Barghest - Barghest (2011)

Full Length, Big Mountain
March 3rd, 2011



Genre: Black Metal
Region: USA

Several members of Thou making raw black metal. To me it sounds like a mix of Krallice's first album (especially some riffs in the first half, though shorter) with some "As Jerusalem Burns..." era Melechesh. At points it moves into death metal territory.

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Glasses - The Ills of Life (2010)

Full Length, Vendetta Records
November, 2010



Genre: Hardcore
Region: Germany

Coming from Vendetta Records (Men in Search of the Perfect Weapon, Perth Express, Alipinist, and Black Freighter) — Glasses are a great female fronted German hardcore act. This is their second release and a damn good one. Short and sweet.

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Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine - Rampton (2002)

Full Length, Southern Lord
April 2nd, 2002



Genre: Drone/Doom Metal
Region: UK

Containing members of Sunn O))), Electric Wizard, Khanate, Burning Witch, and Napalm Death — Rampton is enormous, crawling, dirty and trance inducing. This is a crushing record in all aspects. Fans of Oak, Monarch!, Khanate, Trees, Buried At Sea, Black Shape Of Nexus, Asunder, Moss, etc. should get on this now if you haven't already. It's a shame they're on hold.

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Dephosphorus - Axiom (2011)

EP, Independent
June 28th, 2011



Genre: Grindcore/Death Metal/Hardcore
Region: Greece

The guys over at The Living Doorway brought this release to my attention. Dephosphorus are getting glowing reviews all over the place and for good reason. Dubbed "astro grind", they released this album for free not long ago and promise new stuff very soon as well.

Axiom is an excellent blend of blackened hardcore riffs that melt into death/black metal stylings; like a mash up of Black Arrows of Filth and Impurity with Young and In The Way, but much more than that is to be heard here . It works really well and you can't really pin them down to one genre for very long. A fantastic album indeed that demands to be listened to on repeat — check them out on bandcamp too.

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Baptists - Baptists (2011)

EP, Southern Lord
February 2nd, 2011



Genre: Hardcore
Region: Canada

A young west coast Canadian hardcore act, and quite solid too. Four ripping tracks of raw hardcoreI recommend checking out.

Definitely give this a shot if you like Converge, Cursed, Black Breath, and all that good stuff. You can pick it up over at Southern Lord's webstore or give a listen here.

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A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head [2009/VBR]

Shoegaze infused with Noise Rock. Really great album, reminiscent of Veil Veil Vanish at times but with a mix of punk to its sound that really lends itself well to the shoegaze elements. Had this on my computer for a long time but it has taken me forever to finally listen to it, until now, and I'm really digging it. Will update this with a 320 link soon-ish.

Artist: A Place to Bury Strangers

Album: Exploding Head

Release Year: 2009

Genre: Noise Rock/Shoegaze

1. It is Nothing

2. In Your Heart

3. Lost Feeling

4. Deadbeat

5. Keep Slipping Away

6. Ego Death

7. Smile When You Smile

8. Everything Always Goes Wrong

9. Exploding Head

10. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart

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Griefer - Brute Force (2007)

Full Length, Deterrent Industries
2007

Genre: Noise/Industrial/Death Industrial/Power Electronics
Region: Canada

"Network malfeasance themed power electronics and death industrial from the west coast of Canada."

I and a few friends saw Griefer last night at Mitochondrion's Parasignosis release show. I didn't really know what to expect, and I'm not a fan of noise but I was hypnotized by the end of Griefer's set. While he didn't perform anything off of this album (I assume everything he did was off of the Griefer/Blue Sabbath Black Cheer split), Brute Force is just as disturbing, cold, oppressive, and chaotic as what I heard performed last night.

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You Slut! - Critical Meat [2008/VBR]

A nice blend of post-rock and electronic that sounds like what would happen if And So I Watch You From Afar and Fang Island had a spastic, hipster lovechild. Very short release (less than 30 minutes), but it's perfect for the type of music it is.

Artist: You Slut!

Album: Critical Meat

Release Year: 2008

Genre: Post-Rock/Electronic

1. Cut & Shut by You Slut!

2. On the Count of 13

3. Roofio Shoots, Roofio Scores

4. On-The-Spot Tina Turner Fire

5. Pie to the Death-Faced Indie Kid

6. 1s, 2ns (The Original Door)

7. Jarabew

8. Mybloodyjesusexploreronfire

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Baring Teeth - Atrophy (2011)

Full Length, Willowtip
July 12th, 2011



Genre: Technical Death Metal
Region: USA

These Texans are new on the Willowtip roster and after a small but promising demo have recorded their first album Atrophy. Evoking the style of Gorguts' Obscura this record is twisted, dark, strange, dissonant and is sure to be pleasant surprise to many. If you want a taste of this beast you can hear the full album stream right here. Enjoy!

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Disma - Towards the Megalith (2011)

Full Length, Profound Lore Records
July 19th, 2011



Genre: Death Metal
Region: USA

Cavernous and filthy, very well written and executed. A long awaited release created by members of Incantation, Funebrarum, Evoken and many others this is one of those albums any fan of death shouldn't pass up.

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