Boris With Merzbow - Klatter

Artist: Boris With Merzbow
Album: Klatter
Year: 2011
Genre(s): Stoner metal, psychedelic, noise rock

The new collaboration between Boris and Merzbow, Klatter, is a reinterpretation of three songs from Boris's Akuma No Uta, an original, and a cover. This is mostly Boris; it feels like Merzbow hardly does anything on it. Still good, though. Expect more Boris in the near future. Three new Boris full-lengths are on the way within the next couple months (New Album, Attention Please, and Heavy Rocks, which is not to be confused with their previous release of the same name; it is not a reissue but an entirely new album using the same title). Anyway, to give credit to the source, I had found this on Angrychairs, another good blog you should probably check from time to time.

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Posted by DW.

Ladyscraper - Pink

Artist: Ladyscraper
Album: Pink
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Breakcore, electronic

I know I've been posting a lot of breakcore lately. Sorry if that's annoying anybody. This is another cool breakcore artist I just discovered recently.

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The Residents - God In Three Persons and Instrumental Excerpts From God In Three Persons

Artist: The Residents
Album: God In Three Persons
Year: 1988
Genre(s): Avant-garde

Another weird Residents album, this one about a character, Mr. X, and two conjoined twins.

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Artist: The Residents
Album: Instrumental Excerpts From God In Three Persons
Year: 1988
Genre(s): Avant-garde

I wasn't even aware this existed until today. I stopped in a record shop, and, thinking I had found God In Three Persons, grabbed it. I realized instead it was this strange instrumental version. Not particularly exciting compared to the original album, as it is not too different aside from being instrumental. Still, a sort of rare obscure release that seems like the sort of thing we should post here.

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Susumu Yokota - Acid Mt. Fuji

Artist: Susumu Yokota
Album: Acid Mt. Fuji
Year: 1994
Genre(s): Electronic, ambient

More Susumu Yokota for ya.

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Maruosa - Exercise And Hell

Artist: Maruosa
Album: Exercise And Hell
Year: 2007
Genre(s): Breakcore, grindcore, cybergrind

Japanese breakcore/grindcore artist Maruosa delivers organized chaos.

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Daughters - Hell Songs

Artist: Daughters
Album: Hell Songs
Year: 2006
Genre(s): Mathcore, noisecore

Daughters underwent a bit of an evolution with Hell Songs- in general, the songs are a bit longer, a bit more structured, and the vocals are no longer screaming but now more of a howl reminiscent of David Yow. Really wonderful album. This is probably their best release, in my opinion.

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The Cherry Point - Virgin Witch

Artist: The Cherry Point
Album: Virgin Witch
Year: 2004
Genre(s): Noise, wall noise

This is more dynamic than most Cherry Point releases, so a bit different from the conventional HNW approach. Still definitely a wall, just not quite as bleak and unchanging as most of their stuff.

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Lake Trout - Not Them, You

Artist: Lake Trout
Album: Not Them, You
Year: 2005
Genre(s): Alternative

Lake Trout reminds me of bands like Elbow, Radiohead, and Doves. Really cool stuff, really good songwriting, unique. Get this.

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Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner

Artist: Made Out Of Babies
Album: The Ruiner
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Sludge, noise rock

Something like Neurosis meets the Jesus Lizard meets Björk. Best album of 2008 in my opinion. Get this.

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Xanopticon - Liminal Space

Artist: Xanopticon
Album: Liminal Space
Year: 2003
Genre(s): Breakcore, IDM, experimental

Really atmospheric and strange breakcore. It's chaotic and intense, yes, but there's a lot more to it than making a lot of fucking noise, a lot more subtlety, I suppose. It's hard to explain, so you should check it out yourself.

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Kazumoto Endo - While You Were Out

Artist: Kazumoto Endo
Album: While You Were Out
Year: 1999
Genre(s): Noise

Hilarious and wild noise with great samples. Kazumoto Endo is one of Japan's most brilliant noise artists, and this is probably his most well-regarded album.

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Ufomammut - EVE

Artist - Ufomammut

Album - EVE

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Doom / Sludge

Almost forgot how awesome this album until it re-emerged while shuffling through my music library today. Heavy and Atmospheric, totally worth listening to. (same goes for their older material)

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Posted by: KB

Bong-Ra - Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill!

Artist: Bong-Ra
Album: Bikini Bandits, Kill! Kill! Kill!
Year: 2003
Genre(s): Breakcore, dub, electronic

Totally sick and groovy dubbed out breakcore. Heavy rhythms, massive grooves, with a cool reggae-style theme.

