Health - Health

Artist: Health
Album: Health
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Experimental, noise rock, alternative

Health is one of those cool bands who doesn't sound like anybody but themselves. Drawing influence from no wave, math rock, noise rock, but not quite falling into any of these categories, they're a cool fucking band. Here's their debut full-length.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Thou - Through The Empires Of Eternal Void

Artist: Thou
Album: Through The Empires Of Eternal Void
Year: 2009
Genre(s): Doom, sludge

My favorite doom band to come out fairly recently, Thou, appear here with a collection of Black Sabbath covers. This E.P. is sick.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Krzysztof Penderecki - Polnisches Requiem

Artist: Krzysztof Penderecki
Album: Polnisches Requiem
Year: Unknown
Genre(s): Classical, avant-garde, experimental

Perhaps one of the most interesting composers of the 20th century, here is an outstanding work from Krzysztof Penderecki.

Disc 1

Disc 2

Posted by DW.

Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood

Artist: Jonny Greenwood
Album: There Will Be Blood
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Soundtrack, classical

One of my favorite movies ever and one of my favorite film soundtracks ever. Awesome, emotional, dynamic, engaging stuff here. And in case you don't know who Jonny Greenwood is, he plays guitar in Radiohead.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Burning Star Core - Challenger

Artist: Burning Star Core
Album: Challenger
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Experimental, noise, ambient

This is some pretty cool noise/ambient. It's really out there, definitely not just straight-up harsh noise or anything. Some of the pieces are honestly quite beautiful. Worth getting for sure.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Kolihapeltis - The Centipede

Artist: Kolihapeltis
Album: The Centipede
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Noise

This is the new E.P. from my noise project, Kolihapeltis. As of right now, it's digital only. I may or may not change that. Either way, enjoy.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Antigama - Warning

Artist: Antigama
Album: Warning
Year: 2009
Genre(s): Grindcore, metal, experimental

Whoa. This stuff is pretty insane. Reminds me almost of Meshuggah if Meshuggah were a grindcore band. Antigama really puts a weird spin on the grindcore genre. Anyway, I'm listening to this for the first time right now and I felt like you guys might appreciate it. I'm not really familiar with this yet; just thought it was really cool so far and would fit this blog.

Download.

Posted by DW.

The USA Is A Monster - Wohaw

Artist: The USA Is A Monster
Album: Wohaw
Year: 2005
Genre(s): Noise rock, experimental, avant-garde

Pretty insane album here. The production and sound remind me a bit of Lightning Bolt, though there are more members here and it's not so much based on insanely fast musicianship.

Get it.

Posted by DW.

Qui - Love's Miracle

Artist: Qui
Album: Love's Miracle
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Noise rock, post-hardcore, experimental

Ever wonder what David Yow was up to between the Jesus Lizard's breakup and reunion? Well this was it! Now that I have your attention, fucking get this great album!

Download.

Posted by DW.

Thee Kvlt Ov (((Øurøbørøs - BLVD

Artist: Thee Kvlt Ov (((Øurøbørøs
Album: BLVD
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Doom metal

This band hasn't released a whole lot, but this is a fucking cool E.P. It features an awesome cover of BOC's Godzilla, along with a few originals. Highly recommended.

Download.

Posted by DW.

VENNT - VENNT

Artist: VENNT
Album: VENNT
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Doom, sludge, drone

VENNT is one of the heaviest bands I've heard since Godflesh. I think they've only released this four-track EP, but it's definitely worth dedicating a little time to.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Envy - Recitation

Artist: Envy
Album: Recitation
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Hardcore, post-rock, screamo

New album from Japanese post-screamo whatever the hell you want to call them band Envy! These guys are really fucking good.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Baroness - A Horse Called Golgotha

Artist: Baroness
Album: A Horse Called Golgotha
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Progressive stoner/sludge metal

New single from Savannah-based Baroness! Kickass! Side A is A Horse Called Golgotha, from Blue Record, and side B is Bikeage (sounds to me like a cover... does anybody recognize it?)

Download.

Posted by DW.

!!! - The Dis-ease/The Funky Branca

Artist: !!!
Album: The Dis-ease/The Funky Branca
Year: 1998
Genre(s): Dance, experimental

The first official !!! release, this single is a bit dirtier, weirder, and more intense than most of what followed from these guys. Nonetheless, awesome. The Funky Branca really takes the cake here as an incredible track.

Posted by DW.

Download.

Cast Spells - Bright Works And Baton

Artist - Cast Spells

Album - Bright Works And Baton

Year - 2009

Genre(s) - Indie, Folk

Cast Spells is a side project from Dave Davison of Maps and Atlases.

Download

If you don't know who Maps and Atlases are, I would highly recommend listening to them. Fellow Dipster DW has posted all their material on our blog in the past, so I will also include those links in this post.

