Mumakil - Customized Warfare

Don't know what to say really about this one. I listen to this when I want something loud and blasty. The album is pretty much straightforward grindcore.

Tracklist:

I - XXXII

Total playing time: 36:52

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Jun Hayami - This Is Art

It's always interesting to read a guro manga that transcends from the average rape/kill/rape/dismember/rape/eat/vomit/rape codex of doing things. Jun Hayami seems to really care about the erotic and also the grotesque details in his work. Even though most of his stories are about rape/forced sex/perversion they are not exactly explicitly brutal (unlike Uzigas works) but yet it still delivers that disgust while reading it. He focuses his work a lot on the sick perversions of people who we see everyday and would never think that they do such things but the truth is that they do and they do it quite often. How extreme can some cases go? Well you'll haft to read it to find out. ;)

So is this really art? Hm i guess it is.

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ギフト!

So a friend of mine was working in Japan for about uh 2 months and he bought me an nice little gift! The gift actually is a small figurine from the Totoro anime. You know the little white ones that run around!

Anyway:
Yaaaay! :D

Uziga Waita - Modern Stories of the Bizarre

Intentions behind the "Truth. A modern story of the bizarre." project.

The message of this work is "Don't mix the imaginary world with the real one." There are differences between imagining something and doing it in reality - that is what we want to show. To do this we asked Mr. Waita Uziga to draw this work based on a crime that really happened. This work is not meant to justify the crime and the criminal. Whenever we find out the details of such a crime we are frightened by the criminal's unbelievable egoism and become angry. As you read this work we want you to learn the bare facts and feel anger at this atrocious crime.

Well the story i about a girl who is tricked into coming to someones house after helping her. Then they detain her in the house for about 40 days or so beating and raping her and also doing some other stuff. There are other stories but I think only the first two are based on real events the rest are just bonus stuff. Anyway, great guro stuff if you are into it.

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ARGH

Whoa math is fucking hard in college my brain melted. @_@

Asano Inio - Nijigahara Holograph

Suzuki is a troubled boy. He's lived with uncaring foster parents for most of his life, alienated from the other kids at his school, owner of a cynical, unhappy mentality. Komatsuzaki is a violent, unpredictable bully whose head trauma causes him to act in mysterious, inexplicable ways. Arakawa is a no-nonsense, normal girl who pines after Komatsuzaki but can never have him. A teacher with just one working eye. A mother who committed suicide. A daughter in an endless coma. Attempted rapes, murders, extortion, sexual deviance, and a freakish explosion in the butterfly population. All of these elements are whirled together in a story spanning 10 years, a tale of blackness, pain and apocalypse. And maybe just a bit of hope and redemption.

Great story, you can get lost in it if you don't follow closely so that's one of the bad (or good for some) things. Otherwise it's awesome.

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Sun Ra - Sound Sun Pleasure

And they really are sounds of pleasure. Sun Ra is usually known for his experimenting and improvisation but eh, I seem to like a lot more his uh... structured sound (or at least it sounds like organized and planned music haha!). Tracks 1 to 6 were originally released as "Sun Sound Pleasure" (Saturn 512). Thought to have been recorded between 1958 and 1960 in Chicago.
Tracks 7 to 13 are Sun Ra's earliest known recordings, first released in 1973 as the A-side of "Deep Purple" (El Saturn 485). Recording dates and personnel for these tracks are speculative. Track 7 was recorded between 1953 and 1954. Tracks 8 to 13 are thought to have been recorded in 1955.

Tracklist:

01. 'Round Midnight (3:55)
02. You Never Told Me That You Care (5:37)
03. Hour Of Parting (4:53)
04. Back In Our Own Backyard (2:07)
05. Enlightenment (5:09)
06. I Could Have Danced All Night (3:11)
07. Deep Purple (4:03)
08. Piano Interlude (1:56)
09. Can This Be Love (6:01)
10. Dreams Come True (3:08)
11. Don't Blame Me (2:53)
12. 'S Wonderful (2:18)
13. Lover Come Back To Me (2:49)
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Darkspace

Darkspace is an ambient black metal band from Switzerland most notably the guy from Paysage d'Hiver plays in the band as the main guitarist and singer.

Their style is characterized by an ambient surrounding, hazy production and monotonic sounds, but which is somewhat uniquely melodic and variable. Mute guitar passages with blastbeats take turns with milder passages and sometimes even completely electronic passages, providing a fitting tribute to the cold, dark and void like atmosphere which fills their work. Unlike most pure black metal bands, Darkspace also uses some rhythmic, death-metal-oriented parts. This is evident in their first full-length-album “Dark Space I”.

