Best of August
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Thursday, 1 August
JPEG Mafia – I Lay Down My Life for You
Digital Album
41:16
experimental hip-hop
United States
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. i scream this in the mirror before i interact with anyone [01:48]
2. SIN MIEDO [02:46]
3. I’ll Be Right There [02:48]
4. it’s dark and hell is hot [02:30]
5. New Black History (feat. Vince Staples) [02:16]
6. don’t rely on other men (album) [02:51]
7. vulgar display of power [02:52]
8. Exmilitary [05:01]
9. JIHAD JOE [02:14]
10. JPEGULTRA! (feat. Denzel Curry) [04:51]
11. either on or off the drugs [02:20]
12. loop it and leave it [02:00]
13. Don’t Put Anything On the Bible (feat. Buzzy Lee) [04:04]
14. i recovered from this [02:55]
Seven Steps to the Green Door – The Truth?
€9.99
71:35
progressive rock
Thalheim, Germany
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Revelation [05:21]
2. Africa [15:31]
3. Hearing Voices [05:14]
4. Alpha & Omega IV [09:00]
5. The Arrest [03:02]
6. Hallucinations [06:18]
7. Hearts On Strings [08:55]
8. When You Get To See Me [04:14]
9. Hear My Voice [06:28]
10. A Dream That Stayed [07:32]
Thursday, 2
Carnophage – Matter of a Darker Nature
$4.99
32:52
brutal death metal
Türkiye
Transcending Obscurity
Tracklist (click to display)1. In My Bones [03:33]
2. Until The Darkness Kills The Light [04:19]
3. Matter Of A Darker Nature [03:49]
4. Underneath The Horrendous One [03:56]
5. Death Works Overtime [04:02]
6. Eventually They Will Die [04:48]
7. The Day We Avenge On [03:56]
8. From Possibility To Actuality [04:29]
חושך – מסע אל תוך השקט
₪20 ILS
57:25
experimental black metal
Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. ריקנות (Emptiness) [09:36]
2. הווה (Present) [08:24]
3. תקופות טובות (Times of Grace) [09:19]
4. חושך מוחלט (Total Darkness) [11:51]
5. מסע אל תוך השקט (A Journey into Silence) [09:51]
6. 93 זרם תודעה (Stream of Consciousness 93) [08:24]
Layers in Lairs – Mantles
$10
41:13
experimental math rock
Chicago, Illinois
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. What Makes You Cool [06:11]
2. Jellyfish Problems [05:02]
3. Apple [03:07]
4. Pretty Good [05:24]
5. Alex Mack [07:08]
6. Tight Tight Tight [06:49]
7. You Cat Clockin’ Me, Bro? [07:32]
The Mantle – Violent Cosmic Fortune
$10 USD
60:34
progressive death metal
New York, New York
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Primordial Cauldron [02:33]
2. Ignite the Celestial Furnace, o Astral Titans! [09:32]
3. Shadow of a Behemoth [04:40]
4. Battle of the Giants [10:56]
5. Gravitational Harmony (feat. Mario Camarena & Esiah Camarena) [05:50]
6. Planetary Accretion [04:49]
7. From Dust of Heavens Shattered [05:32]
8. 500 Million Years Aflame [03:12]
9. Beneath the Waves [02:38]
10. That Which Moves of Its Own Volition [10:52]
Non – Gestalt
$7 USD
55:52
blackgaze
Boston, Massachusetts
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Doom [05:08]
2. You Will Never See Me Again [06:24]
3. Two Archers [05:55]
4. A Dream Of Salt And Snow [01:47]
5. Simulacrum [06:32]
6. Doomed [03:37]
7. Procession [07:49]
