Written, Wrotten, Rot...

Most Precious Blood- Merciless

2009-01-19T14:14:00.000-08:00

MPB is, in my opinion, one of the most slept on bands in hardcore. This record is heavy from start to finish, and out of all of the people who I know that listen to this genre of music, not that many people are into this record... It's a shame, really, on account of how good it is. This album has one of the most epic beginning 30 seconds, and that epic-ness only carries on throughout the record. Anti-religion charged anthems pump through this record, MPB has a message to spread and they're most definitely not afraid.
If you hate God and love hardcore... Download this CD.
Even if you love God, I'm sure you can still appreciate how heavy this CD is.

Quotables:
"Master your fear."

"Crippled by selective memory, choose which lie to believe."

"Do you believe in Hell below? Do you fear a God above? Soul-searching on empty streets. You can shove your fucking love."

2005

Must Listen To Tracks: Driving Angry, Oxygen Debt, Mad As The March Hare

1. Shark Ethic
2. Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves
3. Driving Angry
4. Damage Control Freak
5. Mad As The March Hare
6. Type A Personality
7. Oxygen Debt
8. Aimed Carefully, Fired Relentlessly
9. Diet For A New America
10. Curse Of The Immortal
11. World War You
12. Narcaleptic Sleepwalker
13. Temporary Solution To A Permanent Problem

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?2oczemj2rmo

No Warning- Ill Blood

2009-01-19T13:52:00.000-08:00

I've finally decided to up this. This is arguably the best record released by Toronto hardcore legends, No Warning. Every song is hard, every song is mad, every song is amazing. This record is through and through hardcore at it's finest. Ben Cook makes everything sound so much angrier, combined with his "hate-the-world" lyrics, this CD makes you want to mosh or be moshed. No Warning is probably one of the most recognized hardcore outfits to ever come out of Toronto, so download this record and get into it.
If you don't know, act like you know.
Also, if you're familiar with bands such as Guns Up! and Cold World, they both ripped on No Warning pretty hard so if you like them, then you should definitely be into this record.

Quotables:
"Everybody knows, everybody talks, everybody sees but no one's saying nothing."

"Never forget, never forgive."

2002

1. Behind These Walls
2. No Time For You
3. Answer The Call
4. Short Fuse
5. Wound Up
6. Growing Silent
7. Caught In The Web
8. All New Low
9. Over My Shoulder
10. Leech
11. Pushing On
12. Ill Blood

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?mcnjz5zummz

Ps:
A gift from me to the readers of writtenwrottenrot.blogspot.com!

Immortal Technique- Revolutionary Volume 1

2009-01-19T13:43:00.000-08:00

This record is undeniably heavy. Heavy, not in the sense in which I would usually use on this blog, but in the sense that each song on this record hits home, one way or another. Whether it be Immortal lyrically insulting the listener on the opening track "Creation and Destruction" or the story told in dramatic fashion on the song "Dance With The Devil". Either way, this record is Hip Hop at it's finest, if you're into well constructed, well executed records of rap music, you'll be into this record. This is probably one of my favourite Immortal Technique records to date, although his newest record is pretty absurd, as well. Listen to this, though, I promise you won't be let down.

Quotables:
"Immortal Technique, the wrong motherfucker to diss. 'Cause I allowed God to let you motherfuckers exist."

"Remember something, nigga, while you rave and rant. A roach can live for 9 days without it's head but you can't."

There's really too many quotables to count. Listen closely to it all, it's all quotable material.

2001

1. Creation and Destruction
2. Dominant Species
3. Positive Balance
4. The Getaway
5. Beef and Broccoli
6. No Me Importa
7. Top Of The Food Chain
8. The Poverty of Philosophy
9. Revolutionary
10. Spend Some Time
11. Dance With The Devil
12. The Prophecy
13. Understand Why
14. No Mercy
15. The Illest
16. Speak Your Mind

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?2jjjojzkyzy

Trash Talk- Self Titled

2009-01-07T17:24:00.000-08:00

Think Walking Disease plus way more brutality and more sludgier production.
Get into this record or die.

2006

1. The Hand That Feeds
2. Well Of Souls
3. Birth Plague Die
4. Incarnate
5. I, Block
6. Dig
7. Onward And Upward
8. Shame
9. Immaculate Infection
10. All The Kings Men
11. The Mistake
12. Revelation

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?ynfnrzck22y

To Cherish- In Sickness And In Health

2009-01-06T22:52:00.001-08:00

To Cherish.
Now this is a band that I've been watching grow since I was about.. 15 or 16 years old. And having watched them grow, I can inform you that this is a very impressive release for them. This record is catchy, fast, and heavy. Highlights for me are the song "In Health" featuring guest vocals of the very sexy, Matt Tobin. I find it kind of lulls in some of the softer, more melodic parts and it sort of brings the feel of the entire record down. The heavy parts, though, send chills down my spine. This is a local band, so download the CD, go buy it a show or buy a t-shirt or whatever the fuck bands are selling these days.
Either way, this is certainly a long way from Hugs and High Fives.

2008

For Fans of: Norma Jean, Botch, Scarlet

1. XII.XII.XII
2. Wives & Widows
3. To The Grave
4. In Sickness
5. In Health
6. Purgatory

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?uk50q3xlnhm

Stay Gold- Pills And Advice

2009-01-06T22:52:00.000-08:00

You may or may not know that I'm a pretty large Killing The Dream fan. So, I took it upon myself to explore one of their largest influences, Stay Gold. AT very first listen, you can definitely tell they were a large influence for KTD. This is a great cd, although I prefer the angry yell of KTD, this record is still really good. Melodic hardcore at it's finest. This is one of their newer records, as soon as I get my hands on some of the older stuff, you br0000z will too.
Get into it.

