NOTE: Gonna leave this post in the first spot for a couple days. New ones will appear underneath.

Since starting The Obelisk, I’ve made no secret of my unbridled fanboy status for all (or at least most) things Man’s Ruin Records. The now-defunct label headed by artist Frank Kozik put out some of the best music I’ve ever heard, and the bands released under the Man’s Ruin banner went on to influence an entire generation of underground rock, virtually defining and redefining The Heavy for the better part of a decade.

This podcast only scratches the surface of Man’s Ruin‘s impact crater. Some of the bands were Kozik discoveries, some were established acts he picked up for a release or two, but what is always assured with Man’s Ruin is that you’re going to get a work of quality, passion and genuine aesthetic. I can only hope Transmission 005 from the audiObelisk captures some of that. Like the banner above (made from an original Kozik poster), it was compiled in a spirit of reverence and with the utmost respect for those involved.

I didn’t exhaust my Man’s Ruin collection to put together all these songs, but also there are some things I just don’t own. Vinyl, for example. And Chrome. And Killdozer. And the first Desert Sessions. Nonetheless, these are all my personal rips from CDs and I think they’ve made for the best podcast yet. I’m optimistic you’ll agree when you download the file by clicking the image above, follow this link, or stream it on the player below.

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Just because I found the timeline interesting, I included the years the albums were released in the track listing. We start off with Tummler in 2000, and you’ll find the rest after the jump…

Tummler, “Nitrous Girl” from Queen to Bishop IV (2000)

Fu Manchu, “Godzilla” from Eatin’ Dust (1999)

High on Fire, “10,000 Years” from The Art of Self Defense (1999)

Cavity, “Last of the Final Goodbyes” from Supercollider (1999)

Natas, “Soma” from Delmar (1996)

Unida, “Plastic” from Coping with the Urban Coyote (1999)

Dozer, “TX-9” from Madre de Dios (2001)

Solarized, “February Sixth (Anti Life Equation)” from Neanderthal Speedway (1999)

Entombed, “Ballad of Hollis Brown” from Black Juju (1999)

Greenmachine, “The Earth Beater” from The Earth Beater (1999)

Acid King, “Silent Circle” from Busse Woods (1999)

Mass, “Mistake” from Mass (2000)

Goatsnake, “Trower” from Goatsnake I (1999)

Alabama Thunderpussy, “When Mercury Drops” from Rise Again (1998)

Suplecs, “Eastwood” from Wrestlin’ with My Lady Friend (2000)

The Men of Porn, “Ode to Theodore’s” from Porn American Style (1999)

Begotten, “Garabed’s Freedom” from Begotten (2001)

Operator Generator, “Quaintance of Natherack” from Polar Fleet (2001)

Nebula, “Smokin’ Woman” from Sun Creature (1999)

Che, “The Knife” from Sounds of Liberation (2000)

Desert Sessions, “Avon” from Desert Sessions Vol. 3 & 4 (1998)

Drunk Horse, “Greazy Moustache” from Drunk Horse (1999)

Beaver, “Absence without Leave” from Queens of the Stone Age/Beaver Split CD (1998)

Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, “Veiled” from Acid King/Mystick Krewe of Clearlight Split CD (2001)

Brant Bjork, “Automatic Fantastic” from Jalamanta (1999)

Melvins, “Missing” (The Cows cover) from Electroretard (2001)

earthlings?, “Lifeboat” from Human Beans (2000)

Sons of Otis, “Mississippi Queen” (Mountain cover) from Templeball (1999)

Altamont, “My One Sin” from Civil War Fantasy (1998)

Click here to download audiObelisk Transmission 005

Tags: audiObelisk, Man's Ruin

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