tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58311292759712414442024-03-13T12:41:35.418-07:00The Chief Commie music blogbehold the communicorn!TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-9203620522516840272013-01-12T19:02:00.002-08:002013-01-12T19:02:48.032-08:00Top Albums 2012<b>Top 12:</b> <br />
<ul>
<li>Lunar Aurora - Hoagascht</li>
<li>Testament - Dark Roots of the Earth</li>
<li>P.O.S. - We Don't Even Live Here</li>
<li>Panopticon - Kentucky</li>
<li>Sorry - White Lung</li>
<li>Keny Arkana - Tout Tourne Autour du Soleil</li>
<li>Sigh - In Somniphobia</li>
<li>Obolus - Lament</li>
<li>Anti-Venöm - Planet of the Apes </li>
<li>The Great Old Ones - Al Azif</li>
<li>Ash Borer - Cold of Ages </li>
<li>Little Sister - Little Sister</li>
</ul>
TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-66218167308538835032012-03-31T21:19:00.003-07:002012-03-31T22:04:55.813-07:00Moon Hooch - Moon Hooch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-wrzvN_hwXqRv5n8LtPtHVyEsyFtWQznU60mDrlre4TJn8r94pQr3WJnguU-TpTwnvCMw0D8HhhdgR-QyUQnKQ6QyLCaIuz4TpULyyMTJX3KBrrS4IoL-kZoIY78ATILY-DBpgBTUHw/s1600/moonhoochlogo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-wrzvN_hwXqRv5n8LtPtHVyEsyFtWQznU60mDrlre4TJn8r94pQr3WJnguU-TpTwnvCMw0D8HhhdgR-QyUQnKQ6QyLCaIuz4TpULyyMTJX3KBrrS4IoL-kZoIY78ATILY-DBpgBTUHw/s1600/moonhoochlogo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Moon Hooch<br />Album: Moon Hooch<br />Genre: Dance Jazz<br />Origin: USA (NYC)<br />Year: 2011<br /><br />Moon Hooch is essentially club dance music played by a (very talented) jazz trio. The dual tenor saxophones (interweaving, but usually with a 'rhythm sax' and a 'lead sax') have a great raw, live feel; I don't know what the recording for this album was like, but the production and the improvisation fit the band's reputation of live public shows in parks and subways around New York city. It's dance music, so you'll need to bear with the repetition, though the lead sax and the drums progress very nicely through each track.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?b81danuve49371d">receive album</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Unrelated recommendation: You should definitely check out the new <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lunar Aurora</span>: <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Hoagascht</span>. It's already going to be a tough release to unseat from my album of the year position. I'd post it up here, but I'm sure it's already all over the intertubes by now.TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-61787135658773284412011-12-31T14:07:00.001-08:002011-12-31T14:46:19.926-08:00Top Albums 20112011 has really been a good year for new music. A handful of new releases (Doomtree, Panopticon, Ash Borer) completely blew me away and made the list without competition. But as I struggled to pare the list down to 20 I realized that this has been an exceptional year across the board. I'm still not entirely happy with some of the albums I had to leave off, but that's what top # lists are all about: sadness and regret. Anyway, like I said everything here comes highly recommended. There's obviously a lot of black metal here; that's just the style I keep up with the most now days.<br /><br /><a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/doomtree">Doomtree </a>- No Kings<br /><ul><li>Minnesota hip-hop crew<br /></li></ul> <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/panopticon">Panopticon </a>- Social Disservices<br /><ul><li>anarchist black metal<br /></li></ul> Ash Borer - Ash Borer<br /><ul><li>cascadian black metal<br /></li></ul> <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/la%20plebe">La Plebe</a> - Brazo en Brazo<br /><ul><li>San Francisco-based mexican american punk<br /></li></ul> <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/primordial">Primordial </a>- Redemption at the Puritan's Hand<br /><ul><li>Irish folk metal<br /></li></ul> Welkin Dusk - Born Into a Dying World<br /><ul><li>blackened crust punk<br /></li></ul> Sims - Bad Time Zoo<br /><ul><li>rapper from Doomtree<br /></li></ul> Panopticon & When Bitter Spring Sleeps - split, <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/panopticon">Panopticon & Wheels Within Wheels</a> - split 2<br /><ul><li>2 more great splits<br /></li></ul> Homestuck - Vol. 8<br /><ul><li>electronica (it's the, uh, soundtrack to a web-comic...)