diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into The Peripheral

"Disembowelment" is the act of removing vital organs from the abdomen, either by large incision or blunt force. In England, being "hanged, drawn, and quartered" involved the mounting of prisoners onto a large wooden block, after which would follow the slow disemboweling and emasculation thereof. In Japan, disembowelment was used as a method of self-execution by Samurai to free themselves from past dishonors (however they later turned to decapitation as a more humane alternative).

In Australia, Disembowelment (diSEMBOWELMENT) is a death/doom metal band based in Melbourne. At times, diSEMBOWELMENT is very comparable and similar to acts like "My Dying Bride", but they manage to break such a mold with trappings lifted from other genres, like incorporating Funeral Doom tromps, Melodic Black Metal interludes (albeit very rarely), and hearty, but not overbearing, death growls. This is their only full album release:

diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into The Peripheral

MOSS - Tape of Doom [re-up]

I'm pretty sure this is MOSS' first demo tape...think lo-fi blackened doom-drone; for fans of Earth. Great stuff: MOSS - Tape of Doom

[EDIT: My dumb ass forgot to include the actual link for the d/l. I was wondering why no one was checking this one out...]

Electric Wizard

Some kid says we don't play these guys enough on the air...This is their newest album:

Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today

Grey - Stand Before Doom [Demo]

My god. This band presents a heaviness that cannot be outweighed -- all woman power-trio doom band from good ol' Olympia, War-shing-ton. These chicks have built up a large following from this demo ALONE:
Grey - Stand Before Doom [Demo]

I believe they have recently released their first record (mixed by Billy Anderson and produced by Jack Endino!)...pretty limited amounts on the vinyl front. Pick it up before it sells out:
CD
Black LP
Grey/Clear Blend LP
Splatter LP

Ogre - Seven Hells

I don't know much about these guys...(little help?). But they're pretty killer...they do a pretty awesome PENTAGRAM cover:

Ogre - Seven Hells
Part 1
Part 2
(stonery doom-metal -- they're good, please check them out)

Sleep - Jerusalem

This record was originally intended to be one giant track...but their label was unhappy with it and made them split it into "parts". Check it out:
Jerusalem
Part 1
Part 2

CANDLEMASS

This is probably the groups most well-known opus, this is some vital doom:
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Part 1
Part 2



ALL HAIL THE FAT MAN

Earth 2

(above L-R) Dylan Carlson from Earth, Kurt Danielson from TAD, Bret Michaels from Poison

Slow Heavy Minimalist Doom Metal--for fans of drone...new fans at least. You should know these guys by now:
Earth 2 Part 1
Earth 2 Part 2

CORRUPTED - DIOS INJUSTO--UNFAIR GOD

More music from everyone's favorite spanish-speaking japanese doom band:
CORRUPTED - DIOS INJUSTO/UNFAIR GOD

Solitude Aeturnus - Beyond the Crimson Horizon

...Texan Doom? This band is for fans of Candlemass...also, if you've kept up on the news, the original Vocalist for the band is FRONTING Candlemass now. Cool, huh?:
Solitude Aeturnus - Beyond the Crimson Horizon

EARTHRIDE - Taming of Demons

Some more great, but a little more modern, Maryland doom. I've been trying to get them to play at WMUC, but I fell out of contact with Sherman...

Earthride - Taming of Demons

PENTAGRAM - Relentless

A lot of people seem to love this band, so I figured we'd post some more from them. This is a later album, much later than the comp we upped before. Maryland/DC/Virginia doom at it's best: Pentagram - Relentless

Ol' Scratch - In Nex Illic Est Vita

Virginian-based doom sprinkled with drug addled lyrics. These dudes played on the last 'Third Rail Radio' we hosted.

Ol' Scratch - In Nex Illic Esta Vita

OM Discography

Trey's in pretty bad shape--so I'm hijacking his post. Here's a fap-tastic wiki bio of the band:

Om is a duo formed in 2003 by the rhythm section of the disbanded stoner doom metal band Sleep. The band's first three albums feature Al Cisneros on vocals and bass and Chris Hakius on drums. Their music is similar in structure to Tibetan chanting and is rich in rhythm and melody. Their music and lyrics lift off at the beginning and slowly mutate giving a feeling of evolution inside each song.

