Goths on Drugs. Volume 1.

Blackened industrial music from Australia. Intensely oppressive noise. Guttural growls. Densely programmed drums. Crashing guitars. Harsh. Destructive.

Goths on Drugs - 'Volume 1'

2013

1. Temple of Agony

2. Dream

3. Ballad

4. Sweet Suicide

5. Do You Really Want To Die

6. Interlude

7. Despair

8. Icy Death

9. Coma

10. For The Ones That Are Dead

11. Everyone is Dead

12. CrazyboiJihad

13. Demons Are My Friends

14. Rain

15. Temple of Despair (Sick Circuit Step Remix)

16. Everything is Meaningless

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MARNOST. Die Hamletmaschine.

Long-form black metal from the Czech Republic. Furious feedback.Vicious guitar stabs. Powerful blast beats. Torturous shrieks. Massive atmosphere. Unrelenting darkness.

MARNOST - 'Die Hamletmaschine'

2013

1. Die Hamletmaschine

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Park Place Xenia. Kasota Energy Park.

Experimental dreampop from Minneapolis. Surreal soundscapes of confusion. Evocative swirls of ambient keys and drums. Warm hum. Soft atmosphere. Underground beauty. Sun.

Park Place Xenia - 'Kasota Energy Park'

2012

1. Out of Here

2. Children in Paris

3. Stretch Armstrong

4. Cool as a Cucumber

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Hintergrund. Nemesis.

Newest record of furious noise-drone from Ohio. Shrieking pillars of feedback. Thick swathes of terror. Long-form destruction on an industrial scale. Immense dynasties of vicious power. Devastating. Essential.

Hintergrund - 'Nemesis'

2012

1. Dread Majesty

2. Empty Space

3. Herbstmord

4. As the Elk Lays Down to Die

5. Circuit

6. Grid

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Brian Saia. Ancient Lakes.

Fantastically groovy experimental work. Free ambient sections followed by joyous melodies. Fun beats and otherworldly intrumentals. Densely creative. Overwhelmingly curious. New. Sublime.

Brian Saia - 'Ancient Lakes'

2012

1. The Sailing Stones

2. Salar De Uyuni

3. Anza-Borrego

4. The Sinking Sea

5. Black Blizzard

6. Song Of Dunes

7. King Clone

8. Ancient Lakes

9. Bombay Beach

10. Playa

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The Flowers Of St. Francis. Vol. 2.

Subdued experimental ambient noisescapes. Furious screeches of feedback. Muffled acoustic reveries. Cassette hum. Viciously obtuse. Painfully obscured. Vital.

The Flowers of St. Francis - 'Vol. 2'

2012

1. All Opaque Visions

2. What Wasn't Still Isn't

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Le1f. Dark York.

New York emcee/producer. "Queer rap." Ambient productions. Dance floor bangers. Crushing collaborations. Steezy flow. Fun.

Le1f - 'Dark York'

2012

1. ΩΩΩ

2. Mind Body (Prod. By Boody)

3. &Gomorrah (Prod. By Tom Richman)

4. My Oozy (Prod. By C¥bergiga)

5. Bubbles (Prod. By Nguzunguzu)

6. Snacks

7. Go In (Prod. By Morri$)

8. Wut (Prod. By 5kinAndBone5)

9. Yup

10. Fresh

11. ☼‿☼

12. Gag

13. Gimme Life (Prod. By Nguzunguzu)

14. Hate2Wait (Prod. By Nguzunguzu)

15. Lavandin (Prod. By Morri$)

16. Emulator (Prod. By Boody)

17. Fry Dem

18. Gayngsta (Ft. Don Jones)

19. Giddy Up (Prod. By Matt Shadetek)

20. Infinity

21. Uptown

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MISERY. Miséricordes.

Viciously bleak one-man black metal from France. Experimental ambience. Atmospheric guitars. Slow dirges. Throat-tearing shrieks. Dank. Evil.

MISERY - 'Miséricordes'

2012

1. Église de misère

2. Hantée par les plaies

3. Sous l’égide des martyrs

4. Le cloître aux choeurs maudits

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Jambinai. Différance.

Korean experimental post-metal. Terrifying shrieks of feedback. Traditional folk influences. Slow builds to huge climaxes. Unlike anything else out there. Brilliant. Pure raw beauty.

잠비나이 (Jambinai) - '차연' (Différance)

2012

1. 소멸의 시간

2. Grace Kelly

3. 감긴 눈 위로 비추는 불빛

4. 바라밀다 (Part 1)

5. 바라밀다 (Part 2)

6, 구원의 손길

7. 텅빈 눈동자 (Part 1)

8. 텅빈 눈동자 (Part 2)

9. Connection

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Hintergrund. Signal Blister.

