Earth, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I

US, 2011.

"Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I is the sixth full-length studio album by the band Earth, released on Southern Lord Records. Cello is introduced as a new instrument, along with the usual ones being used since the album Hex. Dylan Carlson describes the album as more melodic and riff oriented. The second part of the album (described as being more spontaneous than this one) will also be release in 2011."

On a side note, I love this cover.

Playlist:

1. Old Black
2. Father Midnight
3. Descent to the Zenith
4. Hell's Winter
5. Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I

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Jesu, Christmas EP

Wales, 2010.

"Jesu's sound is heavily layered and textured, drawing from and incorporating an eclectic mix of influences, ranging from ambient music, post-metal and drone doom, to shoegazing, downtempo and industrial music. Broadrick himself has made it known that he does not consider Jesu to fall into any of these categories and that he has been intentionally writing what he considers to be coherent and structured pop songs."

Playlist:

1. Christmas
2. Christmas (Pale Sketcher Remix)
3. Christmas (FINAL Remix)

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Keiji Haino & Pan Sonic, In The Studio

Finland/Japan, 2010

Monstruous collaboration between two of the leading projects within the realm of analog and digital manipulation of soundscapes and extreme noise. In this work Mika Vainio a.k.a. Pan Sonic delves into a more beat-based approach than most of his usual work while Keiji Haino offers us his extremely fuzzy, loud and psychadelic guitar and some weird vocal delivery.

Playlist:

1. So Many Things I Have Yet To Say
2. If I Could Incarnate This Feeling Would You Consider It A Creation
3. Imperious Doppelganger of Tears, Playing Catch With Objectivity That Evades Ultimate Responsability
4. I Wonder If We Have Become Wiser Than Gods By Making Worse What Already Is
5. This Trembling, No Longer Seems To Be The Axis At The Center
6. As Far As The Left Goes, It Is Starting To Look Red What About The Right, I Wonder What Colour it Will Be
7. In The Hollow Created Between The Eyebrows, What Offering Would Be Most Appropriate
8. Without A Doubt, An Attestation Written From That Time, Will No Longer Have Effect, Because The Wound Has Widened So Much
9. I Have Embedded It Approximately 2 Minutes And 7 Seconds Into The 4th Song, In Order To Return Here Whenever I Wish
10. Perhaps There Is No Need To Return
11. Preparation Is Unnecessary From This Point On, Leave Me

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Final, Reading All the Right Signals Wrong

England, 2009

Final is a project by Justin K. Broadrick, frontman of Jesu and Godflesh, ongoing since his formative years.
Reading All the Right Signals Wrong is very well conceived – and, in many aspects, an obvious product of personal growth – and expands itself into a texture-weaving driven kind of sound that will at times be cinematic and at others heavy and pounding turbulent.


Playlist:

1. Right Signal
2. Wrong Signal
3. Stop At Red
4. Green

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Grouper, Hold.Sick

US, 2010

Grouper is the solo project of Liz Harris. Throught the years, Liz released 3 full-lenght and a vast number of splits, ep´s, 7" and 12" under the moniker of Grouper.

"Hold.Sick" is her latest 7" and it continues and expands the usual Grouper sound, ambient wrapped within thick layers of gently strummed guitar reverb, hush vocals and a deeply profound and dreamy atmosphere that is constantly on the verge of falling into a nightmare.

OH, the guitar tone on the track "Hold" is simply beautiful *.* .

Playlist:

1. Hold

2. Sick

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OM, God is Good

US, 2009

Composed by the rhythm section of mythical Sleep, and recorded by Steve Albini, OM produce tibetan chanting-inspired drone metal.


Playlist:

01 Thebes
02 Meditation Is the Practice of Death
03 Cremation Ghat I
04 Cremation Ghat II

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Ender, Self-titled

New Zealand, 2008.

"Ender describe themselves as experimental drone rock - which means their palette is mainly comprised of layered slabs of overdriven guitar... The pair have the capacity not only to construct great caverns of noise but to deftly evoke mood and emotion with sustained tones in harmony and dissonance. The arrangement of pure tone, minus premeditated riffs or the focus of a voice allows a listener to be carried away on its waveforms. The music is corralled into four unnamed parts, perhaps heralding a seasonal life cycle."

Playlist:

1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
4. Part 4

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Caïna, Caïna EP

England, 2009.

Caïna is a one-man band, from Hampshire/Sussex. Stylistically, it draws from influences as disparate as Black and Death Metal, drone, dream-pop/shoegaze, neofolk and post-rock.

Playlist:

1. The Approaching Chastisement
2. Drilling The Spire
3. To Pluck The Night Up By Its Skin
4. You Worship The Wrong Carpenter

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Earth, The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

US, 2008.

This is the sixth studio album by the experimental rock/drone metal band Earth. The title is a reference to the Biblical story of Samson, who tore apart a lion and when he returned, he noticed a swarm of bees and some honey on the lion's carcass. Also, the album includes the collaboration of jazz guitarist, Bill Frisell.

Playlist:

1. Omens And Portents 1: The Driver
2. Rise to Glory
3. Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)
4. Engine of Ruin
5. Omens and Portents II: Carrion Crow
6. Hung From the Moon
7. The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull

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A Storm of Light & Nadja, Primitive North

US/Canada, 2009.

New York City's A Storm of Light are a post-metal band. Toronto's Nadja are a drone/ambient project. The result of this very interesting collaboration is a noisy drone/doom EP.

Playlist:

1. Brother
2. Sister
3. I Make From Your Eyes The Sun
4. Brother (Remix)
5. I Make From Your Eyes The Sun (Remix)

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