<br /></li></ul> Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients<br /><ul><li>psychedelic rock with satanic lyrics for some reason<br /></li></ul> <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/deafest">Deafest </a>- Through Wood and Fog<br /><ul><li>depressive black metal<br /></li></ul> <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/falls%20of%20rauros">Falls of Rauros</a> - The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood<br /><ul><li>folk black metal<br /></li></ul><a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/dornenreich">Dornenreich</a> - Flammentriebe<br /><ul><li>German black metal<br /></li></ul> Cloud Rat - Cloud Rat<br /><ul><li>thrashcore<br /></li></ul> Star Fucking Hipsters - From the Dumpster to the Grave<br /><ul><li>trashy, pop-y punk (also features Boots Riley on a track)<br /></li></ul> Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage<br /><ul><li>cascadian black metal<br /></li></ul> Space Arcadium - Personal Universe<br /><ul><li>psychedelic trance<br /></li></ul> Tombs - Path of Totality<br /><ul><li>atmospheric sludge<br /></li></ul> Trap Them - Darker Handcraft<br /><ul><li>grindcore<br /></li></ul> Team Teamwork - Super Nintendo Sega Genesis<br /><ul><li>hip-hop video-game-sountrack mashups<br /></li></ul>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-45979799513044888762011-06-16T19:58:00.000-07:002011-11-22T22:26:08.528-08:00Vestiges - The Descent of Man<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA31h-XL805Tuq452LRZSMrva2ugKaRNisHk6ZH89Ocii9qkvdnXrHH4rbWqIZ7Sl1zcQpXSbSSdfPq2yNBXsAaXLKZv3_lpdS1jF3MFHY2Bt4H5n1y1TPOQPi4ITQ00A6vCiXR4M5t5sI/s1600/vestiges.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA31h-XL805Tuq452LRZSMrva2ugKaRNisHk6ZH89Ocii9qkvdnXrHH4rbWqIZ7Sl1zcQpXSbSSdfPq2yNBXsAaXLKZv3_lpdS1jF3MFHY2Bt4H5n1y1TPOQPi4ITQ00A6vCiXR4M5t5sI/s1600/vestiges.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Vestiges<br />Album: The Descent of Man<br />Genre: Black Metal<br />Origin: USA<br />Year: 2010<br /><br />There seems to be some disagreement on the intertubes as to whether Vestiges is a black metal band or a crust punk band or whatever. I'm not sure myself, but they are definitely a good band. This is a dense, full-force album with thoughtful atmosphere, not unlike Fall of Efrafa. And they're touring! Go give 'em some money!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/bdayhx">receive album</a><br /><br />UPDATE: Vestiges contacted me with a link to their new split with Ghaust. <a href="http://www.wearevestiges.com/thedescentofman.html">Receive it here!</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-11181680450648746502011-03-20T17:57:00.002-07:002012-03-31T21:21:16.220-07:00Gamma Ray - No World Order<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/1/2/912.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/1/2/912.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Gamma Ray<br />Album: No World Order<br />Genre: Power Metal<br />Origin: Germany<br />Year: 2001<br /><br />If your heart isn't already beating faster 30 seconds into "Introduction" you might have stone heart disease, because this is one of the greatest intros to any album ever made. Gamma Ray then proceeds to belt out 9 tracks of the best German power metal, finishing off with a ballad that I don't hate (a challenging task indeed). I don't listen to power metal as much as I used to, but Gamma Ray remains one of my favorites. Cry for freeeedom!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7j3q3ccpg8hz5h1">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-34746394740461467402011-01-24T19:33:00.000-08:002011-01-24T22:44:51.520-08:00The Glitch Mob - Drink The Sea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.507projex.com/storage/1274690205_1drinkthesea.jpeg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1282165707604"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.507projex.com/storage/1274690205_1drinkthesea.jpeg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1282165707604" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: The Glitch Mob<br />Album: Drink The Sea<br />Genre: Electronica<br />Origin: USA<br />Year: 2010<br /><br />I'm not usually into glitch electronica, but The Glitch Mob blends the beats so naturally that I'm probably mislabeling them based on their name. It's smooth, energetic and exciting. This album would probably have made my best o' '10 list, except that I only heard it for the first time a few days ago. But this is quality music - enough to wake me from my long blogging slumber.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/oibtlu">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-88882640936337925322010-12-24T23:39:00.000-08:002010-12-25T00:31:14.843-08:00Top Albums 2010This year I'm cutting my list down to 10 instead of 20. It felt more appropriate, though I'm not sure if that's because I haven't been putting as much effort into finding new music recently, or if there just really weren't as many awesome releases this year, or maybe I'm just feeling picky and leaving off a bunch of albums that I still like a lot and/or forgot about. Both Megadeth and Iron Maiden made new cds this year! Neither made my list - they weren't terrible or anything, just not top-10 material in my opinion.