WORLD PEACE CAN'T BE DONE!

the AGE OF QUARREL 10" is one of the very few records that I didn't sell/trade in spite of the pro-Krishna consciousness attitude and therefore lyrics that cover the idiocy it brings with it. that said you now know probably everything negative that could be said about the CRO-MAGS 10" I guess? compared to the 12" with the same name it's like comparing a warm summer breeze to a hurricane! the hurricane being the 10" of course as this 10" is one of most aggressive HARDCORE records ever released. it's a shame it's just a bootleg that comes without lyrics etc. and it's also a shame the bootleggers used the bullshit Krishna-pic. as cover. if you've read John Joseph's biography EVOLUTION OF A CRO-MAGNON you can understand why he was easy prey for the Krishnas but why all the other people got involved is still beyond me. click the cover to d/l! password = mean.

DORMANT HALLUCINATIONS

time for another dose of Darryl Kahan! this is FUNEBRARUM's DORMANT HALLUCINATION 7" that's ltd. to 2000 copies of which 1000 are on red vinyl and 1000 are on clear vinyl if I'm not mistaken. let's start with the packaging which is top notch! the 7" is housed in a full-color gatefold cover and has some additional inserts. you can see the brilliant drawing on the backside of one of the inserts on the right and as I don't really get what this drawing is supposed to mean perhaps anybody can spell it out to me? perhaps the sentence "NUKE THEIR ASS!!!" is confusing me? shouldn't that be "NUKE THEIR ASSES!!!"? just saying, not sure though so let's continue with the music on the 7" which is 2 songs plus an intro. honestly speaking I'm not really sure what to think about it. I bought this 7" cause I really like FUNEBRARUM's BENEATH THE COLUMNS OF ABANDONED GODS 12" and while this 7" isn't really bad it's far from being as good as said 12" in my ears even though I couldn't really say why. check it out and decide for yourself! click the cover to download! password = mean.

CHAINSAW JUSTICE

here you get INSECT WARFARE's ENDLESS EXECUTION THRU VIOLENT RESTITUTION 7" that was released by 625 THRASH. I ripped this 7" quite a while ago but it somehow never made it to be posted till now for whatever reason. as INSECT WARFARE don't appear on this blog for the 1st time I guess you know the deal - it's time for some GULF COAST GRINDCORE! there are 7 tracks including a RAZOR cover on this 7" altogether and none is a let-down so I suggest you click the cover to d/l and give it a try!

LACK OF...

I finally got my hands on a copy of HATRED SURGE's 2 track lathe cut 5" a while ago. a record I had on my want list not so much cause of the music but mainly cause of the size and the artwork. don't get me wrong the music is rad GRINDCORE as always but the sound, which I consider important for GRINDCORE on most lathe cuts isn't exactly brilliant and this one is no exception. you'll get 2 different rips one of the 5" and one of the 2 tracks that are on the 5" ripped from their 2005 -2007 CD so you can hear for yourself. I still really love the artwork! click on the pic on the bottom to d/l!

JOIN THE CULT!

in the MRR review of NUCLEAR CULT's HEIMSPIEL demo from 2009 the reviewer wrote "this is the fastest and angriest shit I've heard in a while" and I totally agree! Berlin's NUCLEAR CULT is SOLID DECLINE with a new vocalist if I'm not mistaken (but don't sound much like SOLID DECLINE in my opinion) which means they got ex-members of Y and PINK FLAMINGOS within their ranks. you'll get 9 tracks of sheer brutality that run between 10 seconds and 1.15 minutes and totally blew me away. the 9 tracks are including a cover of VIOLENT TUMOR's TOOLBOX by the way. as the tape is already sold out as far as I know and they are among the best German bands right now I thought I should post it here. click the picture below to download! password = mean.

THE ORIGINAL SIN

after waiting for ages the GEHENNA / VEGAS split 7" on VEDAVU REC. that is ltd. to 100 copies finally surfaced here. now, before we go on let me tell you that you have no idea how curious I was on this record or on it's packaging to be more precise. in case that you now think that being more curious on the packaging of a record than on the music sounds a little bit retarded let me also tell you that A) I already have the music on my laptop since months and B) it was released by Jeremy on VEDAVU (if you don't know what that means I suggest you do a blog search) which means the artwork, the packaging and the music fit together and make this a real piece of art! the 7" comes with an obi-strip and the cover is a folder that opens in the middle which is sealed by a thick cardboard obi-strip. if you remove the obi to take a look at the cover you should pay attention to the fact that unlike most folders that open in the middle both sides exactly fit together if closed! the 7" comes with an extra insert for each band which have been messed up by the printer so that the back of the GEHENNA insert has the lyrics of the VEGAS track and vice versa. the split came together with a GEHENNA shirt as you can see on the last pic. as you can also see on the last pic is that mine came with an extra VEDAVU shirt that according to Jeremy is not for sale but "only for the homeboys" - thanks for that sir! about the music: the split has one track of each band per side. the GEHENNA track is called WITHIN THE PEYOTE CULT and sounds as spiteful and sick as you expect GEHENNA to sound. the VEGAS track on the flipside called THE ORIGINAL SIN brings old INTEGRITY to mind especially when it comes down to the vocals which is totally fine with me as I really like the old INTEGRITY stuff. on a side note: VEDAVU has announced upcoming releases of HOT PURSUIT, GOD'S IRON TOOTH, DEVIL, VERMAPYRE, THE ARM AND SWORD OF A BASTARD GOD, PIGS and SLEEPWALKER so you better watch out!

on another side note: during the last weeks various people have asked me for GEHENNA mp3s via e-mail. in case you are playing around with the thought to ask me if I could upload GEHENNA's fill-in-record-title for you let me safe you some time: NO! Mike Apocalypse a.k.a. Mike Cheese doesn't want GEHENNA's music to be available on blogs for download and I respect that therefore no one will get any mp3s from me! period! I somehow also doubt that all people that promised they'd not share the mp3s with anybody else in their e-mails would keep their promise!

