v.a. - "M2F2 (Music to Fuck To)" 3xCD

"M2F2 (Music to Fuck To)" is a newly released compilation on Pigdurt Productions, featuring 50 artists and 240 minutes of noise ranging through all forms on three professionally pressed CDs. A preview featuring a medley of all tracks included is available at Pigdurt's website. Artists involved: mono no aware, wormhead, false flag, black lung, half an abortion, vomir, jerk keroua, hypnoskull, mongolian blooming, cowper’s fluid, griaule, petals, ritual stance, fuck, the retarded girl, neurotic envelope, travis johnson, worry wort, hidden illness, welby, subterrestrial, art schnurple, a night to dismember, hjorten, shalocins, arvo zylo, raytownian(s), churner, breakdancing ronald reagan, hippycrack, 100blumen, second thought, clitoris less cunt, loathings, zz, my lovely figmen, sunao inami, synapsis, sick to the back teeth, snog, eraritjaritjaka, tufftitz, nxfxtxex, awesome bin laden, josh lay, waratah, jesus is angry, sleep of ages, pilegesh, the smudge & cory rowell. This compilation is limited to 1000 copies and is available now for $15 PPD worldwide from Pigdurt Productions via PayPal.

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Bloodlust Episode 16

I don't think I've ever posted this, so being the end of the year it's probably a good time to do so. Bloodlust is a program hosted by Bekk on Australia's Temple of Despair internet radio network. The following episode was broadcast and archived earlier this year and it was the first time Subterrestrial's music was ever featured in a radio/podcast program. The program opens with "The Sin of a Twin-Soul" from our debut album "The Goddess of Atvatabar" and is followed by music from Sunn O))), Profetus, Agalloch, My Dying Bride, Solitude Aeturnus, Conifer, Hawkwind and Melvins. The program is still available on archive.org as both VBR MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. If you're a metal head or just looking for a new interesting mix to listen to then be sure and grab this while you still can!

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"I was almost swallowed by the earth...."

True story. Earlier this evening, I avoided falling into a sinkhole by literally one second. On my breaks at work, I go walking. There are a lot of hills in the neighborhood and one particular alleyway runs up a very steep hill. I was coming down this alley for about the hundredth time this year when I heard a rumbling behind me, not terribly loud but sounding like something very large falling. I spun around to see most of the ground where I'd just stepped a moment ago collapse and go sliding sideways, under the fence into someone's backyard. They'd done some work in their yard recently and apparently had tried to level it out by removing all of the dirt along the fence between their yard and the alley. Obviously, they didn't think to install a retaining wall or anything because recent heavy rains have apparently washed out the dirt under the alley and now they have a huge slab of asphalt in their backyard. Sometimes I wonder if this subterranean thing isn't going to get the better of me?

Subterrestrial - "The Burning Earth"

"The Burning Earth" is an elegy for Centralia, PA where a coal seam fire has been burning since the early 1960s. Four tracks of experimental noise build in intensity, then disintegrate. Available now as a free download on Datahex Records.

Tracklist:
1. A Solitary Ember 7:38
2. Smoke and Heat from the Basement 10:14
3. The Burning Earth Opens to the Sky 9:59
4. Desolation 21:55

Total length: 49:46
Encoded at: 44.100 KHz 192Kbps MP3

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Klangboot Radio #020 Berlin Moscow Transit

Klangboot Radio is a podcast show, featuring ambient, electronica and soundscapes. Their November 3rd podcast featured "Ghost Town" from Subterrestrial's latest release "Forgotten Places" on Rejected Netlabel as well as some 2 hours of music by many other great artists. Please see Klangboot's website for complete playlist, streaming and download options.

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Klangboot Radio #020 ~ podcast ~ Berlin Moscow Transit by klangboot

Subterrestrial - "Forgotten Places"

"forgotten places is an album where the mind gets immediately immersed. through it, subterrestrial pulls us out of the strictly functional roles we play in our societal wheel of change and reminds us of our own existences beyond that, opening ways to the finitized being's reabsorption in the vaster and obscured realm of reality where stillness rules."

New album by Subterrestrial on Fm-Ra's brand new Rejected Netlabel.

Tracklist:
1. Ghost Town 5:55
2. Where Rain Goes After the Storm 8:58
3. Alone in the Woods 5:25
4. The Cistern 10:17
5. Abandoned Skyscraper 6:01
6. Ocean of Voices 19:45
7. Stairway to Nowhere 6:00

Total length: 1:02:21
Encoded at: 44.100 KHz VBR MP3

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Black Square Cloudcast - The Machinery of the Universe

The latest installment of Black Square Cloudcast - one of Black Square netlabel's components. Featuring music from Subterrestrial as well as many other artists. See download link for detailed playlist.

