Album: Come Across Trachimbrod - Eclarion EP

Band: Come Across Trachimbrod
Album: Eclarion EP
Label: Tokyo Jupiter Records
Year: 2009






Tracklist
01. Me, I Am Chaos
02. This Woman Doesn't Even Know Us
03. Escaping From A Vulcanic Eruption
04. Lumos! Crystalline Water Ice
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Come Across Trachimbrod is a swedish band which released their first demo Eclarion in Asia by a japanese label Tokyo Jupiter Records on June 9th. It has a new design but still the same material as their earlier self released demo. Among this they are in the middle of a new recording process and in a few months they hopefully will be ready with their first album/ep.

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Album: S.ink - Time And Timing

Band: S.ink
Album: Time And Timing
Label: Poeta Negra
Year: 2003







Tracklist
01. Evolve
02. Freq's House
03. U
04. Sink
05. MpT
06. As Is
07. Jasmine
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S.Ink was a band from Thessaloniki, Greece. Their music is experimental and hard to describe. It contains elements from jazz, ambient, post-rock (gy!be) outbursts and more.

Band members were:
Dani Joss - guitar
Vassilis Karkavitsas - guitar
Panos Papazoglou - keyboards, guitar
Christos Pappas - bass
Stathis Portaritis - drums

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Album: Junius - The Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist

Band: Junius
Album: The Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist
Label: Make My Day Records/The Mylene Sheath
Year: 2009






Tracklist
01. Birth Rites By Torchlight
02. The Antediluvian Fire
03. (turning to the spirits of the hours...)
04. The Dramatist Plays Catastrophist
05. Ten Year Librarian
06. Stargazers And Gravediggers
07. (...he fell before her)
08. Elishiva, I Love You
09. Letters From Saint Angelica
10. The Mourning Eulogy
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The tireless and ever-touring bearded men of Junius are releasing their new record, The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist, on The Mylene Sheath (North America / UK) and Make My Day Records (Europe). Preparation for the long-awaited album began in 2006, with month-long writing/recording sessions in such unconventional locales as a bank vault in California, a warehouse in Texas, a farmhouse in Vermont, and a shack in the swamps of Louisiana. The result is a full-fledged concept album, inspired by the life and theories of controversial scholar Immanuel Velikovsky.

From birth to death, The Martyrdom of A Catastrophist chronicles a man whose progressive theories on ancient history and the cosmos were widely challenged by mainstream academia during his lifetime. The album's ten songs are both cinematic and accessible, building to crescendos which echo some of Post Rock's most epic moments, but with vocals, hooks, and lyrics creating focus throughout. Actual quotes from Velikovsky's interviews and lectures are interspersed between songs, providing a sense of narrative to the proceedings.

Junius produced The Martyrdom at the legendary A&M Records studios in Hollywood (now known as Henson Recording) over the course of a year, somewhat guerilla-style, during off-hours when the studio wasn't booked (the band has joked that they were bumped out by everyone from Akon to Bruce Springsteen—literally). The album was recorded by Kevin Mills and Tom Syrowski (Weezer, AFI) and mastered by Dave Collins (Danny Elfman, Black Sabbath). It also includes a 24-page book featuring art by Drew Speziale (Circle Takes The Square) and illustrator Matt Gauck.

While Junius' sound is sometimes tough to categorize, they have cited such artists as Bedhead (Junius singer/guitarist Joseph E. Martinez's uncle Trini was their drummer), Philip Glass, Hum, and M83 among a long list of inspirations. The band has been electrifying rapt audiences with their spellbinding walls of reverb-drenched guitars, haunting vocals and self-made lights since 2004.

Shortly after releasing their first EP, Forcing Out The Silence, Junius began a tireless touring regimen to fan the flames of an already blazing press. Among its accolades, Disclosure Magazine declared the debut "one of the most engaging Dark Rock albums to come out since Joy Division last graced a stage." Junius toured for over 9 months and played over 200 shows in their first year alone, embracing a DIY ethic which remains at the core of the band's ideology.

Both the debut EP and its 2006 follow-up, Blood Is Bright (later released as a self-titled full-length), were recorded by Will Benoit (of Constants), and mastered by Nick Zampiello (Isis, Converge, Torche). Hailed as a “darkly lush epic” by Alternative Press and “genius” by The Big Takeover, Junius’ work is borne of experiments in isolation and asceticism. It’s this austere approach from one of America's hardest working bands that adds a weighty sense of purpose and intrigue to their output.

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*Junius' previous albums here

Album: Sad Breakfast - Sad Breakfast

Band: Sad Breakfast
Album: Sad Breakfast
Label: BYR Records
Year: 2009








Tracklist
1. Atahualpa Yuyeti
2. Antlia
3. Aldeano
4. Camaleon & Andromeda
5. Enloquece Rabino, Enloquece
6. Munaf
7. Rompiendo Cosas
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Sad Breakfast is a post-rock band from Mexico City. The group consists of three members and plays instrumental post-rock/metal. Their heavy riffs refer to bands like Pelican and Russian Circles...

