Guerilla Incendiary Sabotage Mutineer

Band: Various Artists

Album: Hardcore Unlawful Assembly

Origin: Japan

Genre: Punk

Year: 1984

Finally, after a hiatus and some computer problems, another post. And since I like compilations so much, I went for this legendary Japanese punk compilation. It offers two tracks of each band featured (including the infamous G.I.S.M.) and shows the different shades of punk available in 80's Japan. Enjoy!

1) Laughin' Nose - I Can't Trust A Woman
2) Laughin' Nose - Scene Death
3) Mobs - Charisma
4) Mobs - No More Hero
5) Cobra - 1984
6) Cobra - Inside Out
7) Lip Cream - Pental
8) Lip Cream - Dazed And Confused
9) G.I.S.M. - Still Alive
10) G.I.S.M. - Nervous Corpse
11) Outo - UK
12) Outo - I Like Cola
13) Baws - GI Joe
14) Baws - Cowerd
15) Zouo - You Like It That Way
16) Zouo - Frustration

V/A - Hardcore Unlawful Assembly

It's raining riffs...

Band: Various Artists

Album: The Power Of The Riff 2011 Mix Tape

Origin: Various

Genre: Metal, Punk, Black Metal, Sludge, Doom

Year: 2011

I think that the description, the package and the links say enough. Enjoy!

In preparation for THE POWER OF THE RIFF 2011, with five West Coast shows announced to take place later this month, Southern Lord is giving away a brutal 20-track mix tape featuring artists set to appear during the upcoming melee! The free download includes tracks from ALL PIGS MUST DIE, BAPTISTS, EYEHATEGOD, PENTAGRAM, BLACK COBRA, PELICAN, NOOTHGRUSH, WINTER, TRAP THEM and more, as well as a collection of flyers from all of the upcoming TPOTR shows.


GET IT HERE!


1) All Pigs Must Die - Pulverization
2) Baptists - Good Parenting
3) Eyehategod - Jack Ass In The Will Of God
4) Masakari - Trapped In The Mold
5) Alpinist - Hak Nam
6) Skin Like Iron - Consequences
7) Early Graves - Wraiths
8) Seven Sisters Of Sleep - Sundown
9) Pentagram - Call The Man
10) Black Breath - Children Of The Horn
11) Plagues - Breathing
12) Harassor - Glory Raped
13) Acephalix - Interminable Night
14) Black Cobra - Negative Reversal
15) Æges - Roaches
16) Slave - Rise Of Shame
17) Trap Them - Carnage Incarnate
18) Noothgrush - Oil Removed
19) Pelican - Strung Up From The Sky
20) Winter - Eternal Frost


The Power Of The Riff

Speed and vitriol

Band: Stupid Babies Go Mad

Album: Let's Go To The Off Limits

Origin: Japan (Shizuoka)

Genre: Punk

Year: 2006

Some more raw and sleazy garage punk from japan (I posted some SBGM material earlier). This album consists of 11 tracks with the first ten making up the first twenty minutes after which they end the record with the epic 14 minute Double Vision. The artwork is by Fangsanalsatan and it's produced by Atsuo (Boris) who also does some guests vocals/percussion/sounds. Enjoy!

Stupid Babies Go Mad - Let's Go To The Off Limits

We are the last...

Band: Meadows

Album: EP

Origin: Great Britain (Suffolk)

Genre: Sludge, Punk

Year: 2011

First of all, a small introduction to Meadows. They formed out of the ashes of various stoner rock and doom bands and have been described as 'sludge/grind/doom for fans of Napalm Death, Eyehategod, Grief and Converge.'

Now let's talk music. All four tracks on this release (recorded 'in a dingy, dirty factory in the heart of rural suffolk') seem to follow the same (excellent) recipe: take some crusty punk riffs, add some oppressive sludge riffs, throw in some roaring vocals and finish it with some feedback. It's really awesome stuff, and recommended to anybody who likes heavy music. Maybe even more important to add is that Meadows brings it with a groove which proves to me that they are probably a killer live band. I can honestly say that I hope to see and hear more by Meadows in the future.