2007

1. Best Kept Secret
2. Just Below The Surface
3. Never Sleep Aline
4. On The Homefront
5. Ring Toss
6. 40 Smith And Wesson
7. Pity Party
8. City Limits
9. Bottom Floor
10. Toy Boats And Battleships
11. Pills And Advice
12. Three Weeks

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?3vgzjvfwokc

The Banner- Frailty

2009-01-06T22:19:00.000-08:00

This record is bad-ass. Doom, down, heavy and creepy. Gothic hardcore band, The Banner, shows their true colours on this release. The CD sounds heavy in so many different aspects, from the creepy, almost haunting beginning of the song "The Wolf" to the melodic and powerful, "Dusk". This CD is a must listen-to. If you have any stigma about this band, whatsoever, throw it aside.. Because I can guarantee you this record will blow your mind, if it's in your genre-preference of music.
Big upzzzz, The Banner.

Quotables-
"Nothing forgiven, nothing forgot."

Must Listen to Tracks- The Wolf, A Hellbound Heart, Dusk

2008

1. Welcome Fuckers
2. The Wolf
3. Leechbath
4. A Hellbound Heart
5. On Hooks
6. IWIWD
7. Sphrenia
8. Funerals
9. Dusk
10. I Am Legion
11. Ratflesh
12. The Father And The Wayward Son

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?noxmztmdlzx

Trash Talk- Walking Disease

2009-01-06T12:55:00.000-08:00

Angry.
One word to describe the band Trash Talk.
Pissed off hardcore from Sacramento, California, this band has a lot to offer anybody who wants to hear something mad, thrashy and fast. This record contains so many pissed off youth, shout-along anthems such as "Walking Disease" and "Sacramento is Dead". They blend fast thrashy beats with catchy, heavy build-ups a la earlier Ringworm CD's. Listen to this if you feel like punching somebody in the face and it will probably give you the motivation to do so.
Get mad.

Quotables-
"Fuck you, we are the walking disease"

"I am pure fucking evil."

Must Listen To Tracks- F.Y.R.A, Walking Disease, Sacramento Is Dead

2007

1. F.Y.R.A.
2. Worthless Nights
3. Walking Disease
4. Pushed Aside
5. Luck
6. Destroy
7. Run, Don't Walk
8. Dead End Road
9. Sacramento Is Dead
10. Just Die
11. Pain In Vain

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?inqztjnjd5l

Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream

2009-01-06T12:45:00.000-08:00

This was Smashing Pumpkins' second full LP release and arguably, one of my favourites. They came out with this in 1993 and registered a revolutionary sound within the mainstream music stream. I find that this record is probably one of the easiest Pumpkins' records to listen to as it's one of the heavier/more catchy CD's. I'm sure there is tracks that all of you will recognize, such as "Today" and "Disarm", both great tracks... But make sure to listen to the CD in its entirety. This CD has so much to offer and it is often under-rated.

Check it out, for sure.

1993

1. Cherub Rock
2. Quiet
3. Today
4. Hummer
5. Rocket
6. Disarm
7. Soma
8. Geek USA
9. Mayonaise
10. Spaceboy
11. Silverfuck
12. Sweet, Sweet
13. Luna

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?hjkmmwty1wn

A New Year

2009-01-06T12:42:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I know that lately I've been lacking on the blog updates.
Probably just because I'm working a lot and the holidays and blah, blah, blah, I don't want to bore you with excuses on how I haven't upped any music lately.
Anyways, it's a new year.
So, with that I'd like to start consistently upping music for you all to check out!
Check back often, and I'll probably up the blog on Facebook whenever I do put new stuff up.
So keep your eyes/ears open!

WOOO!

Blacklisted- Our Youth Is Wasted EP

2008-11-05T18:14:00.000-08:00

There's not much I can say about this band, the music basically speaks for itself. Hardcore, and dare I say a tiny bit of a bluesy influence? No, I won't... But you can sort of hear that, especially in the newer record which I will up at a later date. I know I say this a lot, but this band is one of my favourites. And this is also one of my favourite EP's that Blacklisted has put out. Angry music with great lyrics, well composed...
I could sing this band's praises for days.
Just listen to it and hear for yourself.

Quotables

"I faced an army of myself and I failed."

"Don't care about my generation.
Don't care if I stand or fall.
Don't care about my reputation.
I'm chasing aspirations I never saw."

Must listen to tracks: Long Way Home, That Ain't Real Much

2004

1- Long Way Home
2- Finding Faith
3- That Ain't Real Much
4- Crossed Fingers
5- 3800 (We're Unstoppable)
6- Transparant- Opaque

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?tnhnktr0jwk

Valencia- We All Need A Reason To Believe

2008-11-05T17:49:00.000-08:00

This is the band's second full length. It's not necessarily leaps and bounds from their first album... But I'd definitely say this band has grown. A little bit more mature sounding, Valencia releases this cd with a little bit less of a powerpop feel and a little bit more of a rock sounding record. Could it be they're trying to go mainstream? Who knows. They still swear, so that's cool. One thing that turns me off from this record is a lot of the lyrics sounds super uplifting and positive, and it might just be the pessimist in me, but I usually like hearing sad and/or angry songs. I guess it's sort of hard to make depressing powerpop music, so I'll cut them some slack. Other than that, this is a solid cd.

