Free/"Name Your Price" Bandcamp Album Compendium

Which is supremely ironic as I write but don't ever listen to it while writing.

I also liked http://thegluhen.bandcamp.com/ as an instrumental doom sort of thing. And it is name your price. Worth a look.

Nice find! That one is weird, but strangely appealing.

Hey, in all seriousness, is there an "albums for a buck" or somesuch thread? Just found something worth listening to for a buck, in that 80s soundtrack vein. But it's no Perturbator...

There's a new UK-based site similar to bandcamp which has mostly pay-what-you-want/free downloads: http://www.aurovine.com/.

It just started recently so there aren't a lot of bands on there yet.

A new Het Droste Effect EP - Lingerland! I loved last year's self-titled debut, and, listening to the first song off this one as I type, I think this will be just as loved. Spacey fuzz rock of the highest order.

http://hetdrosteeffect.bandcamp.com/

Too bad they broke up. I've been working on a long list of stuff, but it won't post. I'll have to remove the Het Droste Effect.

This should keep you all busy. Note that all bands have a limited number of free downloads. So when it's name yr price, it's best to at least chip in $.25 (I usually do at least a dollar) so as to not use up their freebies. Many of these were discovered by the amazing Bill Goodman at The Soda Shop. Sorted roughly in order of my own personal excitement on first listen or three.

http://fellwoods.bandcamp.com/album/wulfram
Originally called The Moss, Portland's Fellwoods play garagey psych with 70s proto-metal/prog influences. New EP Gyromancer also available, just for streaming at the moment. Fans of occult rock (Ghost, Devil's Blood, Uncle Acid) and Witchcraft/Graveyard, be intrigued!

http://colornoise.bandcamp.com/track/time
Costa Rican female duo play post-punk and stoner/garage. Brilliant new track "Time" is one of my favorites this year. 2011 album Fake Apocalypse available for $.99.

http://zeitgeist.bandcamp.com/
Pittsburgh female punk band. First track "Alone" really perked my ears up, melodic like the best Avengers stuff.

http://boyjazz.bandcamp.com/
A more flamboyant take on NOWOTHM focusing on the likes of Def Leppard, with some other hard rock elements. Fans of The Darkness and Rival Sons take note.

http://acidcosmonautrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dust-storm-warning
I don't know much about this band yet, just that there is an EP floating around that I haven't heard, they're from Italy, and this just became available on Bandcamp via Acid Cosmonaut records, which may or may not be their own label. Some nice, bone-dry sounding desert jams.

http://speedyortiz.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-of-speedy-ortiz
Female-lead fuzzy indie from Northampton

http://dodaren.bandcamp.com/
Polished Swedish stoner influenced by Clutch, Graveyard, Thin Lizzy

http://theheavyeyesmemphis.bandcamp.com/album/2
Two track preview of Memphis heavy blues band's second album

http://pinatathc.bandcamp.com/album/demo
Very promising stoner from Alicante, Spain

http://thenexthundredyears.bandcamp.com/
Vancouver stoner rock influenced by QOTSA, Fatso Jetson

http://steakmusic.bandcamp.com/
London stoner influenced by Kyuss, Monster Magnet

http://buey.bandcamp.com/
QOTSA influenced stoner from Spain

http://lavagoat.bandcamp.com/
2010 album by Saskatoon metal band with elements of stoner, doom, NWOBHM, sci fi

http://fister.bandcamp.com/album/violence
St. Louis doom

http://fearlesssons.bandcamp.com/
Heavy psych, shoegaze from NYC

http://denzil.bandcamp.com/
UK stoner, alt rock

http://doublestone.bandcamp.com/
Stoner/psych from Copenhagen, Denmark

http://lostentakills.bandcamp.com/album/summer-of-glycon
Lo-fi garage/surf/psych from Glasgow, large discography

