Found a nice surprise in my inbox this morning, courtesy of these fine lads from Leeds. I've listened to this demo about five times in a row this morning (at work, no less), and haven't gotten bored yet, so you know these guys are on to something. Host are a volatile amalgamation of downbeat hardcore, punk and sludge, and somehow manage sound more convincing than the entire Deathwish roster in just three measly tracks. In fact, those dudes might want to keep a close eye on this band, since I'm sure they'll be turning a lot of heads in no time.
Fans of pissed, gritty hardcore ala Cursed, Nails, Trap Them, and Black Breath shall take note.
Tracklist:
1. Amara
2. Haine
3. Dissidence
DL
FB
Well, I could go ahead and post that new Origin record (which sounds exactly like their four previous efforts), OR post this old-ass split LP from two of the most raw and chaotic hardcore bands that ever existed. Kind of a no-brainer, right?
Coleman hailed from Boston and contained only three members, one of which was their vocalist Jackie, who was known for becoming completely unhinged once they started to play and basically beating herself into a pulp throughout their sets. They were one of the few "emotionally charged" hardcore bands that was neither whiny or pathetic in their 'leave it all on the stage' approach, and instead opted for violence and self-destruction/mutilation as opposed to the average tough guy hardcore circle jerk that was always popular around those parts. I've always been bummed that I never got to see them live, since they broke up before I moved from Chicago to Boston. I CAN say that Coleman's legend definitely preceded them, and their influence lingered in the punk/hardcore scene years after they disbanded.
Three Studies for a Crucifixion were a noisy & jarring hardcore band from Columbus, Ohio, and named after a series of paintings by Irish artist Francis Bacon. Musically, it's safe to say that both bands occupy that chaotic scraggly territory somewhere between Rorschach, Heroin, and Behead The Prophet No Lord Shall Live. This split is a near-perfect pairing of two short-lived and unheralded bands that helped pave the way for dark & cacophonous DIY hardcore, even if no one really remembers or cares... which is probably the case. But what am I going to do? Reminisce about shit I never even liked? Jerry's Kids? SS Decontrol? Fucking Gang Green? Fuck that.
Is it just me or does that dude's mouth take up like 50% of his face?
Tracklist (Coleman)
1. Spartan
2. Hot Cup O' Soup
3. Pouty Face (Ode to a Sucker)
4. Oowowaee
4. Necessary Megahertz
6. Nimrods
7. 4-10
Tracklist (Three Studies for a Crufixion):
1. Good Neighbor
2. Proud Owner of the Plastic Mill
3. Channel 34
4. Before
5. One Day Old
6. Right Angle Handcuffs
Proud Owner of the 20 lb Gummi Bear
Get your disgusting butt-flaps ready, because here's some hip new Norwegian jamz from Summon the Crows, who basically take a bunch of Slayer-isms and drag them through an Amebix show at CBGB's circa 1985. Without getting too wordy, go ahead and picture a beefy metalcrust band that sounds a lot like Trap Them, Black Breath, and Jeff Hanneman dumpster-diving for bagels behind a vegan Co-op. Now, people seem to be throwing the word "blackened" at this (and everything else lately) but this hardly saddles up next to your Striborg CD's and fits right in, you know what I mean?
While good for what it is, One More For The Gallows isn't what I'd call a "game-changer." Maybe I've been listening to too much grind and retard slam, but it actually comes off quite a bit 'lighter' than I anticipated, as the velocity is fairly mid-tempo and some of the rhythms occasionally sound a bit stale. Still, I'm sure devoted fans of d-beat crust and day-old Krispy Kremes would be happy to take a stroll through the gutter with this one.
Tracklist:
1. One More For The Gallows
2. The Slavedrivers Of Ur
3. Ornaments
4. Black Hole
5. Beasts Of The Night
6. Enter The Shadow Of A Tyrant
7. Existence
8. The Trojan Whores
9. Security Über Alles
10. Vivisecti
To Dream of the Slavedrivers Of Ur
*Bonus:
Scavengers Feast (2006)
Well it IS shit, but it ain't so fun. Autopsy's 4th album might be a meager half-truth in advertising, but it's not at all surprising when one considers past tangents (the Fiend for Blood EP) or the direction the band was leaning towards with Acts of the Unspeakable. Punk and sludge had become the dominant flavor in the band's developing devolution, and while there are fewer aesthetic differences in the lyrical concepts of Shitfun to its predecessor, it does feel as if the spade wielding, festered cemetery caretaker of the California crew's formative years had been supplanted by a gaggle of delinquent trailer park pukes who think its fun to eat poop and explode frogs with firecrackers or what the fuck ever to pass the empty days.
