On march the saints...

"And the answer is none, none more black..."

Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap Soundtrack (1984)

The black cover, of course, is a reference to the album Smell The Glove from the movie. The funniest part of all is that a couple of these songs legitimately rock. Good British hard rock played by a bunch of American comedians.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uyywnnznmhy

Free speech for the dumb...

This is one of the last times Metallica did something that was really cool. You get covers from everyone from Discharge to the Misfits to Black Sabbath to Mercyful Fate to Nick Cave on here. Great tracklist. This is just disc one but I already posted a chunk of disc 2 some time back. Most of the songs here are pretty dark, perfect for Halloween. I know alot of people don't like Metallica but I always thought this album was great, so I posted it.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?htiarri3njw

I'm freakin' out, man...

Still equal parts heavy and "what the fuck were they thinking?" to this day. Lots of music from this era sounds dated as fuck and this STILL sounds evil and heavy. It still feels like it's not quite the right time for this music, which makes it pretty awesome. I switched to Mediafire today, Megaupload was dickin' me around and I try to avoid the evil Rapidshare so I'll see how this works.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?twnjmdzf3zm

Good movie for Halloween time...

This one proved that Rob Zombie could write and direct fairly well. Haven't watched this one in a while and I went back to it because I generally watch even more horror movies than usual this time of year and I was watching it and I remember thinking "this movie is pretty badass". So here it is for your viewing pleasure.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AIRQ8ZB8

Bought another copy of Zoso, seeds were bustin' up the spine...

That's right, that band who did that Space Lord song back in '99 or so had a whole slew of awesome albums before that one. Here's thier first one, some trippy but equally rockin' shit goin on here.

http://rapidshare.com/files/253166459/Spine_Of_God.zip

Foot to the floor with a bottle full of Night Train...

Isabelle's Gift - Grass Roots 91-09' (2009)

I posted the awesome American Idle from these fellas a while back. What you get with Isabelle's Gift is no bullshit, grungy, kinda stoner rock-ish hard fuckin' rock. This is a sort of promo/best of they put together. Check it out, and if you like it go to thier website and buy some shit, these guys are the real deal and deserve the fuck out of it. No bullshit, no filler, just honest rock and roll. Ok, so they have progressed a bit since the early 90s but they honestly have only gotten better and better. I couldn't resist posting this. I hope you like it because I love this shit.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LC0DY3IL

To the wall, the preacher said...

And now for some definately NOT neo thrash. These fellas ought to be ashamed, especally guitarist Andreas Kisser for totally ruining thier awesome name in the extreme metal world and sucking nowadays.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U1XZQ3G7

Morbid symmetry...

Some more neo thrash for your ass. These fellas don't fuck around. Reminds me a little bit of old Metallica, which is definately not a bad thing.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WO34414Z

Devil on the left, an angel on the right...

Danzig - III: How The Gods Kill (1992)

The first four solo Danzig albums are classic. The band he had on those four records was the right band for the right time, they played so tightly together it was unbelievable. I posted the first two, so here's Danzig III. It's the same kind of heavy blues with that unmistakable Danzig voice, but this one just felt a little darker.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L1RLQVFO

Holy fuck...

I thought that Tafkata rekkid was pretty awesome so I went and checked out some of the gyus' former band Enewetak. Brutal, sludgy, kick your head in, wake up in the gutter shit here, the guitars get a little deathy/black once in a while but it stays nice and sludgy. It all makes for one interesting and heavy listen.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TQOHD8D8

Left hand path...

If I am not mistaken this is Entombed's first recording. Awesome Swedish death metal. The "and roll" part of the equasion would come later. It's still the same band but they were a little wet behind the ears and fucking pissed off at something/someone. And I'm glad because this shit is brutal.

http://rapidshare.com/files/183946412/Left_Hand_Path.zip

Old school...

Kreator proved that Germans could thrash pretty fucking well too. This shit is like an insane, fast, straight out of hell, on crystal meth version of thrash fucking metal.

http://rapidshare.com/files/194408953/Pleasure_to_Kill.zip

And in my head I'm going southbound...

I used to listen to this one alot back in the high school days.This is the point where Vision Of Disorder got really experimental. Instead of being just hardcore this sounds, literally, like they moved out to the desert with alot of drugs and a couple of Black Sabbath records and not much more. I definately get that tripped out "desert" vibe from it, way different than thier early stuff but Tim William's awesome sounding vocals still anchor the whole thing down in that familiar way. I know alot of the fans really didn't care for this one but I loved it. It brings back alot of memories and teenage angst and all that, and it's pretty damn heavy.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V0P03PIT

I could go for a cold, refreshing Pabst Blue Ribbon right now...

