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The Piranhas were a British ska-influenced punk band from Brighton. The Piranhas formed in 1977, and were originally part of the Brighton punk scene, first coming to prominence when DJ John Peel started playing their single "I Don't Want My Body" on his BBC Radio 1 programme, but achieved their biggest success with their cover version of the South African kwela song "Tom Hark". Recorded in March 1980 at Pebble Beach studios Worthing, England. The album was due to be released on Attrix Records as RB09 but was never issued as the band signed to Sire shortly after the recording and the album was shelved. Four white label test pressings are known to have existed housed in black & white, colour-by-numbers caricature sleeves. Spoof replica Tesco's/Piranhas carrier-bag's were printed for the album to be sold in at the Attrix shop in Brighton. (Mad Butcher Classics) -
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After 40 years, the legendary album "Zensur & Zensur" from Germany's first punk band MALE will be reissued! It was years when everything was new, everything was possible. Between 1977 and 1979, a punk scene developed in Düsseldorf that was second to none, and MALE created a timeless piece of German music history. In 1977 I was irresistibly drawn to this new thing, punk, and since Bilk was one of the germ cells of the movement, I was lucky enough to experience everything up close. I'd seen her here and there, lanky guys with spiky hair shuffling through the neighborhood in long coats. Word of mouth brought me to an auditorium, and MALE was a real revelation among all the boring Stones cover bands! Loud, snotty, new, different! A gig that ended in a spectacular end at the time with the burning of the German flag. (Wolf Lauenroth (Dieter Zensur)) Tracks 1-14 first released in 1979 as Zensur & Zensur as numbered and limited LP on Modell Musik. Tracks 15 and 16 first released in 1979 on the Clever & Smart 7" on Rondo. Track 17 first released in 1995 on the Male compilation CD on Teenage Rebel Records. Track 18 first released in 1991 on the Die Toten Hosen Ihre Party 7" on Teenage Rebel Records. Tracks 19 - 21 first released in 1980 on the compilation In Die Zukunft LP on Konnekschen. Track 22 first released in 1990 on the compilation Ein Tausendstel Düsseldorf 7" on Teenage Rebel Records. (Tapete Records – TR447) -
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Martha High, who sang on stage with James Brown for 30 years and was his longest-running female vocalist, is stepping back into the spotlight for a new solo album. Martha HighSinging For The Good Times will be released on 22 April June on Blind Faith Records. The lead track from the album is 'Lovelight,' for which the radio impact date is 10 March. It's a welcome solo flight for High, now 71, who tours the world regularly as the lead singer with the band of Maceo Parker, another longtime acolyte of the Godfather of Soul. High's credentials as one of Brown's most trusted allies, and as part of his historic contribution to the history of soul music are unimpeachable. She was with him and the JBs at their celebrated concert at the Boston Garden in April 1968 james-brown-boston-1968on the night after Martin Luther King's assassination, when Brown prevented further rioting with his sheer stage presence and positive message. Martha was also by JB's side at such famous occasions as his courageous trip to Vietnam to entertain the American troops, and at the Rumble In The Jungle concert in Zaire, attended by 60,000 people, ahead of the George Foreman – Muhammad Ali fight of the same name in Kinshasa. james-brown-payback-label-45-masterBrown rarely used other solo voices in his prolific recorded output, with the exception of Bobby Byrd, but High sings on the 1968 live recording of 'There Was A Time' featured on the Star Time box set. She's the striking vocalist at the beginning of his 1974 US R&B No. 1 'The Payback,' and appears on the 1976 hit 'Body Heat.' Singing For The Good Times, recorded completely in analog for added authenticity, contains 11 original tracks, written, produced and arranged by Italian soul man Luca Sapio and his crew. (Blind Faith Records – BF 01002 LP, Goodfellas – BF 01002 LP)
