This was sold by the band on the road while doing their winter tour with Locusta from Ohio in early 2010. The first two tracks are also featured on a split with Inter Arma. Battlemaster's got a new full-length coming out later this year, so stock up on the old tunes since it won't ever sound like them again!
Artist: Battlemaster
Album: 2010 Winter Tour Demo
Year: 2010
Genre: "Blackened death metal"
Quality: 320 kbps (Very high)
1. Death Is A Warm Cube
2. Total Aboleth Funeral
3. Cursed Boots Of Perpetual Dancing
4. Disgusting Spell
5. Portal Escape
1. Capitals Of Man - 3:10 2. A Fiery Gift - 1:54 3. Ballet De La Mort - 2:58 4. Prescription Subserviance - 2:52 5. Tragedy Of Words - 1:49 6. Shadows Of The Enemy - 4:25
Macabre's new EP, a slight change from 2003's "Murder Metal" but the Macabre we all know is back. They do a Venom cover, which personally is the low point of this release for me, but it's still a decent cover. I've just already listened to the original and Sigh cover of this particular song to death. "The Big Bad Wolf" is great, and if this is the tone of the next release (due out later in the year, which can only mean very soon) then I think we're all in for a treat.
Artist: Macabre Album: Human Monsters Year: 2010 Genre: Murder metal, thrash, death metal Quality: VBR (high)
1. Dracula - 5:12 2. The Big Bad Wolf - 4:07 3. Countess Bathory (Venom cover) - 3:30 4. The Bloody Benders - 2:53
There is never enough praise for this band. It's hard to determine if they are underrated, under-appreciated, or just simply not understood by the general public as far as metal, black metal, or even rock go. They went from the fast, intense, frosted-over evil that is, well, "Frost" in 1994, through more electronic, drone-y sounding heaviness with "Monumension" (2001) and into the official progressive realm without a single filler track on "Ruun" (2006). They achieved a certain kind of guitar tone perfection that I got to witness live at Jaxx in 2007 and have yet to hear a show with sound as crisp and goosebump-inducing and I've been lucky enough to see quite a few incredible acts in the last 15 years. Also, those who know, Jaxx isn't known for being particularly decent as far as sound goes, or much else. Anyway, to the subject at hand; Axioma Ethica Odini has somehow managed to once again be an Enslaved album with no filler. The opener kicks right off with a rock beat and familiar snarling vocals, and the chorus is upbeat with great, trained clean singing vocals. This has become pretty standard with Enslaved, but is incredibly hard to swallow with most any band in the same genre. These guys have perfected it and don't seem to be changing the formula just yet, which is fine. If you enjoyed "Ruun," "Isa" and "Vertebrae," this should be right up your alley. There's enough classic sounding Enslaved to appease (some) purists, but really, in other parts of the world these guys are hailed and making it onto radio and TV. Great for those who aren't looking for Immortal or Emperor styled black metal, but enough to feel bad ass while taking in some real melody too. I ripped this from my own copy of the CD that I got in the mail to ensure it's of the highest quality!
Artist: Enslaved Album: Axioma Ethica Odini Year: 2010 Genre: Progressive black metal Quality: 320 kbps (very high)
Yeah yeah I've neglected this due to life and forgetting about this, but it's coming back, full force, new music being uploaded so you don't have to worry about it. In the meantime, my friend, confidant, son of a bitch, whiskey smoker, one-man steam engine of hate, drummer for Battlemaster, singer for Neckbrace, drummer for La Mere Vipere and star of a music video by them, he is also PARTYMAN. His response to everything that ever was. He's uploaded every Partyman recording he's able to salvage mostly for my own entertainment but I want to jam it down your throats, too. Great music for work, while you play video games, sex your wives or boyfriends in bands who are having sex with other girls, or boys, while you watch X-Files, look up porn, eat crackers, sky dive, poop, etc. Please, visit the Hellacous Party Blog and view the hilarious album covers he makes for each release, along with incredible commentary and of course, the tracks themselves. Slices of genius from a pie of bombastic turd sprinkle pizza.
Are they metal? Are they alternative rock? Are they "nu metal?" Are they really that good, or are they a guilty pleasure? Depending on how old you are, when you got into them and whether you listen to only their first two or three records or their last three, the answers are all different. Personally, my love of the Deftones stopped after White Pony, but Adrenaline and Around The Fur still get regular rotation over a decade later. Twisted thought, isn't it? They formed in 1988 and I remember finding out about them through The Crow: City Of Angels soundtrack, which featured my favorite song by them, "Teething," which hasn't appeared on any full-length albums by the band. Their first two records were definitely angrier, heavier, sloppy and raw sounding, which is exactly what I and many others wanted! If you used to spend hours in your room or older friend's car banging your head to "My Own Summer" and "Headup" while getting Slurpee stains in your JNCOs and your product-coated bangs in your mouth, or your shotgun-blast haircut caught in the car door, come back and enjoy this, it has aged well, I promise. Moving on from this tangent, this album is cleaned up compared to Adrenaline, and features more melodic areas while also getting heavier where it needs to. Chino's vocals are crisper and instead of gurgling, spitting or panting awkwardly like he did in a few places on their debut, he utilizes his mutters, whispers, screams and wails in a much stronger fashion. The drums are louder and not so Piccolo snare 'pop-pop' sounding, and have a fuller crunch that it needed for the fuller guitar sound that came too. Terry Date produced both albums, and the obvious similarities are all there, but there is enough of a difference to hear a little maturity and effort overall. "Headup" features Max Cavalera of Sepultura, or better known these days for (ugh) Soulfly or The Cavalera Conspiracy, and is where the basis for Soulfly came from. So thank the song for the audio atrocities that followed in 1998.
Artist: Deftones Album: Around The Fur Year: 1997 Genre: Rock, alternative rock, metal Quality: 320kbps
1. My Own Summer (Shove It) - 3:35 2. Lhabia - 4:11 3. Mascara - 3:45 4. Around The Fur - 3:31 5. Rickets - 2:42 6. Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) - 5:08 7. Lotion - 3:57 8. Dai The Flu - 4:36 9. Headup feat. Max Cavalera - 5:12 10. MX - 37:18
Mad Marge & The Stonecutters are a high-energy rock 'n' roll band that uses lots of rockabilly or psychobilly influences, and can get quite metallic at times too. The strong female vocals are easy to find yourself singing along to and some of the songs have little familiar catches and hooks in the basslines you might recognize from classic rock tunes, maybe even some surf-y ones. This is not up a lot of people's alleys, but it's a relatively short album with fast pacing and if you like anything you can dance fast to, here you go. For fans of Germany's Mad Sin, HorrorPops, The Creepshow, Koffin Kats and Nekromantix.
Artist: Mad Marge & The Stonecutters Album: Mad Marge & The Stonecutters Year: 2005 Genre: Psychobilly, punk, rock Quality: 192kbps (high)
1. Monsters - 3:23 2. Shake - 3:42 3. Watching You- 2:48 4. Shallow Grave - 3:16 5. Troublemaker - 3:26 6. Strangers - 3:17 7. Gravest Sin - 3:11 8. Man Without A Face - 2:23 9. Ode To The Devil - 4:42 10. Katie's Ghost - 5:07
