Saturday, December 31, 2011 0 Engineers

Happy New Year (until May at least...)


The Post-Engineering crew wishes you all the best for the new year! May 2012 be productive for each and everyone of you and of course for the bands we already love and those that will be discovered!
Happy New Year everyone!
Friday, December 30, 2011 1 Engineers

Album: Watered - To Those Who Will Never Exist


Band: Watered
Album: To Those Who Will Never Exist
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Paint A Smile
02. ...On The Mirror Of Disgrace
03. Monochrome Nights
04. Nothing Left
05. We Reversed This Winter
06. Dans Les Rues
07. To Those Who Will Never Exist
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Watered is an atmospheric hybrid of post-rock, ambient soundscapes, some metal influences and also electronic elements.

The huge sound and the change between beautiful melodies and massive, distorted guitar walls thrill everyone's ear and leave marks in the short and long-time memory.

Thursday, December 29, 2011 1 Engineers

Album: Bridges Of Königsberg - The Five Colors


Band: Bridges Of Königsberg
Album: The Five Colors
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Foresight
02. Five Colors
03. The Moon Cries For Mars
04. A Grain In A Sea
05. Seals & Sanctions
06. Feathers Wrapped In Metal
07. Gathering Spirits (Soon To Be Butterflies)
08. Irrational Dream
09. No Longer There
10. Number Seven
11. Have You Ever Even Seen A Forest
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Hailing from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, Bridges Of Königsberg was born in 2009 from the minds of frontman Paul Petrosyan and guitarist Matthew Brakel. With the recruitment of drummer Aaron Krause and keyboardist Beth Hoffman, Bridges Of Königsberg came into being as a skillful and capable four-piece group. Blending elements of rock, electronica, and a number of obscure genres, We Have Many Faces (EP) was released in June of 2010 and demonstrated the bands diverse sound and emotional range. Ever since the initial release Bridges Of Königsberg have been playing shows and writing new material. Their debut full-length, The Five Colors, was released in December of 2011.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011 0 Engineers

Album: Cosmonauts Day - Paths Of The Restless


Band: Cosmonauts Day
Album: Paths Of The Restless
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. The Captain
02. The Art Of Being Nothing
03. Cave Of Trees
04. Rift
05. Blackout
06. Satellite
07. The Great Disease
08. The Last Watchman
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Cosmonauts Day is an instrumental atmospheric post-metal, post-rock and sludge music, “the inner and outer space” inspired band from Moscow, Russian Federation, formed in 2010. Intense guitar riffing, crushing to the ground and below drum stabbing, wicked bass, dreamy solos and an atmosphere of a cold space - their music is a mind journey to the places you've never known.

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Video: The Circle Ends Here - Shapes To Black

Sunday, December 25, 2011 1 Engineers

EP: Moanaa - Moanaa


Band: Moanaa
Album: Moanaa EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2010










Tracklist
01. From Deepest Place
02. Disappear
03. Alight
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Moanaa was founded in 2008 in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. The band plays music that could be categorized as post-metal and psychedelic. They have shared the stage with bands such as Rosetta, City of Ships, Jarboe, Nachtmystium and At The Soundawn. In May 2010 they released their debut self-titled EP.

Saturday, December 24, 2011 2 Engineers

Merry Christmas to you all!


Merry Christmas to all of our readers and to their families and friends!
I hope that everyone is going to have a great time during the holidays, and if not...
be patient,better days are coming!
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Album: Baulta - Deeply Sorry To Interrupt Your Megalomania


Band: Baulta
Album: Deeply Sorry To Interrupt Your Megalomania
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011









Tracklist
01. Baldwins Ugly Lamb
02. Grr Grr
03. Black Lodge/ White Lodge
04. Be Careful With That Tomahawk, Eugene.
05. Arctic Hymn
06. This Floating Girl Above Us
07. Uncle Harrys Bear Chase
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Baulta is a band from Jyväskylä, Finland and "Deeply Sorry To Interrupt Your Megalomania" is their debut album.

Band Members
Matti - Guitar
Iiro - Guitar
Jami - Bass
Tom - Drums

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Thursday, December 22, 2011 0 Engineers

Album: Cassiopeia - Cassiopeia


Band: Cassiopeia
Album: Cassiopeia
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. -
02. The Highest Step On Earth
03. The Slow March
04. Descent
05. Sun Halo (Beyond Stockholm)
06. Stargazer
07. --
08. Collapse
09. The Ascension
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Formed in late 2010, Cassiopeia has aimed to forge a new sound in the shoegaze and space rock genres. Working out of Phoenix, Arizona, Cassiopeia has taken the DIY attitude and applied it to all aspects of their work. Within one month of forming, their debut demo EP was written, produced, engineered, and mixed by the band themselves and 50 hand made copies, also by the band, were released during their first show at local Phoenix record store and downtown hot spot, Revolver Records. While continuing to play shows all around the Phoenix area in the last 4 months, the buzz is beginning to grow and a small, southwest tour is set to take place in early June 2011. Taking various influences from all four members, the album was well received among local and international listeners. After posting songs online, their fan base grew to as far away as Japan and France and is steadily growing.

