Monday, December 30, 2013

I, Exalt – Vessel - EP (2013)

Artist: I, Exalt
Album:  Vessel - EP
Genre:  Progressive Deathcore/Mathcore
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Astral Desertion (Feat. Sean From Make Them Suffer)
2. Manipulator
3. Desolate Hollows
3. Purge (Feat. Nick From Molotov Solution)
5. Harvested
6. Separate Entity

Bandcamp ($5)

This is a sick deathcore album, blast beats, amazing vocals, brutal breakdowns and some crazy guitars in there. Check them out!

Refraction - Fossils (2013)

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Artist: Refraction
Album:  Fossils
Genre:  Progressive Metalcore/Deathcore
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Ruin
3. Auroras
4. Hunter
5. Fearless
6. Fossils
7. Hands Bound
8. Like Kings
9. Flourish

This is a great prog ish sounding metalcore album, heavy breakdowns, lots of grooves and some cool melodies to go around. Check them out!

Sunday, December 29, 2013

From Sorrow To Serenity - Antithesis - EP (2013)

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Artist: From Sorrow To Serenity
Album: Antithesis - EP
Genre: Progressive Deathcore/ Djent
Bit Rate: VBR
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Tracklist:
1. Antithesis
2. Synergy
3. Dead Reign
4. i9 (feat. Gaz King Of Nexilva)

  Bandcamp (NYP)

This is a really djent sounding prog deathcore band, tons of grooves and heavy breakdowns. FFO Lifeforms, Aristeia and Substructure.

Covenants - World Of Augury - EP (2011)

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Artist: Covenants
Album: World Of Augury
Genre:  Progressive Deathcore
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Prevail
2. Delusion
3. Age Of Salvation
4. Seraphic Void

 Bandcamp (NYP)

This is a sick prog deathcore band, heavy breakdowns, awesome vocals and tons of grooves. Check them out!

Coastal Break - Letter Behind EP/Single (2013)

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Artist: Coastal Break
Album: Letter Behind
Genre: Ambient Metalcore/ Instrumental/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Letter Behind (16:27)

Bandcamp (NYP)

This isn't just a single it's actually 16 minutes long. This song really sounds like its telling a story, amazing ambiance throughout it that go great with the melodies and tons of grooves. Also some very appropriately placed breakdowns in there. Go on a journey and listen to this! 

Our Souls Evolve - Origins - EP (2013)

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Artist: Our Souls Evolve
Album: Origins - EP
Genre: Ambient Deathcore/Metalcore/Djent
Bit Rate: VBR
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Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Wasteland
3.Origins
4. Evolve
5. Just A Memory
6. Afraid
7. Manipulators
8. Afraid (Instrumental)

  Bandcamp (NYP)

This is an awesome ambient djent band from Montreal Canada, they caught me completely off-guard. Tons of grooves, heavy breakdowns, some pretty sick vocals and an overall great ambiance to it. Well worth a listen! 

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Peculate - Anti-Christ(mas) (2013)

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Artist: Peculate
Album: Anti-Christ(mas)
Genre:  Progressive Deathcore, Experimental Metal/Deathcore/ Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. Prelude
2. Ashes Of The Old
3. 'Tis The Season For Conspicuous Consumption
4. From The Manger To The Grave
5. An Open Fire
6. A Step-by-Step Guide To Getting On His List
7. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
8. An Unfriendly Reminder


Peculate cleverly made this "Christmas" album without really having any annoying Christmas music in it! All the same experimental kind of stuff from Peculate in this album, check it out! And Merry Anti-Christ(mas) everyone! \m/

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Neberu - Impulsions (2013)


Artist: Neberu
Album: Impulsions
Genre: Progressive Metalcore/ Djent
 Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Blacklight
2. Whitelight
3. Autoconstant
4. Decompressed
5. Alleviate
6. Extrinsic Lucidity
7.  Impulsions

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I've waited a long time for this album and it wasn't what I was expecting but still solid. Some sick breakdowns, lots of grooves and an awesome prog feel to it!

Fall In Archaea - Aura Magenta (2013)


Artist: Fall In Archaea
Album: Aura Magenta
Genre: Technical Metalcore/Progressive Metalcore/ Mathcore
Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Armistice
2. Aureolin
3. Magenta
4. Cerulean
5. Anxiety
6. Motive
7. Rosewood
8. Ivory
9. Consume / Control
 
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Such a sick band, tons of really mathy parts that sound a lot like Danza, lots of grooves and heavy breakdowns! This album is just as good as the last and even has a bit of a prog vibe to it! 

