Saturday, September 29, 2007

Episode #35 - End Transmission

1. Song: New In Town , Artist: Clockcleaner , Album: Babylon Rules (Load)
2. Song: Mantra 3 , Artist: Merzbow , Album: Merzbuddha (Important)
3. Song: In the Multi-Purpose Room , Artist: East West Blast Test , Album: Popular Music for Unpopular People (Ipecac)
  • Comprised of duo Chris Dodge (No Use for a Name) and Dave Witte (Discordance Axis, Municipal Waste, Anodyne, Birds of Prey, Phantomsmasher), East West Blast Test's Popular Music for Unpopular People is a cross-country collaboration (Witte and Dodge live on separate coasts) akin to something Fantômas might put out - xylophones, death metal guitars, and this strange German spoken word track.

4. Song: The Cable Has No Name , Artist: Agata , Album: Spike (Tzadik)
5. Song: Assembler Mix , Artist: Nobukazu Takemura , Album: Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (Important)
6. Song: Babylero , Artist: Coil , Album: Horse Rotorvator (Some Bizarre)
7. Song: Wrawblow , Artist: White Mice , Album: BLasssTPhlEgMEICE (Load)
8. Song: The Wrong Coat for You Mt. Heart Attack , Artist: Liars , Album: Drum's Not Dead (Mute)
9. Song: Afgamistam , Artist: Botch , Album: An Anthology of Dead Ends (Hydra Head)
10. Song: Micaragua , Artist: Botch , Album: An Anthology of Dead Ends (Hydra Head)

  • The perfect one-two punch (quiet to loud; the tracks flow into each other without a break) ending for Botch's last album before they broke up.

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #35 2007-9-22

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Saturday, August 18, 2007

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

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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Episode #27 - Black Hole

1. Song: Foetal Castro , Artist: White Mice , Album: BLasssTPhlEgMEICE (Load)
2. Song: Mantra 1 , Artist: Merzbow , Album: Merzbuddha (Important)
3. Song: Sweet Dreams (Of You) , Artist: Patsy Cline , Album: The Departed (Warner Sunset)
4. Song: Surrender , Artist: Suicide , Album: A Way of Life (Wax Trax!)
  • I always imagine this track as '50s prom song.

5. Song: Lyre Liar , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: Part Two: Endless Not (Mute)
6. Song: The Black Pope , Artist: No Neck Blues Band , Album: Qvaris (5 Rue Christine)
7. Song: Creeping Hand , Artist: Landed , Album: The Summertime Comp (Kordova Milk Bar)

  • Live track with some fucked jazz drumming/hip-hop beats/saxophone. First release for Kordova Milk Bar Records, - put out as a benefit to raise money to send inner-city kids to camp based on a sliding scale - which also features contributions from the likes of Usurp Synapse, Thursday, Racebannon, Knives and Greenwater, The Assistant (ex You and I), Pg. 99, The Scarlet Letter, and others.

8. Song: Herald , Artist: Coil , Album: Horse Rotorvator (Some Bizarre)
9. Song: Ten Cents , Artist: Converge , Album: When Forever Comes Crashing (Equal Vision)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #27 2007-7-28

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Monday, March 19, 2007

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

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