Iron Lung 12/7/02 UGZ Speed Trials @ Burnt Ramen, Richmond, Ca.

Here's a video of Iron Lung with Augustine (Society of Friend's aka Quakers & Lords of Light) on vocals, that I recorded back in 2002 at the Burnt Ramen in Richmond, Ca. at the Urban Gorilla Zine's inaugural "Speed Trials". The "Speed Trials" is where powerviolence, hardcore & thrash bands from all over come to release their fury to see who is the fastest (there are other categories too) and they can only play 15 minute sets or less. They are now held at 924 Gilman St. each year.

Iron Lung - Life. Iron Lung. Death. (2004)

Iron Lung - Life. Iron Lung. Death.

Genre - Powerviolence
Origin - Seattle, Wa.
Time - 70:25 min.
File - 73.68 MB (320 kbps)

Iron Lung are a two piece hardcore punk act from Seattle, Washington heavily influenced by power violence and grindcore. The band formed in 1999 in Reno and is currently in Seattle after spending some time in Oakland. They have released music on several labels including Prank Records, 625 Thrashcore, and their own label, Iron Lung Records. In recent years the band has collaborated with other members of the hardcore punk scene, including Hatred Surge and Dave Bailey, formerly of Running For Cover. 2009 saw the release of Public Humiliation, a three-way collaboration between Iron Lung and Jon and Jensen’s side projects, Pig Heart Transplant and Walls respectively. The recording is of a one-off live performance from Halloween of 2008. Jon Kortland is also half of the art project Feeding, which has made artwork for several Iron Lung, Walls and PHT releases, as well as album covers for several other bands. (LastFM)

Track List:
1. Diagnosis
2. Condemned
3. Shingles
4. One Cure For Two Diseases

5. Cauterization
6. Paralyzed Words
7. Manufactured
8. Care For The Machine
9. A Grim Possibilty For Owen Moses
10. Life. Iron Lung. Death
11. Primal Therapy Pt. 3
12. Rate Of Respiration
13. Life's Worth
14. Cleansing Breath
15. Stricken
16. Complications
17. Jarvik 7
18. Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis
19. Thankful
20. ...As Technology Advances
21. Sound Of Cold
22. Brain-Scan Excorcism
23. Iron Lung
24. Pushing Life (unreleased version)
25. Abduction Boots
26. Concentric Circulator
27. Arc Lamp
28. Regenerate
29. Mechanical Assistance
30. Placement Six
31. Modified For Arm Abduction
32. Positive Pressure Breathing Attachment
33. If Polio Strikes
34. Storage Unit
35. Body Enclosing
36. Pathoclast
37. Esocargophagus
38. Spirophere

From the ashes of Reno, Nevada's Gob came Iron Lung. What you have here is the "Life. Iron Lung. Death."Lp, the "Demonstrations in Pressure & Volume" ep, the split ep with Brainoil, and the split ep with Teen Cthulhu all here on one disc! It was a split release by two Bay Area labels 625 Thrashcore and the short lived Boredom Noise label. Here's the track listing for the ep's (I don't know why they aren't in order?) tracks 28, 31, 25, 35, 32, 30, 34, 27, 38 "Demonstrations in Pressure & Volume" ep, tracks 29, 33, 36 "Brain Lung" split ep with Brainoil and tracks 26, 37, 23 "Tenacled Breathing" split ep with Teen Cthulhu. Here is their blog where you can get all things Iron Lung, Walls & PHT.

Condemned

V/A - Grind Crusher (1990)

Genres: Death Metal, Grindcore, Noise, Electronic
Label: Earache/Combat
File: 154 Mb (320kbps)

