FREE MUSIC MARATHON (LAP 2 / 4)

I'll be out of town until Wednesday but I didn't want to leave The Circle Pit hanging. So here's something I set up last week to kill all the memory left on your iPod.

THIS IS THE FREE MUSIC MARATHON!

We've helped promote a lot of free music over time. This is the cream of the crop. And it ranges from big bands to the deep underground. Click a link, any link. You may just find a new favorite. No matter what, you'll find free music and tunes available for the price of your choosing. All of these artists deserve support, so don't be afraid to throw some dollars if something really makes you happy.

This is the second lap of four. 25 links a day.

We'll officially be back in full operation on Wednesday.

Meshuggah
Bulb (Misha of Periphery)  
Ever Forthright 
No Consequence 
Breakdown of Sanity
Drewsif Stalin
Anup Sastry (Drummer for Jeff Loomis, Skyharbor, and Intervals)
Fountainhead
She Was The Universe
Mendel
ÆNIMUS
Depths
Relapse Records
Invocation
RXYZYXR
Sectioned 
Encircle
Novallo
Of Modern Architecture
Sithu Aye
The Hell 
Mekanism 
Into The Flood
Carcer City
Crossing The Event Horizon

BULB RETURNS! MISHA MANSOOR SOLO ALBUM

Photo credit to the great people at Toontrack.

Periphery's genius guitarist Misha Mansoor just announced that he is planning to record his first ever solo album! Bulb is officially returning! This statement was followed by two big questions for fans. The second one has already been answered but you can read on below and answer wisely here.
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So thanks to your positive feedback, I have decided that I am going to record my first solo album, most likely a little later this year and it will feature a lot of the demos that you guys want to hear as well as a couple brand new jammies.

With that said I have two questions:
1. Which songs would you like to hear? (or hear completed) given that they will be instrumental (unless I get my brother to sing Heliovice hehe)

2. I am leaning to doing a "pay what you want" kinda thing, but some people are saying I should just sell it for 10 bucks. What would you prefer?"
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Shortly after he made a follow up.
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The solo album will be "pay what you want"! Hopefully that will work well, now I just gotta make a website and find someone who is sick with album artwork!
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You can listen to the copious amounts of Bulb greatness on his official Soundclick or Soundcloud. A good bit of the music is absolutely free. Check out my personal selection below.

Links: Facebook // Soundcloud // Soundclick

FREE MUSIC MONDAY - BULB

You guys want some free music? Here's a metric shit ton of free music. I'm sure many of you know about Bulb (aka Misha Mansoor from Periphery). And I'm sure some of you know about his vast, free music catalog compiled on websites such as Soundclick. Well for those of you who don't, here's free music for days! Ohhhhh yeeeaaaah.

Links: Facebook // Soundclick // Soundcloud

ANIMALS AS LEADERS RECORDING WITH MISHA MANSOOR... TODAY!

After literally just writing up an Animals As Leaders related review for guitarist Javier Reyes solo record, I happened upon some HUGE Animals As Leaders news... Get ready for it... Animals As Leaders will officially start recording their third full-length studio album with Misha Mansoor aka Bulb aka Periphery's mastermind TODAY!

This is huge for two reasons. First reason, the flawless original Animals As Leaders record which broke ground and pushed musical boundaries was recorded and produced by Misha back in the day. Actually for those of you who don't know, there's a chance AAL wouldn't have ever existed if it wasn't for the help of Bulb. When Tosin ran out of money recording his debut, he almost gave up before Misha stepped in. Thank god he did... Second reason, Animals As Leaders is officially recording again! Hell yeah!

Bulb stated this along with posting the picture below, "Writing new Animals As Leaders riffs with Tosin Abasi. Recording starts tomorrow!" aka today. We'll keep you up to date as more news on the record rolls in so stay tuned. But for now, blast the tracks from the original AAL record below!

Links: Facebook // Twitter // iTunes