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KEITZER - as the world burns LP (7degrees)  $10
Metallic, grindcore from Germany. A
sonic assault and battery from the first blast beat until the end.
Their drummer is pretty fantastic and plays as fast as a tommy gun
emptying cartridge, after cartridge of bullets. Straight-up, no frills,
no bullshit mayhem. No porno, gore or other dubious lyrics are growled
- despite no lyrics being included. If you like your early Earache,
current Crimes Against Humanity styled grind and done really well, then
look no further.
myspace.com/keitzer

LITANY FOR THE WHALE - dolores LP (perpetual motion machine) $8
Santa Rosa, CA's LITANY FOR THE WHALE exploit a gruffer take on heavy music, surrounding it with wailing feedback, darkened ambience, and harmonious melodies. The end result is a chaotic and complex mix of hardcore, punk and post-rock elements, soaked with devastating levels of distortion, bass, and layered vocals that draws similarities to Majority Rule, Pg.99, Transistor Transistor, etc. Their 23+ minute, 7-song EP was recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, CA by Eric Leavell, with mastering handled by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, IL. Pressed on white vinyl with limited variations on coke bottle clear w/ black haze from MolSook and translucent red w/ black haze from The Perpetual Motion Machine. The record comes packaged in heavy, black and white jackets with beautiful artwork created by Chris Taylor (Pg99, Pygmy Lush).
myspace.com/litanyforthewhale

M:40 - historiens svarta vingslag LP (ffym/dogmadestroyer/deviance/halvfabrikat)$8
M:40 are from Lidköping, Sweden amd bring 12 songs of total fury on their first ful-length album recorded at Hobo Rec, Jönköping. The songs are mixed with slower parts, which keeps the record as a whole interesting and focused. on a prime note; crustpunk has never - and will never be - better than this. Think TOTALT JÄVLA MÖRKER mixed with NEUROSIS!
myspace.com/m40se

MALADIE - s/t LP (great plains/penguin suit)  $8
Fast, emotional hardcore from four stand-up gentlemen from Tijuana.
this is the third format i've had of this in the distro. awesome stuff for fans of Ghostlimb, Protestant, etc etc. Melodic yet heavy political hardcore.
like the s/t 7" from a year or so ago, this is absolutely backed.
myspace.com/maladiemaladie

MALIGNANCY - inhuman grotesqueries LP (haunted hotel)  $8
from corazine.com -
Malignancy is a loud offering of controlled chaos. The untrained ear may hear metallic cacophony but the fine-tuned metal ear will recognize the manipulations of instruments carrying out this sick songwriting that crafted this batch of aural antagonism. 'Inhuman Grotesqueries' is violent social commentary married to a bit of the goregrind aesthetic. These are more than just lowbrow vomitings of gutmunching lyrics. Nihilism abounds and there's more than just a little misanthropy on tap. Naturally loud, fast instrumental contributions shred the eardrums while grinding vocals punch you in the stomach. Fans of classic grindcore can indulge their darkest fantasies.
myspace.com/malignancy

MARCEL DUCHAMP - contra nosotros mismos LP (les nains aussi) $10
Awesome diy fast/thrash political punk with an art-damaged edge from Santiago, Chile. Imagine a hybrid mutant baby between the Minutemen and the Neos. or Los Crudos and some modern hardcore. Marcek Duchamp are one of Santiago’s longest running, most cohesive and active bands in the political punk scene. This is their second full length. Lyrics in Spanish with English translations provided.
myspace.com/mduchamp

MOLOCH - s/t 10" (feastoftentacles/shifty)  $8
Moloch sound like an industrial accident. A very slow one...and a verypainful one. Probably involving a lathe. And a pair of testicles.Genre: pessimist sludge (pessimisludge?) with a shit stain of Hardcore.Recorded in April of this year, this twenty five minute four track e.p.is like a crushed ballbag in a dirty factory. Filthy, agonising, putridspite shite. all flailing about, gnashing your teeth and pulling out bits of youreczematic sideburns because you've misplaced your anti-depressantsagain. Samples, screams, riffs, repressed libidinous energy.
no mercy.
myspace.com/molochscum