You can buy this release on bandcamp, where they also offer it as a free download (in six different formats) with pictures of the physical product (a beautifully packaged DIY release). Enjoy!

Bandcamp
Facebook (supposedly very popular these days)

Band: Various Artists
Album: For To Listening
Origin: Various
Genre: Metal, Punk, Hard Rock, Experimental, Sludge
Year: 2011

Hydra Head Records have released another free sampler which you can procure in the same way as the last one. It has 11 tracks including a Pyramids remix by Justin Foley (The Austerity Program), Cave In covering Black Sabbath and a booklet with pictures and information in it. Enjoy!

'... our new, free, digital sampler entitled For To Listening. It's got a bunch of jams you probably haven't heard before, and if you have then congratulations.' (Hydra Head)

1) Helms Alee - Elbow Grease
2) Gridlink - Orphan
3) Oxbow - Daughter Bent & Floating
4) Neurosis - Prayer
5) Buzzov•en - Drying Out
6) Discordance Axis - Oratorio In Grey
7) Clouds - Secret Potion
8) Cave In - N.I.B.
9) Gridlink - 3 Miles Below Sea Level
10) Jesu - Annul
11) Pyramids - Monks (Justin Foley Remix)

Various Artists - For To Listening

The Pheasant Has No Agenda!

Band: Various Artists
Album: "Phoning It In" A Hydra Head Digital Sampler
Origin: Various
Genre: Experimental, Metal, Punk, Drone, Shoegaze, Jazz, Black Metal
Year: 2010

My first (real) post since my exams ended and I decided to start with this awesome compilation that I discovered a couple of days ago. As it's from Hydra Head records, it contains some of the forerunners in experimental and/or heavy music. To download this sampler you need to:
1) add it to your cart
2) check out
3) give an email address
4) download it
5) and Enjoy!  

This is what the label wrote about it:

Regardless of the fact I/we shouldn't need to convince the public to download this sampler because... well... sampler = free, I/we plan on doing a little persuading... Please refer to list of reason for checking out the sampler below:

1. Free Jams!
2. 22 Free Jams!
3. Contains Some Unreleased Jams For Free!
4. Free Photos of the Lovely HHR Staff Having a Laugh and an Ice Creams!

Ok, so that seems like enough convincing...

Tracklisting:
1. Oxbow + Philippe Thiphaine - "Coalking" From Songs for the French (5:46)
2. Daughters - "The First Supper" From "s/t" (3:18)
3. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - "Unkerich" From Dolores (5:31)
4. Knut - "Calamity" From Wonder (1:43)
5. The Austerity Program - "Song 27" From Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn (4:04)
6. Pyramids With Nadja - "Another War" From Pyramids With Nadja (15:27)
7. Helms Alee - "Lionize" From Lionize/Truly 7" (2:45)
8. Hayaino Daisuki - "Ghosts of Purgatory" From The Invincible Gate Mind of the Infernal Fire Hell, or Did You Mean Hawaii Daisuki? (2:43)
9. Harvey Milk - "I Know This Is No Place For You" From A Small Turn of Human Kindness (5:07)
10. La Gritona - "Tony Alamo" From Demasiado Tonto Para Los Ninos Listos. Demasiado Listo Para Los Ninos Tontos (4:38)
11. Stephen Brodsky - "Here In Spirit" From Here's to the future (5:54)
12. Jodis - "Continents" From Secret House (7:27)
13. Nihill - "Mundus Subterreanus" From Krach (5:16)
14. Cave In - "Retina Sees Rewind" From Planets of Old (2:30)
15. Kayo Dot - "II. Whisper Ineffable" From Coyote (11:13)
16. Keelhaul - "THC for One" From Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity (3:34)
17. Clouds - "New Bombs" From B Chuggas May Be Logging (2:08)
18. Xasthur - "UNTITLED 4/05" From 2005 Demo (7:02)
19. GridLink - "Amber Gray" From Amber Gray (1:06)
20. Greymachine - "Wasted" From Disconnected (8:43)
21. Bergraven - "Hunger" From Till Makabert Vasen (7:08)
22. Torche - "UFO" From Songs For Singles (2:01)

