Eryn Non Dae. - Hydra Lernaia (2009)

Band: Eryn Non Dae.

Album: Hydra Lernaia

Year: 2009

Genre: Avant-garde, mathcore

Location: Toulouse, France

Bit rate: 320

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1. When Time Elapses

2. Blistering Hate

3. Existence Asleep

4. The Decline and the Fall

5. Lam Tsol-oua

6. Through Dark Skies

7. Opposites from Within

8. Echoes of Distress

9. Pure

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This is a really great album, and it was requested by Abhorrency, so that just gives me a good reason to upload it. The download link is not mine since my internet is being a complete piece of shit at the moment, but enjoy.

Canvas Solaris - The Atomized Dream (2008)

Band: Canvas Solaris

Album: The Atomized Dream

Year: 2008

Genre: Progressive metal

Location: Statesboro, Georgia

Bit rate: 256

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1. The Binaural Beat

2. Reflections Carried to Mirror

3. Chromatic Dusk

4. Patterns Spiral into Swarm

5. Heat Distortion Manifest

6. Photovoltaic

7. Solar Droid

8. The Unknowable and Defeating Glow

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Really excellent instrumental stuff. For fans of Cynic and Exivious. Check it out.

Leprous - Bilateral (2011)

Band: Leprous

Album: Bilateral

Year: 2011

Genre: Progressive metal, avant-garde

Location: Oslo, Norway

Bit rate: 320

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1. Bilateral

2. Forced Entry

3. Restless

4. Thorn

5. Mb. Indifferentia

6. Waste of Air

7. Mediocrity Wins

8. Cryptogenic Desires

9. Acquired Taste

10. Painful Detour

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I have no words. Just fucking listen to this.

Absu - Abzu (2011)

Band: Absu

Album: Abzu

Year: 2011

Genre: Black metal

Location: Plano, Texas

Bit rate: 320

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1. Earth Ripper

2. Circles of the Oath

3. Abraxas Connexus

4. Skrying in the Spirit Vision

5. Ontologically, It Became Time & Space

6. A Song for Ea including: (a) E-A (b) A Myriad of Portals ( c) Third Tablet ( d) Warren of Imhullu ( e) The Waters - The Denizens ( f) E-A (Reprise)

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I am not the biggest fan of black metal, but this album is just fantastic. There are so many insane riffs in this album, it's just beyond belief.

Fluxious - Why So Serious? (2011)

Band: Fluxious

Album: Why So Serious?

Year: 2011

Genre: Jazz fusion, progressive metal, funk

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Bit rate: 320

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1. Point of View

2. Reaching Nowhere

3. Inside

4. Voodoo Mood

5. Huging

6. Sinner

7. Games'N'Trials

8. Biatch

9. Unfair to You

10. True

11. What a Waste

12. It Belongs to You

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So, this is without a doubt one of the best release of this year. This is the most unique music I've heard in a LONG time. It combines brilliant musicianship with carnal funk and gorgeous, soaring melodies. GET THIS!!!! Prepare to cum.

Deivos - Demiurge of the Void (2011)

Band: Deivos

Album: Demiurge of the Void

Year: 2011

Genre: Blackened death metal, technical death metal

Location: Lublin, Poland

Bit rate: 320

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1. No Gods Before Me

2. Code of a Dead Deity

3. Absolute of Hatred

4. Born to Loathe

5. Extreme Unction

6. And the World Became Flesh

7. Demiurge of the Void

8. Panacea

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Polish blackened death metal. Do I need to say anything else? This album is sickeningly technical, astoundingly brutal, and crushingly heavy. Listen at your own risk.

Machine Head - Unto the Locust (2011)

Band: Machine Head

Album: Unto the Locust

Year: 2011

Genre: Thrash

Location: Oakland, California

Bit rate: 320

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1. I Am Hell (Sonata in C#)

2. Be Still and Know

3. Locust

4. This Is the End

5. Darkness Within

6. Pearls Before the Swine

7. Who We Are

8. The Sentinel (Bonus Track)

9. Witch Hunt (Bonus Track)

10. Darkness Within (Acoustic)

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I should probably redeem myself for posting deathcore, so here's the new Machine Head album.

Betraying the Martyrs - Breathe in Life (2011)

Band: Betraying the Martyrs

Album: Breathe in Life

Year: 2011

Genre: Progressive deathcore

Location: Paris, France

Bit rate: 320

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1. Ad Astra

2. Martyrs

3. Man Made Disaster

4. Because of You

5. Tapestry of Me

6. Liberate Me Ex Inferis

7. Leave It All Behind

8. Life Is Precious

9. Love Lost

10. Azalee

11. When You're Alone (ft. Steve Garner of The Bridal Procession & Kevin Traore of As They Burn)

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I really hate deathcore. And religion. But I have to give credit where credit is due, and I really love this album. It is not your run of the mill deathcore by any stretch of the imagination. The entire album has a very "epic" feel to it, and there are hints of black metal abound as well as a copious amount of clean vocals. The clean vocals verge on faggotry, but I find them tolerable. Give Betraying the Martyrs a chance.