For Fans of: Cartel, All Time Low, Forever The Sickest Kids

1- Better Be Prepared
2- Holiday
3- Where Did You Go?
4- Head In Hands
5- Carry On
6- All At Once
7- Safe To Say
8- Listen Up
9- I Can't See Myself
10- The Good Life
11- Free

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?zdcnmvuqcm3

A Rocket To The Moon- Greetings From...

2008-11-05T17:38:00.000-08:00

So, to be honest, I don't really know much about this guy. I found his cd on this powerpop blogspot I check every now and then when I'm in the mood for catchy, fun music... And that's exactly what I found. From what I can gather, A Rocket To The Moon used to be one dude who just made acoustic/electro powerpop type stuff... But on his latest release, Greetings From..., he's recorded with an entire band. Although, there are some weak parts in the songs, for the most part this is super catchy, super good powerpop. Check it out, for sure.

Must listen to tracks: If Only You Knew, I'm Not Saying Goodbye

2008

For Fans Of: Mayday Parade, All Time Low, Valencia

1- If Only You Knew
2- Dakota
3- I'm Not Saying Goodbye
4- Fear Of Flying
5- Just Another One

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?eyymyimutnd

Dangers- Dangers EP

2008-10-31T13:02:00.000-07:00

For my huge shpeel on Dangers see here: http://writtenwrottenrot.blogspot.com/2008/09/dangers-anger.html

This is just a quick up of their EP.
I already uploaded the full length so check that out, for sure.
Since this old and I believe self-released I can't find any album artwork or anything for it.
That just means that it's s00per r4r3 and you should all fall in love with it.
It's still offensive, it's still thrashy, and it's still fun!

But seriously here you go!

Dangers- Dangers EP
Released- I don't know when

1- Did You Just Say Faggot?
2- I Like The Way You Love
3- My Whole Entire Unit
4- Neo-Neo Nazis
5- Stella Lost Her Groove
6- Yes Ticketmassa'
7- 90266

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mzm1wmjmyti

Breather Resist- Only In The Morning

2008-10-31T12:52:00.000-07:00

Breather Resist, although a short-lived span in the music industry had a huge impact on a lot of bands that you're hearing today.
Brutal, techy, progressive metalcore.
This CD is probably one of my favourite to put on and listen to in its entirety, and with a run time of like 18 minutes or something like that, it's certainly not hard to stay interested.
Brutal metalcore that you need to listen to.
This band is so under-rated and slept on that when I mentioned Young Widows (a couple of the members' new project) as an Ex- Breather Resist band, some people draw a blank.
It's depressing.
So, educate yourself.
Get into this band, for my sake...
And eventually for your sake, as well.
GREAT band, one of my favourites.

2003

For Fans Of: Scarlet, Botch, etc.

1- Just Do It
2- The Pity Party
3- Died To Be Famous
4- The Best Mistake
5- Pretty Like Cancer
6- Cruciform Casket
7- It Stops One
8- It Stops Two

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mlxzmzdmyxz

Gatsby's American Dream- Volcano

2008-10-31T12:00:00.000-07:00

Alright, so I know I've kind of been slacking on this whole music blog thing...
But here's a band you really need to check out.
I remember getting a sampler of a bunch of record labels from some skatepark when I was like... 14 or something, and this band was on there.
This isn't the album that I first really got into, but it's nonetheless a great album.
Super catchy, super rocky, I wouldn't really even consider it poppy... I guess that his vocals are a little bit, but the music itself is just fun, rock music.
I've literally had this CD, amongst a few of their others, on repeat for past week and a bit.
It's extrememly relaxing at times, but also upbeat and fun at others.
Such a good band, and I'll probably upload some of their other cds at a later date.
Check them out!

Must Listen To Tracks- Theatre, The Guilt Engine, Fable

2005

1- Theatre
2- Pompeii
3- The Guilt Engine
4- A Mind Of Metal And Wheels
5- Fable
6- The Giant's Drink
7- Shhhh! I'm Listening To Reason
8- Meet Me At The Tavern In Bowerstone
9- Your Only Escape
10- The Hunter
11- Speaker For The Dead
12- Badlands
13- The Loosing Of the Shadow

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?5k0ykmgtzmj

SIDENOTE-
If anybody reading this has the Ribbons & Sugar album, PLEASE send it to me... I need that cd.

Walls Of Jericho- All Hail The Dead

2008-10-16T10:20:00.000-07:00

This is going back to when female fronted Walls Of Jericho was actually releasing quality music... If you've heard their newer records, you'll no exactly what I'm talking about, it all sounds like shitty, thrashy, nu-metal (and not cool, fun thrashy... Bad thrashy). But if you've generalized this band as shitty on account of their newer stuff, I defnitely wouldn't blame you, but don't hesitate to check this album out, it's older, heavier and just tons of fun, in general. This is definitely the last good record this band has released, but it's not the only one. If you're into this you can also check out some of their pre-All Hail The Dead such as Bound Feed The Gagged. One thing I HATE about this album is in a couple of songs Candice sings over her yelling and it sounds awullll. If only this band was still making music like this, I might actually spend money to go see them when they come through.