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REVIEW: Infinite Inertia - "The Watchers"

The latest in a string of fantastic albums by Vulture's dark ambient side project Infinite Inertia. This is the last II album for awhile, as he switches focus to his main project and there's no better way to go out. Deep atmospheres evoke the most ancient darkness of unknown space.

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Subterrestrial - "Esoteric Zoo"

New album by Subterrestrial on Black Square Netlabel, catalog number BS033.
"Esoteric Zoo" is inspired by fantastic creatures from Persian and Medieval European mythology. Seven tracks of rhythmic dark ambient and tribal industrial sounds, available now as a free download in your choice of super high quality MP3 or Ogg Vorbis.

Tracklist:
1. Melusine 6:32
2. Ezhdehā 3:45
3. Gryphon 7:09
4. Mantikhoras 2:53
5. Ophidian 6:40
6. Melek Taus 4:36
7. Leviathan 7:15

Total length: 38:48
Encoded at: 44.100 KHz 320Kbps MP3 and OGG

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v.a. - "20 TONES OF THE APOCALYPSE Vol.1"

A new, mammoth compilation of harsh and experimental noise and powernoise on Datahex records. This collection is, of course a free download from the netlabel. Artists include: BREAKDANCING RONALD REAGAN, JERK KEROUAC, GLOGA, RITUAL STANCE, DIM DUSK MOVING GLOOM, SUBTERRESTRIAL, A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER, CRAWLING CREATURE, GRANDMOTHER, KINGDOM OF SHARKS, ERARITJARITJAKA, HIDDEN ILLNESS, SICK TO THE BACK TEETH, SECOND THOUGHT, AWESOME BIN LADEN, ABSENCE INSOLUTION, TOMES, CHURNER, THEE CRUMB and PIGSWILL.

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v.a. - "8th Circle Below" CD/digital album

"8th Circle Below," the latest release on Chimera Central. 8-bit noise from various artists around the world! Eleven original tracks that focus on the afterlife and range from peaceful moments to harsh, hellish oblivion. Now available as both a CD and a digital download in high quality MP3, FLAC and other formats. Artists include Subterrestrial, Sadore, Platzangst, La Flore Intestinale, Cementimental, d0us, Vi11AiN, Zomvor, Byrant Davis, Sick To The Back Teeth, DCLXVI and Cursed Chimera.

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v.a. - "The Seven Deadly Sins Compilation: IRA"

“In 2010, Schattenspiel and Neofolk And Martial Forum Franken decided to release a compilation about the seven deadly sins.

The seven deadly sins are Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.

Every sin will be given a separate part of the compilation, and every compilation will be containing 30 tracks of 30 artists and bands.

These artists and bands are coming from all over the world and from the broad fields of neofolk and dark ambient music to take part of this project. The artists and bands interpret their desired sin in a religious or philosophically meaning by using their own musical meaning of expression.

The first Compilation - “Ira” (Wrath) was released in 10/2010.” -from The Seven Deadly Sins Compilation website

"Ira" is divided into two virtual discs, with the first "disc" given over to neoclassical and neofolk while the second "disc" features dark ambient and experimental sounds. Artists include: No Way Out, Karma Marata, Nihil Novi Sub Sole, Schattenspiel & Verney 1826, J Orphic, Nigri Solis, Striider, Erntegang, The Hare And The Moon, Prioratvm, Kazeria, Jörvallr, Aelia Capitolina, Sinweldi, Front Sonore, Nors'Klh, Heresiarch Feat. Andraste, Cezary Gapik [aka CEZAR], Ambient Fabric, Radio Salva, MaCu, The Grave Dominion, Nepenthe, Subterrestrial, Mike Radice, Sonisk Blodbad, Ritus, No-xygen, Arbeiter und Flüchtlinge and Eighth Evening.

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v.a. - "HHHH006 1:01:36"

The second in a series of two harsh/static noise compilations on the Hum and Hiss netlabel. Artists include: Oblive, Plastic Boner Band, Miscreant, Griz+zlor, Hidden Illness, Potier, Subterrestrial, and The Mechanic.

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SUB003 Subterrestrial - "Camera Obscura"

"Camera Obscura" features 79 minutes of psychedelic noisescapes generated through data bending techniques and Michael Oster's soft bent Reaktor Ensembles.

Tracklist:

1. Magic Lantern I 2:00

2. Camera Obscura 25:00

3. Fantasmagorie 25:00

4. Zoopraxiscope 25:00

5. Magic Lantern II 2:00

Total length: 1:19:00

Encoded at: 44.100 KHz 192Kbps

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SUB002 Subterrestrial - "H-21"

Subterrestrial's "H-21" is inspired by early 20th century exotic dancer Mata Hari, who was executed for treason in France during World War I after being accused of spying for Germany. Subterrestrial uses harsh, 8-bit noise and heavily aliased exotic rhythms to explore her often violent life and tragic death. It is believed that she was wrongly accused of her crime and made a scapegoat. H-21 was her alleged codename.

