An Isle Ate Her - Phrenia

 

My boys in An Isle Ate Her dropped their debut full-length on Monday, and it's nothing short of impressive. Much like mathcore elites The Number Twelve Looks Like You and Psyopus, they blast through songs with intense speed and precision, having stepped up their game greatly since "Desiderium." Excellent guitar work, stellar drum work, and some of most anguished, screeching vocals I've ever heard (accompanied with excellent lyrics) are some the highlights of this album. Also, "Dun Dorr" may have caused me to have an anxiety attack.

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet - Live At High Sierra July, 2005

Artist: Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet

Origin: Seattle, Washington (USA)

Genre: Jazz / Funk

Album: Live At High Sierra July, 2005

Release date: 2005

Tracklisting:

01. Christina

02. Too Many Toys

03. Fry His Ass

04. The Third Rail

05. Summer Pudding

06. Moanin' (Charles Mingus cover)

07. Pure Imagination

Format: 128 kbps, mp3

Download: Mediafire

Website: Myspace

If you haven't given these guys a chance because of the randomness of jazz posts in the midst of all this grind / mathcore, know that it was no mistake. Listen to the live version of "Fry His Ass," and tell me they aren't rad. Extremely underrated band.

An Isle Ate Her - Das Ekel

AN ISLE ATE HER - Das Ekel by AmericanAftermath

The dudes over at American Aftermath have premiered the new track from An Isle Ate Her, featured on their forthcoming album, "Phrenia," which debuts Monday. Stellar musicianship and great song writing put these guys way up on my list of anticipated releases.

CHON - O.G.

CHON has just released yet another track of jaw-dropping technical guitar work. If you haven't checked out these lads yet, do so and immediately begin to hate your life, because their musical prowess is stunning.

Bad Mask - Strange Phrases

Artist: Bad Mask

Origin: Medford, New Jersey (USA)

Genre: Mathcore / Hardcore 

Album: Strange Phrases

Year: 2011

Tracklisting:

01. 4 Year Old Lady

02. Celestial Diet

03. Gelnika

04. Armchair Philosopher 

05.  Alleycat Blues

06. Junkyard Heiress

07. Al Goro

Format: 320 kbps 

Download: Mediafire

Website: Facebook

New Jersey's Bad Mask are back with their sophomore EP, with track 2 (shown above) being featured on the prestigious tech metal / mathcore compilation, Mecha Organa 5. The band has a distinct sound, but comparisons have been drawn between them and old-school hardcore legends, Botch and Coalesce.

Bad Mask - V2

Artist: Bad Mask

Origin: Medford, New Jersey (USA)

Genre: Mathcore / Hardcore 

Album: V2

Year: 2010

Tracklisting:

01. Alleycat Blues

02. Al Goro

03. Gatekeeper

04. Hot Garbage

05.  Bad Mask

06. Atlas Grip

07. Dennis Nerdy

08. The Hammer

09. Untitled XI

Format: 320 kbps 

Download: Mediafire

Website: Facebook

I found the band's self-given description suitable: "Bad Mask is nothing more than a few nerdy kids from South Jersey. They enjoy all walks of music and they hope it shows in their own. The bastard child of Coalesce and At the Drive In raised by parents Botch and Breather Resist might come somewhere near to describing the sound. Or not. Who the fuck knows. Spunky, quirky, often destructively heavy riffs soar over precise drumming and lyrics about aliens, DMT, and the Illuminati, developing a strange sort of sound that is uniquely Bad Mask. Their live shows often leaves band members and spectators alike either bleeding or on the floor or both. Or sometimes they break a string and nothing much happens. It's really hit or miss."

Arbus - A Recess In the Wall

Artist: Arbus

Origin: Kyoto, Japan

Genre: Mathcore / Progressive Metal / Experimental

Album: A Recess In the Wall

Release date: 2010

Tracklisting:

01. Only I'm Happy

02. Gypsum Covering My Idol

03. Earplug

04. Especially For You

05. The Montage of the Quintuplets

06. Birdcages

Format: 320 kbps, mp3

Download: Mediafire

Website: Myspace

These guys are great. Read the summary of the last post, and listen to "Gypsum Covering My Idol" and "Birdcages," and you will see exactly what I mean.

Arbus - With Your Perfection

Artist: Arbus

Origin: Kyoto, Japan

Genre: Mathcore / Progressive Metal / Experimental

Album: With Your Perfection 

Release date: 2009

Tracklisting:

01. Like the Pure Ghost

02. Earplug

03. The Thrill Has Gone

04. Breaking the Flag

Format: 320 kbps, mp3

Download: Mediafire

Website: Myspace

Not since FACT has a Japanese band gotten under my skin so much. Playing a blend of mathcore similar to the likes of The Dillinger Escape Plan, longer progressive riffs akin to Between the Buried and Me, and infused with some more melodic, even Latin sounding passages similar to The Mars Volta, Arbus demonstrates some true potential.

Tongues - Comedowns

Artist: Tongues

Origin: Suison, California (USA)

Genre: Experimental / Loop

Album: Comedowns

Release date: 2010

Tracklisting:

01. My Brain Is a Bird's Nest

02. Special Kids

03. Case #0932654

04. My Brother's Overdosing 
05. A Nuclear Bomb
06. Private Stock

Format: 320/128 kbps, mp3

Download: Mediafire

Website: Bandcamp

The drummer of Galaga: The Movie's solo project. It is not metal. It is however, twisted and dark, and other times really kind of sweet and lighthearted.

Mi Hermano, El Tiburon - Demo

Artist: Mi Hermano, El Tiburon

Origin: Suison/Dixon, California (USA)

Genre: Experimental / Screamo / Pop-punk

Album: Demo

Release date: 2009

Tracklisting:

01. Virgins

02. Barnacles

03. Vicodin Cat

Format: 320/128 kbps, mp3

Download: Mediafire

Website: MySpace

A few years ago my old band, Antarctica, went on tour with this bat-shit insane band, Galaga: The Movie. Eventually, the 2 of them switched instruments and did this side-project.

The Living Doorway

No, not that Decrepit Birth song, I mean the blog. JGD is this guy who did vox in this band called There Were Wires, now he spends his days posting about brutal death and black metal, his girlfriend, and his dog, Billie. It is supremely entertaining shit, and the dude has good taste. It's probably my favorite blog ever, and the inspiration for this blog you're reading now, so I compel you to go check out The Living Doorway.