In December of 2007 the band performed in Jerusalem, their performance lasting over 5 and a half hours in duration. A portion of that show was released on 12" vinyl by Southern Lord "OM - Live at Jerusalem".

On January 31, 2008 Hakius left the band and was replaced by drummer Emil Amos. OM has since recorded a single featuring the song Gebel Barkal accompanied by the band's b-side dub mix, "Version". This is the first OM release to feature Amos. The 7" 45 was released August 15, 2008 on Sub Pop.

Variations on a Theme

Conference of the Birds

Pilgrimage (coming soon)

Update 10/15/08: Sadly, GBTIM's now defunct and you can't go there for awesome shit anymore. We'll put up the last OM record as soon as we can. Thanks for the patience.
--trey/fred/tread

THE CHRISTPUNCHERS.

In case you're not familiar with the ChristPunchers yet--we've done a couple of spots on them in the past:

Chatterview with Vince Williams (Guitarist)

ChristPunchers Introduction

Now, I've been wanting to upload some of their stuff for a long time now, but considering I've been in contact with these guys for a little bit and don't want them losing any possible sales due to piracy, I've tried not to. However, sometimes the best thing you can do to expose a band is to release some of their material out in the public for free. Included in this post are two ChristPunchers releases, one of their Unfortunate Miracle Records 7"s, "Cold Hands", and a Tape-Only release, "Black Lung In The Age of Crime". I believe that the 7" is still in stock and available for purchase from Unfortunate Miracle's website, however, the tape is out of print. If you guys like this, I suggest you purchase their two full length albums, "Welcome to the Wonderful World..." and "Psalms For A New Dark Age". If you have paypal, you can buy both albums straight from the puncher fellas(pure profit for them!) on their website. Why not buy an awesome Punchers shirt while you're at it?

Cold Hands/Every Whore For Herself 7" and Black Lung In The Age of Crime

Support local and underground music!

--fred

Flower Travellin' Band

Flower Travellin' Band was a Japanese Psychedelic band from the late 60s/early 70s. They started off as a 60s rock cover band, until eventually covering Black Sabbath and shooting off into a sound of their own. There's not many places online where you can get most of their albums in one place--enjoy it while you can:


Satori
Anywhere
Made in Japan

Eccentric Doomy Japanese Psychedelia. If you're not familiar with the band yet, I would start off with Satori.

--fred

PENTAGRAM

Awesome compilation of early tunes by a favorite band of mine, PENTAGRAM. They originate from the D.C./Virginia area and still reunite to play a set or two every now and then, but they're all crack smokin', bad drug abusing sons of bitches nowadays. Don't change the music none, though: PENTAGRAM - First Daze Here

Dopethrone

You can't go anywhere on the internet without stumbling over this album...and there's a reason for that. This is Electric Wizard's heaviest album--maybe one of the heaviest albums ever made, depending on who you talk to. The guitars are super fuzzed out and tuned down and the vocals are shrouded within all of it, just the way I like it. If you haven't heard it--do yourself a huge favor and give it a listen:
Part 1
Part 2

FREE METAL SHOW: Nocnitsa and Ol' Scratch

Live on Third Rail: Nocnitsa; Black Metal from Baltimore, and Ol' Scratch; Doom Metal from the good land of Virginia.

May 4th: 6pm-9pm @ WMUC Studios (above the 3130 South Campus Dining Hall). This event is open the the public. Come support local metal! (You can also stream the show live during it's broadcast on WMUC's Website.)

Nocnitsa 2008 Live Tracks: Thanks to Jeff Mewbourn for taping this!
Ol' Scratch Live in 2008: Thanks to our brothers at Sludge Swamp!

Moonshine

This lovely little band is known as Moonshine. I played them on the show this morning, and I promised all the listeners that I'd upload some songs. Well, they're disbanded now, and as far as I can tell you can't get this album anywhere. So I've uploaded the whole thing. Get it while it's hot, it's the only one that exists.

Moonshine is a sludge/doom metal band from Baltimore, MD with blackened vocals. If you liked that Grey we played whenever ago, you'll like this.
Mis - Vocals
Matt - Drums
Brendan - Bass
Bob - Guitar
Aro - Guitar

Moonshine - Moonshine