NEKRASOV - the form of thought from beast LP  (siege of power) $8
The only reason one can speculate why Nekrasov is a self-released album considering that its brand of towering, infernal, low-fi-yet-epic, raw-yet-atmospheric, power-electronics/death ambient-spiced contemporary black metal equals the quality of several bigger names in this scene, is that the people behind it are trying to stay kvlt. Thankfully not kvlt enough as this cd found its way to Terrorizer HQ and to these grateful ears.The band's website, on the other hand, claims that it is aold out already. The abstract parts on 'The Form….' Don't feel like atmospheric segues serving as mere introductions to the bestial tracks, which, in turn, echo classic BM and transcended it with a killer combination of cavernous treble onslaught, paper thin snares and mono cymbals juxtaposed on thunderous kick, all forming unconventional rhythms. One obvious highlight is 'Today The Sun A Golden Illusion', tumbling down all components compressed into a singular drone. (TERRORIZER ISSUE 174)
myspace.com/nekrasovguts

NORTHLESS - no quarter for the damaged LP (w/Cd) (halo of flies) $8
-No quarter for the Damaged is a beautifully packaged and well-presented record, top to bottom - from the awesome bi-fold insert containing a CD of the LP material to sheer quality fo the music itself. The lyric sheet is adorned with powerful art and a strong presence of thoughtfulness and passion. The art itself shares a similar aesthetic to releases by fellow Cheese-heads PROTESTANT, yet NORTHLESS distinguishes themselves as a separate and dangerous beast on these four songs of sludge, blues, and metal. i hear elements, if just a bit, of newer-era NEUROSIS, the better parts of PELICAN, and even slowed-down MASTADON licks maybe...all while maintaining a solid identity in a popular style. This is a bulldozer! - check it out!
myspace.com/northlessmilwaukee

OMEGA MASSIF / MOUNT LOGAN - split LP (vendetta) $10
Summit of the two German masters of instrumental post metal/post rock from North of Bavaria. The former SWITCHBLADE worshippers MOUNT LOGAN surprise with their turn towards weird Albini-esque noise rock deconstructions, occasionally even with vocals added. OMEGA MASSIF, as you would expect from them, once again create a dard, moody and opulent soundscape with heavy crushing guitars and irresistible killer grooves.
myspace.com/omegamassif
myspace.com/mountlogan

ONE SECOND RIOT - s/t LP (musicfearsatan) $8
Between punk-hardcore and noise-rock, ONE SECOND
RIOT creates its own personal musical area all along these 9 different
tracks, sometimes very agressive, sometimes slow, cold and dark with
samples and programmings that remind of industrial and cold wave tunes. On
the last record track « Clay Mud and Dust », you can hear a very noisy
saxophone. When SHELLAC’s metallic rock collapses with BÄSTARD’s experiments. interesting stuff to be sure.
myspace.com/onesecondriot

PREYING HANDS - through the dark LP (inimical)  $8
Upon returning from a European tour late in 2006, Ballast promptly broke up. 3/5th of the band would continue to play together and soon would form PREYING HANDS including new members whose previous efforts included Montreal bands Snake Master, Desperate Living and Last Days. The sound seamlessly blends an odd combination of crust, melodic hardcore and a touch of pop punk. The powerful female vocals, that lyrically combine the personal with the political, complete an intense picture. Production was handled on this debut effort by Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire, weird...) at the Pines and mastered at Mammoth Sound by Dan Randall (Limp Wrist, Government Warning). The whole thing is packaged beautifully with a nice insert and a digital download card.
myspace.com/preyinghands

PROTESTANT - the hate. the hollow. LP (halo of flies/rust and machine/rimbaud) $8
-The Hate The Hollow is a killer crust punk/hardcore album from a little known Milwaukee band. Protestant takes the grit and grime of early crust bands like Amebix and infuses it with the technicality and raw power of modern hardcore. The result is an intense storm of grinding riffs, raging vocals and suffocating bass lines.
myspace.com/protestantmilwaukee

