CVLT Nation is proud to bring you the latest in our Label Series mixtapes, this one curated by a label we have the utmost respect for – Crucial Blast. They have provided us with a detailed intro below, so read on and enjoy…

We crawled through the workspace and dredged up a mixed bag of music from artists and releases both new and forthcoming from Crucial Blast. There’s two hours of negativity and shadow and undiluted violence collected in this compilation, including a number of tracks from upcoming releases that are appearing here for the first time from Crown Of Bone, Degenerate Slug, Luasa Raelon, BÍte Lumineuse, and Bagman. The fringes of jet-black industrial horror are explored alongside the extreme of brutal demonic noise, and in between you will find the blizzards of terrifying black noise/metal, skeletal cemetary folk, avant-garde death metal, desolate death industrial, corpse abuse, deformed and blackened sludge rock, apocalyptic doom-dub, bestial electronics, phantasmic ambience, mortuary-based sturn und drang, mechanized sewer doom, and satanic synthoid delirium. Features the likes of BÍte Lumineuse, Ehnahre, Husere Grav, Iron Forest, Rotorvator, Crown Of Bone, Degenerate Slug, Actuary, Luasa Raelon, Time Moth Eye, Theologian, Lucifers Foreskin, Reclusa, Bagman, T.O.M.B., Funerary Call, Sutcliffe Jugend and Wold.

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CVLT Nation Label Mixtape Series Curated by Crucial Blast Track List
1. Bête Lumineuse – Voix Dans Les Murs
2. Ehnahre – Old Earth III
3. Husere Grav – Serpent Saviour
4. Iron Forest – Mountain of Teeth
5. Rotorvator – I Morti
6. Crown Of Bone – Cathedrals of Rot
7. Degenerate Slug – It Live Inside
8. Actuary – Heat Of Eternal Punishment
9. Luasa Raelon – Untold Tombs
10.Time Moth Eye – Stonepusher
11.Theologian – Abandon All Hope
12.Lucifers Foreskin – Satanic Evil
13.Reclusa – Seeds Of Psychosis
14.Bagman – Diminishing Returns
15.T.O.M.B. – Mausoleum Witchcraft
16.Funerary Call – Transference From The Void
17.Sutcliffe Jugend – Blue Rabbit
18.Wold – We Kill for Her

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CVLT Nation is excited to bring you Vol. XC of our Sonic Cathedrals mixtape series, curated by Today is the Day! Vol. XC is a eclectic mix of tunes that will have you all over the map, and demonstrates how varied a musician’s taste is when it comes to his or her influences! This mix is put together by Curran Reynolds of TITD, and you can enjoy is below and download after the jump!

This mixtape represents my own personal soundtrack circa November 2012 as I begin work with Steve and Ryan on the tenth Today Is The Day album. Enjoy!
- Curran

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. XC Curated by Today is the Day Track List
1) Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep Mountain High”
2) Company B “Fascinated”
3) Ghostface Killah “Be Easy”
4) Ministry “Revenge”
5) School of Seven Bells “Low Times”
6) M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up the Volume”
7) The Damned “In Dulce Decorum”
8) Call of the Wild “Autobahn”
9) Birds In Row “A Kid Called Dreamer”
10) Like Rats “Fire”
11) Jar’d Loose “Last Living Roach”
12) Gaza “Winter in Her Blood”
13) The Year Is One “Ungodly Behavior”
14) Pyrrhon “Implant Fever”
15) Flourishing “By Which We’re Cemented”
16) Devourment “Fed to the Pigs”
17) Human Rejection “Abandoned”
18) Abominable Putridity “Blindfold Surgery”
19) Bloody Panda “Grey” (Mick Barr remix)
20) TV Baby “Powering”

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It seem to be good times for rather bad moods. As the economical and social climate sharpens up, artistic formulations of the decline refine. These Top 6 Apocalyptic Blues albums of 2012 drag you deep into the realm of shades, lead you around Dystopia, confront you with unsettling End Time scenarios.

DEMDIKE STARE Elemental Part Three: Rose (Modern Love)
On top of the list has to be DEMDIKE STARE. Part Three of the “Elemental” series again brilliantly blends crystal clear techno fragments and dirty dark ambient textures. With its haunting grooves, unsettling background swirls and overall pitch black atmospheres, the British duo of Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker is the ultimate source for sonic dystopia for years now. Visionary.

OM Advaitic Songs (Drag City)
OM drag their sludgy mantras through diverse fog patches of spirituality. They exquisitly combine the desperation of doom, the intensity of drone, the roughness of stoner rock, Hindu philosophy, Sufi mysticism and Jodorowsky weirdness with their general quest for enlightment. With the outstanding “Advaitic Songs”, OM has finally become the perfect synthesis of SLEEP (the old band of bassist Al Cisneros) and GRAILS (drummer Emil Amos’s other band). Meditative.

RAIME Quarter Turns Over A Living Line (Blackest Ever Black)
If you’re interested in bleak sonic dystopia and open to rather avantgardistic sound explorations, you’ve probably heard of London duo RAIME already. Their debut album “Quarter Turns Over A Living Line” assembles fragments of industrial, techno, dark ambient and drone to form pitch black sound adventures. Released by Blackest Ever Black –no need for further words. Brilliant.

THEOLOGIAN The Chasms Of My Heart (Crucial Blast)
Harsh noise constructions made of dark ambient, drone metal and industrial fragments are the preferred territories of Lee M. Bartow alias THEOLOGIAN (also likely to be known as LEECH and the man behind Annihilvs Power Electronix). On “The Chasms Of My Heart”, the New York native impresses with monumental, apocalyptic sound clouds, composed of synthetic swirls, scratchy textures and pounding rhythms. Remarkable.

HORSEBACK “Half Blood” (Relapse)
The rock/drone interweavings of HORSEBACK draw monochromatic, psychedelic pictures that show clouds of misery, mists of lunacy and veils of gloom. In black metallic atmosphere, their third album “Half Blood” shreds, ties and merges fragments of doom rock, dull drones, Krautrock eccentricity and folky earthiness. Hypnotic.

SUTEKH HEXEN Behind The Throne (Magic Bullet)
SUTEKH HEXEN drown the ailing world in jet-black, droning texture madness. Thick smoke obscures the boundaries between noise, dark ambient and black metal. Massive guitar drones, noisy synth textures and frightening shouting create exquisitely layered, perpetually changing and extremly harsh sound structures in the periphery of tonality. Breathtaking.