Saviours - Accelerated Living (2009)

Drawing from influences all over the metal/hard rock spectrum, Saviours put it all in a talented blender and make that shit work. Theres traces of everything from NWOBHM, to thrash to stoner rock in here but it doesn't really sound like any of those either if that makes sense. The end result is refreshing, heavy and awesome. The guitars gallop, there are countless guitar solos, harmonizing, crescendos, something for everyone. Definately one of my favorite releases of the year and I don't even know if it's physically out yet. I just found out they were on the Saint Vitus tour, now I'm twice as pissed I didn't get to see it.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7SXRIEPN

The end complete...

There's nothing like old school Florida death metal.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZX48YDDU

Hellbound...

I don't know much about these fellas exept they hail from Massachusetts and are a part of that whole new wave of thrash thing which I love. Thrashy, heavy, slightly groovin' stuff going on here. Reminds me alot of Lazarus A.D. who are fucking awesome.

http://rapidshare.com/files/186074198/Led_To_The_Grave.zip

Jam time...

Whoever put this video together rocks.

New trip...

Stoner rock is kinda hit or miss for me. When it's good it's good but there's plenty of mediocrity out there. I listened to this cd for the first time in a long time though and I started remembering just why I like this band in the first place. First thing you notice is the guitar tone, it is perfect, flawless. Then the vocals, this guy has one hell of a voice, and the way the guitars and the vocals and everything else line up is perfect. You also get endless guitar solo after endless guitar solo, soulful vocals and serious songwriting chops seldom seen these days in rock and roll all converging to make one hell of a rock rekkid.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9V4ZAOTD

When the screams come...

Bobby Liebling is the man. I posted the Relentless record a while back, so I figured i'd post this. Gotta get your doom on once in a while.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PLFXIRCO

Rock 'n' roll damnation...

I don't know what else to say other than this rocks. No frills, no bullshit, just rock and roll. It really doesn't get any better.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QBY9BRPB

Is an Exhorder a former hoarder?

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V8VODTQ4

You are welcome, Phil Anselmo...

Hands down, Pantera would not have sounded the way it did without this little band from New Orleans. Phillip H. Anselmo listened to Exhorder and changed his whole vocal approach practically overnight. What you get here, is a nice, refreshing for the time, orginal twist on thrash metal. The production is a little questionable, but thats not surprisingly Roadrunner Records' fault. The music itself shines and Kyle Thomas' vocals are razor sharp. The songs are heavy as a ton of bricks and anyone who likes the groove heavy style of metal popularized by Pantera should love this.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z663J7HE

Ugly and proud...

THIS is hardcore. Straight from NYC. Frontman Paul Bearer is one obnoxious bastard, which in my opinion usually makes for good hardcore. Around this time, Sheer Terror started adding a little more of a metal tinge to thier sound, not a bad thing, it still has that unmistakable NYHC thing going on. This record seethes, it loathes you, and it makes you realize that Sheer Terror is a pretty fitting name.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3UKNGOSW

Hey yeah, I'm the one that you wanted...

This got all kinds of mixed reviews, but hey, it made me laugh out loud and it's the perfect feature for the Halloween season. Plus there's lots of hot cartoon boobage and all kinds of badass stuff going on here. I liked it.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QIFSS68O

Through my days into my nights...

Kyle Thomas can do no wrong. This was his second band after Exhorder and it took him in a decidedly more stoner rock/grungy direction. It came out on Roadrunner Records around '95 or '96 and as Roadrunner has done with countless good bands, promoted it like shit and dropped the band from their roster like a year later. In interviews Thomas has said this was due to Roadrunner not giving him enough artistic freedom and instead wanting to make the band a Corrosion Of Conformity clone. It's a shame as this sonofabitch rocks.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HQOPS9XP

Still...

Still is the first E.P. from Long Island's Vision Of Disorder. Around this time V.O.D. got lumped in with the whole NYHC thing but the music they were playing was obviously different than what most of the bands in that scene were doing at the time. Heavy, volitile, and pissed off, V.O.D. put thier own unique twist on what would be known as hardcore in the 90s and later known as metalcore.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NSVG0VJA

Like broken glass...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D24156P0

All hell breaks loose...

Halloween is this Saturday. I love this shit!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N9EGJVJ0

Abolish government, means nothing to me...

Digging into the proverbial archives for some of these today.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AGZYSHDI

Boiling over...

While not crossover this time, this is an awesome lesser known classic from the hardcore days out of Boston. It is snot nosed and pissed off old school hardcore the way it should be.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AGZYSHDI

Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology...

Total classic. No Stooges=no punk rock, it's that simple.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JG08MY7I

Nasty dogs and funky kings...

I haven't posted any badass classic rock in a while.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7LGOL03Z

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Now playing: Testament - Return To Serenity
via FoxyTunes

Hechmen ride...