Must Listen To Tracks: A Little Piece Of Me

2004

1- All Hail The Dead
2- There's No I In Fuck You
3- A Little Piece Of Me
4- Another Anthem For The Hopeless
5- Revival Never Goes Out Of Style
6- Day And A Thousand Years
7- Through The Eyes Of A Dreamer
8- 1:43 AM
9- Jaded
10- Thanks For The Memories
11- More Life In The Monitors
12- Fixing Broken Hearts
13- To Be Continued...

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?bjgwmwmzyht

The Almost- Southern Weather

2008-10-15T18:22:00.000-07:00

So, I haven't uploaded anything soft in awhile, so here it is. The Almost is a side project of Aaron Gillespie, the drummer of Underoath, and it's a little bit softer, well it's a lot softer than what Underoath has most recently released. The album is passionate and great to listen to. My only beef with the album is that it's kind of overly-Christian... But so is most of the stuff Underoath has released. Now, I don't listen to Underoath THAT much but on this record he uses the word "Jesus" a lot... I'm not really into that. But the record, that aside, is really good.
Check it out

1- Say This Sooner
2- Drive There Now
3- Dirty And Leftout
4- I Mostly Copy Other People
5- Southern Weather
6- Stop It
7- Amazing, Because It Is
8- Everyone Here Smells Like A Rat
9- Never Say I Told You Say
10- Call Me Back When I'm Honest
11- Everything Makes Me Sick

Download- http://www.mediafire.com/?nqtzytki0z2

Until The End- Blood In The Ink

2008-10-15T14:15:00.000-07:00

Another necessity in a hardcore fan's album collection, this album features renowned vocalist Mean Pete who has more recently sang for metalcore outfits such as Remembering Never and (unfortunately) xBishopx. This is brutal, straight forward, in your face straight edge hardcore. It's heavy and the heaviness doesn't stop from track 1 to track 10, this whole cd is just straight up... Well, for a lack of better words, straight up heavy. Hands down, Until The End is one of the most recognized and respected hardcore/metal outfits. So check this album out, it's worth it, trust me.

Quotables:
"Drive nails through my wrists, I'll die for my beliefs.
Push them into the wounds, I'll die for my beliefs.
This world won't break me, I'll die for my beliefs."

"There is nothing between us but oceans of bad blood."

"I'll fall to my knees and pray for your death."

2001

For Fans Of: Hatebreed, Sepultra, Terror

1- Driving This Car Head-First Into a Wall
2- Death Disguised As Salvation
3- Eyes and Ash
4- Free of Filth
5- Nothing Between Us
6- The Look, The Game, The Lies
7- Judas
8- Your Sad Fucking Life
9- Less Than You Deserve
10- Finger On The Trigger

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mmdg1otnujh

Converge- Jane Doe, When Forever Comes Crashing, Petitioning The Empty Sky, You Fail Me & No Heroes

2008-10-12T16:14:00.000-07:00

So, this isn't as much of a discography of Converge, moreso than it is just a collection of the albums I have on my computer. I've never really gotten into anything pre the earlier albums I have here, because I find it's a pretty large acquired taste. They've also released copious amounts of splits, vinyls, EP's so to generalize anything Converge has a discography is kind of hard... But these are a couple of full lengths. They've been around since 1991, but I'm only showing you a portion of some of the music they've released as the first release I'm uploading is from 1997. Anyways, Converge is another one of my favourites, hands down one of the best progressive metalcore bands of our time (and also one of the first). These albums have laid the tracks for so many other bands and inspired generations of musical listeners to open their ears to new sounds. I don't think anyone who's in to metalcore/hardcore as a genre should have an iTunes Library without these albums. So go ahead, download them, check them all out.

A MINISCULE amount of songs you should listen to: Towing Jehovah, Colour Me Blood Red, Buried But Breathing, Last Light, The Broken Vow, The Saddest Day, Plagues, Orphaned (To name a few)

Also, don't even get me started on Quotables, this band's lyrics are amazing, there's way too many even to narrow it down to just a couple.

Anyways, here's the albums (in chronological order)

Petitioning The Empty Sky

1997

1- The Saddest Day
2- Forsaken
3- Albatross
4- Dead
5- Shingles
6- Buried But Breathing
7- Farewell Note To This City
8- Color Me Blood Red
9- For You (Live)
10- Antithesis (Live)
11- Homesong (Live)
12- Love As Arson (Alternate Bonus Track)

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?l2yfzjzm2wd

When Forever Comes Crashing

1998

1- My Unsaid Everything
2- The High Cost Of Playing God
3- In Harm's Way
4- Conduit
5- The Lowest Common Denominator
6- Towing Jehovah
7- When Forever Comes Crashing
8- Ten Cents
9- Year Of The Swine
10- Letterbomb
11- Love As Arson
12- Bitter And Then Some (Unreleased Demo Version)

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?y3mewu4ognz

Jane Doe

2001

1- Concubine
2- Fault and Fracture
3- Distance And Meaning
4- Hell To Pay
5- Homewrecker
6- The Broken Vow
7- Bitter And Then Some
8- Heaven In Her Arms
9- Phoenix In Flight
10- Phoenix In Flames
11- Thaw
12- Jane Doe

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?qzhlbjnezzm

You Fail Me

2004

1- First Light
2- Last Light
3- Black Cloud
4- Drop Out
5- Hope Street
6- Heartless
7- You Fail Me
8- In Her Shadow
9- When Eagles Become Vultures
10- Death King
11- In Her Blood
12- Hanging Moon

