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(363) IMS March 2025

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Disciples!

Just in time for the end of April are the MARCH top selections from yours truly, with even more bonus tracks than last month! Huzzah!

Enjoy!
\m/

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Set One:
0:00:00 Welcome! Disciples of the Watch
0:00:03 Tess & The Details (USA) Maniac [single][cover]
https://tessandthedetails.com/
0:03:29 Crosson (Australia) Bound For Glory [single]
https://crosson.com.au/
0:07:39 Autonym (UK) Surrender Me (Re-Imagined) [single]
https://autonym.uk/
0:11:14 #40Something (Belgium) On a Collision Course [single]
https://hashtag40something.bandcamp.com/
0:14:59 Pinstock (USA) Left Me Hanging [single]
https://pinstockband.com/
0:18:15 Slug Comparison (Canada) Wish to Adapt [single]
https://slugcomparison.com/
0:21:57 Taz Taylor Band (USA) Lonely I Ride [single]
http://taztaylor.com/
0:26:42 SigSour (Canada) And It Goes [single]
https://allmylinks.com/sigsourband
0:29:51 Famous Strangers (Canada) I’ll See You In The Stars [single]
https://www.famousstrangersband.com/
0:35:10 HoneyBombs (Italy) Falling Water
https://www.honeybombs.eu/
0:41:52 Disciples of the Watch: Set One Recap

Set Two:
0:44:10 Müntrails (Spain) Ancient Enemy [single]
https://muntrails.bandcamp.com/
0:48:10 Anima Inside (Ecuador) Prophets Word [feat. Rudy Sarzo And Other Guests]
https://animainside.com/
0:52:35 Aittala (EYE-talla) (Netherlands) Myself Deceived [single]
https://www.aittala.com/
0:58:59 O.R.k. (International) Blast of Silence
http://www.orkband.com/
1:03:08 Drunken Crocodiles (Italy) Rainmaker
https://www.facebook.com/DrunkenCrocodiles
1:07:52 Joviac (Finland) B.O.M.B. [single]
https://www.joviac.com
1:11:54 Marble Ghosts (Canada) Eat The Rich [single]
https://marbleghosts.com/
1:16:09 D’arc Mother [Feat. Yadin Moyal] (Isreal) MetalBand [single]
https://www.instagram.com/darcmother/
1:18:39 Plasmajet (Germany) Wishes
https://plasmajet.bandcamp.com/
1:24:12 Blister Brigade (Sweden) Disturbing Lights [single]
https://blisterbrigade.bandcamp.com/
1:29:05 Disciples of the Watch: Set Two Recap

Set Three:
1:32:54 Fat Bastard (Belgium) Kill my Soul [single]
https://www.fatbastard.be/
1:37:51 Abysmal Rites (Finland) The Sacrifice [single]
https://linktr.ee/abysmalritesband?
1:42:43 Folwark (Italy) To Plough the Waves [single]
https://www.folwark.it/
1:49:22 Alukta (France) Exuvia [single]
https://transcendance-bm.bandcamp.com/album/alukta-merok
1:57:38 Amenspear (USA) A Casket Of Relics [single]
https://amenspear.bandcamp.com/
2:23:44 Freeze The Fall (Canada) Aurora [single]
https://freezethefallband.com/
2:27:29 Stormbound (Isreal) Guardians of Light [single]
https://www.stormboundband.com/
2:31:55 Amber Asylum (USA) Demagogue
https://www.facebook.com/AmberAsylum.official
2:37:00 Breaker (Canada) Breaker [single]
https://breakerbandofficial.com/
2:40:33 Niviane (USA) Our Maze
https://www.facebook.com/nivianemetal/
2:45:49 Disciples of the Watch: Set Three Recap

