Today CVLT Nation is proud to present a rad new mixtape compiled by HC legends DROPDEAD! Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXIV DROPDEAD will remind you of some of the best HC made to date…so get your steel toe boots on and stomp it out below!!

It’s taken some hours to get together this playlist. Thinking back on when we started hanging out together, then playing music together… then all of a sudden it’s 25 years you’ve been friends and you’re still hanging out playing music. That’s a pretty good run for anyone. These are some of the bands we listened to a lot in the early days. Some of these songs we covered at practice for fun, some are bands we were friends with. Pre-internet. You had to write letters, trade tapes and records via real mail, building lifelong friendships, sharing what you had, one trip to the post office at a time. I still remember getting some of this music on tape in the mail, and we would all make copies to share with each other and friends around the world. I think this is a pretty good snapshot of what four guys were listening to, and I’m sure Bob and Brian would have some similar picks, and a bunch of different stuff as well. Honestly, I could easily add another 100 songs by 100 more bands, and I’d need to do a few more playlists just to cover the tons of non-Punk/HC stuff that influenced us, but let’s stick to the basics: US and International HC/Punk/Thrash whatever you want to call it. Stuff that kicked our ass and made us want to play hardcore. Thanks for the inspiration.
Ben / Dropdead

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXIV DROPDEAD Track List

Siege – Drop Dead
Youth Korps – Crime
Urban Waste – Police Brutality
Poison Idea – Give It Up
Deathwish – Tailgate
Straight Ahead – Who’s To Blame
Septic Death – Negative Threat
PTL Klub – Warning
Shitlickers – War System
Los Crudos – Me Robaron
Crude SS – Sick Pleasure
Pandemonium – No Reaction
Rudimentary Peni – Cosmetic Plague
Confuse – People Are Nuclear Poisoning
Impact Unit – Night Stalker
SSD – Boiling Point
AOA – Is This Life
Negative Approach – Whatever I Do
Crossed Out – Internal
Mob 47 – Karnvapen Attack
Anti Cimex – Game Of The Arseholes
Protes Bengt – PÂskst‰mning
Infest – Mankind
Jerrys Kids – Straight Jacket
Headcleaners – Epidemic Infection
Fear Of God – World Under My Fingernail
BGK – Arms Race
Discharge – The End
No Security – 40 Talisterna
Totalitar – Sin Egen Motstandare
No Comment – Dead Stare For LIife
Kuro – Jag Out
H-100s – Dismantle
G-Anx – Advent
Necros – Search For Fame
Neanderthal – Mind Eraser
Out Cold – Like Clockwork
Pink Flamingos – Ease The Pain
Man Is The Bastard – Existence Decay
Gauze – (Japanese Title from 4th LP)
Die Kreuzen – No Time
GISM – Death Exclamations
Voorhees – Pissed
Zouo – No Power
Health Hazard – Not Just A Nightmare
Disrupt – Down My Throat
Void – Think
Nihilistics – Kill Yourself
Siege – Grim Reaper

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The almighty SLOWDIVE have reunited for a string of shows taking place this summer, and I’m ultra excited!!! Simon Scott just did something very special for the fans. He curated this really cool mixtape for Dazed Digital and it is the first SLOWDIVE mix ever. Check out the stream below and peep what Simon has to say about his song collection…

Simon Scott: “The s l o w d i v e (s l o w d a z e) mix has been compiled from some of our favourite tracks, in particular from groups less famous than The Cure or The Smiths, ranging in musical styles from post-rock to ambient, classical to ‘shoegaze’. In 1994 Slowdive were a deeply unfashionable group, especially in the UK, and struggled to play gigs to more than to a few hundred people. The press were becoming increasingly infatuated by grunge and we were the token guitar band to make disparaging remarks about. Shoegaze was a much berated genre. Each album released was received with poor reviews and one by one each shoegaze band was dropped to make way for Britpop.

Since we broke up shoegaze began to globally snowball as an influence on new artists, and today it is crossing over new musical boundaries into genres including metal and hip hop. Therefore we’ve included a few bands, not naming any names, who have gone on to form bands after hearing shoegaze music or seeing Slowdive play live back in the early 1990s. Not all tracks are shoegaze of course; Slint wrote and released their classic Spiderland album before we broke up, and David Darling is a classical cellist. It doesn’t matter, and musical boundaries are there to be broken anyway, as these different styles and individual tracks flow well together and create a vibe that feels like shoegaze tinged with each track worthy to be included whatever genre it derives

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One of the best things about being a part of CVLT Nation is the relationships we have with so many cool humans around the world. MASAKARI was a band that not only created a classic album in The Prophet Feeds, but also walked the walk to stand up for everything they sang about. When I got to see them live and meet them face to face, I was not disappointed at all. They were humble and super smart dudes that inspired me to keep doing what we were doing. I’m not happy to hear that MASAKARI is not a band any more, but I know that each member will go on to do killer things for the global scene we are all a part of…Today CVLT Nation celebrates our favorite moments with MASAKARI, a post that includes full sets, a mixtape, a live set download and an interview…R.I.R…Rest In Radness!

