Album: Three Steps To The Ocean - Scents

Band: Three Steps To The Ocean
Album: Scents
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Hyenas
02. Zilco
03. Cobram
04. Rodleen
05. Collider
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Three Steps To The Ocean is an instrumental project born in 2006 in Milan, Italy.
Three Steps To The Ocean combines massive riffs, sonic progressive textures and desolate soundscapes in a unique context.

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Album: Rumour Cubes - The Narrow State

Band: Rumour Cubes
Album: The Narrow State
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. The University Is A Factory
02. The Gove Curve
03. At Sea
04. Rain On Titan
05. Triptych
06. Tempus Fugit
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Rumour Cubes are a London-based six-piece creating atmospheric instrumental music. Working with poets and film makers and writing custom music software to sync videos to their live performances, the band construct a multimedia experience where dense ambient textures and intricate rhythms underlie beautiful melodies highlighted by violin and viola.

The band’s EP ‘We Have Sound Houses Also’ has been described as “phenomenal” (Echoes and Dust), “music to make and break hearts” (The 405), enough “to put the band in the running for the title of ‘best new artist’” (The Silent Ballet) and the band have received airplay on BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson.

The band have recently recorded their debut album ‘The Narrow State’ at Cafe Music Studios (Orbital, Brian Eno, King Creosote) in east London which was released on 27th February 2012.

Rumour Cubes are Joe Bartlett (bass), Terry Murphy (viola), Hannah Morgan (violin), Omar Rahwangi (drums), Adam Stark (guitar, electronics) and Simon Stark (guitar, electronics).

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EP: Aperire - Aperire

Band: Aperire
Album: Aperire EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










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01. Remaining
02. Outro
03. The Flippist
04. Returning
05. Beautiful Matter
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Aperire is an instrumental recording project of post cinematic/independent rock influence formed in 2007 and made up solely by David Lichtenauer. With songs mostly comprised of halting guitar, string and piano orchestrations, Aperire, over the past three years has incorporated numerous unorthodox styles of composition into what is now the current state of output that is Aperire.

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Album: Cathedraal - Voix Blanches

Band: Cathedraal
Album: Voix Blanches
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. Sasha
02. Quelque Part À L'est : Babi Yar
03. En Crimée
04. Je Ne T'ai Pas Défendu
05. Laisser Aller
06. Dieu Ne Croit Plus En Nous
07. Rouler Les Peaux Mortes
08. Des Noms Sur Des Valises
09. Je L'aimais Encore
10. Les Arbres En Témoignent
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Cathedraal is a french screamo band from Paris, featuring the singer from Madame De Montespan.

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EP: Bye Horus - Notre Chorale Est Belle

Band: Bye Horus
Album: Notre Chorale Est Belle
Label: Humanist Records
Year: 2009










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01. So Cute Cowboy!
02. Buddha Slow
03. Strange Ballons Mount Towards Infinity
04. Notre Chorale Est Belle
05. Cherbourg
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Bye Horus is a young post-rock trio from the French Northern Alps. Formed in 2006 by 3 college fellows, the band definitely found its own sound at the crossroad of instrumental rock and imaginary poetry. Bye Horus writes melodic and expressive soundscapes. Highly human and personal, its music, inspired by Mogwaï (Scotland) and This Will Destroy You (USA) will bring you intense emotions.

Within 2 years, Bye Horus has released one EP and one full length album, supported by many tours and shows through Europe.

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Sampler: inFictions - Maps Of Revenge And Forgiveness

Band: inFictions
Album: Maps Of Revenge And Forgiveness
Label: Intersectional Records
Year: 2012










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01. This Road Leads To The Village Of Informers
02. Frozen River
03. 1st Intersection
04. Line Drawings
05. Laughter Track
06. Orchards
07. The Silence Of The Sea
08. The Cell
09. 2nd Intersection
10. The Ghost Of Some Old Sin
11. Figurines
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Sheffield-based Post-Progressive Rock band inFictions released their ambitious and dynamic debut album 'Maps of Revenge and Forgiveness' on Monday Feb 20th 2012. The album is available on digital retailers and also on limited edition, hand-packaged CD. 

