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Indian – “Rhetoric of No”

Gruesome and abrasive, this new track from sludge metal hellions Indian is not for the faint of heart. “Rhetoric of No” is a dismal display of heaviness and aggression, offering no relief in terms of melody or even a catchy vocal. It’s an auditory beating that grows more intense as it continues. Uh, enjoy!

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Orphan Donor – Empty

Recording for Allentown grindcore quartet Orphan Donor’s new EP Empty apparently took place over the course of three years – starting in January 2011, in a barn, and ending in November 2013, in a basement. Clocking in at a seemingly meager 15 minutes, Empty might just be the most rawly affecting extreme music listen you’ll have all year. Check it!

If you dig this, be sure to check out the band’s live (and incredibly murky) self-titled EP here. You can also look forward to the band’s first full-length, which is in the works.

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Årabrot – “The Story of Lot”

“The Story of Lot,” the last single from Norwegian noise rock collective Årabrot, is a left-field turn from an already left-field band.  The 15-minute piece is comprised of Kjetil Nernes recounting the Bible’s tale of the drunken, incestuous title character over a propulsive, lurching bassline that amasses harsh electronic noise and feedback as it progresses. With this track, the band has effectively veered into industrial territory, and it’s glorious to hear the genre performed with some teeth again.

“The Story of Lot” will take up much of Årabrot’s new EP, Murder As Art, out today via Red Eye.

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Death Grips – Government Plates

While Death Grips’ Government Plates might be one of the most aggressive releases to come from the experimental hip hop trio, it’s also one of their most forgettable, repetitious, short-winded, and half-baked.

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Tim Hecker – Virgins

Canadian music producer Tim Hecker returns with a stunning collection of tracks that make for some of the most beautiful music I’ve heard this year.

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Haunted Horses – Watcher

The Industrially tinged noise rock act Haunted Horses has come through with one of the heaviest and overwhelming records I’ve heard in this genre in 2013.

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The Body – “To Attempt Openness”

Rhode Island sludge metal duo The Body have a new LP on the way in October via Thrill Jockey Records titled Christs, Redeemers, and the first track to drop from it is streaming above. Though The Body’s music still hangs within the realms of metal music, their sound feels noisier than ever with massive layers of fuzz caked onto the massive guitar riffs that drone throughout the track. However, The Body is no stranger to the more refined sounds in music, which is why there’s such a prominent choral group thrown atop the nearly unintelligible guitar phrasing in the first half of this thing. What the Body lacks in clarity is made up for in apocalypse. Enjoy!

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True Neutral Crew – #MONSANTO

Members of clipping. and Foot Village come together for this experimental music project they’ve named True Neutral Crew, and #MONSANTO is their debut release, and you can stream it via the widget above. For those who are into clipping., I think you’ll find this project to be much more heady and socially conscious. To the Foot Village fans: While True Neutral Crew is nowhere near as raucous, True Neutral Crew is still intensely unusual. Enjoy!

Also, check out this Foot Village track that clipping. remixed.

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Jonathan Rado – Law & Order

Singer-songwriter Jonathan Rado releases a solo debut quickly after his main musical project, Foxygen, takes off with a successful album release earlier this year.

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Aaron Dilloway – Opened Door

LA noise musician Aaron Dilloway (formerly of Wolf Eyes) is back with a proper follow-up tape to his 2012 tape-loop epic, Modern Jester. Opened Door clocks in at just under 20 minutes, and its A-side might just be the most rhythmic thing Dilloway’s done to date. It actually has a discernible beat, and it oddly resembles Burial’s nocturnal two-step garage esthetic. The B-side is what one might expect from Dilloway–an eerie, formless tape-loop soundscape–but even then, it’s alarmingly mellow by his standards. Give it a listen above!

Opened Door will be released on September 1 via Chondritic Sound.