Boris, Pink

Japan, 2005

Quintessential Boris. Spanning post-rock sludge from the opening track to pure psychadelia, Pink is the sound of a band coming of age and producing one of the most outrageously powerful rock albums of the past years.

**links removed by request 05/06**


Playlist:

01 -決別
02 -Pink
03 -スクリーンの女
04 -別になんでもない
05 -ブラックアウト
06 -Electric
07 -偽ブレッド
08 -ぬるい炎
09 -6を3つ
10 -My Machine
11 -俺を捨てたところ

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New Order, Power, Corruption and Lies

UK, 1983.
Requested. Power, Corruption & Lies was the second album by the pioneers of New Wave, New Order. Mostly electronic and synthesizer-based, this album has been considered as one of the greatest works from the 80's.


Playlist:

01 - Age of Consent
02 - We All Stand
03 - The Village
04 - 5 8 6
05 - Blue Monday
06 - Your Silent Face
07 - Ultraviolence
08 - Ecstasy
09 - Leave Me Alone
10 - The Beach

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Katabatic, Vago

Portugal, 2007.

Katabatic are a Lisbon-based quartet. This project is self-defined as "instrumental rock", although it is much more than that. This EP comprises mostly post-rock soundscapes, greatly influenced by experimental and progressive rock.


Playlist:

1. 03:17:00
2. The Munchausen Syndrome
3. O Céu Aterrou - Rising Nebula
4. O Céu Aterrou - Falling Purple Blue
5. O Céu Aterrou - Midnight Glow

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Khoma, The Second Wave

Sweden, 2006.

Khoma is a post-metal/alternative metal band from Umeå, Sweden. Also, this project is formed by two members from Cult of Luna, so it's no surprise that their music denotes a sludge/doom metal influence.


Playlist:

1. The Guillotine
2. Stop Making Speeches
3. If All Else Fails
4. Medea
5. Hyenas
6. Through Walls
7. Like Coming Home
8. Asleep
9. Last Call
10. 1909.08.04
11. One Of Us Must Hang

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Asva, What You Don't Know Is Frontier

US, 2008

Composed by members of Sunn O))), Burning Witch and Mr. Bungle, amongst others, Asva produce music than can only be described as crushing.


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Gregor Samsa, Rest

U.S., 2008.

Rest, released April 1st, is the second full length album by Virginian post-rock band Gregor Samsa.


Playlist:

1. The Adolescent
2. Ain Leuh
3. Abutting, Dismantling
4. Company
5. Jeroen Van Aken
6. Rendered Yards
7. Pseudonyms
8. First Mile, Last Mile
9. Du Meine Leise

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Voivod, Nothingface

Canada, 1989

Classic sci-fi prog-metal, blending Pink Floyd and Rush influences with some of the speed metal elements from the eighties.


Playlist:

1. Intro
2. Unknown Knows
3. Nothingface
4. Astronomy Domine
5. Missing Sequences
6. X-Ray
7. Inner Combustion
8. Pre-Ignition
9. Into My Hypercube
10. Sub-Effect

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Cronian, Terra

Sweden/Norway, 2006.

Progressive/avant-garde metal band Cronian is the collaboration between Øystein G. Brun (from Borknagar) and Andreas Hedlund (best known as Vintersorg). Their sound is heavily symphonic, combining Vintersorg's harsh vocals with Brun's melodic singing.


Playlist:

1. Diode Earth
2. Arctic Fever
3. Cronian
4. Iceolated
5. Colures
6. The Alp
7. Nonexistence
8. Illumine
9. End(durance) - Part I

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Magyar Posse, Random Avenger

Finland, 2006.

An amazing post-rock/instrumental album, but not in the traditional and tedious sense. Magyar Posse construct a very melodic atmosphere, almost like a lullaby, through their virtuous instrumentation.


Playlist:

1. Whirlpool of Terror and Tension
2. Sudden Death
3. Black Procession
4. European Lover/Random Avenger
5. Intercontinental Hustle
6. One by One
7. Popzag

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Cult of Luna, Eternal Kingdom

Sweden, 2008

Cult of Luna's new album leaked a few days ago. Haven't had much time to listen, but the first three tracks are great.

Playlist:

01 - Owlwood
02 - Eternal Kingdom
03 - Ghost Trail
04 - The Lure (Interlude)
05 - Mire Deep
06 - The Great Migration
07 - Osterbotten
08 - Curse
09 - Ugín
10 - Following Betulas

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Riding Pânico, Lady Cobra

Portugal, 2008

The rise of post-rock has opened the floodgates for instrumental rock in general, and quite a few interesting bands have emerged in Portugal lately. Since most local vocalists insist on being Eddie Vedder ripoffs or emo bitches it's not entirely surprising Portuguese bands like Katabatic, Lobster and Projecto Rock-alhada are gaining some momentum amongst a generally bland music scene. Riding Pânico's full-length debut, Lady Cobra, is a good instrumental album with much-needed diversity when compared to most one-trick ponies which seem to plague post-rock.


Playlist:

01 - E Se a Bela for o Monstro
02 - Running Kids
03 - One Winged Cessnaplenty
04 - Naja
05 - Roses and Razors
06 - Vox Humana
07 - Capelo
08 - Volvo
09 - Áspide

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Efterklang, Parades

Denmark, 2007.

Orchestral post-rock with ambient electronics. Very atmospheric, this album creates a true soundscape. Perfectly adequate for fans of Eluvium and Alcest.


Playlist:

1. Polygyne
2. Mirador
3. Him Poe Poe
4. Horseback Tenors
5. Mimeo
6. Frida Found A Friend
7. Maison de Réflexion
8. Blowing Lungs Like Bubbles
9. Caravan
10. Illuminant
11. Cutting Ice To Snow

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Nine Inch Nails, The Slip

US, 2008.

I'm rehashing the previous entry which had "Discipline". Over the last weekend, "Echoplex" had shown up on facebook and today the whole album, titled "The Slip" was released under the Creative Commons license. Dig in.


Playlist:

01 - 999,999
02 - 1,000,000
03 - letting you
04 - discipline
05 - echoplex
06 - head down
07 - lights in the sky
08 - corona radiata
09 - the four of us are dying
10 - demon seed


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Eustacia, Demo

Germany.

Formed in 2004 in Cologne, Germany, Eustacia are a very promising progressive/alternative rock band, very resembling to Oceansize. This is not quite an album, since it has never been released, but a collection of demo songs.


Playlist:

1. Finch
2. Buck
3. In Pro
4. Happy Fish Service Station
5. NATO 30
6. Saturday Morning Driver
7. Soufflé
8. Who Do You Answer?

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Portishead, Third

England, 2008.

After a six year hiatus, the legendary trip-hop trio from Bristol returns with their third studio album. A great album, still within the trip-hop/downtempo/electronic genre, but at the same time demonstrating a more alternative rock approach.

Playlist:

1. Silence
2. Hunter
3. Nylon Smile
4. The Rip
5. Plastic
6. We Carry On
7. Deep Water
8. Machine Gun
9. Small
10. Magic Doors
11. Threads

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Baroness, Red Album

US, 2007.

More post-rock excellence. The vocals in particular remind me of Killing Joke. Baroness are yet another band to be on the lookout over the coming years.

Playlist:

01 - Rays on Pinion
02 - The Birthing
03 - Isak
04 - Wailing Wintry Wind
05 - Cockroach En Fleur
06 - Wanderlust
07 - Aleph
08 - Teeth of a Cogwheel
09 - O'Appalachia
10 - Grad
11 - [unknown]

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