CVLT Nation is ultra excited to announce that the Sonic Cathedrals Mixtape Series Vol. XI Curated by MASAKARI goes live today! This band is one of our favorite bands and also an inspiration for what we create. From the first time we heard their album The Prophet Feeds we were hooked; then came their split with Alpinist, which just blew our brains, so now we are fiends! MASAKARI has curated a mixtape that is fucking ballistic – they really focused on unsigned bands which is also makes this mixtape even more fucking killer! Enough with my talking, read what MASAKARI has to say about their mixtape below, download Sonic Cathedrals Vol. XI after the jump & blast that motherfucker beyond loud…MAKE YOUR BRAINCELLS HEAD BANG!

To us this mixtape represents many of the up and coming bands in punk and hardcore, many of who we have had the pleasure of playing (or hopefully will soon). All of these bands are hardworking individuals who we think are writing some of the best music coming out in the last few years. Many of these bands we have become friends with, which is incredibly important to us, as we feel that the community aspect of punk/hardcore is what makes it so special. This mixtape doesn’t cover everything (if that was possible it would be 100x longer!) but covers a lot of what moves us the most. Hope you enjoy!

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Sonic Cathedrals Mixtape Series Vol. XI Curated by MASAKARI TRACKLIST:

1. Code Orange Kids : Coasts
2. Magrudergrind : Conditioned Minds
3. Full of Hell : Pile of Dead Horses
4. Alpinist : Rogen
5. Hello Bastards : Hello Bastards
6. Early Graves : Rot
7. The Secret : Double Slaughter
8. Dead in the Dirt : Burden of Life
9. Warcry : Nausea Ad Nauseam
10. Oathbreaker : Sink Into Sin – I
11. Grudges : Endless Blockheads
12. Grin and Bear It : Completely Disgusted
13. Hoax : Endgame
14. Homewrecker : Cemetary Man
15. Brain Killer : Freedom
16. Mammoth Grinder : Frozen
17. Pulling Teeth : Grudgeholder
18. Miasmal : Abduction Of The Soul
19. Scapegoat : Desolation
20. Hatred Surge : Brutal Pharmaceutical
21. Children Of God : 31 Seconds Of Blind Rage
22. Wild//Tribe : Power
23. Weekend Nachos : No Saints
24. Protestant : Swindle

The countdown is on to SXSW and our showcase on March 12th with Relapse Records, and to celebrate we have a rad mixtape from a rad band – Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXV Christian Mistress! Check it out below and whip your hair!

The following are some tunes Christine, Oscar and I picked out. Christian Mistress will be performing at SXSW on March 11th with Indian and Windhand at the Pitchfork Show case and on March 12th with Windhand at the Relapse showcase. Cheers! -Jonny

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol CXXXV Christian Mistress TRACK LIST

1. Carcass – Death Certificate
2. Tormented – To Spill Her Blood
3. Black Breath – The Flame
4. The Fucking Champs – NWOBHM 2
5. Thrones – The Anguish Of Bears
6. Slough Feg – Second Coming
7. Runestaff – Road To Ruin
8. Scorpions – This Is My Song
9. Marquis de Sade – Somewhere Up In The Mountains
10. Riot – Warrior
11. Manilla Road – Flaming Metal System
12. Atlantean Kodex – Temple Of Katholic Magick
13. Mayhem – Necrolust
14. Graveyard – The Suits, The Law & The Uniforms
15. Scorpions – Only A Man
16. Carcass – 1985

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CVLT Nation is bringing in our third year with our heaviest Doom Nation mixtape to date! Doom Nation Vol. III is almost three hours of crushing, pulverizing basslines, so heavy that you won’t be able to lift yourself off the floor for days! This epic mixtape features 18 of our favorite doom bands, including Shadow of the Torturer, Monolord, Electric Wizard, Grey Widow, Nightslug and many more.

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Well, we’re two years into these Deathrock mixtapes, and the fascination that dark postpunk and deathrock continues to hold over the punk scene continues unabated, even if many punker-than-thou bands refuse to acknowledge their own new swing into gothic territory, proud as some would-be tastemakers are. The punk scene’s dipping into the waters of this tradition is producing, to me, some of the best new music around these days. And the best of that is represented in the mixtape below.