<br /><br />(I'll try to use this as an excuse to actually post some new music soon too!)<br /><br /><a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/sigh">Sigh</a> - Scenes From Hell<br /><ul><li>This album takes everything that I liked about their previous full-length and gets rid of all the garbage, leaving a truly excellent avant-garde black metal album with a very strong brass section that I like even more than Imaginary Sonicscapes.<br /></li></ul><a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/menace%20ruine">Menace Ruine</a> - <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/2010/06/menace-ruine-union-of-irreconcilables.html">Union of Irreconcilables </a><br /><ul><li>The shockingly good Canadian duo return with an album that blends the psychedelic drone of The Die Is Cast with the black noise of Cult of Ruins, bringing the amazing vocals a little forward in the mix (which might be good or bad, I still go back and forth :) ).<br /></li></ul>Ludicra - <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/2010/03/ludicra-tenant.html">The Tenant</a><br /><ul><li>San Francisco black metal with a bit of a post-rock feel. Shame on me for not listening to this band years ago.<br /></li></ul><a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/dessa">Dessa</a> - A Badly Broken Code<br /><ul><li>This actually includes a few songs I don't like, so it's a little surprising I'd find it solid enough to go this high on my list. But the songs that hit me hit hard, and the awesome Doomtree group concert probably influenced me as well. Dessa is America's best female rapper by far.<br /></li></ul>Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II<br /><ul><li>I like this follow-up quite a bit more than Assassins. And I still think the title is a clever pun several layers deep, though I really wish the Pink Floyd reference wasn't the only thing anyone ever says about the band anymore. There are other psychedelic/progressive rock bands to compare to guys!<br /></li></ul>Kylesa - Spiral Shadow<br /><ul><li>Kylesa seems to be the most popular crust-rooted sludge metal band, and with this release I think I'd agree they deserve it.<br /></li></ul>Paper Tiger - Made Like Us<br /><ul><li>Doomtree producer Paper Tiger's first solo album; it's about what I'd expect, which is to say really great electronic music except for one or two only-OK vocal-centered pop songs.<br /></li></ul>Electric Wizard - Black Masses<br /><ul><li>Stoner doom metal heroes Electric Wizard still rock. So heavy, so fun.</li></ul>Lazerbeak - Legend Recognize Legend<br /><ul><li>Doomtree's other producer also made an album this year, it is actually not at all what you might expect (unless you saw the Doomtree tour, which once again was amazing). He sings, he plays simple guitar riffs, it's all rather catchy.<br /></li></ul>Preface to the Dead Sea - Preface to the Dead Sea<br /><ul><li>Another crust-based, sludgy, post-metaly band; this one you probably haven't heard of if you aren't from Russia. But it's high quality, and wins the best new band name award!<br /></li></ul>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-5298792974102821452010-10-29T07:56:00.000-07:002010-10-29T07:59:56.172-07:00Madness - One Step Beyond...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-Madness-One-Step-Beyond.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-Madness-One-Step-Beyond.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Madness<br />Album: One Step Beyond...<br />Genre: Ska<br />Origin: UK<br />Year: 1979<br /><br />OOONE STEP BEYOOOOOOND! Happy halloween you guys!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?tgwihhc8b7vm16e">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-5241640014660165422010-10-10T01:16:00.001-07:002010-10-10T01:33:45.877-07:00Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.necrocosm.net/vpc/images/cover/MunicipalWaste-Hazardous--CD.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 315px;" src="http://www.necrocosm.net/vpc/images/cover/MunicipalWaste-Hazardous--CD.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Municipal Waste<br />Album: Hazardous Mutation<br />Genre: Crossover Thrash<br />Origin: USA<br />Year: 2005<br /><br />All I really have to say is if you like old-school thrash metal or hardcore punk, you'll probably really like this album (it's way better than their more recent albums, in my opinion). I just got back from their concert at Tankcrimes Brainsqueeze, where they played with Vitamin X and <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/toxic%20holocaust">Toxic Holocaust</a>. It was a lot of fun!