Set Four:
2:48:34 Bear Mace (USA) Worthless Lives [single]
https://bearmace.bandcamp.com/
2:52:38 Frogg (USA) Interspecific Hybrid Species
https://linktr.ee/froggband
2:56:54 Nydvind (France) Thanetian Sublimity
https://linktr.ee/nydvind
3:04:46 Avulsed (Spain) Limbs Regeneration
https://www.facebook.com/Avulsed91
3:07:36 Scalpture (Germany) Wallenstein
https://www.scalpture-official.com/
3:13:16 In Labyrinth (Isreal) Golden Ratio [single]
https://www.facebook.com/InLabyrinthIL
3:17:57 Messiah Paratroops (Finland) Out of Reality [single]
https://www.messiah-paratroops.com/en/
3:21:01 Atrox Trauma (Hungary) Problem, Reaction, Solution [single] https://linktr.ee/atroxtrauma
3:23:45 Avenger of Blood (USA) Revenge Is My Name [single]
https://avengerofblood.bandcamp.com/
3:27:27 Chontaraz (Norway) Istanbul [single]
https://chontaraz.com/
3:31:03 Disciples of the Watch: Set Four Recap

Bonus Tracks:
3:39:20 Ricky Byrd (USA) Best Of Times
https://rickybyrd.com/
3:42:39 Deathchant (USA) Judy Is a Punk [single]
http://lnk.spkr.media/ramones-redux
3:44:28 Dwarves (USA) Let’s Fuck
https://thedwarves.com/
3:45:34 ASKA (USA) Skoll & Hati
https://askahq.com/
3:49:33 Eluveitie (Sweden) Arwen [single]
https://eluveitie.ch/
3:54:02 Cancer (UK) Amputate [single]
https://www.facebook.com/goryend/
3:57:58 Lauren Babic (USA) I’m Bored
https://www.laurenbabic.ca/
4:01:43 Disciples of the Watch Podcast Wrap-up

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(361) February 2025 Independent Music Special

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Disciples!

It’s with great pleasure that I present to you the Independent Music Special for February 2025. There’s some great stuff in here, but I think I say that every month because it’s true.

Enough dallying – enjoy!
\m/

Set One:
0:00:03 Diamantide (USA) Madness https://www.facebook.com/DiamantideBand
0:06:18 Leadfeather (UK) Shoot For The Stars https://www.facebook.com/leadfeatherrocks 
0:09:42 HÄ/DA (Finland) Ball Buster [single] https://www.facebook.com/hadabandofficial 
0:13:45 Rylos (Finland) Marathon https://www.rylosplanet.fi/ 
0:17:56 Ironrat (UK) Burn https://ironrattheband.bandcamp.com/ 
0:25:56 O.R.k. (International) The Other Side [single] http://www.orkband.com/ 
0:30:09 Lo-Pan (USA) Ozymandias [single] https://lo-pan-rock.bandcamp.com/ 
0:35:24 Mastord (Finland) Varjoton https://mastord.bandcamp.com/album/villi 
0:39:50 Stud (Finland) If Living is so Easy http://www.stud.fi/ 
0:44:22 Anima Inside (Ecuador) Through The Glass [single] https://animainside.com/
0:48:17 Disciples of the Watch: Set One Recap

Set Two:
0:50:13 Drunken Crocodiles (Italy) Le Divin Marquis [single] https://www.facebook.com/DrunkenCrocodiles
0:57:21 Year of the Cobra (USA) Daemonium https://linktr.ee/yearofthecobra 
1:00:56 Nullor (USA) Overdrive [single] https://nullor.bandcamp.com/ 
1:06:05 SweetBeast (Canada) Thunder https://sweetbeast.ca/ 
1:10:05 Nebula Nine (Sweden) Terminal https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551367545478 
1:15:03 Bronco (USA) Scourge Descent https://linktr.ee/broncodoom 
1:21:11 An Evening With Knives (Netherlands) Voices [single] http://www.aneveningwithknives.com/ 
1:26:53 Neuroblade (Belgium) Avalon [single] https://linktr.ee/neuroblade 
1:30:54 HoneyBombs (Italy) Berserk [single] https://www.honeybombs.eu/ 
1:36:34 Risen Crow (Italy) Never Surrender https://www.facebook.com/risencrowband/
1:41:37 Disciples of the Watch: Set Two Recap

