Saturday, May 9, 2009

Episode #107 - Shot In the Back of the Head

1. Song: Trick or Treat , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: Every Day Is Halloween Volume II (Self-Released)
2. Song: Shining , Artist: Philip Jeck , Album: Sand (Touch)
3. Song: Kelly In the Other Room, Me In My Room , Artist: U.S. Girls , Album: Gravel Days (Chocolate Monk)
4. Song: Operator Dead...Post Abandoned , Artist: Burning Star Core , Album: Operator Dead...Post Abandoned (No Quarter)
5. Song: The Man From Nowhere , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: The Third Mind Movements (Industrial)
6. Song: Into the Rainbow Vein , Artist: Boards of Canada , Album: The Campfire Headphase (Warp)
7. Song: Voice of Fire , Artist: Doomriders , Album: Black Thunder (Deathwish Inc.)
  • Side project of Converge bassist/vocalist and Old Man Gloom guitarist/vocalist Nate Newton. Foursome that churns out dual vocal thrash metal in the vein of Converge (think "Black Cloud" or "Eagles Become Vultures"), with a few licks of stoner metal thrown in for good measure. Also features John-Robert Connors on drums (Cave In), Jebb Riley on bass and vox (There Were Wires, Disappearer), and Chris Pupecki (Cast Iron Hike) with a second guitar. Aside from this instrumental, other favorites include "Ride or Die" and skate anthem "Deathbox".

8. Song: Submersed , Artist: Leviathan , Album: The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide (Moribund)
9. Song: Wavering Radiant , Artist: Isis , Album: Wavering Radiant (Ipecac)
10. Song: Giant Me On the Other Side (Loren Connors) , Artist: Mono , Album: New York Soundtracks (Temporary Residence)

  • Remixes of the tracks from One Step More and You Die, which, packaged with this album, was just given the deluxe reissue treatment as a double LP. Also features tracks from Calla and Jackie-O Motherfucker, among others.

11. Song: Intermission One , Artist: Aneuretical , Album: When You Were a Kid (Afternoon)
12. Song: Shot In the Back of the Head , Artist: Moby , Album: Wait for Me (Little Idiot)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #107 2009-5-9

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Episode #106 - Panic Sets In

1. Song: Paura Nella Citta Dei Morti Viventi , Artist: Panicsville , Album: Every Day Is Halloween Volume II (Self-Released)
2. Song: Perception Is the Only Reality , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: The Third Mind Movements (Industrial)
3. Song: Absence , Artist: Dälek , Album: Absence (Ipecac)
4. Song: Beatae Immortalitatis , Artist: Xela , Album: In Bocca Al Lupo (Type)
5. Song: It Comes In Whispers, Pt. 2 , Artist: Leviathan , Album: A Silhouette In Splinters (Moribund)
6. Song: Old Dominion , Artist: Tombs , Album: Winter Hours (Relapse)
7. Song: Black Woods , Artist: Mono , Album: Gone: A Collection of EP's 2000-2007 (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #106 2009-5-2

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Friday, May 1, 2009

Episode #105 - Disemboweled

1. Song: Absinthe , Artist: Ink & Dagger , Album: Ink & Dagger (New American Dream)
2. Song: Bomber , Artist: :Zoviet*france: , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)
  • Cover of Motörhead.

3. Song: Traveling Over the Ocean's Skull , Artist: Leviathan , Album: A Silhouette In Splinters (Moribund)
4. Song: PreMature , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: The Third Mind Movements (Industrial)

  • Eight new tracks from Throbbing Gristle, a 2009 USA tour-only disc that in spots sounds a bit like Part Two: The Endless Not, but mostly like the live soundtrack they did for In the Shadow of the Sun at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on April 16 combined with dark ambient. Good stuff.

5. Song: Intermission Two , Artist: Aneuretical , Album: When You Were a Kid (Afternoon)
6. Song: More Blood and Guts , Artist: Kevin Drumm , Album: Imperial Distortion (Hospital Productions)
7. Song: Yearning , Artist: Mono , Album: You Are There (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #105 2009-4-25

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Episode #104 - Blackened Earth

1. Song: Incoming , Artist: Aqui , Album: The First Trip Out (Ace Fu)
2. Song: Heart and Soul , Artist: BJ Nilsen , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)
  • Cover of Joy Division.

3. Song: In Deo Salutari Meo , Artist: Xela , Album: In Bocca Al Lupo (Type)
4. Song: And by Our Own Hand Did Every Last Bird Lie Silent in Their Puddles, the Air Barren of Song as the Clouds Drifted Away. For Killing Their Greatest Enemy, the Locusts Noisily Thanked Us and Turned Their Jaws Toward Our Crops, Swallowing Our Greed Whole. , Artist: Red Sparowes , Album: Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun (Neurot)
5. Song: S.W.O.L. , Artist: Leviathan , Album: The Speed of Darkness (Viva Hate)
6. Song: 18 , Artist: Moby , Album: 18 (V2)
7. Song: Snow , Artist: Kevin Drumm , Album: Imperial Distortion (Hospital Productions)
8. Song: Pure As Snow (Trails of the Winter Storm) , Artist: Mono , Album: Hymn to the Immortal Wind (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #104 2009-4-11

