Opium Lord-The Calendrical Cycle Prologue: The Healer

Year: 2013

Genre: Sludge/Doom/Black Metal

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1. Heroin Swirls

2. Street Labs

A submission from the Birmingham, UK band Opium Lord. This band has only been around for a little over a month and they've already had radio airplay on BBC, and for good reason. Opium Lord is a blistering cocktail of the instrumental droning of Doom, the raspy vocals of Black Metal, and the chugging pace of Sludge. Keep a look out for their EP release this Spring.

-Tucker Ross

Sad Armour-12/23/12

Year: 2012

Genre: Emo/Indie/Shoegaze

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1. Introduction To Failure

2. Sam's Tooth

3. Positive/Negative

Awesome guys from Shawnee, KS. They play with a Shoegaze/Emo vibe and incorporate a synth sound similar to The World is a Beautiful Place. Definitely download this EP and give them a like on Facebook if you have the time.

-Tucker Ross

Spirit Animal-Real

Year: 2012

Genre: Hardcore/Thrash

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2. Sun

           3. Holy Death

4. Real

Tanner showed me this band a few days ago and I have had them on heavy rotation ever since. They have some groovy riffs which will cement themselves into your head. Definitely worth a listen. DASHIKI GROOVE.

-Tucker Ross

MurkDaddyFlex - Second Compilation

Genre: Hip Hop/Rap/Instrumental

Year: 2013

More stuff from MurkDaddyFlex, just as solid as the first time! If you didnt see the post before this is a jazz style instrumental hip hop beats act. Like A Tribe Called Quest and some of  Flying Lotus' stuff. I really enjoy this stuff. I know I don't post much rap/hip hop but I need to start doing so because I like it a lot more than I show.

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-Jacob Rice

Magazines - Hang In There

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Genre: Pop Punk/Emo

Year: 2013

Tracklist:

1. Concrete

2. Hang In There

3. Fall Sucks, But Not As Much As You

4. Sleeping Alone

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Rad pop punk/emo band from Columbus Ohio that submitted their music to me recently. Kind of Jawbreakerish vocals mixed with more traditional pop punk instrumental sound. Stuff is super catchy. Check this stuff out! -Jacob Rice

Serpent's Tongue - Desolation

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Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:
1. Bleeder

2. Numb

3. The Wasted

4. Trustless / Loveless

5. Desolation

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Hardcore from Northern Indiana. These dudes play a very aggressive more heavy style of hardcore. Very melodic, and just as I said very heavy. I dig this stuff a lot. Solid LP. Give em a chance, you won't regret it!

-Jacob Rice

Get The Shot - Perdition

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Genre: Hardcore

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. No Peace For The Wicked

2. Scapegoat

3. Breathing Fire

4. F.T.C.M

5. Beat the Odds

6. The Cost of Denial

7. Sacrificium

8. Atlas

9. Lifelong Grievers

10. Expiation

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These guys are a hardcore band from Quebec. They release this LP back in about April of 2012. Their music is very fast, relentless, and angry. They sound pretty similar to bands like American Nightmare, Strife, and No Warning. This thing is a fun, and solid listen through. Check it out! -Jacob Rice

FFO: Strife, American Nightmare, No Warning

Aye Aye Goodbye

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Genre: Emo/Math Rock

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Cut All These Ties Off

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New Emo/Math Rock band from Germany! These guys lyrics are about real life every day problems, and some deeper problems such as relationships, etc. Their sound I would compare to like, Cap'n Jazz or a Algernon Cadwallader vibe? Its sort of hard to say they sound like another band. This is only one song, but they are planning to release another soon and then maybe an EP in the Summer this year! Really into this stuff, its very solid. Cant wait for more.

Dead End Alaska/Ostrov - Family and Friends Vol. II

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Genre: Hardcore/Sludge

Year: 2012

Tracklist:
1. Dead End Alaska - The Bird With Human Legs

2. Dead End Alaska - Million Kyle March

3. Ostrov - Maw

4. Ostrov - Carrion

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This is a split between Dead End Alaska and Ostrov. Recently one of the members of Dead End Alaska submited this and I gave it a good listen and I thoroughly enjoy this thing. Dead End Alaska brings more of a softer more emotional side of hardcore kind of close to a post hardcore or screamo thing. While Ostrov brings a heavy distorted sludge sound to this split. Very refreshing mix up! Definitely check this thing out and support both of these bands.

Mindset - Leave No Doubt

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Genre: Hardcore/Youth Crew

Year: 2012

Tracklist:

1. Alive Inside

2. Leave No Doubt

3. Life Force

4. War

5. Thrive

6. Enough

7. Counterpoint

8. Shelter

9. Waste II

10. One Step Beyond

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MDHC. Get into it. One of the coolest releases of 2012. -Tanner Caruthers