8. Guilt [06:07]
9. Imago [12:33]
Starfruit – Honest Hands
$7
34:01
art rock
Dallas, Texas
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Honest Hands [03:05]
2. A Room Full of Want [03:00]
3. Two Dogs Howling at The Moon [05:15]
4. Anticlimactic [03:28]
5. Blinded [05:21]
6. Spell of Protection [03:11]
7. Cast Bow [04:08]
8. Spell of Commitment [06:33]
Moses Sumney – Sophcore
$7
20:34
R&B
Asheville, North Carolina
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. I’m Better (I’m Bad) [04:49]
2. Vintage [03:42]
3. Whippedlashed [01:01]
4. Hey Girl [03:35]
5. Gold Coast [03:40]
6. Love’s Refrain [03:47]
Utopianisti – Reason in Motion
€10 EUR
52:30
Afrobeat
Tampere, Finland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Greenwash [04:48]
2. All Whale Panel [04:06]
3. Yegaa Intro [01:35]
4. Yegaa Nu Betaa [04:33]
5. Cleptocrats [04:24]
6. Jaa Di Burung [05:35]
7. Hit It With The Pinky [04:05]
8. No Culture, No Soul [08:26]
9. Kakistocrats [05:08]
10. Le Nuit Des Morts-Vivants [09:50]
John Zorn, played by Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, and Ches Smith – Ballades
43:19
contemporary classical
New York, New York
צ
Saturday, 3
Banged Out – Heaven Sent
Digital Album
19:23
metalcore
Austin, Texas
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. ZZ Bottom [01:27]
2. Death Aerobics [01:30]
3. Reaper [01:43]
4. Heaven Sent [02:04]
5. Limp Trisket [02:10]
6. Casket [02:16]
7. Welt [00:30]
8. Sister Death [02:06]
9. Judgement [00:13]
10. Could Have [02:17]
11. Paradise [00:20]
12. Clocked [01:38]
13. Open Ended [01:09]
Thursday, 8
Ian Ethan Case – Open Land Trio
$4
31:45
folk fusion
Boston, Massachusetts
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Armadillo [05:52]
2. Deep Cover [10:28]
3. 41 [08:42]
4. Hammerhead [06:43]
Myælin – Saturnalian Death Pilgrim
Name your price
81:57
avant-garde sludge metal
Belgium
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Saturnalian Death Pilgrim [20:30]
2. Becoming Unborn [17:17]
3. Lovecraftian Cruise Ship [08:47]
4. Pulsating Blood Chants [08:04]
5. Tripsauce [09:04]
6. Sardonic Carousel [18:15]
Friday, 9
And So I Watch You from Afar – Megafauna
$9.99 USD
43:24
post-metal
Belfast, UK
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. North Coast Megafauna [06:27]
2. Do Mór [04:14]
3. Gallery of Honour [05:32]
4. Mother Belfast (Part 1) [05:51]
5. Mother Belfast (Part 2) [03:46]
6. Years Ago [05:14]
7. Any Joy [03:09]
8. Button Days [03:19]
9. Me and Dunbar [05:52]
The Aphelion – Nascence
$15 CAD
47:27
progressive metal
Ottawa, Ontario
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Prenascent [02:37]
2. Nascence [06:55]
3. The Seed of Doubt [05:26]
4. Fragility [05:49]
5. The Heavy Mist [05:31]
6. Flight [06:48]
7. The Interloper [06:36]
8. Deserter [07:45]
Louis Cole, Metropole Orkest, and Jules Buckley – Nothing
$10 USD
66:09
funk pop
Los Angeles, California
Brainfeeder
Tracklist (click to display)1. Ludovici Cole Est Frigus [02:56]
2. Things Will Fall Apart [04:34]
3. Life [04:16]
4. It All Passes [03:02]
5. Cruisin’ for P [04:03]
6. A Pill in the Sea [05:55]
