Be'lakor - Of Breath and Bone 2012

did you ever spend a large chunk of your childhood listening to agalloch, fragments of unbecoming, kalmah, opeth, and rapture?

1. Abeyance
2. Remnants
3. Fraught
4. Absit Omen
5. To Stir the Sea
6. In Parting
7. The Dream and the Waking
8. By Moon and Star

zs

Lorn - Ask The Dust 2012

jesus christ idmtrade just rolls out the hits.

lorn! it's like scorn, but with an L! compared to his first album, this is self-described as “haunted, oily, smeared". which is valid.

01. Mercy
02. Ghosst
03. Weigh Me Down
04. This
05. Diamond
06. Everything Is Violence
07. The Well
08. The Gun
09. Dead Dogs
10. Chhurch
11. I Better
12. Ghosst(s)

df

The Lawrence Arms - Cocktails & Dreams 2005

b-sides and EP's and shit, received from cam following an hour long discussion on what the fuck people think 'melodic hardcore' means. it's those snotty whiny boys from IL that sound gr8.

also i figured out 20 minutes of sleep per night is more than sufficient.

1. Intransit
2. Quincentuple Your Money
3. 100 Resolution
4. There's No Place Like A Stranger's Floor
5. Hey, What Time Is 'Pensacola: Wings of Gold' On Anyway?
6. Presenting: The Dancing Machine (The Robot With The Monkey Head)
7. Overheated
8. Necrotism: Decanting The Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight) Part 7
9. A Boring Story
10. Faintly Falling Ashes
11. A Toast
12. Nebraska
13. Another Boring Story
14. Joyce Carol Oates Is A Boring Old Biddy
15. The Old Timers 2x4
16. Turnstiles / Old Mexico Way / Purple Haze / Haven Help Me

rs

Mgła - With Hearts Toward None 2012

the riffs and drumming and vocals are all really, really reminiscent of altar of plagues - sol, but with something a lot denser driving it. it's very pretty.

there's something else there too that I can't pinpoint. sooommmeeething, DSBMy. manetheren-y. closer to altars of plague than nyktalgia but hints of both and more active and melodic than either.

1. With Hearts Toward None I
2. With Hearts Toward None II
3. With Hearts Toward None III
4. With Hearts Toward None IV
5. With Hearts Toward None V
6. With Hearts Toward None VI
7. With Hearts Toward None VII

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Azaghal - Nemesis 2012

i dont know how to describe this one. their 9th album, tons of fun melodic oozings, and it sounds...classy? classic? it sounds like old black metal in 1080p. taake-ish? a mix of bodom and old ulver?

whatever, its finnish. i liked it. anyone who wants to rap about shoggoths is kewl wit me.

1. In Deathlike Silence
2. Pohjoisen Valkoinen Kuolema
3. De Masticatione Mortuorum
4. Vihasta ja Veritöistä
5. Hail the Whore
6. Ex Nihilo
7. The Baying of the Dead
8. Nemesis
9. Black Legions of Satan
10. The Pit of Shoggoths
11. Satanic Devotion

BEWC

Celestia - Archaenae Perfectii 2010

apparently these dudes have a shit ton of releases. which i am now going to listen to.

also for some reason this got me thinking about astarte. are they still a thing?

1.Grandiohsia Obverturae / Vue Du Ciel
2.Demhiurghic Deity (Devilution)
3.Phoenemenae of Creation
4.Dogmatii Duality / Au Crepuscule Sous Les Larmes
5.Dominus Crux Spiritus
6.ArcheArcanae Des Parfaits
7.Perfectii Ketter Katharos
8.Nuit Qui Brille Comme Soleil

http://www.mediafire.com/?3vzwdlxy54wp981

Kalmah - Swampsong 2003

eat shit, this album is fucking nuts. i think it might be single-handedly responsible for paul and i being AMAZING at badminton for the first couple months of 2004.

