Furnace. Gravity Distortion Time Displacement Unit EP.

My old band played with these fine fellows in a house in rural New England last summer that shook to its very foundation upon the start of their set, rattling windows on the neighbors' homes. Hailing from various spots around Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Furnace play a particularly brutal version of Bucket Full of Teeth's initial model of post-hardcore set to a grind tempo, interjecting a healthy dose of hardcore and thrashy punk into the mix as well. The band slams down ferociously as quickly as possible, yet I've been recently of the opinion that when they open up their sound, especially on the relentless and epic "I Rest Easy, Your Ship Has Sailed" (also found on a split 7" with L'antietam on the Electric Human Project), the band really has something more than simply captivating: they've found something new.

Gravity Distortion Time Displacement Unit.
The first EP, self-released by the band in 2006.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fy3tlbm4bmz

Thou. Tyrant LP.

Describing the new wave of doom and sludge and stoner metal is a little difficult, and is really Dominic's forte, but I really wanted to get this record up and out there, so I'm just gonna go ahead and do it. Thou are not only a band from New Orleans, Louisiana, they're also one of the loudest, heaviest things on the planet when they play live, which is recommended in a tiny, dimly lit room. Featuring members of Dear Diary I Seem to Be Dead and We Need to Talk, the group churns out a form of doom/sludge metal that evokes bands like Asunder and Burning Witch, but also with (surprisingly) strangely beautiful interludes in the vein of a band like Neurosis. The band is currently playing, based out of New Orleans, but has visited the west coast and the midwest already this year, and will be touring heavily throughout the United States in the next year.

Tyrant.
The first LP, issued on One Eye in 2007.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?exc3rtbjobv

Kepler. Fuck Fight Fail LP + This Heart is Painted On EP.

One of our favorite bands, Kepler were a wonderful group from Ontario, Canada. They put out a handful of 7"s, a few comp tracks, an EP, and three LPs, all of which are highly recommended. Talk of bands like Low and Bedhead have surrounded this band since the very beginning, but I've always thought they sounded like a band using slowcore as more of an aesthetic, less of a structure thing songwriting-wise, focusing more on a slower, more drawn out post-rock style in their compositions. Early Godspeed You Black Emperor! merged with the For Carnation wouldn't be a bad comparison. Surprisingly enough, this band has connections with two of the major players in the more mainstream indie rock scene, as their bassist was a contributing writer at Pitchfork before the band started in earnest, and their drummer currently plays with the Arcade Fire.

Fuck Fight Fail.
The first LP, issued by Troubleman Unlimited on CD and Resonant on LP in 2000.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5yvmavmgz6k

This Heart is Painted On.
The first EP, issued by Spectrasonicsound in 1999.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6hze1sxhcop