tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44448581764774908722024-02-20T16:46:03.049-08:00BUILT TO BLAST VINYL/CASSETTE BLOG ---------------------------------------------- SUPPORTING NOISE OF ALL KINDSVIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-28572899191728935262019-05-11T18:25:00.003-07:002019-05-11T18:25:59.974-07:00The Mechanics of FailureFirst up, I know, it has been a long time since I posted on this blog. It kind of slipped my mind for a minute there, mostly because life has been pretty good! Lots of new changes and different shifts in my life. Good excuses as to why I haven't paid attention to my vinyl/cassette review blog. However, I have gathered quite a lot of new releases over the months that I would like to talk about. Some were gifted to me, and I really need to get on those. So let's not waste time and get down to chewing the meat. I have here a brand new release. from a brand new label, <a href="https://cultofninerecords.bigcartel.com/product/landfill-vs-fed-ash-closure-does-not-exist?fbclid=IwAR01zOze6C3djUi0ZMf4Co-HqGFGqvcm1NeQWjC1SrKclhbrPNhVkL8Negc">Cult of Nine Records</a> based out of Syracuse, NY. Their first release is this split/Vs. CD from two incredible bands in the USA underground. Fed Ash, also from Syracuse, and Landfill, who's main members mostly reside in the midwest. Digipack CD, actually this is the first CD review I've ever done on here!<br />
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If you're familiar with either of these bands, you know what you should be expecting. Two words: Sheer Brutality. I was so excited when I heard these two were doing a split together. I've known members of each band for a while, and hearing that there was going to be another union of Upstate NY and midwest bands was tremendous. Each band here is a fantastic representation of their to different styles of fast, heavy music. Landfill going for the straight up, blast beat infested, skeleton disintegrating grindcore. No flashes or extra splashes of technical prowess here, just in your face, relentless blasts, with the right kind of punky grooves and gory vocals too boot, stirring up the pot a bit and helping make their songs diverse. They get three to four song chunks per section, and they just shred!!<br />
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I've seen Fed Ash fine tune, and expand their sound and delivery quite a lot the past year. Nowadays they perform with three guitar players, and it's absolutely insane. They play a style of grindcore that takes influences from a swath of different genres. From sludge and doom metal, pure electronic noise, good 2000's metalcore (trust me it makes sense), and maybe even black metal. The sound they are able to conjure is something altogether sinister and crushing. The pure pain and misery of existence composed into music. This is some of their best recorded material.<br />
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The Vs. style formatting of this split works really well in my opinion. Landfill's songs go by lightning fast, completely bonkers. Fed Ash adding the finishing moves and more pain right after, it's a pretty intense listen actually.<br />
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This is the first release on Cult of Nine Records, please pick this up. I think these are two of the most promising bands around at the moment and I'm very pleased with this release.<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-44254152797854643952019-01-02T19:27:00.002-08:002019-01-04T10:26:35.337-08:00My Favorites of 2018<div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #212121; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;"><b>Traci Lords Loves Noise - The Ultimate Fantasy CS</b></span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">It's a joyous occasion to get a new TLLN tape, and it does not disappoint. Comprised of previously unreleased recordings from back in the day, this is Traci Lords Loves Noise exactly how you would want it. Angry, lo-fi, sample heavy and tongue in cheek (especially the B-side). An example of how to do proper noisecore from a cult legend. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Parlamentarisk Sodomi - Krieg Mot Norge 7"</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">After claiming the top spot on my last year end list, the Norwegian grind God PS is back with a full 7" EP of new material (with a new vocalist too). One half is thrashing, crusty grind songs, the other half superb, hyper-speed, stop-start noisecore tracks. I kinda wish it was all the noisecore tracks, but everything Steiner does is great. So there. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">World - World Discography CD</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">At long last we have the full discography from one of the best bands ever, the Japanese noisecore legends World. Packed together in a beautiful pro CD, and all the material sounding better than ever. This is an absolutely crucial collection from one of the most incredible bands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Bruised Ego - Roman Numeral One LP</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">I may have a slight bias here since I helped pay for the vinyl release, but this debut full length from Baltimore's best fastcore band truly slays. You get incredibly tight drumming, riffs that thrash, stomp, and flail with a beefy and thick recording, and tons of just fun-ass songs in general. A well earned and finely tuned LP from some good old boys. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Deterioration - Lupara Bianca CS</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">This EP just slaps, no if's and's OR but's about it. Deterioration unleashed a doozie of a release with this mafia / gang inspired release, and it quickly became my favorite recording by the band to date. No bullshit fast music from arguably the most beloved grindcore band going right now, and with releases like </span><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Lupara Bianca</em><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">, it's not hard to figure out why.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once 2LP</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">My expectations for this record were immeasurably surpassed: an LP's worth of unreleased studio sessions from the classic quartet, which for me sits very snuggly within the rest of Coltrane's 60's output. Masterful work, performed with passion and grace. I still hum the riff to "Untitled Original 11383" to this day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Cuck Dirt - Dopesmoker Is A Fucking Terrible Album CS</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">This whole tape is just one minute long diss track at one of the most revered stoner metal albums ever, and it's just a pure blast for the entire 60 seconds. Cuck Dirt are amazing and this tape immediately landed a spot in my year end list when it arrived in my mailbox. Snotty, humorous, nothing but a good time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Cannibalism / Sulfuric Cautery / Endotoxaemia / Lectularius - Guro Grind Guignol split CS</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Of all the 4-way splits I've heard this year, this particular one slapped the hardest, and not just because of the Sulfuric Cautery contributions (best band in America right now). Every band here has submitted some crushing material. From the lo-fi, riffy sewage of Cannibalism, to the low-end heavy pummeling of Lectularius, this is a proper collection of gory grindcore. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Oozing Meat - Contaminated CS</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Oozing Meat's particular harsh noise and effect-smothered noisecore really came through the loudest and most impactful on their 20-minute cassette, </span><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Contaminated</em><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">. It's as abrasive as it is entrancing, switching from pure noisecore and micro track blasts, to weird drum grooves, samples, heavy passages of feedback and disgusting vocals over the course of 766 tracks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">4: Suppression - Placebo Reality LP</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">Since 2015, Suppression's output has moved away from their powerviolence and noise rock phases from the 90's and 2000's and into a whole new beast. I’m resistant to call it noisecore, even though the short songs and raw fidelity definitely make them comfortably sit under that brand. What Suppression has done here is truly exceptional, laying down 73 songs (yes, actual songs with riffs, composition and diversity throughout) on this LP. For a band to put out an LP with this many tracks, and not go the easy way out of just having every one be random gargles of instrumentation and screaming, is something that is both inspirational and commendable. This LP has it all and it’s a defining moment for an amazing band, 20+ years into their existence. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">3: Binker & Moses - Alive in The East LP</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">No contemporary jazz unit has wow'd me more than the duo of drummer Moses Boyd and tenor saxophonist Binker Golding. This new live recording (featuring Evan Parker, trumpeter Byron Wallen, harpist Tori Handsley and extra drummer Yussef Dayes), is a dazzling, uplifting, urgent, soulful, and strangely danceable record. From the opening, blood pumping drum duet, into the sputtering and chaotic intro of the two horns, the notes scurrying around the open air like a swarm of bees. The performances here are elegant and calculated and at no point does it feel or sound like there is any competition between the musicians. Just a symbiotic conglomerate of beautiful music. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">1: Needle Exchange - Kill Em All With Fentanyl CS</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="color: black; line-height: 22.5px;">I have heard a lot of noisecore releases this year, more than I can count. It's a genre of music that is very near and dear to my heart and to be personally connected to this 3rd-wave golden age of the genre is truly wonderful. Sometimes I hear a band push the genre into a next level territory of extremity, something that I sometimes doubt is even possible. This newest effort from Needle Exchange has created a sound so absurdly intense, so far into the red that the meter has exploded and covered those who listen with a coagulated, smelly, crimson gunk. The A-side is a 666 track hurricane of some of the most rapidly cut-up and stitched together blasts of noise I've ever heard. Like 7MON's "Thrashbora" flexi, but fucked up x 10. This tape is genuinely demented, everything about it so extreme and over the top. From the completely distortion-covered bass, to the stop on a dime cuts, to the vocals which screech, gargle and bellow like they are done by a true psycho. Side-B continues the onslaught with a scant 245 tracks, but without losing even a molecule of brutality. The aesthetic of this band might make some people turn their heads, it's some intense and uncompromising shit, but nothing about it feels phoned-in. This swallows you into its own world. Either choose to except it or beg for mercy. Best thing I've listened to this year.</span></span></div>
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-4721972353233834082018-09-30T15:36:00.003-07:002018-10-02T18:42:11.353-07:00Auditioning Gods<br />
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Fed Ash are from
Syracuse, NY. Members have played in bands in the area for some time
and when I heard my friend Matt who plays bass was starting a new
project I was excited, but I had no idea what kind of sound this
project would have. <i>Grief as a Prison </i>takes
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twists keeps you engaged, wondering what will come next.