After raising funds throught their Kickstarter page, they entered their local studio Pyramix around mid to late June and record the whole thing live for 2 days straight. They released their debut album on 6th December and  the whole thing was once again DIY, but it was a lot more polished looking and sounding than the first release. While the initial plan wass to have physical copies as well as digital copies on itunes, amazon, rhapsody, etc... Cassiopeia hope to have copies pressed on a limited amount of vinyl.

*Thanx to Cassiopeia for letting me upload their album. Support the band!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 0 Engineers

Video: YOUAREHERE - Tape

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Band: Saåad


Band: Saåad
Album: It Was
Label: Lacrymal Records
Year: 2010










Tracklist
01. Predivan Si
02. Evermoore
03. Try Everyday to Destroy The World
04. Sister
05. The Garden
06. It's Gone
07. Heather
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Band: Saåad
Album: Pink Sabbath EP
Label: BLWBCK
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Pink Sabbath
02. HIIMVLYYV
03. Onkalo
04. Southberry Tower
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Band: Saåad
Album: Raincoats EP
Label: BLWBCK
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Love Is A Rent
02. She Is Electricity
03. The Frontier
04. Back Pain / Pain Back
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Band: Saåad
Album: A Recovery Wish (Single)
Label: FeedbackLoop Label
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. A Recovery Wish
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Band: Saåad
Album: Delayed Summer
Label: BLWBCK
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Pole (Jam XIV)
02. Missing Parts (Jam VI)
03. I Can Feel You (Jam III)
04. You Showed Me The Way (Jam V)
05. Utopie (Jam XI)
06. Back Pain / Pain Back (Reprise)
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Drone & Ambient duo based in Toulouse, France.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 0 Engineers

Album: YOUAREHERE - As When The Fall Leaves Trees


Band: YOUAREHERE
Album: As When The Fall Leaves Trees
Label: 51beats
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. You Are Here
02. Montevideo
03. May The Wind Always Be At Your Back And The Sun Upon Your Face
04. As When The Fall Leaves Trees (part 1)
05. Tape
06. Asyndeton
07. As When The Fall Leaves Trees (part 2)
08. A Dull City
09. Relative Sweetness
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YOUAREHERE are an electronic/post-rock group based in Rome, Italy, formed by edPorth, French Teen Idol and micro (µ) in 2011.

On December 15, 2011, As When The Fall Leaves Trees, the band’s debut album, has been released by 51beats label.

Inspired by the likes of Apparat, M83 and Sigur Rós, this 9-track album offers a fusion of styles reflecting the previous musical releases of its three members: the glitchy and powerful beats of micro, the wrapping, rhythmic patterns of edPorth, and the melancholy crescendos of French Teen Idol, resulting in extremely addictive, soothing melodies.

A limited CD edition, featuring the 9 original tracks as well as 2 remixes, will be released in 2012 by 51beats.

Monday, December 19, 2011 0 Engineers

Album: Spook The Horses - Brighter


Band: Spook The Horses
Album: Brighter
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Very Little Is Certain, But
02. My Memories Will Be Of Muted Greys
03. Ashen Smiles And Backlit Clouds
04. Paper Harbours, Hanging Skies
05. My Songs Will Be Sung In White
06. My Photographs Will Be Of Skylines
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Spook The Horses have been around since February 2009, but some of their sounds have been around for longer.

In 2010 they got a new drummer and started arranging and finalising work for their first album, 'Brighter' which was released in December 2011.

Spook The Horses' debut album, 'Brighter'. 60 minutes of atmospheric soundscapes and crushing heaviness. The band layers three guitars, synthesizer and samples with bass and drums to create monumental songs that are at once saturated and spacious. Desperate vocals sparsely punctuate the mostly-instrumental tracks.

Sunday, December 18, 2011 1 Engineers

Video: Collapse Under The Empire - There's No Sky

Saturday, December 17, 2011 0 Engineers

Album: Destroy Judas - Wake


Band: Destroy Judas
Album: Wake
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Wake
02. To The Sea
03. Seek The End
04. Drown
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"From many bands we come together to create one. Creating heavy, moving, emotion filled music. With intense volume and no mercy. We have come together to destroy our Judas'.

    
We are a band. We play loud. We have depressing songs. Some of us drink. Some of us smoke. All of us breathe. " - Destroy Judas

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2 Engineers

Album: Nice Wings, Icarus! - Aurora


Band: Nice Wings, Icarus!
Album: Aurora
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Kids vs. Machinery
02. Mastodon
03. Aurora
04. Haunted House
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Formed in February 2008 by Yuriy Nagorniy (guitar) and Yuriy Kasyanenko (drums), Nice Wings, Icarus! played their first live show ten months later, with Sergiy Zaika (guitar), Vadim Matuzenko (bass) and Daniil Grudzinskiy (violin) being the official members of the band as well. They shaped their material during 2009, bearing influences from Tool, Envy, Pelican, Isis and some other bands, but never imitating someone’s manner or sound. Neither post-rock nor post-metal, Nice Wings, Icarus! exist somewhere in between, adding some quirky math-rock overtones and a classy violin-driven progressive rock signature to their sound. 

Their self-titled debut album (released December 2009) and their brand new album "Aurora" are available for free download through Nice Wings, Icarus!’s website, but you may also get an exclusive "limited edition" CD directly from the band if you contact them. Enjoy and spread the word!