3 years in the making, the album has benefited from collaborations with 5 studios, 8 drummers and a host of session musicians and arrangers. The album was completed on a microscopic budget for something of its scope and complexity.

The debut album (Maps of Revenge and Forgiveness) has been produced by inFictions with production and engineering support from Dave Sanderson (2Fly), Paul Harris (G2), John Sephton (G2), James Fosberry (Big Dog), Graeme Atkinson (The Vault), Alan Smyth (2Fly) and Brian Gray (Steel Works). Mastered by Eric James at Philosopher's Barn Mastering.

The band are currently developing 2 new EPs, at least one of which will be out before 2013. EP1 is a collaboration with learning disabled musicians in the city of Sheffield. EP2 is a sound track to a short narrative dance film.

inFictions collaborated with 10 local artists to produce 10 unique pieces of art, each of which is an artist's individual visual interpretation of a song from the album.

inFictions are:

Ed Cartledge (vocals, guitars)
Gareth Hughes (bass, double bass, synth, mandolin)
Tom Chaffer (guitars)

And the many drummers:

Recording: Heather Price, Paul Lawson, Marc Wallis, Fred Kennedy
Development: Taran Ali, Isaac Luxmoore, Tim Walker, Paul Richards

All music and lyrics by Ed Cartledge. All tracks arranged and performed by inFictions with additional arrangements by Sam Jones (strings) and Hannah Browne (brass and piano).

Additional musicians:

Ben Eckersley, Lucy Wallace, Liz Hanks - Cello
Bernadette Dales, Annie Rushworth, Becki Mancey - Violin
Becki Mancey, Anna Haigh - Backing Vocals
Alistair Beverley, Cameron Beverley - Brass

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Album: Mindsedge - θ

Band: Mindsedge
Album: θ
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. δ
02. Andromeda
03. The Struggle
04. Enslaved
05. Torment
06. θ
07. The Price Of Separation
08. Paradoxical Visions (Of)
09. Shattered Reality
10. (And) Reordering Chaos
11. α
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Mindsedge was formed in November of 2006 by friends who wanted to make original music instead of conforming to the typical genres most local bands performed in their town. They play a blend of instrumental rock and metal interlaced with melodic as well as melancholic passages and solos with bits of ambient and space rock in-between.

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EP: Town Portal - Vacuum Horror

Band: Town Portal
Album: Vacuum Horror EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Rosini
02. Steaming Scrolls
03. Segway
04. Salut
05. Drastic Insights
06. Phantom Time
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Town Portal play instrumental rock that crosses borders of genres. Tapping on experience from earlier endeavors in genres like death metal, shoegaze and math rock, the three members bring components of it all into a melting pot, creating a unique niche of original melodies and harmonies, fixated on a skeleton of complex and playful rhythm structures. Under the dogma of forsaking vocals and other superfluous effects, the band throw themselves into a search of new meaningful ways to compose tones over time, with a heavy and dry precision.

After a European tour in 2010 and a minor row of Danish shows, they released their debut EP entitled Vacuum Horror in late 2011. The EP was followed up by another European tour in the beginning of 2012. In Denmark the EP was praised in several large- and small scale magazines, and the opening track Rosini is currently in rotation on national Danish radio, DR P6. A surprising outcome for an instrumental band, with its roots heavily planted in the DIY scenes ethics and methods. At the moment they’re preparing the recording of their debut album set to be released later this year.

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News: Kodiak

 "Hey everyone,

we decided to not be Kodiak any longer.
It wasn't an easy decision, but since we don`t have that much time anymore to continue Kodiak with the same compassion as in the last 4 years and since we grew into another musical direction, we decided to bring Kodiak to an end.
We´re currently thinking about the possibilities of a farewell show later that year. We'll keep you informed about that and we'll tell you as soon as we know more about it.
We`re still friends and we still play music together.