Fall In Archaea – Gatherings (2011)

Artist: Fall In Archaea
Album:  Gatherings
Genre:  Technical Metalcore/Mathcore
Bit Rate: 256 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Messenger
2. Gatherings
3. Machines
4. High Tides
5. Anxiety
6. Blasphemy

Preview:  “The Messenger”

Such a sick band, tons of really mathy parts that sound a lot like Danza, lots of grooves and heavy breakdowns!

Sentinels - Idylls (2013)


  Artist: Sentinels
Album: Idylls 
Genre: Progressive Deathcore/Metalcore/Mathcore/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Alias
2. Continuity (Featuring Carmen Gumina)
3. Trial_Error
4. High Costs, Low Lives (Featuring Steve Cipparulo and Mike Dermek)
5. Resilience
6. D.R.E.A.M.S.

Such an amazing album, tons of heavy as shit breakdowns and grooves, a lot of mathy bits and some pretty sick vocals, well worth a listen. Dl creds to POTPS

The Reset - Chasing Infinity (2013)


Artist: The Reset
Album: Chasing Infinity
Genre: Progressive Metalcore/ Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps


Tracklist
1. Materia
2. Relativity
3. Satcitananda
4. Metacognition (Featuring Christopher Michael)
5. Phoenix Down
6. Th Further
7. Limit Break
8. Chasing Infinity Part, 1: Geostigma (Featuring ​John Galloway of Xehanort)
9. Chasing Infinity Part, 2: Lifestream (Featuring Connor Reibling of Akeldama & Mike Gianelli of Dissipate)

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Bandcamp ($9.99)

This album took more then one listen to fully appreciate, especially since I don't really like the cleans on it. But it's definitely worth the listen, tons of grooves, some pretty sick breakdowns and a great prog vibe. Dl creds to  DWTD

Echoes of a Nightmare - Ashes of Remembrance [EP] (2013)


Artist: Echoes of a Nightmare
Album: Ashes of Remembrance [EP]
Genre: Progressive/Symphonic Deathcore
Bit Rate: 256 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Abaddon
2. Descending
3. My Last Stand
4. Voice of the Forsaken
5. Through Shattered Eyes
6. The Empty Embrace
7. Undying

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This is a pretty deathcore sounding album, there are some sick breakdowns and decent vocals, also a good amount of symphonic elements in there.   Dl creds to  DWTD

Perdition - Absentia Mentis [EP] (2013)


Artist: Perdition
Album: Abesntia Mentis [EP]
Genre: Symphonic Deathcore
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps

Tracklist:
1. The Further
2. I, Creator
3. Dreaming In Frailty
4. Throne of Exile
5. Imprisonment
6. Void of Suffering

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Bandcamp (NYP)

Another great symphonic album from these guys, brutal breakdowns and awesome symphonic parts, check them out!  Dl creds to  DWTD

Monday, December 23, 2013

Lorna Shore - Maleficium EP (2013)


Artist: Lorna Shore
Album: Maleficium EP
Genre: Progressive/Blackened Deathcore
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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1. Godmaker
2. Cre(H)ate
3. Maleficium
4. Born In Blood
5. Accumulatory Genophage

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I've been a fan of these guys since the beginning and every release is better then the last. Full of brutal breakdowns and monstrous vocal, check these guys out!

Humanity's Last Breath - Humanity's Last Breath (2013)

 
Artist: Humanity's Last Breath
Album: Humanity's Last Breath
Genre: Technical Deathcore/ Progressive Deathcore/ Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Bellua Pt.1
3. Bellua Pt.2
4. Human Swarm
5. Animal
6. Shoals
7. Tellus Aflame
8. Vultus
9. Drone
10. Void
11. Anti
12. Make Me Blind
13. Outro


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This is such an amazing album, I was a bit late in discovering it since I remember seeing the album several months ago, but if you haven't checked them out yet this is well worth it! Tons of grooves and heavy breakdowns, a lot of parts reminded me of Vildhjarta. This is probably one of my top album picks for the year! 

