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(372) Independent Music Special V7: July

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Disciples!

Here we are – July’s top picks for your listening pleasure.

Enjoy!

Set One:
0:00:03 All I Know (Belgium) Fire It Up [single]
https://www.alliknow.be/
0:03:59 In/Vertigo (Canada) Weathervane
https://www.invertigoband.com/
0:07:39 Gods of Tomorrow (Germany) A Thousand Miles
https://gods-of-tomorrow.com/
0:11:95 Scorpion Milk (England) Another Day Another Abyss [single]
https://bio.site/scorpionmilk
0:15:03 Ashes of the Sun (USA) Here To Stay [single]
https://ignoranttouristproductions.com/itp-records
0:21:12 Friendship Commanders (USA) Keeping Score [single]
https://www.friendshipcommandersband.com/
0:24:31 I.F.A (Finland) Tiimalasi [single]
https://linktr.ee/ifaband
0:31:06 Relicon (Finland) Demise 2 [single]
https://antice.kapsi.fi/relicon/themes/eye/
0:35:46 Traversus (Netherlands) When The World Goes To Waste [single]
https://traversus-band.com/
0:40:27 Rimmar (Italy) Cruel Summer [cover]
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063487690785
0:44:06 Set One Recap

Set Two:
0:47:14 Tethered to the Void (USA) Harpy Hare [single]
https://tetheredtothevoid.bandcamp.com/
0:50:13 This I Owe (Greece) Disdain [single]
https://linktr.ee/thisiowe
0:54:00 Solace (USA) Heavy Birth/2-Fisted (Distanced from Reality version) [single]
https://linktr.ee/solace_nj
1:02:26 Stygian Fair (Sweden) Peel The Layers Off
https://stygianfair.bandcamp.com/
1:06:41 Nepal Death (Sweden) She Demon [single]
https://nepaldeath.com/
1:10:47 Warchief (Finland) Mothmaker
https://warchief.bandcamp.com/
1:15:49 Aedansky (France) Beyond The Vortex Of Time [single]
https://www.facebook.com/AedanskyOfficial/
1:21:01 Wheel Of Time (China) 2063 [single] [Feat. Tony MacAlpine]
https://www.wheeloftime.band/
1:27:28 Absence (England) Our Love Ignites [single]
https://www.instagram.com/abscenceband
1:36:06 Dominant Chain (Finland) The Moment [single]
https://dominantchain.bandcamp.com/
1:40:20 Set Two Recap

Set Three:
1:43:35 Wizards Of Hazards (Finland) Too Late [single]
https://www.wizardsofhazards.com/
1:47:48 Sauerkraut (Poland) Symbol of Death [single]
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100048270792087
1:51:36 Hog Meets Frog (Austria) The Urbanizer (YKWtFHG) [single]
http://hogmeetsfrog.com/
1:56:30 Vertebra (Brazil) 95 Eyes
https://www.facebook.com/vertebrametal
2:00:10 Oni (International) Float [single]
https://onimusic.com/
2:03:46 Korypheus (Ukraine) Icarus [single]
https://www.korypheus.com.ua/
2:08:09 Bloody Moon (Finland) My Payoff [single]
https://bloodymoonband.bandcamp.com/
2:12:34 Reverya (USA) Wisteria
https://linktr.ee/reveryamusic
2:15:54 Bloodride (Finland) The Fear Cage
https://bloodride.com/
2:19:38 Alfa Pentatonik (Finland) Tuomiopäivän tanssi
https://alfapentatonik.bandcamp.com/
2:23:38 Set Three Recap

