533 The stuff of legends

Diverse metal-themed mix.  A couple silly tracks next to some hard hitting post-metal; I think the image here sums this up perfectly.  Worth it to stay until the end for an excellent Suicidal Tendencies rarity.  

00:00  Okilly Dokilly - Nothing at All

02:10  Toundra - Zanzibar

07:00  The Ocean - Rhyacian

17:20  Deftones - Fist

20:10  Junius - He Fell Before Her

21:17  Year of No Light - Selenite

25:41  Cult of Luna - Tannhauser Derive (Refused)

35:33  Russian Circles - Vorel

40:51  Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot (Sawed off edit)

46:07  Soundgarden - Hands All Over

52:02  Dr. Colossus - Whack Sabbath (live)

54:49  Malformed Earthborn - The Intoxicating Tase of Freedom

58:40  Godflesh - Dead Head

62:23  Obituary - Til Death

66:13  Beowulf - Unicorn

68:32  Suicidal Tendencies - Look Up (The Boys are Back)

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366 Mark's Mix 1

A mix of my own devices.  I likely make this for a friend, and then made a copy for myself.  Pretty certain this was late 90s as I was pretty excited to get the Wire tribute album "Whore."  Typical for the era, I made one side alternative and some industrial, and that slowly gets more punky until you get to side B which is mostly punk.

00:00  Snowpony - Easy Way Down

03:59  aMiniature - Peddler's Talk

07:00  Lush - Undertow

11:53  Band of Susans - The Pursuit of Happiness

17:05  Sonic Youth - 100%

19:31  Skinny Puppy - Far Too Frail

23:06  Skinny Puppy - Brap

24:15  The Germs - Lexicon Devil

25:53  The Nation of Ulysses - Spectra Sonic Sound

28:11  Smashing Pumpkins - Slunk

30:55  Mazzy Star - Blue Flower

34:21  Tori Amos - Precious Things

38:46  Pale Saints - Under Your Nose

41:34  Snowpony - 3 Can Keep A Secret (If 2 Are Dead)

45:05  Catherine Wheel - Kill Rhythm

48:55  Catherine Wheel - I Confess

52:38  Sonic Youth - Stereo Sanctity

56:20  Black Sabbath - Paranoid

59:04  Helmet - Repetition

61:57  Tool - Cold and Ugly

66:00  Napalm Death - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Dead Kennedys)

67:18  Sepultura - Drug Me (Dead Kennedys)

69:01  Mata Ratos - Expulsos Do Bar

71:19  Fudge Tunnel - Lowdown (Wire)

74:45  Petty Tyrant - Our Swimmer (Wire)

78:22  Jane's Addiction - L.A. Medley (The Doors, X, The Germs)

81:59  Joy Division - The Kill

85:04  State of Alert - Girl Problems

85:49  The Teen Idles - Deadhead

87:07  Red C - Pressure's On

88:35  Youth Brigade - No Song

90:50  Youth Brigade - No Song II

90:53  I-Spy - More Than A Joke

91:41  The Clash - London Calling

94:58  Peter Tosh - Legalize It

99:25  English Beat - Twist & Crawl

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322 Old School Death Metal mix666

Closing out the six days of death metal.  And for this it lines up with my taking my daughter and her friends to the Taylor Swift concert film tonight.  They're getting all dressed up and trading bracelets.  I didn't want to be left out, but had to find something appropriate to wear... and a quick google search for "Black Metal Taylor Swift" shows that it is a thing, and there are lots of options such as this mix's image.   My daughter gave me a hard no on ordering that shirt, and we compromised on the Swift/Slayer logo mash-up shirt below.  You can tell why I had to get through all this metal this week, to balance out the pop mania I'll experience tonight.  Never fear, a palate cleanser is coming next.

00:00  Malevolent Creation - Thou Shall Kill

04:28  Cannibal Corpse - Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead

07:56  The Black Dahlia Murder - What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse

11:44  Cannabis Corpse - Covered With Seeds

14:11  High on Fire - Hung, Drawn & Quartered

18:36  Slayer - Spill the Blood

23:23  Prong - Beg To Differ

27:36  Entombed - Crawl

33:44  Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

37:10  Cannibal Corpse - Monolith

41:30  Bolt Thrower - World Eater

46:07  Carcass - Genital Grinder II

49:01  Death - Infernal Death

51:50  Death Angel - Evil Priest

56:43  Dio - Stand Up and Shout

59:57  Celtic Frost - Journey Into Fear

63:45  Dismember - Sickening Art

67:36  Obituary - Slowly We Rot

71:10  Gorguts - Faceless Ones

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322 Old School Death Metal mix5

