10/07/2009

StonerRock.comp Volume 1

As the name suggests, this is a compilation of stoner rock put together by the readership of http://www.stonerrock.com/ and posted for free on that site. Stonerrock.com is a great source for news, reviews and CDs of stoner rock, doom, sludge and other related genres. The original idea to do a compilation came from the forums, where forum member Balthazar pointed out that a lot of the forum's members were in unsigned bands. Obviously other forum members thought this was a good idea and the first StonerRock.comp was born. 26 tracks of stoner rock clocking in at an impressive 2 hours 52 minutes! Some great tunes on here so go check it out. Not made it through to any of the other volumes yet, but there are 8 in total so bound to be some more great tracks on there.

160Kbps MP3s via HTTP from www.stonerrock.org (sorry, individual tracks only)
http://www.stonerrock.com/

01/07/2009

Bong Ra - Resonance FM (Radio Set 2005)


Something a little bit different for you today. A nice live set from breakcore/drum & bass DJ Bong-Ra. I chose this particular set from the many free ones on his website because it features a sample of Green Machine by Kyuss, Raining Blood by Slayer (think it's a different remix than the Concorde Dawn one) and War Pigs by Black Sabbath! Freakin' awesome. Bong-Ra first came to my attention when I downloaded a drum & bass mix of his from the late 90s and he's still going strong it seems! This mix is an interesting collision of drum & bass, breaks, beats and some metal. Aaaaawwweeesssooooommmeeee!

Bong-Ra also did an awesome remix EP of some old Earache death metal tracks called Grindkrusher which I thoroughly recommend getting hold of, very much in a Hellspawn vein with some nice gabber beats and some crushing metal riffs and screams.

192 Kbps MP3 via HTTP from Bong-Ra.com

Bong-Ra at Myspace
Bong-Ra Official Site