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This is our first Sonic Cathedrals of 2013, and as some of you noticed, I got a little overzealous in my numbers, so I am backtracking to Vol. LXXXIV Curated by Adrian Guerra of the almighty BELL WITCH! Needless to say, we are super stoked that we can start out lucky 2013 with a collection of songs put together by a band we have so much respect for! Below you’ll find Adrian’s intro to this mix, the mixtape stream and the download link and track list after the jump!

Two thousand twelve was an amazing year. It has been stressful, productive, and emotionally draining.
Here is a mix tape of songs I’ve have been currently listing to. Be happy, or be sad while you listen from track to track.
The journey is yours, as it is mine! – Adrian Guerra

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXIV Curated by BELL WITCH Track List
Blood – Intro
Blood – Kadath
Wake Up On Fire – Four White Walls
Goatsblood – Piss Blooded Bitch
Addaura – City Light
The Slow Death – Grave
Larvae – Cold Dead Face
Procession – Chants Of The Nameless
Worship – Tide Of Terminus
Yellow Eyes – My Candle Is Gone But I Do Not Move
Profetus – Burn, Lanters Of Eve
Serpentine Path – Crotalus Horridus Horridus
Mournful Congregation – A Slow March to the Burial
Dispirit – Ixtab’s Lure
Wormwood – Requiescat

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Your eardrums are about to get a beat down! CVLT Nation is hyped to announce Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXV Curated by Theologian Prime goes live today…
Fuck silence! Enjoy this noise!

“Human life begins on the far side of despair” – Jean-Paul Sartre

A selection of music that sutures beauty to ugliness, and imprisons light within darkness.

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXV Curated by Theologian Prime TRACK LIST
SCORN – DEEP IN
T.O.M.B. – MAUSOLEUM WITCHCRAFT
JACASZEK – LAMENT
NORTHUMBRIA – THRENODY
ILLUSION OF SAFETY – HISTORICAL PT II
SERVILE SECT – STABBING THROUGH
SKIN AREA – THRESHOLD
PAIN NAIL – PURE LOVE FROM THE LORD
ATRAX MORGUE – ROSY [MORTE 2]
IRON FOREST – CURSE YOUR GOD AND THEN DIE
HERZ JUEHNING – I DESERVE
SKALPEL – STOMACH CANCER
ALBERICH – SKYWEEPER
JANITOR – ALL THAT IS MY OWN
HIRSUTE PURSUIT – COCK THOUGHTS (4 ON THE FLOOR, ASS IN THE AIR MIX)
ZENI GEVA – TERMINAL HZ
OPTIMUM WOUND PROFILE – CRAVE
CONVERTER – MEMORY-TRACE
DEATHPILE – KNIFE CULT
DEATH SQUAD – DECAY
HERBST9 – BLOOD WHISPER
MZ.412 – SATAN JUGEND

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CVLT Nation salutes Parasitic Records for being one of the sickest underground Distro’s!

A soundtrack to the dark days and long nights of winter. Some of my personal favorite doom, death and dark ambient tracks.
Play loud!
‘Til Death

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SIDE A
1-THE COMING OF THE BLACK LEGIONS-INADE
2-POURING-SKEPTICISM
3-ELEMENTAL-THERGOTHON
4-AS SHADOWS ASWAY THE SOUL-THORNS OF THE CARRION
5-BLACK ART-FUNERARY CALL
6-3RD NOCTURNAL PRAYER-BETHLEHEM
7-DEBAUCHERY-MAGUS
8-INTO THE AUTUMN SHADE-CEREMONIUM
9-RECLAIMED BY DUST-THE SLOW DEATH
10-ALL FAITH LOST-ANATHEMA

SIDE B
11-COLD HAND IN MINE-BLOOD BOX
12-FADING LIGHT OF A DYING SUN-MOURNFUL CONGREGATION
13-WITH SCORN/PERISH-DOLORIAN
14-COALESCENCE OF ASHEN WINGS-PROFETUS
15-META III-IONOSPHERE
16-THE TREE OF LIFE AND DEATH-DISEMBOWELMENT
17-I AM THE BLOODY EARTH/MY DYING BRIDE
18-UNTO INFINITE TWILIGHT/MAJESTY OF INFERNAL DAMNATION-INCANTATION
19-HOLLOW EARTH-YEN POX

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CVLT Nation is more than stoked to be unleashing Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXVI on the world today! This mixtape was curated by the almighty BONGRIPPER, and it will blow your brains all over the wall! Vol. LXXXVI comes in two parts, one side curated by Dennis and the other by Nicholas. Stream this mixtape below, and check the tracklist and download after the jump – plus check out BONGRIPPER European tour dates!

NO COAST. NO HOPE.

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXVI Curated By BONGRIPPER
SIDE A – NICHOLAS

1. 0:00 – 4.22: Machismo – Purity of Perversion
2. 4:23 -7:21: Knelt Rote – Succumb
3. 7:22-8:18: Masonna – Ejaculation Generator (Track)
4. 8:19 -11:10: Water Torture – Death to All the World / Erased / Grey
5. 11:11-15:05: Rectal Hygienics – Bad Behavior
6. 15:06-19:55: Lovelock – Love Reaction
7. 19:66-24:06: Socially Retarded – Split w/ Daisycutter
8. 24:07-30:23: Deterge – Always Around
9. 30:24-36:33: Conan – Hawk as a Weapon
10. 36:34-39:34: Magia Nuda – Paura
11. 39-:35-40:41: Sick/Tired – Throwing Trash
12. 40:42-41:31: Sea of Shit – Worried Sick
13. 41:32-44:30: Torture Love – The Death
14. 44:31-47:31: Juicy J – Drugged Out
15. 47:32-49:52: Macronympha – Fucking My Nurse in the Dark (Excerpt I)
16. 49:53-53:04: DJ Screw (UGK) – Pregnant Pussy
17. 53:05-56:29: Macronympha – Fucking My Nurse in the Dark (Excerpt II)
18. 56:30-60:02: R. Kelly – Love Is

1. 0:00-4.22: Machismo – Purity of Perversion
I can not think of a better way to begin a mix than abrasive Power Electronics with two men fucking as the majority of the source material. The Machismo/Hate Basement 2012 Tour was something that may never be topped. Machismo are keeping Chicago right (wrong).

2. 4:23-7:21: Knelt Rote – Succumb
Knelt Rote’s Trespress (2012) has been punishing me consistently. Morbid Immolation riffs played in an almost bestial style by noise/grind guys.

