envy - Recitation (2010 - ALAC)

This is the last envy album and is a fucking great one. They perfectly combine the strenght of hardcore (especially with the vocals) with the gentleness of post rock passages. 13 songs to enjoy.

Artist: envy
Title: Recitation
Genre: Post Rock, Post Hardcore, Screamo
Year: 2010
Label: Temporary Residence Limited
Country: Japan
Links: myspace, TRL, envy official site at Sonzai Records
Format: ALAC

Link: envy-recit

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada EP (1999 - ALAC)

EP: two songs, 28 minutes. Their second release, the first one is just down below.

If you listen to this, your life shall change.

Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Title: Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada EP
Genre: Post Rock
Year: 1999
Label: Kranky
Country: Canada
Links: see the previous post or the lists column
Format: ALAC


Link: GY!BE-SRFNZK

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - f#a#∞ (1998 - ALAC)

There are no words no describe GY!BE. I think this is the band that has shocked me more in my entire life.
This is not about genres, and not even about what you prefer or like. This is the quintessence of music, superior shit: all their albums are and they'll all be here soon :-)

Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Title:  f#a#∞
Genre: Post Rock
Year: 1998
Label: Kranky Records
Country: Canada
Links: GY!BE website, Kranky Records
Format: ALAC

Link: GY!BE-f#a#

Cryptopsy - None So Vile (1996 - ALAC)

 Possibly, the best Brutal Death Grind album ever.

Artist: Crypstopsy
Title: None So Vile
Genre: Brutal Death Metal, Brutal Death Grind, Technical Death Metal
Year: 1996
Label: Displeased Records
Country: Canada
Links: myspace, Displeased Records
Format: ALAC

Link: Crypt-NSV

Eluvium - Copia (2007 - FLAC)

Eluvium is the ambient music project of the american artist Matthew Cooper, who is known for blending various genres of experimental music, including shoegaze, electronic, minimalist and piano.

This is a great ambient record. If you want to discover Eluvium's piano-based albums, I highly recommend "An accidental memory in the case of death". I'll try to post it soon.

Artist: Eluvium
Title: Copia
Genre: Ambient
Year: 2007
Label: Temporary Residence Limited
Country: USA
Links: Eluvium website, Temporary Residence Limited
Format: FLAC


Link: Eluv-Copia

Meshuggah - obZen (2008 - ALAC)

Ultra complex & extreme music, a blend of death, trash and progressive metal. Highly recommended for fans of brutal and technichal metal, in the vein of Tool, Dream Theater, Cynic, Death...

Artist: Meshuggah
Title: obZen
Genre: Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal
Year: 2008
Label: Nuclear Blast
Country: Sweden
Links: Meshuggah website, Nuclear Blast
Format: ALAC

Link: Meshu-Obzen

Anal Cunt - I like it when you die (1997 - FLAC)

I have to reveal my secret. I created this blog whit an only reason: fulfill the dream of my live, which means  posting an Anal Cunt album. Here it is.

I've read that this album was supposed to be titled "You're gay", and the cover was supposed to be a mirror. Down below you'll find the list of the 52 songs included in the album, absolutely worth to read. If you don't feel like listening to them: a) you're gay, b) your favourite band is supertramp, c) both of them.

