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FREE SHIT: A KLONOSPHERE SAMPLER — AND A NEW LOUDBLAST SONG
Thanks to a tip from KevinP, I learned this morning that the French label Klonosphere has recently released a free sampler of music from 18 different bands. I’m an enthusiastic fan of many of the...
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GO WORSHIP “THE WORSHIP” BY TORTURE DIVISION
Fuckin’ Torture Division have just released a new, free, three-song demo — The Worship — and it fuckin’ destroys, as pure Grade A undiluted death metal should. For those who somehow remain ignorant...
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LOW: GERYON AND HOLLOW LEG
Sometimes the hands of blind coincidence shuffle the cards of life and deal you a flush. And so they did for me last night. In addition to other blog-related activities, I had time to listen to four...
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OF WOLVES: “EVOLVE”
The first time I listened to Evolve by Chicago’s Of Wolves I had more “what the fuck?” moments than I’ve experienced with any other album this year. I listened to it as the band wants it to be heard —...
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KYLESA: THE VIOLITIONIST SESSIONS
We’ve mentioned The Violitionist Sessions twice before, but you may have forgotten. In the words of the site’s proprietors: “The Violitionist Sessions are 3 questions and 3 songs with bands from...
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FREE SHIT: A SUMMER SAMPLER FROM PROSTHETIC
Here’s a nice piece of news that I missed when it happened a few days ago: Prosthetic Records has created a free summer sampler that includes 13 songs from 13 new and forthcoming albums by members of...
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FREE SHIT: DOOM NATION
I know a lot of NCS readers have got a taste for doom. I’ve developed quite a strong taste for it, too, and my mouth juices started filling up my gob when I saw this piece of news: Our blog brethren...
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P.O.O.R.’S “EXTINCTION OF TRUST”: AN OVERDUE REVIEW AND A FREEBIE ALERT
I’ve written about California’s P.O.O.R. (Point of Our Resistance) before, but not as much as they deserve. Their debut album Extinction of Trust, released earlier this year, is a goddamn pulverizing...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: CRYPT SERMON —“DEMO MMXIII”
Crypt Sermon are the second doom-oriented band with a new debut release named Demo MMXIII that I’m reviewing today (the first was by Temple of Void). This is a new project, and I know only a small...
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SEEN AND HEARD: CRIMINAL ELEMENT, WOLVSERPENT, A.M.S.G., MURDER MADE GOD, AND...
This is a round-up of carefully selected items I saw and heard yesterday while prowling through the filthy chambers of the interhole. As usual, I’ve made an effort to include a variety of metal, so...
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FREE SHIT: AN APATHIA RECORDS COMPENDIUM
Apathia Records is an independent French record label founded in 2009. They say they have only one rule: “We sign what we like.” The truth of this statement is demonstrated by a digital compilation...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: SAKTMÓÐIGUR –“DEMETRA ER DÁIN”
Word of mouth is still a good way to find new music, especially when the word comes from Iceland’s Sólstafir. They wrote something in Icelandic on their Facebook wall a few days ago about a band named...
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FREE SHIT: DEATH HAMMER VOL I
We do like to keep our eyes open for free shit worth recommending to you, and here’s one that comes highly recommended. It’s a “mixtape” of death metal compiled by CVLT Nation — 25 songs by 25 bands,...
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REMNANTS OF 2012: LATE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
(NCS contributor Austin Weber looks back again at 2012 albums he first discovered in 2013, putting the spotlight on three U.S. bands – Systems, Epistasis, and Singularity.) I know I already did one of...
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MISCELLANY NO. 56: HOUSE OF ATREUS, ZUD, SLOTHS, AND CONTROL HUMAN DELETE
Many of you already know how this unfortunately infrequent MISCELLANY game works, but for everyone else, here’s what it’s about: I randomly pick bands whose music I’ve never heard (usually bands whose...
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THE SYNN REPORT, PART 40: IN ELEMENT
(In this milestone 40th edition of THE SYNN REPORT, Andy Synn reviews the discography of Argentina’s In Element.) Recommended for fans of: Darkane, Mnemic, After The Burial It seems we’ve reached...
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FREE SHIT: A RELAPSE FALL SAMPLER
Relapse Records has released a free fall 2013 sampler that includes 26 songs by 26 bands from the Relapse roster, including an exclusive new track by Toxic Holocaust. It’s an extremely diverse range...
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SEEN AND HEARD: ARTILLERY, THE OCEAN, “AUTUMN ANNIHILATION”
Here’s a collection of recent items that seemed worth sharing with our esteemed readers, as well as you. ARTILLERY I know we have thrash heads in the audience, and for you we present as a public...
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ROUND-UP: INQUISITION, SKINFATHER, BLIND TO FAITH, GODLESS ANGEL, AND...
Herein, a collection of recommended music I discovered over the last 24 hours. INQUISITION Last night brought the premiere on three European sites of the title track from Inquisition’s forthcoming...
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SHORT BUT SWEET: SEELENMORD —“…AND WE WILL FIND ONLY SOLITUDE, PART 1″
(Andy Synn reviews the debut EP by Seelenmord, which is now available for free download on Bandcamp.) It’s important to start off your week right. Most of us are heading back to work, and the Monday...
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