3. 7:22-8:18: Masonna – Ejaculation Generator (Track)
God of noise.

4. 8:19 -11:10: Water Torture – Death to All the World / Erased / Grey
Three tracks from their first demo/split. Water Torture are one of the best in the Powerviolence/Grind game currently. They have been steadily releasing great material. No hope.

5. 11:11-15:05: Rectal Hygienics – Bad Behavior
Rectal Hygienics are the lowest experiences in life sonified. They manage to present a fresh yet disgusting take on a basic punk formula. Meet you in bathroom.

6. 15:06-19:55: Lovelock – Love Reaction
Lovelock AKA Steve Moore of Zombi put out an amazing album in 2012 of lush synths playing pop songs that are reminiscent of 1980s action films.

7. 19:66-24:06: Socially Retarded – Split w/ Daisycutter
Socially Retarded were a Powerviolence band in Chicago a few years back. Ultimately the band broke up and went on to Machismo, Rectal Hygienics, Consent and others. RIP.

8. 24:07-30:23: Deterge – Always Around
Deterge is the Power Electronics/Harsh Noise/Industrial project of Jim Haras. This toilet has been performing some of my favorite sets in the past year along with releasing great material himself or through his Fusty Cunt label.

9. 30:24-36:33: Conan – Hawk as a Weapon
This is the opening track from one of the few Doom releases I really enjoyed last year. I am excited to see them every night on the Bongripper tour with them in April.

10. 36:34-39:34: Magia Nuda – Paura
Magia Nuda is a Chicago Power Electronics project from Mike Golem of Winters in Osaka and Paucities. The looped hits create an unsettling atmosphere that begins to suffocate under the dense walls of noise and vocals.

11. 39-:35-40:41: Sick/Tired – Throwing Trash
Sick/Tired really came into their own lately with the addition of Adam Jennings (Winters in Osaka, Paucities, Urine Cop) on vocals. This unmastered track is from their upcoming LP this year. Never enough blasts.

12. 40:42-41:31: Sea of Shit – Worried Sick
Sea of Shit has been leading the Powerviolence/Hardcore scene in Chicago for the past few years. Their material and performances have only been better with age.

13. 41:32-44:30: Torture Love – The Death
This new Post-Punk/New Wave project from Chicago really took me by surprise last year. While the recording is very lo-fi, it creates an atmosphere where you can swear you can hear some synths.

14. 44:31-47:31: Juicy J – Drugged Out
Lookin for the drug man with my drugs out.

15. 47:32-49:52: Macronympha – Fucking My Nurse in the Dark (Excerpt I)
Macronympha is crucial American Harsh Noise from the 1990s. Their use of metal and tape loops revivals no other.

16. 49:53-53:04: DJ Screw (UGK) – Pregnant Pussy
None of these Ableton screws compete with the original. DJ Screw will make you feel intoxicated regardless of your blood content.

17. 53:05-56:29: Macronympha – Fucking My Nurse in the Dark (Excerpt II)

18. 56:30-60:02: R. Kelly – Love Is
R. Kelly’s 2012 album “Write Me Back” quickly became one of my favorite albums of last year. This isn’t the ridiculous and dirty material Mr. Kelly is known for. It is something even better.”


Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXVI Curated By BONGRIPPER
SIDE B – DENNIS

1.) Reclamation by Fugazi (album- Steady Diet of Nothing) 0:00-3:20
I always felt that this should have been the opening track on this album. The way the bass and drums set up the groove over the guitars is amazing. Still wish I would have been able to see them live.

2.) Pattern against User by At the Drive-In (album- Relationship of Command) 3:20-6:36
This whole album has helped me stay awake on some very lat night drives.

3.) This You Can Trust by Dove (album – Self Titled) 6:36 – 8:45
Great Riffs!

4) Death Announcements and Funerals by Sigur Ros (album – Angels of the Universe) 6:36 – 13:08
This is my second favorite Sigur Ros song, but the song that drew me in. It’s still as mesmerizing today, as the first time I heard it.

5.) Immaculate Pinetreeroad #930 by Bathory (album- Octagon) 13:08 – 15:54
Not the most popular Bathory stuff, but to me, this is a great album. If someone asked me to describe this album to them, I would tell them that it is the musical equivalent to free falling in an elevator from 90 floors up.

6.) Omniscient by Black Cobra (album- Bestial) 15:54- 19:10
The riff in the middle, and end, of this song is one of my all time favorite riffs.

7.) Cold War by Death From Above 1979 (album- You’re a Women, I’m a Machine) 15:54 – 21:41
One of my favorite albums from my early 20s, and can still throw it on from start to finish.

8.) Dust Huntress by Del Rey (album- Darkness and Distance) 21:41 – 27:46
Great band from Chicago. Watching the two drummers pull off the fills in this song is amazing, and great chord progressions.

9.) This Mess we’re In (Solo Vocal Version) by PJ Harvey (album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea: B Sides) 27:46 – 31:38
Always a huge fan of PJ Harvey. I got to witness, and about 3,000 other people, a solo version of this song on Sept 13, 2001 at the Riv in Chicago. Stunning doesn’t even beginning to describe that experience.

10.) The Lovers of Nothing by Riddle of Steel (album – Got this Feelin’) 31:38 – 35:16
So the next four songs set up a early 2000’s indie block to this mix. The Midwest had so many great indie bands in the early to mid 2000’s. (Not saying that there aren’t any now) It seemed as if you were going to see one band, you would almost always end up going home talking about another band on the bill, and most likely their merch. The drummer from Riddle of Steel went on to drum for Russian Circles. Great use of delay on the guitars in this song.

11.) Independence by Ring, Cicada (Album Good Morning, Mr. Good) 35:16 – 38:33
Another great Midwest band. Mostly an instrumental band, but had songs with vocals scattered here and there. Always put on a great show, and always had great live tone.

12.) I’m a Gal by Houston (album – Bottom of the Curve) 38:33 – 41:52
Another great band from this time, and always put on a great show.

13. Andalusia by Shiner (album – The Egg) 41:52 – 45:43
Anyone that knows me knows that I am a huge Shiner fan. Luckily for me Shiner played a lot of Chicago shows. Not an instrumental band but, but this one kind of is, minus the vocals being used as an instrument to create a haunting keyboard-like effect. One of the best live bands I have ever seen.

14.) Thumper by The Jesus Lizard (album – Shot) 45:43 – 49:12
One of the greatest rhythm sections in a rock band ever. (Well, at least to me) and anyone who got to see a Jesus Lizard show knows that each show was an event.

