Skeletal Lightning Store sale item of the week: Northless "Clandestine Abuse" 2x12"

The first ever Skeletal Lightning Store sale item of the week is Northless' "Cladestine Abuse" 2x12". Grab it from the store for only $15.50 through Sunday!

Milwaukee, Wisconsin based band Northless bring the doom and sludge. Heavy as hell! This record will blow down the town.

 Out of print! Get it here while you can.

First pressing on orange vinyl, featuring Ross Ellis printed gatefold covers and insert. Includes download code!

 1. Flesh & Ghost
2. Clandestine Abuse
3. Dead Ends
4. Not Made For Existence
5. Sundowner
6. Empty Home
7. Damnation
 8.The Storm

 Released February 2011.

 From Halo of Flies: With “Clandestine Abuse” the band’s intensity is captured on record, at long last. Since adding two additional members to the lineup, (the band started as guitar/drum duo) Northless has expanded on their original style of atmospheric sludgy metal and gone beyond the barrier that holds lesser bands back. This progression enabled Northless to break through into new territory and write truly exceptional songs, more focused, more dense. “Clandestine Abuse” might be one of the most misanthropic, angst-filled albums I’ve ever heard, but it never fails to instill a feeling of hope in the listener. A hope that a band can draw upon familiar influences and personal experiences, draw on them and combine them to create something that breaks the mold of slow & heavy music.

 Listen:

Northless - Clandestine Abuse 2x12" - $15.50

Romero - Madison, WI. - Sludge/Doom/Metal

Madison's Romero bring out the stoner metal for all to enjoy. With trippy images and a solid, heavy foundation of sound, the band brings on memories of Sabbath with modern sludgy/doomy passages mixed in at times.

Stream Couch Lock Single below. Watch a live ritual even further below.

For fans of: Black Sabbath, KYUSS, Torche

Skeletal Lightning store now open!

The Skeletal Lightning store is now here! With releases ranging from American Football to William Bonney, Northless, and much more. You'll be sure to find something you like!

The store primarily features vinyl and cassette releases from Midwestern bands and labels, but you'll be able to find similar artists and genres from time to time, too.

In celebrating the very first week of business for the Skeletal Lightning store, all readers will receive 10% off their entire purchase!

Simply use the discount code "firstdayback" when checking out for the discount to be applied.

Check out the full list of items available down below, or see for yourself by visiting the store here.

A few other tidbits to note:

- All orders will include at least one freebie. The more you buy, the more you'll get!

- Each order will be packed with extreme care.

-Stream each album before you buy.

- Records will be removed from their jackets and bubble wrapped to prevent splintering in the cover or in any other printed materials, and extra cardboard inserts will be added to ensure added protection from corner dents, bends, and other dings.

(If you would prefer to keep the record packed as is without removing anything from inside the jacket, just include a note to the seller before you check out or shoot me an email with your order and request.)

Now being carried in the store are releases from:

Polyvinyl Record Co.:

American Football - American Football 12" (180g)

Braid - Frame & Canvas 12" (180g)

American Football - American Football EP 12" (180g)

Owen - At Home With Owen 12" (180g)

Rainer Maria - Look Now Look Again 12" (180g)

Owen - Ghost Town 12" (180g)

Joan of Arc - Life Like 12" (180g)

Braid - Closer to Closed EP 12" (180g) (white)

HALO OF FLIES:

Enabler - All Hail The Void 12"

Northless - Clandestine Abuse 2x12" (orange - out of print!)

The Ghost Is Clear Records:

Texas Instruments/Baitfish/Battle Royale/Regret, the Informer - 4-way split 12" (mixed color)

Brighter Arrows - Division And What It Is To Abide 10" (gold)

Robotic Empire:

Tilts - Tilts 12"

Hot Green Records:

Algernon Cadwallader - Parrot Flies 12"

Kid Sister Everything:

Mountain Asleep - Smile Medicine 7"

Crippled Sound:

Angry Gods - Concrete Distortion cassette (green)

Error Records:

Droughts/William Bonney - split 7"

Rvins + Good Night & Good Morning - Collab cassette

Cosmic Debris:

Like Rats - Like Rats 7" (out of print!)


Also currently featured in the store are Skeletal Lightning logo banner stickers. Stick em'  anywhere you'd like to show your support.

Re-stocks and more titles will be added in November, so keep checking back!

Not seeing a record you want? Suggest/request a release by emailing info(AT)skeletallightning.net, with the subject "Store request" and we'll do our best to hook you up!

