1/01/2009
TRACKLIST
1. Capiam Deiis
2. Special Prupose
3. Fight Song Revisited
4. To Hell With the Enlightenment
5. Post-Teenage Redemption
6. Untruth as Master Signifier
7. Irritable Bowel Disorder: Project Reagan
8. You Are My Favorite Line in the Worst Song Ever Written
9. The Function and Malfunction of Lab Experiment No. 728
10. Three-Pronged Apparatus
11. 53rd Street South
12. Recipe For Token Sing-Along Polemic Complete With Expletives Aimed At Positions of Power
13. Geld
14. Big Brother
15. Blood and Tongue
16. Notes For an Uproarious Comedy Show
17. Counter-Hegemonimania
18. No Friend of MIne
INFO
Unrelenting! Explosively powerful creative thrash marked with tough metallic breakdowns, floor- punching chunka-chunka, and raucous female vocals. Speeding hardcore filled with abrasive twists and turns, violent vocal trade offs and dark and thoughtful lyrics. SCROTUM GRINDER is composed of members of the bands HANKSHAW (though they sounds nothing alike), FAILURE FACE, along with Steve Kosiba, who was in Misery Index-era ASSUCK and lead vocalist, Michelle who is a punk rock crowd-leaping terror and later sang in MOMENTO MORI! By no means a repeat of past bands or sounds, this tears with inventiveness and imagination while still keeping even keel with a destructive hardcore path, an apocalyptic dark ride with lyrical hope and inspiration as a guide... and yes, Prank knows the band name is terrible!
LISTEN: Fight Song Revisited
Etiquetas: hardcore, metal, Screamo, Scrotum Grinder
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(0) comments12/31/2008
TRACKLIST
01. Burning South
02. Virus
03. Transfusion
04. the Hanged Man
05. Crawling the Wall
06. Black Rain
07. Wasted Mind
08. In A Hole
09. Reverse
10 Pig Farm
11 Dementia
12 Thanatopsis
INFO
Goddamn this stuff rules! Laudanum play an
interesting hybrid of sounds that draws from sludge,
stoner, crust, and hardcore, then combines them into
a unique and lethal concoction. There is a definite
presence of a dark angular groove in most of the
songs that is catchy as hell but much different than the
more sabbath/southern style riffing of a lot of sludge
bands. The bass is thick and dense, giving everything
a very suffocating atmosphere while the drums pound
away relentlessly destroying whatever gray matter is
left in your skull. I love the vocals too, which
definitely have a crust/grindcore edge to them with a
lot of trade offs between each member with harsh
shouts, low death growls, and fierce screams all
being utilized. This is just a killer record from start to
finish with a lot of great samples and the always
stellar artwork of Judd Hawk
(who is in the band by the way!).
The Apotheker is a powerful work that should
appeal to fans of Leechmilk and Dystopia, that whole
crossover kind of sound that mixes the heavy sludge
with a lot of other elements as well. There's a lot
going on this record from straight up stoner rock
riffing to brutal crust elements and the variety just
keeps me coming back again and again.
Daredevil Magazine
LISTEN: In a hole
Etiquetas: Laudanum, Sludgecore
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(1) comments12/30/2008
LORDS OF BUKKAKE
TRACKLIST
1. BLACK LUNG
2. NO EXCUSES
3. APPLICANTS
4. DEVIL'S RAIN
INFO
La historia del grupo barcelonés Lords Of Bukkake se remonta al año 2003, cuando varios parias que militaban en grupos de hard-rock (Taunus), power electronics (Sons Of Bronson) y grindcore (Unabomber) fundaron un nuevo proyecto de sludge doom, entonces bautizado sencillamente como Bukkake.
A lo largo de un tumultuoso lustro, el grupo ha vivido varios cambios de formación hasta llegar al bien engrasado formato de power trío actual.
Han compartido escenario con grupos como Eight Hands For Khali, High On Fire, Black Cobra, Saviours, Suma, Atomic Bitchwax, Warchetype, Moksha, Iron Batasuna, Positiva, Loan, Rhino, Neila, The Eyes y Monolith.