15.) Army Of Me by Bjork (album –Post) 49:12 – 53:01
Not my favorite Bjork track, but it’s the one that got me in to her. (There’s a joke in there somewhere)

16.) Mysterons by Portishead (album- Roseland NYC [Live]) 53:01- 58:28
The thing that I have to keep reminding myself every time I listen to this album is that it’s a live album.
Very haunting sound, with a great performance.

17.) The Unattractive, Portable Head by Daughters (album- Self Titled) 58:28 – 1:02:00
This album is probably one of my favorite albums of the past couple of years, and this song sealed the deal. Huge pounding drums, crazy looped guitars, creepy as shit organ at the end, oh and hand claps….

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CVLT Nation is stoked to announce that we have a new mixtape for your listening pleasure! One of our favorite videographers, Frank Huang, has put together a blistering mix of Taiwanese bands exclusively for CVLT Nation! So press play below and see how they do it in the +886!

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From Taiwan With Love Curated by Frank Huang TRACK LIST
1. Ashen – 無惡不作 (00:00:00)
2. 透明雜誌 Touming Magazine – 有時候真想往你臉上灌一拳 (00:01:22)
3. 自私的混蛋 Selfish Sucker – No Selection (00:02:17)
4. 人 Human Beings – 破悲絕Broken,Sad,Desperate (00:05:30)
5. Revilement – Terminal Sedation (00:09:01)
6. Brain Corrosion – Naive is Evil (00:12:16)
7. Bazooka – Blitzkrieg (00:15:28)
8. 黑冥煞 Inferno Requiem – 人彘Dangling Piggsy (00:18:56)
9. 奇萊山觀測站Qi Lai Observatory – 悲情城市City of Sadness (00:23:18)
10. 盪在空中 Hang In The Air – 直直去Let`s Go Straight (00:28:20)
11. 傷心欲絕 Wayne’s So Sad – 他有三百塊 (00:39:27)
12. 湯湯水水 Sleaze – 溫柔鄉Cozy Tender Loving Den (00:39:56)
13. 帆人 The Junk – 真想留住這一切(Live) (00:46:33)
14. 無秩序 No Order -  頭蓋骨 (00:56:44)
15. 傷心欲絕 Wayne’s So Sad – 司機! 請你載我回家 (00:57:34)
16. 破地獄 Scattered Purgatory – Live at Revolver (00:59:15)
17. 湯湯水水 Sleaze – 這一生中最壞事件只會有一次 Such a Tragedy Does not Repeat itself Before You Dies (01:31:32)

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It’s fucking on…CVLT Nation is ultra stoked to announce that Vol. VIII of our acclaimed mixtape series, Blackened Everything, goes live today! We made sure that this one was more brutal than ever before. Get ready to make your ears burst with 20 tracks of pure rancid audio death! Follow the download links below (scroll over the image to download) and blast this motherfucker loud! Check the tracklisting after the jump. CVLT Nation salutes all of the bands that made it on this volume for creating the music that makes our blood boil!

CVLT Nation Blackened Everything Vol. VIII Track List
1. HexIS: Procella
2. NAILS: Obscene Humanity
3. Xaphan: “V.”
4. Casque: Heroin Dreams
5. Blood Division: Raise the Black Flag
6. Little Sister: Exile’s Return
7. THE SECRET: Angus Dei
8. Votnut: Wallow Within
9. Boddicker: They Fix Everything
10. Besta: Profunda Heresia
11. Nvklear Hellfrost: STORM OF NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION
12. Iskra: Privileged Morality
13. God Harvest: Flagship
14. Absvrdist: Illusory
15. Black Goat of the Woods: Opening the Bloodstained Gates
16. Deaf Kids: I Am The Sickness
17. KATA SARKA: Ghosts of Smoke
18. Aksumite: Come Alive By Fire
19. Depressor: Chunks
20. LORD MANTIS: Perverter of the Will

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CVLT Nation is stoked to announce that Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXIX Curated by DOCTORSHOPPER is live today!

We wanted to make a tape that encompassed our influences directly and indirectly. Songs arranged in a way that captured the ebb and flow of our days, as we all struggle to maintain some semblance of emotional and financial stability so that we can keep our burgeoning collective of music and art projects going. I’ve always said the easiest part of being in this band has always been writing and playing music together. It every other aspect from the recession induced financial strains, to health and family problems, the crumbling Los Angeles infrastructure and so on that chip away out our spirits each day. By the time we meet up I feel drained, anxious, demoralized, and crippled by chronic pain. When that first song starts and the room begins to shake, I can feel everyone forcing that negative energy into a maelstrom of dissonance, playing as if it’s the last time it’ll ever happen. I get swept up in that forced march and when it’s over I feel that sense of catharsis I desperately need. It propels me in all other aspects of my life, numbs the pain just enough to keep going. These are the songs that get us through the days and drive us to do what we can to keep ourselves so we can keep chasing that feeling.

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXIX Curated by DOCTORSHOPPER TRACK LIST

Vladimir Vysotsky – Capricious Horses
Organ Grindr – Bromance
Darkthrone – Haw Is The Law
The Misfits – Earth A.D.
Sol Invicus – Angels Fall
Cranes – Adoration
Earth- High Command
Motorhead – Iron Horse Born to Lose
Soggy – Waiting For The War
Eyehategod – Pigs
Mayhem – Buried By Time and Dust
Sangraal – Name Me Master
Dead Black – Concrete Shoes
Corrupted – Sus Futuros
Son House – Levee Camp Moan
Nature and Organisation – Wicker Man Song

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CVLT Nation is proud to bring you the latest in our Label Series mixtapes, this one curated by a label we have the utmost respect for – Crucial Blast. They have provided us with a detailed intro below, so read on and enjoy…

We crawled through the workspace and dredged up a mixed bag of music from artists and releases both new and forthcoming from Crucial Blast. There’s two hours of negativity and shadow and undiluted violence collected in this compilation, including a number of tracks from upcoming releases that are appearing here for the first time from Crown Of Bone, Degenerate Slug, Luasa Raelon, BÍte Lumineuse, and Bagman. The fringes of jet-black industrial horror are explored alongside the extreme of brutal demonic noise, and in between you will find the blizzards of terrifying black noise/metal, skeletal cemetary folk, avant-garde death metal, desolate death industrial, corpse abuse, deformed and blackened sludge rock, apocalyptic doom-dub, bestial electronics, phantasmic ambience, mortuary-based sturn und drang, mechanized sewer doom, and satanic synthoid delirium. Features the likes of BÍte Lumineuse, Ehnahre, Husere Grav, Iron Forest, Rotorvator, Crown Of Bone, Degenerate Slug, Actuary, Luasa Raelon, Time Moth Eye, Theologian, Lucifers Foreskin, Reclusa, Bagman, T.O.M.B., Funerary Call, Sutcliffe Jugend and Wold.

