The Hard Way - 2009 Demo

The Hard Way is a hardcore band from Brighton, England, formed in 2009. Beyond this I can't really say much as there ain't much info about them on Last.FM or Myspazz. Not normally that into my Hardcore, but these guys are pretty thrashy as hardcore goes. They rather remind me of SSS in fact! They've kindly posted their demo online for free, so check them out. If you like 'em, go see 'em at Greenhouse Effect in Brighton. I will certainly do my best to be there.

160Kbps MP3s Via HTTP from Megaupload

The Hard Way at Myspace
The Hard Way at Blogspot

Necro Deathmort - This Beat Is Necrotronic

Necro Deathmort are a very odd band! I'm not entirely sure how, but I stumbled upon them in my wanderings around the internets one afternoon. A British 2 piece, they mix all kinds of odd sounds together and I find the results rather enjoyable.

The album starts with some weird digital noise that would be at home on any noisecore album, then goes on to a stomping industrial breakbeat track, followed by a nice slow instrumental doom track, followed by a floaty, ambient soundscape... This album is all over the place, but in a very good way! You can download it for free, courtesy of Distraction Records, but if you do like it then please go buy it from their website.

320 Kbps MP3 via HTTP from Rapidshare, zSHARE, Megaupload, DepositFiles or Badongo

Necro Deathmort at Myspace
Distraction Records at Myspace
Distraction Records website

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/

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

Hesper Payne - Titans Of The Northsea

This EP comes from the mighty Hesper Payne of Newcastle. Proper heavy stuff, nice bit of doom mixed with some death metal, sludge and all sorts. Seems they've had some struggles along the way, but this EP is freakin' awesome. Go download it now, and indeed buy a copy off them if you like it. Apparently they have another EP/demo that was available for download at some point but I really can't find it on their Myspace page. Ah well...

192Kbps MP3 via HTTP from Rapidshare.com

Hesper Payne at Myspace

Greg(o)rian - Dormancy Of Our Omniscient Masters

Greg(o)rian are an experimental doom band from London/Essex. They describe the album as "Gregorian’s debut full length, 43 minutes of Lo-Fi, atmospheric, sludge drone doom, influenced by My Dying Bride, Jesu, Sleep, and Sunn O)))." I'd say that's probably about right. The album's kinda post-rocky sounding, in that the guitars aren't ridiculously heavy all the time and there's a whole slow buildup vibe going on. The vocals remind me of Godflesh 'cause they sound kind of like a pissed bloke shouting at you down an echoey corridor, which I quite like. Anyways, it's free so go download it!

VBR MP3 (roughly 128Kbps) via HTTP from Mediafire

Greg(o)rian at Myspace

Moloch - Demo

Moloch are an awesome sludgecore band from Nottingham. Not a lot of info on their Myspazz, but they're fuckin' awesome! Got their EP on 10" which is very nice and shiny (also available on CD, see their myspazz) and also an awesome baseball shirt. Nice guys! Also they're playing at the Hobgoblin in Brighton on the 22nd June. Go check them out, I will sure as hell be there!

MP3 @ 256Kbps via HTTP from Rapidshare.com

Moloch at Myspace

Sabazius - Devotional Songs

Second album from my bandmates in Funeral Hag, Steve and Nev of Sabazius. This is some more proper doom, four tracks totalling 2:32:32 of grinding heaviness and lightswitch solos. Yes that's right, apparently this album features the sound of Nev's lightswitch. Think I'm listening to that bit right now. Of course, two of the tracks are intro and outro so really it's 2 massively long doom tracks! I wouldn't suggest listening to Sabazius if you're feeling impatient as they take quite a while to get going... well if you ever consider doom to have got going. I guess the fact that it doesn't is kinda the point!

Anyways, go download it doom fans.

VBR (approx 192Kbps) MP3 via HTTP from Mediafire Part 1
VBR (approx 192Kbps) MP3 via HTTP from Mediafire Part 2
VBR (approx 192Kbps) MP3 via HTTP from Rapidshare

Sabazius at Mypsace

Elemental Vs. Digital Midgets Mixtape

Elemental's having an album launch party at The Hope tonight for his new album with Tom Caruana, Rebel Without Applause, which you can buy from the Tea Sea Records website store for the bargain price of £8.50 within the UK. The album features 18 tracks, a bonus track and high quality copy of the infamous Cup Of Brown Joy video. Either come along to the Hope to see what all the fuss is about tonight from 8, or go buy the album from Tea Sea, 'cause it's awesome. I can't stop listening to it!

Anyways, in celebration of Elemental and TC's album launch party thing, I'm going to post a nice free Elemental mixtape he did with Digital Midgets. The mixtape features loads of Elemental tracks, some solo, some with The Menagerie, some of TCs stuff and some other Brighton hip-hop artists. Please excuse the dodgy artwork, it didn't have any so I made some myself. Check it out!

160Kbps MP3 via HTTP from Mediafire

Elemental at Myspace
Tom Caruana at Myspace
Elemental official website
Tea Sea Records official website

Talbot - Tundra EP

Here's some nice Estonian doom from Talbot, a two piece drone/sludge band. Apparently they've been going since 2003, though I first stumbled accross them the other day. Their Tundra EP is available for free download from their website. They have an interesting take on the doom genre, with a bass heavy sound that's vaguely reminiscent of industrial doom, but with a more organic beat provided by live drums instead of drum machines. The vocals are an interesting mix of more melodic stoner metal lines with some traditional doom screaming thrown in for good measure. The EP is also seeing a re-release on Consouling Sounds as a limited run of 100 CD-Rs, featuring two bonus remixes not featured on the downloadable version which can currently be listened to on their Myspace.

VBR MP3 via HTTP from talbot-music.com

Talbot at Myspace
Talbot Official website