP (2011)

Genre: Metal / Progressive / Experimental
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Track List:

1. Escape The Vessel (Exclusive Download)
2. Embrace The Machine
3. Mantis
4. The Realization; The Confession
5. Writing a New Reality
6. Enter The Void

Sublevels - New Song (2011)

Genre: Expiremental / Death Metal
Location: Argentina

Track List:

1. Neurofagos

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Cloudyhead - Analog (2011)

Genre: Progressive / Experimental / Instrumental
From: St. Louis MO, USA




A really great release that's one of the best things I have heard in months.
Album is free on BandCamp.
Some songs are heavy just straight progressive goodness (Michael Keaton.. and North Korea..), some are electronic awesomeness (1992) and there's some mo'fuckin'

Plan to Prosper - Trials and Tribulations EP (2011)

Genre: Experimental / Progressive / Technical / Melodic / Deathcore / Metalcore / Hardcore
Location: Brooklyn / New York City, NY, USA


Track List: 
1. Wretched (Intro)
2. Misfortunes
3. Realizations

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An Isle Ate Her - Desiderium EP - 2010

Genre: Mathcore/Grindcore/Experimental
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Quality: 320kbps

1.Appetency: Fed Through The Mouth Of Optimism, Shat Out The Asshole Of Futility
2. Selvage: A Public Demonstration Of Self-Immolation
3. 2000mg Deep: Where Dem J-Papes At?
4. Landsraad: The Onerous Combustion
5. Tributary: Restitution Passed The Event Horizon
6. A Core And Some Seeds


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Dead Empires - Monuments (2011)

experimental / proggressive metal

Mount Misery 03:00
Hello To Oblivion 03:35
The Escape Artist 06:06
Villains 07:43

DEAD EMPIRES is a three-piece heavy progressive post-metal band from the Hudson Valley, NY. While the band is currently instrumental, they choose not to label themselves as such- the sound is ever-evolving, and they'd prefer to put out music that is organic, natural, passionate- rather than stick to a particular genre.

The band likes to combine a wide range of influences to produce a sound that sways from epic, ethereal soundscapes to heavy post-rock riffs, rounded out with good old fashioned sludgy heaviness.

"MONUMENTS" CD PREORDER- Get a copy of the Limited Edition Deluxe "Monuments" CD,

limited edition of 100, with full-color digipack,

exclusive art and more straight from the band for a measly $6!

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Shall Be The Conqueror - New Songs (2011)

Genre: Death Metal / Experimental / Progressive

Country: Ohio, USA

So Far The Horizon

Heroshima

Cillicothe Burning