tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86792567538298229482024-03-16T00:59:09.386+01:00Terminal Sound NuisanceThe Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.comBlogger486125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-88914054586210504632024-03-08T17:25:00.000+01:002024-03-08T17:25:01.294+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: DEATHTRIBE / KRIEGSHÖG "3 Track EP Plus Support / 警告" split Ep, 2008 <p style="text-align: justify;">This split between Deathtribe and Kriegshög can be rightly considered, from a commoner's perspective, as the sonic equivalent of a bollocking of the highest magnitude on the official scientific scale (based on loudness of the riffs, aggression of the vocal delivery and sense of dread before the wall of noise), the kind of bollocking that will be remembered for generations to come. If you sold you mum's one good ring to a neighbour always rumoured to be "up to no good" in order to buy the last Fifa video game, you'd get a similarly massive bollocking. Long after you are dead, mothers will be likely to warn their kids about the mythical bollocking that their great granduncle Punky, since then referred to as "<i>the Ungrateful One</i>" once received when he betrayed his saint of a mother for a game that had Cristiano Ronaldo on the cover. You can imagine how intense and furious this one would be. This record can be said to possess very similar traits: it is an inherently punishing record. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmoCRywite4f53FyML8yWL1KryEI9Hi-mcVjiyX6WS0Mp6vw50j5DopzA_1FEkWnuA4U_Ub3Io2dwbw8gThVbDLPmk-xmtnfYClJ4ELzDTaIAE1TzuD1Kl-1VEwtYNu6zX2MyEQAc6hRngc7l3Wt0Pr867XhVJWK5JGCHbUnSEenObMNAklm5vGcbCBs/s1422/DEA%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmoCRywite4f53FyML8yWL1KryEI9Hi-mcVjiyX6WS0Mp6vw50j5DopzA_1FEkWnuA4U_Ub3Io2dwbw8gThVbDLPmk-xmtnfYClJ4ELzDTaIAE1TzuD1Kl-1VEwtYNu6zX2MyEQAc6hRngc7l3Wt0Pr867XhVJWK5JGCHbUnSEenObMNAklm5vGcbCBs/w400-h400/DEA%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Not that it would work on me, I love that shit. I don't feel punished but blessed whenever I play a well-executed band of this style of noizy hardcore. If I have had a bad week and I am just trying to vent and let off steam, that's the kind of assault I shall unleash on my eardrums. From an outsider's perspective I suppose you could say that I love to be bollocked sonically so much that I basically no longer realize it and have grown fond of it like a masochist (distorted Japanese hardcore becoming just an example of the Stockholm Syndrome applied to music). On the contrary, mainstream music that is deemed unanimously good or "classic" (which almost always means it is utter garbage) will offend and sadden me. Make me seat through a Billie Eilish album or through my nephew's Tik Tok feed for more than 10 minutes and tears will be rolling down my face. It does make one shiver. What soothes some will torture others. I am a bit of a philosopher I guess.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Funnily enough - and tragically enough - I was late to the Kriegshög party and pretty much ignored the band's early records when they came out in the late 00's because, beside bands like Disclose or Atrocious Madness, I just did not really care that much for that sort of sound then and merely observed it from afar on message boards. Truth be told, the genre was not as popular as it seems to be nowadays (with music streaming and everything) and I often saw it as being the realms of "<i>nerds</i>" and "<i>record collectors</i>", two terms that I used pejoratively to express my disapproval of the commodification and elitism of punk. The irony is not lost on me today. You really cannot cheat karma, can you? Even after I started to seriously get into the whole Japanese noise hardcore crust aesthetics, Kriegshög were not a band I paid that much attention to until I could no longer stand listening to my friends rave over and over again about the band's live performance in London in 2016 and gave Kriegshög an educated listen. I understood that I had missed out on a good band and, obviously, a good gig. I managed to grab a copy of their <i>Hardcore Hell </i>Ep the following year and found this split with Deathtribe shortly afterwards, about ten years after its release. As I said, the ship had sailed for a while. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73POMH1F3PSDegmlyKCVW21EpWrUt6L9Hy-SH7TSQh1nRfMRwLaANzTZnYfttKmUkaFAsEx3GNK3-HPkGxWWH6wIeWJKi96eNyKA2CW4-Y3oYVmu9YMqIdh8eoQ0SUVOZh3Ju-i6DMQNcBT_ijHCZFrv7rZtO7pQdEim4o72f97kr_WYR76BVI2uL21U/s1422/DEA%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="940" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73POMH1F3PSDegmlyKCVW21EpWrUt6L9Hy-SH7TSQh1nRfMRwLaANzTZnYfttKmUkaFAsEx3GNK3-HPkGxWWH6wIeWJKi96eNyKA2CW4-Y3oYVmu9YMqIdh8eoQ0SUVOZh3Ju-i6DMQNcBT_ijHCZFrv7rZtO7pQdEim4o72f97kr_WYR76BVI2uL21U/w265-h400/DEA%20lyrics.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">But let's get to the actual record and with the A side where you'll find three songs from Deathtribe. Even by nerd's standards, the band is rather obscure and did not exactly leave an eternal mark on the Japanese hardcore scene. Hailing from Tokyo like Kriegshög, Deathtribe were quite short-lived and beside this Ep, only released a tape Ep in 2007, <i>Nothing Your Leader</i>, which was the first release of the brilliant and still active label Hardcore Survives, and they also appeared on the good compilation Lp <i>Hardcore Inferno </i>in 2010 alongside bands like Disturd, Death Dust Extractor or Isterismo. The tape was a sweet affair with six songs of distorted hardcore crust done the traditional Japanese way, with intensity, conviction and distortion, not unlike Contrast Attitude but on a budget. The three songs on this split Ep enjoyed a much better production and I love how bass heavy it sounds and the gruff Makino-like vocals. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">"Sound of silence" and "Zouo" (a Kriegshög cover) are typical fast and groovy gruff Japanese crusty crasher hardcore that reminds me of a blend of Framtid - but not as Swedish influenced - and Contrast Attitude - but not as crasher crusty - with chorus reminiscent of traditional Japanese hardcore. The comparison is somewhat daring because Deathtribe don't quite reach the level of these two heavyweights but they still seriously deliver and who knows what they could have achieved given the chance to record more. The third song "In many nightmare" is something of an oddity and does not fit with the rest as it sounds nothing like the two others. It's basically a very well done '83 Discharge number à la <i>Warning </i>and <i>The Price of Silence </i>with an impressive Cal impersonation. Final Bloodbath also had a number like this and Final Bombs basically made a career playing the bad Discharge period so it would not have been an exception in Japan. I actually like the song, it is a brilliant Discharge-loving mid-paced moment but, like a skinhead at a Carcass show, I don't really understand what it's doing here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tFXCqlBq7EgeIFZBra6L0XChMEW3A7u5wZc5cY8srTo23egmhTzew9a-asbkkeNkAdaOvWtefhPiXUx7pIp_4gU2V8zdDbfiGg03MirkkrOYdNOpPdQIWqV1t3F9JEr6T3yF-UB66zEnEB4F5BQr83EMbtFxhgMTIT9TGg1fjy_p3lEl0lx8kwAsmtI/s1422/KRI%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tFXCqlBq7EgeIFZBra6L0XChMEW3A7u5wZc5cY8srTo23egmhTzew9a-asbkkeNkAdaOvWtefhPiXUx7pIp_4gU2V8zdDbfiGg03MirkkrOYdNOpPdQIWqV1t3F9JEr6T3yF-UB66zEnEB4F5BQr83EMbtFxhgMTIT9TGg1fjy_p3lEl0lx8kwAsmtI/w400-h400/KRI%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side, Kriegshög also delivered three songs, among which a cover from Deathtribe, "The end" (the original appeared on the tape). In their early days, back when they had their first guitar player Tera, more inclined toward distortion, Kriegshög sounded absolutely unstoppable, like the proverbial enormous door slamming in the depths of hell or the average American in the soda aisle. Their first Ep <i>Hardcore Hell </i>was quite the hit when it came out in 2008 and the reviews it got were, as they say, unanimous. It is a strong Ep, by any standards, but I am under the retrospective impression that it got more praises than you would generally expect for the genre especially for a record released on a new label like Hardcore Survives, or at least that it got more praises from sectors of the hardcore punk scene usually unresponsive to a perfectly fine pair of mummified crust pants than your usual crasher crust record. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kriegshög quickly became a rather well-known band (well, everything is relative, innit) thanks to the well-established label La Vida Es Un Mus that released three records for them and therefore gave them more exposition, notably their first album in 2010. Still, a lot of people who were crazy about them did not seem to care much for other 00's bands working on similar grounds like Defector or Deceiving Society or even Contrast Attitude indeed who were intrinsically associated with the pure crasher crust world of studs, biker boots and bad breath (aka the Crust War multiverse) while Kriegshög, through their connection to LVEUM, belonged to a more diverse hardcore punk world. Out of the crust ghetto, so to speak. An interesting case.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpqCbVulOxUKzKoFMskWTXlcEGc1WYeHldtaA-zZD99eGofJgPIjoIbz_w8zKld7DQoWvxi7OCSGOLv0l7klUJwBpKtKiKe5RMYCL4Og0guSMFP4yzWX0Vnxb391n9b1lzxruXhNX6OK9I3QxsPAjDlgmWT61nXkqEfAIa7dyuJfKF8WWoRzLgJVDtrI/s1422/KRI%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="940" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpqCbVulOxUKzKoFMskWTXlcEGc1WYeHldtaA-zZD99eGofJgPIjoIbz_w8zKld7DQoWvxi7OCSGOLv0l7klUJwBpKtKiKe5RMYCL4Og0guSMFP4yzWX0Vnxb391n9b1lzxruXhNX6OK9I3QxsPAjDlgmWT61nXkqEfAIa7dyuJfKF8WWoRzLgJVDtrI/w265-h400/KRI%20lyrics.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">This Ep was the band's third recording after <i>Hardcore Hell </i>on Hardcore Survives and their split Ep with Dog Soldier (a band I have always liked) on HG Fact and as expected it saw Kriegshög at their most furious and relentless. They are close to crasher crust perfection here, this is a tornado of distorted hardcore with abrasive shouted angry almost painful vocals and plenty of gratuitous Japanese-style demented yells. The bass sounds absolutely massive and I am sure it would make the floor shake, the drumming is tight and relentless like a shower of vengeful meteorites and the guitar, well, distorted but the riffing is clear still discernible for maximum power. You probably already know what the subgenre is about, what the template usually is and what the audience is entitled to expect (or fear depending on your taste) and Kriegshög are at the level of bands like Contrast Attitude, Frigöra or Framtid here.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5p0LitGF6HVDvSKiZLrf84Xn-zdv6DsGMGWlk6v5_q_wVXWoFp24WMLNVYduKzWExBYvu8Ahr7vkG8pKKi3cfDLoQ_swa2dxHagG-6nULUZyZ3NAwgpqOanwZNvKfeS3VbNl3x9M5tXJ4NqhCIRaFNOHvE7mlXcFY9OHEHTbVoddYsun7OUNExZOC2X4/s1422/Picture.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="954" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5p0LitGF6HVDvSKiZLrf84Xn-zdv6DsGMGWlk6v5_q_wVXWoFp24WMLNVYduKzWExBYvu8Ahr7vkG8pKKi3cfDLoQ_swa2dxHagG-6nULUZyZ3NAwgpqOanwZNvKfeS3VbNl3x9M5tXJ4NqhCIRaFNOHvE7mlXcFY9OHEHTbVoddYsun7OUNExZOC2X4/w269-h400/Picture.jpeg" width="269" /></a></div><br />Kriegshög is probably the better band here but both sides are very good and hold up very well, not so easy when the style is so similar. Both sides were recorded by Shige at the noiseroom which accounts for the ideal "blown-out" vibe. A very enjoyable record if you like savage Japanese crust but a very tedious listen and just a plain bad time if you do not. After an album built on the same foundations, Kriegshög would release two more records with a different sound cruelly lacking in intensity and aggression, two essential ingredients for the genre. This split Ep was released on the poetically named label In Crust We Thrash that released Disaster's <i>War Cry </i>on cd (already reviewed <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-chronicles-of-dis-part-5-disaster.html">here</a> on this blog). I though the label was dead but it actually just Private Jesus Detector's rather good new album so who knows what the future holds.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4LL1hU1BcjdyGo5F2VTfwv5ZxrnG26EQoE4IDhfF68f668uk8SDnsxI9NRJENtAQJr2fVOSZFrv5v8zViy6OE1yjOPqm26yeQ_yzkxnrGhQeW_pEHRxfvShWT8nXXjPwkS08RIPeV0ECIFdoEmbvoPsrc2OJvP0HIQx6Z9kIkKKDgu1d3eF5AbVB2Jk/s904/DEA%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="814" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4LL1hU1BcjdyGo5F2VTfwv5ZxrnG26EQoE4IDhfF68f668uk8SDnsxI9NRJENtAQJr2fVOSZFrv5v8zViy6OE1yjOPqm26yeQ_yzkxnrGhQeW_pEHRxfvShWT8nXXjPwkS08RIPeV0ECIFdoEmbvoPsrc2OJvP0HIQx6Z9kIkKKDgu1d3eF5AbVB2Jk/s320/DEA%20side.jpeg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VhSAuhzI9au0DRobmLlRA_VBeRscM1MUogSyuGbW-bufER1HVEB9BJ7X26siiSs6YuHJWlkZPYZyewfvj8v0zl9U_ODmWHcveg-vDJEvqn8U5y7HK8EhcXBTCR-WTgG78L8nizFlc-_fnSouZa8X4yO-TE4FYB9KSMkns4FFTkSntG_43xRuRwEzINE/s826/KRI%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="814" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VhSAuhzI9au0DRobmLlRA_VBeRscM1MUogSyuGbW-bufER1HVEB9BJ7X26siiSs6YuHJWlkZPYZyewfvj8v0zl9U_ODmWHcveg-vDJEvqn8U5y7HK8EhcXBTCR-WTgG78L8nizFlc-_fnSouZa8X4yO-TE4FYB9KSMkns4FFTkSntG_43xRuRwEzINE/s320/KRI%20side.jpeg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/wcstsaq0srygzq4/DEAKRI.zip/file">DEATHHÖG</a><br /></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-6237883839785453422024-02-28T22:07:00.001+01:002024-02-28T22:07:55.385+01:00Adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: DYSPNEA / NAKOT "S/t" split Ep, 2007<p style="text-align: justify;">This is a record I actually bought fairly recently, out of nowhere really, at a local punk gig that had rather melodic bands on the bill. I always check out record stands in case something decent got lost in the midst of all the usual crap (or fast food punk as I wittily call it) and, as the night proved it, you never know what you are going to come across. To find this Ep, 17 years after its release, was unlikely and I imagine it had been sleeping in the box since it came out after a record trade. It might seem curious but then some distros have been sleeping for ages and only see the light day every three years or so and beside the genre that Dyspnea and Nakot engaged in not being really popular in France it is not all that surprising. It has to be said that some of this split's jail mates - some of which had been doing time in the box for well over twenty years - were bound however to remain buried there for eternity. Still you've got to love sleeping distros, they're always a fun, albeit frightening at times, trip into the past that will have you reminisce about bands that should not be reminisced about sometimes. Who needs to remember third rate Ekkaia wannabes?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrV1JLZtleGBdK2Q189IH0oRNBffG-amYkl_l2_swc0AZ37IFsE73JflCPgvBNJMHsc6pzVJg41ljwoZgH-5y4rnLzdCd7b2eBASNp4bKTxirZmPH5V9aklTzxrizT-m1VkoQG8cVU4nZdN_bM17QUHKe2UjuNcNx1yfGu_ZzMjlOWx3q97wRzauso1Y/s1438/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1430" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrV1JLZtleGBdK2Q189IH0oRNBffG-amYkl_l2_swc0AZ37IFsE73JflCPgvBNJMHsc6pzVJg41ljwoZgH-5y4rnLzdCd7b2eBASNp4bKTxirZmPH5V9aklTzxrizT-m1VkoQG8cVU4nZdN_bM17QUHKe2UjuNcNx1yfGu_ZzMjlOWx3q97wRzauso1Y/w398-h400/Cover.jpeg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I vaguely remembered Dyspnea as being "<i>kinda neocrusty</i>" but my memory of Nakot was much more accurate, or rather I remembered accurately quite liking Nakot even though I had not played their split with the brilliant Дажд/Dažd (a cruelly underrated band whose <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2015/03/dazd-st-lp-2009.html">first album</a> I rate very highly) for a while. So when I bumped into this great-looking humble record for a mere three euros, I didn't mess about and grabbed it. I saw surprise but also gratefulness in the eyes of the bloke running this tiny distro. Mind you, this Ep may have traveled more than me. The context of the release of this Ep was quite specific as it showcased two contemporary, modern, young bands from the Balkans which was not so common at the time, especially from my perspective as I still did not know much about the Greek scene (about which I have written extensively) and even less about bands from Yugoslavia. As I recall it, this collaboration between Dyspnea and Nakot excited my curiosity because I had not quite figured out yet that the classic 00's crust/d-beat/scandi sound had reached the Balkans. No, as you can see, I haven't always been the quickest kid on the block.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8glQimO9j_m-XkEzPc0XO2oSyOdP12galrc85L3Bip0oalJazwyjxc46Oy7ZNqueFUsry_NoZdxFH_f8a77yiCWzl64GwJ48ZQ6U6EF4PyH6rHsQQuXQ3t8DUrkrT0hBzNDG_zJp9__ugKPuOvUZiAU4HTi1crCpxWm_ldOtrAjPljatHH25rdQgbmU/s1438/Backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1418" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8glQimO9j_m-XkEzPc0XO2oSyOdP12galrc85L3Bip0oalJazwyjxc46Oy7ZNqueFUsry_NoZdxFH_f8a77yiCWzl64GwJ48ZQ6U6EF4PyH6rHsQQuXQ3t8DUrkrT0hBzNDG_zJp9__ugKPuOvUZiAU4HTi1crCpxWm_ldOtrAjPljatHH25rdQgbmU/w395-h400/Backcover.jpeg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It strikes me as a little strange that Dyspnea, from Tyrnavos, almost always slips my mind when I reflect upon the Greek crust mythology, an activity I engage in often, deeply and with statuesque intensity. Still, I know I must have come across the name right when the band started through the then active blog scene of the late 00's, quite possibly thanks to Crustcracker or Crust Demos (the latter surviving until 2020), two blogs that were run by punks from Greece that I checked regularly and focused on obscure contemporary international bands of the fast and punishing variety. Those, among others, were great sources of information and inspiration as it reinforced the idea that punk was an unstoppable DIY international movement and that youthful talentless people from all over the world, be they from Chile, Indonesia or Slovenia, could also try to sound like Discharge or Doom and that's the real beauty of punk-rock, what unites us all. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEBfITvkLehy2C484PeourGcXUs2_Oxa-2xZqzi9VYfCi0lRyAsS_M5e1QXtOE7CrpGZDy2wEbymJKel769koMQHjGCiubo8LQpaMq0rGi_VYDrFNxz-4mdXJP0aDhtHtCBdCmOvKQBIjH-40RJ3r-BcHq4t-fvRU9tY5z2PmMOo3cUJzYK2xgvbXqWA/s1446/DYS%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1430" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEBfITvkLehy2C484PeourGcXUs2_Oxa-2xZqzi9VYfCi0lRyAsS_M5e1QXtOE7CrpGZDy2wEbymJKel769koMQHjGCiubo8LQpaMq0rGi_VYDrFNxz-4mdXJP0aDhtHtCBdCmOvKQBIjH-40RJ3r-BcHq4t-fvRU9tY5z2PmMOo3cUJzYK2xgvbXqWA/w395-h400/DYS%20lyrics.jpeg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">But to get back at Dyspnea they always stood for that time and the discovery process attached to it in my mind, they epitomised the type of bands that I would get to know through a blog: pretty local, pretty raw and pretty typical of the era (three criteria that are in no way bad things). I used to download a lot of music from these blogs (and I still do download a lot of music) and I loved the fact that they often promoted bands that were local to them. This recording is pretty raw, if not rough, even by 00's standards and if I did not know better (or if I could not read) I would have thought that they had been around in the early 90's rather than the late 00's. In any case Dyspnea cannot be described as being "neocrust", although they do have the odd melodic leads, an intensely dark vibe and a logo that is not dissimilar to Tragedy's (but you get five eagles instead of just one, it's a bargain). The vibe is dark, very dark, anguished even and the low gruff vocals sound pretty desperate indeed. Of course the Greek language works brilliantly with this kind of atmosphere (only the first song "Βολικοί Στη Σιωπή" is sung in Greek though, the other one is in English). The first number unleashes raw, bleak, fast crustcore with a slow-paced metallic break toward the end while the second is a groovy mid-paced one with a filthy tone and a singer sounding like he uses uranium as mouth wash. Beside ace Greek old-school metal crust bands like Ανθρώπινος-Λήθαργος or Βιομηχανική Αυτοκτονία, it reminds me of Czech gruff crust bands like Mass Genocide Process and neo(ish)crust geniuses Leadershit. Dyspnea would appear years later in 2014 on a split Lp with fellow countrymen Unfit Earth, using the same recipe but with a much cleaner and heavier production. It was well executed but did not have the charm of those two songs. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnL0f-6Yo4NJL9INH0lYK82ZiE-nx_4Zijf41S2aBtnWmNC3si1H4GGC-TW1OPovGO8MhpKQUGxVZ00wDf8C-auIRWtMqZgYg9eLDFiGFDERLXoEZE-OaO1pRXPP7rhzqoT0XjthrE1xz3ZXMZjX_u4Jh-op1-4fHaB8T3NqZ7nmUbgVNpZghcXNAKoEI/s1420/NAK%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnL0f-6Yo4NJL9INH0lYK82ZiE-nx_4Zijf41S2aBtnWmNC3si1H4GGC-TW1OPovGO8MhpKQUGxVZ00wDf8C-auIRWtMqZgYg9eLDFiGFDERLXoEZE-OaO1pRXPP7rhzqoT0XjthrE1xz3ZXMZjX_u4Jh-op1-4fHaB8T3NqZ7nmUbgVNpZghcXNAKoEI/w400-h400/NAK%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side are Nakot from Belgrade, a relatively short-lived band formed in 2005 that is still remembered - as far as I can tell - more for their relevance probably than their music because they stood for a new generation of punks ready to spit in the face of the powers that be in the difficult context of post-war Serbia. I was not aware of many Yugoslavian punk bands at that point in time - I was absolutely clueless about the buoyant scene of the 80's with the Ljubljana hardcore scene and the tons of national postpunk bands - and in fact, apart from Nulla Osta from Pula that played in 2006 in a squat in Paris (a band made even more exotic because they played with two bass guitars, crazy bastards), I would have struggled to name a Yugoslavian punk band. A friend of mine assured me that she had heard Serbian punk tapes so I at least knew the theoretical existence of punk music in that part of the world. But I'm sure a grindcore fan my age would have had a different perspective and vaster knowledge of the scene there because of the sheer number of grind/fastcore bands there. You could say Nakot, along with the aforementioned Dažd and Anaeroba from Slovenia - because their records could be found relatively easily on Western distro tables - opened a few doors on that level and expanded my punk multiverse. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nakot were also appealing because, to put it quite simply, they played a style I already liked and wore patches similar to mine (I assumed). They were basically a gruff scandicore band, a familiar genre that was accessible, and used typical - albeit drawn brilliantly - visuals with skulls, desolation, suffering and the good old Crass font. It felt like going to see a Serbian relative on vacation. Even if you had never met him, it was still family. Nakot's music on this split Ep was fairly simple, heavy and direct käng hardcore, a little lacking in terms of power because of the production (their next record largely solved this), but still delivering the goods. Picture Hellkrusher and Dread 101 partying hard while listening to Driller Killer. You can tell the band is genuine and they mention that when they sing about war, it comes from experience and is not "<i>punk fetishism</i>". </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzHtnhHdwRpbhxPWfKJZGKigmoILJm8Qd5SAZlNc6ZvwYdmFdTs83kuTF1ZZyhyphenhyphenOwAPwpKM3vBXDmZoCrysUxFOClTTOjceHKkAe7f9kcEtgjyJlC7WcD_snfk1jntA7kX3lfGs9EKwgal7gqOFxnvQmZKaD2q8mpJvEJtBcGRmmaISeDoy2Yz3L7G7E/s1446/Credits.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1050" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzHtnhHdwRpbhxPWfKJZGKigmoILJm8Qd5SAZlNc6ZvwYdmFdTs83kuTF1ZZyhyphenhyphenOwAPwpKM3vBXDmZoCrysUxFOClTTOjceHKkAe7f9kcEtgjyJlC7WcD_snfk1jntA7kX3lfGs9EKwgal7gqOFxnvQmZKaD2q8mpJvEJtBcGRmmaISeDoy2Yz3L7G7E/w290-h400/Credits.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Shortly after the release of this split, the remarkable efforts of some dedicated bloggers allowed me to explore the prolific 90's Yugoslavian DIY hardcore punk scene and discover dozens of tapes (they almost always were tapes) from the likes of Krvavi Mandat, S.m.c, Verbalni Delikt, Fight Back, Bad Justice, Intoxicate, Hoću Neću! or Totalni Promasaj. The continuity between those bands and Nakot ten years after made sense but also highlighted how much of a 00's band - sonically and visually - the latter were. It has to be said that the gloomy screen-printed artwork, expertly done by Doomsday Graphics, is one of the record's strongest points in spite of the rather common themes it depicts (but then that's what we are all looking for, right?).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A modest yet interesting record to be sure released on three Greek labels, Alcoholic Desaster, We don't Fight it! and Scarecrow, now a well-established label and record store, of whom it was the very first release. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqf8RjjgoabZ5uT828gmkFGQ8VPxwLHTW-AGKb_BCYq2hJl4LLmspmW2eOXPbBgP-XDXleZsNOR0RH0qf5qg_eQcvTFlOPDKMzG4KImmrGOZLguAsdtpYtFVgaSAuSTqn7pjIEpEItZOIz3pXYCrEOyT731W5SxvbljKq0kWLciafoNjz23cWdrXB8qWk/s826/DYS%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="818" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqf8RjjgoabZ5uT828gmkFGQ8VPxwLHTW-AGKb_BCYq2hJl4LLmspmW2eOXPbBgP-XDXleZsNOR0RH0qf5qg_eQcvTFlOPDKMzG4KImmrGOZLguAsdtpYtFVgaSAuSTqn7pjIEpEItZOIz3pXYCrEOyT731W5SxvbljKq0kWLciafoNjz23cWdrXB8qWk/s320/DYS%20side.jpeg" width="317" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgp2JOmDIOgYpfCS3RyO6PxWy74dflX35Wd9WhMsLaOZoIWv-79Hcpv3So1O3wzv54xuqxh9fbtOgPKmmDcf9FjFASjttheXPXEf8WnSlsNXcmpezMK-JPFQ3qKePFHEuC7YkYZG0WlVO84AWJn4ULTKAfVLWhXxjJzn_qDaWaYsnPMjwSVQ_PFm3nFs/s826/NAK%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="818" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgp2JOmDIOgYpfCS3RyO6PxWy74dflX35Wd9WhMsLaOZoIWv-79Hcpv3So1O3wzv54xuqxh9fbtOgPKmmDcf9FjFASjttheXPXEf8WnSlsNXcmpezMK-JPFQ3qKePFHEuC7YkYZG0WlVO84AWJn4ULTKAfVLWhXxjJzn_qDaWaYsnPMjwSVQ_PFm3nFs/s320/NAK%20side.jpeg" width="317" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/m7txd8ae02efau2/DYSNAK.zip/file">Dyspnea vs Nakot</a><br /></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-12020440746811005722024-02-17T12:08:00.000+01:002024-02-17T12:08:08.690+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: GLOBAL HOLOCAUST / MASSGRAVE "Revenge" split Ep, 2006<p style="text-align: justify;">I recently listened to Hard Skin's song "Not messing around", a banger telling the story of a proper skinhead, quite likely a supporter of Millwall FC who is faithful to the traditional way of life. Most of all it's about a simple man who strives to live his better life and if it must include dancing the tango and the foxtrot, drinking whisky instead of bitter, then so be it. Once a bootboy always a bootboy as the saying goes. Inspiring shit indeed. Working-class heroes ain't messing around and if this song doesn't motivate you to get off your fat arse, what will? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XUPFlakZ8jddyI992oP68BFc7rNB4WZe2GD-4gevz_wfhcMqsRWiFNL92x4Ab-ArzbbIEZyStM-vTC1VRj85FPpK5HaF86xq1GqZSVqFC01Bx0MUnGiPN0ZW2wYaIrlybXP-gb9UflRr7_qZAFTaktICmqZVEP3qIb7xwHEafnY3vskQGvd7OdRLVwM/s2152/Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2152" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XUPFlakZ8jddyI992oP68BFc7rNB4WZe2GD-4gevz_wfhcMqsRWiFNL92x4Ab-ArzbbIEZyStM-vTC1VRj85FPpK5HaF86xq1GqZSVqFC01Bx0MUnGiPN0ZW2wYaIrlybXP-gb9UflRr7_qZAFTaktICmqZVEP3qIb7xwHEafnY3vskQGvd7OdRLVwM/w400-h396/Cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Do you know who else are not messing around? Global Holocaust and Massgrave, that's who. While the latter have made a name for themselves since their inception in 2003, the former has largely remained a band that would be best defined, as Mel Brooks put it, as a world-famous band in their home country. Local "legends" I guess. I first heard of GH through the <i>Montreal Crust-Fucks </i>compilation cd. It would have been released in 1999 or 2000 (the band Oppressed Conscience mentioned John Paul 2nd's 2000 speech in which he apologized for the heinous crimes of the Church - it was a bit late for that mate) and I remember ordering it from a distro called React that was active in the 90's and 00's and had a lot of pretty obscure noisy delicacies from all over the world. To be honest, I picked that one because it was cheap, everything seemed to be on this distro, and I was curious about Montreal crust bands - I only knew Hellbound and After the Bombs which I both loved - and the compilation, with its rather transparent title, promised just that. It is a fun record, still crusty but with some diversity, and along with Disagree (the best band here), GH definitely won me over. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYwYveeo1vFlnOSxe_YsNu0A-jyD9lhN57vupVemJttadVzJjGcNwqt3MJXSAMiI8WubSoFUd92WbRw7gaUO-N_zXVycV-6a3BC88iLnL0Yt5hgKCdus15x2ws0kxM7Q1Izcc9A9V5e7ZfvUchJvaVfQlmOz2xeWeBebiHrMnQ34tT2APDpMiI7KiUqM/s2236/Backcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2144" data-original-width="2236" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYwYveeo1vFlnOSxe_YsNu0A-jyD9lhN57vupVemJttadVzJjGcNwqt3MJXSAMiI8WubSoFUd92WbRw7gaUO-N_zXVycV-6a3BC88iLnL0Yt5hgKCdus15x2ws0kxM7Q1Izcc9A9V5e7ZfvUchJvaVfQlmOz2xeWeBebiHrMnQ34tT2APDpMiI7KiUqM/w400-h384/Backcover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">After a quick research I understood GH were pioneers and had been rather crucial in the making of the Montreal crust scene (assuming the very term "scene" is relevant to refer to 30 people). It's fair to say that the name and the vintage crustier-than-thou font give the genre away. They formed as early as 1989 which made them a second-generation crustcore band although they arsed around in the studio for a while because their first recording, the demo tape <i>Hope?</i>, was only released in 1993. From 1995 to 1999 they certainly made up for lost time, or started drinking more reasonablu, and no less than six Ep's, among which four splits with fellow Montreal bands Oppressed Conscience, Obnoxious Race and Urban Trash and another Québec-based band Fierce. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">During the 90's GH enjoyed a stable lineup with Simon, on drums, being a tireless musician (he also played in Préjudice, Disjonction and three of the aforementioned bands GH did splits with) and running Tobacco Shit Records that released most of GH's records and other Canadian bands. Sonically they were in line with the decade had to offer as far as the genre was concerned: gruff crustcore with a thrashing grindcore influence like Destroy! dating Toxic Bonkers at a Fleas & Live gig. One of the strongest points, if not the strongest, was Fred's vocals, instantly recognizable, that able to sound raucous and coarse but also very pissed and discernible, on the verge of dementia. Really good work here. The band then stopped in 1996 after being "banned in the city" whatever that means. I could not find any details about this ban. Did it involve some of rioting that ended up with police forbidding them to play in Montreal? That'd be legendary so I guess we would be able to find stories about it online. Were they just kicked out after a particularly poor gig? If you know the full story, let me know and I'll add the thing here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePwDVoecAJO1HuWAlc-35hyphenhyphenbjr2henlEHKA8abNmEIMfwwg8xQfzIhbQbHY9rf-qAFTROpqbYi8HVla1grA19DYJCVQDwuNRQ0wsS72fLXl7mpmwRPygZvubKIhaOVh2HMVPG7sc-iEphSsGL5t0e0w7CNACYyWWLV53_188cJSW1WZ5ceqPxJT38BG8/s2096/GH%20lyrics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2068" data-original-width="2096" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePwDVoecAJO1HuWAlc-35hyphenhyphenbjr2henlEHKA8abNmEIMfwwg8xQfzIhbQbHY9rf-qAFTROpqbYi8HVla1grA19DYJCVQDwuNRQ0wsS72fLXl7mpmwRPygZvubKIhaOVh2HMVPG7sc-iEphSsGL5t0e0w7CNACYyWWLV53_188cJSW1WZ5ceqPxJT38BG8/w400-h395/GH%20lyrics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The band reformed in 2006 with a new guitar player and let's get real: they did not change much. The grindcore moments were pretty much gone but in terms of production and textures, the two songs on this split Ep could have been recorded in 1996, as if time had had no effect on these thick-skinned crusties. We're still heavily in thrashing crustcore land and I am reminded of Brazilian thrashing hardcore legend Armagedom. Simple and rather good, I think the split Ep format fits the band very well here. GH would released another split Ep with Dehumanizer Earth the same year and a full Ep in 2008 with seven (!) different covers, six of which being (loving) rip-offs of other bands like Antischism, DS-13 or Tragedy. Granted those were very limited pressings but that cracked me up. You've got to love punks with a cheeky sense of humour.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side the listener is treated with three songs from the mighty Massgrave from Vancouver (not to be confused with the short-lived but excellent Japanese Massgrave). I am not sure it would be correct to claim that MG were ever a trendy or a high-profile band (on the punk scale being a high-profile act means to have a queue of at least seven people at the merch table, it's simple maths really) but they have clearly become an established band and even people who are not into crust or grindcore (also known as posers) are at least a little familiar with them (if not with the actual music at least with how much they stand for the genre). They have been one of the very few contemporary bands to be able to totally appeal to both crust and grind crowds. Depending on the size of your town, there may not be a difference between these crowds. Actually in small towns everybody go to "the punk gig" whether they are into metalcore, melodic punk or neocrust because it would be pointless to form silly little scenes. But in bigger places where silliness is key, as far as I can see, a division has grown and solidified between the d-beat/crust audience and the full-on grindcore one. It's the case even in Paris, a town that has never been famous for either genres (that's an understatement, we're infested by oi music) that don't draw many people anyway unless you bring a bigger name. But MS are something of an exception in the sense that they are a solid DIY punk band, first and foremost, playing music that not only appeals to more but also, as an openly political band, avoids the tastelessness and stupidity that too many grindcore bands intentionally embrace. They are basically a good band with a delicately hairy font.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8MAZSj5VrrykNxlRnBCjDUO41oGCvw8oHnghZULLZneMS5zC-3Bp-aLtVAkNgJWH18dtvDc8aCJZa0EbyWgbguuxpmafo41RflmS0o8IdtFd0jBKgm0ovoYseoCaqEIhQTM2ovA9y0i1wLZrad_PtLpGZ2k7gpEzxR7c1j1d_upYPuedpt844_7rzjw/s2096/MG%20lyrics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2064" data-original-width="2096" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8MAZSj5VrrykNxlRnBCjDUO41oGCvw8oHnghZULLZneMS5zC-3Bp-aLtVAkNgJWH18dtvDc8aCJZa0EbyWgbguuxpmafo41RflmS0o8IdtFd0jBKgm0ovoYseoCaqEIhQTM2ovA9y0i1wLZrad_PtLpGZ2k7gpEzxR7c1j1d_upYPuedpt844_7rzjw/w400-h394/MG%20lyrics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I first heard about them when a good friend of mine ages ago, far more into grindcore than I ever will be, mentioned that Stormcrow would appear on a split Lp with Massgrave to be released soon on Agipunk. Not being aware of the existence of said band, I proceeded to ask about their identity. He described them as "<i>kinda like Disrupt or State of Fear but more manic and with more blast beats, even </i>" and he was quite right. He then added that "<i>even someone with shit tastes like you should enjoy it</i>" which somehow negatively impacted the discovery. Oh well. By 2006 MG had already released two albums, a split cd with Neckbeerd (that involved a member of MG) and a strong full album entitled <i>...People are the Problem</i>, and four Ep's, three of them being, in true DIY grindcore fashion split records with Warfair?, Pretty Little Flowers and Poser Disposer (I like the name of that one and the spoof Anti Cimex cover). The three songs on the present split are vintage 00's Massgrave, absolutely furious and relentless grinding cavemen crustcore with dual tradeoff vocals reminiscent of late Disrupt, 3-Way Cum or Deformed Conscience. The band sounds absolutely unstoppable and ferocious here, the production is amazing, powerful in that it relies on the energy and aggression of the songwriting to create that vibe of brutal and angry hardcore punk savagery and still provide significant changes of pace. They were at the top of their early game and this is one of my favourite recordings from the band. Short and sweet to be sure and with a limited amount of blast beats which suits me well. What a slap in the face. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The vocalists are perfectly complementary and manage to recreate an argument between angry cavemen about who did not watch the fire properly. The riffs are top notch too and show that Sweden was certainly a country that the guitar player looked up to while the very sound and tone of the guitar is quite specific and makes the band easy to recognize. Back when the band started the traditional dual vocals crustcore style was slowly vanishing and it would soon go out of fashion after the mid-00's (Visions of War standing as the immortal heroes of the (sub)subgenre). I would venture that the fact that MG was significantly connected with the grindcore scene (most of their collaborations were with grind bands) that value brutality somehow made it easier for them to develop their specific grinding crust attack and build momentum. I had the opportunity to see them twice (I put on the second gig myself) and I had a blast. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This record was released on Unrest Records when the label was still in its infancy. Little by little it would become a well-respected label responsible for records from the likes of Disrupt (well, that one made sense), The Accüsed, Driller Killer and even Morus. The main flaw of this Ep is the cover, a little confusing visually and without any reference to the bands included, unless you know the record beforehand, it's not one you would necessarily want to check on the distro table. Let's call this a punk tradition.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9ywjNdNo20LQPFSgxzcRamvt_1HMQudLS0-MyQ0BMuIvYEmq0bxdCR401YREq3Qe7cih6_lJTXihapl8G2w5v0BS7R3qNixgqRnYX0H9XGXRCtRD5YJTO-Fz9yrvqJTbctmfb3E_J975COA-l6ZbVHBFhucbQaVSlbVWk-Q6UZ_LyxUlg1OhZlyfVDo/s1085/A%20side.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1085" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9ywjNdNo20LQPFSgxzcRamvt_1HMQudLS0-MyQ0BMuIvYEmq0bxdCR401YREq3Qe7cih6_lJTXihapl8G2w5v0BS7R3qNixgqRnYX0H9XGXRCtRD5YJTO-Fz9yrvqJTbctmfb3E_J975COA-l6ZbVHBFhucbQaVSlbVWk-Q6UZ_LyxUlg1OhZlyfVDo/s320/A%20side.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2ozX6bHrQWFX6JnghhI6fEeNuh7MmvMbnAKqt5bKXCdGu6szNfX3kyPKBMWkkxx40QLaEAvxow1OmaSQkbpyLK1GcodGRX8FZ3rRBJwWj30rzkXNW0gTIjmGxApV0TAn9M6khrt977krfhHj3ZfhkaWi0IW7dmMx64iCcbR_mUaxjCqstCjUS6qR8J8/s1153/B%20side.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1153" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2ozX6bHrQWFX6JnghhI6fEeNuh7MmvMbnAKqt5bKXCdGu6szNfX3kyPKBMWkkxx40QLaEAvxow1OmaSQkbpyLK1GcodGRX8FZ3rRBJwWj30rzkXNW0gTIjmGxApV0TAn9M6khrt977krfhHj3ZfhkaWi0IW7dmMx64iCcbR_mUaxjCqstCjUS6qR8J8/s320/B%20side.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/3ldw0ibs87lo5kl/GHMG.zip/file">Global Grave</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-84914798587373351322024-02-07T21:46:00.001+01:002024-02-07T21:46:29.685+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: AGAINST EMPIRE / HOLOKAUST "Threat to Existence / S/t" split Ep, 2004<p style="text-align: justify;">This Ep is so quintessentially from the noughties that playing it again after some time was a bit like time traveling to a different era altogether when the internet was not completely taken for granted yet and still felt new. At the time being on Myspace was an issue in the scene which shows how far we've gone. This Ep made me realize how much I am, too, from the 00's and how I grew, as a punk and a vaguely promising young man, throughout this decade. In 2000, streetpunk seemed to me like the ultimate way of life, a happy land where you could be happy just by drinking beer "with the boyz", walking a lot on the streets, wearing too many studs and giving the fingers to "the system" and by 2009 I had formed a semiological critique of neocrust and its use of Nature as a personification of purity and of a paradise soon-to-be-lost to man-made industrialism, very much like 19th century romantics used to do (yes I was already a sad bastard) and I was patronizing enough to look down on people who had no knowledge of Philippine punk too. An exhilarating bildungsroman and a potentially ace biopic indeed. I should talk to my mate Thimotée Chalamet about it, he'd make a smashing me.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was certainly not late to the party as far as Against Empire and Holokaust were concerned. What I especially liked about those two bands was that, not only were they both relatively new by the time I heard about them, but they were also the members' first bands as far as I knew (let's be kind and not count the Rage Against the Machine cover bands that they probably did in high school). New, fresh and clearly for my generation. I was enthusiastic and had no idea that 20 years later I would be sitting in front of a computer screen reflecting upon the subjective and objective significance of the record. Actually, at the time I had no idea that there would even be a "20 years later" with me in it. I see both AE and Holokaust as being particularly representative of Bush-era anarcho and crust punk, although the latter kept going in the 2010's and are still more or less active as I have seen recent gig poster promoting them. It's true that the rule of Bush Jr covered almost all the decade so that it is tempting to associate 00's bands as Bush-era bands but whenever I hear a 00's political punk bands from the States, the very production reminds me of the president. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AI3PyHyZp7El3Ue1AGFfgzgU9CcIU8bIA3eao7T15CyCNXRuC8ikH1ZPAain0asVNhfI8RnGfBhIY37sTmV2uJWY8GKJHeUee99o-NZlvgeOMqzzZ0kxUmwMIdIbSZE4t7HwXUSc3jEUpVNejmNGdOeMQMKgyoaUQrggGgY9nntLBWvmqUMlIBpD29A/s1420/AE%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1420" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AI3PyHyZp7El3Ue1AGFfgzgU9CcIU8bIA3eao7T15CyCNXRuC8ikH1ZPAain0asVNhfI8RnGfBhIY37sTmV2uJWY8GKJHeUee99o-NZlvgeOMqzzZ0kxUmwMIdIbSZE4t7HwXUSc3jEUpVNejmNGdOeMQMKgyoaUQrggGgY9nntLBWvmqUMlIBpD29A/w400-h398/AE%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">How many bands had radical and highly detailed anti Bush lyrics at that time? It seemed like all the bands had a song directly against the Bush administration, the Patriot Act or the war in Iraq. That thick as shit man was seen as a danger for humanity and to be honest a lot of what is still tragically going in the Middle East are consequences of the man's work. He was the Reagan to our 00's, he outreaganed Reagan, even as a Frenchman I felt like it was my duty to hate the idiot and wish for his beheading, and no one thought that the US would ever get a worse a president. Time proved that punks were not exactly the most clairvoyant bunch, sadly. Paradoxically I cannot really think of an anti-Trump punk song, I am sure there are some but he is clearly not as inspiring in spite of being even more hatable. Let's not depair, I am sure he is going to start new cool American wars by 2025 that will give us the opportunity to write antiwar anthems again. But then, to be quite honest, maybe it's not such a bad thing that there are not too many anti-Trump songs. The bastard is already everywhere (even outside the US of A) so I can understand why US bands would choose to keep his name out of our music. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I liked AE a lot at the time. I loved the name, I loved the imagery, I loved the lyrics and I kinda wished I had a band like that if you know what I mean. I first heard them through their <i>The One Who Strikes the Blow Forgets... The One Who Bears the Scar Remembers </i>album from 2005 but I got hold of this split Ep shortly afterwards. I definitely played the Lp a lot when it came out so that I still know all the songs. They have not all aged well and some parts do sound quite dated (or typical of the era if you want to put it nicely) but I don't really mind since, after all, to sound dated is to sound like your time, like you were part of your time and some dated things are very enjoyable. I loved their brand of passionate anarcho metal-crust, they did not belong to the stenchcore revival but still appealed to that crowd and their more melodic, melancholy riffing made them listenable to the then booming neocrust population. I remember people saying that the Lp was overproduced (a criticism usually coming from people used to 90's production or people who collect Japanese records) but compared to a lot of contemporary bands, it is actually a rather direct record and this Ep, the band's first vinyl appearance, is even rawer but just as angry. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBL3vklci6BzafLkMfx2kTGY630XS5cRDUVpVq8N8GpC_XSelsCitBtB1ASWp2i36wjp6YyWPoeJVoAgTeAaZg-pqxugL4JxIzkZukd1YV9cFpSEfeAGPDmkHJVf91jd38yPEJ4Z8i7biCOLw6O0BXATmP-sAM7E1VUsuAEussXorYHFicThq83ZyoE8/s1422/AE%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBL3vklci6BzafLkMfx2kTGY630XS5cRDUVpVq8N8GpC_XSelsCitBtB1ASWp2i36wjp6YyWPoeJVoAgTeAaZg-pqxugL4JxIzkZukd1YV9cFpSEfeAGPDmkHJVf91jd38yPEJ4Z8i7biCOLw6O0BXATmP-sAM7E1VUsuAEussXorYHFicThq83ZyoE8/w400-h400/AE%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It is a pretty straight-forward affair illustrating what AE were good at: a balanced mix of US-styled anarchopunk and crustcore. At first, the opening song "Empire against environment" sounds like it would be very much at ease with 90's anarchopunk bands like Aus-Rotten and Deprived with its fast-paced angry vocal flow and a blatant Antisect-loving riff but then the band uses a full-on neocrust emotional riff on the chorus which I had completely forgotten (although there were some indeed on the album). I don't think it works that well and I would have wished for a simpler hardcore riff but then such endeavours were common in 2004. The second number is a traditional US crustcore monster with super gruff cavemen vocals (a little too forced maybe?) that owed a lot to bands like Disrupt (of course) or React and also Swedish classics like 3-Way Cum or Warcollapse. A Very good cavecrust effort with a brilliant scandicrust riff. The following AE record would be the aforementioned Lp blending metallic gruff crust with 90's US anarchopunk and some "epicrust" (or something?). A split Lp with Iskra in 2007 followed that saw the band with a different lineup include black-metal influences which did not really impress me (the whole record did not to be honest) and the year after the rather good <i>Destructive Systems Collapse </i>came out with a more dynamic and direct production and a solid 00's crustcore style (the band must have listened to Consume a lot). At that point I started to loose interest in AE for some reason and did not grab the split Ep with Auktion (I did get to see them on their European tour in late 2009 and they were quite good). By the time the second Lp <i>Thieves and Leeches </i>was out in 2011 I was surprised they were still going and I don't think I listened the Lp in its entirety.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHYnonaMmfFHmsWyAYCz7F4645fx1GBcH4rKQhKXpDr6CdR_FQAOAnEARFI1DQlzWTYzbpQu4wcEuluKykgTtLWcmk90zDg2blTI5bF6Rz0Vt8H16YP8AFF7ACmb_qfx88tlufbE5EOq8sVjxw8X59GHyN0-pAiFUJvW0U2GSWzQ0Y5WY-AqDGlCknmA/s1422/HOL%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHYnonaMmfFHmsWyAYCz7F4645fx1GBcH4rKQhKXpDr6CdR_FQAOAnEARFI1DQlzWTYzbpQu4wcEuluKykgTtLWcmk90zDg2blTI5bF6Rz0Vt8H16YP8AFF7ACmb_qfx88tlufbE5EOq8sVjxw8X59GHyN0-pAiFUJvW0U2GSWzQ0Y5WY-AqDGlCknmA/w400-h400/HOL%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Holokaust, from Moreno Valley close to Riverside, is a three-piece orchestra that I listen to more regularly than AE and some of their records I still rate quite highly. I am going to use the present tense as I think the band is more or less active and does play the odd benefit gig and festival. In retrospect the choice of their moniker feels a little odd. If anything, Holokaust is the modern band that epitomizes what Discharge-influenced peacepunk was all about. As a Southern Californian band, they are the direct heirs of this specific 80's tradition and sound popularized by brilliant bands like Diatribe, Body Count and obviously The Iconoclast. I cannot think of many bands that kept that sound alive (intentionally or not, this is not the point) after the 80's beside the mighty Resist and Exist (especially their late 90's period) and the cruelly underrated Armistice, a band I love that I will be writing about in a more or less distant future, both of which were actually already around when the OC crust scene was kicking in. As a recent incarnation of peacepunk, which is pretty specific, you would have thought that Holokaust would have heard of Holocaust, a band from Los Angeles that was around between 1989 and 1992 (we already talked about them <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2016/02/si-one-compilation-ep-1991.html">here</a> because of their inclusion on the <i>SI One </i>compilation Ep), was highly influenced by Crucifix or Final Conflict and very much part of the late 80's/early 90's peacepunk and peacecrust wave. Holocaust were by no means a high profile act so it was clearly coincidental but it is strange that they were not told by an elder that "<i>it's already taken boys</i>". But then, maybe they were told indeed and just though "<i>fuck it, we'll just replace the "c" with a "k"</i>".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVzKXI2r0d5OQOAasO1u9v1TlI_GXyH2bzRg7bYXFlZaaj44ueWTlMVExuT5QmFpjuxBkQxPhdPJZuJi5w0CHy4gf5N5Uf6Elgg9SwpRj_t6LZVcwJ7-aZuJtmjvCuAav3hEG4ZIRD9rNuXzMq0yDACRZw2DYrqddoiTMx2P3oiKw1SECpr7mOwLs_Bg/s1422/HOL%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVzKXI2r0d5OQOAasO1u9v1TlI_GXyH2bzRg7bYXFlZaaj44ueWTlMVExuT5QmFpjuxBkQxPhdPJZuJi5w0CHy4gf5N5Uf6Elgg9SwpRj_t6LZVcwJ7-aZuJtmjvCuAav3hEG4ZIRD9rNuXzMq0yDACRZw2DYrqddoiTMx2P3oiKw1SECpr7mOwLs_Bg/w400-h400/HOL%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Like AE, I got into Holokaust since the band's inception with their self-titled Ep from 2002, a record that I instantly got into and still love. It is the perfect blend of UK-styled Discharge-loving hardcore punk like '83 Antisect, Anti-System and early Hellkrusher and of traditional Californian peacepunk like The Iconoclast or Diatribe. Great stuff with a very pure old-school production that sounds very natural and not self-aware. Just good old-school pre d-beat Discharge-loving hardcore. The Ep was released on After The Bomb Records the label run by Adam from Masskontroll and Deathcharge (which makes sense). A split with Dissystema followed in 2003 (with a brilliant cover of Anti-System's "Dying in agony") which was poorly distributed in Europe and that I never grabbed and then our present 2004 split record. The basis are similar here with "Holy wars" starting with a metallic Final Conflict-like introduction before offering a classic Anti-System-style (they do love that band a lot and the vocals are quite alike) and "Genocide factor" and "Famine" being stellar early Discharge-loving hardcore like Varukers, The Iconoclast, Antisect, before d-beat was a structured thing. You know what I mean. The production is raw and powerful and I love how impactful the very pure d-beat drumming is in the mix as it confers a proper old-school feel. Holokaust's style sounds very spontaneous as they go for a classic sound in a way that few can achieve. The band went on to record a full Lp, that was unfortunately not as good, and three split Ep's with Wörhorse (not sure when this one came out actually, it could have been before AE's), Rattus and Armistice (that was an obvious one). A fairly quiet but delicious peacepunk band.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsV2_sLb1jXeOqKnHwF7_E9McTrINxe_zzipDXDtORiP7uQ9M9mYgXkaE3YkefymCdwNh728NIJfMD-dZMbVZZXJzEWZjfV1PRpn4fGpoO6673JItBK2Pa7Sl6mXYSPgSxLf5Cf8F2mqLg45VcngmpV2_gnh5z2vHLOwKMJ0Q3isv0R770KPWFFNSrVI/s860/Side%20AE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="858" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsV2_sLb1jXeOqKnHwF7_E9McTrINxe_zzipDXDtORiP7uQ9M9mYgXkaE3YkefymCdwNh728NIJfMD-dZMbVZZXJzEWZjfV1PRpn4fGpoO6673JItBK2Pa7Sl6mXYSPgSxLf5Cf8F2mqLg45VcngmpV2_gnh5z2vHLOwKMJ0Q3isv0R770KPWFFNSrVI/s320/Side%20AE.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgOP7_rPzR-avRbNt99wqz4yJwukvS3KCXdbPaUXFM4ulI6vNfgiBvigdx1Cu3_aLPvbbX4yUcMPNEJ2D0ZaHOCve_MSg6_Fk13El3Gen23wspjOnLTdIu19G1jfbx3Hs3AjO_soR4a7i5ltHTRYZPua7-MMqQTy-UB6rb9JVMplgCrK9hQrtt8kpR_8/s860/Side%20HOL.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="858" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgOP7_rPzR-avRbNt99wqz4yJwukvS3KCXdbPaUXFM4ulI6vNfgiBvigdx1Cu3_aLPvbbX4yUcMPNEJ2D0ZaHOCve_MSg6_Fk13El3Gen23wspjOnLTdIu19G1jfbx3Hs3AjO_soR4a7i5ltHTRYZPua7-MMqQTy-UB6rb9JVMplgCrK9hQrtt8kpR_8/s320/Side%20HOL.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This was released on Threat To Existence which I think was a label run by an Against Empire member. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/rgd2jffqdduedq7/AEHOL.zip/file">Against Holokaust</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-70347255005312735352024-01-31T20:12:00.007+01:002024-01-31T21:55:49.668+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: SCATHA / THE DAGDA "S/t" split Ep, 2003<p style="text-align: justify;">Being a little too young to have witnessed Scatha live is one of those regrets I have had for a while, one that will likely never fade although it is clearly not my fault (not like that time I actually gave away for free my copy of Fall of Efrafa's <i>Owsla</i>, a first pressing that costs no less than 100€ today). From what I have read the band was a powerhouse live with a show-stealing drummer. And it doesn't happen that often. There are usually two situations that makes one take a look and notice the drummer during a gig. It's either because he or she is excellent and you just look in awe, enthralled at the magics or because he or she badly fucked up a couple of songs and you're wondering how plastered he or she got before playing. The latter option is pretty easy to spot since the guitar player always turns and looks at the red-faced bellend with serious concern and murder in the eyes while the singer, still facing the audience, desperate tries to maintain some kind of dignity. Oh well. Scatha's drummer belonged to the first category of course. The man is a Celtic octopus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHzTOKXOpSa75oFGZWpGijm0bL3oZt3uHR3_U79vP2c1D5qrAx-sh4igI10d9RTrBkT_TbzphAYGCNLPHIgIJNNhvIRfnatkBSYhhC4sUMfqt4vxaUzCHUbKBOqyjmPBqV2K0LJv-2Ab9BtxWOnsgv9mwRgOvT0dFha4-3xfm0Hqy8gpel-7R-Qyk_xk/s1450/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1446" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHzTOKXOpSa75oFGZWpGijm0bL3oZt3uHR3_U79vP2c1D5qrAx-sh4igI10d9RTrBkT_TbzphAYGCNLPHIgIJNNhvIRfnatkBSYhhC4sUMfqt4vxaUzCHUbKBOqyjmPBqV2K0LJv-2Ab9BtxWOnsgv9mwRgOvT0dFha4-3xfm0Hqy8gpel-7R-Qyk_xk/w399-h400/Cover.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">To be quite honest they were a band I did not quite get at first. Being advertized as having ex-members of Disaffect (I read this on a DIY distro ad promoting the band somewhere), I was expecting some fast punishing hardcore thrash but they were more complex and when I initially bought <i>Birth, Life and Death </i>in 2003 I was basically more than a little... circumspect. I did not dislike it but I was used to much simpler things. It's a bit like eating a chocolate layered vegan cake for the first time after years of stuffing yourself with fake Nutella. It's still chocolate-based but not as straight-forward. It took some time but I eventually did get and grown to love Scatha, which as you will learn in the foldout cover is pronounced "<i>something like sca-huh</i>" (that's punk linguists for you) and is the name of Celtic warrior queen. The crazy tribal rhythmic beats of the music the band used were certainly more challenging than Scatha's imagery and lyrics rooted in Celtic culture. I owned Oi Polloi's <i>Fuaim Catha</i> so I knew that it had nothing to do with the despicable use of Celtic symbols by neo-nazis, dodgy metal bands or my uncle Bob's dreadful tattoos. If anything a band like Scatha did teach me a few things about Celtic culture, belief system and their land-based worldview just like The Casualties taught me that punx and skinz should unite, look good on the streets and get drunk. Who said punk-rock couldn't educational?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqoLoraPOiMjSS6qRPN962Z0CJPdUOGPV_8bkhyO547-GptEQrDG_OgGQNfd7n28-ZBZw8sjKPXCBox1GI90sOPJ51BvRPPEOnsCgjN8j6VobqXfejf8nj1Z0bi-TQs8_gBgHjBuKBUyN3tvrnXD4b4Xbj32yLqysB_jCWi2o8KXG3afrpEcok0zhM2k/s2000/Foldout.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqoLoraPOiMjSS6qRPN962Z0CJPdUOGPV_8bkhyO547-GptEQrDG_OgGQNfd7n28-ZBZw8sjKPXCBox1GI90sOPJ51BvRPPEOnsCgjN8j6VobqXfejf8nj1Z0bi-TQs8_gBgHjBuKBUyN3tvrnXD4b4Xbj32yLqysB_jCWi2o8KXG3afrpEcok0zhM2k/w400-h300/Foldout.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Dagda on the other side were the perfect, the ideal, the obvious counterpart to Scatha. Hailing from Belfast, the band's name refers to a pagan god in traditional Irish celtic mythology often represented with a cauldron and a magical harp. Thankfully the band did not use any of these attributes in their actual music as they did not exactly play experimental trippy hippie music. Just imagine the face of a grumpy sound engineer upon seeing a punk band unloading a fucking harp from their tour van. Priceless. I already knew The Dagda when I bought the split Ep through their excellent <i>Threefold </i>Lp which I listened to a lot (I wish the cover looked better though, I mean, why yellow?). Scatha and The Dagda together on the same record sounded like the most reliable idea where nothing could go wrong, just like a Scottish Bret Hart versus an Irish Mister Perfect in 1993. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZt-2Xn_q8Ljxbw0aBycHVtYNfaHffyHsk2eq13hBbv8XWShps_40SCbaJu6ztPe1yLL9aAqjwo6Yqo5jaxxmvwji8fWnDHN6s6qDZ87ntHfE6a-ltAqX2pr2fFjopeSKPeu7Y9Nj_QpzQCT369bxqNxHKo06PSEIQQ57IDwBvaeYEGSXDRJCnHxQ6U7A/s1446/Scatha%20definition.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="722" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZt-2Xn_q8Ljxbw0aBycHVtYNfaHffyHsk2eq13hBbv8XWShps_40SCbaJu6ztPe1yLL9aAqjwo6Yqo5jaxxmvwji8fWnDHN6s6qDZ87ntHfE6a-ltAqX2pr2fFjopeSKPeu7Y9Nj_QpzQCT369bxqNxHKo06PSEIQQ57IDwBvaeYEGSXDRJCnHxQ6U7A/w200-h400/Scatha%20definition.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Each band delivered one song on this one. Scatha's "Rant" starts off with a sample from the movie <i>Easy Rider</i> (Glycine Max actually used the very same one to introduce "Violent mind // Peaceful heart") before unleashing their unique brand of epic tribal metallic crust with an almost trance-like vibe that makes one want to sacrifice English policemen. Scatha were a pretty unique band, like Bad Influence or Contropotere, so that they are quite difficult to properly describe. As mentioned the drummer is on fire and each one of his many (and I mean many) tense dynamic rolls actually enhances the songwriting - as he's not (just) showing off - and help turn the songs into powerful cohesive units. There are hints of Disaffect and Sedition in the guitars, fairly logical considering the two guitar players were respectively involved in those band, but Scatha is the crustier band, definitely. Sometimes I am reminded of Misery's apocalyptics mixed with the writing flair and tunes of late Hiatus when they started to progress musically, maybe some sludgecore too and with those recognizable screaming anguished vocals. Production-wise "Rant" is not Scatha's heaviest moment although it certainly still rocks enough and I love how the different parts and paces of the songs work with each other smoothly. This number was recorded in April, 2022 and this was the band's swan song (two other songs that were to be included on the discography were recorded during the same session). Members of Scatha would eventually take part in bands like Ruin or TRIBE, the latter being the logical sequel in terms of Celtic tribal crusty hardcore. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCG-7yTsy7MH1q335DErK3DgeiDdVYOtnBSRS6KjvL3GLftqFE0R9qF6FTCGQEIXkeSQwQBdnvbYkMvefL8v_TCLbALEsPGW4gt3UdPNSUqgFlQ23nfm1A01VyFss0kmPEBipSObGMUVMso49cy1wtXCuaN3Fi41_-t3eadqPwR_XJcXlLrZdqLDvJCs/s1446/Dagda%20definition.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="722" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCG-7yTsy7MH1q335DErK3DgeiDdVYOtnBSRS6KjvL3GLftqFE0R9qF6FTCGQEIXkeSQwQBdnvbYkMvefL8v_TCLbALEsPGW4gt3UdPNSUqgFlQ23nfm1A01VyFss0kmPEBipSObGMUVMso49cy1wtXCuaN3Fi41_-t3eadqPwR_XJcXlLrZdqLDvJCs/w200-h400/Dagda%20definition.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side, one song from The Dagda is offered, a band whose live performance in 2005 in Bradford was one of the best I had ever seen (granted I was getting a little tipsy when they started playing but then it was already late, like at least 8pm). They were an absolute powerhouse. I suppose you could say the band fell under the "neocrust" umbrella to an extent, a term that has become so synonymous with the 00's that it is seldom used as a praise. And to be fair most of the bands associated with this wave (although none of them claimed the term for themselves as I remember) haven't exactly aged well. When it all kicked out following the success of Tragedy and From Ashes Rise, I was still deep in the formative process of discovery and this new wave appealed to me at first, because the bands were often very catchy and epic in a cheesy way, not to mention that they toured so that I got to see a lot of them between 2004 and 2009. I don't listen to almost any of them these days but they are still popular in some quarters. The Dagda are an exception - along with bands like Schifosi, Muga or even Ekkaia - and if the "neocrust" tag is not irrelevant there is more to the band than this.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnyFFeq7DkGdAdfx686wWAdGllqBOamPSfQcw6yWorCjQSFyh3cZFEP34MtltYsxp-zxajHF_KNlY61ud0vS13l4z1Le7NNlfRHXfDRap_0Z3jc0g94-Q1rrckONTb2bwwabi2B41CfGzGkIHLcAVkaxfGQvJ2a3BkmWxgFx1V5Bl9-FyTbaCR1hj4Hs/s1446/Lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1444" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnyFFeq7DkGdAdfx686wWAdGllqBOamPSfQcw6yWorCjQSFyh3cZFEP34MtltYsxp-zxajHF_KNlY61ud0vS13l4z1Le7NNlfRHXfDRap_0Z3jc0g94-Q1rrckONTb2bwwabi2B41CfGzGkIHLcAVkaxfGQvJ2a3BkmWxgFx1V5Bl9-FyTbaCR1hj4Hs/w400-h400/Lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The band formed around 1999 (I guess?) with members of the mighty Jobbykrust and Bleeding Rectum (among many other class Belfast hardcore punk bands) so they were not exactly a beginners' act and they started playing before "neocrust" was even coined so that it might be unfair to just dump them with the subgenre without taking into account wider music dynamics. That heavy hardcore and crust punk would eventually go progressive and absorb influences from other neighbouring genres (like post hardcore, emocore or screamo) was inevitable and even welcome for everyone (although some musical blends would have been better left in the artists' imagination). To a significant extent, The Dagda can be seen as a continuation of Jobbykrust even if all the members weren't involved in them. By the end of their run in the late 90's the vastly underrated Jobbykrust had turned into a heavy and dark progressive metal crust monster that stood out at the time and heralded what was to come in terms of songwriting, notably The Dagda. In terms of intensity, emotions and melodies, the link between both bands is strong and obvious.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMBpot6dXMb-vf5Dhh47ku8HThm-WZl1ysCYdHCBujPTydCzk_FXC8g7rnvXvpgbuFow1gsuwfljlTp8Mqm4WRFEx1lZCQnl08QSt5plILZX8ejPHHw4IpnPhiGbwmOvdr_l83FTLl6X2zi592Q0PMMQuHW8-88lQC6f2QY4yo2eOY2Vq0XDaTkt7YOs/s1446/Backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1446" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMBpot6dXMb-vf5Dhh47ku8HThm-WZl1ysCYdHCBujPTydCzk_FXC8g7rnvXvpgbuFow1gsuwfljlTp8Mqm4WRFEx1lZCQnl08QSt5plILZX8ejPHHw4IpnPhiGbwmOvdr_l83FTLl6X2zi592Q0PMMQuHW8-88lQC6f2QY4yo2eOY2Vq0XDaTkt7YOs/w400-h400/Backcover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Dagda's sound is dark and relentless and versatile, there are a lot of changes of paces (from pummeling d-beat, to heavy mid-paced metallic hardcore or emotional hardcore) and many different narrative parts to "And so I rise". It has that epic, triumphant, unstoppable vibe when they speed things up and the singers sound so genuinely angry and desperate that it is almost contagious. It's clear that His Hero Is Gone must have enjoyed some significant airplay at the Warzone Center in Belfast and there are many dark and melancholy driving guitar leads that would become the trademark of the ensuing punk wave. I am sometimes also reminded of Damad in terms of groove and tension. This song was part of the same recording session at Warzone as their first Lp, 2002's <i>Threefold</i>, that would confirm all the band's potential and remains their best and most intense work with a great story to tell (The Dagda were made for albums given the genre and their fundamentally epic narrative songwriting).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbUKCgacEA7BZYcSzcY4B7EiS7FU7dTNyPJetexnQXytSRbcJK_4AMvreSX5hdj2ktlEh3yxAJEr0-_FMA4iNfNHX5cdzwLX2kqqE6yPCnfUjOgaJf-WPg4Nzy36_ll66p5xjSg9hUJLZSMOZIZczy3M_JK1nxuMZ-FDwZrd-Kk_A7b8XnRH0Rk3SRqQ/s1298/Shirts%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbUKCgacEA7BZYcSzcY4B7EiS7FU7dTNyPJetexnQXytSRbcJK_4AMvreSX5hdj2ktlEh3yxAJEr0-_FMA4iNfNHX5cdzwLX2kqqE6yPCnfUjOgaJf-WPg4Nzy36_ll66p5xjSg9hUJLZSMOZIZczy3M_JK1nxuMZ-FDwZrd-Kk_A7b8XnRH0Rk3SRqQ/s320/Shirts%201.jpeg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJLXWtBZQckBvTC0ZnHbPj5UGi4WGNX50R89dytQlmj47POQxcK3wZImrQIpxtBf3thOoEo6jyB0TLrsGSp5qIG5pmC2kraZKHL-S9rtIuI74A1YpBwEpQZm3l22ZwweHnjb47ES_iaaTyyIaXtO9lLTYw0Xy3OPeYByNanOI7zRFAuJ8Gzn1i1HGlPA/s2248/Shirts%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="2248" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJLXWtBZQckBvTC0ZnHbPj5UGi4WGNX50R89dytQlmj47POQxcK3wZImrQIpxtBf3thOoEo6jyB0TLrsGSp5qIG5pmC2kraZKHL-S9rtIuI74A1YpBwEpQZm3l22ZwweHnjb47ES_iaaTyyIaXtO9lLTYw0Xy3OPeYByNanOI7zRFAuJ8Gzn1i1HGlPA/w400-h231/Shirts%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBUqLF_0nmHaoFvFpK8GfhLm2WD2-AO7qWZ3GPaDXXHObHz01Rvu-tvLXn2X7IdJtei5Ho9kbW-sMOkDN1_K2aPnQ_JuKEuzWiXS_qQU2OwuVO1WkklbUi3nCBhb5wfOzGaEbyJioujDkeS52IMg3eHQ8Ox1pR3hMWnYy1XoDAMMZ_wtKWZpV-LrZdzs/s1302/Shirts%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBUqLF_0nmHaoFvFpK8GfhLm2WD2-AO7qWZ3GPaDXXHObHz01Rvu-tvLXn2X7IdJtei5Ho9kbW-sMOkDN1_K2aPnQ_JuKEuzWiXS_qQU2OwuVO1WkklbUi3nCBhb5wfOzGaEbyJioujDkeS52IMg3eHQ8Ox1pR3hMWnYy1XoDAMMZ_wtKWZpV-LrZdzs/s320/Shirts%203.jpeg" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Some beautiful shirts I have never seen here</i></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">This is a good split Ep enhanced by some beautiful artwork with a band reaching its conclusion and another one its full potential. This was released in 2003 on Crime Scene Records (responsible for some Boxed In and War All the Time), Panoptic Visions (Debris and Quarantine) and Anonymous Records (Disaffect and Muckspreader).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/f4j29ru8wo777rk/SCADAG.zip/file">Scatha / Dagda</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-52349328266954526292024-01-23T20:27:00.008+01:002024-01-23T20:41:50.710+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: CONTRAVENE / SVART AGGRESSION "S/t" split Ep, 2000<p style="text-align: justify;">The first time I saw the Contravene logo I thought it was a chicken or maybe a fat water fowl or common pigeon. It was a little bewildering. Even back then, in 2003, when my doomed quest to know everything there is to know about crust, anarchopunk and patches was still in its infancy, I already knew that there were only a couple of bird species that punk bands were legally allowed to use if they wanted to earn the bitter respect of their peers. There was the dove for the anarchopunk bands, a symbol inherited from the original 80's waves and popularized by peace-loving soap-dodging teenagers like Omega Tribe, Alternative or The Iconoclast and then re-adapted by countless crust bands like Nausea or SDS (Japanese crusties certainly love their dove). The use of this bird is something of a prerequisite in those genres if you have an anti-war song (more likely you'll have at least seven of them) and while no doves fly here in the real world, they certainly do on punk shirts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLmSuBDHvAINodlEas4uEVmUvWJUa0c5OSUtfDAvJV2R-S2t6jw5eQVBUf3zrLfXoENzcgSTehEzEGLmnXYMNC0mQcxCJIrpruZDV4_WuhYd7kuVDAwkZkd7PcdcdGUQGrEzQfk7TDtn2XesliJF0z7PR35SECIXIP_LErLkG0tFb3rGzt8q29iNNGvc/s1444/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1444" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLmSuBDHvAINodlEas4uEVmUvWJUa0c5OSUtfDAvJV2R-S2t6jw5eQVBUf3zrLfXoENzcgSTehEzEGLmnXYMNC0mQcxCJIrpruZDV4_WuhYd7kuVDAwkZkd7PcdcdGUQGrEzQfk7TDtn2XesliJF0z7PR35SECIXIP_LErLkG0tFb3rGzt8q29iNNGvc/w400-h400/Cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The eagle is also an acceptable punk bird, but more of an aggressive, threatening, majestic one, sometimes used as a patriotic symbol if you are unlucky enough to be American. Some neocrust or blackened crust bands use it often. I have to say that Tragedy's take on the eagle is particularly striking and, unsurprisingly enough, it has been a popular logo. Vultures can be used as well, often in the stenchcore or metal crust imagery in order to reflect war, desolation and death, the vulture is the bird that comes when we're all already dead and we have effectively committed self-inflicted extinction. Lol.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vgI_aBs-a03OWTYmtCOXGdWiOA-OphyphenhyphenuB1deNmM0dyaUNLHgkrqEQtjTmWVSUbcsNeMQjRhlHFYvFHBuQWPf9eX0DJHdJ26F74Wyi0d2tVtaa5QH9Kb1fWUDQgc9Uy837JfIxO2CIMYlhQ9-zWWIDGvoBKJBKlAmJpEuGtTOcosRjHQmXIJmLDhjaUo/s1444/Backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1444" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vgI_aBs-a03OWTYmtCOXGdWiOA-OphyphenhyphenuB1deNmM0dyaUNLHgkrqEQtjTmWVSUbcsNeMQjRhlHFYvFHBuQWPf9eX0DJHdJ26F74Wyi0d2tVtaa5QH9Kb1fWUDQgc9Uy837JfIxO2CIMYlhQ9-zWWIDGvoBKJBKlAmJpEuGtTOcosRjHQmXIJmLDhjaUo/w400-h400/Backcover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Chickens on the other hand have never been popular punk birds for obvious reasons. It looks thick, it cannot fly with any sort of grace (when it can at all), it is certainly not threatening in the least. And to most people it symbolizes food. So why would Contravene use it at all? It did take a couple of years and a friend's compliment for me to realize that the band's logo was actually and logically a dove. I had a Contravene badge (and still do I think) with the logo because I loved the band and did not mind enduring the mockeries and ridicule in relation to wearing a chicken on my jacket. And then that friend told me something like: "<i>Cool dove logo mate</i>" which made me understand that it was, in fact, a dove but a short-winged, featherless one with a strange goose-like neck. But a dove nonetheless. I guess. Stupid me, I can see the dove perfectly now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkNSPJUM_Q4FmvRLgF8dMK4zCL_9QE4IKmrZmLHdrIqi1US05h-KjFmHQYVkISK2F_wPFP2HJaCXHr4LLkXN2k_bz5PVo4iCvvU6tJsWtChyphenhyphenn9cKwuMpUwx6K-8vq8YrnOIJQ0kF9GUFacoFf0WW-1DqbC4sDM1jUwnTPyBkxu-TMXi5CFZu86DSKdzY/s1444/Con%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1442" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkNSPJUM_Q4FmvRLgF8dMK4zCL_9QE4IKmrZmLHdrIqi1US05h-KjFmHQYVkISK2F_wPFP2HJaCXHr4LLkXN2k_bz5PVo4iCvvU6tJsWtChyphenhyphenn9cKwuMpUwx6K-8vq8YrnOIJQ0kF9GUFacoFf0WW-1DqbC4sDM1jUwnTPyBkxu-TMXi5CFZu86DSKdzY/w400-h400/Con%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I was a big fan of the band in the 00's (I may have overplayed <i>A Call to Action </i>to be honest) and while I still listen to Contravene from times to times I cannot say they move me like they did back when I still had all my hair. I do see the band as a genuine 00's anarchopunk classic however and I cannot think of any other that sounded quite like them. The Phoenix-based unit were quite prolific too with one Lp, two Ep's and two split Ep's under their vegan belt in only six years (between 2000 and 2003 actually) so that if you were into DIY political punk at that time you would have heard of them, even more so since they toured in Europe in 2001 (or something? I was too busy listening to streetpunk dross in 2001 and missed them like a bellend). In addition Contravene were from Arizona and while areas like Portland, New York, Minneapolis or any Californian shitholes were deemed "cool" and would attract punters regardless of the bands on stage, Arizona was not exactly the trendiest punk place and that made them a little more special in my eyes as a result. They were very outspoken politically, very serious, very passionate and supported revolutionary ideals (there is the obligatory political text about multiple oppressions with the Ep) and it made them quite inspiring in a lot of respects. They had that kind of youthful energy and belief that matter and their lyrics are every bit as relevant today, sadly I must add. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6McJOeKtJ50ORvtple3j0GwbWDzDtYySQj7Q-eEVhHbT9O5D4qThT-78-r48VscwYblpLKxXjKW_u8m6cFK5BF2MnVfyj7EjZGwc7uF4HEYlEZBPvLLMxEcYsiSzSLBnKp-I0POjsFSz6Jr2nDCPGJqqWZJqj7JHtK-WTCckFgyPLs0OY_07XkCw83MM/s1444/Con%20text%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1444" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6McJOeKtJ50ORvtple3j0GwbWDzDtYySQj7Q-eEVhHbT9O5D4qThT-78-r48VscwYblpLKxXjKW_u8m6cFK5BF2MnVfyj7EjZGwc7uF4HEYlEZBPvLLMxEcYsiSzSLBnKp-I0POjsFSz6Jr2nDCPGJqqWZJqj7JHtK-WTCckFgyPLs0OY_07XkCw83MM/w400-h400/Con%20text%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">And well, they were quite unique musically too. Not perfect and listening to them carefully and critically again, there are bits that don't quite work but I don't think it really matters because they had all that sincerity and they did strive to create their own brand of anarchopunk (to an extent, it is not like they went all experimental and played the guitar with forks like The Ex did) which makes them remarkable. Their side of this split is made up of one long song, recorded in early 2000. "Stand up and resist" is classic Contravene in all its glory. It opens with a sample of a political speech then proceeds with a rather melancholy and melodic, mid-paced, short introduction before unleashing the dark and heavy crusty riffs with a singalong chorus, then some sort of metallic-yet-melodic instrumental moment, then back to the fast crust riffs and then, as an epic conclusion, the same arpeggio tune as on the opening is back this time with more dynamics and catchy poppy backing chorus. Contravene were great at telling stories with their songs, that were often quite long for the genre, through the use of introductions, conclusions, twists or transitions and on this number it works flawlessly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFP5AF6xcyvEFleDIYEthgpkK4aEwCskEJo3I7PjWNNQWFJ5ZFv1IE6Y9RhCf4RlWPdonLxQO8-eMZN9CMeP_gy_a-IQuvsyAFFSm6VN2ZuJORCKlzD5pp44QdYffBpRQGBAOJG3wEYEXK3vr3rimoIS9DJ4t1wn6FUW2QQ7UpJ_0O9-EfeZXycJ-70s/s1444/Con%20text%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1444" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFP5AF6xcyvEFleDIYEthgpkK4aEwCskEJo3I7PjWNNQWFJ5ZFv1IE6Y9RhCf4RlWPdonLxQO8-eMZN9CMeP_gy_a-IQuvsyAFFSm6VN2ZuJORCKlzD5pp44QdYffBpRQGBAOJG3wEYEXK3vr3rimoIS9DJ4t1wn6FUW2QQ7UpJ_0O9-EfeZXycJ-70s/w400-h400/Con%20text%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">They have often been compared to Nausea, probably because of the strong shouted female vocals, but they were more tuneful and versatile. They definitely belonged to that 90's wave of female-fronted US anarchopunk of classic bands like Antiproduct or Mankind? but they were also heavier, metallic and crustier like the aforementioned Nausea and even European bands like Homomilitia (the fact that some members from the band also played in Misanthropic and Sea of Deprivation accounts for the metallic sound). What made them really stand out was their surprisingly melodic poppy moments reminiscent of Civilised Society and even Chumbawamba or Omega Tribe - I love anarcho-cheesy and Contravene sometimes did go full out which can scare some eway - although the production is always on the heavy side. It might be too melodic for the crustier-than-thou and too heavy and metallic for the lovers of traditional anarchopunk but in the end that was what made Contravene who they were. One of the most relevant anarchopunk bands of their generation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPW1ttD7sGn2WZn6M23FjaFBzRgO4DinuBvKwxUobSbhQTQQcrn5AVsImUmO51_qsobb_9kqS1G_VsW-XFpl96emLkB-hQLQ3I5IET6DllSg8qkbbSlQ0LTdO_HDWAYHLaoWkj-MrAhaSUaLmOGttGE8DhLbIlF2fgZqe36Q7pkEiQUyS6d_T45Mrfb8/s1442/SA%20lyrics%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1432" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPW1ttD7sGn2WZn6M23FjaFBzRgO4DinuBvKwxUobSbhQTQQcrn5AVsImUmO51_qsobb_9kqS1G_VsW-XFpl96emLkB-hQLQ3I5IET6DllSg8qkbbSlQ0LTdO_HDWAYHLaoWkj-MrAhaSUaLmOGttGE8DhLbIlF2fgZqe36Q7pkEiQUyS6d_T45Mrfb8/w398-h400/SA%20lyrics%201.jpeg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side Svart Aggression were a perfect choice for a split with the Arizonians, full of significance and meaning. Hailing from Kalmar, the band is mostly known nowadays (and by "mostly known" I mean that I have one mate locally who knows the band because they did do a split with Kaaos, which is pretty brilliant) for their connection with Protestera with whom they shared two members in the early days. One year before Operation, a criminally overlooked angry Swedish anarchopunk band, officially folded, two members of the band formed Svart Aggression. In 1999 Protestera, basically the progression from Operation, started and both bands sounded very similar in the beginning, fast and angry 90's aanrchopunk, pretty much the same people under a different name. While oft forgotten when one meditates about 90's Swedish hardcore, crust and d-beat, Svart Aggression certainly deserves to be rediscovered, if only because they were a little different and did not quite fit the orthodox Distortion Records template.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQ_qHTqM0Xsf5V0lpltT5TtiNE768DpAGJlh-hAqDQq7o9YyKAXXZQe-FwVXzubG2_WkYQVjrlpb4GuEKYtOny9k-eqJFE_DPwsmoMUy-NUj7tdC04LUJJcfMfDlaUzwlcjt9CacFc4gHG4K1GNl1fdBPS-HPk8Zx3lCI1-JPdeYQgyvUkGQpPsD-uPA/s1458/SA%20lyrics%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1458" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQ_qHTqM0Xsf5V0lpltT5TtiNE768DpAGJlh-hAqDQq7o9YyKAXXZQe-FwVXzubG2_WkYQVjrlpb4GuEKYtOny9k-eqJFE_DPwsmoMUy-NUj7tdC04LUJJcfMfDlaUzwlcjt9CacFc4gHG4K1GNl1fdBPS-HPk8Zx3lCI1-JPdeYQgyvUkGQpPsD-uPA/w400-h395/SA%20lyrics%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In some respect Svart Aggression unintentionally stood for some stylistic transitions that took place between the late 90's and the 00's in Sweden as some bands started to add different influences to the otherwise fairly classic scandicrust recipe. The furious and savage käng attack is present with the cracking song "Mördare" and its traditionally pummeling fast d-takt and epic crunchy hardcore riffs, not unlike Tolshock maybe, but there are also heavier elements with a down-tuned melancholy vibe like on the introduction to "Skit system" and its slow d-beat. Pretty much how the so-called neocrust wave would work just a few years afterwards but I suppose it was more the dark Wolfpack influence speaking in this case. The dual male and female vocals really gives the band that classic anarchopunk feeling that already prevailed in Operation - and many other bands in the 90's and early 00's - and on the whole you could see Svart Aggression as a sort of Swedish version of React. I love how the two vocalists work together as Emma has a very peculiar way of singing that is almost spoken but still powerful and that balances well with Coffe's raspy aggressive käng shouts. A genuinely great combination. These two songs were recorded in late 1999 during the same session as the five songs that would eventually appear on the brilliant <i>Tänk Själv </i>Ep in 2006 released on Scream Records (although the label does not appear on the backcover, in true DIY fashion, a small promotional flyer from Scream Records referencing the Ep was actually included in the Ep) but, not owning the split with Kaaos, released in 2000 like the present record, I can't tell you if the two songs it has were also taken during the same session. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTj04H_tmTL3Q36XNo5RyVizgcsxKyt8CmbFabyTRaOaAgDDrgkrHY4yMEM15b9DYHHFAl_6eoEzPx3aD2RDOaJQgM_OSMPilCfKyFA_9zipheiEWlnIQ-v7o-2v-DLLFZ_gDkjo173QwbsSD0U12e52OGdaufigTKr6ISi1HqIULWPqiIfqHqhK4RaXk/s1444/SA%20details.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1444" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTj04H_tmTL3Q36XNo5RyVizgcsxKyt8CmbFabyTRaOaAgDDrgkrHY4yMEM15b9DYHHFAl_6eoEzPx3aD2RDOaJQgM_OSMPilCfKyFA_9zipheiEWlnIQ-v7o-2v-DLLFZ_gDkjo173QwbsSD0U12e52OGdaufigTKr6ISi1HqIULWPqiIfqHqhK4RaXk/w400-h400/SA%20details.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">This split Ep was released on Catchphraze Records, a label based in Arizona that was responsible for records by Axiom, Inner Conflict and all of Contravene's. The label also ran a small distro that sold DIY tape versions of old, sold-out records that were seemingly impossible to find - to me anyway - and I remember ordering several tapes from them around 2003, notably Sacrilege's first Lp on a very simple dubbed tape with a xerox cover. Needless to say it severely kicked my ass. So thank you Catchphraze. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U6lRLJ5WaxaBNol0jQAuM3TPiRI7Zb9oHyQFF7F_4bjdO7gtTfOhnjGs51iWTRnZskNAWrYg5xChOeI87jx4U4DB9Rd2fPd4Q_-Rlg0L4QYR92OzMA2HyNfIcL_2JKHzYwlzeZyNg6NvLad_Qd6iWVd6uBJz0IySxfZv4Bb8TYYQGh1W1Y9Wg7KzZ1M/s878/CON%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="834" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U6lRLJ5WaxaBNol0jQAuM3TPiRI7Zb9oHyQFF7F_4bjdO7gtTfOhnjGs51iWTRnZskNAWrYg5xChOeI87jx4U4DB9Rd2fPd4Q_-Rlg0L4QYR92OzMA2HyNfIcL_2JKHzYwlzeZyNg6NvLad_Qd6iWVd6uBJz0IySxfZv4Bb8TYYQGh1W1Y9Wg7KzZ1M/s320/CON%20side.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwLkLnK43X7OBsYfxxAnE3pSQ2CkNABNoTzgy6TiI5GVEuahfQXpfMr2yeNZ8F5nACvxIHXgMnYSVzSEU_C9rY1mqkks7opYyjUEhRwMLd_8GI6F4rQ57lyzIZV4YTA2rYxQozcCB99Lx3pYRmKs97gZXn9whoSRTXeCf70LvubAb8sYppFB4fa01hZo/s908/SA%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwLkLnK43X7OBsYfxxAnE3pSQ2CkNABNoTzgy6TiI5GVEuahfQXpfMr2yeNZ8F5nACvxIHXgMnYSVzSEU_C9rY1mqkks7opYyjUEhRwMLd_8GI6F4rQ57lyzIZV4YTA2rYxQozcCB99Lx3pYRmKs97gZXn9whoSRTXeCf70LvubAb8sYppFB4fa01hZo/s320/SA%20side.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/c56ki2892bw7b5q/CONSA.zip/file" style="text-align: center;"> Svart Contravene</a></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-22383627827774660782024-01-14T18:10:00.007+01:002024-01-14T18:13:04.160+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: DREAD 101 / FASTARD "Bez Víry / Heavy Mental" split LP, 2001<p style="text-align: justify;">France, Paris especially, is sometimes seen, from abroad, as a place of sophistication, of culture and of complexity, a country where love, sentiments, melancholy somehow merge romantically with existentialism and poststructuralism (and accessorily with promiscuity, then known as "free love"). Charismatic philosophers, fit and smart poets, pipe-smoking Marxist singer and profound intellectuals would all be rubbing shoulders at conferences, engage in heated yet challenging debates, smoke far too much and get angry with self-righteous passionate class. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And, even though I personally evolve in such an intellectually glamorous world (I was told Terminal Sound Nuisance is "<i>intrinsically sartrean</i>" - whatever that means), the truth is mostly very different. This morning I saw on my facebook feed (this is the most depressing sentence of 2024 so far) that a young American, self-proclaimed "foodie" (whatever that means as well) and Tik Tok influencer, filmed herself crying because, while traveling in Europe doing whatever wealthy foodies do (taking pictures of their plates I assume), she stopped in Lyon for a couple of days and did not make any friends there as sociable, easy-going and eager to make some as she seemed to be. So here she is, crying live on Tik Tok (wearing a French beret which is the most glaring sign I can think of that you are a naive tourist) and basically complaining and sniveling that French people are rude ugly bastards that will scoff at you if you are not familiar with every single traditional French meals. I felt bad for her because indeed, people in Lyon are notoriously known for being cold and uppity, and because if you believe what you see in <i>Emily in Paris </i>or <i>Amélie</i> is for real, you are in for a major disappointment. French people are dirty wankers that have been marinading in their own sense of superiority for centuries, relying on a reputation of intellectualism and refinement in order to make foreigners feel inferior. If you are in a room full of French people, you can bet that every single one of them thinks he or she is smarter than everyone else. And that's a scientific fact.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The equivalent of such heart-breaking dumb silliness in punk-rock is that non-francophones are unaware of our national propensity to love using terrible puns when they pick a band name. A lot of them cannot be translated which is actually fortunate as it spared everyone the embarrassment but just know they are similar to the worst dad jokes, if the dad in question is something of a slimy twat. Bands reveling in such puns belong to a lot of different genres as well (ska bands, of course, with an act like Les Skarottes being real), sometimes actually good bands with something worthy to say, so that the choice of silly monikers is like shooting yourself in the foot. Bands like Jodie Faster, Youssouf Today or Michel Platinium were indeed good. And I mean just take a look at the name of my own series. We're just doomed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihfM_Iu0vaLET6nnzRpePBLjJeOvNJOLRvQBOr-3evmjpiG5wyJYMkghCv6EijKIjmtAjVrAbiq_yWqneBilFWcdKlds8MBB6KZwrFtZtMstuNq5_-0CuM4xdeSoURw1F7BbqGGW-9YaLf4Ktjv0v0uN4RhOLEFjLS8MCcsfdhu-Mt2P8L-BItviKJsk/s2097/D101%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2082" data-original-width="2097" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihfM_Iu0vaLET6nnzRpePBLjJeOvNJOLRvQBOr-3evmjpiG5wyJYMkghCv6EijKIjmtAjVrAbiq_yWqneBilFWcdKlds8MBB6KZwrFtZtMstuNq5_-0CuM4xdeSoURw1F7BbqGGW-9YaLf4Ktjv0v0uN4RhOLEFjLS8MCcsfdhu-Mt2P8L-BItviKJsk/s320/D101%20cover.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">But what is the connection between French punk's depressingly hopeless tendency to go for shit names and today's Ep? Well, Fastard of course. It would be a little unfair to say that the name is gross like some fastcore/grindcore names can be, but it is nonetheless a hardcore dad joke and one that I can imagine being very popular among the French population. I am surprised our local lovers of fast hardcore, a subgenre generally keen on such lexical amusement, did not find that one first. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fLP5GB0nmJS1hLyquTstQqw7Cy2cD1l0MMtUnsGTa3Tz5lVTJMRS0CDvNlMUjPI46HfpzdxnU_oiDVqOzmrmdvFRoxCgOxqin39WxYEDS88vToYrcSNWDyIkikJ8007Yo7nxP2cfptFDcJO4t4PjW58lGn0YZfcNm-_uxSFSQ7BwgcX9EdhB6fbpIYc/s2042/D101%20insert.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2042" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fLP5GB0nmJS1hLyquTstQqw7Cy2cD1l0MMtUnsGTa3Tz5lVTJMRS0CDvNlMUjPI46HfpzdxnU_oiDVqOzmrmdvFRoxCgOxqin39WxYEDS88vToYrcSNWDyIkikJ8007Yo7nxP2cfptFDcJO4t4PjW58lGn0YZfcNm-_uxSFSQ7BwgcX9EdhB6fbpIYc/w400-h398/D101%20insert.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's get to the actual record. We've already significantly talked about Czech crust with the review of <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2023/12/an-adventure-in-split-eps-i-have-no-gun.html">the split between Gride and Lies & Distrust</a> in December so I am not going to dick around too much. Dread 101 basically formed after Lies & Distrust's demise and two members went on to start this new project so that I very much see the band as the logical follow-up to Lies & Distrust, which might not be that relevant in terms of personnel but is as far as the chronology and evolution of Czech crust is concerned. Dread 101 was probably the first Czech band I knew through the 2002 split with Edinburgh's Social Insecurity and I think they are still my favourite. While L&D were heavily rooted in 90's eurocrust, Dread 101 had more of a Swedish metallic feel, even though they certainly did not give up on mid '93 Hiatus love (up until the mid 00's, very few European crust bands did to be honest). The production still has that distinct 90's raw yet hard-hitting crust feel, not unlike Polish bands' maybe. As I mentioned I am sensibly reminded of Swedish juggernauts like Skitsystem or late Wolfpack but also of the metallic sound of early Filth of Mankind. The grinding vibe that L&D sometimes had is gone here and Dread 101's songwriting can be said to correspond to a sort of template for simple, heavy and metallic Scandi-inspired Czech and Slovakian crust that still exists to this day. It could be argued that the presence of Ethan, who would form the well-respected Cimex-loving Guided Cradle, on the guitar might have brought that beefy Swedish influence or it could have been the start of Wolfpack's long-lasting influence in the region. Dread 101 was a solid band indeed with a deep connection with Scotland (Fastard were from Aberdeenshire) and while I still play the split Lp regularly, I have a certain fondness for the raw urgency of this particular early work. Following the split of the band, as mentioned Ethan would do Guided Cradle, Dan would join Non-Comittal and Angry Brigade along with Svatopluk (who also did Spes Erepta), Stříbro would join Telesa Ohnepal and Kukučka V.I.R. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1wLIfKhAqjIQ0sw-4hkn_akZF3q7bVauwQs50dzehnoLbdlRYe48bkQNV6dPH4I9kW2K4i6BDxtwBUfY66rN2BOIwkx9bC1h3oLOxW4NeLZvl2ikM69OFXUAnB4lvMMuJPrxtGv5iq1wnrwKo90zcqdn31jmYnjnt0ZzjLS5zZkWoVkhdeXrKD7C5to/s2094/Fastard%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="2094" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1wLIfKhAqjIQ0sw-4hkn_akZF3q7bVauwQs50dzehnoLbdlRYe48bkQNV6dPH4I9kW2K4i6BDxtwBUfY66rN2BOIwkx9bC1h3oLOxW4NeLZvl2ikM69OFXUAnB4lvMMuJPrxtGv5iq1wnrwKo90zcqdn31jmYnjnt0ZzjLS5zZkWoVkhdeXrKD7C5to/w400-h399/Fastard%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side you will find the deliciously silly-yet-punishing Fastard. I have no idea what was meant with the gladiator-themed cover but at least I remembered it. I am not especially well-versed in grindcore or fastcore and I have never claimed to but the five minutes of music, with no less than seven songs, are pleasant indeed. The music has an obnoxious cavemen feel, we're not dealing in technical grindcore here at all and I enjoy the groove Fastard demonstrate in their filthy crust metal moments, maybe not unlike Confrontation on that level. I guess fans of savage punky grindcore like Warsore (the band's primary influence I guess) would enjoy the band and I think the traditional polyphonic grindcore vocals (ranging from mad high-pitched shrieks to bear-like growls) confer a welcome atmosphere of cheeky dementia. This is a wild entertaining ride. As is often the case with the genre, each number is introduced, or concluded as it is sometimes hard to tell in all this furiousness, by a fun sample from a movie, which is a little distracting and I would have wished for more fluidity at times in order to keep the pressure and the intensity. But then, it is after a prerequisite of the genre, like macho dancing is to New York hardcore or expensive shirts are to oi. The lyrics are aptly ridiculous as Fastard pretended to be into gory satanism, torture or just plain horror. Goofy. I'm sure they were fun to see live. The band also released a split Ep with Obsolete from Finland. After Fastard, some members would form the more serious "total crust violence" band Filthpact and Andrew would even do a stint with TRIBE alongside members of Sedition and Scatha (among many others).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAenpkMNwWa6AMMBV_yhJJXZO6MdxQ1OcMxAAkYAbmehEczqeEGSh-BxIQRRXF72ttV0RPHlopTb4902ZngVJgvKWdhgZkZedfBiNmr9QcOgneHwUkkWpDf94qoe4CufyKp7RCbnGugBMc2nISgzaLxH0kKUJToiYWECRMiVOGCIRmAsIHRXKrLolIPuc/s2046/Fastard%20insert%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1689" data-original-width="2046" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAenpkMNwWa6AMMBV_yhJJXZO6MdxQ1OcMxAAkYAbmehEczqeEGSh-BxIQRRXF72ttV0RPHlopTb4902ZngVJgvKWdhgZkZedfBiNmr9QcOgneHwUkkWpDf94qoe4CufyKp7RCbnGugBMc2nISgzaLxH0kKUJToiYWECRMiVOGCIRmAsIHRXKrLolIPuc/w400-h330/Fastard%20insert%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">This entertaining split was released on Insane Society Records and was dedicated to the Ladronka squat in Prague that was evicted in 2000. On the grand scheme of things, we're not dealing with some sort of forgotten masterpiece but the record is convincing with Dread 101's hard-hitting Swedish-flavoured metallic eurocrust being nicely complemented with Fastard's demented cavemen punky grindcore. And honestly, sometimes that is all you need. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1on32qWKzU2ENKpcIZbxTn6dgOxiMv-MedHQ3Ar3LGUOZVUi2UY14EpC4icEf9dbThrhsm0s9FlXchJSsJeK1PD6xvdxP5Z8VY0LO_zsl-HCdv_Sz_dYcKln2QQidPbhjaWo1Cv28bXNjqNC4Vdty8-QraXCzuci5dttXm_6dbVD3_WVPqsc6G7Dg0g/s2058/Side%20D101.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2058" data-original-width="2025" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1on32qWKzU2ENKpcIZbxTn6dgOxiMv-MedHQ3Ar3LGUOZVUi2UY14EpC4icEf9dbThrhsm0s9FlXchJSsJeK1PD6xvdxP5Z8VY0LO_zsl-HCdv_Sz_dYcKln2QQidPbhjaWo1Cv28bXNjqNC4Vdty8-QraXCzuci5dttXm_6dbVD3_WVPqsc6G7Dg0g/s320/Side%20D101.jpeg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45-rwEzO3aJSQPfRrf_fbRKKY-pepBZBC9ltqtq3YmEk-mytiz7io_V9poDqGtw2a_3XpLwFKZSnjntJ-LAhZz4feKBZOc4cykHZfqYXczvbJTVO2ir8neY4GqYj_yX1vKjvMyfUEl88mBkiPejr6VfVSGuaUG205tImqtYsPzG72C4PSrMjguDU8YvU/s2040/Side%20Fastard.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2040" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45-rwEzO3aJSQPfRrf_fbRKKY-pepBZBC9ltqtq3YmEk-mytiz7io_V9poDqGtw2a_3XpLwFKZSnjntJ-LAhZz4feKBZOc4cykHZfqYXczvbJTVO2ir8neY4GqYj_yX1vKjvMyfUEl88mBkiPejr6VfVSGuaUG205tImqtYsPzG72C4PSrMjguDU8YvU/s320/Side%20Fastard.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/8b31mshrv4sdnmd/DREFAS.zip/file">Dread the fastards</a><br /></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-17264989085440814812024-01-10T20:11:00.000+01:002024-01-10T20:11:43.153+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: POLIKARPA Y SUS VICIOSAS / DEFUSE "What's right" split Ep, 2000<p style="text-align: justify;">We're in early January, you still have a vague but persistent headache from New Year's Eve. Your body is not the seemingly forever youth machine you thought it used to be and for some reason someone you haven't seen since middle school has bombarded you with inane selfies on the 31st - hopefully it was just a matter of texting the wrong person - and the realization that you will be one year older by the end of the year slowly dawns upon you. I have never been one to enjoy partying hard on this annual occasion since some inebriated stranger dressed as a penguin vomited on my Hulk Hogan costume some years back. This shameful incident involving unsolicited bodily fluid being excreted over my beloved copy of the 90's WWF championship belt significantly scarred my self-esteem and I have not been able to look at a penguin in the eye since. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately this year did not end in such a traumatic fashion and therefore the morale is not worse than usual which is already good enough and I feel light and breezy with the prospect of a new year which will inevitably bring the usual amount of ruthless bloody wars, massacres and right-wing wankers somehow getting into power. And of good records too, hopefully. 2024 will see us go through more split Ep's, from the noughties first, ten of them like for the 90's, and probably some from the 2010's (I already have a couple in mind). But let's start with the opening year of the new decade: 2000.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In 2000, my own preoccupations were rather insubstantial as I was bent on scoffing at anyone at school who did not listen to punk music and The Casualties (the two were strict synonyms). As a man on that admittedly puerile mission, I did not have many friends as a consequence but "integrity", as I would call it, was what mattered in punk-rock I had been told. It could have been worse though as a lot of adults seemed to be obsessed at the time with the coming collapse of civilisation because of the infamous Y2K problem and I can remember my dad running around the house in panic because he didn't know shit about computers and antivirus. While I was busy being a self-righteous arrogant nuisance convinced of his own self-importance to "normies" (my rivals would that this has not changed that much), real punks were doing important work and I see this <i>What's right </i>split Ep between Polikarpa y sus Viciosas from Bogota and Defuse from Osaka as a humble but meaningful piece of punk history. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMSZlVXxERbt3B57hc2aKIpRXTGHcjv85oWCH_Z5eJyKRB_4LPw7_6BaZyole3KFbmjOjTIv48pg32Fevf-aa2JW7dh8pGX6U_dRMkD95m20Op28aTBkf3BCvSw6awXZpOcE40LMot1rfZakWxMPcuYuTcaznlViDlen1pjtSAhLh5GtaYh8iN2UoEhU/s2129/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="2129" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMSZlVXxERbt3B57hc2aKIpRXTGHcjv85oWCH_Z5eJyKRB_4LPw7_6BaZyole3KFbmjOjTIv48pg32Fevf-aa2JW7dh8pGX6U_dRMkD95m20Op28aTBkf3BCvSw6awXZpOcE40LMot1rfZakWxMPcuYuTcaznlViDlen1pjtSAhLh5GtaYh8iN2UoEhU/w400-h396/Cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I talked about it before but DIY punk made my younger self realize that if the actual world was big indeed and seemingly torn apart, the punk world was small and connected. Browsing through distro tables in the early 00's I became aware that, not only were there punks all over the place in countries I couldn't really place on a map, but that there had been punks there for two decades already. In an era when people only listened to American or English music beside our own local pop dross in French, the realization that there were bands delivering the goods in Peru, Slovakia or New Zealand came as a shock that was electrifying, stimulating as it opened new horizons and allowed me to feel superior to my brethren on a whole new level. "<i>Oh, so you haven't heard of Venezuelan anarchopunk? What are you? Some sort of cultural imperialist abiding by the United States' hegemonic culture?</i>". At that same time, it also struck me that there were apparently a lot of women involved in punk bands, far more than I thought, just screaming angrily at our world's madness and gender roles. Contrary to what my sexist upbringing taught me, girls also played fast and aggressive punk music and rightfully protested in the face oppression. This got me mum very worried. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This Ep is absolutely wonderful because it combines both aspects: it is a collaboration between two all-female bands from opposite sides of the world. The significance of such a project certainly transcends the actual value of the record, which does not mean however that their output should not be looked at critically, like any piece of art. To completely ignore the creative content in the name of this significance would be somewhat disrespectful and implies that it does not require critical thinking and engagement. This is a sad tendency of our time. To be positive and supportive does not mean to be acritical, quite the contrary. To not critique (when it is done respectfully, knowledgeably and constructively) implies the denial of a work's identity as art. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIhiH25uozMVzCUwLAKn71EmL__kAvU0MlHjA-FgxYP54jvuDOy0il0fYN5lH_l9_s56hjAiGM71siFMANsn6qRI8IIZiRz5kgDgJECuUrjA7TPDtk9SaIck_lsAXTxRFlHLC09fCexIiv0xy3nP5JVJ0gXj4qdEVGhaykChRx5VDpyQyJSEO_cLnJec/s2138/Backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="2138" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIhiH25uozMVzCUwLAKn71EmL__kAvU0MlHjA-FgxYP54jvuDOy0il0fYN5lH_l9_s56hjAiGM71siFMANsn6qRI8IIZiRz5kgDgJECuUrjA7TPDtk9SaIck_lsAXTxRFlHLC09fCexIiv0xy3nP5JVJ0gXj4qdEVGhaykChRx5VDpyQyJSEO_cLnJec/w400-h395/Backcover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Alright let's cut the critical theory and let's get to punk-rock. Polikarpa y sus Viciosas (they took their name from Policarpa Salavarrieta, an important political figure in the resistance against the Spaniards during the 19th century who ended up executed) are a band from Bogota formed in 1994 and they are still active. If you have been to gigs in Europe on a regular basis you have certainly bumped into their name since they have been touring several times in the past 15 years. In fact, they were probably one of the first Colombian punk bands to even tour in Europe. Since the incredible success of Muro in 2017, a lot of bands from Bogota gravitating around the Rat Trap Collective have been able to tour internationally but before that few Latino bands could afford to tour so that the idea was unrealistic to start with (Brazilian bands have been an exception to an extent because of their long-lasting ties with the European and North American scenes). The achievement of Polikarpa in that respect, and a little before of Apatia-No or Doña Maldad, cannot be overlooked especially since the band started out musically as a fairly straight-forward angry punk-rock band with that raging Latino punk flair.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The three songs on Polikarpa's side are fairly unpolished which confers a genuinely pissed off vibe and a sense of urgency that reflects their own political, social and national context. Raw Latino punk (and punk in Spanish in general) has become quite trendy since the 2010's but at the time this kind of sound was still something of a novelty for a lot of us, not because the songwriting vastly differs from your usual spiky punk songs but because the overall raw and direct sound and the primal urgency sounded fresh from a European perspective. These were punks that had lives that were much harder than in the North (it brought to light the North/South paradigm while from the 80's to the mid-90's, because of the Cold War, the focus was more West/East). As I mentioned earlier, there have been top punk bands in Latino America in the 80's but to see acts like Apatia-No, Doña Maldad or Migra Violenta touring in the early 00's certainly opened the gates to a new generation of bands and created new connections. You should see Polikarpa from that same perspective of Latino bands touring in the 00's rather than the next generation of Bogota bands. As I said, meaningful times.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DnVyEIJe_h5Md4sBB0AtnD0CZk9uQjbLUZRUBpfUuXbjrW-HyhZpHhWt9krUtdtVIGmrywj-kG0uxz9CateJFbJSZutsadllMMuMh_nFX6Ap35dRAW6TIZSsk54MDmjJa6bad20t3i1uUAYqhJpUpvFyWtP6iegMrToWI3UacG26o0avkWlAx7jaD3I/s2108/POL%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="2108" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DnVyEIJe_h5Md4sBB0AtnD0CZk9uQjbLUZRUBpfUuXbjrW-HyhZpHhWt9krUtdtVIGmrywj-kG0uxz9CateJFbJSZutsadllMMuMh_nFX6Ap35dRAW6TIZSsk54MDmjJa6bad20t3i1uUAYqhJpUpvFyWtP6iegMrToWI3UacG26o0avkWlAx7jaD3I/w400-h399/POL%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Polikarpa's sound could be described originally as a fairly typical Colombian punk style reminiscent of classic Medellin punk-rock bands like IRA, Fertil Miseria or Kontraorden, pogoable tupa-tupa punk with angry vocals and a direct approach. I would argue that on this particular recording Polikarpa showed more of a raw hardcore power, it is more focused than on their previous work, and I like how the tunefulness of the vocals on "Denuncio" adds catchiness to the otherwise fairly basic song (not unlike Vice Squad). Pretty furious stuff that works perfectly with the Ep format. Punk as fuck indeed. The lyrics deal with Colombia's culture of political violence and the need to break free from it all. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dJGm4Pzyl64x2Wv1PupPnxDCc6hbex46sczN-F4v8wJ7jE9uWEYATgWjy8o4cxral2N0iQpMYVv07gs__Xk1ROxq64rFm5klThzz7ZdTDblp_JZaJt-5tgNWg5pGdXHD0Yoz68eGyIAzRmVV9p6fG2LpVmbdE6i7am4PrwTAVLrXhXtYRQgoj51-96o/s2034/POL%20pix.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="2034" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dJGm4Pzyl64x2Wv1PupPnxDCc6hbex46sczN-F4v8wJ7jE9uWEYATgWjy8o4cxral2N0iQpMYVv07gs__Xk1ROxq64rFm5klThzz7ZdTDblp_JZaJt-5tgNWg5pGdXHD0Yoz68eGyIAzRmVV9p6fG2LpVmbdE6i7am4PrwTAVLrXhXtYRQgoj51-96o/w400-h395/POL%20pix.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side we have yet another Osaka band after Victims of Greed: Defuse. I cannot think of many Japanese crust or hardcore bands with female members beside the fantastically primitive all-female Crusade and their quest for cavecrust in the early 90's while Mental Disease also had a girl on vocals. For some reason that may escape me, it looks like there just haven't been many women involved in bands in that part of the scene in the 90's while the decade was favourable to more inclusion and diversity in many other places globally. Defuse were certainly an exception in that respect and next time your racist sexist uncle claims that women suck at playing loud music during a dreary Sunday lunch, feel free to blast the band at maximum volume, if anything just to keep everyone from listening to his gammon bollocks. And then show some sympathy and proceed to euthanise the poor bastard.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Cqa548qtTr_AKDeQlspytmdufSSI5nlOu59NUuVedAXilQ4Q5AMe5MDP_d3JTr8-NdWXBjXtDFUY3nX5gnk2D07gN6OT1tIgzGbhmCWLz3XjLy_GLVtQFobVIcq_43mkMA0obAjOeuF7dSYQssql2lS-f_cNEPk9hcMSRye4jESmrLUPMKRrJk4B8KI/s2124/DEF%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2124" data-original-width="2105" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Cqa548qtTr_AKDeQlspytmdufSSI5nlOu59NUuVedAXilQ4Q5AMe5MDP_d3JTr8-NdWXBjXtDFUY3nX5gnk2D07gN6OT1tIgzGbhmCWLz3XjLy_GLVtQFobVIcq_43mkMA0obAjOeuF7dSYQssql2lS-f_cNEPk9hcMSRye4jESmrLUPMKRrJk4B8KI/w396-h400/DEF%20lyrics.jpeg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Defuse did not initially start as a crust band though and if their 2017 Ep <i>Cry of Roar </i>(yeah, they are not exactly the most prolific band) proudly carried the (chaotic) crasher cavecrust banner, this first vinyl appearance sounded far closer to the Japanese tradition of Confuse (I mean, they are called Defuse for a reason), Gai, Kuro and the likes, an aestheticized punk noisiness that has come to be known as "noisepunk", a convenient if anachronistic term in this case. The classic Kyushu noise had not vanished in the 90's and some bands still abided by the "<i>let's maximize the 80's Bristol thrash punk sound</i>" like Order and their snotty take on The Swankys or the brilliantly Confuse-loving Dust Noise and their impeccably distorted fuzzy sound. Of course the tremendous overarching influence that Gloom had then in terms of raw distortedness and aggression, especially in their hometown of Osaka can also be felt here, but more in terms of intensity and bass-driven heaviness than songwriting. You could that Defuse tried to evolve between these three bands as they had Order's punkiness, Dust Noise's obnoxious noiziness and the <i>Final Noise Attack </i>scene. The faster hardcore thrash song "Don't conform" also showed that Defuse could speed things up with great efficiency. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_SoC-YoLOKiXMHAJ_uUa3imjNrl9DPh1Y8UAfJFmoo2wStPqK7Rrh8w_yOvSRFf8ivfT_mv0z43HJQ8VyFlr-OBpv3g2RcjK34Nn2TKvr7wU8kg59Y0Zfyw6Ozz_Sy5NYF6da044tetN3T6fhXC2fL21Qxba4uWDCfpyA0z_ZhhIPQ_kSfulmAPOLV8/s2063/POL%20translation.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2013" data-original-width="2063" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_SoC-YoLOKiXMHAJ_uUa3imjNrl9DPh1Y8UAfJFmoo2wStPqK7Rrh8w_yOvSRFf8ivfT_mv0z43HJQ8VyFlr-OBpv3g2RcjK34Nn2TKvr7wU8kg59Y0Zfyw6Ozz_Sy5NYF6da044tetN3T6fhXC2fL21Qxba4uWDCfpyA0z_ZhhIPQ_kSfulmAPOLV8/w400-h390/POL%20translation.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Before this Ep, the band had recorded a demo tape entitled <i>What's Right - Don't Conform </i>demonstrating that Confuse and The Swankys were the band's primary influences indeed and the first four songs of the tape were re-recorded for the split Ep. I wish that Defuse had the opportunity to record a full record with the production they enjoy on the Ep as the sound is perfect, raw but hard-hitting and really emphasizing the fuzz and distortion of the guitar (the sound engineer Koichi Hara also worked on Gloom's <i>Recomendation of Perdition</i> and Framtid's first Ep so he knew the job). I like the vocals too, not forced, just angry and snotty with sometimes some hoarse high-pitched demented screams for good measure (it is Osaka in the 90's after all). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Overall this is a very enjoyable split Ep that can appeal to spiky punks as well as distortion and feedback junkies. This was released on Answer Records in 2000, a label that also released records from Reality Crisis, Demolition and even a reissue of CFDL. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-ASlnwZWVFTDEi-5cToMKVFH_4EBZjJim8Hpd-WFt574Wei6yKGkW5eVHbKoCTyFgjqHMas6Ww6x_kb6Vdylo7yYSHIiPvAtxuog5ALhKkHF9NwgrNx_Y5i-Sip_DhWxSyF5PoAV3XoR4vw879mCmwHPzS71X_Tp2mwdtedvqNY8iRBBJ7sBSyRS1BU/s1315/POL%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1273" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-ASlnwZWVFTDEi-5cToMKVFH_4EBZjJim8Hpd-WFt574Wei6yKGkW5eVHbKoCTyFgjqHMas6Ww6x_kb6Vdylo7yYSHIiPvAtxuog5ALhKkHF9NwgrNx_Y5i-Sip_DhWxSyF5PoAV3XoR4vw879mCmwHPzS71X_Tp2mwdtedvqNY8iRBBJ7sBSyRS1BU/s320/POL%20side.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/p6xgktkp4lmop8t/POLDEF.zip/file">POLIKARPA Y SU DEFUSE</a><br /></div><br /> <p></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-12983355714642306892023-12-30T14:05:00.000+01:002023-12-30T14:05:08.758+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: VICTIMS OF GREED / SCUM NOISE "Fight for freedom / The power has no power..." split Ep, 1999<p style="text-align: justify;">This is the last post of the year for Terminal Sound Nuisance and it makes sense to say goodbye and fuck off to a particularly atrocious 2023 with a punk message of protest and an international collaboration showing a spirit of togetherness and solidarity in noise. There is more to humanity than the sound of bombs falling and the cries of grieving families, thankfully. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">From a personal perspective, 2023 has been a strange year. Not only did I start working at a job center, ironically enough since my philosophy has always been to work as little as possible without raising suspicion, but I also celebrated my fortieth birthday. Twenty years ago I pictured my 40 year old self as a spectacularly successful man graced with many records and notoriously class and envied crust pants, one who would command respect in "the crust community" (I know, I know, don't judge me) and whose name would be uttered with admiration. 20 year old me was convinced that he would definitely look up to my future 40 year old self which on some level is both adorably stupid and positive. And well, if I could contact 20 year old me tomorrow, I would first tell the little fucker to stop buying trendy neocrust and grab as much Disclose materials as possible, and second I would tell him that twenty years from now he would have the most massive collection of Antisect shirts in the country and if that does not convince that indeed he will succeed in life then nothing will. I would not tell him to enjoy his sumptuous thick hair because time does what it does. I'm not so mean.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VlYmWxXlzkzYabIvE-WoGrqpMv-tKLgx0DuQPJ5U4H6GNOmGm8NKqVK7QwMtBzOk8mQf0Vw-P5IXPQPqTxnK17FDsLMRPtBxvshNuU18GfbVflvn8vOivs4gQX_lBuEMnrSUsC52Y9sxgD5V3j5JjxZNznKa1G9kjUbMHJwyfl4PNytT-CN_8Z5WFQk/s2117/VOG%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2091" data-original-width="2117" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VlYmWxXlzkzYabIvE-WoGrqpMv-tKLgx0DuQPJ5U4H6GNOmGm8NKqVK7QwMtBzOk8mQf0Vw-P5IXPQPqTxnK17FDsLMRPtBxvshNuU18GfbVflvn8vOivs4gQX_lBuEMnrSUsC52Y9sxgD5V3j5JjxZNznKa1G9kjUbMHJwyfl4PNytT-CN_8Z5WFQk/w400-h395/VOG%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So here I am again, sitting on my arse and writing about some rather obscure Japanese crust and Brazilian raw hardcore. Which is quite fine when I compare it with what my colleagues do on their free time, binge watching mediocre American Netflix series while mindlessly scrolling on their phone and thinking what snacks they are going to eat next. Without punk, I could be like them and I like to think that 20 year old me would be proud that I still believe and have faith. Socially, it is rather frowned upon to not have children, not own a flat, not earn more than the minimum wage and still spend most of my money on poorly recorded records, noisy gigs you cannot attend without wearing ear protections and vegan delicacies. Not to mention spending hours in a tiny vehicle to play 20 minutes before a couple of old but lovable fuckers. As a half-wise man once said to me: "<i>Punk-rock ruined my life but I wouldn't change a thing</i>". </p><p style="text-align: justify;">But let's get to work, shall we? As we have seen numerous times, the Japanese 90's crust scene was intense and prolific and the decade put the town of Osaka on the map. Osaka became the birth place of a crust genre that was all its own - one we have come to name "crasher crust" - and although it did spread around the world, marginally, it is still closely associated with what Gloom or Crust War Records built so that when I am told about an Osaka crust band I immediately think about manic seriously distorted savage crust. Punk towns all work this way and conjure up a specific land-base sound and contextual aesthetics. But they are also relative and closely tied to our own personal mythology. PDX punk to me is Hellshock and Black Water and Whisper in Darkness, to others it will be Red Dons. Tragically Paris punk is now synonymous with Ben Sherman collections and constipated oi music and I haven't been able to achieve much in terms of local propaganda. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGc_64wJZZrFV7i9AJ43cMWFYtTkJPIVDQfbrSrEvzyQBaEGxqOB2TVdRpJmhhb54Uk1mDQWkcqTl8gTTt8iyzbyoe3bqamLNaCg5Cpz6v5bUCDueUmYtWK36v1ol2k1Xxef1qg5Itx690krHg_3ife0uUi7nkkJFmIizGb7BFrSkLAGWsn-_oZj5yuo0/s2081/VOG%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2081" data-original-width="2072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGc_64wJZZrFV7i9AJ43cMWFYtTkJPIVDQfbrSrEvzyQBaEGxqOB2TVdRpJmhhb54Uk1mDQWkcqTl8gTTt8iyzbyoe3bqamLNaCg5Cpz6v5bUCDueUmYtWK36v1ol2k1Xxef1qg5Itx690krHg_3ife0uUi7nkkJFmIizGb7BFrSkLAGWsn-_oZj5yuo0/w399-h400/VOG%20lyrics.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">But basically Victims of Greed were from a 90's crust band from Osaka. Granted, they may not have picked the best moniker as it is a very common signifier that could point to any punk style but they are worth your while. I actually already talked a little about VoG in a previous post from the <i>Noize Not Music is a Fine Art </i>because they appeared on the very good and under-appreciated <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2018/06/noize-not-music-is-fine-art-no.html">'No Hesitation to Resist' compilation 10"</a>. VoG are everything you could expect from a Japanese crust band: they are fast and intense with a crunchy distorted sound, extreme polyphonic vocals (from the traditional low gruff growls to the snotty punk shouts) and pummeling. Typical cave-crust done the Japanese way with that distinct production, a bit like Gloom covering Hiatus. There are some heavier metallic mid-tempo moments for good measure and I think the different vocal tones bring some variety and the four songs in four minutes and a half fly too fast (a full VoG Ep would have been brilliant). The lyrics mostly deal with animal liberation and veganism, not unlike Battle of Disarm at the time (although they were not an isolated case). Convincing 90's crust here. The band gets some extra points for including a verse in Portuguese in the song "Authority and rotten" and translations of their (and Scum Noise's) lyrics in Japanese. Pretty old-school.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyD8IgrQsBR14vJcoGIdw7h4jnIKncj6fwtfHORHNE2rg7o20OG93PrqqfS2RgzYKJ89-Wl1RU59E0XVSR5zBhdSJDMVXuAe4sjqAvZCMNqs3xUmup6BOHWTUks8Ntsp-UA9g80oqF-uK8INOjbx9br1QsYBZT5ARaWHpefVDEV-almWDbxEdwvbNaBC0/s2098/SN%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2071" data-original-width="2098" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyD8IgrQsBR14vJcoGIdw7h4jnIKncj6fwtfHORHNE2rg7o20OG93PrqqfS2RgzYKJ89-Wl1RU59E0XVSR5zBhdSJDMVXuAe4sjqAvZCMNqs3xUmup6BOHWTUks8Ntsp-UA9g80oqF-uK8INOjbx9br1QsYBZT5ARaWHpefVDEV-almWDbxEdwvbNaBC0/w400-h395/SN%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side are Scum Noise from Sao Paulo, Brazil, a familiar name if you have been around for a bit of time. I don't know what Brazilian punks drink in the morning but their bands definitely live long as Scum Noise have been playing, more or less actively, since 1990 (likewise Subcut have been going since 1992). I suppose that's what you call dedication and being for real. SN belong to that category of bands that I know without really knowing, even though I have had the 2001 reissue of their self-titled first Ep for ages and play it from times to times. We're not quite intimate but have been bumping into each other regularly if you know what I mean. In spite of being often described as a crust band, SN clearly did not belong to the crust genre. To me they epitomize what genuinely raw Swedish-flavoured hardcore punk should sound like. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The first song "The Hell is near" is a masterclass in käng with its simple riffing and direct sound, its knowledgeably orthodox vocal flow and perfect drumming. Just fast raw punk the way it should be. The second number "The world around us" is yet another gem, this time dealing with the classic groovy mid-paced Discharge-inspired formula with a primitive thrashing vibe. The Brazilian hardcore influence and its raw anger and typical vocal style does pop out and you can tell SN definitely listened to Armagedom a lot. The last two songs are a little more anecdotal for me, one more direct käng endeavour and an all-out fast hardcore thrash attack but the Ep is worth grabbing for the aforementioned opening tracks alone. Think a title match for the Cimex raw-punk title between '92 Hellkrusher and early Diskonto with '86 Armagedom as a special referee. The raw, thin even, production confers a genuine 80's feel to the music, something that few 90's got to replicate as well. Third-world hardcore punk indeed. The singer of the band actually ran No Fashion Hardcore Records, a label that was of course part and parcel of the Brazilian DIY punk scene but also released Disclose records.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UDpYFPlmasgkf8HMjVHxIZ-EnPsBihjr75pyG14BUPOG9J3p5Cgvyt_H-LnC5eKE5OxVw3R0-5DpnLGaZa_qufy0h6GI46erCYepaYfftAK1GiEbvflqujAbfDHNpsNFd12aM9kbJe2CLgKP5B272mtbt6fBBCfGWqaaTvTzx5s468ao402UmtxaxK8/s2081/SN%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2081" data-original-width="2055" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UDpYFPlmasgkf8HMjVHxIZ-EnPsBihjr75pyG14BUPOG9J3p5Cgvyt_H-LnC5eKE5OxVw3R0-5DpnLGaZa_qufy0h6GI46erCYepaYfftAK1GiEbvflqujAbfDHNpsNFd12aM9kbJe2CLgKP5B272mtbt6fBBCfGWqaaTvTzx5s468ao402UmtxaxK8/w395-h400/SN%20lyrics.jpeg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It is unclear when the SN or the VoG were recorded but the Ep was released in 1999 on FFT Label, standing for Fuck Fashion Town, that was run by Koichiro from Argue Damnation. This Ep goes for cheap and is typically a dollar bin bargain. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROr3UibRMiMw2Obm_EzM-jxbEBN4XhoeyLE5xEAs1f83B6NB4z4ItZu34XUfh3UwSzag2W5zK2itaRMOJF6R1FGAO4IA2ONHxd02OFDhanXZlo5AN5gwQdkht-Z6AucLutoV-z-6sAlOwfHtJRrTpi_4tojQcvO6MZIUHAfoeBDBCxnd6mtlX62xQtTI/s2089/VOG%20translation.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2089" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROr3UibRMiMw2Obm_EzM-jxbEBN4XhoeyLE5xEAs1f83B6NB4z4ItZu34XUfh3UwSzag2W5zK2itaRMOJF6R1FGAO4IA2ONHxd02OFDhanXZlo5AN5gwQdkht-Z6AucLutoV-z-6sAlOwfHtJRrTpi_4tojQcvO6MZIUHAfoeBDBCxnd6mtlX62xQtTI/s320/VOG%20translation.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZWoO3cIZZ-nOWyazoDON1WaJU07QWbupguEWmcb5sGWnP0bhkWrUUbNhKw1BKnxC-3_6Fgtsi4ipL7yOW7wVwszwvCG8-sXNzAHYiZuswhehbFaLJnUAkdHJoNilG-PYS8miGtvnxuYtNx-n204LHGcuW5oJPamFEcTVoGc1tW7iWVt-0lX9HjRkxUI/s2235/SN%20translation.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2235" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZWoO3cIZZ-nOWyazoDON1WaJU07QWbupguEWmcb5sGWnP0bhkWrUUbNhKw1BKnxC-3_6Fgtsi4ipL7yOW7wVwszwvCG8-sXNzAHYiZuswhehbFaLJnUAkdHJoNilG-PYS8miGtvnxuYtNx-n204LHGcuW5oJPamFEcTVoGc1tW7iWVt-0lX9HjRkxUI/s320/SN%20translation.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/b8vi2odnvmmrkfg/VOGSN.zip/file" style="text-align: center;">Scum Greed</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHHb3wB9KlMlL0uzTYU8rs2Tsr65MN14t7h0dSt1ky_pQDsuW9zR8C8wmunwUM3iL2I-VSR7rK1yg7bnkG6-r2eQtblBbD7WbLTF1eWwIREbDVrYUJ81FKxDs6iRSoIPad6fOrEwP1cybd5Oe441mWATox6jyJ5HP_dghMIENyuy47_PXEwFexoV6D1c/s1376/VOG%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHHb3wB9KlMlL0uzTYU8rs2Tsr65MN14t7h0dSt1ky_pQDsuW9zR8C8wmunwUM3iL2I-VSR7rK1yg7bnkG6-r2eQtblBbD7WbLTF1eWwIREbDVrYUJ81FKxDs6iRSoIPad6fOrEwP1cybd5Oe441mWATox6jyJ5HP_dghMIENyuy47_PXEwFexoV6D1c/s320/VOG%20side.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIsw_ztfkqSRkSgOtk8GyMuvWj4ezCgbdiy62JIKNixuNy1u83qsGmn7WkzXcY0d5Ex027O9MfyvC3MWBIqd93PjAO1jg8z3Tj57vqtTq2yAYpvcpti9_xjnJqkAravTPyZGKJfcVunD9f714dAOLaRme834vk2ILD3K706_q955xYuQ6vV6oAzbd5Ws/s1441/SN%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="1325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIsw_ztfkqSRkSgOtk8GyMuvWj4ezCgbdiy62JIKNixuNy1u83qsGmn7WkzXcY0d5Ex027O9MfyvC3MWBIqd93PjAO1jg8z3Tj57vqtTq2yAYpvcpti9_xjnJqkAravTPyZGKJfcVunD9f714dAOLaRme834vk2ILD3K706_q955xYuQ6vV6oAzbd5Ws/s320/SN%20side.jpeg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-84466028968752587682023-12-25T17:48:00.003+01:002023-12-25T17:59:28.076+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: SERVITUDE / EBOLA "S/t" split Ep, 1999<p style="text-align: justify;">How grim can one get? Or rather, how grim, bleak and downright depressing can one look to others? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am not an especially grim person. After a few pints, like every normally constituted person, I enjoy a game of darts, cracking a few dad jokes and getting into a drunken fight because I am a sore loser but I still do get reinvited, sometimes. It would be far-fetched to claim I am the life of the party but my presence illuminates the room enough and probably inspires many a youth to not be like me. I know how to prove myself useful. But to have a split record between one band called Servitude and another called Ebola does convey a vibe of tragedy, horror and overall doom so that it might not be the best topic for a first Tinder date and conversations starters like "<i>Do you enjoy Servitude?" </i>or "<i>I much prefer early Ebola</i>" haven't proved to be particularly effective. It's still marginally better than "<i>Have you heard of Genital Deformities?</i>" or "<i>The last Coitus full length was something of a disappointment" </i>I suppose.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">From a punk point of view, of course, there is nothing wrong with a split between these bands, it made sense given the styles they used to work on. When I bought this Ep, I already had the split between Misery and Extinction of Mankind so I was already a lost cause as far as my terminological tastes were concerned. The symbolism of lexical fields and of naming in the punk world is absolutely fascinating and the fact that we have had our own stable but ever-changing metalanguage for 45 years is a testament to the relevance of punk. The downside is our tendency to rely too much on our cultural jargon, just like teenagers have always done to make their parents feel old, except a lot of us are well into our forties and fifties and our parents have mostly given up on us a long time ago and, unlike us, most teens do grow up. I might do a piece on punk language one day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXgBSahp_rHHU7UmH5T8-RtEI-IQWbhGibQ6IKfcDhuEfyYx8odNdQU76IP5sIwHgM6GpEJc0KT-G5i9aOMgVjwG20oDkYAh5WgLccD4sTJCesr6GTvJcRg68BX6mZEeBAok_JLN4gk8nZEWNF0dYUYMLTb4ob8y4w740AtWwNfF5ergGI-4fzKw-zBY/s2187/SER%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2187" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXgBSahp_rHHU7UmH5T8-RtEI-IQWbhGibQ6IKfcDhuEfyYx8odNdQU76IP5sIwHgM6GpEJc0KT-G5i9aOMgVjwG20oDkYAh5WgLccD4sTJCesr6GTvJcRg68BX6mZEeBAok_JLN4gk8nZEWNF0dYUYMLTb4ob8y4w740AtWwNfF5ergGI-4fzKw-zBY/w400-h386/SER%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Before the record selection for this series, I had not played neither Servitude nor Ebola for a long time so it was an interesting re-exploration. I have had records from both bands for a while so that the fact they survived the often heartbreaking annual purges throughout the years indicated that a part of my brain knows that I like them even though I didn't exactly remember why (the punk brain works in strange ways). Servitude were from Minneapolis and belonged to the prolific local 90's crust and extreme hardcore scene that gravitated around Profane Existence and there are unsurprisingly many familiar faces when looking at the members' resumes. It would be silly doing exhaustive genealogical "<i>ex-members of</i>" lists but suffice to say that the individuals involved in Servitude did time in bands like Destroy!, Segue, Dissension or Code 13 and would later serve in Scorned, Provoked or Frenzy. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The band recorded a rough and ready demo tape in 1996 (I doubt it was really distributed) that hinted at what they were going for but things really took shape with the 1997 Ep <i>Apparatus</i> on Profane Existence and Skuld Releases. As tempting - if unwise - as it is to blame it on Alzheimer (it runs deep in the family, sadly, the only positive I can think of is that it might allow me to forget about ska-punk and shoegaze) I remembered Servitude as an all-out down-tuned savage crustcore attack with dual male and female vocals with that distinct 90's US sound but they are not really. The Ep actually has variety, tempo changes, even some emotional moments and while there is obviously a crustcore influence, it might make more sense to see them as an anarchopunk blend of progressive crusty bands like Jobbykrust or Unhinged, of Health Hazard's furiousness and of more dissonant heavy down-tuned hardcore bands like His Hero Is Gone with an urgent, direct sound. Like One By One infused with extreme hardcore or something or indeed, not unlike Ebola, the type of bands that Flat Earth would have released. A good Ep representative of a specific 90's sound.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSld9xMeaj_FT6wl8YDgazNRycbu7qAkx_cYVbWuJl_CFy6pg-7EGd94IqbqBT4jOlQh31GeiEFj3AcAKXK7GLD83TPdQWCBGtQGoDFDMKotd3nuEwNtMjydNGPl1y5Vq_IURk_VEIuUdjtf0AGUkxXJEHxV4ufp9Ovj9I4QbdpMloZB3iXzcE3bcAwT0/s2175/SER%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="2175" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSld9xMeaj_FT6wl8YDgazNRycbu7qAkx_cYVbWuJl_CFy6pg-7EGd94IqbqBT4jOlQh31GeiEFj3AcAKXK7GLD83TPdQWCBGtQGoDFDMKotd3nuEwNtMjydNGPl1y5Vq_IURk_VEIuUdjtf0AGUkxXJEHxV4ufp9Ovj9I4QbdpMloZB3iXzcE3bcAwT0/w400-h386/SER%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The three songs that Servitude contributed to the split Ep are heavier and more down-tuned so that it takes a couple of (loud) listens to really to get into it, especially with just about four minutes of music. If the music's texture is different, it also feels like the next logical step and makes sense that the band would move toward such a production (it was after all in the air at that time). In terms of influence, Servitude never sounded as threateningly destructive, intense and angry as on this one. As mentioned above, it sounds like a bar fight between HHIG, Jobbykrust and One By One. I love how the vocals work together in that specific 90's anarcho way. Some find it dated, I find it endearing. My one reservation is that it is a little short for the style and a full Ep recording would have worked better especially since there are a lot of changes and some versatility involved. The three songs were recorded in early 1997 so, for all I know, Servitude may not even have been active by the time the Ep came out in 1999. The screenprinted cover on their side looks absolutely magnificent but I could not find who was the artist. Didn't they have Insta in 1999?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztpSVY5Mmd45dYkAhvt_-w05Kys926sPzLF7HXdlf5TYMGl1mrvRjHO-8FZt2qzjEW0YL3Ew62dHKpk9iJjZzeXkW6k3VCow3HIJ-flW0sv7H-9Ul_hcSoGIrXLga7QJzpLFKOnb9BpOK_M4spBdkwCt_Qt7pHyN1_MMkT25yYjstohBotE1uZcX4NxQ/s2173/EBO%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="2173" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztpSVY5Mmd45dYkAhvt_-w05Kys926sPzLF7HXdlf5TYMGl1mrvRjHO-8FZt2qzjEW0YL3Ew62dHKpk9iJjZzeXkW6k3VCow3HIJ-flW0sv7H-9Ul_hcSoGIrXLga7QJzpLFKOnb9BpOK_M4spBdkwCt_Qt7pHyN1_MMkT25yYjstohBotE1uZcX4NxQ/w400-h388/EBO%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side are Ebola from Newcastle. Yes, there have been a lot of Ebolas throughout the years (even a tongue-in-cheek French oi band), one of which was from Berlin and a contemporary of our one. The 00's delivered quite a few extra grindcore Ebolas which was to be expected since it is a pretty cool disease (from a safe European home of course) and wearing an Ebola shirt would probably shock your nan. The story of Ebola goes hand in hand with that of the 90's DIY hardcore punk scene of the North of England and the band changed a lot in their six years existence (between 1995 and 2000, I think). Alright, let me try entangle the thing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The band started out with Karen and Micky (from the cruelly underrated One By One) teaming up with Andy (later on in Sawn Off and Shank), Chris and Jonathan (later in Sawn Off and Minute Manifesto). This lineup recorded the <i>Incubation </i>Lp in 1996 , released on Flat Earth Records (obviously), an album I have had for a very long time, that I like but is impossible to store properly because my version has a 13 inch record mailer envelope as a cover. It looks good but to this day, it is the only record that has never fit in any of my record shelves or boxes. Again, pretty endearing. This first effort was a pretty devastating one, just fast, punishing hardcore thrash with dual vocals and diverse tempo changes that sounded like a date between Health Hazard, Disaffect and American powerviolence during a conference about anarchism. Ebola were always very vocal politically, not to mention literally, and they were always careful to provide interesting things to read and booklets with their records (no longer a common practice nowadays but then I am under the impression that we are all so jaded that we no longer even care to read the lyrics).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXV450DNeSS1hKSi2MoM58Z_4R1kUlVoSmdnNYKY4do5rLf920k2X2cNhtIR9JxC5SOCRZwMqDriZwZTjlNKKtofHPKWbyONw39FrFdQuFbnDd5vA7ESILCgMAwFP1ix7cLGGoyzOkple5Awb7Q36M-D2MdVOI8b5hyphenhyphenuK3PgizqB56k5NJ12zDr2RBmg/s2593/EBO%20credits.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="2593" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXV450DNeSS1hKSi2MoM58Z_4R1kUlVoSmdnNYKY4do5rLf920k2X2cNhtIR9JxC5SOCRZwMqDriZwZTjlNKKtofHPKWbyONw39FrFdQuFbnDd5vA7ESILCgMAwFP1ix7cLGGoyzOkple5Awb7Q36M-D2MdVOI8b5hyphenhyphenuK3PgizqB56k5NJ12zDr2RBmg/w400-h328/EBO%20credits.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The following Ep released the next year, <i>Imprecation</i>, with Nick (from Enslaved Records and later Boxed In replacing Jonathan) was even more savage, demented and unpredictable blasting hardcore, more focused and articulate too I suppose but less traditionally punk. An extreme record that would be exhausting as an album and can only work on an Ep. The 90's were not done with Ebola yet and the band recorded five more songs in September, 1998, for the present split with Servitude. The first striking thing is how raw the production is. While <i>Incubation </i>and <i>Imprecation </i>enjoyed a rather good sound highlighting the relentless aggression and the manic and destructive changes, their side of the split almost sounds like a live in the studio recording. If the songwriting is similar to the previous Ep, this shift in terms of sound confers a more primitive, primal vibe to the music, a low-fi nature that borders on DIY grindcore or squat-based hardcore powerviolence. Very intense and even less for the faint-hearted than before as the vocalists remind me of angry hyenas fighting for the last vegan sausage (let's just pretend that hyenas are into vegan sausages). <i>Imprecation </i>would be the better Ebola record as it sounds more accomplished, however this side of the split Ep probably displays more charm and even character as it demonstrated that Ebola could still deliver in terms of blasting intensity and aggression with a direct, raw, bass-driven sound, not unlike Dystopia at times. These five songs would be reissued with a new mastering on a one-sided Ep in 2000 on Enslaved.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQkFkmHX99EEskIJJuJsW9UEN6kr-6oIbML8MdElIfhfsQJOybsuQ7U43cIZVKJMPSSf7qGGGUhVisif2bgXA-Z0xBG1paYKV2rkMXsM8GU9xMOVb29fvrbycTcV2zgBpBYfPSPvNoreJdHcL7m6mNF8EN5t9A1yQ9WWihLChcoYwkL2bV3MM9gDLVTk/s2085/EBO%20booklet%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2076" data-original-width="2085" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQkFkmHX99EEskIJJuJsW9UEN6kr-6oIbML8MdElIfhfsQJOybsuQ7U43cIZVKJMPSSf7qGGGUhVisif2bgXA-Z0xBG1paYKV2rkMXsM8GU9xMOVb29fvrbycTcV2zgBpBYfPSPvNoreJdHcL7m6mNF8EN5t9A1yQ9WWihLChcoYwkL2bV3MM9gDLVTk/w400-h399/EBO%20booklet%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESvpV-AmaFPAAe6-rTVHIER977kuN_7cJnYU360dK32hNlppDBm4LsmtOuOGlrasZCVhBc6amYS6fLZrggl-AaF77g0Xuz-rG6QhmDMfqyzlhbTK2JqDLQvhr5FrvcnxGd8vNGYtcCgjMDR6bFYHO-RaO8Y9lePO4udfn4yRkwKnCjF6jW8vQW0jFDUw/s2128/EBO%20booklet%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="2128" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgESvpV-AmaFPAAe6-rTVHIER977kuN_7cJnYU360dK32hNlppDBm4LsmtOuOGlrasZCVhBc6amYS6fLZrggl-AaF77g0Xuz-rG6QhmDMfqyzlhbTK2JqDLQvhr5FrvcnxGd8vNGYtcCgjMDR6bFYHO-RaO8Y9lePO4udfn4yRkwKnCjF6jW8vQW0jFDUw/w400-h389/EBO%20booklet%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_GXguOwISIom8dqSo0h3CTRCW7LrwPvIDhRF281lov5mgaZHH8oD3e6sfNXAS9IPRZoEsERSq2sH9z1NXWKzQM3p0vNAEqcYFVXxkRyRNW1Hgv_ZfyUWfhyngHPDpWseMg8r4786p1FQ90u2q6SASENJejvyhO1v2fKRP9-MYdlLUxF7GyIPnakFYkw/s2110/EBO%20booklet%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2077" data-original-width="2110" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_GXguOwISIom8dqSo0h3CTRCW7LrwPvIDhRF281lov5mgaZHH8oD3e6sfNXAS9IPRZoEsERSq2sH9z1NXWKzQM3p0vNAEqcYFVXxkRyRNW1Hgv_ZfyUWfhyngHPDpWseMg8r4786p1FQ90u2q6SASENJejvyhO1v2fKRP9-MYdlLUxF7GyIPnakFYkw/w400-h394/EBO%20booklet%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">As mentioned, Ebola were a political bunch. Each song is introduced with an audio sample which was customary in the fastcore/powerviolence trend in the 90's (even up to the mid 00's) and there is a proper booklet accompanying the Ep. The explanations to the songs are quite illuminating and describe what the motif, the feeling and the context were during the writing. I know some people hate the practice and consider that the songs should stand on their own without a notice but retrospectively the explanatory notes help understand the mood of the time and the songs against macho violence "Malevolence" definitely stands for a specific time period in DIY hardcore punk. The whole thing looks brilliant and emphasizes the honesty of the band and the motivations that point to the 90's anarchopunk tradition (veganism, anti-homophobia...) rather than what modern powerviolence (or however you want to call it) is all about today. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWbRHVi9MJ_nERRs9AB0fhhxYgxGAfAeWV6loV1GJtE25Iajyez7fOXwQyxujOZBAiDV9M-YMQWaBcBBGzjqOG3xhpbS3RaCYuzKRlk_NMnMUifFfCCn5vwgWR5u0dR4yRGIQjMoV-l5CHuPtB3vY3FXXKA7HxsgzDdf6Q7GpwvnKNtz5GGXuI3Kb3xg/s2089/EBO%20booklet%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2062" data-original-width="2089" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWbRHVi9MJ_nERRs9AB0fhhxYgxGAfAeWV6loV1GJtE25Iajyez7fOXwQyxujOZBAiDV9M-YMQWaBcBBGzjqOG3xhpbS3RaCYuzKRlk_NMnMUifFfCCn5vwgWR5u0dR4yRGIQjMoV-l5CHuPtB3vY3FXXKA7HxsgzDdf6Q7GpwvnKNtz5GGXuI3Kb3xg/w400-h395/EBO%20booklet%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLa48WoiVHwrhVFNIQeSfogQBPgIMZPkPlje3XOd9aK6MKHics8_DaZokvD_KORyxJ7kSmZTQmB9pPuN1J0CgstCBUpNM18r4fjhH6nmoIZKu4VWDpt84HoWySm58P7hMtOPu0RDOfgKWoTHz-gl459CHid_3pFIJ_RwaNjTipQp3jNgLsGABV95pK6Q/s2083/EBO%20booklet%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2083" data-original-width="2081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLa48WoiVHwrhVFNIQeSfogQBPgIMZPkPlje3XOd9aK6MKHics8_DaZokvD_KORyxJ7kSmZTQmB9pPuN1J0CgstCBUpNM18r4fjhH6nmoIZKu4VWDpt84HoWySm58P7hMtOPu0RDOfgKWoTHz-gl459CHid_3pFIJ_RwaNjTipQp3jNgLsGABV95pK6Q/w400-h400/EBO%20booklet%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTB7w4VB18FmMuhZXPDNcL-53b6w5wGR9qNoI1sP-KlhsMnmsDtH8yw3Y2NXN7gj12vxxQEwSWQ0wzhaRS_74jgGqLdZPMYyr41VBcRMTNnueYrUNlArIATUrJD97wwS6WxAsS7UNr1UyNSs95fntG6JTgsQLXxyGTQNrezn-cAjM6bkd_glUEfapvhs/s2088/EBO%20booklet%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="2060" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTB7w4VB18FmMuhZXPDNcL-53b6w5wGR9qNoI1sP-KlhsMnmsDtH8yw3Y2NXN7gj12vxxQEwSWQ0wzhaRS_74jgGqLdZPMYyr41VBcRMTNnueYrUNlArIATUrJD97wwS6WxAsS7UNr1UyNSs95fntG6JTgsQLXxyGTQNrezn-cAjM6bkd_glUEfapvhs/w395-h400/EBO%20booklet%206.jpeg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the whole, I think that this split Ep is a good record, much rawer and more punishing than I remembered, clearly a testament to what DIY political hardcore was about at that time, musically, lyrically and visually. This was released on Clean Plate Records, the label run by Will Killingsworth who played in Orchid at that point in time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmNrrZp7vpQPFL3BJqPg_pYbLRT8S9QfNcj2WUZEENF5SdLVohm5YffEVJ-DoVJ84z6z3utJ6fposJ6MZ6u32sb11pArEi_kindRGUxwwxAQzYJIhsU3_cjVTjJGn-UBIen7nFvhnMcwY3VwCHJDDTOXT_IqD6uGFdtO7dgj4jHsde3vB4vCsi_usMhs/s2083/EBO%20booklet%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="2083" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmNrrZp7vpQPFL3BJqPg_pYbLRT8S9QfNcj2WUZEENF5SdLVohm5YffEVJ-DoVJ84z6z3utJ6fposJ6MZ6u32sb11pArEi_kindRGUxwwxAQzYJIhsU3_cjVTjJGn-UBIen7nFvhnMcwY3VwCHJDDTOXT_IqD6uGFdtO7dgj4jHsde3vB4vCsi_usMhs/s320/EBO%20booklet%207.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBfgDUS5sVZSExp8m2I010jC5pejEmyWniT_GqM9Vpne988z2VEp2gfqKouR-k1xCLrAjK9q28lmX54zHWoBavvw1fl7aUmLppCaCGVUft71bddMAPYfWXg8Gw8nHcIotyNOofUcbbDIXwZ9iQx36WW7LMtt32WauQ2zimPhznVcE0NrwbSmRAAWGUHY/s2113/EBO%20booklet%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="2095" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBfgDUS5sVZSExp8m2I010jC5pejEmyWniT_GqM9Vpne988z2VEp2gfqKouR-k1xCLrAjK9q28lmX54zHWoBavvw1fl7aUmLppCaCGVUft71bddMAPYfWXg8Gw8nHcIotyNOofUcbbDIXwZ9iQx36WW7LMtt32WauQ2zimPhznVcE0NrwbSmRAAWGUHY/s320/EBO%20booklet%208.jpeg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/zqoegtoz5o5tf85/SEREBO.zip/file">The Ebola of Servitude</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvMIJ7arQcZSnciYFQKpvZBFKQOLNYw1uQ_iwpbmIujb6VeW0YSkUYv3HdSShqJBhYsJiDLpkIxReRLnUniU5Tlb7ee4_GfhFSPUppQ9i14tvlRzMUJSDUT3Q6JmMZOrVuu7srW7F-RtcngvuB3Nzr4AIdgkfmOYwvUI66qLB1lOT9WZOsPtC4tX9esc/s1299/SER%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvMIJ7arQcZSnciYFQKpvZBFKQOLNYw1uQ_iwpbmIujb6VeW0YSkUYv3HdSShqJBhYsJiDLpkIxReRLnUniU5Tlb7ee4_GfhFSPUppQ9i14tvlRzMUJSDUT3Q6JmMZOrVuu7srW7F-RtcngvuB3Nzr4AIdgkfmOYwvUI66qLB1lOT9WZOsPtC4tX9esc/s320/SER%20side.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J0xGg-AV96fH7A6Q6PXv38GlrI1ZlXjUktxrnXP8uDjj7F2XoXFQqRA8P50pAsjCmzKJm_M9AYoFOw8eVirnSTq9n4Af94gZEe3y890U4VIaIakBlfdVHDxc3lwIzujKD4AAky-vE-NbtN20eX0j7M9jzwrRbzauZdwAgTiU-dW9pp9W0rdyXkX1HQA/s1227/EBO%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1202" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J0xGg-AV96fH7A6Q6PXv38GlrI1ZlXjUktxrnXP8uDjj7F2XoXFQqRA8P50pAsjCmzKJm_M9AYoFOw8eVirnSTq9n4Af94gZEe3y890U4VIaIakBlfdVHDxc3lwIzujKD4AAky-vE-NbtN20eX0j7M9jzwrRbzauZdwAgTiU-dW9pp9W0rdyXkX1HQA/s320/EBO%20side.jpeg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-32507920062956108792023-12-19T10:01:00.000+01:002023-12-19T10:01:05.623+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: DISARM / SUBCUT "Nem esporte, nem tradição / S/t" split Ep, 1999<p style="text-align: justify;">The shortening of our attention spans is not without its merits. From the perspective of "<i>a blogger</i>" - the correct terminology for what I do apparently although it sounds like I am a part of some sort of inelegant tech bro clique (that makes one shudder) - attention span as an endangered species means pretty much that I can repeat myself without fear of being singled out as a person stuck in a loop and asking the same questions over and over again, like a pub bore who always wants to share his views with you even though you've already endured far too many times his theory that the vanishing of Antisect's second Lp is the greatest mystery of humankind, bar none. Well, at least with a blog you can just close the window and switch to watching underwhelming youtube videos like a normal person while in a pub you have to hide in the toilets and pretend you have a tummy ache. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Today's oft tackled topic is the observable lack of classic, typical crust bands in Brazil during the 90's. As I mentioned, it is kind of a rerun and you may check the first episodes as I wrote about <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2015/12/under-threat-iaf-self-titled-masakre.html">Under Threat</a> in 2015 and <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2017/11/kids-of-90s-part-9-no-prejudice.html">Dischord</a> in 2017. This is a head-scratching, unexplainable phenomenon from an outsider's point of view. How come Brazil, and above all Sao Paulo, a town that had - and still does - one of the strongest, liveliest, most prolific extreme music scenes did not produce many ENT/Disrupt/Doom-like bands? I mean, even France had a contestant (eternal respect to Enola Gay) and we have always notoriously sucked at it so you would have expected Brazilian punks, famously well into fast aggressive music, to offer a solid dozen of cracking crust bands, which they did not. They certainly created their own brands of primitive thrashing grindcore and furiously fast metallic hardcore and many bands proudly adopted this sonic approach but, strictly speaking, as far as crust was concerned, seemingly few were inspired. Of course, elements of crust music were included in the classic Brazilian extreme hardcore vibe but I would not say that there was ever really a Brazilian crust style which, given the incredible potential, does come as a surprise. It does not imply either that that Brazil was actually missing something, it is just curious. As I said earlier, some things may escape me.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It would be untrue and hyperbolic to claim that the scene was deprived of Doom-lovers though. How sad would that be? Aforementioned bands like Dischord (a hard-working band who had a very decent discography with splits with Lies & Distrust, Rotten Sound or Força Macabra) or Under Threat (a project that was started by Rot's drummer and went on to release splits with Battle of Disarm or... Dischord!) and bands like Cruel Face were inspired and included elements pertaining to the subgenre to some extent. And of course, you saw me coming, Disarm were undeniably, gloriously, heroically one of the few national bands that was openly, deeply, fundamentally oriented toward gruff 90's crust.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6eVdGaz9w2Nf272Nmtk9EcQQEXXrYDoblfZALr9ckl6YrftMSO1kxsnsMWEXHkDJttzv5GVbO5tek9RRVRorgeWbnZ3oqKeEvPdoXbJjTMI5p_pEpOGPyiWWUTbQxMDWB2ytTTWn9msBzoIsksJT2A7TM8RX8sCtojiVZMGxW9OSCfe16a9FpdAKpIs/s2179/DIS%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2161" data-original-width="2179" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6eVdGaz9w2Nf272Nmtk9EcQQEXXrYDoblfZALr9ckl6YrftMSO1kxsnsMWEXHkDJttzv5GVbO5tek9RRVRorgeWbnZ3oqKeEvPdoXbJjTMI5p_pEpOGPyiWWUTbQxMDWB2ytTTWn9msBzoIsksJT2A7TM8RX8sCtojiVZMGxW9OSCfe16a9FpdAKpIs/w400-h396/DIS%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In fact, I see Disarm as the Brazilian band that was the most typical of the 90's crust wave, the one that fitted the template with the most accuracy and, clearly, with the most ease. The name could be seen as a little unfortunate and prone to cause confusion since it is a great but fairly common moniker. The classic Swedish käng band Disarm from the 80's is the most famous, but there is also a one-man grindcore band from Italy, some short-lived punk-rock band from Springfield, a hardcore band from Niigata, yet another American band this time of the folk punk variety (gasp), yet another Japanese band but one that does 80's thrash metal, a Welsh sloppy anarchopunk band from the 80's, a Ukrainian thrash metal band with the most horrendous Disarm font of them all, yet another American hardcore band from Virginia and there is apparently an active crust band from Switzerland named Disarm. This abundance of Disarms is disarming (I take full responsibility for that shit joke). A great name that was used far too often but then in the mid-90's, our Disarm's first recording was done in 1997, it certainly sounded like a good idea since you wouldn't have heard of some of the most obscure Disarms of the past.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKkjFipWym0diPCQhwtoTPXBF4yPMnsbVJYiq5GEzJriKJ_U5-A1Wwznd32xgJdLTHVhyV631cQzovK4y8DVLnws_5iedLPQzFuR5c6xs4kEU6t_pivc6G5jhen3xwTMhYvZwUls6NTf3IHXh4a155flvG49__KlxjaPr2XsNL7S-wt_6PgvQkhgiCow/s2180/DIS%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2142" data-original-width="2180" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKkjFipWym0diPCQhwtoTPXBF4yPMnsbVJYiq5GEzJriKJ_U5-A1Wwznd32xgJdLTHVhyV631cQzovK4y8DVLnws_5iedLPQzFuR5c6xs4kEU6t_pivc6G5jhen3xwTMhYvZwUls6NTf3IHXh4a155flvG49__KlxjaPr2XsNL7S-wt_6PgvQkhgiCow/w400-h393/DIS%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">But anyway, the four songs on this split Ep are the best ones from the band's first run between 1997 and 2001 (the band seemingly reformed in the mid-00's as they released a split with Norway's Sound Your Alarm in 2007 and with Indonesia's Firstblood in 2013). The 1997 self-titled demo tape (this session also appeared on a split tape with Holochaos) was a rough and ready direct crustcore attack, the potential of which was confirmed with this 1999 recording. The first three numbers are by-the-book 90's cavemen crust reminiscent of <i>From Resignation</i>-era Hiatus, mid-90's Doom and Warcollapse with lyrics about animal rights. You know the drill. The lyrics in Portuguese also point to the overlooked - but beloved in these quarters - mid-90's Subcaos as well. The key word overall here being "<b>mid-90's</b>". The production has that perfect 90's crust cave groove and thickness, the scansion is ideal, the riffs obvious but effective, this is exactly what I expect from the genre and era. The fourth song however is totally different and display Disarm in full-on Brazilian thrashing hardcore mode with that typical fast and angry vocal delivery and that vibe of unstoppability. Quite the surprise since it sounds nothing like the other songs and also a genuinely good idea since it reminds the listener that this is Sao Paulo not fucking Stockholm. Following this split, Disarm would appear on a split Lp with Stomachal Corrosion. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2_onmDIrKUpinn9j3CNNxiBKv95k4Q5rvqen-dn-vkJHkkkwulyq7Y3fnFGu7Q5KuxHvyIYXV5jmzQbxrSR0kiGc35oXUmMhi8t9UVpOsfxJRT7oy0d9a-OntsNr0byRDm-9_aHfzRoqaasnTc61yq622uvoKTJh37LobN5Lyre48nFJDma2A7s5fdE/s2179/SUB%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2163" data-original-width="2179" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2_onmDIrKUpinn9j3CNNxiBKv95k4Q5rvqen-dn-vkJHkkkwulyq7Y3fnFGu7Q5KuxHvyIYXV5jmzQbxrSR0kiGc35oXUmMhi8t9UVpOsfxJRT7oy0d9a-OntsNr0byRDm-9_aHfzRoqaasnTc61yq622uvoKTJh37LobN5Lyre48nFJDma2A7s5fdE/w400-h398/SUB%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side prolific grindcore band Subcut (but grindcore bands often are) offer, kindly, five songs of raw and energetic relentless angry grindcore with a hardcore thrash influence like Brazilian bands are usually excellent at. This is definitely my kind of grindcore, really direct and with a punk attitude and none of that technical snooze fest. I love how the band frenetically speeds up the tempo and unleash furious blast beats. The musicianship is a little sloppy and the production very low-fi but Subcut sound intense and relentless enough to make these elements work at their benefit. In fact, if it were properly produced I would not probably like it because that is exactly what I expect from a raw high octane Brazilian grindcore band. With them using dual vocals Subcut's music can be said to incorporate a primitive crust influence (after all the two genres were close at the beginning of the decade) or at least appeal to a crust crowd open to a balanced diet of blast beats like Destroy! or Confrontation used. But on the whole, in terms of song structures Subcut belonged to the grindcore side and their cover of Intestinal Disease is a clear enough sign of that. Imagine Rot and Dropdead recording a one hour practice together on a tape recorder in order to contribute songs for a 4-way split between Gride, Entrails Massacre and Intestinal Disease.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZNHGeql7m0bHMkeRFEAO09lOrRYUCFoL1b7sXAxaJ3iyk_pUD5We_1rEeqlhCa-OoaDfVCsSLDkOCJ_x7uwjJDeyhjqb_KFiGP2tJyKNj6BmgT3l3ns6odkcnwpcX1TAI5KbQM18eeJDp9lXPPliHt2qnpcZm8-xnbwwlM3KqxITbyXSpESzGwio8LI/s2176/SUB%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2150" data-original-width="2176" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZNHGeql7m0bHMkeRFEAO09lOrRYUCFoL1b7sXAxaJ3iyk_pUD5We_1rEeqlhCa-OoaDfVCsSLDkOCJ_x7uwjJDeyhjqb_KFiGP2tJyKNj6BmgT3l3ns6odkcnwpcX1TAI5KbQM18eeJDp9lXPPliHt2qnpcZm8-xnbwwlM3KqxITbyXSpESzGwio8LI/w400-h395/SUB%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">My one reservation about the Subcut side is that the five songs were taken from three different recording sessions. The first three were recorded in 1999 and the whole session would appear on the very fine split 10'' with Cruel Face in 2000; the fourth song is taken from a 1998 session while the Intestinal Disease cover was already included on a split tape with Rot. As a result, as a whole, their side has a disparate feel that is a little distracting, to a small extent because the production always remains raw and stylistically the songs were similar but still, I'd rather have five songs from the same session. Subcut would have a long life and are still active and still grinding.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This fine highly enjoyable Ep was released on No Fashion HC Records, a label that specialized in grindcore and raw hardcore and notably released a double-cd Disclose retrospective.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QM4sSAOdHj0HaZJRCjmB49CCdiesVO4N1y0xSC6q94kyCCf5RSAKLN1UHgPJP7o-Tq4NiYlFDdmbjawZEev_JwGi2W8QMpVJs8OT6IX25vYI3Mtb7xYpY3r2YBDRODZIPsSuYPsGiIXZGlHjHQh5373CAlUlhb9FQyyqUKUlPlSks-GwWGdNLojc7io/s1251/DIS%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="1231" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QM4sSAOdHj0HaZJRCjmB49CCdiesVO4N1y0xSC6q94kyCCf5RSAKLN1UHgPJP7o-Tq4NiYlFDdmbjawZEev_JwGi2W8QMpVJs8OT6IX25vYI3Mtb7xYpY3r2YBDRODZIPsSuYPsGiIXZGlHjHQh5373CAlUlhb9FQyyqUKUlPlSks-GwWGdNLojc7io/s320/DIS%20side.jpeg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznwc5jgVJWooB3wILDcqft7sqrcgJCWwEUTJ3iENDoZ9ncxEeIfZqGhQppDwuN0G-5_zXzsEzEl09Ca2-lFfQ6WAi0xCSPzE6A_X2vWYy2zEaULAhyphenhyphenFf4qIIy6Q66VwSOF9sMbxG0hE4Df73wBfX4qAH1EcjGzLL95fPgKlECjOAFrt5DX0QJSFg9udo/s1223/SUB%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="1214" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznwc5jgVJWooB3wILDcqft7sqrcgJCWwEUTJ3iENDoZ9ncxEeIfZqGhQppDwuN0G-5_zXzsEzEl09Ca2-lFfQ6WAi0xCSPzE6A_X2vWYy2zEaULAhyphenhyphenFf4qIIy6Q66VwSOF9sMbxG0hE4Df73wBfX4qAH1EcjGzLL95fPgKlECjOAFrt5DX0QJSFg9udo/s320/SUB%20side.jpeg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/zcx2wjxi66mr3s0/DISSUB.zip/file">Disarm + Subcut</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-81603367779797632072023-12-08T17:09:00.000+01:002023-12-08T17:09:46.589+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: GRIDE / LIES & DISTRUST "S/t" split Ep, 1998<div style="text-align: justify;">What could be more embarrassing than wearing a shirt saying "<i>good girls go to Heaven, bad girls go to PRAGUE</i>"? I remember a group of extremely pissed and obnoxiously loud Australian ladies visibly on a hen do all wearing such tasteful tops in the town centre and consciously vomiting on every street corners. The noise and the bilious yellowish ponds made them relatively easy to avoid - which was the reasonable thing to do - but the spectacle was insidiously compelling. The locals managed to remain stern and stoic, probably accustomed to such distasteful tomfooleries and were far beyond consternation at this point. Fuck knows if this locust-like group of destruction was going on the rampage all over Europe or if they specifically picked Prague as the epicenter of their own chaos. It made the Play Fast or Don't festival that I was going to look like a garden party among decent people. Who said punks could not be well behaved? Well kind of. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Contrary to its neighbour Poland, from an outsider's point of view, Czech never seemed to produce as many bands that got to cross the borders in terms of notoriety. Comparing countries is often irrelevant as it does not take into account specific histories and contexts that inform the production of music and formation of bands, even if said countries are apparently close culturally and historically. Sometimes local dynamics can only escape and elude people from the outside. France is a case in point. We have been consistently shit at hardcore punk music contrary to Italy, Spain or Germany because rock culture has long been abysmal in the country. However we did alright with dodgy oi, self-obsessed depressive dark-wave and emocore- quite obviously - and we have one of the best hip-hop scenes in the world (or so I have heard because it is hard to believe judging from the dross that my 18 year old neighbour is blasting on a weekly basis... I mean what's with the fucking vocoder everywhere?). But if you don't live in France, you wouldn't know the reason why there were so few hardcore bands. So comparisons could be pointless to an extent even if the ties between two countries (like Poland and Czech or, for obvious reasons, Slovakia and Czech) were strong during the 90's (notably with the labels Malarie Records and Insane Society Records), which is the period I am interested in.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcNqcQ0yG-Jbsq6Uqk8i4Dc3LJatYQuR_yVeT1aACnclSHvdkpJhOCUjy08SGqG33qWIMMA8maCILpO3Ri4fQWNo6bsMtwhTlEopZ07Twj4lpkPT9zWc1EWkFBlIsXCdrmn3-azkJG_24PVX3DMZznLtimp4K3nvCod-A_8e1luGPHzCtmp_cth9YVlA/s2133/GR%20cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2133" data-original-width="2133" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcNqcQ0yG-Jbsq6Uqk8i4Dc3LJatYQuR_yVeT1aACnclSHvdkpJhOCUjy08SGqG33qWIMMA8maCILpO3Ri4fQWNo6bsMtwhTlEopZ07Twj4lpkPT9zWc1EWkFBlIsXCdrmn3-azkJG_24PVX3DMZznLtimp4K3nvCod-A_8e1luGPHzCtmp_cth9YVlA/w400-h400/GR%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I started to think about the series, I wanted to write about a Czech record because I don't often review Czech records, a pretty simple argument I admit. At first I though that I did not know that many 90's hardcore punk bands from there and then, after a couple of cups of coffee and a closer look at the collection, I realized that the scene was more prolific than I initially imagines. Czech punks love fast music so it is no coincidence that grindcore and fastcore have been popular genres over there since the early 90's, the well-respected, well-known and still active (!) Malignant Tumour being the best example of this phenomenon and a band like See You in Hell certainly stuck too. I am not an expert in grindcore or super fast hardcore in general so I would be at a loss to assess how big and well-liked the Czech scene is but with a solid culture of extreme music festivals (like the Obscene Extreme of course) I suppose that there are large segments of the scene I am not even aware of and I have learnt to be at peace with the idea that I will never be an omniscient übermensch. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM0qLbsRs-jsuzqQsM_PBR7rAslGRAV4uGgJtdzaMSEkWVHITznI3W776It3WIHimo9crJ3H5VjCDqP8gc3nV-OYCPOYdU-8YniH29yMlNSRJNZLHgFqsIIjN0GiCqupLYgSCN-Na-dLqJDYyZCn5ehmfUbvMwlb1jf2fXV0tMwDPp6RioaFQooywe5Y/s2151/GR%20lyrics%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="2151" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizM0qLbsRs-jsuzqQsM_PBR7rAslGRAV4uGgJtdzaMSEkWVHITznI3W776It3WIHimo9crJ3H5VjCDqP8gc3nV-OYCPOYdU-8YniH29yMlNSRJNZLHgFqsIIjN0GiCqupLYgSCN-Na-dLqJDYyZCn5ehmfUbvMwlb1jf2fXV0tMwDPp6RioaFQooywe5Y/w400-h395/GR%20lyrics%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Now that is just unkind.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwS3toXLZ_KD6rRoucOvNVgUBLXqJLLz85Kih5apb5OOToi3LYP_pDu8H01fnPPuqxaK1YmBwq9o9NTXfzbiFZvETdxjZ6b1UG7mdB1C7ZhTRbQA5TjcpyetaofQ_gG6KfkEQBSNf9vQjn-50Uw2Lo2xeaTuEE3Sr2OoZJt4vG4__4yUrxxhRtVHESIg/s2117/GR%20lyrics%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2117" data-original-width="2117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwS3toXLZ_KD6rRoucOvNVgUBLXqJLLz85Kih5apb5OOToi3LYP_pDu8H01fnPPuqxaK1YmBwq9o9NTXfzbiFZvETdxjZ6b1UG7mdB1C7ZhTRbQA5TjcpyetaofQ_gG6KfkEQBSNf9vQjn-50Uw2Lo2xeaTuEE3Sr2OoZJt4vG4__4yUrxxhRtVHESIg/w400-h400/GR%20lyrics%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But to get back to subgenres that are my bread and butter and that I pride myself in being a gentleman connoisseur, namely anarchopunk and crust, not many names came out beside How Long?, <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2013/07/culdesac-nebud-hrdy-na-to-ze-jsi-clovek.html">CulDeSac</a>, Exekuce and Lies & Distrust (other bands like Nonconformist or Coexist were from the other side of the border). On one hand, this kind of categorizations does not make much sense in the context of the time and petty classifications do not reflect scene dynamics. More often than not, whether you play hardcore or crust or grindcore don't necessarily really matter, what does is the sense of togetherness, solidarity and belonging. On the other hand, you also have to look at the music itself and how certain bands captured the global vibes of the time and crust was very prominent at the time. The choice of the split Ep between Gride and Lies & Distrust was an easy one: Gride exemplified what fast Czech hardcore sounded like in the 90's and L&D were a great example of the typical eurocrust sound that went well beyond the country's borders. The Ep is therefore relevant for two complementary reasons.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkZ9xD03fIDtTPtIcoi_G1AYorg0-4U3lbON-JZPvx3OHBDYCWU5-rA2g16JhgLys4eqemwm3_z798ZZE-QDT_a7pOKHHzsxfFENbjWGAEaT_y2-isHMz6cL0a9wfpafiVqpb4DHic3mGB2z8RELg34pETe1sc19WwRYXjW0tGi9HMzqiGu1HSEB-OyQ/s2139/GR%20lyrics%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="2135" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkZ9xD03fIDtTPtIcoi_G1AYorg0-4U3lbON-JZPvx3OHBDYCWU5-rA2g16JhgLys4eqemwm3_z798ZZE-QDT_a7pOKHHzsxfFENbjWGAEaT_y2-isHMz6cL0a9wfpafiVqpb4DHic3mGB2z8RELg34pETe1sc19WwRYXjW0tGi9HMzqiGu1HSEB-OyQ/w399-h400/GR%20lyrics%204.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCS2-0vMMyQv88U-jUvNQdExDOqndmUZpQhftnx7yh4pys8GoA4XgDazTVsgSB4hCRoz4Bv-odhp5TErRpjuJkkcl5wapQ-hyLvcQm1UJ-pC7LvgikZZXqQfFyZ4LXWXxqgMzBuUvmbdWxcJ37B58wZXKgaDBAQqknpDfCUnPtDJJ0RXU7tHz89L5m9Zs/s2139/GR%20lyrics%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2128" data-original-width="2139" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCS2-0vMMyQv88U-jUvNQdExDOqndmUZpQhftnx7yh4pys8GoA4XgDazTVsgSB4hCRoz4Bv-odhp5TErRpjuJkkcl5wapQ-hyLvcQm1UJ-pC7LvgikZZXqQfFyZ4LXWXxqgMzBuUvmbdWxcJ37B58wZXKgaDBAQqknpDfCUnPtDJJ0RXU7tHz89L5m9Zs/w400-h398/GR%20lyrics%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As I remember Gride were rather well-known back in the early 00's when I started dignifying the Paris scene with my exquisite presence. As I mentioned I was never a grind head but I heard the name enough to understand that the band was good (I cannot remember but they must have played here) and one of their Lp, 2003's <i>Tanec Bláznů,</i> was released on two French labels. However, before getting this Ep rather recently in my quest to create a comprehensive 90's crust library - to my mum's dismay - I don't think I had actually spent the time to properly listen to the band. I was expecting something much grindier and, while there is of course a grindcore influence, Gride were not an all out noisecore blasting machine. The primitive, straight-forward angry punk sound really works here and makes the songs very dynamic and energetic (the coconut-sounding drums are too loud though). The five songs are very enjoyable and are completely metal-free as Gride in the late 90's were first and foremost a raw grinding hardcore band rather than what we understand as grindcore today (often far too technical). The vocals are aggressive and rather classical in conception but don't feel too forced and I am reminded of their compatriot Mrtvá Budoucnost but not as blast beats oriented and on the whole of the punkier side of grindcore and bands like Intestinal Disease, Proyecto Terror or Wojczech. The band would change throughout the year and the split Ep reflected what they started out as, as a young band with this early lineup. Gride kept going and are still active although I have no idea what they sound like today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSG80OZuUIpDKoVoT9aoLpnqeeBw0gwUq7GMBd-Zm5YFmDjlBu2IMN4IKGQeCTn686N7eHB4ZerVKh5LxvydDQpv-Lxzjeg93sBWCKnaB43imA-EYK7Jky9qEXpGeP_PFccmIBUuRPSxuihI-w2HfmXwUbvLObwm6GKCgeaJzsMx56hYvHg_c99d6RThw/s2160/L&D%20cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2136" data-original-width="2160" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSG80OZuUIpDKoVoT9aoLpnqeeBw0gwUq7GMBd-Zm5YFmDjlBu2IMN4IKGQeCTn686N7eHB4ZerVKh5LxvydDQpv-Lxzjeg93sBWCKnaB43imA-EYK7Jky9qEXpGeP_PFccmIBUuRPSxuihI-w2HfmXwUbvLObwm6GKCgeaJzsMx56hYvHg_c99d6RThw/w400-h395/L&D%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0aANzi2eKRzronZjM6NKt5FLABSyWHKiDsNwbHI9Oyrfu7p4FXklFVIYeZlNCxeIMbJW4QRPQXx02aHQGh87dbpwWcjfSfZnoHLB6XmyWm2uWfAoTDhZhxXvGnBh23v9CqBYCSInZI-eHfVqk1UQvxK3YCzfjKcXn05jnbmHKUofUzKSodfCpRK5rqc/s2156/L&D%20lyrics%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2146" data-original-width="2156" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0aANzi2eKRzronZjM6NKt5FLABSyWHKiDsNwbHI9Oyrfu7p4FXklFVIYeZlNCxeIMbJW4QRPQXx02aHQGh87dbpwWcjfSfZnoHLB6XmyWm2uWfAoTDhZhxXvGnBh23v9CqBYCSInZI-eHfVqk1UQvxK3YCzfjKcXn05jnbmHKUofUzKSodfCpRK5rqc/w400-h399/L&D%20lyrics%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other side L&D offer four songs of, well, classically executed raw cavemen crust. I could almost stop the description here since by now, after years of reading Terminal Sound Nuisance, you probably know exactly what I mean by that. But I am paid by the word and with the inflation and all that (have you seen the shipping prices recently? Buying records is turning into a luxury, even for first-world twats like myself) I just have to keep writing. I don't dislike the name Lies & Distrust and it could summarize adequately the programs of most of the current political parties but it is a but long indeed. I would have gone directly for Distrust because at that time in the mid 90's no one really knew about the 80's Swedish band (beside käng nerds I suppose) and I have no idea who that Ohio punk band was (thank you Discogs). I like the logo though as I am a simple man of simple pleasures. The popularity of the band today is pretty much non-existent and only crust old-timers would remember them at all. All my attempts to start a conversation about L&D have miserably failed for some reason and mentioning you love lies and distrust on a dating website is also a major faux pas. So let's say I am, once again, standing for the little man here.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0twwiK-iNaJOIwF4yst2fNuKVIA4DyM1-pbbIA_x99R_LiObSK0pBrMBQOELPwznmseKlxOIP9RNayVQRc_XzJc4wYAFUuaKHm091j5UcUFXTTigfYb2_YJmM_T-g5q4-C_CfSxFHj0BrAq7oTtOd9DatWjXn28-5wWT_f8bl8t9eXl0DR0i87kCXdXE/s2214/L&D%20lyrics%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2213" data-original-width="2214" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0twwiK-iNaJOIwF4yst2fNuKVIA4DyM1-pbbIA_x99R_LiObSK0pBrMBQOELPwznmseKlxOIP9RNayVQRc_XzJc4wYAFUuaKHm091j5UcUFXTTigfYb2_YJmM_T-g5q4-C_CfSxFHj0BrAq7oTtOd9DatWjXn28-5wWT_f8bl8t9eXl0DR0i87kCXdXE/w400-h400/L&D%20lyrics%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLbCV6hjvP-1rg3jXrD96DTpBRZtzD_TfMVGhyWQp30_WDOdNJ3saTw19jGcGQT6q6Sr3AWnAbxfiQYVg8yq-u2ng_6SDVblfDlu8g2sxpxa9GNirQkM0xrAELR0SlurPAxPxMuEoKg-IQbCYQr_A9u-hcOGIou-4Df5sYECFQD4sq3cIS_SDbiPrVeg/s2142/L&D%20lyrics%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2142" data-original-width="2136" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLbCV6hjvP-1rg3jXrD96DTpBRZtzD_TfMVGhyWQp30_WDOdNJ3saTw19jGcGQT6q6Sr3AWnAbxfiQYVg8yq-u2ng_6SDVblfDlu8g2sxpxa9GNirQkM0xrAELR0SlurPAxPxMuEoKg-IQbCYQr_A9u-hcOGIou-4Df5sYECFQD4sq3cIS_SDbiPrVeg/w399-h400/L&D%20lyrics%203.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Musically L&D is everything you can expect from a young 90's European crustcore band. The production is not exactly crystal clear and you cannot really hear anything but the cymbals and the gruff vocals. Don't get me wrong, it still sounds very energetic and punishing but in a very DIY punk-as-fuck passioante cheap way which often goes hand in hand with 90's crust and even defines it. What they lack in production L&D make up with aggression and hyperbolic crustness. As the cradle of Eurocrust, early Hiatus is the major ingredient of course and I can also hear a Polish crust influence, like Infekcja and Silna Wola, but there is also a distinct grindcore influence popping up from time to time as if they couldn't really help throwing a couple of blast beats to keep the locals awake. The same year the band would contribute three songs (with a slightly more balanced production) on another split Ep with another crusty Czech band Exekuce (with whom they shared a member) and in 1999 Shit Records (yes) would release a split Lp between l&D and Dischord from Brazil. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZBmO-I6FrAeO-4YN97ZsltyL_M3-WrMuVYwXGPTupzAPd5fpVMG5BhP4h5jxBwixBiV-WwgdHgseJxN4sRGq04oE6o4jQuRg9nSXtwV04MNM7kyVU-omWRmi_pNgKqJrWva6kX1o5fHl3Jzj9qf-0BJW2Z16ASLOvqgdyQdkjglHKK-Ant28Y2SXwBo/s2160/L&D%20lyrics%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2138" data-original-width="2160" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZBmO-I6FrAeO-4YN97ZsltyL_M3-WrMuVYwXGPTupzAPd5fpVMG5BhP4h5jxBwixBiV-WwgdHgseJxN4sRGq04oE6o4jQuRg9nSXtwV04MNM7kyVU-omWRmi_pNgKqJrWva6kX1o5fHl3Jzj9qf-0BJW2Z16ASLOvqgdyQdkjglHKK-Ant28Y2SXwBo/w400-h396/L&D%20lyrics%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tWvafbA6cs-fFJ0Jj-RTC9poin5RXdfF8IuyuVk0frsQK7Uo1kO3XFdmlQ_1YmJJ8tV7RguDNhNV5rw02knJct3Lh9oM3Qd6UPZcJT4NVEcpGTlBmtO7Y3ZDQ0-zUFBNkClGDvRa4qTf36TR1xR5QgpxAVajQEcj1GHFv0eAkFotJX2UweCsLMNl8vA/s2139/Credits.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="2139" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tWvafbA6cs-fFJ0Jj-RTC9poin5RXdfF8IuyuVk0frsQK7Uo1kO3XFdmlQ_1YmJJ8tV7RguDNhNV5rw02knJct3Lh9oM3Qd6UPZcJT4NVEcpGTlBmtO7Y3ZDQ0-zUFBNkClGDvRa4qTf36TR1xR5QgpxAVajQEcj1GHFv0eAkFotJX2UweCsLMNl8vA/w400-h399/Credits.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The record comes with a pretty big booklet (that is a bit of a mess and I struggled to put all the pages in the correct order) with the lyrics and translations showing how political the period was. This split Ep was released on Insane Society, a long-established label run by Barvák who took over the vocals in L&D after the present split (he's actually mentioned as the new singer in the credits). By the time of the band's demise, two members formed the tighter gruff crust band Dread 101 (that we will see on the blog sooner than later). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaK8Wo8o0Lnx1LOBHXrXEUNxOPrNJn_NRzu3V2veCXsKITuyvzsIhge6ZGtgOaoyEN11ltWTE0-D_p7Au97wOSuFV1NW-SvQJ7nntGT1WmjLPnNIQh1wDQbSknqB9_KpN5V1JoHhV4Oxz88_EODaViX8PmqXv0LXb7AqSwandTK31mUL8A6RnjovDDLw/s2103/Side%20Gride.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="2103" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaK8Wo8o0Lnx1LOBHXrXEUNxOPrNJn_NRzu3V2veCXsKITuyvzsIhge6ZGtgOaoyEN11ltWTE0-D_p7Au97wOSuFV1NW-SvQJ7nntGT1WmjLPnNIQh1wDQbSknqB9_KpN5V1JoHhV4Oxz88_EODaViX8PmqXv0LXb7AqSwandTK31mUL8A6RnjovDDLw/s320/Side%20Gride.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSpURTub8HaHfQ2LLiY-6o-6wCw3LcDUWAltHX7W4uURDjarUJmdW05MYpqUoYzw_GdzGcuAou8hyphenhyphen8UDMgLAueaVZfe8E9xaF6uG9pDcpXEjjHEz0Ol7rMdtNE8JHvyoNzWhOXWW6OSrfCzZJH7UADRM780I2-sgtGIS3m_MzWGcpqiui1N-6714YAoA/s2030/Side%20L&D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2030" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSpURTub8HaHfQ2LLiY-6o-6wCw3LcDUWAltHX7W4uURDjarUJmdW05MYpqUoYzw_GdzGcuAou8hyphenhyphen8UDMgLAueaVZfe8E9xaF6uG9pDcpXEjjHEz0Ol7rMdtNE8JHvyoNzWhOXWW6OSrfCzZJH7UADRM780I2-sgtGIS3m_MzWGcpqiui1N-6714YAoA/s320/Side%20L&D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/njb9tc728uzfsm9/GRLD.zip/file">Gride & Distrust</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-80377972114988094222023-11-28T20:08:00.013+01:002023-12-02T16:47:08.227+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: JUGGLING JUGULARS / ENOUGH! "S/t / Open your eyes to the world" split Ep, 1997<p style="text-align: justify;">There are bands that just cannot help shooting themselves in the foot. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The first contact you have with a band is through the name (yes, this review is co-written with my long-time friend and mentor Captain Obvious) and while good bands don't always stick - for whatever reason - good names do. Just look at 3-Way Cum. An absolutely brilliant band, one of the very best in the gruff crust genre in the 90's, a decade when the style was about as fashionable as a Tik Tok lip sync challenge today (don't ask) and yet the strange choice for a name may repel a lot of people and insured that wearing a 3-Way Cum shirt at the supermarket would raise some highbrows and attract some acutely disapproving looks (not so much at goregrind shows though). Not really a sticker (or for the wrong reasons). I am not going to talk about average or even mediocre bands that had great names because I am not that kind of person, especially since the last lawsuit, but let's face it: a good name for a band is like a good name in life, it's a good first impression. But it still is just an impression: Spectres for example is a fantastic moniker and yet they have become a Tears for Fears cover band. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMMg7sIYfm1HcEZpkTdQd2PBeIZ0ocwrjysy_1jEqQ8xNkOrZgb8Wl8xupybd3AMlLxdBAbOvSU6jydQ0cL2Y64mRf5B8E7A_X-GaDLQmYFKe8J_RZaUedrslFqd0Pcb5dtUeKfgt6o2LQ2oIOT8x-VMFVBqdWxn3PwFmu3I_9OoA3jNLltydH1xaZgw/s2184/JJ%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2155" data-original-width="2184" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMMg7sIYfm1HcEZpkTdQd2PBeIZ0ocwrjysy_1jEqQ8xNkOrZgb8Wl8xupybd3AMlLxdBAbOvSU6jydQ0cL2Y64mRf5B8E7A_X-GaDLQmYFKe8J_RZaUedrslFqd0Pcb5dtUeKfgt6o2LQ2oIOT8x-VMFVBqdWxn3PwFmu3I_9OoA3jNLltydH1xaZgw/w400-h395/JJ%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">That's a little how I feel about Juggling Jugulars and Enough! - especially for the latter to be honest - good bands but why go for such names. And I do know what I am talking about as I play in a band called Turquoise (yes, go figure). People may not be aware of it but the phrase "<i>juggling with out jugulars</i>" is actually a line taken from a song by the mighty Rudimentary Peni entitled "Slimy member" (itself the name of a rather good US band). And - wait for it, wait for it - this very same song also has a line that says "<i>severed head of state</i>" just like that Portland band that used to be famous. How unlikely is that? A one-minute song with merely twelve lines reading like a poem has inspired not one but three bands in their brainstorming for a good name. That's some solid trivia if you want to show off like a dick on New Year's Eve. I recommend you start a drunken conversation about this exact subject at around 4AM with a total stranger. That'll show them. But to get back to today's topic, in spite of its clever and nerdy origin, which I personally like, Juggling Jugulars cannot be said to be a convenient name as it is a bit of a mouthful and the meaning is rather, well, cryptic. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOXgyHETC-_Tv32yZ81mtaAO3CfDqmNvWg1-l25MpqFZK5CiiyRA1qmVtK4jQRLgxryt_G537CzmJpqE5pQr98sc7i0eAhZnslHc06n_qwZh5c6VOt0C8BcYWhgi-fMA7WO4l2-mT01jFBh3JKGNg1vfB9aAr-7Mt-6oQJ3XywzTURdB3YMEK3PUMNS4/s2111/JJ%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2086" data-original-width="2111" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOXgyHETC-_Tv32yZ81mtaAO3CfDqmNvWg1-l25MpqFZK5CiiyRA1qmVtK4jQRLgxryt_G537CzmJpqE5pQr98sc7i0eAhZnslHc06n_qwZh5c6VOt0C8BcYWhgi-fMA7WO4l2-mT01jFBh3JKGNg1vfB9aAr-7Mt-6oQJ3XywzTURdB3YMEK3PUMNS4/w400-h395/JJ%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">JJ are from Tampere and Pori and have been around seemingly forever, basically since 1989. The phrase "<i>they are still around?</i>" abounds whenever the band is mentioned. And yes the are still around. They have changed a lot throughout the years and have managed to forge their own brand of tuneful anthemic political female-fronted punk-rock that can be sung in the shower but still has an aggressive powerful edge. They did not start quite like that although you could already hear, here and there on this Ep, a tendency for melody and a quest for the balance between snot and tune. There are some really catchy moments and "Toy voters" with its infectious chorus and dark guitar lead is genuinely good and my favourite number. The one song in Finnish, "Suolia Ja Ulosteita", is a completely different animal, an enjoyably chaotic and humorous take on classic 80's Tampere hardcore. Very fun. The remaining three songs are decidedly punk-rock, navigating between snotty UK punk, Deutsch punk (or is it just me?) or even early hardcore. Not bad but nothing too spectacular either about those.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1xXNIVIaa5SaI4pOhfCDEjdayhHZx3oM4pMWgnM1Gmxd66FnZ-V44WUzgMOkwJhqa4Z0gQsATJavlWKc65iTxKczLYmZnBAczUQ_p2WbCGP39kVQmyf-xdfXAFapjBdQZQqNOriw3zT8hJJ3_Y16kbiWUYXWfoOQPSyWkAtVtzB0psLD9gx4LuPy6Is/s2113/JJ%20pix.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="2105" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1xXNIVIaa5SaI4pOhfCDEjdayhHZx3oM4pMWgnM1Gmxd66FnZ-V44WUzgMOkwJhqa4Z0gQsATJavlWKc65iTxKczLYmZnBAczUQ_p2WbCGP39kVQmyf-xdfXAFapjBdQZQqNOriw3zT8hJJ3_Y16kbiWUYXWfoOQPSyWkAtVtzB0psLD9gx4LuPy6Is/w399-h400/JJ%20pix.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side you will find the real heavyweight of this Ep with Enough! from Gdansk. To be quite honest, Enough! are the reason why this record made it to this series (which is a bit like being selected for the Crust Olympics). They check the two main Terminal Sound Nuisance boxes: they play groovy gruff crust and (yet) they are (still) vastly underrated. Arguably the band took some questionable decisions. The name "enough!" does not sound too good (why a name in English if all the lyrics are in Polish?) even if I like the sentiment behind it as it can be the source of a lot of misunderstandings and shit puns ("do you know <i>Enough!</i>?", "<i>Enough! </i>is enough" or "damn, I just can't get <i>Enough!</i>!"). As for wearing a shirt, well it'd just look a bit silly or even arty, innit? Not as silly as my English Dogs top depicting naked women riding dragons but still a potential inspiration for bad dad jokes. As for the artwork neither JJ and their cheesy drawing of a juggling clown nor Enough! with the sketch of an eye wide open really manage to grasp the attention (but then the Poles' <i>Darkside </i>tape displays a ridiculously ugly bat so the eye is not so bad after all). And despite all this, I consider Enough! as one of the best Polish crust bands of the time (and there was some harsh competition not like in France where about three bands were fighting for the throne). Actually, to be fair, I also rate Enough! as one of the best metallic crust bands of the 90's (name and visual aesthetics notwithstanding). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYpatQFBBgQiE6p8VqyYvdbYerMfFZYQmjtqlf6nA317Adm5lWUEK999TcdONfz9fGOwLpndTURlrVBEsHnmULFo-IFBFcDuxB19cseuIpWprF0J6eXIQGOMrxatsxScyKjRAwScU1FLFfkFuqFtfHbSVSF7NfkNd_HjHGrcBIuWHxb-6vhmzlUnfOhY/s2166/ENO%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2142" data-original-width="2166" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYpatQFBBgQiE6p8VqyYvdbYerMfFZYQmjtqlf6nA317Adm5lWUEK999TcdONfz9fGOwLpndTURlrVBEsHnmULFo-IFBFcDuxB19cseuIpWprF0J6eXIQGOMrxatsxScyKjRAwScU1FLFfkFuqFtfHbSVSF7NfkNd_HjHGrcBIuWHxb-6vhmzlUnfOhY/w400-h395/ENO%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Terminal Sound Nuisance is very much a home and safe space where prejudices are fought and notions of "good" versus "bad" music are challenged (to put it mildy). Maybe narrow-minded crusties ignored Enough! because they were not curious enough (pun half intended) and I seriously pity them because the band deserves much more attention than they get. These two songs are old-school metallic crust miracles with a thick and heavy production that is just dirty enough and highlights the pummeling groove and power of the songwriting. Of course the band emerged from the prolific and qualitative Polish anarcho/hardcore/crust scene of the 90's so they should definitely be seen in this exceptionally creative context that gave birth to better known bands like Homomilitia, Sanctus Iuda or Infekcja. You could argue that retrospectively, from the outside, the band may seem a little lost among all the other top bands and that may account for their relative obscurity outside of Poland. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Darkside, </i>their 1996 demo (six songs of which would land on a split 10'' with Nula in 1998) was already a strong start, a raw and aggressive dual male/female vocal filth-crust attack with a metallic edge (a bit like a fistfight between Homomilitia and Excrement of War taking place in a discarded scrapyard) but the improvement on this second recording session is impressive. Enough! sound unstoppable here. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkqM3WhclraU4v6frZyPN4mP44vOzW157-AqhJRU_9KcQ2w81lSQzxx5d_IkuDIqCr9hAaM11NKetHN1wBOTMwOKn2wjEnR8D4pJlOscGpaO1L9-00O-4Y3mdGQfoKcoJ-u8jEM3fQuIra-4Qa_4pKwX2vFUWx7SHquKOfUtfphb4YjKoKCaSXxoyi9g/s2145/ENO%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2145" data-original-width="2091" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkqM3WhclraU4v6frZyPN4mP44vOzW157-AqhJRU_9KcQ2w81lSQzxx5d_IkuDIqCr9hAaM11NKetHN1wBOTMwOKn2wjEnR8D4pJlOscGpaO1L9-00O-4Y3mdGQfoKcoJ-u8jEM3fQuIra-4Qa_4pKwX2vFUWx7SHquKOfUtfphb4YjKoKCaSXxoyi9g/w390-h400/ENO%20lyrics.jpeg" width="390" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It can be difficult to sound genuinely heavy without sounding too produced but the two songs are just viscerally heavy, at the core. The first number "Życie To Tylko Łzy" reworks a classic Deviated Instinct riff to launch the track into a heavy groove-laden mid-paced vintage crust anthem with cavemen vocal to die - or kill - for. The second song "Bez Litości" also uses a classic band's riff as a songwriting basis, this time Sacrilege's, for the old-school thrashing stenchcore bollocking of the year. Colossal stuff. There is a definite 90's feel too on those two songs and the crushing power and the textures of Hiatus do shine through as well and I sense some of Misery's sense of gruff apocalyptics and at the same time Enough! definitely sound like a Polish crust band. Flawless and leaving the listener begging for more but, of course, there would not be more from Enough!, sadly. The crust adventures were not over yet as two members of the band got involved at some point in Filth of Mankind (Tomek eventually taking over on vocals). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxj_nY0H0mUKTcbtc8YcVtyBOlb95A2S1t-qLjk0niL1Coal56L3alei_CqbIQO8or2xAUgGMFMX0u3RoE3n6aVv1fM4IEuNXLPN6xh6HiRYP16nN4mRXHfP8itwzDWF8VqS-6-A3u428URSXeI-tLfsLy5TxwVjbaxmbHxV7efTB_c1OAZxARlVfejI/s2142/ENO%20pix.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2065" data-original-width="2142" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxj_nY0H0mUKTcbtc8YcVtyBOlb95A2S1t-qLjk0niL1Coal56L3alei_CqbIQO8or2xAUgGMFMX0u3RoE3n6aVv1fM4IEuNXLPN6xh6HiRYP16nN4mRXHfP8itwzDWF8VqS-6-A3u428URSXeI-tLfsLy5TxwVjbaxmbHxV7efTB_c1OAZxARlVfejI/w400-h385/ENO%20pix.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Did Enough! have enough (well) to record a full album with that crunchy blend of old-school UK crust and 90's eurocrust? Well, who knows. I see the band as a case of proto 00's stenchcore revival in a lot of respects although they sounded more primal and frontal. The degree of intentionality of the refrences in the songwriting remains unknown. In any case you should rush and get yourself the recent Lp reissue of <i>Darkside </i>as it also includes the two songs from the split Ep with a new cover but with an equally horrible closeup picture of a deranged looking bat. Really guys?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This nice split includes two very different bands who share the "network of friends" DIY vibe of the time. And it can be found for cheap. It was released on Trująca Fala in 1997, a label run by a wonderful man that started in 1992 as a tape label and is still very much active. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoXdSaRpEetJwJ5EREmi9foAA-40XT_PFak8G8gsAHjDbjRUeuDy596cxiP-u6gsuE7ZXLEy24F4eFv77YUKEZv3VD1yEYtNB2NRO_efOPxPHnA01l9OXp2Inp1bVlYYUGjQr-fxkpHGSCy34MjcciI4hC6_PW1RfHwxoWWNZL-lY7vJkTUvqiweaTLI/s1272/JJ%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoXdSaRpEetJwJ5EREmi9foAA-40XT_PFak8G8gsAHjDbjRUeuDy596cxiP-u6gsuE7ZXLEy24F4eFv77YUKEZv3VD1yEYtNB2NRO_efOPxPHnA01l9OXp2Inp1bVlYYUGjQr-fxkpHGSCy34MjcciI4hC6_PW1RfHwxoWWNZL-lY7vJkTUvqiweaTLI/s320/JJ%20side.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLTiRGS5l859M8xStQLA_FsO8xLNHhZ8C-VJsFqsSUbD0KVUkq8TU0vV5Zg_-oK5VxkPdtCKPi6bR8KQFX61LvK7hdB0pY7nqC32XKQNaU0u7nqX_Utw8ujtbgv9aVRZceA29presjhaUwEwgjKBDjX7-6fpfV9yo3h3qt3dUcsoh_nJSgO3Hw7k2Vu0/s1394/ENO%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="1326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLTiRGS5l859M8xStQLA_FsO8xLNHhZ8C-VJsFqsSUbD0KVUkq8TU0vV5Zg_-oK5VxkPdtCKPi6bR8KQFX61LvK7hdB0pY7nqC32XKQNaU0u7nqX_Utw8ujtbgv9aVRZceA29presjhaUwEwgjKBDjX7-6fpfV9yo3h3qt3dUcsoh_nJSgO3Hw7k2Vu0/s320/ENO%20side.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/tx7cciepztjbdnq/JUGENO.zip/file">Enough Juggling!</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-38973140983386241322023-11-19T20:10:00.001+01:002023-11-19T20:10:31.764+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: HAYWIRE / THE ÖBLITERÄTED "S/t" split Ep, 1997<p style="text-align: justify;">In life, some things never fail to disappoint. Like my mate Paul's notorious drunken antics - often compared to a unique local brand of natural disaster - that have had him banned from most bars North of the equator or like the world consistently going to shit and sinking into a cycle of blind violence and blood cult at an always steadier pace, whichever of the two is worse for humankind. Fortunately, there are also positive things on which one can safely rely on and a good old anarchopunk split Ep from the 90's is one of them for me. What can provide you with a sense of well-being and comfort varies a lot depending on your tastes. For some it could be yet another rerun of <i>Derrick</i>, for others it would be paying half your monthly wage on a dodgy wellness guru who dispenses online training for reconnecting with your inner child and accessing your life savings. Whatever works. <i>Derrick </i>is cheaper but not as good for your karma I suppose. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">But we do live in dark times. For all I know, every generation has had the feeling that theirs was doomed or sacrificed and that the times they happened to be forced to survive in were getting worse and worse. Still, the fact that large parts of the Earth will become uninhabitable by 2050 is indeed a novelty that Dante would have happily validated, without mentioning the international conflicts that, tragically, are literally like Discharge songs. Instead of burying my head in the sand - which hurts a lot according to my mate Paul - I just play records I try to think about in the process, some that I have had for a while and kept in a collection where spots are highly coveted and fought for. Just to keep my sanity.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOB4AKt2QcJPnroGdyortVq-RKNi0V_ep1P2ht0uT-sS8lIHOUe-M1nJratg2qHccWVNDcn3Fddu6Uax79gMZ3UCzv6ODmZgwcE2LoeeK4u7ejx-84fQpA9b8Pb-RCcWhm676l1Xt1WNpf9RN0U3TxStOxXYPl8JQNVl1b6oG0y4urMnMqYL6ysuzVGE/s2169/HAY%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="2160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOB4AKt2QcJPnroGdyortVq-RKNi0V_ep1P2ht0uT-sS8lIHOUe-M1nJratg2qHccWVNDcn3Fddu6Uax79gMZ3UCzv6ODmZgwcE2LoeeK4u7ejx-84fQpA9b8Pb-RCcWhm676l1Xt1WNpf9RN0U3TxStOxXYPl8JQNVl1b6oG0y4urMnMqYL6ysuzVGE/w399-h400/HAY%20cover.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Today we're dealing with a split record released in 1997 between Haywire from Southampton, UK, and The Öbliteräted from the much higher profile Portland. It's not the first time the Southerners appear on Terminal Sound Nuisance as I already wrote about their first demo tapes, 1988's <i>Blood Money </i>and 1990's <i>Freedom?</i>, in 2012, <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2012/08/haywire-blood-money-demo-1988-freedom.html">here</a>, a time when Brexit still seemed like a very unlikely prospect, twat king Trump hadn't been elected yet and no one knew what Covid even was (beside your weird cousin who has always been way too much into conspiracy theories and thinks the postie, a lazy if friendly bastard, is a reptilian). And let's not mention that I used to have far more luxurious hair back then. Recording-wise Haywire have always been rather sporadic. They formed as early as 1984 in Weymouth and did not get their shit together until 1988 for the aforementioned first demo. I suppose the four intervening years were both spent arsing around in the studio and, realistically, being involved in various DIY activities. If anything Haywire were a very outspoken political band which is not something you see that often any longer. They moved to Southampton - for some reason - in 1993 and managed to release two records during the decade, this split Ep and another Ep, in the same vein, entitled <i>Mad Cow Disease </i>the following year. With bands these days releasing two vinyls a year, Haywire's production is thin but then a lot of bands never cared much for releasing records and focused on playing live and actually practicing what they preach rather than feeding objects to materialistic persons like myself. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9pw_6Mg_bUiUbYOvQXSIZ_Kw2f1aMLaTMAsJKb0timy-ubkgLC-tx6YpF4bx4TOOEwpGjaxW5rIV4POk-QScsWhocYARuxtYc1cIx6FljTkQNV9tugujDbxXun5sl1B-oBvhJHlefGmBYbFv8FtBrpsmqCP_snOVQAy2tSZv9dTRwcex18zKG1f6zHU/s2178/HAY%20lyrics%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2178" data-original-width="2169" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9pw_6Mg_bUiUbYOvQXSIZ_Kw2f1aMLaTMAsJKb0timy-ubkgLC-tx6YpF4bx4TOOEwpGjaxW5rIV4POk-QScsWhocYARuxtYc1cIx6FljTkQNV9tugujDbxXun5sl1B-oBvhJHlefGmBYbFv8FtBrpsmqCP_snOVQAy2tSZv9dTRwcex18zKG1f6zHU/w399-h400/HAY%20lyrics%201.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTTgogR_-BV1Su-hADeqwGw3QQ_o6tLIOyzKNTRpQccCV3lSXuj64lJFG8C5stbVzD1ozeMhNkQXajmkUp91H_rJNBOrRAQ2IrNitSTapOQqI7pETbGmrNW5f-E19cVfWeZCM_ayvW-cH78WYaJhfWmR6oFeL16RFguAFVCgKPRhrJMN3dBgqKl3aDzQ/s2182/HAY%20lyrics%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2182" data-original-width="2135" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTTgogR_-BV1Su-hADeqwGw3QQ_o6tLIOyzKNTRpQccCV3lSXuj64lJFG8C5stbVzD1ozeMhNkQXajmkUp91H_rJNBOrRAQ2IrNitSTapOQqI7pETbGmrNW5f-E19cVfWeZCM_ayvW-cH78WYaJhfWmR6oFeL16RFguAFVCgKPRhrJMN3dBgqKl3aDzQ/w391-h400/HAY%20lyrics%202.jpeg" width="391" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBlhqRn4FsXgk1J5YHV06EdDOx8aIlsKdUXpYWsJDelcqT_DhLQCptqU8MTjIA4pWQEmPM8nHImnjw9CruTKp0fKl8CyL2B4SyTEo-_j5ckeLn7rhB0gstr05rXvgEG-BsklawktGFV4_T7Ii9AnL63eFdX8krEtL-j0ApB35pK23CjtJE90pmTLEQzY/s2162/HAY%20credits.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2144" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBlhqRn4FsXgk1J5YHV06EdDOx8aIlsKdUXpYWsJDelcqT_DhLQCptqU8MTjIA4pWQEmPM8nHImnjw9CruTKp0fKl8CyL2B4SyTEo-_j5ckeLn7rhB0gstr05rXvgEG-BsklawktGFV4_T7Ii9AnL63eFdX8krEtL-j0ApB35pK23CjtJE90pmTLEQzY/w396-h400/HAY%20credits.jpeg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Still, this Ep is a fine slice of a style of anarchopunk that was prevalent in 90's Britain. In the 80's Haywire had a metallic influence that was gone by then. By the mid-90's, the music was simpler, more direct and punkier in a traditional 1-2-1-2 fashion. The production is basic which works with the songwriting and confers a certain old-school charm point to the previous decade - which makes sense given the longevity of the band. I think the two vocalists and how they work together give some variety and energy to the songs. There are hints of early Conflict and Symbol of Freedom but most of all the songs remind me of 90's bands that were influenced by 80's anarchopunk like Portland's Resist or Deprived and especially of forgotten Yorkshire-based Armed Relapse who certainly worked on similar basis. The last song "Civilised" about animal <u>and</u> human torture - the other two deal with squatting and the Criminal Justice bill and the rise of fascism - is my favourite with its Antisect-ish riffs and its fast snotty punk vibe. Very enjoyable. I got to see Haywire live in 2007 at the Scum Fest in London and I have fond recollections of their performance. In 2008 they released their only album entitled <i>Carnival of Chaos </i>so their set might have been made up of those more recent songs (?). It would be far-fetched to call Haywire a classic anarcho band but they undeniably put their money where their mouth was and were vehemently honest which was it's all about at the end of the day. Three of them now play in Armoured Flu Unit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyGggFGAbrIIAy0iwiAgyvCQm7D0MdfFpjDy_EezY8fdMb43hbN4Cf7PFE4wD9v8xPC67GiCGB5Q0ZSb33oDOo92VhTVMlZqHF0FHYDazc5MqCzBcqQhvuOvvsSWVv35LWv24ZnBym5rVjqVKva4Auhvzcn94jBjyQnxlbKE5HOeVQN4HYylyU6ykah4/s2176/OBL%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2176" data-original-width="2166" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyGggFGAbrIIAy0iwiAgyvCQm7D0MdfFpjDy_EezY8fdMb43hbN4Cf7PFE4wD9v8xPC67GiCGB5Q0ZSb33oDOo92VhTVMlZqHF0FHYDazc5MqCzBcqQhvuOvvsSWVv35LWv24ZnBym5rVjqVKva4Auhvzcn94jBjyQnxlbKE5HOeVQN4HYylyU6ykah4/w399-h400/OBL%20cover.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side are The Öbliteräted, a moniker armed with two umlauts, a bloody pain to write properly, keeping in the tradition of punk names using an adjective as a collective substantive. This PDX group is the perfect example of a band that had a genuine potential but did not quite get to produce the record they were capable of (which is the exact opposite of my bands: little potential but still releasing stuff). How many people outside of the members remember The Öbliteräted is open to question as I have never heard anyone mention them. Before playing the record after some years when I did my research, I realized I did not remember properly how they sounded like. I guess I expected some decent-but-not-that-good Defiance-type spiky punk-rock but they are far more tuneful and deserve a much better description than that. From today's perspective, they had a cracking lineup with Ben (later in the oft overlooked Phalanx), Matt (then in Defiance and later in Dog Soldier) and Todd (Resist, Deprived and the awkwardly named The Unamused, the man certainly like adjectives used as substantives) which does look good on Discogs I suppose. What I also did not remember is that The Öbliteräted had a female singer which was a pleasant surprise and makes the band stand out from the legions of boys - though truth be told a lot of women were involved in the anarchopunk and the wider punk scene in the 90's. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fQcPXeO5dcEPDHXIfX_gowoftoHiLTzWFlvlXsk7fK2-W42Ycd0L_RNyJZQTq3buM7Z0Ulh_j20i-RSHVLRpO__tGcfmBQUxC_PR5tMGGE6nhYDI8pqW8OXMX75GTBYLUIU-mINKVQvrgO1pDMbymK2PIXTUJtfjEUkTZZ2bL5XQc-3heXoJGj8MEvs/s2166/OBL%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2166" data-original-width="2160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fQcPXeO5dcEPDHXIfX_gowoftoHiLTzWFlvlXsk7fK2-W42Ycd0L_RNyJZQTq3buM7Z0Ulh_j20i-RSHVLRpO__tGcfmBQUxC_PR5tMGGE6nhYDI8pqW8OXMX75GTBYLUIU-mINKVQvrgO1pDMbymK2PIXTUJtfjEUkTZZ2bL5XQc-3heXoJGj8MEvs/w399-h400/OBL%20lyrics.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoY66gII3tc158NW6bSRcs_UnLW-D1X5GbFGACIckKio5-x_UAEm5Kf3pnn304f-pZ0gaOPLXP9sfSTNtS_7orh0hYoEkzjBpYP6etMXHKaykRjlbfe5fnrcrxy_lrQtDw5MTsRwLuivbALsXj7W8GUXjzUpDDMUh4uf4QDe7ugMShuCpyWYIgggIryQ/s2164/OBL%20pic%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2158" data-original-width="2164" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoY66gII3tc158NW6bSRcs_UnLW-D1X5GbFGACIckKio5-x_UAEm5Kf3pnn304f-pZ0gaOPLXP9sfSTNtS_7orh0hYoEkzjBpYP6etMXHKaykRjlbfe5fnrcrxy_lrQtDw5MTsRwLuivbALsXj7W8GUXjzUpDDMUh4uf4QDe7ugMShuCpyWYIgggIryQ/w400-h399/OBL%20pic%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRD_qU2KGKR55O1RG7pgSMpvPMmi-TEcOFQ8Jn6SdicswtTBnB90F8Ti_E2XerqA_uTY93IdcvayCpZGIeUXjWHVTL5Kc1aksqtoO3-AI9de_GIcrlssLp4nMWHBjR2hCMCZDF7sG7xMephcda9sGU0HH63UGjPYWwjooIRRQNz7fRnr_1WVgiqPEtSk/s2159/OBL%20pic.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2159" data-original-width="2141" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRD_qU2KGKR55O1RG7pgSMpvPMmi-TEcOFQ8Jn6SdicswtTBnB90F8Ti_E2XerqA_uTY93IdcvayCpZGIeUXjWHVTL5Kc1aksqtoO3-AI9de_GIcrlssLp4nMWHBjR2hCMCZDF7sG7xMephcda9sGU0HH63UGjPYWwjooIRRQNz7fRnr_1WVgiqPEtSk/w396-h400/OBL%20pic.jpeg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't hear much of an American punk influence here. Of course Mankind? would be a rather obvious comparison but they were very influenced by UK bands themselves. The first number, a mid-paced gem called "False conception", is my favourite with its delicious nods to classic 80's anarchopunk like The Sears, A-Heads or indeed 90's DIRT (who significantly toured the States a couple of years earlier). The guitar work displays at times a sense of tune and melody that is typical of late 80's/90's bands however and along with the strong female vocals and the band's inclination to play fast while keeping a crucial of tunefulness, a band like Dan could be the most relevant comparison or even Polish legends Post-Regiment who were very popular in the U$. The production is very dynamic and energetic, not too clean. As I mentioned it's a bit of a shame that they did not quite reach their true potential. The following Ep, <i>Insanity</i>, is something of a disappointment as the band got rid of most of their traditional anarchopunk influence with a more direct approach. Some might favour that one though. Judging from the many pictures included in the Ep one can infer that they had some fun doing the band and, well, punk is serious but it also has to be fun, otherwise you should just stick to writing pamphlets and not bother playing riffs with and to friends. On the other hand, political punk cannot only be just fun for the sake fun, otherwise you could just play neu metal or something.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A fine little split with two bands working on anarchopunk but with very different results. The two covers look brilliant too: an evil dragon-like businessman tearing a punk in half with symbolic capitalism in the background for Haywire and a two-headed zombified punk clearly on the boozer in a sort of dystopian vomit-oriented punk wasteland for The Öbliteräted. It was released on Consensus Reality the label run by Kelly (from Defiance and about 136 other bands) brother of Ben. Small world. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOQaQZeR2ppKbVL7d8JEsZO7g55E6o_HRiKd7__vIjCRgsQpdSB_ehrWpNIY4ZXIjiPpNp9_JQj8TjAtEnfOahYNAg8VvEcMRQH2Q2INT1lB7z15RKHWRKvod7N4Op08AjTAi5IJJilrsADRXnU3unOMfpVuM6uN6ceOthC6BsQaVluvVt63Z-XmL9ug/s2070/Side%20HAY.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="2058" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOQaQZeR2ppKbVL7d8JEsZO7g55E6o_HRiKd7__vIjCRgsQpdSB_ehrWpNIY4ZXIjiPpNp9_JQj8TjAtEnfOahYNAg8VvEcMRQH2Q2INT1lB7z15RKHWRKvod7N4Op08AjTAi5IJJilrsADRXnU3unOMfpVuM6uN6ceOthC6BsQaVluvVt63Z-XmL9ug/s320/Side%20HAY.jpeg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkmCs9wesoSlHWpi2y070iJHtMECEYixtGJvuF7T-L5ubbAl7nUjY3anTzcpO2pM-uBXLgCXlqdUlQatFSckeedwS2DpRW8jNu0LzlOu9OeOYFXe-pwEh3mwp5Cs-k3zEotEqodwaXfVv5zwIFqeokjDuINf2HBfnAQSaRaHbIZaY5DROErXJz93zeeU/s2034/Side%20OBL.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2034" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkmCs9wesoSlHWpi2y070iJHtMECEYixtGJvuF7T-L5ubbAl7nUjY3anTzcpO2pM-uBXLgCXlqdUlQatFSckeedwS2DpRW8jNu0LzlOu9OeOYFXe-pwEh3mwp5Cs-k3zEotEqodwaXfVv5zwIFqeokjDuINf2HBfnAQSaRaHbIZaY5DROErXJz93zeeU/s320/Side%20OBL.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/f0uii2tdb4d90yb/HAYOBL.zip/file">Obliterated haywire</a><br /></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-82179481558374412222023-11-12T15:37:00.003+01:002023-11-12T15:37:15.293+01:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: UNCURBED / SOCIETY GANG RAPE "S/t" split Ep, 1996<p style="text-align: justify;">I recently went on vacation with my mum, something I had not done since 2012, for good reason as it transpired during this trip. Not that we argue much or anything, it is just that she is into the silent contemplation and connection with nature while I cannot help but doing a d-beat with my fingers whenever and wherever I happen to be. Beside I am highly distrustful, as a rule, of flora and fauna since the day I got shat upon by an evil pigeon twice (!) in a single week. I bet it was the same fucker. Beside what are leaves for if not to hide dog turds for you to trod upon when you are taking in innocent Sunday morning walk after a barely remembered night out? Exactly. We don't get along much Mother Nature and I although judging from the lyrics of 99% crust bands trees are, apparently, crucial to the Earth's survival and, by extension, mine. So please don't die trees. Thanks.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Still we had a pretty good time and no bird fucked around with me. There is absolutely no connection between this quiet mother-and-son adventure and the present split Ep. In fact, had I told my mum that the prospect to write a review about a band called Society Gang Rape upon our return was very exciting, she would have looked at me with her usual look, a blend of worried disbelief and genuine maternal bewilderment that means "<i>what the fuck did I do wrong?</i>". And well, to be fair, I certainly would not wear a Society Gang Rape shirt. What with reaching 40 and being a bloke, I would definitely pass for a disgusting, revolting pervert, understandably so, and I would no doubt get my ass kicked before I can explain that the band was a feminist crust band from Sweden with three female members. That would definitely end up on some social media, I would be canceled for life and you would have to hide in the loo in order to read Terminal Sound Nuisance in secret, like a vulgar porn mag (note for zoomers, a "<i>porn magazine</i>" was a glossy newspaper with dirty pictures in it before you could not stream videos with your phone before). So yeah, I will stick to my Antisect and Deviated Instinct shirts. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEhaqAgfF5GUVrhKg3J94YRjf5EvN3GJtbKNw_ONNFNQ02gjr-v2tq3FCu0HK8ai9Lagx-3Pwh1JvxbxeV62lK-Wt87QFw3VltxnevQNCFtkCyoV9gRKHrOU5wG1_MP-75HCVmbZiQsqpqRrH8DprR5HK8iRpqUBs8HU5EwUZTcOMOS0W3LpZtnAsX1w/s2119/UNC%20cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2105" data-original-width="2119" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEhaqAgfF5GUVrhKg3J94YRjf5EvN3GJtbKNw_ONNFNQ02gjr-v2tq3FCu0HK8ai9Lagx-3Pwh1JvxbxeV62lK-Wt87QFw3VltxnevQNCFtkCyoV9gRKHrOU5wG1_MP-75HCVmbZiQsqpqRrH8DprR5HK8iRpqUBs8HU5EwUZTcOMOS0W3LpZtnAsX1w/w400-h398/UNC%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Both bands on the split were actually from the same - rather small - town of Avesta and both bands had the same contact address under the name of "Gunnarsson", a last name shared both by Marie-Louise (SGP) and Michael (Uncurbed) so that one could venture they might have been from the same family. Would the Uncurbed family be for real? I have never been there but wikipedia states in the "Sightseeing" section in order to attract tourists to this quaint little town that Avesta has the world's biggest Dalecarlian horse. Since you are clueless about what a Dalecarlian horse is, let me educate you. Dalecarlian horses are painted wooden statues of horses that have been around since the 17th century, at least. So I am guessing they are big on horses over there. Which I am not. They are mean creatures that stink of shit. For some reason, wikipedia does not mention any Uncurbed museum so there might not be one in Avesta which does come as a surprise. I have already written about the mighty Uncurbed and their really fun <i>...Keeps the Banner High </i>album <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2020/11/wesh-to-sweden-formative-years-part-4.html">here</a>, a work that illustrates rightly what heavy rocking käng crust sounds like. But the four songs on this Ep, recorded in August, 1996, a couple of months after <i>Punk and Anger </i>and almost a year before <i>Peacelovepunklife</i>, is different. Uncurbed loved the album format and they only released two (split) Ep's in the 90's, one with Disfear and the other with SGR. Possibly one of those bands that go into a songwriting frenzy before recordings and always end up doing an Lp. Not always for the best but sadly untreatable. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2YvCV6xn4zee6NRK5fDZy4RYefairuVdJg6Whnm7h_v7RjXaGP6EwiB4yZslSub9AdU1b8tX75HeaqVW1dIWUHEeGWlJBhDmi8CV3OpFtDd389QtNwKNzj1F8X8nF2W9_MD4-J-J33VOWe-Zqzr-Ga_4ZfQAYCU9Nimz0BoJIbNyH5J0Uwhq2N9E208/s2109/UNC%20lyrics.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="2109" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2YvCV6xn4zee6NRK5fDZy4RYefairuVdJg6Whnm7h_v7RjXaGP6EwiB4yZslSub9AdU1b8tX75HeaqVW1dIWUHEeGWlJBhDmi8CV3OpFtDd389QtNwKNzj1F8X8nF2W9_MD4-J-J33VOWe-Zqzr-Ga_4ZfQAYCU9Nimz0BoJIbNyH5J0Uwhq2N9E208/w400-h399/UNC%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">If the four songs included on the Ep were instrumental and your eyes were closed, you would not necessarily guess that they are Uncurbed's. Not that they strayed far from their Swedish hardcore roots mind you, but still. Even for a genuine world-renowned expert like myself, with eyes closed and without the vocals, I would have said that we are dealing with a rare recording of some sort of Meanwhile or Disfear. The first two songs out of the four included on the Ep are impeccable raw pummeling "<i>just-like-Discharge</i>" d-takt scorchers done with taste. Of course the classic Uncurbed dual vocals immediately give away that the bunch of friendly Avesta punks are behind it. "The rope song" is a classic faster käng number typical of the band's catalogue while "Pissaa ja paskaa" is a short enjoyable Tervet Kädet cover. The production fits the songs perfectly, rawer and meaner than what Uncurbed usually go for. These are great six minutes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHZUb862h_zH8VcTZwVoXgfoJOirEHB_GbrlyjMWz_r6BmMocg7TBX9DQTjKMyyiaeg0qpuCYeKbn6VynAZoLQZQTaCpTjO6MPrx89bk3YZvcJuTL7l2V-oPDPwVnRn57uQVXhwLEzhwNTwWRsZs8mzYgYCUhadSvmh0iYnhlyWKQEwoHdeoo7NrvkQo/s2123/SGR%20cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2123" data-original-width="2117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHZUb862h_zH8VcTZwVoXgfoJOirEHB_GbrlyjMWz_r6BmMocg7TBX9DQTjKMyyiaeg0qpuCYeKbn6VynAZoLQZQTaCpTjO6MPrx89bk3YZvcJuTL7l2V-oPDPwVnRn57uQVXhwLEzhwNTwWRsZs8mzYgYCUhadSvmh0iYnhlyWKQEwoHdeoo7NrvkQo/w399-h400/SGR%20cover.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the flip side are Society Gang Rape, one the few Swedish hardcore bands in the 90's that had female members. In fact SGR was an almost all-girl group as only the drummer was a man. This was pretty uncommon at the time and, if things have changed for the better, it still, sadly, is to a significant extent. The band started as a Swedish death-metal band in the early 90's and, just like hardcore bands, there were shit tons of those over there too. What a decade, though not a good one for hairdressers. I cannot claim to be a connoisseur of death-metal although I don't dislike it and the Scandinavian brand has always stricken me as being particularly good (like their take on extreme music in general). The early version of SGR sounds very convincing with traces of crust already popping up here and there. They were initially called Sadistic Gang Rape which they wisely changed to the slightly less shocking Society Gang Rape. I have no idea if they ever made patches or shorts with the first moniker as the one google search I dared to do was extremely depressing. Obviously the fact that the band was predominantly female does cast a different light on the meaning of the name and highlights a proud feminist stance that is not taking any shit. Would it be possible for a band to have such a name in 2023? I can only imagine the online shitstorm and it is not pretty.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGezLO48FV6KbmqnsxCfT6ezFZS1buoGTkGDLFUzYWahAZkbMHpC06QdXUqEcmHJpFETFCZr-8YiKE23091kbdTtH1pxPe9naptKqD9oa05FT_ecYxqGccTbMB8d7gPLxSNmL9lTVJgW-JnuegzsYmvZa-Y1Uui22k6U2k0ZNiDN6_kDRaTWioFGtNN8/s2115/SGR%20%20lyrics.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="2115" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRGezLO48FV6KbmqnsxCfT6ezFZS1buoGTkGDLFUzYWahAZkbMHpC06QdXUqEcmHJpFETFCZr-8YiKE23091kbdTtH1pxPe9naptKqD9oa05FT_ecYxqGccTbMB8d7gPLxSNmL9lTVJgW-JnuegzsYmvZa-Y1Uui22k6U2k0ZNiDN6_kDRaTWioFGtNN8/w400-h398/SGR%20%20lyrics.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">By the time they switched from the sadistic abuse to the social one, the band was slowly morphing into a decidedly crustier unit. Their second self-titled effort released in 1994 was a pretty typical 90's crust affair with brutal dual vocals but the production was arguably too clean and overall it lacked the aggression that the death-metal version of themselves, and indeed their later one, displayed. For some reason this recording was first released on cd in 1994 with eight songs and on an Ep under the titled <i>More Dead Than Alive </i>in 1997 with only four, both on Sound Pollution. Uncurbed and SGR were clearly closed tied with the American label that released four records of the former and two of the latter. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The four songs on this Ep were recorded in August, 1996, at the same studio as Uncurbed and it is not unlikely that both bands recorded on the same day or week. The session proved that SGR sounded better, raspier and angrier when in all out raw käng mode. The songs are simpler, more urgent albeit a bit sloppier but then that's how the genre is supposed to be played. The metal influence is all but absent with only a delicious filth-crust break on the first song and a short introduction to the last one, itself a masterclass in direct chaotic pissed mangel hardcore with the cymbals really at the front - I am sucker for that when it comes to this style when on the Ep format; it just works insanely well - that is almost Frigöra-like. Musically SGR here sound close to Uppsala bands like Cumbrage or Diskonto but the typically 90's crust dual female vocals bring something different in terms of flow, structure and scansion and made those four songs rather special in the context of the käng/crust/d-beat wave that swept over Sweden in that decade. I am reminded of the Swedish-inspired but crusty dual-vocal band Excrement of War, especially with Mags' voice, and in terms of gruff angry growls and shouts, female-fronted Polish crust acts like Stradoom Terror or Homomilitia are not far. Four songs in five minutes, no fucking around. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">However I would like to point out that the song "Fuck Chirac" is deeply insulting for French people and would make my dad really sad because he was a massive fan of the president (Chirac was a bit like his own Taylor Swift if you like) and he even shook his hand once (granted Chirac shook the hand of all the employees of the company but still, my father felt a bond).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujZnJ3tVtZyxUba-4nJj3jvXzNEGUXASvGEspUEWB2D5RrzoXNRcwd03CqQw-nVFy_QGcwg9kHJ8szk0hviauptphtS6jxOP3qcF_rxF1b33Iy5026POZK-E_YYN1O5fzq4rjS6Gii6a5-MCKmFmmJ5uNRqOXpVLQC0GmRZogKhA1VeIehPm2f0CwCmQ/s1250/UNC%20side.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1175" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujZnJ3tVtZyxUba-4nJj3jvXzNEGUXASvGEspUEWB2D5RrzoXNRcwd03CqQw-nVFy_QGcwg9kHJ8szk0hviauptphtS6jxOP3qcF_rxF1b33Iy5026POZK-E_YYN1O5fzq4rjS6Gii6a5-MCKmFmmJ5uNRqOXpVLQC0GmRZogKhA1VeIehPm2f0CwCmQ/s320/UNC%20side.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMGkNvlYhtt1CGEmK48Qa40cJSrK8Q9QtIzR0s2AsukkuePw8bSdFxhHJM85DdIEykPk-jL4-v72pzVBqYQ9rP54fiI5iYGDbAKqz8BfjiisegPHTbT1z7sBtGODipUCuvfZO10dWW9GIWYtideyL-pVdlsagSh8C-GcILXVpfSzIrOkLxRzB41u8kLM/s1258/SGR%20side.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMGkNvlYhtt1CGEmK48Qa40cJSrK8Q9QtIzR0s2AsukkuePw8bSdFxhHJM85DdIEykPk-jL4-v72pzVBqYQ9rP54fiI5iYGDbAKqz8BfjiisegPHTbT1z7sBtGODipUCuvfZO10dWW9GIWYtideyL-pVdlsagSh8C-GcILXVpfSzIrOkLxRzB41u8kLM/s320/SGR%20side.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Following this Ep SGR would release the <i>No Fate </i>Lp in 1997 (on Sound Pollution again) that globally built on the same basis but with a cleaner production (courtesy of one Peter Tägtren a death-metal specialist) that did not convey as well the similar vibe of a brutal käng attack and anger. Still a decent album, though a tad long, and one that you should definitely know if you are into what Swedish punks were up to in the 90's and into feminist or all-female hardcore punk, especially since the band seems to be half-forgotten these days. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This Ep was released in 1996 on Yellow Dog Records, a once very active Berlin-based band and record store run by a member of Autoritär. A nice little record of crusty Swedish hardcore. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/qu7a5k9pfgkegtr/UNCSGR.zip/file">Society Uncurbed Gang</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-45500531028393868342023-10-28T15:55:00.004+02:002023-10-28T15:55:58.404+02:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: TOTUUS / HIASTUS "Sankari / S/t" split Ep, 1996<p style="text-align: justify;">If you are looking for something clean, thought-provoking, challenging hardcore-punk that goes against the rules and regulations, codes and conventions, against "the norm" done by good-looking Instagram-friendly Americans who thrive on being "followed" by others and taking selfies, then this record is not for you. Or maybe it could be if you bother for a change, checking ugly bands playing ugly music to ugly people for a good price as I was able to find a copy of this split Ep for a mere 2€ which is about 15 times cheaper than a Turnstile record (checking this Zoomer band's website I realized that they sell grossly overpriced hats and fucking teddy bears but no physical records... what an odd choice for an ex punk band). Alright, let's stop with the boomer-flavoured rant, as we can hold hands, kiss and definitely enjoy Turntile and Hiastus, even though the latter were fortunately never nominated for any kind of awards, except a local beer drinking contest and a grizzli bear imitation one. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's just get to the actual record in a swift fashion. This is not an excellent record to be perfectly honest. I like it a lot but that doesn't mean it is objectively that good and, in fact, even fans of the genres adopted by the bands could do without the Ep and live a perfectly normal, unhappy life. I am not, have never been and never will be, as you know full well, one deterred by average generic punk music. It is all a matter of love that is as blind as it is, in this case, deaf. This Totuus/Hiastus split Ep reminds me of the original noble goal that led me to create Terminal Sound Nuisance: "<i>a blog promoting good <b>(and not so good) </b>genuine punk music</i>". This record does fall into the "<i>not so good</i>" category but it doesn't mean it cannot be loved and rediscovered. There was something heart-breaking in seeing this battered copy in the 2€ record bin (my acute crust detector told it was only a matter of time before it got relegated to the 1€ one) and, being a soft bastard, I could not help but rescue this little angel from the dumpster, like a gran welcoming her seventh kitten because the little shit was hungry and homeless or something. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuwjq2WbSuGroPG1vxEpqDWFO2zp6EaN7b2pQ6WixDZoWoAeM7ZcW1pneo5EmKiaXaDzdJHNt7uyZn7bV8V0rOyxUMvvDzn8ncuZNufIXBp0vPuSJGJGUEWxa3B_qN6bHqgCRkSNEiTcYim36jcXQhi_cLZKJnlEDjhX7UI2VUTx4KqzDt5SLRgCpHw0/s2115/TOT%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="2059" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuwjq2WbSuGroPG1vxEpqDWFO2zp6EaN7b2pQ6WixDZoWoAeM7ZcW1pneo5EmKiaXaDzdJHNt7uyZn7bV8V0rOyxUMvvDzn8ncuZNufIXBp0vPuSJGJGUEWxa3B_qN6bHqgCRkSNEiTcYim36jcXQhi_cLZKJnlEDjhX7UI2VUTx4KqzDt5SLRgCpHw0/w390-h400/TOT%20cover.jpeg" width="390" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I knew of Totuus before because I already owned the 1999 self-titled Ep released on Fight Records and I closely associate the band with this well-known and still active Finnish label based in Tampere that released or rereleased works from Kaaos, Tampere SS, Unkind, Positive Negative or Riistetyt. With such a list of culprits, one already logically imagines what Totuus - which translates as "truth" - will sound like: classic raw and direct Finnish hardcore. Clever but not completely true. The backbone of the band remains firmly rooted in 80's Finncore (think Terveet Kädet or Kantan Uutiset, even Riistetyt) and the production, or lack thereof, effortlessly reproduces the sound of that decade, but you can still tell Totuus was a 90's band. It would not be mistaken to compare them with bands like Rajoitus or Uutuus because, beside them all ending with the phoneme "-<i>tus</i>", they cook with the same old-school ingredients, but where the aforementioned bands almost exclusively rely on 80's Finnish hardcore (although Rajoitus were Swedes) Totuus also had a European hardcore influence and bands like BGK or Ripcord do come to mind. It would appear far-fetched to state that they were as good as all those canonized acts but their side of the split is still pretty solid and has that wild, furious, biting energy. 9 short songs in less than 7 minutes. The split Ep format fits the songwriting perfectly and makes Totuus and solid example of proper raw old-school hardcore done in the 90's and looking lovingly toward the previous decade. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Do you remember that kid at school who was desperate to look like the coolest, most stylish, most popular cat and tried so hard to walk like him, dress like him, talk like him? That's pretty much the relationship between Hiastus and Hiatus. The former went as far as calling themselves Hiastus, which means - wait for it, wait for it - "hiatus" in Finnish. On the surface, this sounds adorable. A band trying to sound like their heroes, a band that openly wears its heart on the sleeve, a band that does not give a single shit about even trying to pretend to be original in any way. And really deep down, it is what most teenage bands are all about when they start. They just want to be The Clash or Black Flag or your older cousin's nu-metal band that for some reason seems to attract a lot of girls. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuuuy0_HO0SOKn0bl2B2BQI5MFn0qGbfcK6Z_zOnKNWTxqe6aS2UqNbONeUVj8gsszRMUmW1hQBJjPbCsqB5Qgd4FrqlE_XNrwDffKqNJsVJAODYobhAd8Z2x9f4UhcRJf_NTcycv5LC1O1rEBs1I8SotJSIDYr2VXupSbityZ9LeqsvdHESGv9Z0y_I/s3469/TOT%20insert.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3469" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuuuy0_HO0SOKn0bl2B2BQI5MFn0qGbfcK6Z_zOnKNWTxqe6aS2UqNbONeUVj8gsszRMUmW1hQBJjPbCsqB5Qgd4FrqlE_XNrwDffKqNJsVJAODYobhAd8Z2x9f4UhcRJf_NTcycv5LC1O1rEBs1I8SotJSIDYr2VXupSbityZ9LeqsvdHESGv9Z0y_I/w400-h286/TOT%20insert.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">D-beat, as a genre, works exactly like this, on worshipping and emulating the source material, referring to the signs and symboles. If one were to see it as a subgenre, 90's crust would be one that is defined strictly with a rather short time period - let's say from 1991 to 2005 and the rise of neocrust. D-beat also started as a 90's epiphenomenon but, contrary to the classic eurocrust sound, survived in one piece in spite of a certain drop in popularity in the late 00's, and then got even stronger and spread everywhere with time. Therefore "eurocrust" or more globally "90's crust" was not so much a subgenre as it was a wave, with a distinct sound that was used to build and lead the new generations of crust, as opposed to d-beat which by essence had to stay the same with some tone variations. Siblings of 90's crust, "cavemen crust" or "cavecrust" (as I like to call it) managed to stay alive, afloat and deliver proud examples of the Doom-loving crust traditions from times to times, especially in Japan - Doom-love was an essential trait of European crust in the 90's - and instances of classic ENT/Disrupt dual-vocal crustcore bands still occur but on too small a scale to state to states that there is a such a thing as genre-emulating or genre-referring 90's crust trend. Sob fucking sob.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w7Y9X8qLiPmKqSPyZVbsjE7JSKodwnMApPbSRaJ2rHl_x-pEl1aPrENKSBNlbANnyx2ZwPsU6tUyjKTqfeNs25NB7iFj3bmLFnC8UW4MZ82tx0Up2ocW0w4-tMa1cwg_2L8lVtVHM8wjrIg3o-t6nuvfZjoUOuZL-g9X7wh7iUG0yG98-WJiiDthOQA/s2122/HIA%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="2062" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w7Y9X8qLiPmKqSPyZVbsjE7JSKodwnMApPbSRaJ2rHl_x-pEl1aPrENKSBNlbANnyx2ZwPsU6tUyjKTqfeNs25NB7iFj3bmLFnC8UW4MZ82tx0Up2ocW0w4-tMa1cwg_2L8lVtVHM8wjrIg3o-t6nuvfZjoUOuZL-g9X7wh7iUG0yG98-WJiiDthOQA/w389-h400/HIA%20cover.jpeg" width="389" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">But in any case, Hiastus were 90's eurocrust to the bone. It was in their blood, they breathed eurocrust, they ate eurocrust, they drank eurocrust, their wildest dreams were made of fantasies of splits between Hiatus and Warcollapse, Silna Wola and Subcaos, Enola Gay and Social Genocide. For all I know the drummer named his first-born <i>Way of Doom</i>. It is actually not the first time that I write about Hiastus as they appeared on the <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2013/06/never-again-compilation-ep-1996.html">Never Again compilation Ep</a> that I reviewed 10 fucking years ago. That stings. Beside the mighty Hiatus, the Oulu-based band was without a doubt very influenced by the national crust heroes Amen who, with a first deliciously sloppy Ep in 1990, belonged to the first generation of eurocrust. They clearly must have played <i>Feikki </i>and <i>Paranemia </i>quite a bit. With the band relying on the traditional dual vocal crust attack, like Amen, to spread the message - recent discoveries revealed that the first instances of such an aural technique may date back to the neolithic era, when humans could not actually speak and grunted like apes - early Disrupt and Extreme Noise Terror must have been blasted to death as well. The sound is obviously pretty raw (the surface noise only providing extra crust points) but the music is more energetic than I remember with a good pummeling drumming. The vocals are too loud in the mix and a little overwhelming at times, especially because of the very dedicated fellow responsible for the low growling parts. Ironically the spoken parts are too low in the mix, as if the singers, after three songs of shouting like demented sea elephants, were too shy to speak normally all of a sudden. The flaw makes the music sound a bit ridiculous but even more enjoyable as well. This is 90's DIY crustcore, not technical metal. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmlmcBajM-FQVjYDcygAdbSXHUbGDJOqMloV_HBy3UKEMed-Kv7SZ1HNuZH0-6gwq5MT41ar4JwXv2LSnAkRnKH29pXi1u2Sl0XAGp0MvIrzgEO8H07WzFZpauF5vH1qnWnVf2LiVVV1bTb4dZM2U0wRFIEtxPjw-muKAVhhyphenhyphenKDp1hTABdmKs-vQEJOg/s3323/HIA%20insert.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2310" data-original-width="3323" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmlmcBajM-FQVjYDcygAdbSXHUbGDJOqMloV_HBy3UKEMed-Kv7SZ1HNuZH0-6gwq5MT41ar4JwXv2LSnAkRnKH29pXi1u2Sl0XAGp0MvIrzgEO8H07WzFZpauF5vH1qnWnVf2LiVVV1bTb4dZM2U0wRFIEtxPjw-muKAVhhyphenhyphenKDp1hTABdmKs-vQEJOg/w400-h278/HIA%20insert.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Hiastus remind me of the Polish band Money Drug who were equally raw and a bit sloppy with their dual vocal eurocrust recipe, and of their countrymen Rotten Sound who started as very similar Disrupt-ish act with their Ep <i>Sick Bastards </i>in 1995. I like the Hiastus side a lot but, let's get real, this is one is for the crust completists, for the archivists, for the obsessed, for those who consider prehistoric 90's crust as the sweetest serenade and mid-table Hiatus-like bands as adorable underdogs in a decade plagued by shoegaze. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">You already know if you need this split Ep, I know I do. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvxWol2qu3hYBL1wmYuOTSjQ4AW5a5p_gN5muQiXODLwi_3deybNuBG8W2ksSYq2jVHM4-J83ntr8DGVOgOY4cE9HnU-6ad5gLURwL6BC-eyMQdaVSsd59QHjtEjPnE_l1_nqe6xX9bOBgcFwooaQ0fG3Px8fU15-bLJdoC5td4Nt2tY35wFZT6OQjIM/s1352/TOT%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="1234" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvxWol2qu3hYBL1wmYuOTSjQ4AW5a5p_gN5muQiXODLwi_3deybNuBG8W2ksSYq2jVHM4-J83ntr8DGVOgOY4cE9HnU-6ad5gLURwL6BC-eyMQdaVSsd59QHjtEjPnE_l1_nqe6xX9bOBgcFwooaQ0fG3Px8fU15-bLJdoC5td4Nt2tY35wFZT6OQjIM/s320/TOT%20side.jpeg" width="292" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQ7fNK3uCxggZmSqSX-BNFTLdl0Nckm5LAC2FY0jf83b3aYWNB63Tk_jceGpYh1wrLmpXagpJ9sTyjUn5bUvHXlFhiFvQ9_AEfUxnpJ4qy4BqzSVe7kAi5FLhWBzsyv_HgT3uJhgMfJjEtIHvcyGavLfQ87AeVmz3D9YGmY-nNNSZV0w03U-ttLP6lYs/s1280/HIA%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQ7fNK3uCxggZmSqSX-BNFTLdl0Nckm5LAC2FY0jf83b3aYWNB63Tk_jceGpYh1wrLmpXagpJ9sTyjUn5bUvHXlFhiFvQ9_AEfUxnpJ4qy4BqzSVe7kAi5FLhWBzsyv_HgT3uJhgMfJjEtIHvcyGavLfQ87AeVmz3D9YGmY-nNNSZV0w03U-ttLP6lYs/s320/HIA%20side.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/r6l7z5if6a12k9b/HIATOT.zip/file">TOTUUS + HIASTUS = argh</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-8953391470788321542023-10-22T11:40:00.006+02:002023-10-22T11:49:28.320+02:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: DISMACHINE / CUMBRAGE split Ep, 1995<p style="text-align: justify;">I have to confess that I have been oblivious to both Dismachine and Cumbrage for a long time. I am a bit at a loss to understand why. These two bands worked in a field that was massively overpopulated in the 90's, namely Swedish hardcore, aka käng or scandicore, and, when yours truly miraculously crashed in the scene in the early 00's, it was very easy to get lost among all the Disfear, Diskonto or Dischange of a few years past. Overwhelming would be the exact word. The two Uppsala units we are dealing with today were always hanging in the background in my mind. I knew who and what they were - at least roughly - but could not be arsed to properly investigate, a bit like the familiar faces you have been seeing at gigs forever but never bothered really talking to beside the odd "<i>You alright mate?</i>" a rhetorical question to which the only possible answer is "<i>I've been fine, you?</i>" as an honest one like "<i>Actually I have been very depressed since my dog's death and I really need to talk to someone. Do you like dogs?</i>" would absolute mortify me and force me to pretend to care about the fartful Captain Doggo's untimely passing. That was pretty much my relationship with Dismachine and Cumbrage: glad they're here but not enough to bother. Of course, when I really paid attention I realize I was wrong, an unpleasant but sadly not a rare occurrence these days.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbbhI6mPfaNus1mD_h4w_YKKePoJ0Wl5vrWU55HMOmL1Lo-XyesBf8Rfy3EApmK8E5-owRgZkAmVAI2_LWlHvhjniqm5CrelGULYe2xmDrsIeEsExJEqpisH4-JopaDlpcWMVhf1UQfRmOTYjC33DtYXLrpW8PO5WydDY6oQJ2YrWXiCP8fXpuz6k3P0/s2122/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="2122" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbbhI6mPfaNus1mD_h4w_YKKePoJ0Wl5vrWU55HMOmL1Lo-XyesBf8Rfy3EApmK8E5-owRgZkAmVAI2_LWlHvhjniqm5CrelGULYe2xmDrsIeEsExJEqpisH4-JopaDlpcWMVhf1UQfRmOTYjC33DtYXLrpW8PO5WydDY6oQJ2YrWXiCP8fXpuz6k3P0/w400-h396/Cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In my tiny mind Dismachine were "<i>that band that did a split record with Totalitär at some point</i>" which is technically true but tends to dismiss them, on paper, as a sparring partner if not a sidekick. Unfair, definitely, and the incredible popularity that Totalitär have been enjoying for the past 15 years - they have arguably never been as popular as they are today - does reinforce that feeling. How many Totalitär-like bands does the world need? And I know what I am talking about, I play in one. When the record came out in 1995 my favourite band was still probably Ace of Base so upon release Dismachine may have been popular too for all I know. And at least the split Lp ensures that the name Dismachine will not disappear. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The name they picked did not help. I don't really mind it as the practice to apply the "dis" prefix to a random name was still fresh in the 90's. It was not the smartest lexical choice but in 1995 it made sense. Not so much in the 2020's as I see the practice as very passé if not a little <u>dis</u>tasteful (lol right?) in some cases. We actually had a bass player put down when we started looking for a name with my band and he offered, smiling innocently like a bellend, "Dispocalypse". May Bob rest in Dis. Being called Dismachine in the 90's was both an advantage and a downside. On the one hand it allowed and still allows the band to be immediately identified and associated with the 90's Swedish käng/d-beat/crust wave which is like a dog whistle for stud-wearing Discharge nuts and crusters. On the other hand it limited and still limits the band to be immediately identified and associated with the 90's Swedish käng/d-beat/crust wave which is like a repellent and a source of prejudices for people who are not inclined to wear studs and have a decent dental hygiene and no lice. Before seriously diving into Dismachine, seeing they were from Uppsala and I am familiar with what the punks were up to there and then, I was expecting a Diskonto-like hardcore band with a more orthodox Discharge vibe. Yeah wrong again.