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Album: Lorena B - Siblings


Band: Lorena B
Album: Siblings
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Flamingo Pink
02. Intro
03. Swallow My Gum
04. Swallow My Gum 2
05. The Queen's Speech
06. I'm Not Into Anything
07. Limbo Love
08. I Am Something
09. Bonus Track
 Download (support the band by buying the album. It only costs 5$)


Lorena B is a four piece electronic band, whose music is a fusion of soft Icelandic sounds and harsh electronica.

Following the release of their self-produced debut album, they went on a short tour in the UK, and since had their songs played on BBC radio, XFM radio, the BBC Music Video Festival and popular blogs.

They have played the main support for Blonde Redhead and for the Junior Boys, collaborated with international producer Borgore and other local artists and have been invited to play in showcases in the CMJ Music Marathon in New York and in the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg.

Their passion for UK’s alternative and electronic music, which they frequently play on DJ sets and their radio show, is also apparent in their upcoming EP, with strong influences from leading producers like James Blake, Hudson Mohawke and SBTRKT.

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Album: Our Last Hope Lost Hope - Persist


Band: Our Last Hope Lost Hope
Album: Persist
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011









Tracklist
01. Kortege
02. A Woodland Passus / Places To Dream
03. Flickering Illuminations (+Falling)
04. Dagsvärk / The Underpass
05. The Voice Of Open Spaces & Soaring Structures
06. Sweethearts Revisited
07. Fog Light Exposure
08. Knox
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The new Our Last Hope Lost Hope album "Persist" has taken a few years to complete but it is now ready. It was recorded by eight musicians in various locations in Sweden and the U.S. between 2007 and 2010. There are no current plans for a physical release, but they're open for suggestions if anyone would be interested.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 0 Engineers

Video: Access To Arasaka - Lysithea

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Band: A Hope For Home


Band: A Hope For Home
Album: Here, The End
Label: Self Released
Year: 2007










Tracklist
01. Casting Light Through Such Thin Shadows
02. The Residuum
03. (Grace) We Are The Heirs!
04. Verily I Say, Unto You
05. Of Water And The Spirit
06. My Path,Ascending
07. Kyle
08. If, And Only If
09. The Human Project Lives
10. Yea, The Cold Embrace Of The Sea
11. Here, The End
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Band: A Hope For Home
Album: The Everlasting Man
Label: Facedown Records / Strike First Records
Year: 2009










Tracklist
01. Covenant
02. Iniquity: An Offering
03. Affliction: The Witness, The Advocate
04. Infidelity: Kingdom's End
05. The Exile
06. Babylon: The Insatiable Thirst
07. Absolution: Of Flight And Failure
08. Masada: The Spiral Staircase
09. Restoration: The Return From Exile
10. Redemption: A Grief Observed
11. The Thousand Years
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Band: A Hope For Home
Album: Realis
Label: Facedown Records
Year: 2010










Tracklist
01. Nightfall
02. The Overman
03. Withering Branches
04. The Machine Stops
05. No Light
06. Post Tenebras Lux
07. First Light Of Dawn
08. The Crippling Fear
09. The Warmth Of The Heavens
10. Seasons
11. Ascension
12. After
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Band: A Hope For Home
Album: In Abstraction
Label: Facedown Records
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Calm
02. Out Of Ruin, Misery
03. Firewind
04. Tides
05. The House Where You Were Born
06. Fire: Spread
07. Everything That Rises Must Converge
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A Hope For Home (commonly abbreviated to AHFH) is a band based in Portland, Oregon that formed in 2006. They have 3 studio albums, two of which were released on Facedown Records and Strike First (the imprint label of Facedown Records). Throughout their career, A Hope For Home has controlled many of the aspects of their music including the recording, production, mixing, art direction, and art design. These commitments have allowed them to achieve the precise sound and imagery of their intentions, and have become part of the band’s dynamic.

Founded in 2006 by friends Kyle Cooke and Matthew Ellis, A Hope For Home has come a long way from their local showcase beginnings. After a long struggle with cancer, founding member Kyle Cooke died of cancer on August 5, 2006. A Hope For Home has since continued with new members, while still bearing the name created by Kyle Cooke as a sort of remembrance to their formation. After their first release Here, The End in 2007, A Hope For Home gained both praise and a loyal fan base.

After signing with Strike First records in 2008, they re-released their sophomore effort “The Everlasting Man” and a very busy tour schedule followed in the year to come. However, their following album, and Facedown Records debut “Realis”, proved to be a turning point for the band stylistically. Abandoning certain cliches and striving toward a more experimental and ambient sound, they quickly found themselves without a stylistic home in the current scene. They began to experiment even further by 2011 with the release of their fourth album, In Abstraction, on Facedown Records.

Monday, December 12, 2011 1 Engineers

Album: ENO - -t


Band: ENO
Album: -t
Label: Ikarus Records / Synalgie Records
Year: 2011









Tracklist
01. 55:30
02. Eero
03. Lento
04. Georgson
05. Malin
06. BoOow
07. Str.y.c
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ENO is a Swiss two-piece that creates an elegant mix between post-rock and ambient music. Ivo Münger and Christian Mikolasek manage to carefully craft instrumental structures and tunes into dense but light songs and soudscapes. In an incomparable effort of multitasking, these two guys are able to sound like a four-piece.

