Albums you should know but probably don't.

[digitaldeath]

Agreed.

You guys might like to check out And So I Watch You From Afar, another Irish post-rock/alternative band who are doing very well for themselves at the moment.

Example: Set Guitars To Kill

 

[TRUIE]

Artist: BATTLE OF MICE
Album: A Day of Nights
Year: 2006
Genre: Post-metal / Sludge
Recommended If You Like: Neurosis, Isis, Cult of Luna...
Sample Song: Bones in the Water



Huge singer, amazing 1st record... unfortunately their only studio release, they split in 2009.
It's quite disturbing to feel all along the songs how the tensions between Julie Christmas and Josh Graham are palpable.
I really recommand this one if you dig post metal stuff.

 

[Ashgarth]

Artist: Causa Sui
Album: Summer sessions vol.1 (also highly recomend vol.2 and 3)
Year: 2008
Genre: Stoner rock / space rock
Recommended If You Like: Colour Haze, Kyuss or similar.
Sample Song:

 

[raisedfist]

Artist: Devil Sold His Soul
Album: Blessed & Cursed
Year: 2010
Genre: Post Rock/Post Metal
Recommended If You Like: Isis, Mahumodo, Rinoa




Artist: This Town Needs Guns
Album: Animals
Year: 2010
Genre: Math Rock / Indie
Recommended If You Like: maps and atlases, (old) Minus the Bear




I really like the guys guitar style in this, quite different.

 

[TheDriller]

Artist: Watain
Album: Casus Luciferi
Year: 2003
RIYL: Mayhem, Darkthrone, any Black Metal Really.
Sample Song:

 

[mva801]

^^^^ A buddy of mine saw them a short time ago here is San Diego. Smelled like rotten meat for like a day and a half after the show.

 

[TheDriller]

^^^^ A buddy of mine saw them a short time ago here is San Diego. Smelled like rotten meat for like a day and a half after the show.

Yup,

Apparently they like to cover the place wall-to-wall in animal blood and meat for each show. :Shedevil:

 

[Nuno Filipe]

Artist: Ulver
Album: Shadows Of The Sun
Year: 2007
Genre: Experimental, Ambient
Sample Song: All The Love

 

[ratsapprentice]

Watain have been a snoozefest post-CL.

Artist: Malign
Album: Divine Facing/Fireborn (EP compilation)
Year: 1998/2002
Genre: Black Metal
Recommended If You Like: Black Metal, Bathory, Thrash
Sample Song:

 

[-Noodles-]

If no-one objects, I'll make a spotify list for people to add to if they want?

 

[Virgil.]

I wish Spotify was available here in the US.

 

[Mago]

Artist: Wolfpack Unleashed
Album: Anthems of Resistance
Year: 2007
Genre: Melodic Thrash Metal
Recommended If You Like: Testament, Metallica, Megadeth
Sample Song: Disgrace Erased



Austrian band that made this album in 2007, I have no idea if/what they are doing these days unfo
The singer doesn't sound as strong as the music unfo, but it still kicks ass
excuse the strange vid (Mario kart wtf?)

 

[The Unavoidable]

Artist: God Among Insects
Album: Zombienomicon
Year: 2005
Genre: Death Metal
Recommended If You Like: Vomitory, Grave, Really low-tuned stuff
Sample Song: Zombie Torture

 

[.Hollowman.]

Artist: Disillusion
Album: Back To Times Of Splendor
Year: 2004
Genre: Progressive Metal
Sample Song: Fall

 

[sprack]

Artist: Diablo String Orchestra
Album: Sing-Along Songs for the Damned and Delirious
Year: 2009
Genre: Avant-garde
Recommended If You Like: Mr. Bungle, Primus, Arcturus (Sideshow Symphonies)
Sample Song: Bedlam Sticks

 

[Jevil]

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Artist: RAGE
Album: The Missing Link
Year: 1993
Genre: Heavy Metal
Recommended If You Like: Heavy Metal

 

[Ashgarth]

Artist: Diablo String Orchestra
Album: Sing-Along Songs for the Damned and Delirious
Year: 2009
Genre: Avant-garde
Recommended If You Like: Mr. Bungle, Primus, Arcturus (Sideshow Symphonies)
Sample Song: Bedlam Sticks

Thanks for the recommendation! Fucking loved it!!

 

[Ronixis]

I found this band through a mutual fan. For me, Endless Hallway by far the best current rock act. Goddamn I want to see them live so bad...

Artist: Endless Hallway
Album: Autonomy Games
Year: 2010
Genre: Rock / Alternative / Indie
Recommended If You Like: Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Paramore, Coldplay, Led Zeppelin, Nobuo Uematsu
Sample Song: This is album is a masterpiece, every song is great on it's own, but I'd rather let you guys enjoy the album as a whole. The band actually made this album available as a free downloand just recently, so here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/endlesshallway

Here's some samples for those who don't care to download the whole album:

 

[digitaldeath]

Artist: Scheer
Album: Infliction
Year: 1996
Genre: Rock / Alternative

Another great Irish rock band. Discovered them by pure accident many years ago - loved them ever since!

 

[Frantick]

I know that cover sux but great music inside

Artist: The Chronicles of Israfel
Album: Starborn, Tome I
Year: 2007
Genre: Prog. Metal
Recommended If You Like: no band name came to my mind that plays similar when i listen to this, but to any fan of prog metal that not necessarily define that genre by Dream Theater, its more to recent Sieges Even way of prog metal but it still sound more raw that SE.
Sample Song:
Lighter Song:


Little heavier song:


In between song:


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Artist: Shaolin Death Squad
Album: Intelligent Design
Year: 2006
Genre: Prog. Metal
Recommended If You Like: Like in song above
Sample Song:

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Here is a Polish band i dig

Artist: Horrorscope
Album: The Crushing Design
Year: 2005
Genre: Modern Thrash Metal
Recommended If You Like: If you like thrash like new Exodus, Testament etc.
Sample Song: