NEW & ON HEAVY ROTATION

as I told you already in the post before I got new records today and therefore have a reason to "preach" again! thanks to MOSH EISLEY I discovered SOUL SWALLOWER! even though this 7" was released in 2005 I heard their name for the 1st time just a short time before I found the rip on the web. I think I played it 15 times today! if you like your HARDCORE fast, brutal and fueled by hate and despair you should give SOUL SWALLOWER's awesome 7" a try! I'm very, very sure you won't be disappointed! the only thing I would like better if done in a different way is the order of the tracks! the way they appear on the 7" is 4 tracks on side 1 vs. 2 tracks on side 2 and as those 2 tracks are a little bit slower than the 4 tracks on side 1 I'd dare to say 3/3 would've been a better order as it sounds tighter that way! anyway, great record!

a short time ago I made a post telling you how fuckig brilliant I'd consider CALIFORNIA LOVE's REAPING THE WHIRLWIND 12" to be. well, today I got their CAN'T WASTE DEATH 12" and guess what - it is also a fucking brilliant record! 12 devastating fierce and vicious songs on a 12" that comes in a heavy cardboard cover, with the artwork and the tracklist silkscreened on it in different colors and has a running time so short I'm 100% sure it could have been released as a 10" without any problems and maybe even as a 7"! as you can see on the post I did on their other 12" Aaron, who plays in CALIFORNIA LOVE, is a visitor of my blog and if you think I just wrote this here cause he promised to send me their new recordings after they are finished - you caught me red handed! don't forget to tell your friends about it and how fucking sell-out I am and tell them I'm the one who spoiled PUNK too!

thanks to Chris of CRUSTCRACKER I stumbled across LEGION DCLXVI (= LEGION 666) another fucking awesome and unique Canadian band! unique cause they dare to carry the BLACK METAL / satanism thing further than anybody else in the whole world wide PUNK / HARDCORE scene (except ORDER OF THE VULTURE maybe)! the cover of this 12" isn't so "satanic" (well it is if you've understood what a "satanic" cover is by the definition of a satanist and not by the definition of an idiot desperately trying to make it something like reverse X-tianity) but the cover of their DIE SCHEISSE CHRISTUS CD released on YELLOW DOG Rec. caused some trouble in liberal Sweden cause of the cover! music-wise the mix of HARDCORE and (early) BLACK METAL works really great! if you like the "more PUNK in it IMPALED NAZARENE stuff" you should definitely give them a listen! another point that should be mentioned is that they've really good lyrics! (I admit I haven't read all, yet!) and that the package is top notch too! my 12" came with 2 of the poster below in red with black stains vinyl and a nice looking lyric sheet!