Tracklist:
1. Morbid Angel - Chapel of Ghouls 5:00
2. Repulsion - Radiation Sickness 2:07
3. Carcass - Exhume to Consume 4:21
4. Godflesh - Streetcleaner 6:03
5. Terrorizer - Dead Shall Rise 3:04
6. Hellbastard - Justly Executed 4:12
7. Carnage - Malignant Epitaph 3:15
8. Naked City - Osaka Bondage 1:17
9. Filthy Christians - Extremely Bad Breath 0:51
10. Old Lady Drivers - Colostomy Grab-Bag 3:33
11. Intense Degree - I've Got a Cure 2:08
12. Sore Throat - Horrendify and Kill 0:23
13. Napalm Death - Malicious Intent 3:26
14. Entombed - But Life Goes On 2:57
15. Nocturnus - BC/AD 4:57
16. Bolt Thrower - World Eater 4:52
17. Lawnmower Deth - Satan's Trampoline 3:03
18. Cadaver - Hypertrophian 2:33
19. Sweet Tooth - Fat City 4:15
20. Mighty Force - Thrashing a Dead House 4:09
21. Spazztic Blurr - He-Not-A-Home-Me-Marco 3:24
22. Heresy - Release 1:11
23. Unseen Terror - Divisions 1:53
24. Napalm Death - You Suffer 0:04
Total Playing Time:  01:13

I thought I would make my first post coincide with my first CD purchase ever. The Grindcrusher Various Artists compilation released by Earache/Combat in 1990. I bought this when I was 11 years old in summer of 1992 at a little used record/book store in Santa Cruz California called Logos. I went there looking for Napalm Death and found the next best thing, or maybe even better. A compilation with all the greatest Earache bands at the time (or ever). Here you will find the most known bands including Morbid Angel, Repulsion, Carcass, Bolt Thrower, Entombed and of course Napalm Death with more obscure bands such as Sore Throat, Naked City, Sweet Tooth, Spazztic Blurr, Mighty Force and Hellbastard. This was a treasure trove of underground Death Metal, Grind and even Noise and Electronic back then, which were completely new to me at the time. Grind Crusher was eventually re-released in a hacked up form with most of the rarer tracks cut off, but this is the original complete version. Enjoy!

GRIND YER GUTS

Falling Sickness - Right On Time (1996)

Genre: Punk Rock, Ska Punk
Origin: Riverside, California, USA
Years Active: 1989 – 2000
Label: Hopeless Records
File: 68 Mb (320kbps)

Lineup:
Mike Angel - Drums
Gabe Gil - Vocals
Zach Howe - Vocals, Bass
Fritz Aragon - Vocals, Guitar

Tracklist:
1. Face The Clock 1:32
2. Too P.C. 1:24
3. Hard Enough 1:48
4. Fuk The Vote 1:42
5. Runaway 1:12
6. Dwindle 2:32
7. Ain't No Fun 1:35
8. Never Was 1:34
9. You Don't Fool Me 2:20
10. Ripperside 1:17
11. Ease Up 1:57
12. Holding Cell 1:14
13. The Sickness 1:17
14. Lurker 2:28
15. Start Over 1:52
16. I Like Drugs :58
17. Mixed Up 1:44
18. Drinking in the Streets 2:09
Total Playing Time: 30:35

Falling Sickness was a short lived band from Riverside who released two albums and this is their 1st (and best). They play fast as hell jumpy frantic ska punk without horns in the vein of the great Operation Ivy. After their breakup, they went on to form The Dogs of Ire. Check them out if you feel like bouncing around like a madman.

Right On Time

Deathbound - We Deserve Much Worse (2007)

"An overdose of violent Grindcore! This album has everything that old-school Grind used to have, it's vile, it's super fast, it's blasphemous, it hates politics and it's really fucking catchy.

Deathbound comes from Finland and delivers a blasting quality of Grindcore mixed with Crust and a bad-ass attitude. This band plays similar to their country-mates Väld but with less breakdowns, Deathbound focuses more on playing as fast as their body lets them and as hostile as humanly possible. This, their third album, shows a more dynamic band with slight shots of versatility and explosive structures, an album specially made for crazy Grindcore fans.

Half-Hour of continuous blasting and crushing music doesn't slides easily down your ears; this thing is fucking violent to the bone and will make your head ache after the first listen. So, as you can see, I can't talk much about virtuous execution or intricate musicianship, on the contrary, "We Deserve Much Worse" is a really simplistic album, it starts and ends in the same way, sounding like a machine-gun piercing a concrete wall.

