Poll overview, some other thoughts, facts/stats and crap like that.

Alrigthy then. This should be some kind of an overview of the year. First I guess I should start with the poll since it's tied with the facts part of this post. The results were:

What do you download the most from here?
Music 9 (37%)
Manga 9 (37%)
Guro 2 (8%)
Everything 5 (20%)

First of all I think it's kinda ironic that guro got the least votes because according to my trusty mediafire guro mangas are downloaded the most from here (or some sneaky people are stealing my links, not that I mind that :D). Usually when I post albums it takes a week or so before it gets over 20-30 downloads. I'm not really surprised with this because since I post music that is not connected with each other so it's kinda hard to get a constant following. For example a few days I would post Insect Warfare releases, days after I would post a Totoro Soundtrack and afterwards something completely different and so on. So I guess people can't really follow my understanding of music thus the low following or so I think. Despite that I think I'll continue doing things my way no matter of how I'm untrue to a certain genre (Deathspell Omega fans a ho ho poke at you). TNA flourished a lot faster than FT, it had a steady visit of 500-600 visitors daily just after a few months and download count would go around 100 or so but honestly I enjoy much better posting here then at TNA. Over there things are starting to get rather, hectic. :D I get tons of mails and lots of promotions so I actually haft to do stuff and since I'm also very busy with college it's tricky to do both things at the same time. The result is a long gap between my posts and I feel kinda bad for people who are sending me their albums for posting because some of them had to wait for like a month or so. I even thought I should quit TNA for a while but I'm not going to since I still love that blog and I met a lot of great people there so it's still very fun over there despite the problems. If other authors (excluding Khaos) could be a little bit more active I would really appreciate that. Anyway, let's look at some statistics shall we? :D

The list of 5 most downloaded:

Music:

1. Original Soundtrack - Tonari No Totoro (162 downloads)
2. Sun Ra - Sound Sun Pleasure!! (131 downloads)
3. Ólafur Arnalds - Variations Of Static (126 downloads)
4. Angel'in Heavy Syrup - IV (125 downloads)
5. Original Soundtrack - Akira (125 downloads)

I was very surprised with this. Totoro ftw! :D

Manga:

1. Junji Ito - Museum of Terror (84 downloads)
2. Fuan no Tane Volume 1 (74 downloads)
3. Boichi - Hotel (72 downloads)
4. A Funeral Procession of K Volume 1 (68 downloads)
5. Nijigahara Holograph (63 downloads)

Happy to see I have horror fans here.

Guro:

1. Uziga Waita - Mr. Sarubato's Rowdy Classroom (351 downloads)
2. Uziga Waita - Modern Stories of the Bizarre (210 downloads)
3. Jun Hayami - 16 Year Old Piece of Meat (167 downloads)
4. Jun Hayami - This Is Art (146 downloads)
5. Suehiro Maruo - Ultra Gash Inferno (136 downloads)

It's rather obvious that my links are also posted somewhere else. I'm guessing Gurochan maybe? :D

Some other stats:

Total Storage Used:12.17 GB (From 236 total files)
Total Downloads Served: 10,698 (Since May 31, 2008)
Est. Bandwidth Served: 473.98 GB

I don't know about you but I'm very happy with how things are, the numbers are very satisfying and I think I did a good deed by spreading around some really (to me) amazing things.

Nevertheless there are still things which I didn't post and I really would like to start in near future. I would like to start posting video games. There are some really awesome older video games that you people might have not played or forgot and perhaps the younger generations can check out how games used to look like. So you can expect very soon some old DOS platformers, shooters, rts and Lucas Arts adventures; things that scarred my fragile childhood forever (Raptor omfg). I also hope to start posting some more artbooks and movies. Movies for that matter are the least downloaded things around but that's understandable so I won't complain, torrents are made for that anyway. :D

And the last thing I would like to mention is that I pretty much ripped all of my vinyls I have (I don't have a lot but there are some rarities among them, I think :D) so there's going to be a vinyl week or something soon enough when I sort and label everything out.

Well that's about it, I don't know what else to add, happy new year or something like that.

Advantage Lucy - Echo Park

Advantage Lucy plays songs influenced by 60s janglepop, Swedish pop, and pretty much anything else that makes people feel good. Presently comprising vocalist Aiko and guitarist Yoshiharu Ishizaka, the group was formed in 1995 as a four piece, named Lucy Van Pelt after the Peanuts character of the same name. A fixture on the indies scene, Lucy Van Pelt released several records on the God’s Pop Records imprint, growing their fan base countrywide through frequent club gigs, in-store appearances, and other special events. Great music to listen on sunday afternoon.

Tracklist:

01. グライダー (5:31)
02. spur line (3:45)
03. Anderson (3:55)
04. 朱い夏 (3:16)
05. 遠い日 (4:44)
06. 潮騒 (5:17)
07. is this love? (4:00)
08. splash (6:03)
09. planetaria (3:44)
10. everything (8:13)
11. time after time (3:41)


Get.

Alphaville

Year of release: 1965
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Duration: 99 min
Language: French (English subtitles)

Imdb.
Wikipedia.

Ever since I started watching movies I always enjoyed those old Noir films. Those old washed up detectives who have seen it all and those lovely fragile femme fatale. Don't know really why but I always liked that. I guess that explains why Max Payne is one of my favorite games hmm.