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?zlezzhmkwhg

No Heroes

2006

1- Heartache
2- Hellbound
3- Sacrifice
4- Vengeance
5- Weight Of The World
6- No Heroes
7- Plagues
8- Grim Heart/Black Rose
9- Orphaned
10- Lonewolves
11- Versus
12- Trophy Scars
13- Bare My teeth
14- To The Lions

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?23myknmdnyr

Bateman- The Love And War EP

2008-10-12T11:19:00.000-07:00

Anybody who has read the book American Psycho would be able to make the association between the name of this band and the man character in that novel, Patrick Bateman... Although, I am not a large fan of the book, I can honestly say I'm a large fan of this band. Hardcore that isn't too thrashy, isn't too chuggy but is a great combination of mid-tempo riffs and great build ups with extremely angry vocals. It kind of reminds me of a less fast, less spanish More To Pride with a hint of Figure Four, as well... So if you're in to those two bands, check this band out... I definitely wouldn't suggest it solely for fans of the novel American Psycho, either... So readers of American Psycho, beware..
This band might not be for you.

For Fans Of: Forfeit, More To Pride, Figure Four, etc

1- Intro
2- Walking Alone
3- Dorsia
4- Enough's Enough
5- Becoming
6- All Is Fair

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?02inqzdzmzg

Sluts- Sluts

2008-10-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

Melodic angry hardcore from.. Only God knows where. I recently just found this band via another music blog that I go on every now and then and I've Myspace searched them/googled them and I really haven't been able to find that much information on this band! But, mysteriousness aside, this band plays some pretty rad music, not necessarily fast, not necessarily slow, but angry, passionate, and all around enjoyable music. I find the name of the band sort of "gimmicky", if you may... But it definitely caught my eye searching throuh the blog lists, and when I downloaded it I was most definitely not let down at all. Also, I'm really feeling the lyrics, tons of quotables and parts that just get stuck in my head... If I'm totally way behind on this band and everybody else has already heard of them... Then bummer, but good on you for being on top of the game.
Anyways, check it out.

For Fans Of: Killing The Dream, Verse, Have Heart

1- Home Is Where The Heart Ends
2- Anthem For The Rats
3- Rocky Marciano
4- The Summer Us
5- Tentatively Titled, "Fuck You, Liz"
6- The Persistence of Flight Despite My Best Efforts With Tow Hooks And Cannons
7- Second Chances and Seconds Wasted
8- Party Line Party Line
9- Inside Jokes And Party Favours

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?dmfmnnztdiz

Sound The Alarm- Stay Inside

2008-10-06T18:33:00.000-07:00

Sound The Alarm is a hidden gem I found, I'm not sure how many people actually know about this band, but I've had this Stay Inside album on my computer for about a year now and I can honestly put it on whenever and I've yet to get sick of it. Catchy pop rock with fun vocals that's just super easy on the ears. This is a very good cd for just having in the car or listening to in the morning, fun, catchy, happy music. CHeck it out.

Must Listen To Tracks: Closer, Fight For.., Stay Inside, Suffocating, If I Told You

2007

1- Blame It On Me
2- Closer
3- Count On Me
4- Fact Or Fiction
5- Fight For...
6- If I Told You
7- Picture Perfect
8- Something New
9- Stay Inside
10- Suffocating
11- Telling Lies
12- Until We Collide

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mynj2zbgqvm

Kingdoms- Atlantis EP

2008-10-06T18:13:00.000-07:00

The newest band out of the gates of Southern Ontario, this band has created a lot of hype for themselves and with the release of their Atlantis EP online (finally), they've definitely lived up to the hype. Tight musicianship, and a great balance of low end screaming vocals and harmonized melodies. This band is sure to have you singing along by the end of the EP, I've barely even listened to and I can pick and choose the parts that I've already got memorized. Although, it is a very well put together CD, the lyrics just don't do it for me, lines like "One more yellow brick through your windshield" and "Dressing in black is becomind a habit", seem over-pretentious and as though they are trying to accomplish much more than what they actually are. That aside, though, great listen. Help these guys out and come out to their debut show in Kitchener on the 24th of October with my great friends in Lifestory:monologue, it should be a great time.

Must Listen to Tracks: Atlantis

2008

For Fans Of: Misery Signals, Architects

1. Pyramids
2. Catharsis
3. Telegraph Static
4. Atlantis
5. La Serena

Download: http://www.kingdomsmusic.com/download/KINGDOMS_ATLANTIS.zip

Beloved- Failure On

2008-10-06T13:11:00.000-07:00

The definition of great rock music. Beloved combines melody with heaviness in the perfect essence of heavy rock. This album is a great listen, through and through; well produced, well written, and just all around good music. There's not much to say about this album other than the fact that it's great, check it out.

Must Listen To TracksL Rise & Fall, Death To Traitors

2003

1- Failure On My Lips
2- Only Our Faces Hide
3- Rise & Fall
4- Death To Traitors
5- Defect From Decay
6- Watching The Lines Blur
7- Inner Pattern
8- Aimless Endeavour
9- Allure
10- Insult to Injury

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?zaj4moyrjzm

Bring Me The Horizon- Suicide Season

2008-10-06T12:44:00.000-07:00

This album is gigantic leap for this band, from crappy death metal, to catchy, chuggy, heavy, fun metalcore. This is probably one of my favourite releases of the year so far, I've only had it for about a week and the play counts on my iTunes are already reaching upwards of 30 for each song. If you like really fun, generic, music, listen to this album. I'll be honest, it's nothing new or groundbreaking, but it's heavy and catchy, exactly what I look for in the majority of the music I listen to. The lyrics are also a little lacking in substance, but what they lack in substance, they make up for in catchiness. If you're looking for a mindless album that makes you want to hurt people... This is it.

