Wednesday, January 30, 2013 0 Engineers

Video: Tardive Dyskinesia - We, The Cancer (Live Recording)


Born from the ashes of Override, the Tardive Dyskinesia grappled with the freshest versions of progressive metal, baffling even the newly-formed math / experimental metal style with their particular musical temperament. Within 10 years of active presence, Sweeping released 2 albums (“Distorting Point Of View” in 2006 by Venerate industries & “The Sea Of See Through Skins” in 2009 by Coroner Records), and played countless lives in Greece and Europe, including appearances at the side of some of the biggest names in extreme / progressive metal / hardcore scene (European tour at the side of Pro-Pain, support to Meshuggah and Dillinger Escape Plan).

With their third album “Static Apathy In Fast Forward”, Tardive Dyskinesia further develop their personal sound in new directions, while pressing the louder their elements: sweeping riffs and barrage polyrhythmic parties alternated rapidly with atmospheric passages. With an emphasis on melody, energy and strong songwriting released their more mature, direct and strongest album of their musical life. “Static Apathy In Fast Forward” is out now from CTS Productions.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 0 Engineers

Album: Saåad - Orbs & Channels


Band: Saåad
Album: Orbs & Channels
Label: Hands In The Dark Records
Year: 2013










Tracklist
01. Hieronimus
02. Au-Delà
03. Savarà
04. Potsdamer Platz
05. Cavalcade
06. Forever Late
07. Hangover #8
08. Lure Of Conquests
09. Cross Organ
10. Soft Drug
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Hailing from Toulouse in the South of France, Saåad is composed of Romain Barbot and Greg Buffier. The prolific pair have been spending the dark hours of night-time exploring the realms of sound for a few years now with a combination of epic, abstract drone and ambient improvisations, new concepts, elaborate murky atmospheres, and a strong visual identity as the trademark of their collaboration.

This new full-length album "Orbs & Channels" immerses listeners into the maze of a haunted and shadowy invisible world where superstition plays a key role. Making audible that which cannot be uttered, it is an ode to the beyond, the expression of the inexpressible that is associated to it, and an echo of unfathomable grief. After a handful of fascinating albums and appearances on various compilations - most of them released on tape or digital format through their own record label BLWBCK. Saåad continued carrying out their intriguing research in the Hands in the Dark lab.

Saturday, January 26, 2013 0 Engineers

Album: Oak - Not Afraid Anymore


Band: Oak
Album: Not Afraid Anymore
Label: Self Released
Year: 2013










Tracklist
01. Time Is My Worst Enemy
02. ER, 2am
03. Things Are Getting Bad
04. So Tired Of This Sickness...
05. ...It Has To End Soon. 
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Oak is a post-rock band from Strasbourg, France created in 2009.

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Friday, January 25, 2013 0 Engineers

Video: Saåad - Soft Drug


Thursday, January 24, 2013 0 Engineers

Band: Harpeth


Band: Harpeth
Album: Victory Rose EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012









Tracklist
01. Everything You Ever Wanted
02. Listen To Me
03. Celosia (Interlude)
04. The Best Thing Not The Right Thing
05. 500 Years
06. Endir
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Band: Harpeth
Album: Jogging These Walks of Life EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Wake Up
02. Impulse
03. Lampshade (Carpet)
04. Wisdom
05. Sojourn
06. Chism
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Harpeth is a band composed of Jay Ragsdale (vocals/rythm guitar), Dalton Ross(lead guitar) , Bryan Stubblefield (bass/piano), and Harrison Humphries(drums) hailing from Brentwood, TN.

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Album: Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis (An Agony In Fourteen Bites)


Band: Obsidian Kingdom
Album: Mantiis (An Agony In Fourteen Bites)
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Not Yet Five  
02. Oncoming Dark  
03. Through The Glass  
04. Cinnamon Balls  
05. The Nurse  
06. Answers Revealing  
07. Last Of The Light  
08. Genteel To Mention  
09. Awake Until Dawn
10. Haunts Of The Underworld
11. Endless Wall
12. Fingers In Anguish
13. Ball-Room
14. And Then It Was
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Obsidian Kingdom is an independent music project founded in Barcelona in 2005. The band plays hard-to-classify heavy music with plenty of contrasts.

The band was born as a vehicle for its members to express dark emotions and explore their technical capacities, while striving for complexity within a raw and aggressive sound. Their first reference is the MCS “Matter” (2007), a conceptual work with a strong occultist inspiration, with the four natural elements as main lyrical theme.