Anway, not to bother you with myself. Alphaville is among the first attempts to make a future dystopian world. Back then this movie might have been a horrible vision of future but today I watch this with a gentle smile. First of all this future the director portrays pretty much looks like today (today, as in the 60s) except there are now just two contires. The Outland where the free people live and this central state (apparently Europe) where everything is ran by a supercomputer and everyone acts like they landed from a planet called Vulcan. The Outland is bothered with what's going on in there so they decide to send a lone warrior to save the day and kill or return the maker of this Alphavilles (where night is eternal and usuall depressive expressionist bollocks :D) computer.

That's about as far as I'll go with the story. The thing about this movie is that it's too old. Don't get me wrong I adore old movies but this just goes too far. The music here is a big problem. I listen to noise and all unbelievable crap but god damn the music here is annoying. For example a dramatic orchestral music plays for no apparent reason while the protagonist enters a hotel, then the servant asks him to take his bags and he refuses (the dramatic music still plays) then he goes into the elevator (the music still goes on), he comes to a floor and walks and enters his room and sits on his bed (the dramatic music ends around there). What the? What's really the point of it anyway? He refused to give his bag? Was that so dramatic in the 60s? That and numerous little things gather into one big annoyance. Yet, the movie is still fun to watch, if you can get past by those little things and the "computers" voice that sounds like someone is dying from a throat cancer. If you like noir, outdated futuristic movies, black & white colour and dystpian worlds then watch it. If not then I suggest you skip this one. :D

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Subtitles.

You need HJ Split to patch this back into one file.

Shibusashirazu Orchestra - Shiburyu

Shibusashirazu Orchestra (渋さ知らズ), which is at the forefront of contemporary jazz, was formed by bassist Daisuke Fuwa in 1989 as a free jazz orchestra.

The orchestra is, so to speak, a multimedia jazz performance group consisting of over twenty musicians, including many well known Japanese performers such as Hiroaki Katayama and Takeshi Shibuya, as well as Butoh dancers, modern dancers, theater actors, and artists.
All of the works played by Shibusashirazu Orchestra are Japanese jazz works composed or arranged by Daisuke Fuwa. The orchestra gives exciting stage performances, with its dynamic sound and lively dancing and acting. Large moving objects made by stage artists make the audiences even more enthusiastic. (A twenty-meter-long dragon danced in the air over the audience in their 1998 European tour.)

It can be said that Shibusashirazu Orchestra is not only a jazz orchestra but also a group that brings together various aspects of contemporary Japanese culture. Some of its performances show the course of Japanese music from the Middle Ages to the present, as the group includes musicians playing traditional Japanese instruments such as shamisen, shakuhachi, and ryuteki (a bamboo flute).

Really great hectic jazz definitely check this one out.

01. Barthasar (9:44)
02. Skirmishing Undies (5:47)
03. Sally (9:01)
04. Stechiki (3:10)
05. Tenbin (14:43)
06. Starfield (3:37)
07. Violence Hibana (13:20)
08. Da Da Da (12:29)

Party hard.

Graupel & Endstille - Lauschangriff...

I'm sure pretty much everyone heard of Endstille and they are among my favorite bands evarrr. I thought about posting their discography which is what I usually try to do with my favorite bands but since Endstille is rather popular you can find their albums pretty much everywhere. What I didn't see among the blogs is this tiny little split they did in 2006. The reason for this is mostly because this collector crap (har har) is limited to 500 copies and released only on vinyl. Graupel on the other hand is a lot less known band and they released one full length and a few splits. They play mid paced raw black metal or something. Anyhow, enjoy.

Tracklist:

Graupel
01. Im Hause Escharra (05:49)
02. Blutvoyeurismus (04:06)
03. Westradikal (04:09)

Endstille
04. Battles Against the North (03:52)
05. Your Love Is Infectious (03:44)
06. To Conquer the Sun (04:01)

Download.

Suehiro Maruo - Maruo Graph Exhibition I and II

So merry Christmas and all that crap. My present for you guys who read my blog are these two lovely well scanned and huge sized artbooks by my favorite artist Suehiro Maruo. :)



Exhibition I:
Part: 1, 2, 3, 4.


Exhibition II:
Part: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Naoki Yamamoto - Watching TV All The Time Makes You Stupid

I'm surprised I haven't made a lot more Naokis posts since this is one of my favorite manga artists. The story is about an hikikomori who is visited by someone who works in social service (or something like that) and this person decides to help her out. It's a short story so don't expect any deep character development but this little one shot definitely is very much worth to read.

Download.

Inkspots - Bless You

The now all popular band (mostly because of Fallout 3), Ink Spots! Conveniently called haha! xD But in fact if I remember right their song Maybe also played at the beginning in Fallout 1. Ironically I found about them through Vangelis because someone claimed that Ink Spots sang the song "One More Kiss" from the Blade Runner Soundtrack. This is of course not true, Vangelis himself sang in that song but he was largly influenced by Ink Spots and their "If I Didn't Care" song. So anyway I thought should check them out since I liked the One More Kiss song quite a bit. And when I started listening to this I thought "Hey this sounds a lot like that music from Fallo.... hey this is that music from fallout!". :D

Anyway, this is all great, great old swing stuff. One of those harmony bands where the main instrument is just a guitar and voices. The Platters are the most popular example of this music. The Ink Spots are similar to them but not quite like it. I'm not sure if this an actual compilation or whatever but it has many songs so definitely get this if you like this kind of music. The only bad thing in this is that every song starts with the same guitar intro. I don't know why they did that but after a while it gets annoying. Despite this fault this is an awesome example of how music used to sound like. They don't make music like they used to. Ah sad thing indeed.

Download.

Morbid Angel - Evil Demos

I don't really need to introduce this band do I? Well I guess not and I assume their albums for download are all over the place along with the demos and everything else. Still I need to make this post. xD

Evil Demos (I think) is a bootleg compilation of their works recorded on rehearsal tapes and demos. Nothing more and nothing less. This is fan material so if you don't listen to Morbid Angel a lot don't download this, unless you like really crappy quality and old school death metal.

Tracklist:

01. Rehearsal January 30Th, 1987 - Unholy Blasphemies (3:15)
02. Rehearsal January 30Th, 1987 - Chapel Of Ghouls (5:06)
03. Rehearsal January 30Th, 1987 - Evil Spells (4:36)
04. Rehearsal February, 1986 - Chapel Of Ghouls (5:39)
05. Rehearsal February, 1986 - Abominations (4:13)
06. Rehearsal February, 1986 - Hellspawn (2:56)
07. Rehearsal February, 1986 - Welcome To Hell (4:57)
08. Rehearsal November, 1986 - Bleed For The Devil (3:22)
09. Rehearsal July 4Th, 1986 - Damnation (4:36)
10. Reanimators Mutilations - Rehearsal July 4th, 1986 (2:25)
11. Chapel of Ghouls - Rehearsal July 4th, 1986 (5:27)
12. Hellspawn - Rehearsal July 4th, 1986 (2:35)
13. Thy Kingdom Come - Demo 3, 1987 (3:57)
14. Abominations - Demo 3, 1987 (4:23)
15. Blasphemy of the holy ghost - Demo 3, 1987 (3:34)

Download.

Usumaru Furuya - Suicide Circle (Jisatsu Sakuru)

Remember that weird Japanese movie (as if there are normal ones) where people would constantly do suicides and listen to a band called Desert or something? Well it was called Suicide Circle and this manga is a spin off to that movie. Though both based on the same thing movie and the manga go in a completely different way from the beginning so you should not feel left behind if you didn't watch the movie. I think it's safe to say that this manga is Furuyas version of the movie. The movie starts by a mass suicide of school girls (hot hot hot xD) by jumping in front of the train. In the movie they all die and someone leaves a mysterious bag but in the manga one of those girls survive and then we start to follow her life after the suicide attempt. The art is fine, nothing special or artistically breathtaking; it does the job well.

Download.

Summoning

Summoning is a band where a bunch of dorks play black metal and sing about Lord of the Rings and it's awesome. They come from a little country somewhere in Europe called Austria and they are one of the main representatives of Austria in metal world. Everyone knows about Summoning, I don't even know why I'm posting this but I guess I should because this was one of my first black metal bands and I still like them very much. So for that reason I give you their albums and one EP.

Oh and if you are new with this band then start with "Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame".

Chronologically sorted.

Lugburz

01. Grey Heavens (01:44)
02. Beyond Bloodred Horizons (03:37)
03. Flight of the Nazgul (07:07)
04. Where Winters Forever Cry (04:04)
05. Through the Valley of the Frozen Kingdom (06:22)
06. Raising with the Battle-Orcs (05:44)
07. Master of the Old Lure (04:14)
08. Between Light and Darkness (03:29)
09. The Eternal Lands of Fire (03:36)
10. Dragons of Time (06:01)
11. Moondance (04:46)

Download.

Minas Morgul

01. Soul Wandering (02:32)
02. Lugburz (07:15)
03. The Passing of the Grey Company (09:16)
04. Morthond (06:44)
05. Marching Homewards (08:11)
06. Orthanc (01:39)
07. Ungolianth (06:37)
08. Dagor Bragollach (05:05)
09. Through the Forest of Dol Guldur (04:47)
10. The Legend of the Master-Ring (05:27)
11. Dor Daedeloth (10:16)

Download.

Dol Guldur

01. Angbands Schmieden (03:30)
02. Nightshade Forests (10:48)
03. Elfstone (10:51)
04. Khazad Dúm (10:57)
05. Kôr (10:59)
06. Wyrmvater Glaurung (03:05)
07. Unto a Long Glory... (09:37)
08. Over Old Hills (08:57)

Download.

Nightshade Forests EP

01. Mirkwood (09:45)
02. Kortirion Among the Trees (08:50)
03. Flesh and Blood (07:54)
04. Habbanan Beneath the Stars (07:15)

Download.

Stronghold

01. Rhûn (03:25)
02. Long Lost to Where No Pathway Goes (07:23)
03. The Glory Disappears (07:49)
04. Like Some Snow-White Marble Eyes (07:19)
05. Where Hope and Daylight Die (06:28)
06. The Rotting Horse on the Deadly Ground (08:25)
07. The Shadow Lies Frozen on the Hills (07:01)
08. The Loud Music of the Sky (06:47)
09. A Distant Flame Before the Sun (09:43)

Download.

Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame

1. A New Power Is Rising (04:08)
2. South Away (06:04)
3. In Hollow Halls Beneath the Fells (08:56)
4. Our Foes Shall Fall (07:01)
5. The Mountain King's Return (08:53)
6. Runes of Power (05:51)
7. Ashen Cold (06:16)
8. Farewell (09:19)

Download.

Oath Bound

01. Bauglir (02:58)
02. Across the Streaming Tide (10:20)
03. Mirdautas Vras (08:13)
04. Might and Glory (08:26)
05. Beleriand (09:27)
06. Northward (08:39)
07. Menegroth (08:12)
08. Land of the Dead (12:50)

Download.