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Although they existed for only a year, the Highspeed V made enough of a mark on Stockholm’s pioneering neo-garage scene for their name and music to live on several decades later. Along with the Livingstones and the Wylde Mammoths the Highspeed V were a local ‘second wave’ outfit, forming in the Spring 1986 as a combination of experienced players and newcomers to the garage punk circuit. Bass-player/vocalist Jens Lindberg and harmonica cat Henrik Orrje both came from the notorious Crimson Shadows, a first-wave group whose story and recordings can be found on a recent Groovie Records sampler. ‘Crimson’ (as they were known locally) folded in March ’86 after two outstanding 45s and a series of alcohol-fuelled concerts, the last of which ended with a band member getting beaten up by the police. To us young fans, Crimson’s falling apart seemed a serious blow to the whole scene, but we were happy to soon learn otherwise. During the preceding year the Stockholm underground had spawned numerous young moptops who lived by Pebbles anthems and Back From The Grave 3-chord grunge, and who patterned their look on Sunset Strip ’66 rather than the familiar British mod style. In such a thriving milieu the split-up of the great Crimson Shadows became a mere bump in the road, as new bands and new horizons emerged. This LP brings all the HIGHSPEED V recordings along with some unreleased demos. A insert with rare photos, full story of Stockolm neo-garage scene and family tree by Patrick Lundborg, Author of The Acid Archives and Psychedelia books. Limited to 500 copies Insert with "story, photos and a family tree with the Stockholm neo-garage scene!" A1, A2 originally released by Super Stuff Records, 7" Super 001, 1986 A3 to A6 originally released on "Get High With The Highspeed V EP", Mystery Scene Records, 66.11926 7", 1987 B1, B2 originally released by Rave On Records, RO.002.1190 7", 1990 B3, B4 originally released on "Raw Cuts Volume Five Swedish Beat Two" - LP, Satellite, RAW 5, 1987 B4, B5 originally released on "Weird Out!" - LP, Misty Lane, MISTY 018, 1993 (Groovie Records – GROO043LP)
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Black Flag With Henry Rollins & Chuck Biscuits – Live At The On Broadway (July 23-24-1982) “Black Flag always ran into inumerous problems during their tours. Playing shows that were shut down by cops, club owners that didn’t pay them, bouncers breaking the windows of the van, people stealing from the band, and for instance when the van caught fire and Chuck had to go underneath the van with a pillow to put the fire out before it destroyed all of their equipment.” Incredible live performance in New York in ‘82, in a time when Black Flag were under legal problems with the record label and could only tour for a living. Survival was not easy but Henry Rollins kicked adversity in the teeth. Tracklist 23.07.82 1 No Martyrs 2 I've Heard It Before 3 Room 13 4 Depression 5 Can't Decide 6 Nervous Breakdown 7 Jealous Again 8 Scream 9 Six Pack 10 No Values 11 I've Had It 12 My Life (Damaged) 13 I've Got To Run 14 My Rules 15 Modern Man 16 Beat My Head Against The Wall 17 Fix Me 18 Rise Above 19 TV Party 20 Wasted 21 Revenge 24.07.82 22 I've Heard It Before 23 Room 13 24 Depression 25 I've Had It 26 Nervous Breakdown 27 Jealous Again (Really Wasted Youth – RWY02/Unofficial Release)
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Some records so perfectly capture an artist at a critical point in their creativity, and make such an impact, that they become not just synonymous with the band, but an essential piece of music history. Such is the case with Shock Troops, the album that not only became Cock Sparrer’s most acclaimed record, but a defining moment for Oi!, punk rock, and underground music in general! Originally released by Razor Records in 1983, Shock Troops proved to consist of song after song which would each become anthems of the burgeoning Oi! scene and far beyond. From the opening of “Where Are They Now?” on through “Take ‘Em All,” “We’re Coming Back,” all the way to the closing chords of “Out On An Island,” there isn’t a song in the bunch that any self respecting punk rocker can’t shout along to. These working class anthems are just as vital today, as proven by the crowds of beloved fans worldwide that continue to go wild at Sparrer’s live shows, where Shock Troops tracks still make up the heart of their setlists. Tracklist: 1 Where Are They Now 2 Riot Squad 3 Working 4 Take 'Em All 5 We're Coming Back 6 Watch Your Back 7 I Got Your Number 8 Secret Army 9 Droogs Don't Run 10 Out On An Island Bonus Tracks 11 England Belongs To Me 12 Argy Bargy 13 Colonel Bogey (Captain Oi! – AHOY CD 4)
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CD collection of singles and b-sides from one of the best Irish Punk bands ever. Includes the single "Teenage Kicks" and four other Top 20 hits. Tracks A1, C1 to C3: ℗ 1978 Tracks A2 to A5, C4 to C9: ℗ 1979 Tracks A6, A7, C10, D1: ℗ 1980 Tracks B1, B2, D2, D3: ℗ 1981 Tracks B3, B4, D4, D5: ℗ 1982 Tracks B5, B6, D6, D7: ℗ 1983 Label: Salvo – SALVOMDCD21 Barcode: 698458992123
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A Groovy-Thrash-Death Metal Band from Athens/Greece.
