This Routine Is Hell - The Verve Crusade (2011)

This Routine is Hell is a hardcore punk band from Utrecht, the Netherlands inspired by the likes of Minor Threat and Paint it Black: Fast, Energetic and Sincere. Frustrated by the drag and the fakeness of the world around them they speak, well actually scream, from the heart and mean every goddamned word that they say. The words tell the story of a few pissed off teenagers with a bunch of critical minds and a love for loudness beyond measure.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.thisroutineishell.com/trih/
Rock if you like: Paint It Black - Ceremony - Lewd Acts

Track listing:
1 - The Gate
2 - Tied Down (But Comfortable Enough)
3 - Manufacturing Consent
4 - Crossed Fingers
5 - Crooks & Robbers
6 - The Verve Crusade
7 - Make Haste
8 - The Weight Of Defeat
9 - Hear. See. Speak?
10 - Question Everything
11 - The Desperate Sway
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Kruger - For Death, Glory And The End Of The World (2010)

For Death, Glory And The End Of The World sounds like the coup de grace of a four-album discography that has seen the Swiss quintet emerge from the post-metalnoise-whatever-you-call-it vortex initially born from bands such as Neurosis, Converge, Tool or Unsane. On the menu, shellacking mid-paced grooves turn into epic double-kick charges, while bourbon-soaked microphone torture reply to thick riffing wreckage; well, the usual shredding Kruger stuff – with slightly more direct songs, though. Kruger's swaggering anthems are raging like a hound barking at your face, waiting to go for your throat.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.kruger.ch/
Rock if you like: Breach - Neurosis - Towers

Track listing:
1 - The Ox
2 - Return Of The Huns
3 - Anthem Of Pretend Glory
4 - Villains
5 - Centre
6 - Our Cemetery Is Full Of Strangers
7 - Muscle
8 - Dukes Of Nothing
9 - Turpitudes
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Dead Flesh Fashion - Thorns (2011)

Dead Flesh Fashion are a 5 piece metal band out of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. They play a down tuned chug heavy style that is complimentary of their very apparent influences. Thorns is their 2nd release to date and is 9 tracks of unmatched energy, creativity and monstrous riffs.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/deadfleshfashion
Rock if you like: Knut - Coalesce - Kruger

Track listing:
1 - Flies!
2 - Niagra
3 - Kissing The Neck Of Inertia
4 - Dancing Teeth
5 - (III)
6 - Where The Night Goes For Orchid
7 - Thorns
8 - Womb Of The Widow
9 - All I Need
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Benighted - Asylum Cave (2011)

French Death Metal outfit Benighted are back with their much anticipated 6th release. Asylum Cave may be their heaviest material to date. Fans of their older stuff are going to be extremely pleased with this release, and if you have not heard Benighted yet you are really missing out.

Status: Active
Link: http://www.myspace.com/brutalbenighted
Rock if you like: Beheaded - Decapitated - Aeon

Track listing:
1 - Asylum Cave
2 - Let The Blood Spill Between My Teeth
3 - Prey
4 - Hostile
5 - Friztl
6 - Unborn Infected Children
7 - The Cold Remains
8 - A Quiet Day
9 - Shadows Descend
10 - Swallow
11 - Lethal Merycism
12 - Drowning
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Run With The Hunted - Everything Familiar (2009)

Run With The Hunted produces some of the most original and pissed off hardcore around. While incorporating elements of bands like Indecision, Botch, Shai Halud, and Burn, Run with the Hunted has managed to create a sound that is not only original but fiercely powerful in a way most bands have not accomplished since the mid-late 90's. Everything Familiar is a compilation of both of their 2 earlier Ep's squeezed onto one disc.

Status: Active
Contact: http://runwiththehunted.net/
Rock if you like: Shai Hulud - Turmoil - Catharsis

Track listing:
1 - Stepping On Cracks
2 - Of Course It's Dark, It's A Suicide Note
3 - Time And Pressure
4 - Destroy All Calendars
5 - I've Made A Huge Mistake
6 - Bob Loblaw's Law Blog
7 - Excuse Me, Do These Effectively Hide My Thunder?
8 - For British Eyes Only
9 - Exit Strategy
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Misantropic - Insomnia (2010)

Misantropic are a crust inspired punk/ metal band out of Sweden. Insomnia is 7 songs of very well executed crust in its purest form. You can hear Misantropics influences very clearly in their songwriting but they always seem to add enough of a twist in each effort to keep them unique.