PULLING TEETH - paranoid delusions / paradise illusions LP (a389)  $8
Pulling Teeth from Baltimore, MD play fast and furious metal influenced hardcore. Imagine a cross between Systems Overload-era Integrity and Left For Dead / Haymaker (mixed with a little Napalm Death/Slayer for good measure). Features ex-members of Slumlords, The Spark, Desperate Measures and Never Enough.
fucking good dudes. . p.d./p.i. is heavier, faster, slower and weirder. Comes in gatefold packaging on light blue vinyl!!!
myspace.com/pullingteethmd

RAKKAUS - jokainen paiva on tristelua LP (tuska&ahdistus/clovek-levyt/ratas) $10
Barrage of Salt did me a favor a few years ago by releasing this bands two previous Ep's. i got a hold of them somehow and liked them right away. totally catchy in a 'i cant put my finger on it' kind of way. ripping finnish punk, female (and male) vocal-ed and pissed. personal and well as political lyrics, more in touch with actual reality and life than "bombs of crust" nonsense. excellent. like Amebix on speed, raw yet strongly recorded. anthemic in parts even.....i absolutely have a soft spot for these folks!
myspace.com/rakkaushc

ROT IN HELL - hallways of the always LP (a389)  $8
Included are all of the songs from the band's vinyl releases to date – the 2007 demo 7" (a.k.a. "Sins of Malice"), the "Millennial Psychosis" split 7" with Brain Dead, the split 7" with Hordes, and "The Works of Fate" split 7" with The Process – as well as a handful of other tracks that, for the most part, have yet to be released elsewhere (as far as I know). As I've discussed here a few times in the past (and am sure to do again in the future), expect nothing but top-notch metallic hardcore heavily influenced by the classic "holy terror" sound pioneered by Integrity, as well as flourishes reminiscent of Ringworm and Gehenna, alongside their own wickedly raw and explosive aesthetic. You'll find short, explosive bursts of power chords with loads of tactfully chaotic leads straight out of the early Integrity handbook, maniacally screamed/shouted vocals as well as a few cryptic whispers, slower midpaced rhythms that flirt with darker atmospheres, and searing little bits of feedback galore. And then there's 8+ minute closer "Now, Today, Tomorrow, and Always", which heads in an entirely different direction with beautiful acoustic guitars and faint samples amidst distant, obscured singing and quivering experimental noise textures. In addition, this 12-track release contains four of the absolute best fucking cover songs ever recorded: "Final Word" (Meanstreak), "Kingdom of Heaven" (Integrity), "Skincrawl" (Ironside), and "Chunks" (Last Rights).
myspace.com/rotinhellband

RUNNAMUCKS - clawing back LP (six weeks) $6
These delinquents combine the speed of early-'80s Boston hardcore bands like Jerrys Kids and The Freeze with the nasty rock of The Stooges and MC5 with a theme rooted in horror movies, providing a lethal dose of rock and punk.
myspace.com/runnamucks

SACRED SHOCK - you're not with us LP (residue)  $8
Following both of their amazing EPs, Sacred Shock (Austin, TX) picks up the intensity and attacks the senses on this 11 song modern classic. Featuring members and ex-members of such amazing bands such as HATRED SURGE, ARMY OF JESUS, IRON AGE, and the YOUNG- Sacred Shock sticks strong melody and insane hooks and then pile it over with Alex’s stream-roller vocal style. Striking lyrics dealing with alienation and blistering anger… it is impossible not to have songs stuck in you head for days! Nothing short of crushing, masterful, and brutal all wrapped up in one moment. Do not miss out on this record!
myspace.com/sacredshockatx

SALOME - s/t LP (vendetta) $10
Drug-induced and alcohol-fueled heavy stoner slugdecore with thundering guitars, pounding drums and eerie painful screamed or grunted vocals from a female vocalist. SALOME take the obligatory SABBATH-influences in their riffing and transcend them into a monotonous, but no way lethargic monster that tends between pure hate and some hidden melancholy. Think of 13 or SOURVEIN as references. Actually unbelievable that it is only guitar and drums building this massive wall of sound and that it is an airy lady having this ugly voice from somewhere deep below. This shit is goddamn HEAVY!"
myspace.com/salomedoom