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EP: Atlantic Drop - And Then They Fell From The Sky


Band: Atlantic Drop
Album: And Then They Fell From The Sky EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011




 





Tracklist
01. New Beginning
02. Bitter Sweet Irony
03. Fields Of Life
04. Echon
05. Dead Souls
06. Where There Is A Light
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Two long time friends in France, trying to make good music. They have a lot of different influences that comes from indie-rock, post-rock, instrumental and progressive music...

Sunday, December 11, 2011 0 Engineers

Album: Wess Meets West - Chevaliers


Band: Wess Meets West
Album: Chevaliers
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011








Tracklist
01. The Mountains Are Shaking At Their Roots
02. Deadlock Arms
03. Leaving Behind A Whaling Economy
04. Stealing From Overseas
05. Chandeliers
06. If What I Think Is Happening Is Happening, It Better Not Be
07. The Wars Of Men
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Wess Meets West began in late 2005 and was created by Sam Stauff (The Morning After, My Holy Ghost, A Paper Tugboat). Initially, it was intended solely as an electronic music project supplemented by Sam on guitar. The project stayed this way until February 2008 when Sam recruited bass player Bryan Gottshall and drummer Jesse Vengrove, turning Wess Meets West into a live band. The band fused it's electronic roots with it's newly found live elements, bringing the music to a whole new level and finally allowing the music to be performed in a live setting.

Wess Meets West's first Album, "You Women..." is a small collection of songs and experiments, mostly consisting of guitar driven atmospheric jams with electronic undertones. This EP was produced when it was still Sam's solo project. However, with the addition of Jesse and Bryan, Wess Meets West wrote new material that showcased their new sound. "How To Kill A Mammoth" is the result of taking Wess Meets West to a full band and live setting, yet still incorporating electronic sounds. "How To Kill A Mammoth" was recorded by Port City Recording--operated by Sam and Bryan--at Mercy College in White Plains, New York.

2009 found Wess Meets West as a solo project again, still will the help of friends when needed. "A Collection Of Explosions And Death Threats" is the third release from Wess Meets West.  A darker electronic EP consisting of B-sides.

"The Sun The Moon The Master" featuring Steve "Woody" LaCerra on drums and Bryan Gottshall on bass, was released late 2009.

In January 2010 Brian DiCrescenzo (Drums) and Erick Alfisi (Bass) joined the band enabling the band to play more shows and tour.  In 2010 alone, Wess Meets West played more shows than all the pervious years combined, sharing the stage with: This Will Destroy You, Trophy Scars, ...And You Will Know Us by The Trail of Dead, The Dear Hunter, Henry Gale, Via Audio, Pattern Is Movement, Irepress, Constants, Gavin Castleton, Kilimanjaro, Fugue and The Files and Fires.

"Chevaliers" is their latest album, recorded beteween January 2010 - August 2011 and released on 29th November 2011.

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Album: Oh Hiroshima - Resistance Is Futile


Band: Oh Hiroshima
Album: Resistance Is Futile
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. This Is Not the End
02. Insignificant Numbers
03. The Fog of War
04. What Once Was
05. Catch-22
06. Richard D. Anderson
07. Waves
08. Capitalistic Cataclysm
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Oh Hiroshima is a post-rock band from Kristinehamn, Sweden, formed in 2006 by Leif Eliasson and Jakob Nilsson. Two friends who met in high school and formed a close friendship. What started off as a solo project became a project between two friends who wanted to create and experiment with the music they loved.

After a few months Jakob’s younger brother, Oskar, joined the duo to play bass, but later switched to drums. The three has since been a solid line-up, but it wasn't until 2011 that they found the missing link in the band when Simon Axelsson joined them to play bass.

They released their first EP in 2009 titled 'Empty Places Full of Memories', and in 2010 they released their second EP titled 'Tomorrow'. Oh Hiroshima's first full-length, titled 'Resistance Is Futile' was released in 2011. All of their albums are self-released.

Friday, December 09, 2011 0 Engineers

Video: Rosetta Documentary Trailer

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Album: Across Waters - More Light Is Never Ending


Band: Across Waters
Album: More Light Is Never Ending
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. More Light Is Never Ending
02. The Spoken Earth
03. From Dust And Flesh
04. The Fall Of Man
05. 40 Days Of Rain
06. All Creation Groans
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Across Waters is history in the making. When four not-so-average guys from a small town known as Denton, TX band together to create an amalgamation of progressively styled music, nothing magical or profound happens instantaneously; this takes practice and the work of a Greater Power, if you know what I mean. Indeed it takes four insane, Jesus-loving men: Sterling Archer (guitar), Tyler Burditt (guitar), Leighton Pustejovsky (drums), and Levi Shultz (bass).

It all started with two guys and a dorm room during the fall of 2008. Leighton Pustejovsky and Tyler Burditt began a rampage of jam sessions only to find that their love for music would not cease. A year later after being approached by the rambunctious duo, Sterling Archer made his way into the ongoing embryonic stages of Across Waters. Finally, Levi Schultz, once a fill-in for shows, became the last addition, thereby completing the awkward quartet of talented musicians.