Status: Unknown
Rock if you like: Disfear - Behind Enemy Lines - Phobia

Track listing:
1 - Man Into Beast
2 - Born To Die
3 - Raise The Gallows
4 - Holocaust
5 - Insomnia
6 - Lord Of War
7 - A Life Lost
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Breathe Knives - Self Titled (2010)

Breathe Knives are a 3pc noise/metal outfit from Calgary who employs a sequencer that provides all drums and samples. Formed in late 2009, Breathe Knives have quickly cut into the music scene with their very unique noise makings. Their self titled release serves as both a demo and a quick glimpse into the mad mad world that is the music of Breathe Knives.

Status: Active
Contact: http://breatheknives.blogspot.com/
Rock if you like: Bloodhorse - Krakatoa - Javelina

Track listing:
1 - Pigs Live In Muds
2 - If I Was Two Faced, Why Would I Wear This?
3 - Rebreather
4 - Draws
5 - 76th Trimester Abortion
6 - Hello Predator
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Hide Your Daughters - The Teen Girls Guide To Social Success (2007)

Hide Your Daughters are a noise rock outfit out of Canada that share members with KEN mode and Electro Quarterstaff. HYD play a very groove driven, low end heavy, blend of metal meets rock and roll. The Teen Girls Guide To Social Success is their latest effort released on Arctodus records.

Status: Unknown
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/hideyourdaughters
Rock if you like: KEN mode - Jesus Lizard - Keelhaul

Track listing:
1 - Luck Of Insects
2 - Ex-Gymnastics Instructor
3 - Colt Forty-Five
4 - C'est Toi, Pas Moi
5 - Viking Funeral
6 - Tomando Agua Sucia
7 - Charbol
8 - Smell Of A Peasant
9 - Sweaty Betty
10 - Twenty Four
11 - Retrial
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KEN mode - Venerable (2011)

Known for effortlessly blending noise rock reminiscent of old-school Amphetamine Reptile bands with the raw and aggressive nature of modern hardcore, KEN MODE has become one of the most devastating bands in the underground. KEN MODE follows suit in the lineage of forward-thinking heavy music to come out of the Great White North – what you might hear if Voivod and Cursed had a baby that started a noise-rock band. Songs like “Batholith” and “Book of Muscle” cling to the traditions of hardcore music that resonate with fans of Converge or Trap Them while “A Wicked Pike” takes on spastic noise rock elements, and “Flight of the Echo Hawk” pushes forth as a mind-bending instrumental masterpiece, clearly influenced by the post-rock movement of the 2000s.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.ken-mode.com/
Rock if you like: Burnt By The Sun - Keelhaul - Playing Enemy

Track listing:
1 - Book Of Muscle
2 - Obeying The Iron Will
3 - Batholith
4 - The Irate Lumberjack
5 - A Wicked Pike
6 - Flight Of The Echo Hawk
7 - Never Was
8 - The Ugliest Happy You've Ever Seen
9 - Terrify The Animals
10 - Mako Shark
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The Makai - The End Of All You Know (2009)

The Makai from California pummel your eardrums with a barrage of intensity that will make even the strongest listeners tremble in fear. The Makai blend thrash and extreme metal, Swedish-influenced melodic death, and a good bit of chaotic hardcore. The pace is relentless, and the songwriting solid.

Status: Inactive
Contact: http://themakairocks.com/
Rock if you like: From Ashes Rise - His Hero Is Gone - Masakari

Track listing:
1 - Gotterdamerung
2 - The Hound Of Hades
3 - Beast Born From Lies
4 - The 10th Labour Of Hercules
5 - Battle Hymn
6 - Sedna's Tale
7 - Lady Of The Lake
8 - Fire Breathing Damsel Devourer
9 - Spilling The Blood
10 - The Plague Of Time
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Bedlam Of Cacophony - Neuroleptic (2011)

From Orange County, California. Formed in 2007, Bedlam of Cacophony plays a chaotic and progressive mix of technical metal. Bedlam of Cacophony has been making a name for themselves with their unique and fresh sound of extreme tech metal by constantly pushing their name and music throughout the World; through internet media, videos, recordings, and most importantly by live performances.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/bedlamofcacophony
Rock if you like: Car Bomb - The Crinn - Psyopus

Track listing:
1 - (100v)
2 - Aeons Of Apathy
3 - Juggernaut
4 - Burn
5 - (Electroconvulsive)
6 - Tomb Of Flesh
7 - G-13
8 - The Perverse
9 - (The Nest)
10 - Psychic Driving
11 - Endsville
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Trap Them - Darker Handcraft (2011)

