Free (and good!) music post

Hey folks,

I had my harddrive break down yesterday, so I couldn't make any posts I wanted to make. Instead, I'll post a good bunch of free music now. These are all bands I've known for a while and think you should totally hear.

We'll start off with the Russian post-hardcore band called .crrust.

Their album, You Came for the Everest, You'll Find Your Way Dead is up for free download on last.fm. The music is rather chaotic for post-hardcore, but I personally don't mind that (I've had a long love for grindcore).

Next up is the now-disbanded Hungarian band Gire. They play metal which I find hard to classify. It certainly has black metal influences, but it feels more like tharshy industrial metal. Make sure to check them out if you like rawer metal. here is their audio downloads page. The second demo, Energire, is amazing.

It has keyboards, but also has some of the rawest guitar sounds I've heard. I think they're pretty unique with this sound: I have yet to hear anything like it (feel free to let me know if you don't agree!).

Next up is something completely different: gay against you. It's glitchy, poppy, and hilarious chiptune stuff. Just go listen to it, their self-titled EP is right here.


And back to Russian hardcore we go: Follow the White Rabbit. Don't let the first track of their EP fool you: they play loud, chaotic mathcore. And they play it well.

Get it right here.

Kehlvin - The Mountain Daylight Time

Time for yet another metal (well, metal related) post!

This time, Kehlvin is the name. Kehlvin is a Swiss band that consists of five members. They formed in 1999 as Loaf A. They have released one album (this one), one EP (Holy Cancer) and a split with a band called Rorcal.
Anyway, lets move on to the album:


On this album, they play a mixture of post-hardcore, sludgy goodness and a strong atmosphere. Before we get in to yet another debate about what (atmospheric) sludge/sludge metal is: I use it in the sense of hardcore fused with doom metal. I use it for this band, along with similar-sounding bands like Neurosis and Mouth of the Architect (and if you like those, you should definitely check this one out too). If you think I'm wrong, feel free to enlighten me.
The album has few flaws, but no real high-point, either. It's (atmospheric) sludge done well, that's for sure. Another big plus is that the whole thing is that you can stream most of it from last.fm here. Unfortunately, they inherited one trait that is rather annoying: a lengthy silence in the last track. Apart from that, the album isn't really memorable (which could be good or bad- that depends on you).

To conclude, check these guys out if you enjoy Neurosis, Mouth of the Architect and that sort of thing. Before I forget, here you can get the album.

If you liked this, you'll probably like the Dutch band Izah too, which has a free EP on their site. The now-disbanded band Transmission0 might also be relevant to your interests. This link will stream their album Memory of a Dream in your last.fm player.

Info:
MySpace
Last.fm
Official site (rather dead)
The album on RYM

Thanks to:
GoodNoisyCore, the blog that published this stuff too (see here).