Nasum - Shift (2004)

Nasum's official 'grind finale' before releasing a 'best of' collection under that title, Shift contains some of this band's finest moments ever. From the explosive opener "Particles" and the menacing closer "Darkness Falls," this is not the average stop-and-start grindcore fare. Countless sites and magazines have reviewed this band and this album in particular with tons of praise for different reasons, and you can hear for yourself why this is considering such an important metal record regardless of how recent it is or what genre it is slipped into. Grind is not just Brutal Truth, Bathtub Shitter or Anal Cunt! They also released one of their only official music videos ever through this record for the song "Wrath," which is different for a Nasum song but no less pissed or heavy. R.I.P. Mieszko Talarczyk.

Artist: Nasum
Album: Shift
Year: 2004
Genre: Grindcore, death metal, thrash
Quality: 320kbps (Very high)

1. Particles - 1:15
2. The Engine Of Death - 1:46
3. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Scar - 1:46
4. No Paradise For The Damned - 0:32
5. Wrath - 2:14
6. Fear Is Your Weapon - 0:43
7. The Deepest Hole - 1:47
8. High On Hate - 0:40
9. Pathetic - 1:22
10. Circle Of Defeat - 1:10
11. Like Cattle - 1:36
12. Ros (Rose) - 1:25
13. The Smallest Man - 2:07
14. Cornered - 0:35
15. Strife - 1:40
16. The Clash - 1:30
17. Hets (Agitation) - 1:26
18. Closer To The End - 1:49
19. Fury - 2:36
20. Fight Terror With Terror - 2:26
21. Ett Inflammerat Sår (An Inflamed Wound) - 0:58
22. Deleted Scenes - 2:34
23. Creature - 1:21
24. Darkness Falls - 2:01

69.5MB

"Fury"



"Wrath" (official video)



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Macabre - Murder Metal (2003)

Macabre's most recent release, now six years old, is just as entertaining as when it first dropped. Though they pretty much only play shows around the Chicago area, we can always look forward to them (one day, someday) playing at a festival outside of Illinois. High production value like "Dahmer," an even louder, sharper and violent sound than before, and even more humor, this is it. "Jack The Ripper" is a song comprised completely of a letter said killer sent to the London police. "The Wüstenfeld Man Eater" is about Armin Meiwes, the German cannibal who put a want ad in the newspaper looking for a young man to be eaten, also the subject of a song by Rammstein called "Mein Teil." "The Iceman" is about hired hitman Richard Kuklinski, a Polish guy who couldn't be made by the mob so he was just contracted instead. My favorites off this are "The Hillside Strangers," "The Iceman," "The Wüstenfeld Man Eater" and "Morbid Minister."

Artist: Macabre
Album: Murder Metal
Year: 2003
Genre: Death metal, thrash metal, "murder metal"
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Acid Bath Vampire (John George Haigh) - 3:43
2. You're Dying To Be With Me (Dennis Nilsen) - 2:44
3. Fatal Foot Fetish (Jerry Brudos) - 2:08
4. The Hillside Stranglers (Angelo Buono, Jr. & Kenneth Bianchi) - 1:39
5. Dorthea's Dead Folks Home (Dorthea Puente) - 1:10
6. The Iceman (Richard Kuklinski) - 2:45
7. Poison (Graham Frederick Young) - 1:52
8. Werewolf Of Bedburg (Peter Stumpp) - 4:29
9. Morbid Minister (Gary M. Heidnik) - 1:28
10. The Wüstenfeld Man Eater (Armin Meiwes) - 3:10
11. Diary Of Torture (Robert Berdella) - 2:15
12. Jack The Ripper (Jack The Ripper) - 4:08
13. Fritz Haarmann Der Metzger (Fritz Haarmann) - 12:50

103 MB

"The Iceman"



"The Hillside Strangers" (ignore the over-seriousness of this 'slideshow')

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Macabre - Dahmer (2000)

A musical biography of the life of Jeffrey Dahmer. Interesting, funny, morbid, and really good! For those who can appreciate a darkened laugh. Reading up on Dahmer a little can help while listening to this too, as some of the lesser-known references might register faster. Regardless, even if you have no interest in serial killers, Macabre is incredible and the "Sinister Slaughter" and "Murder Metal" albums will be uploaded soon too.