1. "Jack Kevorkian is Cool" - 0:41
2. "ValuJet" - 1:28
3. "You've Got No Friends" - 1:13
4. "You Keep a Diary" - 1:13
5. "You Own a Store" - 0:38
6. "You Got Date Raped" - 0:49
7. "Recycling is Gay" - 0:37
8. "You're a Cop" - 1:51
9. "You Can't Shut Up" - 0:19
10. "You've Got Cancer" - 0:31
11. "We Just Disagree" - 0:33
12. "Hungry Hungry Hippos" - 0:18
13. "You Are an Interior Decorator" - 0:52
14. "Pottery's Gay" - 0:40
15. "Rich Goyette is Gay" - 0:53
16. "Branscombe Richmond" - 1:35
17. "You Live in Allston" - 0:54
18. "You Are a Food Critic" - 0:54
19. "Just the Two of Us" (Grover Washington, Jr. cover) - 0:27
20. "Your Band's In the Cut-Out Bin" - 1:11
21. "You're Gay" - 0:38
22. "You Look Adopted" - 1:17
23. "Your Cousin is George Lynch" - 0:11
24. "You Have Goals" - 0:23
25. "You Drive an IROC" - 0:56
26. "You Play On a Softball Team" - 0:58
27. "Because You're Old" - 0:45
28. "You Sell Cologne" - 0:30
29. "Being a Cobbler Is Dumb" - 0:28
30. "You Live in a Houseboat" - 0:45
31. "Richard Butler" - 1:32
32. "311 Sucks" - 0:40
33. "Your Kid is Deformed" - 0:41
34. "You Are an Orphan" - 1:06
35. "You're Old (Fuck You)" - 0:13
36. "You Go to Art School" - 0:55
37. "Your Best Friend Is You" - 0:54
38. "You're in a Coma" - 1:19
39. "Windchimes Are Gay" - 0:11
40. "No, We Don't Want to Do a Split Seven Inch With Your Stupid Fucking Band" - 0:29
41. "René Auberjonois" - 0:41
42. "The Internet is Gay" - 0:25
43. "Ha Ha, Your Wife Left You" - 1:12
44. "Hootie and the Blowfish" - 0:39
45. "You Went to See Dishwalla and Everclear (You're Gay)" - 0:23
46. "Locking Dropdead in McDonald's" - 0:21
47. "Technology's Gay" - 0:26
48. "Your Favorite Band is Supertramp" - 0:37
49. "I'm in A.C." - 0:21
50. "You (Fill In the Blank)" - 0:27
51. "Kyle From Incantation Has a Moustache" - 4:10
52. "Bonus Track #3" - 0:09

Another methapshycial songsitles from other AC albums are: ‘Hitler Was a Sensistive Man’, ‘Domestic Violence is Really, Realy Funny’, ‘I Pushed Your Wife in Front of the Subway’, ‘I Ate You Horse’, ‘I Sold Your Dog To A Chinese Restaurant’, ‘You quit doing heroin, you pussy’ or ‘All our fans are gay’


Let this post be a tribute to Seth Putnam, singer and leader of the band, who died last summer.

Artist: Anal Cunt
Title: I like it when you die
Genre: Grindcore
Year: 1997
Label: Earache
Country: USA
Links: myspace, Earache
Format: FLAC

Link: AC-ILIWYD

Opeth - Still day beneath the sun (2002 - FLAC)

2 song single from the Blackwater Park recording sessions. None of them were released on the original album.

Artist: Opeth
Title: Still Day Beneath The Sun
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Year: 2001
Label: Koch Records (RIP)
Country: Sweden
Format: FLAC

Link: Op-SDBTS

Opeth - The throat of winter (2011 - FLAC)

7 inch single featuring an only song, included in the sountrack of the videogame God of war: blood & metal. Unfortunately, I don't own the vinyl so I had to search it on the web.

The song is obviously worth to listen, especially because it has a classic guitar and some flamenco influences in its rythm and soloing. I heard the song for the first time when they performed it a few weeks ago during their Heritage tour. Enjoy.

Artist: Opeth
Title: The throat of Winter (7 inch single)
Genre: Progressive Rock
Year: 2011
Label: Roadrunner
Country: Sweden

Format: FLAC

Link: Op-TOW

Carontte - As grey as they said (2010 - ALAC)

A great post metal - rock band from my city, Barcelona. I discovered them in live, as a support act for Russian Circles, and bought the album right after they finished their last song. Recommended. 

Artist: Carontte
Title: As grey as they said
Genre: post metal, post rock
Year: 2010
Label: Five Years Records
Country: Spain
Links: Carontte website, Five Years
Format: ALAC

Link: Carontte-agats

Bloodbath - Breeding Death EP (2000 - ALAC)

Bloodbath were in this record: Mikael Akerfeldt (vocals - Opeth), Anders Nyström (guitars - Katatonia), Jonas Renske (bass - Katatonia) and Dan Swanö (drums - Edge of Sanity, Nightingale...). This constellation of deathstars recorded this EP as a tribute to old school death metal acts. What they didn't know is that, after so many years and line-up changes, they'd become an established band. Soon I'll post their last work.

Artist: Bloodbath
Title: Breeding Death
Genre: Death Metal
Year: 2000
Label: Century Media
Country: Sweden
Links: Bloodbath website, Century Media
Format: ALAC

Link: Bb-BDEp

Anathema - The Silent Enigma (1995 - ALAC)

A great album from the early Anathema, when they still were a Doom Death band. I can't help getting emotional every time I listen to "A dying wish".

