Episode #45 - Terrible Things Were Happening All Around Us

1. Song: Terrible Things , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Grist (Cock Rock Disco)
2. Song: Dead Hills 2 , Artist: Wolf Eyes , Album: Dead Hills (Troubleman Unlimited)
3. Song: Ala , Artist: Jacob Kirkegaard , Album: Eldfjall (Touch UK)
4. Song: Decay2 [NIHILS' MAW] , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: White2 (Southern Lord)

• Features Attila Csihar of Mayhem on vocals, quoting the Srimad Bhagavatam.

5. Song: Sugar Sediment , Artist: Sightings , Album: Arrived In Gold (Load)
6. Song: The Color of the Fire , Artist: Boards of Canada , Album: Music Has the Right to Children (Matador)
7. Song: Invocation , Artist: John Zorn , Album: I.A.O. (Tzadik)
8. Song: Prayer , Artist: Burial , Album: Burial (Hyperdub)
9. Song: Le Désordre, C'est Moi , Artist: Orchid , Album: Chaos Is Me (Ebullition)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #45 2007-12-1

Episode #32 - Dead Air

1. Song: Lord Winter , Artist: Death In June , Album: Rose Clouds of Holocaust (NER)
2. Song: The Rite of Infernal Invocation , Artist: Gorgoroth , Album: Under the Sign of Hell (Century Media)
3. Song: Terrible Canyons of Static , Artist: Godspeed You Black Emperor! , Album: Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (Kranky)
4. Song: The Tumultuous Upsurge , Artist: Nurse With Wound , Album: Homotopy to Marie (United Diaries)
5. Song: Deep In the Woods , Artist: T Cells , Album: Release the Bats: The Birthday Party as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G (Three One G)

• From opener Cattle Decapitation's rendition of "Sonny's Burning" to closer Some Girls' "Release the Bats" (fitting that they would play the title track if you consider their popularity when this came out), Release the Bats is an excellent compilation tribute to The Birthday Party (Nick Cave's first band; see also: Grinderman). Only a few duds here, with highlights coming from the likes of Melt Banana ("Faint Heart"), The Chinese Stars ("The Plague", which previously aired in Episode #22), Error ("Wild World"), Celebration ("King Ink"; ex-Love Life), Kill Me Tomorrow ("Junkyard"), Daughters (see below), the aforementioned tracks from Cattle Decap and Some Girls, as well as this nauseating little ditty from T Cells that'll make your stomach swim.

6. Song: We All Die! , Artist: Alec Empire , Album: The Destroyer (Digital Hardcore)
7. Song: Humanshields , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Rmx or Die (Kriss)
8. Song: Budapest , Artist: Poni Hoax , Album: Poni Hoax (Tigersushi)
9. Song: Marry Me (Lie Lie) , Artist: Daughters , Album: Release the Bats: The Birthday Party as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G (Three One G)

• Lex does his best Danzig impression, which turned out to be stylistic foreshadowing for Daughters' 2006 album Hell Songs.

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #32 2007-9-1

Episode #19 - The End of Everything

1. Song: The Lodge , Artist: Agalloch , Album: The Mantle (The End)
2. Song: Everything's Going On , Artist: Dead Meadow , Album: Shivering King and Others (Matador)
3. Song: Emission of the Signal , Artist: Isis , Album: Sawblade (Tortuga Recordings)

• CD-R EP made specifically for Isis' tour with Neurosis and Candiria; limited to 200 copies. Also features covers of Godflesh's "Streetcleaner" and Black Sabbath's "Hand of Doom".

4. Song: Vultures , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Rmx or Die (Kriss)
5. Song; Wouldn't It Be Nice , Artist: The Beach Boys , Album: Pet Sounds (Capitol)
6. Song: Folded Space: Mapping Unexploded Ordinance , Artist: Combatwoundedveteran , Album: Duck Down for the Torso (No Idea)
7. Song: I Hate This Dumpster , Artist: Amps for Christ , Album: Every Eleven Seconds (5 Rue Christine)
8. Song: Lesser Animal , Artist: Pig Destroyer , Album: Phantom Limb (Relapse)

• New Pig Destroyer album on Relapse. Not as great as Terrifyer or Prowler In the Yard, but stills kicks nonetheless. This track, along with opener "Rotten Yellow" are two of the better tracks.

