Approaching Oblivion

The masters of epic doom metal. Label: Metal Blade Records Year: 1988 Track Listing: 1)Gothic Stone 2)Well of Souls, The 3)Codex Gidas 4)At The Gallows End 5)Samarithan 6)Marche Funebre 7)Dark Are the Veils of Death 8)Mourners Lament 9)Bewitched 10)Black Candles DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?now4lmdomdg This album does not have one weak song on it. My favorites are easily Gothic Stone, Samarithan, Dark Are The Veils Of Death and Bewitched. It is easy to listen to this album repetitiously throughout the day.

Tides. If you know me you've probably heard me blab about this band before. An instrumetal (I think I just coined that term) band hailing from Providence, RI. My friend Jonah puts out their music on Teenage Disco Bloodbath Records. Tides have put out three releases now, including a split CD with Giant; this upcoming record will be their fourth. I've been told that this new one is much heavier than their previous releases, but from listening to this new song they have uploaded, I couldn't tell much of a difference. A lot of the same elements in song writing are in place. Dreamy, droney, melancholy guitar riffs build up at a snails pace to an eventual climax and then come back down to usually a fade out. It's late, and I'm not typing right. I'll edit this tomorrow or something. But in the meantime, check out their new track up on the page titled "untitled" TIDES (MYSPACE PAGE): http://www.myspace.com/tidesrites TDB RECORDS: http://www.tdbrecor...

Ever since I saw these guys at the Middle East this summer with Boris, I’ve been meaning to pick up this record. The tour was in support of this album and although they played below Boris in the line up, I found them much more entertaining. But that’s beside the point, I’ve got the CD now and have just finished listening to it for the first time in it’s entirety. I like it. It’s not the epic album I was expecting, but I enjoyed it. Torche has really seemed to carve out their own sound. Very heavy and sludgey at times but also blends a very poppy sound to it that gives it a flavor you really don’t find in many other groups (feel free to tell me otherwise). The vocals are clean throughout the entire album which is a nice difference between these guys and most bands that take on the whole “stoner rock” title. Some tracks stick out to me more than others, for example, “Grenades” is almost hypnotizing and their sludgy as fuck outro titled “Meanderthall” made me want to sto...

IREPRESS - SAMUS OCTOLOGY DOWNLOAD : http://lix.in/c5addc This record holds some very intricate song writing and stands in at a whopping 45 minutes (8 songs total). Each song seems to morph into the next, it is easy to find yourself not fully realizing when you've moved to the next track. A lot of repetitive elements in the song writing (but I don't find it boring!). Each instrument hold's it's own on this record and brings it's own creative element to the table. Clean to distorted guitar tones. Dreamy to extremely focused music structures. This album moves from one idea to the next abruptly yet smoothly. Recommended. It may take a couple listens for someone unfamiliar with this style to really enjoy it for what it is. GRAILS - TAKE REFUGE IN CLEAN LIVING DOWNLOAD : http://www.mediafire.com/?ydjjzwdh02z I am somewhat new to this band. I watched them play this summer at The Middle East in Cambridge with Nadja and another opener. A 4-piece group that co...

Here's some stuff... ALCEST - SOUVENIRS D'UN AUTRE MONDE http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EHN1S50F Fall is coming to Maine, this music is ideal (at least that's my opinion). This album is a solo project from apparently some black metal band. I dont really care too much for Black Metal so I can't give details on it. However, it is very harmonic, and well composed music. I listened to this a lot last year and enjoyed it. Apparently this entire record is a concept album about this guys fantasy world he lived in when he was a child (which also gives a little bit more meaning to the sound samples of children laughing and playing in one song). Sweet. IRON BUTTERFLY - IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA (1968) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4QGJDMQK "That album helped define a generation." - My boss at Dr.Records. This band helped create and progress psychadelic music to an all new height. They changed and influenced a lot of things, I would highly recommend adding this to your coll...