Set Three:
1:43:47 Noctambulist (Netherlands) Aderlater https://noctambulistofficial.bandcamp.com/ 
1:48:17 Aitheer (Finland) The Serpent https://www.facebook.com/Aitheer 
1:54:12 Rioghan (Finland) Dreams https://linktr.ee/rioghandarcy 
1:58:25 Amber Asylum (USA) Weaver [single] https://www.facebook.com/AmberAsylum.official 
2:03:12 Phear (Canada) Save Our Souls https://phearofficial.com/ 
2:09:50 Fractal Universe (France) Causality’s Grip [single] https://www.fractaluniverseband.com/ 
2:13:24 Evig Natt (Norway) At The End Of The Night [single] https://evignatt.bandcamp.com/ 
2:18:52 Transcomar (Germany) Ride https://transcomar.bandcamp.com/ 
2:28:19 SVNTH (Italy) Perfume [single] https://linktr.ee/svnthband 
2:32:34 Niviane (USA) Queen of Phantoms [single] https://www.facebook.com/nivianemetal/
2:37:00 Disciples of the Watch: Set Three Recap

Set Four:
2:40:31 Pohjoisen Soturit (Finland) Kuiskaus [single] https://www.pohjoisensoturit.com/ 
2:43:43 Exision (Finland) Loputon Meri https://exision.bandcamp.com/ 
2:49:00 Sarkasm (Canada) Murmurs From the Void http://sarkasm.ca/ 
2:53:01 Dusk [SA] (Saudi Arabia) Sleepwalker [single] https://dusk94.bandcamp.com/ 
2:59:33 Refiner (Canada) Return to Dust https://linktr.ee/refinermetal 
3:03:26 Xenotrone (Ukraine) Tower of Madness https://sites.google.com/view/xenotronethrash 
3:07:46 Sidewinder (UK) Two Zero One https://linktr.ee/sidewinderbc 
3:10:31 Defiled Serenity (Finland) Tears of Black https://defiledserenity.bandcamp.com/ 
3:14:29 Dimman (Finland) The First Daylight https://dimmanmetal.bandcamp.com/ 
3:17:50 Throne of Roaches (Sweden) Life of Guilt [single] https://throneofroaches.bandcamp.com/
3:23:50 Disciples of the Watch: Set Four Recap

Bonus Tracks!
3:32:25 Ricky Warwick (Ireland) The Crickets Stayed in Clovis https://linktr.ee/ricky_warwick 
3:36:43 Salem UK (UK) Silverback http://salem.me.uk/ 
3:41:28 Dirty Shirt (Romania) FOMO [single] http://dirty-shirt.com/ 
3:44:09 Esprit D’Air (Japan) Lost Horizon [single] https://www.espritdair.com/ 
3:46:30 Bleeding Through (USA) Hail Destruction https://www.bleedingthroughofficial.com/
3:51:03 Disciples of the Watch: Disclaimer and Support Message

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(357) Best of Independents 2024

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Disciples!

Just in time for Valentines Day – the top 40 selections from all of the ‘Independent Music Special’ artists from 2024! And don’t you fret – there’s also some bonus tracks dug up (deep) from the DotW Archives!

Enjoy!

Set One:
0:00:00 DotW Intro – Marty Wilson
0:00:03 Striker (Canada) Best of the Best of the Best
https://strikermetal.bandcamp.com/
0:03:19 The Outfit  (USA) Big Eyes
https://theoutfit.rocks/
0:06:47 All I Know (Belgium) (Can’t Get You) Outta My Head
https://alliknowmusic.com/
0:11:15 Night Wilds (USA) Control
https://linktr.ee/nightwilds
0:15:19 Chaska (Peru) Possession
https://chaska.bandcamp.com/
0:20:08 Wake The Nations (Finland) The Shadows
https://wakethenations.com/
0:23:30 LastWorld (Australia) Don’t Tell Me I’m Wrong
https://linktr.ee/lastworldartist
0:27:45 Mist Descends (Finland) Soul of a Masochist
https://www.facebook.com/mistdescends/
0:34:14 Poste 942 (France) Petit Chat Et Biture
https://linktr.ee/poste942
0:36:39 Soror Dolorosa (France) Obsidian Museum
https://linktr.ee/sorordolorosa
0:41:13 DotW Set One Recap