7. nothing [03:25]
8. Who Cares 1 [01:44]
9. Who Cares 2 [01:28]
10. Wizard Funk [01:05]
11. Weird Moments [03:30]
12. High Five [02:02]
13. These Dreams are Killing Me [04:49]
14. Shallow Laughter : Bitches (orchestral version) [04:22]
15. Let it Happen (orchestral version) [06:21]
16. Doesn’t Matter [11:11]
17. You Belonged [01:26]
مماليك – Vida Blue
$8 USD
52:25
experimental metal
San Francisco, California
The Flenser
Tracklist (click to display)1. Tegucigalpa [05:00]
2. Vileness Slim [06:41]
3. Vida Blue [06:01]
4. Ancient Souls, No Longer Sorrowful [07:47]
5. Momentary Laughter Concealed From My Eyes [02:18]
6. Black Pudding Served at the Horn of the Altar [04:16]
7. Hatful of Rain [06:12]
8. Legion of Bottom Deck Dealers [10:13]
9. Hidden Exit on a Greyhound [03:57]
Tuesday, 13
Tantric Bile – Unbidden
$7
49:10
jazzgrind
California
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Apparition [25:25]
2. Dread Looms [13:07]
3. Familial Blood Guilt [10:38]
Friday, 16
Jessica Ackerley – All of the Colours Are Singing
$10
37:28
ambient jazz
New York, New York
AKP
Tracklist (click to display)1. Introduction [04:26]
2. Forward motion is never a straight line [06:04]
3. To See Takes Time [02:47]
4. All of the colours are singing [04:22]
5. The dots are the connections [04:58]
6. Nature Morte: Time is Fleeting [05:44]
7. Conclusion: In Four Micro Parts [09:07]
Effluence – Convulsive Thoughts
$2 USD
9:06
experimental goregrind
United States
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Erroneous Ingestion Of Coniine [04:04]
2. Paroxysmal Sesquiterpinoidal Insalubrity [05:02]
Evilyn – Mondestrunken
$4.99 USD
36:05
death metal
United States
Transcending Obscurity
Tracklist (click to display)1. Dread [03:30]
2. Omission [03:08]
3. Limits [04:23]
4. Bloviate [04:25]
5. Penance [03:48]
6. Vacuous [03:32]
7. Interwoven [02:42]
8. Forgotten [04:27]
9. Slithering [03:40]
10. Eat the Elite [02:30]
Matt Mitchell – Zealous Angles
$13 USD
75:04
avant-garde jazz
New York, New York
π
Tracklist (click to display)1. sponger [04:09]
2. apace [03:05]
3. jostler [03:08]
4. angled languor [06:42]
5. rapacious [04:30]
6. zeal [10:10]
7. traipse [03:34]
8. cinch [02:50]
9. apical gropes [03:42]
10. rejostled [04:04]
11. grail automating [03:23]
12. gauzy [08:39]
13. lunger [03:55]
14. pre-traipsed [03:24]
15. synch [02:59]
16. optical gripes [03:31]
17. radial mazing [03:19]
Ritual – The Story of Mr. Bogd, Part 1
45:21
progressive rock
Sweden
Karisma
Pom Poko – Champion
£7
37:30
indie pop
Oslo, Norway
Bella Union
Tracklist (click to display)1. Growing Story [03:32]
2. My Family [02:58]
3. Champion [04:32]
4. You’re Not Helping [03:33]
5. Pile Of Wood [03:10]
6. Bell [04:34]
7. Go [02:49]
8. Never Saw It Coming [03:25]
9. Druid, Fox and Dragon [03:17]
10. Big Life [02:55]
11. Fumble [02:45]
Thotcrime – Connection Anxiety
$10 USD
25:26
cybergrind
Urbana, Illinois
Prosthetic
Tracklist (click to display)1. A Better World Is Possible [02:30]
2. Behind The Cracks [02:59]
3. We Hope Some Good May Come of This (Feat. Bottom Surgery) [02:01]
4. This Podcast Could’ve Lasted Four Seasons [02:18]
