Here is a local death metal band from our area, New Hampshire. This band killed it back when they were still together, fast, technical, and catchy. They had a big following and were getting out there around the country. Sadly they are no more, or at least very lowly active. Check this if you like Suffocation, Morbid Angel, or Death. This is old school death metal fans paying homage with their own twist.
I got this demo from their guitar player at the brick house in Dover, NH around 2005. Good sound for a live death metal show, and the dude was one of the nicest people I ever chatted with. Cheers!
Alright so I have no idea when this is from other than around the early 00's. I also don't know which show I got it from, all I know is that it's pretty good for a New England grind band, and that they broke up which is always a shame. Especially when a decent grind band is involved. Check this out if you like Discordance Axis, A.S.R.A, or Insect Warefare. Thanks to RTTP.com for the picture because I can't upload the picture of the demo that I have, due to a lack of a scanner! ENJOY!
Here is a demo from the Boston, MA based band Colin Of Arabia. I'm not the biggest fan of this band, but when I saw them forever ago I picked up this demo and it actually rips.They do an Infest of Behind This Tongue on it, and was supposed to be a seven inch but whoever was supposed to put it out didn't. Any way check this out it's good.
I came across a stack of demo's i got all across New England recently, so stay tuned!!
This is crust at its finest, Misery from Minneapolis, MN have a collection of their early material here. This is some of their best stuff, but I say that because I hated the later stuff. Straightforward punks playing metal, the way it ought to be, heavy as fuck and catchy as shit.
This is a little off the beaten path for myself, but my love for mike patton leads me into some strange music sometimes. This record was made after the DEP's original singer left as a side project of the band. I believe they even did a small tour with patton after this was released. This record is short but sweet, all the songs are fantastic. The last song is a cover of Aphex Twin 'come to daddy', now if you have heard aphex twin you would wonder how this is possible? The fact that the band and patton perform the song flawlessly should speak volumes about this record. Hate it if you want, this is one of my personal all time favorite ep's.
Another installment of the second wave of black metal. I suppose I can explain why I am putting up black metal. The black twilight circle of L.A. is putting out some fantastic music right now which brings me back to my high school days of listening to a shit load of black metal and smoking pot until I passed out. I have my good friend Kevin to thank for all the introductions to Mayhem, Immortal, DarkThrone, Emperor, and Minor Threat without these bands I would still be the same piece of shit I am today, just with out the hobby of playing and collecting music.
But, I digress. This is my third favorite album, I can't find Pure Holocaust which means my brother has it. This album is a bit more put together than DFMM, but it is relentless. It comes with another cheesy video, but don't let that discourage you.
Oh and the site for the L.A. dudes is http://crepusculonegro.blogspot.com/ . They are sick of the re-hashed garbage and shoe-gaze bullshit being called black metal and are taking a stance! check it out!
This album is from the infamous second wave of black metal hailing from Norway. Immortal was a fantastic raw stripped down black metal band when they began slowly transforming into bullshit arena black metal rock which they now put out. This album and Pure Holocaust are my two favorite immortal albums, and yes this is the album where the video of the corpse painted which hat wearing member runs around the woods and poses with swords but don't let that discourage you! The hideous and repetitive new wave of hipster and punk black metal would be no where without the wonderful second wave of black metal. I will be uploading a select few of my favorites over the next few months.
Now to the album itself. This is the fusion of thrash and black metal that defined the genre, my personal favorite type. I personally try to avoid the bands consisting of consistent blasting and tremolo picking. The drums are a bit sloppy, but if you like punk you know that can add to an album. This is a great winter listening album get nice and cold, turn the heat off, get a buzz on and some satanic rituals!!!