Un infernal sábado de agosto del 2007, Lords Of Bukkake grabó en los estudios The Room (Bcn) con Gorka Dresbaj, las cuatro canciones que conforman su primer álbum, así como un tema de 20 minutos destinado a un split con Warchetype que algún día verá la luz.
El maestro Billy Anderson (Neurosis, Sleep, High On Fire, Eyehategod,....) tuvo la bondad de masterizar todo ese material y aquí está el resultado. Sludge doom a la brasa con azufre. 55 minutos en EL ARROYO, que veran la luz en formato CD a finales del mes de Septiembre 2008 de la mano de los sellos Odio Sonoro y Gaia Records.
Odio Sonoro
Etiquetas: doom, lords of bukkake, sludge
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(0) comments12/28/2008
Bökanövsky - self titled One sided 12″
Lakmé - Lakmé LP
Cobolt - Eleven storey soul departure
Etiquetas: Bökanövsky, cobolt, Lakmé, re-upload, request
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TRACKLIST
1. d.A
2. One Call from the Coast
3. A to Z
4. Road to Meeting
5. The Silly Son
6. Near the Storm in June
7. Oppositology
8. Chilli and Cream
9. The Award
10. Blank Square
11. Romantic
12. Beginner's Luck
INFO
If we were into trends, we could say "the nineties are back". But fortunately we're just into good music, and these sentences don't bother us too much Persona have proved again with their third album that they're one of the mist powerful spanish bands yet to be dicovered, and that their ability to make their sound absolutely compact is awesome. No slots, no doubts, they're becoming one of the most solid concerete pieces of our alternative rock. Drinking from the sources of american tradition, between the relative dissonance of Washington DC sound and the darkness of early grunge, it's difficult no find a name that descibes them better than their own music. There have been many steps forward since their previous "Accident" (BCore, 2006): vocals are far more beautiful and rich, as they push music upon the sky, while the huge yet minimal rhythm base keeps their feet on the ground; sometimes, down to a hell of convulse magma. Definition in every touch, in every beat, that actually roots on nineties rock to launch them into modern soundscapes. Maybe that's their best goal, updating a sound that is far from indulgence, but searching for constant surprise, with the only apparent intention to dig into listener's guts again and again. And we must say the result has charmed us, as the record flows in a constant balance between fists and caresses; and if you can feel that on record, just imagine the same in the first row of a live performance. Pure physics, they stomp with elegance and introspection to make you dive into the depths of this excellent album.
Bcore
LISTEN: A to Z
Etiquetas: Indie, persona, post-hardcore, Rock
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TRACKLIST
1. Dear Friend
2. The Basement Days
3. Anger
4. The Quest
5. Collectors
INFO
With "It's close, that's what matters" (BCore, 07) this trio made us jump from our seat with a discharge of energic post-hardcore that we hadn't heard since the days of Aina. Grown up musically at the Arrebato punk showroom in Zaragoza, after experiences in bands like Waco or William, they became without noticing one of the most representative outfits from Zaragoza's hardcore scene, hand in hand with Persona. Playing everywhere around Spain with Nueva Vulcano, Delorean or No More Lies, their live performance impressed the group Medications from Dischord Records, who brought them on a tour together around Europe. With such an energy injection, they went to Ultramarinos Costa Brava Studios to record five new tracks with Santi Garcia as a brilliant end of season happening. Santi not only played the engineer but also became responsible of most of the arrangements in the recording, and his brother Victor on piano gave to this EP a twist into the intelligible, a little more brightness to their complex and smart sound. Youthful adrenaline, twisted in some moments and measured in others, that makes us think of Kerosene 454 or Bluetip. A little gift in the shape of an EP to remind us that they're back to the front, with more mature songs, more concrete, with a total control over dissonance, explicit lyrics and instrumental landscapes richer than ever, to let us still believe in youth as the main value of underground.