Oh, also, this is NOT the shitty leaked version that has been circulating around. Admittedly, the mixing on the album is still pretty bad, but this sounds way better than the version that originally leaked.

FreddeGredde - Thirteen Eight (2011)

Band: FreddeGredde

Album: Thirteen Eight

Year: 2011

Genre: Progressive rock

Location: Helsingborg, Sweden

Bit rate: 320

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1. Lonely Starlight

2. Solace Distant

3. Meltdown

4. The Star Song

5. 4 am

6. The Wayfarer

7. Crashing of Planets

8. This Falling World

9. Beside Me

10. Vampire Bride

11. Euphoria

12. Stardust

13. Time Will Tell

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This is a really interesting album. All of the instrumentation aside from drums was done by Fredrik, who is an amazing musician and writer. It is very derivative of old Dream Theater and you can tell that just by looking at the cover. The whole album has a very sincere and innocent vibe to it that I really dig. Some of the lyrics are pretty cheesy, but the music still shines through that. Here is a song from the album and here is a medley he did of cartoon theme songs. Also, I'm pretty sure this is the only place you'll find this album.

Edge of Sanity - Crimson (1996)

Band: Edge of Sanity

Album: Crimson

Year: 1996

Genre: Progressive metal, death metal

Location: Finspång, Sweden

Bit rate: 320

Metal Archives entry

1. Crimson

2. Murder Divided (Japanese bonus track)

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This is a great album. It's just one extended song, and it's absolutely amazing. Just look at that album art! Come on, you know you want it. For fans of Opeth.

Cormorant - Metazoa (2009)

Band: Cormorant

Album: Metazoa

Year: 2009

Genre: Death metal, progressive metal, black metal, folk metal

Location: San Francisco, California

Bit rate: 320

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1. Scavenger's Feast

2. Uneasy Lies the Head

3. Salt of the Earth

4. Blood on the Cornfields

5. Hanging Gardens

6. The Crossing

7. Hole in the Sea

8. The Emigrant's Wake

9. Sky Burial

10. Voices of the Mountain

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(My internet is pretty much doomed so I am using this link that I found.)
UPDATE: The band have released this album and their 2007 album The Last Tree for free on their Bandcamp page.

These guys are absolute insanity! So many different styles are melded together in this release. They are set to release a new album in December, and it is sure to be one of the best of the year. Check it out.

Rishloo - Feathergun (2009)

Band: Rishloo

Album: Feathergun

Year: 2009

Genre: Progrssive rock

Location: Seattle, Washington

Bit rate: 160 (I don't even know why)

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1. Scissorlips

2. Turning Sheep in to Goats

3. Systematomatic

4. River of Glass

5. Keyhole in the Sky

6. Downhill

7. Feathergun in the Garden of the Sun

8. Dreamcatcher

9. Diamond Eyes

10. Katsushika

11. Weevil Bride

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Rishloo is really similar to Tool. Their vocalist sounds identical to Maynard. They are much more proggy compared to Tool though. Check it out.

Corelia - Nostalgia (2011)

Band: Corelia

Album: Nostalgia

Year: 2011

Genre: Progressive metal, djent

Location: San Diego, California

Bit rate: 320 (Updated)

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1. Treetops

2. Glass Faces

3. The Sound of Glaciers Moving

4. Aviation

5. Red Sky Harbor

6. Mute Swan

7. Blood Petals

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This is without a doubt release of the year for me. Absolutely fucking incredible. You need this.

Martyr - Feeding the Abscess (2006)

Band: Martyr

Album: Feeding the Abscess

Year: 2006

Genre: Technical fucking death metal

Location: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Bit rate: 256

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1. Perpetual Healing (Infinite Pain)

2. Lost in Sanity

3. Feast of Vermin

4. Interlude - Desolate Ruins

5. Havoc

6. Nameless, Faceless, Neverborn

7. Silent Science

8. Felony

9. Dead Horizon: I. Echoes of the Unseen

10. Dead Horizon: II. Romancing Ghouls

11. Dead Horizon: III. Stasis Field

12. Dead Horizon: IV. Shellshocked

13. Brain Scan

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This album is absolutely delicious. It's from Canada, so you know it's going to be fucking good.

Punch Brothers - Antifogmatic (2010)

Band: Punch Brothers

Album: Antifogmatic

Year: 2010

Genre: Progressive bluegrass, jazz

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Bit rate: 320

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1. You Are

2. Don't Need No

3. Alex

4. Rye Whiskey

5. Me and Us

6. Missy

7. The Woman and the Bell

8. Next to the Trash

9. Welcome Home

10. This Is the Song (Good Luck)

11. Friend or No More

12. When in Doubt

13. Two Hearted

14. Curtigh

15. Packt Like Sardines in a Crush'd Tin Box

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So this is definitely different from the stuff have been posting, but it is still absolutely brilliant. These guys are some of the most talented stringsmen I've ever heard. If you appreciate supreme musicianship, then you will love this album. Have a taste.