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The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials ( 1979, Resurgent, Punk Rock )



Track Listing

1. Frightened
2. Crap Rap 2/Like to Blow
3. Rebellious Jukebox
4. No Xmas for John Quays
5. Mother-Sister!
6. Industrial Estate
7. Underground Medicine
8. Two Steps Back
9. Live At the Witch Trials
10. Future and pasts
11. Music Scene

Overview:

That the first Fall album in a near endless stream would not only not sound very punk at all but would be a downright pleasant listen at the start (thanks to Yvonne Pawlett's electric piano on "Frightened") seems perfectly in keeping with Smith's endlessly contrary mind. His inimitable drawl/moan and general vision of the universe (idiots are everywhere and idiotic things are rampant) similarly sprawls all over the music -- there's no question who this is or whose band it is as well. That said, most of Live at the Witch Trials is co-written with Martin Bramah, whose guitar work here is noticeably much more inclined to chime and ring instead of brutally scratching away like Craig Scanlon's awesome work would soon do. Bramah's not just there to sound tuneful, though, and the killer Marc Riley/Karl Burns rhythm section both keeps up the energy and provides surprising grooves. On chugging tracks like "Two Steps Back," it's not hard to tell Smith's Krautrock fandom is coming into play. With Pawlett's keyboards providing a pretty garage kick on top of it all, the result is an all-around treat. Brilliantly scabrous tracks are everywhere, one of the most memorable being "Rebellious Jukebox," simultaneously one of the most tuneful and aggressive songs from the early lineup, Smith pouring it on along with the band as a whole. The driving funk of "Music Scene," meanwhile, redefines misanthropy (and more) with a particularly central Smith target in mind. "No Xmas for John Quays," meanwhile, almost establishes the Fall formula on its own -- Smith chanting and yelling over a quick, semi-rockabilly shamble and attack punctuated with unexpected stops and starts. Note -- the Cog Sinister CD re-release of the album, in keeping with similar perverse reissues in the Fall's back catalog, is mastered directly from vinyl, and more than once sounds it.

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Live at the Witch Trials

The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour ( 1982, Resurgent, Punk Rock )



Track Listing

1. The Classical
2. Jawbone and the Air-Rifle
3. Hip Priest
4. Fortress/Deer Park
5. Mere Pseud Mag. Ed.
6. Winter
7. Winter, No. 2
8. Just Step Sideways
9. Who Makes the Nazis?
10. Iceland/Island
11. And This Day

Overview

The Fall already had a slew of brilliant records under their belt by the time Hex Enduction Hour emerged, but when it did, the result was a bona fide classic on all fronts. Honing the vicious edge of his lyrics to a new level of ability, Smith led his by-now seasoned band -- at this time sporting the double-drumming lineup of Paul Hanley and Karl Burns -- to create a literal hour's worth of entertaining bile. The Marc Riley/Craig Scanlon team had even more of a clattering, industrial edge than before, now inventing its own style of riff and melody that any number of later groups would borrow, with varying degrees of success. "Iceland" itself tips its hat toward where part of the album was recorded, and it's little surprise that the Sugarcubes and any number of contemporaneous bands from that country ended up with a deep Fall fetish. Of the many song highlights, perhaps the most notorious was the opening "The Classical," an art rock groove like no other, racketing around with heavy-duty beats and stabbing bass from Steve Hanley. Apparently, the band was on the verge of signing with Motown, at least until they heard Smith delivering the poisonous line, "Where are the obligatory niggers?/Hey there, f*ckface!" Politically correct or not, it set the tone for the misanthropic assault of the entire album, including the hilarious dressing down of "misunderstood" rock critics, "Hip Priest" ("He...is...not...ap-PRE-ciated!") and the targeting-everyone attack "Who Makes the Nazis?" Musically, all kinds of approaches are assayed and the results are a triumph throughout, from "Hip Priest" and its tense exchange between slow, dark mood and sudden guitar bursts to the motorik drone touch of "Fortress/Deer Park." As a concluding anti-anthem, "And This Day" ranks up with "The N.W.R.A.," ten minutes of ramalama genius.

