The Mars Volta, The Bedlam In Goliath

US, 2008

Considering that Frances The Mute is the only Mars Volta album I almost dislike and that nothing they could ever come up with could possibly beat De-Loused In The Comatorium, The Bedlam In Goliath isn't so bad after all. Although the band's sound becomes somewhat repetitive in this album, that is compensated by the six awesome bonus tracks included in this upload. Also, if you're familiar with Omar A. Rodríguez-López's solo work, you'll recognize the sped-up song Ouroborous from his album Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo (called Rapid Fire Tollbooth).
The Bedlam has a pretty strange story based on Omar's trip to Jerusalem, peculiar curses and a ouija board, which I obviously recommend you to read here.

Playlist:

1 - Aberinkula
2 - Metatron
3 - Ilyena
4 - Wax Simulacra
5 - Goliath
6 - Tourniquet Man
7 - Cavalletas
8 - Agadez
9 - Askepios
10 - Ouroborous
11 - Soothsayer
12 - Conjugal Burns
13 - Pulled To Bits (Siouxsie And The Banshees)
14 - Things Behind The Sun (Nick Drake)
15 - Back Up Against The Wall (Circle Jerks)
16 - Memories (Soft Machine)
17 - Birthday (The Sugarcubes)
18 - Candy And A Currant Bun (Pink Floyd)

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Neu!, Selt-titled

Germany, 1972

Neu! was a band formed by two members of Kraftwerk which later became known as one of the founding fathers of Krautrock.

Playlist:

1 - Hallo Gallo
2 - Sonderangebot
3 - Weissensee
4 - Im Glück
5 - Negativland
6 - Lieber Honig

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Mono, You Are There

Japan, 2006.

MONO are a post-rock group from Tokyo, Japan. Their songs, entirely instrumental, present powerfully layered guitars, backed up by strings and piano-based melodies.

Playlist:

1. The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain
2. A Heart Has Asked For The Pleasure
3. Yearning
4. Are You There?
5. The Remains Of The Day
6. Moonlight

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Mostly Autumn, Spirit of Autumn Past

England, 1999.

This is the second album of Mostly Autumn, a progressive rock band from York, England. Their music combines celtic-influenced folk with neo-progressive rock.

Playlist:

1. Winter Mountain
2. This Great Blue Pearl
3. Pieces of Love
4. Please
5. Evergreen
6. Styhead Tarn
7. Shindig
8. Blakey Ridge/When Waters Meet
9. Underneath the Ice (Troubled Dreams)
10. Through the Window
11. Spirit of Autumn Past, Pt. 1
12. Spirit of Autumn Past, Pt. 2
13. Gap Is Too Wide

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Emery Reel, ...For And Acted Upon Through Diversions

U.S., 2003.

"Constructive noise. Destructive noise." Emery Reel are an instrumental/post-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee.

Playlist:

1. They Are Cohercing Ideas Into the Mind
2. A New Beginning
3. Hence; Therefore, Again
4. Departure of Hope
5. Cam's March
6. His Hammer Is My Axe
7. Uneasy, the Crossing Guard

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Mamiffer, Hirror Enniffer

U.S., 2008.

“Mamiffer is Faith Coloccia, a Seattle-based pianist, and a collective of song-weavers and visionaries. Under the watchful eye of Coloccia and her trusty tape recorder, friends Aaron Turner from Isis and Chris Common from These Arms Are Snakes have gathered to compile an environmental scourge of noise and atmosphere that is elegant, striking, and evocative.” Absolutely recommended.

Playlist:

1. This Land
2. Death Shawl
3. Annwn
4. Black Running Water
5. Suckling a Dead Litter
6. Cyhraeth

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Agalloch, Ashes Against the Grain

U.S., 2006.

Agalloch is a duo founded by John Haughm and Shane Breyer, from Portland, Oregon, in 1996. Their sound is a combination of folk, doom and progressive metal.

Playlist:

1. Limbs
2. Falling Snow
3. This White Mountain On Which You Will Die
4. Fire Above, Ice Below
5. Not Unlike the Waves
6. Our Fortress Is Burning... I
7. Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds
8. Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain

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Aereogramme, Sleep and Release

Scotland, 2003.

Aereogramme were an alternative/progressive/post-rock four-piece from Glasgow. Formed in 1998, Sleep and Release is their second album. They split up on May 11th, 2007.

Playlist:

1. Indiscretion #243
2. Black Path
3. A Simple Process of Elimination
4. Older
5. No Really, Everything Is Fine
6. Wood
7. Yes
8. In Gratitude
9. A Winter's Gratitude
10. Untitled

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The Doors, Self-titled

US, 1967

Everyone knows The Doors. This is their first album, released two years after the band's formation.

Playlist:

1 - Break on Through (to the Other Side)
2 - Soul Kitchen
3 - The Crystal Ship
4 - Twentieth Century Fox
5 - Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
6 - Light My Fire
7 - Back Door Man
8 - I Looked at You
9 - End of the Night
10 - Take It as It Comes
11 - The End

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Fen, The Malediction Fields

UK, 2009.

Malediction Fields is the first full-length by the black metal band Fen. Similarly to Alcest, Fen's music encompasses a diverse range of influences, from gentle, atmospheric post-rock to heavier avant-garde black metal.

Playlist:

1. Exile's Journey
2. A Witness to the Passing of Aeons
3. Colossal Voids
4. As Buried Spirits Stir
5. The Warren
6. Lashed by Storm
7. Bereft

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Buckethead, Crime Slunk Scene

U.S.A., 2006

Having consciously neglected Buckethead for years, now I finally gave his music a try and was all but disappointed to devote some time to it.
Let's just say that Buckethead is plain freakish, and of course he knows it; he goes Morello squared on experimentalism when playing with the whammy, the killswitch and the pitch-shifting pedals – just like toys.
Being his 18th studio all along his record sheet, Crime Slunk Scene goes through a variety of textures mainly made out of killer riffs, craze, and some well-weighed masturbation.


Playlist:

1. King James
2. Gory Head Stump 2006: The Pageant Of The Slunks
3. The Fairy And The Devil
4. Buddy Berkman's Ballad
5. Mad Monster Party
6. Soothsayer (dedicated to Aunt Suzie)
7. Col. Austin VS Col. Sanders AKA Red Track Suit
8. We Can Rebuild Them
9. Electronic Slight Of Hand
10. Mecha Gigan
11. Slunk Parade AKA Freaks In The Black


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Led Zeppelin, III

UK, 1970

Led Zeppelin don't need an introduction. This is their third album and my personal favourite.

Playlist:

1 - Immigrant Song
2 - Friends
3 - Celebration Day
4 - Since I've Been Loving You
5 - Out On The Tiles
6 - Gallows Pole
7 - Tangerine
8 - That's The Way
9 - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10 - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

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