Set Two:
0:45:00 Marble Ghosts (Canada) Alone
https://www.facebook.com/marbleghosts
0:49:00 Dark Heart (UK) Time to Fly
https://www.facebook.com/DARKHEART.ROCK
0:53:22 Last In Time (Italy) The Way to Rock?
https://lastintime.bandcamp.com/
0:59:04 Dool (Netherlands) Hermagorgon
https://allthosewhowanderaredool.com/
1:05:31 Byron (Finland) The Lotus Covenant
https://www.facebook.com/byronfinland
1:09:24 Beautiful Skeletons (USA) Butterfly Pinned Under Glass
https://www.beautifulskeletons.com/
1:15:27 Smash Atoms (Sweden) Living A Lie
https://smashatoms.com/
1:19:39 Blessed Black (USA) Solve et Coagula
https://blessedblack.bandcamp.com/
1:24:35 BOX (USA) Taku
https://icybox.bandcamp.com/
1:28:57 The Speakeasy (Canada) Keep Me Where You Are
https://thespeakeasyrock.bandcamp.com/
1:32:30 DotW Set Two Recap

Set Three:
1:35:26 Lesbian Bed Death (UK) Satanic Suicide Death Cult
https://linktr.ee/lesbianbeddeath
1:39:16 Great Alone, The (Switzerland) Illusion
https://tgaofficial.com/
1:43:22 Sound&Shape (USA) Dance ‘Neath the Fairest Moon
https://www.soundandshape.net/
1:49:48 Forlesen (USA) Black is the Color
https://www.facebook.com/Forlesen
2:01:32 Brume (USA) The Yearn
http://brumeband.com/
2:08:57 Becoming The Lion (USA) Stone’s Throw
https://becomingthelion.bandcamp.com/
2:12:27 High Desert Queen (USA) Tuesday Night Blues
https://highdesertqueen.com/
2:17:48 Occult Witches (Canada) Intro/Malice
https://occultwitches.bandcamp.com/
2:22:57 Psychlona (UK) Lets Go
http://psychlona.com/
2:28:46 Black Sites (USA) Descent
https://blacksites.bandcamp.com/
2:34:34 DotW Set Three Recap

Set Four:
2:38:04 Teramaze (Australia) Madam Roma
https://teramaze.com.au/
2:47:33 Hog Meets Frog (Australia) Adolf The Ant… or Am I Steve?  
https://hogmeetsfrog.com/
2:50:42 Cypher (United Arab Emirates) Relativity of Existence
https://www.facebook.com/cypherbandofficial
2:55:56 Caressing Misery (International) A Thousand Seasons
https://www.facebook.com/caressingmiseryofficial
2:59:59 Alarum (Australia) A Lifelong Question
https://www.alarum.com/
3:05:25 Lotus Thief (USA) In Perdition
https://www.lotusthief.com/
3:16:30 Battlecreek (Germany) …To The Gallows/Pleasures of the Hangman
https://battlecreek.bandcamp.com/
3:21:02 Holycide  (Spain) Chemical Dependency [cover]
http://www.deathmetal.biz/holycide
3:24:04 Anubis (USA) The Uncreated
https://linktr.ee/AnubisMetalOfficial
3:27:35 Azimut19 (Russia) The Virus
https://www.facebook.com/Azimut19metalband
3:31:17 DotW Set Four Recap

Bonus Tracks:
3:37:29 White Cowbell Ohlahoma (Canada) Black Night [cover]
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/white_cowbell_oklahoma
3:31:45 Formula 400 (USA) Light My Way
https://formula400.net/
3:46:52 From The Depth (Italy) The Will To Be The Flame [10th Anniversary Edition]
https://www.fromthedepth.it/home/
3:50:55 DotW Show Wrap

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(354) Independent Music Special – December 2024

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Disciples!!
Here we go – volume 12 of the Independent Music Specials for December 2024.

Enjoy!