http://thesouldiggersband.bandcamp.com/
Russian bluesy stoner

http://vagiantownsyourmom.bandcamp.com/
Russian noise rock

http://buffalowitch.bandcamp.com/
Stoner/doom from Grand Rapids

http://whiteyusa.bandcamp.com/
Bluesy stoner from Boston

http://skrogg.bandcamp.com/
Heavy bluesy boozy rock from New Hampshire

http://lostdawn.bandcamp.com/album/come-to-good-ep
Blues garage/psych like Black Keys from UK

http://aquanaut1.bandcamp.com/album/sunken-ark
Vancouver stoner/psych/doom

http://menhirband.bandcamp.com/
Dutch stoner/southern rock

http://music.thisisautomata.com/
Chicago female-lead gauzy psych rock with bits of dub, blues, electronica

http://canibales.bandcamp.com/album/mercenario
Bluesy Mexican stoner/doom. This EP is free. New album Doom Blues is not free, but worth checking out too.

http://majorkong.bandcamp.com/album/orogenesis
Polish instrumental doom. Free Ep, album Doom For The Black Sun is $3.

http://tuber.bandcamp.com/
Greek desert/stoner

http://motionstudies.bandcamp.com/album/hearts-will-beat
Brooklyn indie chillwave

http://pitysex.bandcamp.com/
Ann Arbor indie/emo

http://jslashq.bandcamp.com/
Heavy indie rock from Boston

http://brujasdelsol.bandcamp.com/album/moonliner-vol-2
Desert/space/psych from Columbus, OH

http://isawthedeep.bandcamp.com/
Dutch sci-fi prog metal - Mars Volta, Tool, Mastodon

http://somaliyachtclub.bandcamp.com/
Ukranian stoner/psych/shoegaze/post-rock

http://fuzzly.bandcamp.com/album/radio-c-o
Brazilian desert/stoner

http://suneatertacoma.bandcamp.com/
Stoner/psych from Tacoma

http://lamprey.bandcamp.com/album/ceremony-of-sludge
Portland seems to have quite the stoner/doom/psych scene going. Stoner/doom with drums and 2 basses. They cover Pentagram's "Queen of My Heart." Full-length Ancient Secrets (2010) is $2.

http://sonicmass.bandcamp.com/
UK psychedelic doom

http://burnpilot.bandcamp.com/
German heavy psych

http://oceangarden.bandcamp.com/
UK alt punk/grunge/stoner

http://thefirstborn.bandcamp.com/
Avant metal from Lisbon, Portugal

http://legalfingers.bandcamp.com/
70s boogie and 80s glam from my hometown of Dubuque, IA

http://enchantress.bandcamp.com/album/volume-ii-her-womb-hear-war
Stoner/doom from Toronto

http://stubb.bandcamp.com/
London retro hard rock

http://seaofzyn.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-key-of-sinners
Detroit duo tackle odd mix of sounds, stoner/doom with trip-hop beats

http://raindoggs.bandcamp.com/
Odd conceptual mashup of Tom Waits with Snoop Dogg. Basically bluesy noir with some beats

http://hydromedusa.bandcamp.com/album/hydromedusa-s-t
Australian desert/sludge

http://thereptilians.bandcamp.com/
Epic 27+min prog/psych track from Idaho

http://cabrocordero.bandcamp.com/
Doomy droned out sludge. Attn Melvins fans

http://thybalam.bandcamp.com/releases
Doom/psych demo from Newport

http://wizardofstonemountain.bandcamp.com/
Fuzzy stoner doom from Croatia, circa 2004

http://evilcosmonaut.bandcamp.com/
Russian garage rock

http://gravedisgrace.bandcamp.com/
Russian doom

http://stonemagnum.bandcamp.com/album/stone-magnum
Doom from Michigan City

http://cuervo.bandcamp.com/
Aussie alt rock

http://fireinthecave.bandcamp.com/album/fire-in-the-cave
Florida metal from remnants of Bad Actor

http://treeofsores.bandcamp.com/album/a-cry-of-despair
Leeds doom/sludge/post-metal

http://xozo.bandcamp.com/
Maryland sludge/hardcore

http://theunbeheld.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-arms-of-mother-chaos
Memphis stoner/psych