Trap Them are back with a vengeance on their 2nd album, Darker Handcraft. 12 tracks of sped up chaotic hardcore played with precision, angst, and power. All long time Trap Them fans are going to love this album and all the new fans will have a great look at the mayhem that is Trap Them

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/trapthem
Rock if you like: Backstabbers Inc. - Integrity - Cursed

Track listing:
1 - Damage Prose
2 - Slumcult & Gather
3 - Every Walk A Quarantine
4 - Evictionaries
5 - All By The Constant Vulse
6 - Sordid Earnings
7 - The Facts
8 - Saintpeelers
9 - Manic In The Grips
10 - Sovereign Through The Pines
11 - Drag The Wounds Eternal
12 - Scars Align
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All Out War - Into The Killing Fields (2010)

Inspired by late 80's crossover bands such as Cro-Mags, S.O.D., and Slayer, All Out War rose out of the East Cost hardcore scene and trampled the world with it's blend of scathing thrash metal and devastating hardcore. Into The Killing Fields is All Out Wars 5th released once again on Victory Records.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/alloutwarny
Rock if you like: Slayer - Cro-Mags - At The Gates

Track listing:
1 - Defiance Through Fear
2 - Mercy Killer
3 - Apathetic Genocide
4 - Fear Those Who Claim Divinity
5 - From Manipulation To Martyr
6 - Into The Killing Fields
7 - An Angel Among Demons
8 - The Murders Among Us
9 - Still Crucified
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All Out War - Assassins In The House Of God (2007)

10 years after they released their debut All Out War are back with their 4th album which is jam packed with 11 tracks of blistering metal. Assassins in the House of God reaffirms in their brand of speed metal riffs, chest pounding blast beats and floor clearing, pit inducing breakdowns. If you think you know what brutal hardcore is, but you’ve never heard the music of ALL OUT WAR, then you had better prepare yourself. …ALL OUT WAR is about to show everyone what the word “BRUTAL” really means…and it won’t be pretty.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/alloutwarny
Rock if you like: Slayer - Cro-Mags - At The Gates

Track listing:
1 - Curtain Call For The Crucified
2 - Behind The Crescent And The Cross
3 - Politics Of Apathy
4 - Assassins In The House Of God
5 - Into The Arms Of Annihilation
6 - Glorified In Deceit
7 - Drenched In Defeat
8 - The Angels Of Genocide
9 - Beyond Redemption
10 - When Your Gods Have Failed
11 - And All Shall Suffer
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All Out War - Condemned To Suffer (2003)

All Out War waited 5 long years to release Condemned To Suffer. The 3rd album by NY's crossover masterminds will not disappoint the massive following they have amassed over the years. 12 more amazing tracks to sate your metal appetite.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/alloutwarny
Rock if you like: Slayer - Cro-Mags - At The Gates

Track listing:
1 - Straight Towards Extinction
2 - Condemned To Suffer
3 - Bleeding The Weak
4 - Heavens Coming Down
5 - Two Thousand Years
6 - From The Bottom
7 - Destined To Burn
8 - Pray For Salvation
9 - Hypocrites Of The Revolution
10 - Vengeance For The Angels
11 - Rise Of The Antichrist
12 - Gone Forever
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All Out War - For Those Who Were Crucified (1998)

For Those Who Were Crucified was the much anticipated sophomore release for NY's All Out War. It was also their debut release through Chicago based record label, Victory Records. A "must have" classic.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/alloutwarny
Rock if you like: Slayer - Cro-Mags - At The Gates

Track listing:
1 - Soaked In Torment
2 - Burning Season
3 - For Those Who Were Crucified
4 - Resist
5 - Claim Your Innocence
6 - False Salvation
7 - Redemption For The Innocent
8 - Witness The End
9 - Into The Flames Of Progression
10 - After Autumn
11 - Enemies Of Creation
12 - Truth In The Age Of Lies
13 - Apocalyptic Terror
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All Out War - Truth In The Age Of Lies (1997)

The powerful debut from one of the greatest metal bands of all time. 11 tracks brutal metal with just a touch of hardcore mixed in to keep things fresh. Truth In The Age Of Lies was originally released on German record label Gain Ground in 1997.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/alloutwarny
Rock if you like: Slayer - Cro-Mags - At The Gates

Track listing:
1 - Resist
2 - Truth In The Age Of Lies
3 - After Autumn
4 - Destined To Burn
5 - Redemption For The Innocent
6 - Fall From Grace
7 - Cross Of Disbelief
8 - Fight For God
9 - The Deceived And The Deceivers
10 - Crucial Times In Existence
11 - Day Of Judgment
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Darkest Hour - The Human Romance (2011)

Born out of the merger between hardcore and metal in 1995, DARKEST HOUR has risen to become one of the most influential metalcore acts ever. THE HUMAN ROMANCE is their first record for new home eOne Music and is their most metallic to date. With a years worth of touring already planned post release DARKEST HOUR are ready to open the next chapter in their already legendary career.