V/A - "Phoning It In" A Hydra Head Digital Sampler

Sonic Brain Burst

Band: Melt-Banana
Album: Dead Spex 7"
Origin: Japan (Tokyo)
Genre: Punk, Noise, Experimental
Year: 1998




I decided to post some singles since that doesn't take much time (and I'm still busy studying for my exams). Kicking off are Melt-Banana with their trademark frantic noise punk. Four tracks (totalling up to 4 minutes) of squealing female vocals, strange noises and hardcore punk. Enjoy!

Melt-Banana - Dead Spex 7"

La Vida Non Vale Nada

Band: Boris

Album: Live at Roadburn 2008 Bootleg

Origin: Japan (Tokyo)

Genre: Punk, Metal, Experimental, Drone

Year: 2008

It's going to be my first Roadburn this year, so I decided to post some Roadburn related material. It's only natural for me to start with some Boris. The quality of this recording isn't that bad, but you can hear people speaking on it (which you might find disturbing). Enjoy!

Set:
1) Buzz-In/Shoot!/Pink
2) Message/ Floor Shaker
3) My Neighbor Satan
4) My Neighbor Satan Outro
5) You Were Holding An Umbrella
6) Untitled

Boris - Live At Roadburn 2008 Bootleg

While I fuck the world...

Band: Various Artists

Album: Resurrection

Origin: Various

Genre: Drone, Doom, Metal, Experimental, Punk, Black Metal

Year: 2009

I know that things are still going slow here and that I've been saying that I would get more active a lot, so I'm just going to promise that again. And since I love compilations, I'm starting with another Southern Lord label sampler. It's the newest one so it should reflect the label's most recent work/releases. This was supposed to be up a week ago, but I had problems uploading it. Enjoy!

1) Wino - Release Me
2) Pelican - Embedding The Moss
3) Eagle Twin - Murder Off ...
4) Wolves In The Throne Room - Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog
5) Black Cobra - Omniscient
6) The Accüsed - Splatterbeast
7) Orcustus - Asphyxiokenisis
8) Black Breath - Murder
9) Virulence - Blank Stare
10) Earth - Junkyard Priest (Live In Vienna)
11) Sunn O))) - Isengard (Chopped And Screwed)

V/A - Resurrection

The first empty bottle that makes me smile...

Band: Boris
Album: Live At Empty Bottle, Chicago, 20/07/08 Bootleg
Origin: Japan (Tokyo)
Genre: Metal, Punk, Drone, Shoegaze, Experimental
Year: 2008

This is a bootleg from Boris (with Michio Kurihara) after they played the Pitchfork Music Festival that very same day. They apparently succeeded in blowing out the power twice at the festival (and after the second time they just called it quits). The Empty Bottle luckily had the juice to support a Boris gig. The setlist is basically Smile with pink and rainbow thrown in. Enjoy!

Setlist:
1) Flower Sun Rain
2) Buzz-in
3) Laser Beam
4) Pink
5) Statement
6) Floorshaker
7) Rainbow
8) My Neighbor Satan
9) No One's Grieve
10) You Were Holding An Umbrella
11) [ ]

Boris - Live At Empty Bottle

Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence.

Band: Melt-Banana
Album: Initial t.
Origin: Japan (Tokyo)
Genre: Punk, Noise, Experimental
Year: 2009



I'm going to make up for my absence by trying to post a load of EP's and singles starting with this one. It's the newest Melt-Banana single, Initial t. You know the drill, it's fast, it has high pitched vocals and screeching guitar sounds. Enjoy!

