Episode #110 - Burned At the Stake

1. Song: Witch Hunt Through Haunted Woods , Artist: Zombie Battle Axe , Album: Every Day Is Halloween Volume II (Self-Released)
2. Song: Meander , Artist: Pedestrian Deposit , Album: Austere (Monorail Trespassing)
3. Song: Autro , Artist: U.S. Girls , Album: Gravel Days (Chocolate Monk)
4. Song: Achieve Emptiness Part II , Artist: Xasthur , Album: All Reflections Drained (Hydra Head)
5. Song: Trailer 2 , Artist: Mono & World's End Girlfriend , Album: Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)
6. Song: Guillain-Barre , Artist: Kevin Drumm , Album: Imperial Distortion (Hospital Productions)
7. Song: Dead Eyes , Artist: Jesu , Album: Silver (Hydra Head)

• A request dating back all the way to Episode #95.

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #110 2009-5-30

Episode #93 - Black Sea

1. Song: Af Døde , Artist: Nortt , Album: Galgenfrist (Avantgarde)
2. Song: Grey Scale , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
3. Song: Bacchus , Artist: Lithops , Album: Ye Viols! (Thrill Jockey)
4. Song: Nine Paths , Artist: Wold , Album: Stratification (Profound Lore)
5. Song: Cymatics , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Dømkirke (Southern Lord)
6. Song: Disengaged , Artist: Grouper , Album: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Type)
7. Song: Why Are We Not Perfect? , Artist: Jesu , Album: Jesu/Eluvium (Hydra Head)
8. Song: Beacon Hill (Performed By Sharon Isbin) , Artist: Howard Shore , Album: The Departed (Warner Sunset)
9. Song: In Her Shadow , Artist: Converge , Album: You Fail Me (Epitaph)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #93 2009-1-24

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

Episode #46 - Something Else Is Out There

1. Song: - , Artist: Burial , Album: Burial (Hyperdub)
2. Song: This Most Real of Hells , Artist: Sightings , Album: Through the Panama (Load)
3. Song: White Walls , Artist: Flies Inside the Sun , Album: The Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box (Last Visible Dog)
4. Song: Scars of E , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: The First Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle (Thirsty Ear)
5. Song: Nine , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Given to the Rising (Neurot)
6. Song: Green Monster , Artist: Suicide Silence , Album: The Cleansing (Century Media)
7. Song: Gerd , Artist: Jacob Kirkegaard , Album: Eldfjall (Touch UK)
8. Song: Goodnight , Artist: Six Organs of Admittance , Album: Shelter From the Ash (Drag City)
9. Song: Little Rocket Ships , Artist: Peter Wright , Album: The Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box (Last Visible Dog)
10. Song: Support Our Troops Oh! (Black Angels Oh!) , Artist: Xiu Xiu , Album: Fabulous Muscles (5 Rue Christine)
11. Song: Stanlow , Artist: Jesu , Album: Conqueror (Hydra Head)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #46 2007-12-8

Episode #44 - Blackout

1. Song: In the Court of the Bear King , Artist: An Albatross , Album: Blessphemy (of the Peace-Beast Feastgiver and the Bear Warp Kumite) (Ace Fu)
2. Song: (Love is Like a) Heat Wave , Artist: Martha Reeves & the Vandellas , Album: Heat Wave (Gordy)
3. Song: Gaea , Artist: Jacob Kirkegaard , Album: Eldfjall (Touch UK)

• An album of field recordings from 2004, during which contact mics were shoved into the ground (geysers, volcanoes, etc.) of Iceland. Pretty interesting stuff.

4. Song: Arrived In Gold, Arrived In Smoke , Artist: Sightings , Album: Arrived In Gold (Load)
5. Song: Buzzers , Artist: Scott Walker , Album: The Drift (4AD)

• This album always manages to scare the shit out of me.

6. Song: O. Henry , Artist: Arab On Radar , Album: The Stolen Singles (Three One G)

• Compilation album featuring three cassette-only tracks, cuts from their split 7"s with The Locust and Kid Commando (as well as two of their own 7"s), and their material from the You're Soaking In It and RePopulation Program comps on Load Records.

7. Song: Shadow , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Given to the Rising (Neurot)
8. Song: Moon Spell , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: God Bless America!!! (Self-Released)
9. Song: Reduction , Artist: Sightings , Album: Absolutes (Load)
10. Song: Coda Masestoso In F(Flat) Minor (Autechre) , Artist: Earth , Album: Legacy of Dissolution (No Quarter)

• Autechre cover with a killer guitar solo. Best track on the album in my opinion.