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Episode #103 - Swarm of Locusts

1. Song: Graves of the Archangels , Artist: Dead Congregation , Album: Graves of the Archangles (Nuclear War Now!)
2. Song: Shimmering With Horn of Woe , Artist: Leviathan , Album: A Silhouette In Splinters (Moribund)
3. Song: Dealer Vs. Ocean , Artist: Valet , Album: False Face Society (Mexican Summer)
4. Song: Story of a Room , Artist: Tombs , Album: Winter Hours (Relapse)
5. Song: Fauna & Flora , Artist: Velvet Cacoon , Album: Genevive (Southern Lord)
6. Song: Silent Fight, Sleeping Dawn , Artist: Mono , Album: Hymn to the Immortal Wind (Temporary Residence)
7. Song: A Looming Resonance , Artist: Wolves In the Throne Room , Album: Malevolent Grain (Southern Lord)
  • Features guest vocals from Jamie Myers (Hammers of Misfortune).

8. Song: Feelers , Artist: Gnaw , Album: This Face (Conspiracy)

  • Industrial noise, doom, and found sounds coupled with the shrieking howls of Alan Dubin (Khanate). Scary stuff, indeed.

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #103 2009-4-4

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Episode #102 - Contagion

1. Song: Particular Dis-Ease , Artist: Leviathan , Album: A Silhouette In Splinters (Moribund)
2. Song: Different Brains , Artist: Bernhard Bauch , Album: Moreover Mödling (12rec)
3. Song: Souvenir , Artist: Jóhann Jóhannsson , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)
  • Cover of OMD.

4. Song: Angels Can't Stop , Artist: Valet , Album: False Face Society (Mexican Summer)
5. Song: And Autumn Sheds Its Final Tear , Artist: Sapthuran , Album: Leviathan / Sapthuran (Southern Lord / Battle Kommand)
6. Song: - , Artist: Velvet Cacoon , Album: Genevive (Southern Lord)
7. Song: Origin-Ing , Artist: Grails , Album: Burning Off Impurities (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #102 2009-3-28

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Episode #101 - Day of Reckoning

1. Song: Ostriches & Chirping , Artist: Elliott Smith , Album: From a Basement On the Hill (Anti)
2. Song: Revolutions , Artist: Stephen Philips , Album: The Air Up There (Dark Winter)
3. Song: Bleak is My Favourite Cliché , Artist: Richard Chartier & CoH , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)
  • Cover of Soft Cell.

4. Song: A Silhouette In Splinters , Artist: Leviathan , Album: A Silhouette In Splinters (Moribund)

  • An interesting side journey into dark ambient territory, ala Lustmord, from Leviathan's usual Black Metal.

5. Song: Third Party , Artist: Tussle , Album: Cream Cuts (Smalltown Supersound)
6. Song: Didn't It Rain , Artist: Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice , Album: Gipsy Freedom (5 Rue Christine)
7. Song: Triste, Pt. 2 [Edit] , Artist: Oren Ambarchi , Album: Triste (Southern Lord)
8. Song: Trailer 3 , Artist: Mono & World's End Girlfriend , Album: Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #101 2009-3-21

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Episode #100 - Into the Abyss

1. Song: Introit , Artist: Leviathan, Album: The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide (Moribund)
2. Song: Aerosol , Artist: Sonic Youth , Album: Sensational Fix (Walther Konig)
  • Double 7" of previously unreleased tracks by each member that accompanies the book with the same name.

3. Song: The Flames Beyond the Cold Mountain , Artist: Mono , Album: You Are There (Temporary Residence)
4. Song: Vacuum , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
5. Song: Toy Bell , Artist: Paul Duncan , Album: Be Careful What You Call Home (Hometapes)
6. Song: Flug Der Todessonde Omega , Artist: Applicator 120 , Album: Moreover Mödling (12rec)
7. Song: The Harvest Floor , Artist: Cattle Decapitation , Album: The Harvest Floor (Metal Blade)
8. Song: Lucifer , Artist: Robert Henke , Album: Recovery (Fractured Recordings)

  • Cover of Alan Parsons.

9. Song: A Faint Thought , Artist: Stephen Philips , Album: The Air Up There (Dark Winter)
10. Song: Tears from the Compound Eye , Artist: Boards of Canada , Album: The Campfire Headphase (Warp)
11. Song: Night of the Hunter (Remix) , Artist: Fantômas , Album: The Director's Cut (Ipecac)
12. Song: The Idiot Sun , Artist: Leviathan , Album: The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide (Moribund)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #100 2009-3-14

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Episode #74 - The Last Man On Earth