As promised here is the Carcinogen demo. This is Dystopia before they were Dystopia, so I hope you enjoyed that post. This is the foundation on which Dystopia built their unique sound, but differs in the fact that it leans more towards punk influenced death metal. This is awesome I mean really awesome, perfect crossover between punk and heavy metal for sure and done in a much different way than you are thinking when reading crossover, no element of DRI exists in this recording. The sound could be a little better and I am embarssed that it is not my own copy of the material, but I feel as though if anyone did appreciate the Dystopia post this will be appreciated just as much. Anyway get your pile of drugs that you bought with your christmas money and the six pack your friend left because he had to get away from his parents right after he//she opened their gifts sit back and listen to some tunes!
I'm bending the rules a little bit here, but its crust-mas so who cares! This is the final chapter in the outfit of Dystopia's releases and it is nothing short of killer. Heavy down-tuned anthems of being depraved, drug addled, and miserable. These themes are not the only negativity embodied throw in hatred for EVERYONE and all technology and you have yourself a top-notch album. If you know this band you know what your getting yourself into heavy, down-tuned flowing sludge/punk. If you enjoy this and are looking for similar material the drummer is in a handful of new bands, Ghoul , Asunder , and Carcinogen (Dystopia before they were dystopia, don't worry I will upload there only demo in the next couple of weeks because it rules!). Don't miss this album download and do yourself some hard drugs!
Backstabbers Inc. is a local band from NH, where the writers of this blog hail from. I'm not sure how many people know about this band (hopefully alot) but they mix genre's like its their fucking job and with this album it comes to their high point. After this album and a couple tours the singer took off to join a former guitarist of BSI in Trap Them who I'm sure plenty of people know about also, the drummer for this session left after the recording to join Unearth, The Red Chord and plenty of other bands. But, enough about the history. This album RIPS from start to finish and engages the listener the whole time. I actually don't have the first track anymore (due to a this CD rip being old, and lending my brother the CD and it being ruined) luckily it was just some ambiance which did in fact add to the album so my apologies! I have a recent interview with the guitarist lying around somewhere that I will upload. The band is still together and consists of the two brothers who play guitar and sing, Nick(waranimal) on bass, and Jonah (ALWLWAD, Ramming Speed) on drums. This is a fantastic combination of crust, grind, and punk which does not disappoint. If anyone is interested in anymore albums I have a few kicking around that I could upload after (just comment!)
I got to see their "last" show in Boston which had almost every ex-member present and it was one of my favorite shows of all time, they still rip today especially with their drummer who is phenomenal! And I guess they have a new album coming out in the future? The video below is a new song.
Dr. Dooom is a moniker of Kool Keith the rapper who got his start with the Ultra-Magnetic Mc's who wrote some of the best underground hip hop in the mid 80's. Keith went on from this band do his solo career starting with Kool Keith and then branching off to Dr. Dooom, Dr. Octagon, and Nogatco Rd. He intertwines all of these personalities on his albums. This is his first album as Dr. Dooom and as much as I hate genre's i believe this embodies the Horrorcore hip hop tag. Rumor is that Dr. Octagon is his persona when he smokes PCP and writes his material, there is defiantly some drug use going on in this album due to the level of bizarreness in the lyrics, beats, and overall theme and flow of the album. The first five track are the stand outs of the album, while Apartment 223 is the best track for sure. Check this out even if you don't listen to hip-hop it might be right up your alley!
If you like this check out the Ultramagnetic MC's, Dr. Octagon, or Company Flow. Keep good hip-hop alive, fuck Mikki Nimaj!!
Here is a link for the holy grail of B Movie downloads. DO NOT click if you have a slow computer due to the amount of embedded youtube videos and the all the posts being on one page. You can download the Plauge Dogs, Accion Mutante, and America Pt II.
http://board.crewcial.org/thread/view/277198/&p=571
Recommendations from the link include:
Plague Dogs
A Boy And His Dog
Fall of New York:2019
Dead Beat At Dawn
Fight For Your Life
Felidae
Accion Mutante
Those are my personal favorites but, you can find most on netflix if your anxious about downloading if not DOWNLOAD AWAY!!!