Melt-Banana - Initial t.

"Big Bikes, Heavy Boots and Chain Belts..."

Band: The Lords Of Altamont
Album: To Hell With The Lords Of Altamont
Origin: USA (Los Angeles)
Genre: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk
Year: 2004

Are you in for some hell-raising garage rock, influenced by the raw power of 70s rock? Then this is the post that'll satisfy your needs.

The lords of altamont, a band consisting of ex-members from The Bomboras, The Fuzztones and from the legendary band MC5, are a force to be reckoned with. As you can notice the band, their alter-ego's and songtitles are inspired by biker culture. While some might say, they're some kind of fraud hardcore bikerband ( some equivalent like the punk The towers of London 'play'), I say that they're a band respecting the music they love, by bringing the world a mighty loud sound.

If you ever have the opportunity to see them live, don't hesitate, unless you're bothered by the way they show their 'rockerconfidence' ( in form of poses, or cocky talks with the audience). Luckily I love that stuff, when I go to a show, it's mainly for the music but also a little for the show ( that's why I went to see KISS last year).

The link is below , enjoy as usual, if that's what you're into...

"In your eye"

-The Electric Eel-

The Lords Of Altamont - To Hell With The Lords Of Altamont

Humor Is Reason Gone Mad.

Band: Stupid Babies Go Mad
Album: S/T 7"
Origin: Japan(Shizuoka)
Genre: Punk
Year: 2001



Two pretty straight forward punk 'n' roll tracks by SBGM backed with two live tracks. The tracks are tagged with 'album: Rock and roll genocide' but that's wrong. It's their self-titled 7". Enjoy!

Stupid Babies Go Mad - S/T

Chain Shot To Have Some Fun.

Band: Melt Banana
Album: Cell-Scape
Origin: Japan (Tokyo)
Genre: Punk, Experimental, Noise
Year: 2003



Melt Banana. What can I say. Shrieking vocals, noisy hardcore punk, lots of effects, perpetual bass lines, and did I mention they are Japanese? The album opens and closes with some electro noise with in between Melt Banana's trademark fast paced punk. It's funny, it's fast, and it will blow your speakers. Enjoy!

Melt Banana - Cell-Scape

I Know, It's Only Rock 'N' Roll...

Band: MC5
Album: Kick Out The Jams
Origin: U.S.A. (Lincoln Park, Michigan)
Genre: Garage Rock, Punk
Year: 1969



This is a classic. If you like rock 'n' roll and you haven't heard of MC5, than grab it now. This is their first(recorded live), with classic songs like Kick Out The Jams, Motor City Is Burning and Starship.

MC5 - Kick Out The Jams

Live Fast...

Band: Peter Pan Speedrock, Zeke
Album: Split
Origin: The Netherlands, U.S.A.
Genre: Hard Rock, Garage Rock, Punk
Year: 2005


If you know both bands, than you know what you're going to get with this record. Nothing groundbreaking, just some good sleazy rock 'n' roll. First six songs are by Zeke followed by five songs by Peter Pan Speedrock.

1) Two Lane Blacktop
2) Death Train
3) 10 To The Riverside Blues
4) Wang Dang (Ted Nugent Cover)
5) Fuck All Night
6) Rid
7) Better Off Dead
8) Who Was In My Room Last Night (The Butthole Surfers Cover)
9) Outta Control
10) Dead End (Live)
11) Twist Of Fate (Live)

Peter Pan Speedrock/Zeke - Split

Kicked out of Hell cos they were too bad

Band: Demented Are Go
Album: Satans Rejects
Origin: Great Britain
Genre: Psychobilly
Year: 1999

Wales, 1982, more specifically Cardiff. That's where the Horror was born that is known as Demented Are Go ( DAG). One of the first few bands that embraced the combination of punk and rockabilly music, they followed a few years after The Meteors. The music DAG played was just a little different than the first wave of psychobands, they were 'dirtier'. And with their debut album In Sickness & In Health they inspired the later bands like Mad Sin and Nekromantix. They mostly toured Europe as it seemed that psychobilly wasn't getting any attention in the States.