This is surely a very elitist release; people with Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror and Terrorizer in their shelves will instantly fall in love with this band and will find themselves playing this album over and over again, while people into the melodious and fruity side of Metal will puke after hearing the first song...fortunately I have Napalm Death and Terrorizer in my collection. Grinders of the world, enjoy!!" ~ Metalstorm.net


Track List :

1. Deceiving Shortcuts 1:24
2. End the Guessing 2:09
3. Gain Control 1:30
4. Revolutions Against Nothing 2:35
5. Connected to the Confusion 2:25
6. Torn 1:48
7. Debate or Terminate 2:28
8. Preaching Back to Preachers 1:00
9. Betrayal Wears Your Face 2:02
10. No Disease Like Us 1:33
11. Final Element 1:44
12. A Fraction of Truth 2:24
13. Never Been Worse 1:43
14. Rockthrowers Among Us 0:28
15. Landmine 1:05
16. Put the Blame on the Devil 1:44
17. Vansinne 1:06
18. Ward 77 2:55

Deathbound

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Lana Dagales - Demo (1999)

Lana Dagales - Demo

Genre - Powerviolence/Sludge
Origin - Oakland, Ca.
Time - 5:33 min.
File - 10.37 MB (320 kbps)

Track List:
1. Pocket Change Feeding Millions
2. Rebirth of Abuse
3. Generation X/Passed Down Cost
4. For Your God
5. Pushing For Something
6. Mother Nature's Conversing

This is the demo CDr version. I scanned the S/T ep cover art for the post,

the cover for the disc is blue with Lana Dagales printed across the front in small font and I thought this looked better, the songs are the same on both. This bass and drum duo's sound is mixed between Powerviolence and Sludge with the songs moving by pretty quickly. Bassist, Vokillst Greg, is also the singer, bass player in Brainoil, also from Oakland. He put out the Lana Dagales S/T ep on his short lived label called Boredom Noise.

Lana Dagales have the S/T ep, a split Lp with Iron Lung, a track on Reality Pt. 4 comp. and a few other compilation appearances under their belts. I have seen this duo unleash their fury a few times live, I think I have a video I recorded of them somewhere? I'll have to dig it out and post it sometime! Anyway here is an old interview done with Greg. Check it out and leave some comments, it's the least you can do!

Rebirth of Abuse!

Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! (2007)

Don't let the Civil War/horses theme of most of the album scare you away. This is some truly excellent alt. country/folk. Highly recommended...


"I’m sure Corb Lund knows about a lot of things but he knows about two things especially well: horses and military history. So it should come to no surprise that he named his fifth album “Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier!” And even less of a surprise that almost every song on the album deals with at least one of those themes. You would think that an entire album centering on the cavalry (something the American army hasn’t used in almost a century) would be limiting but somehow every song is fresh.

Corb does this by using timeless themes. For instance the title track is the story of a ghost soldier that rides horses with Genghis Khan, Napoleon and in the Civil War. He thinks his job is done in WW I when tanks are invented but soon he comes back to fight with the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan. The most “contemporary” song is “Students Visas.” It’s the true story of a soldier in the covert anti-Contra operation in Nicaragua in the 80s. In the song he asks “Did Reagan give the order? Did cocaine pay the bills?/ They said we were fighting Communists, but it was kinds hard to tell./ Ain’t no fun in killin’ folk and I don’t wanna do it no more.” Heavy stuff.

It’s not all sad though. “Hard on Equipment” is about a handy man that’s not particularly good at his job while “Family Reunion” is about just that. Let’s not fool ourselves though. This is is an album mostly about war and contrary to what Stephen Crane famously wrote, war is not kind. The songs “I Wanna Be in the Calvary” and “I Wanna Be in the Calvary: Reprise” bookend the album nicely. The original song states “I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn/ Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat that’ll remember loud and long.” By the end of the album the mood changes.

“With morale in doubt and our pride run out no honor did I see/ All I seen were a thousand dreams piled dead in front of me.” Rightfully so the album close with “Taps.”

It has to be said that Corb has one of the best backing bands around in The Hurtin’ Albertans. Whether in the horn section on “My Saddle Horse has Died” or the tempo shifting in “Lament for Lester Cousins” their talent is always on display. Corb has built a reputation through his career for being a great story teller and musician. Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!” is no exception and I’m sure there will be more to come." ~ Theplugg.com

Here he is playing "Student Visas" at a house performance.