There is a special advance “leak” (but — an OFFICIAL leak!) of a new Christ vs Warhol song, included below. “A Drop in the Ocean.” Christ vs Warhol are a self-described “anarcho-postpunk band,” and they’re a fave of mine. Their 2010 “Dissent” LP is a must-have for anyone into this style of music. I interviewed Christ vs Warhol in my own No Doves Fly Here days, here.

Deathrock: the intersection of DIY punk rock, gothic rock, and dark post punk. Deathrock was, after all, an offshoot of the punk scene (as was gothic rock, too). For the pedants among us — and there are many of them, lord knows — “deathrock,” per se, was an historically specific milieu of dark California underground music in the 1980s, primarily localized around Los Angeles. And, yet, a newer band from Europe calling themselves “deathrock” may fit that descriptive bill more than any other genre tag available (Dystopian Society from Italy, for example – deathrock to the core, despite not being from L.A.). At this point in time, 2014, “deathrock” is just that: A descriptive genre tag. To maintain that a “real” deathrock band could not exist now is like saying a “real punk band” could not exist now, but only in the late 1970s, because that is where, historically, “punk” belongs. Well, that is wrong.

Some of the bands below may not consider themselves to be “a deathrock band.” And Andrew Eldritch insists the Sisters of Mercy are not a gothic rock band. Sorry; tough luck. If you make the music, and it sounds a certain way, and it resonates with the sonic traditions of the genre, expect the “deathrock” label, no matter how irksome you may find it. I say – like advice given to a man with a hairy back, or a small penis — this is simply how you are. Embrace it, learn to live with it, make the most of it, and love it. It’s almost disingenuously pretentious to confess to anything else. “Too punk for goth, too goth for punk.” That’s exactly what deathrock is.

All of the songs below are relevant to the continuing and vital evolution of this particularly cool genre, and all of the bands sampled below are making great music, whatever they consider themselves. This really is some of the best underground music being made nowadays, regardless of anything. It’s just amazing stuff. So, even if the band below is “not a deathrock band” [sic], the song showcased is relevant to the deathrock genre.

CVLT Nation 2014 Deathrock Mixtape
Tracklist

1. RAKTA – Life Comes from Death (2013)
2. CHRIST VS WARHOL – A Drop in the Ocean (CVLT Nation exclusive) (2014) (Starts at 2:47)
3. DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY – Violations (2014) (Starts at 5:04)
4. ANNEX – Nightmares (2014) (Starts at 7:58)
5, MASSES – Blind (2014) (Starts at 11:01)
6. ARCTC FLOWERS – Byzantine (2014) (Starts at 13:46)
7. PADKAROSKA – Hallot Varos (2013) (Starts at 17:01)
8. CATHOLIC SPIT – Sick Sick Sex (2013) (Starts at 20:12)
9. PEG LEG LOVE – Heaven Street (Death in June) (2013) (Starts at 22:38)
10. SAFEWORDS – Outta My Head (2013) (Starts at 24:59)
11. CADAVER EM TRANSE – Running Like Ghosts (2013) (Starts at 28:55)
12. CRIMINAL CODE – Mocking Shadows (2013) (Starts at 31:13)
13. POPULATION – Spears of Silence (2014) (Starts at 34:29)
14. DEKODER – Asleep (2014) (Starts at 38:19)
15. INSTITUTE – Putrid (2013) (Starts at 43:28)
16. ANASAZI – Nuke York (2013) (Starts at 46:06)
17. SALOME’S DANCE – Basis (2012) (Starts at 50:01)
18. FINAL RITE – Terrorist Fairy Tale (2013) (Starts at 52:51)
19. NIGHT SINS – Dear Marquis (2013) (Starts at 57:52)
20. BELGRADO – Palac Kultury (2013) (Starts at 1:00:45)
21. READERSHIP HOSTILE – Damaged Parts (2014) (Starts at 1:03:43)
22. RULE OF THIRDS – Love and Loathing (2013) (Starts at 1:06:49)
23. KURRAKA – Hermanas de la Oscuridad (2013) (Starts at 1:10:05)
24. OCCULTS – I Was Wrong (2013) (Starts at 1:11:56)
25. DEMZENCJE – Trepanacje (2013) (Starts at 1:14:49)
26. WHITE LUNG – Those Girls (2013) (Starts at 1:16:59)
27. BELLICOSE MINDS – Banished Alone (Forever) (2013) (Starts at 1:18:58)
28. SPECTRES – Maison Gris (2012) (Starts at 1:21:44)
29. MUERTE – Tortura (2013) (Starts at 1:25:11)
30. BLUE CROSS – Civilized (2013) (Starts at 1:26:52)

More:

CVLTNation Deathrock Mixtape 2012, Part 1 is here.
CVLTNation Deathrock Mixtape 2012, Part 2 is here.
CVLTNation Deathrock Mixtape 2013, Part 1 is here.
CVLTNation Deathrock Mixtape 2013, Part 2, is here.