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CVLT Nation Label Mixtape Series Curated by Crucial Blast Track List
1. Bête Lumineuse – Voix Dans Les Murs
2. Ehnahre – Old Earth III
3. Husere Grav – Serpent Saviour
4. Iron Forest – Mountain of Teeth
5. Rotorvator – I Morti
6. Crown Of Bone – Cathedrals of Rot
7. Degenerate Slug – It Live Inside
8. Actuary – Heat Of Eternal Punishment
9. Luasa Raelon – Untold Tombs
10.Time Moth Eye – Stonepusher
11.Theologian – Abandon All Hope
12.Lucifers Foreskin – Satanic Evil
13.Reclusa – Seeds Of Psychosis
14.Bagman – Diminishing Returns
15.T.O.M.B. – Mausoleum Witchcraft
16.Funerary Call – Transference From The Void
17.Sutcliffe Jugend – Blue Rabbit
18.Wold – We Kill for Her

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CVLT Nation is excited to bring you Vol. XC of our Sonic Cathedrals mixtape series, curated by Today is the Day! Vol. XC is a eclectic mix of tunes that will have you all over the map, and demonstrates how varied a musician’s taste is when it comes to his or her influences! This mix is put together by Curran Reynolds of TITD, and you can enjoy is below and download after the jump!

This mixtape represents my own personal soundtrack circa November 2012 as I begin work with Steve and Ryan on the tenth Today Is The Day album. Enjoy!
- Curran

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. XC Curated by Today is the Day Track List
1) Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep Mountain High”
2) Company B “Fascinated”
3) Ghostface Killah “Be Easy”
4) Ministry “Revenge”
5) School of Seven Bells “Low Times”
6) M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up the Volume”
7) The Damned “In Dulce Decorum”
8) Call of the Wild “Autobahn”
9) Birds In Row “A Kid Called Dreamer”
10) Like Rats “Fire”
11) Jar’d Loose “Last Living Roach”
12) Gaza “Winter in Her Blood”
13) The Year Is One “Ungodly Behavior”
14) Pyrrhon “Implant Fever”
15) Flourishing “By Which We’re Cemented”
16) Devourment “Fed to the Pigs”
17) Human Rejection “Abandoned”
18) Abominable Putridity “Blindfold Surgery”
19) Bloody Panda “Grey” (Mick Barr remix)
20) TV Baby “Powering”

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It seem to be good times for rather bad moods. As the economical and social climate sharpens up, artistic formulations of the decline refine. These Top 6 Apocalyptic Blues albums of 2012 drag you deep into the realm of shades, lead you around Dystopia, confront you with unsettling End Time scenarios.

DEMDIKE STARE Elemental Part Three: Rose (Modern Love)
On top of the list has to be DEMDIKE STARE. Part Three of the “Elemental” series again brilliantly blends crystal clear techno fragments and dirty dark ambient textures. With its haunting grooves, unsettling background swirls and overall pitch black atmospheres, the British duo of Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker is the ultimate source for sonic dystopia for years now. Visionary.

OM Advaitic Songs (Drag City)
OM drag their sludgy mantras through diverse fog patches of spirituality. They exquisitly combine the desperation of doom, the intensity of drone, the roughness of stoner rock, Hindu philosophy, Sufi mysticism and Jodorowsky weirdness with their general quest for enlightment. With the outstanding “Advaitic Songs”, OM has finally become the perfect synthesis of SLEEP (the old band of bassist Al Cisneros) and GRAILS (drummer Emil Amos’s other band). Meditative.

RAIME Quarter Turns Over A Living Line (Blackest Ever Black)
If you’re interested in bleak sonic dystopia and open to rather avantgardistic sound explorations, you’ve probably heard of London duo RAIME already. Their debut album “Quarter Turns Over A Living Line” assembles fragments of industrial, techno, dark ambient and drone to form pitch black sound adventures. Released by Blackest Ever Black –no need for further words. Brilliant.

THEOLOGIAN The Chasms Of My Heart (Crucial Blast)
Harsh noise constructions made of dark ambient, drone metal and industrial fragments are the preferred territories of Lee M. Bartow alias THEOLOGIAN (also likely to be known as LEECH and the man behind Annihilvs Power Electronix). On “The Chasms Of My Heart”, the New York native impresses with monumental, apocalyptic sound clouds, composed of synthetic swirls, scratchy textures and pounding rhythms. Remarkable.

HORSEBACK “Half Blood” (Relapse)
The rock/drone interweavings of HORSEBACK draw monochromatic, psychedelic pictures that show clouds of misery, mists of lunacy and veils of gloom. In black metallic atmosphere, their third album “Half Blood” shreds, ties and merges fragments of doom rock, dull drones, Krautrock eccentricity and folky earthiness. Hypnotic.

SUTEKH HEXEN Behind The Throne (Magic Bullet)
SUTEKH HEXEN drown the ailing world in jet-black, droning texture madness. Thick smoke obscures the boundaries between noise, dark ambient and black metal. Massive guitar drones, noisy synth textures and frightening shouting create exquisitely layered, perpetually changing and extremly harsh sound structures in the periphery of tonality. Breathtaking.

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CVLT Nation is honored to bring you a mixtape curated by one of the premiere underground metal labels, Invictus Productions. Darragh has been bringing heavy and intense music to the world for over a decade from the beautiful land of Ireland, and he’s put together a brutal mix for you to stream and download after the jump! Read what he has to say below:

So, Invictus has been around for 14 years now, which even to my mind is fucking boggling! Being stuck on Craggy Island my entire life, competing within the ever-expanding sphere of underground metal was always a challenge, but I’d like to think that Invictus has more than lived up to it over the years. Looking back through the back catalogue, there has been a lot of different stuff come out in a few different styles, some of which jarred considerably with perceptions and ruffled the odd feather or two. Music is the essence of human expression and creativity, and art alone stands as a testament to passing times, ideas and idealism. Nothing is ever stagnant, life always changing. In picking the tunes I have, I did it without second-guessing myself and I want to let the music do the talking. If you dig the releases and support the label, I cannot extend my gratitude to you enough. It has been a rollercoaster ride these last 14 years, with many peaks and troughs, but I wouldn’t have had it any other way – so let the music do the talking here and see what ya think!

