Fauna - Rain (2009)

This is the sort of stereotypically pretentious, nature-obsessed Cascadian black metal that makes it such a polarizing scene. Seriously, it's a 63-minute one-track album called "rain" by a band called "Fauna," and it features heavy use of acoustic passages and rain samples. If you can't stand that sort of thing, walk away now, but trust me when I say that if you're already into this style then you will be right at home with this very well-done song.

Tracklisting
1. Rain - 63:19

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Rorcal - Heliogabalus (2010)

What we have here is a 71-minute blackened post-metal/sludge track by an obscure German band. It is one of the most utterly terrifying albums ever made. Get it now.

I'm serious.

Track Listing
1. Heliogabalus - 70:33

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Altar of Plagues - Mammal (2011)

1. Neptune Is Dead - 18:44
2. Feather and Bone - 11:42
3. When the Sun Drowns In the Ocean - 8:18
4. All Life Converges to Some Center - 13:15

Having already garnered substantial critical praise for 2009's White Tomb, Irish atmospheric bm act Altar of Plagues are back with their second full-length. It slays.

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Primordial - Redemption At the Puritan's Hand (2011)

Yeah, motherfuckers. This finally leaked and it is just as awesome as you expected it would be.

1. No Grave Deep Enough - 7:10
2. Lain With The Wolf - 8:25
3. Bloodied Yet Unbowed - 8:47
4. God's Old Snake - 6:25
5. The Mouth Of Judas - 8:54
6. The Black Hundred - 6:20
7. The Puritan's Hand - 8:36
8. Death Of The Gods - 9:21

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Sleeping Peonies - Ghosts, and Other Things (2011)

1. Anomie - 2:42
2. Pashmina Veils - 2:53
3. Lisps, and Candyfloss Wisps - 5:25
4. Wicklewood Haze - 3:45
5. Ebbs and Floes - 2:27
6. Autumnbloom and Lavender - 4:39
7. Black Lanterns - 4:55
8. In Rain We Disappear - 1:10

A really interesting and pretty blend of black metal, post-rock, indie, and copious amounts of shoegaze.

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