00:00  Slayer - War Ensemble

04:51  The Black Dahlia Murder - Deathmask Divine

08:26  Sepultura - Mass Hypnosis

12:47  Entombed - Sinners Bleed

17:55  Napalm Death - Malicious Intent

21:16  Malevolent Creation - Eve of the Apocalypse

25:35  Exodus - Thrash Under Pressure

28:09  Morbid Angel - Visions from the Dark Side

32:17  Death - Baptized in Blood

36:42  Kreator - Extreme Aggressions

41:16  Coroner - Skeleton on Your Shoulder

46:45  Testament - Sins of Omission

51:39  Overkill - Time to Kill

57:44  At The Gates - Night Comes Blood Black

62:57  Cadaverous Condition & Andrew Liles - Degraded (Fireship)

66:46  Celtic Frost - Procreation (Of The Wicked)

70:45  Cryptopsy - Orgiastic Disembowelment

75:33  Possessed - Seven Churches

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322 Old School Death Metal mix4

00:00  Arch Enemy - Enemy Within

04:16  Deicide - Behind The Light Thou Shall Rise

07:12  Cannabis Corpse - Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shall Rise

10:20  Monstrosity - In Dark Purity

16:19  Death - Denial of Life

19:48  Sepultura - Escape to the Void

24:24  Scorn - Spasm

27:09  Slayer - Blood Red

29:56  Testament - The Haunting

34:17  High on Fire - Devilution

38:56  Morbid Angel - Evil Spells

42:56  Bolt Thrower - For Victory

47:28  Malevolent Creation - Malevolent Creation

52:31  Slayer - South of Heaven

57:25  Cannibal Corpse - Pit of Zombies

61:21  Celtic Frost - Nocturnal Fear

64:50  At The Gates - City of Screaming Statues

69:25  Cryptopsy - Graves of the Fathers

73:34  Scorn - Hit

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322 Old School Death Metal mix3

00:00  The Black Dahlia Murder - A Shrine to Madness

04:39  Cannibal Corpse - Every Bone Broken

07:54  Entombed - Morbid Devourment

13:12  Nile - Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is in the Water

16:06  Death - Flattening of Emotions

20:20  Cryptopsy - Slit Your Guts

24:20  Kreator - Tormentor

27:10  Testament - Over The Wall

31:14  Napalm Death - Demonic Possession (Pentagram)

34:26  Entombed - But Life Goes On

37:19  Slayer - Angel of Death

42:08  Cannibal Corpse - The Exorcist

46:41  Power Trip - Soul Sacrifice

50:50  Napalm Death - Blind Justice

51:53  Deicide - Lunatic of God's Creation

54:30  At The Gates - Through Gardens of Grief

58:29  Obituary - Turned Inside Out

63:08  Cannibal Corpse - Disposal of the Body

64:56  Taste of Fear - Last Embrace

67:13  Testament - Practice What You Preach

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322 Old School Death Metal mix2

00:00  Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

05:05  Death - Beyond The Unholy Grave

08:06  Slayer - Black Magic

11:51  Cannibal Corpse - Butchered at Birth

14:33  Napalm Death - Suffer The Children

18:47  Carcass - Corporal Jigsore 

24:34  Deicide - Dead But Dreaming

27:45  Terrorizer - Fear of Napalm

30:42  Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God

34:44  Converge - Hell To Pay

39:13  Malevolent Creation - Halved

43:14  Testament - Into The Pit

46:05  Slayer - Live Undead

49:53  Dark Angel - The Burning of Sodom

53:06  Possessed - The Exorcist

57:46  Cannabis Corpse - Lunatic of Pot's Creation

61:30  Nile - Serpent Headed Mask

63:42  Cannibal Corpse - The Pick-Axe Murders

66:43  Napalm Death - Back From The Dead (Death)

69:16  Suffocation - Effigy of The Forgotten

73:04  Cryptopsy - Benedictine Convulsions

 

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322 Old School Death Metal mix1

Here comes the onslaught, six days of old school death metal.  Despite all my other musical tastes, metal is the one I can most relate to others with.  Most of my close friends are all metal heads in one shape or another.  Sure, we all differ on which sub-genre we most align with.  For me, its late 80's death metal.  This felt so taboo when I was a teenager and heard just a peek of these bands on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.  The violent graphics and explicit lyrics labels only made it that much more alluring.  Across these six mixes, all the big names appear.  I'm sure I missed some obvious choices, however I stuck with what I listen to the most and threw a few curveballs in for sure.  Yes, a bit loose on occasion as I don't care to debate sub-genres, some thrash, crossover, post-hardcore, etc.   Also, expect varying levels of sound quality as some of these are from my original vinyl copies and others are remastered.

00:00  Exodus - Bonded by Blood

03:34  Entombed - Left Hand Path

10:02  Death - Evil Dead

12:59  Kreator - Riot of Violence

17:45  Slayer - Raining Blood

21:54  Possessed - Death Metal

25:06  Cannabis Corpse - Staring Through My Eyes That Are Red

28:04  Gatecreeper - Social Decay

31:13  Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face

35:13  Nile - Cast Down the Heretic

40:57  At The Gates - Blinded By Fear

43:37  Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

49:23  Morbid Angel - Damnation

53:30  Venom - Black Metal

57:07  Deicide - Deicide

61:05  Napalm Death - If The Truth Be Known

65:13  Morbid Angel - Immortal Rites

69:12  Testament - Burnt Offerings

74:35  Prong - For Dear Life

77:57  Sepultura - Arise

81:15  Old Man Gloom - Skull of Geronimo

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Episode 169 - There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

Title by Federico Fellini.  A mix of sludgy, manic, post-metal in all its glory.

