Episode #92 - Scorched Earth

1. Song: In Nitro , Artist: Lithops , Album: Ye Viols! (Thrill Jockey)

• Solo project of Jan St. Werner, better known for his work with Mouse on Mars and with Mark E. Smith (The Fall) and Andi Tomas as Von Südenfed. This one is a collection of soundtracks for site-specific art installations.

2. Song: Why Dost Thou Hide Thyself In Clouds? , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Dømkirke (Southern Lord)
3. Song: Phoenix In Flight , Artist: Converge , Album: Jane Doe (Equal Vision)
4. Song: Mangled Earth , Artist: Hair Police , Album: The Certainty of Swarms (No Fun Productions)
5. Song: - , Artist: Racebannon , Album: Acid or Blood (Southern)
6. Song: Fallow , Artist: Grouper , Album: Split (Acuarela)

• Split with Inca Ore.

7. Song: Time-Travel of the Sloth Parts I, II, & III , Artist: Eluvium , Album: Jesu/Eluvium (Hydra Head)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #92 2009-1-17

Episode #57 - The Hitcher

1. Song: The Telephone Call , Artist: Chromatics , Album: Night Drive (Italians Do It Better)
2. Song: Chapels , Artist: Genghis Tron , Album: Dead Mountain Mouth (Crucial Blast)
3. Song: Clinodactyl , Artist: Nadja , Album: Bodycage (Profound Lore)
4. Song: Middle Ages Return , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Suicide In Dark Serenity (Bestial Onslaught)
5. Song: (Intermission) , Artist: Eluvium , Album: Copia (Temporary Residence)
6. Song: Part 5 , Artist: Ocrilim , Album: Annwn (Hydra Head)

• Seven-part solo album from avant-garde metal guitarist Mick Barr (Octis, Orthrelm, Crom Tech, Flying Luttenbachers, Quix*o*tic, Or Rathol Nok) and his drum machine that friggin' shreds. If you're looking for other recent material that's just as good, check out Octis: Iohargh Wended and his collab with Zach Hill (Hella), Shred Earthship.

7. Song: Trespass , Artist: Kites , Album: Hallucination Guillotine / Final Worship (Load)
8. Song: Sovereign , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Sovereign (Neurot)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #57 2008-2-23

Episode #52 - Drums of War

1. Song: Trace Essential , Artist: Jon Mueller , Album: Metals (Table of the Elements)

• Three long tracks of tribal drumming and impending doom from Jon Mueller (Pele, Telecognac, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Raccoons). The name of the albums says it all. Love the buildup and silences between drum hits on the opening track, and the fade into nothingness at the end. Perfect for the end of the world.

2. Song: Tomorrow Is So Far Away , Artist: Chromatics , Album: Night Drive (Italians Do It Better)
3. Song: Whereweleftoff (Fortune Cookie Rmx by Atom) , Artist: Kid 606 , Album: PS I Dub Ya E.P. (Force Lab)
4. Song: After Nature , Artist: Eluvium , Album: Copia (Temporary Residence)
5. Song: Protect Me You , Artist: Sonic Youth , Album: Confusion Is Sex (SST)
6. Song: You Thought I Was Dead , Artist: Videohippos , Album: Unbeast the Leash (Monitor)
7. Song: Meditations In B Part V & VI , Artist: Old Man Gloom , Album: Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism (Hydra Head)
8. Song: Hate Rock Trio , Artist: HTRK , Album: Nostalgia (Fire)
9. Song: Cold , Artist: The Cure , Album: Pornography (Elektra)
10. Song: Cleanse , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Enemy of the Sun (Alternative Tentacles)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #52 2008-1-19

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 #49 - Dressed Up Sharp In Suits of Green and Placed Upon the War Machine

1. Song: Bells Dark Above Our Heads , Artist: Old Man Gloom , Album: Seminar II: The Holy Rites Of Primitivism Regressionism (Hydra Head)
2. Song: The Electrician , Artist: Sightings , Album: Through the Panama (Load)

• Cover of The Walker Brothers.

3. Song: Your Far Church , Artist: Mouthus , Album: Saw a Halo (Load)
4. Song: Lullaby for Strangers , Artist: Traveling Bell , Album: Secret Eye Sampler 2005 (Secret Eye)

• Compilation CD of Secret Eye artists, which also features tracks from Avarus, Black Forest/Black Sea, Spires That In the Sunset Rise, Long Live Death, Larkin Grimm, Fürsaxa, and others.

5. Song: Cowboy Soundcheck , Artist: Black Dice , Album: Load Blown (Paw Tracks)
6. Song: - , Artist: Beck , Album: Stereopathic Soul Manure (Flipside)
7. Song: Put the Time Machine In Your Mouth Pt. II , Artist: Kill Me Tomorrow , Album: Skin's Getting Weird (Gold Standard Laboratories)
8. Song: Devastator / Mighty Trust Krusher , Artist: Godflesh , Album: Streetcleaner (Combat)
9. Song: The House of Feasting , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: Honky Reduction (Relapse)
10. Song: Radio Ballet , Artist: Eluvium , Album: Copia (Temporary Residence)

• Soothing classical piano and string type stuff here, compared to the post-rock guitar drone material found on, say, When I Live by the Garden and the Sea.

11. Song: ...And Texas Spaceship , Artist: Boris & Merzbow , Album: Megatone (Inoxia)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #49 2007-12-29