Obsidian Kingdom continued to explore their musical limits; process which eventually culminated in the writing and pre-recording of an unborn child: “Fera”. This unpublished album explored the emotions and states of mind related to human atavistic fears. Only a little sample of “Fera” would be released as an EP, entitled “3:11” (2010), where the guitar tuning dropped to C and the minimal melodic expression (based mainly in semitone variations) is compensated by a great rhythmic complexity.

After almost two years of intense work, Obsidian Kingdom publishes its most ambitious project. “Mantiis – An Agony In Fourteen Bites” (2012) is a conceptual album, featuring a single song divided into fourteen tracks which flow through different genres. Taking part in the long-lived tradition of rock operas – such as those created by David Bowie or King Diamond –, the album embarks the listener in an eerie musical trip, noted for the coherent exploration of a wide range of styles and emotions. With a progressive character and a post-modern approach, its influences can be traced from the melancholy of Akira Yamaoka to the heaviness of Cult of Luna, including the experimental style of Ulver or Pink Floyd sound’s heritage.

The main features of Obsidian Kingdom's music are the use of multiple sound resources in order to portray a wide range of emotions; a deep interest for aesthetics and the mise-en-scène; and the sombre and cryptic quality of their lyrical topics. Defying both tradition and their black metal origins, Obsidian Kingdom continue to tread their own path in an untiring search for their own unique style, aside from convention or style boundaries.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 0 Engineers

Video: Waves - Light & Colors


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Album: Hedvika - The Evidence Of Absence


Band: Hedvika
Album: The Evidence Of Absence
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Collapse
02. 100000 Years
03. The Ocean Below
04. Enceladus
05. Void / No Void
06. Last Glare
07. Shape Of Nemesis
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"Formed in the remainings of the Old Sun. Through dust, the first glow revealed the vastness of the     new world. The celestial solitude of an enslaved passenger of time who saw the light of a world of masters and minions. Silence is broken. Conscious is born. Her ocean is screaming her existence filling the void, reflecting on his frozen entity. From the reaches of the new gleam to the warmth of destruction, matter realizes it's own existence following the arrow of time. In the shadow of a second sun doubting the reality. Doubting the Evidence Of Absence.”

The band was formed in Athens, Greece in spring 2011 in order to deliver heavy tunes in the vein of Neurosis, Isis, Fall Of Efrafa, Electric Wizard and the likes. After spending some quality time in the studio making demo recordings, the band started performing live and scheduled some winter gigs for 2012-2013.Simultaneously they began the arduous task of giving birth to their first endeavor entitled “The Evidence Of Absence” , a concept album for our own expanding universes. Currently, Hedvika continue their journey in the stellar plains composing new tracks combining atmosphere and heaviness through their own prism.

Join the crew in its maiden voyage and let the sounds take you away...

Members:
Vasilis L.-Guitars
Dimitris D.-Bass
Michalis K.-Drums (also in Dirty Granny Tales)
Dimitris Spoon K.-Guitars, Throat (also in Earth Of Distrust,The Brightly Shining Sea,Deus Ignotus)

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Sunday, January 20, 2013 0 Engineers

Video: Late Night Venture - The Empty Forest


Friday, January 18, 2013 0 Engineers

Video: Corrections House - Hoax The System

Corrections House is a metal supergroup featuring Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Mike IX Williams  (Eyehategod), Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium), and Bruce Lamont (Yakuza/Bloodiest). Here's the first track they're sharing, "Hoax the System", which will be released on a limited 7" on Parker and Lamont's War Crime Recordings label, backed by the track "Grin With a Purpose".



Corrections House has scheduled a string a rare live shows in January/February in the US. The 19-date trek will commence on January 21 in Brooklyn, New York and wind its way through much of the of the East Coast before concluding in Denver, Colorado. Special solo sets by Parker, Lamont, Kelly and Williams will be performed prior to closing each night as Corrections House.

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EP: Selfish Jeans - Demos 2011-2012


Band: Selfish Jeans
Album: Demos 2011-2012
Label: Self Released
Year: 2013










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01. Paint The Sun
02. The Bastard Duke
03. These Black Feathers
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Selfish Jeans is a defunct side project Robin Urbino (The Mire vocalist/guitarist) worked on circa 2011-2012. Around 30 demos exist, some will end up in his bandcamp eventually, most won't. RIP Selfish Jeans.

