Sheila and the Insects - Manipulator

Punkish "indie" horseshit from Cebu City, Philippines. Album originally released in 2002, this here one I'm posting is the 2005 reissue featuring two extra tracks. I digress this time from my usual uploading behavior; I actually bought this album in ages past and I've only recently reripped it. Oh and they've disbanded or so I heard. Click.

Official blogsite: http://sheilaandtheinsects.blogdrive.com/

Runtime: 55:43
~256 kbps VBR

1. Tomorrow Not Today (4:25)
2. A Moment Like This (3:08)
3. Next To You (5:26)
4. Lost (5:03)
5. It Wasn't So Bad (4:14)
6. My Favorite Sin (2:56)
7. Sheik (3:55)
8. Idle Hands (6:16)
9. Magnet (4:33)
10. Breathe With Me (5:41)
11. My Favorite Sin (Live) (2:57)
12. Idle Hands (Live) (7:09)

note to self: I need a scanner. Again.

Venus - Vertigone

Aesthetically Classical* Pop rock from Belgium. 2003. click.
Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(band)

Runtime: 51:10
192 kbps CBR

1. Happiness (3:29)
2. Beautiful Days (4:03)
3. Wanda Wultz (3:48)
4. Million Miles Away (4:34)
5. Sand Dollar (4:07)
6. Asia (4:18)
7. Daystar (4:36)
8. Kallenovsky (3:27)
9. Little Hotel (4:04)
10. Vertigone (4:38)
11. Running at Full Speed (3:16)
12. Navajo Dream (3:48)
13. Big Waste Ground (3:02)

Beautiful days was featured on Enki Bilal's Immortel (ad vitam) during the film's closing credits.
* - "aesthetically classical" in the sense that they largely supplant electric guitars with other conventionally western instruments while retaining that pop rock vibe.

Stepa - Stepa

American Nu-metal, their self-titled album. 2002. click.

Runtime: 38:36
192 kbps CBR

1. Aquarium (3:44)
2. Shine (2:44)
3. Sap (3:23)
4. Free (3:40)
5. P.L.U. (3:10)
6. Spaceships and Airplanes (4:54)
7. King of the Fus (2:43)
8. Niklo (3:47)
9. Mountain (3:24)
10. Chamelion (2:55)
11. Spaztik (4:12)

PS not to be confused with the apparently more popular Polish Stepa.

Dracul Order of the Dragon - Rites of the Apocalypse

literally kvlty dark ambient from the USA. click


they seem to have some information: http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/ORDEROFTHEDRAGON/

Runtime: 1:10:24
192 kbps CBR

1. Pondering Of Darkness (7:08)
2. Blood Stained Chalice (7:24)
3. Rise Of Tiamat (4:43)
4. Call From Beyond The Dismal Irench (6:58)
5. Astral Predator (7:03)
6. Sacrifice Of The Lamb (3:54)
7. Pondering Of Darkness (Instrumental Version) (7:08)
8. Blood Stained Chalice (Instrumental Version) (7:24)
9. Rise Of Tiamat (Instrumental Version) (4:43)
10. Call From Beyond The Dismal Irench (instrumental version) (6:58)
11. Astral Predator (Instrumental Version) (7:01)