9. Song: Pure II , Artist: Godflesh , Album: Pure (Earache)

• Added due to a listener recommendation.

10. Song: In Every Dream Home a Heartache , Artist: Roxy Music , Album: Wonderland: Music From the Motion Picture (Epic/Sony)

• Pretty interesting lyrics to this one - love the line "Your skin is like vinyl/The perfect companion". Oh yeah, and the song's about a blow-up doll ("Inflatable doll/My role is to serve you/Can't throw you away now/Immortal and life size/My breath is inside you/I'll dress you up daily/And keep you till death sighs").

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #19 2007-6-2

Episode #16 - In Space No One Can Hear You Scream

1. Song: The Triumph of the Lazer Viking , Artist: An Albatross , Album: We Are the Lazer Viking (Ace Fu)
2. Song: Denki No Numa (Frog Voice Mix) , Artist: Ulver , Album: Merzbow - Frog: Remixed and Revisited (Misanthropic Agenda)
3. Song: Cloud Melodie II , Artist: Tussle , Album: Telescope Mind (Smalltown Supersound)
4. Song: A Paranoid Home Companion (Intermission) , Artist: Cerberus Shoal , Album: Chaiming the Knoblessone (North East Indie)

• Just a strange, strange track.

5. Song: Unity Concepts , Artist: Mouse on Mars , Album: Idiology (Thrill Jockey)

• Can't wait for the Von Südenfed collab with Mark E. Smith. Tromatic Reflexxions comes out May 21st on Domino.

6. Song: Postludium , Artist: Gorgoroth , Album: Under the Sign of Hell (Century Media)
7. Song: Radiator , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 (Sire)
8. Song: Ghosts , Artist: Japan , Album: Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground (Rhino)
9. Song: Gd_Chck , Artist: Error , Album: Unknown

• Copped this song off of last.fm. If anybody knows what album it's on, let me know.

10. Song: Fitter Happier , Artist: Radiohead , Album: OK Computer (Capitol)
11. Song: Fegefeuer , Artist: Peter Frohmader , Album: Musik Aus Dem Schattenreich
12. Song: Worse , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Grist (Cock Rock Disco)
13. Song: Drowning in Brown , Artist: Vincent Gallo , Album: Buffalo 66 (Will)
14. Song: Gay Priest (Pt. 1) , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: God Bless America!!! (Self-Released)
15. Song: Pleased With Being Alive , Artist: Christoph de Babalon , Album: Love Under Will (Fischkopf Hamburg)
16. Song: Flight of the Wounded Locust , Artist: The Locust , Album: Flight of the Wounded Locust (Gold Standard Laboratories)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #16 2007-5-12

Episode #12 - The Stranger

1. Song: Fifteen Minutes to Fairvale , Artist: Forcefedglass , Album: Songs of the Dead II: Idle Hands (And Here My Troubles Began)

• Sample in this track is from Norman Bates in Psycho, a great bit of dialogue. Track name also references the name of the town (Fairvale) in the movie.

2. Song: Aumgm , Artist: Can , Album: Tago Mago (Mute)
3. Song: What's He Building In There? , Artist: Tom Waits , Album: Mule Variations (Anti/Epitaph)
4. Song: Sangue Puro , Artist: Les Georges Leningrad , Album: Sangue Puro (Tomlab)
5. Song: Babylon 90210 , Artist: Christoph de Babalon , Album: Love Under Will (Fischkopf Hamburg)
6. Song: Relevee (Baby Ford Remix) (Mix) , Artist: Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom , Album: Relevee Remix (Astralwerks)
7. Song: She Creatures , Artist: Implog , Album: New York Noise, Vol. 3: Music From the New York Underground 1979-1984 (Soul Jazz)

• Third installment of the New York Noise series focuses on early electronica/minimal synth stuff (think influences on today's darkwave bands, i.e. The Knife). Not sure where'd I'd rank this in terms of the other entries in the series, but probably in a tie for first with New York Noise, Vol. 1. Also features James Blood Ulmer, Martin Rev (Suicide), and Boris Policeband, among others.

