Sun Eater - EP (2012)

Band request from Tacoma, USA.

Sun Eater play stoner/psychedelic rock - mostly instrumental
but when the vocals do arrive, they are delivered with all the
ferocity of a hardcore band.

The guitar riffs are distorted and fat with a heavy bluesy feel
that sit perfectly with the drums and bass.

There is some great soloing that has a chance to flow, due in
no part to the song lengths. Although in this genre, there does
seem to be the notion that "long" automatically means good,
all 3 tracks are about the 6 minute mark and do not seem forced.

The band have kindly provided their own mediafire link - Here

There is also a free download from Bandcamp

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Hey Colossus - RRR

Released last year on Riot Season Records, Hey Colossus
produced an album of noise rock tracks that stretched into epic
pieces of atmospheric horror.

I played this a hell of a lot but failed in coming up with a serious
description, so have decided to just  give you the bio from RSR
themselves.

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RRR is the seventh album for Hey Colossus, and the third for Riot Season (also home to Circle, Acid Mothers Temple, Shit And Shine, Black Boned Angel, Todd, Sloath, Ultraphallus etc). This album follows last year's Eurogrumble Vol.1 LP, which received broad acclaim as well as landing in some end of year lists also (notably in ROCK A ROLLA magazine top 50 of the year).

The band formed in 2003 as a five piece, based in London. Eight years on (and with line up changes reminiscent of The Fall) they are now a seven piece based in London and Somerset (though nine people perform on the album). RRR was recorded through the winter of '10-11 in Dropout, South London, home to analogue tape and all things loud. Mixed by Drumcunt and Basspuppy, mastered by Hamilton Industries (Part Chimp's tub thumper).

RRR is definitely more varied than previous Colossus records and it explores more subdued, quieter passages. Such moments of calm are not the only varied thing about the new record, Hey Colossus also explore the swooping filmic sounds akin to many a film score, think along the lines of Taxi Driver and Spaghetti Westerns. Some Krautrock-esque mantras also come into the fold, combined with a Nurse With Wound / DNA influence. Alongside this, 'The Drang' keeps up the one riff, one tune - like Sabbath done through NEU! that HC are hard for. There is a choice Berlusconi baiting Can inspired clangathon, 'I Am Bunga Bunga', with a rant that is buried but audible.

The result of all of these amalgamating sounds is a Hey Colossus album unlike any other, out with the old and in with the new. RRR is the perfect soundtrack for the spring and summer months, assuming you like the idea of the Butthole Surfers manning the BBQ, Faust cleaning out the pool, and GG Allin manning the bar.

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released 01 July 2011
ROBERT DAVIS - Electric Guitar, Vocals
TIM FARTHING - Electric Guitar, Vocals
JONATHAN RICHARDS - Electric & Acoustic Guitars
JOE THOMPSON - Bass Guitar
LEON MARKS - Synth Modulator
RHYS LLEWELLYN - Drums
PAUL SYKES - Vocals & FX
DUNCAN BROWN - Additional FX
VALENTINA MAGALETTI - Additional Vocals

Serious Beak - Huxwhukw remixes (2012)

Band request from Art As Catharsis records.

It's gonna make more sense just to let you read their press release
but there are some radical and interesting interpretations of the
tracks taken from last years "Huxwhukw"

Instrumental prog-metal reinvented as ambient/industrial/electronica?

Give it a go - it is a pay what you want from Bandcamp.

Serious Beak’s Huxwhukw and the Crooked Beak of Heaven remixes are out now!
 

Dearest pals, we have just released Serious Beak’s Huxwhukw and the Crooked Beak of Heaven remixes, a FREE collection of reinterpretations and transformations of Serious Beak's debut album "Huxwhukw", featuring submissions from Alex Wilson (sleepmakeswaves,Enkidu), Nick Soole (Slimey Things), Dylan Mitrovich (Breaking Orbit), Hinterlandt,Godswounds, Moz Troniquz, Brendan Gloag (Face Command), Redbatman, AM Frequencies and The Artists Formally Known As Gene And Tim. 

Check out the "Huxwhukw and the Crooked Beak of Heaven remixes" - available now for free download through Art As Catharsis Records.
 

In November 2011, Serious Beak released their debut album 'Huxwhukw' to critical acclaim. It received delightful reviews from the likes of Loud Mag, Music Feeds, Sea of Tranquility, Metal Sucks, Metal Obsession, Invisible Oranges, Kill Hipsters, and Metal As Fuck amongst others. 

 

The reception by Australia's underground musicians must have been similar, because when the band made the raw stems from 'Huxwhukw' available online and asked people to remix, rework and transform their debut album there was no shortage of interest.

