Episode #113 - Burned Alive

1. Song: Belgian Wake-Up Drill , Artist: Grails , Album: Black Tar Prophecies, Vols. 1, 2, & 3 (Important)
2. Song: Rattlers Echo , Artist: Hair Police , Album: Constantly Terrified (Troubleman Unlimited)
3. Song: Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia) , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)
4. Song: Requite , Artist: Pedestrian Deposit , Album: Austere (Monorail Trespassing)
5. Song: The Third Mind: Third Movement , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: The Third Mind Movements (Industrial)
6. Song: Formal Dedications , Artist: Prefuse 73 , Album: Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian (Warp)
7. Song: Eye of the Witch , Artist: Josh Lay , Album: Every Day Is Halloween Volume II (Self-Released)
8. Song: Read the Book That Wrote Itself , Artist: Liars , Album: They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (Mute)
9. Song: Breathe , Hold , Artist: Conifer , Album: Crown Fire (Important)
10. Song: Vein Harvest , Artist: Disappearer , Album: The Clearing (Magic Bullet)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #113 2009-6-20

Episode #112 - Train Wreck

1. Song: The End , Artist: Voodeux , Album: The Paranormal (Mothership)
2. Song: Damaged Need , Artist: Entropy Pool , Album: Every Day Is Halloween Volume II (Self-Released)
3. Song: Aghartha , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)
4. Song: Homage With Minimal Disinformation , Artist: Christina Kubisch , Album: Invisible/Inaudible: 5 Electrical Walks (Important)
5. Song: Steam Rose From the Lifeless Cloak , Artist: Liars , Album: They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (Mute)
6. Song: In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust , Artist: Joan of Arc , Album: In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust (Perishable)
7. Song: Trainwreck , Artist: Servile Sect , Album: Stratospheric Passenger (Ecstatic Peace!)
8. Song: Trailer 1 , Artist: Mono & World's End Girlfriend , Album: Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #112 2009-6-13

Episode #111 - Parallel Dimension

1. Song: Unholy , Artist: Sick to the Back Teeth , Album: Every Day Is Halloween Volume II (Self-Released)
2. Song: Alice , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)
3. Song: Tempelhof , Artist: Julia Kent , Album: Delay (Shayo)
4. Song: Dreamon , Artist: Black Pus , Album: 4: All Aboard the Magic Pus (Diareahrama)

• Solo project of Lightning Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale.

5. Song: Ataronchronon , Artist: Boards of Canada , Album: The Campfire Headphase (Warp)
6. Song: Bridge to the Beyond , Artist: John Zorn , Album: The Gift (Tzadik)
7. Song: Not That I Am , Artist: Throbbing Gristle , Album: The Third Mind Movements (Industrial)
8. Song: You Didn't Break Me , Artist: Pedestrian Deposit , Album: Austere (Monorail Trespassing)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #111 2009-6-6

Episode #109 - Shallow Grave

1. Song: Big Church [Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért] , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)

• New album from Sunn O))), featuring contributions from Eyvind Kang, Dylan Carson (Earth), Oren Ambarchi, Julian Priester, Stuart Dempster, Attila Csihar (Tormentor, Mayhem, Burial Chamber Trio, Aborym, Plasma Pool), and on this track, a Viennese women's choir led by Persian vocalist Jessika Kenney.

2. Song: Satya Sai Sweeeetback Plays "Oxblood Boots" , Artist: Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice , Album: The Flood (Troubleman Unlimited)
3. Song: Impermanence , Artist: Pedestrian Deposit , Album: Austere (Monorail Trespassing)

• Pedestrian Deposit's latest effort, a bit of musique concrete with touches of violin and cello, is even quieter that Fatale, with only occassional bursts of noise until twenty-minute closer "You Didn't Break Me" hits.

4. Song: In Misericordia , Artist: Xela , Album: In Bocca Al Lupo (Type)
5. Song: Trailer 4 , Artist: Mono & World's End Girlfriend , Album: Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #109 2009-5-23

Episode #94 - I Don't Want to Hurt You, I Just Want to Bash Your Brains In

1. Song: Nu Metal , Artist: Beware of Safety , Album: Dogs (Mylene Sheath)
2. Song: Cannon , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Dømkirke (Southern Lord)
3. Song: First Light , Artist: Converge , Album: You Fail Me (Epitaph)
4. Song: Black Sea , Artist: Fennesz , Album: Black Sea (Touch)
5. Song: U.S. Girls , Artist: National Anthem , Album: Introducing... (Siltbreeze)
6. Song: Lejonet & Kulan , Artist: Dungen , Album: Ta Det Lungt (Kemado)
7. Song: Always Someone , Artist: Cold Cave , Album: Painted Nails (Hospital Productions)
8. Song: Twisted Nerve , Artist: Bernard Hermann , Album: Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack (Maverick)
9. Song: You Fail Me , Artist: Converge , Album: You Fail Me (Epitaph)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #94 2009-1-31

