Thou

Track: I was Ignored, Judged, and Cast Down

Artist: Thou

Album: Tyrant

Genre: Sludge/Doom Metal

Similar Artists: Coffinworm, Graves at Sea, Asunder

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?31x7ic9qtmd

Thou are touring with Wolves In The Throne Room. The material they've put out this year is apparently quite impressive, and although I haven't checked it out yet, if it's anything like last year's Summit, then great things are expected.

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Track: Voices In The Wilderness

Album: Summit

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mh3uj5tzu2l

Black Army Jacket

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Artists: Black Army Jacket

Track: Dantam

Album: The Path of Two Swords as One

Genre: Grindcore, Powerviolence

Similar Artists: Vile Intent, Man is The Bastard

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mggog8j1zg4

Gorguts

Track: Nostalgia

Artist: Gorguts

Album: Obscura

Genre: Experimental Death Metal

Similar Artists: Ulcerate, Immolation, Baring Teeth

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?gi3olrmm5ay

I saw Gorguts. It was rad. Certainly the best death metal show I've seen in a good long while. The venue was tiny, and the crowd was comprised of a tiny but dedicated fan base.

Obscura is my favourite Gorguts album. I love the production, the odd & innovative guitar-work,the direction they decided to take the band at this point, and it features my favourite Canadian vocal performance. An obscure death metal classic-pun sort of intended.

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Demo Material is ace too. Gorguts may just be the most consistent band in the genre, and yes, I am including Immolation.

Track: . . .And Then Comes Lividity (intro) + Haematological Allergy

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?jtly44mz52d

listen to that intro

Dark Castle

Track: Awake in Sleep
Artist: Dark Castle
Album: Spirited Migration
Genre: Doom metal/Sludge
Similar Artists: Kongh, Cough, Samothrace

Download:http://www.mediafire.com/?hk2lnnjhhbm

The opening act for the YOB show. I really enjoy the vocals.

YOB

Track: Adrift in the Ocean
Artist: YOB
Album: Atma
Genre: Doom metal/Sludge
Similar Artists: Kongh, Cough, Zoroaster

Download:http://www.mediafire.com/?64adyyhf313oad1

Nww YOB album! Just saw them live about a week ago, amazing show. Never thought I'd see the day when I would experience a YOB show. Anyways, the new album is pretty good! The Unreal Never Lived still remains my favourite album of theirs.

Peste Noire

Track: J'avais rêvé du Nord (part 2)

Artist: Peste Noire

Album: L'Ordure à l'état Pur

Genre: Black Metal

Similar Artists: Mortifera, Mütiilation, Shining

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?dnr792wfjg2fc0h

As much as I hate to describe anything as "progressive", that's really the only term that springs to mind about the new Peste Noire record. Female vocals, and longer acoustic passages are melded quite expertly with the traditional Peste Noire formula of chilling black metal. With riffs and guitar hooks as memorable as ever, amid new additions not limited to industrial percussion and disco-beats, I seem to have found another contender for black metal album of the year. Yeah, it's that good. Hopefully the cleaner production wont frighten away the black metal militia.

Is it bad that I enjoy hearing more of the French language on this record?

Lethal Voltage

Track: Seeds of Evil

Artist: Lethal Voltage

Genre: Thrash Metal

Top-notch thrash metal from Toronto. Two shows in July and a demo coming out real soon, I believe.

http://www.myspace.com/lethalvoltage