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elcome to the Digital Meltd0wn Music Blog. The aim of this blog is to introduce the readers to music that is out of print, commercially unavailable, released under a creative commons license, or with approval by the featured artist. The majority of the music posted here would be considered underground. Don't let that fool you into thinking that the music featured here might be any less enjoyable than that of the mainstream artists you hear on the radio, as this couldn't be further from the truth. Please keep in mind that the majority of the artists that appear on this blog, along with their respective record labels, are not wealthy and need your support. If you enjoy the material that you find here, please support the artists/labels by purchasing their material afterwards. If you are an artist/label that would prefer to have your material removed from this blog, simply leave me a comment, and I would be more than happy to promptly remove the offending post. In addition to running this blog, I also work on a few other projects during my spare time. You can find links to those, as well as a few other important links associated with Digital Meltd0wn in the menu bar above.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu: The Festival #1-3 (Comic Mini-Series)


Halloween Countdown - Request Thread

Requests

Dan Neufeld - Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural Soundtrack
Bernard Herrmann - It's Alive (aka Baby Killer) Complete Score (Request Filled)
Claudio Simonetti - The Third Mother (La Terza madre) (Request Filled)
Various Artists - Hideaway Soundtrack (1995) (Request Filled)
James Bernard - Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) (Request Filled)
James Bernard - She (1965)
Mario Nascimbene - The Vengeance of She (1968)
Jay Chattaway - Silver Bullet (1985) (Request Filled)
Daniel Licht - Bad Moon (1986) (In 320kbps mp3 or FLAC) (Request Filled)
Ennio Morricone - The Thing - Expanded Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtracks to Hammer Films in 320kbps



Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Phantasm 24k Gold Limited Edition Soundtrack (1979 - 320kbps)


Ennio Morricone - The Thing: Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982 - 320kbps)


Chu Ishikawa - Tetsuo: The Iron Man & Tetsuo: Body Hammer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)


Saved this post for Samhain itself.

One of my favorite films, a 1989 cyberpunk vision of urban nightmare & bod-mod horror from avant-garde Japanese filmmaker extraordinaire Shinya Tsukamoto, filmed in 16mm. Tetsuo:The Iron Man is a nonstop barrage of nerve-shredding, mind-splitting surrealism that serves as a jarring analysis of the paranoia of industrialization. The constant manipulation of multiple cinematic techniques, including film-speed & stop motion, coupled with the film's fever-pitched assault on the senses, creates a consistently unsettling aura of impending doom.

Chu Ishikawa’s intense soundtrack is equally discordantly grating, filled with the searingly crackling & pounding sounds of scraping metal & rending tissue. It is the perfect match to the film, easily as assaulting on the ears as the film's visual scheme is on the eyes. This film & score are impossible to forget, leaving a lasting impression on those who subject themselves to its cognitive horrors, searing itself into not only your mind, but into your entire consciousness.

This CD also contains the soundtrack to Tetsuo II: Body Hammer.
Tracks 1, 4, 5 from "Tetsuo: The Iron Man", tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 from "Tetsuo II: Body Hammer".

Year of Release: 1994
Label: Japan Overseas
Catalog #: JO94-0
Genre: Soundtrack, Industrial, Noise
Bitrate: 320kbps

Tracklist:
1. Megatron
2. The Sixth Tooth
3. Rana-Porosa Porosa I
4. Mausoleum
5. Lost
6. Dinosauroid
7. Rana-Porosa Porosa II
8. A Burned Figure



Download: Chu Ishikawa - Tetsuo & Tetsuo II: Body Hammer OST
Download Size: 86.3MB (ripped at 320Kbps)

Tales From The Crypt Comic - Issues 42-46 (EC Comics)

Tales From The Crypt Issue #36

John Carpenter - Halloween Original Soundtrack & 20th Anniversary Edition (1978)

John Carpenter - Halloween Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978)

Update October 28th, 2010: This is an update to my original post from 2008 for John Carpenter's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Halloween. Below you will find both the original soundtrack released on vinyl in 1978, as well as the 20th Anniversary Edition released in 1998. The 20th Anniversary Edition is in 320kbps MP3, while the original is only 128kbps. I have searched all over for a higher quality version of the original soundtrack, but apparently it is much rarer than I imagined. If anyone has the original soundtrack in a higher bitrate and is willing to share, please drop a link in the comment section. I would greatly appreciate the gesture, and I'm sure the readers would also.


Friday, October 29, 2010

John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Halloween II 30th Anniversary Expanded Soundtrack (1981 - FLAC & 320kbps)

John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Halloween II 30th Anniversary Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Thursday, October 28, 2010

VA - Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores Vol. III


Continuing where I left off with my last post, I present to you the third volume in the Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores collection. I gave a brief description of the collection in my original post, so in order to save myself some time, I am simply going to copy & paste it to each subsequent post. You can find the download links to "Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores Volumes I, II and IV below:


VA - Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores Vol. II


Continuing where I left off with my last post, I present to you the second volume in the Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores collection. This is the second volume of five that I will be posting here. I gave a brief description of the collection in my original post, so in order to save myself some time, I am simply going to copy & paste it to each subsequent post. You can find the download links to "Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores Volumes I, III and IV below:


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

VA - Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores Vol. I




Tuesday, October 26, 2010

James Bernard & Tristram Carry - The Hammer Quatermass Film Music Collection (1999 - FLAC & 320kbps)


Sunday, October 24, 2010

Jeffrey Combs Reads H.P. Lovecraft's Herbert West Re-Animator (Audiobook)


Tales From The Crypt Comic - Issues 38-41 (EC Comics)

Tales From The Crypt Issue #36

Wayne Bell & Tobe Hooper - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Expanded Motion Picture Score (1974 - 320kbps)


Saturday, October 23, 2010

Tales From The Crypt Comic - Issues 28-37 (EC Comics)

Tales From The Crypt Issue #36

Penis Flytrap - Tales of Terror (1998) & Dismemberment (2001)



Friday, October 22, 2010

Fall of the Idols - The Womb of the Earth (2006 - 320kbps)


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Richard Band - Castle Freak Original Soundtrack (1995 - 192kbps)


Christopher Young - Hellbound: Hellraiser II Orginal Soundtrack (1989 - 320kbps & FLAC)


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Tales From the Crypt Comic - Issues 17-27 (EC Comics)


Joseph LoDuca - Evil Dead II Original Soundtrack (1987 - 320kbps)


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Harry Manfredini - Friday the 13th Part II (Complete Score) (1981 - 192kbps)