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 #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 #91 - No Sympathy for the Devil

1. Song: Harmony 1 (Mellotron) , Artist: Spiritualized , Album: Songs In A & E (Castle)
2. Song: Christmas Song , Artist: Takahiro Kido , Album: Fluersy Music (Plop)
3. Song: On Horsell Common , Artist: Knives and Greenwater , Album: The Summertime Comp (Kordova Milk Bar)
4. Song: The Other Window , Artist: Wire , Album: 154 (Warner Bros.)
5. Song: They Stretch for Miles , Artist: Converge , Album: The Poacher Diaries (Relapse)

• Split with Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

6. Song: Testament , Artist: Lustmord , Album: Other (Hydra Head)
7. Song: Candida & Parasites , Artist: Racebannon , Album: Acid or Blood (Southern)
8. Song: Bat Manners , Artist: Kid606 , Album: Die Soundboy Die (Tigerbeat6)
9. Song: A Makeshift Pissoir , Artist: Yellow Tears , Album: The Pissmop LP (Hospital Productions)
10. Song: Reborn , Artist: Quintron , Album: Too Thirsty 4 Love (Goner)
11. Song: Mutate Machine , Artist: U.S. Girls , Album: Introducing... (Siltbreeze)
12. Song: Local Authority , Artist: Mogwai , Album: The Hawk Is Howling (Matador)
13. Song: Masks Of The Ætmospheres , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Dømkirke (Southern Lord)

• Vinyl-only double LP recorded live in a cathedral in Bergen, Norway during the Borealis Festival. In addition to the usual lineup of Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, this recording also features contributions from Steve Moore (Earth), Attila Csihar (Mayhem), and Lasse Marhaug.

14. Song: Goodnight Goodnight , Artist: Spiritualized , Album: Songs In A & E (Castle)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #91 2009-1-10

Episode #45 - Terrible Things Were Happening All Around Us

1. Song: Terrible Things , Artist: Drumcorps , Album: Grist (Cock Rock Disco)
2. Song: Dead Hills 2 , Artist: Wolf Eyes , Album: Dead Hills (Troubleman Unlimited)
3. Song: Ala , Artist: Jacob Kirkegaard , Album: Eldfjall (Touch UK)
4. Song: Decay2 [NIHILS' MAW] , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: White2 (Southern Lord)

• Features Attila Csihar of Mayhem on vocals, quoting the Srimad Bhagavatam.

5. Song: Sugar Sediment , Artist: Sightings , Album: Arrived In Gold (Load)
6. Song: The Color of the Fire , Artist: Boards of Canada , Album: Music Has the Right to Children (Matador)
7. Song: Invocation , Artist: John Zorn , Album: I.A.O. (Tzadik)
8. Song: Prayer , Artist: Burial , Album: Burial (Hyperdub)
9. Song: Le Désordre, C'est Moi , Artist: Orchid , Album: Chaos Is Me (Ebullition)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #45 2007-12-1

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 #39 - Mangled Beyond Recognition

1. Song: Intro , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: God Bless America!!! (Self-Released)
2. Song: The Mangling of Tasmanian Wolves , Artist: Wolfmangler , Album: The Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box (Last Visible Dog)
3. Song: Báthory Erzsébet , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Black One (Southern Lord)

• The name for this song comes from Hungary's most infamous serial killer, Countess Erzsébet Báthory, who was accussed of torturing and killing dozens of girls and young women during the 16th and 17th centuries. She allegedly bathed in the blood of her victims in an attempt to retain her youth.

4. Song: Eletronic , Artist: Botch , Album: We Are the Romans (Hydra Head)

• Hidden electronic track at the End of We Are the Romans.

