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

UK TECH-METAL FEST - 11 NEW BANDS ANNOUNCED!

UK Tech-Metal Fest announced 11 new bands to perform at this Summer's edition of the festival. It will pack all kinds of extreme talent into Peterborough, UK from the 11th until the 15th of July! Check the full flyer down below.

The new additions are Exivious, No Consequence, Red Seas Fire, Visions, Damned Spring Fragrantia, Exist Immortal, Beyond The Dust, Shattered Skies, Foreboding Ether, Invocation, and Linked! All these new bands will now be featured alongside the 24 acts already announced, including Scar Symmetry, Tesseract, Veil Of Maya, Skyharbor, Monuments, Chimp Spanner, Sybreed and many more. This brings the count to 35 bands! And there are still more artists to be announced!

The festival has also announced the acts for the after-parties on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This will feature a DJ set from The Algorithm, a live performance from the UK-based drum n bass-metal band Collisions, Aleksandra Djelmash, Aleksandra Radosavljevic; ESO, Drewsif Stalin, and the Bilo Super Jam, featuring David Maxim Micic, Bojan Kvocka, Milan Jejina Yeqy (Destiny Potato) Jakub Zytecki (Disperse), Tymon Kruidenier (Exivious), Sam Bell (Mask Of Judas), Uri Dijk (Textures), and Adam Swan and Mike Malyan (Monuments). If you live around Europe, you better not miss this festival. It's gonna be huge!

Links: Facebook // Official Website

INVOCATION "THE VEIL" GUITAR PLAYTHROUGH

Invocation are back at it with a brand new guitar play through for their single "The Veil". This means it's time for some grooooovin'. You can check it out along with some more goods from the upcoming band down below.

Hailing from the UK, Invocation is certainly a musical unit to keep your eyes on. They bring a strong Progressive Metal sound packing sharp, hard hitting rhythmic work with great use of ambiance and melody. Having partnered with the awesome Monolithic Music, they have some big things in the works including a debut full-length. Stay tuned for more!

Links: Facebook // Soundcloud // Bandcamp // Monolithic Music

FREE MUSIC MONDAY! - INVOCATION

Hailing from the UK, Invocation is certainly a band to keep your eyes on. They bring a strong Progressive Metal sound packing sharp, hard hitting rhythmic work with great use of ambiance and melody. Having recently partnered with Monolithic Music, they are only looking to push themselves further. Today we're promoting their awesome debut EP which is available for FREE on Bandcamp! That's right, a full-price quality EP for free. This is a steal and a half! Stream the entire release below and go support this band with a download!

Links: Facebook // Soundcloud // Bandcamp // Monolithic Music

MONOLITHIC MUSIC - NEXILVA & INVOCATION

I've been looking for an opportunity to give a shout out to our friends at Monolithic Music and there's no time like the present. Also responsible for the damn near perfect UK Tech Fest and big time promotions page English Djentlemens Quarters, Simon Garrod started up Monolithic Music with the intention of managing and representing England's best upcoming bands. And he's succeeding.

Having partnered up with extreme talents Nexilva and Invocation, things are only looking up for everyone involved. The prolific Nexilva have been creating incredible Death Metal for the past 2 years. They already have a debut full-length "The Trials of Mankind" and a follow up EP "Defile The Flesh of Innocence" under their belt, both of which are awesome. The band also just dropped a new single "Invasion" which you can blast below. Likewise, Invocation also dropped a new single "The Veil" to follow up their impressive debut EP. This a solid, tech heavy Progressive Metal band with a lot going for them. Invocation have a full-length debut coming Summer 2013! Both bands have shared the stage with big names and are only looking to push themselves further. Enjoy the music below and show them some love!

Links: Monolithic Music // Nexilva // Invocation // English Djentlemens Quarters // UK Tech Fest

INVOCATION "THE VEIL" NEW SINGLE

Hailing from the UK, Invocation is certainly a band to keep your eyes on. They bring a strong Progressive Metal sound packing sharp, hard hitting rhythmic work with great use of ambiance and melody. Having partnered with the awesome Monolithic Music, the band recently dropped an impressive new single "The Veil" along with some huge news about their debut full-length. The album will be released Summer of next year! It should be great so stay tuned for more news. But in the mean time, give "The Veil" a listen along with the tracks provided from Invocation's solid 2011 self-titled EP (Download it on Bandcamp). And if you enjoy the music, go let them know!

Links: Facebook // Soundcloud // Bandcamp // Monolithic Music