Set Four:
2:27:47 Eternal Drak (Canada) Leper Messiah [cover]
http://www.eternaldrak.com
2:33:15 Death Rattle (USA) Immersed in the Black
https://deathrattleband.com/
2:37:28 False Gods (USA) Worldless
https://falsegods1.bandcamp.com/
2:44:17 Decadence Incarnate (Sweden) Illusion Of Freedom
https://decadenceincarnate.bandcamp.com/
2:47:29 Calico Jack (Italy) Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate
https://www.calicojacktheband.altervista.org/
2:51:32 Bloodmores (England) Pick Your Poison [single]
https://linktr.ee/bloodmores
2:56:13 Bloodletter (USA) Unearthing Darkness
https://linktr.ee/bloodlettermetal
2:59:08 Shadecrown (Finland) Under the Waves
https://linktr.ee/shadecrownband
3:05:03 Serpent God, The (Finland) Sermon [single]
https://serpentgod.bandcamp.com/
3:11:37 I Only Exist As Frequency (Australia) I Smell Gasoline In Your Apologies [single]
https://ionlyexistasfrequency.bandcamp.com/
3:15:32 Set Four Recap

Bonus Tracks!
3:23:25 Bangalore Choir (USA) Bullet Train [single]
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559837294700
3:27:45 Salem UK (UK) Overrider
http://salem.me.uk/
3:31:56 King Ultramega (USA) Rusty Cage [single]
https://kingultramega.com/
3:36:20 Firstborne (International) Again [single]
https://firstborne.bandcamp.com/
3:39:56 DotW Addendum

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(368) Independent Music Special V5 May 2025

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Disciples!
Here we go – May top 40 picks (with bonus tracks!) for your listening pleasure.
Enjoy!

Playlist (TIME\Band\Location\Song\Link):
0:00:03 Gods of Tomorrow (Germany) Point of No Return [single]
https://gods-of-tomorrow.com/
0:03:30 Sandness (Italy) Back For More
https://www.sandnessofficial.com/
0:07:07 Reversed Chakra (Italy) All The Way Down [single]
https://www.reversedchakra.com/
0:11:16 Drab (USA) Lonely Place [single]
https://drabnola.com/
0:16:07 Strange Boutique (USA) Radium Kiss [single]
https://strangeboutiquedc.com/
0:20:37 Thomas Carlsen’s Transmission (Norway) Defiant Heart
https://linktr.ee/transmissionmetal
0:24:35 Stygian Fair (Sweden) Abide Your Master [single]
https://stygianfair.bandcamp.com/
0:38:32 Ghosts Of Sunset (USA) Fade [single]
https://www.facebook.com/ghostsofsunset
0:32:07 Tumble (Canada) The Less I Know
https://www.tumbleband.com/
0:34:46 Mandy Manala (Finland) Stillborn
https://linktr.ee/mandymanala
0:41:00 Set One Recap
0:44:03 Dead Fields Of Woolwich (Canada) Cult of The Cemetery [single]
https://linktr.ee/deadfieldsofwoolwich
0:47:48 Gurnslinger (Jersey) Back To Joe’s
https://gurnslinger.bandcamp.com/
0:53:34 Autonym (England) Waltz With The Dead [single]
https://autonym.uk/
0:57:10 Darkyra (Australia) Breathe
https://www.darkyramusic.com/
1:01:09 Katone (USA) Flesh and Fire https://linktr.ee/katone_official
1:04:56 Lux Interna (USA) No Arrow
https://newwildernessgospel.com/
1:10:37 Hangfire (USA) Falling Awake
https://officialhangfireband.com/
1:15:06 Surunaamio (Finland) Erämaa
https://surunaamio.bandcamp.com/
1:21:02 Petrolbreath (Finland) Roadkill [single]
https://www.instagram.com/petrolbreathband/
1:23:55 Secret Rule (Italy) Just A Sacrifice [single]
https://www.secretrule.it/
1:27:33 Set Two Recap
1:30:33 GaiaBeta (Brazil) Get Your freedom
https://linktr.ee/gaiabeta
1:34:18 Redikin (Netherlands) The Dirty Job
https://www.redikin.com/
1:39:17 Pythia (England) Bright Flame
https://pythia.bandcamp.com/
1:42:28 Rogue Awakening (England) Remain Untamed [single]
https://linktr.ee/rogueawakeningofficial
1:48:22 Temtris (Australia) The World is Bleeding Out [single]
https://www.temtris.com/
1:53:54 bez|kres [trans: limitless] (Poland) Srodglos
https://paganrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bez-kres
1:59:30 Ceresian Valot (Finland) Karavaaniseralji
https://linktr.ee/ceresianvalot
2:04:50 Rimmar (Italy) Planet Mars [single]
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063487690785
2:08:54 Joviac (Finland) Level 7
https://www.joviac.com
2:13:13 Dead End Irony (Finland) Fight!
https://www.deadendirony.com/
2:17:14 Set Three Recap
2:20:06 Chontaraz (Norway) Kingpin
https://chontaraz.com/
2:25:07 Iamsin (Finland) Rituals [single]
https://iamsin.bandcamp.com/
2:29:53 Thammuz (Netherlands) Bloodlust
https://thammuz.bandcamp.com/
2:34:30 Krematorium (Croatia) D.F.T.E.
https://krematoriumri.bandcamp.com/
2:38:28 Victoria Lies (Canada) Zerotonin [single]
https://victorialies.com/
2:42:34 Aeveris (Belgium) Gravity [single]
http://www.aeverismetal.com/
2:46:32 Concrete Age (London) Warrior`s Anthem
https://www.concreteage.co.uk/
2:49:45 Death Rattle (USA) Malthusian Dependency
https://deathrattleband.com/
2:53:42 Vanguardian (Finland) LI-2 XA-1 [single]
https://linktr.ee/Vanguardian
2:57:26 Pohjoisen Soturit (Finland) Kuiskaus
https://www.pohjoisensoturit.com/
3:00:41 Set Four Recap
3:09:22 Alcatrazz (USA) Island In The Sun (Re-Opened 2025) [single]
https://www.alcatrazzofficial.com/
3:13:11 Restless Spirit (USA) Poison Heart [feat Jeff Matz] [cover]
http://lnk.spkr.media/ramones-redux
3:16:48 Gaupa (Sweden) Ten of Twelve
https://gaupaband.com/
3:21:05 Mondo Generator (Sweden) Blitzkrieg Bop [cover]
http://lnk.spkr.media/ramones-redux
3:24:00 Toranaga U.K. (UK) Desecration
https://linktr.ee/toranagauk
3:29:50 Show Outro

