Aphotic Discord - Naturescapes

Sean didn't send me all of it, but I have the four best tracks off of this. Brief overview: these guys played almost every show my old band, Paraphilia played. They are some of the illest dudes I've ever had the chance to meet. All of them are exceptionally talented at what they do: Sean pulls the one guitarist harmonizing with himself business that Marc from Veil Of Maya does, but much more erratically and creatively, Strat pounds away pelvis moving low-end funk, and Tommy tears apart the drums. Brian, is a death metal vocalist, graphic designer, so he gets extra props because of similar interestes... unfortunately his vocals on this ep don't have shit on what he can do now, before I thought our ability was comparible, now I completely envy his skill as a vocalist... when their new stuff is released, everyone will shit bricks.

I love these kids, support them plz.

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P.S. great to see you posting again Manny. :]

Mouse Folk

Out of west Haven, Connecticut comes the band that spreads the love and memory of when times were much simpler, much funner and all about kittens. You know the times, you either remember them or heard about them; you wrote in to your favorite zine, you copy/pasted your record collection list for the first time, you held shows in your basement and charged $3 to make your parents think you're an entrepreneur. Kitten Violence is where this band opens its mouth and it sure as hell grabs your attention with the all too beautiful sloppy guitars that twinkle and shine here and there, and the duel vocals that go either from screechy to shouty to sounding desperate and full of angst. This one is wonderful. Kitten Violence is back in the States, thank god. Take that post rock inspired screametal elsewhere.
Mouse Folk - Okizeme

Garrick

Finally I'm back, and with a fairly new screamo band from mexico, well they're not entirely 100% what we'd call screamo but they do have that twangy guitar and shouty vocals reminiscent of the legendary turkish Noisy Sins Of The Insect, but there's another aspect to this... whether it be the female vocals or the singing voice that brings back late 90s turn of the century post hardcore of the new york field, or, at times, the singing voice of the mid 90's midwest emo tempo. Either way this stuff brings back the kitten violence. There are parts that make you want to chant here and there and there are times where you wish you could run around and do a little pit dance in your room. Songs are fresh. Enjoy it well.

Garrick - Cassette Demo

A City Safe From Sea - Throw Me Through Walls

This is so catchy.

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Fauna - Rain

One track, one hour. Absolutely amazing black metal.

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Celeste, French black metal/screamo

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Celeste is a pretty young band from France that plays a pretty unique blend of black metal and screamo, which is pretty exciting considering some of the best bands in either genre are from France (Torgeist, Belketre, Daitro, Sed Non Satiata, etc.). Awesomely enough, they step out of the niches of the two scenes and do their own type of thing, there's no gimmicky lo-fi answering-machine-in-quarry production to it as is the staple for LLN, nor does it have the twinkly sound common to other French screamo groups. They actually kind of sound like a depressive suicidal black metal rendition of Orchid.

And this pic is hilarious:

A Long Awaited Tragedy - Prelude

ALAT was one of my favorite bands to ever come out of my area. Both of my old bands used to play shows with them a lot. They're great dudes. They weren't the most orignal band by any means, but they brought an interisting mix of post-hardcore, death metal, Acacia Strain type "beat-down" breakdowns, and even some You And I-ish screamo-esque metalcore.Trav's vocals are one aspect of the band that are somewhat unique, and an aspect that many people either loved or hated. Great raspy, desperate sounding highs, voice cracky mid-range vocals similar to Hopesfall, great guttural lows, and the main aspect that people always love or hate: this intense, raw, almost power-violence meets tuffguy hardcore vocals, of which I'm a personal fan.

If you're looking for an extremely varied deathcore album, that stands out among the monatiny of that scene, I highly suggest you check this out.

The highlight tracks are definitely Here's The New Beginnings, When We Die, We'll All Live Forever As A Feeling, and Parachutes

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Mikoto - Demo 2004

This band features ex-members of Taken (maybe just member?). I know for a fact it's the same vocalist. Cleans sound exactly like Dallas Green. This demo is definitely their most Taken-esque release. I absolutely love it.

Check it out.

Hypnosia - Extreme Hatred

Hypnosia is pretty cool retro thrash/oldschool DM from Sweden. Great high raspy vocals. Really cool RIFFS. Lots of HATE, AAAARRRRGGGGH, and SATAN.


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Heather Grey - Demo

Heather Grey is a two-piece from Allentown. They play a mix of post-hardcore, post-rock, and post-metal, lol. I know it sounds like a weird, possibree dumb description, but the point is these guys are pretty ridiculous. They're vaguely like Hella and Fall Of Troy, almost, but those are really just bad comparison's local kiddies make. They have a kind of heavy, almost Misery Signal's-esque sound at some points, while other points are all over the neck of the guitar like Tera Melos into beautiful melodic interludes reminiscent of Explosions In The Sky. Support these guys, they're solid dudes.

Myspace: http://myspace.com/heathergreypa
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Cle Dix - See You Next Naturday demo

Cle Dix (they're actually undecided on a name, but I think this one and James Frydrych And The Men are their best ideas) are my homies, and I love their music. They're great guys and great musicians that play post-rock-y indie, heavily influenced by Modest Mouse.

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Harrison Bergeron - Dead Bergeron

You know when you were like 15 years old and you really started getting into your local scene? You know how there were some good bands, and then there were some actually exceptional bands? Harrison Bergeron is that band from the Lehigh Valley. Absolutely breath taking to say the least... their live set was like everything you'd expect if someone were to say 'emotive hardcore...' but not chalk full of cliches, just realness and passion.

This album catches that passion perfectly, like that last breath of a dying flame, Dead Bergeron is burgeoning with intensity, emotion, and honesty. In the one year of their existence this band blew my mind harder than anything else I've ever witnessed, and I think everyone who can should try to get their hands on this.

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