Quotables-
"If I had it my way, I'd slit your throat with the knife that you left in my back."

"Party til you pass out, drink til you're dead, dance all night til you can't feel your legs."

Must Listen To Tracks: Sleep With One Eye Open, The Football Season Is Over, Chelsea Smile

2008

1- The Comedown
2- Chelsea Smile
3- It Was Written In Blood
4- Death Breath
5- Football Season Is Oer
6- Sleep With One Eye Open
7- Diamonds Aren't Forever
8- The Sadness Will Never End
9- No Need For Introductions, I've Read About Girls Like You On The Backs Of Toilet Doors
10- Suicide Season

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ly1wt1ntnnm

Scarlet- This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart

2008-09-27T11:21:00.000-07:00

Scarlet. What can I say about this band that has not already been said? To fit them in to a genre is almost impossible, I would say something along the lines of progressive metalcore? This album is probably one of my favourite albums to listen to, I can listen to it from front to back and not get sick of one part in any song. The range of the vocals, the catchy riffs, the heavy riffs, ALL of the riffs... Everything on this album is produced perfectly and it results in one of the best metal albums released to date. Crunchy, sludgy, melodic, demonic, angelic... The spectrum of songs on this album is impecable. The lyrics also really stand out, which is almost never the case in a metal/hardcore outfit. Regardless, you need to listen to this album, I don't care what kind of music you listen to... This album is amazing.

Must Listen To Tracks: Simply Carcinogen, Apocalyptic Love Song, Glass Veined Wire Frames

Quotables:
"Meaning is a memory,
She makes it hurt so bad.
It's impossible to speak.
Of this disgrace you have."

2006

1. Obsolete
2. Swarm Manifesto
3. Antibionics
4. The Seperation Of...
5. On Fire
6. Glass Veined Wire Frames
7. Simply Carcinogen
8. Plastic Saints
9. Law is Lawless
10. Lyssophobia
11. The Embrace Of A Paramedic
12. Apocalyptic Love Song

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?2nzjrl55zcy

Number One Gun- The North Pole Project

2008-09-24T15:36:00.000-07:00

Number One Gun; pop rock from Chico, California, was once an entire quartet... But on the North Pole Project, Jeff Schneeweis (frontman/songwriter of band)is left alone after all other band members have moved on to other musical endeavours. This CD was written and recorded entirely by Jeff, every song, every guitar track, every drum track, and so on and so forth (I'm assuming you get the point). An extremely endearing, and almost adventurous musical process has been left to create the album The North Pole Project, a pop rock sensation. The album is filled with catchy hooks, fun choruses, heart-felt ballads, songs you can fall asleep to, and even songs you can scream at the top of your lung... A must-listen-to-album, indeed.

Must listen to tracks: The Best Of You And Me, Wake Me Up, Bad Habits

Quotables:
"What have I done, I don't deserve this.
I can't get out of here, get out alive.
What have I followed, I'm right beside you, beside you.
I'm over it, I'm over it."

"It's a shame when you know when you know this. (Control this)
When you roll your eyes back in your head. (Control this)
Fall asleep again and you're wakened. (Control this)
By the sounds of your heart when it's broken. (Control this)"

2008

For Fans Of: Copeland, Relient K, Anberlin

1- The Massacre
2- Million
3- The Best Of You And Me
4- Wake Me Up
5- Bad Habits
6- I'll Find You
7- Thank You Ending
8- Find Your Escape
9- The Different Ones
10- This Holiday

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?0nyl2oliyjn

Killing The Dream- Discography

2008-09-23T14:21:00.001-07:00

I was going to decide which one of KTD's album was my favourite and then up/review it... But I realized I couldn't decide which one was my favourite... So here's all of them! Killing The Dream is great melodic hardcore from California, the angriest vocals, heavy guitar tone and some of the best lyrics, in my opinion. This band is probably one of my favourite hardcore bands and if you like super angry, melodic, catchy hardcore you NEED to download all of these albums. I honestly can't say which one is better than the other because they're all equally great. Check it out.

Quotables:
"But let these words ring out forever.
I'll scream until my last fucking breath.
Scratch these words in blood,
Until my heart runs dry."

"Nothing ever changes because everything was meant to fail."

"We're all fucked, so fuck it all"

"They call me a thief, nothing more than a thief."

"We found a home in the lowercase letters of words you'll never read and songs you'll never hear"

For Fans Of: Have Heart, Verse, Miles Away

Fractures

2008

1. (Re)acquaintance
2. Part II (Motel Art)
3. Fractures
4. Thirty Four Seconds
5. Consequence (What Comes Next)
6. Everything But Everything
7. Hang The Jury
8. We Were
9. You're All Welcome
10. Thirteen Steps
11. Holding The Claws
12. Resolution

Download:http://www.mediafire.com/?wgzm5jsmcyx

In Place, Apart

2005

1. Rough Draft (An Explanation)
2. Critical Thought
3. Post Scripts
4. If It Rains
5. Where The Heart Is
6. We're All Dead Ends
7. Ante Up
8. Past The Stars
9. Sick Of Sleeping
10. Writer's Block