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(311) Independent Best of 2023

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Disciples!!

Here it is – if you missed it on our Patreon site – the BEST OF 2023 of the Independent Artists submissions! 40 hand-picked songs from artists that rose to the top of nearly 900 submissions for 2023.

Don’t forget to head to the website for the playlist (or check the notes in your podcast app) OR check your app if it supports ‘chapters’ to connect directly to the artists via your app.

Enjoy!

BLOCK ONE:

0:03 Accidental President (Australia)
https://www.accidentalpresident.net
Bang Bang [Sonny and Cher cover]

2:55 Big Red Fire Truck (Australia)
https://bigredfiretruck.bandcamp.com/
Hot Summer Nights

5:55 Grave Pleasures (Finland)
https://linktr.ee/gravepleasures
High on Annihilation

8:48 Applehead (USA)
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialApplehead
And Then The Rain Comes Down

13:55 Sometime In February (USA)
https://www.sometimeinfebruary.com/
Nothing/Strawberry Gray

21:20 Johnny O’Neil (USA)
http://www.JohnnyONeil.com
Hands up

26:35 Blessed Black (USA)
https://blessedblack.bandcamp.com/
Unable

32:36 The Way of Purity (Sweden)
http://www.thewayofpurity.com/
The Red Herring

36:59 Howling Giant (USA)
https://howlinggiant.bandcamp.com/
Sunken City

42:24- 46:53 Dusk (Saudi Arabia)
https://dusk94.bandcamp.com/
Celestials 

46:54-52:51 Block wrap-up

BLOCK TWO:

52:50 Electus (UK)
https://electus.band/
Got The Time

56:02 Found Missing? (UK)
https://www.foundmissing.UK
Nobody

1:00:15 Smokeheads (France)
https://smokeheadsband.com/
Let the Wind Blow

1:07:08 Trahir (Czech Republic)
https://linktr.ee/wearetrahir
Mother Nibiru I

1:12:59 Silence in the Snow (USA)
https://www.silenceinthesnow.com/
Drift

1:16:47 Bring the Hoax (Sweden)
https://www.bringthehoax.com/
Final Day

1:19:47 Stygian Fair (Sweden)
https://stygianfair.bandcamp.com/
Panoptikon

1:23:25 Milanku (Canada)
https://milanku.bandcamp.com/
de leur silences

1:34:05 Dovorian (UK)
https://www.dovorianband.com
Hole In My Heart

1:37:50-1:40:48
Kilmore (Canada)
https://linktr.ee/kilmore
The Destroyer

1:40:49-1:43:51 Block wrap-up

BLOCK THREE:

