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Minsk - The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment (Relapse, 2007) 1. Embers 2. White Wings 3. Mescaline Sunrise 4. The Orphans Of Piety 5. Circle Of Ashes 6. Ceremony Ekstasis Background: This Illinois-based quartet emerged as one of the more promising bands in the crowded "descendants of Neurosis"...

Growing - The Sky's Run Into The Sea (Kranky, 2003) File under: ambient-laced drone, or vice versa. Tracklisting 1. A Painting 2. Life In D 3. Cutting, Opening, Swimming 4. Southern Rites 5. Pavement Rich In Gold The songs uploaded are 15 and 17 minutes respectively. Not for...

Guapo - Black Oni (Ipecac, 2005) File under: Dark intense progressive avant-rock (side note #1: awesome cover art.) Tracklisting: Black Oni pts. I -V (this is one 44-minute instrumental divided into five untitled movements)...

note: This is my first time using Yousendit. Please report any broken links or other problems at once. DYSRHYTHMIA - NO INTERFERENCE (2001, self-released) Genre: Tech/prog/math rock whatever, that doesn't forget to rock. 1. Body Destroyed, Brain Intact 2. Craving for...

"Strangely enough, this is the first record I've done that was made to [be] enjoyed," Townsend said. "I'm expecting people to hate [this music], because it's really sensitive and heavy and epic, and everything's really pleasing about it. I don't know how many people want to listen to pleasing...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH Scratching the surface to find the best new music. “You’d cling to your pleasant hope, it is twisted fascination…” Issue 86: Gigantour Reveries Important notice: I am considering a long overdue format change, following the...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH Delayed more often than the new Symphony X album. Issue 85 – August-September 2005 No lyrics, since approximately two-thirds of what I’ve been listening to is predominantly instrumental. Who needs vocals anyway? May all the displaced victims of Hurricane...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH Scratching the surface to find the best new music (When I’m not disenchanted about writing shit nobody reads) “In the deafness of my world, the silence broke…” Issue 84? – July 2005 Without further explanation, the songs… Acid Mothers Temple – Bon Voyage...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH PORCUPINE TREE SPECIAL Issue 83 – May 2005 Scratching the surface to find the best new music…when I can be bothered to do so. Apologies for the delays, I’ve been listening to a lot less metal lately though I’m still constantly searching out new artists. I’ve...

I'm not joking. This song redefines the word awesome. http://www.myspace.com/hammersofmisfortune Judging by the low number of plays, it must have been added very recently. If the rest of the new one is this good, it may even crush The August Engine. Gotta love their icon too.

What an odd thing for someone who bows at Steven Wilson's feet to say, but it's true. The music is close to flawless, but I still have major issues with this CD. The first problem is the absence of a lyric sheet, replaced by some collages that would be best appreciated by a pretentious art...

http://www.antiwar.com/deliso/?articleid=5627 Cheese displays at a party for transportation security officials: $1,500. Awards plaques at the same ceremony: $81,000 Homeland Security allotment for a county (read that again, not one town) in Tennessee with less than 10,000 residents: $183,000...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH Scratching the surface to find the best new music “Tragic yesterdays and unseen futures sleep…” Issue 82 – April 11, 2005 Here are some sounds of the actual underground for you: Russell Allen – Voodoo Hand, Gaia: Atomic Soul is the long discussed...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH Scratching the surface to find the best new music Issue 81 – March 4, 2005 “I’ve built my tower of song with words as bitter splintered bone…” Apologies for the delays in case anyone was actually waiting (I doubt it), although my procrastination will hopefully...

long, but worth it for us geeky types and cubicle slaves New Office Slang ======================================================= 404 - Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, “404 Not Found,” which means the document requested couldn’t be located. “Don’t bother asking John. He’s...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH BEST OF 2004 SPECIAL Greetings, devoted readers, and welcome to the rite of passage known as the top 25 list. The format is simple: a quip about the band’s style of music that rock critics like to precede reviews with (and the label in parentheses just like in...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH Scratching the surface to find the best new music. Issue 79 – December 2004 Writer’s note: Once again, I apologize for the unacceptably long delay, once again I attribute it to the list, and UM in general, being a low priority on my part with ongoing family...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH Scratching the surface to find the best new and underexposed music. “I will spend the rest of eternity trying to figure out BE” Issue 78 – October 2004 Apologies for the delay and lesser number of artists covered than usual, I haven’t been hearing as much...

From epic viking majesty to politically incorrect grindcore? Those crazy Finnish bastards just pulled quite the amusing prank on everyone's least favorite metal gossip column, not to mention their own fans, by putting out an apparently fake press release for their new album, whcih I am relieved...

DEMONSPELL’S SONGS TO WATCH Scratching the surface to find the best new music. “Is it a passion, or just an obsession?” Issue 77 – September 13, 2004 Dead Soul Tribe – The January Tree overview It took five years after Psychotic Waltz’s last album for the former Buddy Lackey (by...