ULTIMATE BLOWUP EUROPE TOUR 2011!

ULTIMATE BLOWUP will tour in Europe in February. the pic on the right shows the design of the t-shirts they'll have with them. black screen print on (most likely) red, white and sand colored t-shirts.

the dates so far:

1st Feb - Liege, Belgium
2nd Feb - Köln
3rd Feb - Bielefeld
4th Feb - Brussels, Belgium
5th Feb - Amsterdam, NL
6th Feb - Tilburg, NL
7th Feb - Mainz
8th Feb - Tübingen
9th Feb - Munich NEED HELP!
10th Feb - Linz, Austria
11th Feb - Leipzig
12th Feb - Berlin

NOTHING LEFT

here you get KNIFE FIGHT's 2nd 7" from 2004 that's called BURNING BRIDGES and delivers 4 tracks of raw old-school HARDCORE. this 7" doesn't sound as NEGATIVE APPROACH influenced as there later stuff but is one step ahead in that direction. what I really dig about KNIFE FIGHT is that if you play all their 7"es in a row you can clearly hear the development and progress from one 7" to the next. they started as a good band and developed into a raging hurricane! password = mean.

FUCK OFF ALL!

welcome to the 1st post on this blog in 2011! it's a JAPCORE comp. 12" called SIX WEEKS OMNIBUS VOL. II and features SOUL CRAFT, GOUKA, CIVIL RIGHTS, FLAME, S.C.U.M. & EXHALE. I bought this comp. mainly cause of GOUKA as they totally slay but the other bands are also no let down especially EXHALE. 23 tracks of raging Nippon styled HARDCORE a.k.a. JAPCORE altogether that make a great follow up to the 1st part which was an 8" flexi if I'm not mistaken. click the cover to d/l! pw = mean.

CRUSHING MY DREAMS

just got the split 7" Nippon's SLANG share with MIND ERASER from the U.S. a short time ago but as I believe it to be sold out I thought I'd post it anyway. there are only 3 tracks on this 7" one from SLANG and 2 from MIND ERASER and none is a let down even though I don't think that the SLANG track is as good as anything on their THE IMMORTAL SOUL 12" (which you should buy as soon as possible if you haven't bought it yet!) it's a solid song no doubt about it. MIND ERASER's 2 tracks are better than the stuff on their last 12" - 2 sweet little ragers! the only thing I still dislike about them is that their vocalist is into that ridiculous Krishna bullshit which I find totally embarrassing read John Joseph's biography "Evolution Of A Cro-Magnon" and you'll agree most likely! luckily it doesn't come through in his lyrics. click the cover to d/l!

FORCE FED

one band that's around since 2002 but always flew under my radar till 2010 is KNIFE FIGHT which totally surprised me with their ISOLATED 7" on PAIN KILLER REC. that is so good I bought their other two 7"es and their 12" within 4 weeks after having heard them for the 1st time. this is their self-titled 11 song debut 7" on MY WAR REC. from 2003. even though it's not as good as their later stuff it's still a great 7" and already gives you a hint on the potential KNIFE FIGHT have and offers you some vicious raging HARDCORE - what more can you ask for? click the cover to d/l! password = mean.

OLD CUNTS NEED A KICK

after years of trying to hunt down a copy of this I finally scored a copy of DROPDEAD's split 8" with RUPTURE! as you can see my copy is on black vinyl but there's a pressing on multi-col. vinyl too (sell me one!). actually as far as record collecting is concerned the last month was one of the most successful in my whole career and I was able to get a lot of records I was desperately hunting for ages - something you'll recognize in my postings here even though I admit a lot is nerdy shit like a 2nd press copy of CITIZENS ARREST's COLOSSUS 12" on red vinyl. but back to the 8" here: 14 DROPDEAD songs and 10 RUPTURE songs is what you get. the DROPDEAD tracks all appear on their discography 11" (or 12" depending on which pressing you got) and you should therefore be familiar with them. as I never cared for the Aussies I can't tell you much about them but music-wise these songs are from their most interesting period when they were fast and still could kick some ass before they became the lame and sad joke they are now. click on either cover to d/l and check for yourself!

BEERMACHT

INCONTINENCE

remember my post about CAPITALI$T CASUALTIES' PLANNED COMMUNITY 6" and the not included artwork? for whatever reason I also didn't include the artwork when I posted their DARK CIRCLE 5" neither which is a shame as it's a neat look picture disc housed in a gate-fold cover and comes with a poster as lyric sheet. the only 5" picture disc I have in my collection if I'm not mistaken. the 5" isn't divided into side a and b but into a side "Dead Kurds" with 3 tracks and a side "Nuclear Worker" with only the title track. click the pic of the poster down below to d/l!