If you want to get some of our records, Denovali is having a sale on our releases right now in their online store.
Thanks to everyone who supported us in the last few years in any possible way. We hope to see you again in the future maybe at a show or something like that
Goodbye,
Maik, Seppo, Tommy" - Kodiak

Album: Sunpocrisy - Samaroid Dioramas

Band: Sunpocrisy
Album: Samaroid Dioramas
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Apoptosis
02. Apophenia
03. Φ - Phi
04. Vertex
05. Trismegistus
06. Samaroid
07. Samaroid / Dioramas
08. Dioramas
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The project was born in 2007 as a four pieces death/progressive band. After a year, in 2008 they went in studio to record their first EP called "Atman EP", which was self produced and published in limited edition of a hundred, a unique and different artwork for every copy, containing 4 tracks for a total length of 37'14'' of music. 

After the release, in 2009 the quartet started the live activity to support the EP, playing gigs with band like The Ocean, Ahab, In Mourning, Black Sun Aeon and more. In 2010 the band placed 4th to the most important unsigned band contest "Wacken Metal Battle" , and after that they started to create a more complex and different kind of music, becoming a six-pieces post/progressive beast. The band plays on stage as a unique experience performance, giving a lot of attention on strobe lights and atmospheric effects, a massive wall of sound and suggestive video projections for visuals.

In late 2011, the band entered the studio to record the debut album, a concept called "Samaroid Dioramas", engineered at Studio 73 by Riccardo Pasini.

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Marriages is a trio made up of Dave Clifford, Greg Burns and Emma Ruth Rundle, all of whom are also in post-rock quintet Red Sparowes. Though both acts are signed to Sargent House—and though Clifford has played with Rundle as part of the Nocturnes—these musicians have found, in the face of their own proximity, a degree of fresh sound together.

“Ten Tiny Fingers” is Marriages’ first single, off of Kitsune, the band’s upcoming May 1 release. As an offshoot of Red Sparowes—itself a group with ties to instrumetalists (no typo) Isis—“Fingers,” at five and a half minutes, could still seem like a shorter track to some. But, nevertheless, Marriages accomplishes its arc; more importantly, it does so while loosening its focus on structure, which allows for a more directly experimental vibe to creep in.

Kitsune was recorded with Toshi Kasai, who has previously worked with the Melvins and Tool, among others. You can stream and download “Ten Tiny Fingers”above is the teaser video of Marriages working in the studio.

Album: Horseback - The Invisible Mountain

Band: Horseback
Album: The Invisible Mountain
Label: Utech Records
Year: 2009










Tracklist
01. Invokation
02. Tyrant Symmetry
03. The Invisible Mountain
04. Hatecloud Dissolving Into Nothing
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Jenks Miller’s psychedelic metal / drone project, Horseback, produced an avant-garde sleeper-hit with 2007’s Impale Golden Horn. That record, which Aquarius Records described as “the best drone record of the year” upon its release, boasted four lengthy tracks, each one a vibrant and kaleidoscopic journey toward a manic, inevitable nirvana. More melodic and accessible than most noise records and noisier than most dream-pop records, Horseback’s debut carved itself a niche somewhere between Merzbow and Stars of the Lid, offering a refreshing sound to fans across many sub-genres of psychedelic music.

Horseback began its story in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States in 2006.

Horseback toured in the fall of 2007, including a stop at the fourth-annual Arthur Magazine-curated Million Tongues Festival in Chicago.

Horseback’s next full-length, the colossal and cinematic The Invisible Mountain, was released by Milwaukee’s Utech Records (Locrian, Aluk Todolo, Mammiffer) in 2009 to underground acclaim; it was then released on vinyl by the United Kingdom occult label Aurora Borealis in 2010 before being picked up by heavy-music powerhouse Relapse Records, who distributed the record around the world. Carried forward once again by Relapse’s greater visibility, The Invisible Mountain scored spots on many year-end lists (including Stereogum, Decibel, BrooklynVegan, Verbicide, All Music Guide, and OMG Vinyl).