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Hex Enduction Hour

Otyg - Älvefärd ( 1998, Napalm, Folk metal )



Track Listing

1. Huldran
2. I Trollberg Och Skog
3. Älvadimmans Omdaning
4. Ulvskrede
5. Fjällstrom
6. I Höstlig Dräkt
7. Myrdingar - Martyrium
8. Allfader Vise
9. Fjälldrottningens Slott
10. Trollpiskal Ödemarksblod
11. Draugen
12. Skymningsdans

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Otyg's first album and not the one with the Holy Diver Cover

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The Fall - Dragnet ( 1979, Step Forward, Punk Rock )



Track Listing

1. Psykick Dance hall
2. A Figure Walks
3. Printhead
4. Dice Man
5. Before the Moon Falls
6. Your Heart Out
7. Muzorewi's Daughter
8. Flat of Angles
9. Choc-Stock
10. Spectre Vs Rector
11. Put Away

Bonus Tracks

12. Rowche Rumble
13. In My Area
14. Fiery Jack
15. 2nd Dark Age
16. Psykick Dance Hall ( No.2 )

Overview

The Fall's second album was also one of the hardest to find in later years, getting only sporadic represses and reissues. Though some opinions would have it that there was a good reason for this -- namely, that it was something of a dead end sonically -- it's not as bad as all that. It's true that more than a few tracks come across as Fall-by-numbers (even then, already better than plenty of other bands), but there are some thorough standouts regardless. There's also another key reason to rate Dragnet -- it's the debut album appearance of Craig Scanlon, who picked up on the off-kilter rockabilly-meets-art rock sensibilities of the initial lineup and translated it into amazing guitar work. No less important is the appearance of Steve Hanley, who would soon take over fully on bass from Marc Riley, who in turn moved to guitar, forming one heck of a partnership with Scanlon that would last until Riley jumped ship to form the Creepers. Generally the songs which work the best on Dragnet throw in some amusingly odd curves while still hanging together musically. The full winner is unquestionably "Spectre vs. Rector," an amazing combination of clear lead vocals and buried, heavily echoed music and further rants, before fully exploding halfway through while the rhythm obsessively grinds away. Another odd and wonderful cut is "Muzorewi's Daughter," which starts out sounding like stereotypical Hollywood music for Native American tribes before shifting between that and quicker choruses. "Dice Man," with its rave-up melody and slower vocal- and guitar-only chorus, not to mention the weird muttering elsewhere in the mix, says it all in under two minutes and has fun while doing it. Through it all, Smith rants and raves supreme, spinning out putdowns, cracked vocals, and total bile with all the thrill and energy one could want from a good performer.

one of the most underrated and misunderstood Fall albums

Slavland - Echa Wieków Pradawnych ( 2007, Eastside Recs, Folk metal )



Track Listing

1. Zmierzch Fałszywych Proroków
2. Na Rozdrozu
3. Pieśń Żerców
4. Plomien Wzgardy
5. W Starożytnym Gardźcu
6. Siła Wiary, Triumf Woli
7. Goreja Wici
8. Wilcze Pragnienie
9. Łużyc
10. A Nienawiść Wciaż Płonie
11. Wiec
12. Przesilenie

Overview

Polish Based folk metal with plenty of BM undertones. A pretty solid release from a supposedly " Kvlt " artist.

A kickass Folk-metal Record

X - Los Angeles ( 1980, Slash, L.A Punk )



Track Listing

1. Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not
2. Johnny Hit and Run Paulene
3. Soul Kitchen
4. Nausea
5. Sugarlight
6. Los Angeles
7. Sex and Dying in High Society
8. The Unheard Music
9. The World's a Mess; It's In my Kiss

Bonus Tracks

10. I'm Coming Over ( Demo )
11. Adult Books ( Dangerhouse Rough mix )
12. Delta 88 ( Demo )
13. Cyrano De berger's Back (Rehearsal )
14. Los angeles ( Dangerhouse Version )

Overview

By the late '70s, punk rock and hardcore were infiltrating the Los Angeles music scene. Such bands as Black Flag, the Germs, and, especially, X were the leaders of the pack, prompting an avalanche of copycat bands and eventually signing record contracts themselves. X's debut, Los Angeles, is considered by many to be one of punk's all-time finest recordings, and with good reason. Most punk bands used their musical inability to create their own style, but X actually consisted of some truly gifted musicians, including rockabilly guitarist Billy Zoom, bassist John Doe, and frontwoman Exene Cervenka, who, with Doe, penned poetic lyrics and perfected sweet yet biting vocal harmonies. Los Angeles is prime X, offering such all-time classics as the venomous "Your Phone's Off the Hook, but You're Not," a tale of date rape called "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene," and two of their best anthems (and enduring concert favorites), "Nausea" and the title track. While they were tagged as a punk rock act from the get-go (many felt that this eventually proved a hindrance), X are not easily categorized. Although they utilize elements of punk's frenzy and electricity, they also add country, ballads, and rockabilly to the mix.

