2012
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Romanian metal outfit Dordeduh combines elements of folk music from their home country with black metal and progressive metal. While the recording is a little rough and muddy, the resulting sound still maintains a lot of beauty. There’s a foreign mysticism to Dordeduh’s music, which fans of Negură
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Roomful of Teeth by Roomful of Teeth Roomful of Teeth is an experimental choral group founded and directed by Brad Wells a few years ago. Their music makes use of an array of singing techniques. Not only does the group have a strong set of beautiful singing voices, but they’
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Members of Wu-Tang Clan and D-Block–mostly Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch–get together for a mostly enjoyable collection of hardcore hip hop songs loaded with gritty tales told with charismatic flows. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Heretic Ep by GORE TECH / ROTATOR Some heavy bass and hard breaks from this new Gore Tech and Rotator single for the track “Heretic,” which is just too heavy and crushing to deny. It’s a destructive combination of dubstep, digital hardcore, and breakcore that’s been aptly uploaded to
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National Service by Total Victory A new track from up-and-coming UK post-punk outfit National Service. It’s got a heavy, melodic, and Interpol-like personality to it that I’m digging a lot. The vocals are notably passionate as well. Hear other tracks from these guys on Bandcamp.
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Bone Dance by BONE DANCE Some sludgy hardcore from the new, self-titled Bone Dance record, which you can stream for free via the widget above. The band’s vocalist Morgan Mechling is relentlessly gruff, and the band itself hammers out some pretty nice riffs over the course of these 10
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On his latest full-length project, NYC rapper Heems brings the energy down, and hand-picks a series of instrumentals that are notably smoother, glossier. WATCH THE REVIEW
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She’s a Glitterpunk by Punks On Mars A fun, catchy, and spunky piece of boy/girl powerpop from the band Punks On Mars, which comes from the New York band’s new album, Bad Expectations. It’s out now on Ratgum Records.
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Download: Captain Murphy- Duality (Instrumentals) Here’s the instrumental version of Captain Murphy’s Duality, which is the abstract hip hop project that had the Internet’s attention for a good couple of days as people did their best to guess Murphy’s real identity. Check a review of Duality
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The End Times by Kiran Leonard Kiran Leonard is an ambitious, young multi-instrumentalist who conceptually reaches beyond the limits most bedroom recording artists set for themselves. He proves that with this new piece of his, “The End Times,” which is a 24-minute piece that deals in a bit of pop,