Artist: Macabre
Album: Dahmer
Year: 2000
Genre: Death metal, "murder metal," thrash
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Dog Guts - 3:15
2. Hitchhiker - 3:30
3. In The Army Now - 1:28
4. Grandmother's House - 2:24
5. Bloodbank - 2:18
6. Exposure - 2:16
7. Ambassador Hotel - 3:53
8. How 'Bout Some Coffee? - 1:58
9. Bath House - 1:53
10. Jeffrey Dahmer And The Chocolate Factory - 1:01
11. Apartment #213 - 2:38
12. Drill Bit Lobotomy - 1:39
13. Jeffrey Dahmer Blues - 2:28
14. McDahmers - 1:31
15. Into The Toilet With You - 1:43
16. Coming To Chicago - 1:36
17. Scrub A Dub Dub - 3:23
18. Konerak - 1:51
19. Media Circus - 0:22
20. Temple Of Bones - 1:40
21. Trial - 2:04
22. Do The Dahmer - 1:35
23. Baptized - 1:31
24. Christopher Scarver - 2:23
25. Dahmer's Dead - 0:33
26. The Brain - 1:19

119 MB

"Scrub A Dub Dub"



"Coming To Chicago"



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Misery Index - Traitors (2008)

Baltimore, Maryland's pride, born from being former members of Dying Fetus, another local outfit playing similar tunes. Over the years Misery Index has gotten more experimental but have stuck to their typical formula for the most part, which is in no way bad. If anything they are faster, tighter and more brutal than ever. The production values have definitely risen and so have their abilities.

Artist: Misery Index
Album: Traitors
Year: 2008
Genre: Death metal, speed metal
Quality: Variable (very high)

1. We Never Come In Peace - 1:59
2. Theocracy - 4:31
3. Partisans Of Grief - 3:36
4. Traitors - 2:23
5. Ghosts Of Catalonia - 5:00
6. Occupation - 4:43
7. Ruling Class Canceled - 2:07
8. The Arbiter - 2:02
9. American Idolatry - 2:19
10. Thrown Into The Sun - 3:58
11. Black Sites - 4:44

64.1 MB

"We Never Come In Peace"



"Traitors"



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Nasum - Doombringer (Live) (2008)

Sweden's Nasum recorded this album in Osaka, Japan on January 9, 2004 at Club Quattro and is the final nail in the coffin (hopefully) for the Nasum legacy. I have become rather bored of live albums over time but this is beautiful; Nasum, in about 25 minutes running time, are able to keep it intense sounding enough to keep your interest all the way through and accomplish what some bands take almost an hour and a half doing, or multiple albums even. The sound is crisp, Mieszko sounds pissed the way we like it and the band keeps it tight, and it makes you feel jealous that many of us here in the United States never got to see this in person as we intended following the success of "Shift."

Artist: Nasum
Album: Doombringer (Live)
Year: 2008
Genre: Really fast grindcore / metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

49.97 MB

1. Corrosion - 02:09
2. Doombringer - 01:57
3. Just Another Hog - 02:00
4. Inhale / Exhale - 01:35
5. Scoop - 02:20
6. Bullshit - 00:44
7. Relics - 02:28
8. Löpandebandsprincipen - 00:39
9. I Hate People - 01:27
10. Masshypnosis - 00:46
11. A Welcome Breeze Of Stinking Air - 01:35
12. Fatal Search - 00:36
13. This Is... - 00:26
14. The Masked Face - 02:02
15. The Idiot Parade - 01:22
16. Den Svarta Fanan - 01:16

"Inhale / Exhale (Live)"



Though not from this album, I couldn't find any other live tracks particularly from it... so here is a song that is featured on the album:




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Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993)

One of the greatest albums of the 90's, "The Philosopher" is probably one of if not the most well-known Death songs ever, with a music video and even a spot on "Beavis & Butt-head." More technical, experimental and sometimes jazzy compared to their earlier records; don't take that as a softening sound.

Artist: Death
Album: Individual Thought Patterns
Year: 1993
Genre: Death metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

93.3 MB

1. Overactive Imagination – 3:28
2. In Human Form – 3:55
3. Jealousy – 3:39
4. Trapped In A Corner – 4:11
5. Nothing Is Everything – 3:16
6. Mentally Blind – 4:45
7. Individual Thought Patterns – 4:00
8. Destiny – 4:04
9. Out Of Touch – 4:19
10. The Philosopher – 4:10

"The Philosopher"



"Destiny"



Beavis & Butt-head's feature on "The Philosopher"



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Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious (1991)

From Wikipedia: It could be described as a concept album, as many of the tracks describe economical ways to dispose of dead bodies ("Pedigree Butchery", for example, proposes that dead humans be turned into pet food, "Carneous Cacoffiny" proposes to use human body parts as musical instruments and in "Inpropagation" human remains are used as fertilizer).