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Innovative East LA Chicano punk rockers THE BRAT formed in l978 when lead guitarist Rudy Medina and his guitarist nephew Sidney met singer-songwriter Teresa Covarrubias. Together they began penning songs that addressed social inequalities while fusing hardcore sounds with reggae undercurrents and a hint of girl group pop. A gig at the Vex in l98O put them in the orbit of Los Illegals and The Plugz, whose frontman Tito Larriva produced their debut EP ATTITUDES, making it the first release on his own Fatima Recordz label. A killer set from start to finish, this fully authorized limited edition remastered reissue comes with rare bonus tracks and a printed inner sleeve. Limited Yellow edition. Label: Radiation Records
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One sided LP. 9 new aural abortions ripped straight from A cancerous womb by the Vomitcore demigods. A fuming stew of dissonant thrash, fused w/ knuckle dragging death metal & festering sludge grind. Includes a blistering cover of TYPE O NEGATIVE's "The Misinterpretation Of Silence And It’s Disastrous Consequences. Label: Vomitcore Records – VCR#050, Deep Six Records – DSR #285
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Super limited edition of just 200 copies! Digitally remastered, with rare photos from 1985/86. This is the cassette 1985 original version of their debut album that they later re-recorded with cleaner sound when they signed with Profile/Rock Hotel Records. 1 Signs Of The Times 2:00 2 Don't Tread On Me 1:20 3 Face The Facts 1:37 4 It's The Limit 1:36 5 Life Of My Own 2:48 6 Survival (Of The Streets) 1:27 7 Everybodys Gonna Die 1:10 8 World Peace 2:00 9 By Myself 2:15 10 Show You No Mercy 1:52 11 Malfunction 3:43 12 Hard Times 1:35 13 Dub 1:00 Label: Cromagnon
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Northern winds of brutal hell mangel. Recorded at Studio Mangel, Frösön/Sweden, summer/fall/winter 2021-2022. Engineered by Jocke D-takt. Mixed and mastered at LM Studio, Osaka/Japan, February-March 2022, by Ippei Suda. On "体系的苦悩" noise design by Statuszero. On "裏切り" guest vocals by Jacky Crustwar. On "無 差別な苦痛" back-up vocals by Sakana. Guest appearance recorded at LM Studio, March 2022. Engineered by Ippei Suda. Label: Not Enough Records
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Re-writing the rule book when it came to punk requisites, Leatherface combined passion, angst and power with undeniable songwriting and technical prowess. Led by wordsmith Frankie Stubbs their explosive hooks and thrashing guitars quickly became their trademark and made them one of the most exhilarating UK bands of the 90s. Arriving at the peak of their career, Minx channelled Stubbs’ love for Joy Division and features their much loved fourth bassist, former Snuff band member Andy Crichton. A lost classic, it brought with it a more emotional direction to their sound which was released on the brink of the band’s hiatus. Label: Call of The Void Records Barcode: 809236190529
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Sweden's unsung sensations play crushing grindcore with blistering blastbeats, ravenously crusty riffs, and just a hint of that Swedish sound. A lightning speed blitzkrieg of sonic violence. Label: Relapse Records Barcode: 781676698424