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Newsl: Aloud Music Festival

For the label's 10th birthday, Aloud Music have their first festival ever, in Barcelona.
Over three evenings from 7th – 9th February at Barcelona’s Sidecar Factory Club and Sala Apolo, will apear 10 bands. Serving as a showcase for some of Spain’s brightest and best exponents of post-rock, indie and rock ‘n’ roll music; Toundra, Lisabö, Cuzo and Syberia will be joined by Canterbury post-rock instrumentalists Yndi Halda, Reggio Emilia shoegazers Giardini di Mirò, Norway’s awesome The Samuel Jackson Five and Belgium’s Stories From The Lost and Powder! Go Away from Rusia. Furthermore, the missing The Joe K-Plan (Spain) will re-joins for the occasion. 



Tickets are on sale now priced 35€ which also includes a discount of 5€ for all Aloud performances throughout 2013. Day tickets are also available, more info of which can be found here:
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Album: El Tercer Semestre - #TenderTropic


Band: El Tercer Semestre
Album: #TenderTropic
Label: Aloud Music
Year: 2013









Tracklist
01. Ratalan
02. Manuel
03. Tropicat
04. Flowers
05. Felix Millet
06. Obsolescencia
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 El Tercer Semestre is a math-rock band from Sabadell, Spain.

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 0 Engineers

Album: La Tumba De Nicolas Cage / Témpano - Split


Band: La Tumba De Nicolas Cage
Album: Split
Label: AUGE Records
Year: 2013










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03. .
04. .
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Band: Témpano
Album: Split
Label: AUGE Records
Year: 2013










Tracklist
01. Antes De Que Todo Caiga
02. Hoy
03. Heridas Abiertas
04. Anhelo
05. Ojos Ciegos
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La Tumba De Nicolas Cage
A instrumental, post-rock band from Spain.
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A post-hardcore, screamo band from Torrelavega, Spain.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013 0 Engineers

Single: Cloudkicker - Hello


Band: Cloudkicker
Album: Hello (Single)
Label: Self Released
Year: 2013










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01. Hello
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Cloudkicker is a music that happens when a person named Ben Sharp sometimes uses a computer to record and sequence instruments.

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Monday, January 14, 2013 0 Engineers

EP: Giardini Di Mirò - Unluck


Band: Giardini Di Mirò
Album: Unluck
Label: Secret Furry Hole
Year: 2012










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01. Young Age
02. Invisible
03. End Of The Road - Send A Present To Jude
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Giardini Di Mirò is an Italian post rock band from Cavriago, in the province of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The group’s music is a mix of psychedelia, shoegaze, dream pop, noise, post punk. "Unluck" are 3 songs about the idea of luck. Perfect match to "Good Luck", their last full length album.

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Album: Immovable Objects - I'll Know to Believe In Sparrows


Band: Immovable Objects
Album: I'll Know to Believe In Sparrows
Label: Hawnyawk Records
Year: 2012









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01. From Bondage To Spiritual Faith
02. From Spiritual Faith To Great Courage
03. From Courage To Liberty
04. From Liberty To Abundance
05. From Abundance To Selfishness
06. From Selfishness To Complacency
07. From Complacency To Apathy
08. From Apathy To Dependence
09. From Dependence Back Again Into Bondage
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Immovable Objects started out as the performance and recording name for San Diego-based multi-instrumentalist Matt Gagin. After spending five years with local band Waterline Drift, Gagin says he “…wanted to do something where I played a lot of different instruments and creativity wasn’t stifled by preconception or personality conflicts.” His first record, “Hoping It Stays Just This Broken” incorporated elements of indie rock, shoegaze and electronica into dense soundscapes. “I had no intention of really making a record, I was just going to record when I felt like it and see what was coming out. If I liked it, cool, if not, then I didn’t. I was really just making music for the sake of making music.”
For the follow-up record, Gagin decided to put together a live band that could play relentless instrumental rock, then capture that energy and emotion on tape. Enlisting the efforts of Paul Balmer (guitar), Brad Botbyl (guitar), Ted Donovon (drums) and fellow Waterline Drift alumnus Tim Peacock (bass), the quintet’s sound has been compared to God Speed You Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky, Mum, Sigur Ros, Panda Bear and Her Space Holiday.

After recording through the early months of 2012 at Black Box Studios with Mario Quintero, the new album, “I’ll Know to Believe in Sparrows”, was released in June 2012 on Hawnyawk Records and is currently in the process for Australian distribution. Says Gagin, “I’ve read on record label websites that you should include your successes in your bio. The only true success we have is recording music that we like and not compromising it. So, if nothing else we have that.”

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Streaming: Ermo - Ermo EP


Band: Ermo
Album: Ermo EP
Label: Harakiri
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Sem Nome
02. Destronado
03. Montalegre
04. Dies Irae
05. Concílio
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Ermo is a project that was born in the summer of 2011, founded by Antonio Costa and Bernardo Barbosa, both natives of Braga. Their music is a mix of the Portuguese folk music with the industrial spirit, which exist for 80 years now in Braga. Ermo may better fit the category of post-folk, if really needed this type of label.

