Deftones - Adrenaline (1995)

The album cover always kept me guessing as to what it was until I got the internet at some point in the late 90's and finally looked it up; a baby aspirator. Rather anticlimactic but the music this album presented has not stopped playing in over 10 years. I remember taking the DC metro in 1997 to see them play with Glassjaw at the Capital Ballroom (now known as Nation) to support their "Around The Fur" album. This album is still considered nu-metal by many, alternative rock, alternative metal-- whatever that means. It's got a sweet sweep-up of rock, metal, melody, aggression, screamed and sung vocals. The piccolo snare used by Abe Cunningham wasn't something I was used to hearing and bugged me for a long while but became a standout feature of the band. The ballads at the end of the record were some of the first I actually liked, and are still to me very beautifully written songs. This sound is lost forever as I lost interest in this band after "White Pony," and no other band could duplicate them (and many, many, many have tried because of how simple most of the Deftones' songs were). Most people might say "Around The Fur" is hands-down their best effort, but I have an attachment to this album above the three I like. I got this as a Christmas present from my aunt Joan during 6th grade, around when she also bought me the live Nirvana album, "From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah." I still have and listen to the Deftones CD.

Artist: Deftones
Album: Adrenaline
Year: 1995
Genre: Rock, metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Bored - 4:05
2. Minus Blindfold - 4:04
3. One Weak - 4:28
4. Nosebleed - 4:25
5. Lifter - 4:42
6. Root - 3:40
7. 7 Words - 3:43
8. Birthmark - 4:18
9. Engine No. 9 - 3:25
10. Fireal - 6:34
11. Fist - 3:35

107 MB

"Root"



"Bored"



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All Out War - For Those Who Were Crucified (2001)

This is another trip down memory lane; Victory Records' hardcore band All Out War was heavy, pissed-off and had a twinge of Slayer to their songs, which, as a high schooler who just discovered Slayer, was one of the coolest combination at the time. I didn't know it at the time, but the cover tunes that come on after "Apocalyptic Terror" are Corrosion Of Conformity's "Mad World" and Cro-Mags' "Life Of My Own," both of which are songs I listen to regularly now. Have a listen to some of the hardcore from some of the better-known 90's hardcore bands who put out a few records before I forgot all about them. If I can acquire it, I will upload their debut, "Truth In The Age Of Lies," which was released in 1997.

Artist: All Out War
Album: For Those Who Were Crucified
Year: 1998
Genre: Hardcore
Quality: 192kbps

1. Soaked In Torment - 3:25
2. Burning Season - 1:55
3. For Those Who Were Crucified - 2:58
4. Resist - 3:23
5. Claim Your Innocence - 3:28
6. False Salvation - 3:47
7. Redemption For The Innocent - 3:49
8. Witness The End - 2:32
9. Into The Flames Of Progression - 4:03
10. After Autumn - 3:44
11. Enemies Of Creation - 3:29
12. Truth In The Age Of Lies - 3:07
13. Apocalyptic Terror - 9:16

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"Soaked In Torment"



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Man Or Astro-man? - What Remains Inside A Black Hole (1997)

This album contains one of my favorite covers of The Bel-Airs tune "Squad Car," which is a classic song covered by many, many surf rock bands. If surf music for the most part bores you and you want something with a little more kick, a little more grime and dirt-- this band should do the trick. It's got the great basslines and echoing guitar you'd expect and hopefully want from surf rock music, but it has that spit-shine of sleaze, the way Motörhead adds to rock and metal.

Artist: Man Or Astro-man?
Album: What Remains Inside A Black Hole
Year: 1997
Genre: Surf rock, dirty
Quality: 320 kbps (very high)

1. The Universe's Only Intergalactic... - 1:55
2. The Quatermass Phenomenon - 2:58
3. Eris Estrotica (Live In Space) - 3:28
4. War Of The Satellites - 2:09
5. Rovers - 2:13
6. 24 Hours - 2:22
7. Squad Car (Live In Space) (The Bel-Airs) - 2:07
8. Surf Terror - 2:57
9. Transmissions From Venus - 2:40
10. Revers 1000 - 2:10
11. Caffeine Trip - 2:54
12. Polaris - 3:25
13. Adios Johnny Bravo - 3:38
14. The Vortex Beyond - 2:25
15. Within A Martian Heart - 1:48

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"Squad Car"





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Torn Apart - Ten Songs For Bleeding Hearts (1999)

This isn't a very good hardcore album; in fact by today's standards, it might almost fit in. However, it came over 10 years ago, and at the time, I loved it! Torn Apart was a hardcore band from Baltimore, Maryland that existed from about 1994 to 2001. This was out before it could be labeled metalcore and was nice and pissed off for anyone who was able to find them. At times, sounding like Coalesce, Turmoil-- they played alongside bands at the time like Adamantium, Disembodied, Endeavor, XDiscipleX A.D., Indecision (getting nostalgic yet? Or too young to remember?), and blew minds in the late 90's at many hardcore festivals up and down the east coast. Right when they began to blow up though it seemed they disappeared, and only recently did I see that they had officially disbanded by 2001. Their other releases are nearly impossible to find, so if anyone actually likes this, I can continue searching. This was more a nostalgia trip and a request fulfillment for my brother than anything else. Also, the Guns 'N' Roses cover is absolutely garbage. Not even funny, it's bad.

