I usually don’t go in for comps, if only because there’s generally no flow to them whatsoever, but there are enough bands I’ve never heard of on the French two-disc offering (Ocoai, Monachus, Kalkh-In(Joy) Erode, etc.) Falling Down II, mixed with enough of the familiar (Ufomammut, Kongh, Farflung, etc.) that I’m interested to hear how it comes out. The best part might be that it’s made up almost entirely of previously unreleased material.

Actually, scratch that. The best part is that the track by German neo-prog metallers The Ocean is called “Asslickers Incorporated.” Yup, that’s definitely the best part.

The compilation is due out in March, and preorders are being taken at the MySpace page (you can also order the first, 3CD Falling Down there). Here’s the full tracklist for Falling Down II:

CD 1
01. Across Tundras, “Final Breath over Venom Falls” (Unpublished Version)
02. Monachus, “Februari” (Unpublished)
03. White Hills, “Heads on Fire” (Unpublished)
04. Ocoai, “La Main Electrique” (Unpublished)
05. Farflung, “R-Complex” (Unpublished)
06. Impure Wilhelmina, “Cold Fever” (Unpublished)
07. Time to Burn, “Elena Djinn” (Unpublished)
08. Gnaw Their Tongues, “We Breathe Hate and Spit Fire from Our Mouths” (Unpublished)
09. The Poisoned Glass “Silent Vigil” (Unpublished)
10. Kalvria, “.N” (Unpublished)
11. U.S.Christmas, “Lazarus” (Live)
12. Kingdom, “Ruina: Where Men Go To Die” (Unpublished)
13. Kalkh-In(Joy) Erode, “Xwck” (Unpublished)

CD 2
01. Kongh, “Thunders Collide” (Unpublished, 2006)
02. Tesa, “Untitled” (Unpublished)
03. Omega Massif, “Am Abgrund” (Unpublished)
04. Kodiak, “By the Sea” (Unpublished)
05. When Icarus Falls, “Nyx” (Unpublished)
06. The Ocean, “Asslickers Incorporated” (Unpublished)
07. The Dillinger Escape Plan, “Farewell, Mona Lisa”
08. Jucifer, “Marianas” (Unpublished)
09. Ufomammut, “Astrodronaut” (Unpublished Version)
10. God is an Astronaut, “Shining Through”
11. ???????, “Mirage” (Unpublished)
12. Taint, “Black Rain” (Live)
13. Mumakil, “Dawn of Slugs” (Unpublished)

And here’s the Latvian post-metal band Tesa, to whom I’d never listened before posting this:

Tags: France, The Ocean, Ufomammut, Various Artists

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