http://39thieves.bandcamp.com/
Atlanta folk rock

http://ennead.bandcamp.com/
Swedish prog metal

http://heavyvoodoo.bandcamp.com/album/messiah-demo-ep
Portland stoner/doom

http://ohhowitended.bandcamp.com/
Ontario stoner

http://abunai.bandcamp.com/album/round-wound
Space psych from broken up Boston band

http://aetiology.bandcamp.com/
Instrumental heavy psych from Chicago

http://bachelorsgrove.bandcamp.com/
Bluesy stoner from Chicago

http://juddmadden.bandcamp.com/album/doomgroove
Groovy instrumental doom with bits of post-rock from solo musician in Melbourne

http://theyyearnforwhattheyfear.bandcamp.com/album/the-infernal-plains
Energetic Kentucky sludge punk

http://rozamov.bandcamp.com/
Boston stoner/doom EP

http://madamfuntoo.bandcamp.com/album/chow-tama
Guatemalan garage/trash rock, all over the place. "We are thick for strawberries, but very hollow for rockers, are heavy for hipsters, but very “pussy” for metalheads, we are very aggressive for those who like reggae or dub, are very tough people from pop and are very simple progressives."

http://theblackoilbrothers.bandcamp.com/releases
Chicago blues rock

http://wildjesus.bandcamp.com/album/family-party-band-lp
Chicago exuberant bluesy rock with horns

http://satellitebeaver.bandcamp.com/album/trip-outside-your-mind
Polish stoner. New EP The Last Bow is €3

http://oldgods.bandcamp.com/
Noisy sludge from Detroit

http://godsownprototype.bandcamp.com/album/fall-apart-every-time-you-feel-like
Polish ambient post-metal

http://waning.bandcamp.com/album/broken-path
Sacramento ambient metal/psych

http://youyoudarkforest.bandcamp.com/
Ambient prog

http://ironwitch.bandcamp.com/
UK sludge/doom

http://astroll.bandcamp.com/
Polish bluesy stoner

http://poweredwigmachine.bandcamp.com/
Arizona desert/stoner

http://abyssrva.bandcamp.com/album/abyss-ep
Southern stoner metal

http://bardus.bandcamp.com/
Sludge, hardcore from Philadelphia

http://wolvescarrymyname.bandcamp.com/
German sludge with some trippy/mellow post-rock/metal/prog passages

http://bloodredwater.bandcamp.com/
Stoner/sludge/doom

http://burningmanvc.bandcamp.com/
Portuguese sludge

http://captivesrva.bandcamp.com/
Richmond, VA noise/sludge

http://slutmachine.bandcamp.com/album/from-blind-to-blue
Stoner metal

http://wortedsnout.bandcamp.com/
UK sludge

http://deadsouthernbishop1.bandcamp.com/
Georgia southern sludge

http://itheunlord.bandcamp.com/
German sludge

http://mrgavinsmeatfarm.bandcamp.com/
Solo wackadoo bedroom project, possibly genius

http://hetdrosteeffect.bandcamp.com/
One track preview of death/doom solo project by German Pierre Laube (P.H.A.I.L.)

Slipping in a few not-quite-freebies:

http://goddessrocks.bandcamp.com/
One-man prog/psych project from Bucharest, Romania. Not free, but only €.99 and well worth it.

http://earthmassband.com/album/lunar-dawn-keep-relic-ritual
UK instrumental prog/stoner/doom, ₤1.50

http://ancientwarlocks.bandcamp.com/
"Superwizard" 7" single for $2, this band has been touring hard, and have some very promising proto-metal/doom songwriting chops. They completed first album and are shopping for a label.

Good grief. How the hell am I supposed to keep up on even half of that?

whoa

Right? Just like when I go into a record store. How am I supposed to listen to all that?

*jaw drops* I guess I know what I'm doing this afternoon.

Here's a thread for you guys to post stuff that costs money: Thread for awesome stuff on Bandcamp that costs money but is still awesome

if it's not free noone will read it!

Don't mock me. I frighten easily.