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f3sg475fttf31fg">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-20322493197753365292010-10-06T21:52:00.000-07:002011-05-01T09:35:06.202-07:00Propagandhi - How To Clean Everything<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.wikia.com/lyricwiki/images/1/17/Propagandhi_how_to_clean_everything.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="http://images.wikia.com/lyricwiki/images/1/17/Propagandhi_how_to_clean_everything.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Propagandhi<br />Album: How To Clean Everything<br />Genre: Punk<br />Origin: Canada<br />Year: 1993<br /><br />Propagandhi have become a classic of Canadian punk rock, pushing the skate-punk sound into more political territory. This early album is maybe a little less polished, but the production is solid and the lyrics have an odd juxtaposition of heavy-handed, self-righteous anarchism and not-taking-themselves-too-seriously silliness. The irony is laid on pretty thick with the oft-covered <span style="font-style: italic;">Ska Sucks</span> (a ska song), <span style="font-style: italic;">Haillie Sellasse, Up Your Ass<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>(a reggae song)<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>and the painful <span style="font-style: italic;">I Want U 2 Want Me </span>cover (the liner notes for this song say "we thought it was funny at the time" or something like that; don't worry, the rest of the songs on the album are great).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zu50mn49enn5k3s">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-43428406892524955542010-09-19T20:46:00.001-07:002010-09-19T21:02:32.897-07:00Witch Hunt & To What End? - split<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze-EygF0SjlUB_sjHEtU172UNIA6GjQdyi8LFlKOyx8ygocvJAhdKywuW4lkJBSF3lqEk6UfkWRgoS9U_AQ32GCkbYgknFrsIMq4uaUEU5isG6I4rXyVSfS3zeyKQXA7xgitSYgXGfTc/s320/to+what+end+-+witch+hunt.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze-EygF0SjlUB_sjHEtU172UNIA6GjQdyi8LFlKOyx8ygocvJAhdKywuW4lkJBSF3lqEk6UfkWRgoS9U_AQ32GCkbYgknFrsIMq4uaUEU5isG6I4rXyVSfS3zeyKQXA7xgitSYgXGfTc/s320/to+what+end+-+witch+hunt.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artists: Witch Hunt & To What End?<br />Album: Split EP<br />Genre: Crust Punk<br />Origin: USA & Sweden respectively<br />Year: 2008<br /><br />Witch Hunt and To What End? are both female-fronted, aggressive punk bands that came together across the Atlantic for this brilliant split. Witch Hunt is influenced a bit more by '80s British anarcho-punk, while To What End? is straight-up Swedish d-beat. I also highly recommend This Is Only The Beginning..., a compilation of Witch Hunt's early recordings.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qatk75n3oq22arx">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-6195427116661386682010-08-01T16:30:00.000-07:002010-08-01T22:48:34.061-07:00The Empire Shall Fall - Awaken<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGcTNrLfza5lqOVrggUq-xxgWEP8WfLhEB_3LY5W_g6RChn-e-rM9pjS7Nm11zGT7QxAteF0ITKg8opY0eePrkdCfhwNXCaShL8AFJmnWkJStwt8knMMIGTT4w9tEDvVldMLbBJAxCv81/s320/00-The+Empire+Shall+Fall+-+Awaken+%282009%29.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGcTNrLfza5lqOVrggUq-xxgWEP8WfLhEB_3LY5W_g6RChn-e-rM9pjS7Nm11zGT7QxAteF0ITKg8opY0eePrkdCfhwNXCaShL8AFJmnWkJStwt8knMMIGTT4w9tEDvVldMLbBJAxCv81/s320/00-The+Empire+Shall+Fall+-+Awaken+%282009%29.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: The Empire Shall Fall<br />Album: Awaken<br />Genre: Metalcore<br />Year: 2009<br />Origin: USA<br /><br />This is a band with a frontman who's more famous for a band I couldn't care less about, Killswitch Engage. That certainly wasn't the reason I first listened to Awaken! I heard the track These Colors Bleed on a local college radio station's metal show that commonly plays this type of metalcore-type music, and I liked it a lot more than I usually do. I have to say that the breakdowns throughout the album don't do much for me, but most of the riffs are quite solid, both the clean and harsh vocals are really good, and the openly political lyrics are neat.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?tmet7iihjhplhxb">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-74878329329896176872010-07-25T18:15:00.000-07:002010-07-25T18:19:31.442-07:00Hi everyone! I didn't want to be the kind of blogger who does this, but I just moved and started a new job, and so The Chief Commie is going on a bit of a hiatus. I'll start back up with my irregular postings whenever I'm feeling less busy and using my computer at home more; hopefully it'll be soon!TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-91396148464697165112010-06-23T22:55:00.000-07:002010-06-23T23:13:42.089-07:00Doomtree - False Hopes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zjf3kW89L._SL500_AA280_.