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Limited edition deluxe CDs available with bonus Blind, Deaf and Bleeding EP, expanded packaging and the much talked about short story penned by JR Hayes The undisputed kings of grind, PIG DESTROYER return with their long awaited fourth proper full length Book Burner. Book Burner is a resounding statement of championship, as every element of PIG DESTROYER towers above their closest peers—a 32 minute, 19 song knockout punch of cerebral viciousness. Book Burner is the finest work of extreme music's best band. Label: Relapse Records Barcode: 078167672032
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Hardcore punk band formed in Victoria, B.C./ Canada in 1980. Dayglo's "Feed Us A Fetus" is their second full-length album, originally released in 1986. This is hands-down, the best Canadian punk record to emerge from the 80's!! Aside from collecting most of the songs from their first 12? record entitled "Out Of The Womb" (1981), it also contains many brand new songs (at the time) that were even better than those on the first album. Many of their classic punk anthems are captured on this vinyl and Unrest Records is the sixth label to release the album over the years, which is a testament to what a classic it really is. There should be one of these in every punk rocker's record collection. Don't miss out!! Tracks 1 to A10 Recorded 1985, Legacy Studios, Victoria B.C. Tracks 11 to 21 Recorded 1981, Legacy Studios Originally released as: Dayglo Abortions - Out Of The Womb Label: Unrest Records
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"Για να εξηγήσω την κάπως μυστηριώδη εισαγωγή, θα μας ταξιδέψω πίσω στην υπέροχη ταινία "The Young Poisoner’s Handbook" όπου ο πρωταγωνιστής διορθώνοντας κάποιον άλλον, εξηγεί ότι η πραγματική σημασία της φράσης "Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores" είναι η άνωθεν. Έτσι και οι Okwaho, που δανείζονται το όνομα του λύκου από τη διάλεκτο των Μοϊκανών, επιστρέφουν με το δεύτερο δίσκο τους πιο καλογυαλισμένοι μα παράλληλα πιο μανιακοί και συγκροτημένοι κατά πολύ. Πιστοί στον post-sludge ήχο που έχουν καθιερώσει, μα εμπλουτισμένο με νέα μουσικά στοιχεία που πλέον ανταποκρίνονται στις επιρροές της τριάδας με τον καλύτερο δυνατό τρόπο. Η συνεκτικότητα των Okwaho δεν εντοπίζεται μόνο στη μουσική τους. Με την ομώνυμη κυκλοφορία τους του 2018 και μέσα από τα κομμάτια "Fuck Your Gods" - "Kill Them Fascists", το συγκρότημα έθεσε ηχηρές βάσεις για τις θέσεις του και την τόλμη του να προβάλλει το κοινωνικοπολιτικό στοιχείο στη μουσική του όχι διακριτικά και υποδόρια, μα προτάσσοντας το σε δομικό στοιχείο της μουσικής κοσμοθεωρίας του. Το "The Usurper Regime" αποτελεί συνθηματική επίθεση εναντίον της καταστολής προσφυγικών ρευμάτων. Χιλιάδες ζωές χαμένες στη θάλασσα, που η τύχη παίρνει την απόφαση για το αν ο θάνατος θα τις οδηγήσει σε πολεμικό η υγρό τάφο. Και πανάθεμά με, η μουσική των Okwaho είναι φτιαγμένη για να περιγράψει αυτές τις εφιαλτικές πραγματικότητες όπως και εγώ θεωρώ ότι τους αρμόζουν. Οργισμένο, επιθετικό, εκνευρισμένο με τον κόσμο που ζούμε sludge, πλέον εμποτισμένο με πάρα πολύ post-metal, ατμοσφαιρικό black αλλά και τα ευθέως συνδεδεμένα με το sludge, doom μέρη του. Παρόλο που ξεκίνησαν από ένα sludge αυθεντικότερο και θυμίζοντας έντονα Eyehategod, το "The Usurper Regime" τους δίνει αύθονα εύσημα στην ποικιλία των ερεθισμάτων που έχουν καταφέρει να ενσωματώσουν. Επιδειξιομανώς, το "What A Wonderful Hell" στη μέση του δίσκου, ίσως το πιο Okwaho κομμάτι από τις εφτά συνθέσεις που απαρτίζουν το "The Usurper Regime", θα ήταν μια καταπληκτική εισαγωγή του νέου ακροατή στο συγκρότημα. Ομοίως, το εναρκτήριο "The Burden Of Thousand Murders" ακολουθεί την ευλογία των εκπληκτικών εναρκτήριων sludge κομματιών της εγχώριας σκηνής για φέτος, μαζί με τα "B52" των Last Rizla και "We Have Nothing" των Allochiria. Το συγκεκριμένο όμως αγριεύει απότομα και ανορθώνεται στε post-sludge