Tutti Il Colori Del Buio

Ilsa are from Washington D.C. and are a ferocious Crusty Death Doom band. They have recently done a split with Death Doom heavyweights Hooded Menace, so you can expect equal greatness from this band. Stoked I get to seem them with Wolves In The Throne Room this September in Richmond. Enjoy!

2011 - Tutti Il Colori Del Buio

01 - Blood Rituals
02 - 120 Days
03 - The Butcher's Castle
04 - Frostthrower
05 - Blue Moon Haze
06 - Primrose Paths
07 - Traphouse
08 - No-Man's Land
09 - Roving Blade

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On The Horizon

Sanctum are from Seattle, Washington and play Crusty Thrashy Death Metal. They are currently split up. This is the CD Version of their "On The Horizon" album that comes with bonus tracks from their ep's. Enjoy this now defunct band!

2011 - On The Horizon

01 - Scepter of Pestilence
02 - In The Shadow of Death
03 - False Hope
04 - Victory Or Defeat
05 - On The Horizon
06 - And We Press On
07 - This Downward Path
08 - Last Breath
09 - Chaos Lord
10 - Enslaved
11 - Holier Than Thou
12 - Slay Before You Die
13 - Hault The Machine
14 - Sanctum
15 - Last Breath

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Nothingness

Counterblast are from Sweden and play a heavy mix of Death Metal and Doom mixed with a little Crust and Industrial elements for good measure. For some reason this band hasn't recorded a full-length in almost 10 years. So welcome this band back from who knows where and expect to get your face blown off bro... Enjoy

2011 - Nothingness

01 - Away
02 - The Truth Will Remain...
03 - Spirit Displaced
04 - Love Lies Bleeding
05 - Flood of Nothingness
06 - Black Heart
07 - Failure

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Worship Destruction

Nekrofilth are from shit-town Cleveland, Ohio. They are filthy fucks who play filthy Crusty Death-Thrash/Crossover Metal that will split your fucking skull. Definitely worth a listen for any fans of Thrash, Crust, Death Metal, and/or Grind. This stuff kills and will leave you begging for more, enjoy!

2011 - Worship Destruction

01 - Give Up On Life
02 - Worship Destruction
03 - Get Fucked
04 - Jerusalem Decay
05 - Death Scum
06 - Throne of Sluts
07 - Anguish
08 - Full of Shit
09 - I Feel Nothing
10 - Fuck You

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Bones

Bones are from Chicago and bring a huge heaping helping of Crust ridden Death Metal. So those who loved the Acephalix post will love this as well. Spit in your face aggression that will leave you pissed off and angry. Pure filthy fucking Death Metal, enjoy!

2011 - Bones

01 - March of The Dead
02 - Bloodlust
03 - Bitch
04 - Apocalyptic Warrior
05 - Good Die Young
06 - Slowburn
07 - Lonely Death
08 - 666
09 - Delirium Tremens

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Edifice

Al-Thawra hail from Chicago, IL and play a twist of Crust Punk with plenty of Hardcore, Doom, Sludge and Middle Eastern  influences. The only thing I can say about this band is that they are definitely a breath of fresh air in this genre that is mainly thought of as untalented, or lo-fi by most. This band has taken elements of all the above-mentioned genres and created something truly unique. Crushing drums create a heaviness that compliments the guitars and angered barking vocals. There's a huge Middle Eastern vibe being used at various parts of the albums and you will definitely get a vibe and almost groove from it to then only have your brains bashed in by crushing Sludge and Doom riff. Fuck! I think I've rode this album's dick hard enough, enjoy!

2010 - Edifice

01 - Amnesia
02 - Beneath The Edifice
03 - Wine of Power
04 - Eviction Sama'i
05 - Truth's Eternal Sun
06 - The Exile of Hope
07 - Mundo y Carne
08 - Year's Ago
09 - Hatred Thread
10 - Gaza: Choking On The Smoke of Dreams
11 - Outro

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Alpinist

Alpinist hail from Münster, Germany and play Dark Crusty Hardcore. Fans of Grind will definitely dig this... this band is fast, pissed off, and heavy. The new wave of NeoCrust and Hardcore coming from overseas has been nothing but impressive and this up and coming band has definitely got balls. Here's their 1st full length, "Minus. Mensch" as well as their newest full length, "Lichtlærm". Enjoy!

