If you haven’t heard Warship yet, you best fix that glaring hole in your download collection right now. The New York-based duo features Francis Mark (vocals, drums) and Rob Lauritsen (guitar, bass) both formerly of From Autumn To Ashes, and the album was recorded and produced by Andrew Schneider (Pelican, Made Out Of Babies) this past summer. Warship’s sound is much different, and yes, heavier than their prior work with From Autumn to Ashes, though some of that band’s sound certainly remains intact here. Think Illusion of Safety / Artist in the Ambulance-era Thrice mixed with the raw, dissonant punk attack of a slightly toned-down Dillinger Escape Plan or Don The Reader.

And hey, guess what? We’ve got the exclusive free download of the entire Supply and Demand album — with their label’s blessing no less!

If you’re not sold by our endorsement, here’s two tracks you can check out right now — and if you like, download the whole darned thing. And I suppose if you require a physical copy, you can get that too come Nov. 4th on Vagrant Records. Enjoy.

Warship – “Toil”

Warship – “Profit Over People”

Warship – Supply and Depend (Full Album)

[Sorry - the limited time-only download window for the full album has passed! Be sure to pick up Supply and Depend when it hits stores on November 4th.]

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Rather than harping on the same old bands around here, how about a few you’ve never heard of? Give them a listen, won’t you? Do it for the kids.

Warship – Raw, stony, sludgified metal featuring Francis Mark (vocals, drums) and Rob Lauritsen (guitar, bass) of From Autumn To Ashes. The group is currently in a New York studio recording their debut release with producer Andrew Schneider (Made Out Of Babies, Cave In, Pelican, Unsane) for a release on Vagrant Records this fall, and the new track “Toil” is up on their MySpace page. Think a sludgier version of Thrice’s heaviest moments from the Fire disc of Alchemy Index.

Submethod – MetalSucks reader Ceth C. sent us a link to Submethod, the old band of The Human Abstract singer Nathan Ells. The music is definitely very different from The Human Abstract, but it’s also very, very interesting — his vocal style is truly unique, almost Middle Eastern sounding — on top of intricate rhythms and metal grooves. Actually, it reminds me a whole lot of The Apex Theory (anyone remember them?). Highlight tracks are “Morningstar” and “Defining the Beast,” while the others veer a bit close to nu-metal for this guy.

Agenda of Swine – Death metal-influenced Bay Area thrash that refreshingly doesn’t sound like the dozens of thrash revival bands making the rounds in 2008. Their entire new album Waves of Human Suffering was released in the US this week and will be released Internationally next week. You can stream the entire thing for free (ain’t that swell?) at Fairtilizer.com.

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