Klever - Discography

Klever is one of the most interesting and most unknown bands to come off of the russian post-rock scene of the mid-2000's. They have a very short discography, consisting of one EP and one full-length. They were formed in St. Petersburg.

Klever is composed of guitarist Sergey Makovka (Сергей Маковка), multi-instrumentalist Zmitser Holtsman (Дмитрий Гольцман) and drummer/percussionist Denis Rusakov (Денис Русаков).

"Blackgaze".

Starting from today i'll starting posting some blackgaze bands. This genre was originated by a fusion of shoegaze and black metal, pioneered by bands like Jesu and Alcest, and popularized in the music community by Deafheaven. It bears some similarities with post metal, but is far more oniric and atmospheric, with heavy usage of distortion, reverb and a lot of other effects.

Please note that the post-metal and post-rock content will continue, i'm just expanding the scope of this site.

Peace.

Lasse Stewart.

Amenra - Discography

Amenra is a band from Belgium, founded in 1999. Their style is heavily influenced by doom and black metal, and it's one of the most obscure bands, in terms of sonority, of the genre. They're the creators of the "Church of Ra", a collective of collaborating artists that also includes Oathbreaker and Black Heart Rebellion.

The band's current line-up is composed of five members: Colin H. van Eeckhout (vocalist), Mathieu J. Vandekerckhove (guitarist), Bjorn J. Lebon (drummer), Lennart Bossu (guitarist) and Levy Seynaeve (bassist). Past members include bassists Kristof J. Mondy and Maarten P. Kinet and the guitarist Vincent F. Tetaert.

Amenra's sound is one of the most doom-influenced bands in the genre, having an incredibly bleak atmosphere. Unlike most post metal releases, Amenra makes short albums, having never surpassed the mark of 50 minutes. The band deals with typical doom metal subjects, like death and suffering with a very pessimistic outlook.

Up to the moment, the band has released a sequence of six "Mass" studio albums. The sixth and the fourth are regarded as the best and should be the listener's starting point.

2003 - Mass I: Prayer I-IV

Anvil of Fury

1 - Change Is Always

2 - Dance of the Death

3 - Discrimen

4 - Hibernate

5 - Silent Pause

6 - Ode to a Broken Doll

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2005 - Mass II (CD Version)

Self-released

1 - From Birth to Grave From Shadow to Light

2 - A Promise to Make

3 - Offerande

4 - Ritual I

5 - Ritual II

75,2 MB - M4A

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2005 - Mass III

Self-released

1 - The Pain. It Is Shapeless. We Are Your Shapeless Pain

2 - Démelèndèlle. Txuhste En Tljihste

3 - Die Strafe. Am Kreuz. Ich Shreibe Eine Bibel In Blut

4 - Le Fils Des Faux. Il Fallait Que Je Parte. Pour Que Tu Viennes

Bonus Tracks

5 - From Birth to Grave. From Shadow to Light

6 - Ritual

108,9 MB - M4A

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2008 - Mass IIII

Hypertension Records

1 - Silver Needle / Golden Nail

2 - Le Gardien Des Rêves

3 - De Dodenakker

4 - Terziele

5 - Razoreater

6 - Aorte. Nous Sommes Du Même Sang

7 - Thuriver. Et Clamor At Te Veniat

114,2 MB - M4A

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2012 - Mass V

Neurot Recordings

1 - Dearborn and Buried

2 - Boden

3 - A Mon Âme

4 - Nowena | 9.10

95.4 MB - M4A

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2017 - Mass VI

Neurot Recordings

1 - Children of the Eye

2 - Edelkroone

3 - Plus Près De Toi (Closer to You)

4 - Spijt

5 - A Solitary Reign

6 - Diaken

95 MB - M4A

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Inter Arma - Discography

Very few post-metal bands are as experimental as Inter Arma. This american act manages to bring together influences from almost all extreme metal subgenres to create something unique, and even though this speech has been applied to a huge variety of unimaginative bands, here we can say, free of all pretension, that Inter Arma is really an unique band. They've been getting more aclaim, by critics and fans, since the release of "Paradise Gallows" in 2016, but it's a shame that they're still criminally underrated. "Inter Arma" is latin for "in times of war"

Godflesh - Discography

Godflesh, originally named Fall of Because, is an experimental band formed in '82 in Birmingham, England. Their sound is marked by intense industrial influences, with an electronic vibe being introduced later in "Us and Them". The band was dissolved in 2002 but returned to work in 2010, after a reunion for the Hellfest festival.

*shels - Discography

 *shels was created on 2003 on England by singer/songwriter Mehdi Safa and drummer Tom Harriman, former Mahumodo members. They've released their albums under the shelsmusic label, which was created by Safa and features other interesting acts from the post metal and post rock british scene. They've also made up a partnership with Undergroove for their two full-length albums. They've been described as a super ground since most of their members also played on different bands, including Safa and Harriman themselves as stated above.

Latitudes - Discography

 

Latitudes was formed in England in 2006. Their debut full-length, Agonist, is one of the most essential post metal albums released in the last 10 years, although they're a relatively unknown band. They offer an approach similar to the more famous Russian Circles, but heavier and more dense. All of their albums were received with well deserved good reviews, especially their last masterpiece "Old Sunlight".

