Partybreaker - "Hatred & Disbelief" [2012]

Artist: Partybreaker

Title: Hatred & Disbelief

Genre: Hardcore

Country: Russia

Release date: 2012

Track List:

1. Последняя песня (The Last Song)
2. Мистер Труп (Mr. Corpse)
3. На верном пути (On The Right Track)
4. Под натиском времени (Under The Pressure Of Time)
5. No Truth
6. Моя Клятва (My Vow - WBH cover)
7. Смерть (Death)
8. Hatred & Disbelief
9. Всё бывает лишь раз (Everything Happens Only Once)

One more hardcore band from my city (Sormovo district), featuring members of Wild By Heart, To Tell The Truth, and Final Broadcast. Nothing really original (Agnostic Front-type hardcore), but nevertheless pretty solid by the standards of our provincial scene. Here's a pic of these "Sormovo drug-free youths":

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Wild By Heart - "From The Devil" [2012]

Artist: Wild By Heart

Title: From The Devil

Genre: Hardcore/Metal

Country: Russia

Release date: 2012

Track List:

1. From The Devil

Beatdown hardcore/metal from my city. They're relatively well known not only locally, but through the whole country as well. This single indeed isn't bad, even though I don't like the vocals. By the way, one of their members recently got in trouble with the political police ("anti-extremism department", who's well known for their abuse of authority, especially in our city), but it looks like it ended well.

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Abu Lahab - "Moths From The Silver Reich"

Artist: Abu Lahab

Title: Moths From The Silver Reich
Genre: Black Ambient
Country: Morocco
Release date: unknown (probably from the 2010s)

Track List:

1. The Void Resonates
2. Grasp the Abyss with Petrified Palms
3. The World is a Sea of Blood

One more demo from the Moroccan artist known as Abu Lahab (not much is known about him, but this last.fm account probably belongs to him). Compared to "As Chastened Angels Descend Into The Thoracic Tombs", this demo is considerably less noisy - it's almost pure dark ambient. However, the unique "hellish" atmosphere still persists, and that's what distinguishes Abu Lahab from the myriads of generic dark ambient projects. His main source of inspiration is said to be "occultism and surreal visions (caused by illness)", and I can confirm I feel the atmosphere of insanity on this and other his releases. "Moths From The Silver Reich" is only available as 128kbps mp3 release, but I think it's pretty enough to preserve the aforementioned atmosphere, no higher quality rip is needed.

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2013

Happy new year! And yes, I have no life :3

(Project) Ritual Noise - "Сonfirmation of Diagnosis" [2009]

Artist: (Project) Ritual Noise
Title: Сonfirmation of Diagnosis
Label: Mental Excitement
Genre: IDM
Country: Moldova
Release date: 2009

Track List:

1. Clinical Death
2. Do’t F*ck My Mind Now
3. Rollback Of Life
4. Сonfirmation of Diagnosis
5. Eyes of the dying cat [vocal - Olesya Chursinova]
6. Some words about Easter
7. Do’t F*ck My Mind Now (Railroad Mix)
8. Euthanasia
9. I Can’t Dive
10. Hollyday [vocal - Nataly Jorin]
11. Symphony 4 [kick with an orchestra]
12. Industrial Symphony ( ]crucifactor[ mix)
13. Do't F*ck My Mind ( ]crucifactor[ remix)

(Project) Ritual Noise is an one-man Chisinau-based act, started in 2004. PRN's music can be described as IDM with some elements of power noise, which isn't quite "my" style, but I'll post it anyway, because: 1) it's the only Moldovan industrial/experimental electronic project I know; 2) PRN has done several collaborative works with one of my good friends (Cracked Core).

NB: the spelling "do't" instead of "don't" is intended for a pun.

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Animassacre - "Shi no Sedai" [2008]

Artist: Animassacre
Title: Shi no Sedai
Label: DigiVirus
Genre: EBM, Dark Electro
Country: Bulgaria
Release date: 2008

Track List:

1. Apathy (Candle Nine Remix)
2. Ignore It
3. Mecha Tremors (CAT Remix)
4. Mecha Tremors (Zwelwe Remix)
5. Shi No Sedai
6. User Hostile Interface

Animassacre are probably the only Bulgarian industrial band who are more or less known outside their home country. They're a duo (Simon & Diana) who draw their inspiration mainly from the "dark" anime (cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic, dystopic/sci-fi, horror/guro etc.) While I'm definitely not a weeaboo, I quite enjoy these kinds of anime too, and I've searched long and hard for a band that sounds similar to 2 Bullet (the only Japanese dark electro project I know). Special kudos to Animassacre for the phrase "I am a freak and you are a freak, we should make a contest who's a bigger fucking geek!" that appeared on their album "Evolve" in the track "[R]evolution". I got no idea if "Evolve" is officially available for free download or not, but "Shi no Sedai" definitely is:

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Waves Under Water - "Red Red Star" [2010]

Artist: Waves Under Water

Title: Red Red Star

Genre: Darkwave

Country: Sweden

Release date: 2010

Track List:

1. Red Red Star
2. Danslokal

Waves Under Water are a darkwave/electro band from Stockholm, currently consisting of Angelica (vocals, synth, cello), Johan (synth, guitar, backing vocals) and Ursula (live synth). Here's my favourite release of theirs, "Red Red Star" (2010 single). Angelica's voice may seem to "cold" and "robotic" to some, but I think it matches the music perfectly well. Overall it's the kind of darkwave I like the best, and I hope to see them live one day (they already have performed in Moscow in 2010, but I didn't have the opportunity to come there back then).

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Sand Aura - "Elegy Of The Orient" [2012]

Artist: Sand Aura

Title: Elegy Of The Orient

Genre: Folk Metal, Progressive Rock

Country: Egypt

Release date: 2012

Track List:

1. The Sand Aura (From the Land of Nod)
2. Aljahelia
3. The Orphaned Child I (Pilgrimage for His Name)
4. The Orphaned Child II (Fountain in the Desert)
5. Fountains of Moses
6. Ya Sabbya
7. The Shepherd's Elegy
8. Sidi Abd El-Raheem

Sand Aura are the first Egyptian metal band I came across. While their debut album, "Elegy Of The Orient", isn't quite as good as "Desert Call" by Myrath, the style is similar, and I definitely would recommend it for anyone who's interested in folk metal/rock with oriental themes. By the way, the 5th track ("Fountains of Moses") is one of the most unusual interpretations of Hava Nagila I've ever heard (along with the one by Rootwater). If you wand a download link, try a filestube search and have a good listen, while in the hometown of Sand Aura various political factions are bickering over the project of a new constitution.

Demokhratia ‎- "Bled El Petrole Takoul Lekhra" [2009]

Artist: Demokhratia

Title: Bled El Petrole Takoul Lekhra

Genre: Hardcore

Country: Algeria

Release date: 2009

Track List:

1. Poumpi L'Efuel Ou Enbi3
2. Boudinar
3. El Fahem
4. Lemssid (Usine À Bombes)
5. Ana Enbi3lek Ana Rabak
6. Ana Jeune Algerien
7. Ministere Des Anciens Moujahidine, Ministere Des Actuels Serakine
8. Seb3iyem
9. Sonatrach Etrih Khra
10. BMP (Beghlerized Mass People)
11. Legal Prostitution
12. Nigrou Genocide 2
13. Madrasset L'Ehlak

To be honest it isn't my favourite kind of hardcore, but a band from Algeria playing such kind of music with highly political lyrics definitely deserves some attention. "Bled El Petrole Takoul Lekhra" ("Country Of Petrol And You Eat Shit" or something along these lines) is the first Algerian punk album that was released on vinyl (by France-based Darbouka Records). However, it looks like they aren't the only punks in the Algerian underground - Beghlerass and As We Fuck are from Algeria too:



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Dr.Zeke - "Udda Pälsar" [1979]

Artist: Dr.Zeke

Title: Udda Pälsar

Genre: Punk

Country: Sweden

Release date: 1979

Track List:

1. Jag Ska Aldrig Dö
2. Vild I Skogen

Here's another one of the bands that made me interested in the obscure punk scene of the late 70's, along with Crisis, NY Niggers, and Aryan Disgrace. As far as I know, the first song on this 7'' is considered one of the all time classics of Swedish punk, but I personally prefer the second one, Vild I Skogen - a quite catchy song with energetic female vocals.  Unfortunately, not much is known about the band. Here's all I could find:

"Sissi and Göran (who did the songs on the single) was added after some controversy about the music. Maybe it's time to present what they're called, set that was on the single were: Janne (Drums), Peter (Bass), Sussi (vocals), Torsten (Organ) and last but not least, Göran (Guitar & Vocals). Dr Zeke was formed in February '79 and played out in mid-March at Konstfack in Stockholm, the gig went pretty well. Then it was three girls, but two of them disappeared after a while, they had nothing else to stand in. The single recorded Dr Zeke in October 1979, and both songs are high energetic punkrock and their only output and it's a shame because I think that Dr. Zeke was damn good. The band recorded more songs but nothing happened so they remain missing"

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