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Sunday, January 13, 2013 0 Engineers

EP: Black Table - Sentinel


Band: Black Table
Album: Setinel EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Heist
02. Sentinel
03. To Tear Down
04. 1942
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Black Table is an experimental metal band with members from Beacon NY, Monroe, NY and Jersey City, NJ. Originally from California, Mers Sumida performs vocals and guitar. Guitarist Ryan Fleming and drummer Michael Kadnar were in New Jersey metal band Randall Flagg and bassist Matt Mellon was a founding member of technical jazz metal act Mabus. Others have described us as: “avant garde metal “and “blackened metal meets progressive post-hardcore”.

Black Table are an unsigned experimental metal band with members from Beacon NY, Monroe, NY and Jersey City, NJ. Native Californian Mers Sumida performs vocals and guitar. Guitarist Ryan Fleming and drummer Michael Kadnar were in New Jersey metal band Randall Flagg and bassist Matt Mellon was a founding member of the technical jazz metal act Mabus. They can be described as: “avant garde metal “and “blackened metal meets progressive post-hardcore”.

In May 2012 they posted their DIY recorded demo “Heist” on bandcamp, which got Black Table into the 2012 Winter Is Coming Festival in New England, CT. where they played with Vattnett Viskar, Ritual, and SIG:AR:TYR. In August 2012 they released a special auditory project “DeepWell” on CD only, that they sold exclusively at our shows. An unsettling 20 minute instrumental ambient track that comes with implements to experience the music in the form of a ritual.

“Sentinel” was recorded and mixed at Trax East Studio with Eric Rachel, and mastered at West West Side with Alan Douches. A 12” vinyl will be released by Battle Stag Records in January 2013 and the digital download and CD released on December 17, 2012, the last day of Black Table's tour which was at Precious Metal in NYC with Meek is Murder, Tiger Flowers and I Am Heresy.

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EP: Tyler Etters - The Geometrie Of Our Lost Cause


Band: Tyler Etters
Album: The Geometrie Of Our Lost Cause EP
Label: Endless Field Studios
Year: 2013










Tracklist
01. Immemorial
02. Generative
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“The Geometrie Of Our Lost Cause” – the first release from Tyler Etters, is split into two 15 minutes songs and released on digital and cassette. Listen to the first track and it’s easy to understand why the artist chose this imperfect medium for the physical release. The album has a timeless quality to it. It breathes and has a soul. The first piece, “Immemorial” is an ever-changing semi-ambient track that feels very introverted, almost like Tyler is searching for something within himself. The second piece, “Generative,” is an experiment in algorithmically generated music. Tyler meticulously bounced down 100 different versions of “Generative” to cassette tape. As cassettes are purchased, the correlating versions of “Generative” become unlocked for everyone else to download. Tyler Etters’ first release is a beautiful display of how electronic music can still be sincere and uninhibited. Recommended for fans of Brian Eno, Tim Hecker, and GY!BE.

'Immemorial' is made up of several movements. They are:
I. The Forgotten Distance
II. Time Slopes
III. By The Train Tracks (w/ Arthur)
IV. Hazey Power Plant, 1001 Drones (For Paul)
V. At Another Working Gate

'Generative' is actually 1/100th of a much longer piece. Each cassette is dubbed with a different section. The original intention was for everyone to download a random copy of 'Generative' from his website each time, but alas that strategy proved exceedingly complex to integrate the current media dissemination tools at his disposal. So, this section of 'Generative' is from is from Tyler Etters' cassette.

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Band: They Say We're Sinking


Band: They Say We're Sinking
Album: Echoes Of The Great War EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Beth (Declarer)
02. Kaph (Invocation)
03. Gimel (The Wandering)
04. Teth (The Keeper)
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Band: They Say We're Sinking
Album: Telos (Single)
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Telos
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They Say We're Sinking is an instrumental (some would say "post") rock band from Delaware. Each member, having spent time in various local and touring bands that consisted of a few different genres (Your Eyes My Dreams, Gray Lines of Perfection, Likeminded, Mother Against Daughter, Say It Again), decided to collaborate on an instrumental, ambient-rock project that began during the summer of 2009. After spending time acclimating to each other's playing styles and developing a reliable songwriting process, they began to steadily play shows beginning in 2010. They have stayed mostly local, but have already developed a solid reputation for intense live performances.