Bird Barnyard (2005 EP)

Tree, Swallows, Houses (2006 EP)

You And Me And The Mountain (2008 EP) My personal favorite

Perch Patchwork(2010 LP)

Posted By: KB

Cough - Sigillum Luciferi

Artist: Cough
Album: Sigillum Luciferi
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Doom metal

Heavy as shit. I'd compare this to Thou or Samothrace or Ocean or any of those other ultra-heavy doom bands coming out these days. Recommended.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Jane - Paradise

Artist: Jane
Album: Paradise
Year: ????
Genre(s): Ambient, experimental

Jane is a pretty cool project involving Noah Lennox (Panda Bear, Animal Collective) and Scott Mou. Really worth a listen. Very ambient and bizarre stuff.

Not the real album cover.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Cult Of Luna - Eviga Riket

Artist: Cult Of Luna
Album: Eviga Riket
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Post-metal, ambient, audiobook

Eviga Riket, Cult Of Luna's latest release, is not exactly typical of them... it's actually an audiobook containing some musical passages but mostly spoken word. I'd say it's worth checking out. The story follows the concept behind their last album, Eternal Kingdom. The story starts off fairly interesting, and the writing isn't terrible, but this is far from being a classic. Nonetheless, I really like the idea, and maybe Cult Of Luna here will start a trend that other bands can follow. Still, if this becomes the case, I hope other bands pull it off a bit more strongly in future examples.

Download.

Posted by DW.

El-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3

Artist - El-P

Album - Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Hip Hop, Instrumental

El-P is an American Hip Hop artist from Brooklyn New York. This is his newest album, and unlike his past works this one is instrumental. Its very good, highly recommend if your looking for some sick beats.

Download

Posted By: KB

Suicide Note - Empty Rooms

Artist: Suicide Note
Album: Empty Rooms
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Hardcore, post-hardcore

Somewhere between the Jesus Lizard and Converge, but not quite as hard as either, Suicide Note's original brand of hardcore is worth checking out.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Gold Motel - Summer House

Artist - Gold Motel

Album - Summer House

Year - 2010

Genres - Indie, Alternative, Pop

Gold Motel features Vocalist/Pianist Greta Salpeter from the Chicago based band The Hush Sound (posted one of their albums about a month ago, check it out). This is her new project she is currently in called Gold Motel. Check it out.

Download

Support

Posted By: KB

Torche - Songs For Singles

Artist: Torche
Album: Songs For Singles
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Poppy sludge

New Torche album has leaked, and we've got it!

Download

Posted by DW.

Black Dice - Broken Ear Record

Artist: Black Dice
Album: Broken Ear Record
Year: 2005
Genre(s): Avant-garde, electronic

The only Black Dice album I'm familiar with, Broken Ear Record is yet another pretty bizarre album that I like a lot. It's sort of like an avant-garde Animal Collective or something. Oh, and yeah, this is pretty much the worst album cover ever.

Get it.

Posted by DW.

Yowie - Cryptooology

Artist: Yowie
Album: Cryptooology
Year: 2004
Genre(s): Avant-garde, mathcore

Okay, so it's not really mathcore, but I don't know what to call it. Imagine an instrumental band in the vein of The Residents meets The Locust. Ugly riffs in bizarre time signatures that are constantly changing. It's one of the most original and enthralling listens of the last decade. Highly recommended.

Get it.

Posted by DW.

Renaldo And The Loaf - Songs For Swinging Larvae

Artist: Renaldo And The Loaf
Album: Songs For Swinging Larvae
Year: 1981
Genre(s): Avant-garde, experimental

Probably one of the strangest albums I've ever heard. If you dig stuff like the Residents, you'll love this. This is on par with any of the best stuff the Residents ever released.

Enjoy.

Posted by DW.

High Rise - Dispersion

Artist: High Rise
Album: Dispersion
Year: 1992
Genre(s): Psychedelic rock, space rock, experimental

High Rise from Japan caught my attention when I was in high school probably largely because I was into a lot of Japanese bands at the time... but moreso probably because they a pretty awesome sound. I swear to god though, I always read the first track's name as "Outside Genitals."

Get it here.

Posted by IC.

Gloomy Sunday - Beyond Good and Evil

Artist: Gloomy Sunday

Album: Beyond Good and Evil
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Sludge doom metal

I honestly can't remember how I found these guys, but this is a badass album. Heavy sludge doom from Sweden. They're still making great music, but haven't done any releases yet since. I heard there's a split with Lazarus Blackstar in the works though, so if you like this, keep on the lookout for that!

Get it here.

Posted by IC.

El Revengo - demo

Artist: El Revengo

Album: ?

Year: ?

Genre(s): Hardcore, hard rock, thrash metal.