Their current line-up includes bassis Jon Lyon, drummer Mike Davies, guitarist Tim Blyth, guitarist Adam Crowley (who previously played on Gilla Bruja) and vocalist Adam Symonds (who also played on Eden Maine). They also had a keyboardist who later left the band. Rich Harper.

It's very interesting to see how Latitudes performs a very dense and catchy metal that isn't completely unaccessible. Their sound is very similar to Russian Circles and early Callisto, but pretty original on its own. Their music is mostly instrumental, but vocals were added in a few songs, such as "Body Within a Body" from Old Sunlight, that captures perfectly everything Latitudes is about: heaviness, atmosphere and density.

My starting point was Agonist, which remains my favorite, but since all of their records are top-tier i recommend listening in cronological order.

2007 - Bleak Epiphanies in Slow Motion (EP)

Shelsmusic

1 - Dreamland Precipice

2 - A Falling Mute

3 - Black Epiphany in Slow Motion

4 - Your Death-Mash Became Mine

5 - We Met Today & Will Never Meet Again

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2009 - Agonist

Shelsmusic

1 - Myth Cathexis

2 - Antechamver

3 - Fluxes of the Womb

4 - Steppe & Veld

5 - Braille

6 - Hunting Dance

7 - Agonist

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2012 - Individuation

Shelsmusic

1 - Hyperstatic Forge

2 - Imitation Ruin

3 - Vortice of Malady

4 - Isleward

5 - Metabolic Pathways

6 - The Glacial Body

8 - Individuation (Telos)

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2016 - Old Sunlight

Debemur Morti Productions

1 - Ordalian

2 - Body Within a Body

3 - Amnio

4 - Gyre

5 - In Rushes Bound

6 - Altarpieces

7 - Quandary

94,3 MB - 320 Kbps

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Frames - Discography

I stumbled upon this band accidently, when searching for something about another band, the irish act The Frames, and this one band is very impressive. It seems fitting that a post-rock band from a heavy metal label (SPV) would be posted in this blog. But after you hear their work you may ask yourself how in the actual fuck Frames has gotten into SPV, and well... so did i. Frames was born in Germany in 2007, and in 2014 they toured with the prominent post-rock act Maybeshewill, leaving two albums and one EP before the members started working on side projects.

The band consists of Jonas Meyer (guitar), Manuel Schönfeld (keyboard), Hajo Cirksena (bass) and Kiryll Kulakowski (drummer). Hajo currently works with Eliane Oesch in a pop project called Lorraine. Cornelius, who backed Manuel in live shows, also works on a band called The Aqualung. Much ironically, there's a prog band called Aqualung as well.

The band's sound incorporates the melodic post-rock approach of Maybeshewill and early Mogwai, along with complex songwriting that granted them the label of neo prog by some critics, but there's more to Frames than just that. Their sound is far more romantic, calm and soothing than what you'd find in a prog rock band in the 2010's. Although their songs are carefully crafted in a very meticulous production and composition, the band manages to execute a very sentimental soundscape. 

The band's discography currently consists of the CXXIV EP and full-length Mosaik and In Via. Their last album, In Via, was released in 2012, and since then they've toured throughout 2013 and 2014, promising to work on their third full-length later. However, they stated on their site that it was planned to be released on 2015. Well, it's 2017 and no signal of new album. Very sad.

2009 - CXXIV (EP)

Self-released

1 - Ocean

2 - G

3 - Ruff

4 - Insomnia

5 - Compromise

6 - M

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2010 - Mosaik

Hammerfall / SPV

1 - Intro

2 - The Beginning

3 - Agenda

4 - Transition

5 - Isp

6 - Insomnia

7 - Driving Head

8 - Intermission

9 - Horizon

10 - Audacity

11 - M

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2012 - In Via

SPV GmbH

1 - Entrance

2 - Departure

3 - Encounter

4 - Calm Wisdom

5 - Stir

6 - Reflections

7 - Eris

8 - Don't Stay Here

9 - End of a Decade

10 - Coda

129,7 MB - 320 Kbps

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A Storm of Light - Desccography

A Storm of Light is one of the most powerful and heavy bands to come off the post metal thing. They were formed in 2007 in NYC, and this band incorporates a very dark and frightening sound, following the steps of Neurosis, but they rely in a fast-paced horror soundscape rather than a slow and nasty one. Their name can be related not to a shimmering, holy and never-ending salvation light from the heavens, but as a destructive ephemeral nuclear explosion that devastates everything in its way.

The band currently counts with Josh Graham (vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist, he also played on Neurosis, which explains why their sound draw so heavily from the one of Neurosis), Domenic Seita (bass and vocals) and drummer Billy Graves.

The lyrical themes include post-apocalyptic scenarios, often dystopias created by humanity themselves. Their latest album, Nations to Flames (2013), carries a concept that has been described by Graham as a possible future of human failure due to pollution and overpopulation. The cataclysm shows that humanity gave too much importance to things such as nationalism and religion when they were in fact just lies.