If you were young and read the lyrics, they just sounded confusing and foreign and "too smart," but as a much older person now... it's about the same. The musical direction is changed from their pretty straightforward grind sound to a more uniform death metal with some memorable guitar solos and the familiar grind sound still there. Incredible even after multiple listens in one session!

Michael Amott on guitar went on to form the much celebrated and incredibly dumb Arch Enemy (I'll admit I like their material up to "Burning Bridges"). Amott formed the band with Johan Liiva in 1996 after they disbanded Carnage in 1990, the other members of Carnage went on to make side awesome band Dismember a full on project.

Artist: Carcass
Album: Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious
Year: 1991
Genre: Death metal / grind
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

110.96 MB

1. Inpropagation – 7:07
2. Corporal Jigsore Quandary - 5:48
3. Symposium Of Sickness - 6:56
4. Pedigree Butchery - 5:17
5. Incarnated Solvent Abuse – 5:00
6. Carneous Cacoffiny – 6:43
7. Lavaging Expectorate Of Lysergide Composition – 4:03
8. Forensic Clinicism / The Sanguine Article – 7:11

"Corporal Jigsore Quandary"



"Lavaging Expectorate Of Lysergide Composition"



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Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane (1995)

ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. I only have the original CD with eight tracks so I don't have the reissue tracks from the later releases but am working on purchasing or just downloading them later and putting them up if anyone wants them. This is ripped from my own CD so there is a SLIGHT possibility there will be a pop or skip, if you find one PLEASE let me know so I can upload a clean track as this isn't a hard album to find online.

Dissection is a fun band to read about, mostly due to their goofy former lead singer Jon Nödtveidt, who shot himself in the name of Satan inside a lit circle of candles on August 16, 2006.

Artist: Dissection
Album: Storm Of The Light's Bane
Year: 1995
Genre: Black/death metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

98.48 MB

1. At The Fathomless Depths – 1:56
2. Night's Blood – 6:41
3. Unhallowed – 7:28
4. Where Dead Angels Lie – 5:53
5. Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane – 4:51
6. Thorns Of Crimson Death – 8:06
7. Soulreaper – 6:56
8. No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep – 1:26

"Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane"



"Thorns Of Crimson Death" (ignore the cheesy slideshow)



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Deströyer 666 - Of Wolves, Women And War (2002)

Three-song EP featuring the songs, "Ghost Dance," "Taste The Poison" and "Levens Bloed." Even with only three songs, it is AWESOME.

Artist: Deströyer 666
Album: Of Wolves, Women And War
Year: 2002
Genre: Thrash, blackened thrash
Quality: 192kbps

13.9 MB

1. Ghost Dance - 03:47
2. Taste The Poison - 02:46
3. Levens Bloed - 02:12

I could only find horrible sounding streams of the tunes from this album that won't do it justice... it's only about 14MB so just do it and listen to them as they are.

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Deströyer 666 - Phoenix Rising (2000)

Artist: Deströyer 666
Album: Phoenix Rising
Year: 2000
Genre: Thrash / death / blackened thrash
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

75.96MB

1. Rise Of The Predator - 04:05
2. The Last Revelation - 02:25
3. Phoenix Rising - 03:57
4. I Am The Wargod (Ode To The Battle Slain) - 07:33
5. The Eternal Glory Of War - 05:20
6. Lone Wolf Winter - 06:37
7. Ride The Solar Winds - 04:52
8. The Birth Of Tragedy - 05:19

"The Birth Of Tragedy"



"The Eternal Glory Of War"




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Deströyer 666 - Unchain The Wolves (1997)

Artist: Deströyer 666
Album: Unchain The Wolves
Year: 1997
Genre: Thrash/death metal
Quality: 192kbps (high)

69.28MB

1. Genesis To Genocide - 10:12
2. Australian And Anti-Christ - 04:06
3. Satan's Hammer - 04:14
4. Tyranny - 07:00
5. Six Curses From A Spiritual Wasteland - 05:18
6. Unchain The Wolves - 10:17
7. Damnations Pride - 03:48
8. Onward To Arktoga - 05:06

The title track streamed on youtube:



"Satan's Hammer"



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