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Sampler Attack!

I’ve already had two samplers this week (here and here), and guess what?  I’ve got two more to share, plus updates on two previously featured samplers.  Unfortunately, none of the samplers are completely Christian, but they do all have a couple of good songs each, so they’re still worth downloading.

First things first, hardcore is one genre that hasn’t shown up much on TFCMB lately, but that’s about to change, thanks to several of these samplers.  First up, Hassle Records and Vagrant Records have joined forces to create a sampler that features, among quite a few mainstream bands, August Burns Red’s song “Meddler” and Thrice’s song “All the World Is Mad”.

Don’t freak out, August Burns Red is still signed to Solid State Records – I have from a reliable source that Hassle Records is just distributing ABR to the UK, and Solid State is still handling the US.  Also, Thrice.  I’m not sure about the rest of the band, but I know they’re lead singer Dustin Kensrue is, and from what I’ve seen a lot of their songs draw heavily from his faith, so I’ll leave it to your discretion whether to keep the song or not.  Either way, you can download the sampler by signing up for Hassle & Vagrant’s mailing list.  Check it out!

-Hassle/Vagrant’s Free Sampler-

Update: Bad news, despite my having signed up over a week ago, I still haven’t heard anything about it, so I’ve come to the conclusive that the Hassle/Vagrant sampler must not be available at present. 

Next up is an update on a post James did last July, on the Face the Change compilation.  It’s mostly mainstream songs, but there are tracks from Emery, Anchor & Braille, and We Shot the Moon, and it turns out, contrary to what I thought at the time, the We Shot the Moon song included, “Sway Your Head”, is actually an exclusive acoustic version of the song – something I wish I had know before I deleted the song (and had to re-download the sampler).  I’ve been on a We Shot the Moon kick lately, and I really didn’t want anyone to miss a chance to get the acoustic version free.    Check James’s post for the details!

Now for another hardcore sampler, this time from Revolver Magazine.  It’s 21 songs, most of which look pretty nasty, but, it also features free songs from Impending Doom, Corpus Christi, and For Today.  Check it out below!

-Revolver Magazine’s Mayhem Metal Compilation-

Lastly, despite being rather old news, I’d like to point out that Equal Vision & Rise Record’s Jawsome Summer Sampler 08 is still available, and it features The Devil Wears Prada’s song “HTML Rulez D00d”.  I’ve already posted about this once before, but it was a rather small mention in a big post, and I thought it deserved a bigger mention.  I mean, it is free TDWP. 

-The Jawsome Summer Sampler 08 on Equal Vision-

Actually, since I’m on the topic of samplers, hardcore, and The Devil Wears Prada, I’m going to take advantage of this opportunity to recommend another older sampler, from Rise Records, with some awesome songs from the aforementioned The Devil Wears Prada, plus Before Their Eyes and a sick rare song from Burden of a Day.  Check it out!

-The Rise Records Summer Sampler-

Tags: Anchor & Braille, August Burns Red, Before Their Eyes, Burden of a Day, Corpus Christi, Emery, For Today, Impending Doom, The Devil Wears Prada, Thrice, We Shot the Moon

Summer Slam Volume 3

Remember Indie Vision Music? You know, that site that has brought you songs from artists like MXPX, Project 86, Cool Hand Luke, Chasing Victory, Ever Stays Red, Esterlyn (a lot from them actually), The Glorious Unseen, Forever Changed, Brave Saint Saturn, Stavesacre, and Deepspace 5, not to mention hundreds of great songs from lesser know and up and coming bands?

Well, if you have forgotten, this should serve as a reminder. Indie Vision Music has recently come out with Summer Slam Vol. 3, its newest in a very long line of compilations. In it are 56 free songs, conveniently divided into three discs. While this one doesn’t include any of the big names groups listed above (the biggest on the list is probably Gotee artist I Am Terrified), it does include alot of great groups, including songs from bands like Sleeping Giant, Hands, and Impending Doom on the heavy sampler and songs from groups like All Star United, Sleep For Sleepers, and Ocean Is Theory on the rock discs.