8. Song: Jeepers Creepers , Artist: Billie Holliday , Album: Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 (Columbia)

• Plays at the end of the movie with the same name ("Jeepers creepers / Where'd you get those peepers?").

9. Song: Botch Up and Die , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Grist (Cock Rock Disco)
10. Song: N.Y. Flat Top Box , Artist: John Zorn , Album: Naked City (Elektra/Nonesuch)

• R.I.P. Tonic.

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #12 2007-4-14

Episode #8 - The Infected

This episode is a Part Two of sorts to Episode #7. It's a pretty claustrophobic mix as a whole, there's really no room to stop for air, which I think contrasts nicely with a lot of the drone and ambience present in the last episode.

1. Song: (Intro) Engineering a Pill Frenzy , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope (Relapse)
2. Song: Saddest , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Cock Rock Disco 2006 (Cock Rock Disco)

• Grindcore mash-up, for lack of a better term, of Converge's "The Saddest Day" condensed to about a minute-thirty (from around seven minutes), so you can imagine how insane this shit is. Apparently Drumcorps, also known as Aaron Spectre, does whole albums of this stuff, combining breakcore with grindcore and blast beats. His 2006 album Grist, also pulls material from Botch, Pig Destroyer, and Cave In, and this song is also on a free Cock Rock Disco sampler available for download at their website. I may have to pick this album up.

3. Song: Untitled , Artist: The Pervatrons , Album: Songs of the Dead II: Idle Hands (And Here My Troubles Began)
4. Song: A .45 Caliber Defibrillator, a Prototype of Sorts , Artist: Found Dead Hanging , Album: BMA Vs Metal Blade Vs Robotic Empire Sampler 2004 (Black Market Activities / Metal Blade / Robotic Empire)
5. Song: About a Plane Crash , Artist: Suicide Silence , Album: Suicide Silence (Third Degree)
6. Song: Imogen's Puzzle , Artist: Psyopus , Album: Ideas of Reference (Metal Blade)
7. Song: Horror Theme Song , Artist: Suicide Note , Album: Songs of the Dead II: Idle Hands (And Here My Troubles Began)
8. Song: - , Artist: Merzbow , Album: Merzbuta (Important)

• Not to be confused with the album Merzbuddha, also on Important Records.

9. Song: You Can't Help Me , Artist: Pedestrian Deposit , Album: Fatale (Hanson)

• Interesting album, this one. Four tracks that alternate between harsh noise ala John Wiese and ambient, melodic interludes.

10. Song: The White Mice , Artist: White Mice , Album: ASSPhiXXXEATATESHUN (Load)
11. Song: Descent to Mimas , Artist: Bastard Noise , Album: Descent to Mimas (Ground Fault)
12. Song: Untitled , Artist: Last Remaining Pinnacle , Album: Songs of the Dead II: Idle Hands (And Here My Troubles Began)
13. Song: Woe is the Contagion , Artist: Twilight , Album: Twilight (Southern Lord)
14. Song: Jones From Indiana , Artist: Daughters , Album: Canada Songs (Robotic Empire)
15. Song: Willie Loman , Artist: Ed Gein , Album: Ed Gein (Hex)

• I actually pulled this from the long out-of-print self-titled three-song demo CD (self-released I'd imagine), although it's also available on the LP version (along with the other two demo tracks) of It's a Shame That a Family Can Be Torn Apart by Something as Simple as a Pack of Wild Dogs on Hex Records.

16. Song: On Top , Artist: Whitehouse , Album: Birthdeath Experience (Come Organisation)
17. Song: Born Different , Artist: Usurp Synapse , Album: Disinformation Fix (Alone)

• From the double-CD discography. These guys reformed in July 2004 to record new material, and are currently in the process of mixing and finishing vocals for their next album, titled Vile Contamina.

18. Song: (The Pipes) , Artist: Excepter , Album: Alternation (5 Rue Christine)
19. Song: SGNL>02 , Artist: Isis , Album: Celestial (Escape Artist)
20. Song: Intro , Artist: Pig Destroyer , Album: Terrifyer (Relapse)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #8 2007-3-17