To say that these men had to overcome several adversities is certainly an understatement. One such case is the first time they ever performed, a day that will be remembered in infamy. “We stumbled through our set as Leighton couldn’t hear anything, me and Tyler were out of tune, and our fill-in bassist had forgotten 75% of his parts… When we stopped it had turned out that most people had ventured inside for snacks and silence. We felt like great shepherds. Interesting enough, our name was My Great Shepherd”, says Archer. Several venue and house shows later, the instrumental post-rock outfit has blossomed into maturing spiritual leaders of a broken generation. They are story tellers and music is their medium.

“Originally our intent was to just play together for fun and for the camaraderie that comes through playing in a band, but over time through observation of the culture we found ourselves in, our own convictions/intent shifted from personal enjoyment to a sense of calling. Our purpose now is to declare the story of God’s redeeming work in places and to people who would otherwise never hear or be engaged with this narrative; to tell and reflect the beauty of our Creator and the wonder of His creation”, declares Archer.

After three years of engaging the community in the artistically confused city of Denton, Across Waters has finally decided to release their first full-length album entitled More Light is Never Ending, all-encompassing of melodic guitar riffs, intricate drum beats, steady bass lines, and impacting spoken word. The upcoming album focuses on “the story of God’s great narrative… in the creation story,” says Archer. In a sense, the album is a multi-translatable version of what occurs on stage, which any show-goer will find to be a unique, challenging and spiritual encounter. “Our album is just a capturing of what we do on stage. Declare and reflect,” claims Archer. Along with sharing a metaphoric story through music, Across Waters uses spoken word to convey a more specific message, reinforcing what is already happening in the music. Archer describes, “Much like a song does in inspiring the mind to wander and get caught up in something much more abstract, we use spoken word to direct where those thoughts are going in setting the stage for what is about to take place in the song itself.”

With a melodramatic flare and an impeccable ability to perform the narrative of the Gospel, Across Waters continually cultivates a spirit of love towards all they come across. With the release of their debut album, the wacky men of Across Waters seek to relish in the gospel, sharing it with larger audiences and opening doors to minister to the lost. After all, they have always wanted to be great shepherds.

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EP: Lergrev - Medusa


Band: Lergrev
Album: Medusa EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Ghost on my Back
02. Azul Del Océano Construye Mi Mar
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Lergrev was formed in Santiago, Chile in 2006-2007, as a solo project by Throudos (not to be confused with his side project (drone/doom) named as himself ‘’Throudos’‘). In the same year, Throudos search other musicians to make live performances, in that year Mørket integrate the band as drummer. In 2007 record their first demo entitled ‘’Winter Seasons’’ which contained 4 tracks. In 2011 they released a new 2 track EP called "Medusa".

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Wednesday, December 07, 2011 1 Engineers

Album: Sleepstream - A Waltz With The Seventh Crane


Band: Sleepstream
Album: A Waltz With The Seventh Crane
Label: Fluttery Records
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. You Gave Me Butterflies, I Gave You Loss
02. The Spirit
03. Sunlight
04. A Waltz With The Seventh Crane
05. Blue (Ascension)
06. We Are But Divers In The Ember
07. The Light
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Sleepstream are a post-rock band originating from Thessaloniki, Greece. They were formed by Steven (guitars and synths) and Nio (drums, percussion) during winter 2008, with Gus V. on the bass, as an experimental-progressive trio. By summer 2009 Nio and Gus left the band for occupational reasons, leaving Steven experimenting with different musicians, leading to a more polyphonic-atmospheric result. Nio’s return six months later closed any remaining gaps and the band’s music gradually got to today’s form. By December 2010 the band came to an agreement with Fluttery Records for releasing their debut album, and the “incomings” of Stratos on the violins, John on the bass and Kostas (ex-Intensity band) on the guitars finalized the core form of today’s band.

The debut album, called A Waltz With The Seventh Crane, is one of the best albums released in 2011, along with Barrows and Obscure Sphinx. From it's epic compositions and melodies, to the great production, is a solid release and has nothing to be jealous of released from well establish post bands.  From the very first note, 'till the end, it manages to fill the listener with emotions and carry him away.

Sleepstream have supported Tides From Nebula and Midas Fall, and will share the stage along with Long Distance Calling as co-headliners in Thessaloniki,

Tuesday, December 06, 2011 0 Engineers

EP: jakeL - Shelter


Band: jakeL
Album: Shelter EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Light.
02. TSG Threshold.
03. The Great Forgetting.
04. Black Tar Empire.
05. TLD Grove.
06. Pelican Bay.
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jakeL is Jade F. from Montreal, Canada and it's a one man instrumental project.

Sunday, December 04, 2011 4 Engineers

Video: Barrows - Pirates (Live in Studio)

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Album: Tunturia - Invisible City


Band: Tunturia
Album: Invisible City
Label: Oxide Tones
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Kitezh
02. Betrayal
03. Battle
04. Sinking
05. Discovery
06. Reflection
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Describing anything by Tunturia is difficult. While not media shy, their focus is clearly their music and not their presence. Invisible City, their second album after Maps, is a mesmerising mix of ambient sounds, post-rock riffs and waves, and the feeling that only dedication can put into music. Every sound and tone sits where it should, there seems to be a place for everything and everything is in its place. If you’re looking for an album on the same level as Maps, Tunturia does not disappoint with Invisible City.

