Virus - The Black Flux (2008)

Genre: Avant-Garde|Black
Origin: Norway
Formed: 2000
File: 107 MB (VBR)

-Lineup-
Carl-Michael ''Czral'' Eide - guitar|vocals
Einar ''Einz'' Sjursø - drums
Petter ''Plenum'' Berntsen - bass


-Tracklisting-

• 1. Stalkers of the Drift - 4:29
• 2. As Virulent as You Are - 5:55
• 3. Archives - 6:31
  
• 4. The Black Flux - 6:39
• 5. Intermission: Ocean Highway - 3:53
• 6. Inward Bound- 6:49
• 7. Lost Peacocks - 5:47
• 8. Shame Eclipse - 4:12
• 9. Strange Calm - 8:51

Total playing time: I'm bad at math -|-

Some interesting jams here in the form of Virus, an off-shoot of Ved Buens Ende, an otherworldly avant-garde black metal band of sorts with the same tinge to it. Features members, past and present, of Lamented Souls, Dødheimsgård, Ulver, Cadaver and Audiopain...

INOCULATE THOSE IMMUNE SYSTEMS HERE!

Virus@Myspace|Official

Battlefields - Stained With the Blood of an Empire (2007)

Genre: Sludge Metal
Lyrical Themes: Civilizations
Origin: USA
Label: Init
Formed: 2006
Status: Active
File Size 77MB 320Kbps

Tracklisting
1. Tides Upon the Crescent City 07:59
2. Intimations of Antiquity 08:36
3. A Lifeless Polar Desert 09:53
4. The Blood and Time at the End of the World 07:28
Total playing time 33:56

USA sludge metal Ep that will make you rethink what you consider the best in this music genre today- check it out.

Stained With The Blood Of An Empire    
Check em out!!!

Alamaailman Vasarat - Käärmelautakunta (2003)

Genre: Avant-garde/Experimental

Formed: 1997
Origin: Finland
File Size: 82 MB 256 Kbps

-Lineup-

Jarno Sarkula: saxophones, clarinets & special woodwinds
Erno Haukkala: trombone, tuba & piccolo trombone
Miikka Huttunen: pump organ, grand piano & melodica
Tuukka Helminen: cello
Marko Manninen: cello
Teemu Hänninen: drums & percussion

-Tracklisting-
1. Kivitetty Saatana 4:48
2. Vasaraasialainen 5:50
3. Pelko Antaa Siivet 3:59
4. Hamarapuolella 5:15
5. Astiatehdas 3:10
6. Vanha Lapsuudenystävä 6:14
7. Olisimme Uineet Vieläkin Pidemmälle 5:44
8. Lentävä Mato 3:41
9. Jää, Hyvä Mieli 6:00
Total playing time: 44:46

Hey buddy faces! This is my debut post here at 504NOLA and I've decided to throw up some shit i caught Swampchode slam dancing to. I wouldn't have noticed such a thing until he sprained - not one of his cankles - but two! This is a pretty killer Finnish 6-piece that started out in 1997; they have a handful of excellent full-lengths under their belt that I will surely add in time if they are received well. Their name means ''The Hammers of the Underworld'' in English and they play an experimental form of metal, utilizing every instrument typically not associated within the metal genre. Anyway, don't let that fool you because they are known to cause stage-diving and accidents like Swampchode has suffered on account of them (cankle sprains and such). So, don't be a heauxmeaux, and check it out promptly.

SPRAIN THOSE CANKLES HERE!


Alamaailman Vasarat@Official|Myspace

Aarni- Bathos (2004)

Genre(s) Experimental Doom Metal
Lyrical theme(s) Philosophy, Cthulhu mythos, occultism
Origin: Finland
Formed in 1998
Label:Firedoom
Status: Active
File Size 165mb 320kbps

Current line-up
Master Warjomaa (Markus Marjomaa) - Vocals, guitar (Umbra Nihil)

Tracklisting
1. Oneiroskopos 01:31
2. Squaring The Circle 07:50
3. Quinotaurus (Twelve Stars In Sight) 03:48
4. Kivijumala 11:45
5. V.I.T.R.I.O.L. 06:33
6. The Thunder, Perfect Mindfuck 08:32
7. Mental Fugue 06:49
8. Niut Net Meru 09:20
9. Kesäyö 08:59
Total playing time 01:05:08

Accept nothing, assume nothing.
Always question authority - especially your own.
Matter imprisons the spirit to force it into an effort to free itself.
The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark.
Now that I have shed my skin completely,
one true reality alone exists.

