Swedish death metal band Flagellation has their EP "Incinerate Disintegrate" and their demo "Spineless Regression" available for download:
- http://www.lastentertainment.com/flagel ... loads.html

The Ripple Effect Website/Blogspot just reviewed one of my albums!
http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2008/08 ... aevel.html

and a more general link to the actual website:
http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com

Please check it out!

ThanX

Mara
(Ambient Black Metal; USA)
their first release is available for free. Links can be found in this blog:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =392517401

Gaius Acilius (death/black/grind) has posted their first album for free on their MySpace: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=204487183&blogID=420555813.

Shame they don't have enough money to have physical copies printed, otherwise they'd be on M-A.

I believe you can have a band added as long as you give a link to a page with some of their tracks. Not 100% sure on that, though.

No, there must be at least one physical release.

Aurora Forrest's first full length is being distributed freely across myspace. Here's the link.

http://www. megaupload. com/?d=4UYL2G37

It's pretty good experimental black metal with some industrial influences and some powerful synth work.

I'm not saying this isn't a legal link, but I don't see this link on their MySpace. Did they link to it in a recent bulletin or something? One of their blogs says it was available for a week to download after its release, after which it had to be obtained physically.

Abyssed (black metal from Pakistan)
Download the demo "Bejaan": MySpace blog

Yeah, it was in a bulletein. They said it was a a week release, but they left it on comments and the main member just said "screw it, if you find the link, download it".

Killer thrash from itaia Get the full demo Ep Demo-Lizer on myspace!!!


http://www.myspace.com/alkoholizer

Aurora Forrest side-project has three tracks for download on their myspace. More is expected to come, possibly even a full Ep and or full length.

http://www.myspace.com/relinquishthesun

hey, is there any way to download a .rar file and then change it to an .mp3?

A few pakistani bands that give out their songs for free. these bands have been around for only like a year

Eleventh Hour. thrash metal.
http://www.soundclick.com/eleventhhour

Cardinal Sin. Death and thrash hybrid, sounds like early sepultura
http://www.purevolume.com/cardinal_sin

Reckoning Storm. progressive
http://www.reckoningstorm.com/

Communal Grave. death and thrash hybrid
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Communal+Grave

these are my favorite four bands not on the archive

A .rar file is just a compressed archive, it can contain various audio files and types of them. Just download WinRAR to open it up and see what's inside, and extract them to your music folder.

Demolition Hammer - Skull fracturing Nightmare (demo)
http://demolition.wordpress.com/2008/08 ... e-hammers/

Great thread! Thanks for all posters

Well, I'm going to create some blog to trade oldschool demos, rehearsals, live stuff, etc. hard to find and sold-out items.
Sadly, I'm really busy nowadays, so it take time to do that!

But, if you're intresting in oldschool or rare stuff you could drop me a mail and ask if you're looking for something special.

The Fall Of Osiris
An interesting blend of Death, Doom, and Thrash metal.

http://www.myspace.com/thefallofosirisband

2 song demo downloadable on the Myspace profile player.

Thy Catafalque - Tûnõ idõ tárlat (avant-garde metal) is available here:

http://www.shockmagazin.hu/magyar/downl ... ltes.htm#t

At the bottom of the page we read: These files appearing on our website with the kind permission of the bands/authors/makers/labels.

So it's band-sanctioned... there are other things in that page but right now I haven't got the time to check if they're metal or not...

Nuclear Death Terror - http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=111891 (Crusty death metal)

The blog managed by Corm (guitars/vocals) with available for download both the demo and the S/T album.
http://nucleardeathterror.blogspot.com/

THE 8TH SIN (Thrash, Death, Heavy) - Their two demos are available here: http://the8thsin.eu/Pages/4sloth.html

SADHARA (Black/Death/Thrash/Gothic Metal) - Her Demo 2003 is freely available here: https://sadhara.com/demo2003.html

Enjoy!

This is my band, Ancestral. I put up an EP for download a couple of months ago, so have at it if anyone wants it.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =394924069

Information about the EP as well as a download link is provided in that blog.

Enjoy.

I'd like to announce my latest odd metal project, a full album download, available for free download at the Internet Archive.

This album is a combination of minimal heavy metal drone with maximum extreme drumming - imagine Flo Mournier jamming with Sunn O))).

Please download it from the link, re-post it at your own blogs and pages, and blast it loud to annoy your friends and neighbors.

http://www.archive.org/details/Ugotllathath

Sledgehammer Autopsy - Mortician's Apprentice

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540255060


Demo download link:


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7KQFD0MQ

http://www.myspace.com/assemblyterminal

The entire EP is free for download on the Myspace.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540261393

It's good for a few laughs, to be honest.

German black metal band Vergänglichkeit have all three of their demo albums up for download on their site.

http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=130065

Download:

http://www.vergaenglichkeit-klangsphaeren.de/werke.html

a lot of new links on the forum

raise the metal fist

French Prog metal band Toadstool have both their demos up for download on their website.

http://metal-archives.com/band.php?id=86432

http://www.toadstool-fr.com/

Go to Telechargement for the downloads.

Why do bands give out free downloads?

Most commonly? Either they want people to sample their material if they havent been signed to a label yet, or they've retired and feel like sharing their past material now that its out of print.

and on those rare occasions they do it for the love of music and don't give a damn about making a buck off of it.

Its rare for a reason. Even though a lot of musicians have side careers, they still want to make some money off their work so they can live their daily lives. Regardless, this is better for another topic and the last Im going to say about the subject.

For example; Dimaension X and By Dawn Cursed

some bands leave you the choice:
download and if you like their stuff you can buy their CD.

Yup, this is a hobby that I love and will continue to do for as long as I wish. I'm pretty sure I could never make any real money to support myself or my family, so I do it for fun.

I may not always be playing metal, but for sure I will always be creating some kind of music.

ThanX, MrChris for the mention.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse ... =421052271
"Repulsive emissions" by Dilapidated
(Netherlands; Death Metal)

Blue Skies Bring Tears - Progressive metal from Sweden. Something I found while browsing through the archives. I didn't enjoy it much to keep it on my player for more than a day. But who knows -- maybe you might like it. You can find their latest two demos on their official website here. Should be fairly easy to locate.

Ossadogva
(Ukraine, Black Metal)
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =399783091
their first demo is available for free in 320 kbps.
Lovecraft inspired and slightly suicidal black metal.

You can download the Septic Tomb EP for free here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7NNJP2I0