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zjf3kW89L._SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Doomtree<br />Album: False Hopes<br />Genre: Hip-Hop<br />Year: 2007<br />Origin: USA<br /><br />Doomtree is the hip-hop collective of <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/p.o.s.">P.O.S.</a>, <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/dessa">Dessa</a> and a bunch of other cool cats. They seriously are the best hip-hop artists in the world, to the point where I almost feel like they ruined other rappers for me. They have released a self-titled album now that is also very good (you should buy it if you like this stuff!), which they say is the music that really represents them. But I think this album might be their best collaborative work, despite being called False Hopes which is what they name a lot of releases that they think of as secondary.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yzgoingjdy3">receive album</a><br /><br /><a href="http://doomtree.net/">doomtree site</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-45394079327776115632010-06-22T14:23:00.001-07:002010-06-22T14:32:39.023-07:00Astrix - Artcore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.plong.com/MusicCatalog%5CA%5CAstrix%20-%20Artcore%5CAstrix%20-%20Artcore.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.plong.com/MusicCatalog%5CA%5CAstrix%20-%20Artcore%5CAstrix%20-%20Artcore.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Astrix<br />Album: Artcore<br />Genre: Psytrance<br />Year: 2004<br />Origin: Israel<br /><br />This is the most well-thought-of release from Israeli psychedelic trance musician Astrix. It isn't innovative or anything, just good, solid, fast psytrance. Track 2 is a remix or collaboration or something involving <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/search/label/infected%20mushroom">Infected Mushroom</a>, though I feel like the music picks up much more toward the second half of the record.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ymomwzq0nzm">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-89110253269762374982010-06-12T19:44:00.000-07:002010-06-12T20:36:43.966-07:00Evangeli - ...In Sin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/4/2/9/142967.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 211px;" src="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/4/2/9/142967.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Artist: Evangeli<br />Album: ...In Sin<br />Genre: Folk Black Metal<br />Year: 2006<br />Origin: Sweden<br /><br />I've been posting a lot of black metal in a row, and I usually try not to do that... OH WELL. Evangeli is a band formerly known as Magog, which changed its name because of another more popular band by the same name, and I've been looking for this album since first hearing some Magog tracks years ago. This is the audio portion of a live CD/DVD that is pretty much the only thing Evangeli released before promptly breaking up, and it includes one of the old Magog tracks as well. Long explanation aside, this is what viking metal is to me. It doesn't have any of the battle horns or whatever (it is a live recording after all), but the song melodies really capture an atmosphere of glorified pagan violence.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dwimzjnmwn5">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-21129943509588161312010-06-03T22:33:00.000-07:002010-06-04T13:24:49.029-07:00Menace Ruine - Union of Irreconcilables<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/7/4/1/274144.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 232px;" src="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/7/4/1/274144.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Menace Ruine<br />Album: Union of Irreconcilables<br />Genre: Black Noise<br />Year: 2010<br />Origin: Canada<br /><br />It's the brand new album from <a href="http://thechiefcommie.blogspot.com/2008/11/menace-ruine-in-vulva-infernum.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Menace Ruine</span></a>! If you're familiar with the duo's previous recordings, this seems like a middle ground between the noisy black metal on Cult Of Ruins and the psychedelic drone on In Vulva Infernum and The Die Is Cast. Geneviève's vocals are much more up-front in the production this time around, and I'm not yet sure if it's a good or bad thing. <span style="font-style: italic;">Menace Ruine</span> is still one of the recently formed bands I'm most excited about.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/97hxda">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-88633211804174213082010-06-02T21:27:00.000-07:002010-06-02T23:00:38.999-07:00Fell Voices - Fell Voices<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/5/0/4/250417.