Majestic Finnish Mood Musick- check it out

Bathos

Fister - Bronsonic (2011)

Genre: Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal
Lyrical theme(s): Satanism, Drugs, Charles Bronson
Origin: USA
Formed:2009
Label: Pissfork
Status: Active
File Size: 84MB 320Kpbs

Current line-up
Marcus Newstead - Guitar/Vocals
Kenny Snarzyk - Bass/Vocals
Kirk Gatterer - Drums

Tracklisting
1. Bronsonic 06:18
2. Santabbath 05:42
3. Mazda Of Puppets 06:18
4. First 03:22
5. Trainwrecked 11:28
6. Riff Glacier (Demo '09) 07:12
Total playing time 40:18

Holy shit these guys are back! If you had the pleasure to hear " Fisted Sister" in 2009 - you know this will slay some ass. Any band that puts Charles Bronson's image in a Bathory goathead is gonna sledge hammer your balls into pea gravel . This release also features Riff Glacier- you must listen to this. Check it Out

BronMuthaFukkinSonic 

Check em out!!

The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Backyard

#1 Tiny Town" - 1:45
#2 "Beach Song" - 2:00
#3 "Plum Dumb" - 1:56
#4 "Swordfish" - 1:31
#5 "V.F.W. (Veterans of a Fucked up World)" - 1:48
#6 "Rastabilly" - 1:07
#7 "Serrated Edge" - 1:59
#8 "Lucky" - 2:10
#9 "Big Lizard in my Backyard" - 1:59
#10 "Gorilla Girl" - 1:33
#11 "Bitchin’ Camaro" - 3:01
#12 "Filet of Sole" - 1:57
#13 "Spit Sink" - 2:01
#14 "Violent School" - 1:58
#15 "Takin’ Retards to the Zoo" - 0:48
#16 "Junkie" - 0:52
#17 "Right Wing Pigeons" - 2:21
#18 "Dean’s Dream" - 1:49
#19 "Laundromat Song" - 1:47
#20 "Nutrition" - 2:17
#21 "Tugena" - 5:27 (instrumental)

I started listening to these guys again recently, so figured I'd throw some up. They're kind of a joke punk band, but they pull it off really well. It's almost surf-punk sounding. Anyway, good weather for the "GOD FUCKING DAMNIT I FUCKING HATE WINTER" moods us northerners get into right about now.

ENJOY

Damnweevil- It's Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black (2009)

Genre: Doom Metal/Sludge
Origin: USA
Label: Assweevil
File Size: 82MB 320Kbps

Lineup
James: Bass & vocal
Eric: Guitar & Vocal
Jason: Guitar & vocal
Dan: Drums

Tracklisting
1. Human Insult 5:32
2. S.O.L. 4:56
3. Pay In Blood 5:15
4. Young Eaters Of The Dead 4:09
5. Smells Like Victory 4:21
6. Final 6:19
7. Battle At Battle Mountain 6:08
Total playing time 36:00 min

This is the 2nd release of some truly infectious doom sludge from Oakland, California - check it out.

It's Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black

The Unnaturals - Meet The Unnaturals E.P.

2009 - Meet The Unnaturals E.P. 

Genre - Rock/Rockabilly/Surf

Origin - New Orleans, LA

Time -  18:02

File -  41.3MB (320kbps)

Lineup :

Kevin - Guitar
Jenn - Bass
Dano - Drums

Track Listing:

1 - Camino
2 - Dos Caras
3 - Make A Move (Live)
4 - Miedo
5-  Pasties and Tassels (Live)
6 - Rock Hard Nipples

The Unnaturals are an excellent band from New Orleans that bring something different to the table.  SURF music!  They are probably one of the busiest bands in the city too, having played shows with all the locals (Suplecs, Die Rotzz, The Bills, The Pallbearers, Crotch Breaker, etc.) as well as many national touring acts such as  The Goddamn Gallows, Daikaiju, Muhammadali, etc. Jenn also plays bass in the local all female rock band Terranova, and is also the front woman for local punk band The Split()Lips.

Check them out HERE


getyousome

Subvert - Discography (1994?)