Junji Ito - Tomie

Remember that Museum Of Terror post? Well that's the third part of these series. The first two parts are Tomie stories. Now what exactly is this Tomie? Tomie is a girl (I assume you already knew that har har) and from the outside she looks like every other girl. The thing with her is that she has this supernatural ability to attract boys. Attraction in terms that they go insane about her and it they become obsessed with her (kinda like Britney Spears fans but not quite like it). She on the other hand uses this ability to do evil stuff and makes everybody kill and butcher each other and any other girl that tries to compete with Tomie. After a while they get so insane and frantic about her that they kill and chop up Tomie. But the thing is...she can't die. Every part you sever another Tomie grows out of that part. She multiplies and never dies and she keeps coming back.

That's about how most Tomie stories are. There is no continuous plot but just stories about the Tomie phenomena. Tomie along with Gyo and Uzumaki are Junji Itos most famous works. Tomie is the most popular I think since it had several movie adaptations (they all suck or so I heard) and the manga was released in America as well. In terms of drawing it's very simplistic, no great details or amazing 2 page artworks. Despite that it's still an very fun and gross horror story we all love to read. Definitely check this out.

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Vangelis - Blade Runner

I'm listening to this a lot these days. I didn't really enjoy this movie the first time I watched it; but that's mostly because I watched it with my dad and he usually ruins the mood of watching movies. The second time I watched I really enjoyed it. The setting and the music, it's all great noir/sci fi stuff with an heavy dose of melancholy and a bit of religion. Great movie and equally great soundtrack. Definitely get this one.

Tracklist:

01. Main Titles (3:42)
02. Blush Response (5:46)
03. Wait For Me (5:27)
04. Rachel's Song (4:46)
05. Love Theme (4:57)
06. One More Kiss, Dear (3:57)
07. Blade Runner Blues (8:54)
08. Memories Of Green (5:05)
09. Tales Of The Future (4:46)
10. Damask Rose (2:32)
11. Blade Runner (End Titles) (4:39)
12. Tears In Rain (3:00)

Check out the big Blade Runner OST post for download links.

Shintaro Kago - Saftey Hit In Front Of The Station

Been rereading my Shintaro Collection so I thought I should share this one. Some kind of fusion of baseball with real life. I have no idea how baseball is played so I didn't get some parts but the main thing is that there's this guy and he "kicks out" people with his bat during their suicide to ease their pain; or something like that. :D

Download.

Shintaro Kago - Drunkard Condo Syndrome

This was the very first manga I read from Shintaro. Ah it seems like it was only yesterday. I was sitting in my little cramped room reading all sorts of stuff (by stuff I mean sick shit no one else reads) and spending my summer nights and mornings in joy and delight. So I came across this website with just a few mangas and saw this one. The cover intrigued me so I thought I should download it. I hoped I for some kind of bondage extremist things etc. but actually the feeling when I finished reading was something along the lines of "what the hell?" and the manga didn't have anything with bondage either. Most Shintaros works are very "WTF" indeed and this one is not an exception either. The story (if you can call it like that) is about an huge condo and every husband returns home drunk but the problem is everyone missed their floor so everyone gets in the wrong apartment. Fun stuff indeed.

Download.

Uziga Waita - Game Over

It's Uziga so you pretty much know what to expect. If you haven't read anything from him then here's what you need to know: all of his works are full with sadism, brutality and rape and this one is no exception. The classical stereotype for Guro; stereotype I very much like to read.


This is a short story that was part of a larger book that I uploaded in another post.

Gloria Diaboli - Gate To Sheol

Gloria Diaboli is an fairly new band. This is their second and also newest release and judging by this release their future is quite promising. After a brief theatrical intro you'll be thrown right into their pit of satanic black metal. :D The bitrate is around 230 yet it seems like the production is a bit messed up. The guitars seem to be tuned down a lot in comparison to drum and vocal volume so it can get annoying if you want to actually hear the guitars but other then that this little EP is an very enjoyable trip of this young band.

Tracklist:

01. The Kingdom of Flesh and Decay (03:44)
02. Above as it is Below (04:02)
03. Gloria Diaboli (03:09)
04. Gate To Sheol (06:32)
05. Libation Unto He Who Dwelleth in the Depths (05:27)
06. Omega Throne (04:01)
07. Oh, Great Deceiver (04:09)
Download.

Kazuki Tomokawa - Nakahara Chuya Sakuhinnshu

友川かずき (Kazuki Tomokawa) is a prolific Japanese acid-folk singer, poet, author, artist and racing tipster, active in the Japanese music scene since the early seventies. He is often described as a “screaming philosopher” due to his idiosyncratic singing style. Whether screaming his lungs out while thrashing his guitar within an inch of its life (his legendarily wild performances frequently end up with all strings snapped during a single song), creating gorgeously romantic and limpid tone-scapes, Tomokawa never remains any less than himself. He walks a path of untutored intelligence, piercing sensitivity, and fully exorcised passions all too rare in the shallow husk of today’s debased world. Very nice music if you are into this kind of stuff.

As of recently, his music has been used in the films of cult directors Takashi Miike and Koji Wakamatsu, and he also appears in person in Miike’s Izo (2004).

Tracklist:

01. Circus (4:46)
02. Rinjyu (2:36)
03. Kojyo (3:50)
04. Kikyo (3:07)
05. Kuwana no Eki (3:49)
06. Natsu no Hi no Uta (2:50)
07. Yogore-chimatta Kanashimi ni (2:54)
08. Haru no Hi no Yuugure (3:10)
09. Rokugatsu no Ame (4:31)
10. Boya (2:57)
Download.