2009 - Minus. Mensch

01 - Nighttime Poet - Daytime Dead
02 - Schalterhygiene
03 - A Is For Army of Slaves
04 - Rost
05 - 2te Klasse Bahnabteil
06 - Amuse Yourself To Death
07 - Delta Flood of Ignorance
08 - The Charme of Dominating
09 - From Groveling To Running In Less Than A Second
10 - This Song Will Not Save Your Life
11 - Outro

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2010 - Lichtlaerm

01 - Deliberate
02 - Rogen
03 - AIDT
04 - Licht
05 - Yarncarrier And Break
06 - Neverest
07 - Project Fatigue
08 - The Cursed Word: Open-Minded
09 - Hak Nam
10 - Lærm

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Wolvhammer

Wolvhammer hail from Minneapolis, Minnesota and play Hardcore Blackened Doomy Sludge Crust Post Punk Metal (description given by drummer of band), don'tcha know? This is some bleak and heavy headbanging metal right here! Definitely for anyone who likes toe-tappin', head banging metal, but like theirs extra blackened and crusty. Fans of The Atlas Moth, Unearthly Trance, and Coffinworm will eat this up, nom nom nom nom. Enjoy!

2010 - Black Marketeers of World War III

01 - Cold Ghosts
02 - Witchery Artillery
03 - World War Winter
04 - Das Kult
05 - Call To Assimilate
06 - Snaketongues
07 - Suicide Brigade
08 - A Cancer of Purity
09 - Monolith

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Wolves In The Throne Room

Olympia, Washington? Bio-dynamic agriculture? Eco-spiritual? Eco-anarchism? Purifying and transformative black metal? As you can tell, Wolves In The Throne Room aren't you average Black Metal band. They definitely have created something truly unique and use elements of Black Metal with elements of Doom, Dark Ambient, Folk, and Crust. Their songs are usually no shorter than ten minutes and their albums only have 4 or less songs on them. However, this band truly creates something totally dark and depressive that is accustomed to Black Metal. Songs about nature, shamanic rituals, and sorrow create a truly unique twist on a genre of music usually laden with copy cats and redundancy. Enjoy!

2006 - Diadem of 12 Stars

 
















01 - Queen of Borrowed Light
02 - Face In A Night Time Mirror (part 1) 
03 - Face In A Night Time Mirror (part 2) 
04 - (a shimmering radiance) Diadem of 12 Stars

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2007 - Two Hunters

01 - Dia Artio
02 - Behold The Vastness And Sorrow
03 - Cleansing
04 - I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots

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2009 - Malevolent Grain

01 - A Looming Resonance
02 -  Hate Crystal

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2009 - Black Cascade

01 - Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog
02 - Ahrimanic Trance
03 - Ex Cathedra
04 - Crystal Ammunition

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New Shit! New Shit! New Shit!

So it's been 2 1/2 months into 2010 and some albums of pure awesomeness are already starting to pour in from the kick ass rivers of music. So here's 2 new albums, one just came out and the other is about to come out.

First up we have BLACK BREATH. This band is from Seattle and even though Seattle is known for depression, this band is definitely not depressed... they're fucking ANGRY! Black Breath play a mix of metal, hardcore, thrash, death metal (all old school versions of) in a crusty kinda way. This album is packed with riffs and Black Breath definitely surpassed their previous ep, "Razor To Oblivion" on this one. Solo's going off, circle pit educing riffage, and pissed as hell vocals all combine together to make one hell of a record. So do enjoy... highly recommended. Definitely can't wait to catch these guys at Maryland Death Fest this year.

Black Breath - "Heavy Breathing"

01 - Black Sin (spit on the cross)
02 - Eat The Witch
03 - Escape From Death
04 - I Am Beyond
05 - Virus
06 - Heavy Breathing
07 - Children of The Horn
08 - Fallen
09 - Unholy Virgin
10 - Wewhocannotbenamed

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Lastly, we have Negură Bunget from Romania. Scary band name, scary album cover, scary Romanian language = scary album. This album is awesome black metal done in a unique way... with a lot of different instruments and tons of progressive ideas. Negură Bunget have put out an album that is purely amazing and it definitely delivers. I doubt anyone can walk away from this album not thinking what they just heard was amazing. So enjoy this one, definitely worth a download even if you're not a huge black metal fan. Romanian Progressive Folk-Post-Black Metal? j/k

Negură Bunget - "Vîrstele Pămîntului  translation: ages of the earth

01 - Pãmînt (earth)
02 - Dacia Hiperboreanã
03 - Umbra
04 - Ochiul Inimii
05 - Chei de Rouã
06 - Cara de Dincolo de Negurã
07 - Jar
08 - Arborele Lumii
09 - Întoarcerea Amurgului

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