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?wdvmm1bz3o3

I Rewrote It EP

2005

1. Ante Up
2. 39th & Glisan
3. Spoken in Clocks
4. Where The Heart Is

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?miehdgdlmmx

Killing The Dream

2004

1. Picking Up The Pieces
2. We'll Always Have Paris
3. Save.Our.Ship
4. Play The Tune Or Die
5. 10 1/2
6. Before You Fall Asleep
7. January 2nd
8. Pardon The Interruption
9. The Escape
10. By Now

Download:http://www.mediafire.com/?zevmwswgw2y

Figure Four- Suffering The Loss

2008-09-23T13:53:00.000-07:00

Winnipeg, Manitoba's Figure Four is heavy, empowering and just plain ol' brutal. This album is filled with sing-alongs, chuggy riffs and breakdowns... But each open stroke just seems to come so naturally to these dudes (and girl). Featuring members of elite hardcore bands such as Comeback Kid and Shattered Realm, Figure Four definitely knows what it takes to make heavy music. For awhile in the early 00's these guys were a staple in Canadian hardcore, but with the success of other projects Figure Four definitely took a backseat and has been inactive for awhile now. "Suffering The Loss" is one of my favourite hardcore releases and definitely my favourite Figure Four release. Listen and enjoy.

Quotables:
"This is not how it ends. Don't fall to the lies.
He'll steal everything you love. He'll kill your heart and mind.
Fear of those who believe. The name will strike him down.
Realize and recognize. This is reality."

"This is not your war."

"Don't let me destroy myself."

2003

For Fans Of: Terror, Comeback Kid, Death Before Dishonor

1- State Of Mind
2- The Loss
3- Hear My Words
4- Kill and Decieve
5- The Cycle
6- Carried Away
7- Suffocation
8- We Were Invincible
9- Thieves Don't Knock
10- Miles Away
11- Follow
12- Poison In Me

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?jnwjmtiwqin

Conditions- Conditions EP

2008-09-23T13:40:00.000-07:00

Conditions is catchy, poppy rock music from Richmond, Virginia. This album is a well rounded creation of pop-rock with talented lead guitar riffs, catchy drum fills and top-notch vocals. It's super fun, easy to listen to and an all great album. Songs like "Keeping Pace With Planes" and "Before You Fight This Battle" are sure to be stuck in your head for days to come. For me, it's the perfect driving music and just so easy to listen to. If you like simple, fun, catchy music- make sure you check this album out.

Must listen to tracks- Keeping Pace With Planes, Our Way Home, Before You Fight This Battle

Quotables:
"For those of you wide awake wondering day after day
What will I be? What was I made for?
We all have forever, we'll all get better
Don't worry yourself to death"

"To be set free, would be the first step away from me
To be set free, would be the first and last in steps to sanity
Do you have the strength to walk away?
(Come closer now, we're getting closer now)
Do you know how to live any other way?
(Come closer now, we're getting closer now)"

"I know this feeling's heaven sent.
And I am so confident.
I will regain my sanity when goodbye's a memory."

2008

For Fans Of: Anberlin, Cartel, The Audition

1- The World Is Ours
2- Keeping Pace With Planes
3- Our Way Home
4- Fine, Young Firecrackers
5- Persona
6- In Light Of Silver And Black
7- Keeping Pace With Planes (Acoustic)

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?myjtgzutzdg

Project X- Straight Edge Revenge

2008-09-22T18:27:00.000-07:00

An old classic. Straight edge hardcore that commands your attention, whether you'd like to give it or not. One of New York's most prominent straight edge outfit, Project X is in your face and won't hesitate to let you know what they think about drinking, drugs, sex or violence in hardcore. The band features members of bands like Judge, Youth Of Today, Gorilla Biscuits and Side by Side; more or less an all-star hardcore line-up. This is hardcore with meaning and a message, which seems to be few and far between these days. If only we could timewarp back to 1988....

Quotables:
"I'm as straight as the lines that you sniff up your nose.
And I'm as hard as the booze that you swill down your throat.
And I'm as bad as the shit you breath in to your lungs.
And I'll fuck you up as fast as that pill on your tongue."

"Dance floor justice, you're fucking dead."

1988

For Fans Of: Youth Of Today, Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits

1- Straight Edge Revenge
2- Shutdown
3- Cross Me
4- Dance Floor Justice
5- Where It Ends
6- Dance Floor Jusitce/Cross Me (LIVE)

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?bhyn2yiim1m

Polar Bear Club- The Redder, The Better

2008-09-22T17:10:00.000-07:00

This EP from the renowned Syracuse post-hardcore outfit brings almost everything to the table- catchiness, melody, a hint of heaviness here and there but in the perfect amount, so as not to overdue it. The lyrics are passionate and the vocals are powerful and strong, when need be, but also slow and soft, all coming together in the perfect musical explosion that is The Redder, The Better album. Listen to this if you don't expect to listen to anything else for the next couple of weeks.

Must listen to songs: Election Day, Resent And Resistance

Quotables:
"The clock struck twelve two hours ago.
Time flies when you're stuck in last year."

"Are you feeling happiness?"

"Son, I have seen so much of myself in you.
Entrances and exits splashed with resent and resistance.
We stay true."

2006

For Fans Of: Hot Water Music

1) Election Day
2) Resent And Resistance
3) His Devotee
4) Parked In The Parking Lot Of Life
5) Most Miserable Life

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?5gwmmbnntzd

Girl Talk- Feed The Animals

2008-09-22T16:32:00.000-07:00

If there's one thing that's for sure about the latest album from the DJ who isn't a DJ, it's sure to have everybody moving. So many catchy mashups, it's hard to pick and choose exactly which ones are your favourite, some that stand out would be the new Konvict Music artist Dolla's single "Who The Fuck Is That" hook mixed with Avril Lavigne's annoying hit single "Girlfriend" on the track "Shut The Club Down". Another would be Blackstreet's classic hit "No Diggity" over the new, fresh Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" beat on the track "Still Here". This seemingly perfect party album provides non stop fun, catchy dance music, in which everybody can at least find something they recognize/enjoy.