Darkspace borrows a great deal of influence from electronic music, eerie, ambient synthlines which flow from the guitars. Passage with clear electronic clubkicks or total voidlike ambience are incorporated into vocal samples alongside the unnaturally lyricless and very alien sounding screams.

Anyway, their discography:

-1

01. Dark -1.-1 (13:04)
02. Dark -1.0 (12:01)

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1

Tracklist:

01. Dark 1.1 (07:46)
02. Dark 1.2 (11:47)
03. Dark 1.3 (11:37)
04. Dark 1.4 (10:04)
05. Dark 1.5 (13:32)
06. Dark 1.6 (10:20)
07. Dark 1.7 (10:55)

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2

Tracklist:

01. Dark 2.8 (23:39)
02. Dark 2.9 (10:21)
03. Dark 2.10 (20:09)

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3

Tracklist:

01. Dark 3.11 (11:04)
02. Dark 3.12 (10:40)
03. Dark 3.13 (11:48)
04. Dark 3.14 (11:01)
05. Dark 3.15 (03:34)
06. Dark 3.16 (14:09)
07. Dark 3.17 (16:58)

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Otsu-Ichi & Kenji Ooiwa - GOTH

Whenever someone mentions the word goth everyone usually thinks of those vampire fa(n)gs people that dress up dark and listen to bands like Cradle Of Filth etc. But! There is also another kind of goths (apparently) and this other kind are usually normal people that have great interest in death and torture. This manga is about the other kind of goths. It's a story about two weirdo kids in school who meet accidentally. Afterwards they read everyday about local murders and they go observe the dead bodies and try to find out the way how did murderer did all of it and sometimes solve the case. Rather morbid story but good I quite enjoyed it. The drawing is great and style fits perfectly with the story.

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First day of college today :<

I am so screwed. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Naoki Yamamoto - The Voices That Call Me

An interesting story about a person who hears voices that calls him. Well, they call him to kill. :D Has some sex scenes (as all Naokis mangas does) and violence. Good psychological story.

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Grč (Spasm) - Sloboda Narodu

Sloboda Narodu is translated to Freedom to the People. Grč (or spasm) is an band that came out of my city. They were a part of so called Riječki novi val (Rijekas new wave) movement in which more famous bands like Pankrti, Termiti, Parafi etc. also were. It was a movement of alternative music (mostly punk) that started around the beginning of 80s. They also have this controversial song called "Tonight Beograd burns" (first track) which may lead to people think that they are right wing nationalists which is wrong. The song called like that to provoke the communist regime not national hate. And that song really did make an impact because their first concert was violently canceled by the police. The music is I guess post punk, dark and gloomy. Definitely check out.

Tracklist:

01. Noćas Se Beograd Pali (2:56)
02. Još Ima Krvi (3:19)
03. Crne Rukavice (4:09)
04. Ja I Sloboda Isti Smo (3:48)
05. Krv Je Moje Svijetlo I Moja Tama (8:20)
06. Nož U Mojoj Ruci (2:33)
07. Sloboda Narodu (5:09)

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WitchHunter died

He was one of the main founders of Sodom, my favorite thrash band. Eh, this sucks. :(

Morita Doji - Wolf Boy

This was her last album I think, Discogs is very blurry about this artist but I think I saw somewhere that this one was released in 1983. In terms of sound it's quite different from others and faster more lively. Not really my favorite nor her best in my opinion but still worth a listen.

Tracklist:

01. Practice of love 'Russian roulette' (4:30)
02. Can't you find me (4:02)
03. I become a shooting star (2:17)
04. The dream of 151680 hours (4:34)
05. Song Of Bulb Cultivation (recorded on Tokiwa Sou) (3:41)
06. Is It My Cause (3:36)
07. I Am Melancholy (3:59)
08. Wolf Boy (6:26)

See the discography post for all of her albums.

Goatsnake - Vol. 1

Well this was first Goatsnake album and it is some heavy Black Sabbath worship but much more heavy I guess. Greg Anderson is on the guitars so it's kinda interesting to hear some moar complicated riffs from him. Notice the Sunn logo on the cover ha! Anyway...

Tracklist:

01. Slippin The Stealth (3:15)
02. Innocent (3:32)
03. What Love Remains (6:50)
04. IV (4:31)
05. Mower (6:05)
06. Dog Catcher (2:32)
07. Lord Of Los Feliz (5:06)
08. Trower (4:57)

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I am so metal

Indeed. Nile is great but gets boring after a while, Belphegor is good but gets boring after a while especially the last two albums and Grave is horrible and I get sleepy after listening to them. It should be an awesome concert nevertheless and if I ignore all the idiot ignorant asshole metalheads that will scream "YEAH" all the time and show the oh so infamous horns and pretend to be so heavy and extreme (stop that plz). >_>

\m/ :[

Piana - Eternal Castle

Lovely and relaxing mixture of electronic music. Nothing wild and energetic just smooth sound of glitch electronics and guitar. Very good music for relaxing. Also, her voice is very unique (I guess), high pitched a lot kinda sounds like a baby.