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqBYzzAqIOXWrx6WRAoZa29xc9JDUmNc4MEE1Y-RTupCztLC8b2mkntcyYRhalUKh0dZO-6TQVchMDCzjpfF05a0PMG_pmzx5SSrmLdBbdq9Daw_-mR0VCGrJRANy5weAf-ibcTp31FOX0XrfQLpP2R-bOMohmAbnnDzGCZArfE5euf_PgS0n6PcvG-Y/s2142/Backover%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="2142" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqBYzzAqIOXWrx6WRAoZa29xc9JDUmNc4MEE1Y-RTupCztLC8b2mkntcyYRhalUKh0dZO-6TQVchMDCzjpfF05a0PMG_pmzx5SSrmLdBbdq9Daw_-mR0VCGrJRANy5weAf-ibcTp31FOX0XrfQLpP2R-bOMohmAbnnDzGCZArfE5euf_PgS0n6PcvG-Y/w400-h393/Backover%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Dismachine managed to pull out a genuine tour de force: the blend of angry raw käng with furious blasting grinding fastcore. In theory it should not really work or at least not as fluidly, as effortlessly and as dynamically but they nailed it. When one thinks (by which I mean me) about the mating of käng and fastcore, one fears that it would produce something disparate and not cohesive, a bit like a kid with a faded Anti-Cimex shirt and a bullet belt but also a bandana and an American cap. What a dreadful sight. But in Dismachine's case, it sounds perfect. The split Ep format fits them to a T (well to a D) because the fast grindy vibe can be exhausting on a full length and of course the d-takt käng style is tailor-made for Ep's. On their side you will be exposed to proper raw energetic classic Swedish hardcore like Cimex, Asocial or early Totalitär and over-the-top punk-as-fuck blasting mean fast hardcore not unlike G-Anx or Dropdead. I love how they keep it serious and yet fun (the three-second songs clearly point out at the cheeky side of grindcore). If you bump into a record bin with a Dismachine record (that's where I found my copy as I remember it), you know what to do. The band members were busy bees and the Uppsala scene's seeming dynamism in the 90's has a lot to do with the fact that each one of them being involved in other projects: D-Takt master Jan Jutila also played in Times Square Preachers, Dishonest and Disjah (a studio project with Kawakami!) among others, Jonas was in Diskonto, Aparat and Nojsbojs (Noise Boys?), Linus also in Diskonto, Nojsbojs, Arsedestroyer and Masturbatorium (yes) and Masta in Aparat. The classic case of ten people equals ten bands. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAUpNQ3QYUoh1O-DikzeL0zseGi73vV1txbXyOd_a6-FlKj8T733DJe16U3lTFF5rJ3dH8fA9nQ1BoK0WMRR91PHPOZ7rja00CaGq87CxZlt2Ug1jOGkloeui5PkUZtbIhLynnZz76xYJSM0tZa0SphuvQDoZ-15xh9NCPCafhXZS3iWy-y7ZT74s9rg/s2784/DIS%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="2120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAUpNQ3QYUoh1O-DikzeL0zseGi73vV1txbXyOd_a6-FlKj8T733DJe16U3lTFF5rJ3dH8fA9nQ1BoK0WMRR91PHPOZ7rja00CaGq87CxZlt2Ug1jOGkloeui5PkUZtbIhLynnZz76xYJSM0tZa0SphuvQDoZ-15xh9NCPCafhXZS3iWy-y7ZT74s9rg/w305-h400/DIS%20lyrics.jpeg" width="305" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Cumbrage emerged from the exact same scene. In fact Jan Jutila this time is credited as doing some vocals (he was on the guitar in Dismachine and on drums with TSP, what a man), while Kjelle played in Zionide and Times Square Preachers. There is a strange indication on the Ep's cover that says "<i>Featuring Times Square Preachers and C.U.M.</i>" which is little unsettling. If C.U.M. was Cumbrage's first name and it may have made sense to point out that it was the same band under a different albeit equally bad name (alright, Cumbrage is a little better, because it is at least incomprehensible), but Times Square Preachers was a different band altogether. It did share members with Dismachine (and Cumbrage) though, so that the purpose may have been to signal that people from TSP were involved and since they were one of the bands that kickstarted the 90's käng thing in Uppsala (along with Diskonto) it sounded reasonable. Or perhaps Dismachine was basically the sequel of TSP with a different lineup and songwriting style but then that would not make much sense given the propensity of this crew to start new bands all the time. Or would it? Please let me know. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmJcreChwJPWGCq3GNgQQZDn56Gtq9OqJ6k9dYrA1ImyprMsQkE-9WwVBXBcNxOhovh-bZulgsjx1Wrkssv1EIGRUFRZ0HsY-i1t8f7wEmLC8hG9Bh1pIbJQMJ5LaF26CoA7NJeaDD8Fz9_hrz8C29XEJXys8nbxQQZ_nmKFrhqt-LDuCE-rNkdymHPc/s2745/CUM%20lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2745" data-original-width="2123" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmJcreChwJPWGCq3GNgQQZDn56Gtq9OqJ6k9dYrA1ImyprMsQkE-9WwVBXBcNxOhovh-bZulgsjx1Wrkssv1EIGRUFRZ0HsY-i1t8f7wEmLC8hG9Bh1pIbJQMJ5LaF26CoA7NJeaDD8Fz9_hrz8C29XEJXys8nbxQQZ_nmKFrhqt-LDuCE-rNkdymHPc/w309-h400/CUM%20lyrics.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Cumbrage is more classical than Dismachine and in fact sound exactly like I once expected Dismachine to sound like: right on the border between raw old-school käng and orthodox d-beat. It you want to be a terminological smart-arse you could argue that Cumbrage are "discore". Or maybe just describe their crude hardcore tornado as an orgy between Totalitär, Dischange, Asocial and No Security. What really works here - and the same could be said about Dismachine - is the production as the music has that organic rawness, that spontaneous hardcore furiousness, the songs sound very dynamic and retain the Discharge-loving spirit of the classic 80's bands without trying too hard. The riffs are rigorously käng-oriented and the vocal flow and the prosody demonstrate that the singers know exactly how the genre is supposed to sound like and the drumming is a crash course in d-beat. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIJTBc88XnhymDVlSoXaTAGjQCDVc5unGPBR6RpW3fCUKp6BmKImC7dlo7BqtdlMj1qY96ejp6YICAo_gYFgI9yeZduaGEPTefSU4p-pEckWYpPFpcCyfXqUAuKVjhf0-k3NJrFR96OwM3ZvZcL3vVtdPNfuJ0Ko4yYhDmjfWunWbv4jpphi_cbchHWM/s2094/Ordering%20details.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="2094" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIJTBc88XnhymDVlSoXaTAGjQCDVc5unGPBR6RpW3fCUKp6BmKImC7dlo7BqtdlMj1qY96ejp6YICAo_gYFgI9yeZduaGEPTefSU4p-pEckWYpPFpcCyfXqUAuKVjhf0-k3NJrFR96OwM3ZvZcL3vVtdPNfuJ0Ko4yYhDmjfWunWbv4jpphi_cbchHWM/s320/Ordering%20details.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQQQzzAMWVDEUtyy0GQmWpTLCf-kVT2D0iJPpzgcNstHd_hWZQi4aYQLPnYccm-_jb8bM6vdqkMjmkH8Wq6Gqg5IMRyaP_6dSQVLXmOFxxiHB8PS6UTBUz-7oSkTJy6B6k6PIc23LLN1q-P2y6LDdAezlj75xnjJ_df1YVnChxWVljgVD2MQ90ETR51Y/s2118/Recording%20details.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="2118" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQQQzzAMWVDEUtyy0GQmWpTLCf-kVT2D0iJPpzgcNstHd_hWZQi4aYQLPnYccm-_jb8bM6vdqkMjmkH8Wq6Gqg5IMRyaP_6dSQVLXmOFxxiHB8PS6UTBUz-7oSkTJy6B6k6PIc23LLN1q-P2y6LDdAezlj75xnjJ_df1YVnChxWVljgVD2MQ90ETR51Y/s320/Recording%20details.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Unsurprisingly both bands recorded their songs in D-Takt studio with Jan Jutila at the helm which is the hardcore equivalent of having David Beckham as your personal beauty coach: the man knows what he is talking about. This split Ep cannot be said to be a 90's classic but classically 90's. It is very solid and much better than what passes as Swedish hardcore sometimes and I see it as a käng candy, something predictably heart-warming with a by-the-book performance of raw pummeling dis-flavoured-käng by Cumbrage and something a little original with Dismachine's blend of furious blasting fastcore and classic 80's käng. The record just flows because of the very similar punchy raw production on both side, for all I know the two bands recorded on the same day which gives extra cohesiveness and conveys a real local Uppsala vibe. Did I mention that it was released on Jan Jutila's label Your Own Jailer Records?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdMpOz2HGzPdikQld9IjyH9Y0vAye5QeVZInxte3e99B95L1epqv7OmXsqt0YRKFIzYkJ557iLjX9ex7z4YvSV8PUvxJbj82vgHPoWqEFNQkVj80sOy69xr2TzwIlK1fCuPOGbzjjpU7rB8FH7EOKVEqrtpXjHDRsX_kSCqB6W8IRehLXLwXMs3h0JrI/s2099/Side%20CUM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2005" data-original-width="2099" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdMpOz2HGzPdikQld9IjyH9Y0vAye5QeVZInxte3e99B95L1epqv7OmXsqt0YRKFIzYkJ557iLjX9ex7z4YvSV8PUvxJbj82vgHPoWqEFNQkVj80sOy69xr2TzwIlK1fCuPOGbzjjpU7rB8FH7EOKVEqrtpXjHDRsX_kSCqB6W8IRehLXLwXMs3h0JrI/s320/Side%20CUM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRazzDihB2TebsBNn8uqp3NqsZZA9hKsVArrOmiybkcBbx5SHnCMlTBKZVKQ1O_U219vWqJOtUzslIBE6dKURXnXlksQm5opRrbMq0rf0ZiA4lOpbRtf2AlvuVwtU7Z6MPl9BwbAIgK7K7h2VECMBnLu1104l4r4VmEkPRXSpg7-weR2-5RfDr5RKaEmY/s2046/Side%20DIS.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="2046" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRazzDihB2TebsBNn8uqp3NqsZZA9hKsVArrOmiybkcBbx5SHnCMlTBKZVKQ1O_U219vWqJOtUzslIBE6dKURXnXlksQm5opRrbMq0rf0ZiA4lOpbRtf2AlvuVwtU7Z6MPl9BwbAIgK7K7h2VECMBnLu1104l4r4VmEkPRXSpg7-weR2-5RfDr5RKaEmY/s320/Side%20DIS.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A sweet little Ep that is better than you probably remember. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/yumgwou7tlyujng/DISCUM.zip/file">Dismachine + Cumbrage = <3</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-21908836571236776622023-10-14T14:23:00.004+02:002023-10-14T15:49:37.393+02:00An adventure in split Ep's! I have no gun but I can split: SOCIAL GENOCIDE / AGATHOCLES "Systemphobic" split Ep, 1995<p style="text-align: justify;">Alright then, let's finally get back to work. I wish I could tell you that Terminal Sound Nuisance was dormant because I was busy pursuing my dream of becoming a referee in professional wrestling but the reality is, as it always is, much more prosaic and unexceptional. Our luxurious 22m2 mansion was broken into and my computer (with all the blog's files stored on it for extra pain) got nicked. It could have been worse as none of the records has been stolen, as far as I can see. I can't help but imagine the face of the burglars when they entered our tiny two room flat and witnessed the ridiculous quantity of dodgy-looking vinyls not to mention the massive Antisect flag hanging above our bed. If they were young lads, which is likely, there is a chance they had never even seen an actual record before. They must have thought that some olympic level losers live here. Thank fuck they did not find my shark costume. In any case, to their credit, they did not wreck up the place at all and just grabbed the two computers. And my electric razor for some reason. That actually really pissed me off. And how disgusting, for all they know I could use it to shave my arse with it. Not to mention that they did not even take the charger. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">But enough whining, there are worse things in life like surviving in a war-torn country, crying your eyes out because you can't feed your kid or losing a mint copy of Deviated Instinct's <i>Welcome to the Orgy. </i>As I pointed out in a previous post, the focus of this next series will be more around medium and less around content. For that reason a split Ep's special felt like the perfect choice. I have often ranted about how great and specifically DIY punk this format has been but I have never actually taken the thing to the next level, embrace the concept and embark in an epic split Ep series. Not only is the witty choice convenient, comfortable even, since I have a lot of them, but it also felt relevant because this traditional medium doesn't seem to be as popular nowadays than it once was. So buckle up, or don't if you are not a proper punk and a mere shoegaze poser.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">To open such a series, I just had to pick an Agathocles record. It would have been deeply insulting not to as the Belgians have released an insane amount of splits with bands from all around the world since 1988. They epitomise, excessively perhaps, the essence of the DIY punk split Ep based around cooperation, togetherness and mutual support. It is also much cheaper to do as costs are, well, split. Because of this overproduction Agathocles have become a legendary gimmick band, one that is known as much if not more for their music, the content, as for the form, the record-as-medium. I mean, even my aunt Sylvie did a split Ep with them for all I know. Although I understand people who are, I am myself not a massive fan of Agathocles. The Lp records I own are great because a mate who's also a grindcore freak (and not illogically an eternal bachelor) recommended them, like the split Lp with Unholy Grave or <i>Razor Sharp Daggers</i>. The rest of the Agathocles records in my collection, I bought for the other side, for the band they shared the split with. Like Drudge, Depressor or indeed Social Genocide. And let's start with this cruelly underrated Austrian crust band.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaZX608NfVCXWe3BKCiegWucHsyDmrGUhbx1hoDjnXdtpAaQeBKx1cSbfafPTRu2n185B6Plefvu8S1OlzShOQHHbOIlFmPTlgRTWlin4YoWb58yw4xQSmHETRmkwZqF6KYJElCiZgmnhRf9iQKgrf-YgfjEhgKz_OpQ88y2XI0Z2gTrg0lUi0PUmo5M/s2164/SC%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="2153" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaZX608NfVCXWe3BKCiegWucHsyDmrGUhbx1hoDjnXdtpAaQeBKx1cSbfafPTRu2n185B6Plefvu8S1OlzShOQHHbOIlFmPTlgRTWlin4YoWb58yw4xQSmHETRmkwZqF6KYJElCiZgmnhRf9iQKgrf-YgfjEhgKz_OpQ88y2XI0Z2gTrg0lUi0PUmo5M/w398-h400/SC%20cover.jpeg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">First, I must get on my knees and apologize to all of you. As I endlessly exhibit my knowledge and love for 90's crust, a genre that, inexplicably according to my jazz-loving twat of a shrink, I adore, I completely forgot, to my greatest shame, to include Social Genocide on my <i>Crustmas </i>compilation a few years back. The band just slipped my mind and there is really no excuse for that. Criminal. Truth be told, they do have a pretty shit name that sadly prevents me to ever wear a Social Genocide shirt (Genital Deformities' at least is merely gross) and hasn't aged too well, especially since the Covid pandemics which saw the emergence of legions of idiotic conspiracy "theorists" who thought that the virus and/or the vaccine were an attempt from "the rich elite" to exterminate "the poor", which is extremely stupid and shows how little-educated people are when it comes to basic knowledge of class antagonism. The capitalist class needs the working class to work for them in order to extract value and benefits and they need unemployement to impose low wages and blackmail workers to accept shite jobs in order to raise even larger profits. If you eradicate large segments of the lower classes, who's going to do the dirty work? Exactly, not millionaires' children. They need us so the idea that they would think to wipe us out on a grand scale is idiotic (at best). Digression over. Let's go back to Social Genocide.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't know much about the Austrian punk scene beside the fine 80's hardcore band Extrem, a couple of '77 style acts and more recent bands like Ruidosa Inmundicia (cracking band). Was the scene big in the 90's? Europe then was overrun with hardcore, grindcore and crust bands, the latter trying hard to sound like Doom, but as far as I can tell - which might not be that far at all and I am hoping to corrected - Austria was not exactly a hotspot for smelly crusty punks. And yet. And yet Social Genocide is the epitome, the best example I can think of of traditional 90's eurocrust, and my failing to include them on the aforementioned compilation hurts even more. Really. Conceptually, as masters and pioneers of the eurocrust style and wave, both in terms of quality <u>and</u> quantity, Hiatus occupied the unique spot of being the first quintessential eurocrust band, the epicentre of the crust pandemics, THE first band one will mention in the discussion. And yet, if you take eurocrust as style and wave, it necessarily implies that, while Hiatus were inspired and prompted into existence by Doom and more generally UK crust, Social Genocide and the likes were primarily influenced by Hiatus themselves. Therefore, what I mean with the term eurocrust in the frame of this review are the typical and characteristic post-Hiatus bands, those that Hiatus inspired (in addition to Doom or Extreme Noise Terror). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thus, in that light, along with Subcaos, Social Genocide are basically the most relevant example of a perfectly executed, generic and typical - in the positive sense of term - referential eurocrust band. They were around at the apex of the wave, between 1994 and 1996, not just in Europe but also in the States and Japan, and absolutely delivered. Hailing from Götzis, close to Switzerland, Social Genocide's two songs on this Ep stand as delightful, delicious slices of a cavemen eurocrust cake found in a bin. With the raw and aggressive primal and punchy production, Hiatus heavily come to mind, pleonastic of me to point it out, but there are also large spoonful of genuine early Doom and I sense a distinct Japanese crust influence, which was certainly unusual in European crust at the time, as Battle of Disarm - if not Abraham Cross - are points of reference as well. Paradoxically maybe, Social Genocide managed to be a eurocrust paragon and yet included a Doom-loving Japanese crust touch in their sound (on their Ep's especially, the Lp had more of Private Jesus Detector/Masskontroll feel to my ears). It is subtle but present, if heavy, primal, filthy bear-like pummeling cavecrust can be called "subtle". This tendency is confirmed visually with their side's cover depicting a representation of the band drawn with that sort of naive post Disorder/Chaos UK style that Japanese crusties used - and still use - heavily. Beside, if you look closely, on this crustier-than-though piece exhibiting elite cartoon crust pants, the guitar player has GISM and Swankys stickers on the instrument. And of course the band's <i>On the Brink of Destruction </i>Ep was released on the Japanese label Peace Punk Records so there might have been some trades going on. Clues? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">While we are still on the subject of referentiality, the first song opens with a sample that Anti-System also used on the <i>No Laughing Matter </i>Lp so that the learned listener immediately knows that Social Genocide also know. Wink wink. Utterly brilliant gruff crust songs and band. In our day and age that often celebrate minute worship and copies when it comes to crust or d-beat, the fantastic unoriginality of Social Genocide deserve to be acknowledged. On a side-note the drummer, before hitting things in Social Genocide, played in an obscure band called Dreaded Instinct, the name of which greatly excites my curiosity, further exacerbated by the Sore Throat-ian cover of the tape. Send it to me please. I'm begging ya.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVTAQKYFCs4gMzNo7LEyFyKW8TgpGPtrLMLmnGiWAn0Iwf_yKxAbEWGsUuBGPHPlH_caOFqPOM2QmEWKC0Gzbqz9Yv7mihHDA3irxsFnFWF5CJh5UUw_Tuy3dpoISMNI-mWdAQ4fpLdm6N04wX3MqRO_G2nFLBw0nJ0HmFcL1sjUqd6RontTsyahB1F4/s2157/AG%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="2157" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVTAQKYFCs4gMzNo7LEyFyKW8TgpGPtrLMLmnGiWAn0Iwf_yKxAbEWGsUuBGPHPlH_caOFqPOM2QmEWKC0Gzbqz9Yv7mihHDA3irxsFnFWF5CJh5UUw_Tuy3dpoISMNI-mWdAQ4fpLdm6N04wX3MqRO_G2nFLBw0nJ0HmFcL1sjUqd6RontTsyahB1F4/w400-h395/AG%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">On the other side, well, Agathocles and I have to say that I really like what they are doing here. They are not so much getting high on their traditional blasting 4-track sandpaper mincecore in this case, which I am able to enjoy from time to time, and more on a furious crusty cavegrind mood which appears to be the most relevant path they could have picked on such a split. The first song starts of with a spoken part that remind me heavily of the Belgian anarchopunk band Dona Nobis Pacem (probably the closest Antisect-worshipping band in Europe in the 90's) so that it might be a tribute of some sort, I hope. The vocals are guttural and the production is primitive and there are enough variations to appeal to the grindcore freaks but not so many as to repel the basic Doom-loving crust nuts. As the latter, I am reminded of a crude version of Terrorizer with some Embittered and Disrupt but I am sure grindcore experts would say otherwise. And at the end of the day, as undisputed pioneers Agathocles just sounded like themselves by 1995 but I am not an expect agathoclian so it would be impossible for me to really put this Ep in perspective with the rest of their immense discography. Social Genocide were close to the grindcore scene anyway since they also did a split with Cripple Bastards in 1994.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately the insert of this split Ep is missing. Did I lose it or was it never there, I don't remember. It is on discogs if you care.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Eurocrust is dead, long live eurocrust. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2fRULZUXl3JOUP8yNOyeTCi17qTXW5cdNGV_06UyaAw3W8BBqDtYzLSyW9WOZzOe0GXD-Ml06HvXHl-8GLZ5n43pmaw9JWY9VWDNapkaPWmzV3yxkmVSlRrL304W3Rq8I-yVzD2BYZ3Oc4EnMSBXlgZMfIJDxc3b8TZCZ7lbM-u1bvxM0APZDMV2yLk/s1357/SG%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="1309" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2fRULZUXl3JOUP8yNOyeTCi17qTXW5cdNGV_06UyaAw3W8BBqDtYzLSyW9WOZzOe0GXD-Ml06HvXHl-8GLZ5n43pmaw9JWY9VWDNapkaPWmzV3yxkmVSlRrL304W3Rq8I-yVzD2BYZ3Oc4EnMSBXlgZMfIJDxc3b8TZCZ7lbM-u1bvxM0APZDMV2yLk/s320/SG%20side.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mXgjkth30mjKzKN_S7BAdaWskRQbtkPfE1n6ADHxdK10fU3YPIp4W8Qxpyeg9huNKpuqS-ln8aXhoa0mucY8RvxclPuL1Fc0mKwJBpyBUS7wtRrYRrN2vxrd86hPTSdLsjLzA2t6TcVrCwp56Yovsktg0mbDcJ06bmDJfogoO4m7p4_CPTtEzgvRVLw/s1422/AG%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mXgjkth30mjKzKN_S7BAdaWskRQbtkPfE1n6ADHxdK10fU3YPIp4W8Qxpyeg9huNKpuqS-ln8aXhoa0mucY8RvxclPuL1Fc0mKwJBpyBUS7wtRrYRrN2vxrd86hPTSdLsjLzA2t6TcVrCwp56Yovsktg0mbDcJ06bmDJfogoO4m7p4_CPTtEzgvRVLw/s320/AG%20side.jpeg" width="298" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/z4pjv25l8h9bjrn/SGAG.zip/file">Eurocrust heaven</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-22771363170534609212023-08-26T12:54:00.101+02:002023-08-28T20:06:35.774+02:00Out From the Void Into the Digital Age: CRUST in the 2010's <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alright, I am back. So to speak because I did not actually go anywhere this summer as a thing called "work" prevented me from enjoying something called "life". But I am back in the sense that this post will bring closure to the massive undertaking that started in early 2022, namely an exploration of crust in the recent years. As my mate Paul often says between the fourth and the fifth pint, time is a constantly moving thing and I cannot really keep writing about contemporary crust from the 2010's for eternity, my shrink was quite clear on that part. Overdosing on crust is rare but not unheard of. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu2C_sTntGaBt5Fck_VB-cWbSdhwlLonaItFID72yNio9S-ttq9OJdUfJC89SyE-VJ13KsNKgW50SQqpTojH8O8NvhhxQr4GVz0nJtMhY251TovXe60Yf_nCMipKuGRmGgqqVE0hCP0WOUlRPmfNZpnMMa2qxLPe5jgFhUAcOzMwE2Sv0-11GQJzHhmU/s1080/instinct-of-survival-teppei-miki.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdu2C_sTntGaBt5Fck_VB-cWbSdhwlLonaItFID72yNio9S-ttq9OJdUfJC89SyE-VJ13KsNKgW50SQqpTojH8O8NvhhxQr4GVz0nJtMhY251TovXe60Yf_nCMipKuGRmGgqqVE0hCP0WOUlRPmfNZpnMMa2qxLPe5jgFhUAcOzMwE2Sv0-11GQJzHhmU/w400-h266/instinct-of-survival-teppei-miki.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So in order to wrap things up I decided to embark into an even bigger mission by creating compilations that illustrate what 2010's crust music was all about, like I did with the 90's and 00's. Except I ended up with an insane amount of bands. While I managed to deal with the previous decades with series of three compilations, it quickly became evident that there were just too many bands for the 2010's. So I switched from three to five compilations (and if I'm being honest I probably could have gone to six) with almost 150 bands. Does this discrepancy imply that there are more punk bands now than before? Or does it just suggest that with all 2010's bands having an internet presence to some degree they are much easier to find and their material is far more accessible? It might also have to do with the fact that it has become so much easier and affordable to record nowadays thanks to digital recording so that there could be more recordings and more studio projects but not necessarily more bands per se. In any case, a lovely project became quixotic and a little overwhelming at times. Did I have nightmares where I was persecuted by haunted crust pants? Yes I did.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjQQStAcJanDld2LAhT0s3NCj6kVupbqo85H_oPPkSvCmNpcR4s2ZmKg7f4rD3wktD_Dk11XuBDKorjrquvccLPD1eQCpwVr46TVxA6MmjVUdDvqBkKxNkoLpdnXnWKa0VJkBxX7hYkU462R4Tek--27eBskzh2mdR7py-ggqvCxQgvFnJHuev_VdweM/s1153/f9e4062fd11641b5ba6baa7ed4fd187d%20-%20copie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="770" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjQQStAcJanDld2LAhT0s3NCj6kVupbqo85H_oPPkSvCmNpcR4s2ZmKg7f4rD3wktD_Dk11XuBDKorjrquvccLPD1eQCpwVr46TVxA6MmjVUdDvqBkKxNkoLpdnXnWKa0VJkBxX7hYkU462R4Tek--27eBskzh2mdR7py-ggqvCxQgvFnJHuev_VdweM/w268-h400/f9e4062fd11641b5ba6baa7ed4fd187d%20-%20copie.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You already know the noble principles of such compilations. They are meant to describe the crustscape of a given period from an international point of view. I already did specific Japanese crust compilations - with one about the 10's - so that I left out some Japanese bands to avoid repetitions. I tried to focus on crust as a whole and not just on so-called stenchcore or cavemen crust (the fanatical Doom-lovers). First because I wanted to bring at least a little diversity to the selection and second because even I would struggle to listen to 90 minutes straight of growling metal crust (or would I?) and if you want a compilation to captivate your audience, you have to include changes of paces, of vibes, have some tunes, some excruciating distorted moments and so on. It has to tell a story. A 90 minute long crust song is fine but it does not really exemplify or illustrate in a relevant fashion what the 2010's produced. So of course, all the gruff stenchcore units are there as well as the touching Doom/Sore Throat wannabes, but I also threw some heavy crust-flavoured käng hardcore, blownout distorted noizy crusty hardcore for interludes and bands flirting heavily with death-metal or grindcore. But don't worry, all the songs are crust-pants proof. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBexU2RfBZOI1iHZe3au4w0XC0NYUJtMD3cJvy6hIIwQcNP8ZYZ3rtYcgqXyTKpvTAr8Cw6x2pSi3zaiYCCwB6b-hnkny5ODtkOI2o3sz3gX-iOJ_FwAqj_b-IqY-TtJTCzRjj6vwHAVX32YtlBnwdwGCa4rg48MjDacx8QABjAxM6QChLb7JJUlmfzqU/s1024/3540371858_photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1024" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBexU2RfBZOI1iHZe3au4w0XC0NYUJtMD3cJvy6hIIwQcNP8ZYZ3rtYcgqXyTKpvTAr8Cw6x2pSi3zaiYCCwB6b-hnkny5ODtkOI2o3sz3gX-iOJ_FwAqj_b-IqY-TtJTCzRjj6vwHAVX32YtlBnwdwGCa4rg48MjDacx8QABjAxM6QChLb7JJUlmfzqU/w400-h303/3540371858_photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The international perspective is crucial to these comps as it highlights the dynamics of crust. In this decade Italy and Russia were strong and bands like Cancer Spreading and Fatum (both still active) confirmed that they were at the top of the vegan food chain. Instinct of Survival morphed into something different and fascinating and demonstrated that crust could be a moving thing. Philadelphia and Halifax proved to be insanely brilliant strongholds. Swordwielder and Xaotiko Telos recorded the bast album of the decade. Portland and Poland are still there. South Korea, Argentina and Belarus appeared on the crust map. And even France had its crust bands (no less than three French bands here, fuck me). Old-timers kept doing what they had always done, newcomers unleashed the fury. Ridiculous amounts of punk records were released. I had to sell my gran's kidney to indulge in my addiction to crust. Tough times. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTARIOYW7So-LAlSrxXWCFEU9XIPS7g5F2491NoBtEEC_hk_L5hIvLlf8NWnEiw1iu5NVcbUoPMYl8D2vmbs03xMAurzlnqzGN_hnfKGyidbtdzt2Nw_CEm6-l6Xsw0ZP7izAw9jf7W3TQCCg7nGEGsqablPfHZVDCrSJq-bHZTbJs6J649nALOU-zxOU/s770/ce1f7e01e0eb48b19f62118062a161af%20-%20copie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="770" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTARIOYW7So-LAlSrxXWCFEU9XIPS7g5F2491NoBtEEC_hk_L5hIvLlf8NWnEiw1iu5NVcbUoPMYl8D2vmbs03xMAurzlnqzGN_hnfKGyidbtdzt2Nw_CEm6-l6Xsw0ZP7izAw9jf7W3TQCCg7nGEGsqablPfHZVDCrSJq-bHZTbJs6J649nALOU-zxOU/w400-h300/ce1f7e01e0eb48b19f62118062a161af%20-%20copie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As I pointed out with the previous compilations the decade-based format may not be the most relevant (but they are the most time-consuming) and scene-oriented compilations are better. You will find here bands like Axewield that stopped playing in 2010 and others like Warkrusher that pretty much started in 2019, two very different times but with both bands having recorded between 2010 and 2019, they had to be included. What international compilations are great at is the potential for discovery. Of course, I forgot some bands, exhaustivity is impossible and one has to keep a degree of subjectivity in the selection process, especially for punk compilations. But on the other hand I included bands that you probably have not heard of or never really listened to and hopefully it will prompt people to dig deeper afterwards. It is like a Royal Rumble, not every wrestler is brilliant but you always get to discover obscure new talents. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I did my best sound-wise using my own rips or downloading the best versions I could find (I just did not have the energy to rip every song as it would have taken far too much time) but of course levels vary a lot, not to mention the productions and the overall clarity. So it is what it is (a meaningless phrase I'll grant you that). But what did you expect from a crust compilation anyway? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpU28s_1VY_yaORtZn62F6Ttd75csDLZ7WX6xChrpjRUAiPy2HrIXFWr61CmqkKEWPEtauD1iDBqJ5Ntu-cjxZH1xzM9IjjFPHAYxEsGbqH_sqjY_15gIzinDDbPbhcSaUyoA4zkC3JkEsGVU0j8fJ_KQw3f8q5RqAuRmTlALFYT1ghz7BT0HFjOtGKw/s770/1905ab2e9c3147f08b52fa548d259206%20-%20copie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="770" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpU28s_1VY_yaORtZn62F6Ttd75csDLZ7WX6xChrpjRUAiPy2HrIXFWr61CmqkKEWPEtauD1iDBqJ5Ntu-cjxZH1xzM9IjjFPHAYxEsGbqH_sqjY_15gIzinDDbPbhcSaUyoA4zkC3JkEsGVU0j8fJ_KQw3f8q5RqAuRmTlALFYT1ghz7BT0HFjOtGKw/w400-h266/1905ab2e9c3147f08b52fa548d259206%20-%20copie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These were fun to do and I believe they work well and are not boring. If you feel I missed some crucial bands, which is unlikely but possible, please comment. And if you know of solid local crust bands that I am unaware of, please feel free to write about them too. It is a work in progress. </span>Play loud of course, grab your filthiest crust pants, your most derelict jacket, your stinky biker boots, grab some cider and enjoy.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>OUT FROM THE VOID INTO THE DIGITAL AGE: CRUST IN THE 2010's</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>VOLUME ONE:</u></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">01. ALEMENT "Seas of consequence" from <i>Onward </i>12" EP, 2019 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">02. BRAINCËLL "L.C.D (Liquid Crystal Deep - Sleep)" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with ZYKADE, 2019 (Malaysia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">03. PHYSIQUE "Weaponized faith" from <i>The Rhythm of Brutality </i>10", 2019 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">04. KERETIK "Unelma kostosta" from <i>Terra Mater </i>LP, 2017 (Finland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">05. CONSTANT STATE OF TERROR "Throne of blood" from <i>Speak Truth to Power </i>LP, 2020 (recorded in 2014) (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">06. WOJNA "Stołkowe Kurwy" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with Social Crisis, 2018 (Poland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">07. EXTINCT EXIST "Scourge Amazonie" from <i>Cursed Earth </i>LP, 2016 (Australia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">08. DEFUSE "Cry of roar" from <i>Cry of Roar </i>EP, 2017 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">09. STEP TO FREEDOM "Злая Молитва" from <i>The Rotten Era </i>tape, 2019 (Russia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10. DECOMP "Grim" from <i>S/t </i>EP, 2019 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. AMHRA "Reflejos" from <i>Más Allá </i>LP, 2019 (Spain)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. WARPATH "Nel dilagare della follia" from <i>Origini D'Odio / Nel Dilagare Della Follia </i>split EP with NIS, 2011 (Italy)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. COELACANTH "You deny" from <i>S/t </i>cdr, 2013 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. BLACK TERROR "Prince of lies" from <i>Born Again </i>tape, 2013 (Singapore)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. TERMINAL CONQUEST "Lifeless pariah" from <i>S/t </i>tape, 2017 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16. MASSGRAVE "Lack of control" from <i>Absurdity of Humanity </i>LP, 2016 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">17. DÖDLAGE "Genocide" from <i>Hostile Regression </i>LP, 2019 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">18. CONTAGIUM "Poisoned filth" from <i>S/t </i>EP, 2012 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">19. AXEWIELD "Fault segment" from <i>Wisdome of Doom </i>12", 2010 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20. RUINAS "Silenciar" from <i>S/t </i>LP, 2017 (Argentina)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">21. HELLISHEAVEN "16" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with DISSENT, 2012 (Poland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">22. VISIONS OF WAR "King of swines" from <i>King of Swines </i>LP, 2013 (Belgium)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">23. POLICEBASTARD "Sick sick system" from <i>Confined </i>cd, 2013 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">24. LASTLY "A look at the now" from <i>Crazy Fucked Up Deadly Local </i>EP, 2014 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">25. ABSURD SOCIETY "Society Which Collapses" from <i>S/t </i>EP, 2013 (Japan) </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">26. ΧΕΙΜΕΡΙΑ ΝΑΡΚΗ / XEIMERIA NAPKN / HIBERNATION "Πριν ακόμα / Before Even" from <i>In the Years of Desolation </i>LP, 2018 (Greece)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">27. REPRESSION ATTACK "Дотла / Down to the ground" from <i>Алтарь Разрушения / Altar of Destruction </i>EP, 2013 (Russia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">28. FEMACOFFIN "Dismal twilight" from <i>S/t </i>EP, 2014 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/mh3p0z38i1gxy5l/OUT_FROM_THE_VOID_INTO_THE_DIGITAL_AGE_volume_1.zip/file">CRUST 1</a><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YNIRS20AHJU" width="320" youtube-src-id="YNIRS20AHJU"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>VOLUME TWO:</u></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">01. ΧΑΟΤΙΚΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ / XAOTICO TELOS / CHAOTIC END "Χαμένος / Lost" from <i>Υπόσχεση </i>LP, 2017 (Greece) </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">02. INFEKCJA "Inkubatory" from <i>S/t </i>EP, 2011 (Poland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">03. AVVIKELSSE "1945" from <i>S/t </i>EP, 2016 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">04. AGNOSY "Eternal winter" from <i>Traits of the Past </i>LP, 2014 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">05. DEATHRAID "Your turn to suffer" from <i>Eternal Slumber </i>LP, 2015 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">06. VERSKLAVEN "Baptism of fire" from <i>S/t </i>LP, 2014 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">07. AGE "Survive" from <i>Survive </i>EP, 2010 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">08. NIHILDUM "Verso il nulla creatore" from <i>Verso Il Nulla Creatore </i>tape, 2012 (Italy)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">09. VOIDFILLER "The weight" from <i>S/t </i>LP, 2016 (Sweden / Belgium)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10. RUINEBELL "The hermit" from <i>Embers' Grave </i>12" EP, 2015 (Spain / Finland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. DÖMESTICRUST "Aftermath" from <i>...Aftermath... </i>demo, 2017 (Indonesia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. SISTEMAS DE ANIQUILACION "Tierras devastadas" from <i>Guettos del Sur </i>EP, 2014 (Peru)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. RELIEF "Consumed" from <i>S/t </i>demo tape, 2016 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. GRIND THE ENEMY "The war of the poor" from <i>Conform!!! </i>split CD with WAR/SYSTEM, 2011 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. ASMODEUS "An abortion" from <i>Life? </i>tape, 2016 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16. GEIGER COUNTER "Execution" from <i>S/t </i>LP, 2017 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">17. ATRAMENT "Sunken reign" from <i>Eternal Downfall </i>LP, 2016 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">18. SLAVERY "Smrtihlav" from <i>OutSide V Wojcieszów</i> compilation LP, 2017 (Czech)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">19. CLAUSTROPHOBIA "Enajenadxs" from <i>Sobre las Ruinas de la Civilizacion </i>CD, 2013 (Argentina)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20. DEFORMED EXISTENCE "Commodified lies" from <i>Hate With Patriotism </i>tape, 2019 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">21. DEATH DUST EXTRACTOR "Intro storm + lost" from <i>Make a Noise or Not at All </i>split EP with RETURN, 2013 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">22. MORBID SCUM "Under vacuum" from <i>S/t </i>split tape with ASCIDIE, 2019 (France)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">23. CEASELESS DESOLATION "Jutro" from <i>Nicość </i>LP, 2013 (Poland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">24. KÄRZER "Крысы / Rat" from <i>Howl </i>tape, 2016 (Russia) </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">25. RADIOACTIVE "Past mistake" from <i>S/t </i>demo CD, 2017 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">26. KALBRUCHING ACIDEATH "Mentality disorder" from <i>S/t </i>split LP with ZYGOME, 2019 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">27. MISERY "We are man" from <i>From Where the Sun Never Shines </i>2xLP, 2012 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">28. ZYGOME "The other" from <i>S/t </i>split LP with KALTBRUCHING ACIDEATH, 2019 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/8hoxk2em5qea5f9/OUT_FROM_THE_VOID_INTO_THE_DIGITAL_AGE_volume_2.zip/file">CRUST 2</a><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4qBt5G1HVg" width="320" youtube-src-id="t4qBt5G1HVg"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>VOLUME THREE:</u></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">01. NOCTURNAL SCUM "Danger and Hell" from <i>Danger and Hell </i>LP, 2018 (Germany)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">02. FRAGMENT "Abandoned surrounded" from <i>S/t </i>demo EP, 2016 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">03. CÖTARD "Delirio de negacion" from <i>S/t </i>demo CD, 2018 (Mexico)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">04. BETON "Súmrak" from <i>S/t / Misleader </i>split EP with SKELETON, 2012 (Slovakia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">05. PSYCHOTIC MIND BATTLE "Guerilla warfare" from <i>S/t </i>demo, 2013 (Germany)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">06. I.C.B.M. "계급 전쟁 / Gyegeup Jeonjaeng / Class war" from <i>S/t </i>tape, 2010(?) (South Korea) </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">07. ALEHAMMER "Fermented death" from <i>Barmaggedon </i>LP, 2013 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">08. ASOCIAL TERROR FABRICATION "Folly of wisdom" from <i>Under the Dark Force </i>EP, 2010 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">09. Помрачение / POMRACHENIE / OBSCURITY "помрачение" from <i>S/t </i>demo tape, 2019 (Belarus)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10. AHNA "No one survives" from <i>Perpetual Warfare </i>12", 2015 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. KRUSH "War = business = war" from <i>S/t </i>LP, 2010 (Netherlands)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. RAW NOISE "Greed" from <i>System Never </i>LP, 2010 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. ZYANOSE "Condemn racist" from <i>Putrid Sick Society </i>CD, 2014 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. SCUMRAID "통제사회" from <i>Control </i>LP, 2018 (South Korea)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. SOCIAL CRISIS "Ja Też" from split LP with WOJNA, 2018 (Poland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16. URSUS "Una ostia tras otra" from <i>S/t </i>LP, 2010 (Spain)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">17. BAKOUNINE "Polizia di mierda" from <i>S/t </i>LP, 2013 (France)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">18. STASIS "Progress" from <i>Progress </i>demo tape, 2015 (Italy)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">19. VASTATION "Don't uphold their law" from <i>S/t / Omnia Mutantur </i>split<i> </i>LP with MUTABO, 2017 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20. NEVERENDING MINDWAR "Anguish" from <i>Demonstration II </i>demo tape, 2018 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">21. REVÖLT "Pogrom" from <i>Pogrom </i>EP, 2016 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">22. ZATSUON "No messiah" from <i>Violent Nois Life </i>EP, 2012 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">23. CONTRAST ATTITUDE "Mind of devil" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with ASPECTS OF WAR, 2014 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">24. KONTRASOSIAL "Kabar Dari Negeri Drama" from <i>Filthy Scum </i>EP, 2019 (Indonesia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">25. SUMMON THE CROWS "The burning" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with DEVIATED INSTINCT, 2012 (Norway)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">26. DOOM "Thatchercide" from <i>Corrupt Fucking System </i>LP, 2013 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">27. HOLY EXTERMINATION "They need blood" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with BURN THE CROSS, 2013 (Poland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">28. FILTHY HATE "Hatred stench corpse" from <i>Mentally Parasite... Bloody Predator </i>tape, 2014 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">29. NAPALM RAID "No law" from <i>Wheel of War </i>LP, 2017 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">30. LIFE "River of filth" from <i>Polluted Water Drainage Wreck Of Culture / Genosida Populasi </i>split EP with ZUDAS KRUST, 2017 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">31: ΠΑΡΟΞΥΣΜΟΣ / PAROKSISMOS "Οι Θεοί Της Λήθης" from <i>Οι Θεοί Της Λήθης </i>EP, 2013 (Greece)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">32. SKUNK "Critical death" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with EXISTENCH, 2015 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">33. HUFF RAID "Insect" from <i>Euro Tour Tape</i> tape, 2017 (Poland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">34. DISTURD "Darkness" from <i>Dark </i>cd, 2015 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">35. INSTINCT OF SURVIVAL "What will you do?" from <i>Call of the Blue Distance </i>LP, 2014</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/pdbwi0otb5kdf2a/OUT_FROM_THE_VOID_INTO_THE_DIGITAL_AGE_volume_3.zip/file">CRUST 3</a><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WtTQFxINb0E" width="320" youtube-src-id="WtTQFxINb0E"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>VOLUME FOUR:</u></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">01. EXTINCTION OF MANKIND "Reap what you sow" from <i>Reap What You Sow / S/t </i>split EP with APOCALYPSE, 2017 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">02. PARASIT "The new disease" from <i>Välj Din Egen Bödel </i>LP, 2013 (Sweden)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">03. UNARM "歪んだ秩序" from <i>The Voice From Forced Silence </i>EP, 2018 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">04. DEATH CRUSADE "Godzinę Stąd" from <i>Rakieta///Bomba </i>LP, 2017 (Poland) </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">05. APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT "Black sands" from <i>Black Sands </i>EP, 2012 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">06. SCUM SYSTEM KILL "Conscience of humanity" from <i>Scandinavian Tour </i>tape, 2018 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">07. HOSTILITER "Nell'abisso" from <i>A New Dawn For Lost Mankind </i>CD, 2016 (Italy)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">08. HELLSTORM "All shall perish in flames" from S/t / Διαίρει-Και-Βασίλευε split LP with ΠΑΝΙΚΟΣ / PANIKOS, 2013 (Greece)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">09. LAST AGONY "Agony" from <i>S/t </i>demo tape, 2018 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10. ROXOR "Obraz doby" from <i>Obras Doby! </i>LP, 2013 (Slovakia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. ZIKADE "Collapse of a depraved society" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with BRÄINCELL, 2019 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. SUBLIMINAL DARKNESS "Construction" from <i>2nd Demo </i>CDR, 2013 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. PHOZGENE "Ignore their pain" from <i>S/t </i>tape, 2017 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. JUVENTUD PODRIDA "Pandemonio" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with SISTEMAS DE ANIQUILACION, 2015 (Panama)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. AKRASIA "The observer" from <i>Observe the Darkness </i>EP, 2019 (Norway)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16. LUST FOR DEATH "Ghost in a maze" from <i>Demons </i>LP, 2017 (France)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">17. VOID FORGER "Pointless media" from <i>Ruined</i> demo CDR, 2012 (Romania)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">18. ĐORNATA "Blah" from <i>Simple, Fast and Good + So What </i>LP, 2014 (Slovenia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">19. PUTREFACTION "Welcome death" from <i>Scavenger </i>EP, 2015 (Ireland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20. WARKRUSHER "Epitaph" from <i>S/t </i>tape, 2019 (Canada)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">21. MASSGRAVE "Presidents dick" from <i>You Are Freaks too... </i>tape, 2010 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">22. ZUDAS KRUST "Genosida populasi" from <i>Polluted Water Drainage Wreck Of Culture / Genosida Populasi </i>split EP with LIFE, 2017 (Indonesia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">23. D-CLONE "We make next generation" from <i>Creation and Destroy </i>LP, 2012 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">24. ΠΑΝΙΚΟΣ / PANIKOS "Το Ξύπνημα Από Τον Λήθαργο" from <i>Awakening From Lethargy </i>LP, 2011 (Greece)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">25. WAR PLAGUE "Crusher" from <i>On a Darker Dawn </i>LP, 2012 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">26. SEITAN "Krossa våldspatriarkatet" from <i>Krossa Våldspatriarkatet </i>LP, 2021 (recorded in 2012) (Sweden)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">27. SWORDWIELDER "Cyborgs" from <i>System Overlord </i>LP, 2019 (Sweden)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">28. CANCER SPREADING "Insomnia" from <i>Insomnia / S/t </i>split EP with FATUM, 2014 (Italy)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/twy7p60enap57t2/OUT_FROM_THE_VOID_INTO_THE_DIGITAL_AGE_volume_4.zip/file">CRUST 4</a><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fiQWShwgjUc" width="320" youtube-src-id="fiQWShwgjUc"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>VOLUME FIVE:</u></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">01. LAST LEGION ALIVE "Holy thrones" from <i>Burning Eutopia </i>split LP with CANCER SPREADING, 2013 (Belgium)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">02. WARCOLLAPSE "As they decide" from <i>Desert of Ash </i>12", 2019 (Sweden)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">03. BLINDED HUMANITY "Nasi not nazi" from <i>Mind Control </i>EP, 2019 (Singapore)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">04. INSTINCT? "Pray to death" from <i>Pray to Death </i>tape, 2019 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">05. WASTELAND "Killers" from <i>?, </i>2012 (Slovenia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">06. SOW THREAT "War is tragedy" from <i>Hate and Love </i>LP, 2019 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">07. ΑΠΝΟΙΑ / APNOIA "Διχόνοια" from <i>Θρίαμβος Του Μίσους </i>tape, 2018 (Greece)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">08. OILTANKER "Coma" from <i>The Shadow of Greed </i>LP, 2011 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">09. NONPRESIDENT "Smacznego" from <i>S/t </i>split LP with MITRĘGA, 2015 (Poland)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10. NIS "Felicità" from <i>Origini D'Odio / Nel Dilagare Della Follia </i>split EP with WARPATH, 2011 (Italy)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11. WEALD "Black bloc" from <i>Demo 2011 </i>tape, 2012 (U$A) </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">12. DROPEND "Grief" from <i>Distortion Hell </i>EP, 2013 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">13. AMBUSH "Ghastly remnants" from <i>4 Track </i>flexi, 2014 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. CARNAGE "Final debt" from <i>342341n-1322717e</i> tape, 2017 (Portugal)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. LOS REZIOS "Izquierdismo (es mierda!)" from <i>Clarificacion </i>LP, 2011 (Peru) </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16. ROÄC "Beware" from <i>Rites of Ostara </i>tape, 2016 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">17. DEVIATED INSTINCT "End times" from <i>S/t </i>split EP with SUMMON THE CROWS, 2012 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">18. VITRIOLIC RESPONSE "Linge d'arret" from <i>Dark Wings Spread / Your Life is Fucked </i>split EP with SYSTEM SHIT, 2014 (England)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">19. POLLEN "Demoralize" from <i>Fear of Another War </i>EP, 2017 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20. KRANG "The Earth was blue but there was no God" from <i>Sounds of Death </i>LP, 2012 (U$A) (<i>was supposed to be included on the youtube video but for copyright issues cannot. It is however included on the version you can download)</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">21. ZAY "The question of silence" from <i>Silence and Clamor </i>cdr, 2015 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">22. GENOGEIST "Systemic shroud" from <i>5 Track Demo </i>tape, 2018 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">23. DEATH DEALERS "Starvation sells" from <i>Files of Atrocity </i>LP, 2010 (England / Sweden)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">24. FATUM "Падение На Снег / Falling on snow" from <i>Время Уходит Во Тьму / Time Passes to the Dark</i> CD, 2012 (Russia)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">25. LIFELESS DARK "Outcry" from <i>Who Will Be the Victims? </i>tape, 2018 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">26. ULCER "Vandalism" from <i>Vandalism </i>LP, 2017 (Japan)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">27. RIGOROUS INSTITUTION "Penitent" from <i>Penitent </i>EP, 2019 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">28. MORTAL WAR "Slave to darkness" from <i>Gates of Hell </i>tape, 2017 (U$A)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/3ttjl7fpwgn9sjo/OUT_FROM_THE_VOID_INTO_THE_DIGITAL_AGE_volume_5.zip/file">CRUST 5</a><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j8W1_b6gpcw" width="320" youtube-src-id="j8W1_b6gpcw"></iframe></div><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-6241947738309138962023-07-25T20:19:00.005+02:002023-07-25T20:26:51.850+02:00Still Believing in ANOK: Cress "Monuments" Lp, 1995<p style="text-align: justify;">This is the final part of <i>Still Believing in ANOK </i>and I hope the reads were fun and at least a little informative. If you need to show off on social media or indeed shine on online dating website, some details included in the write-ups (or, shall I say, the columns) can be used effectively as pick-up lines. Questions like "<i>Did you know that the singer of Avaricious was Greek?</i>" or "<i>How many Enola Gays do you know?</i>" are bound to impress, win hearts and make you look suave, sophisticated and, let's get real, weak-in-the-knees level irresistible. Do not hesitate to use them on a first date. The first time I met my wife, we talked about Polish hardcore bands form the 80's Rejestracja and Insekty Na Jajach so anything's possible.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">To wrap up the series about the legacy of the 80's anarchopunk sound, let's talk about a band whose name means: "<i>any of various plants with small, green leaves, used especially in salads</i>". Yes indeed. Cress. The hippiest anarchopunk band from the 90's (and the 2010's). Not only is the band named after a plant instead of a warplane or some other cool punk shit, but they have a keyboard and a drum machine, used strobes, weird lights, a smoke machine, looked like soap-dodging versions of Jesus leaving one unsure if they are going to spread peace, love and riffs or if they are going to ask for a fiver so they can buy herbs. I even remember them screening political films while they were playing somewhere in Scotland, as if punks could concentrate on pogoing to the music AND focusing on a film at the same time. And yet, they are absolutely brilliant. Ian Glasper suggests in <i>Trapped in a Scene</i> that "<i>had it been released in the Eighties, it </i>(the <i>Monuments </i>Lp) <i>would doubtless be heralded an anarchopunk classic today</i>" and I cannot disagree. Of all the records I have been reviewing in the series, <i>Monuments </i>is the one that can objectively be called a genuine 90's classic the most. Beside being a famous work (even people who have never actually heard it know about it or at least can safely pretend to and if you feel the need to lie about knowing a record, it is already saying something about its status), I have never really read bad reviews. The Lp is unique because Cress are unique and I cannot really think of anything similar before and even after.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGopOPF5YhtWSGSZeKF7p4gi4EyNfeNOHjPgikvx72jaJU5oejnERPQCMMhNIy00pK3tD4LEAuVVZM5LI94KhfRkzP_fjx7sLC9meZwF9tK_b_D_kJiHBIKZyCVnFfTgwoayTSPZpXLFxidvjaVgIOMEA_SnAHpPGZUmBfMKGjKgag5L-yoReO7syfvrY/s1870/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="1836" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGopOPF5YhtWSGSZeKF7p4gi4EyNfeNOHjPgikvx72jaJU5oejnERPQCMMhNIy00pK3tD4LEAuVVZM5LI94KhfRkzP_fjx7sLC9meZwF9tK_b_D_kJiHBIKZyCVnFfTgwoayTSPZpXLFxidvjaVgIOMEA_SnAHpPGZUmBfMKGjKgag5L-yoReO7syfvrY/w393-h400/Cover.jpeg" width="393" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">"<i>But when, Grand Führer of the Perfect Punk Taste, did you first bump into Cress?</i>". Well, I downloaded one mp3 file from a British website (I can't remember the name, it was in the early 00's) that offered songs from many quite a few bands of the era. Because internet connections were slower than an avant-garde French movie, there was only one song per band (I am aware that it must sound like the Dark Ages for Gen Z's who think youtube is as old as electricity) and it took about an afternoon to download two minutes of music. I think songs from the likes of Chineapple Punks, Riot/Clone or Ex-Cathedra were available. The Cress song was "TV screen" and I must confess that I did not like the song as it reminded me of the Ramones for some reason and I have always disliked them. To this day, I feel weird listening to this particular number and I cannot help imaging the Ramones with Northern accents playing their songs on shrooms and cider with a man playing the didgeridoo in the background. Which does not sound so bad after all. Some time after this precious mp3, I had the chance to visit a great punk record store in Bochum, Germany, and they had the Cress discography which, I was told, was much better than the Recharge Lp I was also coveting. I ended up buying both (I mean there was a free patch in the Recharge Lp) and got heavily into Cress, not so much that I grew a beard, which I have never been able to anyway, what with looking like an eternal teenager, but I did stop showering for a couple of weeks. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9eDJsnh0Aazhd2h43bfHLoLysb42U1l-FJXmp2E2XNrCebxOq257WDT9jRqN9OFE1DtSeI8kawevzVSUSQENNnACB3bXOlI4daQPQiLx3zjLl6bNZCrrRMNJMI6_xi72qmaUBHJ4XMi-C1FpTnYFqoefyhd9b8UiKBUyO5AnkvvjmUInyEnldAnU5_s/s1841/Backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="1761" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9eDJsnh0Aazhd2h43bfHLoLysb42U1l-FJXmp2E2XNrCebxOq257WDT9jRqN9OFE1DtSeI8kawevzVSUSQENNnACB3bXOlI4daQPQiLx3zjLl6bNZCrrRMNJMI6_xi72qmaUBHJ4XMi-C1FpTnYFqoefyhd9b8UiKBUyO5AnkvvjmUInyEnldAnU5_s/w383-h400/Backcover.jpeg" width="383" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But what makes <i>Monuments </i>so special? Well, if you know a little about the history of alternative rock music in England, the cover depicting Stonehenge certainly indicates that the music and the band may have some sort of connections, literal or in inspiration, with the free festivals. Namely inventive psychedelic rock music, libertarian politics and the involvement of some anarchopunk bands in the 80's. Cress were not the first punk band to play with trippy psychedelic influences and atmospherics and 80's bands like Smartpils, Freak Electric, Hippie Slags and even The Mob claimed such influences. Later on in the late 80's/early 90's, Zygote, Bad Influence or Contropotere (and later on Iowaska), in their own specific way, also used psychedelic elements in the songwriting but none of these bands went as far as integrating a keyboard in the equation. A bold move that, interestingly, could also be found first in old-school crust bands like Amebix or Axegrinder, but also Χαοτικό Τέλος/Chaotic End or Counterblast, and although they used it differently the intent still had to do with creating a particular ambiance and atmosphere. Cress however went further as <i>Monuments </i>relied significantly on those long atmospheric passages providing narrative spaces and an epic ark for the story the album aimed to tell. It is beyond punk-rock and for all the apparent simplicity of the songs, and a lot of them are simple punk songs in the best Crass sense of the term, there are additional layers and textures and quieter trippier moments to widen the scope.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCWDVGkCS1KYVG-VkHXmlINf_fgQnjKz1yiYz5bkFNk6Ap_ADW_8Y3FHw1V1wMrpQGLZi8OJ5IzDEVtyTAGSj8AxOmAX0ypjBrZyY4CyH08l8NOwjA6lq8OD6qBMnfce0cycJSFWhiwM_Jzfrf4ry5SA-8NTDAcGYtQohzd79PHKDmJ0BA7JZdOBHtno/s2780/Foldout%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="2780" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCWDVGkCS1KYVG-VkHXmlINf_fgQnjKz1yiYz5bkFNk6Ap_ADW_8Y3FHw1V1wMrpQGLZi8OJ5IzDEVtyTAGSj8AxOmAX0ypjBrZyY4CyH08l8NOwjA6lq8OD6qBMnfce0cycJSFWhiwM_Jzfrf4ry5SA-8NTDAcGYtQohzd79PHKDmJ0BA7JZdOBHtno/w400-h236/Foldout%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Monuments </i>can thus appeal to different crowds. If you are fond of dynamic, tribal, anthemic anarcho punk-rock, or of Hawkwind-inspired rocking atmospheric punk music, or heavy crusty punk, <i>Monuments </i>has something to offer you, as long as you take acid beforehand. Often reduced to a Crass-like act (for the danceable directness of the riffs and some beats and the bloody name), Cress can also be defined as a heavy and dark band<i> </i>and I can hear Antisect influences in some of the mid-paced moments and of course in the vocal style and tone and anger of the two vocalists (<i>In Darkness There is no Choice </i>era) so that it is not surprising that they also appeal to crust lovers (the dreads and the scruffy look also help). This album works is versatile enough to work for all kinds of mood as well. It is Sunday morning, you are in a good mood because you only drank eleven pints the night before and you are looking for some UK punk-rock with tunes: <i>Monuments</i>. It is Monday night, it is pouring rain and work is killing you, you are looking for something heavy, snotty and angry: <i>Monuments</i>. You are on holiday and for the first time since April, you look up to the sky and, fuck me, these are stars, ain't they: <i>Monuments</i>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgmGOGsX1n2TyjIh08DD_qHZG9ZKwLPx-ZiFiqaaBdSrYNIvralj3ICPlR_exEX97DaCAexbh-yf7P7kUKgFM4hMTlQwN1gD7sTeYn6Rmyqfuv5Ad2xoR-gDC4ymdUlPuQi5LGimuo8j1FP_WeGPEDQpdKeRp115Ml9xsGoCjgIAmz5V34DfXIzqftCs/s2683/Foldout%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="2683" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgmGOGsX1n2TyjIh08DD_qHZG9ZKwLPx-ZiFiqaaBdSrYNIvralj3ICPlR_exEX97DaCAexbh-yf7P7kUKgFM4hMTlQwN1gD7sTeYn6Rmyqfuv5Ad2xoR-gDC4ymdUlPuQi5LGimuo8j1FP_WeGPEDQpdKeRp115Ml9xsGoCjgIAmz5V34DfXIzqftCs/w400-h238/Foldout%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The lyrics on the album are solid and tackle a wide array of subjects, some classic anarchopunk rants about progress, ecology or the capitalist class, other are more original "Monuments" is about the free unrestricted access to Stonehenge (the monument in question) and our common heritage, "Fear" is about the omnipresent fears that we have in society, fear of being unloved, alone, ignored, irrelevant, it is a great topic, genuinely personal and political. And apparently Cress don't like the police either for some reason. The album was released on Flat Earth Records (one of my favourite labels from that period) and the band recorded a split with Doom and an Ep before taking a break. Cress came back in the late 00's and since then have released a split Ep with Burnt Cross, a benefit Ep for the hunt sabs and a very solid split Lp with fellow psychedelic anarcho punks Buff from Manchester. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">My copy was second-hand and there is some surface noise on a couple of songs so that you can enjoy the full - lesser - Terminal Sound Nuisance experience. Did I mention that one of the members was barefoot when I saw them in Paris in June. How many punk points does that make you lose?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEwBppYOsBgS-RgLU_H0gH4xTM-G-qMoj5d1y0IT70Qeat026fvzNqfAM_rpRmC6qyiRc78_N2K44FHO8tPx2CYxkty_mCZBkrUTa7alIZ-2_KQCMGJQP0Xo-QIiCOWn5fCyXiXvUabUiSKGeb5VtWRpgMigsPw3vV2wd7odjTD1GpNiZ9Ik9OxxStRY/s1524/Side%20A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1524" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEwBppYOsBgS-RgLU_H0gH4xTM-G-qMoj5d1y0IT70Qeat026fvzNqfAM_rpRmC6qyiRc78_N2K44FHO8tPx2CYxkty_mCZBkrUTa7alIZ-2_KQCMGJQP0Xo-QIiCOWn5fCyXiXvUabUiSKGeb5VtWRpgMigsPw3vV2wd7odjTD1GpNiZ9Ik9OxxStRY/s320/Side%20A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWXenC5j1LQTGouLvZwyrHtU3w6j62aDPQhEPltN6RzPe7XFfhBRcDIQxlB_wxRBjvTzTXwpC6citM3X1KjBmMNSkJgNEv75wGuz9YuJtv8cdldpLselXtoX54zqzbVWfJA8a2C4eU2ZPzvEsN66A4Z4QajCW5nYYxqtCQvo7JN3k25Eq4bYEzu3PRso/s1768/Side%20B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1768" data-original-width="1748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWXenC5j1LQTGouLvZwyrHtU3w6j62aDPQhEPltN6RzPe7XFfhBRcDIQxlB_wxRBjvTzTXwpC6citM3X1KjBmMNSkJgNEv75wGuz9YuJtv8cdldpLselXtoX54zqzbVWfJA8a2C4eU2ZPzvEsN66A4Z4QajCW5nYYxqtCQvo7JN3k25Eq4bYEzu3PRso/s320/Side%20B.jpeg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/91v5fp7repkij1j/CREMO.zip/file">Monuments to cress</a> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-2671406605493935062023-07-15T15:06:00.000+02:002023-07-15T15:06:15.187+02:00Still Believing in ANOK: Kismet HC / Αρνητική Στάση "Love is our strongest weapon" split Lp 1991<p style="text-align: justify;">My mate Paul often says that doubt is the origin of wisdom, which is pretty sensible. But he also argues that reptilians once raided his weed stash so I suppose it is safe to examine his philosophical stance in context. Can <i>Love is our Strongest Weapon, </i>beside sounding like an R&B song recorded for a charity against world hunger, be considered as an anarchopunk release as far as the 80's legacy goes? In terms of politics and aesthetics, the split Lp is without a doubt a relevant anarchopunk record but, in a series that focuses on those 90's works that specifically built on the foundational sound of the original anarcho waves, does it belong? What would Paul do (or smoke)?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I realize such intellectual hair-splitting considerations may look very trivial but, in my quest to be viewed as sophisticated, they have become the basis, if not the raison d'être, of Terminal Sound Nuisance. Reflecting on records or bands few people give a fuck about (I could be wrong about this one but I very much doubt it) and on how they fit or don't fit with certain pre-defined categories, how they challenge them or on the contrary embrace them and how such processes are intentional or unintentional. But yeah I offer lossless files and clean scans for printing shirts for your Etsy shop as well. Of course, aforementioned questions are meaningful in retrospect when it comes to 90's bands, a time when bands did not try to replicate specific schools or bands quite as much (the then novelty d-beat wave being a crucial exception musically but not conceptually). You had bands influenced by Wretched, but not bands who thrived to sound just like Wretched. Throughout the series, we saw that bands like Counter-Attack or Wlochaty certainly loved Conflict to death and a large part of their sound relied on their musical and structural influence but they did not sound "<i>just like</i>" Conflict. The question remains: how influenced by the original anarchopunk wave were Kismet HC and Αρνητική Στάση/Arniki Stasi? Alright, you can think about it for a couple of days before reading what's next.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsj1kj5LinTW19814klJ_30kKqZ6KaVcE7OxZM4SXTwgpQuw6CwcErCff1pWjbPTJ0B0oTWrjdNSOibdfl2GWEeiqcg9crWxtFyTuu63MSP1ENF_v3dcC_8WnXcCggN6ELe5VUJflhpbKd10dA7L6FkBnU9is39i2PplCypHXiko35jl2zKkkXAI_nyc/s2080/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="2032" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsj1kj5LinTW19814klJ_30kKqZ6KaVcE7OxZM4SXTwgpQuw6CwcErCff1pWjbPTJ0B0oTWrjdNSOibdfl2GWEeiqcg9crWxtFyTuu63MSP1ENF_v3dcC_8WnXcCggN6ELe5VUJflhpbKd10dA7L6FkBnU9is39i2PplCypHXiko35jl2zKkkXAI_nyc/w391-h400/Cover.jpeg" width="391" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kismet HC, from Stoke-on-Trent (yes, just like...), is a band that I have known for a very long time. For some reason I cannot quite remember how I was able to get hold of a copy of their very strong cd-only 2001 album <i>Our Message is of Anger... Our Voices are of Pain </i>(I may have ordered it from Active Distribution). I have to admit that I absolutely loved (and I still do as a matter of fact) the title of the album although I seem to remember reading that it was not the original choice of the band and that one of the labels basically decided for them. Some animosity was involved. Perhaps one of the labels was run by a reptilian, who knows? In any case, that album is brilliant (if you have not heard it, imagine top notch female-fronted unhinged anarcho hardcore thrash with plenty of energy and versatility, quite original) and I really got into them and was even able to see them live in Manchester in 2004 (I think). While KH are often associated with the frantic, powerful vocals of Zanne, she only joined the band afterwards. In 1991 the vocals were shared between Fluff and Dave (I think? So many unanswered questions, so many...), providing the music with a vintage classic dual vocal hardcore attack. Their side of the split indicated to an extent what they would eventually become, 10 years after (why such a break between records? Yet another question...), but you could almost argue that 1991's KH and 2001's KH were two different bands and today we are going to focus, with determination, dexterously, perilously even (I may fall off my chair and injure meself like that one time I dozed off during math class), on the early period of the band and see how close they were to the traditional anarchopunk sound.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-h2LfRI4Bk8kmgFbrgxJgpwinQaSd7irAFhIhvclBpes1cxrMxh7kjHGPwVPd2yLNYM-wp8SEjZAb6IpltK9kJerhMgpe5IMoVRlXur24wXb6ClVUyGUfkl7ueLWauEJZLAk2Z51AuAapkI-5GOOGDwQiXQHEwCsGiz6_sqsbFn1GAxI6V-QXt04dt8/s1943/Backcover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="1943" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-h2LfRI4Bk8kmgFbrgxJgpwinQaSd7irAFhIhvclBpes1cxrMxh7kjHGPwVPd2yLNYM-wp8SEjZAb6IpltK9kJerhMgpe5IMoVRlXur24wXb6ClVUyGUfkl7ueLWauEJZLAk2Z51AuAapkI-5GOOGDwQiXQHEwCsGiz6_sqsbFn1GAxI6V-QXt04dt8/w400-h395/Backcover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, their side does open with a poem entitled "Piggy overdose" about animal exploitation and the production of meat so that definitely sets the tone in terms of politics and of course these are issues that are inherent to classic anarchopunk and have even almost become synonymous with it. After all, having an animal rights number for an anarcho band was pretty much compulsory up until the mid/late noughties. Failure to provide a specimen could result in the members having their anarchopunk membership cards cancelled and, worse, being exposed as posers in public. We don't have such problems nowadays, fortunately. Just post a picture of yourself with a vegan cupcake on Insta with the proper trendy # and you're good to go. Why even bother mentioning animal rights in a song anymore now that we have Beyond Meat and get vegan food at the supermarket? Vegan sausages were the ultimate goal, right? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6j2e8KVF5ACBMbwrbtCmGz5SrShplEE4RCWsds-7A-vVsap-P0h4dWOxDb6AGZQp24Fe76Z48j_wHwa-tc-_VX0kCXu26fViG0TR1tTgEaQ8J21L46tRxhrakp7ti21QC0AliQQ09QJ2JJdN5SNsnTvx9hElcwCFahd56CL0LRaq5udMUAyRYsCwBA4/s2733/KH%20insert.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2733" data-original-width="1976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6j2e8KVF5ACBMbwrbtCmGz5SrShplEE4RCWsds-7A-vVsap-P0h4dWOxDb6AGZQp24Fe76Z48j_wHwa-tc-_VX0kCXu26fViG0TR1tTgEaQ8J21L46tRxhrakp7ti21QC0AliQQ09QJ2JJdN5SNsnTvx9hElcwCFahd56CL0LRaq5udMUAyRYsCwBA4/w289-h400/KH%20insert.jpeg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Like the poem and some spoken parts, there are other softer, tuneful moments in the music reminiscent of the 80's school, like the Omega Tribe-ish opening of the brilliant "Honour Mother Earth" but on the whole KH was very much a high energy post-anarcho hardcore thrash band. They kept the politics and the fierce DIY non-profit of anarchopunk but were first and foremost a hardcore band musically (such a comment applies to most of the early crust bands). I see the first era of KH in the same light as other late 80's British fast anarcho hardcore like Generic, Electro Hippies and Active Minds in terms of creative intent to which you could add a healthy slice of late Anti-System and filthy spoonfuls of Mortal Terror. Raw and direct snotty hardcore. I really like the energy and the drive and unsurprisingly, what with me being a sucker for early Britcrust and UK hardcore, I think the music is bloody brilliant and makes the heart beat. Undeniably, it is more relevant to think of 1991's KH as a powerful illustration of the classic mid/late 80's UK hardcore sound rather than a draft of what they would be doing 10 years later. Very good and rather unappreciated. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ10b86f2Ah0kFmdTlHyGNq3IFPxBnRMvbrsJt7X99tMmxVZ01Y3SI1xVzAYg087yax0PXPSu-BOBGOKack0WzuOwH7Mk--ReqEd0TNmdexVlWiwoFb6AGinRstEhNFNbnIemMU8Uea76plEyGy73-Sg7Q5fngrsAH35PhiME1vf4YBE_kuxIa28sczRg/s2558/AS%20insert.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="1884" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ10b86f2Ah0kFmdTlHyGNq3IFPxBnRMvbrsJt7X99tMmxVZ01Y3SI1xVzAYg087yax0PXPSu-BOBGOKack0WzuOwH7Mk--ReqEd0TNmdexVlWiwoFb6AGinRstEhNFNbnIemMU8Uea76plEyGy73-Sg7Q5fngrsAH35PhiME1vf4YBE_kuxIa28sczRg/w295-h400/AS%20insert.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The other side of <i>Love is our Strongest Weapon </i>comes from Athens, Greece, with the band Αρνητική Στάση/Arniki Stasi. If you have already read my glorious prose on the blog, you will have noticed, quite certainly, that I dearly enjoy the specific brand of dark punk-rock that Greece has produced since the 80's. I even made an introductory <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2020/04/bellicose-pessimism-and-melancholy-of.html">compilation</a> if you are interested (and you should be, knowledge of the classic Greek punk sound could help you triumph over your opponents on trivia nights). Like most people outside of Greece - beside initial followers of KH I presume - I first heard of Αρνητική Στάση through their connection to Profane Existence with whom they worked on the release of the <i>Spectators of Decadence </i>Ep in 1993. I distinctly remember getting the 15-year anniversary issue of Profane Existence in 2004 that included a retrospective compilation that had ΑΣ among many other bands that I was not familiar with at the time like One By One or State of Fear. The Greeks did not really sound like the other bands on the compilation (they kinda stuck out, almost as much as Karma Sutra) but their song was anthemic, dynamic and had a cracking chorus. And well, they were from Greece, that was very unusual for me at the time and the peculiar tonalities and flow of the language were challenging but also memorable and enticing. Different but good, I craved for more, the polar opposite of the time I first heard ethereal shoegaze and I ended up vomiting in the paper bin because there was already someone in the toilets. That the ΑΣ Ep is nowhere to be found on its own on youtube is ridiculous. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">As I progressively grew into a maniacal Greek crust fan (one of my favourite sub-sub-subgenres), my focus shifted toward ΑΣ's classic 1993 album <i>Άγγελοι Του Ψεύδους</i>, a work that blended the heavy metallic Greek crust sound with the classic dark punk sound, not unlike an orgy between Ολέθριο Ρήγμα/Olethrio Rigma, Ναυτία/Naytia and Γενιά Του Χάους/Genia Toy Xaoys. It is a great inventive album that does not totally fit into preconceived categories and it comes highly recommended if you are into 90's hardcore punk. This split Lp is totally crust-free on AE's side and their progression between 1990 and 1993 is impressive. At the start of the decade, ΑΣ epitomised what Greek dark punk is all about: melancholy but energetic, desperate but bellicose, suicidal but fighting to live, deceptively simple, always on the verge of crashing, catchy and tuneful but not really melodic, it just has a specific feel. On this side, they excel at using all the songwriting tricks popularized by Γενιά Του Χάους, Ex-Humans or Γκούλαγκ/Gulag with a simple clear sound and production, almost minimal at times but the intensity and sincerity emanating from the songs themselves are enough. ΑΣ jump from psychedelic rock, to moody mid-paced anarcho-tinged punk, fast hardcore punk or depressed, trippy yet raging dark punk and yet it never sounds like a random aggregate of songs, they really work and flow together in a very natural fashion and the overall trippy atmosphere and sonorities help the songs coalesce and echo with each other. ΑΣ are hypnotic on this record. A full discography of the band was released last year so you know what to do.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BJMqL-iYD_didAZMyvX85D3IIRQ6q6jVdETcPS3PilL9usQanh7JdPT7QFo5J-Rzj_JHL8Sie1VUFmRZkacx4LKGHexA6Enf-uQkFnatUGMfwd_nr3puC9EZrt4daVSr4UPo0oFsmUwL4VHPo0qLVsNOg7bIHx2trzruwboZzA7Fn0lzGswF5Jndpd8/s2848/As%20lyrics.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2136" data-original-width="2848" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BJMqL-iYD_didAZMyvX85D3IIRQ6q6jVdETcPS3PilL9usQanh7JdPT7QFo5J-Rzj_JHL8Sie1VUFmRZkacx4LKGHexA6Enf-uQkFnatUGMfwd_nr3puC9EZrt4daVSr4UPo0oFsmUwL4VHPo0qLVsNOg7bIHx2trzruwboZzA7Fn0lzGswF5Jndpd8/s320/As%20lyrics.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In terms of lyrics, ΑΣ was a political animal with words about fighting back against the police, resisting oppression and even an animal rights number. So they were clearly an anarchist dark punk band but assessing the influence of the early UK anarcho wave on their songwriting (or on Greek punk in general) is trickier. In addition the obvious local culprits, without context, you could definitely find parallels with British bands like The Mob, Conflict even, Karma Sutra, Two Fingered Approach or Null & Void. It could just be out of a common mood and similar desires and ways to express things rather than a conscious decision to use such influences to create your language. It could be neither or, maybe more likely, it could be both. The Greek style is not identical to its British counterpart, there are other influences going on and meeting and merging with one another, it easily stands on its own two feet, but to my ears the connections in terms of mood and content and atmosphere are obvious. They are like cousins if you like. That Bluurg Records released Ex-Humans' demo tape in 1984 cannot have been a coincidence. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3SV0j2zGu1NN59K1BTm3m05BXhuq3fV0426k8ncWZFg4vAN1oj6CfsRG3K1Bs7vXfPTXjn9G1wAvGVk-Ec4HsS0Izyk-5SebRS1vpfVCuKRfNmUcf4f9FUTGzFf2flG2dFqbUE1bnAN3CroOn_gpX59a3mBAUFuXb8aszG3g8tts-sYNg-QdpeUWC_E/s2596/Poster.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2596" data-original-width="1960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3SV0j2zGu1NN59K1BTm3m05BXhuq3fV0426k8ncWZFg4vAN1oj6CfsRG3K1Bs7vXfPTXjn9G1wAvGVk-Ec4HsS0Izyk-5SebRS1vpfVCuKRfNmUcf4f9FUTGzFf2flG2dFqbUE1bnAN3CroOn_gpX59a3mBAUFuXb8aszG3g8tts-sYNg-QdpeUWC_E/w303-h400/Poster.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Love is our Strongest Weapon </i>is classic because KH and ΑΣ both exemplified a specific time, place and genre and original because such a pairing was unique and the combination of a British anarcho hardcore thrash band with an angry hypnotic Greek dark punk makes a lot of sense. It is meaningful and it offers a wide array of emotions and vibes while the two bands share essential common beliefs. The cover is unusual. I'm being diplomatic here as the first thing you notice is that there is a mulleted hippie with his cock out right in the middle. It is not badly executed as the psychedelic shroomy aesthetics are not irrelevant considering the bands and you still have the reassuring figures of a nazi police officer and a crazy vivisector to indicate that it is indeed an anarchopunk record. In fact, I quite like it. But still: cock out. The Lp also comes with a poster depicting an angry-looking crucified Jesus... with his cock out! And there are two other crucified cocks, fully erect, in the background. The artist responsible for the poster is one Mike Diana who was apparently the first artist to receive a criminal conviction for obscenity in the U$ of A. Thanks for that Wikipedia. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A delightful minor classic.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIv9-nxjXCVmOo_OYGxQsC6NyqFO1JHv2BhvEvyXJ-M5vdRnLZxT0Ni_7iplQ69XXpiuFJeV_KL34ByG6eKWJmDu5uztIRr1MA9SVpRrlQ-V-NiHDQeCYL8w8aOXBhmdKfXecDhFH4BE5H8UXFcaz7bu0L7HHh11SYdjIV8ij-RxV-I8h6i5gDvVTur8/s1766/KH%20side.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="1766" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIv9-nxjXCVmOo_OYGxQsC6NyqFO1JHv2BhvEvyXJ-M5vdRnLZxT0Ni_7iplQ69XXpiuFJeV_KL34ByG6eKWJmDu5uztIRr1MA9SVpRrlQ-V-NiHDQeCYL8w8aOXBhmdKfXecDhFH4BE5H8UXFcaz7bu0L7HHh11SYdjIV8ij-RxV-I8h6i5gDvVTur8/s320/KH%20side.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdF7-IrX38V6H_W_jGrawPaVNtIlm_0i8V-7qXbOEuHlw1GbljTSouizdF47wVEMa0Bfk06t2ml_56Vy1yMylq3woXpXxOX57OvXfR2laCxvHA11mIiZsG4Q362QoMs077DyBI6TdpDM3arV6AEFCamB1u_VI3FW9TijckL1Nakf5u64Wd5IcgLaqix1g/s1983/As%20side.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="1983" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdF7-IrX38V6H_W_jGrawPaVNtIlm_0i8V-7qXbOEuHlw1GbljTSouizdF47wVEMa0Bfk06t2ml_56Vy1yMylq3woXpXxOX57OvXfR2laCxvHA11mIiZsG4Q362QoMs077DyBI6TdpDM3arV6AEFCamB1u_VI3FW9TijckL1Nakf5u64Wd5IcgLaqix1g/s320/As%20side.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/wm3coaahqndqex6/KHAE.zip/file">Punk is our strongest weapon</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-28774237268169604982023-07-05T20:47:00.001+02:002023-07-05T20:54:19.717+02:00Still Believing in ANOK: Włochaty "Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi" cd, 1996<p style="text-align: justify;">If the name FUAL, the Irish band we covered last time, was a little tricky and rather confusing, to pronounce the name Włochaty properly on a first attempt would be akin to a miracle, an event that neither science nor reason could explain. A bit like that bloke who woke up from a coma speaking a highly difficult random foreign language perfectly while he had never even left his hometown in the arse-end-of-nowhere and could barely spell in his mother language to start with. Unless you're Polish or have some knowledge of it. Sometimes I wonder whether Polish punk bands pick names that are hard to pronounce just to take the piss (I know I would). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkw8XS2JBiCNJkePtid5qTJLSNHHlS85mzOu7oupKY276TQGLnskM4B-NVc1x2mpXisydlb-AjU7fOxVTni2kBDfvatIMOJbhROpWOFOwoDjbaOAmpPin-NocukCK6ivLGijzNOxxGUyb9uWk2S7HT_HGH_oXahDQtRJ-iDadCOUPLa_0BFb5WU9hG4k/s1406/cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1406" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkw8XS2JBiCNJkePtid5qTJLSNHHlS85mzOu7oupKY276TQGLnskM4B-NVc1x2mpXisydlb-AjU7fOxVTni2kBDfvatIMOJbhROpWOFOwoDjbaOAmpPin-NocukCK6ivLGijzNOxxGUyb9uWk2S7HT_HGH_oXahDQtRJ-iDadCOUPLa_0BFb5WU9hG4k/w400-h390/cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Włochaty is actually one of the first Polish punk bands I became familiar with in the early 00's, an innocent time when hair loss was still a prospect so distant it was practically unreal and when you could look like a fool without fearing to be the object of a demeaning viral video online. The drummer (who was Polish) and the guitar player of my very first band, a pretty basic French-style punk-rock band with more motivation than talent, were really into Polish punk-rock, a concept that, at a time when I mostly knew English and American bands, sounded about as strange and exotic as polar bear racing ("<i>so they also have punk in Poland! Fuck me!</i>"). I realize now it sounds a little stupid and adorable (alright, mostly stupid I suppose) but I remember vividly the Polish punk tapes my friends played in the guitar player's derelict car. The sound was ghastly as the tapes had been played to death and the tape player was not exactly top-of-the-range (cd players in car were a thing of the upper-class and we loathed them with a passion). On those tapes were Dezerter (obviously) but also Tzn Xenna, Moskwa and many others I cannot remember (those would have almost certainly been classic 80's bands in retrospect). And Włochaty, certainly the band that impressed me the most as they didn't really sound like anything I knew.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahBDLh00fQHixmfaMn3Sq1p_fEq6lDRMB8EBKdEZrcRQ5FdVGpKguFfDBvAXgIC9R0sJ62MbX1LQTIU2UtdnNO9KhnVNx7pwjLtrTLglsKuOTzlNoCO7FbI3BxmuwE3I_Nk7XnA8dTIRo3Ln011EQwQlfKo2hn-GNTGSp6GRDIbYoyQt__wSkI-7cvMk/s1804/Backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="1804" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahBDLh00fQHixmfaMn3Sq1p_fEq6lDRMB8EBKdEZrcRQ5FdVGpKguFfDBvAXgIC9R0sJ62MbX1LQTIU2UtdnNO9KhnVNx7pwjLtrTLglsKuOTzlNoCO7FbI3BxmuwE3I_Nk7XnA8dTIRo3Ln011EQwQlfKo2hn-GNTGSp6GRDIbYoyQt__wSkI-7cvMk/w400-h303/Backcover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As fate would have it, Włochaty toured Europe after this musical encounter (in 2002 or early 2003 I think). A mate of ours was doing a fanzine at the time and he asked us if we could interview the band. So we wrote down some questions (pretty much the usual police interrogation about their influences, politics in Poland, nazis, the local scene and so on) which the drummer translated and we interviewed the band. I have to admit I was pretty proud of myself although I cannot say I did that much. I do remember including a question about how much they loved Conflict and lecturing a helpless friend in the audience about the correct pronunciation of the band's name. I barely knew better than him (after all I had only just talked with the band as some of them spoke English) but I was in a position to pretend I did. Włochaty played a solid gig and that was that. My band split up and I did not really listen to much Włochaty afterwards. They became that kind of good bands that you know you like but don't listen to anymore. A bit like that high school friend who got pissed with you instead of going to P.E. class. A solid dude you would love to see more often but whom you just never call.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDxt6WCag4Kki6U-3JqXcLIFEZfOcfsSGO2cYE9pCKHoZTA-wEefKYCm11KQFHrCTwgX34vU0ggr1_j4vbwx_jpBR80jEAgyCyi1ofcl1Vf9C_SSXztg91rOXebnEcpd9BddeRNRHflzVioJ2gG1nrwrIAfO-VAEUxWTGrtL2CESLYNYoIzMc7YB1C3w/s1633/Art.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="1633" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDxt6WCag4Kki6U-3JqXcLIFEZfOcfsSGO2cYE9pCKHoZTA-wEefKYCm11KQFHrCTwgX34vU0ggr1_j4vbwx_jpBR80jEAgyCyi1ofcl1Vf9C_SSXztg91rOXebnEcpd9BddeRNRHflzVioJ2gG1nrwrIAfO-VAEUxWTGrtL2CESLYNYoIzMc7YB1C3w/w400-h335/Art.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">When I started thinking about <i>Still Believing in ANOK </i>there were bands that spontaneously came to mind, because they epitomised the survivance of the traditional 80's anarchopunk sound into the 90's and also because some of those bands had been unfairly forgotten (like Capite Damnare or Firing Squad) despite penning some great anarcho songs with their own twist. I instantly thought of Stracony - the Polish Alternative - because they are brilliant and underrated and quite naturally my thoughts drifted towards Włochaty (it actually means "<i>hairy</i>" in Polish) and their magnum opus <i>Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi</i>. I played the album carefully because I only remembered it through younger ears that had not yet been polished and elevated by two additional decades of listening intently, intensely and relentlessly to punk music. And well, you could make the argument that <i>Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi </i>is easily one of the best anarchopunk albums of the 90's. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vNpM8UXGkPGEQmUxvk0dnPN3FMVAif8F9ExXAfEZvSWw4-S_VqCcLZx_xoI6CvkpjM0bhU8YacoN3Y3SawYF9QljSIpsJfUVtXQH3zqSqC2LSu92drav1KiRYKySVLGb9gnk97brFbAoR9qER2S-XvdDOEsBEIzPYVfqmCy_U4FyZgd9dF6MsboT_hI/s1399/Booklet%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1399" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vNpM8UXGkPGEQmUxvk0dnPN3FMVAif8F9ExXAfEZvSWw4-S_VqCcLZx_xoI6CvkpjM0bhU8YacoN3Y3SawYF9QljSIpsJfUVtXQH3zqSqC2LSu92drav1KiRYKySVLGb9gnk97brFbAoR9qER2S-XvdDOEsBEIzPYVfqmCy_U4FyZgd9dF6MsboT_hI/w400-h394/Booklet%20cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Such a claim is a matter of perspective too of course because Włochaty were huge in Poland: the tape version of their first album from 1994 sold about 20.000 copies and the band grew into something that no longer belonged to the realms of DIY punk. And let's face it, some of their 00's albums were dreadful and the band did not necessarily take the right turns. So that if you are from Poland, because of this history with which you're obviously familiar because Włochaty is that big famous band, your view of the band is different to that of a punk with a relative knowledge of Polish punk music but oblivious to the status of the band. Because I, the coolest kid in town, am a refined connoisseur of Punk and not just a vowel-challenged nincompoop, I am of course aware of such a discrepancy and therefore I have to do my best to be as objective as possible about <i>Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi</i>. And objectivity dictates that this album must be seen as one of the great anarchopunk works of the 90's along with FUAL, Aus-Rotten's <i>The System Works... for Them</i>, Cress' <i>Monuments </i>or Resist and Exist's Ep's. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSY8jRfkB9W5vYoPBzVZRznrWHGR7ZbfmloxCfOeD5f3x7zKeN8ZVRTo-PAX_crOPRU8_IpPikpCoxaOxBjlncTzBGXh2vo1PkJy15eqIzhGUup2ncatiIyXmQTMcZB-hW7BgstgFUJKHpLYxLH0Kb6vn4QKgWmLHQ6wnnNkG4Wsk5APtvQFHG_eNuTE/s2807/lyrics%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="2807" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtSY8jRfkB9W5vYoPBzVZRznrWHGR7ZbfmloxCfOeD5f3x7zKeN8ZVRTo-PAX_crOPRU8_IpPikpCoxaOxBjlncTzBGXh2vo1PkJy15eqIzhGUup2ncatiIyXmQTMcZB-hW7BgstgFUJKHpLYxLH0Kb6vn4QKgWmLHQ6wnnNkG4Wsk5APtvQFHG_eNuTE/s320/lyrics%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1Wn3ruwneybESx3Lx4ysdcAvZWTmKucRrLYGZBBB9ur7kVH-J2s1Vv0PV-koHRl7YRTjAx8BQqbFLgxUIxWv2Rbe_lwrZEDWWQD7XFdRL_N8suMX5h93ZdASJjaLV26GVroVV7LKNv08s_b-f5SbIah7-TpxWymF44pgv1YD7YiQxmXbfsJgsjwibE0/s2807/lyrics%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="2807" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1Wn3ruwneybESx3Lx4ysdcAvZWTmKucRrLYGZBBB9ur7kVH-J2s1Vv0PV-koHRl7YRTjAx8BQqbFLgxUIxWv2Rbe_lwrZEDWWQD7XFdRL_N8suMX5h93ZdASJjaLV26GVroVV7LKNv08s_b-f5SbIah7-TpxWymF44pgv1YD7YiQxmXbfsJgsjwibE0/s320/lyrics%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmwYBDeL9QqWXVGQ1B-6-V1e5LRhIljUMpvhZ_-SuaXnKKl2e8Od1-VZ8G-btrCYMvAR2g4VAfyVaT6t8kwLOb_59qKYtYjrOaqrE14jy_xIg7Z87UDjavMJO8OxWW9qjTNuQ-hP9wQ67CxTcv5hi4JZppbs9OdBbiS7vwa4yPtKxcGdMywymEfL-Dgg/s2807/lyrics%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="2807" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmwYBDeL9QqWXVGQ1B-6-V1e5LRhIljUMpvhZ_-SuaXnKKl2e8Od1-VZ8G-btrCYMvAR2g4VAfyVaT6t8kwLOb_59qKYtYjrOaqrE14jy_xIg7Z87UDjavMJO8OxWW9qjTNuQ-hP9wQ67CxTcv5hi4JZppbs9OdBbiS7vwa4yPtKxcGdMywymEfL-Dgg/s320/lyrics%203.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgyiLnh2moOaC-Zuqu70LdXmVBzc8W9ZM0hiSf61xOPIBxkM1nKYIUXPQyT9qomvCgVFxBHgoZs0lRKvFFoB5CiREq647IeWfXbYDqs8OqqUhH8Cwo0SdKyJJvxN1kofJmjXXpz2y60o_Of2HVwKoKj9jNfApTTbLSGf0RWqKW1JOLSOv1WfWMGQCswQ/s2796/lyrics%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="2796" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgyiLnh2moOaC-Zuqu70LdXmVBzc8W9ZM0hiSf61xOPIBxkM1nKYIUXPQyT9qomvCgVFxBHgoZs0lRKvFFoB5CiREq647IeWfXbYDqs8OqqUhH8Cwo0SdKyJJvxN1kofJmjXXpz2y60o_Of2HVwKoKj9jNfApTTbLSGf0RWqKW1JOLSOv1WfWMGQCswQ/s320/lyrics%204.