Swashbuckle - Crewed by the Damned

Some great deathy thrash with random pirate bits thrown in. The number of piratey acoustic interludes is kind of annoying. They kill all the momentum, particularly in the second half of the album. That said, the metal parts kick ass. And I honestly laughed out loud the first time I heard gang vocals shout
X
MARKS THE
SPOOOT

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Isis - Wavering Radiant

No download, but the album is streamable on their myspace. It's probably their best work since Oceanic, though honestly they're never going to top that. Check it out.

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Cryptopsy - None So Vile

Here's some death metal anyone who cares probably already has.

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Harpoon - Double Gnarly / Triple Suicide

teethofthedivine.com:
At a brisk 23 minutes, the sticking point for many on the 12 tracks will be the programmed drums which make an already clinical, caustic tone, even more mechanical and sterile. Also the vocals of Binder are more in line with the modern hardcore/screamo style than classic grindcore. Still, there are some nifty riffs and structures that range from the typical blistering, scathing grindcore blasts (”Lefty”, “The Cacographer”, “Frogs, Boils, Locusts”, “You Should be Longer”) to violent punky expulsions (”The Midget and the Duchess”, “) and few grooves (”Sloth-Ass”, “The Difficulty in Listening to the Elderly”) and some tasty thrash injections (”Buddy System”, Bad Beekeeping”). It’s all furious and fun, and never overstays its welcome.

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Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk

Shred-your-face-off black metal. If you don't already have it, do yourself a favor and check it out.

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Swarm of the Lotus - The Sirens of Silence

Old Isis meets old Converge maybe? You could call this metalcore if you wanted, but they have nothing in common with As I Lay Dying or Chimaira or other Hot Topic bands. It's heavy as balls and really good. Another band that went before their time.

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Drudkh - Autumn Aurora

Wikipedia:
Drudkh, meaning "wood" in Sanskrit, is an atmospheric black metal band from Ukraine... Their strongly folk-influenced music focuses on a strong atmosphere with a lot of feeling, and the lyrical contents embrace Slavic mythology, seasons and poetry. Many of the band's lyrics are derived from the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ukrainian poets, especially Taras Shevchenko.

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Millions - Gather Scatter

Hey look, another band that likes The Jesus Lizard a lot.
Lambgoat:
Gather Scatter is an unbelievably impressive full-length debut for this Chicago foursome. It's one part melody, one part punk energy, and one part inventive rock, all wrapped up with enough off-time rhythms and coarse emotion to ensure the listener's engagement. It goes well with Akimbo and a lot of the current Louisville scene (Young Widows, Lords, Brain Banger, etc.). I like to use my "mandatory listening" stamp responsibly, but refraining from applying it to Millions would be a crime. Check this out.

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From Monument To Masses - The Impossible Leap In One Hundred Simple Steps

I saw these guys on Monday and they were pretty awesome. Extremely active, un-boring post-rock. They have actual riffs and stuff.

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The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted To Bad Ideas

The World/Inferno Friendship Society (commonly referred to as "World Inferno" or "The Inferno") is a cabaret punk band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merges punk, klezmer, and gospel, while its collective membership features horns, piano, guitar, a number of percussionists, as well as a variety of other instruments such as accordion, xylophone and orchestra bells.

This album starts off a little slowly, but starts getting great with "Ich Erinnere Mich An Die Weimarer Republik".

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Trinacria - Travel Now Journey Infinitely

This is the product of Enslaved members and Fe-Mail members getting together and writing psychedelic, noisy, progressive, blackish metal. I like it.

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Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey

The UK's (much shorter-lived) version of Eyehategod.

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Breach - Venom

1999: Recorded by BREACH and mixed at Tontenik in the winter, Venom is clearly their finest moment to date and a culmination of their work. Their renegade pastiche of fiery hardcore resolve, metallic precision and intrepid indie ingenuity had never been so seamless and pure and, as a result, Venom was met with an incredible response when issued in March by Burning Heart.

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Church Of Misery - Houses Of The Unholy

New Church of Misery. Still putting out great doom metal.

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Torture Killer - Sewers

As you probably guessed, these guys play death metal in the Cannibal Corpse vein. Heavy, pummeling, nothing new but very well done.

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Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Pop-punk that doesn't skimp on the punk. Fast, happy, fun, and not Blink-182.

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Asphyx - Asphyx

Does anyone else think it's silly that they put both the name of the album and the band logo on a self titled album?

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Mechanism - Inspired Horrific

Progressive/death metal with Gene Hoglan (Death, Strapping Young Lad, etc) on drums. Quality album, kind of reminds me of Noneuclid at points, especially on Hall Of The Gods.

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Mumakil - Behold The Failure

New Mumakil. It is just as beastly as one would expect.

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Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett

I don't know how this album's title is pronounced.
Generally regarded as his best album. I personally prefer Meathole, but this is still damn good.
The song titles probably have numerous misspellings, but I don't care enough to fix the titles of songs I wouldn't be able to pronounce anyway.

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The Angels Of Light - New Mother

Folk band fronted by Micheal Gira of Swans fame.
At times it sounds like a folk version of Swans, at others it sounds completely different.

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Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb

No album has dominated my life so completely since I got Streetlight's other album.
Point/Counterpoint is perfect.

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A Lack Of Posting

So, school stuff has been completely consuming my life for the past few days and will until the end of next week... ish. I apologize in advance for the lack of new stuff on here, because I know you all will just die without new musics.

The Black Keys Discog (Mostly)

All of The Black Keys' full lengths, plus a tribute EP. Only missing one EP. All of these albums are great. Listed in chronological order.
Here for album descriptions.

The Big Come Up

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Thickfreakness

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Rubber Factory

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Chulahoma

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Magic Potion

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Attack & Release

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Today Is The Day - In The Eyes Of God

There aren't enough decent links to this album, so here's one.

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Soilent Green - Sewn Mouth Secrets

This is what happens when a band does Eyehategod and Napalm Death worship at the same time.

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The Green Evening Requiem - Bastards of Atlas

“Storming with a ballsy but graceful air of Viking metal meshed with Americanized prog, thrash and even folk influences, The Green Evening Requiem’s melodic rock and black/death derivation is a near perfect meld of styles.”

Features Chris of Woe fame.

Website (Pay what you want)
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16 - Bridges To Burn

New 16. This is my first experience with them, and it's inspired to check out their last album, Zoloft Smile. Sludge/stoner metal in the High On Fire, Warhorse, Kylesa vein.

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Grindcore Double Feature: Kill the Client - Cleptocracy

Last year's best grindcore album. You know the drill - short, pissed off songs, 1000 mph drums, political themes, blah blah. Once again, nothing really new, but still great.

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Grindcore Double Feature: Mumakil - Customized Warfare

32 tracks, each of which grinds you into tiny pieces. Named after enormous war elephants in Lord of the Rings. There is not a single original idea on this album, but it's still great.

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