 

The band's first records are very doom metal influenced, atmospheric and pretty much like Neurosis, while they got progressively more fast and aggressive in the latter records. Nations to Flames and Forgive Us Our Trespasses are essentials to whom wants to discover the band.

2008 - And We Wept the Black Ocean Within

Neurot Recordings

1 - Adrift (The Albatross I)

2 - Vast and Endless

3 - Black Ocean

4 - Thunderhead

5 - Undertow (The Albatross II)

6 - Mass

7 - Leaden Tide

8 - Breach (The Albatross III)

9 - Descent

10 - Iron Heart

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2009 - Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Neurot Recordings

1 - Alpha (Law of Nature Pt. 1)

2 - Amber Waves of Gray

3 - Tempest

4 - The Light in Their Eyes

5 - Trouble Is Near

6 - Arc of Failure (Law of Nature Pt. 2)

7 - Midnight

8 - Across the Wilderness

9 - Time Our Savior (Law of Nature Pt. 3)

10 - Omega

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2011 - As the Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade

Profound Lore Records

1 - Missing

2 - Collapse

3 - Black Wolves

4 - Destroyer

5 - Wretched Valley

6 - Silver

7 - Leave No Wounds

8 - Death's Need

9 - Wasteland

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2013 - Nations to Flames

Southern Lord Records

1 - Fall

2 - Apostles of Hatred

3 - The Fire Sermon

4 - Omen

5 - Dead Flags

6 - All the Shining Lies

7 - Disintegrate

8 - Lifeless

9 - Soothsayer

10 - You Are the Hunted

11 - The Year Is One

118,3 MB - 320 Kbps

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Bloodlet - Discography

 Fact Magazine's despicable top 40 post metal records of all time has some hidden gems, such as Bloodlet's The Seraphim Fall from '98. Bloodlet is one of the most underrated bands in the scene, having their small rise and fall in late 90's and beginning of the 00's, having only three albums released. They were formed in Orlando, USA in '92 and split-up in 2003, a very short career that left behind some obscure albums for you to feed your inner hipster with.

Their line-up as of the moment they split was composed of vocalist Scott Angelacos, guitarist Matt Easley, bassist Thomas Crowther and drummer John Stewart. 

They were described as many genres, including metalcore, doom metal and thrash metal. However, their true nature was some angry guys shouting and slamming their instruments in full anguish, together with a production that added some sick effects to their studio work - sounds like Swans, but metal.

1996 - Entheogen

Victory Records

1 - Brainchild

2 - Something Wicked

3 - Annulment

4 - One and Only

5 - Shell

6 - CPAI-75

7 - The Triumph

8 - Eucharist

9 - 95

10 - CPAI-76

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1998 - The Seraphim Fall

Victory Records

1 - Intro

2 - Whitney

3 - Dogman With Horns

4 - Sister Supreme

5 - Stew For the Murder Minded

6 - Shoot the Pig

7 - Seven Hours of Angel Food

8 - Seraphim

9 - Sourtooth Grin

10 - Incantations

11 - Your Hours

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2002 - Three Humid Nights in the Cypress Trees

Victory Records

1 - Learn to Fly: Ascent

2 - The Way of the Leeches

3 - I Have Such a Hard Time Making New Friends

4 - Vision Quest

5 - Holy Rollin' Homicide

6 - Learn to Fly: Descent

7 - The Way of the Will

8 - Three Humid Nights in the Cypress Trees

9 - Worms

10 - Motel Surgery

11 - Learn to Fly: Impact

12 - The Way of the Knife

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Talons - Discography

Talons is a six-piece instrumental band from Hereford, England, formed in 2004. They were formed as a reincarnation of the members' past band, Kites, with a slightly altered line-up. They're instrumental post rock with math rock and hardcore influences. The band's line-up has never suffered any change.

The band consists of two violinists (Reuben Brunt and Sam Little), two guitarists (Oliver Steels and Sam Jarvis), one bassist (Chris Hicks) and one drummer (Alex Macdougall).

The band signed contract with the recording company Big Scary Monsters in 2009, and released their debut, Hollow Realm, in the following year, after a compilation of their work before the debut. In 2014 they released their second album, New Topographics.

2010 - Commemorations

Big Scary Monsters Recording Company

1 - Comiserations Buff Orpington

2 - The Tragic Decline of Buff Orpington

3 - The Pearl

4 - Manatee

5 - Bethlehem

6 - Anthropods

7 - Trevelyan

8 - The Pearl (Richmanu Reconstruction)

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2010 - Hollow Realm

 Big Scary Monsters Recording Company

1 - St. Mary Will Be the Death of Us All

2 - Peter Pan

3 - In the Shadows of Out Stilted Homes

4 - An Expected Future Event

5 - Isis

6 - Impala

7 - Great Railroads

8 - Hollow Depth

69,3 MB - 192 Kbps

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2014 - New Topographics

 Big Scary Monsters Recording Company

1 - Monuments

2 - Reverie

3 - Lunar Gloss

4 - The Wild Places

5 - Rituals

6 - The Dreams Have No Dream

7 - Stay Cold

8 - Petrovice

110 MB - 320 Kbps

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Lasse Stewart.