1:43:52 Sunbeam Overdrive (France)
https://sunbeamoverdrive.bandzoogle.com/home
Diamond Shape

1:50:56 Vermilion Whiskey (USA)
https://www.vermilionwhiskey.com/
Dissonance

1:57:09 Ego Planet (USA)
https://linktr.ee/Egoplanet
Entertainment

2:00:41 Fall Of Earth (Canada)
https://fallofearthband.com/
Block Out The Sun

2:05:03 Bad As (Italy)
https://www.badasrocks.com/
You Better Run

2:08:23 Dyecrest (Finland)
https://www.facebook.com/dyecrestband
Read My Mind

2:12:37 Helms Deep (USA)
https://helmsdeep666.bandcamp.com/
Medusa’s Requiem  

2:17:34 Tar Pond (Switzerland)
https://www.tar-pond.com/
Something

2:25:08 Fellahin Fall (USA)
https://fellahinfall.com/
The Parting

2:30:32-2:35:05 Tardigrade Inferno (Australia)
https://www.tardigradeinferno.com/
Little Princess

2:35:06-2:37:06 Block wrap-up

BLOCK FOUR:

2:37:05 The Fixer (Canada)
https://thefixercanada.bandcamp.com/
Ghosts Will Talk

2:40:55 Shepherds Reign (New Zealand)
https://shepherdsreign.com/
Atali’i

2:45:09 Dress The Dead (USA)
https://dressthedead.com
I Want To Know You

2:49:41 A Somerset Parade (Australia)
https://linktr.ee/A_S_P
Mirror White

2:54:12 Never Elected (USA)
https://neverelected.com/
Stab Me

2:57:53 Hog Meets Frog (Austria)
https://hogmeetsfrog.com/
Stuff(ed), Cage(d) & Enslave(d)

3:01:17 Observe The 93rd (USA)
https://www.observethe93rd.com/
Zimbabwe

3:04:09 Temtris (Australia)
https://www.temtris.com/
Evolution of Hate

3:09:09 Rockin’ Engine (Canada)
https://rockinengine.bandcamp.com/
Room 185

3:13:16-3:15:34 Vantablack Warship (Canada)
https://vantablackwarship.bandcamp.com/
Fameless

3:15:35-3:22:49 Block wrap-up

BONUS TRACK:

3:22:50-3:28:28 Mask Of Prospero (Greece)
https://maskofprospero.com/
The Days Seemed Unnumbered

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(303) Gene’s Picks 2023 Volume 3

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Disciples!!

It’s time again for the top picks of 2023 with ‘Gene’s Picks’. This time we’re covering the 2nd half of 2023 for Volumes 3 and 4. So much good music last year, and here we are with 40 tracks for your listening pleasure.

Stay tuned for Volume 4!

BLOCK ONE:

  1. Stygian Fair (Sweden) 0:03
    https://stygianfair.bandcamp.com/
    Aradia
  2. 20 Watt Tombstone (USA) 4:54
    https://20watttombstone.bandcamp.com/
    Just Got Paid
  3. Nino Dani (Albania) 8:46
    https://www.instagram.com/nino.dani6
    On The Surface
  4. Accidental President (Australia) 12:27
    https://www.accidentalpresident.net
    After The Sun
  5. Dusk (Austria) 16:27
    https://duskheavyrock.bandcamp.com/
    The Wan Four
  6. Spillage (USA) 22:29
    https://spillage-online.com/
    Love and Alchemy
  7. Applehead (USA) 27:42
    https://www.facebook.com/OfficialApplehead
    And Then The Rain Comes Down
  8. Last In Time (Italy) 32:52
    https://lastintime.bandcamp.com/
    The Way To Rock
  9. Electus (UK) 38:34
    https://electus.band/
    Destiny
  10. Silence in the Snow (USA) 42:46
    https://www.silenceinthesnow.com/
    You Fade

