May 14, 2025
Having completed a little rebasing, I will run these ancient Dwarf miniatures as Mercenary Deathseekers.
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Having completed a little rebasing, I will run these ancient Dwarf miniatures as Mercenary Deathseekers.
7 times maximum bang for the buck
Here's a list of 7 sources (and then some) of mostly free or (don't) pay what you want music that I enjoyed a lot. Feel free to download and to support the bands and labels, they're doing good work. It's really surprising how many great acts are giving their digital releases away for free and how good they often are, sometimes even groundbreaking and mind-boggling and tantalizing to the bone.
Throatruiner Records This small but active French label has an international roster of mostly killer acts operating on the extreme frontiers of 'core and death/black/doom/sludge metal. I particularily enjoyed the latest offerings by Nesseria, As We Draw, Vuyvr and Plebeian Grandstand but Vermin Womb or Portestant were capable of turning some heads as well.
Deathseekers - DTHSKRS This blackened/dark/heavy/metallic/whathaveyou style of hardcore is without a doubt le goût du jour for the kids, but in the mass of new (pseudo)-releases the pickings are slim when it comes down to truly hair raising grimness or aggression you can believe in. These songs were some of the few that achieved that for me.
Landskap - II A bunch of DOOM veterans replacing the traditional genre-bound weight of the world with some more soothing propositions without letting go of the tonality nor groove they're so familiar with. Stuff to listen on those grey days you know the sun can flare up any time and make it all worthwhile again.
Humo Del Cairo - EP2-Imaginario Humo Del Cairo (who's excellent, may I say classic, debut album is free to DL as well) embarked on a series of exploratory EP's this year. The first one didn't excite me much but this recently released second instalment drew me in from the get go, in true prog fashion it consists of one long track divided in movements which explore some harsher sounds as well as some droning to end in well known Pampas heavy psych fashion.
Marathon Of Dope records Tom De Geeter aka Speed Dial 7 keeps releasing interesting stuff firmly rooted in hip hop culture but soundwise borrowing from all of the electronical music spectrum all the while keeping an eye on what's moving in the indie and singersongwriter's scenes. His own productivity resulted this year in a crazy ass mix album, a semi-acoustic off putting collection of songs, a collaborative pure hiphop record and a promising first EP of his newest project together with Mike Ladd and his ZD bandmate. And as if that wasn't enough to tickle your ears he released also some fascinating stuff by his rap associates Birdapres and Rob Crooks, frankly those two take the MOD crown for 2014. The latter with his "Downtown '09" Ep and the former with his Gray Jay produced album "If And Only If" but please do check it all out.
Het Droste Effect - We Are All Hallucinating After a few years of silence these Dutch cats are back treating us, duller mortals, to fascinating psych journeys in and out of our minds. Also don't miss out on the collaborative effort with compatriots Radar Men From The Moon (whose third album was a bit of let down but be sure to check their first two)
My Brother The Wind - Live at Roadburn 2013 For the last one in this list we stay with the psychonauts and the jamcats, this is My Brother The Wind's wholly improvised set from the trendsetting Roadburn festival. You may or may not know this but since many years most of the RB live sets are recorded and streamed for the masses afterwards. Some selected sets receive an offical release handled by affiliate label Burning World Records. All these recordings are top notch and since no self-respecting band wants to deliver anything than it's best possible performance at Roadburn these releases are generally very enjoyable. The sweet deal is that since I dunno exactly when all of the "Live at Roadburn" series is freely downloadable from the Burning World Bandcamp, go cop I'd say.
honourable mentions: Deathrite (Swedeathcore, cuts deep), Witch hunter records (sludge, DOOM & hardcore), Smimooz (Brussels based hip hop producer/rapper with legendary status in de Belgian underground for his 9mm records releases), A389 records, Iron Bonehead records, Halo Of Flies, Bones Brigade, Selfmadegod, Pagan, Kaotoxin, Grave Mistake, Xtreem, Dark Descent & Alerta Antifascista for their kick ass rosters and modestly priced, if not free, digital releases)
HEKSED / DEATHSEEKERS: available!
The wait is now over!
The split 7'' between HEKSED and DEATHSEEKERS is available!
All pre-orders will be packed and sent next week, with some extras. Thanks a lot for your patience.
The red version is out of stock, but the black one is still available, with some great bundles too, including HEKSED discography cd and DEATHSEEKERS' one.
[Buy a black copy here]
[Buy a bundle here]
We get from the plant 2 bonus red vinyl, but without black/red cover, so we are working on something very special and limited!
HEKSED / DEATHSEEKERS: cd out now!
Hey there, just a quick update to tell you that Heksed's discography and Deathseeker's one are available!
We are still waiting the split 7'', but it's stuck at the plant,because of some technical troubles... Cross your fingers with us!
Both cds are limited to 100 copies, so don't miss it !
DEATHSEEKERS: collection cd
The second collection cd planned is the one from beligum's DEATHSEEKERS.
Five songs of pure H8000 style, raw, fast and crushing. It compiles the songs from their OOS demo and their one sided 7''.
It's a cd again, still packed in swarm of nails own digisleeve. Out in march.
GET YOUR COPY HERE.
HEKSED / DEATHSEEKERS
The pre-orders for the split seven inch between HEKSED and DEATHSEEKERS are up since one week, and we have less than 5 copies on red vinyl. Regular version on black vinyl is going fast too.
Don't forget that we'll release in the same time two cds. The first one is a collection of all the early stuff of HEKSED, compiling their oos 7'' and their 12'' album. The second one is a collection of all the songs recorded so far by DEATHSEEKERS. Each are very limited, digisleeve edition.
Bundles available on this link, red/black vinyl on this one.
Everything will ship in 4/5 weeks. Thanks for the support!
Two ridiculous bands joining together for such a face-melting release! This split is going to be a must have.