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EP: Architecture Of The Universe - Parallel Void


Band: Architecture Of The Universe
Album: Parallel Void EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. White Emperor
02. Timeline
03. Brand New Morning (6 A.M.)
04. Mantra
05. Parallel Void
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Architecture Of The Universe born in early 2011 from the ashes of Akira is. The new project is geared true experimental sounds marking a sudden change of direction of the band.

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Video: FareWell Poetry - As True As Troilus (live @ Eglise St. Eustache)

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EP: Huldra - Signals From The Void


Band: Huldra
Album: Signals From The Void EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. A Signal Permeates The Sky
02. The Beginning Of All Things That Will Ever Be
03. Ashen Lips
04. The End Of All Things That Ever Were
05. A Foothill Lies On The Backside Of The Mountain That Looms Before Us
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Huldra is a  post-metal band from Salt Lake City, UT USA, formed in the summer of 2009 and went through multiple line-up changes over the next year. In October of 2010 saw the line-up solidify with Eric Smith on guitar, Levi Hanna on guitar, vocals Matthew Brotherton on bass, vocals Scott Wasilewski on keys, synth and Chris Garrido on drums. Huldra finished recording their first EP, "Signals From The Void, in October of 2011 and they are currently working on a split album with another Salt Lake band, Dustbloom.
Saturday, December 03, 2011 3 Engineers

EP: Heirs - Hunter


Band: Heirs
Album: Hunter EP
Label: Denovali Records
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Hunter
02. Symptom
03. Never Land (Sisters Of Mercy Cover)
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Hailed as one of the best post-metal albums of 2009, Heirs' debut, Alchera, established the band amongst Australia’s foremost instrumental acts. Released by German label Denovali Records, the album contained distant echoes of industrial metal deviants Godflesh, the misanthropic catharsis of early Swans and the gloomy noise rock of Slint, but these influences are something they have been steadily outgrowing. The album’s accompanying tour saw the band play 69 shows across Europe, UK and Japan, cementing their reputation for delivering an engulfing and all-consuming live experience. On stage, the band maintained a relentless, ear-splitting offensive, defying audience expectations by refusing to offer an immediate sense of resolution.  

2010 saw the release of Heirs' second album, Fowl, displaying a shift towards a broader sonic palette, taking further influence from industrial, darkwave and gothic rock. Incorporating a pugilistic rhythmic foundation with coarse, threatening guitar textures and a stronger electronic presence, Fowl marked a great leap forward for Heirs, taking them beyond genres into a realm that is almost hermetic in its vision. The album also featured the bands first collaborations with multi instrumentalist and world renowned Theremin maestro, Miles Brown. Receiving much praise from critics and fans alike, Heirs returned to Europe to promote the album, performing Denovali Swingfest in Germany, Bracara Extreme Festival in Portugal, as well as headline shows across France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Germany. An Australian tour with post-rock heavyweights Laura followed in March 2011, which saw the band courting a confronting visual presence to compliment the weight of their sound.

 In September 2011, Heirs released the first single from their forthcoming third album in the form of a 10″/CD titled “Hunter”, again on Denovali Records. The material sees Heirs strengthening their melodic resolve, and while equally intense, inhabits a less oppressive atmosphere, with the band citing Cocteau Twins & Sisters of Mercy as being influential to their process. It also sees the band taking their visual explorations to new heights, with artwork and video production taking even greater significance, where light, colour and sound are distorted in to a monochrome, hyper-real coition.




Wednesday, November 30, 2011 0 Engineers

Video: The Mire - Shadows


Monday, November 21, 2011 0 Engineers

Album: Three Way Plane - Give Us Something New To Shout


Band: Three Way Plane
Album: Give Us Something To New Shout
Label: Spinalonga/TFK
Year: 2010









Tracklist
01. Let's Pretend You Don't Exist
02. Wipe out
03. Bittersweet Hit of The week
04. Fade Away
05. Scare The Hippie
06. 36DD
07. Tell Me
08. Dispute
09. Life in This City
10. Is it Over or What?
11. Straightjacket Society
12. Let's Pretend You Don't Exist (Barbara's Straight Son Remix)
13. Fade Away (Lowtronik Remix)
14. Dispute (Urbanoise Remix)
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Three Way Plane is a three piece (?) band from Athens, Greece which was formed at the end of 2003. They try to be open-minded and create music spontaneously through jamming and improvisation. Therefore they combine their ideas and write music for their songs.
Stratos and Dio write lyrics talking about anything that distracts their minds.
Music is something like a drug for them and they don't give a fuck in being categorized but you could say they are playing something between indie noizy rock and post-hardcore.
In 2006 they released our EP "Bright Days" in DIY terms and the song "My Best Friend" was also included in the second Spinalonga Records compilation: "In The Junkyard Vol 2".
Debut LP entitled: "give us somethiing new to shout" was released in May 2010 from Spinalonga Records.
Since April 2011 they have a second drummer! Don't ask why..long story.
Just think something inbetween of At The Drive-in meets Shellac meets Jesus Lizards meets Fugazi meets Clash.


