| 5.0 classic |
| .hinge The Rise & Fall Of Living Great |
| Cog The New Normal |
| Eleventh He Reaches London Hollow Be My Name |
| One of two perfect records to have surfaced so far in 2009, Hollow Be My Name is an astounding peice of work. Arguably Australia's most original and innovative band, EHRL have put together a unique blend of screamo, post-rock, shoegaze and many other genres. Taking on the concept of colonial Australia, Hollow Be My Name gives the band vessel to express their loathing for systemized Australia. The seething vocals of Ian Lenton in the title track, "I'm allowed to curse him, If he's the one that built me, I'm allowed to use his fucking name in vein" are some of the most hateful lines put to CD this side of the equator. The band even provide their own unique take on an Australian cultural classic on "Toorali", however for moments of pure genius, one can't go past the closer "For The Commonwealth and the Queen", a true opus if there ever was one. Given more exposure, Hollow Be My Name would go down as one of the best alternative records in Australian history, it is beyond epic. |
| Ezekiel Ox Winter In Suburbia |
| Ezekiel Ox is arguably one of the most musically talented people in Australia. Most people would know him as the pissed off, hyperactive front man of funk rock band Mammal and former front man of groove-metal legends Full Scale. However this solo acoustic EP released in 2003 shows a completely different side to Ox. Winter In Suburbia is Zeke at his most heartfelt and emotional best, with Cancer's (The absolute standout song on the EP) lyrics enough to make a grown man cry. 22 Years shows a more upbeat side with Ox's distictive Aussie accent shining through to make a truely great track. The other main highlight however is The Bottle, with Clint Boge of The Butterfly Effect takeing lead vocals. While only going for 2 minutes The Bottle's sweeping vocal melodies and Ox's acoustic guitar combine for an awesome song. If you can track down a copy of this EP you will not be dissapointed, while very raw, Winter In Suburbia is one of the better acoustic releases going around, pity it's only an EP. |
| Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral |
| Portishead Dummy |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Rosetta The Galilean Satellites |
| Rosetta Wake/Lift |
| Rosetta A Determinism of Morality |
| TesseracT One |
| The Butterfly Effect Imago |
| 4.5 superb |
| .hinge Something To Adore |
| 65daysofstatic The Fall of Math |
| A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step |
| Agalloch Ashes Against The Grain |
| Amia Venera Landscape The Long Procession |
| Behind Crimson Eyes A Revelation For Despair |
| Biffy Clyro Opposites |
| Blindside Silence |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Brand New Daisy |
| Breaking Orbit The Time Traveller |
| Circa Survive Violent Waves |
| CityCop Seasons |
| Cog Just Visiting - Part 1 |
| Cog Sharing Space |
| Cog The Sound Of Three - Twelve Years With You |
| As the title suggests, Cog have been around for 12 years, playing their hearts out in ever club, pub, stadium and festival in Australia. Combining both a documentary on the band (narrated by none other than Ezekiel Ox) as well as a live album, The Sound of Three shows Cog at both their lowest and highest points. Struggling for money, touring with nothing but the clothes on their backs and making gold selling albums, it is Cog at their rawest. However, the true gem is the live album that comes with the documentary. Recorded on their Between Oceans tour in 2008 and mastered by Forrester Savell, it is Cog in their finest form with tracks like Doors, Say Your Last Goodbye and Swamp all showing that Cog's live show is unmatched. If not for the compelling documentary and the live album, everyone should get their hands on The Sound of Three so that Cog can actually make it to the studio to record their next album. For losing Cog to the musical abyss would be a tragedy. |
| Converge All We Love We Leave Behind |
| Dead Letter Circus Dead Letter Circus |
| Dead Letter Circus Next In Line |
| A great little teaser by the Bris-Vegas boys, if it is possible i think 'Next In Line' is actually faster than anything they've written before, it has almost a thrashy aspect to it. This only serves as a taste for what their debut album is going to bring. 'Reaction' is another great song, standard DLC, with Kim not hitting as many high notes but hooks galore, a great song. 'Tremors' is the first song the band ever wrote way back in 2004 and it is great to finally hear a refined version of the song. It was this song that landed them their first support with The Butterfly Effect all those years ago. As a side note, the iTunes version of the EP has a great little remix of previous single 'Disconnect and Apply' put together by scene buddies Mammal, featuring Ezekiel Ox on guest vocals. Overall, 'Next In Line' is a great teaser for Dead Letter Circus' debut studio album which is due to be released early next year. |
| Dead Letter Circus This Is The Warning |
| Deftones White Pony |
| Eleventh He Reaches London The Good Fight For Harmony |
| Engine Three Seven Atmosphere |
| Eucalypt Collection |
| Fair to Midland Fables From a Mayfly |
| Fair to Midland Arrows and Anchors |
| Five Star Prison Cell Matriarch |
| Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Gurrumul |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor F#A# (Infinity) |
| Gojira From Mars To Sirius |
| Gotye Making Mirrors |
| Holy. Fucking. Shit. Wally De Backer strikes again. |
| Helm Vol 1...'Keelhaul' |
| Helm Vol 2...'The Winter March' |
| Helm Great Southern Land |
| With Great Southern Land, Helm have shown they aren't just another potential filled Aussie Rock band. Melding a Cult of Luna post metal vibe with Butterfly Effect hard rock stylings, the band have transformed Australia's pseudo national anthem into their own. Lucas Stone switches perfectly between his soaring vocals and deeper roars, giving Great Southern Land a much needed kick in the arse. Seriously, who needs Icehouse when we have Helm. A must get for fans of the more accessible side of post metal or darker hard rock. |
| Isis Panopticon |
| Isis In the Absence of Truth |
| Isis Wavering Radiant |
| Jeff Buckley Grace |
| John Mayer Continuum |
| Karnivool Sound Awake |
| La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River... |
| La Dispute Wildlife |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV |
| Letlive. Fake History |
| Lights Out Asia Eyes Like Brontide |
| Mammal Mammal |
| Mammal The Majority |
| Mammal Vol 2: Systematic/Automatic |
| Matt Corby Into The Flame |
| Monuments Gnosis |
| Holy fuck this album is incredible. Blue Sky Thinking slays |
| Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I |
| Nine Inch Nails Year Zero |
| Oceansize Frames |
| Oceansize Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up |
| Opeth Blackwater Park |
| Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal |
| Album rules. Erised is the best thing they've ever done. |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet |
| Portishead Third |
| Radiohead In Rainbows |
| Right Away, Great Captain! The Church of the Good Thief |
| Rishloo Eidolon |
| Rook Add Colour |
| Rosetta/Balboa Project Mercury |
| Silversun Pickups Carnavas |
| Skyharbor Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos |
| Sleep Parade Things Can Always Change |
| Sleepmakeswaves ...and so we destroyed everything |
| Sydonia Given To Destroyers |
| Tangled Thoughts of Leaving Tiny Fragments - EP |
| One of the most retarded, spastic, beautiful releases I've had the pleasure of listening to. TToL play a very original blend of jazz, progressive metal and post rock, somehow bringing their array of influences together, into a cohesive (a term to be used loosely when it comes to TToL) form of music. An amazing Australian release, it is avaliable for free download from the band's myspace: www.myspace.com/ttol |
| Tangled Thoughts of Leaving Deaden The Fields |
| Australia's very own masters of retarded music have unleashed an absolute monster with their debut album. Mixing jazz and post metal with electronics abound, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving have come up with one of the most beautiful and spasmodic debut albums in a very long time. The opening and closing tracks are simply incredible. |
| TesseracT Perspective |
| The Butterfly Effect Begins Here |
| The Butterfly Effect The Butterfly Effect |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Option Paralysis |
| The Ocean Precambrian |
| The Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The Bonds |
| The Receiving End of Sirens Between the Heart and the Synapse |
| The Siren Tower A History of Houses |
| The Tea Party Transmission |
| The Wiggles Yummy Yummy |
Oh man nostalgia at its best right here.
Fruit Salad? Yummy Yummy! |
| Thrice The Artist In The Ambulance |
| Thrice Vheissu |
| Twelve Foot Ninja Smoke Bomb |
| Twelve Foot Ninja Silent Machine |
| Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation |
| Uneven Structure Februus |
| Album of 2011. No contest. Every other djent band is irrelevant now. |
| Wil Wagner Laika |
| Yndi Halda Enjoy Eternal Bliss |
| Zelliack Noir Tone |
| Album is sex. Seriously. |
| 4.0 excellent |
| 65daysofstatic One Time for All Time |
| 65daysofstatic We Were Exploding Anyway |
| 65daysofstatic Heavy Sky |
| A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms |
| Abigail's Ghost d_letion |
| Absent Hearts August Earth |
| AC/DC Highway to Hell |
| AC/DC Back In Black |
| Alexisonfire Crisis |
| Anathema Judgement |
| Anathema We're Here Because We're Here |
| Anberlin New Surrender |
| Ashes Divide Keep Telling Myself It's Alright |
| Between the Buried and Me Colors |
| Birds Of Tokyo Universes |
| Birds Of Tokyo Birds Of Tokyo |
| Birds Of Tokyo Broken Strings |
| First chorus of Silhouettic makes me weak at the knees. Amazing. |
| Birds Of Tokyo This Fire |
| Black Lungs Send Flowers |
| Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper: The Best Of |
| Born of Osiris The Discovery |
| Boysetsfire The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague |
| Bring Me The Horizon Sempiternal |
| Calling All Cars Hold, Hold, Fire |
| Calling All Cars Dancing With a Dead Man |
| Chevelle Vena Sera |
| Circle Takes The Square As the Roots Undo |
| Circles Prelude |
| Circles The Compass |
| Closure in Moscow The Penance and the Patience |
| Closure in Moscow First Temple |
| Coerce Silver Tongued Life Licker |
YELLOW BELLIED FUCKIN' BLIND SNAKE!!
