Martin Atkins & the Chicago Industrial League - An Industrial Christmas Carol (1995)

Genre :  Industrial / Experimental

If you know Atkins you'll know what to expect.

The disc has only 4 tracks but they run for almost 45 minutes in total.

Members:

Martin Atkins - Drums, Synthesizer, Vocals, Producer

Max Edgin - Bass

Jason McNinch - Guitar

Mark Spybey - Performer

Curse Mackey - Performer

Your chosen sample track: The Spirit of Christmas.

The true Christmas is here (320 kbs mp3)

Southern Isolation - Southern Isolation E.P. (1995)

SOUTHERN ISOLATION was a Southern rock group from Louisiana, USA, formed in 1995 by Phil Anselmo of PANTERA and his then wife Stephanie Opal Weinstein.  They only released one eponymous EP before disbanding following the Big D (that's the sweet smell of divorce to you and me; the second greatest thing one can experience in life...  The first is open to interpretation).

It's a kind of... erm... acoustic Southern Rock.

I like it.

Chosen track: 'I Got Lost in Myself Again.'

The remainder of the E.P is more of the same.

Get isolated here (VBR mp3)

L7 - Pretend We're Dead (1992)

Genre : Heavy Metal

The girls from Los Angeles that gave us

"...the most unsanitary piece of rock memorabilia in history" (google it)

also gave us a damn fine album in 'Bricks Are Heavy' (1992).

This single is taken from that album.

01. Pretend We're Dead

02. Fast & Frightening [live]

03. (Right On) Thru [live]

04. Diet Pill [live]

Note: This is the UK CD single with different live tracks than the 12" vinyl.

Do the pretending here (320 kbs mp3)

Shit and Shine - Ladybird (2005)

Genre: Industrial / Experimental

One killer industrial riff.

One track.


41 minutes long.

Convinced?

Shit first, then Shine here (244 kbs mp3)

Merzbow – Merzbow Mixed Total (1996)

Genre : Experimental / Industrial

Limited to 250 copies, and a cassette release only so it's ripped from that.

I used a Terratec Pre-amp USB device with the Steinberg Clean programme.
The quality is good despite its origins.

It's the Japanese king of noise mixing sounds by Matthew Bower, of TOTAL,

It's noisy, really noisy.

If you hate your neighbour (like I do) it's ideal.

Get the Merz here (320 kbs mp3)

Bathory - Hammerheart (1990)

Genre: Black metal

This album marked the start of what is now more accurately described as Viking Metal but that's semantics and I'm not in the mood for that shit right now.
Even people who hate BATHORY love this album.

Odin listens to this as he faps.

It's that good.

Chosen track for you to sample: Father to Son


Get in the family way here (320 kbs mp3)

Manowar - Die With Honor [single] (2008)

Genre: Heavy metal, Power metal

Someone once told me the dead can hear the ringing of a bell.

If they can hear that then they can surely hear MANOWAR.

For a friend.

Wherever you are.

You'd have liked this. x

Here 320 kbs mp3