Since the other two download threads had become overrun with posts and requests that violated the rules that were laid out at the beginning, we had to lock them. In the process, we came up with an idea for a different kind of download thread. In here, you can post links to band websites that offer downloads of ENTIRE releases for free. Not just samples, not just a couple of songs, but FULL albums, demos, EPs, live shows, etc. And this is the ONLY thing you can post. No links to Rapidshare, Megaupload, or similar sites, and no links to download 'blogs (UNLESS the 'blog takes its links from official download pages) or other non-band affiliated download locations (i.e. Vibrations of Doom)! If you do not follow this rule, YOUR POSTS WILL BE DELETED! Anyone who makes repeat offenses WILL BE BANNED! Further, NO REQUESTS, although the nature of this thread precludes requests. Request posts will also be deleted. If you are in a band, you can post indirect download links if you wish, but please make sure you state that you're in the band! Also, the same rule applies: only entire releases. No links to a Myspace page where people can sample a few tracks.

I'll start with an example of what is acceptable here.

http://www.anacrusis.us/anacrusis%20media/anac_media.html

This is for the American thrash/progressive metal band Anacrusis. This is a pretty well-known example of a band offering free downloads, and many of you may already have all of the material included in the link, but it perfectly fits with what this thread is all about.

http://www.timetombs.net/abhorrence/download.html

Here's the great Finnish death metal demo band Abhorrence. Another rather popular example.

So, if you find a band with free downloads on their site, don't hesitate to come here and share it with the rest of us, but MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW THE RULES! Enjoy!

One last thing: please don't post large images and URLs. Try to avoid posting album covers in general, and shorten the URL if necessarly. If you do make a mistake here, the post will be edited to make it more viewer friendly if the need arises.

Here is a recent favorite band of mine. American black metal, very VERY good stuff. They are called DIS. This is the entire discography.

http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=19791

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =278221330

(that blog is from his own myspace page and contains all of the links for the downloads)

One of my favorite freebies: Crionic. Their first album "Different" is a minor thrash classic. Has kind of a Sepultura-gone-tech sound.

http://www.crionic.cz/mp3.htm

It would be nice if links to the metal archives pages were added by people who add links.

Intruder: Technical Thrash/Speed Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1491

Their entire 1991 album "Psycho Savant":
http://www.intruder.biz/MP3.htm

Protected Illusion
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=17678

their whole discography is offered for free

http://www.nevergreen.org/pi/

Demilich(FIN)

http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=250

Everyone knows them! Extremely excellent death metal, some of the most off the wall stuff you'll ever hear.

Entire Discography:

http://www.anentity.com/demilich/download.php

Question:

There are 4 full Project Hate albums available to download. On their official message board (run by Lord K) a topic was created containing a link to a torrent of the 4 albums. The torrent itself is not hosted by the band, but it is fully sanctioned by them. Would this be ok to post?

http://www.shargath.com/splash.php
Death Metal with various influences
Latest release available.
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=103643
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http://azuth.jino-net.ru/Discography.htm
Ambient / Atmospheric Black Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=90167
Full-length release
Old times
2006
Ukraine
192 kbps
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Desert Storm
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=104388
Power Metal
Czech Republic
http://www.uniinstal.cz/temp/desert/mp3cz.php

Divadlo šílenství Demo, 2006
(160 kbps)

Stíny svìdomí Demo, 2005
(128 kbps)
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Somnolent (Funeral Doom)
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=96848
http://justdoom.com/?op=bands&id=159
Somnolent - Live in Odessa

Klan (Death Metal)
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=103553
http://www.klan.xf.cz/
Promo-Demo

Imber (Black/Death/Pagan Metal)
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=83757
http://www.imber-musik.de/
Winterland Demo

http://www.krwth.de/
Doom/Death Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=98249

http://heydenschrei.de/
Black Metal/Ambient
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=100362

Taigensis (Everyone knows this band... pure kvlt)
Black Metal
http://taigensis.musica.mustdie.ru/
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=100369

http://www.nekropolis.net/
Technical Death Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=101024
demo 2004

http://www.meanders.eu/
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=101191
Gothic Metal
Several releases

http://www.sindrome.net/

Sindrome - thrash metal band from late 80's early 90's, both demos at 112kbps. A lost thrash gem.

Iskra
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=14729
Blackened crust from Canada.

http://iskra.ws/lyricsmp3s.html - their site has full downloads for their self-titled LP, "Terrorist Act" EP (though the second track from that seems to be down), "Bring The War Home" split and demo.