Track list :

1. "I Wanna Be in the Cavalry" (Lund, Stan Rogers) – 3:09
2. "Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier" – 5:12
3. "Lament for Lester Cousins" – 4:53
4. "Brother Brigham, Brother Young" – 4:09
5. "The Horse I Rode in On" – 3:51
6. "A Leader on Losing Control" – 3:21
7. "Student Visas" – 4:03
8. "What That Song Means Now" – 2:37
9. "Hard on Equipment (Tool for the Job)" (Lund, Mike Plume) – 3:14
10. "Family Reunion" – 2:20
11. "Especially a Paint" – 2:36
12. "Ciesla's Revenge (Intro)" – 0:38
13. "My Saddle Horse Has Died" (Lund, Dug Bevans, Michael Caldwell, Terry Johnson) – 3:07
14. "I Wanna Be in the Cavalry Reprise" (Lund, Rogers) – 3:45
15. "Taps" (traditional) – 0:32

Saddle up!

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Poser Disposer - Waiting To Inhale (2005)

Waiting To Inhale - 2005

Genre - Grind/Thrash
Origin- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Time - 19:43 min.
File - 38.76 MB (320 kbps)

Poser Disposer is a 3-piece thrash/grindcore/punk band from Saskatoon. They formed from the remains of DFA. Poser Disposer has an EP called “You Don’t Count”, a split with Massgrave called “Victims of A Bong Raid”, and a full length titled “Waiting to Inhale”. Poser Disposer just recently finished recording their side of a split with Splatterhouse which is due out by the end of 2007. Poser Disposer played in 2006’s Goregon Massacre Fest along side the likes of Impaled, Ghoul, Zombie Ritual, Splatterhouse and a few others. (LastFM)

Track List:
1. Dis-Gusting Bird Holocaust
2. Cutlass!
3. Better Than TV
4. Seagulls
5. Rollin & Controllin
6. Drugs Win Drug War
7. 27
8. Dishwasher
9. Shitty Deal
10. Kalabarayshun
11. Waiting To Inhale
12. Bonus Track

This is the CD version that came out on the German label R.S.R, a label that has a killer roster of Grind/Hardcore/Thrash/
Powerviolence bands. The vinyl version of "Waiting To Inhale" was put out by Canadian label Unrest Records. I caught this furious three piece on tour with Dr.Know once and they tore it up! I got into these crazed Cannucks by way of their previous band, D.F.A, a band that kicked some ass too! Check this out and support them.
Inhale!

Welcome aboard GoatSerpent!

We've added another new member to the Nola Krewe; GoatSerpent, he's sick and twisted like the rest of us here so, be sure to check out his posts. 

Not to be confused with Lord Kur's new member @ Hatred Nation,  goatorgy, these are two different goats. 

Lento - Earthen (2007)

Genres: Atmospheric Sludge, Post Hardcore
Lyrical Themes: Instrumental
Origin: Italy (Rome, Lazio)
Formed In: 2004
Label: Supernatural Cat
Status: Active
File: 94 Mb (320kbps)

Lineup:
Giuseppe Caputo - Guitar
Lorenzo Stecconi - Guitar
Donato Loia - Guitar
Emanuele Massa - Bass
Federico Colella - Drums and live samples

Tracklist:
1. Hadrons 05:15
2. Need 05:50
3. Subterrestrial 03:14
4. Currents 05:17
5. Emersion Of The Islands 06:47
6. Earth 04:52
7. Leave 09:52
Total playing time 41:07

Lento is a pretty cool Italian band who play a laid back mix of post rock with hardcore. There are some hard moments on here but overall I wouldn't really consider this a metal album so I posted it here instead of on my own blog. I really enjoy this, though, because a lot of times with regular sludge I find the vocals to be godawful and too much like metalcore stuff so this is automatically better since it's instrumental.

Earthen

A Hanging live at The Bar in Metairie, LA. May 22nd, 2010

Filmed by yours truly.  Enjoy.