5. Garden Court (feat. bagel rabbit) [02:21]
6. The Wrong Way [03:32]
7. Connection Anxiety [02:21]
8. Existent [02:03]
9. Beyond the Journey’s End [02:56]
10. My Final Escape [02:25]
Friday, 23
Brojob – Deathcore Is Dead
$10
25:28
deathcore
UK
Hollowed
Tracklist (click to display)1. RES-ERECTION [01:17]
2. SIZE KING [03:04]
3. HOT POCKET HANDJOB [02:10]
4. COCKSNATCHER [02:27]
5. SLOBBER TO PREVAIL [02:33]
6. GIRTH BROOKS [03:01]
7. OPEN UP A SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN YOUR ASS SO I CAN DEPOSIT MY BALLS OST [01:40]
8. BUSSY SMASHER [03:17]
9. ASS CHEEK ECHOLOCATION [02:55]
10. CUM EATER [03:23]
Delving – All Paths Diverge
$7 USD
62:01
psychedelic rock
Berlin, Germany
Blues Funeral
Tracklist (click to display)1. Sentinel [07:38]
2. Omnipresence [07:12]
3. Chain Of Mind [06:16]
4. New Meridian [07:53]
5. Zodiak [13:37]
6. The Ascetic [09:34]
7. Vanish With Grace [09:51]
Fake Fruit – Mucho Mistrust
$9.99 USD
40:17
post-punk
Oakland, California
Carpark
Tracklist (click to display)1. See It That Way [01:49]
2. Mucho Mistrust [03:39]
3. Gotta Meet You [03:23]
4. Psycho [02:58]
5. Well Song [02:22]
6. Más O Menos [02:00]
7. Long Island Iced Tea [03:51]
8. Venetian Blinds [04:00]
9. Ponies [04:32]
10. Cause Of Death [03:57]
11. Sap [03:13]
12. Too Soon [04:33]
Föhn – Condescending
€8
57:29
avant-garde doom metal
Athens, Greece
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Bereft [13:51]
2. A Day After [13:29]
3. The Weight of Nothing [12:42]
4. Persona [17:27]
Giant Sleeper – Hyperliminal
$8
45:51
progressive jazz metal
San José, Costa Rica
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Planet Dreamer [04:33]
2. The Grudge Process I [05:51]
3. Elucidate [06:00]
4. Wondrous Physick [04:39]
5. Well Adjusted [03:59]
6. Ultracrepidarian [06:56]
7. The Grudge Process II [05:20]
8. Part of Me [08:33]
Luna Li – When a Thought Grows Wings
$13 USD
31:39
indie pop
Los Angeles, California
In Real Life
Tracklist (click to display)1. Confusion Song [02:41]
2. Fantasy [03:45]
3. Minnie Says (Would You Be My) [03:23]
4. Golden Hour [03:21]
5. I Imagine [02:22]
6. Enigami [01:34]
7. That’s Life [03:43]
8. I Would Let You [04:21]
9. Take Me There [02:29]
10. Fear is an Illusion! [00:17]
11. Bon Voyage [03:43]
Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
$10.99
53:36
alternative pop
Los Angeles, California
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. She Looked Like Me! [03:13]
2. Killing Time [03:53]
3. True Blue Interlude [01:49]
4. Image [03:32]
5. Death & Romance [05:14]
6. Fear, Sex [02:32]
7. Vampire in the Corner [03:22]
8. Watching T.V. [04:05]
9. Tunnel Vision [05:05]
10. Love Is Everywhere [03:14]
11. Feeling DiskInserted? [00:58]
12. That’s My Floor [03:29]
13. Cry for Me [05:07]
14. Angel on a Satellite [04:03]
15. The Ballad of Matt & Mica [04:00]
Meer – Wheels within Wheels
€10 EUR
60:09
progressive metal
Norway
Karisma
Tracklist (click to display)1. Chains of Changes [06:20]
2. Behave [05:48]
3. Take Me To The River [05:05]
4. Come To Light [05:08]
5. Golden Circle [04:34]
6. To What End [05:34]
7. Today Tonight Tomorrow [05:55]