SCUM NOISE - s/t LP (terrotten/broderkont/starving times)  $8
A brand new full length from Brazillian D-beaters SCUM NOISE brings us nine new tracks of Swedish inspired D-beat madness plus a cover of DRILLER KILLER's drunken anthem Alcoholocaust.  SCUM NOISE have been playing for some years now and their previous releases have earned them comparisons to DOOM and ANTI-CIMEX. These comparisons still hold true on this record as they continue the general style of angry, (mostly) political songs with all but one sung in English. The recording production on the LP is appropriately heavy and has a really full sound comparable to Scandinavian Jawbreaker.  Best enjoyed cranked up to volume 11!
myspace.com/scumnoise

SOUVENIR'S YOUNG AMERICA / CITY OF SHIPS - split LP (ppm) $8
SOUVENIR'S YOUNG AMERICA show a lot of growth since their Crucial Blast-released album An Ocean Without Water with two new dark instrumentals that meld heavy, doom-inspired soundscapes with a slow, western dirge. Florida natives and occasional Richmond residents, CITY OF SHIPS follow up their criminally under appreciated debut ep Live Free Or Don't with two more songs of effects-soaked, crunching, squealing, mathy, heavy rock.
This second pressing is limited to 175 copies, all on colored translucent marble vinyl; all are a bit different and unique from one another, though they've been lumped into three color ways. Packaged in two-color silkscreened covers with metallic gold ink and black ink on dark grey stock, inserts, free digital download card, a sealed poly bag and sticker on the front. Cover artwork by French artist, Arnaud Lounaeumyspace.com/souvenirsyoungamerica
myspace.com/cityofships

SPIRES - flowers and fireworks LP (inkblot/the hive)
Spires, from Oakland, CA, pour their hearts out on this LP, with ten tracks of heavy and melodic hardcore that move seamlessly between hushed tones, spacy guitar riffs and crushing torrents of sound, similar to the sounds of bands like Envy and Burial Year.
myspace.com/spiresatwar

TAINT - secrets and lies DLP (superfi) $10
With an attack that recalls the monolithic precision of Helmet and the
epic, crushing heaviness of the Melvins, Welsh brutalizers Taint are
often lazily tagged "stoner" or "doom" metal, but there's too much bile
and blood spilled in the course ...  of
SECRETS AND LIES to pigeonhole them like that. In fact, by the end of
the album, you're more likely to be lightheaded from extreme cardio
headbanging than from any kind of burning leaves. Heavy rants like "Hex
Breaker" are as unstoppable as a Sherman Tank. You can see it coming,
but it rolls over you just the same.
myspace.com/taintuk

the THIRD MEMORY - et de cela rjen ce ressort LP (icfyc/roklok)
French emoviolence with a huge handful of melodies, think La Quiete and Tristan Tzara mixed with some old-style emotional moments and, may i add this, they rock like hell. Far away from classical french screamo sound. New classics come like that. packaged in a nice screenprinted cover. very nice!!
myspace.com/thethirdmemory

THE THIRD MEMORY - s/t LP  (sadnessofnoise/roklok/more) $10
After a long delay, finally The Third Memory's follow up to "Et de cela rien ne ressort"is here. While most bands have been reduced to manufactured, caricature-like chaos and screams, The Third Memory proves that there is true energy, and passion remaining hardcore. Taking nods from bands such as La Quiete , Tristan Tzara and Orchid, The Third Memory create brand of hardcore that is chaotic yet hypnotically beautiful. Frantic screams against a backdrop of wavering guitar sounds and propulsive drumming.
myspace.com/thethridmemory

THOU - the retaliation of the immutable force of nature 12" (gilead) $8
Since the release of their debut full length 'Tyrant,' THOU have mounted their warhorse and begun a righteous crusade to proclaim themselves the inarguable champions of today's Doom & Sludge scene! "The Retaliation" takes the final two tracks from 'Tyrant' (that won't appear on the Southern Lord LP of 'Tyrant') and puts them a side a piece on this 45 RPM slab of awesomeness. "What Blood..." shows Thou in their darkest and most abrasive, riffs so slow and chunky you could bludgeon a zombie to death with them. The B-side, "Acceptance," is a polar opposite of the A. An Instrumental track showcasing the true dynamic qualities of THOU! Melodic swooping guitar parts, thickly layered post-something-or-other composition. Shit rules, for real.
myspace.com/thouband

