Collapse Under The Empire - Systembreakdown

I'm back. Sorry for the hiatus. No good reason really, just a bit busy, and a bit (lot) lazy. Today i've posted a bunch of band submissions. Albums sent to me by up-and-coming bands from all over the world who just want people to hear their music. Most of these are the band's first recordings and show great potential. Though most of these bands are already great and deserve your attention.
Huge thanks to all the bands (sorry it took so long to post some of them). I welcome submissions from more bands that want me to share their music. I'll only post albums that I like and listen to. Also I don't write reviews because I'm a terrible writer. And it may take me a while to post due to laziness.
In the next week or so I'll be posting something completely different for this blog. Then I'll get back to my usual posting.

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Label/Date: self-released, 2009
Genre: post-rock
From: Hamburg, Germany
Similar/Related: God Is An Astronaut, Vanessa Van Basten, Maserati, From Monument To Masses, The American Dollar, you.may.die.in.the.desert, French Teen Idol
Website : Myspace

Sad Breakfast - Sad Breakfast

Download: sadbreakfast.com
Label/Date: self-released, 2009
Genre: post-rock/metal
From: Distrito Federal, Mexico
Similar/Related: Gifts From Enola, Russian Circles, And So I Watch You From Afar, you.may.die.in.the.desert, EITS, Pelican
Website : Myspace

.note - my city of ghosts, stars and hours

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Label/Date: self-released, 2009
Genre: post-rock, instrumental rock
From: Pirmasens, Germany
Similar/Related: From Monument To Masses, Collapse Under The Empire, God Is An Astronaut, Neil on Impression, you.may.die.in.the.desert, Samuel Jackson Five
Website : Myspace

Heirs - Alchera

"Heirs is the marriage of dark and light. The pain and hopelessness of addiction vs the elation of freedom.
Drawing influence from Michael Gira and his Swans legacy, the sledgehammer riffs and industrial pummel of Godflesh, and continuing Stegeman's incense shrouded low-end incantations from his work with doom dealers Whitehorse, Heirs debut album strips bare the needless excesses of post-rock and heavy metal in favour of something much more concise and affecting. A lurching drugged-out specter - holding solace in one hand, and vengeance in the other."
Download: denovali.com
Label/Date: Denovali Records, 2009
Genre: drone, doom, ambient, sludge
From: Victoria, Australia
Similar/Related: Cult of Luna, Omega Massif, Swans, Earth, Orca, HKY, Godflesh, Kayo Dot
Website : Myspace

Merkabah - Merkabah EP

"Merkabah was founded at the end of 2007 in Warsaw, Poland. Their music can be described as psychedelic metal combining improvised, noisy soundscapes with more precise, aggressive riffs and post-rock melodies. It often includes electronic influences, as well as tribal rhythms, all mixed with a feel of freedom and experimentation."
Download: mindfield.pl
Label/Date: self-released, 2009
Genre: sludge, drone, experimental, post-rock
From: Warszawa, Poland
Similar/Related: Heirs, Morkobot, Lento, Zodiak, Lustmord, Teeth of the Sea, Kayo Dot
Website : Myspace

Stroszek - Songs of Remorse

Download: megaupload
Label/Date: ??, 2007
Genre: folk-metal, acoustic
From: La Spezia, Italy
Similar/Related: Alcest, Agalloch, Green Carnation, Tenhi, Voice of the Seven Woods, Ossein
Website : Myspace

Radius System - Escape-Restart

Download: archive.org
Label/Date: Lost Children, 2008
Genre: Alt./Experimental rock
From: Paris, Ile-de-France
Similar/Related: 65daysofstatic, Maybeshewill, Don't Look Back, Oceansize, NIN
Website : Myspace

Crawl Back In - Hang All Hope From The Nearest Tree

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Label/Date: unsigned, 2009
Genre: post-hardcore, sludge, doom
From: Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
Similar/Related: Celeste, Irreversible, General Lee, Battlefields, Humanfly, Cable, Rosetta, Cult of Luna
Website : Myspace

Ostrova - Ostrova

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Label/Date: self-released, 2009
Genre: spanish flavored post-metal, screamo
From: Logroño, Rioja, Spain
Similar/Related: Envy, Impure Wilhelmina, Circle Takes the Square, Buried Inside, City of Caterpillar
Website : Myspace

Khuda - Stratospherics

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Label/Date: Norrland Recordings, 2009
Genre: post-rock/metal, instrumental two-piece
From: Leeds, United Kingdom
Similar/Related: 5ive, Russian Circles, Pelican, Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Black Cobra, Los Natas, Karma to Burn, Don Caballero
Website : Myspace