Bcore
LISTEN: Anger
Etiquetas: Indie, lavodrama, post-hardcore, Rock
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(0) comments12/27/2008
TRACKLIST
01. Psalm Xxii
02. Reveries Of A Newborn Loss
03. Killing For Fame - Dying For Greed
04. Airborne
05. Falling Into The Arms Of An Angel
06. Why Swim If You Can't Drown
07. Void
08. Synopsis
09. Mass Media Murder
10. Lies Hurt...Shotguns Hurt Even More
INFO
We are Some Pedestrians.
We make music with our intruments.
I have a bird in a cage.
Sometimes i take it out and i play with the bird
Sometimes i also kill older people because i dont like them and because they smell. please dont throw rocks at us. thank you
Thank you.
LISTEN: Airboner
Etiquetas: metal, Progressive hardcore, some pedestrians
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TRACKLIST
01. Control vs. Control
02. Are You Tired Of Your Own Bitterness
03. Fuck Those Straight Edge Kids
04. Out Of Luck
05. Safari Beauty
06. Live Scarier Than Death
07. Forever Rebel
08. Arbeit Ist Scheisse (Keine Aber Auch)
09. Disillusion Starts Within Yourself
10. Ever Fallen In Love
INFO
MÖNSTER was formed in May 2004 by Alexandre (BORN DEAD ICONS, ex-THE BLACK HAND), Jobst (ex-PEACE OF MIND, ex-HIGHSCORE), Marek (INSUICIETY/drums, ex-DYSMORFOFOBIA/drums) and Matthias (ex-A THIN RED LINE, ex-COSTA..S CAKE HOUSE).
The band started as a project, but after realizing that such a good chemistry shouldn..t be blown off in the air, decision was made to take it out of the practice space. The first two concerts confirmed that the audience could also relate to this energy. In terms of sound, comparisons have been made to the modern Swedish-Crust-Portland sound with a good measure of rocking riffs and a classic straight forward hardcore feel.
The CD contains all their songs released so far only on 7inches + a previously unreleased bonus track!
Canework Records
LISTEN: Control vs. Control
Etiquetas: crust, metal, mönster, Punk
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(0) comments12/24/2008
TRACKLIST
01. Falso juego
02. Merecía una vida
03. Palabra es compromiso
04. En ti
05. Carril
06. Quiero pensar
07.Locos
08. Ellos son la verdad
09. Éter y el vacío
INFO
Trip Inside was the first spanish band from outside Barcelona that BCore released. Their debut contained punk rock songs close to Jawbreaker and sung in spanish. From Zaragoza, the quartet had the chance to play with such bands as Victims family or Fugazi, being the main band from the Zaragoza area at the time.
Bcore
LISTEN: Quiero pensar
Etiquetas: Punk, Rock, trip inside
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TRACKLIST
01. 1=x2-y2
02. Den Sanne Gamle Greia
03. DØ For Livet
04. Min Mantra
05. Kunstykke
06. Utbrent
07. Jeg Brenner Meg
08. Smaken Av Metall
09. FredlØs
LISTEN: Kunstykke
Etiquetas: duo, hardcore, la casa fantom, Punk
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TRACKLIST
01. Zelatari
02. Bert
03. Tente tente
04. Zurbildu
05. Ahitua Naiz
06. Roke Arizkun
07. Lukene Iantzi
08. Ez Eman!
INFO
Ha sido un placer poder ver de cerca el proceso de creación de este disco. Cuando me dijeron que iban a hacer un disco de versiones pensé que sería algo testimonial, al igual que cuando un grupo en un directo dice que va a tocar una versión y, como mucho, sólo toca la misma canción más rápido o más despacio.
Hacia octubre me pasaron los primeros temas, para escuchar y dar una opinión. Entonces, las canciones estaban cantadas en el idioma original. Recuerdo que me pasaban primero las canciones originales, para poder compararlas. La primera sensación fue de sorpresa. Aunque les he visto muchas veces en directo (mejor dicho, porque les he visto muchas veces en directo), lo que oí no fue lo que me esperaba del grupo.
Entonces no sabía si aquello era mejor o peor de lo que esperaba. De todas formas, lo que sí me quedó claro es que no hicieron las canciones más rápido o más lento, no se dedicaron sin más a llevar los temas a su terreno. Crearon canciones nuevas basándose en varias canciones ya hechas, las convirtieron en canciones de Eten.