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The production is murky but you can hear most of the
elements in the recordings clearly enough. The quality could be
better but for what the band is trying to convey it fits perfectly.
The best way to describe the songs is a combination of grind and
sludge-y hardcore with tinges of black metal tossed in occasionally.
The songs vary in sound from track to track though, with songs like
Disconnect, </span><span style="font-style: normal;">Anger,</span><span style="font-style: normal;">
and Depression focus more on a sludge sound than grind, but songs
like </span><span style="font-style: normal;">Bargaining and Denial
have a more grindcore song structure. The vocals are screamed but in
a sludge sense, not high pitched but not rough-and-tough sounding.
The drumming is solid as well, the blasts are fast and never lose
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the music there is samples that are undecipherable as to what is
being said as well as some harsh noise. It creates an eerie mood as
the sounds are unsettling and they fit very well with the production
the tracks have. The only issue with the whole release is that
sometimes the transitions can sound a bit sloppy. </span><span style="font-style: normal;">E</span><span style="font-style: normal;">verything
else matches up well and creates a unique sound that can’t be
pinpointed to being one influence, yet it doesn’t sound like a
bunch of mismatching riffs just thrown together. </span>This is a fantastic first release from the band and I am excited for what is going to come next from them. The EP is available on tape from the band via bandcamp, its a beautiful gray/black spread and fits the release. <a href="https://fedash.bandcamp.com/releases">You can purchase and stream the release here.</a></span><br />
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Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172916435783985320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-28658154098354034552018-09-21T13:03:00.003-07:002018-09-21T13:03:54.498-07:00Sewer//GeyserLeading up to the Napalm Death is Dead/Unexamine/Penis Geyser tour that happened in the mid-USA this year, Mikeal from Penis Geyser posted a picture of some naked 7" records. What could this be? I asked myself, eager for the answer because I knew it would objectively be awesome. Low and behold (and thanks to some tips from friends) I found out it was a new Penis Geyser split from <a href="http://smashfuckingmusic.limitedrun.com/">Smash Music</a>! The other band, Sewer System, I was unfamiliar with at the time but once I learned it was a solo project of Charlie from Sissy Spacek, my need to obtain it doubled. I was thankfully able to pick it up from Charlie himself when my band got to be on a show with SS. Not sure how many of these were made, they were most likely all pressed on black vinyl. 33 RPM.<br />
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Penis Geyser's side is a crazy spewing of violent musical nonsense, thankfully always and forever. Curiously titled "<i>1st Rehearsal Demo</i>", even though it says it was was recorded throughout 2017. It definitely sounds like the Brad/Mikeal duo line-up, particularly from the vocal delivery. Some in the moment singy vocals open the side before the wonderful, cassette fidelity bursts of crashing symbols and quick drum hits, out of tune guitar noise and aggressive vocals. There's several moments where the blasting cuts out and the guys just sort of fuck around, which breaks up the intensity but keeps that "fuck music" etho's alive and kicking. Great stuff, it's always good to hear new stuff from this band.<br />
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The Sewer System side is fucking great too! This is that totally raw, gross and dirty, short track worshipping noisecore that I need in my life. Kinda goregrindy vocals here, genuinely beastly and throaty sounding. I'm not sure if there's actual string instruments used here or just noise gear. Charlie does everything as far as I know, except for a few extra vocals that were supplied by some other people according to the (very hard to read) info in the sleeve. Sharp stick clicks and snare hits begin every short track, with a crunchy, low-end rumble underneath furious and powerful blast beats. Each small track more or less sounds the same, and the whole side is broken up to about 7 parts, each part containing a block of tracks. The intensity here is very attention grabbing, I'll definitely be on the look out for more Sewer System releases from now on. </div>
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My coworkers thought that the cover of this split was hilarious, since it's just a picture of John Coltrane with a nuclear blast in the foreground. John Coltrane's the shit, so thumbs up there. The collage art here is pretty sick, it sets an interesting vibe that's for sure. The sleeve is one of those matchbook-style things, with the extra little flab on the end. </div>
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-59796412662931400142018-09-14T12:31:00.001-07:002018-09-14T12:31:01.892-07:00Penis Geyser's Two Minute TapeI was happy to be able to score some sweet additions to the Penis Geyser/<a href="http://smashfuckingmusic.limitedrun.com/">Smash Music</a> label collection the past couple of months. Penis Geyser obviously being a very loved band on this blog. One of the gold standards for American noisecore in my own opinion. This is a tape I always wanted to hear, mainly from friends talking about it and just knowing how short it was. This is the self-titled, C2 cassette they did on Smash Music, not sure how many copies were made.<br />
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Unsurprisingly, this tape fucking rules! Recorded in 2011, but released three years later according to the info in the Jcard, most likely with the trio line-up. Now what is surprising actually, is how good this recording actually sounds. Like, it sounds like they actually used more than one mic in a room, and recorded different instruments separately. This is all speculation of course, but the recording is remarkably crisp. I think I actually let out an audible "woah" when the tape started playing.<br />
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Penis Geyer's trademark noise explosions maintain their strengths here. The recording is cut up and spliced together in a very rapid pace to help it work with the very short run time, which I love. It's a super great listen, all two whole minutes of it. Maybe some of my favorite PG material I've heard. It's a great tape to play in your auto-reverse tape deck and just let spin and spin.<br />
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I'm not sure who did this great collage work, but it looks like something Colton/PMS would whip up. Pretty sure this is the same image that appears on one of their shirts that I own.<br />
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I've seen this pop up in a few distro's lately actually, so if you see one I recommend buying it. Don't be scared to pay five bucks for a two minute tape.<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-81200729052712263882018-09-01T13:36:00.000-07:002018-09-01T13:36:12.296-07:00CadaverlancheI've been picking up basically every release that Sulfuric Cautery is on these days. Definitely the grind band that is impressing and exciting me the most as of late. They keep putting out new shit about as fast as their blast beasts with no slowing down, which is all fine by me. This particular tape was put out on the bands own labels, <a href="http://blastaddict.tictail.com/">Blast Addict</a> and Feel Good Grind. A live recording, squishily called "<i>Frozen Daiqueri In The Urethra Of Ralph Ferrari</i>", not sure how limited it is.<br />
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This tape has since sold out from the label, and it honestly is not something I would call a mandatory release to get from Sulfuric Cautery. If you've watched the video on Youtube of them playing St. Vitus in NYC, then you've heard this. It is however, a fantastic performance, and a good way to hear some of these tracks from the Incinerated and Take That Vile Fiend splits with a much cleaner recording. It's mindblowing to me how everyone in the band can keep up a set this fast. It's a pretty long show too, almost 20 minutes! I really wanted to make it to this show too, I can't remember what the reason was for me not being able to attend. It was a stupidly stacked show, and it's always good to see Ralph down in the city. To this day, I have still not seen Sulfuric Cautery, but this recording definitely shows that they can bring it live. As if there was any doubt of that.<br />