Gheorghe Zamfir - The Lonely Shepherd

Gheorghe Zamfir is a Romanian artist: composer, interpreter, poet. He was born in Gaiesti, on the 6th of april 1941. Attracted to music he entered the Gaiesti Music School, hoping to study the accordion. Instead, he was assigned to a pan flute class where promptly demonstrated an extraordinary ability with the instrument. In 1955 enters the Music School in Bucharest (today- the Musical High School “Dinu Lipatti) in the class of Fanica Luca. In 1959 Zamfir receives the First Prize in a national contest. The same year, he recorded the first songs, personal compositions in a popular style with the Folkloric Orchestra of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. Another important prize is the one from Levadia, Greece. After the high school graduation, (1961) enters the “Ciprian Porumbescu” Conservatory from Bucharest and graduates in 1966 (Pedagogy section), and in 1968 the section of choir conducting with prof. D.D. Botez and orchestra conducting with Iosif Conta. Most notably his song "The Lonely Shepard" was used in Kill Bill.

Tracklist:

01. The Lonely Shepherd (4:25)
02. The Rose (4:21)
03. Floral Dance (3:32)
04. Theme From Summer Of '42 (3:35)
05. Bilitis (4:28)
06. Adagio 8 (2:58)
07. Black Rose (3:46)
08. Eté d'amour (3:15)
09. She (4:03)
10. Laryssa (3:42)
11. Theme From Limelight (3:24)
12. Run To Me (3:20)
13. Elsha (4:17)
14. Don't Cry For Me Argentina (5:26)

Download.

Hiroki Endo - The Crows the Girl and the Yakuza

Aoki is a member of the Japanese Mafia, the Yakuza. He is hiding from the police, from the Yakuza and from himself as well. Sheltered in a house where a Girl lives among the Crows, he seeks redemption and peace. But his past will hunt him down in his present, just to shatter everything apart. Aoki must now face himself, the Yakuza and the Police before his time is done. An really great story I highly recommend this for fans of more philosophical mangas.


A retrospective edit: This short story is a part of a book with a lot of other short stories that I posted, so there's no reason to reupload this individually.

Shintaro Kago - Fetus Collection

Another mockery towards trends and fashions. In this world when a female commits abortion the fetus of the child appears on their head hovering all the time. The protagonist becomes devastated by this fact but she meets a person that will help her realize that you can use this as a fashion item and invites her to her club. The ending is most random. :D

Download.

Shintaro Kago - Lord of the Ring

Shintaros parody on the Lord Of The Rings thing. In his case "Lord of the Ring" refers to sumo wrestlers and their fight for the one pants (or something) that beats the crap out of everyone. The manga leans a bit to the yaoi genre but that's mostly because there are no female sumos. >_>

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Mondialito - Mondialito

Mondialito is a Japanese indie band consisting of members Fueoka Toshiya (composer/arranger) and Junko (vocalist). They formed in 2002, and the group releases music under their own label, l’azur record. Mondialito’s songs are sung primarily in French and they did a cover of Morita Dojis song in French. What more could you possibly want? :D

Tracklist:

01. Soda (3:38)
02. On Se Perd (3:40)
03. Page Blanche (4:12)
04. Sommeil Des Vrilles (4:30)
05. L'ennui Sans Fin (4:28)
06. Indecise (3:26)
07. En Spirals (3:59)
08. Tous Les Jours (4:28)

Check the discography post for all of their albums.

New Boris album!

So! Boris is putting out an new album this month! It should be out on 23rd this month which is in 20 days. It's going to be another collaboration with Michio Kurihara so I assume it's going to be awesome as the previous one. Apparently there's going to be one song in two parts called Cloud Chamber 1 and 2. Since the last Michio collaboration in terms of sound was very easygoing there's two options as I see them. First option is that this album is going to sound a lot like Flood and second one is that it will sound as a complete contrast of Rainbow album (by that I mean that it will sound something like Pink or Akuma No Uta). I didn't find any large photos of the covers yet but I did read in an interview where Atsuo (I think) said that when they do covers for albums they write Boris in large letters when the album is wild and energetic and small letters when it's calm and moody. So when I find an larger cover I'll know what to expect. Anyway, really happy about this because I didn't like much either of the versions of Smile. Of course I can already except this album not to be released here along with every other Boris albums so far. So piracy will haft to suffice har har.

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Anyway, found this news here!

Oh and when I read the title for a second there I thought it said Gas Chamber not Cloud Chamber and I gasplol'd.

Here's the cover:
By the looks of it I think the album is going to be very calm which is great for my taste yay! ^_^

Showoff material and some news.

Got this in the mail yesterday and I thought I should brag a little. :D

Cd on the left is Coffins/The Arm and Sword of a Bastard God split. I'll try to rip it when I can but it takes a lot of time to do it properly so I don't know when that will be. Which reminds me I never ripped that Bastard Noise/Merzbow split har har.

Shirt in the middle is The Arm and Sword of a Bastard God-s logo/whatever/blasphemy. I love bands who don't write their names on their shirts it makes it more elite haha! 8)

LP on the right is Doom Snake Cults only full length release called Love, Sorrow, Doom second edition.

Ok some news now!

TNA
I'm currently occupied with TNA and finally posting most of the stuff that was sent to me for promoting (had to turn down some things I'm afraid) along with some of my uploads. After I finish promotions I'll do some Aube and Masonna albums and something else too which I also received as a contribution.