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Album: Meniscus - War Of Currents


Band: Meniscus
Album: War Of Currents
Label: Unsigned
Year: 2011








Tracklist
01. Room 3327
02. 130
03. Immersion
04. Fight Club
05. Cursed
06. Infant
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Meniscus's lush ambient soundscapes, driving bass lines and poly-rhythmic beats create a unique musical experience that has been hypnotising Australian audiences since 2005. The Sydney trio's unique brand of instrumental post rock blends the moody dynamics of acts like Mogwai and Sigur Rós with the prog rock technicality of King Crimson.

The critical success of the band's 2007 EP The Absence of I elevated Meniscus's profile globally with rave reviews from The Silent Ballet (“Beautifully crafted and impeccably conceived....very good doesn't quite sum this up, it's amazing”) and Sputnik Music (“Meniscus have a wizardly sense of dynamics, songs flowing with the purity of water....technically brilliant and tightly composed”).

Despite this success, the departure of drummer and co-founder Duncan Wilson forced Meniscus into hiatus in 2008. In early 2009, founding members Daniel Oreskovic (guitar) and Alison Kerjean (bass) made a comeback to the live circuit with new drummer Cameron Brennan, showcasing new songs and arrangements.

In late 2009, friend of the band, Marty Wong joined the band to mix visuals during live performance. Marty’s tasteful use of different visual themes for the bands live shows provided an extra texture and added to the cinematic style of the music. 2009 was rounded off with the band playing at their first music festival – The high and dry festival which was definitely a highlight of the year for the band.

In 2010, the band spent a great deal of time working on new material and recording demo versions of the tracks that would later be recorded professionally by Ash Maklad at Eargasm studios and mastered by Paul Stefanidis at Viking Lounge mastering.

2011 looks to be a very exciting year for Meniscus, with the release of their first studio album entitled “war of currents”. The new album was officially released on July 15th and Meniscus will be taking their new music to several cities around Australia soon after.


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Album: Battlefields - Agassiz


Band: Battlefields
Album: Agassiz
Label: .init records
Year: 2011









Tracklist
01. Entangled Mess
02. An Entire Epoch
03. Forced Abandonment
04  Laurentide
05. Manitoba Winds
06. Structured Delusion
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After the release of their 2009 full-length, "Thresholds Of Imbalance", Battlefields lost founding guitarist Andrew Wallin, and went on a brief hiatus from playing shows. "Agassiz" is the band's return to the trenches with two new members and a more sonically assaulting blackened blend of metal and hardcore. Agassiz blasts through six songs in under a half-hour, presenting a concept EP of the glacial lake Agassiz, whose dried up geographic location is where the band's base of operations lies. Fans of the band's previous work my be taken aback by the sheer force of this new material, with pummeling blast beats, but there is still the familiar sound throughout the EP that Battlefields has perfected since it's conception in 2006. Agassiz lyrical content deals with when Lake Agassiz's ice dams broke and rose sea levels, destroying the old world, and setting up the new world for corrupt religious control. Featuring artwork and layout by Seldon Hunt.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 0 Engineers

Video: Tesseract - Eden 2.0

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Band: Powder! Go Away


Band: Powder! Go Away
Album: Laika Still Wants Go Home
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Nobody Knows What Do The Clouds Think When They See Themselves In The Sea.
02. Laika Still Wants Go Home.
03. 13.125 Miles Exploded By Hundred Oscillators.
04. Einstein Is So Sad On The Pictures Because He Wanted To Work A Lighthouse Keeper. Lighthouses Are So Lone On The Pictures Because Einstein Is Dead.
05. Locomotive Comes In Your Dreams.
06. Stephen King Likes Electric Transmition Lines.
07. Lost Touch.
08. The Water Tower.
09. 13.125 Miles Exploded By Lights.
10. Mushroom's Radiation Can't Make You Ugly And Ill, But Thoughtful.
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Band: Powder! Go Away
Album: 37th Parallel EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. 37th Parallel
02. Hindenburg 1937
03. There Are Several Airliners Over The Chertanovskaya Street
04. Don't Be Afraid Of A Night Broadcast
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Powder! Go Away is a post-rock band from Lukhovitsy - outside Moscow - formed in March 10, 2010. Since its creation, the band recorded a demo EP of 6 songs, their debut album «Laika Still Wants Go Home» and a 4 song EP called «37th Parallel». The band's debut took place on May 6, 2011 on the stage of CMC "Rus" (Kolomna). At the same time a presentation of their debut album took place. At present the Powder! plans some concerts and is actively engaged in writing material for their next album.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 0 Engineers

Video: Midas Fall - 17



Monday, November 14, 2011 4 Engineers

Album: Näo - Näo


Band: Näo
Album: Näo
Label: Ant-Zen
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Glad
02. Ilogic
03. Uusi (V3.0)
04. Calibrate
05. Nope
06. Imago
07. Mechanical
08. Somme (V2.0)
09. Trent
10. Killing Time
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With a computer at his fingertips and a mind full of ideas, Pierre-André Pernin started Näo in 2002 as a one-man project, joined later by the drummer Thibault Fellmann, the guitarist Jordan Daverio and the video designer Matthieu Tercieux. So in it’s current form Näo comprises 4 members. 