Oppressive noise-drone from Ohio. Deep long-form ambience. Massive walls of noise. Shrieking loops of feedback. Dark. Vicious. Necessary.

Hintergrund - 'Signal Blister'

2011

1. Black Line

2. Screwdiver

3. Total Submersion

4. Half Halo

5. Loss of Light

6. Clawing

7. Antithesis

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Dweller on the Threshold. Dweller on the Threshold.

Semi-acoustic expansive soundscapes. Massively overdistorted post-rock anthems. Beautifully subdued folk. Gorgeously flowing melodies. Top Enemies List quality. Glorious. Sublime.

Dweller on the Threshold - 'Dweller on the Threshold'

2012

1. I (Don't) Know You

2. The Woods: Electric

3. Crumbling House

4. The Drone

5. Where Did You Go?

6. Gallery of Stars

7. Waves

8. Cantos 984

9. Bell

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Listen. If You're Too Lame To Drop A Single Cent On A Masterpiece.

Paysage d'Hiver. Steineiche.

Super-atmospheric black metal. Hazy guitars. Desperate screams. Immense long-form songs. Bleak. Desolate. Necessary.

Paysage d'Hiver - 'Steineiche'

1998

1. Die Baumfrau

2. Der Baummann

3. Der Baum

4. Déjà Vu

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Wildernessking. The Writing of Gods in the Sand.

South African semi-atmospheric black metal. Flowing melodies. Vicious vocals. Destructive instrumentals. Mighty. Heavy. Ceaselessly inventive.

Wildernessking - 'The Writing of Gods in the Sand'

2012

1. Rubicon

2. Discovery

3. River

4. Utopia

5. Surrender

6. Reveal

7. Inifinity

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Water Borders. Harbored Mantras.

Abstract darkwave-informed witch house. Dark atmospheres. Liquid beats. Mixed up vocals. Background noise. Confused. Heavy.

Water Borders - 'Harbored Mantras'

2011

1. Tread On Them

2. What Wiwant

3. waldenpond.com

4. Bad Ethos

5. Even In The Dark

6. Feasting On Mongeese

7. See Bank

8. Miners

9. Antechamber

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Burial. Kindred.

London-based atmospheric garage. Stuttering two-step beats. Hazy synth textures. Warped vocal samples. Long-form. Late night walks in the grimy city. Enveloping beauty.

Burial - 'Kindred'

2012

1. Kindred

2. Loner

3. Ashtray Wasp

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The Flowers Of St. Francis. Vol. 1.

Brutally experimental ambient noise. Harsh distortion. Four-track aphasic rabbit hole confessionals. Warm cassette tape hum. Vicious atmospheres. Evil. Huge.

The Flowers of St. Francis - 'Vol. 1'

2011

1. A Quiet Observer Appears

2. Dimly Aware That It Is Alive

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Ayshay. WARN-U.

Arabic experimental witch house. Warped vocals. Layered vocals. Evil. Moving. Beatless. Vicious.

Ayshay - 'WARN-U'

2011

1. WARN-U

2. Jemsheed

3. Shaytan

4. WARN-U (Nguzunguzu Megamix)

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Corrupted. Garten Der Unbewusstheit.

Progressive Japanese funeral doom. Huge melodies. Absolutely crushing brutality. Massive growls. Powerful. Desolate. Immense.

Corrupted - 'Garten Der Unbewusstheit'

2011

1. Garten

2. Against the Darkest Days

3. 月光の大地

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Gospel. The Moon is a Dead World.

Progressive skramz. Incredible drums. 12-string guitars. Crazy synths. Desperate screams. Beautiful crescendos. Massive technicality.

Gospel - 'The Moon is a Dead World'

2005

1. Congratulations...You've Hit Bottom!

2. Yr Electric Surge Is Sweet

3. A Golden Dawn

4. Paper Tigon

5. And Redemption Fills the Emptiest of Hearts

6. Opium

7. What Means of Witchery

8. As Far as You Can Throw Me

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America Addio. Cotton Kingdom.

Cracked-out synthpop. Experimental blips and bloops. References to American history. Tweaked and twacked vocals. Monophonic synthesizers. Catchy. Confused.

America Addio - 'Cotton Kingdom'

2010

1. Monster Show

2. The Roped People

3. Escape From Chicago 2009

4. Astray in Hawkeyeland

5. Boss of the Plains

6. Lucky Side of the Street

7. O Pioneers!

8. Simply Living

9. Round Up

10. Essex

11. In the Year 2525

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