Peace, love and death metal

We Are Soldiers We Have Guns - “Songs That No One Will Hear” mp3
We Are Soldiers We Have Guns -”Damn Those TV Shows, Damn Them Straight To Hell” mp3

There’s something equally essential in the song title as is in the song itself: these might well be the songs no one will hear, but those nobodies that do, appreciate them with love. Un-party music you listen to in an un-hurry day.

We Are Soldiers We Have Guns and more lovely music can be found at Stereo Test Kit Records’ site. For example, I honestly don’t know why I still haven’t bought any Boy Omega albums, even if I well in love with their earlier mp3s quite a many moons ago already.

Boy Omega - “Explode” mp3

Goldenhorse - “Don’t Wake Me Up” mp3

Don’t wake me up from the 70’s? Well whatever, you’ve got to love her voice. More about Goldenhorse at Chromewaves.

Travis Morrison Hellfighters - “As We Proceed” mp3

Much better than the name suggests.

Slayer - “Final Six” @ MySpace

A new Slayer song, or an outtake from Christ Illusion session if you like it more that way, is up at their MySpace. Starts off like a grown-up “Spill The Blood”, but then lands heavily on Slayer’s 2000’s sound. Hopefully this won’t be the last new Slayer track ever.

Vacant Coffin @ MySpace

What is better than old school death metal? Old school grindcore! Finnish Vacant Coffin are soon releasing their take on the sound of World Downfall and we are blessed.

Year Of The B-side? @ Blogs Are For Dogs 

Blogs Are For Dogs shares Peter, Björn And John’s remix on The Shins’ “Australia” as well many other exceptional b-sides from 2007.

Paradise Vending - Ordinary Skies, an internet-only EP

Nice, laid-back music perfect for the time being. Listen to it before the summer is over.

This is my most favourite day of the year. There no darkness in our small hours these weeks. In recent years I’ve learned to love the light and appreciate night more as an emotional experience. There’s enough darkness in our years, so let’s celebrate the summer we have here.

Chang Ffos - “Iron Icon” mp3
Chang Ffos - “The Throne Of Sasquatch Ascending” mp3

Ever heard of Chang Ffos? Me neither, but their sludge have enough buzz - or the other way around - that it’s easy to appreciate them.

Death By Kite -”Himmelfahrtskommando” mp3
Death By Kite - “Bhf. Asta” mp3

Danish Death By Kite have a stupid name, but their debut album is of high quality. Trio’s mission was to combine different elements from band members’ musical backgrounds, but in my opinion this is rather something new because it sounds so natural. Shoegaze indie with danceable beats - this album is 50/50 about killing yourself in misery and then dancing the misery away.

A new Entombed track at Candlelight USA’s myspace

Logh will play two shows in Finland in September. I’m especially happy to see them come to my hometown Jyväskylä and my homeclub Lutakko, on September 14. Just a few weeks ago I received a package from Trust No One, including last issue of Logh’s four-part 7″ series built around their The Raging Sun album. It’s lovely that the set is now full, four years after the first part was released.

A new Smashing Pumpkins song via Roklintu
Another new Interpol song

Youth Group - “Forever Young” (an Alphaville cover) @Myspace
Stop staring in the distance and do something!
Yeah right…

Tony Naima & The Bitters - “Let The Napalm Rain (a Dismember cover)” @Myspace
Six months ago I wrote a short post on Tony Naima’s Dismember tribute album. On my year end’s list I gave it #10. Some month ago I listened to this again, it stuck on my car’s cd player for a good couple of days and every time “Let The Napalm Rain” gave me goosebumps. I hate to say it, but Tony Naima does Dismember better than Dismember themselves. It doesn’t matter are these death metal originals or not, this album is tryly great, innovative and energetic piece of music.

Chainsaw Dismemberment - “Fisting Till Bleeding” mp3 // “Zombie Infection” mp3 // “Suffocated Growls from the Rear Entry” mp3
“Put those fists in the fucking ass!!!” What? Sometimes it’s hard to explain why you do love metal and death metal especially so deeply. Finnish Chainsaw Dismemberment is not high IQ death metal, but their take on early 90’s style is so youthful and breathing it’s hard not to love them. “Fisting Till Bleeding” is the feel good hit of the summer, but listen to the stench of burning flesh on the guitar solo of “Suffocated Growls…”. 12-song demo and two live songs are available at Mikseri.net.

Kurhaus - “Propaganda of Dance” mp3
Another mp3 off their breath-taking A Future Pornography album. Dance like there’s no tomorrow!

Fulton Lights - “Thank God For the Evening News” mp3 // “Fire in the Palm of My Hand” mp3
If you’re reading this after 1 AM, please listen. One of those sample mp3’s that made me feel that I should buy the album just for the fact that it’s a debut, special pressing and one day will worth a fortune. But I won’t - yet.

Ghost Guard - “Hate Yourself Dead” mp3 // “Legacy Of Pain” mp3 // “Malice Intent” mp3
From Vaasa, Finland comes Ghost Guard. Rotten Sound’s Sami on drums. Their second demo Hate Yourself Dead doesn’t leave much to ve desired. Relentless beating from the word go. Leaves many other bands combining death metal to hardcore’s aggression behind. Hats off to Death influences.

Våld - “Dark Clouds” mp3

Just recently noticed that there are a shitload of live videos at Nasum.com. Two shows from 1999, one from 2001 (the Osaka show) and one from 2004, filmed a mere 45 days before Mieszko’s untimely death in the tsunami disaster.

And please don’t forget that “A Welcome Breeze of Stinking Air” (mp3) is one hell of a song!

Deathchain - “Serpent of the Deep” sample mp3
Deathchain - “In the Crypt of Vengeance” sample mp3
Deathchain - “Witchstorm” sample mp3

The frontline warriors of Finnish death/thrash metal Deathchain are preparing themselves for the 3rd attack. Cult Of Death will be released in May 27th (Dynamic Arts) and judging by the samples the band have taken a course to a broader approach. If you can call a heavy Morbid Angel influence on “Serpent of the Deep” “a broader approach”, that is; two other samples are more of the good old that we didn’t know we were even missing it.

SXSW shows @ LHB
including - to name but a few - 65daysofstatic, 120 Days, Pipettes, Peter, Björn and John and The Stooges.

One AM Radio - “Lest I Forget” mp3
Suits best at the time of the day the band name suggests.

Charlatantric posted a new Interpol track “Like Ashes”. Hot damn! “Got a Devil by my bedside…”

The Grand Opening - “Don’t Drop Off” Jimmy O remix
I had troubles with The Grand Opening’s own remake of the said song, so Jimmy Oäs success was on thin ice - but it still is a decent version, but nothing more to add.

Cuban Cigar Crisis - “Love Between The Sheets” mp3
A bit like Queens Of The Stone Age and britpop in the same gene pool, but without the multimillion selling chromosome. However - CCC are cheap: lots of mp3s to download at their site.