The New Orleans Bingo! Show - Soft Emergencies (2005)

Somehow this one slipped past me and I didn't even know it was out there til yesterday. But I made that right via Amazon (it's available by digital d/l only) last night and haven't stopped listening to this shit since!! I was originally just hoping it would at least come close to the awesomeness that was Vol. II - For A Life Ever Bright (2008) and now I feel silly for worrying. This one is just as good, if not better, and is straight up addictive. These guys are sure to blow up soon so check them out now before they're a household name :)


"The exclamation that is Bingo! has been running on maximum power lately. After rarely touring for the many years that the act has been together, ringleader (ringmaster?) Clint Maedgen, along with supporting cast-slash-henchmen Ronnie Numbers and Mr. The Turk joined a loosened-up Preservation Hall Jazz Band for several months' worth of international dates since this spring, and still found time to release this 17-track opus.

For the unaware, Bingo! is not just a band. Bingo! is a show, a gang, and a potential entire arts movement. Bingo! incorporates sirens, bullhorns, intimidation, confusion, sharp suits, sunglasses, fezzes and all the best aspects of sleaze, crime, luck, cabaret, carnival and romance. The important thing here is that they're capable of evoking the most important parts of the multisensory experience of a Bingo! show, which includes aggressive light, noise, film screenings and actual bingo games on a record.

Soft Emergencies is incredibly diverse. The nasty, distorted grit of "Looking For That Lucky Five," with its clanging found percussion sounds and fuzzy organ is a junkyard creeper that gives way to Maedgen's angel-sweet vocals and smooth saxophone on the whimsical, romantic "Little Kitten." "Requiem #9" is a Kurt Weill-influenced cabaret tale that seems to be about pirates, and "She Loves A Circus" is a shivery, autumnal track with a dizzy, drunken calliope sound. Soft Emergencies should go with the Mardi Gras beads and pralines in your next New Orleans care package to someone far away; it's a perfect snapshot of New Orleans' most original band. -- Fensterstock" ~ CDBaby.com

1. 1.WHEN THE WALLS BEGAN TO BREAK
   

2. 2.AIRLINE HIGHWAY
   

3. 3.I MIGHT NEVER GET IT RIGHT
   

4. 4.LITTLE KITTEN
   

5. 5.LOOKIN’ FOR THAT LUCKY FIVE
   

6. 6.BRYNNDARELLA ROCKSTAR
   

7. 7.SHE LOVES A CIRCUS
   

8. 8.REQUIEM #9
   

9. 9.PRECIOUS
   

10. 10. TRAILER BY THE TRASHPILE
    

11. 11. SOLACE
    

12. 12. HALLOWEEN
    

13. 13. DETECTIVE SONG #2
    

14. 14. I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU
    

15. 15. MID-CITY BABY
    

16. 16. LULLABY FOR CLOUD 9
    

17. 17. SPARKLES AND SPRINKLES

Play some NOLA Bingo!

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Generation X - Anthology (3 CD Compilation 2003)

Genre: Punk rock
Origin: London, England
Years Active: 1976–1981
Released: 2003
Recorded: 1977-81
Label: EMI

Files:
Disc 1: 157 Mb (320kbps)
Disc 2: 143 Mb (320kbps)
Disc 3: 136 Mb (320kbps)

Tracklist:

Cd 1
1. Dancing With Myself
2. Friday's Angels
3. Your Generation
4. Ready, Steady, Go
5. Untouchables
6. Valley of the Dolls
7. Day by Day
8. Wild Youth
9. The Prime of Kenny Silvers (Parts 1 & 2)
10. Wild Dub
11. One Hundred Punks
12. King Rocker
13. Kiss Me Deadly
14. Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon)
15. New Order
16. English Dream
17. Youth, Youth, Youth
18. Rock 'n' Roll (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
19. The Hunter (Booker T. Jones, Chappell, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr.)

