Graveyard- S/T

Artist: Graveyard
Album: Graveyard
Genre: Classic/Stoner Rock
Year: 2008
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: WITCHCRAFT, DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, PENTAGRAM

Graveyard come from Sweden and are friends with similar sounding Witchcraft. Coming from the same scene of classic rock and early doom influenced bands, Graveyard play bluesy stoner rock with soulful clean vocals and awesome riffs. Like most stoner/doom bands, the Black Sabbath influence can be heard, but also there are traces of Deep Purple and even a bit of The Doors. I had a chance to see them live a few months back and they were incredible. If you are a fan of Withcraft, The Sword, Witch, or any of the retro stoner rockers around right now, you'll dig on this for sure.

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(Link from lucidmedia)

His Hero Is Gone- Monuments To Thieves

Artist: His Hero Is Gone
Album: Monuments To Thieves
Genre: Crustcore
Year: 1997
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: TRAGEDY, TRAP THEM, PERTH EXPRESS, CURSED, DISFEAR

His Hero Is Gone is the king of all crusty hardcore bands. They went on to form Tragedy and plenty of other awesome bands in the crust punk/hardcore genre. This is my favorite album of theirs.

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(Link from Enemy Of The Music Business)

Cannibal Corpse

FOR FANS OF: DEICIDE, SUFFOCATION, MORBID ANGEL, DEATH

In anticipation for their new album, Evisceration Plague, to be released, I present to you my three favorite Cannibal Corpse albums. Get down on this shit.

Eaten Back To Life (1990)
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Bloodthirst (1999)
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Kill (2006)
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The Swarm- Old Blue Eyes Is Dead

Artist: The Swarm aka Knee Deep In The Dead
Album: Old Blue Eyes Is Dead
Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Year: 1999
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: HIS HERO IS GONE, CURSED, LEFT FOR DEAD, RUINATION

The Swarm was formed from the ashes of Left For Dead and members went on to form Cursed. These Canadians play some wicked metallic hardcore and this is their best album in my opinion. If you are a fan of Cursed or Left For Dead, you can't go wrong with this.

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(Link from Catharsis through Zazen)

Hardcore/Powerviolence Collections

FOR FANS OF: DRI, NEGATIVE APPROACH, SIEGE, EXTORTION, MINOR THREAT

Here are some great collections of some awesome hardcore/powerviolence bands. Note that the Dropdead collection isn't all of their material since they have released some more material after the discography was released, but it is a good collection nonetheless.

Left For Dead- Splitting Heads
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Dropdead- Complete Discography
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No Comment- Discography 87-93
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Crossed Out- Discography
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The Now-Denial- Mundane Lullaby

Artist: The Now-Denial
Album: Mundane Lullaby
Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Year: 2007
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: CURSED, PERTH EXPRESS, TRAINWRECK, GHOSTLIMB

The Now-Denial, alot like fellow Germans, Perth Express, they play a mix of hardcore and punk with a crusty feel to it. Some good shit.

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(Link from The_Hive)

Grave- Into The Grave

Artist: Grave
Album: Into The Grave
Genre: Swedish Death Metal
Year: 1991
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED, AUTOPSY

Grave, along with Entombed and Dismember, are three main bands that made Sweden such a legendary spot for Death Metal in the early 90's. This album is a perfect example of pure Swedish Death Metal in all its glory. It has the Sunlight production, the catchy song structures, and the bad ass riffs. This is a must have!

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Rotten Sound- Cycles

Artist: Rotten Sound
Album: Cycles
Genre: Grind
Year: 2008
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: NASUM, GADGET, ENTOMBED, GRAVE, TRAP THEM

Rotten Sound play a mix of Grind, Death Metal, and Crusty Punk with groovy breakdowns and insane guitar tone. This album has the famous Sunlight Studios Swedish guitar tone that I love so dearly. This is one the best albums of 2008.

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(Link from Deathcore Is Sexy)

At The Gates- Slaughter Of The Soul

Artist: At The Gates
Album: Slaughter Of The Soul
Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Thrash
Year: 1995
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: IN FLAMES, DARK TRANQUILITY, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER

This masterpiece of an album needs to be in on here. No death metal collection can be complete without it. Period.

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(Link from The Last Disaster!)

Deicide- Once Upon The Cross

Artist: Deicide
Album: Once Upon The Cross
Genre: Death Metal
Year: 1995
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL, IMMOLATION

I have been listening to this album non-stop lately. This is Brutal Death Metal at it's finest.

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(Link From Metal Messiah)

Impaled Nazarene- Absence Of War Does Not Mean Peace

Artist: Impaled Nazarene
Album: Absence Of War Does Not Mean Peace
Genre: Punk/Thrash/Black Metal
Year: 2001
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: NIFELHEIM, SLAYER, MUNICIPAL WASTE, DARKTHRONE

Impaled Nazarene play a thrashy, punked up version of black metal. This is not your typical Mayhem style, one note noodling, tremolo picked black metal. There are razor sharp thrash guitar riffs, fast double bass drumming and higher pitched black metal style vocals. If you like super fast and super catchy punk/metal then check this shit out.

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Darkthrone- Plaguewielder

Artist: Darkthrone
Album: Plaguewielder
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2001
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: BATHORY, CRAFT, SATYRICON, AURA NOIR

Plaguewielder is a commonly skipped over album, overshadowed by Black Metal classics like Transilvanian Hunger and A Blaze In The Northern Sky. This is the middle ground between their early raw black metal sound and their more recent rock'n'roll/punk sound. This is by far the most well produced album in their discography. This album has an awesome black'n'roll sound and the song "Wreak" is one of the best in the genre.

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(Link from Metal Throne)