I'm done with finals, and now I've got more time than I know what to do with. This post contains what I feel to be the best and most significant drone and drone-like albums in my library. I tried to represent a lot of different styles here.
Growing- The Sky's Run Into the Sea
-Varied drone. Ranges from ambient to Boris-like distorted sections. Highly recommended.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ctfl4okxvmt
Growing- His Return
-Pretty much straight drone. Really heavy, but in a positive way.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ctfl4okxvmt
Aglaia- Three Organic Experiences
-It is what it sounds like. Three organic sounding ambient tracks; contains nature recordings and samples
http://www.mediafire.com/?dzdtigzozni
Boris- Absolutego
-Debut album; Noisy drone doom; really dark and heavy; title track is over an hour long
http://www.mediafire.com/?mgjdjzguh3u
Boris- Amplifier Worship
Perfect mix of drone and doom; incredibly heavy, but also groovy in parts
http://www.mediafire.com/?cmd40sh26fz
Boris At Last- Feedbacker
Single epic drone doom song; Lots of distinct sections here; Absolutely essential
http://www.mediafire.com/?e0xf1nyb4lm
Boris- Flood
Another single song album; simulates a massive flood, from rain, to complete destruction, to aftermath; My favorite Boris album
http://www.mediafire.com/?sqxtmgaivbd
Boris with Merzbow- Rock Dream
Live; This isn't entirely drone, I'm including it because the version of Feedbacker here is so mindfuckingly heavy and apocalyptic that you need to hear it. Amazing collaboration.
http://www.mediafire.com/?yyaz5njqjur
Boris with Michio Kurihara- Cloud Chamber
Boris with their touring guitarist. Noisy drone, full of crazy and scary noises.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zlnrlyzdl2k
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- The Effects of 333
-Highly unexpected album, a blending of ambient and drone, somewhat post-apocalyptic sounding, interesting use of mechanical noises
http://www.mediafire.com/?vyc5jmmtlyx
Celer- Capri
Ambient/drone. Very calming, one of my recent favorites.
http://www.mediafire.com/?euzeizzkv92y6ze
Earth- Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions
It's a bridge between the pure drone metal of Earth 2 and the stoner rock of Pentastar. It's also oddly upbeat on some tracks. A little underdeveloped, but still quite enjoyable.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ngmzqnz4ye2
Earth- Hibernaculum
This is an album consisting of old Earth tracks, redone in the new Earth western-drone style. Just as heavy, but less distorted. Very cool.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ozzizwr34ay
Earth- Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method
This album marks Earth's shift from crushingly heavy drone doom to a more western oriented drone doom. Sounds odd, but the best things always do. You owe it to yourself to get this. Sounds like: dying in a mystical desert
http://www.mediafire.com/?zegyvommivw
Earth- 2: Special Low Frequency Edition
If you don't know what this is, then fuck you.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zntnowyblwi
Eluvium- Talk Amongst the Trees
This album sounds a lot like its album cover. Warming, fuzzy, droning ambient
http://www.mediafire.com/?wzzmm4jjwo5
Eluvium- Copia
Very calm, hopeful ambient drone. Features brass and strings to great effect. Sounds like coming home after a long journey and seeing everyone you love waiting for you.
http://www.mediafire.com/?rcidv7a9er0xv6e
Enemite- Wuyuan (The Necrolatry)
Oh god, this is actually scary. Dark ambient, sounds like a Buddhist monastery taken over by demons.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1j8k3ie4f8ynari
Journey to Ixtlan- Journey to Ixtlan
Droning desert rock, contains some growling and a heavy dose of psychedelia.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zllbmyonffquosd
Khanate- Khanate
Scary drone doom supergroup, features Stephen O'Malley.
http://www.mediafire.com/?wq0dn4cbbfu7o6w
Lichens- The Psychic Nature of Being
Drone featuring vocal loops and acoustic guitar. Very spacey, sounds like camping in a canyon haunted by native american ghosts.
http://www.mediafire.com/?wtj5x6o5amb
Om- Conference of the Birds
Drone doom rooted equally in Eastern mysticism and heavy drug use. Features Al Cisneros and Chris Hakius of Sleep. Absolutely awesome and groovy.
http://www.mediafire.com/?0ztzge1bzny
Om- God is Good
First full album featuring new drummer Emil Amos of Grails. Features more eastern instrumentation. Different, but I actually like Amos' style more.
http://www.mediafire.com/?xonn11mw5jt
Sleep- Dopesmoker
DRRRRRRROPPPPPPPP OUUUUUUUTTTTT OF LIIIIIIIIIFEEEEEE WITH BOOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGGG INNNNNNNNNN HANNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDD
http://www.mediafire.com/?wymznmnkjrb
Stellar OM Source- Rise in Planes
Psychedelic drone using analog synths. Kind of eerie and ethereal, but not creepy.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zywwyhyiuje
Sunn O)))- Black One
It's Earth-worshiping drone doom with guttural vocals in the background. Not my favorite, but a pretty significant group in recent years.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ajnjmmjm2tm
Tim Hecker- Radio Amor
Glitchy, melancholy ambient/drone. Well produced, simultaneously calming and intriguing.
http://www.mediafire.com/?marwi4ll1et
Wooden Shjips- Dos
Droning psychedelic, garage. Very fun, on the very border of drone, krautrock, and The Doors.
http://www.mediafire.com/?k4tiikfirjj
Yoga- Megafauna
Very noisy psych-drone. Another album that sounds a lot like the album cover.
http://www.mediafire.com/?he3dn2gygzl
Super Minerals- Multitudes
Vaguely eastern psych-drone. Features cool field recordings at some points.
http://www.mediafire.com/?kdjmxqr5ycc
killer post dude, drone's a genre I'm still sort of new to, so much listening to come with this list. from what I know on your list, flood is my favorite. nobody puts boris in the corner
ReplyDeleteBoris is amazing. I was so upset when I missed them last summer, but they were playing at the Firebird, and I don't understand how that would work out very well.
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