Even if you don’t end up liking most of the songs, the odds are that you will find a new band that you really like. And anyway, its 56 free songs, so I probably don’t need to spend this much time trying to convince you.

-Summer Slame Volume 3 at IVM.com-

P.S. I know that some of those bands that I listed in the first paragraph aren’t as big as they used to be (some are broken up), so some of you may not recognize them, but they are all quality groups. If you haven’t heard of them, go check them out.

Tags: Abel, Advantage, All Star United, ApathyEdge, Ascend The Hill, Awake! Awake!, Beauti, Burn The Ruin, Cannonhands, Dear Future, Delay Trees, Everdown, Facing Binary, For Today, Grave Robber, Great Awakening, Hand Drawn Mountians, Hands, Harmony, Hello Madison, Holding Onto Hope, Hope In The Unseen, I Am Terrified, Ian McIntosh, Impending Doom, Jeanna Krater, Life of Branches, Mrene, Ocean is Theory, Orion Walsh, Orphan Project, Paralysed Force, Red Letter Band, Redemption, Rootdown, Say You Will, Sinai Vessel, Sleep for Sleepers, Sleeping Giant, So Long Forgotten, Storyline, Surrendered, Take It Back!, The Echoing Green, The Ember Days, The Radiance Effect, The Skeleton At The Feast, The Vanity Plan, Theocracy, Thieves & Liars, Through Solace, To Tell, TWENTYFOUR64, Venia, We Set Fire, Wolves Among Sheep

Free Massive Sampler from the French!

Yes, you read right.  The huge, epic sampler James and I have been talking about all week is actually available from the French website Beehave.fr.  It’s massive and awesome, representing hardcore, rock, punk, and indie. The track-listing, featuring all 62 songs:

01. Fireflight – “Unbreakable”
02. House of Heroes – “In The Valley of the Dying Sun”
03. Ocean Is Theory – “Oh Broken Son”
04. Anchors – “Jack Meets John And Paul”
05. Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster – “Dry The River”
06. La Dispute – “Said The King To The River”
07. My Epic – “The Oil Press”
08. Saving Grace – “The Most Beautiful Promise”
09. Nitengale – “Flatline”
10. Day By Day – “A Better Way To Fight”
11. Dalton – “Gabriel”
12. Atmosfog – “J’ai besoin de toi (démo)”
13. Take It Back! – “Standing on the Edge of Hope”
14. Kingston Falls – “Dry Skin (Moz Def)”
15. As I Lay Dying – “Within Destruction”
16. Icon Clan – “BNB”
17. xDEATHSTARx – “The Great Opiate”
18. War Of Ages – “Sleep Of Prisoners”
19. The Winston Jazz Routine – “A Ghost Beneath The Tower”
20. Gwen Stacy – “The Fear In Your Eyes”
21. The Devil Wears Prada – “Hey John, What’s Your Name Again”
22. La Rose de Saron – “Avorté”
23. State Bird – “I Saw The Light”
24. Remove The Veil – “The Revision”
25. All Your Friends Are Dead – “Almost Home”
26. For Today – “Never Lose Sight Of The Goals”
27. Gray Lines of Perfection – “Letting Go”
28. See The Light – “Better Get Used To This Sore Throat”
29. Impending Doom – “My Nemesis” (2:51)
30. Interstates – “Uniforms Forever” (5:13)
31. Simon Says No! – “Shiver” (5:49)
32. Austrian Death Machine – “If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It”
33. Jeroan Drive – “Cheat vs. Clockwork”
34. Kashee Opeiah – “Oh Endless Ocean”
35. Letter To The Exiles – “Eulogy”
36. Means – “What We Seek”
37. NoiZ – “Zemlya Palaje”
38. Recovery – “Not Yet Lost My Faith”
39. Saphena – “Schatten”
40. Source of my Faith – “For You”
41. Thieves & Liars – “The Author Of My Dreams”
42. World To Ashes – “Crown Of Victory”
43. A Hero Remains – “Tuxedo Black”
44. A Plea For Purging – “Sons Of Vipers, How Will You Escape…”
45. Blessthefall – “Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad”
46. Blood Command – “Five Inches Of A Car Accident”
47. Bringing Down Broadway – “Barely There”
48. Corpus Christi – “Starry Nights, Cloudy Hearts”
49. Cottonbomb – “Down There By The River”
50. Deuteronomium – “Fields Of War”
51. Escape From Sickness – “Dreams Are Not To Die”
52. FBS – “Fight Before Surrender”
53. Rapid Rascals – “Till I Die”
54. The Spirit That Guides Us – “Control”
55. Kekal – “Isolated I”
56. Illuminandi – “The Rider (English Version Of “Je?dziec”)”
57. Our Proclamation – “Relapse Recovery”
58. The Closure – “Vacant Hearts”
59. Make Up Your Mind – “The Wind Blows A Lovesong”
60. Triplet – “Breaking Cars, Hearts & Falls”
61. Eastone – “Tout Pour Moi”
62. Sleeping At Last – “Heaven Breaks”
(Source: Indie Vision Music)