5. Song: Suicide , Artist: Alec Empire , Album: The Destroyer (Digital Hardcore)
6. Song: Black Gun Red , Artist: Kim Cascone , Album: Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled (Important)
7. Song: Black Market , Artist: Snatch , Album: New York Noise, Vol. 3: Music from the New York Underground 1979-1984 (Soul Jazz)
8. Song: My Teacher , Artist: A-Frames , Album: Black Forest (Sub Pop)
9. Song: Robot Chant , Artist: Mogwai , Album: Rock Action (Matador)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #39 2007-10-20

Episode #38 - Sinners Repent

1. Song: Sin Nanna , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Black One (Southern Lord)
2. Song: Cuora Yuannanensis , Artist: Andrea Belfi & Stefano Pillia , Album: The Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box (Last Visible Dog)
3. Song: East Hastings: Nothing's Alrite in Our Life/Deadflagblues - (Reprise)/ The Sad Mafioso/Drugs in Tokyo/Black Helicopter , Artist: Godspeed You Black Emperor! , Album: F#A#∞ (Kranky)
4. Song: Teeth of Lions Rule The Divine (Mogwai) , Artist: Earth , Album: Legacy of Dissolution (No Quarter)

• Essentially an Earth "remixed" album, but nonetheless interesting stuff. Five tracks in total, with the other contributions coming from Russell Haswell, Jim O'Rourke, Autechre, Justin Broadrick (Jesu, Final, Napalm Death, Godflesh), and Sunn O))) (who do a really evil version of "Rule the Divine (Mysteria Caelestis Mugivi) ").

5. Song: Shadows of War , Artist: German Oak , Album: German Oak (Bunker)
6. Song: Some Might Even Die... , Artist: Alec Empire / Merzbow , Album: Alec Empire Vs. Merzbow: Live CBGB's NYC 1998 (Digital Hardcore)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #38 2007-10-13

Episode #6 - Burn

1. Song: The Wondrous Boat Ride , Artist: Unknown , Album: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (MCA)
2. Song: No Heroes , Artist: Converge , Album: No Heroes (Epitaph)
3. Song: O))) Bow 1 , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: Flight of the Behemoth (Southern Lord)

• Featuring Merzbow.

4. Song: Psychic Secession , Artist: Yellow Swans , Album: Psychic Secession (Load)
5. Song: Evil Wave Form , Artist: Boris , Album: Dronevil: Final (Inoxia)

• Originally issued via Misanthropic Agenda, Dronevil: Final was re-released as an expanded (one additional track on each disc) double CD on Inoxia. The intended concept is that while each disc can stand by itself, you should play them simultaneously on two different stereo systems to achieve the intended results.

6. Song: In the Reflection , Artist: Flying Canyon , Album: Flying Canyon (Soft Abuse)

• R.I.P. Cayce Lindner.

7. Song: Burn the Flames , Artist: Roky Erickson , Album: I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology (Shout Factory)
8. Song: Sound Holes , Artist: Double Leopards , Album: Halve Maen (Eclipse)
9. Song: - , Artist: Isis , Album: Oceanic (Ipecac)
10. Song: Hyperviolet , Artist: Pig Destroyer , Album: Prowler In the Yard (Relapse)
11. Song: Strangler In the Night , Artist: Albert DeSalvo , Album: Unknown (Astor)

• Reference to the Boston Strangler.

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #6 2007-3-3

Episode #2 - Hacked to Bits

1. Song: The Clavicle of Solomon , Artist: John Zorn , Album: I.A.O. (Tzadik)
2. Song: I Cannot Feel You as the Dogs Are Laughing and I Am Blind , Artist: Nurse With Wound , Album: Homotopy to Marie (United Diaries)
3. Song: Xualaux , Artist: Andy Puls (Neon Hunk) , Album: Pick a Winner (Load)

• Off the DVD/CD compilation on Load Records featuring Forcefield, White Mice, Pink and Brown, Lightning Bolt, Pleasurehorse, Pixeltan, Gerty Farish, and others.

4. Song: Astral Dustbin Dirge , Artist: Nurse With Wound , Album: Homotopy to Marie (United Diaries)
5. Song: bassAliens , Artist: Sunn O))) , Album: White2 (Southern Lord)
6. Song: Track 01 , Artist: Gerritt , Album: Space Level Blaze (Misanthropic Agenda)

• All six tracks on Space Level Blaze are untitled. Excellent use of stereo panning on this track - and throughout the rest of the album - makes this sound like an amped-up version of Neu!'s "Super 16" (specifically those dinosaur growls in the background). Gerritt [Wittmer] has collaborated with Ginnungagap (Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) and Tim Wyskida of Khanate), Axolotl, D. Yellow Swans, and LHD, as well as helping on production of Yellow Swans' psych-noise splatterfest Psychic Secession.

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #2 2007-2-3