BLOCK ONE:
0:00:03 Victoria K (Australia) Lacuna XXIV [single]
https://www.victoriakmusicofficial.com/ 
0:4:48 BOX (USA) Born To Crawl
https://icybox.bandcamp.com/ 
0:08:08 Joviac (Finland) Shine [single]
https://www.joviac.com/ 
0:12:59 JJ Pinestone (Finland) Break The Chain
https://www.instagram.com/jjpinestoneofficial/ 
0:16:46 Anima Inside (Ecuador) Alien [single]
https://animainside.com/ 
0:19:56 Blister Brigade (Sweden) Paradise Industrialized [single]
https://blisterbrigade.bandcamp.com/ 
0:24:18 The Hollow Veil (USA) Shine My Light [Single]
https://www.facebook.com/thehollowveil 
0:27:19 Tumbleweed Dealer (Canada) Dark Green [single]
https://tumbleweeddealer420.bandcamp.com/ 
0:32:03 Mastord (Finland) Kaarne [single]
https://mastord.bandcamp.com/album/villi 
0:36:40 Tzadok (Mexico) Tzevaot
https://www.facebook.com/Tzadokoficial 
0:41:01 Block one Recap

BLOCK TWO:
0:44:17 Caressing Misery (International) Veins Run Dry
https://www.facebook.com/caressingmiseryofficial
0:49:23 Ylisia (Netherlands) You
https://linktr.ee/ylisia 
0:54:39 Rylos (Finland) Point Cut [single]
https://www.rylosplanet.fi/ 
0:58:45 Asterise (International) Awaken
https://www.facebook.com/asteriseband 
1:06:02 Vénus Bleue (France) Latente Liquefaction [single]
https://venusbleue.bandcamp.com/ 
1:13:06 Residual Self (USA) Magdalene’s Whore House
http://residualself.com/ 
1:22:20 Belle Morte (Belarus) Pearl Hunting [single]
https://linktr.ee/bellemorte 
1:24:04 Next Deed (Luxembourg) Bulletproof
https://www.nextdeedofficial.com/
1:28:20 Queen of Spades (Netherlands) Impact [single]
https://queenofspadesofficialmusic.com/ 
1:31:18 True Devil (USA) “S.D.O.N” [single]
https://truedevildetroit.com/
1:35:15 Block two recap

BLOCK THREE:
1:38:22 Athena XIX (Italy) Idle Mind
https://www.facebook.com/Athena.Band.Italy 
1:42:30 Niviane (USA) 12 BC: Legions [single]
https://www.facebook.com/nivianemetal/ 
1:47:58 Forged In Black (UK) The Rapture
https://www.forgedinblack.com/ 
1:54:02 Wizard Tattoo (USA) Meantime [cover]
https://wizardtattooband.com/ 
1:57:38 Frau Fleischer (France) Out of Control [single]
https://linktr.ee/fraufleischer 
2:01:59 Egres (Finland) Retrieval [single]
https://linktr.ee/egresband 
2:06:57 Hope Is a Lie (Finland) Suits
https://www.facebook.com/hopeisalieband 
2:14:22 Aitheer (Finland) The Serpent [single]
https://www.facebook.com/Aitheer 
2:20:16 Hellgo (Italy) Worn Out
https://www.facebook.com/hellgoband 
2:24:20 Inherited  (Netherlands) Urban Guerilla
https://www.facebook.com/InheritedOfficialNL/
2:28:37 Block three recap

BLOCK FOUR:
2:31:26 Nekomata  (Italy) De Priapi Dilemma [single]
https://www.theprojectneko.com/  
2:35:55 Pestilent Scars (Finland) Golden Maiden [single]
https://pestilentscars.bandcamp.com/ 
2:40:04 Re-Armed (Finland) Sky Falls Down [single]
https://www.re-armed.net/ 
2:43:45 Mindreaper (Germany) Death T(h)rust
https://www.mindreaper.de/ 
2:47:45 Bronco (USA) Ride Eternal [single]
https://linktr.ee/broncodoom  
2:55:42 Sounds Of Delusion (Finland) Blood Washes Away Blood [single]
https://soundsofdelusion.bandcamp.com/ 
2:59:14 Crowen (Finland) Where The Darkness Falls
https://crowen.bandcamp.com/ 
3:03:47 Vosforis (UK) The Basilisk
https://vosforis.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-cenotaph  
3:07:41 Tyrmfar (Switzerland) Haunted by the Truth [single]
https://linktr.ee/tyrmfar  
3:14:01 Anomic (Netherlands) Opacity
https://anomicband.bandcamp.com/ 
3:18:04 Block four recap

BONUS TRACK:
3:21:39 Electric Temple (USA) Kill or Be Killed
https://electrictemple.com/
3:26:40 DotW Outro

\,,/ d(> _ <)b \,,/

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