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CVLT Nation Label Series Mixtape Curated By Invictus Productions TRACK LIST
1 Allfather – Path Of Glory
2 Blood Revolt – The Martyr’s Brigade
3 Slaughter Lord – Die By Power
4 ZOM – Cult Of The Black Flame
5 Destroyer 666 – See You In Hell
6 Antediluvian – Scions of Ha Nachash (Spectre of the Burning Valley)
7 Gospel Of The Horns – Absolute Power
8 Deathcult – Beasts of Faith
9 Manifesting – Disciples of Murmur
10 Diocletian – Kingdom of Rats
11 Obscure Burial – Necrophagous Ritual
12 Negative Plane – Angels Veiled Of Bone
13 Tribulation – When The Sky Is Black With Devils
14 Witchrist – Shrine of Skulls
15 Vomitor – Salem Witches Grave
16 Sanguis Imperem – Strapped To The Crank Wheel
17 Occultation – Three & Seven
18 Chapel – Satan’s Rock N Roll
19 Slutvomit – Downward Falling Christ
20 Reveal – Blue Demon
21 Apocalypse Command – Lust, Vengeance, Death
22 Portal – The Swayy
23 Gospel Of The Horns – Sorcery & Blood
24 Spearhead – Mors Triumphalis
25 Occult Burial – The Ancient Returns

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Up for offer today is an awesome mixtape curated by Vetis Monarch of WEAPON, and it’s packed with tracks from some of CVLT Nation’s favorite bands! If you are too kvlt for skool, beware – this mix might rub you the wrong way – but we trust that our readers are going to love a lot of his choices! Read Vetis’ ironic intro below, and as usual stream below and download after the jump!

Narrowing down the bands that one doesn’t care for to a mere 20 is no easy task; especially in 2013, when there is so much to choose from… That’s not a good thing. Although I prefer to spend my energy on bands I like, it is quite entertaining to mention the bands that I personally have no use for, yet a lot of people seem to like them. Bear in mind that this is my taste only, and this doesn’t speak for all in Weapon (even though no one, anywhere, should ever listen to garbage like Mares Of Thrace.)

Enjoy, fuckers.

We will! Thanks!

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. LXXXVII Curated By Weapon TRACK LIST:
1. 3 Inches Of Blood – Metal Woman
2. Abigail – Bitch, We’re Gonna Kill You!
3. Armour – Heavy Metal Drinkers
4. Ascension – Grant Me Light
5. Children Of Technology – Postnuclear Quarantine
6. Darkthrone – In The Shadow Of The Horns
7. Diocletian – All Against All
8. Ghost – Ritual
9. Korpiklaani – Vodka
10. Krallice – Dust And Light
11. Krieg – An Empty Room A Forgotten Funeral
12. Mares Of Thrace – The Perpetrator
13. Midnight – Vomit Queens
14. Municipal Waste – The Art Of Partying
15. Primordial – Gallows Hymn
16. Proclamation – Crucifixion Vomit
17. Revenge – Banner Degradation (Exile Or Death)
18. Warbringer – Total War
19. Wolves In The Throne Room – Astral Blood
20. Woods Of Ypres – You Were The Light

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More Chaos! More Fury! More Rancid Riffs! only begins to tell you how CVLT Nation’s Blackened Everything Vol. IX is going to get you hyped enough to kick down walls! Being that this volume is in celebration of our 2nd Anniversary, we wanted to make this one the heaviest ever, and I have a feeling we hit the mark. In addition to fucking brutal songs from some of our favorite blackened bands, Blackened Everything Vol. IX has unreleased music from Barghest and Witch in Her Tomb which only adds another level of sonic torment to it. Fuck all of the talking, follow the links below and blast this motherfucker so loud that the dead wake up and start head banging!!!

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This is just pure brutality Sonic Cathedrals vol.XCI Curated by COFFINS is 29 tracks of decay and rage! Bungo Uchino put his heart into this mix tape and for that CVLT Nation salutes him. Now follow the links below and download this gnarly audio attack make to play louder than loud!!!

The song selection is a component of COFFINS. If COFFINS is dissected, you can find the songs I chose.”Uchino…COFFINS

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. XCI Curated by COFFINS
Mixtape by Bungo Uchino (COFFINS)
Track list: (band/song/album)
1. AUTOPSY – Twisted Mass Of Burnt Decay (Mental Funeral)
2. CELTIC FROST – Circle Of The Tyrants (Emperor’s Return EP)
3. CARNAGE(Swe) – Malignant Epitaph (Dark Recollections)
4. WINTER – Eternal Frost (Eternal Frost demo)
5. BOLT THROWER – Ritual (The IVth Crusade)
6. GODFLESH – Life Is Easy (Streetcleaner)
7. DEATH – Left To Die (Leprosy)
8. ENTOMBED – Revel In Flesh (Left Hand Path)
9. MELVINS – Night Goat (Night Goat EP)
10. EYEHATEGOD – Ruptured Heart Theory (Ruptured Heart Theory EP)
11. ANTI CIMEX – Warmachine (Raped Ass EP)
12. BATHORY – War (Bathory)
13. CANDLEMASS – Crystal Ball (Epicus Doomicus Metallicus)
14. ASPHYX – Pages In Blood (The Rack)
15. GRAVE – Putrefaction Remains (Promo demo 1991)
16. MASSACRE – Succubus (From Beyond)
17. AXEGRINDER – Never Ending Winter/Hellstorm (The Rise Of The Serpent Men)
18. CORRUPTED – Empty (Corrupted/Cripple Bastards Split EP)
19. CATHEDRAL – Frozen Rapture (Soul Sacrifice EP)
20. SODOM – Sodomy And Lust (Persecution Mania)
21. SLAUGHTER(Can) – Tortured Souls (Strappado)
22. UNLEASHED – Unleashed (Promo demo 1990)
23. PUNGENT STENCH – Daddy Cruel (Shisyu EP)
24. DIVINE EVE – Velvet Of The Godless (Essence Of Dawn demo)
25. SAINT VITUS – Prayer For The (M)Asses (Hallow’s Victim)
26. TRANSGRESSOR(Jpn) – Deathfile (Ether For Scapegort)
27. SWANS – Your Property (Cop/Young God)
28. BUZZOV.EN – Blinded (Sore)
29. GRUDGE(Jpn) – Return/Eat Hard’n Heavy (Γρτδγε demo)

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I know we’ve said it a lot today, but we are so thankful for the support we have gotten from the metal/punk/heavy communities around the world, and someone who has been a great friend to CVLT Nation is Ralph from Germany’s PLANKS. So when we were thinking of the mixtapes we wanted to bring you today, we automatically thought to ask Ralph to make a Part II to his killer From Germany With Love mixtape that he did for us on our 1st Anniversary. So he did, and compiled a list of some of Germany’s best and heaviest to date! You can stream below, and download after the jump…genießt!!