Flying Teapot
Since FT is an secondary blog things go here (even) more slower than on TNA. But! There's some posts prepared and all I need to do is to zip em up and upload it on mediafire. What to expect? Well, some Shintaro Kago mangas will be posted along with Uziga Waita and some less known mangas but not all will be guros. Musically you can expect another Olfaurs album, some oldies and jazzy stuff, few pop albums and one soundtrack but those who (if there are those) visit my last.fm page now and then will know which soundtrack that's going to be.

That's all for now. Cheers!

Boris

Ah Boris. I have listened to a lot of bands (yay for internet) but Boris will always have a special part in my little wooden heart. Funny though, now that I finally did all this I have no idea what to write. I thought I should write some humongous text to go along with all of this but I don't really have anything constructive to say. So anyway, people who are beginning with this band will most likely ask themselves "Where to start?". Well that's a tricky question because Boris is an very diverse band they changed styles a lot of times. But here's my advice. If you are into drone then you should start off with Absolutego, then with Solomon volumes and then with Dronevil. If you are into sludge then you should start with Amplifier Worship. If you are into stoner metal/hard rock then start with all famous Pink album and Heavy Rocks. If you are into experimental and unusual then go with Soundtrack for film "Mabuta No Ura". That's little advice what I can give. Either way shall we start?

This is the full discography except the DVDs which I haven't found so if someone has them please share it with me. :D

DVDs are:

見殺し塔からずっと
Bootleg -Feedbacker-
Wizard's Convention
Heavy Metal Me

Chronologically sorted (according to metal archives):

Absolutego Full-length, 1996ž

Boris / Barebones Split album, 1996

Split w/ Tomsk Split album, 1997

Amplifier Worship Full-length, 1998

Keiji Haino with Boris - Black: Implication Flooding Live album, 1998

More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape - Split CD w/Choukoku No Niwa Split album, 1999

Flood Full-length, 2000

Heavy Rocks Full-length, 2002

Boris With Merzbow - Megatone Full-length, 2002

1970 EP, 2002

Boris / The Dudley Corporation Split album, 2003

Akuma No Uta Full-length, 2003

Boris At Last - Feedbacker Full-length, 2003

The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Full-length, 2004

Boris With Merzbow - 04092001 Live album, 2005

Dronevil Full-length, 2005

A Bao a Qu Single, 2005

Sound Track from Film "Mabuta No Ura" Full-length, 2005

Boris Live Volume I: Live 96-98 Live album, 2005

Boris Live Volume II: drumless drone power ambient disc Live album, 2005

Boris Live Volume III: live 2001 two long songs Live album, 2005

Pink Full-length, 2005

Boris With Merzbow - Sun Baked Snow Cave Full-length, 2005

The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 Full-length, 2006

The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3 Full-length, 2006

Dronevil -Final- Full-length, 2006
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Vein (hardcore) Full-length, 2006

Vein (drone) Full-length, 2006

Altar - Collaboration with Sunn O))) Full-length, 2006

Boris with Michio Kurihara "Rainbow" Full-length, 2006

Walrus & Groon EP, 2007

DOOMRIDERS vs. BORIS / Long Hair And Tights Live album, 2007
Part 1
Part 2

Damaged Split album, 2007
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

She's So Heavy Split album, 2007
Booklet.

Boris With Merzbow - Rock Dream Live album, 2007
Part 1
Part 2

Message~Floorshaker EP, 2008

Smile (Japanese ver) Full-length, 2008

Smile (American ver) Full-length, 2008

Statement Single, 2008


Personal favorites:

1. Sound Track from Film "Mabuta No Ura"
2. Flood
3. Boris with Michio Kurihara "Rainbow"
4. Akuma No Uta
5. The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3

Pas mater instalater

I can't get this out of my head.

Ah finally I have a week off. Well actually I should be studying for exams but since I didn't get enough kvlt points (they are called ECTS actually but I call them kvlt points, fucking bologna) I can't attend exams so basically I fail at life. I can now finally sort out all the stuff people sent me and begin posting again. But then again, next week I'll haft to start again with next subjects so if I fail that I'll be leaving college, grabbin' a shovel and dig canals excellent.

We sail through endless skies
Stars shine like eyes
The black night sighs
The moon in silver trees
Falls down in tears
Light of the night
The earth, a purple blaze
Of sapphire haze
In orbit always

While down below the trees
Bathed in cool breeze
Silver starlight breaks down the night
And so we pass on by the crimson eye
Of great God mars
As we travel the universe

<3

No movie this week.

Sorry, but I have no time to do anything blog related this week because I have math tests/exams which consume most of my time so actually I won't post anything this week not just the movies.

This also counts for TNA. I feel kinda bad because a lot of people sent me stuff which I didn't post/listen for ages but don't worry I will post them, it's just a matter of time really.

Anyway, cool song:

Junji Ito - Museum of Terror

The all popular Junji Ito and an abundant collection of his short stories published all over the place. This is the third volume, the first two volumes are only Tomie stories which I'll post separately later on. So what kind of stories does he make and how is the art? Well the stories vary a lot. There are some ghost stories, some freak stories and even an fantasy story basically it has everything and even a story about a hair. Most stories are short but there are also some longer ones but nothing longer then 3-4 chapters. Art is awesome, Junji portrays expressions on peoples faces like no one else does it really shows the madness and confusion in them and you can notice how the story goes the characters faces go more and more grim and depressed with an insane look. Anyway, you should really check this out it's quite awesome and bit longer from average mangas (it's around 400 pages) if you like good classic Japanese horror stories.