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 325px;" src="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/5/0/4/250417.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Artist: Fell Voices<br />Album: Fell Voices<br />Genre: Black Metal<br />Year: 2009<br />Origin: USA<br /><br />Fell Voices is an atmospheric, "cascadian" black metal band that has only released one demo and this self-titled album. When I first heard the opening track I wasn't overly impressed, but then the second (and final) track came along and blew me away. Not that the first song is bad, it just took me a few listens to get it, while song 2 was love at first listen. The band is probably some flavor of anarchist, and they're from Santa Cruz (where I went to school), so that's something! I'm probably going to see them play in a few days with Ashdautas and maybe again later this month with Altar of Plagues.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?m3qznmukihj">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-48909544398338293282010-06-02T12:13:00.000-07:002010-06-02T16:33:29.239-07:00Birushanah - Akai Yami<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.musica320.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/akay.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 325px;" src="http://www.musica320.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/akay.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Artist: Birushanah<br />Album: Akai Yami<br />Genre: Doom Metal<br />Year: 2007<br />Origin: Japan<br /><br />Birushanah is a sludge/doom metal band that gets the 'experimental' label for the strong influences from traditional Japanese music. The three long tracks on this, their only full-length release, are great. The bass player is a former member of Corrupted, so expect a similar feel.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mzd3troizzz">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-45834082717507564002010-05-22T14:33:00.001-07:002010-05-22T15:36:28.060-07:00Orange Tulip Conspiracy - Orange Tulip Conspiracy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i44.tinypic.com/dpjv9x.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://i44.tinypic.com/dpjv9x.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Orange Tulip Conspiracy<br />Album: Orange Tulip Conspiracy<br />Genre: Experimental Rock<br />Year: 2008<br />Origin: USA (LA)<br /><br />I usually try to avoid reposting albums that have already been offered by <a href="http://pettingmytapeworm.blogspot.com/">my blogging friends</a>, but this is a great album that deserves more exposure. Orange Tulip Conspiracy is sort of a mashing together of the members of Estradasphere and Secret Chiefs 3. I like both of those bands, but this seems like a culmination of their musical ideas, avoiding some of the sloppiness and incoherency that went with their earlier experimentations. I guess arguably that could mean that this release is more 'tame', but I think that would be selling it short. Anyway, if you aren't familiar with these artists, it's a style created by jumping between (instrumental) genres - all kinds of rock, jazz, classical (and even some death metal) show up when least expected. And it's fantastic.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zvt2hmtgdzj">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-88431399715020086142010-05-20T00:07:00.000-07:002010-05-20T00:49:28.097-07:00Skarp - Requiem<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6cPdz3H5TQxy3U7YwrsCE_duMLC87Fxzl5f93gT0D5fmJwHKXvsELVXKdMV7OIKon5KZLoH6nAkEMO2P4racgT-rI1AUv4feAZzgT6oZj-Ti7aUerjxIzffmyb2bmb3K2nSZeG65pQ/s400/51tcfhRcW8L__SL500_AA280_.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6cPdz3H5TQxy3U7YwrsCE_duMLC87Fxzl5f93gT0D5fmJwHKXvsELVXKdMV7OIKon5KZLoH6nAkEMO2P4racgT-rI1AUv4feAZzgT6oZj-Ti7aUerjxIzffmyb2bmb3K2nSZeG65pQ/s400/51tcfhRcW8L__SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Skarp<br />Album: Requiem<br />Genre: Blackout Grind<br />Year: 2005<br />Origin: USA (Seattle)<br /><br />Blackout grind? Yeah, it's a made-up subgenre, but I think it sounds cool and gives a hint of the band's atmosphere. Skarp takes a crusty punk song structure and drops the bottom out with mammoth heaviness you won't believe. The female vocalist is "singing like I'm from Sweden," with fitting harshness for a grind act. As you can see from the album cover this release has a somewhat silly theme of suicide, making this kind of like the punk equivalent of DSBM, though of course there are the usual anarchist lyrical themes as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?bmgamoom2vi">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-21529230617697141192010-05-12T13:18:00.001-07:002010-05-12T15:29:36.689-07:00Twilight - Monument To Time End<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://pics.livejournal.com/boblovesmusic/pic/000hs2k0"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/boblovesmusic/pic/000hs2k0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Artist: Twilight<br />Album: Monument To Time End<br />Genre: Black Metal<br />Origin: USA<br />Year: 2010<br /><br />Twilight is a super-group of sorts (Leviathan/Lurker of Chalice, Nachtmystium, Isis), playing post black metal kind of how you would expect from the combination of those three parts. It's pretty dense and very good. But you probably already have it. Well if you don't, listen to it here!