Here is Population Reduction a grind band from San Francisco, CA. This band has been gaining popularity as of late, getting added to a few festivals every now and than. If you like early Napalm Death, Terrorizer, or Nasum give these guys a shot. This was the seven inch they put out before their LP "Each Birth A New Disaster" which KILLS and is still available through Tank Crimes so if you like this and want more of their material buy that because it blows this out of the water. That being said here we have At The Throats Of Man Forever the bands first 7" after their self released CD-R Demo. Ripping grind with good lyrics about weed and killing hipsters (it beats thrash about pizza and beer bongs!) If anyone is interested I have this on CD with a live radio set, the demo, and comp tracks so if you like this and want more LEAVE A COMMENT. Other than that pack up a bongload and put on some raging grind!!
I also got to see these guys in SF for a benefit show that the Capitalist Casualties dropped from and, they killed it for sure. Funny mother fuckers for sure and they make a lot of noise live for only being a two-piece!
Iron Monkey is a killer UK sludge band with a disappointingly short catalog. This is some of the heaviest sludge and roll around. The only two LP's I know of consist of this one and their self-titled(if you know of or have anymore material drop me a line!). The vocals are a bit on the hardcore side but, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Their releases were extremely hard to find for a while until Earache re-issued a double CD with both of their LP's on it. If you like drugs, sludge, or punching your steering wheel while driving CHECK THIS OUT. This sounds like smoking weed out a of a skull with eyehategod in a dumpster while shooting dope with buzzoven and having the melvins do lines angel dust off a Black Sabbath LP in a dirty back alley behind a dive bar.
ASRA is a little known grind band from NY. I found out about them due to their tour with Gridlink a couple years back. I saw them in MA and they were just as intense as this recorded material. They are far more than just a grind band they are a fantastic combination of sludge, grind, power-violence, and metal. You can hear the obvious cues they take from their influences Discordance Axis, Crossed Out, Assuck, and Brutal Truth. Check this out if grind is your jam, if not still give it a shot it will not bore you. Unfortunatly right after their mini-tour with Gridlink the band broke up, and all that is left is their recorded material.
Here we have a little known band from Sweden whose style blends d-beat, crust, grind and thrash and brings it to a whole new level. This was a CD put out by sound pollution in either the mid to late nineties or early two thousands. The band went through a complete line-up change in after their first two seven inches. The second line-up change recorded an LP than never saw the light of day but, you can hear some of this songs on this discography. Do not miss this band it is a wonderfully diverse blend of everything the punk world has to offer!
Here is an album on Profane Existence that seems out of place but, in a good way. Suicidal Supermarket trolleys lean more toward a street punk sound rather than a heavier crust which one would think of when thinking of PE. The sides on this album were recorded at two different years the first being in 93 the second in 95. This record is awesome raw and catchy with snotty vocals the way I like my street punk and I don't particularly care for street punk. They do a great Circle Jerks cover of When The Shit Hits The Fan. I don't know much about the availability of this record due to me finding it locally for 10 bux, but I have seen it in other shops for up to 40 bux.Give this record a shot because it will grow on you for sure and you'll be looking for it before you know it!
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No repress as of yet, go out to your local record store and start hunting or try eBay PE -Check here for a repress in the future or try to board maybe someone wants to trade! DOWNLOAD
Two decades ago Justin Broadrick was in Napalm Death playing fuzzed out hyper grind for the time. Fast forward to 2009 and he has spearheaded his musical endeavors in a new direction. Godflesh was the precursor to this band (Jesu being the last name of the last track on the last Godflesh album), and this picks up where that last Godflesh album left. If you know Jesu you know the vocals are for the most part clean with droning guitars and electronic noise pulsating through the background. This album is more in the Godflesh direction of organic drums rather than a drum machine and heavy guitar work leaning away from the electronic side with the clean vocals. The only complaint I have about this album is that it is too short. FFO: Godflesh, Sunn O)), Torche, Rwake etc. etc.