Genre - Metal/Thrash/Hardcore
Origin - Seattle, Wa.
Time - 54.3 min.
File - 104.64MB (320kbps)

Track List:"Free Your Mind " Lp (1990)1. Atrocities
2. What Does It Mean?
3. Sometimes
4. Ghosts Of Hiroshima
5. Live Thru It
6. They Turn Away
7. Free Your Mind
8. Psychopath
9. The Game
10. Running Out Of Time
11. We All Fall Down
"The Madness Must End" Ep (1988)12. Stand Up
13. The Madness Must End
14. Psychopath
15. Power For Who?/Power For What?"A Simple Solution To A Complex Problem" Demo (???)16. We All Fall Down
17. Psychopath
18. Man In The Crowd
19. The Madness Must End
20. What Does It Mean?21. Power For Who?/Power For What?
22. Instrumental

Sorry for not posting as of late, I've been busy with work and all, but I found a little time to post this! Here you have Subvert, a band from the Pacific Northwest that played a style of fast metal tinged hardcore similar to The Accused or "the mighty" Poison Idea but more politically charged, Amebix comes to mind! Subvert was in existence from 1986 - 1991, this slab complies almost all of the bands output, minus a split Lp with Antischism, titled "Thinning The Herd" from 1991. The singer, Eric Greenwalt went on to form Christdriver that put out an Lp on Profane Existence and now plays in a band called Black Noise Cannon. Check this out and chatter back!
Free Your Mind!!!

2010 sure was one hell of a year......

I was a busy busy dude, especially during the last six months, job/career change, moving, and blah blah blah.  Well, 2011 is finally here, I know I haven't posted anything in a while, but thankfully everyone else has been posting up some great albums.  We've received a lot of reader submitted albums that I finally took the time to go through and check out.  So in the next few days I'll be posting them up along with some local New Orleans live videos that I've been filming at shows all year.  I just wanted to say thanks to all the readers and  to my fellow team members here for keeping this blog going.  I know I've said it a few times, but damn. Working 7 days a week sucks.I'll be sure to start devoting more time to this place.  I'm planning on giving this place a face-lift too, so if anyone wants to maybe make some banners or other cool stuff like that, send 'em in.  Also, for anyone who doesn't know, I've been doing an online radio show for Core of Destruction every Sunday night at 9 p.m. Central time called "Yeayourite Radio".  I play all types of stuff, mostly sludge/doom, a lot of New Orleans stuff, as well as Outlaw Country, Black  Metal, and whatever else I've been listening to at the time.  Be sure to check Core of Destruction out, and get in the chat room.  They've got 2-3 shows every weeknight, as well as music streaming 24/7.   Anyways, keep checking back, as I said, I'll be giving this place a face lift, so if anyone has any ideas or wants to help, email me  (swampchode@gmail.com).  Submissions will be up in a few days, as well as some videos and stuff.  Thanks again to the Krewe and all of our readers!  

Hang the Bastard - Hellfire Reign (2010)

Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal
Origin: United Kingdom
Label: Holy Roar
Status: Active
File Size: 77 MB 320Kbps

Lineup
Chris - Vocals
Sina - Guitar
Sam Hell - Guitar
Stu - Bass
Simon ''Jesus'' Grubb - Drums

Tracklisting
1. Acid Bath Vampire 02:22
2. The Blackest Eyes 03:14
3. Levitation Lessons 03:43
4. Genesis 03:48
5. Earthmover 03:04
6. 06 Snakecharmer 03:54
7. 1888 03:32
8. Hells Teeth 03:34
9. Goodbye Piccadilly 02:33
10. Farewell Leicester Square 06:21
Total playing time 36:05

Here some fucking groovy sludge from the UK- cool fucking cover too.

Hellfire Reign

Bah Hummbug!

Ancient Chinese Secret - Caveat Emptor (1999)

Genre - Hardcore/Experimental
Origin - San Francisco, Ca.
Time - 27.9 min
File - 53.88 MB (320 kbps)

What we have here is one of the most adventurous and exciting forays into the fringe of extreme hardcore in a long time (the fringe of the fringe you might say). A.C.S. consists of two long time mainstays in the power violence underground, namely Matt Martin (ex CAPITALIST CASUALTIES) and Chris Dodge (SPAZZ, Slap A Ham Records, etc) teamed up with trained female vocalist Lydia Dodge who admits to not even liking power violence. The result is an experimental hardcore album that captures the imagination, revels in eclecticism, and still manages to rock your pathetic world. With only bass guitar, drums, vocals, and various key and tape loop embellishments A.C.S. do things with their music that I guarantee you've never heard the likes of before. Their uniqueness is so much a part of their sound that even from track to track they are vastly diverse. Whether it is a song like "The Basics" that has the flavor and directness of early NOMEANSNO or "Sakura" which is as close to "normal" power violence as A.C.S. gets or even the organ interlude "The Overlook", ANCIENT CHINESE SECRET will keep you guessing. Anyone interested in hearing something different needs to check this out. Folks who gravitate towards bands that reject the norm (MITB, GASP, etc) will find their new gods in A.C.S. because in a lot ways this album bridges the gap between the familiar and the bizarre. It has enough roots and simplistic pummeling power to connect it to hardcore fans yet is left of center enough to appeal to fans of music that is way "out there". Hopefully people are smart enough make the connection because it would be a crime if this album got lost somewhere in the middle. (Jeb Branin/In Music We Trust)