A very brilliant album that is also very easy on the ears for people who want to venture into the chaotic origins that is punk rock

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Otyg - sagovindar's boning ( 1999. Swedish Folk Metal )



track listing

1: Trollslottet
2: Vilievandring
3: Galderbesjungen
4: När Älvadrottningen Kröns
5: Bäckahästen
6: Årstider
7: Mossfrun Kölnar
8: Vättar Och Jättar
9: Holy Diver (Dio Cover )
10: Lövjerskan
11: Varulvsnatt
12: Gygralock

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Otyg - sagovindar's boning

Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Nostradamus In Echtzeit ( 2001, German Grind )



track listing

1. Dresscode
2. Keiner kann für irgendwas was
3. Raining Blood ( Slayer Cover )
4. Ich habe keinen Körper
5. Die Kündigung
6. Kieferorthopädie 2001
7. Schallschutz
8. Nostradamus in Echtzeit
9. Lass den, der ist nett
10. Jazz
11. Polizei, SA, SS

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Japanische Kampfhörspiele

Montifera - Vastiia Tenebrd montifera ( 2004, French Black metal )



Track listing

1. Fbrahgments
2. Le Revenant
3. A Last breath before extinction
4. Epilogue d'une existence de cyrssthal
5. Ciel brouillé
6. Abstrbve Negabvtiyon rebssurectyion
7. Aux confins des tenebrss
8. Fruit of a tragic end ( Celestia cover, hahahahaha )

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Montifera- Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Månegarm - Vargstenen ( 2007, Folk/Black Metal )



Track listing

1. Uppvaknande
2. Ur Själslig Död
3. En Fallen Fader
4. Den Gamle Talar
5. Genom Världar Nio
6. Visioner på isen
7. Vargbrodern talar
8. I Underjorden
9. Nio Dagar, Nio nätter
10. Vargstenen
11. Vedergällningens tid
12. Eld


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Månegarm's Vargstenen is one of the best metal albums of 07


Isengard - Vinterskugge ( 1994, Tolkien infused Folk\Black metal )



Track listing

1. Vinterskugge
2. Gjennom Skogen Til Blåfjellene
3. Ut I Vannets Dyp Hvor Morket Hviler
4. Dommedagssalme
5. In the halls and chambers of stardust - The Crystallic Heavens Open
6. Fanden Lokker Til Stupet ( Nytrad )
7. Naglfar
8. Thy Gruesome Death
9. Deathcult
10. Rise From below
11. Dark Lord Of Gorgoroth
12. Trollwandering ( Outro )
13. The Fog ( Early 1991 )
14. Storm of Evil
15. Bergtrollets Gravferd
16. Our Lord will come

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Isengard's Vinterskugge

Viikate - Unholan Urut ( 2005, Finnish Popish Alt-metal )



Track listing

1. Unholan Urut
2. Pohjoista Viljaa
3. Nämä Herrasmiehet
4. Ajakaa!
5. Tie
6. Vesi Jota Pelkäät
7. Autunaat
8. Käki
9. He Eivät Hengitä


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Viikate's Unholan Urut is suprisingly an awesome album for being pop metal

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Solefald - In Harmonia Universali ( 2003, Folk Metal )



Track Listing:

1. Nutrisco Et Extinguo
2. Mont Blanc Providence Crow
3. Christiania (Edvard Munch Commemoration)
4. Epictetus & Irreversibility
5. Dionysify The Night of Spring
6. Red Music Diabolos ( Instrument )
7. Buy My Sperm
8. Fraternité De La Grande Lumiére
9. The Liberation of Destiny
10. Sonnenuntergang Im Weltraum

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Solefald - Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 2 ( 2006, Folk metal )



Track Listing:

1.Red For Fire & Black For Death
2. Queen In The Bay Of Smoke
3. Silver Dwarf
4. Underworld ( Instrumental )
5. Necrodyssey
6. Allfathers
7. Lokasenna ( Part 2 )
8. Loki Trickster God
9. Spoken To The End Of All ( Poem )
10. Dark Wave Dying ( Instrumental )
11. Lokasenna ( Part 3 )
12. Sagateller



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I was speaking idiomatically.