Artist: Torn Apart
Album: Ten Songs For Bleeding Hearts
Year: 1999
Genre: Hardcore
Quality: 320 kbps (very high)

1. She's Going Home - 2:36
2. Hearts And Cross Bones - 3:12
3. Rotting From Inside - 2:14
4. Hardluck - 5:14
5. Evil Eye - 2:27
6. Built To Break - 2:32
7. Snakes - 2:33
8. Rock And Roll Killed My Job - 2:06
9. It's So Easy (Guns 'N' Roses) - 2:49
10. Every Girl Has A Boyfriend; Is Yours In Torn Apart? - 6:15

64.3 MB

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G.A.T.E.S. - Total Death (2005)

"Total Death" is a compilation of G.A.T.E.S' material from an early demo that was released in 2003 and the rest being songs from a split with another band called Metal Skull. This Japanese four-piece puts out filthy sounding Motörhead-meets-Entombed with some Death Breath in the mix too. This side project featuring members of Japan's most notable stoner metal band Church Of Misery is far more in tune what I like; it's fast-paced, heavy, evil but groovy with a slight upbeat to the overall feel. Extremely catchy, sleazy and memorable stuff. If you think this reminds you of Motörhead, well, there's even a Motörhead cover to top it off. I actually like this a lot more than Motörhead, though.

1. G.A.T.E.S. - 4:32
2. Sacrifice - 4:46
3. Demon Crusade - 2:37
4. Night Howl - 3:59
5. Filth - 3:22
6. Long Live The Evil - 3:38
7. Overkill (Motörhead) - 4:25

36.7MB

"Sacrifice"



"Long Live The Evil"



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Battlemaster - Spells, Boots, & Portals (2010)

This quick and most recent offering from Battlemaster is a faster, heavier fondling session and the foreplay before the penetration that is the full-length album that will come. Soon. A crowd hit, "Cursed Boots Of Perpetual Dancing," will have you kicking up dirt like a pit bull and ready to crash into the next JNCO gorilla with long hair over and over. It has a rumbling guitar that goes into a frenzied tornado of black thrash and rolling drums to keep you dancing for four straight minutes, if you can stop there. "Total Aboleth Funeral" has you envisioning an ocean of dead squid-like beasts laid out to be cast into the wind, and "Portal Escape" keeps the speed at the tops while those dancing boots follow you closely. It's short, sweet, and probably the best thing you'll hear for a long while.

Artist: Battlemaster
Album: Spells, Boots, & Portals
Year: 2010
Genre: Blackened thrash metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Death Is A Warm Cube - 3:21
2. Total Aboleth Funeral - 2:49
3. Cursed Boots Of Perpetual Dancing - 3:53
4. Disgusting Spell - 4:39
5. Portal Escape - 4:20

45.1 MB


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Battlemaster - Warthirsting & Winterbound (2007)

Richmond, Virginia has become a hotbed of shining gold heavy metal in the last few years with bands like Inter Arma, Bastard Sapling, Cannabis Corpse and Battlemaster. The years-anticipated full-length this band put out lived up to everyone's expectations and blew them away quite easily; it's got speed, it's got heavy, it's got funny (if you pay attention to the lyrics, vocals or both there's great payoff), the drumming is out of this world and you'll feel like you're hearing Enslaved, Withered, Immortal and Deströyer 666 trying to come up with a supergroup formula but Battlemaster's already got what you want the way you want it. One of the best metal releases of 2007, Richmond metal history; it is the record this band needed to get out there. Get this, buy it if you can, and for the real experience, of course: see them live.

Artist: Battlemaster
Album: Warthirsting & Winterbound
Year: 2007
Genre: Blackened thrash metal
Quality: 320kbps (very high)

1. Sorcerous Villainy - 3:37
2. Intelligencer
3. This Mead Is Making Me Warlike - 3:06
4. Power Word: Kill - 3:15
5. By Beard And Throne - 4:50
6. Undermoutain - 4:14
7. Dungeoncrawl - 3:46
8. The Mindflayer's Addiction - 2:53
9. Lessons In Deathmagick - 3:36
10. Masters Of Battle, Masters Of Death - 11:17

102 MB

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"By Beard And Throne" live at Rumors Boutique on January 6, 2008



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