Tracklist:


01. With The Sea (1:32)
02. Norway (4:23)
03. Two Of Us (5:56)
04. Snowflakes (6:54)
05. Ancient Note (4:41)
06. Hydrangea (3:29)
07. Beyond The Season (6:30)
08. Prayer (3:29)

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Rina Ketty - Etoiles De La Chanson

I'm sure pretty much everyone heard of Edith Piaf well this is something similar but better in my opinion. Lots of songs on this record and I'm not really sure if this is a re-master or just a rip from an old vinyl but it sounds great. She was popular during WW2 but afterwards she kinda fade away.

Tracklist:

01. J' Attendrai (2:58)
02. Changer D' Adresse (2:57)
03. L' Hirondelle D' Amour (3:00)
04. Serenade Pres De Mexico (3:25)
05. Printemps Et Beaux Jours (3:16)
06. L' Auberge Au Crepuscule (3:08)
07. C' Est Un Oiseau Qui Passe (2:58)
08. Berceuse Du Reve Bleu (3:24)
09. Un Tout Petit Nid (3:12)
10. Les Printemps D' Amour (3:16)
11. La Madone Aux Fleurs (3:22)
12. Un Regard, Un Sourire (3:20)
13. Pour Un Beau Voyage (3:11)
14. L' Amour Que J' Avais (3:16)
15. Montevideo (3:23)
16. Tout S' Efface (3:15)
17. Serenade Sans Espoir (2:56)
18. Pourquoi, Loin De Toi (3:14)
19. Je N' Ai Qu' Une Maman (3:18)
20. Le Clocher D' Amour (3:16)
21. La Derniere Serenade (3:21)
22. Sombreros Et Mantilles (3:04)

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Lionel Hampton - Flying Home

Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002), was a bandleader, jazz percussionist and vibraphone virtuoso. Hampton was born in Louisville, Kentucky. “Hamp” ranks among the greatest names in jazz history and worked with a who’s who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker to Quincy Jones. His stuff is really good and I enjoy it a lot especially since there's not many vibraphonists around playing that funky instrument. This is supposed to be Flying Home album but the tracklist is way different from what is shown in Discogs so I'm not really sure this or that is the real album. Anyway, there's a lot of songs along with two bonus songs so enjoy!

Tracklist:

01. Flying Home (3:13)
02. Buzzin' Around with the Bee (3:09)
03. On the Sunny Side of the Street (3:16)
04. Stompology (3:02)
05. Shoe Shiner's Drag (3:26)
06. Drum Stomp (Crazy Rhythm) (3:11)
07. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (from Dumas) (2:44)
08. I'm in the Mood for Swing (2:50)
09. Everybody Loves My Baby (2:53)
10. 'S Wonderful (3:28)
11. Shufflin' at the Hollywood (3:06)
12. Wizzin' the Wizz (2:26)
13. Hot Mallets (2:16)
14. Early Session Hop (2:41)
15. Singin' the Blues (2:55)
16. Dinah (2:45)
17. Till Tom Special (3:26)
18. Jack the Bellboy (2:51)
19. Hamp's Boogie Woogie (3:15)
20. Benny Goodman Sextet - Rachel's Dream (3:01)
21. Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra - Anthropology (2:35)

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Besh o droM - Can't Make Me! (nekemtenemmutogatol!)

Balkan was always a place where people are constantly in deep shit. Always killed and oppressed from some power hungry maniac and also a border line between religions. Due to this big diversity in cultures in such a small place the music from here is equally wild and non-rule following so to say. Besh o droM is a fine example of this music performed by Hungarian gypsies that mix a lot of different ethnic instruments originating from Hungary, Egypt and other interesting places. This is all good and great in all songs but the only downside of this album is the annoying turn-tabling that doesn't fit into this at all. Still it can grow on you and later on doesn't bother you at all.