BLOCK TWO:
46:39

  1. One Square Mile (USA) 53:44
    https://onesquaremilemusic.com/
    Remove You
  2. Black Daggers (Canada) 55:40
    https://blackdaggersmusic.com/
    Best I’ve Got
  3. Paul Lidel’s Scream Therapy (USA) 59:36
    https://linktr.ee/screamtherapy
    Alibi
  4. Opensight (UK) 1:03:23
    https://www.opensightband.com/
    Plot Twist
  5. Blessed Black (USA) 1:08:55
    https://blessedblack.bandcamp.com/
    Unable
  6. Big Red Fire Truck (Australia) 1:14:52
    https://bigredfiretruck.bandcamp.com/
    Hot Summer Nights
  7. Fellahin Fall (USA) 1:17:50
    https://fellahinfall.com/
    The Parting
  8. Bad As (Italy) 1:23:13
    https://www.badasrocks.com/
    You Better Run
  9. Degenerator (Canada) 1:26:34
    https://degeneratormusic.bandcamp.com/
    For Every Truth
  10. Dyecrest (Finland) 1:32:09
    https://www.facebook.com/dyecrestband
    Read My Mind

BLOCK THREE:
1:36:22

  1. Never Elected (USA) 1:39:41
    https://neverelected.com/
    Hate Breeds Hate
  2. Aaron Cravens (USA) 1:44:01
    https://aaroncravens.com/
    September (In Memory of Norman Cravens) [ft. Joel Hoekstra] [instrumental]
  3. Howling Giant (USA) 1:47:45
    https://howlinggiant.bandcamp.com/
    Hawk in a Hurricane [instrumental]
  4. Orbiter (Finland) 1:52:25
    https://linktr.ee/orbiterband
    Hollow World
  5. Smokeheads (France) 1:59:10
    https://smokeheadsband.com/
    Let the Wind Blow
  6. Tar Pond (Switzerland) 2:06:02
    https://www.tar-pond.com/
    Dirt
  7. Bone Dagger (USA) 2:13:04
    https://www.facebook.com/bonedaggerofficial
    Cycle of the Self
  8. Mormânt De Snagov (Finland) 2:17:09
    https://mormantdesnagov.bandcamp.com/
    Valediction for the Nameless
  9. Dovorian (UK?) 2:23:44
    https://www.dovorianband.com
    Weapon of Choice
  10. Ohmwork (Norway) 2:27:58
    https://www.ohmworktromso.com/
    Hindsight

BLOCK FOUR:
2:31:10

  1. Chamelion (Finland) 2:34:20
    https://chamelion.fi/
    The Shadowleader
  2. Helms Deep (USA) 2:39:38
    https://helmsdeep666.bandcamp.com/
    Headless Horseman
  3. Tardigrade Inferno (Australia) 2:44:46
    https://www.tardigradeinferno.com/
    Cholera
  4. Restless Spirit (USA) 2:48:51
    http://lnk.spkr.media/restless-spirit-blood
    Hell’s Grasp
  5. Dragonheart (Brazil) 2:55:07
    https://www.facebook.com/dragonheartofficial
    Westgate Battlefield
  6. Essence Of Datum (Belarus) 3:00:01
    https://essenceofdatum.bandcamp.com/
    Rodent Rebellion
  7. The Fixer (Canada) 3:05:38
    https://thefixercanada.bandcamp.com/
    Unscrewed
  8. Observe The 93rd (USA) 3:09:26
    https://www.observethe93rd.com/
    Clever III
  9. Ego Planet (USA) 3:12:45
    https://linktr.ee/Egoplanet
    Entertainment
  10. Fierce Atmospheres (USA) 3:16:17
    https://fierceatmospheres.bandcamp.com/
    From Ashes

BONUS TRACK:
3:22:23

Taxi Caveman (Poland) 3:29:50
https://taxicaveman.bandcamp.com/
Duke Nukem

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