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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Gabe Wolf. Victimless Crimes.

Post-Rock styled rock music from Portland. Gorgeous acoustic passages. Hard-hitting guitars. Evocative singing. Heart-wrenching climaxes. Breathing. Moving.

Gabe Wolf - 'Victimless Crimes'

2013

1. Opening Statement

2. Aspersion

3. Victimless Crimes

4. Against Your Will

5. Outside of the Boundaries

6. Blank

7. Home Sick (In Absentia)

8. Acquiesce

9. Reflection

10. Closing Statement

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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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Deuil. Acceptance/Rebuild.

Thick Belgian post-blackened doom. Monstrously heavy slow riffs. Distortion-laden blast beats. Broken screams over blistering guitars. Beautiful choral ambience. Expressive weight. Crushing enormity.

Deuil - 'Acceptance/Rebuild'

2013

1. Acceptance

2. Rebuild

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Obsidian Kingdom. Mantiis.

Spanish post-metal unlike anything else out there. Mammoth post-rock crescendos. Ferocious howls. Tense progressions. Shrieking horns and roaring guitars. Heartbreakingly beautiful melodies. Absolute unique perfection.

Obsidian Kingdom - 'Mantiis: An Agony in Fourteen Bites'

2012

1. Not Yet Five

2. Oncoming Dark

3. Through the Glass

4. Cinnamon Balls

5. The Nurse

6. Answers Revealing

7. Last of the Light

8. Genteel to Mention

9. Awake Until Dawn

10. Haunts of the Underworld

11. Endless Wall

12. Fingers in Anguish

13. Ball-Room

14. And Then it Was

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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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Enta. Hello World.

Visceral midwest skramz. Shimmering guitars. Desperate cries. Fast-paced. Supremely powerful. Relevance. Forward motion.

Enta - 'Hello World'

2012

1. Moonshiners

2. Brothers Beckoned

3. Ethics and Standards

4. For Future Present Tense

5. Bad Friends With Good Habits

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Night Heir. Wind In My Dream Mist In My House.

Deep progressive black metal from Portland. Plodding acoustic tracks. Giant drums. Crashing guitars. Impassioned vocals. Absolutely stunning. Hugely immersive.

Night Heir - 'Wind In My Dream Mist In My House'

2010

I. Weeping of the Boughs

II. The Night Heir

III. No Sympathy From Demanding Idols

IV. Indigo Woman

V. Böcklin

VI. Temples of Muir (every tree a cross)

VII. Plaintive Orion

VIII. I Seek Myself

IX. I See Myself

X. DawnMan Outroduction

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Cara Neir/Ramlord. Split.

Furious black metal split. Crust and sludgey hardcore influences. Violent shrieks. Blazing drums. Gorgeous guitars. Vital. Urgent.

Cara Neir/Ramlord - 'Split'

2012

1. Cara Neir - Family Dirge

2. Cara Neir - Cradled by Apathy

3. Cara Neir - Wilted Blue

4. Ramlord - Affliction of Clairvoyance (Part One)

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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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Sabrewulf. The Condemned.

Texan hardcore-sludge hybrid. Vicious shouts. Destructive guitars. Oppressively heavy. Terrifying. Brutal. Visceral.

Sabrewulf - 'The Condemned'

2012

1. The Damned

2. Moira

3. Tragedy

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Halcyon Silence. Today Is Nothing.

Twisted downtempo. Deep beats. Spiraling synths. Amorphic samples. Deep bass. Dark melodies. Subtle beauty.

Halcyon Silence - 'Today Is Nothing'

2012

1. Tes yeux

2. Today Is Nothing

3. La douceur

4. You

5. In Eternity

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Caves of Glass. Gone from Oceania.

Expansive modern post-hardcore-tinged post-rock. Flowing organic beats. Urgent abstract vocals. Mighty crescendos. Sweeping walls of guitar. Dramatic. Inspiring.

Caves of Glass - 'Gone from Oceania' (single)

2012

1. Gone from Oceania

2. Barren Earth

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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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