Also:

A Brief History of Deathrock, Part 1
A Brief History of Deathrock, Part 2
A Brief History of Deathrock, Part 3

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CVLT Nation’s darkest mixtape series, Blackened Everything, has released Vol. X for our third anniversary! It is more scathing, more caustic and more hideous than all previous nine volumes! Journey into the blackest abyss…

Hear the rest of the Blackened Everything Series HERE!

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Check out Obliteration at the Relapse Records X CVLT Nation SXSW 2014 Showcase, March 12th at Dirty Dog Bar! More info here…

We are counting down the days to next Wednesday’s showcase, and OBLITERATION has put together a road trip mix for their journey to this year’s SXSW. Check out the playlist below as well as what Sindre has to say about his picks!

This is the playlist I’m gonna listen to on my way to the USA and the South by Southwest showcase. A good mix of what I have been into the last couple of months. A lot of death metal, but some other smooth stuff also. A good mix of the kind of music that speaks to me. Enjoy.
- SINDRE

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXVI curated by DEATH STENCH goes live today! Let DEATH STENCH overwhelm your senses with this murderous mix… Here’s some hand picked gems from my collection. This mix is an eclectic compilation of old industrial, dark ambient, black metal and more.. some old.. some new… with some surprises thrown in between. Embrace the […]

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DOOM headlines TEMPLES Fest May 2nd to 4th, 2014 A bit of a Rolling Stones type of question, but why do you think Doom has had such staying power? Where does inspiration come from these days? SCOOT – Doom inspired me in 1988 before I ever knew I would be playing with them or touring/traveling […]

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The CVLT Nation 3rd Anniversary Showcase is at the Black Lodge in Seattle on April 19th, 2014…more info HERE! We’re counting down the days to our 3rd Anniversary showcase, and to help us pass the time with rad tunes, Countdown to Armageddon has made us a sick mixtape! They’ll be headlining the show in Seattle […]

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CVLT Nation presents our new Deathrock/Post Punk dance party mixtape series, Coffinmaker. Volume I features an hour of upbeat dirgy tunes from the past and present that will have you dancing for sure! For all those reading this in Vancouver, if you dig this mixtape then make sure to come out to MYSTERIA presented by […]

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The CVLT Nation 3rd Anniversary Showcase is at the Black Lodge in Seattle on Saturday, April 19th, 2014…more info HERE! One of our favorite young doom bands, USNEA, has put together a mixtape for our 3rd Anniversary showcase this Saturday! If you haven’t seen these dudes live, we highly recommend making it out to this […]

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXVII by PYRRHON goes live today, and the band has put together a mix that will tear your eardrums to shreds! Listener beware… A lot of metal fans (and bands) treat harsh vocals as window dressing or an afterthought. I’m not one of those people — I take that shit seriously. Screaming […]

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CVLT Nation presents “I’ll Miss The Rain,” a new mix from Gloga, the fly-over state native of natatorial power electronics. Anyone who caught Gloga’s other two, which were probably some of the best floating around, knows this follow up will be no different. Featuring the saving grace of Scandinavia – Croation Amor; the old guard of England […]

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Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXVIII GHOLAS goes live today! Hit play below and let their picks drown you in heavy! DOWNLOAD Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXVIII GHOLAS HERE! Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXVIII GHOLAS Track List 1) Old Man Gloom – Gift There is something so crushing about Old Man Gloom that no band can match. Even the […]

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Today CVLT Nation is bringing you the next in our heaviest mixtape series – Doom Nation Vol. IV! This epic mixtape features 19 of our favorite doom bands, including Graves at Sea, Bog Oak, Asunder, Batillus, Witch, Salem’s Pot and many more. Hit play below and prepare to be crushed! DOWNLOAD VIA SOUNDCLOUD NOW! Doom […]

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Today we have a perfect mix to get you through your hump day and ready to bang your head on the weekend…Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXIX Volatile Substance! These hardcore warriors have put together an awesome mix for you to stream and download below…and also check out their upcoming tour dates! DOWNLOAD Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXXXIX […]

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CVLT Nation is stoked to present to you PURE FILTH Vol. 1 – a mixtape that celebrates the putrid stench, the rage and the distorted beauty of all things sludge! Check out offerings from Indian, AmenRa, Ilsa, Thou, Seven Sisters of Sleep and many more bands below… DOWNLOAD FROM SOUNDCLOUD CVLT Nation’s PURE FILTH Vol. […]

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Get ready for a truly epic mixtape from Gravecode Nebula, Sonic Cathedrals Vol. CXL! Read what they have to say, stream and download below! Doom trippers, we’ve been summoned to do a mix tape…I’ll start by saying that one of the things about Gravecode Nebula is that we are inspired by and are avid, rabid, […]

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