This distinction is largely musical, as the lyrics offer the same mix of rambunctious annoyance and a more methodic, ghastly obsession. Reifert continues to communicate with a balance of his early gutturals and splattered punk narrative, but even when he's pinching a groan out it does not seem to have the same effective power as Mental Funeral or Severed Survival. Shitfun has 21 tracks on it, and in my opinion that's about 13 or 14 too many, because as hard as it might be to believe, there are some atmospheric moments amidst the slovenly coprophilia that manifest the creepy overtones of the past, in such installments as "Humiliate Your Corpse" or the slow, drudging "Praise the Children". "Blood Orgy" and "Maim Kill Maim Rape" both have a bouncing crepitation to them which proves worthwhile, but the majority of the tracks are laden in wholly forgettable punkish or dull proto-doom slop that immediately exits brain left. Songs like "Shit Eater", "Geek", "Bathe in Fire", "I Shit On Your Grave", "An End to the Misery" and so many others have about 5-10 seconds of plausible but effortless creativity that offer only a fraction of this band's net worth from the older albums.
Shitfun really feels like a band bored out of its mind, but not so mindless of its audience that it would abandon its prior dynamics entirely. There is a pretty good reason for this: Autopsy had already decided to call it quits, and transition into their new incarnation Abscess. The material here is little more than a transitional galleria of grotesque odds and ends that would not have complemented the value of either Acts of the Unspeakable or Seminal Vampires and Maggot Men. A depot for half-formed ideas. A clutter gutter. A heavily swollen contract filler with no ambition other than soaking in its own bodily fluids and stinking up its environment. Honestly, I'm amazed that this album doesn't 100% suck, but at the same time I'm glad that the members had realized their interests lay elsewhere and cut the lifeline before releasing something even more sill than this. These days, we have Autopsy back doing what they do best, so it's kind of difficult to hold a grudge over this misstep, but of the 55 minutes here there are only 10-15 not worth an immediate flush down the the maw of the nearest porcelain deity.
Verdict: Fail [4/10] (no funeral, no fear, no remorse)
http://www.autopsydeathmetal.com/
Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band that formed in New York City in 1980. The band began playing hardcore punk similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash metal elements into their music. By the late '90s, Agnostic Front had signed with Epitaph Records and adopted an Oi! sound before growing into a crossover metallic hardcore hybrid similar to bands like Blood for Blood.
My Life, My Way (2011)
http://www.mediafire.com/?k177a39783v71x1
Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band that formed in New York City in 1980. The band began playing hardcore punk similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash metal elements into their music. By the late '90s, Agnostic Front had signed with Epitaph Records and adopted an Oi! sound before growing into a crossover metallic hardcore hybrid similar to bands like Blood for Blood.
My Life, My Way (2011)http://www.mediafire.com/?k177a39783v71x1
Having renewed their approach to extremity on 1992's Tapping the Vein, Tom Angelripper and company decided not to simply repeat themselves, but explore their tendency towards raucous punk rock to its natural conclusion. The result was Get What You Deserve, a pretty severe splatter/party album which fuses this attitude with the band's metallic fundamentals, for a fairly unique sound that remains entirely Sodom. The bass becomes the central instrumental here, which is unusual despite the 3-piece configuration: Tom has always been an impressive, thick player, but the guitars were there to match his prowess. Here, his distorted lines are the dominant force, after which Tom's death barking, Atomic Steiff's relentless pounding, and Andreas Brings' thin, savage tones splay out in descending order of importance.
Get What You Deserve is rather a mess, but a hot mess reeking of blood, alcohol and semen, like the dire cover image might suggest. Most importantly, it's fucking heavy. Turn this up to an appropriate volume and the bass will rattle your bones and teeth, almost like experiencing it in a live setting. Certain of the tracks rely on pure punk rock aggression, like "Die Stumme Ursel", "Eat Me!", "Fellows in Misery", and "Erwachet", all of which fester in the simplicity of the familiar riffing (Sodom have never written interesting punk tunes, settling with the standard chord progressions) and Tom's omnipotence in the mix. But there are also tunes with a little more bite to them: "Jesus Screamer" is a ripping, hardcore blasphemy; "Delight in Blasphemy", "Gomorrah" and "Into Perdition" rekindle memories of In the Sign of Evil and Obsessed by Cruelty; "Tribute to Moby Dick" is a riot of slow, doomed thrash and whale samples, completely unexpected even if the riffs are bland.
The album is closed with a cover of Venom's legendary "Angel Dust", only too natural in this environment of originals, for that band was likewise influenced by the excess of punk attitude and simple songwriting which Sodom are emulating here. I won't lie and say that Get What You Deserve belongs among the band's more recognized works. Personally, I'm just not a fan of the guitar tones, no matter what sacrifice they are making for the raw swagger of the basslines, and more importantly, I'm not a fan of the guitar writing. It seems almost an afterthought here, and my favorite memories of this German staple all consist of those with strong (Blackfire) axe work. But as a 90 degree diversion from the band's usual course, it's fun enough to just crank the damn thing and ride the overbearing, violent impulses, even when the back of the mind mourns for the lack of a "Sodomy and Lust" or "Agent Orange".