 

After receiving dozens of submissions from Australia and beyond, the band have pieced together their favourite ten tracks into a special digital-only release: ‘Huxwhukw and the Crooked Beak of Heaven remixes’. The album spans genres as diverse as glitchy electronica, ambient shoegaze, classical film score, German industrial metal and an acoustic country hoedown.

Check out the tracks blood, they're available for FREE DOWNLOAD!
 

The submissions which didn't make the final album have been made available as b-sides on Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/KVzBZR 

Helpful links:

• Art As Catharsis Records: http://bit.ly/JanbTe
• Serious Beak on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/tODYZx
• Art As Catharsis on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/Jq5VpT

Road To Manila - Waiting For Goddeau (2012)

Band request from Denmark.

Road To Manila describe themselves as a metal/hardcore band
but this 3 track EP seems to steer pretty close to deathcore.

I am not really a fan of this sort of thing and so will not review
but trust in you, my faithful download monkeys who like this sort
of genre to make your own mind up.

Free download from band - Here


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Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children of the Knight - Going Home (2012)

Time to fucking rock! Trippy Wicked continue their path of
hard hitting stoner doom with no let up from the last album.

The sounds of Kyuss and Sabbath are evident but this 3 piece
put their own identity onto the resulting fuzzed-out groove.

Big fat tunes rumble along relentlessly and the solid production
really makes everything sound powerful. I have enjoyed the
previous albums but this is the one that should get them the
acclaim that they deserve.

Because they are good guys, here is a pay what you want link
from Bandcamp

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Lightning Bolt - I Found A Ring In My Ear

A treat for all you aural ear abusers!

Lightning Bolt have set a site up and plan to release various
jam sessions that they have got onto tape. These look like
being massive 20 min+ tracks of sheer malice and noise.

Listen to this monster big boy Here

Pay what you want from Bandcamp

Track info:

A 20 minute Jam recorded in the Hillarious Attic, Lair of the Lightning Bolt on 1.31.11. Straight to our trusty Tascam 420 cassette 4 track. No edits, No worries. The track might start a little discombobulated, but it congeals, soars. Swallows itself. Please download for free or send a little cash to help patch the leaks in the boat. thanks

lyrics

The lyrics are beyond us now.

And then the tape just ran out.

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Vagiant - Gospel According To Vagiant

Request from Domino Media.

Some more heaviness from Russia.

Vagiant play a wild mix of hardcore and noise rock using the
template of awkward sounding chords so beloved of Sonic Youth.

Among all the chaotic riffing sit some very melodic chorus refrains
which give a coherent balance to the almost math time signatures.

The frenetic yelping is helped out with the touch of female backing
vocals but at the heart of everything is a healthy dose of distortion
and frenzy. This is good shit - shame it's only an EP because
I would of liked to hear more of this. I highly recommend that you
give this a Listen

Free download from Bandcamp

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Cultura Tres - El Mal del Bien

Some heavy sounds from Venezuela.

Cultura Tres tread the murky path of doom, heavy psych, raw
stoner with a touch of sludge riffery. Big, slow and powerful,
the band create some almost post-metal atmospherics to devastating
effect.

The tracks are brooding and raw sounding, I like this a lot and
so should you - Listen

Free download from Bandcamp

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I See Dead People

I See Dead People is a blog that removes the dead people from
album covers. Funny and sad at the same time, whatever your
reaction, you have to admire the top quality photoshop work.

I have tried something like this before but never with such superior
results as this.

Take a look.

mnttaB - Rocky 4,2 and 3 (2012)

Band request from Melbourne, Australia.

Here is their press release:

You cant dance to this (well you can can try , but you'd probably end up hurting yourself) , it aint never gonna be cool, the "kids" wont like it and it will just look stupid painted on your jacket. 

On the plus-side mnttaB's sound is a stomping noise-pop, synth-punk head-fuck packed with distorted beats, primal hooks and LOADS of shouting: Its great, you will love it...etc etc

Lining up shows in Euro/US this summer. So Look Out.

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released 09 April 2012
"I'm nobodies sidekick, dont have to pretend, I wont suffer your mood swings : I will not accept my own weakness.
Cos Im bigger than Elvis, Arnie, Dolph Lungren , Steve Seagal.
Believe me - I'm Rocky 4, 2 and 3.
See I'm big in Spain, Italy and Japan: I'm bigger than Beckham and Jesus AND Bono.
Fuck yeah : I'm Rocky"

mnttaB incorporate spastic rhythms, distorted samples and plenty of

shouty vocals laid over beats to great effect. Short and to the point,

this is as much noisy fun that can be had without a guitar.

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