UNQUIET - this is darkness descending LP (contraszt!/behindthescenes/synalgie)$10
the amazing debut LP by UNQUIET from Berlin. They deliver 11
songs of dark and pounding midtempo d-beat HC that in some parts evokes
a comparision to Fall of Efrafa, in others to Bombenalarm, but that is
still discrete and outstanding.
myspace.com/weareunquiet

VITAMIN X - full scale assault LP (tank crimes)
After touring throughout the world, Dutch hardcore punk giants Vitamin X return with their first recorded output in 3 years. Finally capturing the manic aggression of their notorious live shows while truely showcasing their songwriting skills and musicianship. VX take their furious hardcore sound even further into the realms of 70's rock riffage and wild guitar solos, never letting up on the high energy thrash punk. Recorded and Engineered at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago by Steve Albini (Nirvana, Neurosis) it has an enormous sound. The album features lead vocals by Negative Approach's John Brannon on 2 songs and amazing artwork by John Baizley (Baroness, Pig Destroyer). This is a serious hardcore masterpiece. LP packaged in a gatefold jacket including printed card stock dust sleeve insert and gatefold poster.
myspace.com/vitaminxhc

WARTORN - tainting tomorrow with the blood of yesterday LP (PE/CAH/Vex)  $6
The much anticipated second full length release from one of the most active DIY punk bands in existence. Contained herein are ten raging tracks of brutal hardcore with influences that range from 80's American hardcore, Scandinavian d-beat thrash, and modern crustcore, including their own unique take on classics from POISON IDEA and STATE OF FEAR. Four of these tracks were previously released in 2007 as the limited edition Prey for Salvation EP that sold out in a matter of days, the others are totally brand new but in the same style and production. As with all WARTORN releases to date, the cover is beautifully illustrated by Marald, who raises the bar on quality work once again.
myspace.com/wartornwisconsin

WHAT IF GODS LIE - third world (despotic)  $5
Ex HOG members from Mexico City playing angry political crustpunk (lyrics in both Spanish and English). Musically they are heavy, down-tuned crust with growled vocals - pretty closely capturing the classic sounds of late 80's crust/punk crossover bands like DOOM and ENT. There is also a hint of the more modern, tuneful influences of TRAGEDY and friends which, coupled with a excellent recording quality, really makes for an exciting and not enitrely predicatble release. This is their first full length, hot on the heels of their great split CD with ALL SYSTEMS FAIL.
myspace.com/whatifgodslie
 
WORMSBLOOD - masters of creation LP (barbarian)
Known for his work in the popular proto doom act Jex Thoth and from his own power electronics outfit Burial Hex, Clay Ruby ventures in a different direction this time. An album of outsider metal, it's sparse and bleak, but rumblings, clanging and tortured cries erupt violently throughout. A very unhinged and dangerous album. Comparisons could be drawn to Armanenschaft, Blood of the Black Owl & the True Werwolf, both musically, as well as in the sense those bands also use black metal as a foundation to explore darker, more experimental avenues.
myspace.com/wormsblood

ZODIAC - rasierter affe 10" (7degrees/amplified anger)
5 tracks of intense raging hardcore from bremen, germany.
a furious bastard of 90's style Bremen and US HC ala Uranus, Rorschach, etc with a healthy dose of metal. dark german lyrics packed into a very nice 12pg booklet.
brutal.
myspace.com/zodiac

v/a - BARRIKADEN LP (nakkeskudd plater/sjakk matt plater/more) $10
barrikaden is a squatted building in oslo, norway and has been around for ten years now. its been one of the most important scenes in oslo, and norway as a whole since it started. from stian/nakkeskudd plater: "i know i have a lot of good memories about this place, playing, drinking, taking pictures,selling records and so on. so when i was asked to participate on this release, to mark this milestone, it was a no-brainer for me. the concept is simple: gather good bands and good friends that has played at barrikaden. one norwegian side and one international side." bands: hevn,black blood world, bøyen beng, victimised, 2:20, summon the crows, civil victim, avskum, skarpretter, juggling jugulars, sotatila, pest fest. 
a good mix of punk / hc bands and some of the best from the area.
another great regional comp!!
myspace.com/barrikaden