Probably the best thing to come out of Adelaide this year, Coerce blend At The Drive In styled post hardcore with Karnivool tinged rock to give their unique take on punk music, and it works a treat.
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| Coerce Ethereal Surrogate Saviour |
| Cog Just Visiting (Part 1 & 2) |
| Cog Just Visiting - Part 2 |
| Coheed and Cambria From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness |
| Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow |
| Cold Chisel Chisel |
| Converge Jane Doe |
| Copeland You Are My Sunshine |
| Cult of Luna Eternal Kingdom |
| Cyanotic Transhuman 2.0 |
| Deftones Around the Fur |
| Deftones Saturday Night Wrist |
| Deftones Diamond Eyes |
| Delusion Twin A Damaged Machine |
| Dream Theater Images and Words |
| Dream Theater Octavarium |
| dredg El Cielo |
| dredg Catch Without Arms |
| dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion |
| Dukes of Windsor Minus |
| Dustin Kensrue Please Come Home |
| East of the Wall Split |
| Edge of Sanity Crimson |
| Elora Danan In The Room Up There |
| Emarosa Relativity |
| Engine Three Seven E37 |
| Enter Shikari Take to the Skies |
| Enter Shikari A Flash Flood of Colour |
| Eyes Set To Kill White Lotus |
| Fair to Midland Inter.Funda.Stifle |
| Fellsilent The Hidden Words |
| Floating Me Floating Me |
| Full Scale Revolution Symptoms of Chaos |
Possibly the most chaotic thing iv'e ever heard, including DEP.
Favourite tracks are 200 Years and $75 an Hour. |
| God Is An Astronaut All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| God Is An Astronaut Far from Refuge |
| Gojira The Way of All Flesh |
| Gotye Like Drawing Blood |
| Heavy Weight Champ Lo-Fi Funeral |
| Hilltop Hoods The Hard Road Restrung |
| HIM And Love Said No |
| HIM Venus Doom |
| Hopesfall The Satellite Years |
| Horrorshow Inside Story |
| I Scintilla Optics |
| Isis Oceanic |
| Isis The Red Sea |
| Jebediah Kosciuszko |
| Jericco Jericco |
| Jericco Nice To See You |
| With their second Ep, Nice To See You, Jericco have well and truly hit their stride. Displaying the passion rfound on their debut, the band have improved on their songwriting greatly. One only has to listen to the rcracking title track and single to tell this. Brent McCormick's vocals are in stellar form, particularly on EP rhighlight B Song, where the band's Eastern influences are brought to the fore. Essentially, Jericco have built ron what they started with their debut, creating very catchy and emotional alternative rock that is sure to see rthem mentioned in the same vein as Dead Letter Circus and Karnivool in the not too distant future |
| Jericco Jericco Live |
| John Butler Trio Three |
| Kamelot The Black Halo |
| Karnivool Themata |
| Katatonia The Great Cold Distance |
| Last Chance to Reason Level 2 |
| Led Zeppelin Mothership |
| Mammal Vol 1: The Aural Underground |
| Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything To Nothing |
| Many Machines on Nine Prosthetic Blvd |
| Mesa Verde The Old Road |
| Meshuggah obZen |
| Miramar Fight Lights Up The Skies |
| Quite an impressive debut with only a couple of filler tracks, Miramar add a hardcore edge to the traditional Australian alternative sound. The band draw many of their influences from scene heavyweights Karnivool and The Butterfly Effect but still manage to do something a little different to set themselves apart. |
| Mono Hymn To The Immortal Wind |
| Monuments We Are The Foundation |
| Moonsorrow V: Havitetty |
| Muse Absolution |
| Muse Origin of Symmetry |
| neath The Spiders Sleep |
| Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine |
| Nine Inch Nails Beside You In Time |
| Nonagon Junk Folder Prophecies |
| Nothing Rhymes With David Double Negative, All The Way! |
| O'Brother The Death of Day |
| Opeth Watershed |
| Over-Reactor Lose Your Delusion |
| Parkway Drive Deep Blue |
| Paul Dempsey Everything Is True |
| Periphery Periphery |
| Pete Murray See the Sun |