Only after Reverend Horton Heat had a hit with Psychobilly Freakout in 1990, the horror-influenced psychobilly started to get popular in the States. This made the fanbase of DAG grow bigger and bigger, because punk-rock was still popular in the States.

DAG has experienced many line-up changes and break-ups throughout the years, reasons going from different oppinions about their own music to the other band members, unable to pay the bail of 60.000$, leaving Sparky ( Frontman) behind in a prison in the US because he pinched a 16-year old girl's behind. But they have been up and touring again since 2005.

This album is a 'best of' and of course a good introduction into Demented Are Go. So I hope you enjoy it.

"In your -festering- eye"

-The Electric Eel-

Demented Are Go - Satans Rejects

Big In Japan...

Band: Boris, Tomsk 7
Album: Boris/Tomsk 7
Origin: Japan, U.S.A.
Genre: Sludge, Punk, Noise
Year: 1997

This is the 7" split by japanese band Boris and arizona band Tomsk 7.
I know nothing about Tomsk 7. I do know that they have 5 tracks on this record, ranging from grindcore to sludge and noise. The track by Boris (Mass Mercury, which is longer than the five Tomsk 7 tracks) is a mix of sludge, some noise and drone and some very heavy bass and is the best side of this 7" in my opinion.

Boris/Tomsk 7 - Split 7"

Dirty, Mean And Mighty Unclean.

Band: Zeke
Album: Death Alley
Origin: U.S.A.
Genre: Punk, Garage Rock
Year: 2001



Speed up Motörhead, add some aggression, mix it in some MC5 and you get Zeke. The pace of the tracks (except for some resting points like 'Arkansas Man') is exhausting. Especially if you know that most tracks clock in under 2 minutes. This is in-your-face rock, deal with it!

Zeke - Death Alley

I Found A Ripped Ear On The Floor/This Must Be Yours...

Band: Boris, Stupid Babies Go Mad
Album: Damaged Split EP(10"), Statement/ Floor Shaker EP(7"), Statement/Floor Shaker EP(12") Re-Mix
Origin: Japan
Genre: Metal, Hard Rock, Punk, Stoner/Psychedelic Rock
Year: 2007-2008

A live review from te Boris show will be up here soon, in the meanwhile some EP's from this magnificent band.

Damaged: This is the collaboration between Boris and Stupid Babies Go Mad( a Japanese Punk Band). It's released on 10" vinyl only, limited to 1500 copies. The cover features a homage to the classic Black Flag logo and it takes it's name from Black Flag's debut album. Both bands cover each other for this release. First track is 'Damaged 4' by SBGM. In it they tear up Ibitsu (from Akuma No Uta) in a very 'In your face' garage punk style. The second track is 'Damaged 3' by Boris. They cover Double Vision (from Let's Go To The Off-Limits). It starts with slow heavy riffing (think Amplifier Worship) which quickly changes to fast paced Pink-Style riffing accompanied by cool Takeshi/Atsuo double vocals and Wata's shredding guitar solos.

Statement/Floor Shaker 7": This is the single by Boris from their newest album Smile. It's Limited to 3000 Copies. The logo on the cover is a tribute to the American black metal band Von. The first song, Statement, is the same as on the worldwide version of Smile. The second song, Floor Shaker, is exclusive to this single. The songs are a bit like the collaboration with Merzbow on which they covered 'I Am The Walrus'. Drenched in fuzzy distortion which is in contrast with the poppy harmonised vocals.

Statement/Floor Shaker 12": This is the Japanese version of the single (just like Smile has a worldwide and a japanese version). Which means that it's also produced/re-mixed by You Ishihara(ex-White Heaven/The Stars). It sounds much cleaner and has a krautrock feeling to it.

Boris - EP's