No es facil en estos tiempos abordar el tema de la originalidad (ser original es otra cosa, y no, no son originales). Hasta hace unos años era suficiente con contar una historia, pero ahora da la sensación de que en cada nueva obra que se crea hay que poner en cuestión el arte, dejando a un lado el contar historias. En este caso, Eten nos da la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre la originalidad.
No nos han dado respuestas, pero tampoco preguntas. De hecho, escuchar el disco tambien debe de ser un trabajo de creación o, por lo menos, algo que hay que hacer con una actitud crítica. Cada cual debe crear sus preguntas, buscar sus respuestas.
No voy a hablar yo sobre la calidad de las letras. Intentamos hacer algo parecido a lo que hicieron con la música. “Tradujimos” las letras al euskera, pero no como lo haría un traductor de hoy en día, sino como los traductores franceses de antaño, como crearon aquellas “belles infidels”. Quien lea las letras originales y las “nuevas” verá los lazos que unen a ambas. Están unidas por lazos muy finos, pero sin esos lazos no existirían esas letras. Esto mismo se puede aplicar a todo el disco, claro.
Ahora tenemos la oportunidad de escuchar las canciones definitivas. Yo una cosa les agradezco. A parte de plantear (o repetir) ciertas preguntas sobre la música, han sido capaces de contar una historia. Cuando hablo de historia no me refiero a las letras, ya que un disco no necesita de letras para esconder una historia. Como para hacer frente taxman del copyright el disco no tiene créditos, puede ser que muchos no sepan ni que es un disco de versiones, no se harán las preguntas que se han hecho los miembros del grupo. Señal de que el disco sin esas preguntas tambien es capaz de contar una historia. Eso sí, quienes a parte de la historia de la superficie conozcan tambien la del fondo disfrutarán más.
Será un placer oirlo en el plato de casa a partir de ahora.
Leire Lopez
LISTEN: Ez Eman!
Etiquetas: eten, Experimental., jazz, post-hardcore, Rock
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(0) comments12/21/2008
The flamingo massacres - Wearing your heart on the front of your shirt
Borg 64 - they're using nanoprobes
Health hazard - discography
Etiquetas: borg 64, HEALTH HAZARD, re-upload, request
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(0) comments12/14/2008
TRACKLIST
01. Reencuentros en el extrarradio.
02. Las sababas de ayer.
03. Mar de tambores.
04. Vivir en FM.
05. Amodioa.
06. El viaje.
07. Contorsión.
08. Desenlace.]
INFO
Inserta is a post-hc band, formed in Bilbao during year 2001. We are 4 friends who come from different projects such as Elfo Negro, Los Brebes, ADHoc, Capsula, Istripu, Nothum. At the first stage the band worked as a trio, we executed a hard and atmospheric rock. The formation at that time was made up by J. Matthys (6 strings and vocals), J. de Leiden (low frequencies) and M. Hoffman (drums and plates). From that phase we put several shows on record, as well as an European tour together with the band Elfo Negro: Berlin, Paris…, a 4 song live-recorded demo "mira como suena el sol” (2003) and the collaboration in different animation shorts made by the artist from Bilbao Itziar Barrio (www.itziarbarrio.com). The 2nd era starts when we proposed M. Muntzer joining us as singer, the compositions then started having a more energetic look, with more vigorous rhythms. So once the band was defined, we started composing new songs and playing our first shows as a quartet. In October 2006 we published our first LP "Escenarios de no tiempo”, which meant a lot of shows during 2006 and 2007 through different cities and villages of the Basque Country, Aragon, France and also a Switzerland tour in March 2008. The LP has been very well received in live shows, as well as in different musical publications and press. Nowadays we had just released our second album 'Reencuentros'. 8 tracks CD recorded mixed and masterized with Xanpe @ 'Koba Studio'.