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Move The Moon - Introduce To The Knowledge (2013)


Artist: Move The Moon
Album: Introduce To The Knowledge
Genre: Progressive Deathcore/Mathcore/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. When Time Was Running
2. Clonation
3. All-Seeing Eye
4. Metabolism
5. Kaaba
6. Colonize Now!
7. When Time Will Nothing
8. When Time Was Running (Instrumental)
9. Clonation (Instrumental)
10. All-Seeing Eye (Instrumental)
11. Metabolism (Instrumental)
12. Kaaba (Instrumental)
13. Colonize Now! (Instrumental)
14. When Time Will Nothing (Instrumental)

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This is such an awesome albums, tons of grooves, heavy breakdowns, sick prog/ technical parts and awesome vocals.

Abolish The Echelon – Collusion (2013)


Artist: Abolish The Echelon
Album: Collusion
Genre:  Technical/Progressive Metalcore/Deathcore/Djent/ Instrumental
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Insignia
2. Bloodlines
3. Of Royal Descent
4. Vow Of Secrecy
5. Trudging Forward
6. Sadopolitism
7. Panopticon
8. Flesh Masquerade
9. The Eye Upon Us
10. Severed By Distance

I'm not big on instrumental bands but I make a few exceptions and these guys are one of them. So many great elements in this, theres a bunch of ambiance with the guitars, tons of grooves with a real djent feel, a bunch of technical bits but the whole thing gives out a progressive vibe.

Rebuilt From Ruins - Heroes (2011)

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Artist: Rebuilt From Ruins
Album: Heroes
Genre: Deathcore
Bit Rate: 224 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Introduction
2. Heroes
3. Hell In A Cell
4. Reduced To Ashes
5. Disemboweler
6. Bottom Feeder
7. These Walls
8. The Crippler 
9. Demolished
10. That RFR Life (Bonus Track)

Bandcamp (6$)

This is an awesome straight up deathcore album, check them out for some heavy as fuck breakdowns!

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Prime Meridian - Dialogues (2013)


Artist: Prime Meridian
Album: Dialogues
Genre: Progressive Metalcore/Groove/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Trauma
2. Starving Artist
3. Marionette
4. Palm Reader (feat. Jared Bush of The Room Colored Charlatan)
5. Silver Tongue (feat. Cody Golob of Disigma)
6. Plagiarist
7. Interference
8. Glass Casket
9. Shameless

Youtube: Full Album Stream

I've been waiting a few months for this album and all I can say its fucking monstrous. Brutal as fuck breakdowns/ everything, dem grooooves and some awesome prog elements in there. Check them out now!

Fractals - Paradox (2011)


Artist: Fractals
Album: Paradox
Genre: Progressive Deathcore/Atmospheric/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Roots
2. Contortions
3. Premonitions: Servitude 
4. Boundless
5. Desistance 
6. Enshroud The Boundaries
7. Vastness
8. Within
9. Artifacts Of Intrigue 
10. Tongues
11. The Invariant

Bandcamp (NYP)

I really love these guys,theres all sorts of genres mixed into this, some prog vibes, atmospheric elements, heavy as fuck breakdowns, lots of technical bits and pretty sick vocals! Well Worth a listen!

Fractals - Corridors (2011)


Artist: Fractals
Album: Corridors
Genre: Progressive Deathcore/Atmospheric/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Corridors
2. Destroy Yourself With Contradictions 
3. (Re)Emerge
4. Insomniac
5. Contortions (Remix) (Bonus Track)

Bandcamp (NYP)

I really love these guys,theres all sorts of genres mixed into this, some prog vibes, atmospheric elements, heavy as fuck breakdowns, lots of technical bits and pretty sick vocals! Well Worth a listen!

Sisyphean Conscience - Eternalites (2012)


Band - Sisyphean Conscience 
Album - Eternalites 
Genre - Progressive Deathcore/Technical/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Ever So Djently
2. S.U.B.
3. Spread Of Skepticism 
4. Eternalites 
5. Claptrap
6. Empty Threats (Feat. Gus Farias of Volumes)

Bandcamp (NYP)

 This is some pretty sick stuff, lots of grooves, some pretty awesome vocals and some cool technical bits!