ύμνο, με τον τόσο χαρακτηριστικό του ρυθμό και riffs. Μεγάλη σανίδα σωτηρίας που λειτουργεί ως σχεδία στον ωκεανό του θανάτου, τα φωνητικά του Γιώργου που θυμίζουν μια σατανική σύμπλευση Cult Of Luna και Thou, αναδεικνύουν τις μουσικές συνθέσεις σε θυελλώδη μανιφέστα. Αν θες να απολαύσεις το συγκεκριμένο χαρακτηριστικό και παράλληλα την πιο doom σύνθεση των Okwaho, το "Safe In Enslavement" θα σε προβληματίσει θετικά. Το κομμάτι, που θα μπορούσε να αποτελεί συνώνυμο των refugee camps, εκθέτει τη θρηνωδία αυτών των χώρων μέσα από το καταλληλότερο είδος μουσικής, όπου μέσα σε δέκα λεπτά, περνά από μπροστά σου ο ζόφος ο ίδιος. Η δύναμη όμως των Okwaho ως προς τη χρήση φωνητικών δεν είναι μόνο αυτό που έχουν, αλλά και στο πως επιλέγουν να το χρησιμοποιούν. Και εξηγώ: δεν είναι όλες οι φωνές για όλα και αυτό το δεδομένο πολλά συγκροτήματα αρνούνται να το αποδεχτούν ή τα Εγώ κάποιων τραγουδιστών αρνούνται να το βάλουν σε χρήση. Εντελώς αντίθετα, οι Okwaho δεν διστάζουν να καλέσουν άλλες φωνές για να προσφέρουν αυτό ακριβώς που η εκάστοτε σύνθεση τους χρειάζεται κι ας έχουν ήδη μια φωνή υποδειγματική για τα ιδιώματα με τα οποία καταπιάνονται. Αυτό μας φέρνει σε πρώτο χρόνο στο bonus κομμάτι "Okwaho Black", που αποτελεί επανηχογράφηση παλαιότερης δημιουργίας. Με τη φιλοξενία του Kalidor των Enthroned Serpent, το "The Usurper Regime" κλείνει με ένα υποδειγματικά αιχμηρό, αυτοπροσδιοριστικό κομμάτι από το πρόσφατο παρελθόν που παντρεύει το black με το sludge σε μια από τις καλύτερές του προσμίξεις. Μια ανάμνηση του τότε εντός του τώρα. Σε δεύτερο χρόνο, τα "The Mermaid A. The Journey" και "The Mermaid B. The Drowning" συναποτελούν ένα διμερές, σπαρακτικό και κατά βάσει post-metal κομμάτι. Ακολουθώντας την ιστορία μιας προσφύγισσας, βάφει την ψυχή σου μαύρη με την αυτούσια ιστορία που αφηγείται η φωνή της Amy Rebecca Clarke Lens στο πρώτο μέρος. Μόνο για να την αποτελειώσει το δεύτερο μέρος όπου σαν την ίδια τη θάλασσα, η πολυτάλαντη Alice Wonderland (το λαρύγγι των ανερχόμενων Breeding The Shadows και το χέρι πίσω από πολλούς πίνακες που κοσμούν εκπληκτικά εγχώρια εξώφυλλα), ρουφάει με τη φωνή της τη ζωή των αδικοχαμένων. Στα "The Mermaid..." νιώθεις πως η ίδια η φύση λυπάται που αναγκάζεται, στο πλαίσιο της ασταμάτητης ροής της να παρασύρει ανθρώπους που δεν τους άξιζε. "My name is Mina, I’m five years old, [...] I am a mermaid now…" Ο πόνος για την εξαναγκαστική προσφυγιά εντός του "The Usurper Regime", είναι πραγματικός, δεν αποτελεί κάποιο έρεισμα για προσποιητή κοινωνική ευαισθητοποίηση, αλλά μια πηγαία ανάγκη έκφρασης της δυσφορίας του ιστορικού περίγυρου μέσα από τη μουσική. Για να ξεφύγουμε λίγο από το συναισθηματικό βάρος του δίσκου, ένα λαμπρό του στοιχείο ακόμη είναι και η παραγωγή του. Στο "The Usurper Regime" κάθε μικροτονικότητα ξεχωρίζει και γίνεται αισθητή ακόμη κι αν μιλάμε για λεπτομέρεια, ενώ τα κρουστά του Αντρέα και το «αριστερό χέρι» του Bob στις χαμηλές συχνότητες λαμβάνουν πρωταγωνιστικό ρόλο σε κάθε σημείο που αυτό είναι απαραίτητο. Διάολε, το "The Usurper Regime" είναι ένας δίσκος που πρέπει να ακουστεί και κατ’ εμέ, ακόμη και να φιγουράρει σε λίστες χρονιάς. Από την τελευταία ηχητική γωνίτσα μέχρι και το νεκροζώντανo του εξώφυλλο, η δεύτερη δισκογραφική προσπάθεια των Okwaho είναι ένα σύνολο κομματιών που μεταθέτουν το σύγχρονο ήχο του sludge εκεί που για μένα οφείλει να μεταβεί. Κοινωνική δυσφορία μεταμορφωμένη αριστοτεχνικά σε ζοφερή τέχνη. Το αγαπημένο μου." Apostolis Zamparas, rocking.gr Label: Self Released
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Πρώτος δίσκος απο τους Αθηναίους ντουμαδες Okwaho. Athens, Greece. Stoned by music, covered in sludge, waiting for our doom. Label: Self Released