Artist: Anathema
Title: The Silent Enigma
Genre: Doom Metal
Year: 1995
Label: Peaceville
Country: UK
Links: Anathema website, Peaceville
Format: ALAC


Link: Anat-TSE

Anekdoten - Gravity (2003 - ALAC)

Anekdoten is a four piece prog rock band from Sweden. Gravity is their fourth album out of five, all of them released through their own label, Virta.
They are notable for the use of the mellotron and their heavy sound dominated by a pounding bass guitar. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s progressive rock music, especially that of King Crimson. (wikipedia)

Artist: Anekdoten
Title: Gravity
Genre: Progressive Rock
Year: 2003
Label: Virta
Country: Sweden
Links: website, merchandise
Format: ALAC


Link: Anek-Grav

Æon Spoke - Æon Spoke (2007 - ALAC)

... and this is the second album I purchased yesterday.

Æon Spoke is a down-tempo rock band created by Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert. You should know them because they also are Cynic fathers and were Death former members... no more no less!

This is no metal at all. It's a "white" album, pure, transparent... it seems to have been a therapeutic creation for such a mystic soul as Masvidal's. So what you'll find here is music grown up from feelings: delicate and beautiful songs, introspective and healing lyrics, superb sonngwriting... I love when an extreme metal songwriter comes up with such a different and beautiful project. A haunting album.

Artist: Æon Spoke
Title: Æon Spoke
Genre: Progressive rock, Down-tempo Rock
Year: 2007
Label: SPV
Country: USA
Links: myspace, SPV
Format: ALAC

Link: Æon

John Wesley - The lilypad suite (2011 - ALAC)

I went shopping yesterday and I bought two albums. This is the first one...

John Wesley is an American singer, songwriter and guitar player. Besides his solo work, he's famous because of his multiple collaborations with some well-known musicians and bands. The most remarkable are Fish and Porcupine Tree. Wesley has toured with Wilson's band for their last four albums as sideman, guitarist/vocalist, and contributed in the recording process of all of them as well.

This is his seventh studio album, a mellow prog rock collection of songs. Hope you like it. If anyone does and want more Wesley's music, just leave a comment. :-)

Artist: John Wesley
Title: The lilypad suite
Genre: Progressive Rock
Year: 2011
Label: Madfish
Country: USA
Links: John Wesley website, Madfish
Format: ALAC


Link: JW-TLS

Russian Circles - Empros (2011- ALAC)

Another stellar album by this sonic masters from Chicago.

Artist: Russian Circles
Title: Empros
Genre: post metal, post rock
Year: 2011
Label: Sargent House
Country: USA
Links: website, Sargent House
Format: ALAC


Link: RC-Emp

Opeth - Heritage + bonus tracks (2011 - ALAC)

Opeth: what else should I say?  Top-three in my favourite lifetime bands. 10th LP, evolving their sound record after record. In Heritage you'll find no growls, no death metal vocals, only clean ones. The sound is more prog rock-oriented and they manage very succesfully, as usual, to keep their dark and beauty essence in every song.

Note: the album is in ALAC enconding, the two bonus tracks in 320 kbps mp3. Sorry.

Artist: Opeth
Title: Heritage
Genre: Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
Year: 2011
Label: Roadrunner
Country: Sweden
Links: Opeth website, Roadrunner, Opeth Merchandise
Format: ALAC / 320 kbps

Links: Opeth-Her, Opeth-HerBonus

Aghora - Formless (2006 - ALAC)

Excellent progressive / technical death metal album with female vocals.  Drums by Sean Reinert (Cynic) in half of the songs.

Aldo, ya empieza a entrar metal del bueno! ;-)

Artist: Aghora
Title: Formless
Genre: progressive death metal, technical death metal
Year:2006
Label: Season of Mist
Country: USA
Links: Agohra website, Season of Mist
Format: ALAC

Link: Aghora-Form

toe - For Long Tomorrow (2009 - ALAC)

Their second album: kind of a new sound, some classic guitars, some vocals, better production... A really great album but with less feeling than the first one for my taste. The sixth song, "Two Moons", absolutely awesome.

Artist: toe
Title: For Long Tomorrow
Genre: post rock, math rock, instrumental rock
Year: 2009
Label: Machu Picchu
Country: Japan
Links: Machu Picchu
Format: ALAC

Link: Toe-FLT

toe - New Sentimentality EP (2006 - ALAC)

Four song EP... with a hidden bonus track. There's voice in one song. Enjoy.

Artist: toe
Title: New Sentimentality (Tour Edition - Limited 1000 copies)
Genre: post rock, math rock, instrumental rock
Year: 2006
Label: White Noise Records
Country: Japan
Links: White Noise Records 
Format: ALAC

Link: Toe-NS