Envisionist - Dystopian Sequence (2012)


Artist:Envisionist
Album: Dystopian Sequence
Genre: Progressive Deathcore/Metalcore/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
Tracklist:
1. Retrogression
2. Remove And Contain
3. Custody
4. Absence 
5. Sentry
6. Stabilize
7. Dystopian Sequence I: Simulations
8. Dystopian Sequence II: De-Evolution 

Bandcamp (NYP)

Really a great album, lots of grooves, heavy breakdowns and a real prog vibe to it with some great clean guitars, check them out!

Faithful Unto Death - Epistemology (2013)


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Artist: Faithful Unto Death
Album: Epistemology
Genre: Progressive Metalcore/Djent/Groove
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1.Positivist [Lenses]
2. Phenomenalist [Mirrors]
3. In Transit [Kaleidoscope]
4. Critical Realist [Telescope]
5. Again For The First Time

Bandcamp (NYP)

This is full of grooves and heavy breakdowns, worth a listen! 

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Core To The Core - Compilation Vol.1 (2013)

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Artist: Various
Album: Compilation Vol.1
Genre: Progressive/Melodic Metalcore/ Post-Hardcore/ Hardcore/Ambient/Deathcore
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Across Silent Hearts – Above The Sky
2. In Waves - I Never Walk A Very Easy Street (I​.​N. W​.​A​.​V​.​E​.​S)
3. Pandora’s Wake – New Life
4. Trace Your Steps -No Complaints
5. Rise On Everest – Valentine’s Day
6. Sessions – Aversion
7. Turn The Tide – Hour 51
8. The Sorrow Of Werther – The World From The Outside
9. Skyviews – The Sky Tells A Story
10. Reveries – So This Storm Has Passed

 Bandcamp (NYP)

My buddy from Core To The Core just released his first compilation, its a bit soft for my taste but nonetheless pretty sick, a lot of progressive and metalcore kind of stuff. Check it out!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Artifact Implication- Illuminate - EP (2012)


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Artifact Implication
Album: Illuminate - EP
Genre: Technical/ Progressive Deathcore/Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Affect State
2. The Prediction
3. The Brightest Day
4. And Everything Will Freeze
5. Euphorion
6. Apocalypse Now

Bandcamp (NYP)

Awesome band from Russia, brutal vocals and breakdowns, also quite a bit of technical parts and the whole of it has a prog feel to it as well!

Enfield - Arcadia:Exile (2013)


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Artist: Enfield
Album: Arcadia:Exile
Genre:Progressive Deathcore/Deathcore
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist
1. The Observer
2. Cartography
3. 1543
4. Perpetualist
5. Blackwater
6. Arcadia:Exile

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This an awesome deathcore band, brutal breakdowns and tons of grooves, it also has a bit of a prog vibe to it!

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Eons Before Us - Pillars Of Creation (2013)

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Artist: Eons Before Us
Album: Pillars Of Creation
Genre: Progressive Metalcore/ Djent
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Exploration
2. Conquest
3. Reflections
4. Desolation (ft. Matt Walter Of Guardians)
5. Third Eye (Ft Nick Helmich Of Rebuke)
6. Pillars Of Creation
7. Salvation (Ft Brian Sandoval Of Yesterday As Today)

 Bandcamp (NYP)

Tons of grooves and heavy breakdowns, you will be headbanging all through this album!

Gloria Victis - Disorder (2013)

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Artist: Gloria Victis
Album: Disorder
Genre: Progressive Hardcore
Bit Rate: 320 Kbps
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Tracklist:
1. Headstone
2. Portrayal
3. DreamKeeper
4. When Silence Is The Answer
5. Through Consciousness
6. House Of Mirrors
7. No Need For False Pretense, My Son's No Prodigy
8. Scar Carrier

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 I saw these guys live recently and they were awesome! They give a real hardcore feel but with a lot of progressive elements. Also lots of grooves and melodies. Check them out!

Abraxas - Abraxas (2013)

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Artist: Abraxas
Album: Abraxas 
Genre: Progressive Hardcore
Bit Rate: VBR
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Tracklist:
1. Trial And Error
2. Vice Versa
3. Lost Luck
4. Cowardice

 Bandcamp (NYP)

These guys are from Ottawa, Canada my hometown. Went to see them live and it was pretty sick! Lots of grooves, heavy breakdowns and some cool melodies, check them out! (Formerly know as "Sleep Is For The Dead)