Therapy? - "Infernal Love" (1995)

Therapy? is an outstanding hard rock / metal band from Ireland. Influenced by such stylistically diverse bands as Black Sabbath or Hüsker Dü they managed to build their own distinct sound, based on a wall of noise constructed from loud guitars and powerful drums on the one hand and melodic vocal lines, catchy tunes and clever emotional lyrics passionately delivered by the singer Andy Cairns on the other hand. The final vocal line on Infernal Love might be "There is a light at the end of the tunnel," but there's no denying that Infernal Love is anything but optimistic; it's an unrelentingly dark and sometimes bluntly turgid record. Anyone familiar with the band had grown accustomed to Andy Cairns' spins on depression, anger, bitterness, and self-destruction, but even the most devoted listener probably screamed "Snap out of it!" while first listening to this third record. Darker chords and slower tempos prevail, and the pop-punk hooks are all but washed away. The sequentially buried, bouncing "Loose" is an anomaly, sounding like a refugee from Troublegum that reads like a dystopian "Jack and Diane." Other than that, it's nothing but despair and heartache. [Read more --->] Tracklist: 01. Epilepsy [3:50] 02. Stories [3:11] 03. A Moment of Clarity [6:02] 04. Jude the Obscene [3:32] 05. Bowels of Love [2:53] 06. Misery [3:40] 07. Bad Mother [5:46] 08. Me Vs You [6:24] 09. Loose [3:00] 10. Diane [5:00] 11. 30 Seconds [5:25] Playing Time.........: 48:42

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Log translation at http://eachelper.uphero.com/ EAC extraction logfile from 2. 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All rights reserved http://y-soft.org ANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2 Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved. FILE: 11 - 30 Seconds.flac Size: 40209506 Hash: E3ED3AEADDF1E8964F4FBF371602E64E Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: AD73A19782887B20675BF0B4FAF17B377B490168 FILE: 10 - Diane.flac Size: 29755009 Hash: 24179F579E36AC07264A625EE7B36329 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 9FC334D429754AEE6A46D36F077A8EBDA269BEB6 FILE: 09 - Loose.flac Size: 24402481 Hash: B7519DE6AC8FBA2B7923B41FE7849742 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: AE7138CAD9FF9D6A3736CECF92EEAC8D8E13C5A5 FILE: 08 - Me Vs. 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Further, "Combined read/write offset correction" set to "0" probably means there are some missing samples (but it does not mean these differences are audible - it just means the copy is not "exact"). I carefully listened to this rip and I heard no audible ripping errors. CUETools database contains 4 different pressings of this album and all the checksums are different to this rip. I suppose it means this release is from another pressing (or maybe it's the result of the wrong offset set in EAC?). Interested? Ask Uncle Google the magic question: E3ED3AEADDF1E8964F4FBF371602E64E avax More by Therapy?: Therapy? - "Iron Man" (live in Firenze, Italy, 1994) Therapy? - "Lonely, Cryin', Only" [CDS] (1998)

Plastic Evolution - "At A Wooden Desk"

Not catchy enough (6/10) electric-acoustic-singer-songwriter-lo-fi-indie music written by a person in his room by touching strings, using vocal cords, arranging samples, clapping hands, hitting bottles and so on... This is simple dreamy guitar pop rock. This is a professional recording and will find its fans for sure. For me, however, it is not catchy enough to keep my attention focused. The songs flow slowly and my eyelids get heavier and heavier... Good night. By the way, this is just a half of the album you can get in other websites. [Artist's Myspace]

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Coma Stereo - "Binary Endings"

Very good post rock (8/10) "Binary endings" is an over 50 minutes of a very spatial, a bit nostalgic and melancholic sounds evoking such a bands as the silver mount zion, godspeed you! Black emperor, trans am and explosions in the sky. Sometimes ,when the forlorn vocal is present( "obsessions and a tulip"), it may be associated with xiu xiu, no twist or even The Cure. Four musicians from Slovenia take us in a imaginative trip arousing a full scale of perceptible emotions and associated with their memories. A light electronic and an extensive passage created by guitars intertwine with mind-blowing, sometimes a bit brutal and dramatic mood. It`s a great challenge for a post-rock band to achieve a balance between an experimental guitar formulas and electronic-ambient threads. Coma Stereo gives it to you and for this reason it is an obligatory position for connoisseurs of the style. Binary endings gives you a 50 minutes of sound which is a perfect connection between hypnotic and magic motives and dose of field recordings. So if you like to listen music full of sadness and filled with pain but with a ray of hope at once, don't hesitate to download this album. It's perfect music to listen in the dark and alienation. Very good post rock album. Great gloomy atmosphere, depressive melodies. Highly recommended for fans of dark guitar music. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format. You can also download it directly from the artist at Bandcamp for free in a variety of formats, including a lossless FLAC version. [Artist's website / Myspace]

dK - "Electroglamour And Infinite Sadness"

