Cursed

Cursed is one of those bands that seem to haunt music long after their premature exit. They released some of the most visceral and sincere hardcore ever created. They managed to add a unique perspective and approach to an already bulbous scene that seemed all too content to just imitate rather that innovate. The music is dark and heavy and for most of you that listen, you'll more than likely be able to hear all of the bands that they undoubtedly influenced.

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Nesseria - Nesseria

Nesseria follow in the footsteps of bands like Celeste and Reka and build on the ever increasing trend of bands combining sludge, black metal and hardcore. Their sound is chaotic and still tight. They manage to project this horrible crippling mess forward and still maintain an ever flowing and functioning machine underneath it. Y'all need to buy this shit.

MOYL

My Distro! RELOCATION SWARM RECORDS!

Being a life-long music fan I've always held onto the dream of owning my own record store one day. A few friends and I are banding together to shine a light in the dark forests of Michigan and bring the lovin' spirit of DIY to the local metal and hardcore scene. Right now we've got a few of our used records up (our limit being 5 at a time since we're using the free version of bigcartel). If you want to see this go further, buy these records. They're cheap and they head out as fast as possible. All of the money helps us get a bigger selection. Feel free to contact me with what you'd like to see in the store as we're more than happy to try and oblige our fanbase. Have a band that needs someone to distro your shit? We're down for it. If this goes decently far I'd imagine something bigger coming of it (and yes, we plan on it) but that stays on the DL for now. Support local music. Keep it DIY.

THAR SHE BLOWS!

Coffins/Cianide Split

What can I say about these bands that hasn't already been said on here before? Coffins are nasty as fuck and Cianide are probably damn near perfect. Cianide's side of this split is absolutely fucking flawless. The doom-as-fuck fuzz bass that opens up their side is just a precursor to the full on death doom blitzkrieg that will slither its way out of your speakers. Coffins' side is pretty good but not what I would expect from one of their full-lengths.

DEATH THE BRUTAL WAY

Cianide - The Dying Truth

Riffs that crawl and crush like a fucking tank, massive production, perfect drum tone and some of the most savage and throat-rattling vocals around. These are all things that can be used to describe Cianide's sound on 'The Dying Truth' but I'd like to file it all down to one word: Gargantuan. This record is pretty much everything that I have ever wanted from an old school death doom band. It has it all! Punishingly slow guitars, ritualistic beats and the right mix of raw production and crisp atmospherics. The opener alone lends this album its legendary status; as it should be. That's not to say that the rest of the album isn't as awesome, it's quite the contrary actually. From the very first note to the ghastliness of the ending notes this album stands head and shoulders above its contemporaries.

CRUSH, KILL, DESTROY

For Fans of: Bolt Thrower, Rottrevore, Incantation, Father Befouled, Derketa

Lionize - Space Pope and the Glass Machine

Have you ever wondered to wander, to gander up at the sky and see something so outlandish as a spaced out reggae band eeking out doom-cobbled southern licks that permeate the star system with love and groove. With rockin' organ licks backed by hefty bass and guitar this album could be played instrumentally with still quite a bit of punch but throw in that rogue harmonica and those deep-fried vocals and you've got a damn good smoothie with equal parts Hawkwind, Clutch and old school ska music. Pop this one in to your ship's sound system, light a spliff and kick back for one hell of a smoked out ride.

SPACE POPE IS GUNNA STEAL YOUR SOUL

Dead Congregation

Dead Congregation has definitely come as a pleasant surprise for people who chase after death metal with a 'vintage' feel to it. Their sound is like a hectic combination of Covenant-era Morbid Angel and Golgothan Incantation. The pounding drums of war thrum throughout their material, lending that ever present war-like vibe to everything they do. The guitars are thick and doomy and have that perfect combination of fuzz, overdrive and reverb that puts together such an amazingly morbid and destitute atmosphere. This band is surely one that will please those of you who love death metal done the arcane way. Sadly folks looking for dumbed-down, primitive death metal won't find it here.

PUREFYING CONSECRATED GROUND EP

GRAVES OF THE ARCHANGLES

For Fans of: Morbid Angel, Incantation, Soul Devour, The Chasm