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I'll finally be able to see these guys play at Rapid Decay fest in Binghamton, NY in October. Couldn't be more excited!<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-28290057658345299452018-08-31T14:00:00.003-07:002018-08-31T14:00:54.810-07:00No BoundsHere's another piece of the huge stack of releases that Sidetracked has gotten released this year. A tidy and short cassette EP called "<i>Perpetual Dissent</i>", released by <a href="http://www.alternativeslabel.com/categories/all-products">Alternatives Label</a>. Probably in a run of 100 or so on pro-tapes. <br />
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This is definitely one of the strongest releases that Sidetracked has done this year, and will most likely be on my favorites of 2018 list.First off, the recording is fantastic, the guitars and bass sound heavy and hard as fuck! Great, catchy, warpy, angular riffs too, some of the best I've heard from them in a while. It's also a very focused EP, the songwriting in particular makes the whole thing flow very well. Repetitive yet always hard hitting. To me another example of the band's fantastic blending of noisecore and blasting hardcore genres. </div>
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Every song starts with Jay saying the title of the track (referencing Seven Minutes of Nausea no doubt), then going in to super aggressive and powerful riffs, blasting, and vocals. For real, the recording/production and sound of the band is so on point on here. Every song also features a break of live recorded bass and drums, with a much more lo-fi recording fidelity. Every track is punctuated by a returning blast of riffs with the title screamed out again, drenched in echo and eventually dissolving into pure noise. Every song is written this way; which does get a little monotonous at just a few points. Some songs like "<i>Never Change</i>" would probably be even more insane is if was just blasting all the way through. But I appreciate the direct decision to sequence the EP this way. Besides, it rips so hard it could go on twice as long for me anyway. </div>
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-77867309120007915242018-08-24T14:51:00.004-07:002018-08-24T14:51:58.599-07:00Dopesmoker Is A Fucking Terrible AlbumThis will absolutely go down as one of my favorite tapes released this year. Some of you may remember an <a href="http://builttoblast-vii.blogspot.com/2018/04/we-out-here-doin-bad-shit.html">older post</a> where I talked about the debut Cuck Dirt EP released on Uninvited Records. I was a massive fan of their composed, smart-ass, vicious take on noisecore, that whole tape is incredibly fun and a cut above the normal bunch of newer noisecore bands. Now it's a year later, and Cuck Dirt have unleashed their follow up in the form of a single track, C2 cassette, released on <a href="https://doughgirltapes.bandcamp.com/">Doughgirl Tapes</a> in a super limited edition of 25.<br />
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What Cuck Dirt have done is create a diss track about one of my personal favorite albums; "<i>Dopesmoker</i>" by Sleep. In leu of Sleep releasing their "comeback" record so to speak, I saw a ton of people start saying some not so great things about, just all at once and out of no where. I guess it's because they released it on 4/20? I'm not sure, and I'm not here to talk about Sleep. In any case, Cuck Dirt are straight dissing that shit, and it's as funny as it is harsh. It starts out with a sample of an auto-tuned voice, talking about how "it's fucking nice out, who's trying to hang and smoke some loud?". Apparently this is taken from some sort of meme, which I'm honestly unfamiliar with. I thought it was some brilliantly weird shit in any case. From then on it's a blasting, snarling dose of vitriol for the next 50 seconds, great stuff all around. The lyrics are pronounced and rapid, in a mid-period Sissy Spacek kind of way. They're down to earth and blunt, but it's done perfectly for what it is. It reminds me of Jay Randall's lyrical style from those good ANb days. Cuck Dirt's fantastic and seamless blend of composition and complete noisecore is still strong here, no riffs but a good sense of structure.<br />
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I also appreciate how they just didn't hold back on this cover art, which is clearly just the artwork from the "<i>Dopesmoker</i>" reissue, with crude MS paint dick drawings. Perfectly dumb. The whole layout is wonderful, and I'm dang happy to have gotten the #1 copy, not sure how I scored that! The tape dub is just the tiniest bit murky and fuzzy, but it's forgivable.<br />
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I fucking love this tape, it's a total winner in my book. Buy this before it sells out!!!<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-23402736211279456732018-08-19T12:35:00.000-07:002018-08-19T15:22:00.757-07:00Interview with Tommy (Tomb Warden, Brainpan, etc)<br />
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so my first question is: How many current projects do you have going
now and what do you play in them?</span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: black;">Tommy:
</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I
start projects all the time, some would say too often. Currently I
have 5 that are practicing to play out/have played out already. The
two I play guitar in are Tomb Warden and my newest project
Acquisition (name might change). I play bass in Brainpan, Execution
Hour, and Secular Media. I've written songs and riffs for 4 other
projects that haven't come to pass yet.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: black;">Tyler:
</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Did
you originally play guitar first or bass?</span></span></span><br />
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Tommy:
I<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> started on
bass when I was 11. I actually have a degree in jazz bass performance</span></span><br />
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Tyler:
oh wow. Didnt know that.<br />
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Tommy:
Haha Yup. That's what happens when you tell a 17 year old metalhead
they need to go to college or they'll never be shit.<br />
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Tyler:
Has your education been helpful in writing for the bands you are in?<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Tommy:
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Absolutely. I write by
myself for the most part and bring ideas in for other people in the
band to mess with, so to be able to write down an idea note for note
at like 4 AM 5 months ago and pick it up tomorrow and know exactly
how to read it is incredibly helpful. Even just learning how to read
rhythms helps save a million sick riffs you'd otherwise be too
tired/wasted/busy to remember under normal circumstances</span></span><br />
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Tyler:
Do you find writing on bass or guitar easier?<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Tommy:
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Way easier on bass for me.
The top two strings on a guitar are totally unnecessary</span></span><br />
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Tyler:
That's interesting. Who was an inspiration for playing bass?<br />
Tommy:
Like personal or professional?<br />
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Tyler:
Both<br />
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Tommy:
My uncle Toño in Peru got me started playing bass when I was a kid.
He was a drummer, but probably the most influential musician in my
life. My mom's family is from Lima and we used to always stay with
him and his family. He got this pirated, no name bass in the 70s and
must've kept the same strings on it since then. He was huge into prog
and made up his own way of notating Rush songs on drums. He also
built his own double bass pedal out of a belt and some springs along
with other parts of his kit. He was true DIY haha. He passed away
while I was in school unfortunately. In terms of "famous"
bassists who got me started, I worshipped Steve DiGiorgio from 8th
grade until like last year haha. He's still my favorite bassist, but
his tone grates on me these days. Other huge influences were Ron
Royce from Coroner, Frank Bello from Anthrax, Danny Lilker from
Nuclear Assault, Harley Flanagan from the Cro Mags, Darryl Jennifer
from Bad Brains, and whoever did bass on the Embrace album.