CD 2 Sweet Revenge (Entire Unreleased Album)
1. Triumph
2. Dancing With Myself
3. Girls
4. Modern Boys
5. Cathy Come Home
6. Revenge
7. Flash as Hell
8. Anna Smiles
9. Psycho Beat
10. Stars Look Down
11. I Dig Everything (David Bowie)
12. Dancing With My Wealth
13. Interview with Tony James

CD 3 Live in Osaka, 1978
1. Ready, Steady, Go
2. This Heat
3. English Dream
4. Triumph
5. Anna Smiles
6. Night of the Cadillacs
7. No No No
8. Valley of the Dolls
9. Revenge
10. Kiss Me Deadly
11. Friday's Angels
12. Wild Youth
13. Day by Day
14. King Rocker
15. Your Generation
16. Rock 'n' Roll (Page/Plant)
17. Shakin' All Over (Kidd)
18. Youth, Youth, Youth
19. Outro Jam

Total Playing Time: 3:15:01

It doesn't get any better than this. This is Billy Idol's early stuff with the amazing Generation X and a lot of it here, so make sure you check out all 3 cds. Cd 1 Studio Mix
Cd 2 "Sweet Revenge"
Cd 3 "Live in Osaka, 1978"

SMD - Hatefed Motherfucker 666 (2004)

Hatefed Motherfucker 666

Genre - Hardcore Thrash
Origin - Pico Rivera, Ca.
Time - 23:14 min.
File: 48.54 (320kbps)

It started back in Jan. of 1990 in my garage in PICO RIVERA,CA with the Our first line up. (Vocals-Maury,Guitar-Burgie,Bass-Raul,Drums-Murtle) In Oct. of 1990 Rito joined the band on Drums and Murtle switched to Guitar. In 1992 we were ready to go in the studio to record our first demo, which was a 5 song cassette. At the time we where playing a lot of Backyard Gigs all around L.A. In 1993 we went back into the studio to record our first 7” which was a 9 song E.P. (SMD s/t 7” 500 pressed -out of print) that we released ourselves.

Around the same time shows started to get harder to get, so we played a few clubs in HOLLYWOOD and I remember one night at the ANTI-CLUB the owners were so pissed off at us, that when the show was over as they were kicking us out they said “you will never play HOLLYWOOD again” but we didn’t give a shit. In 1994 our friend Mike moved up to the Bay Area. So we had a out of town contact. By the beginning of 1995 we started going up North and playing shows all over the Bay Area with his band OPPRESSED LOGIC. We ended up meeting a lot of cool people which we are still in contact with today.

In 1996 we went back in the studio to record our second 7” which was a 8 song E.P. (SMD “KING OF DRUNK” 7” on BEER CITY RECORDS 1,000 pressed on Beer colored vinyl-out of print). The line up at the time of this recording was, (Vocals-Maury,Guitar-Burgie,Drums-Rito,Bass-Rose). In 1998 we went back in the studio to record another demo which was a 17 song cassette. The line up for this recording was, (Vocals-Maury,Guitar and Bass-Burgie,Drums-Rito). In 2000 we went back into the studio to record our first Full Length which was a 15 song CD (SMD “PISSING BEER” CD on KING OF DRUNK RECORDS) the line up on this recording was, (Vocals-Maury,Drums-Rito,Guitar-Nick,Bass-Rose).

In May of 2002 we were playing a show at Gilman St. In BERKLEY,CA. After our set my friend Jeff asked if we would be interested in putting out a full length on his label (SIX WEEKS RECORDS) So it took us 1 year and 4 months to come up with this MOTHERFUCKER! In Sept. of 2003 we went into the studio to record our second full length which was a 16 song CD (SMD “MOTHERFUCKER 666” CD on SIX WEEKS RECORDS) Released April of 2004 The line up on this recording was, (Vocals-Maury,Guitar and Bass-Burgie,Drums-Rito) In Oct. of 2004 we went on our first tour out of CALIFORNIA covering most of the Southwest. We met a lot of cool people and I’m sure we pissed off a few on the way just by our nature. (from their myspace page)

Track list:
1. Motherfucker 666
2. Hatefed
3. Bad Rep
4. Drunk & Pissed
5. Commit Suicide
6. Annihilation
7. Fuck Shit Up
8. Money & Power
9. Mended In Fury
10. Free Beer For The King
11. Reason For Treason
12. Sick Society
13. Why Aren't You Dead
14. Be All You Can Be
15. Leverage
16. Alcohol

This unit has been tearing it up for 20 years now with pretty much the same core, changing a bass player here and there along the way. I caught wind of these guys after picking up the "King of Drunk" 7" that came out on Beer City Records in '96. I was glad to see these guys hooking up with the cool people at Six Weeks Records and putting this disc out. They will be making a jaunt up the West Coast in August, maybe more dates will be added by then? Hit up their page by clicking here.