There you have it, all 62 songs.  That should pretty much speak for itself.  It looks like hardcore/metal songs form the backbone of the sampler, but there’s enough “normal” music to make it worth while even if screaming isn’t your thing.

Now, there is one small problem.  Like I said, Another Way To Fight Vol. 1 was created by a French website.  So, the site is in French.  Thankfully, thanks to Google’s handy Translator, the rest of us can read it too.  Enjoy!

-Another Way To Fight Vol. 1 on Beehave.fr-

-Translated Version of Beehvave.fr-

Tags: A Hero Remains, A Plea For Purging, All Your Friends Are Dead, Anchors, Atmosfog, Austrian Death Machine, Blessthefall, Blood Command, Bringing Down Broadway, Corpus Christi, Cottonbomb, Dalton, Day By Day, Deuteronomium, Eastone, Escape From Sickness, FBS, Fireflight, For Today, Gray Lines of Perfection, Gwen Stacy, House of Heroes, Icon Clan, Illuminandi, Impending Doom, Interstates, Jeroan Drive, Kashee Opeiah, Kekal, Kingston Falls, La Dispute, La Rose de Saron, Letter To The Exiles, Make Up Your Mind, Maylene & Sons of Disaster, My Epic, Nitengale, NoiZ, Ocean is Theory, Our Proclamation, Rapid Rascals, Recovery, Remove The Veil, Saphena, Saving Grace, See The Light, Simon Says No!, Sleeping At Last, Source of My Faith, State Bird, Take It Back!, The Closure, The Devil Wears Prada, The Spirit That Guides Us, The Winston Jazz Routine, Thieves & Liars, Triplet, War of Ages, World To Ashes, xDEATHSTARx

Speedlinking Thursday: An Introduction

Today’s I’m going to be trying something a bit differently.  Instead of writing up individual free-music-sources, I’m going to speedlink them – that is, link either to the download itself or to another blogger who already wrote up the download.

Plus, I’m going to throw in something cool from the archives and maybe a music video or two.  Let me know what you think in the comments. Ready, set, speedlink!

1.  FreeCCM.com has new free music from Decyfer Down, P.O.D., Caedmon’s Call, and Todd Agnew.

2.  Indie Vision Music recently found a sweet sampler featuring War Of Ages, Means, For Today, Kingston Falls, Wrench In The Works, and more.  That’s some sick hardcore.

3.  “Perservence of the Saints” is a classic music video by the O.C. Supertones.  Old school, and awesome.

4.  Disciple’s “Back Again” is this week’s blast from the past – great headbanger.

Tags: Caedmon's Call, Decyfer Down, Disciple, For Today, Kingston Falls, Means, O.C. Supertones, P.O.D., Sleeping Giant, Todd Agnew, War of Ages, Wrench In The Works