End To Empires

I picked up a couple of free CD's at a gig the other night and thought I'd post them up here. I went to see The Plight supported by Turbowolf (Who were really, really good), The Dead Formats and Feed The Rhino (Another good band, pretty typical current UK hardcore).
Download a track by Turbowolf.
Ancient Snakes by Turbowolf

This CD is from a band called End To Empires and has three tracks of excellent thrash punk/metal. They're not breaking any new musical boundaries with their style or sound but if you like your music fast and thrashy then you should give this lot a listen.

DOWNLOAD END TO EMPIRES SAMPLER

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) ****
02) Hungry Leaders
03) Black Ties

DOWNLOAD END TO EMPIRES SAMPLER

Note: If the above links don't work try the following...
DOWNLOAD END TO EMPIRES SAMPLER [MEDIAFIRE]

The Plight-Feb 2010 Tour Cancelled

05-2010: Unfortunately The Plight have had to cancel this tour due to the loss of a band member. They'll be back ;)

Here's some words from the band...

I cannot fully express how bad we feel for doing this but we have to cancel the tour.

Really sorry for the hassle this will cause, but we have no other choice.

Our bass player walked out on us last night. After nearly 3 years of being in the band and working various shit jobs and turning down most other commitments, he’s decided that the job he’s been offered is too much to turn down.

I hope you appreciate this whole thing has been a nightmare for us. Sean had told us he was leaving before this but had agreed to do the tour as a farewell, especially as I had booked it. We literally found out last night that he could no longer honor this. There's no hard feelings but of course it's a shame to have to cancel. Not to mention the fact that our drummer left the band a few weeks ago, which we'd managed to replace before the tour. We have a lad with a killer groove on drums now. Watch this space I guess.

The heart of the band is still alive and we will back with vengeance later in the year. Hopefully we can book the tour in a couple of month’s time when we have sorted this. To try get someone to fill in at this late stage (1 week before the first gig) would be a dishonor to our selves as well as people listening.

Again. Sorry for the fuck about. We will be back.

THE PLIGHT

Here's a copy of the tour poster and you can buy their latest album "Winds Of Osiris" from Amazon.

There's more posts for The Plight on this blog already.

www.myspace.com/theplight
www.rumandrare.blogspot.com

Post Hardcore Part 2

Here's the second part of the post-hardcore/screamo collection that I posted the other day. Again none of these bands are household names so if they're putting on a gig you should go along and support them if you can.

I've only done a few songs from each band so if you like them go and buy the CD. There's a few different bitrates but nothing less than 192kbps. Actually you can find more by Tortuga, Dead Swans & The Plight on this blog already.

DOWNLOAD THE POST HARDCORE SELECTION (approx. 100MB)

DEAD SWANS
Thinking Of You (from It's Starting EP)
20/07/07 (from Southern Blue EP)
Ascension / Ivy Archway (from Sleepwalkers)

THE GHOST OF A THOUSAND
Left For Dead/One For The Road (from This Is Where The Fight Begins)
Canyons Of Static/Running On Empty (New Hopes, New Demonstrations)

THE PLIGHT
Ball & Chain (from Black Summer EP)
From Hell / Lovesick Maniac / Winds Of Osiris (from Winds Of Osiris)

RAGING SPEEDHORN
Dungeon Whippet / Redweed (from Raging Speedhorn)
Different Shade Of Shit/Dead Man Walking (How The Great Have Fallen)
Dignity Stripper / Too Drunk To Give A Fuck (Before The Sea Was Built)

TORTUGA
Bury Me In You (Fatal) / The Laudanum Boys Club / The Tomb Of John Wortley (from Kings Of Albany)

DOWNLOAD THE POST HARDCORE SELECTION (approx. 100MB)

The Plight

Well seeing as I've found myself listening to lots of stoner music recently here's a sample of a band called The Plight. I went down to Brighton to see them last year (on the strength of hearing 1 track [Ball & Chain]) and they were fucking excellent.
Take some Thin Lizzy, add a little Black Sabbath and mix with some current UK hardcore and you should get the idea. I think they've only released one EP (just 6 tracks unfortunately) called Black Summer but if you like this selection you should buy the whole album. I just hope they get back in the studio and release a full album. If you get a chance to see them live I recommend it :)
Tracks (320kbps mp3)...
Ball & Chain / Clarendon / Lifestyle / Pull The Trigger

DOWNLOAD HERE