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Various Artists: Diminished Fifth Records – The Music Of Artisanship & War: Volume III

"Diminished Fifth Records is a lone voice that can be heard screaming loudly from Canada's sheltered east coast! Passionate and filled with purpose, the label is on a mission to expose the seedy underbelly of Canada's East Coast, a region which is all too easily recognized for traditional Celtic Music and Indie Rock."

The Music Of Artisanship & War released by Diminished Firth Records is now on to its third volume bringing together some of the finest indie sounds in the east coast, Canadian metal scene. Spearheaded by label head & vocalist of Orchid's Curse Josh Hogan, everything about this compilation feels like 'a hands on', DIY document (right down to the fans choice of artwork winner Nathan Collupy) of what is certainly a burgeoning scene in Atlantic Canada.

There is something here for pretty much every kind of metal fan as this collection serves up a heaping dose of hardcore, metal-core, death and thrash metal and even a bit of stoner and doom thrown in as well. Hogan's Orchids Curse, Uigg, Black Moor, We, The Undersigned and Last Call Chernobyl, all have albums out on the D5R label, so there might be some sense of familiarity there. However, the real treat here for metal fans is that the true 'unknowns' of this compilation end up providing some of the most incendiary performances. Particular highlights include the savage, death / black metal riffage of "Ravenous Horde" performed by Dawn Brings Vengeance (now known as Spine Splitter), the straight ahead hardcore assault from The Motorleague and the brutal, raw pummeling's dished out by Gallactus on "Cylon Rising" and Coffin Birth's "Hatchet Burial". These are just some of the highlights found on this jam packed seventy minute, disc, but seriously there's quite a bit of great music to discover here, and like I said there should be something to whet the appetite of any serious metal fan.

If you're not familiar with the label, any of the artists, or even where the hell these eastern Canadian provinces are (Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick) then do yourself and these bands a favor and check out this latest volume of The Music Of Artisanship & War for an idea of what's happening in that neck of the woods.

Track Listing
1) "The Ballad Of Drunken Force" – North End Metal All-Stars
2) "I Am Becoming Death" – Rusted Dawn
3) "Shadows Of Imitation" – Orchid's Curse
4) "Ravenous Horde" – Dawn Brings Vengeance
5) "Let It Go" – The Motorleague
6) "Tonight I Dine On Turtle Soup" – We, The Undersigned
7) "Beneath The Veil" – Last Call Chernobyl
8) "Give" - Broken Ohms
9) "Clyon Rising" - Gallactus
10) "11TH Hour" - Bomarc
11) "Red Blood, Cold Steel" – Black Moor
12) "Monstrosity" - Uigg
13) "The Disciplined Scorn" – Thy Flesh Consumed
14) "Hatchet Burial" – Coffin Birth
15) "Creator Of Scars" – Iron Giant
16) "Lucky 13" – Big Game Hunt
17) "Iced Currant And Crimson Ivy" – The.Daisey.Anthesis
18) "Divine Sedition" - Obsydian
19) "Earthquakes" – The Kamikaze Survival Guide
20) "Murderous Apotheosis" – Uncooperative Death
21) "Mothsblood" – Death Valley Driver

Added: January 23rd 2011
Reviewer: Ryan Sparks
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Related Link: Diminished Fifth Records
Hits: 1953
Language: english

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