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Buzzcocks’ seminal third album, lovingly restored and re-mastered from its original ¼ tapes for the first time since its original release.
- Newly curated booklet featuring an essay from cultural commentator Jon Savage & previously unseen images
- Packaged in its original Malcolm Garrett designed sleeve
- Dispatched with ltd edition ‘Product’ carrier bag
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Out from a concept of misery and suffering, our feeble and dying world is the subject of a new hymn to its demise. “Mortal Coil” is Dödsrit's third full-length, featured on a yet short career though wholly filled with soul-drenching moments. Featuring four tracks, Dödsrit's "Mortal Coil" hails the smothering ashes of purgatory's flames by forging a wall of soultearing riffing, blistering belligerence conjoining melody with aggression, a genuine blaze of cacophony and heart-wrenching melancholy. Consuming all in its path, this relentless maelstrom of grief finds its vision on the thunderous production - utterly powerful and blisteringly organic in all its dynamism. Such sonic virtues get sheerly enhanced by the lively rhythmic section and uncompromised ferocity. Whether on blastbeating outbreaks, D-beat infused vigour, or further atmospheric escapades, pulsing impulses carry an expression and sense of craftsmanship that amazingly translate emotions into cataclysmic beats. Drenched in anguish, a scourged narrator of tragedies spews every single word with the blood and fiery distress of a heart burdened by the weight of our sorrowed existence, a shivering performance of a tongue absorbed in the (dis)comfort of eternal grief. Out under the banner of Wolves of Hades on Vinyl & CD, and The Hell Command on Cassette, “Mortal Coil” is a eulogy to the world in flames - to the hell we call our home. (Text by Mário Souto) Label: Wolves of Hades Barcode: 8720299405813
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Finally the official reissue of the "Violent world" album originally released in 1989 by Disorder records. Then in 1994 Anagram records made a simple cd edition, which included the Live in Oslo album. now Helvetet records presents this great edition 33 years after its original release. Come digipack cd, insert and obi strip. Killer classic! Label: Helvetet Records
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Finally available this classic of 2000, reedited by anagram records. 21 tracks of raging hardcore punk from the disorder legend. Label: Helvetet Records
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Alcohol infused Crossover Thrash, finally available again! The second album from Wehrmacht, “Biermächt” saw the band maturing while still retaining their Thrashcore roots. Released in mid-1988, “Biermächt” featured a slightly cleaner production than the one found on their debut album. To some fans this rendered the album with much less intensity, but to our ears the sound was still very powerful. The massive reverb used on the first album made “Shark Attack” sound like a true shark attack and only added to the overall intensity. This time around the drums are more compressed and some blast beat parts tend to get lost in the overall blur of things. But on the same token, the guitars are much sharper sounding. Marco Zorich and John Duffy were truly evolving as guitar heroes. The thing that is really great and different compared to “Shark Attack” are the funny bit songs. We love them and enjoy them. A lot of the songs on “Biermächt” were leftovers from their demo