Song of the Day - Vägledningen

Ignominy - Vägledningen from Come Abuse (2013)

Swedish hardcore punkers turned post metal sludge-goers

Let it consume your soul.

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Song of the Day - What Child Is This?

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - What Child Is This? from Live at the AV Club "Xmas Under Cover" (2013)

The World is... turns the classic Christmas hymn known as "What Child Is This?" into a dark and dreary Christmas Eve nightmare.


Apparently they picked this song because the ICP Christmas song they originally wanted to cover was too hard to learn.

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Merry Christmas!

Song of the Day - Alleys Of Your Minds

Cybotron - Alleys Of Your Mind from Clear (1990)

90's electro.

Like Kraftwerk, but darker.

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Match of the Day - Don't ever fuck with Kishin Liger!

Kishin Liger vs. Bad Boy Hido - NJPW (2006)

Kishin Liger is the much darker and sadistic side of Jushin "Thunder" Liger. One could also argue that he is the KISS version of Jushin Liger, but don't let that fool you, this is not the Liger who wants to party all night. No, this is the Liger you definitely do not want to be crossing paths with. First appearing after The Great Muta ripped off his mask in 1996, The "Kishin" character only makes rare appearances when it is most fitting for revenge - such as this match featuring Bad Boy Hido ten years later. Hido, an ultraviolent specialist, thought it would be a wise move to chop some of Liger's hair off...

Let's just say Hido got what he had coming to him.

Song of the Day - Jesus in the Courtyard

King Dude - Jesus in the Courtyard from Burning Daylight (2012)

King Dude is the solo project of TJ Cowgill from the black metal bands Teen Cthulhu and Book of Black Earth. His sound is very reminiscent of neofolk acts of the 80's or a black metal Leonard Cohen of sorts.

Very interesting stuff.

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Song of the Day - HW:R

True Widow - HW:R from Circumambulation (2013)

The heavily addictive slowcore meets shoegaze brooding wrecking ball, True Widow have a new album coming out soon via their new record label, Relapse Records and this is their single, entitled, HW:R.

Get excited.

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Song of the Day - Awake In Sleep

Dark Castle - Awake In Sleep from Spirited Migration (2009)

Slow rooting doom metal.

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Song of the Day - Over and Under Ground

Grave Babies - Over and Under Ground from Crusher (2013)

Noise-y post punk whatever. Pretty hip.

Pretty hip.

You can DL this song for free over at Insound via their Free MP3s section.

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Song of the Day - Where Lies My Tarp?

The Microphones - Where Lies My Tarp? from The Glow Pt. 2 (2001)

A perfect Microphones/Mount Eerie kind of day/night.

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Song of the Day - Today We Stand

The Phantom Carriage - Today We Stand from Falls (2013)

Not your daddy's black metal.


Read my lil review for this French black metal/hardcore act's new release, Falls - here.

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Song of the Day - Keep Your Opinions To Yourself

Host - Keep Your Opinions To Yourself from Split w/ KYOTY (2012)

Just learned that this quite angry hardcore outfit from New Hampshire will be playing a show in my neck of the woods real soon (Portland, Maine)! These guys put out a very solid but much too short split with KYOTY, this song is named after the abbreviation, which features my favorite Keep Your Opinions To Yourself track and, after a long time thinking it out, my definitive song of the year 2012.

KYOTY might not be playing with Host as far as I know, but these guys seem to be a well-oiled wrecking crew of good times all by themselves from the sound of 'em!

I'm pretty pumped for all the awesomeness still coming Portland's way...



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Song of the Day - Unbecoming

RAGANA - Unbecoming from Unbecoming (2013)

RAGANA is a female drum and guitar witchy black metal band from Olympia, Washington.

Unbecoming is the title track off their new record released last month.
 

It's intense.

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