This is the second installment of my mix made of bands located in Germany. Thanks to Sean for inviting me to do it. It is great to share some of the not too well known bands with a big channel of people who might find a new love on here. Most of these bands, if not all, live in this country and are very much aware of our history and responsibility. Non of these bands, as well as me, take pride in living in this country. This introduction is not meant as a political statements, as this was never my strength. But I want to make very clear that the German DIY Hardcore/Punk/Metal scene share at least two common denominators: No.1 is the passion they bring to the table. They do things 110% and with heartfelt spirit – No.2 is: Fuck Nazi Sympathy! It’s too common in many countries today (unfortunately also in Germany) to tolerate things as “ok” because a certain trend tries to legitimize it. Fuck that.
Now, please take your time and give every band on here a chance, as they all deserve it. This mix wanders from blasting Grind to modern Hardcore and back to Black Metal and Doom, so there should be something for everybody. -Ralph Planks- (March 2013)

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From Germany With Love Part II Curated by Ralph From Planks TRACK LIST

01) PERTH EXPRESS ‘Construction Time Again’
I started my first mix of German bands with them and I might just be doing it with every mix I ever do. They were (for me) the best German band in this genre ever. Even though this song is one of their slower songs it is one of my all-time favorites. This song had such an impact on me from a lyrical as well as songwriting-dramatics level. If you don’t know this band go and get all their stuff!
[facebook.com/PerthExpress]

02) THROWERS ‘Reflection’
A fairly new band with only one 10” out. For me they are the first true alternative to Perth Express. They might not be as fast as Perth Express were, but their songwriting skills speak for Throwers. An incredible powerful live band with genuine ideas and incredibly nice people.
[facebook.com/ThrowersThrowers]

03) SLUMP ‘Der Schuss in den Ofen’
One of those Mannheim incest bands (and Mannheim has a history of bands that all share members). They share a rehearsal room as well as members with Planks and Gunmob. Super fast on point Grind/Powerviolence with a twist.
[slumpgrindcore.wordpress.com]

05) BLCKWVS ’0154′
Besides Perth Express the only band that got chosen twice to appear on my CVLT-German mix. They are around for quite some time and I think they don’t get enough credit for what they do. It’s a mostly instrumental metal band with a synth/moog monster playing a significant role. Their third LP, which came out in 2012, featured the song I chose here. I’m always a sucker for female vocals and this one right here makes me feel all Wolves In The Throne Room. Great tune, great band!
[www.facebook.com/pages/BLCKWVS/197342783633296]

06) TSARWEATHER ‘Arms’
Another song from a demo (and not the last one in the mix). Tsarweather fromed around members of the Hungy Lungs. Well, actually they are Hungry Lungs, just with their drummer singing and another drummer playing drums. The methodology kind of remains but has a different twist to it. Brutal, technical yet melodic, thunderous heavy hardcore that (thankfully) doesn’t try to be Black Metal.
[www.facebook.com/pages/Tsarweather/325885474187171]

07) O ‘Waiting For The Sun’
There it is: My favorite German band ever since Perth Express broke up. Not that they have the slightest thing in common, but they touch me in the same way. The melodies and harmonies are incredible. The drama and darkness are visible and almost seem to caress you while listening. Everything about this band is perfect. They include a conceptual, visual and anesthetic element which gives their music an even bigger spectrum. They only reference is maybe Braveyoung, but O are so totally their own brand. If you buy one record by a German band make it this one.
[facebook.com/O.theband]

08) JUNBLUTH ‘Quick Temper, Slow Mind’
This band rose from the ashes of Alpinist. Their music is very much alike but also brings a different aspect into play. Yet the recipe seems to touch all the fans of Alpinist in the same way. Within a day they had around 1000 likes on Facebook and the likes keep coming – Well deserved. Furious and melodic (crustish) hardcore with a clear political message.
[facebook.com/jungbluthpunx]

09) JUNE PAIK ‘Traufe’
These guys look very young but are almost old-timers on this mix. They’ve been around for a while now and show what Germany was well known for on the Hardcore map. Chaotic, spazzy hardcore with mosh and melody. My friend Andrew Hernandez 2nd (drummer in Tombs) would state the following: “That’s a style only Germans can play”. The track is an exclusive preview of their new album coming out very soon. It shows what good songwriting in a chaotic surrounding can offer. This sounds so fresh and powerful one could think it’s their debut.
[www.facebook.com/pages/June-Paik/227035240692978]

10) DEZAFRA RIDGE ‘Simurgh’
Every punk needs some metal now and then. This must have been the thought of Alex (Voice/THROWERS). DeZafra is his second band. It’s downtuned heaviness in Pallbearer style. They released two massive tracks on a split with my friends in RITUALS and both bands kill it.
[facebook.com/DeZafraRidge]

11) BLOOD PATROL ‘From Beyond And Below’
A fairly new band with really old guys. They are the Granddadband in this mix. I can’t even recall in how many important bands the members of this band played: Narsaak, Bastard King, Dead Beat, Golden Gorilla…etc. If you know your way through the back catalog of hardcore bands from Germany most of them will bring tears to your eyes. Blood Patrol is their take on Municipal Waste thrash with a lot of old school Death Metal. Their first album will be out soon and this here is an exclusive track of that.
[facebook.com/blood.patrol]

12) SARG ‘Spirited Away’
New band featuring members of Radare and Rollergirls. If Cursed came from San Diego they might have sounded like this. The fast and the furious. This track is also hot of the press (they actually recorded it last weekend!).
[facebook.com/SARRRG]

13) RED APOLLO ‘Ordeal’
A lot of members in old-school hardcore bands started playing downtuned stuff after they first heard Amen Ra. Mostly with dreadful results. Red Apollo are different. They are a heavy hitter with good ideas. They just released their first record a short while back and it’s a quality thing you should not miss.
[facebook.com/redapollohc]