days, including the phenomenal “Night Of Pain”, one of our all time favorite Thrash songs ever, but newer stuff like “Radical Dissection” and “Balance Of Opinion” showed the band handling a more mainstream Thrash sound somewhere in the middle of a Slayer/Kreator sound and Metallica/Megadeth. There is a certain progressiveness to those songs that hint to a more elaborate musical future. “Biermächt” is a very strong Crossover/Thrash album with a laid back party vibe to it. The sound, however, is very in-your-face. This is not a subtle album by any means. It’s not that they were the funniest bunch around (their side project Spazztic Blurr went a lot further). But Wehrmacht did have their own specific sound (mostly because of the vocals and guitars). Especially after all these years it becomes obvious all Crossover lovers and Thrashers from those days do in fact have this album and hold it dearly. The album has historic importance as well as huge sentimental value. Biermächt is a landmark in eighties Crossover Thrash and should be checked out immediately by all newbies. Issued in a jewelcase with a transparent CD tray. Comes with a 12-page booklet. CD2 is a bonus CD. Tracklist: Biermächt 1-1 You Broke My Heart (So I Broke Your Face) 1:52 1-2 Gore Flix 2:47 1-3 The Beer Is Here! / Drink Beer Be Free 2:48 1-4 The Wehrmacht 2:38 Everb (0:12) 1-5 1/2 E....! 1-5 3/4 Micro-E! 1-6 Munchies 1:45 1-7 Night Of Pain (Part I) 3:46 1-8 Balance Of Opinion 2:47 1-9 Suck My Dick 1:21 1-10 Drink Jack 1:06 1-11 Radical Dissection 3:07 1-12 Beermacht 2:09 1-13 Outro 1:28 Beermacht Demo 1986 2-1 The Wehrmacht 2:11 2-2 Suck My Dick 1:10 2-3 Night Of Pain 3:51 2-4 E! 0:04 2-5 Gore Flicks 3:28 2-6 Termination 3:20 2-7 Beermacht 1:52 Rehearsal 7/23/1986 2-8 Shark Attack 2:47 2-9 B.O.S. (Barrage Of Skankers) 3:02 2-10 Anti 2:37 2-11 Blow You Away 2:37 2-12 Concrete Meat 1:32 2-13 Napalm Shower 3:10 2-14 S.O.P. 1:31 2-15 Part II 3:22 2-16 Jabberjaw 2:17 2-17 Speedaholic 3:13 Live At Pine St. Theatre (Portland, Or.) Oct. 2nd 1989 2-18 Balance Of Opinion 3:08 2-19 Napalm Shower 3:45 2-20 Drink Jack 0:39 2-21 Radical Neck Dissection 3:18 2-22 Shark Attack 4:14 2-23 Munchies 2:00 Label: Hammerheart Records Barcode: 8715392210228
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Crossover Thrash masterpiece, finally available again! A question popular among followers of Thrash Metal is undeniably this, “Which is considered the fastest Thrash Metal album of all time?”. There would be a high percentage of answers supporting “Reign In Blood”, Darkness Descends” or “Pleasure To Kill”. Now here’s a startling reality. Wehrmacht’s debut album makes those albums sound as if they were meant to be listed under progressive Metal. The sheer ferocity of these guys is enough to convince you why they were considered the fastest Heavy Metal band in the underground. So what is it that makes this record worthy of being called an underground classic? Right from production to musicianship, the concoction of several different ideas results into one colossal and inevitably unique style of their own. Many of you would probably wonder that there might just be a natural leaning towards sloppy playing especially considering my description of their astoundingly fast nature earlier. But the major surprise here is that all the musicians are extremely tight and precise with no single riff, solo or beat falling out of place. Tito Matos is one of the most versatile Thrash singers one has ever heard till date. His clarity of words and ability to keep up with the rest of the band with his lightning fast singing is simply commendable. The songs in