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Deaf Center - Owl Splinters

Artist - Deaf Center

Album - Owl Splinters

Year - 2011

Genre(s) - Dark Ambient

Cool dark ambient music here. I don't normally listen to stuff like this, but after falling asleep to this last night I discovered the genre is growing on me.

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Posted by: KB

Nero's Day At Disneyland - From Rotting Fantasylands

Artist: Nero's Day At Disneyland
Album: From Rotting Fantasylands
Year: 2009
Genre(s): Breakcore, experimental, electronic

Creative. Original. Totally awesome.

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Duran Duran Duran - Very Pleasure

Artist: Duran Duran Duran
Album: Very Pleasure
Year: 2005
Genre(s): Electronic, breakcore, experimental

I'm bored to tears with album descriptions. Just get it!

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Black Death Cthulhu - Bleak Winter

Artist: Black Death Cthulhu
Album: Bleak Winter
Year: 2011
Genre(s): Noise, drone, wall noise

A new project of mine. An attempt to create noise that is extremely bleak and unsettling.

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The Grey Wolves - Division

Artist: The Grey Wolves
Album: Division
Year: 2003
Genre(s): Death industrial, power electronics, noise

Heavy, angry, crushing.

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Nurse With Wound - Homotopy To Marie

Artist: Nurse With Wound
Album: Homotopy To Marie
Year: 1982
Genre(s): Industrial, noise, avant-garde

The best and creepiest Nurse With Wound album, in my opinion.

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Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine

Artist: Death From Above 1979
Album: You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
Year: 2004
Genre(s): Noise rock, punk, dance

For a duo comprising a bassist and a drummer/vocalist, DFA1979 sure do make a hell of a lot of noise. Such a great album. If you haven't heard this I'm not sure what went wrong. One of the most important underground albums of the last decade.

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Nadja - Sky Burial

Artist: Nadja
Album: Sky Burial
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Drone, shoegaze, doom, ambient

A beautiful album comprised of just two multilayered, extremely textured tracks. Limited to 1000 copies.

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Devin Townsend Project - Live EP

Artist - Devin Townsend Project

Album - Live EP

Year - Released 2011, Recorded 2010

Genre(s) - Metal

A fantastic yet short live performance from one of my favorite musicians, Devin Townsend.

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Posted by: KB

Freezepop - Imaginary Friends

Artist - Freezepop

Album - Imaginary Friends

Year - 2010

Genre(s) - Synthpop / Electronic

I found this group a long time ago in a video game called Frequency, but more recently they have contributed to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Some pretty cool beats to be found here, and its pretty catchy too. I can't say I like some of the lyrics on this album, it's definitely worth a listen though.

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Posted by: KB

LSD And The Search For God - LSD And The Search For God

Artist: LSD And The Search For God
Album: LSD And The Search For God
Year: 2008
Genre(s): Shoegaze, noise rock, alternative

This is great shit. If you're a fan of Sonic Youth or My Bloody Valentine this is a must-have. But grab it even if you're not; it's fantastic either way.

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Devin Townsend Project - Drench / Terminal (Namm Rehearsal)

Artist - Devin Townsend Project

Year - 2011

Genre(s) - Rock / Experimental

Devin Townsend released two new songs today from one of his upcoming albums entitled Ghost. One is a studio recording of a song called Drench. Its a nice and mellow song with a very hypnotizing bass-line. The other song is acoustic and was recorded from his session at Namm.

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Posted by: KB

Leviathan - Tentacles Of Whorror

Artist: Leviathan
Album: Tentacles Of Whorror
Year: 2004
Genre(s): Black metal

My favorite release from one man black metal project Leviathan. Cool fucking riffs, bleak atmosphere, raw, heavy, everything you could want from good black metal.

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Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

Artist: Iron & Wine
Album: Kiss Each Other Clean
Year: 2011
Genre(s): Folk

Pretty solid new album from Iron & Wine. The only problem I can find with it is its lame title, but I guess that's just a matter of my personal opinion. Hope you enjoy it.

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Richard Wagner - Siegfried

Composer: Richard Wagner
Composition: Siegfried
Year: 1876
Genre(s): Classical, opera

Running through the Ring Cycle backward, so far. Last month's posting of Götterdämmerung was the fourth opera, and now here is the third. Sorry for the messed up order. Enjoy.

Disc one.

Disc two.