14) VALBORG ‘In Ekklesia’
Valborg are a household name in Metal Germany. They’ve been around for a while and are involved in about a gazillion projects. Valborg is very much a contemporary version Celtic Frost with Prog influences. “Wait, Celtic Frost and Prog…this is like North and South Pole”. It is, but try Valborg and you will see what I mean!
[facebook.com/valborgband]

15) PATSY O’HARA ’12/12′
I’m not really a fan of this particular brand of melodic hardcore and Modern life Is War never did anything for me. When I first heard about Patsy that’s what people told me about them. When I saw them play I could see what people meant, but I could watch this and enjoy. They just do their own thing and I like this thing a lot. Their second full-length just came up for pre-prder and is a record full of interesting ideas untypical for this set of music. It’s very much melodic and capturing with good lyrics and sound.
[facebook.com/patsyoharapunks]

16) UNREST ‘Kill-Feed’
Grind’N'Crust as nasty as it gets. I can’t even say much about this except that it is a total wrecking ball of a band, live as well as on record. No trends, no bullshit – Total fucking annihilation!
[facebook.com/unrestcrust]

17) BLANK ‘Scorched Earth’
Blank are new but again their members have a widespread history of bands. You can hear it in their mature songwriting and experienced deliverance. If you dig Hope Conspiracy, Botch and the better bands from the 90ies this might be your thing. [facebook.com/blankhc]

18) ARKTIKA ‘A Praise For Ghosts’
They started aroud the time we started with Planks. Somehow we never made it to play the same show, which is odd as we have played with almost every band on this mix. Arktika mix Postrock and Postcore with Envy and a kiss from the 90ies. Unfortunately they will call it quits very soon. They have been one of the most passionate bands at what they do and it’s sad to let them go.
[facebook.com/arktika.germany]

19) JAG HATAR ‘Koenigsberg’
I guess this is cheating in a way, as parts of this band don’t even come from Germany. It’s a “border band” from the western part of Germany and has Dutch members making this thing happen. They are very new and just released their demo and did a first tour. If you listen carefully you can understand why they are called “ O’s little brothers “. They operate the same terrain but you can hear that they have something special going on. Big things will come from these guys so keep an eye on them. [facebook.com/jaghatarband]

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While “legacy” dark bands like Killing Joke and The Damned continue to tour and release new material into 2013, last year saw an upsurge in the number of punk bands reclaiming deathrock’s DIY roots. The newer bands are producing a unique take on the cobwebbed genre that blends elements of 80s peace punk, crust, and old school gothic rock with darker postpunk sounds.

What follows below is a good sampling of bands that have producing newer output in this developing new sonic milieu that has largely grown up inside of the international hardcore punk scene. My previous two deathrock mixtapes included bands like Bellicose Minds and The Estranged; below you will find newer songs by bands like The Spectres and Moral Hex, who continue to represent the West Coast’s strong showing in this genre. Italy’s Horror Vacui and Dystopian Society are included, too, along with Spain’s Belgrado, representing southern Europe’s strong interest in this style of music. For good measure, newer tracks by Killing Joke (2012) and Rudimentary Peni (2008) are put in to tie the newer bands into the old.

In the wake of punk, from about 1978 onwards, dark forms of punk and postpunk flowered internationally, with various regional variations. In Spain, there was the Siniestro style of postpunk pioneered by bands like Paralasis Permanente; in Germany, depro-punk by bands like EA80 and Fliehende Strume (who still exist) came about; England obviously saw postpunk, gothic rock, and so-called :positive punk”; southern California saw the birth of deathrock while the East Coast of the USA bore witness to horror punk (Misfits and The Cramps); and Japan likewise saw the birth of “positive punk” with bands like Auto-Mod and Phaidia.

The following mix is by no means exhaustive — previous mixes have included the Bellicose Minds, whose new LP The Spine is due out any day now; as well as Germany’s Tanzkommando Untergang — but is meant as a starting point for your own exploration.

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1. ANASAZI – I Saw the Witch Cry (2011)
2. CHRIST VS WARHOL – The End is Nigh (2010)
3. CRIMSON SCARLET – Sanctuary (2011)
4. DEAD CULT – Progression of Fear (2012)
5. MORAL HEX – Love Hurts (2012)
6. POPULATION – Waltzing a War (2011)
7. CEMETERY – State Ward (2011)
8. BLUE CROSS – Disconnect (2011)
9. LOST TRIBE – Lifeless Mind (2011)
10. FUNERAL PARADE – For You (2010)
11. THE SPECTRES – Remote Viewing (2012)
12. DEKODER – Hate Song (2012)
13. INTERNAL AUTONOMY – Only Human (Rudimentary Peni) (2012)
14. RUDIMENTARY PENI – Grave Object (2008)
15. BELGRADO – Clockwise (2011)
16. AGNOSTIC PRAY – Alienation (2010)
17. ATRIARCH – Altars (2012)
18. PINKISH BLACK – Spiritual Cramp (Christian Death) (2012)
19. ALARIC – Assault Memory (2012)
20. KILLING JOKE – Primobile (2012)
21. ARCTIC FLOWERS – Technicolor Haze (2011)
22. CROSS STITCHED EYES – Become Earth (2008)
23. DAILY VOID – Spiral Staircase (2009)
24. DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY – Masquerade (2012)
25. HORROR VACUI – In Darkness You Will Feel Alright (2012)

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Check this out: get your DEATHWISH Inc download on!

Deathwish are proud to present the Punk/Hardcore/Metal soundtrack to your spring aptly titled “Spring 2013″, our newest FREE Digital Sampler. “Spring 2013″ is a monstrous 26 song (hour and a half long) dive into the Deathwish world. Listen to great songs from Deathwish artists, as well as Deathwish Distributed labels Black Market Activities, React!, Sealegs, Secret Voice, and Six Feet Under.

Bands in order of appearance: Touche Amore, AC4 (unreleased), Blacklisted, Loma Prieta (unreleased), Code Orange Kids, Heiress, Birds In Row, Narrows, Gaza, Oathbreaker, Converge, Hesitation Wounds, Punch, Living Eyes, Mindset, Vigilante, New Lows, The Mongoloids (unreleased), Palm, Whips/Chains, Single Mothers, Stomach Earth (unreleased), Deafheaven, Cold Cave (unreleased), Self Defense Family, and Dad Punchers.

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