Embarrassed to say even though it's a top 5 album for me I don't know
the names of anyone in the band besides Ian Mackaye. Also embarrassed
to say that the first bassist I ever noticed when I was 9 or so was
Fieldy from KoRn so I guess you can say he's my first influence<br />
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Tyler:
Sorry to hear about your uncle, that is awesome you had someone in
your family to influence you and help you play music I just got made
fun of.<br />
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<span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Tommy:
Thanks man. I don't think I was playing too much grind when he was
still around haha. He dug the death metal and thrash I would show him
though, so</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">ho knows what he would've thought about blastbeats. He probably
would've dug them I think</span><br />
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Tyler:
If he dug death metal I'd like to believe he would enjoy the stuff
you are doing.<br />
Tomb
Warden has a pretty strong death metal sound to it, is that something
you've always wanted or just how you guys have progressed?<br />
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Tommy:
That just kind of happened. I originally wanted to have a gulf coast
grind style rip off band. I always used to tell people Tomb Warden is
my failed attempt at writing PLF songs. I worship the Insect
Warfare/Bolt Stein split and have always loved Bolt Thrower since I
was a kid collecting Warhammer. Hearing Bolt Stein play Bolt Thrower
riffs but still be undeniably grindcore made me want to do it too. I
went a step further and found out Bolt Thrower tuned to A standard on
Realm of Chaos so naturally I had to also. Also being based around DC
with guitar gear experts like Genocide Pact and Ilsa, you can't slack on that. Then
after some trial and error plus falling down more than a few gear
nerd rabbit holes, people started saying my guitar tone was "amazing"
(their words not mine) so I'd write the occasional slower jam to
kinda showcase it. Surprise surprise if you slow down metally
grindcore it just sounds like death metal. I do kinda have a hard
time calling it deathgrind though. Most bands that I associate with
that term are too polished and I really don't like the quality.
Someone called us "death metal/grindcore, but not deathgrind!"
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Tyler:
I would say death metal/grindcore is vastly different than
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Tommy:
I would normally but I've seen enough deathgrind bands call
themselves that I don't know who to believe anymore<br />
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Tyler:
I'd say deathgrind means less than what powerviolence means.<br />
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of powerviolence, do you do a lot of writing with brainpan?<br />
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Tommy:
I'd say I used to do a little more than 50% when we were still
feeling out what our sound was. Now I probably do a little less than
half. Rob's been on a roll lately and I think we've hit our stride
stylistically. The
album is almost 50/50 I think<br />
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It
shows. It sounds great and some diversity to the songwriting. Is
there something you bring to the band that Rob doesnt and vice versa?<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Tommy:
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Appreciate it man! Glad
someone with sick taste digs it haha. Rob has said in the past I
write confusing riffs but all the weird feeling, ugly ones are his
haha. He's rubbed off on me a bit so my newer stuff is getting gross.
I'm excited for the new stuff already. Rob feels stuff in a way I
just don't know how to. Downside of getting an education in this
kinda thing. My mind has to analyze shit and I need to be able to
"make sense" of it. He just goes for it and that's really
where our sound comes from I think. His little twists on my riffs
make us sound like a unit.</span></span><br />
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Tyler: You
work well together cause there is plenty of variety in the
songwriting and riffs.<br />
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you write everything for Tomb Warden?<br />
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Tommy:
I do yeah. Occasionally Paul has different beats in mind for certain
parts and these days they complement the riffs pretty well. I've
written 148 songs for Tomb Warden so far, but we've only learned a
fraction. Still need to write a ton of lyrics also.<br />
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Tyler: 148?
god daaaamm<br />
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Tommy:
Haha Yup. I used to get bored alot and I would write whatever style I
would be obsessing about. Brainpan also has like 40 songs we haven't
visited yet, but those are far more likely to be fucked with since
our style is more defined now<br />
All
that being said, I can't say there are 148 bangers. I can confirm at
least 10 are garbage<br />
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Tyler: At
least you can admit it.<br />
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</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Oh
I've written well over 100 bad songs across all my bands.
Unfortunately some were recorded</span></span><br />
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Tyler: I
have a few more questions for the interview. Are there any local
bands or people that motivate you to push yourself musically?<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Tommy:
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Totally. In terms of active
bands, Ilsa and Genocide Pact are two huge influences, both sonically
and musically. Foehammer as well were huge specifically for Tomb
Warden trying to get as heavy as I could while still being coherent.
DMV grindcore in general has been incredibly welcoming and inspiring.
Mind As Prison especially was the band that got me playing grind
again and pushed me to start Tomb Warden. In terms of people, my
roommate Demir Soyer has been one of my best friends and writing
partner since we were 18. He just joined Genocide Pact as their 2nd
guitarist. He's also lead guitarist in my band Execution Hour and
plays in the ridiculous death metal band Perpetuated along with John
and Paul from Tomb Warden. Rob from Brainpan is also a huge
inspiration. He's probably sick of hearing it, but his work in Salome
was huge for a local kid like me. It's nuts I get to make music with
him. </span></span>Of
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Tyler: You
got some heavy hitters in your area for sure. Compared to other areas
in the country what do you think the DMV area offers to
grind/hardcore/pv/etc that you dont see in other areas?<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Tommy:
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I can't speak too
comparatively to other areas, but from what I've experienced, the
scene is way more welcoming and kid friendly. All Ages is practically
a necessity and we're lucky enough to have the majority of our venues
go the extra mile to ensure kids are welcome, even to shows at
breweries. There used to be a whole wave of kids starting hardcore
bands like every month in DC but that's died down a bit. Luckily we
still got some kids starting bands and this time not just in
hardcore. Needle is great example. Their drummer just turned 18 while
on tour with Tomb Warden and I think you'll agree he kills it live.</span></span><br />
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Tyler: Needle
was a pleasant surprise and their drummer crushes. Its cool that
there is a scene that does have a youth focus cause it seems the
opposite in most places. Okay so last question: anyone you wanna
shout out?<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Tommy:
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Shout out to my parents
who've been putting up with my bands (good and bad) practicing in
their basement since I was in 7th grade. Props for not backing down
when I bought real amps haha. Also shout out to anyone who supports
good, local bands. Emphasis on good hah</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">a</span></span><br />
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Tyler: Thank
you very much for answering my questions, this came out great.<br />
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Tommy:
Thanks for the interview man it was fun! Hope I don't sound like an
asshole at any point haha, Or at least the wrong kind of asshole<br />
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<a href="https://tombwarden.bandcamp.com/">Tomb Warden</a><br />
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Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172916435783985320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-30736655070970320462018-08-18T12:36:00.001-07:002018-08-18T12:36:32.107-07:00Living Market/Bullshit RoomHere's a tape that I got from the good person who runs and operates the Pop Miasma label, who coincidentally happens to be a member of the band Living Room! I've seen some fellow peers bring up their name here and there, and I was definitely interested in hearing what Living Room were all about. So naturally, I was thrilled when they wanted to send in copies of their new splits for review! Here's the Bullshit Market/Living Room split cassette, not sure how many copies were made.<br />