THHHHEEEEEEE THHHIIIIRRRDDD DAY, THE MAAAA-GGIIIIII-CAAALLLLL,
WWWAAAAAYYYY, TO BELIIIEEEVVVEEE:
IM BORN, AGAIN

01. Heroes to Us
02. Burbot's Revenge
03. Cloned Insanity
04. The Third, the Magical
05. Bird of Ill Omen
06. Doubtful About it All
07. Tordah
08. Man With the Mystery
09. Moon of My Nights

http://www.mediafire.com/?2iunmhkdunh

Smorzando - Smrad 2008

its swirling and dirty and melodic and swiss and morose and its got a lot of shrieking and general terror. its really awesome. like a really pretty nyktalgia demo after half the band has killed themselves.

1. Lied 1
2. Lied 2
3. Lied 3
4. Lied 4
5. Lied 5

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jzl2nz41mg0/Smorzando-Smrad-Demo-Tape-2008.rar

Deschain - Sea of Trees Forest of Gallows 2011

if you are the kind of person that thinks iron maiden teaming up with altars of plague and agalloch counts as a 'supergroup', you are probably already in deschain. or wise beyond your 15 years.

1. Sea of Trees (Petrified as Shadows)
2. Forest of Gallows (Cast Down The Sun)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?084roszaaz7mc4r

The Middle East - Recordings of the Middle East (2008)

Highlights are Blood and Lonely. thx aus.

01. The Darkest Side
02. Beleriand
03. Lonely
04. Blood
05. Fool's Gold
06. Pig Food
07. The Fall of Man
08. Tsietsi

Mediafire.

Drudkh - Handful of Stars 2010

great for snowfall. almost as good as velvet cacoon in that regard. if you like your deafheavens, but wanna connect with the old country, give it a shot.

i really like using deafheaven as a marker, if you havent noticed. if you like this, blood in our wells 2006 is fucking amazing. and the swan road. and autumn aurora.

1. Cold Landscapes - 01:13
2. Downfall of the Epoch - 12:10
3. Towards the Light - 09:18
4. Twilight Aureole - 08:59
5. The Day Will Come - 09:06
6. Listening to the Silence - 01:04

http://www.mediafire.com/?1c6to6zxymoyr7o

Moradin - Ancient Stone and Mystic Woods 2011

if you like your shields oaken, or your superlatives deaf.

1.	Shadow in Stride	03:31
2.	Ancient As the Wood and Stone	07:38
3.	The Departure	05:59
4.	To Cleanse A World of Shadow	07:02
5.	A Spirit's Longing	06:45
6.	Of Snow and Bloody Grass	07:09
7.	Venture Forth	10:07
8.	The Arrival	08:48

http://moradin.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-stone-and-mystic-woods

http://www.mediafire.com/?ja92kbpvxh75lva

Wildernessking - The Writing of Gods in the Sand 2012

somewhere near WITTR and taake. from souf afriika.

1. Rubicon

2. Discovery

3. River

4. Utopia

5. Surrender

6. Reveal

7. Infinity

http://www.mediafire.com/?5ahlxpw5u0yppx7

Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt 2004

it would be wonderful if the motherfucking blog search function worked, ever.

is this up? i dont care. also the tracklist is incomplete for the 2011 reissue, which has more rad shit on it.

AS IF, THE WHOLE OF HEAVEN
CAME, CRUMBLING, FUCKING, DOWWWNNNNN

1. The Face of My Innocence
2. Maddening Disdain
3. Seven Whispers Fell Silent
4. Return
5. Worship Depraved
6. Carnal Ways to Recreate the Heart
7. Dust and Guilt
8. Elegant and Perverse
9. The Sadistic Motives behind Bereavement Letters
10. Looking to Nothing
11. Wholly Night

http://www.filesonic.com/file/1672436411/08_Arsis_A_Celebration_Of_Guilt_Reissue_2011.rar

Old Silver Key - Tales of Wanderings 2011

members of alcest continue to do whatever the hell they feel like, members of drudkh continue to distance themselves from NSBM. the result sounds like a mix of amesoeurs and alcest, as expected, and is thus real purty.

itd be interesting to inject clair cassis into all the inbreeding. or mikko aspa. can you fucking imagine what the midway point between alcest and deathspell would sound like? alcest gets the intro and as soon as mikko plays a note the whole thing becomes fetid and sickening and desperate. man that sounds rad.