After the success of The Invisible Mountain, Horseback produced a number of splits with genre-defying shape-shifters like Voltigeurs, Locrian, and Pyramids, and Forbidden Planet a limited black-noise cassette full-length on Brave Mysteries. Horseback’s full-band lineup made selected live appearances in 2011, including a performance at the Bull City Metal Fest in Durham, NC, and a BrooklynVegan-curated show in NYC at The Studio at Webster Hall with Hull, Caltrop, and Batillus.

In early 2011, Relapse re-released 2007’s Impale Golden Horn and 2010’s Forbidden Planet together as The Gorgon Tongue, with new artwork from frequent Horseback collaborator Denis Forkas Kostromitin. Currently, Horseback is finishing their next full-length record, titled Half Blood, for Relapse.

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Album: Falloch - Where Distant Spirits Remain

Band: Falloch
Album: Where Distant Spirits Remain
Label: Candlelight Records
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. We Are Gathering Dust
02. Beyond Embers And The Earth
03. Horizons
04. Where We Believe
05. The Carrying Light
06. To Walk Amongst The Dead
07. Solace
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Falloch was formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2010 by Andy Marshall and Scott McLean.

Their sound draws inspiration from a variety of musical styles such as atmospheric rock, metal, post-rock, Scottish folk as well as minimalist composers such as Arvo Pärt and Yann Tiersen.

Having a deep connection with nature the band is named after the Falls of Falloch waterfall in Crianlarich. Falloch (“Falach” in Scottish Gaelic) means “hidden/in hiding”.

They started recording their debut album ’Where Distant Spirits Remain’ in 2010. Upon completion they managed to secure legendary producer Ronan Chris Murphy (Ulver, King Crimson etc.) to master the album in early 2011, with the chance to sign to the revered Candlelight Records following shortly after. Their album was released on 26th September to a great critical reception.

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EP: Sinobola - Idea

Band: Sinobola
Album: Idea EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Shiver
02. New Day, Transparent Lights
03. The Estrangement
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Sinobola [SinÒbola] - a young band playing instrumental post-rock. Founded in 2010 in Poltave, Ukraine, as ready to experiment in sound trio - two guitars and drums. In 2011 the group adopted a bass guitarist, who quickly joined the band. The group at the moment: Alexander Lazarev (guitar), Max Solomka(Guitar), Vadim Kolomiets (bass), Dimitri Melchenko (Drums).

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Album: Landforge - Servitude To Earth

Band: Landforge
Album: Servitude To Earth
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. First Watch
02. Enchantress
03. Triquetra
04. God-Figure
05. Pilgrim
06. Phalanx
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Landforge is the name given to the most recent solo project of Stephan Carter. Drawing influences from post-metal, post-rock, and doom metal, Landforge’s music is a combination of both ethereal ambient guitar parts and pounding distorted riffs.

The exact birth date of Landforge is uncertain. Though a number of tracks date back to late 2009, and plans for a full length album even earlier than that, the first post-metal tendencies in the music didn’t appear until mid 2010. Recording for “Creation Cycle”, Landforge’s first album, started in early 2011 and was completed in May 2011, all done by one person in a bedroom studio, using mostly free software and cheap equipment. Creation Cycle was released on the 21st of May.

Stephan did not just sit back and enjoy the success of Creation Cycle; he went right back to work. With a batch of new ideas, Landforge started writing and recording his sophomore album. On February 15, 2012, Landforge’s second album “Servitude To Earth” was released. This album has a more dense sound compared to Creation Cycle, with song becoming longer and more complex.

Landforge is not done yet. A compilation album as well as Landforge’s third album may be released as soon as the end of 2012.

