Our pals at Cvlt Nation have their black-polish-tipped fingers in a few different pies, and they're definitely suckers for a good mixtape series. One of their most popular franchises, The Cvlt Nation Sessions, sees them recruit a passel of up-and-coming underground acts and sic them on one iconic album from a legendary artist's back catalogue. According to their site, the series "is a musical project with the aim of reinterpreting iconic music that has influenced a wide spectrum of genres, while also widening the audience for the participating bands."Earlier editions have pitted the likes of Graves at Sea, Primitive Man, Kylesa, and Pinkish Black against Discharge's Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, Black Sabbath's Master of Reality, Black Flag's Slip It In, and Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures, amongst many others. There are some absolute gems tucked away in the past six editions of the series (Keeper's cover of "Electric Funeral" will putrefy your brain folds into goo) but their latest entry just might be the best one yet.Of course, I'm biased—I loooove Amebix (and full disclosure that's going to sound like a humblebrag: I know and used to work with the Amebix dudes), but seriously, this latest compilation (with an ace mastering job by Black Matter Mastering) is hard to beat. How are you going to argue with an Agrimonia cover of "Arise"? Or Coltsblood slogging through an apocalyptic take on "Drink and Be Merry"? How about Okus' frantic "Slave"? Forget about it.Arise, get off your knees, and go listen to the whole thing below, then head over to the Cvlt Nation site (or their Bandcamp page) for a free download.Kim Kelly still doesn't reget her Amebix neck tattoos—she's on Twitter: @grimkim
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