1. What Once Was And Will Never Happen Again
2. November Nights Insomnia
3. Cold Spring
4. Nineteen Winters Far Away From Home
5. Star Catcher
6. Burnt Letters
7. About Which An Old House Dreams

http://www.mediafire.com/?9p91k77fpdhj013

Star Fucking Hipsters - From the Dumpster To the Grave 2011

from all the way in the back of the food stamp line, and straight outta motherfuckin REEEEE-HAAAABBBBBBB

'i dreamed about dead cops todaaaaayyyy'

drowning out another year is i___i pretty

1: Intro
2: Dumpster To the Grave
3: War Widows Vietnam
4: Death Is Never Out of Fashion
5: The Broken Branches
6: The Spoils of War
7: ¡Otra Vez!
8: Honey, I Shrunk the Cops!
9: 9/11 ‘til Infinity
10: Ana Ng
11: Rapture, Rinse, Repeat
12: Drowning Out Another Year

http://www.mediafire.com/?rr7dkqo9xww6850

At The Throne Of Judgement - The Arcanum Order 2007

i miss these fuckers almost as much as light this city. like a veil of maya without the breakdown-reliant structure and a bit thrashier/more hints of NWOBHMery. twin guitar leads, twin vocal styles, fucking inspired songwriting...

it really is super catchy. like veil of maya and light this city, i am completely unable to forget any of the songs, solos, etc. it's retarded. and they are all like 14 years old. or look like it.

they broke up, reunited, wrote a song, wrote parts of an album i guess, then scrapped it all. honorable, at least.

1. Cacophonous (Intro)
2. Sentinel
3. Mariner’s Cutlass
4. Horus Rises
5. Discarnate By Design
6. Four Winds
7. Celestial Scourge
8. Martyrdom; Ruin Of Gaia
9. Tomb Of The Thracians
10. Delphic Star
11. The Captive
12. Outro

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

Black Tusk - Set the Dial 2011

not gonna lie, i used to really not give a shit about black tusk. i thought they sounded like a flattened kylesa. NO LONGER!

but still kind of.

either way this is a lot better than the older stuff. but...you know. it's not kylesa.


1. Brewing The Storm
2. Bring Me Darkness
3. Ender of All
4. Mass Devotion
5. Carved In Stone
6. Set The Dial To Your Doom
7. Resistor
8. This Time Is Divine
9. Growing Horns
10. Crossroads and Thunder

http://www.mediafire.com/?v89cvprxvqk83nj

Engineer - Crooked Voices 2011

their vocals remind me of the newer cult of luna vocals, only over noodly, slow-furnace-esque sludgy hardcore. lots of tremolo guitar walls intersected by choppy riff structures. like the chariot but denser and more...calculated?

maybe chaotic hardcore is the exact opposite descriptor.

01- The Idiot's Theme 3:33
02- Shape Shifting 3:13
03- Bruised Blur Collar 3:56
04- Kid Killer 3:20
05- Drunk On Blood 3:03
06- Scavenger 3:21
07- Curse Of The Common Man 3:19
08- Vicious Voice 3:28
09- Starving Artist 4:15
10- Prepared For The Worst 3:41


http://depositfiles.com/en/files/m7fgtnjv0

Masakari - Eden Compromised 2009

i wanna see em. they played MDF this year. ive always wanted to go to MDF. can you imagine if saprogenic and masakari played on the same day?

A1		VII. The War Within
A2		VI. Forever Cursed
B1		V. Vanquished
B2		IV. Egoism In Harvest

http://www.mediafire.com/?gnjzwllryj3