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MISCELLANY NO. 61: BLACK FAST, INDIAN BLANKET, THE LION’S DAUGHTER
A reminder about the rules of MISCELLANY: These are the only posts on this site that feature music which hasn’t been filtered in advance by me or any of the other writers. I randomly pick bands whose...
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SEEN AND HEARD: PYLAR, SKYDANCER, IMPENDING DOOM, AND ANTERO SLEEPS
Here’s a round-up of music I discovered today in periodic forays through the interhole and a quick glimpse at the flooded NCS e-mail inbox. Stylistically, the music is all over the place, and it’s...
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SHADES OF BLACK (A HALLOWEEN EDITION): BLACK ALTAR, NECROPHAGIA, OLD SKIN,...
We’ve already delivered quite a flood of posts today, at least measured by our modest standards, but since tonight is the most metal holiday of the year, I couldn’t end our posting day without a...
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AN NCS DISCOGRAPHY DOWNLOAD: PREY FOR NOTHING
(TheMadIsraeli brings you an overview of an Israeli band named Prey For Nothing and free downloads of their two albums.) Prey for Nothing are currently the best melodic death metal band in recent...
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FREE SHIT: THE SINISTER PATH UNSIGNED METAL BAND COMPILATION VOL. 1
Thanks to a Facebook post by our friend Vonlughlio, I learned about a new compilation made available on Bandcamp today by Australia’s Sinister Path Promotions. It’s quite a hefty offering — 45 tracks...
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MISCELLANY NO. 62: OBSCURE SPHINX, YITH, TRUE, LIZZARD WIZZARD
I want to thank all of the guest writers who have sent in such excellent posts for publication during my vacation. I’ve got five days left before returning to earth with a thud, and some really...
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BANDCAMP FOR THE BROKE: A ROUND-UP OF FREE MUSIC
(You can’t say we don’t take care of our broke-ass readers. DGR brings you word of some free Bandcamp releases that are worth your time.) We’re broke, we’re all broke. We were broke before the holiday...
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BANDCAMP FOR THE BROKE: BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTER “A”
(In this post DGR follows up on another of his recent posts with one more collection of recommended new Bandcamp releases that are “pay what you want”.) THE ANTIOCH SYNOPSIS The Antioch Synopsis have...
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SEEN AND HEARD: NOCTURNAL, EGO DEPTHS, FATES WARNING, UNIVERSE217
Collected in this post are a handful of new songs (and three new videos) that I heard and saw last night. There’s a little bit of everything in here, culled from a lot of other things I found in my...
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YEAR-END INTERLUDE
ah yes . . . it’s that special time of year As this week draws to a close, I thought I would let you know what we have planned for you in the 11 days left in 2013, and then toss some free music your...
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FREE SHIT: SINISTER PATH DELIVERS THE SECOND “UNSIGNED/INDEPENDENT METAL BAND...
Not even two months ago, thanks to a Facebook post by our friend Vonlughlio, I learned about a new free compilation made available on Bandcamp by Australia-based Sinister Path Promotions – and yet...
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MERRY AND BRIGHT
I have my own opinions about Christmas and the whole holiday season surrounding it, the kind of opinions that used to provoke an annual rant on this site (such as this one, which still receives new...
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FREE SHIT: A DISCHARGE COVERS ALBUM BROUGHT TO YOU BY CVLT NATION
I know for many of you Discharge require no introduction. For others, allow me to provide this synopsis from The Font of All Human Knowledge: Discharge are a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977...
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FREE SHIT: WEAPONS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION, VOL 2
Well, for reasons previously explained, I thought we would only manage two posts for today, but this news item is quick to describe and easy to recommend: The French label Kaotoxin Records has just...
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SEEN AND HEARD: FREE SHIT FROM CVLT NATION AND A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY AGAINST...
I’m still away from home doing job-related stuff that has left almost no time for searching out new metal, listening to music, or blogging. I will be going home tomorrow, with hopes that NCS life...
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DOOM, DOOM, DOOM, DEPRESSION AND BEING DOOMED
(In this post DGR takes us on a globe-hopping tour of recent releases that fall within the varied realms of doom.) It’s hard to believe that it is already March. Of course, I say that every year...
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MISCELLANY NO. 65: NIHILO, VALLEY OF HINNOM, EXISTENTIUM
MISCELLANY is probably the most irregular of the regular features at NCS. Though I’ve found that it’s a good way to discover new music, I often let weeks or months go by before revisiting the series....
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SEEN AND HEARD: INCANTATION, DEMONIC RESURRECTION, MOONSORROW, INSOMNIUM,...
Your humble editor has fallen down on the job. Due to a variety of personal and work-related interferences I haven’t been as diligent as I would like in spotting and writing about new developments in...
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FREE SHIT: “ORIENTAL FLAVORS — MIDDLE EASTERN MAYHEM VOL. 1″
For those who may be unaware of Misantrof ANTIRecords, it’s a nonprofit organization headed by Daniel Vrangsinn of Carpathian Forest that among other things distributes music for free download,...
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FREE SHIT: HELLS HEADBANGERS COMPILATION, VOL. 7
In our continuing efforts to make you aware of high-quality free metal, we bring you new free shit from the dependable Hells Headbangers label. Today, the label made available on Bandcamp a free...
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