The band's musical influences range from Amon Tobin and Nine Inch Nails to Krush or 65daysofstatic - over the years Näo have gone beyond these influences to amaze audiences at already a hundred concerts and festival appearances in France and Germany with their unique, previously unheard sound. At the studio as well as on stage, Näo develop and shape melancholic and aerial music, exploring moods from contained rage to lyrical digital outbursts. Like a surgeon, Pierre-André meticulously crafts mesmerizing melodies and down-tempo beats. 

His penchant for synthetic layers and for skillfully chiseled keyboard compositions gives his' music a unique and strange atmosphere, progressively immersing the listener into Näo's world. To this already enriched enchantment Thibaud and Jordan add their rhythmic impulses and abrupt riffs, creating a mixed beast of electro-noise, melded with brute, highly energetic guitars and spliced with elements of post-rock, metal and IDM into something very unique and powerful. 

With Näo the album, Näo the band presents a mesmerizing combination of playful electronica and anthemic, impulsive rock elements. Join in, and be warned - their electronic odyssey has only just begun...

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Album: Integral - The Past Is My Shadow


Band: Integral
Album: The Past Is My Shadow
Label: Tympanik Audio
Year: 2011








Tracklist
Disc One:  
01. Als Wären Wir Niemals Gewesen
02. Pop Realtá
03. Work With The Mind
04. No Peace
05. Synthie Raga
06. Rubikon 
07. ? 
08. Die Revolution Des Verstandes 
09. A Taste Of Your Future 
10. Atakama
Disc Two:  
01. Asphalt Architechture 
02. Bells
03. CPU Fairytale 
04. Waiting
05. And Never Lose Hope 
06. Githarsis 
07. Radio Sehnsucht  
08. The Past Is My Shadow
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In 2008, Tympanik Audio introduced the listeners to Integral, an esoteric duo from Germany, and their debut album ‘Rise’. With a very personal approach to a wide range of multi-layered and hauntingly beautiful compositions, ‘Rise’ proved to be a gem in the Tympanik catalog and a highly appreciated aural experience for its listeners.

As we all waited patiently for a new album, Integral began sifting through their minds and hard drives seeking the origins of their creativity. The results of that search took on the title of ‘The Past Is My Shadow’, eighteen unreleased and newly mastered songs that expertly construct the foundation for what would eventually become the Integral we know and admire today.

From their earliest beginnings, David and Rafael seemed to have a firm grasp on the tone and direction they wanted for Integral. Songs originating from as early as 2002 up until post-‘Rise’ 2006 manage to sound as bright and purposeful as if they were just recently produced. Each selection on ‘The Past Is My Shadow’ reveals a rich collage of sounds and ideas, with a level of depth and intricacy that is uncommon these days. Beat-driven and rhythmic, but never overpowering, with vast swirling ambiance, layer upon layer of dense atmospheres, poignant melodies, and a smooth complexity that allows the listener to uncover new levels of aura with each ensuing listen.

In David and Rafael’s own words, “For us, this is the real debut album… a release of the past and an opening for the future. We invite you to take a journey with this album and find your own place somewhere in this universe of sound.”

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Friday, November 11, 2011 0 Engineers

Video: Moving Mountains - The Cascade



Thursday, November 10, 2011 0 Engineers

EP: Alinda - Ruins


Band: Alinda
Album: Ruins EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Nuclear Fall
02. Ruins
03. Home
04. Greendao
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Alinda is a band from Kiev, Ukraine and after releasing some demos, 'Ruins' is their debut self released EP. The production of the EP is great, mixing post-rock with metal and featuring screamo vocals in one track. The result is a solid EP leaving big expectations for the next release.

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Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1 Engineers

EP: Iroha - End Of An Era


Band: Iroha
Album: End Of An Era EP
Label: Denovali Records
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. End Of An Era
02. Where Summer Thrives
03. Fallen Angel
04. Runaway
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After a collaboration record with Fragment. from France and the self titled debut full length, 'the End Of An Era' constitutes the third release of Iroha – the new project consisting of Andy Swan (Final), Diarmuid Dalton (Godflesh, jesu) and Dominic Crane (The Boaty Man, Rumble Fish). 

The 4 tracks (with a total playing time of 25 minutes) express their love to shoegaze just as much as their interest in the sound of new wave acts like New Order – all this mixed with a metal orientated sound basis and little ambient influences. Iroha have a great feeling for melodies and know how to combine them with powerful sound elements to create a fuzzy warm mood in every new track.

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EP: Our Ceasing Voice & Satory Split


Band: Our Ceasing Voice & Satory
Album: 7'' Split
Label: Truelove Entertainment/Revolvermann Records
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Our Ceasing Voice - For Darkness Fears The Light
02. Satory - The Translator
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For Darkness Fears The Light poses the deeply moving return of Our Ceasing Voice after the success of their debut album 'When the Headline Hit Home'. Striking vocals and powerful drumming enable the band to dare the leap and take their ambient based tunes a step further, while retaining the outfits's full melodramatic force.

Originated in a time of change, Satory's track, The Translator, defines an important turning point in the story of the beast that was introduced in their 2009 EP. Expressive heaviness and valleys of hope constitute their new sound, bringing the powerful machinery back to the post-metal front.

Our Ceasing Voice

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