| Pete Murray Summer At Eureka |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon |
| Placebo Meds |
| Porcupine Tree In Absentia |
| Porcupine Tree Deadwing |
| Portishead Portishead |
| Puscifer Conditions of My Parole |
| Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf |
| Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris |
| Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime |
| Quiet Child Thumper |
| Radiohead The Bends |
| Radiohead Hail to the Thief |
| Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Hyde Park |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium |
| Rincon Evolution |
| Rise Against The Sufferer and the Witness |
| Rook Unplugged: Live at Manchester Lane |
| Rosetta/Junius Split |
| Shadowfex My Perfect Place - EP |
| An excellent release by this emerging Melbourne act, My Perfect Place does an excellent job in showing off what this band does best, swinging from crunchy heavy sections to more subdued parts where vocalist Justin is allowed to shine. One track that comes to mind is the seven minute epic My Pefect Place where they take all that is Shadowfex and channel it into a really great song. Closed Eyes is another one that shines, bringing to mind some of the great Alt Rock acts such as The Butterfly Effect and A Perfect Circle. Coming off some great supports with Aussie staples such as Karnivool, The Butterfly Effect and Birds of Tokyo, Shadowfex are shaping up as one of the better bands in the Melbourne live music scene and it's guarenteed we will only continue to see more of them. |
| Shadowfex Sleep Therapy - EP |
| Shai Hulud Misanthropy Pure |
| Shihad Love Is The New Hate |
| Sigur Ros ( ) |
| Silverchair Diorama |
| Silverchair Neon Ballroom |
| Silverchair Young Modern |
| Silversun Pickups Swoon |
| Skindred Union Black |
| Sleep Parade You Are Here |
| Sleepmakeswaves In Today Already Walks Tomorrow |
| sleepmakeswaves / Tangled Thoughts... Split |
| Snowman The Horse, the Rat and the Swan |
| Something With Numbers Perfect Distraction |
| Something With Numbers Engineering The Soul |
| Superb Lyrebird Anoised |
| A great EP, Superb Lyrebird are another Aussie alt/prog rock band doing something different. Made up of members of other Sydney bands such as Self | Is a Seed. Something along the lines of A Perfect Circle with electronics and samples. A really promising band, standout track for me is Insignificant Appendage. |
| System of a Down Toxicity |
| Tame Impala Innerspeaker |
| TesseracT Concealing Fate |
| The Beards Beards, Beards, Beards |
| The Butterfly Effect Final Conversation of Kings |
| The Devin Townsend Project Addicted |
| The Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction |
| The Devin Townsend Project Ghost |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works |
| The Drones Havilah |
| The Herd Summerland |
| The Living End The Living End |
| The Living End White Noise |
| The Lonely Island Incredibad |
| The Mars Volta Frances the Mute |
| The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath |
| The Mayan Factor In Lake 'CH |
| The Middle East The Recordings of the Middle East |
| The Mission in Motion Somewhere Safe |
| The Ocean Fluxion |
| The Ocean Anthropocentric |
| The Ox and the Fury Guitars Die In Hot Cars |
| The Red Shore Salvaging What's Left |
| The Red Shore Unconsecrated |
| The Republic of Wolves The Cartographer |
| The Rex Wicked The World Could Turn Around |
| The Smith Street Band Sunshine and Technology |
| The Strokes Is This It |
| The Tragically Hip In Violet Light |
| The Wiggles Let's Wiggle |
| This Is Your Captain Speaking Storyboard |
| Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II |
| Thrice Beggars |
| Thrice Major/Minor |
| Very good, carry on. |
| Thursday No Devolucion |
| Tool Lateralus |
| Tool Aenima |
| Trial Kennedy New Manic Art |
| Trial Kennedy Living Undesigned |
| Twelve Foot Ninja New Dawn |
| Underoath Define the Great Line |
| Uneven Structure 8 |
| Unwritten Law Unwritten Law |
| Vildhjarta Omnislash |
| Vildhjarta Masstaden |