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This is the first tape I've got that has recordings from the newest Bullshit Market line-up. Now a duo, and pretty much sticking to straight-up noisecore at least for now. This recordings is lo-fi, nasty and fast as fuck thanks to the always ridiculous drumming from Aaron. Drums and bass with some super murky, pitch shifted vocals that kind of remind me of Ops-Psf, but without the cut up sound and styles. The bass doesn't even really sound like a bass, lots of pedal manipulation and weird feedback. This session is a nice and solid batch of short, untitled, noisecore bursts, with some entertaining little bits of in between banter/dialogue and hip-hop samples in between the blasts to keep it lively. Fun shit, I'm excited to hear more from this line-up.<br />
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Alright, so now I'm finally hearing Living Room, and I gotta say I wasn't quite expecting this kind of stuff, but I'm really really digging it. That cut-up style/editing that I mentioned up above is here in spades. This shit is a wonderful collage of various sounds! I'd only really call it noisecore because sometimes there are longer bits where you can hear traditional stringed instruments and drums. But mostly, this side sounds like a quick cut, sharp and nasty harsh noise session. I can pick up lots of various tape manipulations and recording speeds fucked with in real time. I'm unsure whether this is all sourced from recordings they did as a band, or from different members separate contributions. Not a lot of vocals or what I would traditionally call noisecore, but there's definitely enough of that rapid energy to keep the roots apparent. As a fan of crazy cut-up noises, I dig this. Think Penis Geyser's side of their split 7" with Sete Star Sept. Awesome project!<br />
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I can tell Pop Miasma is nailing down that consistent aesthetic. The packaging is a simple, double sided J-card, but I dig the layout a lot. The tape sounds awesome too!<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-80102237991394545742018-07-14T09:58:00.002-07:002018-07-14T09:58:36.211-07:00Another Song About DicksThis tape came out back near the end of 2016, when Sedem Minut Strachu really started propelling into their solid status as one of the best noisecore bands doing their thing. I was really happy to find it out in the wild this past April while I was on tour. At the very excellent <a href="https://www.tornlightrecords.com/">Torn Light Records</a> in Kentucky. <a href="https://trashfuckrecords.bandcamp.com/">Trashfuck Records</a> is responsible for putting this tape out, not sure how many were made.<br /><br />
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Sedem Minut Strachu as you all should be aware have been pretty much dominating noisecore over the course of several years. Consistently putting out true, ugly, proper noisecore from tape to record to tape again. And of course constantly releasing splits with many amazing and fascinating bands from all over the world. Their side here is a 163 track effort, so there's plenty of short bursts and stops on this one. Jan is really blasting hard. It sounds like one of their practice room recordings, so the bass isn't that blown out and more in the background. Not as much ping in the snare as I normally like either, it actually sounds like a real snare drum here. Pretty awesome stuff, as usual.</div>
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Bullshit Market is a long going, genre bending band from Detroit. Patrick, one half of BsM, also runs Trashfuck Records. This is some seriously whacked out noisecore fuckery. Super fast and tight blasting, harsh noise in the vein of Nikudorei, and some left in band member banter with very tight cut up/editing. The vocals too, I love how they sound on here! Not so much screaming, more like loud moaning and grunting, but with some SUPER heavy delay or echo on them in a way I don't hear very often. There's also an amazing part in the middle where there's a reverse playback of the band chatting, and then this reversed cymbal decay just starts rising up, until there's a sharp stop into harsh fucking noise blasting. This side is just great, I really really like this a lot. </div>
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-44824696438506515832018-07-13T14:44:00.000-07:002018-07-13T14:44:33.989-07:00Systematically Slicing Achilles Tendons It took me WAY to long to finally get this split, like seriously way to long. I was finally able to buy one from <a href="http://suicideofaspecies.storenvy.com/">Suicide of A Species</a>, and finally hearing the whole thing in full my expectations were totally met. I knew this split was going to be brutal, but holy fuck this is some next level grind. Sulfuric Cautery from Ohio, one of the bands impressing me the most these days. And Incinerated, a low-end worship, Mortician style grind band from Australia. Released on a large amount of labels, mostly familiar faces. 33 RPM.<br />
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I'll start off with Incinerated, since they won my imaginary coin flip. This is a band that I had never heard of until Sulfuric announced this split with them months ago. I'm not sure why they've done such a myriad of splits with groups from Australia (outside of Australia's trait of producing nothing but insane bands), but they've all been pretty exciting new finds. Incinerated's music just lays waste to everything, this is just complete and total iron-fist-to-face, merciless, brutal grindcore. The low-end will make your guts rumble if you listen to this loud enough, it feels like just about everything is tuned down. The vocals stay consistently guttural, nothing but lows as well. The great thing is that Incinerated actually throw in some insane grooves and slower parts that really knock your shit around. Obviously, there's a ton of Mortician worship on here; the incredibly detuned guitars, constant hyperblasting and breakdowns. But there's absolutely nothing wrong with that right? Completely savage music, goddamn.<br />
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Now normally a side like Incinerated's would smoke any other band who shared the record with them. But Sulfuric Cautery without question hold up on their end with six tracks of some of the fastest, chaotic grind I've ever heard. SC wisely/frustratingly don't put any of their recordings online, aside from a lone track give or take. So that special kind of eagerness to actually listen to this whole thing was very aggressive. This is probably my favorite recording of theres to date. It's loud, beefy, the drums are as annoyingly loud as they should be, it is really some of their best. Captured by Doug Long actually. The snare pings out so loudly, and the bass drums almost turn into just a low tone because of how fast they're going. It's chaotic, speed gore at really some of it's finest and most enjoyably fucked up. The real deal right here.<br />
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I feel like this record will be hard to find once it's properly sold out, so buy it now. One of the most brutal records I own! Check out <a href="http://acidreduxproductions.com/category/news/">Acid Redux Productions</a>, <a href="https://misanthropicignorance.bigcartel.com/">Misanthropic Ignorance</a>, <a href="https://lysergicmeltdown.bandcamp.com/music">Lysergic Meltdown</a>, <a href="http://blastaddict.tictail.com/">Blast Addict</a> and <a href="http://www.grindfatherprod.com/">Grindfather</a> to score a copy.<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-28030494382146161302018-07-13T12:34:00.007-07:002018-07-13T12:34:44.765-07:00Chokin' On BonesAnother Haggus split 7" post today. I've been trying to slowly catch up on all these new records that keep coming out this year. This split 7" with Heinous, an awesome gory grind band from Phoenix, AZ. was put out by a whole crew of labels (<a href="http://suicideofaspecies.storenvy.com/">Suicide of A Species</a>, <a href="http://www.grindfatherprod.com/">Grindfather Productions</a>, <a href="http://fylrecords.storenvy.com/">Fuck Your Life Records</a>, <a href="https://morbidrealityrec.bigcartel.com/">Morbid Reality Records</a>, and <a href="http://notkvlt.storenvy.com/">Not Kvlt Records</a>). This is the standard black vinyl press, I couldn't find a clear vinyl copy, 33 RPM.<br />
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I'll start off with the Heinous side, which was released a little earlier than this split as an EP called "<i>Four Under The Floor</i>". This definitely stands as my favorite material the band has done so far. The five songs on here just straight up slap. Starting off with the devastatingly heavy track, "<i>Chokehold</i>", which is about as good as a first song gets. That slam part in the middle gets me every time. Heinous are an interesting band for sure; rooted in goregrind but with some war metal riffs and heavy as hell slower, more groovy moments. This is probably the recording that best conveys how great the drumming is live as well, fast and tight as hell. I also really dig the guest vocals on the 3rd track, "<i>Dissected</i>". At first I thought that they were trying out more non-pitch shifted, low and high vocals until I realized that it was Payson from Gimp and another person who I don't recognize. Great, great stuff, I come back to this side often.<br />
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On the flip side is Haggus, who give three tracks of fun, bouncy, gory mincecore. More songs with that earlier sound and style. Coming in hot on the opener "<i>Septic Aroma</i>" with a pit starting mid-paced beat and guitar leads. There's not as many blast beats as I would like overall, lots of metal-ish riffs and d-beat passages that kinda just do the job but have a little too much of a bland flavor too keep eating. But it still is hard to deny that good ol' Haggus energy every time.<br />
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Got a nice, and tidy packaging job split with both bands different art styles. That Heinous art is so great. Gimme those big, bold, high contrast B/W illustrations all day!<br />