LISTEN: Vivir en FM
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(0) commentsbackstabbers incorporated - bare as bones
Spleen vs. Ideal - Souvenirs
Etiquetas: BACKSTABBERS INC, re, request, SPLEEN VS IDEAL
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(0) comments12/13/2008
TRACKLIST
01- Mere Construct
02- Safe From Harm
03- Deadender
04- The Pulse
INFO
AUTUMN DELAY started out March 2004. Their debut recordings resulted in a split cd with “The Black Heart Rebellion” on Offerandum records and received some very positive reviews. They played non-stop all over Belgium and played tours in Spain, France, Suisse and the United Kingdom. Just recently, AD recorded a 4 track EP. It consists of 4 new songs that demonstrate a full-grown and matured band. A band who recorded an honest EP, trying to represent their powerful live reputation. And above all a band that refuses to be yet another copy of whatever’s doing good at the time.
LISTEN: Mere Construct
Etiquetas: Autumn Delay, hardcore, Screamo
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(0) comments12/11/2008
TRACKLIST
01.Nondik zatoz?
02. Goiz bat
03. Toulouseko margolana
04. Gogoeta
05. Hemen
06. Atzera biderik gabeko eguna
07. Oilar urdin
08. Zaldiarena
09. Bide batez
INFO
Grupo formado por tres jóvenes vizcainos que llevan juntos varios años tocando juntos, primeramente bajo el nombre de Inizione y actualmente son Arean. Formación básica de guitarra, bajo, batería y voz.
Partiendo de una concepción abierta del rock, realizan canciones densas y llenas de emoción.
Gaztelupeko Hotsak
LISTEN: Goiz bat
Etiquetas: acústico, arean, Rock
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TRACKLIST
1. Up In My Tree
2. Die Tonight
3. I'm Blue
4. 2nd Worst Girlfriend In The World
5. One Black Glove
6. Moody
7. To Be Alone
8. France
9. So Pretty
INFO
Kerry Davis is a rock and roll queen. From her time in the seminal Red Aunts who were among the most influential of the early 90's all girl rock bands to her collaboration with the brilliant Beehive And The Baracudas Kerry Davis's voice, guitar style and personality has set her apart from the rest of the modern garage rockers. Her new group Two Tears is nothing short of sublime with songs of heart ache, love, friends and Paris to shatter your sould and leave you wanting more. Recorded in San Diego with Gar Wood (Hot Snakes, Beehive And The Baracudas) Two Tears is a one lady band set to turn the world on it's ear. From her current home base in Dubai United Arab Emirates (yes you read right!) to her European tour in early 2007 with Dan Sartain, the world is going to get a dose of true rock and roll. And we know this is what the world needs.
Molly Neuman (Simple Social Graces)
LISTEN: Moody
Etiquetas: garage rock, Rock, Two Tears
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(0) comments12/09/2008
TRACKLIST
01.Tombs - Gods of Love and Suicide
02.Tombs - Cypress
03.Tombs - Cheval Noir
04.Planks - A Sunken City
05.Planks - Of Tides and Bearing
06.Planks - Siren
INFO
Tombs delivers three sombre tracks of dark, black metal-influenced hardcore. April and Aaron from Black Horse contribute guest vocals and additional electronics.
Germany's Planks serve up three heavy-duty tracks of down-tuned heaviness. Think His Hero Is Gone meets High on Fire crossed with Euro Metal legends Breach. Features Ralph Schmidt from Hellstrom on guitar and vocals.
Black Box Records
Etiquetas: Black Metal, crust, hardcore, metal, planks, tombs
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TRACKLIST
01. Fuckeducation, we need more jails
02. Dixcharges
03. Britney won´t have intercourse until she´s married
04. Moshpit in the kitchen
05. This is what happenes when you forget to write things down
06. I wish that I were poor
07. Planet rock
08. This is what happens when you do write something down bur misplace it and it´s never to be found again
09. I wish that I were poor part two
10. Look Honey! dead people on T.V.
11. Carsare big business
12. George Bitch a Go-Go
13. Lacoste of interest
14. Ronald eats third world
15. Leave it to Beñat
16. I´m still waiting for those robot servents and the space meals in a tube
17. Let´s burn and break stuff because we can
LISTEN: Planet rock
Etiquetas: fastcore, george bitch JR, Grindcore, powerviolence
