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 #43 - Hell On Earth

1. Song: Bouncer See Bouncer... , Artist: Scott Walker , Album: Tilt (Drag City)
2. Song: Orakulum , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Oracle (Southern Lord)
3. Song: Love, Hate (Slugbaiting) , Artist: Godflesh , Album: Pure (Earache)
4. Song: - , Artist: Cephalic Carnage , Album: Xenosapien (Relapse)
5. Song: Fear and Sickness , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Given to the Rising (Neurot)
6. Song: Bela Lugosi's Dead , Artist: Nouvelle Vague , Album: Bande a Part (Justin Time)

• Cover of Bauhaus. This album is all covers, in fact, and also features versions of "The Killing Moon" (Echo & the Bunnymen), "Dancing With Myself"(Billy Idol), "Heart of Glass" (Blondie), and "Human Fly" (The Cramps), among others.

7. Song: Unanswered , Artist: Suicide Silence , Album: The Cleansing (Century Media)
8. Song: White Chalk , Artist: PJ Harvey , Album: White Chalk (Island)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #43 2007-11-17

Episode #14 - Careful What You Wish For

1. Song: A Celebration for the Death of Man... , Artist: Agalloch , Album: The Mantle (The End)
2. Song: Cossacks Are , Artist: Scott Walker , Album: The Drift (4AD)
3. Song: Providence: Divorce and Fever/Dead Metheny/Kicking Horse on Brokenhill/String Loop Manufactured During Downpour , Artist: Godspeed You Black Emperor! , Album: F#A#∞ (Kranky)
4. Song: Type Tactical , Artist: Made , Album: All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0: Autechre Curated (ATP)

• Double-disc compilation also featuring tracks from Autechre, Pita, Jim O'Rourke, Baby Ford, Hecker, Public Enemy and others.

5. Song: Three Ring Inferno Mix (Vidna Obmana) , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: PCP Tornado / ANbRX (Hydra Head)

• Reissue of the classic ANB album PCP Tornado with an extra disc of remixes and reinterprations from the likes of Merzbow, James Plotkin (Khanate), Justin Broadrick (Napalm Death, Final, Jesu), Jansky Noise, DJ Speedranch, and others.

6. Song: Master of Alchemy: House of Whipcord / The Black Drug , Artist: Electric Wizard , Album: Let Us Prey (Music Cartel)
7. Song: We Have Reached an Official Verdict: Nobody Gives a Shit , Artist: The Locust , Album: New Erections (Anti)
8. Song: Unchained Melody , Artist: The Righteous Brothers , Album: Unchained Melody (Curb)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #14 2007-4-28

Episode #11 - Escape

1. Song: Etna , Artist: Sunn O))) & Boris , Album: Altar (Southern Lord)

• Vinyl version of this comes with an extra track, "Her Lips Were Wet With Venom [Satan Oscillate My Metallic Sonatas], not to mention a 16-page color booklet and liner notes from Kim Thayil (Soundgarden).

2. Song: Jesse , Artist: Scott Walker, Album: The Drift (4AD)

• This is really scary stuff, a combination of baroque pop and what Roy Orbison would sound like if he were from the 7th level of Hell. Totally different stuff from his early career and his material on The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou soundtrack. Can't wait for the documentary chronicling his career, 30th Century Man (which is currently only screening in the U.K.), to hit stateside at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Features a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Drift, as well as interviews with Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker, Radiohead, Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), David Bowie, Sting, and more.

3. Song: Analogue Skillet , Artist: Jackie-O-Motherfucker , Album: Fig. 5 (Road Cone)
4. Song: Gekihatsu , Artist: Never Presence Forever , Album: Merzbow - Frog: Remixed and Revisited (Misanthropic Agenda)
5. Song: With CB , Artist: Zipperspy , Album: Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (Important)
6. Song: Hungry Homeless Handjob , Artist: Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Album: Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope (Relapse)
7. Song: Time As Surrogate Religion , Artist: Buried Inside , Album: Chronoclast: Selected Essays on Times Reckoning and Auto-Cannibalism (Relapse)
8. Song: Sunshine the Werewolf , Artist: Dillinger Escape Plan , Album: Miss Machine (Relapse)
9. Song: That's Not Blood , Artist: Hair Police , Album: Blow Out Your Blood (Freedom From)
10. Song: Cupid Shot Me , Artist: Noxagt , Album: Turning It Down Since 2001 (Load)
11. Song: I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper , Artist: Erika Eigen , Album: A Clockwork Orange (Warner Bros.)
12. Song: Super 16 , Artist: Neu! , Album: Neu! 2 (Astralwerks)

• Shortened version of this is available on the Kill Bill Vol. 1 soundtrack.

13. Song: At the Heart of It All (Created by Aphex Twin) , Artist: Aphex Twin , Album: 26 Mixes for Cash (Warp)
14. Song: Pyramid of Skulls , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Subliminal Genocide (Hydra Head)
15. Song: Amphibia Salientia , Artist: Hrvatski , Album: Merzbow - Frog: Remixed and Revisited (Misanthropic Agenda)
16. Song: Folded Space - Lead Poisoning & Distortion , Artist: Combatwoundedveteran , Album: I Know a Girl Who Develops Crime Scene Photos (No Idea)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #11 2007-4-7