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This split should be pretty easy to find still. Again like with all of these Haggus splits, it would rule to have the cassette version as we'll.<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-90204973204527755662018-07-11T20:54:00.001-07:002018-07-11T20:54:49.858-07:00Premature NecropsyI feel like I keep saying this, but I was very excited for this split to come out and to finally get a hold of it. I missed out on the pre-vinyl cassette release, which would be sick to have since I kinda listen to tapes more than records these days. However, this 7" record is definitely a very much coveted purchase. I actually bought two copies of this record because I thought the first copy I bought got lost in the mail. Here's the Haggus/Acid Feast split, released by <a href="http://suicideofaspecies.storenvy.com/">Suicide of A Species</a>, <a href="http://fylrecords.storenvy.com/">Fuck Your Life Records</a>, <a href="http://www.grindfatherprod.com/">Grindfather Productions</a>, and <a href="https://bloodyscytherecords.bigcartel.com/">Bloody Scythe Records</a>. This tri-color pressing is limited to 66 copies.<br />
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I was so excited to hear the Acid Feast side, and it was very well worth the wait. Acid Feast is straight up awesome, I don't think they have a dud release in their whole catalog, this split included. Four new songs and an groovy Ulcerous Phlegm cover to close it out. As usual, the recording is as gnarly as the stench from the putrefying insides of a crypt. Powerful, fast blast beats and crushing riffs with a smart use of groove, and catchy mincecore breaks. The songwriting is just top notch, "<i>Parasitic Infestation (In The Coffin)</i>" for example is just one amazing riff after another, just stomping your brains out. A real stand out track. It's just a pretty dang perfect slab of ugly, gross grind, I love this shit to death. However, very sadly Acid Feast broke up almost a year ago. Word is they have one more posthumous release coming out, fingers crossed! Jim, their guitarist plays drums for a ripping band called <a href="http://builttoblast-vii.blogspot.com/2018/01/squatter-water.html">Disease</a> now.<br />
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This is some of the riffiest Haggus material I've ever heard, with two lengthy tracks filling in their whole half of the record. I don't listen to crust punk at all, but I'm just gonna say that the first track, "<i>Picnic At The Morgue</i>"sometimes sounds like Wolfbrigade. But it has these horror/surf/death metal riffs in the first big verse. Kinda reminds me of Ghoul. It's a fun song I gotta say. Kinda silly, but I'd totally dance to this live. The closer, "<i>Marinating In Coagulated Pus</i>" is more of mincecore stomper, with lots of stops, and a totally rabid closer. Twin guitar leads are included. Awesome stuff, lots of variety and a jump-kick energy.<br />
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDE SPLIT! All the distro's I linked above should have this is stock. Please buy it.<br />
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So first up we have Haggus, undoubtably the hottest flame in the newest generation of mincecore bands. These four tracks were actually recorded back in 2015, pretty close to the beginning of the band. The vocals were recorded in 2017 however. This is more of that classic Haggus sound before they became more of a down tuned, goregrind band. Lots of major key, punky riffs, polka beats, and fun, catchy breaks and transitions. This is the kind of sound that made me really fall in love with Haggus back in the beginning, top notch mincecore riffing!<br />
Meatus are up next. For those who don't know this is a long-going solo project from Joe of Archagathus (and Cannibalism, Violet Gorge, Raw Addict, etc). Joe is a grindore madman, constantly creating and recording some of the roughest and most real brutal music. The fidelity and volume level just fucking drops as soon as Meatus starts going. It was shockingly quiet, I had to really crank up my stereo. This stuff just sounds so gross and raw, I have no idea what kind gear you need to record on to make it sound this way. I love it. Completely raw and uncompromising goregrind, with plenty of sick riffs clawing through the muck.<br />
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I actually mainly picked up this tape for the Disemboweler tracks, to be honest. Disemboweler is a Simpson's themed, brutal grind group duo made up of Brandon Denetsosie (who runs Ill Faith records and contributes to many grind projects in the Arizona scene), and Chris Tapo, who is by far the person I trust the most to deliver the hardest gory grind I'll hear. This is the real deal stuff, it's fucking heavy, slamming, slapping grind. Just straight up, to the point brutality with punishingly heavy drums, vocals and meat-shredding riffs. Not to mention I always appreciate a good Simpson's sample. Definitely the highlight of the whole tape for me, I really dug this quarter a lot.<br />
The Disembowler side ends with a looped sample that goes on for an almost disorienting amount of time. Which goes right into the rawest portion of this 4-way split, a band called Albratos. I had never heard anything about this band before, and according to their little bio in the jcard they were never really active at all. This quick little spurt of songs is insanely rough and sloppy. Almost like they just never picked up instruments at all before hitting record and just went for it. I can dig that a lot most of the time, but this was just a little bit "meh" for me. It didn't really have that punch in any of the instrumentation that really grabbed me, like a gross guitar sound or a sharp snare tone. Nothing terrible, just not my favorite of this whole tape.<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-91071197751412533492018-06-30T12:14:00.004-07:002018-06-30T12:14:39.582-07:00Lupara BiancaHere's just a quick post about the cassette version of the recent Deterioration EP, "<i>Lupara Bianca</i>". I'm not gonna go into much detail with this one, since most of my opinions will mirror Tylers from his earlier post about this release. This is the cassette version, self released on Deterioration's own label, Shattered Dreams Productions in a run of a think 50.<br />
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<span id="goog_97169738"></span><span id="goog_97169739"></span>This thing sold out almost as soon as it went up. I got mine from <a href="http://acidreduxproductions.com/store/">Acid Redux Productions</a>, who were thankfully stocking a few copies. This definitely ranks as one of my favorite Deterioration releases so far. Great, heavy recording, super tight and catchy riffs and drum syncopation, good flow from track to track, and a good chunk of song writing variety. The ending to the last song, "<i>I'm Actually Wearing A Lot Of Explosives Right Now</i>" is one of the most intense bits of grindcore this year, totally unrelenting. I definitely have found myself returning to this tape a lot out of all the Deterioration releases I own, and will probably be on my favorites of 2018 list. These guys just can't stop!<br />
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Got a nice, to the point layout without anything flashy in the packaging. The jcard feels like its made of photocopy paper. Great sounding cassette though, undoubtably a professional dub job.<br />
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Maybe one of the best/dumbest spine fonts I've seen. You don't see many bands fuck with all lower case Times New Roman. The only thing that would have made it more extreme is Comic Sans.<br />
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Great EP from one of the best American grindcore bands. I hear that this is supposed to come out on a 7" too at some point, so if you missed out on the CD, cassette, or 8-track, keep an eye out for that.<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-79679323416035142432018-06-23T12:07:00.000-07:002018-06-23T12:29:32.313-07:00Suh DudeHOT FIRE TAPE ALERT! Fuck, I really really wish I had picked up this cassette sooner. This thing was recorded in 2016 and I only just caught on thanks to some friendly hype from some trusted peers. I picked up this Suh Minutes of Dude tape from a recent order from <a href="http://acidreduxproductions.com/store/">Acid Redux Productions</a>, who also released it. Released on a pro tape, my copy is obviously on a green cassette, limited to 60 copies.<br />
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So, great band name right?? Meme status aside, it's a brilliantly humorous take on the classic 7MON name. The name is honestly probably what kept me away from buying it for so long, cause on the surface this looks like it would be an enjoyable, but overall standard, stupid as hell noisecore tape. Boy oh boy is that not the case here. Noisecore; absolutely, but this is some of the most pulverizing shit I've heard in a minute. An international quartet/supergroup of heads in the scene, though I'm not exactly sure who. The only name I recognize in the credits is Rado, who I'm just gonna assume is the same Rado from 7M$.<br />
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Basically what you get here is 20 tracks in almost 10 minutes of some of the most legit and hard slapping Fear of God worship I've probably ever heard. Right down to the unchanging "Peeeaoohhhhh" growl vocals. The recording is perfect. Hard panned, dual bass assault with avalanche heavy drumming. Everything is basically low end, but with a nice amount of trebly crunch on the basses. There is some semblance of riffs that pop up occasionally, but mostly it's just noise. This is just crazy, chaotic, knuckle dragging noisecore to the max, it's incredibly aggressive and honestly makes me wanna throw objects at walls.. There's even a burp or two that they keep in. This session could go on for 3 times as long and I would enjoy every second of it. My roommate said a funny thing in regards to this. I'm paraphrasing but it was like, "You have that kind of life where you say things like "Dude, Suh Minutes of Dude is an awesome band."<br />
