TOTAL ANNIHILATION!

as you can see I was not only finally able to snatch a copy of HARMS WAY's IMPRISONED 7" I could even snatch one of the 167 copies on clear vinyl. well, while there's no doubt that this 7" is absolutely top notch music-wise as HARMS WAY's music is in general there's also no doubt that this 7" totally blows lyric-wise! as a matter of fact lyrics that deal with anything releated to S.E. are nearly always totally ridiculous but the lyrics on this 7" are beyond ridiculous. in case you don't believe me here's an example: one day a week / we get revenge / drunk mother fuckers / your time has come to an end / with weapons in hand / you'll feel our destruction / we will end your / alcoholic consumption now, tell me: isn't that absolutely fucking brilliant? isn't that true poetry? let me add that in spite of those lyrics their singer seemed to be a really friendly and inteligent guy when I talked to him face to face on the HARMS WAY European tour with NAILS and RISE ABOVE in 2010 plus he's not even looking half as impressive in person as the pics of him on the web and on their records lead you to believe!

edit: Michael Jackson was the cover-model on the test presses!

ICEPICKS AT DAWN

well, what could I probably say / write about POISON IDEA that hasn't been said / written before? not much? yup, that's right! cause of that I'll keep this post short. BLANK BLACKOUT VACANT is POISON IDEA's 4th full length which was released about 20 years ago in 1992 and has gems like PUNISH ME on it. click the cover to download!

the 1st press of this 12" came with this 2 track live 7" that has FEEL THE DARKNESS on side A and ALAN'S ON FIRE on side B. both tracks have been recorded live on KBOO on 09/10/1991. in case you ask yourself what the song ALAN'S ON FIRE is about, here's the explanation: this song called "Alan's On Fire", about this guy who my friend knew. He worked all his life for this company, he had a family, three kids who grew up and went to college. And he was treated like shit all the time, he was like a nonassuming person who was just used all his life. So one morning he invited his family over and they all had dinner, with their kids and everything. And there's Grandpa Alan, he's been pissed off all his life. And he makes them sit down at the table and have coffee with him, and Alan went in the backyard, sat down and poured a jug of gasoline over his head and ignited himself in front of his family! "So for once in my life I will be heard, you won't ignore me now, you've fucked me all my life, this time you're gonna pay attention." It's very powerful, so we wrote a song about it.

NOTHING IS SAFE!

let's face it: nowadays the term METALLIC HARDCORE is an insult! and rightfully so even though way back in the 90ies that wasn't the case but was the label slapped on bands like Arizona's UNRUH and others that sounded way more, you guessed it METAL than nearly any HARDCORE band before. their guitarist Ryan said in an interview "We just knew we wanted to be pretty much speed metal mixed with hardcore at the time." when asked about the early days of UNRUH. anyway, this is their first 4 track 7" from 1997 called FRIENDLY FIRE and UNRUH never sounded rawer or fiercer than at this point of their career. click the cover to download.

HATE THE POLICE!

in 1980 Gary Floyd, who later formed SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS, and 3 other guys started the 1st version of a band called THE DICKS in Austin / Texas and also released their THE DICKS HATE THE POLICE 7" in the same year. 30 years later a.k.a. today this 7" is what's called a classic. and rightfully so! the title-track, which has lyrics written from the point of view of a cop that abuses his power has some of the darkest vibes ever! period. click the cover to download.

SO ENDS OUR NIGHT

here we got a german bootleg of the infamous LAST RIGHTS CHUNKS b/w SO ENDS OUR NIGHT 7" with Choke from SLAPSHOT on vocals originally released on TAANG! RECORDS bootleged on KRANK! as you can see there was also a ltd. edition with Adolf Hitler on the cover. well, while anybody that has met Choke can tell you that he's not a rocket scientist he's not a nazi either. therefore you can file this cover under stupid, phatetic act of wanna-be provocation. music-wise LAST RIGHTS aren't really far away from, you guessed it early SLAPSHOT but have a little bit more OI influence though! click the cover to download!

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

I don't think that I've posted anything that I've released on my label IDONEUM BELLO RECORDS here till now but as mp3 rips of the two 7"es below have been posted on other blogs in embarrassingly poor quality I thought that it would be better to upload quality rips of them myself.

SHORTLIVED - MINDROT 7"

SHORTLIVED are another New Zealand band worth checking out. Their MINDROT 7” has 8 great tracks of raw, fast & pissed off Hardcore that is influenced by bands like DROPDEAD as well as old U.S. Punk/HC bands. 7 own tracks and a cover of ANGRY SAMOANS’ “Lights Out” as icing on the gravy!

KALI - DEMO 7"

KALI hail from Canada and this 7" contains the 8 tracks of their demo. Fierce POWER VIOLENCE with a strong anti-Christian stance! Considering the fact that the youngest member of KALI is only 16 this is more than awesome! A review said: “Short and chaotic tunes like HELLNATION, DROP DEAD, CROSSED OUT running amok on a nice and warm summer day after taking an overdose of LSD.” That is a poetic but accurate description!

archives incl. the artwork - click the covers to download!

LIVE OF SHIT

THE STORM

Toledo / Ohio spwaned this beast called DISCONNECTED which consists of (ex)memebers of bands like AS GOOD AS DEAD, PREMONITIONS OF WAR amongst others. this is the self-released 4 track CD-R they did for their tour with CLOUD RAT in a ltd. quantity of only 50 copies. while 2 of the 4 tracks, including a G.A.T.E.S. cover also appear on their split tape / CD-R with UNDER ANCHOR the 2 other tracks are unreleased. the G.A.T.E.S. cover gives you a great hint what to expect from DISCONNECTED music-wise: angry and fierce HARDCORE with a heavy JAPCORE influence.

