Burden’s self-titled debut full length album. Over 1 hour of brutal, crushing, epic, progressive doom metal. Recorded in one 24 hr session.
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Mea’l (2009)
Mea’l is a completely improvised, shred metal/noise project featuring four stand-out members of the New York City and Philadelphia experimental music scene. Mike Eber and John DeBlase, of NYC progressive jazz/rock trio Zevious, team up with Philadelphia’s Nick Millevoi (Many Arms, Make a Rising) and Eli Litwin (Normal Love, Knife the Glitter), to systematically pulverize and reshape the fabric of the free-improv genre. Hypnotic, vicious and brutal, Mea’l is a 37 minute aural assault.
CD out of print. Available on Discogs . Message for MP3’s.
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Normal Love – Peel – 7 inch (2009)
“Peel,” the 7” vinyl single from Philadelphia six-piece Normal Love marks a departure and transition for the band. After the quintet’s 2007 self-titled debut earned high praise from such outlets as Signal To Noise, WFMU, Paper Thin Walls, Prefix, and others, the band returned with two new recordings.
The A-side, “Peel” – written by Normal Love member Amnon Freidlin – delivers throbbing industrial blasts that covertly morph into plastic shards of notes. The track is the first to feature new member Merissa Martignoni’s wailing siren-like vocal sounds alternating with punchy yet drawling lyrics. Normal Love transforms their instruments into hyper-focused textural noise makers that don’t only sound damaged in an ultra precise way, but sound damaged and really good.
Written by Boston-based composer Forbes Graham especially for Normal Love, “Kleinman” is a bold compositional statement filled with martial rhythms and energetic melodies. Guitars, bass, violin, and percussion slash and hack their way through dense complexity. “Kleinman” seamlessly integrates the chorales of long ago, teenage marching bands, the funky grooves that dominated ’80s pop, and the spirit of death metal.
Purchase: 7 inch and digital download from High Two Records.
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Time Is Like A Sword – Demo (2008)
Death/black/thrash/tech metal, featuring members of Normal Love and Burden.
Listen: Bandcamp
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Normal Love (2007)
Normal Love’s self-titled debut album features recordings of six compositions. The music generally has a loud and brutal approach with compositional influences ranging from African minimalism to serialism to death metal, though rarely within the same piece. Four of the band’s members contribute pieces in their own individual styles displaying the band’s diversity of influences and its ability to incorporate them into a unified aesthetic.
Listen/Purchase: Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube
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Knife the Glitter – Breakfast Time – EP (2006)
Knife the Glitter’s debut EP, “Breakfast Time”, was self released in 2006. This version of the band included vocalist Joe Capra. The five grindy mathcore songs on this release were written from 2003-2005.
Bandcamp / Streaming Services
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Wolf Kraft – Singing in Open Water
“Chill” electronic music, created between 2001-2005, mostly using Fruity Loops.
Listen/Purchase: Bandcamp
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Wolf Kraft – Explorations
An assortment of electronic tracks in various styles, created from 2001-2006, mostly using Fruity Loops.
Listen/Purchase: Bandcamp
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Wolf Kraft – Metal MIDIs
“Crazy Metal MIDIs” that I wrote in Guitar Pro. I can’t remember the exact timeline, but I think I started writing these somewhere around 8th or 9th grade, and continued through most of college. So, roughly 1999-2004.
Listen/Purchase: Bandcamp
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