Tracklist:

01. Nekemtenemmutogatol Oro (5:30)
02. Neyem, Neyem... (3:28)
03. Csángó Menyhárt (2:39)
04. Engem Anyám Megátkozott (My Mother Cursed Me) (6:37)
05. Introduction (3:17)
06. Cigansko Oro (4:44)
07. Afghan (3:56)
08. Csujogató (Yell) (5:58)
09. Pergetö (Scat Song) (4:24)
10. Koczkáé (1:59)
11. Kanna Solo (7:02)
12. Igényes Legényes (Man's Dance) (4:54)
13. Manócsávó (4:42)
14. Széles Világ (Big Wide World) (4:18)

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Morita Doji - Nocturne

Apparently I was wrong. She did not release just three albums she released 6! O_o

Anyway, this one is much different from A Boy it has much more instruments then just guitar and piano and the voice echoes a lot. There's also some parts where some electronic music kicks in but not much. Despite these differences this is still good old melancholy so be sure to download if you like the previous one I posted.

Tracklist:

01. Distillation reaction (5:51)
02. Lonely Cat (4:38)
03. I am 16 square shapes (3:30)
04. Portrait of Reiko (4:57)
05. Sanatorium (4:42)
06. Ships come (4:40)
07. Lonely Song (5:46)
08. Sympathy Night Song (3:14)
09. Last Waltz (3:35)

See the discography post for her albums.

Also a good song but from an unknown album that I found on Youtube the video is also cool:

Mgła - Groza

Ever since I heard Presence by Mgła (or Fog in your oppressive colonist English) I was captivated by it's hypnotizing sound and thought out lyrics. Time went on and so did new EPs came but there were no full length albums. At last Groza came out this year as brand new full album released Northern Heritage who also release stuff for other orthodox and intellectual BM like DsO. So how is the new album musically? I listened to it and well, it's awesome. Much better production then the EPs and much more progressive then the previous ones. It still follows the tradition of naming the songs after roman numbers which is ok from my point of view.

Tracklist:

01. Groza I (11:21)
02. Groza II (07:17)
03. Groza III (07:47)
04. Groza IV (10:03)

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A Silver Mt. Zion - Pretty Little Lightning Paw

A Silver Mt. Zion is a post-rock band formed in 1999 by Godspeed You! Black Emperor musicians Efrim Menuck, Sophie Trudeau and Thierry Amar. According to an interview with VPRO Radio in The Netherlands, originally the project was for Efrim to learn how to score music, but the idea was soon abandoned as Efrim decided that he preferred music not to be defined by rules, preferring simply what sounds best. Despite this, he continued the project out of a desire to experiment with ideas that would not work within the context of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The decision to record an album was partly inspired by the death of his dog Wanda, who had died while Godspeed You! Black Emperor was on tour. He wanted to record an album in her memory, but did not feel that he could effectively do this through Godspeed’s collective, consensus format.

Unlike Godspeed You! Black Emperor, A Silver Mt. Zion’s music often features vocals. The last few albums they have released contain no purely instrumental tracks. Efrim confessed that he was uncomfortable with this at first, feeling “foolish” and uncomfortable with the role of the singer in music generally. That is, he did not want to be the focus of the band’s music but rather wished to use vocals as a stylistic tool. Some fans were initially ambivalent about the use of vocals, but Efrim’s poetic lyrical style is now well respected among fans. Furthermore, A Silver Mt. Zion’s fanbase has expanded, and they are no longer seen merely as an offshoot of Godspeed You! Black Emperor but as a unique and separate entity.

Tracklist:

01. More Action! Less Tears! (5:20)
02. Microphones In The Trees (9:47)
03. Pretty Little Lightning Paw (10:01)
04. There's A River In The Valley Made Of Melting Snow (5:08)

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Suehiro Maruo - Lunatic Lovers

Suehiro Maruo is an very unconventional artist in the guro and in general manga world. This is mostly because he abandoned almost all well known drawing styles from todays and a bit earlier anime/manga. This means there are no huge eyes, unnatural hair, usual plots, giant mecha and all other stuff we usually see. This is something completely different from everything I saw so far. The art is highly influenced by early 20 century fashion and looks so most of his stories takes place in that time. Stories usually begin as all normal stories do and steadily progress into a very abstract and psychedelic trip. His most popular work I guess is Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show that was later on adapted to an animated film called Midori but it was banned in Japan and it's not that easy to get (I have it though ha ha :P, don't worry I'll post it one day) but there is a torrent lurking around maybe it still works. All in all this is some great stuff and be sure to give it at least a chance.

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Uziga Waita - Mr. Sarubato's Rowdy Classroom

I'm back back back and I bring more stuff! =)

Anyway, here's another short comic from Uziga Waita. Unlike the previous one this one is his classic work full with gore and senseless violence that we all know and love with black humor in the mix. The story is about a teacher who takes learning very seriously and punishes those who don't learn very, ahem, painfully!

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