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EP: My Captain My Sea - It's Always The Simplest Shit That Means The Most

Band: My Captain My Sea
Album: It's Always The Simplest Shit That Means The Most
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011









Tracklist
01. Coming Home
02. Agnostic
03. Where You Stand Is Not Solid
04. You'll Never Change
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My Captain My Sea is a four piece instrumental band from Pittsburgh, Pa with influences from many post rock and ambient bands.

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Band: Behzad Mehrnoosh

Band: Behzad Mehrnoosh
Album: Förslavad (Demo)
Label: Self Released
Year: 2010










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01. Fallout
02. Linear
03. Vague
04. Martyrdom
05. Fathoms
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Band: Behzad Mehrnoosh
Album: Reverie
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Drömmeri
02. Montréal
03. Sol
04. Dov
05. Skyline
06. Febril
07. Train
08. Eskapism
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Band: Behzad Mehrnoosh
Album: Vildmarken
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. 65-55-45
02. Sömnlös
03. Asfalten
04. Välkommen (Till Vildmarken)
05. Sprickor
06. Väntan
07. Systemet
08. Synvilla
09. Vinterblek
10. Atlas
11. Stjärnstoff
12. Upprorsmakare
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One-piece instrumental rock project. All songs are written, recorded, mixed, mastered and released independently by Behzad Mehrnoosh.

"This project started beside other bands and constellations with one single thought in mind: to do everything by myself. It began with "Förslavad", where I had no I idea what I was up to. But it was such a liberating feeling - to write, record and release everything by myself, that I had to keep going. Which resulted in "Reverie", where I knew more what I wanted to do, I got closer to the sound I was looking for. But it wasn't until my latest self released album, "Vildmarken", where I had found my true calling. With both improvements in recording, but also the writing process I had managed to create something I was really proud of." -  Behzad Mehrnoosh

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Band: Alternativ Quartet

Band: Alternativ Quartet
Album: Linistea Astupa Goluri
Label: Self Released
Year: 2010









Tracklist
01. Hopus
02. Astrucare De Idei
03. Insemnari La Intamplare
04. Interludiu I
05. Linistea Astupa Goluri
06. Treaz
07. Drumul Catre Tot Ce-a Fost Mai Rau Pe Lume Se Deschide Decat Joi
08. Marte
09. Interludiu II
10. Macaz
11. Pi
12. Tabula Rasa (Linistea Partea II)
13. Amargana O
14. Sfarsit
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Band: Alternativ Quartet
Album: Aripi
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011









Tracklist
01. Aripi
02. Apocnis Vitro
03. Sunet Prea Dactil
04. Uite Pe Ce Calc
05. Jihad Si Pace
06. Cazi Incet
07. Tren
08. Toshiga II
09. Carne Vie
10. Speranta Si Grau
11. 6582738073
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Alternativ Quartet are a post-rock/post-metal band from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The band was formed in 2007 by Marcel Hosu, Silviu Petrina, Bogdan Hopulele and Alex Prigoană.

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EP: Ignifer - Le Jardin Des Supplices

Band: Ignifer
Album: Le Jardin Des Supplices EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










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01. L'éclat De La Douleur 
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Ignifer is a German band, consisting of Déhà - vocals, bass (Yhdarl), LRNT - guitars (Through The Pain) and M.Ohyra - drums (Avsked). Their first EP, is a homage to Octave Mirbeau's "Le Jardin des supplices".

