Where My Bones Rest Easy-Exercises In Futility 12" (2015)

Country: USA
Genre: Indie Rock, Grunge
Label: Glory Kid Ltd.
Tracks: 5
Length: 20.0'

Where My Bones Rest Easy is a four piece band from Seattle, Washington who formed in March 2012.  Where My Bones Rest Easy play an Americana/roots rock tinged style of music that gives nods to indie rock and grunge.  Musically, Where My Bones Rest Easy give nods to bands to Waxwing, Sharks Keep Moving, The Casket Lottery, and other like-minded bands.  Exercises In Futility is the band's latest five song EP, which was released via Glory Kid Ltd. records on June 23rd 2015.  On My Bones Rest Easy's debut EP, the band offers up five tracks of killer Americana/Roots Rock influenced indie rock and grunge.  Overall, Exercises In Futility is a killer EP and should not be missed.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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SIBERIAN HELL SOUNDS / TRAVELS - Split

GENRE:  Black Metal, Hardcore, Post-Metal, Melodic
FFO: Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Miles Away, Defeater

Once again, I'm late to the party on this one. I've been on a self-imposed posting hiatus for some time now, and I apologize for that. Thankfully Chris has been killing it here, but I'm trying to get back in the swing of things. Anyway, this little release is from May and i just ran across it, buried in my email. If you've followed this blog in the past you should know I'm a massive fan of Siberian Hell Sounds. For this release, they team up with Travels for a split of epic proportions. Each band delivers a single track, seamlessly merging from one composition to the next. Ishtar is a marked departure from the grinding riff warfare that has made Siberian Hell Sounds a name amongst heavy music fans. Paying tribute to their post-metal influences SHS delivers nine minutes of droning ebb and flow, a perfect companion for Travels' darkly epic opener Chasing Circles. Both tracks can be listened to and downloaded on a name-your-price basis on their respective Bandcamp pages.

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GEIST - Faith Healing (2015)

GENRE: Dark Hardcore, Punk, Metal
FFO: Cursed, Worms Feed, Harrowed, Cholera

Featuring former members of End Reign (one of my favorite hardcore bands of all time), Geist is a 5-piece that hails from Northeast England. I'm a little late with this, but they released a 6-song EP earlier this year that you simply cannot pass up. This is a perfect example of mid-tempo hardcore punk, but tinged with a definite dark side. They do things that not many bands since Cursed have been able to pull off, and by that I mean this EP has riffs coming out of it's ass, agonized vocals, great lyrics and no nu-hardcore bullshit like a million blast-beats, unintelligible singing or other death metal clichés. This is just great UK hardcore. Plain and simple. It never gets repetitive, and there are even some atmospheric spots to this EP that remind me of Cursed again, think "Model Home Invasion" or "Gutters". If any of this interests you, grab this now and maybe buy a shirt to help them out. They recently ended a tour and it looks like the physical copies of the EP are sold out. But keep an eye out for some news in the coming weeks about a split they're releasing with a US band. And, if this doesn't interest you, please stop reading this blog immediately.

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Worriers-Imaginary Life LP (2015)

Country: USA
Genre: Punk, Indie Rock
Label: Don Giovanni
Tracks: 12
Length: 28.0'

Worriers is a musical project of Lauren Denitzio, who's best known for playing in New Brunswick, NJ band The Measure (SA).  When she was playing in The Measure (SA) Lauren Denitzio wrote some amazingly catchy pop punk songs.  With her new project Worriers, Lauren Denitzio continues to write impossibly cathy punk/indie rock songs.  Musically, Worriers can be loosely compared to bands such as Hop Along, Thin Lips, Lemuria, and Waxahatchee.  On Imaginary Life, Lauren Denitzio is joined by Mikey Erg on drums, Rachel Rubino on guitar, Audrey Zee Whitesides on bass, Lou Hanman on bass, and John McLean on guitar.  Imaginary Life features twelve songs of energetic and catchy as fuck sounding punk and indie rock.  Overall, Imaginary Life is a killer LP and should not be missed.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy! 

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Black Tower-The Secret Fire LP (2015)

Country: Canada
Genre: Metal, Punk
Label: No Idea/Unspeakable Axe Records
Tracks: 9
Length: 32.0'

Black Tower are a three piece band from Ottawa, Canada who formed in early 2013.  Black Tower features members of Crusades, The Creeps, and The Visitors.  Black Tower play a totally unabashed and unapologetic style of metal with a great punk edge.  The Secret Fire serves as Black Tower's debut full-length LP.  The Secret Fire features nine tracks of pretty much by the numbers metal that will definitely appeal to fans of Doomriders, The Sword, Night Bitch, and Insano Vision.  The Secret Fire was released via No Idea and Unspeakable Axe records on June 2nd 2015.  Overall, Black Tower is a killer album and a must listen for straight up metal fans.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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Suis La Lune-Distance/Closure 12" (2015)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Post Hardcore, Screamo, Indie Rock, Post Rock
Label: Topshelf Records
Tracks: 4
Length: 29.0'

Suis La Lune are a four piece band from Stockholm/Gothenburg, Sweden who formed in 2006.  Suis La Lune play an intense, passionate, dark, abrasive, and melodic style of music that incorporates elements of post hardcore, screamo, post rock, and indie rock within their sound.  Musically, Suis La Lune can be loosely compared to bands such as La Quiete, Raein, Daitro, and The Saddest Landscape.  Suis La Lune's discography includes a five song demo released in 2005, a two song self-titled 7", released in 2005, a song on the emo apocalypse, which was released in 2006, a ten song LP titled Quiet, Pull The Strings!, which was released in 2006, a four song EP titled Heir released in 2008, two songs on the Connections: Part II LP released in 2010, a split 7" with Oseceola released in 2009, a two song US tour CD released in 2010, and a ten song LP titled Riala released in 2012.  Distance/Closure is Suis La Lune's latest four song 12", which was released via Topshelf records on July 31st. 2015.  On their latest EP, Suis La Lune offer up four new tracks of passionate and tense sounding post hardcore, screamo, post rock, and indie rock.  Overall, Distance/Closure is a killer 12" and should not be missed.  Highly recommended!  Enjoy!

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IRON HAND - Injected Fear (2014)

GENRE: D-Beat, Crust, Hardcore, Punk
FFO: Discharge, State Of Fear, Disrupt, Amebix

Hailing from New Haven, CT, Iron Hand is a killer band that formed in early 2009. Along with this 12", they have previously released a demo and two 7-inches. You can download those 2 EP's at their Bandcamp. Iron Hand is one of the best D-Beat Crust/Punk bands you are going to find. The production on this 12" is perfect, dirty and nasty, reminds me a lot of the best stuff by Entombed or the early Turbonegro stuff. Their songs are all highly energetic and catchy, while at the same WAY pissed off sounding. I can't recommend this enough. My only complaint is that this 12" is only 7 songs. Enjoy this!

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