Status: Active
Contact: http://darkesthour.info/
Rock if you like: December - Killswitch Engage - The Red Chord

Track listing:
1 - Terra Nocturnus
2 - The World Engulfed In Flames
3 - Savor The Kill
4 - Man And Swine
5 - Love As A Weapon
6 - Your Everyday Disaster
7 - Violent By Nature
8 - Purgatory
9 - Severed Into Seperates
10 - Wound
11 - Terra Solaris
12 - Beyond The Life You Know
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The Secret - Solve Et Coagula (2010)

Trieste, Italy's heaviest export The Secret entered Kurt Ballou's God City Studios with twelve tracks in hand that would become "Solve Et Coagula," a 12-track album that combines elements of crust/grind, primitive black metal, dark soundscapes and monolithic riffs.

Status: Active

Contact: http://www.myspace.com/thesecret

Rock if you like: Harlots - Comity - Botch

Track listing:
1 - Cross Builder
2 - Death Alive
3 - Double Slaughter
4 - Where It Ends
5 - Antitalian
6 - Weathermen
7 - Pleasure In Self Destruction
8 - Eve Of The Last Day
9 - Pursuit Of Discomfort
10 - Bell Of Urgency
11 - War Desire
12 - 1968

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Eyelid - If It Kills (1998)

Forming in Los Angeles in 1994, comprised of former members of Strife and Consequence, Eyelid quickly became a band to be reckoned with. Their music’s force was first demonstrated on their debut record "...Days Infected" released on the Ammunition Records label in 1996. Their goal was to sound unlike any of their contemporaries and the release ushered in a complex sound that was virtually uncomparable at the time.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Kiss It Goodbye - Adamantium - Undertow

Track listing:
1 - Half Way Down
2 - Aesthetic Friend
3 - Regenerate
4 - Nails In A Bag
5 - 10,000 Wounds
6 - Iron
7 - Nowhere
8 - Death One 59
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Gnostic - Engineering The Rule (2009)

Gnostic are a technical death metal band out of the Atlanta, GA area. Engineering The Rule is their long awaited debut album that will not disappoint. They do a very good job at infusing various genres into their very unique sound. Features members of Atheist, 'Nuff said.

Status: Unknown
Contact: http://www.gnosticmusic.com
Rock if you like: Decapitated - Suffocation - Burnt By The Sun

Track listing:
1 - Visceral
2 - Isolate Gravity
3 - Sleeping Ground
4 - Engineering The Rule
5 - Wall Of Lies
6 - Violent Calm
7 - Life, Suffering
8 - Corrosive
9 - Mindlock
10 - Splinters Of Change
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Black Haven - The Cleansing Storm (2007)

Black Haven is a hardcore band from Kortrijk, Belgium. They play a crust filled brand of hardcore that is uncompromising, unwavering and steadfast. The Cleansing Storm is their debut album and at 8 tracks leaves you needing more immediately. Features members of Amen Ra and The Deal.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/blackhavenhc
Rock if you like: Cursed - Ringworm - His Hero Is Gone

Track listing:
1 - The Cleansing Storm
2 - My Haven
3 - Thorns
4 - Hel
5 - Gloom
6 - End Of The Shovel
7 - Hollow
8 - Growing In Grace
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Backside Disaster - Self Titled (1999)

Backside Disaster were a metal inspired hardcore band out of Portland, OR. They self released many demos and finally got to release this 6 song Ep just before they broke up. Members went on to form and play in many bands like Nora (Ferret Records), The Horde (1,2,3 GO!) and Crosstide (Rise Records).