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Album: Kasan - Drown

Band: Kasan
Album: Drown
Label: dunk!records
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Drown
02. The Battling Eels Of Antibes
03. An Emerald Dream
04. Mindshelter
05. Hydroman vs That Sea
06. Float
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Kasan are unique. Easily they play with different styles of rock-music. Instrumental Rock, breathing the spirit of famous bands such as Led Zeppelin or Kyuss. Living the excessiveness of early Motorpsycho as well as the fragility of Mogwai. Despite all these references and influences the band has developed it’s very own sound, rooted somewhere between 70s garage, metal and stoner. The song is the center, arranged structurally rational, still this rationality is facing passionate meaning. Excessively filled with rhythms and melodies, constant forward movement. The band tirelessly seeks emotions. Mostly pessimistic, but always hiding some strange ambivalence, it’s this glimmer of hope that unfolds true beauty. Kasan demands an open mind, the will to set your heart free- music is a drug. Playing live, Kasan have the courage to break their mostly overlong songs with psychedelic jam-sessions. These are the moments where their love for krautrock-music becomes obvious, complexity meets repetition. To embellish this special experience, Kasan use live-visuals on stage.

Kasan has been founded in January 2007 by the three friends,first songs got wrote and the first live show took place in August 07. Since then Kasan self-released a self-titled demo at the end of 2007 and an EP called Soma in march 2009.  Also this year the band developed a live visual concept with two Leipzig artists of Hasirehei. The past 3 years Kasan conquered the stages of Leipzig and Germany by starting in small venues. Until now the band had the honor to support bands like: Rotor, Hypnos69, Gorilla Monsoon, Khuda, An Emerald City, God Is An Anstronaut, Jesu, Wolfes In The Throne Room,Time To Burn, Black Shape Of Nexus,Three Steps To The Ocean, A Storm Of Light. 

2010 was the year of Kasan. The band released two split vinyls with German band Kokomo and New Zealand group An Emerald City, they played at the famous Asymmetry Festival, they supported Mouth Of The Architect, Heirs, The Night Terrors, Shrinebuilder and did a small tour in the Netherlands and Belgium. In 2011 they released a 7” split album with Galvano(Sweden). These things had been realized with some help from modern obsession booking & amp Maniyax Records(split with Kokomo release) . The band maintains its artistic responsibility and freedom by creating the artwork and layout of their CDs and merchandise using own pictures and paintings, taking part in the creation of their live visuals as well as organizing music-events in Leipzig. The band is strongly involved in the local music scene, setting up shows for local bands as well as international acts like Minsk, Storm Of Light, Rosetta, Blindead or Tides from Nebula.

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Album: Grown Below - The Long Now

Band: Grown Below
Album: The Long Now
Label: Slow Burn Records
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Trojan Horses
02. Devoid Of Age
03. The Abyss
04. Minaco II – Nebula
05. End Of All Time
06. The Long Now
07. Malklara
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Grown Below arose from the ashes of Timer in early 2011, continuing the path to the full album The Long Now with the same sound, but more evolved. With the rising of this fresh band the decision fell that from then on Matthijs (who previously was the singer of Timer) also took on the guitar and helped the band sound more like it should.

Grown Below may be influenced by the usual suspects (Cult of Luna, Isis, Tool etc.) but they certainly go beyond being mere epigones. Mixing ambient and atmospheric pieces with beastly heavy monolithic blows to the head, their music results in a promising and unique sound that can only be grasped as dark and utterly bleak.

The band signed with Slow Burn Records in June 2011, after finishing their debut album, that was due to be released in September that year.

At the same time the band had already begun creating new songs and ideas for the quick follow-up of their full-album 'The Long Now'.

Grown Below's The Long Now is an alternate version of the end of the world sagas. For centuries people believed the world would come to an end someday. One of the most recurring dates is the 21st of December two thousand and twelve. Grown Below interpreted this idea as the end of time, not the end of the world. They reconstructed a fictional journey into the last days on earth. In an early state, the album describes the awakening of menacing creatures (who are 'devoid of age') who had roamed on earth many centuries before mankind and are now stuck at the other side of time. At some point on the album, time stands still, resulting in the ability for these creatures to cross over the boundaries of time and crawl into our world. They feed on every living soul and while they bring chaos and panic, the absence of time creates an enormous rip in the middle of the earth, called 'The Abyss'. The protagonist decides to jump into this abyss, rather than being torn apart by these entities. He keeps falling downwards in dark matter called 'Nebula'. By jumping in this void, he locks himself up in his own non-temporal environment and brings all time to an end, including past and future. What remains is nothing, no time, no life, no creatures. He is in an eternal state of nothingness, called 'The Long Now'.

