Voivod - Killing Technology

1987, FAD/Noise Records

1. Killing Technology (7:35)
2. Overreaction (4:46)
3. Tornado (6:05)
4. Too Scared To Scream (4:19)
5. Forgotten in Space (6:13)
6. Ravenous Medicine (4:23)
7. Order of The Blackguards (4:29)
8. This Is Not An Exercise (6:21)
9. Cockroaches (3:46)

The third album by Canadian chaos mongers Voivod is quite a gem, considering how they've gone beyond their previous Venom framework into something that transcends hardcore punk, metal, and the signature odd chords Voivod is so well known for. Each song here consists of a couple motifs interacting, before breaking down into a counterpoint, and building back up again. The core punk sounds remains in tact, so even when this album gets chaotic, you can still catch the rhythm and get into it. This album not only influenced death metal bands in the 90's like Gorguts and Martyr, but also hardcore bands looking to add more to their palette.

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Disciples of Power - Powertrap

1989, Fringe Records

1.	Shades of Grey	04:40
2.	Powertrap	04:16
3.	Ice Demons	04:04
4.	Slave to No One	03:18
5.	Protector	03:17
6.	Night of the Priest	03:24
7.	Crisis	04:53
8.	Hidden Worlds	03:08

Disciples of Power was one of the first, if not the first extreme metal band to come out of Edmonton. Their debut, "Powertrap", is a fine display of technical thrash metal. They got a lot more death metal oriented and increased their technical prowess on later records, but it all starts here. This upload also includes two bonus tracks, "Disciples of Power", and one of my favourite songs, "Bitch of Doom".

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Mitochondrion - Archaeaeon

2008, Independent

1.	Chapter 11	00:52
2.	Into the Pit of Babel	09:12
3.	Agonizing (In the Shadow of the Hammerblow)	03:37
4.	Eternal Contempt of Man	05:31
5.	Infernal Weapons Summons	05:09
6.	Oath In Defiance	07:17
7.	Descent ...	02:31
8.	Wraithlike	10:35
9.	Akashic Predation	07:40
10.	137 (Death's Hedecaratia)	14:51
11.	Organum Exitus	03:27

Victoria's Mitochondrion are truly leaders in the current Canadian extreme metal scene. Proof? Just listen to this album - brilliantly structured songs, clever dynamics, low as fuck vocals, and blistering blastbeats dominate this album. It takes a couple listens as it's a bit much to digest at first, but each listen will reveal more to your ears. This is some truly twisted death metal, get it now.

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Lust - Genesis of a Satanic Race

2005, Blood Fire Death

1.	Intro	00:52
2.	Birth Of The Unconquerable One	09:14
3.	Oh Horror	01:21
4.	Storming Under Steel	05:46
5.	Genocide Bitch	00:25
6.	Spear Of Destiny	06:19
7.	Hymn To The Exhiled	02:04
8.	Iron Warfare	05:27
9.	On Beyond Andromeda Part II	01:58
10.	Portal To Cygnus - I Via Eydonia	05:52
11.	Nazi Occult Metal (Spear Of Longinus Cover)	05:09

"Genesis of a Satanic Race" is not for weak minded "metal heads" who can't stomach extreme metal. This release is one of the most over the top, layered, and extreme records to ever come out of Canada. Even a seasoned metal fan will have to listen to it several times for it to make sense. Contained within the madness here is cleverly arranged songs, complex and dissonant riffs, and a truly violent performance. Lust certainly has all the elements of what a black metal record should be, and pushes everything to a new extreme. Listen to this and have your eardrums beaten to death!

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Arghoslent/Martial Barrage - Send Forth The Best Ye Breed

2009, Drakkar Productions

Arghoslent
1.	Fodder for the Shoah	04:56
2.	Converts at the Tents of Grace	05:12
3.	Tar-Skinned Pygmoids of the Dense Bush	05:08
4.	The Ghosts of Flossenburg	05:57
Martial Barrage
5.	The Arctic Seat	04:16
6.	Murus Strictus	03:27
7.	To Topple the Dragon Throne	03:34
8.	Rising Sun Cremation	04:22
9.	Mantle of Strength	04:19

After a long wait, we finally get the split between the American Arghoslent and the Canadian Martial Barrage. The Arghoslent tracks were recorded during the same session as their latest full length, and feature similar production. The songs seem somewhat like the b-sides of "Hornets of the Pogrom" but are still quite enjoyable. The Martial Barrage side is the first material we've heard since their debut album 4 years ago, and it proves to be really crushing, although the production could be significantly improved. The lead guitar playing has really improved in this band as well, with the addition of a new member.