A few years back I found El Revengo's website and downloaded a 4 track demo they had posted on their site.  A few months later, their site was gone and I couldn't find any information on them anywhere on the net.  For just four tracks, it's pretty amazing material that I haven't found elsewhere ever since their site went down.  Apparently it's members from Holy Terror, but I honestly don't have much more info about them other than I think some of them wear luchador masks I guess.  

Okay upon writing this I realized there's a myspace.  Apparently I suck at finding things and haven't looked for them in over a year - MySpace

Get it here.

Posted by IC.

Justice Yeldham - Live 2005

Artist: Justice Yeldham
Album: Live 2005
Year: 2005?
Genre(s): Noise

Justice Yeldham makes his variety of noise music with panes of broken glass, often painfully self-mutilating himself on stage. Really cool stuff. I'd recommend looking up some videos. This here is (obviously) live material from 2005. Just a few short tracks, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Get it.

Posted by DW.

Daughters - Live At CBGB

Artist: Daughters
Album: Live At CBGB
Year: 2004
Genre(s): Mathcore, grindcore, experimental

Really cool live album that features most if not all (I don't remember exactly) of Canada Songs and their self-titled E.P. Daughters have changed a lot since this, but I'm not complaining because their new stuff is excellent. Nonetheless, their old stuff is fantastic too, and this live album really captures the band at a great point in their career.

Get it.

Posted by DW.

Kolihapeltis - Heliokapilts

Artist: Kolihapeltis
Album: Heliokapilts
Year: 2009
Genre(s): Noise

All right, time for some shameless self-promotion. This is the first release from my personal noise project. It's really short, only like eight minutes or so long in three tracks, so I guess more of an EP than anything. It's limited to 30 copies, and that marvelous cover you see is the homemade packaging. I think I did an all right job, and I am really looking for a fanbase right now. Mine is currently pretty much just a few people I know. It's kind of straightforward harsh noise made with a guitar amp, a mixer, and a microphone. Quality is mediocre. My stuff has improved since, but I think this is maybe my rawest material, which makes it kind of cool in a way.

Check it out.

Posted by DW.

Ef - Mourning Golden Morning

Artist - Ef

Album - Mourning Golden Morning

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Post Rock

Ef is a Post Rock band from Sweden. This album is fairly mellow and vocals are scarce, but regardless it really is a great listen.

Download

Posted By: KB

Merzbow - Hybrid Noisebloom

Artist: Merzbow
Album: Hybrid Noisebloom
Year: 1997
Genre(s): Noise

With a discography of over 300 albums (probably way more than that by now) and countless collaborations, splits, etcetera, it's really hard to know what to listen to by Merzbow and becomes even for the biggest fan almost a preposterous task to listen to all of it. This is one of my personal favorites. The textures are rich; this isn't just your typical pffshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh noise. The pieces are dynamic and constantly changing and always exciting. So many layers to this.

Download.

Posted by DW.

Triclops! - Out Of Africa

Artist: Triclops!
Album: Out Of Africa
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Progressive, experimental

I saw Triclops! open for Melt-Banana toward the beginning of this year (or was it last year at this point?) Anyway, pretty sick live act. If you get a chance you should catch them. The vocalist goes insane; after just a few songs his face was covered in his own blood. On album they're pretty impressive as well.

This can be yours by clicking this link.

Posted by DW.

Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante

Artist: Crippled Black Phoenix
Album: I, Vigilante
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Post-rock, post-metal

Consisting of members of Electric Wizard, Crippled Black Phoenix consider their songs to be "end-time ballads," which seems rather fitting once you listen to it. I haven't heard their other stuff, but this new release really impressed me enough that I'm soon going to check it all out.

Get it.

Posted by DW.

Philip Glass - Solo Piano

Artist: Philip Glass
Album: Solo Piano
Year: 1989
Genre(s): Classical, minimalism

Beautiful, beautiful music. One of the best albums I've come across as of late. This couldn't come more recommended.

Sounds good!

No thanks.

Posted by DW.

Melt-Banana - Initial T.

Artist: Melt-Banana
Album: Initial T.
Year: 2009
Genre(s): Noise rock, punk, experimental

Melt-Banana have been making some of the best and most original noise rock in the Japanese scene of the last twenty years. This 2009 E.P. is (unless I'm mistaken) their most recent release consisting of new studio material.

So you should get it.

Posted by DW.

Blood Axis - Blót: Sacrifice In Sweden

Artist: Blood Axis
Album: Blót: Sacrifice in Sweden
Year: 1998
Genre(s): Neofolk, industrial, martial industrial

This is good stuff... recommended for fans of Current 93 and Death In June, but definitely puts a unique spin on the sound. Highly atmospheric.

Download.

Posted by DW.