11. Song: Medicine , Artist: Jesu , Album: Conqueror (Hydra Head)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #44 2007-11-24

Episode #31 - Firestorm

1. Song: I Put a Spell On You , Artist: Arthur Brown , Album: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Touchwood)

• Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover.

2. Song: The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) , Artist: John Williams , Album: Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back (Sony)
3. Song: Turning Sand Into Glass , Artist: Conifer , Album: Conifer (Not Common)
4. Song: Randbient Works (Tralphaz Blue Gummy Shark Mix) , Artist: Mochipet , Album: Girls Love Breakcore (Daly City)

• Features mixes and contributions from Weasel Walter (The Flying Luttenbachers), Otto Von Schirach, and Aaron Spectre (Drumcorps), among others.

5. Song: Lypse , Artist: Excepter , Album: Alternation (5 Rue Christine)
6. Song: Vous le Saurez en Temps Voulu , Artist: Univers Zero , Album: Heresie (Cuneiform)
7. Song: Automaton , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: Everyday Is Halloween (Self-Released)
8. Song: Superstar , Artist: Mouse On Mars , Album: Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (Important)
9. Song: Blood From the Air , Artist: Coil , Album: Horse Rotorvator (Some Bizarre)
10. Song: Brighteyes , Artist: Jesu , Album: Conqueror (Hydra Head)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #31 2007-8-25

Episode #30 - End Times

1. Song: One of These Days , Artist: Pink Floyd , Album: Meddle (Capitol)
2. Song: The Long Road To the 4th Dimension , Artist: Psyopus , Album: Ideas of Reference (Black Market Activities)
3. Song: Mantra 2 , Artist: Merzbow , Album: Merzbuddha (Important)
4. Song: The Golden Section , Artist: Coil , Album: Horse Rotorvator (Some Bizarre)
5. Song: Granny's House , Artist: Jennifer Gentle , Album: The Midnight Room (Sub Pop)

• Recorded solo by vocalist/guitarist Marco Fasolo after drummer Alessio Gastaldello left the band, Italian group Jennifer Gentle's The Midnight Room lies in contrast to 2005's Valende - darker, spacier, even creepy at times, channeling the spirit of Syd Barrett and '60s psychedelia.

6. Song: The Jogger , Artist: Pissed Jeans , Album: Hope For Men (Sub Pop)
7. Song: Intermission , Artist: Wolf Eyes , Album: Wolf Eyes (Hanson)
8. Song: How Is It Gonna End , Artist: Tom Waits , Album: Real Gone (Anti-)
9. Song: Otterley , Artist: Cocteau Twins , Album: Treasure (4AD)
10. Song: Weightless & Horizontal , Artist: Jesu , Album: Conqueror (Hydra Head)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #30 2007-8-18

Episode #22 - Extinction

1. Song: First Scream , Artist: With Love , Album: A Great Circle (Gold Standard Laboratories)

• Really neat combo CD/DVD from this Italian band. No break between tracks, which, along with the film (which has the album as its soundtrack), makes this seem like some sort of concept album.

2. Song: Sewercide , Artist: White Mice , Album: BLasssTPhlEgMEICE (Load)
3. Song: Theme from the Godfather , Artist: The Professionals , Album: Belize City Boil-Up (Numero Group)
4. Song: The Plague , Artist: The Chinese Stars , Album: Release the Bats: The Birthday Party As Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G (Three One G)

• Compilation of Birthday Party covers, as the album title suggests. Also features Ex-Models, Les Georges Leningrad, Some Girls, Cattle Decapitation, Error, T-Cells, Daughters (with Lex doing his best Glenn Danzig interpretation), and others. Pretty excellent stuff, and comes on blood-spattered vinyl to boot if you pick up the LP version.

5. Song: Separated , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: Part Two: Endless Not (Mute)
6. Song: Open Body , Artist: Hair Police , Album: Obedience Cuts (Freedom From)
7. Song: Old Year , Artist: Jesu , Album: Conqueror (Hydra Head)
8. Song: Froggie Bee-Baa , Artist: Boris , Album: Merzbow - Frog: Remixed and Revisited (Misanthropic Agenda)
9. Song: Surf Rider , Artist: The Lively Ones , Album: Pulp Fiction (MCA)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #22 2007-6-23