AGENT METAL (FIN): heavy/speed metal (obviously influenced by Agent Steel)

FTP directory: "Agent Metal" LP

FTP directory: "Sign of the Gun" LP

FTP directory: "Three Words" EP


REVENANT (FIN): heavy/power/speed metal

FTP directory: demo 1

FTP directory: demo 2


RIIVAAJA (FIN): occult "death rock"

FTP: 1994-1997

FTP: Filosofi

FTP: Jälleensyntymä

FTP: Järjestys

FTP: Pappi

FTP: Riivaaja

FTP: Saatanallisia äänityksiä

FTP: Saatanallisia säkeitä

FTP: Seitsemän

FTP: Stadion

FTP: Trilogia

FTP: Vihasta Lihaan

REAPER (FIN): occult blues-metal

"Secret Gate" LP

"Waiting the Darkest Day" LP


NERGAL (FIN): black metal

Demo

Mysticum -- http://www.mysticum.com/
The 1996 full-length release, In the Streams of Inferno, is offered in MP3 format. Great industrial black metal.

Aardtmann op Vuurtopberg -- http://www.aardtmann.tk/
Demo. Drone doom, ambient.

Ljå -- http://www.ljaa.net/?p=media
2002 demo, Vedderbaug. Black metal.

Ninja Magic -- http://www.ninjamagic.tk/
Entire discography. Power/thrash.

Mourning Caress -- http://www.mourningcaress.com/content_music.html
Entire discography. Melodic death metal from Germany.

...Aaaarrghh... -- http://www.aaaarrghh.com/
Entire discography. Raw black.

6th Awakening -- http://6thawakening.com/media.phtml
2006 demo, Deadincide. Female-fronted heavy metal.

Cosmic Death -- http://endless.cosmic.death.googlepages.com/downloads
First demo. Black/thrash metal.

MÜL -- http://morsknorsk.mine.nu:666/~mul/
Four full-length albums. Doom metal from Norway.

Pantheon (FIN): "Languishment" LP

Doom/black? Marvellous piano interludes between the metal tracks -- this is worth getting solely for those. Let the man describe the rest:

"My plan was to take some ideas from black metal, or at least from what I like about the genre, and then add other influences relatively freely. As a result we have about a half an hour of heavily distorted guitars, often in tremolo, some sort of shrilly screams and a bunch of other instruments topped with a generous amount of reverb and a hint of tasty Parmesan, all packed in 30 megs of MP3s."

1. Hymn of Blood and Piss
http://www.home.no/monsieurp/1.%20Hymn% ... 20Piss.mp3

2. Late Introduction
http://www.home.no/monsieurp/2.%20Late% ... uction.mp3

3. The Sinner's Pining


4. Ave Maria
http://www.home.no/monsieurp/4.%20Ave%20Maria.mp3

5. In the End One Might Just as Well Dance
http://www.home.no/seigneurp/5.%20In%20 ... 20as%20Wel l%20Dance.mp3

6. Once a Shitty Whimper (Cold Rubble on Barren Soil)


7. A Song of Consolation
http://www.home.no/seigneurp/7.%20A%20S ... lation.mp3

(the board software fucks up some of those links, even when I use the url tag, so fuck off)

Eulogy, a '90s death metal band from Florida. Entire discography up for download, plus a video.

http://almightyeulogy.com/

Heathen, a well known Bay Area speed/thrash band with a power metal vibe. Discography up for download.

http://www.heathenmetal.com/index2.html

Immaculate - Thrash Kill N' Destroy (2007)
http://www.immaculatethrash.com
Over the top thrash that is somewhat technical and reminds me of Ulysess Siren a fair bit.

The Cro-Mags

THE COMPLETE CRO-MAGS "AGE OF QUARREL" LP

http://www.cromags.com/music.html

Oh, and this is their first LP.

I don't have a link to add (yet) but I just wanted to say: GREAT thread PhantomOTO

cheers,
--N

Hate Pulse:
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=12323

Norwegian black metal project of Vrangsinn from Carpathian Forest.
In Extenso Letalis (demo) and Core Of The Soulless (unfinished/unmixed debut album) available here:

http://www.misantrof.net/hp.htm

Carcariass
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=4228
Death metal from France.

http://www.carcariass.com/disco.html - Their first and second albums are available for download in full.