here are all ridiculously speedy pieces of Thrash Metal with practically little or no remorse for the listener. The title track with that brilliant rendition of the famously eerie “Jaws” theme kicks off the onslaught with a tearing main riff that shreds away with speed and precision. Teutonic, Bay Area and a few east coast Thrash Metal bands have been instrumental in forging the whole genre altogether but taking the intensity a couple of notches higher was undoubtedly achieved by bands like Cryptic Slaughter, Soothsayer and finally Wehrmacht. For a year that was 1987, “Shark Attack” was way ahead of its time and has been highly regarded as the release that influenced many a band in the Grindcore and Black Metal genres. To testify this statement of mine, U.K Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death have covered Wehrmacht on one of their studio compilations, thus proving the exemplary effect this band had in the years to come. Yet the irony still stands out as to why only the most devoted of Thrash Metal/Crossover freaks know about this band. As for some of you guys, quit wasting your time listening to the senseless offshoots of Grindcore and shitty Black Metal and get a hold of this classic instead. Issued in a jewelcase with a transparent CD tray. Comes with a 12-page booklet. CD2 is a bonus CD. Tracklist: Shark Attack 1-1 Shark Attack 3:47 1-2 Blow You Away 2:42 1-3 S.O.P. 1:31 1-4 Jabberjaw 2:07 1-5 B.O.S. (Barrage Of Skankers) 2:43 1-6 United Shoebrothers 1:50 1-7 Concrete Meat 1:27 1-8 Puke 0:55 1-9 Part II (Night of Samhain) 3:07 1-10 Anti 2:22 1-11 Napalm Shower 2:49 1-12 Crazy Ways People Die 2:29 1-13 Fretboard Gymnastics 5:43 1-14 Termination 3:05 Thrash Metal Demo/Rehearsal 1985 2-1 Shark Attack 4:57 2-2 Blow You Away 3:32 2-3 Night Of Pain 4:16 2-4 E! 0:05 2-5 Sudden Death 2:41 2-6 The Wehrmacht 2:48 2-7 Terminated Interlude 2:07 2-8 Termination 4:12 2-9 Napalm Shower 3:42 10 Judgement Day 3:11 2-11 Possessed Puppy/B.O.S. (Barrage Of Skankers) 3:34 2-12 Speedaholic 3:59 Live At Pine St. Theatre (Portland, Or.) Jan. 31st 1986 2-13 The Wehrmacht 2:36 2-14 Concrete Meat 2:14 2-15 Gore Flicks 3:52 2-16 B.O.S. (Barrage Of Skankers) 3:11 2-17 Suck My Dick 1:34 2-18 Speedaholics 3:31 2-19 Termination 3:34 2-20 E! 0:11 2-21 Beermacht 2:03 2-22 Shark Attack 3:12 2-23 Night Of Pain 4:29 Label: Hammerheart Records Barcode: 8715392210129
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Raspberry Dawn is weird, wired and quite possibly the holy grail for those looking for radical rock reinvention and new sensations in the current era. Twisted like Bauhaus meets Celtic Frost. Okkultokrati sound like they’re playing to you from a different dimension. On Raspberry Dawn, Okkultokrati thrust the hectic rock and roll that they have cultivated since their 2008 inception into more extraordinary situations. Classic 70s riffing, snotty punk and brash old school metal are inventively mixed with pulses and spikes of dark wave and ice cold, psychedelic repetition. They execute these infectious tunes effortlessly, playing with the attitude they retained from their roots in rural hard rock and busting a propulsive stomp that aligns them closer to the clarity of recordings from decades past, also exemplified by spring reverb twangs that ping across the mix like rubber bands. This new LP is without a doubt a giant bound forward from Snakereigns and Night Jerks, and one that will surely lasso in more inquisitive ears. Whether you’re a devotee of sounds from the underground or in the market for a stadium rock fix, Okkultokrati can somehow satisfy you all. LabeL Southern Lord Records
