THE APACHE REVOLVER - The midwinter (EP) [2014]

Genre - Atmospheric Post-black | Progressive Rock
Country - USA (Milwaukee, WI)
Label - Unsigned
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01. From Deep Within The Earth 05:25
02. To A Darker Place I Rise 05:33
03. ...And Beyond Her Sunlight Breaks 05:42
04. Moving Skyward My Body Dies 06:05
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Interesting band, sounds very special.

FROM AUNTUMN TO OCEAN - Advent [2014]

Genre - Atmospheric Post-rock
Country - USA (Charlotte, NC)
Sounds like - Hammock, Caspian, Sunlight Ascending, Helios...
Label - Argonauta Records
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01. 12 Days (06:00)
02. Snow began To Fall (06:40)
03. Solstice (06:38)
04. Nativity (04:08)
05. Follow The Light (06:33)
06. Advent (07:05)
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So beautiful new release.
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# TOP10 BRAIN¤ON¤FIRE BEST ALBUMS UNPOSTED 2014 #

Clearly, some of you were disappointed because of some great bands didn't posted on my TOP20...but this top applies for posted albums only! For reminder i only post free album here, maybe i will post some stream albums next year...i'm thinking about it.
Well, i decided to offer you my Top10 for unposted albums, hope you enjoy it :)

# 01. THE CONTORTIONIST - Language [2014] (Progressive Metal)



I needed many listening but this is definitly the best prog album and the best band i've seen on stage this year...transcending, heavy and envouting music.


# 02. CATACOMBE - Quidam [2014] (Post-metal)
# 03. PRAY FOR SOUND - Dreamer [2014] (Post-rock)
# 04. MAYBESHEWILL - Fair youth [2014] (Post-rock)
# 05. SLEEPMAKESWAVES - Love of cartography [2014] (Post-rock)
# 06. GATES - BLOOM AND BREATHE [2014] (Post-hardcore)
# 07. BEAR THE MAMMOTH - Yamadori [2014] (Post-rock/metal)
# 08. MASTODON - Once more round the sun [2014] (Progressive Sludge)
# 09. ACRES - Solace (EP) [2014] (Post-hardcore)
# 10. AUDREY FALL - Mitau [2014] (Post-metal)

BONUS: HUNT - Dark come sooner [2013] (Post-rock/indie)

Merry Xmas to all :)

## TOP20 BRAIN¤ON¤FIRE BEST ALBUMS POSTED 2014 ##

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

#01. ASTRALIA - Atlas [2014] (Post-rock/metal)




#02. THE ROOM COLORED CHARLATAN - Primitives (Inst version) [2014] (Deathcore)
#03. BAULTA - Any Fool Can Regret Yesterday [2014] (Post-rock)
#04. SLEEPING BEAR - Sleeping bear [2014] (Post-rock/metal)
#05. CLOUDKICKER - Little histories (EP) [2014] (Post-metal/Djent)
#06. MOONLIT SAILOR - We Come From Exploding Stars [2014] (Post-rock)
#07. GLORIES - Put the Beast Out of Mind [2014] (Post-rock)
#08. CASSIE - Discography [2011-2014] (Post-rock)
#09. GHOSTS OF GLACIERS - Decay [2014] (Sludge)
#10. ABANDON CITY - Lost lake (EP) [2014] (Sludge)
#11. ALL SHALL BE WELL - BLAUWGEEL [2014] (Post-rock)
#12. TERRONAUT - Terronaut [2014] (Post-metal)
#13. I/O - Saudade [2014] (Post-rock)
#14. YARN OF NORNA - Ronové [2014] (Crusty Sludge)
#15. SHOW ME A DINOSAUR - Dust [2014] (Post-rock)
#16. ALASKAN - Despair, Erosion, Loss [2014] (Sludge)
#17. COLDBONES - Distance (EP) [2014] (Post-rock)
#18. HULDRA - Black tides [2014] (Sludge)
#19. CHALLENGER DEEP - Irreversible [2014] (Sludge)
#20. DAMASCUS - When Last We Met (EP) [2014] (Post-rock)




