The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is a Dead Scene (2002)

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN is a popular American experimental progressive mathcore band, formerly a hardcore punk act, from New Jersey. The band is known for its energetic wild live shows and unique avant-garde music, combing influences from hardcore punk, metalcore, progressive metal and more. In 2000, the band started recording its first EP without singer Dimitri Minakakis, before finding a replacement. Eventually, Greg Puciato joined as the vocalist in 2001, but the band released the planned album only in 2002 as an EP with lead vocals handled by the one and only Mike Patton, of FAITH NO MORE and MR. BUNGLE fame. The 4 track experimental EP which was co-written with Mike Patton featured a much more electronic sound, including a cover of "Come to Daddy" by APHEX TWINS.

Tracklist:

01. Hollywood Squares
02. Pig Latin
03. When Good Dogs Do Bad Things
04. Come to Daddy (Aphex Twins cover)

Personnel:
Mike Patton - lead vocals, percussion, samples
Ben Weinman - lead guitar, keyboards
Adam Doll - keyboards, samples
Brian Benoit - guitar
Liam Wilson - bass
Chris Pennie - drums, percussion, keyboards

Links:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mfjk01nendn

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)

The Shape of Punk to Come, Swedish hardcore act REFUSED's last release, is considered a piece of modern art in the punk/hardcore scene. The band's last album, which is also considered their best and most definitive, is such an experimental yet powerful hardcore punk album, and is also considered one of the first real post-hardcore albums. The album combined elements of hardcore punk, experimental rock and alternative metal with unsual progressive-like time signatures and jazz breakdowns. The album that saw REFUSED experimenting for the first time with synths and electronic effects, influenced generations of hardcore and post-hardcore bands and considered one of the best experimental hardcore albums to this day.

Tracklist:

1. Worms Of The Senses / Faculties Of The Skull

2. Liberation Frequency

3. The Deadly Rhythm

4. Summerdays vs. Punkroutine

5. Bruitist Pome #5

6. New Noise

7. The Refused Party Program

8. Protest Song '68

9. Refused Are Fuckin' Dead

10. The Shape Of Punk To Come

11. Tannhäuser / Derivè

12. The Apollo Programme Was A Hoax

Personnel:

Dennis Lyxzén - lead vocals

David Sandström - drums, guitar, melodica

Kristofer Steen - guitar, drums, bass guitar

Jon Brännström - guitar, electronics, vocals

Magnus Björklund - bass guitar

Links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/41386289/Refused_-_The_Shape_Of_Punk_To_Come.rar