2008

1- Play Your Part (Part 1)
2- Shut The Club Down
3- Still Here
4- What It's All About
5- Set It Off
6- No Pause
7- Like This
8- Give Me A Beat
9- Hands In The Air
10- In Step
11- Let Me See You
12- Here's the Thing
13- Don't Stop
14- Play Your Part (Part 2)

Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/142174629/Feed_the_Animals.rar

Or if you're a nice dude/chick PWYC for the album here: http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/

Eating Glass- Feed Them To The Vultures

2008-09-22T14:34:00.000-07:00

Pissed off youth hardcore from all over Southern Ontario. A collection of thrashy, heavy songs that'll keep you alllll moshin'. Newly signed to High Anxiety records, make sure to come out to the October record release shows and have a good time. Upped so more people can check it out!

Must listen to tracks: Feed Them...

2078

For Fans Of- Ceremony, Pulling Teeth, Trash Talk

1- Cannibals
2- Amongst The Wolves
3- My Own Hell/Watching This World Burn
4- King Of Frauds
5- Beating Myself Up
6- Feed Them...
7- ...To The Vultures
8- Coming Clean

Download: http://www.zshare.net/download/16754456aba4e1ca/

The Dillinger Escape Plan- Calculating Infinity

2008-09-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

This is an earlier album, but no less a classic, from New Jersey's tech metal giants The Dillinger Escape Plan. One of the best thorough listens I've heard in the genre, from top to bottom this album is pure genious, crazy time signatures meets in your face metal even combined with some funky jazz sounding parts at times. Arguably one of the best tech metal records released to date, in my opinion, at least. This is a great listen, and I really just wanted to up this so everyone can realize this band isn't as bad as the shit they've been releasing lately. Listen to this, get into it, love it.. Perfect.

Must listen to tracks: 43% Burnt, Destro's Secret, Calculating Infinity

1999

1- Sugar Coated Sour
2- 43% Burnt
3- Jim Fear
4- *#..
5- Destro's Secret
6- The Running Board
7- Clip The Appex... Accept Instruction
8- Calculating Infinity
9- 4th Grade Dropout
10- Weekend Sex Change
11- Variations On A Cocktail Dress

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ymmmw0mytyz

A Textbook Tragedy- Intimidator

2008-09-22T01:38:00.001-07:00

Finally, a metal outfit out of the country that Canadian's can be proud to call their own. This hard-hitting, heavy outfit out of Vancouver breaks through the gates with their debut album "Intimidator", a title that says it all. The title track gets the idea of the entire album across, a 6 minute song that ranges from low-end vocals with chuggy, "smash some-fucking-body" parts to melodic guitars and catchy singing vocals... A well rounded album made by a well rounded band.

Must listen to tracks- Intimitador, Bottomfeeders, The Gospel According To Textbook, Godspeed, Centipede

Quotables:
"Are you a God fearing man?
You should fear me because I am God."

2008

For Fans Of: Converge, Curl Up And Die, Coalesce

1) If You Want Blood...
2) Bottomfeeders
3) WWJOCD
4) Dude, I'm On Alesse...
5) Intimidator
6) The Gospel According To Textbook
7) Who Invited Zetner?
8) Godspeed, Centipede
9) Stay Out Of Riverdale
10) Cathy Rattlesnake
11) Total Immoral
12) Start The Reactor

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?jdz0zrkz4tt

Dangers- Anger

2008-09-22T01:28:00.000-07:00

Fast, meaningful, passion driven hardcore straight out of California. These guys are making angry music that's just oh so hard to dislike. From thrashy, 1:00 minute songs (including voicemails from ex-girlfriends) like "Gashing In" to catchy, memorable tracks like "Power Chord Blues" that are easy to remember and hard to forget. Dangers also captures their audience's attention with their passionate lyrics that always seem to have a story behind them, lines like "I've heard you say wetback/I've heard you say beaner/And behind my back, probably call me a nigger/I don't love you/I don't even like you" can only leave a listener quesitoning what this song is actually about. If you're searching for fast, fun, good hardcore... Dangers is it.

Quotables:
"You sing the songs of hypocrites.
Like nuns with guns or chicks with dicks."

"Like a cell phone full of numbers but not one soul I want to call.
Just like half-read books read by well-read eyes that pretend to have read them all.
Like following a dream that cripples you with debt.
Like laughing at a joke that hasn't caught up with you yet."

"One black eye does not a blind man make.
There's more to fight than big mouth kids like me.
Punch my face until your fingers break.
It's time to fight the real enemy.
Anger ain't a mood, it's a goddamn way of life."

2006

For Fans Of: Ceremony, Bracewar and more

1- We Broke The PA
2- Power Chord Blues
3- A Missed Chance For A Meaningful Abortion
4- Gashing In
5- Half Brother, All Cop
6- My Wonder Years Never Got Cancelled
7- Breakbeat
8- Shop Till You Drop
9- War? What War?
10- The Tiki House
11- The Great Wall Of California
12- Naysayer
13- (D)anger(s)
14- We Have More Sense Than Lies

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?zwt34jjjtmy