Other great recommended albums you have to listen :
- SELENITES -Discography [2010-2014] (Post-hardcore)
- FUGLE - Fugle (EP) [2014] (Djent)
- CONCATENATE - Transitions (EP) [2014] (Djent)
- RELEASE THE LONG SHIP - Wilderness [2014] (Post-rock)
- ANATHEME - Fûjon (EP) [2014] (Post-rock)
- CELESTIAL FLESH - Suspended motion [2014] (Djent)
- LOTUS ASH - The word of God (EP) [2014] (Sludge)
- IRREVERSIBLE - Surface [2014] (Post-metal)
- AS WE DRAW - Mirages [2014] (Post-hardcore)
- SLEEVENOTES - The Pain of Nostalgia [2014] (Post-rock)
- UNDER THE SUN - Under the sun [2013] (Sludge)
- THE ECHELON EFFECT - Pacific [2014] (Electro/Post-rock)
- AYNTH - Aempossum [2014] (Darkwave)
- FRAGMENT OF THE ORIENT - Somewhere Outside the Present Human Sphere [2014] (Prog metal)
- LA MAR - Tides [2014] (Post-rock)
- SEQUOIAN AEQUISON - Onomatopoeia [2014] (Post-metal)
- SEPARATIST - Closure [2014] (Death-metal)
- AFTER OSMOSIS (EP) [2014] (Post-rock)
- SLEEP MAPS - We Die For Truth [2014] (Post-rock/metal)
- FOR GIANTS - Depths [2014] (Post-metal/djent)
- SOAP REVELATIONS - Dreamachine [2014] (Progressive Metal)
- STARS AS LIGHTS - As If Time Had Stopped [2013] (Electro/post-rock)
- SAISA - This Empty Space Returns Your Solitude (EP) [2012] (Post-rock)
- MOUNTAINS UNDER OCEANS - Mountains Under Oceans (E​​P) [2014] (Post-rock/metal)
- YOMA - Approaching Silence (EP) [2014] (Post-rock/metal)
- HADEAN - Ataraxia (EP) [2014] (Mathcore/Sludge)
- PINNACLES - Automaton [2014] (Post-rock)
- CIEMPIES - Óptimo Máximo [2014] (Post-rock)
- ATLANTIDA SAVES - The Soundtracks (EP) [2014] (Post-rock/metal)
- BARROWS - Red giant [2014] (Post-rock/metal)
- CONCATENATE - The 7th [2014] (Djent)
- WE LOOK LIKE SCHOLARS - Ingest the Cassette (EP) [2013] (Post-rock)
- ISERLOHN - Standing Still Is A Great Deceiver [2014] (Post-rock)
- LANDS - Misanthropy [2014] (Post-hardcore)
- HUNG - I touch the sky [2014] (Djent)
- FRONDIBUS - Leafage [2014] (Post-rock)
- WREN - Wren (EP) [2014] (Sludge)
- TELEPATHY - 12 Areas [2014] (Sludge)
- THE ODIOUS - Joint ventures [2012] (Math-metal)
- FIFTH QUADRANT - Perceptual (EP) [2014] (Djent)
- MUNDOZERO - Memoria [2014] (Post-rock/metal)
- HARVS - Curiosities [2014]  (Djent)
- CITIES OF THE PLAIN - .​.​.​the most exciting contest you can imagine [2013] (Post-metal)
- RETINWAAV - Movements [2014] (Post-metal/djent)
- POSTVORTA - Beckoning light we will set ourselves on fire [2014] (Post-hardcore)
- IN SEARCH OF... - I Am Here With You [2014] (Post-rock)
- ATHLETICS - Who You Are Is Not Enough (Re-release) [2014] (Post-rock)
- BY THE THOUSANDS - By The Thousands (EP) [2014] (Metalcore/djent)
- EXILYM/ARSIESYS - The first encounter (Split EP) [2014] (Post-metal)
- I BUILT THE SKY - Intortus (EP) [2014] (Djent)
- SPIRAL - Urban fable [2009] (Post-rock)
- PROMINENCE - Objective Truth (EP) [2014] (Metalcore/djent)
- CORONADO - Origin [2013] (Prog deathcore)
- RUMO ENTROPICO - Rumo Entropico (EP) [2014] (Prog/atmospheric math-metal)
- FLYINGDEADMAN - Sending fires to the sky [2014] (Post-rock)
- TSIMA - Juniper (EP) [2014] (Sludge/Post-metal)
- KOKOMO - Discography [2009-2013] (Post-rock/metal)
- VORCHA - Vorcha (EP) [2014] (Post-rock)
- CIEMPIES - Ciempiés (EP) [2014] (Post-rock)
- KIMOSABI - Planeta neutral [2012] (Post-rock)
- ATHLETICS - Why Aren't I Home? [2010] (Post-rock)
- BOGATZKE - Crystal trails (EP) [2013] (IDM/Ambient)
- AUDIOLEPSIA - Principio de Incertidumbre [2013] (Post-rock/metal)
- PSYGNOSIS - Human Be[ing] [2014] (Prog death-metal)
- RORCAL - VILAGVEGE [2013] (Sludge)
- THE COMA RECOVERY - Goddverb [2009] (Post-rock)
- HELENA - Helena [2014] (Post-rock)
- GOUVERNAIL - Black owl (EP) [2014] (Post-rock)
- THE AKASHIC RECORD - Elevation (EP) [2014] (Deathcore)
- MESOZOIC - Sanguine [2014] (Post-rock)
- BURNING BRIGHT - Domesday [2012] (Post-hardcore)
- ONE STAR CLOSER - Another Shape Of Purity [2014] (Post-rock)
- DYING SUN - Transcendence [2014] (Sludge)
- CRIB45 - Metamorphosis [2009] (Sludge)
- WE ALL NEED A PLAN - 1984 (EP) [2014] (Sludge)
- WAY OF ABYSS - Immersion [2014] (Post-metal/Electro)