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Album: The Mire - Volume: I

Band: The Mire
Album: Volume: I
Label: Eyes Of Sound
Year: 2009







Tracklist
01. Wheelwalker
02. Fear
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Mire: noun, verb, mired, mir-ing.
1. slimy soil of depth or deep mud.
2. to sink in mire or mud; stick.
3. to involve; entangle.

In these times of pre-packaged, finessed and finished products it is of all too rare occasion to unearth a new band whose musical nuance and lyrical message stands for something broader in scope, something larger than life.

Having honed their musical compass in the ranks of celebrated UK underground acts Bossk and Centurion, the members of The Mire – guitarist/vocalist Robin Urbino, bassist Tom Begley, guitarist Ben Cupidi and drummer Eugene Economou - have now found their true calling. Though really it matters not how they got here, only that they are here, for The Mire is a band whose craft is outweighed only by their own potential to become even more devastating.

With debut release Demos: Volume I, recorded and mixed by Urbino at his home studio, The Mire have begun to unveil the plentiful depths of their creation. Featuring the sombre crush of ‘Wheelwalker’ and the progressive soar of ‘Fears’, Volume I is an involving first step for both band and listener."

Volume: I is available October 19th 2009 on CD and digital download from eyesofsound.com.

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Album: Oh, Sleeper - Son Of The Morning

Band: Oh, Sleeper
Album: Son Of The Morning
Label: Solid State Records
Year: 2009







Tracklist
01. Son Of The Morning
02. The New Breed
03. In All Honesty
04. Breathing Blood
05. Reveries Of Flight
06. World Without A Sun
07. The Fire Dawn
08. Banquet For Traitors
09. Commissioned By Kings
10. The Finisher
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An empowering call-to-arms descends upon the weak-minded, the undecided, the superficially concerned with the arrival of Son Of The Morning, the new album from Oh, Sleeper. On the followup to their When I Am God debut, these Texan lads obliterate any notions of the "sophomore slump" with an alarming urgency sure to excite anyone with even a cursory interest in bands like Underoath, Slipknot or Dillinger Escape Plan. Oh, Sleeper has crafted a concept album detailing the final battle between the devil (with Micah Kinard screaming in character on the title track) and God (with Kinard answering on "The Finisher," which closes the record) from start to finish. Produced by Andreas Magnusson (Black Dahlia Murder), Oh, Sleeper's Son Of The Morning is poised to turn 2009 upside down.

Kinard and guitarist / vocalist Shane Blay (ex-Between The Buried And Me) offer a brilliant and somehow uncontrived vocal point / counterpoint with the ten catchiest heavy anthems of recent memory, delivering on the promise hinted at by the first album's breakout video / single, "Vices Like Vipers."

There is not a moment of filler on Son Of The Morning, with Kinard screaming his heart out while Blay and guitarist James Erwin add just enough shred and complexity to their blazingly memorable riffs. New drummer Matt Davis is full of dynamics and power without ever sounding needlessly busy, laying down a foundation sure to elevate him to the upper ranks of heavy music drummers. Bass player Lucas Starr, who started out in Tooth & Nail rockers Terminal alongside Erwin, injects the proceedings with power and groove which anchors everything heard on Son Of The Morning. Kinard weaves a literary and intellectual yet relatable tale of good, evil and humankind's spiritual struggle.

If "The New Breed" and "Commissioned By Kings" (with its "Bring out the dead! Bring out the dead!" chorus) don't get your fists pumping, nothing will. "A Banquet For Traitors," "In All Honesty" -- Epic moments, driving moments, pummeling and punishing moments -- all are to be found in abundance throughout the record. A few tasteful doses of electronics can be found on the record which combined with Blay's soaring vocal melodies lend balance to the otherwise ultra-heavy assault.

The broken pentagram adorning the cover of Son Of The Morning represents evil vanquished, both inside and out. Oh, Sleeper has brought their music to stages across the world touring with bands like Underoath, Finch, Bring Me The Horizon, Every Time I Die and more, sharing their musical and spiritual point of view.

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Album: Swimming With Ghosts - Mount Airy Lodge

Band: Swimming With Ghosts
Album: Mount Airy Lodge
Label: Self-released
Year: 2009






Tracklist
01. Then To Annapolis
02. Private Lake
03. Everything For Vacationers
04. Abandonded The Ship Set Sail
05. Orchestra Nightly
06. The Empress Room
07. Saddle Horse
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Swimming With Ghosts started as a two-piece instrumental band from Seattle but turned as Nick Brandt's solo project after the move of the band's second member to Liverpool. Swimming With Ghosts sound consists of guitars,bass, drums, piano, and some electronics. Mount Airy Lodge is the band's third release.

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