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Nuclearhammer - Obliteration Ritual

2009, Morbid Moon Records

1.	Intro / Obliteration Ritual	03:30
2.	Impalement (Of The Wretched)	04:34
3.	Witchfuck	02:10
4.	Dementia (A Black Void) Part II	03:46
5.	Slave State	03:46
6.	The Ancient One	03:28
7.	Sacramental Pestilence	02:49
8.	I Am The Serpent Lord	02:57
9.	Prologue To Murder	04:23
10.	Whirlwinds Of Toxic Perdition	01:45
11.	Winters Profane Acrimony	16:03

After a string of demos and other small releases, Ontario's Nuclearhammer finally unleashes their first full length of atomic goat black metal. Take the war qualities of Revenge and mix in the obscure madness of Lust, and that should give you a fairly decent idea of what Nuclearhammer has to offer. This is really fucking harsh, and will make any Canadian metal head proud to see yet another amazing band added to our country's already growing roster of worthwhile metal bands. Blast beats, delayed vocals, and brutal riffs - what else do you fucking want?

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Begrime Exemious - Demo 2007

2007/2009, Independent/Maltkross

1.	Crooked Serpent	05:24
2.	Assemblage of Witches	04:16
3.	Pronouncement of the Glorious End	03:25
4.	Asphyxiation Via Viscera Noose	03:30
5.	Devil Fist Infernal	03:54
6.	Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath cover)	04:37

Originally recorded as a 3 piece in 2007, this demo remained unreleased until 2009 on cassette with the "Set Ablaze the Kingdom of Abraham" EP. 5 original songs of dark, twisted death metal assault, with a Black Sabbath cover to round it off.

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Cremation - Welcome (Demo)

1992, Independent

1.	Laborious Funeral	04:06
2.	Welcome to the Crematorium	04:04
3.	Grave	04:25
4.	Child Meat	03:40

Cremation was a band from Edmonton, Canada featuring J. Read (who went on to Conqueror, Revenge, and Axis of Advance) on drums. Recently, a compilation of the last three demos the band did was released, and this one was left out. The material here is much more in the death metal vein, as the songwriting was in different hands at this point. Hart from Disciples Of Power does guest vocals on one track as well. Don't miss this, as this is some real quality death metal with some real violent drumming.

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Begrime Exemious - Demo 2006

2006, Independent

1.	Lest Our Tongues Be Torn From Their Roots	03:22
2.	Of Cloven Hoof	02:33
3.	Path Of The Goat	04:19
4.	Astonishing Consequence	03:33

This is the first offering from Edmonton death/black metal maniacs Begrime Exemious. The lineup here is slightly different than more recent material, with more bizarre riffs thrown into the mix. Tracks like "Path of the Goat" have been fan favourites ever since the release of this demo. The 2006 demo has been sold out for a while, so grab it here without shame.

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Mare - Self Titled EP

Hydra Head Records, 2004

1. Anisette (4:41)
2. They Sent You (5:51)
3. Tropics (2:57)
4. Palaces (6:55)
5. Sun For Miles (4:22)

Mare, from Oakville/Burlington Canada, was a band orchestrated primarily by frontman Tyler Semrick-Palmateer, previously on vocal duty for tech-metal outfit The End. Mare mixes sludge, doom metal, avant-garde, and other textures that defy immediate genres or categorizations. They released one self titled EP in 2004 before breaking up.
-last.fm
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Antediluvian - Under Wing of Asael (Demo)

2008, Independent

1.	Solarburst	05:48
2.	Indomitable Time Eater	05:49
3.	Hemipenes Eversion	04:11
4.	Under Wing of Asael	10:39

Starting off in a much more raw and black metal direction, Canada's Antediluvian has certainly shown much growth over a series of demos in the past couple years. The band's third demo, "Under Wing Of Asael", pushes the band into death metal territory, as well as some unexplored area as well.

A slight ambient build up leads into "Solarburst", and right away, the guitar tone will kill you. Think somewhere in between "Left Hand Path" and "Onward To Golgotha", and that will give you a pretty good idea of what to expect - low end and crunchy. The vocals are also very reminiscent of Incantation, specifically Craig Pillard's inhumanly low vocals. The song starts getting into some slower parts with some eerie sounding notes, and it becomes apparent that Antediluvian is more than just an average death metal band. This is truly creative music, without any limits, and thus the band can allow themselves to create some really fucking morbid metal.

