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• KTL (short for Kindertotenlieder) is Sunn O))) guitarist Stephen O'Malley (Khanate, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Lotus Eaters) and Peter Rehberg (Pita). Five tracks of drone and minimal electronic soundscapes here, including the four-part "Forestfloor", which is sandwiched by the opener, "Estranged" (think "bassAliens" from Sunn O)))'s White2), and this cut.

4. Song: Child , Artist: Loren Connors , Album: Hell's Kitchen Park (Family Vineyard)
5. Song: Immortelle and Paper Caravelle , Artist: Kayo Dot , Album: Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue (Robotic Empire)
6. Song: For the Loss , Artist: Marc Gartman , Album: Songs for the End of the World (Silber)
7. Song: Organs , Artist: Microphones , Album: It Was Hot So We Stayed In the Water (K)
8. Song: Empty Temple , Artist: Robedoor , Album: Rancor Keeper (Release the Bats)
9. Song: Tied to Stone , Artist: Prurient , Album: Adam Tied to Stone (Blossoming Noise)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #70 2008-5-24

• Second track on the album.

• Untitled track at the end of the album.

9. Song: Silence , Artist: Portishead , Album: Third (Mercury/Island)

• Fifth track out of nine untitled tracks on Field of Skin.

5. Song: Bright Tomorrow , Artist: Fuck Buttons , Album: Street Horrrsing (ATP)
6. Song: Hitting the Pavement , Artist: Kevin Drumm , Album: Sheer Hellish Miasma (Mego)
7. Song: Penitent Runes , Artist: Robedoor , Album: Rancor Keeper (Release the Bats)
8. Song: A Saucerful of Secrets , Artist: Pink Floyd , Album: A Saucerful of Secrets (Capitol)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #68 2008-5-10

• Limited four-track 12"/digitial-only EP of covers from New Orleans ambient/shoegaze/post-rock duo Belong, who added their own vocals. Not that it matters, though, because they're buried too far down in the mix to be recognizable. Case in point: "Late Night", a cover of Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd). The other three cuts follow a similar late '60s UK vibe: "Beeside" (Tintern Abbey), "Girl from New York" (Billy Nicholls), and "My Clown" (July).

• Great, epic track off of what (I think) is the best Converge album, from the opening salvo of "Concubine/Fault and Fracture", to "Homewrecker" to what sounds like two jaguars fighting on "Phoenix In Flames", to this, the final track, there isn't a dull spot on this album.

• Italo-disco compilation on the Troubleman Unlimited imprint Italians Do It Better. Also features tracks from Chromatics, Glass Candy, Mirage, and Professor Genius.

• Double disc set of ambient/IDM/trip-hop originally released as a celebration of Leaf's ten year anniversary that also features cuts from Four Tet, Caribou, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Murcof, Clue to Kalo, Boom Bip & Doseone, Psapp, Efterklang, Hanne Hukkelberg, and others.

• Seven-part solo album from avant-garde metal guitarist Mick Barr (Octis, Orthrelm, Crom Tech, Flying Luttenbachers, Quix*o*tic, Or Rathol Nok) and his drum machine that friggin' shreds. If you're looking for other recent material that's just as good, check out Octis: Iohargh Wended and his collab with Zach Hill (Hella), Shred Earthship.

7. Song: Trespass , Artist: Kites , Album: Hallucination Guillotine / Final Worship (Load)
8. Song: Sovereign , Artist: Neurosis , Album: Sovereign (Neurot)

LINK: Sounds of the Apocalypse Episode #56 2008-2-16

• Black metal side project of Ryan Lipynsky (ex-Thralldoom), vocalist and guitarist for NYC-based doom trio Unearthly Trance.

6. Song: Fever , Artist: Bloody Panda , Album: Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda (Holy Roar)
7. Song: Lust End , Artist: Prurient , Album: And Still, Wanting (No Fun Productions)
8. Song: Doomed by Howling Winds , Artist: Xasthur , Album: Xasthur (Maxo)

• Originally released as a now out-of-print cassette and updated with new artwork.

3. Song: Autosomal , Artist: Nadja , Album: Bodycage (Profound Lore)
4. Song: Spectral Hand , Artist: John Wiese , Album: Soft Punk (Troubleman Unlimited)
5. Song: Homeostatic , Artist: Jon Mueller , Album: Metals (Table of the Elements)
6. Song: Cloven Hoof , Artist: Sightings , Album: Through the Panama (Load)
7. Song: I Think We Should Just Move Towards Getting Away From All That , Artist: Noggin , Album: Inspected by Nekrase (Endsound)
8. Song: Little Girls , Artist: Nursing Home , Album: God Bless America!!! (Self-Released)
9. Song: Black Magic Rituals & Perversions: Frisson des Vampires/Zora , Artist: Electric Wizard , Album: Witchcult Today (Candlelight)