Dödsfärd - "Förfall"

Their band name translates from Swedish into English as "journey of death", which is a pretty fitting band name that belongs to a Swedish black metal outfit. Lo-fi and true to the black metal roots, the guitars are pretty choice, utilizing some cool progression and amplification  The drums are run of the mill, nothing spectacular but not horrible. Vocals ride a little high in the mix, but are expertly executed. True school black metal fans will dig this.

Dödsfärd - "Förfall"

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Crystal Magic - CRITICAL HITS 2012

this compilation is what it is and it is it well.

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Altarnihil - "Terminal"

Depressive & lo-fi raw black metal from Iowa, Altarnihil deliver their demo "Terminal". Unpolished & ghoulish, sinister & sadistic. If you like it rough around the edges and eery as fuck, Altarnihil deliver with these 4 tracks.

Altarnihil - "Terminal"

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The Honorable Worm - THE ROYAL ROAD

Just over a year has passed since Chad Marine (recording as The Honorable Worm since 1997) released his drone-folk odyssey 'Consider the bees.' but it may as well have been a lifetime ago. Since then, he and his wife have (in addition to getting married) walked the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain, relocated from Virginia to Oregon, and wandered the narrow streets of Old Jerusalem—all with camera and recorder in hand. They call it their “year of pilgrimage.” It is only natural, then, that the new Honorable Worm album, 'The Royal Road,' should be a work of overcoming distances: distances in space, time, and spirit. The song cycle may look short on paper, but the ground covered is vast and ever-changing. In keeping with the nature of travel, the music here is joined not so much by a common “sound” (genres touched upon include psychedelic, folk, lo-fi, ambient, avant-pop, field recordings, etc.) as by the simple fact that they are all stops along the same road, the Royal Road!

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December Apparition - "Sea Crypt"

Staten Island, NY isn't the first place that comes to mind when thinking of ambient/black/post metal varieties. The act calling itself December Apparition, though, proves that location isn't everything and that brilliance in any genre of music can be found well outside the geographic location most associated with it. Strange, too, for the metal scene, is the lack of an entry on the ever incredible Encyclopaedia Metallum Metal Archives website - but you won't find one there for this band.

5 tracks of brief yet haunting sort of ambient post black metal for free on their Bandcamp page is all you get, beside a Myspace page that looks to not have been updated in over a year and which shows the band only having 18 friends. Kind of fitting, really, I suppose. These short insights into the mind(s) behind December Apparition are a solid outing, though, and absolutely essential for those long haired smokers who like shit spacious yet heavy, fuzzy yet melodic, hidden yet accessible.

December Apparition - "Sea Crypt"

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Canis Latrans - Campo de Antenas

do some drugs and listen to this. you'll freak the fuck out. and probably not in a good way.

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Vinter - "My Path To Depression"

Solid depressive black metal demo from Mexico. Say what you want about depressive black metal; like any genre of music, there's something to be found in it that I enjoy. This one from Vinter is something from the depressive black metal genre that I found and enjoy. Proper melody and atmosphere from slightly fuzzed guitars that sound like they were mic'd on a 9 volt battery powered amp, lo-fi drums (might even be from a cheap drum machine, I don't know for certain), extended and expansive cave like growls and groans for vocals. It's all there for the right making of a depressive black metal demo worth your time to listen to. Limited to only 33 hand numbered CDRs, you're not gonna get your claws on a physical copy of this.

Vinter - "My Path To Depression"

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Romak - You Party Because You're Supposed To

Hey, It's Friday! Who wants to party? Celebrate with this sweet new release by the legendary Romie Romak! Sink your teeth into four tracks (made via four-track) of hazy dark pop bliss that were taped in Romie's bedroom. Sounds fun and raw just like it should. Press play on your digital boombox and let the party begin!

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~johan-ess~

Matthewdavid - "Jewelry"

Leaving Records headmaster Matthewdavid offering up a free release right before he and Sun Araw set off on tour. "Jewelry" is, in his own words via Twitter, "19mins of new, original material.... a Rolling Stones flip, a R&B ballad, 2 unreleased remixes, dub, trap, future funk....". And that's exactly what you get. Almost unbearably short, it serves as a sort of enticing piece of work to get you out to the gigs in your area as he and friends are on the road. Closely on the heels of EMV's incredible "Resolutions" release, it carries that same torch of sunburnt smoked out lo-fi high-def hazy sound collage with grace and more than a little bit of sideways funk. Really can't get enough of the Leaving Records crew and the whole batch of somewhat similar sounds cropping up as of late.