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Album: EndName - Anthropomachy

Band: EndName
Album: Anthropomachy
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Black Light
02. Neuros[e]
03. Under Asphalt
04. Old Star
05. Clouds Fly To The East
06. Not Dead
07. Horizon
08. Anthropomachy
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The Moscow, Russian Federation instrumental art metal outfit EndName was formed in 2007 by guitarists Sergo Meskhidze and Sergei Kaplin, with drummer Dmitry Musatov (former members of local band Soular).

After making their debut with a four-song EP entitled Dissociation in 2008, the three were joined by Sergei Podgornyi on bass and keyboards (formerly Sur and Barabanda). In April 2009, the quartet took a much-deserved break with their participation in the Moscow Doom Festival where they shared stage with Mourning Beloveth, Mournful Congregation, The Prophecy and Longing for Dawn. In point of fact, their music is more rooted in works by forefathers of post-metal genre Neurosis and Isis than in old school doom metal, and often compared to Chicago's instrumentalists Pelican. EndName is currently experimenting with noise and ambient textures : the bands drummer is also involved with his solo project somny rooted in experimental ambient and techno.

In 2010 guitarist Dmitriy Churilov (also with Cosmonauts Day) replaced Sergo Meskhidze.

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Album: Talvihorros - Descent Into Delta

Band: Talvihorros
Album: Descent Into Delta
Label: Hibernate
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Gamma
02. Beta
03. Alpha
04. Theta
05. Delta
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A year passes by and finally Talvihorros is back with his latest album Descent Into Delta. The man behind this one man guitar driven excursion is London based Ben Chatwin who in addition to Hibernate has had material released through Benbecula, My Dance The Skull and our sister label Rural Colours. Despite only recently forming the Talvihorros project in 2008, Chatwin has been experimenting with sound ever since he first picked up a guitar as a teenager. His live performances have seen him share a stage with the likes of Tim Hecker, Stephan Mathieu and Ian Hawgood to name just a few. Chatwin has to this point juggled live performances and studio work as two separate entities with studio material being culled from sounds derived from as many different instruments as possible and live performances being restricted to just guitar and pedals.

Descent Into Delta marks the blurring of the lines which separate these two disciplines. It was live performance that ignited the production of this record, which began life as a series of live improvisations, these were then selected and edited over a long period of time. During the mixing process the concept to Descent Into Delta was born and it slowly developed through many hours of editing and arrangement. Chatwin became interested in different states of mind, realising it actually produces frequencies or waves - much like sound, itself. When the mind is alert, awake or anxious, these waves are Gamma, at the other extreme, during deep sleep, Delta waves are produced. It was in turn Chatwin's intention that the sounds of Descent Into Delta would loosely depict a journey from Gamma through to Delta, as a kind of experiment to see whether the listener could be subconsciously encouraged to trace this path through sound.

Towards the last few moments of the album on the last track 'Delta', Chatwin was joined by viola player Anais Lalange who added a subtle but effective impact to the closing stages of this record. The addition of this instrument brings a whole new dimension and texture to the guitar explorations of Talvihorros.

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Album: Rituals - Rituals

Band: Rituals
Album: Rituals
Label: Alerta Antifascista
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Cognitive Dissonance
02. Kubler-Ross Model
03. Induced Compliance Paradigm
04. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
05. It Was All Very Sudden
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Rituals was formed in late 2010 in Phoenix, AZ featuring current members of Hellas Mounds and former members of Abysmal and play a blend of slow, heavy, and pummeling riffs with a mixture of sonically versed melancholy melodies.

