Album: The Other Side Of The Sky - Rorschach

The Other Side of the Sky from Daytona Beach, Florida deliver a unique brand of ambient sludge metal related to bands like Isis, Neurosis, Pelican and Mogwai. Recorded at Godcity Studios under the guidance of Kurt Ballou (Converge), it is a representation of massive volume inducing emotion, combining droning riffs and subtle effects-induced builds.





Genre: Sludge Metal
Label: Retribute Records
Playing time: 39:37
Band homepage: -

Tracklist:

1. No Compromise
2. Rorschach
3. Times Square Spectre
4. Street Ethics
5. Harlem
6. Reluctant Hero
7. Justice Is A Vagrant

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Album: Sika Redem - Entheogen

Coventry based 5 piece band. Describe themselves as prog or screamo, although Rock Sound described them as sounding like "A chaotic escape plan utilising elements of thrash, hardcore and even emo to drag you into a strange dimention of screaming uncertainty".

The current lineup is:
Tommy Jones - Vocals
Luke McCusker - Drums
Stein Fletcher - Guitar
Ian Lee - Bass
Lewis Roden - Guitar

They released they're debut full on the 29th of May 2006, titled "Entheogen". (from last.fm)

Tracklist:
1. The October Bird of Death
2. Mr.Hunk
3. The Race From Hominid to Starflight
4. Euglena
5. The Protagonist Fails, the Pugilist Falls
6. Shields
7. Proud Sons of a Magnanimous Land
8. Stretching For The Zenith
9. Sekret Redem

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Band: They Don't Sleep

They Don't Sleep are a piano led progressive band hailing from London. The band consists of Glenn Kerrigan - Piano/Keys/Vocals, Will Kendrew - Bass/Vocals, Andi Newman - Drums, William Young - guitar. William is not the original guitarist of the band, their previous guitarist left due to undisclosed reasons and William was (at the time) 'drinking mates' with the band.

They Don't Sleep's most recent E.P, 'The Drawing Game', was a self release by the band near the end of 2006, they decided to release it themselves after having many meetings with various different major labels to no avail.

2007 is looking exiting for TDS as they have shows booked with such bands as 'Jenniferever' and they have been tipped for big things by Rock Sound (on of the more reputable journals of musical opinion), it's only a matter of time before They Don't Sleep hit it big.
(last.fm)

They Don't Sleep
The Drawing Game

Tracklist:
01. Signature
02. Face To The Floor
03. The Eel's Foot
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Support the artist and buy the EP here.

Album: Envy - A Dead Sinking Story

Envy is one of the foremost hardcore/screamo bands in Japan. They have a large following outside of their native Japan, and are signed to Rock Action Records in Europe and Temporary Residence Limited in North America, though originally they worked with Level Plane Records. Vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa was featured on the song "I Chose Horses" from the album Mr.Beast by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, the same band that owns and operates Rock Action Records.

Envy
A Dead Sinking Story

Released: 2003.04.25 (SO-004)
Label: Sonzai Records

Tracklist:
01.Chain Wandering Deeply
02.Distress of Ignorance
03.Evidence
04.Color of Fetters
05.Unrepairable Gentleness
06.Go Mad and Mark
07.Conviction That Speeds
08.Reasons and Oblivion
09.Will Remains in the Ashes
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Members:

• Tetsuya Fukagawa (vocals/sequencer)
• Nobukata Kawai (guitar)
• Masahiro Tobita (guitar)
• Manabu Nakagawa (bass guitar)
• Dairoku Seki (drums)

Album: Balboa / Rosetta - The Mercury Program (Split)

Balboa / Rosetta - The Mercury Program (Split)

01.Balboa - Primitive Accumulation
02.Balboa - Kaddish
03.Balboa - Planet Of Slums
04.Rosetta - TMA-1
05.Rosetta - Clavius
06.Balboa/Rosetta - Project Mercury
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This split album from Balboa / Rosetta is worth listening. Great songs from 2 great bands.
Please buy this album if you like it...Support the artists!!!

Band: Noise Room

Noise Room are an instrumental post-rock band from Battipaglia in Italy who mix their heavy guitar-based songs with various instruments such as keyboards and theremins to produce the great sounding 'The End of the Lord's Constellation' EP.

Currently playing shows in Italy, contact the band if you want a CD version of the EP via their myspace.

Noise Room - The End Of The Lord's Constellation EP

01.The End Of The Lord's Constellation
02.Friends
03.Hope Vhannel
04.You X Hey She It Boom
05.Alastmoon
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Enjoy!

Band: J.Allen

I know this blog, is mostly about post-rock and instrumental music, but I got this promo CD from a greek band called J.Allen, and I thought I had to do a review about it.

J.Allen is a post-grunge/progressive band with beautiful riffs and successions in melodies in their tracks. Their sound is colorfull and powerfull as they mix heavyness with melody. They are coming form Leivadia, Greece and nowadays all 3 members are living in Athens due to their studies.

The band consists from:
*Anestis Dumas : bass, backing vocals
*Akis Papavasileiou : guitar, vocals
*Marios Skaltsas : drums

After a long time of boredom they finally recorded a 10 track album. They recorded the vocals in Echotron Studio (Athens) and all other instruments in their home . The production is really awesome, if you think about the circumstances.

The band has perfomed live in Athens and Thessaloniki (e.g.Rodeo, Athens - Mylos, Thessaloniki) many times and they have builted quite a popular name amongst greek bands.

Their influences are: Tool, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Isis, R.A.T.M., Nirvana, Muse and other.

*J.Allen - tHE cHAIR oF sIGMUND fREUD (promo)

1.Xanax
A nice old-school grunge intro, which builts into a monster, until the outro which is a drifty melody (one of my favorite part) and leaves the audience with a nice feedback. The vocals are powerful enough and crashes you down from time to time.

2.We Can Act
A nice builted song which has a heavy sound, but at the same time creates emotions and easy sounds.

3.Infatuation
A nice quite song, with heavy chorus. The lyrics describe the weakness of a man into infatuation.


4.Marry Me
An ironic track about romanticism with fast riffs, for those who have acquired everything from their lifes.

(Songs writen by: A.Dumas & A.Papavasileiou Produced by: J.Allen)

Hearing this demo, we believe that this band have many possibilities.
Bands like J.Allen could have more opportunities outside Greece, but we hope that some greek label would sign them and prove us wrong.

For more information and live booking :
URL: www.myspace.com/jallenband
email: jallen_31@hotmail.com