The riffing here is pretty varied, with a variety of odd noises being produced within the riffs. There's some definite "fago" style here, but rather than repeating what all those other bands do, Antediluvian takes the fundamental rhythms from their influences, and phrases them with much more involved ideas. Again, Incantation influence is definitely present in these riffs, and even some newer influences like Portal bleed through. The drums play in similar fashion - lots of blast beasts, double bass, and quicker beats, but there's always little nuances and pummeling fills to break it up. The two members of this band obviously understand how to work with each other really well. About two minutes into "Indomitable Time Eater", they get fucking bizarre, and the drums play some really appropriate tom tom beats, before leading back into even more pummeling madness.

Out of the four songs here, all of them are keepers. Most will be pretty interested in the 10 plus minute title track, which takes the spotlight with some pretty absurd sounding riffs and arrangements. I would advise all extreme metal fans to obtain this demo (which, I may add, has a really bad ass layout), and keep an eye out for upcoming material, because this is only the beginning for Antediluvian.
(from NIHILITY)

BUY THIS DEMO.

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Sacramentary Abolishment - River of Corticone

1996, Catharsis Records

1. Commencement: Quodo's Lamentation Of Stratagem (5:40)
2. A Lull In The Proceedings (6:09)
3. Reassessment Of Preliminary Defensive Procedures (9:06)
4. The Occurence Of The Flashback Seizure (5:51)
5. Atk (6:41)
6. Triple Ley-Line Junction (3:00)
7. Nebulous Receptable (4:11)
8. Eruliaf (5:41)

Formed in the early 90's, Edmonton's Sacramentary Abolishment will go down as one of the most brutal black metal bands in Canada, mixing influences from death metal, war metal, and funeral doom metal. Their debut should not be missed by anyone that is into extreme metal.

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Adversarial - Thralls (Demo)

2008, Independent

1. Scourge of a World Ablaze (5:26)
2. A Hatred Tempered and Trialed (3:42)
3. Thralls (5:30)

Adversarial is a black/death metal band hailing from Toronto. This demo makes it very clear they are one of the best bands coming out of Ontario right now. It's dark, it's evil, and it's fucking tight. Give this demo a listen, and buy it if you can! Ontario has a handful of really great bands hidden among a lot of shitty deathcore bands (accordingly), and I for one love to support fellow Canadians that "get" what metal is all about.

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Cursed - II

2005, Goodfellow Records

1. Intro/Fatalist (3:57)
2. Reparations (2:29)
3. R.I.P. (1:41)
4. Head Of The Baptist (3:16)
5. The Void (4:15)
6. Two (1:21)
7. Old Money (2:09)
8. Clocked In, Punched Out (1:33)
9. Model Home Invasion (6:57)
10. Hell Comes Home (2:59)
11. Outro (3:47)

Cursed was a hardcore punk band featuring former and current members of numerous other Canadian DIY bands spanning from the early 1990s to the present. Formed in 2001 a year after the break-up of The Swarm (three members' previous band), the founding lineup was originally split between different parts of Quebec and Ontario, Canada, but is currently based in Toronto and Hamilton. Known for their trademark nihilistic and dystopian lyrical themes, stark classic horror imagery and loud, abrasive live shows, the band have toured worldwide and released records on Boston's Deathwish Inc, Ontario's Goodfellow Records, Syracuse's Hex Records and Providence's Trash Art Label.
-Wikipedia

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Nucleosynthesis: Parts I to III

I) Introduction
This blog has been created by two musicians in hopes of extending music that we enjoy. Our tastes range from punk, hardcore, extreme metal and doom metal. Our aim is to post out of print underground releases that need to be heard.

II) Begrime Exemious - Set Ablaze The Kingdom of Abraham
This is the band that DO participates in. This is Begrime Exemious' EP from 2009, featuring 3 original songs of harsh black/death metal with an Autopsy cover added.



2009, Independent

1. Archfiend (4:59)
2. He of Wretched Deeds (4:59)
3. All Devourer (5:44)
4. Ridden With Disease (Autopsy cover) (4:58)

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III) Cope - Cope EP
DS participates in this metallic hardcore band. Their 2009 self titled EP release displays a strong liking for fellow Canadian hardcore legends Cursed, as well as dynamic and dark songwriting.



2009, Independent

1. You're Not The Same Person You Were When You Were Born... (0:46)
2. Ignis Fatuus (1:21)
3. Human Resources (2:14)
4. I Select Cases 3:1-8 (2:03)
5. Costumes (2:39)
6. Roads Over Graves (2:33)
7. Fight Or Flight (4:41)
8. Dead Body (2:38)
9. ...And You Can't Stay Inside When It Constantly Storms (1:45)

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