CIEMPIES - Buda Consumido [2014]

Genre - Post-rock | Post-metal | Ambient
Country - Spain
Label - Unsigned
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01. La Cierva (04:35)
02. Buda Consumido (04:45)
03. Camino del Medio (06:39)
04. Srt. Avellana (05:07)
05. Asceta (06:22)
06. Intervención Divina (01:34)
07. Saliva (Bonus) (05:12)
08. Drama (05:26)
09. Perdedor (06:55)
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Note: Due to the demand for "Buda Consumido" I decided to add an extra track initially discarded: "Saliva". If you do not wish to pay an euro only for an extra track, you can wait until next January 3rd to re-access the free download of the album.

BLEEDING SKIES - Silence and Motion (EP) [2014]

Genre - Atmospheric Djent | Progressive Metal
Country - UK
Sounds like - Cloudkicker, Wayfarer, Volumes, Chimp Spanner
Label - Unsigned
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01. I Could Just Sink (01:47)
02. Anemone (05:16)
03. Kuroneko (04:36)
04. However Great the Fear, I Will Not Look Away (04:18)
05. Emotion (00:41)
06. A Heart Unswaying on the Waters Surface (04:22)
07. Into the Earth (02:48)
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BAULTA - Any Fool Can Regret Yesterday [2014]

Genre - Post-rock | Ambient | Post-metal
Country - Finland (Jyväskylä)
Sounds like - Caspian, Pray For Sound, Pg. Lost, Liam...
Label - Unsigned
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01. Stormchaser Of The Year (06:42)
02. Different Me, Brand New You (06:37)
03. Out Of Gravity (06:33)
04. Farewell, My Furry Friend (07:12)
05. Nothing Seems To Make You Smile Anymore (05:56)
06. El Diablo En Casa (09:12)
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Truely beautiful!
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THE HELIUM ARCH - Sagittarius (EP) [2014]

Genre - Post-rock | Ambient | Electro
Country - USA (Denver)
Sounds like - The American Dollar, Hammock, CUTE...
Label - Unsigned

01. On Revolutions Of Celestial Spheres (The Discovery) (06:53)
02. Under The Wings Of Icarus (05:23)
03. Sagittarius A* (06:14)
04. Event Horizon (03:30)
05. Something Greater Than Infinity (04:48)
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ATLAS - Suspended in a sonbeam (EP) [2014]

Genre - Alternative Post-hardcore | Indie
Country - UK (London)
Influences - Russian Circles, Radiohead, Tool, NIN...
Label - Unsigned
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01. Keyser Soze (05:04)
02. Fade To Black (06:26)
03. Darkstar (04:36)
04. Polar (07:16)
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Nice EP.
Artiste request.