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Album: Calf - A Constant Loss Departs From The Sentiment of the Abandoned

Band: Calf

Album: A Constant Loss Departs From The Sentiment Of The Abandoned

Year: 2011

Label: Noteale Records

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01. Dorian Grey Killed The Last Vestiges Of His consciousness

02. Ich Bebe

03. My Untouched Heart Is Less Despair Than You Are And Your Fucking New Living Room

04. A Contant Loss Departs From The Sentiment Of The Abandoned
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Calf is a post-rock/noise band formed in Athens in 2009. Calf presents a complicated mixture of music that can sometimes reach the edge, as you can notice in any single track of their debut album.

Their music combines peaceful melodies that are suddenly transformed in energetic and even violent sounds.

Their first album “A Constant Loss Departs from the Sentiment of the Abandoned”  saw the light of day on 2011, produced by Aris Christou, who has formelly worked with many significant alternative greek rock bands (Closer, Bocomolech etc.).

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News: Bossk - The Time Has Come For The Five Of Us To Perform Together Again

It has been over 4 years since we last played together and in that time our lives taken different paths and the scene that we were once a part of has changed. The music we wrote together has stood up against bands that have come and gone and the songs still have great significance to us all. This band was always about us five, our songs, the live show and being able to play to new audiences.

In 2012 we will be recording a live BBC Maida Vale session, something that as a band we have never done. We’ll be recording 3 old songs and a brand new track that we’ll be writing especially for the session. Huge thanks to Dan P Carter for his support. This will be available on Eyesofsound Records.

We plan to play 2 shows before the end of 2012, one in London and one in Leeds. We hope you will come and enjoy them with us. What comes after that is uncertain.

We are launching a new website where you can find out all details of the new release and the live shows as we start putting all the pieces together.

www.bosskonline.com

Alex, Nick, Rob, Sam, Tom

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Album: The Bliss - Gabbatha

Band: The Bliss
Album: Gabbatha
Label: Spinalonga Records
Year: 2011










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01. Zapukletska
02. Liabatyd
03. The Curse Of Lucio And Simplicio Godina
04. To The Son
05. Five Units
06. The Great Unknown
07. Dementia
08. --
09. Dawn
10. Joe Mazzotti
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The Bliss, a already 10-year-old band, counts numerous live performances in Greece, including the special moment of playing as an opening act at the concert of Faith No More in Athens back in 2009.
They have released their debut album ‘Gabbatha’ in 2011, recorded and mixed at Unreal Studio, produced entirely by them.

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Album: Our Friend, Surrender - The Deceiver And The Chariot

Band: Our Friend, Surrender
Album: The Deceiver And The Chariot
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










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01. After The Dream
02. A Thousand Kings
03. Malraux
04. The Promise Of First Light
05. Hope For Who We Are Because Of Who We Were
06. And Our Crowning Glory (What We Become)
07. Seventh Seal
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Our Friend, Surrender is a two man project spread across the US. Originally intended as nothing more then a jam session between friends, both found common ground in their love of post rock. Pursuing the goal of creating beautiful and interesting music that they wanted to hear, Our Friend, Surrender was born. Their debut album 'The Deceiver & The Chariot' was recorded and released in July of 2011. New material is in the works for the summer of 2012.

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Album: Sees - The End

Band: Sees
Album: The End
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Inhale
02. Stare
03. Ungrateful Self
04. Nonsense
05. Slowly
06. Nail Biter
07. Hidden
08. Cripple Me With Despair
09. Candidate
10. Exhale
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Sees was created as a solo project in early 2001. It was mostly for unused tracks featuring guest musicians in a wide variety of genres. In 2007 it became a full band with a much more focused sound. We will continue to make music for Sees until the end. Art cures all. - Sees

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EP: Jakarta Project - Geographic

Band: Jakarta Project
Album: Geographic EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










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01. Siberia
02. Alaska
03. New York
04. Vietnam
05. New Earth
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Jakarta Project is a post-rock band from Russia. No further info is available.