POWER OF THE RIFF MIXTAPE [2011]

This sampler was a promotional tool for this year's Power of the Riff Fest, and showcases just how diverse Southern Lord Records' roster has become. Over an hour of hardcore, grind, sludge and doom!!!

TRACK LISTING:

01 All Pigs Must Die "Pulverization"

02 Baptists "Good Parenting"

03 Eyehategod "Jack Ass in the Will of God"

04 Masakari "Trapped in the Mold"

05 Alpinist "Hak Nam"

06 Skin Like Iron "Consequences"

07 Early Graves "Wraiths"

08 Seven Sisters of Sleep "Sundown"

09 Pentagram "Call the Man"

10 Black Breath "Children of the Horn"

11 Plagues "Breathing"

12 Harassor "Glory Raped"

13 Acephalix "Interminable Night"

14 Black Cobra "Negative Reversal"

15 Aeges "Roaches"

16 Slave "Rise of the Shame"

17 Trap Them "Carnage Incarnate"

18 Noothgrush "Oil Removed"

19 Pelican "Strung Up from the Sky"

20 Winter "Eternal Frost"

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The Boggy Man

Wish I had the original on my wall. I've spent quite a bit of time trying to find out who the painter was for this piece. Not having any luck. Somebody, help!

Hexarkana

Hexarkana is a mix of classic cult film score synth, ambient 70's synth, and modern groups doing tunes in the same vein. Let me know what you think about it.

Hexarkana

Mutants of the Monster

Here's one of the weirder classic-southern-rockers-on-acid tracks I've ever heard. Dig it.

Black Oak Arkansas - Mutants Of The Monster (2006 Remastered Version)

Death and the Tasmanian Tiger

Drew Harmon aka Tasmanian Tiger is a young dude who has been sculpting the sounds he makes in his apartment in Austin for some time now. Instead of spouting out bedroom electronica like 99 percent of the rest of his Adderall-ridden generation, he's experimenting with a lot of niche genres. I'm impressed over and over again by the way he reinvents himself so quickly and encompasses new influences so seamlessly. The fact that he's releasing horror soundtrack-inspired tunes for the whole month of October just adds another notch to his cool-belt. Can't wait to see how all the tracks shape up to an album.

After several months of being smack-dab in the middle of some of the best momentum my life has ever experienced, I've found my way back to this inactive blog. We (Bob and I, at least) will return with a force (and hopefully some remotely interesting posts). See you soon!

Rammbock

I saw this movie at Fantastic Fest 2010 in Austin...it was pretty awesome, especially the contraption they came up with at the end.  Anyway, just thought I'd share.