Episode #51 - None More Black

1. Song: Mantis , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: The Poacher Diaries (Relapse)
2. Song: Sonata McGrath , Artist: Cave In , Album: Creative Eclipses (Hydra Head)
3. Song: Black On Black and So Much Class , Artist: As the Sun Sets , Album: 8949 (Trash Art!)

• Pre-Daughters grindcore band from Providence, Rhode Island, with a bit rawer sound than Daughters. Aside from the singer, bassist, and drummer (who went on to form Daughters), other one-time members ended up in bands Bury Your Dead , She Rides (formerly known as Playgirl), and fellow Rhode Islanders (Pawtucket, to be exact) Suffering Bastard.

4. Song: Flood , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Sovereign (Neurot)

• EP that was Neurosis' first release on their own label, and produced by Steve Albini to boot.

5. Song: The Lewdness and Frenzy of Surrender , Artist: Tusk , Album: The Resisting Dreamer (Hydra Head)
6. Song: Seeing You Off the Edges , Artist: Eluvium , Album: Copia (Temporary Residence)
7. Song: Don't Dream It , Artist: Jesu , Album: Pale Sketches (Avalanche)
8. Song: Track 1 , Artist: Formication , Album: Agnosia (Dark Winter)
9. Song: PS I Love You (Autobahn Rmx by Rechenzentrum) , Artist: Kid 606 , Album: PS I Dub Ya E.P. (Force Lab)
10. Song: Dog Shelter , Artist: Burial , Album: Untrue (Hyperdub)
11. Song: When Acting As a Particle , Artist: Dillinger Escape Plan , Album: Ire Works (Wea/Relapse)
12. Song: Maaneskyggens Slave , Artist: Gorgoroth , Album: Pentagram (Century Media)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #51 2008-1-12

Episode #50 - Death Ray

1. Song: Pentascam Constellation , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: The Poacher Diaries (Relapse)

• Split album with Converge.

2. Song: Track 2 , Artist: Formication , Album: Agnosia (Dark Winter)

• Five-track (all untitled) album of minimalist ambient noise from the Dark Winter net label.

3. Song: Spirale Malax , Artist: Lard Free , Album: III / Spirale Malax (Spalax)

• Progressive French band from the '70s Lard Free (terrible band name) serves up this jazz/krautrock mess, along with the four-part "Synthetic Seasons" on their third album.

4. Song: Wash It All Away , Artist: Jesu , Album: Pale Sketches (Avalanche)

• Collection of unreleased Jesu tracks from 2000-2007 released on Jesu's own label.

5. Song: Scarlet , Artist: Unearthly Trance , Album: The Trident (Relapse)
6. Song: The Last Seed , Artist: Sightings , Album: Arrived In Gold (Load)
7. Song: Sonata Brodsky , Artist: Cave In , Album: Creative Eclipses (Hydra Head)
8. Song: Bound to the Wheel , Artist: Long Live Death , Album: Secret Eye Sampler 2005 (Secret Eye)
9. Song: Headhunter , Artist: High On Fire , Album: Death Is This Communion (Relapse)
10. Song: Mandied (Self Reborn) , Artist: Old Man Gloom , Album: Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism (Hydra Head)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #50 2008-1-5