00:00  Isis - Red Sea

07:06  Neurosis - A Chronology For Survival

16:24  Baroness - The Sweetest Curse

20:51  Napalm Death - Curse to Crawl

24:14  Russian Circles - Station

32:16  Riwen - The Curlew

37:20  Split Cranium - Death Bed, The Yellow Room

39:35  Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

43:40  Red Sparowes - We Left the Apes to Rot, But Find the Fang Grows Within

50:05  pg.Lost - Kardusen

56:27  Pelican - The Cliff (Palms Remix)

62:35  Palms - Shortwave Radio

69:19  Jesu - Farewell

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Episode 147 - Exotic Surf

Not much of a surf rock fan myself, I did find a niche of this genre that appealed to me.  Started it off with The Cramps, because everyone needs them in their lives, then moving to the Colorado Avalanche Theme song, and onto the slew of unique covers of songs that work unexpectedly well in the surf genre.  Always throwing in a few classics to keep you off the scent, but you'll get the idea.  Had to include The Ventures twice because they were my Dad's favorite.  For not liking surf, this mix worked out pretty well in my opinion.  Sure, maybe I threw one or two many into the blender, but oh well - Novelty always has a point of diminishing returns. 

00:00  The Cramps - Aloha From Hell

02:20  Satan's Pilgrims - Ben Tenaka

04:17  Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Miserlou

06:25  Glitter Dick - Surfin with Slayer (Slayer)

10:00  unknown - Chinese Surf Side A4

14:48  Aqua Velvets - Guitar Noir

19:09  13 Crimson Ghosts - Hollywood Babylon (The Misfits)

22:47  The Guitaraculas - Love's Secret Domain (Coil)

26:04  Los Mortems - Mermanthropes (Original 1960 Trve Kult Surf Music)

29:42  For Whom The Beach Calls - Metallica Surf Rock (Metallica)

32:55  The Sheltones - Blue Castaway

35:21  Chum - Straight To Hell (The Clash)

38:51  Satan's Pilgrims - Haunted House of Rock (Live)

41:36  Laika & The Cosmonauts - Experiment in Terror

45:04  Los Straitjackets - The Munsters Theme

47:47  The Bonecollectors - Lucretia My Reflection (Sisters of Mercy)

50:52  Dick Dale - Esperanza

54:39  13 Crimson Ghosts - Skulls (The Misfits)

56:45  The Pyronauts - London Calling (The Clash)

60:59  Santo and Johnny - Sleepwalk

63:16  The Surfaris - Wipe Out

65:24  The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

67:40  The Ventures - Walk Don't Run

70:29  The Nargaroths - Abschiedsbrief Des Prometheus

72:46  The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O

74:34  The Gorgoroths - Carving a Giant Wave (Trve Kult Surf Music)

78:20  The Surf Coronados - Pipeline

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Episode 73 - They are here for the hate forgotten

Another tour through many styles of metal.  

00:00 Latitudes - Ordalian

09:11 Funeral Whore - Phantasm

13:13 Solanum - Symptoms of Solanum

18:15 Napalm Death - Siege of Power

21:45 Noisem - Voices in the Morgue

25:09 Arch Enemy - Ravenous

29:11 Old Man Gloom - Girth and Greed

30:43 Pope on a Stick - Broken

34:20 Voivod - The Nile Song (Pink Floyd)

38:12 Pelican - A Delicate Sense of Balance

43:21 Mouth of the Architect - In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)

50:58 Cult of Luna - The Watchtower

57:04 Prong - Third From The Sun (live) (Chrome)

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Episode 38 - I wanna Rock!

An overview from 2016 of the many styles of metal that I like.  Metal is such a diverse landscape anymore, with seemingly endless sub-genres.  Though I haven't made as many mixes of these styles, I mostly listen to a lot of old school death metal and post-metal, with some good stoner doom in there too.

00:00 Nile - Serpent Headed Mask

02:15 Rivers of Nihil - Perpetual Growth Machine

07:00 Cannabis Corpse - Blaze of Torment

09:52 Melechesh - Metatron and Man

16:04 Testament - Sins of Omission

21:04 Prong - For Dear Life

24:27 Wayfarer - Cities Built on Conquered Ground

30:23 Jesu - Star (edit)

36:23 Cult of Luna - Last Will and Testament (Amebix cover)

43:14 Callisto - Wormwood

50:26 Latitudes - Antechamber

57:24 SubRosa - Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes

63:14 Scheer - Shea

65:33 Fudge Tunnel - Lowdown (Wire cover)

69:02 Down - Lifer

73:39 Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave

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