Track List:
1. Waiting For Doctor Bombay
2. A Nice Day
3. Moral Of The Story
4. ??? (Japanese Titled)
5. Hyper Liar
6. Obnoxious Fumes
7. The Overlook
8. The Basics
9. Outburst
10. Flight Or Fight
11. Quiet For The Choirmaster
12. Needle's Eye
13. The Candle Burns
14. A Passage Of Time

I picked this up the day it hit the streets. This was release #50 in the Slap a Ham Records catalog. Give it a listen and leave some comments on what you think about it!

Moral Of The Story

Doppelganger - Skate Or Die (Seriously) Demo (2002)

Genre - Powerviolence/Hardcore Thrash
Origin - San Francisco, Ca.
Time - 10.9 min
File - 20.49 MB (320 kbps)

Track List:1. May Day 2002 Was Fun Until Lane Got Arrested
2. The Everlasting Look A Like Contest
3. Dust Collector
4. Driving Into A Wall
5. Hardcore As An Economic System

6. Glory Days

7. It's Time To Die You're X'd
8. Diabolical Indignation
9. When Push Comes To Shove
10. Word Of Warning
11. Hard To Swallow
12. Let's Get Drunk And Destroy The Government
13. Go Away
14. I Rode My Bike On The Hood Of Your Car
15. Player Hater
16. Lane Puked Up Taco Bell
17. Palm Reader Blah, Blah, Blah...

Here's a demo that my friend Lane gave me back in 2002, he was the bass player. Not long after this was recorded and a few compilation appearances they put out their debut ep on 625 Thrashcore and then called it quits. The singer Keith, went on to play guitar in the female fronted S.F hardcore band Punch, who are pretty badass! Check it out!

Word Of Warning!!!

Mucupurulent - Monsters Of Carnage

Genre: Goregrind/"Grind'N'Roll"
Origin: Germany

1. Candy Cat
2. Low Brain Blow Bunny
3. Dead
4. Sex Carnage
5. Breathing Red Dust
6. Spit Blood On Your Parents Grave
7. Muscle Car Man
8. Blinded
9. Damage Dealer
10. Infected
11. Helldriver / Glowduster
12. Gaylord Warrior
13. Scapegoat
14. Horny Little Honeypies
15. HC Bitch

A wee different from your standard goregrind, some call it grind'n'roll but that's kinda cheesy. (though I guess goregrind is by definition cheesy...) That being said, these Germans slow down the usual mile-a-minute grind pace a bit, and throw in some unusual chunkiness. Anyway, check it out!

ENJOY  
Check em out!!!

Talk Is Poison - Straight To Hell (1998)

Genre - Hardcore Punk

Origin- Oakland, Ca.
Time - 14.8 min
File - 29.91 MB (320kbps)

Track List:1. Right To Die

2. Talk Is Poison

3. Forgotten
4. Declassified
5. Isolation
6. Data-Void
7. Condensed Humanity
8. They Call It Law
9. Ruins
10. Floor
11. Lost

This was the bands debut ep put out by Prank Records, which released all of the bands material, 2 ep's and a split ep with Memphis, Tn. Deathreat. Prank has since released all of the material mentioned above on one slab for your listening pleasure. Talk Is Poison had a brief existence in the late nineties playing their style of straight ahead bass heavy Hardcore. Check it out!

They Call It Law!

Vader - Live In Japan - 1999

1. Damien (intro)
2. Sothis
3. Distant Dream
4. Black To The Blind
5. Silent Empire
6. Blood Of Kingu
7. Carnal
8. Red Passage
9. Panzerstoss (intro)
10. Reborn In Flames
11. Fractal Light
12. From Beyond (intro)
13. Crucified Ones
14. Foetus God
15. Black Sabbath
16. Raining Blood
17. Omen (intro)
18. Dark Age

Well, it's Vader. And it's live. And it's in Japan. A winning combination! Except maybe the Japan part.

GET U SUM!