Verdict: Win [7/10] (you drew the curtain over me)
http://sodomized.info/
Gaia Epicus adalah Symphonic Power Metal band dari Nesna, Norwegia, yang dibentuk pada tahun 1992 dengan nama "Rått Kjøtt" (Raw Meat). Awalnya Gaia Epicus adalah Punk Rock band.
Mereka berganti nama dan gaya musik setahun kemudian. Pada tahun 1993-1998 mereka dikenal sebagai "Execution" dengan gaya musik Thrash Metal, kemudian berubah ke Hard Rock.
Dari tahun 1998-1999 band ini dikenal sebagai
Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and Fenriz, who have sought to remain outside the music mainstream. Since 2006 their work has incorporated more elements of traditional heavy metal, speed metal and punk rock.
Land of Frost (1988)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mz0fqdxqryd0sf6
A New Dimension (1988)
http://www.mediafire.com/?4mcp7hf6s8oxbf5
Cromlech (1989)
http://www.mediafire.com/?madwgee544hc6i4
Thulcandra (1990)
http://www.mediafire.com/?652672qd3bmv3v6
Soulside Journey (1990)
http://www.mediafire.com/?vy7g06m7ryj3ami
A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1991)
http://www.mediafire.com/?aleai7niqi6ps10
Under a Funeral Moon (1993)
http://www.mediafire.com/?cly188edsjy6ciz
Transilvanian Hunger (1994)
http://www.mediafire.com/?7t8bo8p1nbs7vp6
Panzerfaust (1995)
http://www.mediafire.com/?pkc6147fu39zqd0
Goatlord (1996)
http://www.mediafire.com/?3fp8exvxw1i286w
Total Death (1996)
http://www.mediafire.com/?cj057947xubtb7i
Ravishing Grimness (1999)
http://www.mediafire.com/?v891jr8wlwdhp35
Plaguewielder (2001)
http://www.mediafire.com/?l4dch8mfi14k6ba
Hate Them (2003)
http://www.mediafire.com/?yuabd6mbb3x97lp
Sardonic Wrath (2004)
http://www.mediafire.com/?4z6lrhnb6bbup09
Too Old Too Cold (2005)
http://www.mediafire.com/?69h0frcz4gpp152
Forebyggende Krig (2006)
http://www.mediafire.com/?c2n5l8ualx7923v
The Cult is Alive (2006)
http://www.mediafire.com/?xy4765p5kymuo26
NWOBHM (2007)
http://www.mediafire.com/?anwi6mqn4qo33ux
F.O.A.D (2007)
http://www.mediafire.com/?0vpjbz5yjkqj73a
Darkthrones and Blackflags (2008)
Circle the Wagons (2010)
http://www.mediafire.com/?1wi5ori8ujvlqlm
Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and Fenriz, who have sought to remain outside the music mainstream. Since 2006 their work has incorporated more elements of traditional heavy metal, speed metal and punk rock.
Land of Frost (1988)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mz0fqdxqryd0sf6
A New Dimension (1988)http://www.mediafire.com/?4mcp7hf6s8oxbf5
Cromlech (1989)
http://www.mediafire.com/?madwgee544hc6i4
Thulcandra (1990)http://www.mediafire.com/?652672qd3bmv3v6
Soulside Journey (1990)http://www.mediafire.com/?vy7g06m7ryj3ami
A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1991)http://www.mediafire.com/?aleai7niqi6ps10
Under a Funeral Moon (1993)http://www.mediafire.com/?cly188edsjy6ciz
Transilvanian Hunger (1994)http://www.mediafire.com/?7t8bo8p1nbs7vp6
Panzerfaust (1995)http://www.mediafire.com/?pkc6147fu39zqd0
Goatlord (1996)http://www.mediafire.com/?3fp8exvxw1i286w
Total Death (1996)http://www.mediafire.com/?cj057947xubtb7i
Ravishing Grimness (1999)http://www.mediafire.com/?v891jr8wlwdhp35
Plaguewielder (2001)http://www.mediafire.com/?l4dch8mfi14k6ba
Hate Them (2003)http://www.mediafire.com/?yuabd6mbb3x97lp
Sardonic Wrath (2004)http://www.mediafire.com/?4z6lrhnb6bbup09
Too Old Too Cold (2005)http://www.mediafire.com/?69h0frcz4gpp152
Forebyggende Krig (2006)http://www.mediafire.com/?c2n5l8ualx7923v
The Cult is Alive (2006)http://www.mediafire.com/?xy4765p5kymuo26
NWOBHM (2007)http://www.mediafire.com/?anwi6mqn4qo33ux
F.O.A.D (2007)http://www.mediafire.com/?0vpjbz5yjkqj73a
Darkthrones and Blackflags (2008)
Circle the Wagons (2010)http://www.mediafire.com/?1wi5ori8ujvlqlm