1. Song: Desolate World , Artist: Acid Enema , Album: Xasthur / Acid Enema (Self-Released)
2. Song: The Fourth Blind Wound , Artist: Leviathan , Album: Leviathan / Sapthuran (Southern Lord/Battle Kommand)
3. Song: Forestfloor 1 , Artist: KTL , Album: KTL (Editions Mego)
4. Song: Ritual Obsidian , Artist: Robedoor , Album: Shining Smoke (Long Long Chaney)
5. Song: Xavii , Artist: Russian Circles , Album: Station (Suicide Squeeze)
6. Song: III , Artist: Deathspell Omega , Album: Kenose (Southern Lord)
7. Song: Øx , Artist: Maja S.K. Ratkje , Album: River Mouth Echoes (Tzadik)
8. Song: There Died Venus , Artist: Prurient & Kevin Drumm , Album: All Are Guests In the House of the Lord (Hospital Productions)
9. Song: Outro , Artist: Nachtmystium , Album: Nachtymystium / Xasthur (Autopsy Kitchen/Shades of Death)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #74 2008-6-21

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Episode #20 - Mushroom Cloud

1. Song: Sysyphus: Part I , Artist: Pink Floyd , Album: Ummagumma (Capitol)
  • Double live album from 1969. First disc features live cuts from Piper At the Gates of Dawn, such as a double-length version of "Astronomy Domine", as well as tracks that are also featured on the Live At Pompeii DVD, while the second disc showcases some of Pink Floyd's stranger numbers ("Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In a Cave and Grooving With a Pict" comes directly to mind).

2. Song: Akuma No Kuma , Artist: Sunn O))) & Boris , Album: Altar (Southern Lord)
3. Song: 5-Methoxy-N, N-Dimethyl:(5-Me0-DMT) , Artist: Coil , Album: Time Machines (Eskaton)
4. Song: 20[1] , Artist: Alec Empire , Album: Low On Ice (The Iceland Sessions) (Mille Plateaux)
5. Song: Zeros and Ones (Aphex Twin Reconstruction) , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: 26 Mixes for Cash (Warp)
6. Song: Blood Red and True, Pt. 3 , Artist: Leviathan , Album: Tentacles of Whorror (Moribund)
7. Song: Nocturnal Poisoning , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Nocturnal Poisoning (Blood Fire Death)
8. Song: Window Skeleton , Artist: King Wheat , Album: Everyday is Halloween (Self-Released)

  • Compilation curated and presented by Nursing Home.

9. Song: - , Artist: Pig Destroyer , Album: Phantom Limb (Relapse)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #20 2007-6-9

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Episode #18 - Total Eclipse

1. Song: The Man Comes Around , Artist: Johnny Cash , Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around (Universal)
2. Song: The Void Introduction , Artist: The Flying Luttenbachers , Album: The Void (Troubleman Unlimited)
3. Song: The History of Rape , Artist: Leviathan , Album: Tentacles of Whorror (Moribund)
4. Song: Stigmata Martyr , Artist: Angel Hair , Album: Pregnant With the Senior Class (Gravity)
  • Cover of the classic Bauhaus track.

5. Song: Nobody Gets Out Alive! , Artist: Alec Empire , Album: The Destroyer (Digital Hardcore)
6. Song: Decay , Artist: Nachtmystium , Album: Instinct: Decay (Southern Lord)
7. Song: Car Chase Terror , Artist: M83 , Album: Before the Dawn Heals Us (Mute U.S.)
8. Song: Apple Tree Victim , Artist: Prurient , Album: Pleasure Ground (Load)
9. Song: Norge , Artist: Thorr's Hammer , Album: Dommedagsnatt (Southern Lord)

  • Very short-lived (six weeks) doom metal outfit from Ballard, Washington, featuring the likes of Greg Anderson (Sunn O))), Goatsnake)and Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Burning Witch, Khanate), along with Jamie Sykes and James Hale. Seventeen year-old female exchange student Runhild Gammelsæter, handled vocals, which are sung entirely in Norwegian (Norway is Gammelsæter's native country). During their time together, the group cut a demo and this album (Norwegian for "Doomsday Night"), which was re-released in 2004 with an extra live track ("Mellom Galgene") and some rare bonus video footage.

10. Song: Mammoth , Artist: Pelican , Album: Pelican (Hydra Head)
11. Song: Paint It Black , Artist: The Rolling Stones , Album: Aftermath (ABKCO)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #18 2007-5-26

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Friday, April 20, 2007

Episode #13 - Fallout

1. Song: Bushwick , Artist: Carlos Giffoni , Album: Welcome Home (Important)
2. Song: A Necessary Mutilation , Artist: Leviathan , Album: Tentacles of Whorror (Moribund)
3. Song: Like a Drug (Sha La La) , Artist: Swans , Album: Children of God (Caroline)
4. Song: Reduction , Artist: Sightings , Album: Absolutes (Load)
5. Song: Svelte , Artist: Pedestrian Deposit , Album: Fatale (Hanson)
6. Song: Rundgang Um Die Transzendentale Saule Der Singularitat , Artist: Burzum , Album: Filosofem (Feral House)
  • Solo Norwegian black metal project of Varg Vikernes (born Kristian Vikernes), who originally used the psuedonym Count Grishnackh. Most notorious for the murder of his former bandmate in Mayhem, Øystein Aarseth (known by his stage name Euronymous), and the arson of several ancient Norwegian churches, both of which he is currently in prison for.

7. Song: Duel In the Deep , Artist: Lightning Bolt , Album: Wonderful Rainbow (Load)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #13 2007-4-21

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