Sigh- Imaginary Sonicscape 2001 (FLAC)

Here's a bizarre one for you: japanese psychedelic Black/Avant Garde metal band Sigh's 2001 album "Imaginary Sonicscape".

Weird stuff.

Linkage: Imaginary Sonicscape @ The Pirate Bay

Finsterforst- ...Zum Tode Hin (2009 - MP3)

This isn't my release, but it's fucking awesome. Wonderfully epic blackened Viking/Folk metal in the vain of Ensiferum, Moonsorrow, and Equilibrium. The quality isn't the best (240 VBR), but it gets the point across. I certainly would love to hear this in some sort of lossless though (hint).

Link: Finsterforst- ...Zum Tode Hin @ Mininova

David Arkenstone- In the Wake of the Wind (FLAC)

Last summer, whilst fumbling through one of our local library's CD sections, I came across this gem. The cover and fold out map seemed to be too good to be true, and when I saw in the booklet the gnarly list of synths this guy uses, I knew I needed to check this out. I then realized I didn't have a library card, and registered to do that very thing.

I went home and immediately ripped it to FLAC. Unfortunately, however, that was nearly a year ago. The hard drive I had then has since failed. When I purchased a new external drive, I immediately went back to that library and checked this out again.

And...

That drive failed as well. Never, ever, barring certain death and torture of family members, purchase a Seagate SATA drive.

But I digress.

Long story short, I checked it out a total of three times, and still to this day possess it, seeing as how I am terrible at returning things on time (or at all). This album is an epic journey. A much more epic journey than what I had to go through to get it.

So listen, and enjoy. I've included scans of the cover(s), fold-out map, and story so you can take the journey yourself.

(Also enjoy the hugeness of the map, because it was a bitch to scan and piece together that fucker.)



Linkage: In the Wake of the Wind @ The Pirate Bay

T-rexcellence!

Steve Reid- Bamboo Forest (FLAC)

Ahh, firsts.

Today I present you, the loyal reader and hopefully prospective music junkie, with an amazing release: legendary percussionist Steve Reid's absolutely incredible 1994 debut album, Bamboo Forest. I picked up this album at a local independent used book store for $1.50 USD. The cover just looked too awesome to pass up, and I am certainly glad I didn't, as this album went on to blow my mind repeatedly over the following months. It is a fresh and delicious mix of contemporary Jazz, World Beat, and New Age. Everything, from the musicianship to the production, is outstanding, and is definitely worth a listen even if you know nothing the aforementioned genres.



I now present it to you, ripped in glorious FLAC:

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4772600

Enjoy!