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This as an ideal time for Immolation to freely disseminate their material with the Scion backing, because no NYDM band this side of Suffocation is as universally respected as these trailblazers, and the kids need to recognize.

Deadfall is the brainchild of Berkelee smartypants Eddie Kim, who wrote, produced, recorded, performed guitar, programmed drums, engineered, mastered, and — I dunno — catered? Man, good of him to get bassist Sean Dusoe in there for balance. Control much? I know the feeling….

As long as I’m posting about free EPs, I may as well pimp my friends that are playing at a show I helped arrange. “The Rot of the World” is 30 minutes of *good* metalcore—you know, like Converge, Coalesce, and other bands with combination-style names from the 90s.

25 minutes of free, live awesome from DTP, released in support of their 2011 European tour. Those dates and all the links are included, as well as a hilarious video “Deconstrupdate”

Candlelight Records will release a special digital-only covers EP from Chicago’s THE ATLAS MOTH on September 28. Titled The One Amongst the Weed Fields, it contains very special renditions of “California Dreamin’” (The Mamas & The Papas), “Fearless” (Pink Floyd), “Golden” (Failure), and “Five to One” (The Doors).

Howl – Howl released July 21, 2009 on Relapse This is the music you would create if you got High On Fire ripping bingers from a Bongzilla and satiated the munchies with Soilent Green. Dredging dirge after dirge from a swampy black mire somewhere in the nether regions of Rhode Island(?!), they scrape off the crusty decomposition from their found artifacts and forge something fine enough for a Baroness, yet filthy enough for a Goatwhore. With a full length on the horizon and so much promise already, the ravenous masses will undoubtably be baying until the release. Until then, [...read more]