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Inter Arbores - The Last God

Inter Arbores is an rather unknown funeral doom metal band from Russia. They didn't release much, just three or so promos/whatever. This is their latest released in 2005. I got it through a friend for free and I can say even though it's an mini cd it sounds awesome. It packs just one song called Last God and someone posted a live video of it on youtube but it seems they suck live. Anyway, check it out you won't regret it if you are into doom metal stuff.

Tracklist:

1. The Last God (08:58)

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Belphegor - Goatreich - Fleshcult

One day when I was about 14 years old and very much into any power metal I could find (Rhapsody, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth etc.) I was waiting for my friends so we can go and see some movie. Since I knew they won't come for like a next hour or so I decided I should go and check out the only store in the city that sells a bit more alternative music. Proud with my extensive collection of 2 original CDs I rushed into the shop hoping to find another Blind Guardian CD so I can drool all over it while I wait for my friends. While searching through the cds something quite unusual caught my eyes. It was this black cd with some splattered letters and two inverted crosses behind it and a small "parental advisory" icon on the right lower corner. I said to myself "Hey I heard about this satanic stuff on the forum." so for some random reason I decided to buy it. I heard of it via the old Dark Lyrics forum (which died a long time ago) which was then my only source of information for metal music (the only music I was listening at the time really) and pretty much the only site I would visit during my modem days. So I got home and I finally opened this marvelous cd. The booklet to me then was very funny and it looked kinda cool but I didn't take them very seriously after looking through it. So finally I started listening to the cd. The amazement and the "FUCK YEAH THIS SHIT IS HEAVY" facial expression that this cd caused is pretty much the reason why I decided to leave my power metal shell and move onwards to much more extreme music. This album to me was a milestone in my taste and it changed it quite radically. I would listen to it 4-5 times a day and it would be amazing each time. For todays standards (and even for the standards then) this album is pretty much classic Black/Death crossover and very, very stereotypical (blah blah flaming cocks and satan blah blah). It usually gets good grades around the internets but nothing rare or groundbreaking but it means a lot to me ahaha. Anyway, on with the tracklist and things.

Tracklist:

01. The Cruzifixus - Anus Dei (04:15)
02. Bleeding Salvation (03:48)
03. Fornicationium et Immundus Diabolus (02:59)
04. Sepulture of Hypocrisy (04:57)
05. Goatreich - Fleshcult (03:24)
06. Swarm of Rats (04:53)
07. Kings Shall Be Kings (04:59)
08. The Crown Massacre (03:00)
09. Festum Asinorum / Chapter 2 (05:51)

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Did anyone notice his middle name is Hussein ololololol?

Tetsuo The Iron Man

Year of release: 1989
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Duration: 67 min
Language: Japanese (English subs)

imdb

Completely insane and wild tale of an man who runs over a person who has a fetish for inserting metal objects in his body.

An really awesome review can be found here so I won't really add anything else.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

Sorry for being late >.<

You need HJ Split to patch this back into one file.

Tsutomu Nihei - Abara

From the creator of Blame!, Abara is set in a dystopian world, filled with large structures. The story revolves around creatures known as Gaunas, those who can shape bone like armor and weaponry around themselves by transforming. The transformation begins around the spine and then shapes layered armor. The story focuses on one such Gauna known as Kudou Denji, though he uses Itou Denji as a fake name earlier. If you liked Blame you'll enjoy this manga and the main character kinda looks like Killy.

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Ólafur Arnalds - Variations Of Static

Fragile and emotional neo-classical music would maybe be the best term to describe Ólafur Arnalds’ music. Combining classical instrumentation with an ambient aesthetic there are obvious comparisons to fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós and composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, but Arnalds is sculpting his own epic, string-laden compositions. While his debut album is fully neo-classic and post rock-ish music this EP takes an more experimental twist and it sounds really amazing. Small soft glitch electronics combined with orchestral music and the lovely piano played by Olafur sounds and blends really great in creating this soft melancholic atmosphere. Also an interesting thing is that though this is an instrumental record there are vocals but he used Microsoft voice software or something like that and surprisingly it does not ruin the mood it kinda lifts it up in a weird way. Anyway, really good stuff check it out.

Tracklist:

01. Fok (4:29)
02. Við vorum smá... (2:22)
03. Haust (5:28)
04. Lokaðu augunum (3:45)
05. Himininn er að hrynja en stjörnurnar fara þér vel (5:37)

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Newsflash

Ok so I noticed that people actually downloaded the movie I posted, which is good. Though there would not be that many downloads if I didn't advertise myself on TNA but nevertheless people are interested so like I said I will post one movie per week (if all things go well and according to plans sometimes I might be late) yay. The movie day will be on sunday or saturday.

So what movie will be next? Well since the last one was animated it is certain that the next one will not be animated. I'm still thinking which one should I post but most likely it will be an Asian movie since I'm such a slut for Asian culture.

Mortuus - Mortuus

2 amazing slow paced black metal songs. They are very slow in terms of black metal but in my opinion this fits really good in the whole picture. Slow paced guitars and half-screeched/growled (or something like that) vocals really deliver in providing the listener with an amazing atmospheric album. I got this rip from my friend who has the actual 7'' back in 2005 and the rip is top quality. The record itself is quite rare and I didn't see it on any blogs before I posted it on now dead TUM forum. Highly recommended.