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/ruqs9f">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-91798682730338098142010-05-02T23:38:00.000-07:002010-05-03T00:53:17.669-07:00Alex Kresovich - Gold N' Fly 007<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4jyWmip1MV7ph0mvGhI248qPv2tJYG3OZ3FybPmAuV7eL5dZy1bSRk4Zwe0IAinsTKj1_yy2tsyJNtxPaS5xBhNegSc6Rw7DrNR5hWd920x_OANsM_wHX-1cjB5IMXMnMlHh5-cdLy_q/s400/goldnflyart.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4jyWmip1MV7ph0mvGhI248qPv2tJYG3OZ3FybPmAuV7eL5dZy1bSRk4Zwe0IAinsTKj1_yy2tsyJNtxPaS5xBhNegSc6Rw7DrNR5hWd920x_OANsM_wHX-1cjB5IMXMnMlHh5-cdLy_q/s400/goldnflyart.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Alex Kresovich<br />Album: Gold N' Fly 007<br />Genre: Hip-Hop mashup<br />Year: 2010 (I think)<br />Origin: USA (New York)<br /><br />If you don't have nostalgia for the game, this post probably won't hold much interest for you. But it really is an expert production job, with the tempos and crescendos seamlessly matched. Of course I've played Goldeneye many times and it really brings back memories, but it's kind of amazing that these songs weren't made for this. The quality of the rapping is mixed, from those tracks that could stand on their own (Nas, Tech N9ne, 2Pac) to some really terrible rap by really terrible people (Lil' Wayne, 50 Cent). Admittedly it starts to feel a little repetitive after 22 tracks, but if the concept sounds interesting to you at all you should check this out.<br /><br />Also, I'm not sure if Alex Kresovich was part of The Ocarina of Rhyme or Vinyl Fantasy VII projects, but they're pretty cool too and are linked from his <a href="http://goldnfly.com">website</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?jmjynoyzd3y">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-70436727364420780682010-04-28T12:03:00.000-07:002010-04-28T17:26:03.799-07:00Battlelore - The Last Alliance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/0/3/2/203252.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/0/3/2/203252.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Battlelore<br />Album: The Last Alliance<br />Genre: Power Metal<br />Year: 2008<br />Origin: Finland<br /><br />I guess this is Tolkien nerd theme month! Here's a fun power metal-ish album, with a good mix of clean female vocals and growled male vocals. It's not super deep content-wise, but it has some nice melodies. The biggest thing I think they should've changed about this album is to move the first track to the end, because it's so great that it kinda overpowers the following songs.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/l32dao">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831129275971241444.post-17402800337245023042010-04-23T19:56:00.001-07:002010-04-23T20:16:59.491-07:00Falls of Rauros - Of Stone And the Stars In the Sky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZCyMvZuA9lnUxtMfOtzEpnaSbmilCrd7iMCVHzv9LCTQaw0yui8glVmBzAWx9NPU8V5DtAN9JAGF4DklzDqlbT70MxBPMXdaz30OEXVLgbiqgc6nAhcS8JK0-Oz5KkOKCndgNhfvAZUk/s320/Falls+of+Rauros+-+Of+Stone+And+The+Stars+In+The+Sky.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ZCyMvZuA9lnUxtMfOtzEpnaSbmilCrd7iMCVHzv9LCTQaw0yui8glVmBzAWx9NPU8V5DtAN9JAGF4DklzDqlbT70MxBPMXdaz30OEXVLgbiqgc6nAhcS8JK0-Oz5KkOKCndgNhfvAZUk/s320/Falls+of+Rauros+-+Of+Stone+And+The+Stars+In+The+Sky.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Artist: Falls of Rauros<br />Album: Of Stone And the Stars In the Sky<br />Genre: Black Metal<br />Year: 2007<br />Origin: USA<br /><br />This is a great little two song demo from American folk/black metal band Falls of Rauros. Yes the name is awesome, but no you don't have to be a nerd to appreciate the music. Both tracks are largely instrumental, and the title-track especially is very good. The production could be a lot better, but it doesn't detract from the music too much for me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?nzzlnjm4wmt">receive album</a>TheChiefCommiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780733998697659190noreply@blogger.com3