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Eyelid - Strife - Earth Crisis

Track listing:
1 - Universal Phenomenon
2 - Proven Failure
3 - Anonymous
4 - The Coming Of Lad Urorobos
5 - Hype
6 - Don't Hate Me Cause I'm Beautiful
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Masakari - The Prophet Feeds (2010)

Cleveland, OH always seems to churn out great bands. Masakari are no exception. The Prophet Feeds is their long anticipated 10 track debut. Infusing crust, hardcore, and metal Masakari have an unrelenting attack that has a by-the-throat result.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/masakaripunk
Rock if you like: Integrity - From Ashes Rise - His Hero Is Gone

Track listing:
1 - Rapid Dominance
2 - Pain Conceived As Tool
3 - Tempt Providence
4 - Salvation Reigns
5 - Echoes
6 - The Voiceless
7 - Nausea
8 - Abandoned
9 - Echelon
10 - Untitled
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Parasytic - Hymn ( 2008)

The highly anticipated debut release from Richmond, VA's PARASYTIC contains twelve tracks of political "peace punk" rock outrage. Musically they are late 80's UK-style crust / thrash metal crossover in the same spirit as bands such CONCRETE SOX, DEVIATED INSTINCT and HELLBASTARD. PARASYTIC are a pretty new band but have already made great waves for their intense live performances and a totally ripping demo.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/parasyticrva
Rock if you like: Tragedy - Municipal Waste - Victims

Track listing:
1 - Already Dead
2 - Black Blood
3 - Prophesies
4 - Spiral
5 - Midnight Sun
6 - Liberation
7 - Sudden End
8 - Mad Men
9 - Who's To Blame?
10 - No Solution
11 - Hogs
12 - Animal Sacrifice
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Toxic Bonkers - Plague (2010)

After two years of silence Polish Toxic Bonkers bring its fifth brand new full length entitled "Plague" incorporating thirty minutes of heavy overwhelming mid-tempo grindcore with dash of hardcore and death metal, deeply into their previous recordings. Well done production and solid piece of strong threshing influenced by Bolt Thrower, later Napalm Death and Sepultura. First rate metallic grind executed by this Polish long existing ensemble.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.toxic-bonkers.com/
Rock if you like: Napalm Death - Leng T'che - Decapitated

Track listing:
1 - Plague
2 - Black Sun
3 - Roadkill
4 - War
5 - Your Kind
6 - The Past
7 - Generation Ignorance
8 - Reincarnation
9 - Rise To Fall
10 - Forget
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Hardesty - What Doesn't Make Us Stronger Only Kills Us (2003)

Hardesty was a short-lived Seattle hardcore band that released one record before breaking up in 2003. They seemed to fuse various styles of music into one unique and refreshing sound. With equal parts hardcore, indie rock and metal Hardesty set themselves apart from a sometimes watered down scene. Members went on to form Dead In Hollywood and Frontiers.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: By The Grace Of God - The Now-Denial - Breather Resist

Track listing:
1 - I Killed Laura Palmer
2 - The Night I Lost My Fear Of Spiders
3 - Colors Are Much Brighter In Real Life
4 - Some Days Are Better...
5 - Stealing From My Favorite Thieves
6 - I Know I've Heard This Once Before
7 - Holding Down The Fort
8 - The South Will Rise Again
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Medic - Self Titled (2006)

This is final release by Medic a thrash hardcore band out of the DC area. These were self released and hand numbered. This Ep is 5 songs of fast loud and pissed off crust filled hardcore the way it was meant to be played.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Curl Up And Die - The Dream Is Dead - The End Of The Universe

Track listing:
1 - Conqueror
2 - Earthworm
3 - Greater Fools
4 - La Grippe
5 - Chicane
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Medic - Greetings And Amputations (2004)

Medic where a way too short lived Hardcore band out of Maryland. They played crusty technical hardcore that is played fast and extremely pissed off. This was released on McCarthyism Records and a great preview of good things to come.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Curl Up And Die - The Dream Is Dead - The End Of The Universe

Track listing:
1 - Breathing Ashes Spitting Scabs
2 - Splitting Atoms
3 - Thankyougoodnight
4 - One Last Rule
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Crowbar - Sever The Wicked Hand (2011)

The kings are back! Crowbar return with 12 tracks of downtuned sludge metal mayhem. Each song crushes the listener with an extremely raw and heavy sound. These guys are the originals please do not compare them to their followers!

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.crowbarmusic.com/
Rock if you like: Eyehategod - Down - Mastodon

Track listing:
1 - Isolation (Desperation)
2 - Sever The Wicked Hand
3 - Liquid Sky And Cold Black Earth
4 - Let Me Mourn
5 - The Cemetary Angels
6 - As I Become One
7 - A Farewell To Misery
8 - Protectors Of The Shrine
9 - I Only Deal In Truth
10 - Echo An Eternity
11 - Cleanse Me, Heal Me
12 - Symbiosis
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