DENOUNCING THE CHRIST PIG

what would suit X-mas better than the ABORTED CHRISTIANS /POLICE LINEUP split 7" which is called DENOUNCING THE CHRIST PIG? yes, that's right: none! both bands hail from New Zealand and this split is their first vinyl appearance. it's ltd. to 200 copies which came with 2 different covers. ABORTED CHRISTIANS are GAWJ minus drummer Sean plus the drummer of WASTELAND and deliver a fierce mix of GRINDCORE, BLACK METAL and HARDCORE with a raw sound quality that really fits their sound. POLICE LINEUP is a 2 men POWER VIOLENCE outfit with Sam from SHORTLIVED, METH DRINKER and ROGERNOMIX on guitar and vox. not really as good as SHORTLIVED or ROGERNOMIX but still solid though. click any of the covers to download.

A NICE TOWN

the TOWN OF HARDCORE comp. 7" was on my wantlist for ages before I was finally able to track down a copy. it features exclusive tracks by FUCKED UP, HAYMAKER, KNIFE FIGHT, MENTAL, PUNCH IN THE FACE, RNR, SO BE IT, THINK I CARE and VIOLENT MINDS but I mainly wanted it for the HAYMAKER and KNIFE FIGHT tracks cause they totally slay and make worth owning this comp. alone. plus besides a lyric sheet it also includes a sticker and a poster which makes the packaging above average too.

COMATOSE

I hate to say this but EXTORTION's last 5" called GET FUCKED is as close to a total let down as by any means possible! just 2 songs of which one is a boring sludgey 2 min something instrumental (in case you don't know yet let me tell you that instrumental is just another word for boring in most cases anyway) and the other is mediocre at best in spite of the fact that it has some nice drumming that brings old D.R.I. to mind. while I don't know why the 5" is hand-numbered and ltd. to 300 copies although there were 500 copies of the 5" pressed. as my source is Sandro from R.S.R. himself I got this straight from the horses mouth so too say but all I remember is that he said he did 500 cause the price for 300 copies is nearly the same as the price for 500 copies though. well, the same is also true for covers so that's not really an explanation either. thinking about it... perhaps he just released the 5" as a favor for someone even though he thought he wouldn't be able to sell more than 300 copies of it? hmmm... click the cover if you don't believe me!

RIPPED!

my scanner is finally running again and I've already ripped the stuff you can see on the pic above. so expect some new postings as soon as I find the time to scan the artwork!

BACON'D

there's this guy from New Zealand called Sam who seems to play the guitar or sings in at least half the HC/PUNK bands that are located there. he was/is in SHORTLIVED, SCAB, ROGERNOMIX, METH DRINKER, POLICE LINEUP and most likely some others but as that's not enough to keep him busy he also runs a record-label that's called ALWAYS NEVER FUN on which he has released SHORTLIVED's debut 12" amongst other stuff. he's also released the 6 track debut 7" of his new band ROGERNOMIX in a ltd. edition of just 150 copies which sold out quick. while Sam only handled the vocals in SHORTLIVED he sings and plays guitar in ROGERNOMIX at the same time. ROGERNOMIX is a 4 piece that features Sarsha, SHORTLIVED's bassist on, you guessed it, bass, a drummer and another woman as 2nd vocalist. the dual male/female vox make ROGERNOMIX sound quite "crusty" but that suits them really well! check out ROGERNOMIX if you like your HARDCORE fast & pissed off!

HOME SWEET HOME

I'm back home again! more about the tour and some new music posts soon(er or later)!

NEED HELP!

as you can see above and below Nippon's SETE STAR SEPT still need to close 2 gaps in their Europe tour. would still need a gig for September, the 19th! any help would be highly appreciated! if you think you could help us in any way please e-mail me at: am.i.mean(a)gmail.com!

Sat, September 17 - Rostock (Germany)
Sun, September 18 - Hamburg (Germany)
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Tue, September 20 - Ghent (Belgium)
Wed, September 21 - Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Thu, September 22 - Den Haag (Netherlands)
Fri, September 23 - Köln (Germany)
Sat, September 24 - Weimar (Germany)
Sun, September 25 - Berlin (Germany)

IT SHALL BE KNOWN...

...that even though girlfriend calls me "THE RUINATOR" I don't fuck up stuff on a regular basis! nevertheless I recently somehow managed to fuck up my 2 of my laptops within 8 days. till I get one of them fixed I'm left with just my very 1st laptop which is slow as fuck and can't even handle my scanner! without my scanner it's not possible to post stuff the way I usually do which means it will take a little while till I'm back on track. that's a real pity as whole lot of awesome records and tapes, that I'd love to post about, have been released or made it to my place in the last few weeks as you can see on the pic above. not that I would have the time to really do that but releases like GEHENNA's new 7" LAND OF SODOM II, the long awaited re-issue of GRAVEHILL's PRACTITIONERS OF FELL SORCERY demo on vinyl, the 2nd edition of DEVIL's LIVE ENTRY tape or the new 7"es from HOAX, PENETRATION PANTHERS and DAMAGES to name just a few would all deserve a post of their own though. as that's not possible by any means right now let me just tell you that what surprised me the most of all the new stuff I received in the last weeks was the new DISCONNECTED stuff Will has sent me. their split tape with UNDER ANCHOR as well as the 4 track CD-R they did for their tour with CLOUD RAT are both top notch and really worth checking out!