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Dr. Slaggleberry – The Slagg Factory Crash Records – CRASH09-DS04 - 12 October 2009 By Simon Brand Tech metal is a genre rife with thousands of 18 year olds who have just learnt to sweep-pick playing random notes really fast. It has become unfortunately acceptable to shred arbitrarily...

Gorguts

Zippo - The Road to Knowledge Subsound Records – December 2008 By Simon Brand From their beginnings as a stoner rock band in 2004, Zippo's latest effort leads them round the corner and down the path into progressive sludge territory. Featuring the expected chugging riffs alongside...

Lantlos perhaps http://www.myspace.com/lantlos

Nice, when do you think we could expect a release?

Second Gonin-Ish and Madder Mortem and add To-Mera. If you like Gonin-Ish, you may also want to check out some Sigh.

The track is awesome, but I hope that's not the final artwork?

Try Rheinkaos

I got a promotional copy and can confirm it's rather awesome. Review I wrote is here

Endstille – Verführer Regain Records – RR162CD – 7 April 2009 By Simon Brand Fitting distinctly into the hi-fi denomination of Black Metal, Endstille's sound on this album can be roughly guessed given the nature of it's production and knowledge of it's near...

I actually wrote an article on the subject a while back here.

If you like Cynic and Atheist, try Aghora and possibly To-Mera.

The first thing that came to my head when I saw the thread title was Requiem For A Dream, but I see you have that covered. I also love most scores from David Lynch films and Philip Glass compositions (especially the score from Koyannisqatsi).

Cynic and Ne Obliviscaris would be right up your alley.

Cocoon Counter Culture Festival The GRV, Edinburgh 12/13 September 2009 By Simon Brand Edinburgh has always been notorious to me due to it's intensely bad metal scene; if you say to someone “Do you like metal?” the response you will normally get will be something along the lines...