Fuck Shit Up!

Slackeye Slim - Texas Whore Pleaser (2007)

"Slackeye Slim began In the fall of 2006, with the demise of his noise/punk band in the recent past, Joe Frankland began to look for a new band. Growing frustrated with the lack of creative musicians in his rural Northeast Ohio town, he decided to begin a solo project. Having no experience with any instrument other than bass guitar, he began to collect various instruments and learn how to play them.

Frankland created a zombified and cannibalistic caricature of himself, based loosely on his frustrations with the modern world and American culture combined with his interest in history and especially the American West. He called this character Slackeye Slim and began to write and record a series of songs.

Less than a year after Joe Frankland began working on the first songs he had ever written as a solo artist, Slackeye Slim began to gain enough of a following to offer support for national acts, such as Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Those Poor Bastards, The .357 String Band, and Graham Lindsey.

On Christmas Day of 2007, Slackeye Slim’s first album, “Texas Whore Pleaser” was released. Completely self-produced and self-released, Slackeye Slim’s debut features twelve tracks and guest vocals by Lonesome Wyatt of Those Poor Bastards.

In spring of 2008, Joe Frankland and his brother, Eric Frankland, packed their things and headed west to Anaconda, Montana." ~ Last.FM


Track Listing

1.	Looks Like I Killed Again
2.	Evil Eye
3.	Missy Columbia
4.	I Wanna Be Yer Zombie
5.	My Name Ain't Tex
6.	Cowboy's Lament
7.	Wide Open Spaces
8.	Don't Touch My Horse
9.	No Place Fer Me
10.	Chuck Violence
11.	Texas Whore Pleaser
12.	Just as Soon as I Wound This Man

SS - Texas Whore Pleaser

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Mars - Reign of Suns

Mars is a sludge/doom band formed in 2006 from New Orleans.  After many lineup and name changes later, they managed to release this fucking jewel known as "Reign of Suns".  Mars has played shows with Mala Suerte, Coffinworm, Black Tusk, Tombs, The Gates of Slumber, Pentagram, Thou,  and many more.  I featured  a few of their songs on the last compilation that I made for Cheeto and the gang which can be found here and here.

2008 - Reign of Suns


Track Listing:


1.  Shadow Out of Time
2.  Nameless Shapeshift
3.  Golden Dawn
4.  Black On High

Check them out HERE

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Avulsion - Crimson Foilage Hit (1998)

Crimson Foilage Hit (1998)

Genre - Grindcore
Origin - Buffalo, NY.
Time - 29:57 min.
File - 60.28 MB (320 kbps)

Avulsion are very dynamic in that they play at a wide variety of speeds, such as fast, faster, absurdly fast and perilously fast. I like Avulsion if only because they are one of the few grind bands who seem to actually care what their guitars sound like. If you like Assück or Benümb then you will like this. Did I mention this record is fast? Well, it is, and it’s fucking good too. Still not sold? What are you, retarded?

(a review by JR from Disposable Undergound)

Track List:
1. Self Hypnosis
2. Beyond The Realm Of Donnie Moore's Understanding
3. Distoted Mirrors
4. Pineal Gland Breathing
5. Sha-Na-Na

6. Virtues Disappear
7. Jim's Power Play
8. The Crimson Curse
9. Fear Is The Leading Cause Of Death
10. The Fickle Finger Of Fate Pt. 1
11. Pt. 2
12. Black Line Crimes

13. The Unexpected Thrills Of The Overhunt

14. Pink Mastiffs To The Systematic
15. Green Scare

16. Boilermaker Straight & Boxed
17. Stakes On the Table
Split w/Forced Expression (1996)

18. Alpha Omega
19. Warlads
20. Tatler's Tale
21. Living Life Through The Five Senses
Split w/ Laceration (1996)
22. Plaid Fiction
23. Scenesters
24. Existence
25. Craves

Established in '93 and still grinding it out today. These guys are pretty badass! Here is their page for more info. Hit it up, Yo!

GRIND!