Thanks for checking us out and don't forget to support your local music scene!

Zebras - Madison, WI. - Post-hardcore/Metal/Experimental

Madison, Wisconsin's Zebras blend a multitude of genres and spit them back out as wild, freaky jams.

Taking the best parts of These Arms Are Snakes with the addition of dancy and noisy passages, Zebras takes listeners on a fun and wild ride back to the best of the late 2000's experimental punk scene.

Stream their S/T album below.



For fans of: These Arms Are Snakes, Death From Above 1979, Ex Models

Exclusive Stream - Rvins + Good Night & Good Morning - "The Struggle"

A crushing collaboration between Midwest post-metal lords Rvins and minimalist/shoegaze act Good Night & Good Morning, "The Struggle" brings you 14 minutes and 33 seconds of non-stop action featuring a contrast between some of the heaviest riffs and the most calming minimalist drone passages caught on tape.

Stream "The Struggle" below. Pre-order the tape, out on Error Records this fall, here.
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Hedorah - Detroit, MI. - Doom/Sludge/Grindcore

 

Photo courtesy of Ryan Peter

Heaviness from the depths of hell is what describes Detroit based band Hedorah.

Seriously, it's heavy...

Listen to their latest release, Detroit, below.

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Fister - St. Louis, MO. - Sludge/Doom/Metal

While there are many truly heavy bands in the Midwest, St. Louis' Fister seem to be producing some of the heaviest music west of the Mississippi.

Crushing riffs straight from hell.

Stream the latest release "The Infernal Paramount" below.

Purchase here.

For fans of: YOB, Bongripper, The Lion's Daughter

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The Lion's Daughter - St. Louis, MO. - Black Metal/Death Metal/Sludge

Album art by Coby Ellison

St. Louis' The Lion's Daughter are no wussies when it comes to bringing the riffs.

With a crushing blend of blackened death metal, and a touch of sludge and doom, this band will shred you to pieces.

The band recently released Shame on Us All and are currently planning a fall tour.

Check out a song from the new album below. More songs from an earlier EP even further below.

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Aseethe - Iowa City, IA. - Doom/Sludge/Drone

Aseethe = some of the heaviest sounds to come out of the Midwest.

Haven't seem them live? Bring earplugs - they will blow your brain away. Don't believe me? Watch and listen below.

For fans of: Pallbearer, Anhedonist

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Angry Gods - Chicago, IL. - Metal/Sludge/Doom

More heaviness out of Chicago.

Meet Angry Gods - featuring current members of Harps of Tartarus, and ex members of Mans, Boiling Over, and Scouts Honor.

First release out on tape in May through Crippled Sound.

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Old Fuck - Chicago, IL. - Sludge/Doom/Punk

Check out Old Fuck, playing sick tunes out of the windy city of Chicago.

Blending a mixture of sludge, doom, and punk, this band cranks it up to 11 with their new self-titled release. Don't sleep on this.

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Indian - Chicago, IL. - Metal/Doom/Sludge

Indian serves listeners with a big ol' plate of blackened doom.

Fear not, as you'll get plenty of HEAVY leftovers after you're done listening to this band.

For fans of: Tombs, Dark Castle, Rwake

Record Label(s): Relapse Records, Seventh Rule Recordings

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ro3X2tIx8c?rel=0]

The Atlas Moth - Chicago, IL. - Sludge/Metal/Doom

Photo by Damir Ara

Blending ultimate heaviness with psychedelic melodies and punishing rhythms, The Atlas Moth maintain the standard for great Chicago underground music.

This band seems to have found the perfect dynamic between dissonance and beauty, as each song takes listeners to an alternate reality.

They just announced an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival, and recently released a mysterious video, which can be viewed below.

For fans of: Deftones, Envy, Coalesce, Neurosis, Cave In, Eyehategod

Record Label(s): Profound Lore, Brutal Panda, Candlelight Records

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5E3roEW_NU?rel=0]

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NORTHLESS - Milwaukee, WI. - Sludge/Doom/Metal

They must put magical heavy song writing ability powder in the water over there in Milwaukee...

NORTHLESS = some of the grandest heavy jams I have ever listened to - not to mention the moving melodies and mystical writing that ensures that the listener remains entertained throughout each song.

The band is currently in the studio recording their side of the split with European post-metal gods, Light Bearer.

For fans of:  Neurosis, Eyehategod, Drudkh, Enabler, and Khanate

Record Label(s): Gilead Media, Halo of Flies, Siege of Power, Inkblot, Alerta Antifascista

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