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There was a time when I aggressively collected Agathocles records. Nowadays, I've definitely slowed down, especially with the 7"s. I don't know, it's hard to find the Agathocles splits that really "wow" me these days. This is one of those recordings that falls into that "okay, but nothing great" category. The recording is putrid sounding, obviously. The cymbals really wash over everything and the snare is barely audible, making it kind of a slog. The guitars have a nice dirt bike buzz to them, and Jan sounds great as always over these simple riffs. There's a couple moments here for sure, but nothing that's really outstanding.<br />
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Definitely more so, I bought this record to hear the Deche-Charge side, and boy did their half deliver all the goods! This is the kind of DC recording that I love. Just the complete destruction of music, blown out to the absolute max! No riffs, no fidelity, just ugly sounds and Chainsaw's grunting. It sounds like the microphone was literally placed inside one of the amps, it's that kind of super hot low end. There's some great short traxxx moments with more pauses towards the end to keep it flowing and engaging. A lovely recording from these legends!<br />
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So yeah, Deche-Charge and Agathocles finally did a split 7"! You already know if you need it or not.VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-66767641000009330842018-06-15T14:23:00.000-07:002018-06-15T14:53:58.960-07:00Bathing In The Excrement That Is Your Contrarian Opinion This is a nice and rowdy split from a couple of super sick bands that always bring a walloping amount of pure grind fury. Indiana's own Flvx Capacitor and one of Lima, OH's nastiest bands, Landfill. Released on these sick orange tapes by <a href="https://riotousoutburst.bandcamp.com/music">Riotous Outburst Records</a>, limited to something like 200 I think!<br />
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Flvx Capacitor are up first, serving up 9 new tracks of warp speed grindcore, plus a cover of Extreme Noise Terror's "<i>Deceived</i>". This side is awesome, and some of the shortest and most urgent sounding songs the Flvx has made so far. I think Chris told me that the riffs were written over improvised blasting that was recorded earlier in time. This band has riffs for days, both familiar and more modern sounding, but without sounding techy. Basically these three just know what the fuck their doing when it comes to grindcore. The very high quality recording is also top notch, everything sounds powerful and clear, though their is a noticeable drop in volume and umf on the "<i>Deceived</i>" cover. Great side overall though, just vicious!!<br />
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If you haven't heard Landfill yet, you're most definitely fucking up hard. Spearheaded by Will Otler (Methlab Explosion/Faction Disaster/Hot Babes/etc.), Landfill has been one of my favorite projects of his yet. Their side is completely disgusting, brutal grindcore with all the fixings you would need. Deep, gurgled vocals, thick down tuned guitars, a pingy snare, and head-to-concrete riffs. Like the Flvx side though, after track 3 it sounds like a totally different recording, way more raw. Landfill is a somewhat swirling ensemble of members, so this is nothing really new or problematic. No matter what Landfill is always brutal and I dig all of this.<br />
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This is a nice looking DIY tape, I adore the orange cassette shell. My copy got just the taddest bit fuzzy in the dubbing I think. The cymbals kinda have that washed out sound. However when you're doing 200 tapes on your own it's pretty dang forgivable.<br />
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Wooo boy is this fassst. Pretty much by the time you pop in in the player and go and sit down, one side is over. Hardcore dudes will have the hardest time moshing to this. Heavy duty, super raw and incredibly stop/starty micro-jams. Long time admirers of Sidetracked will probably find a lot of similar qualities to the "<i>Hustle</i>" cassette, another 2 minute or so tape release if I remember correctly. Working with a heavy inspiration from early super aggressive hardcore bands in terms of riffs. Breaking them down and boiling song structure down to the shortest of track lengths. I've always thought Sidetracked was a genius band, and seeing them embrace rawer recording choices and taking on almost pure noisecore styles from time to time has been a very fascinating and wonderful thing to see.<br />
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I'm curious why the lyrics were only given to people who bought this red cover version. To me the lyrics in a Sidetracked song serve as strong a purpose as the music does. That aside, this tape looks sick. I really like the design, it's straight and to the point, and diverts from the usual look that Sidetracked releases have.<br />
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"<i>Exile</i>" has already sold out from the label, but I think Sidetracked still have some for sale on their <a href="https://sidetracked.bandcamp.com/">bandcamp page</a>.<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-6167783844146639762018-06-08T07:22:00.000-07:002018-06-08T07:22:16.110-07:00Chopped and Slopped<br />
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The mash up of
Australia and the American Midwest is a beautiful combination. While
these regions may be separated by thousands of miles both have scenes
that want to create the most punishing grindcore known to man. On
this split we have Sulfuric Cautery from Dayton/Lima, OH who have
been crushing the goregrind/grindcore game the last few years. On the
other side we have Take That Vile Fiend which consists of Brad of
Radical Blarghst and has played in bands like Internal Rot, Holy
Boner, Super Happy Fun Slide, and more. </div>
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The TTVF side is
goregrind to the max. The guitars and bass are a bit muddy but
regarding the overall sound it helps, as <span style="font-style: normal;">it
gives the recording a super gross sound. The vocals are pitch shifted
well and are very deep without getting too lost in the mix. </span><span style="font-style: normal;">Drumming
is on point with tight grooves and mince beats countered with hyper
fast blasts. The snare has a nice ping to it that cuts through just
right. </span><span style="font-style: normal;">Each song begins with
a sample and because of this I wish there was another song or two as
the songs on this have exactly what I am looking for in goregrind.
</span><span style="font-style: normal;">Overall a solid chunk of
music that plays through really well. If you haven’t heard their
full length "</span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Excreted
Brain Matter"</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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signature, over-the-top gore/grindcore. The tracks flow together
really well just like the TTVF side. Their side kicks off with a drum
fill with possibly the most ridiculous snare drum tone.</span><span style="font-style: normal;"> I say ridiculous but it works well with that sound being </span><span style="font-style: normal;">pushed
so far up in the mix </span><span style="font-style: normal;">compared
to the bass and guitars. Listening to this I wish the guitars and
bass were </span><span style="font-style: normal;">a bit clearer</span><span style="font-style: normal;">
but their tones overall sound great </span><span style="font-style: normal;">for
what they are doing</span><span style="font-style: normal;">. </span><span style="font-style: normal;">The
songs are jammed packed with riffs and within a short time which
gives the songs a very spastic nature without it sounding like
disjointed. These boys are on top of their shit and are not holding
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<span style="text-align: center;">Several great labels helped put this out including Radical Blarghst and Blast Addict which are run by Brad and Isaac respectively.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">The record is a nice dark blue and plays great. Overall this is a fantastic record and definitely worth checking out. Sulfuric Cautery are making huge waves in the US scene and Australia pumps out tons of great grind. </span><br />
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Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172916435783985320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-67405316330608588832018-05-26T10:37:00.001-07:002018-05-26T10:48:52.816-07:00Frost Cracking TreesThe latest batch of releases from <a href="https://primeruin.bigcartel.com/">Prime Ruin</a> offered a lot to the listener in the ways of expansive and shapeshifting audio adventures. They're a label I can always trust to have quality output, and support for a wide variety, but still cohesive mixture of experimental artists. One of the newest tapes from the label was the excellent new Kjostad release, entitled "<i>Frost Cracking Trees</i>". Limited to 60 copies on yellow tapes.<br />