Tracklist:

01. Silence Sang the Praise of Death (6:21)
02. All Dead (5:08)

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Maki Kusumoto - A Funeral Procession of K

A resident of Room 301 in Building 67, K, had died and no one had seen or was able to find his corpse. Everyone, however, was still certain that he was dead and held a funeral for him. That was when a stranger named Mikaya suddenly showed up and announced that he was going to live in 301. Determined to solve the mystery of this far from ordinary death, Mikaya began to question the residents and as everything began to unravel, he realized that something was very, very wrong. All characters are well developed, each is deranged in its own way but they all loved K. and respected him highly. Quite unusual way of drawing, didn't see much of this style; very abstract and artistic in comparison to mainstream titles. Definitely worth checking out.

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Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage)

Year of release: 1973
Director: René Laloux
Genre: Surrealism
Duration: 72 min
Language: French (this is the English synchronized version)

IMDb

This is my birthday present (which I forgot to upload on the actual day of my birthday but doesn't matter) for you guys who read both blogs where I post. I'm thinking about posting one movie (anime counts too) that I like or have recently seen per week on this blog if people would actually download it. If you'd like this then please comment with feedback or some ideas if you have them.

Fantastic planet is an animated movie that was released back in 1973 in France. Back in the day it was quite popular but its fame faded away a long time ago and the movie is hardly mentioned these days. I think that Fantastic Planet is overlooked by the mainstream cinema mostly because of its surrealism. Almost nothing in landscape and objects resemble this world and the objects in the movie are thought out really well. The animation is something along the lines of those found in Monty Phytons Flying Circus series if not the same. The soundtrack is rather cheesy it practically screams stereotypic psychedelic rock but it fits in very well.

The story of the movie takes you to a planet where humans are kept like pets (Planet of the Apes? Not really like that.) and the world is ruled by blue giants with red eyes. This race of giants isn't warlike nor brutal but they treat humans as we do bugs and small mammals. The main character is a human and he actually tells a story of his life. I won't explain any further because of spoilers and besides there are much more better written reviews elsewhere.

All in all this is an great animation for all surreal and avant-garde fans.

Links:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9

You need HJ Split to patch this back into one file.

Curses!

Thought I should post something special here and on TNA for my birthday (25.10.) but I, uh, forgot so I'll leave mediafire to upload it tonight and I should post it liek tomorrow or someday ha. While I'm at it watch this video and absorb its awesomeness:

Flower Travellin' Band - Anywhere

Track 2 is a Muddy Waters cover.
Track 3 is a Black Sabbath cover.
Track 4 is a traditional American fold song.
Track 5 is a King Crimson cover.

Tracklist:

01. Anywhere (0:52)
02. Louisiana Blues (15:49)
03. Black Sabbath (8:53)
04. House Of The Rising Sun (7:41)
05. Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man (13:25)
06. Anywhere (0:57)

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Flower Travellin' Band - Made In Japan

Flower Travellin’ Band are an esoteric Japanese psychedelic rock/ heavy metal outfit that was first active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, consisting of Akira “Joe” Yamanaka (vocals), Hideki Ishima (guitar), Joji “George” Wada (drums) and Jun Kozuki (bass). As of January 12th, 2008 they have officially reunited. The band was initially organized by Japanese entertainer and entrepreneur Yuya Uchida as “The Flowers,” a cover band, and featured two vocalists - male vocalist Yuya Uchida, and female vocalist Remi Aso, who was touted as the Japanese version of Janis Joplin. Their first album consisted of covers of Western pop songs. It was primarily notable for the fact that all of the band members appeared nude on the cover, including Aso, which was considered scandalous at the time. Anyway, really fun stuff and wild too greatly recommended for the fans of psych rock. Ahead of its time tbh.

01. Introduction (0:27)
02. Unaware (5:51)
03. Aw Give Me Air (3:20)
04. Kamikaze (4:16)
05. Hiroshima (5:13)
06. Spasms (5:23)
07. Heaven And Hell (3:50)
08. That's All (6:39)

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Sunn O))) - The Horn and the Spear (EMS Remix)

MP3 single released in 2004. Contains two variations of "The Horn and the Spear"
remixed by Eric Syre.

01. The Horn and the Spear 1 (EMS Remix) (08:20)
02. The Horn and the Spear 1 (EMS Remix) (08:36)
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Sacrilegium & North - Jesienne Szepty

Another North split with another black metal band from Poland (whoa that was a surprise). Both bands did just one long song with their trademark sound I guess. Nothing really smart to add, if you like this kind of stuff then get it.

Tracklist:

Sacrilegium
01. Where the Day Fades Away... (Tam Gdzie Ga¶nie Dzieñ...) (10:48)

North
02. River-like Passing Time (Czas P³ynie Jak Rzeki) (08:36)

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Grom & North & Marhoth - Sovereigns of Northernlands

All three Polish and all three black metal. This split is an rarity I guess, didn't really see it anywhere else except on Dunkelheit so I thought I should share it. Released in 1998.

Tracklist:

North
01. Sovereigns of Northernlands (05:29)
02. The Forest (03:20)

Grom
03. On the Boarder Between Two Worlds (09:48)

Marhoth
04. Fog Over the Swamps (10:16)
05. Crown of Marhoth (07:23)

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Piana - Ephemeral

Really great relaxing music great for this frosty time of the year. Discogs labels this as synth pop which is more or less exact but there's a big mixture of all kinds of genres spanning from ambient to neoclassical music but they are all tied in this awesomely calm and beautiful music. Recommended.

01. Something Is Lost (6:47)
02. Early In Summer (5:55)
03. Beside Me (5:16)
04. Color Of Breeze (1:08)
05. Little Girl Poems (6:17)
06. Muse (2:29)
07. Mother's Love (5:12)
08. Moon And Cello (4:53)
09. Beginning (2:24)

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