Matthewdavid - "Jewelry"

Catch him on tour, if you can. Hope to sort myself some transportation this Wednesday for their stop here.

• TUES 3/6 – LAS VEGAS @ BUNKHOUSE SALOON (21+)
• WED 3/7 – TEMPE, AZ @ MEAT MARKET (ALL AGES)
• FRI 3/9 – LUBBOCK, TX @ PRAIRIE FIRE THEATRE (ALL AGES)
• SAT 3/10 MARFA, TX – TONALISM
• TUES 3/13 – SAT 3/17 AUSTIN SXSW
• FRI 3/23 – BOISE, ID @ TREEFORT FESTIVAL
• SUN 3/25 – CALGARY, AB – MTT FESTIVAL
• TUES 3/27 – VANCOUVER, BC @ WALDORF HOTEL (16+)
• WED 3/28 – SEATTLE, WA @ THE RENDEZVOUS
• THURS 3/29 – PORTLAND,OR @ ROTTURE (21+)
• SAT 3/31 – OAKLAND, CA @ PERALTA PALACE
• SUN 4/1 – SANTA CRUZ @ THE CATALYST ATRIUM (16+)

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Moonknight - "Toplov"

Super raw fuzzed out distorted cult as fuck black metal from the prolific one known as Roach. Because it's that kind of a Friday night. Sold out limited cassette run so here you go, motherfuckers.

Moonknight - "Toplov"

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LOBOS - Internetz Vol.1

Lovingly crafted lo-fi metal covers of classic videogame tunes from LOBOS.

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Munie Poo - "Darkness Comes Bearing Truth"

I'm not sure if this release legitimizes or makes a mockery of black metal. Either way, if you stick strictly to the sonic element, this is a superb industrialized lo-fi black noise metal release that should not be slept upon. The kicker here is that it's roots lie in a dare to make a black metal album in two hours. Two hours. I dunno, it's really good and it's on Phil's Robo! Robotica netlabel. Get it.

Munkie Poo - "Darkness Comes Bearing Truth"

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Sam Goldberg - "Supernatural/Natural Fall Mix"

Bathetic Records has slowly been making a name for itself in peripheral fields relating to folk, ambient, and experimental re-imaginings of other types of music. Coming up from a truly underground small run cassette and CDR label to releasing vinyl and getting a fair amount of love from people you might expect in such realms, their take on things is always sort of melancholic and nostalgic while always being a little below radar.

Check out this fall mix put together for the label by Sam Goldberg, who has and does a bunch of shit in similar and related realms. Truly autumnal, it is a sort of esoteric lo-fi ambient folk noise experiment that is the sonic equivalent of crisp rainy days and leaf crunching night hikes.

Sam Goldberg - "Supernatural/Natural Fall Mix"
Ennio Morricone - The Strong
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Schnee
Bernard Parmegiani - Ponomatopées
Douglas Wood - Drum Fright
Angel Rada - Mar De La Tristeza
Robert Turman - Freedom From Fear
Head-Boggle - Space Frontiers
Flower Man - Cappo Nova Vista
Ashra - Midnight On Mars
Polymer Slug - Giant Breat
Beach Boys - Their Hearts Were Full of Spring

Adam Sapphire - Chapter 7: Into the Great Beyond

Part 7 of an awesomely epic concept album from Adam Sapphire. I dig this guy's vision.

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homotownrecord$$$ - moon

cool lo-fi compilation from homotownrecord$$$

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Talk To Animals / Unicorn Kid split - We Had Eaten All the Animals and Bartered All the Jewels

Magical.

2 possibilities:

1.) Things that I like = Are magical?

2.) Magical things = Are what I like?

Or is that one possibility?

^_^

Anyways, this is really good. From Talk To Animals.

I love her voice. It's so what it is.

Unicorn Kid's tracks are full of slightly tragic fantasy and fun.

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