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A sibling project to Stefan Aunes long going Breaking The Will moniker (both having releases on his label <a href="http://newforces.limitedrun.com/">New Forces</a>), Kjostad has been having a rather exciting and active past year. Releasing the split LP with Ligature, called "<i>Overgrown</i>", and with several more cassette releases on the way. Brilliantly recorded natural/organic textures and loops, tape manipulation, and a calculated rise in aggression and tension. A convergence of the natural and the industrial, but with neither side trying to overpower the other. "<i>Frost Cracking Trees</i>" is yet another incredibly detailed and layered offering, but with a much more rapid pace and destructive sound. Bright, fluttery bird calls are quickly met with the tight whip crack sounding loop of some scrap metal. Sharp bursts of finely tuned, crushing low end spastically cut into the mix in a cut-up style. The whole track builds into an enormous amount of sound and industrial rhythms. It's very impressive how Stefan is able to manipulate these field recordings into something so loud, but still keep the integrity of the organic sources. The pacing and movements of the loops also keep everything engaging.<br />
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The journey continues on side 2 with more bird sounds and the subtle crunching of feet on a foresty turf. The pulsing, crackly distortion yet again swells up in a timely manner. The wormy and gritty sound of the compressed sound sources really get under my skin sometimes, in a good way. There's lots of scratchy textures on here. It sounds like the actual scraping against tree bark and digging into the earth. Not as rapid paced as the A-side track, but the claustrophobic atmosphere is tremendous.<br />
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Not sure how many of these are left, but if this sounds good to you at all I recommend spending your money on it.<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-23210241740671044452018-05-25T10:45:00.001-07:002018-05-25T10:59:49.090-07:00Roses Are Red, Grinders Are CoolBruised Ego are a band that are very near and dear to my heart. One of my favorite bands to come out in the past few years for sure, and some of the raddest dudes. Their first demo tape really knocked me out when I first heard it a couple years ago, and their very active progression has been insane. This, their first full length LP "<i>Roman Numeral One</i>", was recently released on a variety of labels. I was lucky enough to be able to pay for a handful of copies before it went to press, and Brad was generous enough to put my lil' ol labels logo on the back. So yes this review is pretty biased, but fuck it cause y'all really need to check out <a href="https://bruisedego666.bandcamp.com/album/roman-numeral-one">Bruised Ego</a> (and buy this LP from the band and other labels please).<br />
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Bruised Ego are a fastcore band through and through, exemplifying all the traits I love about the genre and its over the top sonic nature. Passionate, opinionated, the right amount of tongue in cheek, plus they can push the tempo's to mach 5. "<i>Roman Numeral One</i>" is the product of many hours spent refining their craft and they gave it the treatment it so deserves. I was so stoked when I heard that super metal producer/engineer Colin Marston was going to be recording the LP, and he definitely put a large roomy, thick sound to everything. A very raw, aggressive and energetic sound and performance comes through. It's warp speed shit, I gotta catch my breath a lot when I listen to this, and I've heard it quite a lot at this point.<br />
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Every song from the first demo is re-recorded here, but the remaining 15 tracks are all new and in your face. Bruised Ego always been really terrific song writers. Brad is a riff machine, incorporating a ton of influence from different styles of heavy music besides the tried and true fastcore bands. Adam's drumming is perfectly able to add the right amount of accents and tricks to make the riffing come alive in a new way. One of the craziest drummers to watch live. The track "<i>Dundalk</i>" for instance, has so many sharp stops and changes, it sounds like a track from No Comment's "<i>Downsided</i>", but on fast forward. Or the strange and staggering snare hit break in "<i>Old Guy In The Pit"</i>. "<i>Human Garbage</i>" has a fantastically structured intro that weaves and morphs so tastily, then explodes into full on war mode. Mike is also sounding as aggressive as ever. Insane praise for being able to keep up vocals towards this music. <br />
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The packaging and layout of this record is total eye candy to me. It came out so good! The absolutely amazing cover art (done by Lobo Ramirez) is full of wonderful little easter eggs that were a lot of fun to pick out.<br />
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You can pick this LP up from the Bruised Ego link up above. Also from <a href="http://tolivealie.com/store/">To Live A Lie</a> and <a href="https://craniophagusparasiticusrecords.bandcamp.com/">Craniophagus Parasiticus Records (can)</a>. Tru Freak doesn't seem to have a webstore. Fastcore is alive and well in 2018!<br />
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VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-57387668018681818392018-05-18T12:10:00.001-07:002018-05-18T12:10:09.521-07:00Garbage Gets Me HotI'm a big fan of the whole 4-band split thing. I suppose most people would call that a compilation and call it a day. Personally I say you gotta get up to at least 5 bands for it to reach that "compilation" level. Anyway, four bands on one tape means more bang for your gorebuxxx, and I'm always down for more hot garbage sounds. This tape that Ben put out on the bodacious <a href="https://craniophagusparasiticusrecords.bandcamp.com/">Craniophagus Parasiticus Records</a> I've been after for a minute. I was happy to finally get it from him in person on the Scab Addict tour. Here's the Twat Slug/Womb Stew/Post Natal Drip/Cutaneous Horns 4-way split.<br />
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I've had an affinity for this split since it got announced. It's a stacked line-up, obviously, but everyone really just brings some of their most over the top material. One of the most coward-unfriendly splits I own, it's marvelously filthy. Twat Slug's quarter opens up the tape with four tracks of stomping, lo-fi gorenoise. Cheap, programmed drum beats, bizarre porn samples galore, blown out bass riffs and cavernously burpy vocals. This shit is great, I really adore Twat Slug. This is the kind of healthily porn-obsessed music I can get behind, and getting to see how rad the dude behind it is was really sweet too. The love for hunting down the most ridiculous and wild films, kinda like finding the most unmusical music. Real freak music, total fetish material.<br />
Right after Twat Slug, shit gets seriously fucking loud with Womb Stew. A harsh, harsh, HARSH gorenoise project from Aaron who ran Fermented Bile Vomit Records. This offering is one of the more pure harsh noise recordings from Womb Stew. I've always admired the projects almost complete lack of separation between pure noise and gore-stylings, but again on this split it's just extra cracked out material. The drums are almost completely buried under the overdriven distorted noise and feedback, absolutely no string instruments by the sound of it. It's a harsh and heavy wall that doesn't let up, the only thing that puts it in familiar territory are the continuous roaring troll vocals. Painful and unfriendly.<br />
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Post Natal Drip come through again with another session of drunk, no-fi jamming insanity. Post Natal Drip will rip every cowards face off, as is declared while the band prepares to slam dunk this shit. Completely free, way too overblown, sloppy and wild. Like if Deche-Charge mixed up with Peter Brotzmann. Seriously, the complete bastardization of music here is so on point and in your face, I love it.</div>
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<br />VIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161088726753827308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444858176477490872.post-56676000574489521982018-05-16T04:48:00.001-07:002018-05-16T07:38:35.262-07:00I'll Give Ya Mook<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 100%;">I’m not too into
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Deterioration and their newest EP, "<i>Lupara Bianca</i>". We recently went on
tour with Deterioration and I’d have to say they are 100% the best
grindcore band in America right now, and this EP is their best
material yet. Currently out on their label Shattered Dreams
Production as a CD and a now sold out 8-track and cassette. Hopefully their will be a vinyl version in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Production wise this is their best stuff. The guitars and bass are massive sounding and the riffs have a lot of energy. The drums sound solid with a great sounding snare tone that has a nice crack but still has good ping to it. Riff wise they really bring it with a lot of really catchy parts and good slower sections, like the sludge-y riff in "<i>Lupara Bianca</i>" and the breakdown in "<i>Car Battery Interrogation</i>". For the most part the songs are blasting or doing some sort of hammer blast variant. The main theme of this release is Mafia related and it's nice to see a mix up from the usual gore related albums and songs they've done in the past. They are one of the few bands that can have funny song titles like "<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Car Bombing In The Name Of The Family (Bada-Boom)</i>", while still keeping the music serious.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You can listen at their bandcamp which is <a href="https://deterioration.bandcamp.com/">linked right here</a>. Keep on the look out for new material sometime soon and of course they will likely be playing near you as they as touring non-stop and aren't likely to slow down anytime soon. </span></div>
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