I like the ones that are like (location) (descriptor/descriptor) -- like if you don't like Poland, doom, or sludge, do not even read band name, keep moving

Yeah, I wound up downloading only Fellwords, Zeitgeist, Lavagoat, Wizard of Stone Mountain, Dodaren, and Dust Storm Warning out of all that, but, you know, it's like a buffet – take what you like, don't take what you don't want, it's all good.

I haven't been keeping up, Fastnbulbous but have you listened to the Hollow Mirrors album yet? That stuff is great. It's on bandcamp too; hollowmirrors dot bandcamp etc

http://firstsecond.bandcamp.com/

Let me interupt the Metal fest for an Irish deep house label that's kinda cool.

http://finalzinhochegando.bandcamp.com/

And this is a Brazilian guy who's got some cool drums.

New Roswell Incident track up. It's black metal. Well, not really. But it's more metal than what usually goes up there. Name your price. Free is a price.

http://theroswellincident.bandcamp.com

In FNB's defense, there is some not-metal in his list. It's just surrounded by, yes, a lot of metal.

in penance for derailing, here's some free music:

http://dietrichgosser.bandcamp.com/
amazing record of acoustic singer/songwriter + layers and layers of junkyard percussion

http://wedidit.bandcamp.com/album/starbase-1
20 min live lo-fi beat tape stuff

http://nortesonoro.bandcamp.com/album/norte-sonoro-ep-1
cumbia/nortena/etc collabs & remixes

http://mishkanyc.bandcamp.com/album/51
kool ad (das racist) solo joint

dope stuff, dude

― some dude, Friday, June 1, 2012 7:36 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thanks man, emailing u

is bandcamp streaming not working today or is it just me?

Seems to be working fine, if a bit slow.

It appears to be doing a new thing where it loads the entire song before playing, as opposed to before when it would play while it was loading.

ah good call

http://ryanhemsworth.bandcamp.com
damn, lots of good beats here

Got a hankering for some quality old-school heavy metal?

http://devicemetal.bandcamp.com/

Great song...RIYL Judas Priest, Helstar, Diamond Head, Dawnbringer

one pound is almost free, and it has 49 songs on it

http://indietracks.bandcamp.com/

(Indietracks Compilation 2012)

http://andrelafosse.bandcamp.com/

Two new solo records from get bent's significant other!

aw, thanks for the plug!

Aw shucks, thanks youse guys!

May I (very humbly) suggest:

The stoner-riff dungeons and dragons jam:
http://andrelafosse.bandcamp.com/track/twelve-sided-dice

The three-movement new wave synth-punk Krautrock ordeal:
http://andrelafosse.bandcamp.com/track/siren-song-yawning-abyss-the-turing-test

assuming he won't mind:

http://reverenddollars.bandcamp.com/
rev's new ep, with a remix from me

Oh hey I didn't realize he had a bandcamp page

oh cool i was just going to post that

decent shoegazey/placeboey kinda thing from the UK

http://thelamedeer.bandcamp.com/album/disguise

http://kong1.bandcamp.com/
Linked earlier on this thread, but they've opened up their entire back catalogue from 1990 onwards to "name your price." (Also, this thread is actually a pretty high-up hit when you search for their bandcamp page!)

Moody desert psychedelia
http://camelheads.bandcamp.com/album/camel-heads

Thanks J3ff, I like Kong muchly.

Bacteriummy http://howtoswim.bandcamp.com/album/bacterium-remixes-ep

Here's Titan's new album Burn, some doom/sludge greatness from Canada:

http://hypaethralrecords.bandcamp.com/album/burn

http://svartby.bandcamp.com/
Pagan folk metal from Russia! RIYL: alcohol, accordions, trolls

http://hotelwreckingcitytraders.bandcamp.com/album/black-yolk
Heavy-ass psych jams.

http://eideticseeing.bandcamp.com/album/eidetic-seeing
Also heavy psych jams. Lots of effects pedals. I remember someone on Outloud (RIP) being really into these guys.

Yeah so do I (re: EI)--it wasn't you?

err, ES, I mean.

Maybe it was Mordy?