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi</i>'s main quality is how monumental, original and epic it sounds, and I mean genuinely formidable, armed with a powerful scope, a coherent meaningful discourse and a sense of narration that is rarely seen in punk-rock<i>. </i>Włochaty were not the heaviest or the most aggressive but the intensity and creativity displayed on their second album is nothing short of awe-inspiring and few anarcho bands can claim to have crafted a work as impressive and convincing as Szczecin's most famous punk export (yeah try to pronounce this while you're at it). There are a lot of great things going on on this Lp so that it would be impossible to list them all. Like any good punk albums (or just albums really) Włochaty's is built like a real story fueled by narrative tools and recurring themes. The use of radio samples reflecting the post-communist Polish society of the 90's, with all it entails in terms of cultural and political changes, throughout the work indicates a cohesive thematic continuity. Likewise the brilliantly epic sax (it pains me to say that I actually enjoy it a lot here) is not overbearing and only operates tastefully at some specific moments to emphasize a mood, increase the pressure or introduce transitions and interludes between songs, keeping in mind that most of the songs are tied with one another through feedback (a trick that Conflict, of course, also used 10 years prior) forming a whole. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAO-ITO2oFsVqV7Fof6hhqjZ993dQXmnC7qLS3RKVGDISLmlBvV6ipD0nqThW6y-xe1Ot-Vlnb1l_2LatCU_QY0NqvSjrwyIsJgweFvb3iAZJa81cCp5huBI3K7xZgYuxEJxQo8codjYIMsSJQZzPDH3HxZyCTfm6itUPezdGJQChWp1RU3glMW8FlLo/s2796/lyrics%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="2796" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAO-ITO2oFsVqV7Fof6hhqjZ993dQXmnC7qLS3RKVGDISLmlBvV6ipD0nqThW6y-xe1Ot-Vlnb1l_2LatCU_QY0NqvSjrwyIsJgweFvb3iAZJa81cCp5huBI3K7xZgYuxEJxQo8codjYIMsSJQZzPDH3HxZyCTfm6itUPezdGJQChWp1RU3glMW8FlLo/s320/lyrics%205.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyqahVJk-fL5ZKp6RwC8EoasvnGIQ4sZWXv4g48LTXuKJMEDsmTG4M6x1q4HgcV_zxiJXQh1415jvRrWdlVSd3npznoIBL-JnxkSb7e1cuTqN8Zixww30b52N1LvSlS4T7QQfQ8dCEvoPL-0AbPq5Bm1o1Y-E_Mcop1vLtqfmwHjZqsd1A1Kpuv1xowg/s2796/lyrics%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="2796" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyqahVJk-fL5ZKp6RwC8EoasvnGIQ4sZWXv4g48LTXuKJMEDsmTG4M6x1q4HgcV_zxiJXQh1415jvRrWdlVSd3npznoIBL-JnxkSb7e1cuTqN8Zixww30b52N1LvSlS4T7QQfQ8dCEvoPL-0AbPq5Bm1o1Y-E_Mcop1vLtqfmwHjZqsd1A1Kpuv1xowg/s320/lyrics%206.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj969YG5JCI6TrBFQQWFA9RKDET-WVCyzNaT4nlTQnycUItMrz6NqS_6eYFZTzucvb78HW0mGnwDrPkX2Jf-eoGKor3Ol2Y2Rw3D57dCvmR7SKrgvQ3UnkU5akufplRxqkcCK_bI2zW22cJI4zvmVWG7E7D87AR6uEKMmbwCWvhF9SSyMB_HINC5g07mM/s2796/lyrics%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="2796" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj969YG5JCI6TrBFQQWFA9RKDET-WVCyzNaT4nlTQnycUItMrz6NqS_6eYFZTzucvb78HW0mGnwDrPkX2Jf-eoGKor3Ol2Y2Rw3D57dCvmR7SKrgvQ3UnkU5akufplRxqkcCK_bI2zW22cJI4zvmVWG7E7D87AR6uEKMmbwCWvhF9SSyMB_HINC5g07mM/s320/lyrics%207.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbC4lsvt8A22UrV3aXTKjPCOf8yWtONAuxNK-miDt5B2CVMYYsQAAI_rbBCPdTDbES-k1whG7ZNmvHBVHd-ufcHirct68QOWcWfMaNpCruTB_xUO7UCzXTvugVO4PDi-yfUvEBA_5wAF7aFHhAiSSQnTfib3pgbHYkOv8GwGh6MKz6vBkyXEZ3fUmYlY/s2796/lyrics%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="2796" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbC4lsvt8A22UrV3aXTKjPCOf8yWtONAuxNK-miDt5B2CVMYYsQAAI_rbBCPdTDbES-k1whG7ZNmvHBVHd-ufcHirct68QOWcWfMaNpCruTB_xUO7UCzXTvugVO4PDi-yfUvEBA_5wAF7aFHhAiSSQnTfib3pgbHYkOv8GwGh6MKz6vBkyXEZ3fUmYlY/s320/lyrics%208.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The very fast-paced vocal delivery, the maniacal rants and the crazy length of the lyrics are breath-taking at times and can clearly be said to be one of the band's trademarks, it has that intense, almost insane feel that some angry punks are endlessly shouting pamphlets at you (not unlike Dave Trenga from Aus-Rotten and Behind Enemy Lines but with even more words) and the listening experience can be a little exhausting, although I personally love it as it reminds me of a lot of the UK anarcho greats. On a strictly musical level, Włochaty were certainly not a one-trick poney (or rather a one-beat poney) as they experimented with a lot of changes of paces, song structures (there is a proper punk epics on <i>Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi</i>), wrote real transitions and melodies while hitting hard and on the whole displayed a versatile and inspired songwriting ability (yes there is some reggae, get prepared, but also spoken parts and instrumental songs). Conflict's <i>Ungovernable Force - </i>and even <i>Conclusion </i>actually - are by far the band's prevalent influences here, not just in terms of sound but also in terms of structure, form and how it helps shape the music and the message. It has to be noted Włochaty's sometimes complex songs also illustrated a context that was confusing, contradictory and polymorphous. And well, there are also direct loving nods to Conflict as well as Crass (not an easy feat) just to be on the safe side, and Icons of Filth are definitely not far away. The top-drawer riffing, with that inventiveness characteristic of Polish bands, can bring classics like Abaddon or Armia to mind. The band was definitely a 90's band though. I am reminded of what Kochise or Sin Dios were trying to do, not because these bands sounded alike (they did not) but because they built something that was relevant and original at a time when it mattered.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1AJhb_oB7BbvTL5osrUZ8r9ZR9DeZ93-9lZ8n2aa4dFbcyMH--MT2aTgHlidd9EfHFh5GDHcZxyyn_SogVhB6Okm1rQXLhtOq2lAhmaxhS74oVLrI35FTbO3U38DsrRAz2ApeDBq80vE3HFstCVe7TiLtByBxvFm-x4435HYg0yn5JCCXpMdmRq0ee4/s2796/lyrics%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="2796" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1AJhb_oB7BbvTL5osrUZ8r9ZR9DeZ93-9lZ8n2aa4dFbcyMH--MT2aTgHlidd9EfHFh5GDHcZxyyn_SogVhB6Okm1rQXLhtOq2lAhmaxhS74oVLrI35FTbO3U38DsrRAz2ApeDBq80vE3HFstCVe7TiLtByBxvFm-x4435HYg0yn5JCCXpMdmRq0ee4/s320/lyrics%209.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhb0ezq4_8PdzKkeFmUXKcpXZ2OO6VQH7GVAfibbIcZA8J5sEKI0mlEni1XpcWWtXVegYQTj1EIPxPTMqjIjdcoYNDpuHAhsClFKA5Lu_BS8ttQhrkgRrcJcOd5nIlTr8CRuiobOr2_PJMsl3rhz2JEVzRKDPgYse4GrsLnLMTb1neJi7C7cfDQ3kk8Y/s2785/lyrics%2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="2785" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhb0ezq4_8PdzKkeFmUXKcpXZ2OO6VQH7GVAfibbIcZA8J5sEKI0mlEni1XpcWWtXVegYQTj1EIPxPTMqjIjdcoYNDpuHAhsClFKA5Lu_BS8ttQhrkgRrcJcOd5nIlTr8CRuiobOr2_PJMsl3rhz2JEVzRKDPgYse4GrsLnLMTb1neJi7C7cfDQ3kk8Y/s320/lyrics%2010.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP9hatHjJkkJr29A0Nn9TI54jcpiGVg-b67uNi_dxn4wGyuHQJ7OOA44BjgYzwD0Yt7MjV6GSZGMTAcuVLJIcaEM5_X3O7os_zh_zau3z5Txqf6JzwIAGkyVX9j2DRepr705agJLjkBUKOfZFUfe0bNe5Q0Zm3Ze4RAM0cdLq91XqlVbMtXGdDHkY67Q/s2785/lyrics%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="2785" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmP9hatHjJkkJr29A0Nn9TI54jcpiGVg-b67uNi_dxn4wGyuHQJ7OOA44BjgYzwD0Yt7MjV6GSZGMTAcuVLJIcaEM5_X3O7os_zh_zau3z5Txqf6JzwIAGkyVX9j2DRepr705agJLjkBUKOfZFUfe0bNe5Q0Zm3Ze4RAM0cdLq91XqlVbMtXGdDHkY67Q/s320/lyrics%2011.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This is a wonderful punk album with a clear production highlighting the musicianship and I keep noticing new details each time I play it, whether it is a bass line, a transition I had not really given much thought to or just a jazzy guitar tune, </span><i style="text-align: left;">Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi </i><span style="text-align: left;">is a rich work (and it has a song called "Hiroschirac" which always cracks me up). The album has one major flaw: it does not look good. The cover is pretty bland and, if the thick booklet is packed with lyrics (they had a lot to say and those are very long, dense lyrics), it does not really look like anything and is mostly informative. English translations are provided in case you want to know what this is all about (you should). This is the cd version released on Nikt Nic Nie Wie (aka NNNW) the classic Polish label and distros that has been running since 1989. The vinyl version may look better but the cd also includes eight (!) bonus songs that were not included on the tape or vinyl versions. I am not sure where the songs come from, they were not meant to be part of the album-as-story and some are new takes on older songs with a better production but they were probably recorded around the same time, between December, 1995 and January, 1996. For once, I therefore actually recommend you pick the cd version. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAckuWvpqNlqh9BcWb0HOirUr_xJk_AA-a7QKzqiknaxBE17ygsyDzhISSy_jUoNXJKisRgbiM2HNXb3yAX2bhyaGT2AWletpmAFy_XWTkPHUQ8c8QjA6BphZgoLY7FSJRoBS__EF5FvVhYSfaPbPLJmRil84nKjSGpIXx-mJ69xggPRqwUPbHYGH5jY/s2785/lyrics%2013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="2785" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAckuWvpqNlqh9BcWb0HOirUr_xJk_AA-a7QKzqiknaxBE17ygsyDzhISSy_jUoNXJKisRgbiM2HNXb3yAX2bhyaGT2AWletpmAFy_XWTkPHUQ8c8QjA6BphZgoLY7FSJRoBS__EF5FvVhYSfaPbPLJmRil84nKjSGpIXx-mJ69xggPRqwUPbHYGH5jY/s320/lyrics%2013.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Proper anarchopunk epics here.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwgFd-jacijMTC4NTPDYUJjhQwQkzqmL0p8GmCZw3cNKSqRXLfa8F2bTwcIstRHUS32peQEpVndKKXRVSKpYT018OHF3jln5IsFrXkQmV8vBt8x0RS8MSRmkMBUoEbgIIESodgyVRGpilZYYnHqzlcg-qeCYA3V_MUCc0kWiNhuOKkL2EAHSO-aAvAb8/s1429/cd.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="1416" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwgFd-jacijMTC4NTPDYUJjhQwQkzqmL0p8GmCZw3cNKSqRXLfa8F2bTwcIstRHUS32peQEpVndKKXRVSKpYT018OHF3jln5IsFrXkQmV8vBt8x0RS8MSRmkMBUoEbgIIESodgyVRGpilZYYnHqzlcg-qeCYA3V_MUCc0kWiNhuOKkL2EAHSO-aAvAb8/s320/cd.jpeg" width="317" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/geqy382mcda3whi/WWPZ.zip/file">Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi</a><br /></span></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-57402866081511416082023-06-22T19:00:00.002+02:002023-06-22T19:00:53.088+02:00Still Believing in ANOK: F.U.A.L. "Veganic wind" Lp, 2017<p style="text-align: justify;">To this day I am not sure how you are supposed to pronounce the name of this band properly. Is it like "fuel" with the phoneme [əl] something like [<span face="Gentium, "Gentium Plus", GentiumAlt, "DejaVu Sans", "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", "Charis SIL", "Doulos SIL", "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", Code2000, "Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 15.4px; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">ˈfjuː</span>əl<span face="Gentium, "Gentium Plus", GentiumAlt, "DejaVu Sans", "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", "Charis SIL", "Doulos SIL", "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", Code2000, "Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 15.4px; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures;">l]</span>? Or should you pronounce each letter separately like you do for T.S.O.L. or C.F.D.L.? I would be lying if I claimed that I talk about F.U.A.L. often. In fact, to be honest, I cannot remember the last time I did but it would have been along the lines of: "<i>Do you know a band called fuel, or maybe fuale, or F.U.A.L. even? You don't? What a shame, go pose somewhere out of my sight". </i>So not much success in terms of proselytising I'm afraid. And yet F.U.A.L. are absolutely brilliant and I believe that, would people be more aware of their existence, they would probably be right into them and some would make pricy bootleg shirts. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNki_h0Pk4ktej5S6bOroOtEnxe6EYjCDdCjOPfFY9zlQ6TNipRHf-pk-Qj_cuCwlEh7cTcl5B_607EqpesdyKXIrrkIZz9pu1uSUj7ZBCpAnj2UuZCDJpTblK9hmBQR6_06yqJE8SG8HkDUBj5bT31VjtNqsbSKa1ODg_U3ZRsSwgY0O9XPGsat7/s1950/Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1894" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNki_h0Pk4ktej5S6bOroOtEnxe6EYjCDdCjOPfFY9zlQ6TNipRHf-pk-Qj_cuCwlEh7cTcl5B_607EqpesdyKXIrrkIZz9pu1uSUj7ZBCpAnj2UuZCDJpTblK9hmBQR6_06yqJE8SG8HkDUBj5bT31VjtNqsbSKa1ODg_U3ZRsSwgY0O9XPGsat7/w389-h400/Cover.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tragically, the band suffers from the same disadvantageous bias as many other Belfast punk bands who have often been isolated and forgotten in the very London-centric collective memory of British punk. The work of Ian Glasper, and several other writers afterwards, definitely gave some highly deserved space and context to the Belfast scene and its bands and I am convinced that it allowed some of us to discover some underestimated and overlooked bands from Northern Ireland like the magnificent Toxic Waste (the reissue of <i>Belfast </i>by Sealed Records was long overdue and I am very grateful to the label for resurrecting this classic) or the fabulous Stalag 17 (who should be reissued, I am going to petition labels). I knew Toxic Waste before <i>The Day the Country Died, </i>of course, because I am the coolest kid in town and I already wrote a lengthy article about the legendary split that you can read admiringly and with delight <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2020/03/last-weeks-trend-is-now-passe-part-3.html">here</a>. <i> </i> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEp6ioTQy3aS-v-7pjnuIb_EDWAx1wquqRs2IcABTkaxWhp4Ossf0OO8HqwXOmeYGYItdOT9WtTNRi5VLS2AE20Mh4_TFsGLF44vA8xEQ3i6iesvSSPztNlntX3CWA3C0YqeUt3l3rLnTkctxoqQSMBzuiy3X8YvTTHoDBMmHjqW3n5RPtxP2iJhyY/s2785/Backcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="2785" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEp6ioTQy3aS-v-7pjnuIb_EDWAx1wquqRs2IcABTkaxWhp4Ossf0OO8HqwXOmeYGYItdOT9WtTNRi5VLS2AE20Mh4_TFsGLF44vA8xEQ3i6iesvSSPztNlntX3CWA3C0YqeUt3l3rLnTkctxoqQSMBzuiy3X8YvTTHoDBMmHjqW3n5RPtxP2iJhyY/w400-h165/Backcover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I first became aware of F.U.A.L. browsing on Ebay which I must say is not my greatest pride. I wish I had an epic story about how I accidentally found a F.U.A.L. Lp while dumpster-diving in Berlin, a tale that would earn me an infinite amount of punk points until I retire and ascertain my dominance over the masses. But I don't have one, sadly. Let's not judge, right? After reading a rather flattering description of the band from the seller, I bought the tape version of the F.U.A.L. album entitled <i>Fuck Up and Live!</i> with the booklet missing of course so that I really had very little information about the band. In fact I was not even sure what the actual name was. F.U.A.L.? Or Fuck Up and Live!? That would have been in early 2006 and I was unable to find much about them even on some message boards I was a part of (they mostly argued about Japanese hardcore and digital downloads on those anyway which sounds pretty adorable in retrospect). At that point, punk blogs were still not that common too so I was left in the dark, in a cesspit of shameful ignorance. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichi4BED7PCSISfTYktZzh5_5af9EaMahR9YlniBx1Bj0Y4wy9nimlnKr93o70C4A5JPx5pXAPGZCGbLEMCal_xzg2Eay7-DFFQjBkp2PsKUJ3roIUr1Bc63uf_DBlJjRVd82hL-lO6fbeuuCffHOmaB5N7oNWrBatOAkjaH1yWiWNJRRp26d0qzQP/s3492/Booklet%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="2474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichi4BED7PCSISfTYktZzh5_5af9EaMahR9YlniBx1Bj0Y4wy9nimlnKr93o70C4A5JPx5pXAPGZCGbLEMCal_xzg2Eay7-DFFQjBkp2PsKUJ3roIUr1Bc63uf_DBlJjRVd82hL-lO6fbeuuCffHOmaB5N7oNWrBatOAkjaH1yWiWNJRRp26d0qzQP/w284-h400/Booklet%201.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately with my best mate, we spent a couple of weeks in Ireland that summer to visit some friends. There was a party one night where I was introduced to a friendly fellow who was supposed to be some kind of experts in Irish punk music so I immediately started to bother him with F.U.A.L.. Or Fuck Up and Live!. Or Fueal. The guy was clearly patient and willing to help but he just did not understand which band I was talking about. Frustrating indeed. But then I remembered that I had actually brought the tape with me. We often traveled with a little tape player so that we could play some music when hiking and I played the F.U.A.L. tape often at that time so it just made sense to bring it to Ireland. So I showed him the tape and he immediately lit up: "<i>Oh right, you mean F.U.A.L., good man, they were grand, a cracking band </i>(and a lot of other Irish ways to say a band is good)". So I got a bit of context and it was a good night indeed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5avvb2WFMDsbMDxE-7RUeRrpR6ULCbdsUH1bVjLX-5LfTihA16jcZTKe49i24L-CpsOyD9rRxUjqWl6RC6leO24BBTgDjl2AcBsa83gc5eS3bAWYgTK6bCPn8FRGwECLSBwqXGvuXQiIY3mdxh1XVhUPNmzadLZWOL2smcEFsxG6xe_4YrP2_H8d/s3492/Booklet%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="2474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5avvb2WFMDsbMDxE-7RUeRrpR6ULCbdsUH1bVjLX-5LfTihA16jcZTKe49i24L-CpsOyD9rRxUjqWl6RC6leO24BBTgDjl2AcBsa83gc5eS3bAWYgTK6bCPn8FRGwECLSBwqXGvuXQiIY3mdxh1XVhUPNmzadLZWOL2smcEFsxG6xe_4YrP2_H8d/w284-h400/Booklet%202.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Fast forward a couple of years in 2009 and Boss Tuneage reissued the Lp and the <i>Veganic Wind </i>1989 demo on a cd that I promptly bought. And then in 2017, the same label did a limited vinyl repress "<i>made to order</i>" of <i>Veganic Wind </i>that I also promptly bought. And that is the record of today. First, let's deal with the elephant in the room: yes the title is a fart joke. A bit odd considering F.U.A.L. were a serious band with political lyrics from the heart but I don't dislike a good fart joke, especially a vegan fart joke (some members of F.U.A.L. would go on to play in Bleeding Rectum so there could be an arse-related issue in Belfast after all). The band rose from the ashes of acts like Toxic Waste, Stalag 17 and Asylum (Belfast's anarcho Big Three) and there were many changes throughout the years. Let's just say that the lineup on <i>Veganic Wind </i>was made up of Brian (Asylum), Petesy (Stalag 17), Crispo (Crude and Snyde) and singer Louanne. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2IbNfpFclZtozm4-DE8uavdAHCh8HHinNMdAQrcZ3nVZeKBhgfFW1n3ycyRLFejpJOJGQ2fz0u4i5QFCAfT7ObNqwwaAGgcep-eWcgGJyg1LvbWiHtScOxslTSAVNk4TcqjGBcukJP2mN986U0JN3-M3MfG3D5pcgpQyx37sF2XAdFjlHJrcBXOX/s3492/Booklet%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="2474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2IbNfpFclZtozm4-DE8uavdAHCh8HHinNMdAQrcZ3nVZeKBhgfFW1n3ycyRLFejpJOJGQ2fz0u4i5QFCAfT7ObNqwwaAGgcep-eWcgGJyg1LvbWiHtScOxslTSAVNk4TcqjGBcukJP2mN986U0JN3-M3MfG3D5pcgpQyx37sF2XAdFjlHJrcBXOX/w284-h400/Booklet%203.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The demo sounds like one with all that entails in terms of production and clarity but also as far as punk energy, sense of emergency and sheer emotion are concerned. F.U.A.L.'s first effort is heart-felt and you can sense the emotions, sincerity and passion in their songs and it is just beautiful. The band was not a one-trick poney either as there is a variety of paces, tones and structures throughout, from fast tuneful hardcore punk reminiscent of Dan ("Dead clergymen"), intense anarchopunk like Stalag 17 or Civilised Society? ("And the birdie said") but also melancholy goth-tinged poppy anarcho numbers ("Freedom under animal liberation" or "Repetition...") not unlike Indian Dream or Lost Cherrees. On paper, it could have a disparate feel, like a patchwork of styles and moods but the band managed to create a cohesive whole, a meaningful story. Those Belfast punks were inspired. In some arrangements and songwriting tricks, on some level, F.U.A.L. hinted unknowingly at what would come in the 90's and how political punk would evolve in some quarters. The <i>Fuck up and live! </i>Lp would have a much better production with more focus and impact and some songs were rerecorded but one could argue that <i>Veganic Wind</i>, for its ingenuous spontaneity and<i> </i>raw emotions had more charm. And it had a fart joke. That's difficult to top.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3nGO_Zrv050WhgRQYHyxSHkcN5yPHcCce4Q4EOl6vU7O5Ig6b-09ep_tuFpZVnbBBO7BcepsF3w9MHrVL14KfAGUEJ9cPotFvF0T9HT1u0mydZK0WUTa2YPkKAGhf1mgueDsq4BI6HihoPTAqagWJdXNi3rgyg3tDrjmABc04JV5dIo_TL4I0jBC/s3492/Booklet%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="2474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3nGO_Zrv050WhgRQYHyxSHkcN5yPHcCce4Q4EOl6vU7O5Ig6b-09ep_tuFpZVnbBBO7BcepsF3w9MHrVL14KfAGUEJ9cPotFvF0T9HT1u0mydZK0WUTa2YPkKAGhf1mgueDsq4BI6HihoPTAqagWJdXNi3rgyg3tDrjmABc04JV5dIo_TL4I0jBC/w284-h400/Booklet%204.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The lyrics of F.U.A.L. are long, detailed and tackled political subjects such as exploitation, ecology and heavy subjects like the situation in Northern Ireland (from a personal perspective rather than slogans). It's angry but also hopeful. The band was very involved with the Warzone Collective and Giro's, a self-managed social center created in 1986. I recommend you read their chapter in <i>Trapped in a Scene</i>, it is very informative. The demo was originally released in 1989 on Warzone Records. I don't suppose this Lp version is easy to find but the cd reissue might be.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's all run with the veganic wind. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/mfxk1qi2re2tg6f/FUALVW.zip/file">Veganic wind</a><br /></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-26496139169859471712023-06-14T20:48:00.000+02:002023-06-14T20:48:22.470+02:00Still Believing in ANOK: Kochise "Dans le meilleur des mondes..." Lp, 1997<p style="text-align: justify;">Let's get real for a second. Terminal Sound Nuisance has become this massive undertaking that is slowly consuming my social life and my eyesight, ruthlessly testing my stamina, gauging how resilient I can be with average crust music and how long I can endure tuneless d-beat raw punk bands and poorly executed faux anarchopunk without overdosing. Forget the labours of Hercules - that half-god, half-man, total mercenary wanker - would not be able to pull out a decent review of a third-rate Doom cover band or see the difference between '86 and '87 Antisect. That poor unsubtle bastard would probably not even know the difference between Dischange and Meanwhile! And he is supposed to be a hero, just because he strangled some kind of snake and hunted a wild pig? Now, are you having a laugh? Bloggers are the true heroes of today (and "content creators" are the scum of the Earth and the real super villains in case you are wondering) and I should be the one people carry down the street chanting my name. But as heroic as I have been for the past 11 (!) years, I realize I have never written about a proper French punk-rock band. The time has now come. That'll teach ya Hercules.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7LDEHFJytA3fhJvi88MFHxEmS9T1bN3mXiORL2dRe4rzzdm7Gvw1-5wq2P3TqPTMGCfXMTJ8_GmwRlrxCAmDxkWbVvGmDyJtIslXe91Mol0v-huLBhNbbqEJ5uryNGxY-kuZY7tTCyaAj1sh70Rzv2JYZyAesoQKmBpPdyGOMBrXKC7n4Pyj_Pb_/s2003/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="1925" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7LDEHFJytA3fhJvi88MFHxEmS9T1bN3mXiORL2dRe4rzzdm7Gvw1-5wq2P3TqPTMGCfXMTJ8_GmwRlrxCAmDxkWbVvGmDyJtIslXe91Mol0v-huLBhNbbqEJ5uryNGxY-kuZY7tTCyaAj1sh70Rzv2JYZyAesoQKmBpPdyGOMBrXKC7n4Pyj_Pb_/w385-h400/Cover.jpeg" width="385" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It is not easy for me to reflect about that kind of sound because, on the whole, I have never been much of a fan of French punk-rock. In fact, I don't really like the sound of the French language when used in punk-rock. There are meaningful exceptions but as a general rule, on principle, out of common decency even, I am going to dislike it before actually listening to the band. A bit like an annoying kid who won't taste vegetables, just because he won't, no need to give further arguments. I cannot even pretend to have experienced some sort of trauma, one that would involve being abducted by a demented fan of Bérurier Noir and subsequently forced to listen to <i>Souvent Fauché, Toujours Marteau! </i>for a whole week (an experience akin to an execution of the senses and only an absolutely heartless maniac would do that to a fellow human being). French punk-rock is not well-known outside of the French-speaking world and, to be honest, that can be for the best. Just look at the legions of mediocre French oi bands that have perverted once perfectly sound punk brains on an international scale. Damaging to say the least, fortunately the worst of them have been successfully contained (so far). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBDvc4p2aaqKClMtkq1iIFCyva5x_FZjMhak_3FH4DyW1xBW7oe8wrUeaDIl9YW6FULWUs58qkEYgb2KLJfKXsAfNZL2aujp4iaQ_DrhjjXKwezVd_lRcQpyj8ii050gdMIdfxlM-NfiD7tFSIwb3YSs38R5ByOg4JFBcSpel3CFPDyYvPemWNR5m/s1898/Backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1889" data-original-width="1898" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBDvc4p2aaqKClMtkq1iIFCyva5x_FZjMhak_3FH4DyW1xBW7oe8wrUeaDIl9YW6FULWUs58qkEYgb2KLJfKXsAfNZL2aujp4iaQ_DrhjjXKwezVd_lRcQpyj8ii050gdMIdfxlM-NfiD7tFSIwb3YSs38R5ByOg4JFBcSpel3CFPDyYvPemWNR5m/w400-h398/Backcover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">However, as harsh as I know I am with our national punk traditions, some French punk bands are genuinely good and deserve to be praised outside of the cheese-eating world. Enter Kochise, the epitome of French-style anarchopunk. I was lucky to catch Kochise - the name comes from Cochise the name of a famous Apache leader and unsurprisingly the Parisians had a few songs about the political struggles of Native Americans - in 2003 (I think) just before they split up. It was on a beautiful Sunday evening and at that time the band had a mandoline (or was it a banjo?) which, I have to admit, did not strike me as being a particularly good idea since, as everyone knows, such instruments clearly belong to the category of "<i>forbidden instruments in punk music</i>" as stated in the Punk Bible (the Old Testament if you want to check). But it did make the gig quite memorable and, well, enjoyable. The lyrics were great, I could actually understand them without pretending, and they had some great tunes. Despite a plentiful supply of terrible bands, we do have an old tradition of strong female-fronted punk-rock bands with political lyrics in France, La Fraction (a band I rate very highly) being undoubtedly the most famous. Approaching Kochise through this prism is definitely relevant and it makes sense to see the band as a part of the same dynamics and creative political drive as Psycho Squatt, Haine Brigade, Heyoka or Verdun, bands that you are probably not familiar with because you decide to lose your time listening to ghastly bollocks like Komintern Sect or Tulaviok. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAa92VLVYpUp9QqmrDDwkDCLozh7d91wKRj3clccZ4cd6LtUXPqT7TvVAVbNoFASOhHDsH9K3oBk29V5dmu6tCyLvFBCbbAKpLMHOvDewaqsg2E0fPR03tz4hsyc83xAhR6ONRWeFdYYtA6YL0ezCFOwJhx4DeZ_PEB6Uo6CnMg-YYnO4SCLZlPcJ4/s3463/Booklet%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="2433" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAa92VLVYpUp9QqmrDDwkDCLozh7d91wKRj3clccZ4cd6LtUXPqT7TvVAVbNoFASOhHDsH9K3oBk29V5dmu6tCyLvFBCbbAKpLMHOvDewaqsg2E0fPR03tz4hsyc83xAhR6ONRWeFdYYtA6YL0ezCFOwJhx4DeZ_PEB6Uo6CnMg-YYnO4SCLZlPcJ4/w281-h400/Booklet%20cover.jpeg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">So why pick Kochise as part of a series about the survivance of the old-school anarchopunk sound? Well, I feel the band is a great example of a successful adaptation of the classic UK anarcho sound and stance in a different punk tradition and context, in this case quintessentially French punk-rock. While I can pinpoint influences and roots in the aforementioned British past, Kochise nevertheless sound like a French punk band for many reasons. Their use of unusual instruments is one (sax, for instance, was a pretty common tool, or torture method, in French punk-rock); the very specific way the two vocalists place their voices, the accentuation, the prosody overall and the distinctly revolutionary-sounding chorus to be sung along to; the other genres the band borrow in the songwriting like reggae, French chanson or alternative rock; and of course that vibrancy and emotional tunefulness that can work so beautifully but also end up sounding corny. On that level, the work between Géraldine's powerfully epic and tuneful voice (she can actually sing, which is not something I write to often on this blog) and Cyril's streetwise spoken tone is admirable and worthy of your investigation if you are a fan of global anarchopunk music with the classic male/female vocal structure.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5rqb29uHR07xwbkZw7eEgfCJctw6S3tp0Qo_Cv31LypG2mts5dGnSZyCoAHpka98WpXB7M58f3a8dIGI1P37gHI2UspGbl7PfJsUPf7gfbV-MTmuIkhqFSD8QQ0dxMJ7yAycCwe0BTkClZYz5n_ptHnHTFPm-73gEhsEFLS8DJJsG0_D8zhrNo5E/s3401/Booklet%20backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3401" data-original-width="2398" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5rqb29uHR07xwbkZw7eEgfCJctw6S3tp0Qo_Cv31LypG2mts5dGnSZyCoAHpka98WpXB7M58f3a8dIGI1P37gHI2UspGbl7PfJsUPf7gfbV-MTmuIkhqFSD8QQ0dxMJ7yAycCwe0BTkClZYz5n_ptHnHTFPm-73gEhsEFLS8DJJsG0_D8zhrNo5E/w283-h400/Booklet%20backcover.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">If Kochise make sense in this line of French anarchopunk like Haine Brigade or Psycho Squatt, I would argue that using a broader perspective can also be helpful. It would be a little far-fetched to convoke older obscure UK bands like Sanction or Eve of the Scream because not many people had even heard of them in France by 1997, but early Conflict (with whom they toured in France in 1994 and they would also tour with Schwartzeneggar the year after) would almost certainly have been an inspiration although Kochise never hit quite as hard (they were able to write fast-paced numbers though) and bands like The Sears or even Decadent Few, for the sake of description, could be mentioned as well (but again the relevance could be questioned). <i>Dans le Meilleur des Mondes </i>(the band's second album) is clearly rooted in the 90's however so that looking back to the previous decade may not teach us much. To keep a British frame of reference, Kochise's music and versatility is not unlike that of bands like PAIN or AOS3 in spirit who were working on a fusion of traditional anarchopunk and reggae dub, while the intense emotional-yet-angry side of the band really reminds me of the cruelly underrated One By One. But I am sure other people would hear other things and my rather limited knowledge of French punk-rock may impair my usual omniscience and omnipotent sense of analysis. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLEa3m0uNTiQCuO494fvjvJ2WKE-4cKBysFiBVuWmq2KQa7ospRu9OWHAg1uUJwKOXlAGgmNGc7DLzEmlUAnvlYMXw2leBMzzvg9keg4jdYO6DZvxCXnt7RPBfF7OnKryPJBqhXO-at2Q41rl9Gxhf9DJdzltFFvKHlefWm7aq6CNeaCDW_J7_Hzi/s3463/Booklet%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="2402" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLEa3m0uNTiQCuO494fvjvJ2WKE-4cKBysFiBVuWmq2KQa7ospRu9OWHAg1uUJwKOXlAGgmNGc7DLzEmlUAnvlYMXw2leBMzzvg9keg4jdYO6DZvxCXnt7RPBfF7OnKryPJBqhXO-at2Q41rl9Gxhf9DJdzltFFvKHlefWm7aq6CNeaCDW_J7_Hzi/s320/Booklet%201.jpeg" width="222" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1Yx-X2ylq3faqgtWRXNo6Yr3z7Ed4Os1c0bxiy_FH_VchhGNO7uhEzGxry9DCIZw7WTtIDJEOgUuUcaV5612wmtjjIMVk2f-gZf2qE98kd2s66kAzChm1lKnliCbi5A6M1s2ueOxyqLXwGDuH89OCecesJvlaU_nYMYR1lf2jaMR0Ydx8F92DV-V/s3463/Booklet%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="2452" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1Yx-X2ylq3faqgtWRXNo6Yr3z7Ed4Os1c0bxiy_FH_VchhGNO7uhEzGxry9DCIZw7WTtIDJEOgUuUcaV5612wmtjjIMVk2f-gZf2qE98kd2s66kAzChm1lKnliCbi5A6M1s2ueOxyqLXwGDuH89OCecesJvlaU_nYMYR1lf2jaMR0Ydx8F92DV-V/s320/Booklet%202.jpeg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavjFyqqesPoMAuQFfSv4EeHUra7dR3D5md6LpR2RnhLrGIroHbWq4BbtM6k_k248P8RhXJMKTBhx6vqPvlQfCmvkECs_cyudtC89FNFvFY5EvuSmJuKcu1RazozVgO-DRq7DFQq2naYUk0w8EyxI3qpYVOx8gerFVUC7UIXjb3M-IxrP1BeeCM6X5/s3463/Booklet%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="2393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavjFyqqesPoMAuQFfSv4EeHUra7dR3D5md6LpR2RnhLrGIroHbWq4BbtM6k_k248P8RhXJMKTBhx6vqPvlQfCmvkECs_cyudtC89FNFvFY5EvuSmJuKcu1RazozVgO-DRq7DFQq2naYUk0w8EyxI3qpYVOx8gerFVUC7UIXjb3M-IxrP1BeeCM6X5/s320/Booklet%203.jpeg" width="221" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftnm-G5_WCweXfLrjtX2QeENgKfzIpzDhvwnd0fgmIh6mbCJVMxFxkLjlfi6b27INJmU7ppUz7op6VlhO-dr-8mlgggN_-H3gmzabEiurc6APf6W7zlbXkD-YXyeC4pSEsviohLeFWh8mg9kwIFpwJFX4lQaYaOJKsaweYaww8VLU6HntQJFb6kl-/s3463/Booklet%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="2349" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftnm-G5_WCweXfLrjtX2QeENgKfzIpzDhvwnd0fgmIh6mbCJVMxFxkLjlfi6b27INJmU7ppUz7op6VlhO-dr-8mlgggN_-H3gmzabEiurc6APf6W7zlbXkD-YXyeC4pSEsviohLeFWh8mg9kwIFpwJFX4lQaYaOJKsaweYaww8VLU6HntQJFb6kl-/s320/Booklet%204.jpeg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Last but not least, the Lp comes with a massive booklet that reeks of the 90's anarchopunk spirit and its way of communicating and presenting ideas. The booklet includes the lyrics, articles, pamphlets, addresses, context, lists of contacts, artworks, and is just as important as the music itself when you consider <i>Dans le Meilleur des Mondes... </i>as a whole discursive entity. The music is great and accessible but without the notebook, it would not tell the same story. This kind of booklet so emblematic of 90's anarchopunk has almost vanished nowadays and you could argue that the internet and the wealth of information and political database it contains has made the initiative behind such an object rather pointless. I understand the point but when you look at some 90's anarcho records and see the love, the care, the belief that must have gone into the making of these booklets (they really do look like political punk fanzines), it still makes one wonder. Kochise's lyrics are sharp and combative in nature and tackle a wide array of topics (from the democratic circus to state surveillance and Orwell and revolutionary hopefulness). Some songs, notably about feminism and sexism, are still as relevant today as they were 25 years ago or even ahead of their time, which is rather sad when you think about it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPTLUyb_RH7JpmoET5gvJM2VK2IfcggjH-U59NsbSg3it9inCty8wrgfsEIWoiYuxx52D1Fa1sryXGndrQWkSzI_gFqiMBXMHjlw3kueLXscFfnpFtEhElj6UNzSjnE8MMbnaZwdW8Xr6rRcDlufur4kku3VLv8Z-HDLcbjwU2SDTErqpBxNRcMyR/s3366/Booklet%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3366" data-original-width="2258" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPTLUyb_RH7JpmoET5gvJM2VK2IfcggjH-U59NsbSg3it9inCty8wrgfsEIWoiYuxx52D1Fa1sryXGndrQWkSzI_gFqiMBXMHjlw3kueLXscFfnpFtEhElj6UNzSjnE8MMbnaZwdW8Xr6rRcDlufur4kku3VLv8Z-HDLcbjwU2SDTErqpBxNRcMyR/s320/Booklet%205.jpeg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwXWTMvZz5cJciocNmb_JPhKvHg_JLNp3uaw8UJbzf6RXb3uFAVaUqU0GengdlYfYmAZbPBu2oQwt3VYrBbrlXwoKJtwKuVf_qYtFss4keJpMsTkYOyAnKC2x1rby9Jht_YIu_MQa0wqkqfiSni0bXAAeYXu-z6vGUTjeFvWuc8m-2FOh1mPTttu5X/s3440/Booklet%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679256753829822948.post-40175217607787810452023-06-03T15:09:00.000+02:002023-06-03T15:09:10.359+02:00Still Believing in ANOK: Avaricious "S/t" 10'', 1999<p style="text-align: justify;">This record was the first one - or one of the first, my short-term memory is not what it used to be and beside, isn't it a social construct too? Or something? - that I picked for <i>Still Believing in ANOK</i>, the new award-winning series <u>exclusively</u> on Terminal Sound Nuisance (I'm proud to say Vice Magazine tried to recruit me but I did not sell out to "the man"). Avaricious is a band fit for this blog. They are obscure, nobody cares about them, it is a 10'' record and they have a typical delicious anarcho sound. It ticks all the right boxes. It is a well trodden path really, just another day at the office. It will allow me to deride people who listen to what I consider "<i>hipster hardcore</i>" while I, as the epitome of the true punk spirit, as a pontiff of good taste, as a feared trend maker that can turn cool kids into posers in the blink of a shite pun, revel in satisfaction, complacency, self-assured that I am, by essence, right. Thanks for giving me an excuse for feeling good about myself Avaricious. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAb240dn66cOgwW9LYv4qY7GPSAGtExMa7TCFOwewLvmb2396YmqSGeONkm-vEJ4V_asmWTGUQd3uk5gNAyfOqdtWu7-5nwr7F8wWigfDvj-grtH4aC2L1GBEeML8P5QlKoe6gU7ScPtneEpo5QEC09cy6qKeyrt5ptO9DFWy5O-vCYllKzjr8P9B5/s2041/Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="2041" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAb240dn66cOgwW9LYv4qY7GPSAGtExMa7TCFOwewLvmb2396YmqSGeONkm-vEJ4V_asmWTGUQd3uk5gNAyfOqdtWu7-5nwr7F8wWigfDvj-grtH4aC2L1GBEeML8P5QlKoe6gU7ScPtneEpo5QEC09cy6qKeyrt5ptO9DFWy5O-vCYllKzjr8P9B5/w400-h398/Cover.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">This humble but crispy record was extremely easy to find in France twenty years ago and I would not be surprised to hear that some copies are still patiently hibernating like the European edible dormouse in some forlorn distro boxes stored in a damp attic. I don't know how well distributed it was in other countries, but French punks over 35 have definitely bumped into this geezer at some point. Whether they bothered to give it a chance despite the rather underwhelming cover is another issue. Were it not for my own proverbial brilliance and the fact that it was described as "<i>UK anarchopunk</i>" (you can trick me into buying anything with this catchphrase), I would have probably passed on it too. This 10'' was released on Strongly Opposed, a vinyl-only label run by Pablo from Resistance Productions and Earth Citizens (covered <a href="https://terminalsoundnuisance.blogspot.com/2015/06/earth-citizens-complications-lp-2001.html">here</a>), and looking at the discography I realize that most of the records could easily be found, at least in Paris, in the 2000's so I am guessing the man had some reliable contacts here. To be honest, some releases on Strongly Opposed can barely be called timeless classics (but then, how many labels can claim to have only released masterpieces?) so them being condemned to a loveless life doesn't come as too surprising (for fear of getting punched, I will not mention which ones). However Neurose Urbana's primitive raw punk, Earth Citizens's peacecrust-punk and Poundaflesh's beefy UK hardcore punk are well worth investigating. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2QHGZmO99xPATA3WbOZmNF6wmEeJj0GMjm8eawaheLmRdhJLaXHNz_ZkCzr8sNnEDI0BaW9WTmsJaMrxrtTUlptU2CjwU07KIGdPIidSEhgvz0QAD8kK2cI-Cc2rhZVjLXcpFFNQRJG1R0w8b2wF_wlkGAdxxYsIuujulSHK-o-sSWbyz33G0h52/s2074/Backcover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2074" data-original-width="2059" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2QHGZmO99xPATA3WbOZmNF6wmEeJj0GMjm8eawaheLmRdhJLaXHNz_ZkCzr8sNnEDI0BaW9WTmsJaMrxrtTUlptU2CjwU07KIGdPIidSEhgvz0QAD8kK2cI-Cc2rhZVjLXcpFFNQRJG1R0w8b2wF_wlkGAdxxYsIuujulSHK-o-sSWbyz33G0h52/w398-h400/Backcover.jpeg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I don't remember where and how I grabbed this one but I may have ordered it from a distro called Punk As Fuck (yes, I know, how original) that was absolutely massive at the time with a strong emphasis on anarchopunk (I remember getting Omega Tribe or The Mob cd's but also Haywire or Resist tapes from the bloke who ran it). It did take literally months before he could be arsed to send the things though. Or was it from the React distro? He also had a big list of international DIY political hardcore and grindcore so it wouldn't be completely implausible. In any case, I have had this 10'' for a long time and played it more regularly than a lot of objectively better records that just do not have as much charm. This makes one wonder about the point of a record collection. Should you keep records <u>you</u> like or records that are good? I own many records that I know are not exactly world class (or not exactly tuned) but that I cannot (and I won't) help enjoying a lot. Similarly, there are "<i>timeless classics</i>" from "<i>legendary bands</i>" that I have convinced myself I should own even though I can't be bothered to actually play them. Another pivotal element lies in my own relationship with some records, especially the ones I bought when I was still a yellow belt punk trainee. A young brain is prone to love unconditionally without much discernment so that I see some of my records in much the same way as I see stuffed toys I cannot bear to part with. It would be far-fetched to characterize Avaricious' as a life-defining record but still, it's almost always been there and it is a reliable and fun listen that reminds me of a time when I did not have to make room for records. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTa7HWHpcaffUbcsgtOLc0MATJxzEiZBiMfkvJK_Q0F8_un-Ny8U2r26QBIcQv6FFvgrjeF7W0LUAuPMl_76ZCTxGxxp5AqjRLeAla6Ae0B3lJOoWrKHctnBA571STogHBrfV1jDq-UpSZGK-aDnHO7xAuHpP6VCdsdLiidUfp6eW-SsJ3J9273yH/s3433/lyrics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3433" data-original-width="2471" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTa7HWHpcaffUbcsgtOLc0MATJxzEiZBiMfkvJK_Q0F8_un-Ny8U2r26QBIcQv6FFvgrjeF7W0LUAuPMl_76ZCTxGxxp5AqjRLeAla6Ae0B3lJOoWrKHctnBA571STogHBrfV1jDq-UpSZGK-aDnHO7xAuHpP6VCdsdLiidUfp6eW-SsJ3J9273yH/w288-h400/lyrics.jpeg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Avaricious were located in Sheffield but was an international band as, beside two Englishmen, some Swiss and a Greek singer were also involved (this accounts for the fact that the two rather melancholy-sounding acoustic numbers, the intro and the outro, have Greek titles). Because it was released on Strongly Opposed, I suspect people from Earth Citizens or associated bands were involved in this project, especially since it was recorded in Switzerland. I have no idea if Avaricious played many gigs in Britain as the internet is almost mute about them but I am guessing they did not. I don't think many people are even aware of the band, judging from the Discogs rates this 10'' is clearly more on the "<i>for sale</i>" than on the "<i>wanted</i>" list. And it is not a perfect record, I would be the first to admit it. But it is definitely a charming one and it includes some absolute hits that could win the heart of any anarcho-loving punks. The band had that straight-forward punky songwriting and vibe, and some diversity in terms of pace (there are some glue-sniffing UK82 anthems here as well as moodier mid-paced numbers or spoken words) and I can easily imagine young scruffy punks pogoing to the songs. The music reminds me strongly of <i>Just an Error</i>-era DIRT, early Faction and clearly Hagar the Womb (is "Mindless consumption" some sort of tribute to the Hags?) mixed with classically spiky UK82. But one can hear that Avaricious were also inspired by Zounds, or at least one of the guitar players was, especially with the recurrent freer, poppier bits that confer a tunefulness to the songs (assuming Steve Lake had just been listening to The Expelled all day). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I like the half-spoken half-sung female vocals but I would not go as far as claiming that they are always perfectly in tune, although the singer does a great job at sounding like a proper British punk. In fact, with its thin, "squatty" production, if you are not aware that Avaricious were from 90's, you would probably think that the recording is a lost recording from 1984 of some Bluurg-related bands. I don't think this decidedly old-school anarcho feel was as self-aware or calculated as it would be for a band nowadays - even more so considering the relative lack of popularity the genre enjoyed at that time - and that's precisely why Avaricious sound so fresh and spontaneous and even sloppy at times, just like the bands of yore. Fans of the genre will absolutely love this. On the other hand, those who don't care too much for it, will not be converted. But that could also be because these people just suck.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHE9Fk5C1-rZG2zrQwIiLUCBtwCnx5m95S9rlpm7i9DVMc2PUsMvwKSCQTxnUBuCoauzk9sVq5RsNId0j0jVxydxwhKhLPQjyBQArwxLrSk7GjyaMry1cZ4x4LAxp5wctP_rm4KR5lSvu6AWayAJ9K7ik73V2G2cK40G14AMopD5_-AXiQoNDqKON4/s3464/art.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="2471" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHE9Fk5C1-rZG2zrQwIiLUCBtwCnx5m95S9rlpm7i9DVMc2PUsMvwKSCQTxnUBuCoauzk9sVq5RsNId0j0jVxydxwhKhLPQjyBQArwxLrSk7GjyaMry1cZ4x4LAxp5wctP_rm4KR5lSvu6AWayAJ9K7ik73V2G2cK40G14AMopD5_-AXiQoNDqKON4/w285-h400/art.jpeg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I am absolutely clueless as to what the members of the band did afterwards. I presume the Swiss went on to play in other bands connected to Strongly Opposed but any details is welcome. As previousl mentioned, this is an easy pick in Europe. And who doesn't like a lovely 10'' record? The same people who sucked at loving vintage anarchopunk, that's who.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUUXTyrB3EF_z6J0Xr49XZ2cy1Asbw7wj7wYZ76zPb8UWeTvFINRljl3I0JmOlGyeCTQ06VFFiwn-kepuF23xh0xUqsvy-w85OiCVghkEQZzEFDa-GEjBxAFtvqgj0XzzvhKfrLzSaEQK6B2E7XYuZIZFPjME3agd-KOk-AgWP7hdBBiDsSiHvkfS/s1608/That%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="1551" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUUXTyrB3EF_z6J0Xr49XZ2cy1Asbw7wj7wYZ76zPb8UWeTvFINRljl3I0JmOlGyeCTQ06VFFiwn-kepuF23xh0xUqsvy-w85OiCVghkEQZzEFDa-GEjBxAFtvqgj0XzzvhKfrLzSaEQK6B2E7XYuZIZFPjME3agd-KOk-AgWP7hdBBiDsSiHvkfS/s320/That%20side.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpiZJodsOwwi-kEioMe6qqWZUNUPXq3ap_yU3ua3vVxhixcSBqj0dA0XlzIV1GcbX1EGXLaFqxPSrXTm-uvyvhbgQVeJXR_bOHpZHYvq19HWGjhuIBvad62Hn5aSoLxR0qohDMoI1JHLi68b5HTkBy0RVVbLSj3kqnGw1VlSN_APi37_4i1Bn02kb/s1585/This%20side.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="1519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpiZJodsOwwi-kEioMe6qqWZUNUPXq3ap_yU3ua3vVxhixcSBqj0dA0XlzIV1GcbX1EGXLaFqxPSrXTm-uvyvhbgQVeJXR_bOHpZHYvq19HWGjhuIBvad62Hn5aSoLxR0qohDMoI1JHLi68b5HTkBy0RVVbLSj3kqnGw1VlSN_APi37_4i1Bn02kb/s320/This%20side.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/2p8hh889rym9r24/AV99.zip/file">Avaricious</a><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Earslaughterershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02212895653381929613noreply@blogger.com0