Tracklist:

1. H-21 I 8:07

2. H-21 II 5:03

3. H-21 III 7:10

4. H-21 IV 5:09

5. H-21 V 5:30

Total length: 30:58

Encoded at: 44.100 KHz 192Kbps

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v.a. - "RAW File - A glitch/noise compilation"

Compilation featuring music composed in part or entirely from sonification of RAW data files. Includes tracks from Codice!, Subterrestrial, Christopher_Voss, Whitely, The Mist Toggles and The Raytownian. Cover art by Subterrestrial, layout by Codice!.

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Subterrestrial's music appears in nature video

Recently discovered on YouTube, nature videographer Seahue captures an assassin bug nymph while filming leafhoppers and sets the video to the title track from "The Goddess of Atvatabar." Check it out.

NEWS: Subterrestrial's Bandcamp site will be shutting down soon

In an email this morning, the staff of Bandcamp.com announced that due to “a few outliers giving away hundreds of thousands of free downloads,” they were going to have to start limiting free downloads (unless you actually sell your own music, which I don't.) While new accounts are limited to 200, existing accounts such as Subterrestrial's are limited to 500. Bad news for the many artists who generously share their music for free with the general public. The good news for Subterrestrial is that our Bandcamp page is basically redundant anyway. Releases are always free for download from this page (thank you archive.org) and if you really want other formats, such as OGG there is always our jamendo.com site. Bandcamp was really only useful if you absolutely had to have it in FLAC, AAC or whatever (and if you really want our releases in those formats, all you have to do is email me and ask.) We did start to get a decent amount of traffic to that site, which I'm hoping I can redirect. If you know anybody who uses our Bandcamp site, please direct them towards http://subterrestrial.blogspot.com. Thank you!

REVIEW: Infinite Inertia - "Tendron Carnalis"

One of numerous side projects of Vulture, Infinite Inertia is a monolithic generator of dark ambient music... or maybe DEEP SPACE AMBIENT is more accurate....

Tendron Carnalis is a collection of highly articulated sound textures that you can almost feel. Synth pads, voices(?) and other sounds swell out of, then receed back into the abyss from which they eternally oscillate. This album is a free download that should not be missed by fans of ambient and dark experimental music.

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Subterrestrial - "Map of the Interior World" floppy disk

"Map of the Interior World" is four tracks of experimental generative chiptune music, available on a specially packaged 3.5" floppy disk from Diskette Etikette Rekords, catalog number DER008. Release date is Tuesday, July 27, limited to 35 copies! Preorder now from DEK for £2.50 UK/£3.50 World. Diskette Etikette Rekords is a great new label bringing you the latest in alternative musics on the medium of the 3.5in Floppy disk. Please help them as they support artists by releasing great music in brilliant packagings!

Tracklist:
1. interior_world1.map 1:06
2. interior_world2.map 1:33
3. interior_world3.map 0:42
4. interior_world4.map 2:10

Format: 3.5" floppy disk in special map and twine packaging

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Subterrestrial - "Insert Coin" EP

Available as a free download from 4m@-records (catalog # 4m@098,) “Insert Coin” is a tribute to classic arcade games. The EP utilizes samples from WOOLYSS’ Sound of Arcade sample pack exclusively and each track focuses on a specific game. No additional samples or instruments are used.

Tracklist:
1. No Sprite Leaves the Game Grid Alive 2:00
2. Cosmic Minefield 0:56
3. Garden of Chaos 1:30
4. Inhuman Rage 1:18
5. Supermajority 1:37
6. Lost in the Game Grid 1:56

Total Length 9:17

Encoded at: 11.025KHz 16Kbps

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Subterrestrial - "The City Beneath" CDr

A deep, immersive soundscape inspired by Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis. The City Beneath is a 48 minute magnum opus of dark ambience. The CDr was released on May 13, 2010 and is available from Black Drone as part of their 13 series and is limited to 26 copies. Catalog number 13-7. 7AUD (approx. $5.50)

Tracklist:
1. The City Beneath 47:48

Format: CDr, paper cover

PLEASE NOTE: This item is out of print

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SUB001 Subterrestrial - "The Goddess of Atvatabar"

The debut album from this San Francisco Bay Area artist, The Goddess of Atvatabar is inspired by the 1891 hollow earth adventure novel by William R. Bradshaw and leans heavily on dark ambient, tribal ambient and middle eastern musical themes. The Goddess of Atvatabar is a self-released web album and is available as a free download in a zip file with high quality MP3s and covers.

Tracklist:

1. Sailing Into the Polar Abyss 6:17

2. The Goddess of Atvatabar 5:24

3. Spiritual Battery 10:10

4. The Sin of a Twin-Soul 3:21

5. The Garden of Tanje 4:57

6. Glorious Annihilator of Time and Space 4:13

7. Egyplosis 3:55

Total length: 38:14

Encoded at: 44.100 KHz 192Kbps

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