There are a couple dozen album covers in this mix just posted up yesterday on YouTube by GOTHICBOP so I decided to use my own photo. I shot this yesterday in Freeman’s Alley on the Lower East Side. It’s a street art collaboration by @crkshnk and @martiancodeart, two of the very talented regulars about the city streets. Black & white resonates with me in any medium and it’s probably why all my tattoos are a single color and I will continue on that way.

This mix is pretty incredible, a two-hour treasure trove of this year’s best within these genres. Is it leaving out December? Yah, for the most part it is but it is also only part 1 so we can only hope. There have been some great releases in the last few days so part 2 should be killer as well.

I’m not going to fuck around with my own nonsense today but the tracklist on this could be important just in case the video ends up taken down.

00:00 Luz Futuro – Sueños (Falsos Techos) [Spain] Bandcamp: https://luzfuturo.bandcamp.com

02:50 The Serfs – Baroque (Sounds of Serfdom) [USA] Bandcamp: https://detritirecords.bandcamp.com

04:42 Then Comes Silence – Dark End (Machine) [Sweden] Bandcamp: https://thencomessilence.bandcamp.com/

08:53 Baical – The Inner Strife (Funeral Party) [Germany] Bandcamp: https://baical.bandcamp.com

13:41 Bizou – Burn Your Name (Stilllifeburning) [USA] Bandcamp: https://bizou.bandcamp.com

17:22 Bootblacks – Nostalgia Void (Thin Skies) [USA] Bandcamp: https://bootblacks.bandcamp.com

20:58 Воздух Окраин – Цепями (Вечность) [Russia] Bandcamp: https://vokrain.bandcamp.com

24:14 Blind Seagull – Avoiding (Nails) [Russia] Bandcamp: https://detritirecords.bandcamp.com

26:13 Ces Cadavares – Cuerpos Monstruosos (Cuerpos Monstruosos) [USA] Bandcamp: https://detritirecords.bandcamp.com

29:23 Denner – Turbulence (Dreamless Tribulations) [France] Bandcamp: https://denner.bandcamp.com

33:11 Fearing – The Push (Shadow) [USA] Bandcamp: https://fearing.bandcamp.com

37:23 Fotocrime – Love Is a Devil (South Of Heaven) [USA] Bandcamp: https://fotocrime.bandcamp.com

41:33 House of Harm – Behind You (Vicious Pastimes) [USA] Bandcamp: https://houseofharm.bandcamp.com

45:52 Iamtheshadow – Always (Pitchblack) [Portugal] Bandcamp: https://iamtheshadow.bandcamp.com

50:54 Mortal Boy – Kiss Me Poison (Chronoception) [USA] Bandcamp: https://mortalboy.bandcamp.com

54:40 M!R!M – Survive (The Visionary) [UK] Bandcamp: https://m-r-m.bandcamp.com

58:30 Margarita Quebrada – Tu Voz (Luces) [Spain] Bandcamp: https://margaritaquebrada.bandcamp.com

1:02:48 Nurnberg – Zorki (Paharda) [Belarus] Bandcamp: https://nurnbergminsk.bandcamp.com

1:06:04 Prismatic Shapes – Fateful Wish (Deadbeat) [Mexico] Bandcamp: https://prismatic-shapes.bandcamp.com

1:09:26 Proshay – Тьма (Posmotri kak vipal sneg) [Russia] Bandcamp: https://proshay.bandcamp.com

1:12:45 Painted Romans – Formation (Heart) [Norway] Bandcamp: https://paintedromans.bandcamp.com

1:18:03 Rain To Rust – Free Fall Into The Night (Stillborn Flowers) [Turkey] Bandcamp: https://raintorust.bandcamp.com

1:22:28 Sonsombre – Highgate (One Thousand Graves) [USA] Bandcamp: https://sonsombre.bandcamp.com

1:27:46 SÝN – Restos (Circle) [Spain] Bandcamp: https://syntheband.bandcamp.com

1:31:06 Sara Stuttgart – Surrender (Way Out) [USA] Bandcamp: https://sarastuttgart.bandcamp.com

1:35:50 Selofan – Zusammen (Partners In Hell) [Greece] Bandcamp: https://selofan.bandcamp.com

1:40:48 Somos La Herencia – Injusto (Dolo) [Spain] Bandcamp: https://somoslaherencia.bandcamp.com

1:44:21 Topographies – False Desire (Ideal Form) [USA] Bandcamp: https://topographies.bandcamp.com

1:48:15 Talk to Her – Set Me Free (Love Will Come Again) [Italy] Bandcamp: https://talktoher.bandcamp.com

1:52:44 Vacíos Cuerpos – Escapar (Doble Mente) [Mexico] Bandcamp: https://vacioscuerpos.bandcamp.com

1:56:37 Vandal Moon – Dead (Black Kiss) [USA] Bandcamp: https://vandalmoon.bandcamp.com