Cemetery - Demo (2011)

"State Ward" is cool.

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A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head 2009

from brooklyn. fuzzy and washed and metallic shoegaze with lots of assorted minor psychedelia. very catchy.

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 Live My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart

http://www.mediafire.com/?b0zxw139363r6b5

U.K. Decay - For Madmen Only 1981

U.K. Decay are one of those bands that I feel like gets overlooked as far as deathrock is concerned, but they are one of my favorites. Started out as a British punk band in the seventies and were one of the first to make the switch to the more gothic sound. With that being the case, they retained a lot of their punk roots to make this album full of both dark sounds as well as punk's speed and rhythms. This is the bands first goth release, I believe, and has a great dark, reverby, eerie feel. Lots of Satan here, too, so get on it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?owfikrlnag5

Mighty Sphincter - The New Manson Family 1986

IT'S A DEATHROCK DECEMBER TWOFER!

This band is fucking dark, evil, fun, and from the desert. Really solid deathrock band all around. Probably my favorite album by the band, though Ghost Walking is a close second... Either way, what you have here is an album full of evil sounding guitar, awesome tones all around, reverby vocals, lyrics about cutting dicks off, Helter Skelter, and most importantly, Charlie. Also, if the cover doesn't sell you on the album, you're broken. A389 Records, aka the best current record label, will actually be releasing their first album (7"?) in years in not too long I believe, so quick! Download this and impress all your friends before deathrock is the new dubstep!

http://www.mediafire.com/?zezzntkjxjz

45 Grave - Sleep In Safety 1983

First installment of (probably too few) deathrock albums that you need to hear (because I am lazy.)

If you know me, you know I'm a big goth nerd, and nothing gets me harder than looking at pictures of Rozz Williams singing in drag and holding a crucifix, blaspheming the bible, God, Jesus, and most importantly, raising hell, all while still having fun. With that being said, Dinah Cancer and 45 Grave give me quite the chubby too.

Sleep In Safety is a quintessential deathrock release, 45 Grave being among the pioneers of the movement in the late seventies. The songs are fast, fun, and full of death, sex and rock 'n roll. There's surf, there's "shock rock", there's punk, and there's some Screamin' Jay (we'll get to him later.) Perfect mix of goth and punk. Dinah Cancer is also one of the only female vocalists I can stomach. And Party Time is probably the best song about rape ever.

Enough of me ruining this one, just listen.

http://www.mediafire.com/?yr2vvaon4jt