Zuppa Romana (6/10) First album published by Karmasutra (then [dK]) in 1999. songwriting > [K] arrangement - programming - editing > [K] guitars on the guilt - breaking off the fight - alms - ordinary state of grace - best pain > [captain] guitars on karmastate - in front of River - the ethics of River > [jp] mixing - mastering > [K] I've got mixed feelings after listening to this album. What are "mixed feelings"? There is this popular joke: "mixed feelings are when you're watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new Ferrari". Well... Maybe. But for me it's also "hearing great music spoiled by a bad singer with a terrible English accent". Why on Earth so many people feel they have to sing in English, even if they lack skills? Somebody kidnapped your mother-in-law and threatens to throw her off a cliff, if you start singing in your native language? Ooops! Bad example. Anyhow... Everything else, apart from the vocalist's work, is at least good on this album. Great dark atmosphere, catchy melodies, very fine distorted guitars, nice electronic effects put in just right places. Just listen to these three instrumental pieces: 06, 08 & 12. Very interesting dark electronica, isn't it? Only maybe production is not up to par on several tracks, but not below my level of tolerance. And then... the singer. His voice is weak and from time to time he is almost out-of-tune. I could tolerate it, if this was his only problem. But the true disaster is his English accent. Why not to sing in Italian? Somebody told them only italo-disco is permitted in Italian? OK, the sound of English is great, it is an easy language to sing and write lyrics, but it makes sense only if the vocalist is able to learn a decent accent! Otherwise, just stick with your native language and the effect will be infinitely better. Because for now, it's just "Zuppa Romana". Of course, I can recommend this album to people who don't know English, or are unable to hear differences in English accents, because the instrumental part is very good. What's the genre? A dark synthpop / electro with industrial feel to it - a mix of Depeche Mode and Oomph! for me. By the way, speaking of Oomph!... Somehow they are not ashamed to sing in German. Instead of embarrassing themselves with "Änglisch"... Apart from Jamendo, you can also download it directly from the artist at Bandcamp for free or for a donation in a variety of formats, including lossless FLAC version. Strangely, this release is governed by a different CC license: .

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Capitalism Is Just Another Dying Breed - "Capitalism Is Just Another Dying Breed"

Very dark and depressive guitar ambient (6/10)

[Artist's Myspace]

If deja vu is a post-experience who repeats itself or is a similar repetitive action in our system so to speak. Then I find this life and its system we are living in, as one big deja vu experience I want to escape..... Today is all about making money and being someone. Companies and humans are killing each other for a name, for profit and land. Someone else are trying just to make a living, because they do not "fit in", in this moneymaking-drowning world. .... This music is about people, oppression and beings who are themselves.. And not tries to be someone else or manipulating for fame. .... Capitalism is just another dying breed is a side-project. Enjoy and download the music for free and leave a comment if you like!
Victor Soldéus.

Obligatory position for everyone who loves Come On Die Young by Mogwai. This is about oppression. This is about molestation. This is about people. This is about fear. This is atrabilious. This is about you. This is about me. This is about us.

Very dark and depressive guitar ambient with traces of noise. Quite captivating, but definitely not for everyone. This is rather difficult music, only for fans of strange sounds. Although, sometimes it gets too calm and repetitive (tracks 01 & 05 are just boring).

The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

Ana Never - "Ana Never" [remastered and rereleased]

Depressive post rock (8/10) At first, we would like to say THANK YOU for Goran and all Ana Never crew for makeinkg possible to show this beautiful release in Poland. You'll find some more info in a release booklet. It's great pleasure to have a chance to re-realase and distribute this album in Poland ... few more words about release soon ... now just enjoy with listening this stuff. Extremely sad, deep and anxious dose of experimental, post-rock, ambient music from Serbia. This is depressive atmospheric post-rock of really high quality. Perfect as a soundtrack for suicide attempts. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format. You can also buy it directly from the artist at Bandcamp for as low as $3.60 - no money goes to the fuckin' RIAA. If you like the music - do it! Support the artist. A lossless FLAC version is also available. The version released by 49manekinow contains two bonus live tracks:

[Myspace]