The band does not pretend to hide behind their influences, but underneath any perceived similarities one might find elements that set their music apart. The band does not trudge slowly in calm soundscapes, nor do they linger within heavy and explosive distortion. The music in constant fluctuation, with each softer melodic part always preparing to gain steam until the momentum gives way to a firestorm of devastatingly beautiful, almost post-metal, high points.

In a genre that is most often characterized by apocalyptic and dystopian soundscapes, They Say We're Sinking has often been noted to have more of an uplifting sound, which one reviewer called a "defiant hope". Their "Echoes of the Great War EP" is a raw, bold testament to the emotional journey the band is capable of portraying. There are moments of angst, of fear and chaos, of victory and righteousness, and above all, of truth and beauty.

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Friday, January 11, 2013 0 Engineers

Video: The Black Heart Rebellion - Crawling Low And Eating Dust


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Album: Ben Woods - This Digital Horizon


Band: Ben Woods
Album: This Digital Horizon
Label: Self Released
Year: 2013










Tracklist
01. From This View
02. Until Our Eyes Adjust
03. High Above Everything We Know
04. Distorted Images
05. This Digital Horizon Pt. 1
06. A Solemn Return Journey
07. This Digital Horizon Pt. 2
08. The Path Home
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Ben Woods began writing music intended for release in 2008 whilst studying at the University of Plymouth in the Southwest, UK. He later went on to release his debut album ‘A Collection of Thoughts’ in (2008) with the free Net Label Wise Owl Records with which he would later go on to release the ‘Liaise In Silence EP’ (2008), ‘Nymh: Realms of Detachment’ (2009) and ‘Moments’ (2009). His style shifts between an ambient and piano sound achieved with processed MIDI instruments.

After Wise Owl Records took a hiatus he later released ‘We Are Silhouettes Now’ in 2010 with Lost Children Net Label.

"This Digital Horizon" is his latest album released for free and he is currently searching for a net label to release it.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013 0 Engineers

Single: Long Distance Calling - Ductus


Band: Long Distance Calling
Album: Ductus (Single)
Label: TBA
Year: 2013










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01. Ductus
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Long Distance Calling released a single call "Ductus" from their forthcoming album, which is going to be released in March 2013.

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Band: City Of The Lost


Band: City Of The Lost
Album: At The Edge
Label: Self Released
Year: 2013










Tracklist
01. A Coming Storm
02. The Nightingale
03. Omen, Pt.1 (Temple Keepers)
04. Back To The Future
05. Rise As One
06. 86 Days Of Despair
07. Basilisk
08. Omen, Pt.2 (The Stargazer)
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Band: City Of The Lost
Album: Birds Of Tartary
Label: Self Released
Year: 2012










Tracklist
01. Hidden Flows
02. Through The Wasteland
03. Postcards From Zhukovskiy
04. Dreamcatcher
05. Great Tartary
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Band: City Of The Lost
Album: Life Long Novel
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Children Of War
02. Fragile Peace Revives
03. Spacewalk
04. Long Way Home
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City Of The Lost was formed as a one-man band from Moscow in late of 2010. In June of 2011 the band released their debut EP “Life Long Novel” as a full band. In  May of 2012 they released their second EP called "Birds Of Tartary" and in January 2013 they released their debut album.

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Tuesday, January 08, 2013 0 Engineers

Video: Collapse Under The Empire - Closer

Sunday, January 06, 2013 0 Engineers

Band: Our Blistered Horizon


Band: Our Blistered Horizon
Album: Artifice
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Circle
02. Stupour
03. Fracture
04. Departure
05. Regression
06. Bitter
07. Oblivious
08. Letting Go
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Band: Our Blistered Horizon
Album: Dormant
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










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01. Dormant
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Band: Our Blistered Horizon
Album: Reverie
Label: Self Released
Year: 2011










Tracklist
01. Reverie
02. Ascension
03. Monument
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A post-rock venture from Michael Holden.

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Saturday, January 05, 2013 0 Engineers

Album: Consciousness Removal Project - Tacid


Band: Consciousness Removal Project
Album: Tacid
Label: Self Released
Year: 2013










Tracklist
01. Colossus I: Legacy
02. Mercurial
03. Colossus II: Thrashing
04. Decay Practice
05. Colossus III: Deadlock
06. Colossus IV: Null && Void
07. Lost Mnemonics
08. The Unknown Known
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Consciousness Removal Project is a one-man post-metal band from Tampere, Finland. Its only member Antti Loponen is solely responsible not only for compositions, lyrics and arrangements but also for most instruments and the record production. With the help of a live collective, Consciousness Removal Project has also been able to perform live since 2008.

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