8. World Of Wonder [01:30]
9. Mother [05:24]
10. Something In The Water [05:33]
11. This Is The End [09:18]
The Omazokhee Garden – Ierusasurie and Beyond
Digital Album
33:06
avant-garde metal
Irkutsk, Russia
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Jester [02:51]
2. Labean Collectorian [03:40]
3. Застолье (feat. Гудбай Собердеев) [05:46]
4. Horizon [04:21]
5. Decide of Absolut Bobov [03:36]
6. Ierusasurie [04:28]
7. Asparagus [02:28]
8. The Elegy [05:56]
Terrestre – Maerē
$7
35:51
post-metal
Madrid, Spain
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. (H) [03:01]
2. Umo [06:54]
3. Lamprea [04:38]
4. Maere [06:12]
5. Planck [07:18]
6. Fósil [07:48]
Sunday, 25
杜韻 – Angel’s Bone
$10 USD
85:39
contemporary opera
New York, New York
Bié
Tracklist (click to display)1. Procession [02:02]
2. Scene I: A Prism, A Video, A Flurry [03:17]
3. Scene I: I’ve Been Good to You [03:37]
4. Scene I: Found in the Garden [01:59]
5. Scene II: Clawfoot [02:11]
6. Scene II: A New History [04:07]
7. Scene II: What I’d Do For You [03:33]
8. Scene III: Smiles [05:26]
9. Scene III: Feathers are Prickly Things [03:26]
10. Scene IV: I’ve Been Blessed [04:51]
11. Scene V: We Will Fly Away [05:49]
12. Scene V: “Taking Orders” [03:27]
13. Scene VI: The Blessings [05:19]
14. Scene VI: Ignition [03:21]
15. Scene VI: Brick J. [05:08]
16. Scene VI: Fully Devoured [00:32]
17. Scene VI: Battered, Bruised, Beaten, Bloody [01:41]
18. Scene VII: The Taste of Your Kisses [01:46]
19. Scene VII: Empty Arteries [01:09]
20. Scene VII: A Bag of Feathers [00:20]
21. Scene VII: Mercy [05:39]
22. Scene VII: Promises [01:25]
23. Scene VII: Gestation [04:59]
24. Scene VIII: Legendary on TV [05:23]
25. Brick J (Bonus Track) [05:12]
Friday, 30
Anciients – Beyond the Reach of the Sun
$9.99
58:34
progressive sludge metal
Vancouver, British Columbia
Season of Mist
Tracklist (click to display)1. Forbidden Sanctuary [08:12]
2. Despoiled [05:14]
3. Is It Your God [07:00]
4. Melt The Crown [07:05]
5. Cloak Of The Vast And Black [06:18]
6. Celestial Tyrant [05:47]
7. Beyond Our Minds [04:07]
8. The Torch [04:08]
9. Candescence [04:08]
10. In The Absence Of Wisdom [06:35]
Bent Knee – Twenty Pills without Water
$7
43:03
art rock
Boston, Massachusetts
Take This to Heart
Tracklist (click to display)1. Enter [00:46]
2. Forest [05:06]
3. I Like It [03:10]
4. Illterate [03:27]
5. Big Bagel Manifesto [05:12]
6. Cowboy [02:56]
7. Never Coming Home [04:00]
8. Comet [00:45]
9. Drowning [06:40]
10. Lawnmower [05:02]
11. DLWTSB [03:23]
12. Exit [02:39]
Տիգրան Համասյան – The Bird of a Thousand Voices
91:03
jazz fusion
Los Angeles, California
Naive
Tracklist (click to display)
1. The Kingdom [0:03:29]
2. The Curse (Blood Of An Innocent Is Spilled) [0:06:49]
3. The Bird Of A Thousand Voices [0:03:51]
4. Areg’s Calling (Towards The World Above) [0:05:15]
5. The Path Of No Return [0:03:12]
6. The Quest Begins [0:04:31]
7. Areg And Manushak (He Saw Her Reflection In The Water) [0:04:04]
8. The Saviour Is Condemned [0:02:00]
9. Guidance (Areg Meets Zaman) [0:02:27]
10. Flaming Horse And The Thunderbolt Sword (From The Depths Of The Sea) [0:03:45]