CORONADO - Awake (EP) [2014]

Genre - Progressive Deathcore | Atmospheric Djent
Country - USA (Columbus, OH)
Influences - BTB&M, Cloudkicker, Misery Signals, Periphery Plini, Sectioned, TesseracT
Label - Unsigned
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01. Dreamer 02:17
02. Solace 03:07
03. Escape 03:21
04. Decay 04:13
05. Images 03:35
06. Awake 07:03
07. Rediscover 04:16
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Awesome EP as usual.

SONANCE - Blackflower (EP) [2014]

Genre - Sludge | Doom | Ambient
Country - UK (Bristol)
Influences - Harvey Milk, Khanate, GY!BE, Kongh, Thou, Xiu Xiu
Label - Doognad Records
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01. BELGIUM/BLACKFLOWER (15:55)
02. BELGIUM (03:24)
03. ATTACHMENT (04:16)
04. CONICAL (03:43)
05. TEARCE (03:51)
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¤¤¤ RECOMMENDED ALBUM ¤¤¤ [November 2014]

Good stuffs you have to listen on November:

- SELENITES -Discography [2010-2014] (Post-hardcore)
- DAMASCUS - When Last We Met (EP) [2014] (Post-rock)
- FUGLE - Fugle (EP) [2014] (Djent)
- CONCATENATE - Transitions (EP) [2014] (Djent)
- RELEASE THE LONG SHIP - Wilderness [2014] (Post-rock)
- ALL SHALL BE WELL - BLAUWGEEL [2014] (Post-rock)

ILYDAEN - Maze [2014]

Genre - Progressive Post-metal
Country - Belgium (Liège)
Influences - Russian Circles, General Lee, Isis, These Arms Are Snakes, Cult Of Luna
Label - Dunk!records, Wolves & Vibrancy Records
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01. Lux (02:58)
02. 1/121 (04:35)
03. Curves & Saeptums (05:27)
04. Argon Walls (01:56)
05. Breach (06:36)
06. Quandary (06:34)
07. Sokkole (01:06)
08. Daedalus (05:32)
09. Shelter (08:38)
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Sounds pretty good.
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WE ALL NEED A PLAN - 1984 (EP) [2014]

Genre - Atmospheric Sludge | Post-hardcore
Country - France (Narbonne)
Sounds like - Voyager, Neurosis, Amenra, Black Sheep Wall, General Lee
Label - Unsigned
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01. Tcheliabinsk (06:36)
02. Letters (05:32)
03. 36 hours (06:36)
04. 1984 (08:23)
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Terrific EP, one of best post-hardcore band i've heard these last months.
¤¤¤ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ¤¤¤

NOTT - Abyssal (EP) [2014]

Genre - Progressive & Atmospheric Math-metal
Country - Alaska
Sounds between Meshuggah, The Acacia Strain and Nemertines.
Label - Unsigned
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01. Abomination of Time (03:10)
02. The Black Liquid (06:09)
03. Womb of Nihility (04:47)
04. Swallowed by the Rot (07:16)
05. Procession (04:37)
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Heavy. Loud. Epic.

COLDBONES - Distance (EP) [2014]

Genre - Post-rock | Indie | Shoegaze
Country - UK (Kent/Brighton)
Sounds like - TWDY, Caspian, Maybeshewill, The Shaking Sensation
Label - Dream Atlantic Records
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01. The Hands Between Us (06:52)
02. Maeve (04:38)
03. SPACE (04:11)
04. Summit (05:33)
05. Far From Living (05:33)
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So beautiful dreamy post-rock EP.
¤¤¤ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ¤¤¤

QUALIA - Melancholia [2014]

Genre - Post-rock | Ambient | Shoegaze
Country - UK (Cambridge)
Sounds like - TWDY, Sigur Ros, Caspian, The Album Leaf
Label - Arete Records
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01. Circles (02:55)
02. Metanoia (10:23)
03. Vanolis (01:55)
04. Nadir (13:27)
05. Clarity (01:23)
06. Melancholia (12:45)
07. Aisthesis (04:54)
08. La Perte (08:11)
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CLOUDKICKER - Little histories (EP) [2014]

Genre - Atmospheric Djent | Progressive Post-metal
Country - USA (Columbus)
Sounds like - Cloudkicker!!
Label - Unsigned
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01. Parliament (01:28)
02. Sky Guide (02:56)
03. Chameleon (03:53)
04. Digital Lightning (05:00)
05. Hassan (06:51)
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As usual :)