Abandoned Grave - Brutal Death/Grind

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=4515

http://www.the-abyss.de/abandoned_grave/mp3.html

The Invisible Band
Psychadelic Space Rock really, but some might enjoy it. Dozens of albums here.

http://www.alazarin.plus.com/tibdem01.html

Kruiz - famous Russian power/speed/thrash metal band - several albums

http://kruiz-gaina.narod.ru/MP3/MP3_KRUIZ_1.htm

Lipstick Liontigers - Traditional/Power Metal with Hard Rock touches - two demos:
http://www.lipstickliontigers.com/

Skyconqueror - German Power/Thrash Metal - two demos:
http://www.skyconqueror.de/

Holy Dragons - Power/Speed Metal from Kazakhstan, several albums:
http://truemetal.org/holydragons/enhdin06.htm

Shadow Warriors - Dragonforce side project, power metal with a slight punk touch:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/shadowwarrio ... loads.html

R.E.T. - czech Gothic/Doom Metal, complete discography, the X album features mostly traditional metal songs from their beginnings
http://ret.trinec.cz/diskografie.php

Excellent band, and they're from my hometown, too. They sound as if Testament grew an extra pair.

Thornado (Fin)- Illusion of Me Demo
Power Metal with Harsh Vocals
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=28469
http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=28916

Clad in Darkness- Amidst Her Shadows EP
Melodic/Progressive Black Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=16077
http://www.cladindarkness.com/media.html

Zaraza- Slavic Blasphemy
Experimental/Industrial Funeral Doom
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1048
http://www.archive.org/details/Zaraza_Slavic_Blasphemy

Falls of Rauros, atmospheric black/folk in the vein of Agalloch and Empyrium.

On the official Myspace, they offer:

- Into the Archaic LP (2006)
- Of Stone and the Stars in the Sky Promo (2007)

Free for download. The links are Megaupload, but they're legit, I swear .

HEATHEN!!!

http://www.heathenmetal.com/index2.html

Damn... I wanted to post Ol Sonuf, but the 1+hr demo is no longer available! Sucks for you guys.

BTW, I like the idea of this one better. I don't see how this can NOT prevent nearly any problems.

Avathar (Fin)

Download albums and demos here!

I think all the songs from their discography are here... you'll have to figure out what songs belong to which album, I guess.

BTW I got that link from the band's website.

Atropos
http://atropos.rockmetal.art.pl/atropos ... glish.html
pretty good and strange death metal

Grey Skies Fallen

Great progressive melodic death metal with a hard rock edge. All three albums available on their website. Direct link via banner on myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/greyskiesfallen

Aurora Forrest

The band's first demo is available in their blog. Its different from their new style though bt pretty good overall.

http://www.myspace.com/auroraforrest

Impaled - Death metal

a couple of their demos are available for download in full

http://www.impaled.info/music/songs.html

This blog takes its links from official band sites:
http://freemetalalbums.blogspot.com/

The demo "Conquering by Hatred" by the band Oorlogsgoden can be downloaded from their official site:
http://br.geocities.com/decimate_christians/down.htm

The first demo by Memories of Pain can be downloaded from their official site:
http://www.memoriesofpain.altervista.org/sito1.html, click on media.

Both Recalcitrance demos can be downloaded here:
http://www.creepingfog.com/sean/trance/songs.html

I'll see if I can find more links of stuff that is not on the blog I listed.

Gnaw their tongues
Black Metal/Noise/Experimental
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=87503
http://www.archive.org/details/gnaw_the ... wa_ep_2007
http://www.archive.org/details/GnawThei ... esslyPromo

De Magia Veterum
Black Metal
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=32917
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query ... veterum%22
(three demos)

Some czech bands.

Katakomby- Thrash Metal- Promo 2007
http://www.katakomby.com/download.html

Euthanasie - Promo Cd 2006 - Power Metal
http://www.euthanasie.cz/skupina/cd-mp3.php

Annabel - El Dorado (demo) - Traditional Metal

http://www.annabel.cz/music.html

Dinewra - three demos, power metal
http://fd.eei.cz/dinewra/mp3.html

Fénix - traditional metal - CD "Zůstaň věrnej"
http://fenixrock.net/index2.php?download=

Tanker - Gothic/Progressive/Power Metal with female vocals - several demos

http://www.tanker.cz/mp3down.html

For my 300th post:

The Unchallenged - Sceneries:
http://olli666.gmxhome.de/html_eng/free_download_eng.html

Lapis Lazuli - Last Hour demo:
http://www.lapislazuli.se/lapis2/sidan.htm, click Files.

Therion (UK) - Created in Hate demo:
http://axemouthsolos2.tripod.com/

That's all I have for now.

Argh, beat me too it.

Awesome stuff all around. Should keep this thread alive.

Eucharist "Pre-Gothenburg" Melodic Death Metal; almost all songs of theirs available for download from their site:

http://www.artnoir-productions.com/eucharist/mp3.html

Holy shit, thank you!!! This kicks utter ass!!

I'm glad you like it. Russian bands seem to be still quite underrated , sadly.


Another band - Bandana Revenge (Brazil) - Crossover/Thrash in eighties style, one demo:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =279661537