Here is the latest from old school thrash mongers Testament. I don't know how this one escaped my clutches from getting uploaded for so long, it's just as good as anything they did in the early days and I saw them this year on the Formation Of Damnation tour and they sounded just as good as ever (although the concert could have been a little louder, just sayin'...)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KBDYJBQB

Hey Gordy, give me a shot...

Keeping with the crossover block, I had to post this one. 24 years later and the same disclaimer still applies: don't take this shit too seriously or you might hurt yourself or someone else.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YL3NAEOR

Life of dreams...

Awesome crossover from NYC. Gary Meskill would later go on to form Pro Pain.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0FLOOOFM

Feeling kinda crossover today...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8YSBAX30

Casue I'm not the living, you soon will be giving...

Awesome compilation of Pentagram's Death Row era. Technically at the time they were even called Death Row but would eventually re-adopt the Pentagram moniker. Disc one is all live recordings, some songs have been later released, and some not: i.e. the awesome and heavy Committed To Vengeance. The live tracks are pretty decent recordings and sound great. The second disc however is all demos and while you get some cool Black Sabbath covers the quality is pretty bad. For my money I'd say go with disc one, but if you are a completest check out the second one too.

Disc 1:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2Z3TTCMR

Disc 2:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OW67N9C2

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Now playing: Slayer - Unit 731
via FoxyTunes

Not of this god...

Slayer - World Painted Blood (2009)

This should need no introduction. You are welcome.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4R8MHF0Z

You tell me where I can go and I betcha that I'll see you there...

Another one of my all time favorites. There's a reason why I have this:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZT7PRIGP

I feel the burning sun...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6CU9QIYN

With no apologies shown or demonologies known...

As much as I like Down, I really hope they go on hiatus so it's respective members can go back to thier other bands. We need new Corrosion Of Conformity, Crowbar, Eyehategod, and hell, a new Superjoint Ritual wouldn't be too bad either. This is the most recent from Corrosion Of Conformity, it was a little more experimental than the usual stoner metal affair I grew to expect from them but still just as awesome.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3IEO7S49

"All we represent to them, man, is someone who needs a haircut..."

I don't know much about these fellas but I can tell you they play some seriously good sludge. The riffs are heavy and groovin', theres tons of heavy breakdowns and memorable parts throughout.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=09HVK5CZ

None heavier...

Here's the most recent from Crowbar for the dude who calls himself Housecore. I'll get more up yet, don't worry.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DJPFFMPZ

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Now playing: Tafkata - Shout At The Gates
via FoxyTunes

Don't let the name throw you off...

Before they were a horridly mediocre corporate rock entity, Soil used to rock. Throttle Junkies was thier first full-length and it is full of loud crunchy guitars, a nice grunge influenced sound and some serious songwriting chops and swagger all done real honestly and well. I don't know who to compare it to, it's pretty original. It really doesn't sound anything like thier later stuff.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NSVXGZ7D

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Now playing: Soil - F-Hole
via FoxyTunes

Live free and burn...

"Why are you doing this, Lemmy?"

El Rojo...

The Bakerton Group is Clutch's insturmental, jazzy, tripped out alter ego. I think the time and energy put into this would be better focused on Clutch but they are definately two completely different animals. Surprisingly most of these songs would definately NOT work as Clutch songs.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VTSAAH4G

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Now playing: Nig-Heist - Whore Pleaser
via FoxyTunes

Cruising in a high speed G.T.O....

White Wizzard - High Speed G.T.O. (2009)

You'll swear its 1985 while listening to this old school style heavy metal.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BSUNTQ4Y

A monolith of sorts...

Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder (2009)

Shrinebuilder is a doom metal "supergroup" made up of Scott Kelly of Neurosis, Al Cisneros from the bands Sleep and OM, Scott "Wino" Weinrich from The Obsessed, Saint Vitus etc. etc., and Dale Crover of the Melvins.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1SQ8OPS4

Hard rain fallin'...

In the dark ages before there really was heavy metal there was Sir Lord Baltimore. They came from Brooklyn, NY sometime in the early 70s and totally laid the foundation. Not since Sabbath did a band come out this ferocious heavy and gnarly sounding. Wall of guitars, vocals sung by a maniac, boogie woogie riffs, endless guitar solos, fuzzed over, distorted/awesome guitar sound... It's all here.

http://rapidshare.com/files/182561591/Sir_Lord_Baltimore.zip

Rabid dogs...

I love all stages of Corrosion Of Conformity's career. Eye For An Eye is totally uncomprimising snot nosed hardcore with a metallic tinge. This record is mean and dirty sounding.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DVM2RCJX

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Now playing: Alice In Chains - Last Of My Kind
via FoxyTunes