11. Red, White And Black Worlds [0:06:12]
12. Bells Of Memory [0:02:09]
13. Only The One Who Brought The Bird Can Make It Sing [0:05:19]
14. Prophecy Of A Sacrifice [0:04:22]
15. The Demon Of Akn Anatak [0:02:15]
16. Temptations (Follow The Luminous Feather) [0:02:40]
17. Forty Days In The Realm Of Bottomless Eye (He Brings Light Into The Soil Of Evil) [0:03:52]
18. He Refuses To Be Immortal (The Goddess Of Paradise Gives Him The Enchanting Bird) [0:04:26]
19. The Return (Through Vast Deserts, Seas And Dark Mountains) [0:03:05]
20. Betrayed By Brothers [0:01:51]
21. The Well Of Death And Resurrection [0:04:36]
22. Sing Me A Song When You Wil Be At The Place Where All Is Bliss [0:02:32]
23. The Eternal Birds Sings And The Garden Blooms Again [0:06:00]
24. Postlude (After Seven Winters) [0:02:23]
Leprous – Melodies of Atonement
€9.90 EUR
51:36
progressive metal
Norway
Inside Out
Tracklist (click to display)1. Silently Walking Alone [04:05]
2. Atonement [04:49]
3. My Specter [03:55]
4. I Hear the Sirens [04:31]
5. Like a Sunken Ship [04:04]
6. Limbo [05:56]
7. Faceless [06:25]
8. Starlight [06:09]
9. Self-Satisfied Lullaby [06:21]
10. Unfree My Soul [05:21]
Modern Rites – Endless
€6.66
40:58
avant-garde black metal
International
Dēbēmur mortī
Tracklist (click to display)1. Prelude [01:59]
2. Endless [04:44]
3. Lost Lineage [05:22]
4. Veil of Opulence [06:21]
5. Becoming [06:28]
6. For Nothing [04:39]
7. Autonomy [04:32]
8. Philosophenweg [06:53]
Nails – Every Bridge Burning
17:26
grindcore
Oxnard, California
Nuclear Blast
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Imposing Will [0:01:22]
2. Punishment Map [0:01:03]
3. Every Bridge Burning [0:01:57]
4. Give Me The Painkiller [0:02:44]
5. Lacking The Ability To Process Empathy [0:02:03]
6. Trapped [0:00:38]
7. Made Up In Your Mind [0:01:04]
8. Dehumanized [0:01:20]
9. I Can’t Turn It Off [0:02:19]
10. No More Rivers To Cross [0:03:14]
Teeth – The Will of Hate
$9.99 USD
39:04
avant-garde death metal
Los Angeles, California
Translation Loss
Tracklist (click to display)1. Blight [03:23]
2. Loathe [03:41]
3. Prison [02:53]
4. Pray [03:26]
5. Shiver [04:42]
6. Apparition [03:42]
7. Writhe [03:11]
8. Seethe [02:28]
9. Churn [03:00]
10. Realm [03:37]
11. Devour [05:01]
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Espen Berg – Maetrix
70:27
nu jazz
Trondheim, Norway
Odin
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Artemix + Cadae [0:21:34]
2. XIII [0:09:37]
3. Bølge [0:12:50]
4. Zipline [0:07:05]
5. Maetrix [0:13:44]
6. Climbing [0:05:55]
Tusmørke – Dawn of Oberon
€10 EUR
43:24
progressive rock
Oslo, Norway
Karisma
Tracklist (click to display)1. Dawn of Oberon [17:53]
2. Born to be mild [03:35]
3. Dwarven Lord [04:56]
4. Midsommernattsdrøm [07:58]
5. People View [03:44]
6. Troll Male [05:18]
Wintersun – Time Ⅱ
€15 EUR
48:37
melodic death metal
Helsinki, Finland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Fields Of Snow [04:05]
2. The Way Of The Fire [10:08]
3. One With The Shadows [06:18]
4. Ominous Clouds [02:21]
5. Storm [12:15]
6. Silver Leaves [13:30]