Disc three.

Disc four.

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The Memorials - The Memorials

Artist - The Memorials

Album - The Memorials

Year - 2011

Genre(s) - Rock / Progressive / Experimental

Thomas Pridgens's new project (Drummed for Mars Volta on Bedlam in Goliath and Octahedron).

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Posted by: KB

Swans - Public Castration Is A Good Idea

Artist: Swans
Album: Public Castration Is A Good Idea
Year: 1986
Genre(s): Industrial, noise rock, experimental

Classic live album from the highly influential Swans. If you're a fan of bands like Godflesh or Minsk or anything like that, they would never have existed in the same sense if not for Swans. This is mindblowingly heavy and cacophonous.

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Megasus - Megasus

Artist - Megasus

Album - Megasus

Year - 2009

Genre(s) - Metal / Sludge / Doom

From Last.fm:

The band’s sound is driven by haphazard, non-traditional drumming and ultra-low, detuned, fuzzed guitar and bass. Influences and references include acts such as Electric Wizard, Karp, Slayer, Metallica and Melvins.

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Frodus - Conglomerate International

Artist - Frodus

Album - Conglomerate International

Year - 1998

Genre(s) - Hardcore / Rock

Frodus was a band from Washington D.C before they broke up in 1999. I believe this was their last studio album recorded before disbanding. Its somewhat raw and roomy sounding, which is a sound I really dig. Enjoy.

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Posted by: KB

Lantlôs - .neon

Artist: Lantlôs
Album: .neon
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Black metal, post-metal, progressive

Really an interesting listen here. Lantlôs brings a unique and creative new direction to black metal here. Very much recommended.

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The Gerogerigegege - None Friendly

Artist: The Gerogerigegege
Album: None Friendly
Year: 1999
Genre(s): Noise, drone, ambient

Coming from the Gerogerigegege this is a surprisingly melodic and beautiful album. Almost an hour of beautiful, textured drones. Enjoy.

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Wadge - Grindcore Lu'au

Artist: Wadge
Album: Grindcore Lu'au
Year: 2011
Genre(s): Grindcore, experimental

One of the most interesting grindcore albums I've heard in the last few years. Check this one out.

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Venetian Snares - My So-Called Life

Artist: Venetian Snares
Album: My So-Called Life
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Breakcore, electronic

A little less spastic than most VSnares albums but still really good.

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Wire - Red Barked Tree

Artist: Wire
Album: Red Barked Tree
Year: 2011
Genre(s): Alternative, post-punk

These guys have come a very long way since 1977's Pink Flag, and they're still just as original as ever. I'm excited to see them live on their upcoming tour.

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Ravi Shankar And Philip Glass - Passages

Artist: Ravi Shankar And Philip Glass
Album: Passages
Year: 1990
Genre(s): Classical, world, experimental

Really interesting album made by two brilliant composers.

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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Tao Of The Dead

Artist: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Album: Tao Of The Dead
Genre(s): Alternative
Year: 2011

The new Trail Of Dead isn't exactly moving the band in any new directions, but I think it's an improvement over their last album (which wasn't bad or anything, but this is better). Enjoy.

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Winters In Osaka - Molded To Crawl

Artist: Winters In Osaka
Album: Molded To Crawl
Year: 2009
Genre(s): Noise, experimental

More crazy music from Winters In Osaka.

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Sightings - City Of Straw

Artist: Sightings
Album: City Of Straw
Year: 2010
Genre(s): Noise rock, noise, experimental

Sightings could be described almost as pure noise but it isn't, quite. There is definitely something more musical here. Interesting, heavy, loud, intense, and extremely original. Listen.

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Burzum - Fallen

Artist: Burzum
Album: Fallen
Year: 2011
Genre(s): Black metal

Say what you will about Varg, but this new album is Burzum at its best. Incredible stuff here. He's still got it.

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Sloth Demon - Thundersnow

Artist - Sloth Demon

Album - Thundersnow

Year - 2011

Genre(s) - Noise/Experimental

If you live in the Chicagoland area I'm sure you're aware of the blizzard that is currently swallowing us whole. I have used my day off to create a new track for my noise project Sloth Demon. Turned out pretty well, hope you enjoy it!

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Kolihapeltis - Exogenesis

Artist: Kolihapeltis
Album: Exogenesis
Year: 2011
Genre(s): Noise

Another noise album I threw together last night. It's one straight live unedited improvised track at a bit under forty minutes.

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Posted by DW.