Boris With Michio Kurihara - Cloud Chamber (2008)

New release by Boris and Michio Kurihara. Don't expect this CD to sound anything like Rainbows, which is one of my favourite Boris releases. Spread over two 18-minutes track, this CD sounds more like early drone/noise Boris with extensive use of feedback and electronic noise.

Track Listing

1. Cloud Chamber Part 1 - 18:52
   
2. Cloud Chamber Part 2 - 17:29

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Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006)

Tim Hecker is an electronic musician from Montreal, Canada. His work is similar to Fennesz and Belong. In this record. you can find a thin layer of melody is hidden beneath layers of crackles, reverb and electronic distortion. This album is a must for fans of ambient.

Track Listing

1. Rainbow Blood - 1:52
   
2. Stags, Aircraft, Kings and Secretaries - 4:30
   
3. Palimpsest I - 0:35
   
4. Chimeras - 3:13
   
5. Dungeoneering - 5:24
   
6. Palimpsest II - 0:38
   
7. Spring Heeled Jack Flies Tonight - 3:11
   
8. Harmony in Blue I - 1:31
   
9. Harmony in Blue II - 1:52
   
10. Harmony in Blue III - 2:41
    
11. Harmony in Blue IV - 2:02
    
12. Radio Spiricom - 4:52
    
13. Whitecaps of White Noise I - 7:29
    
14. Whitecaps of White Noise II - 5:57
    
15. Blood Rainbow - 4:06
    

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Nadja - Radiance of Shadows (2007)

Nadja is a drone doom band based in Toronto, Canada featuring Aidan Baker (vocals/guitars/electronics) and Leah Buckareff (bass/vocals). They are often compared with Sunn O))) and Earth but their sound is similar to ambient artists such as Fennesz and Tim Hecker, but with more of a metal sensibility. Radiance of Shadows is my personal favourite Nadja record. At times, the music is violent, conjuring an image of an intense snowfall similar to the one on the album art. Suddenly, the music dies down, halting the snowfall for a few moments before it begins again.

Track Listing:

1. Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds - 23:27
2. I Have Tasted the Fire Inside Your Mouth - 27:26
3. Radiance of Shadows - 28:59

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Boredoms - 77 Boadrum (2008)

77 Boadrum was a concert organized by Japanese noise-rockers Boredoms on July 7, 2007 at 7:07pm. The concert was held at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York. It features 77 drummers playing their drums under the direction of Yamantaka Eye. For the full list of drummers, visit this link.

Track Listing:

1. Sevener – 53:32
2. Sunload – 46:39

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Purchase: Insound (2CD + DVD)

Dälek - Abandoned Language (2007)

Dälek is a hip-hop dual from Newark, NJ featuring M.C. Dälek and Oktopus. This if the fourth album by the duo and this time around, it has M.C. Dälek rapping on top of an industrial/shoegaze musical backdrop, making it a very unique combination. Released on Mike Patton's label Ipecac in 2007.

Track Listing

1. Abandoned Language - 10:13
2. Bricks Crumble - 3:36
3. Paragraphs Relentless - 5:33
4. Content to Play Villain - 5:20
5. Lynch - 5:25
6. Stagnant Waters - 4:24
7. Starved for Truth - 4:35
8. Isolated Stare - 6:15
9. Corrupt (Knuckle Up) - 4:04
10. Tarnished - 6:45
11. (Subersive Script): 6:33

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Gridlink - Amber Gray (2008)

Amber Gray is the debut album by Gridlink, a band featuring former Discordance Axis member Jon Chang. This 11 song album features more guitar riffs and blastbeats than one can imagine possible fitting in a 12 minute album. One of the most intense album I've heard in a long time, get this if you are a fan of grindcore.

Track Listing

1. Amber Gray - 1:07
2. 3 Miles Below Sea Level - 0:51
3. The Jenova - 1:11
4. Crash Logs - 0:59
5. Black - 1:07
6. Pattern Recognition - 1:06
7. Antitheist - 1:18
8. Stake Knife - 1:13
9. Asuka - 0:34
10. Burning Tiamat - 1:04
11. Severance Package - 1:20

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Purchase: Hydrahead (with T-Shirt), Amazon

Krallice - Krallice (2008)

My favourite metal release for this year, this self-debut album by Krallice features Mick Barr (Orthrelm) and Colin Marston (Behold... The Arctopus). This album is similar to materials by Weakling and early Ulver, but is more technical in nature. Definitely get this album if you are a fan of Black Metal. The standout track from this album is definitely the 15-minute album closer, "Forgiveness In Rot". The first 10 minutes of the song begins with pounding riffs, slowly building tension, until a maelstrom is released during the last 5 minutes of the song.

Track Listing:

1. Wretched Wisdom - 10:14
2. Cnestorial - 10:42
   
3. Molec Codices - 9:35
   
4. Timehusk - 6:05
   
5. Energy Chasms - 9:45
   
6. Forgiveness In Rot - 15:21

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Purchase: Amazon (MP3 Download)

Pharaoh Overlord - #1 (2001)

This album by Pharaoh Overlord is perfect for fans of riff-heavy music. This album is chock-full of songs with heavy bass and stoner riffs that are repeated ad-infinitum. Get this album, lay back and enjoy the psychedelic goodness.

Track Listing:

1. Slow City - 9:55
   
2. Mangrove - 9:14
   
3. Mystery Shopper - 10:23
   
4. Transatlantic - 7:13
   
5. Alcohol (Blue Flame) - 8:14
   
6. Landslide Non Stop - 9:50

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Purchase: Record Shop X

Fennesz - Black Sea (2008)

Black Sea is Christian Fennesz's follow-up to 2004's Venice. Black Sea continues Fennesz signature sound of blending melody, guitar, noise, glitch, ambient, and electronics into one amazing album. The LP version was released on November 25 and the CD version was released on December 9, 2008.

Track Listing:

1. Black Sea - 10:11
2. The Colour of Three - 8:06
3. Perfume For Winter - 4:35
4. Grey Scale - 4:09
5. Glide - 9:22
6. Vacuum - 3:58
7. Glass Ceiling - 5:49
8. Saffron Revolution - 5:52

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Boris - Smile -Live at Wolf Creek- (2008)

This release by Japanese Drone/Doom band Boris was recorded on October 8, 2008 in Wolf Creek, California. The set follows the U.S. version of Smile with the addition of Pink, Floor Shaker and Rainbow. Released on November 21, 2008 through Diwphalanx Records.

Track Listing:

Disc 1

1. Flower, Sun, Rain - 9:19
2. Buzz-In - 3:08
3. Shoot! - 4:55
4. Pink - 4:22
5. Message - 4:27
6. Floor Shaker - 6:13
   

Disc 2

1. Rainbow - 5:50
2. My Neighbor Satan - 6:41
3. Ka Ra He Te Ta Sa Ki - No One Grieves - 9:22
4. You Were Holding an Umbrella - 14:02
5. Untitled - 26:40

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Sonic Youth With Mats Gustafsson & Merzbow - SYR8: Andre sider af Sonic Youth (2008)

Released under Sonic Youth Records, this album features an improvisational performance by Sonic Youth, Mats Gustafsson and Merzbow during the Roskilde Festival in Denmark on July 2005. Sonic Youth, Gustaffson, and Merzbow takes the stage one by one, reaching a total of seven musicians at one time. As the set continues, Sonic Youth and Mats Gustaffson leaves the stage, leaving Merzbow to closes the set.

Track Listing

1. Andre Sider af Sonic Youth – 57:32

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