Thursday, April 30, 2009

D.R.I. - Dirty Rotten (1983)


Dirty Rotten EP/LP is the 1983 debut release by the crossover thrash band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. The album has a very gritty sound. It is considered one of the most influential hardcore albums of all time, and is also considered one of the first thrashcore albums. Originally released as a 7" Dirty Rotten EP (played at 33 RPM) with 22 songs, it sold out quickly. It was later remixed and re-released as a full album with the same 22 songs, but in a different order, and titled "Dirty Rotten LP". This album would also be combined with all four songs from their 1984 Violent Pacification EP.

Status: Unknown
Rock if you like: Suicidal Tendencies - Anthrax - MDC

Track listing:
1 - I Don't Need Society
2 - Commuter Man
3 - Plastique
4 - Why?
5 - Balance Of Terror
6 - My Fate To Hate
7 - Who Am I?
8 - Money Stinks
9 - Human Waste
10 - Yes Ma'am
11 - Dennis' Problem
12 - Closet Punk
13 - Reaganomics
14 - Running Around
15 - Couch Slouch
16 - To Open Closed Doors
17 - Sad To Be
18 - War Crimes
19 - Busted
20 - Draft Me
21 - I'm A First Round Draft Choice
22 - Capatalist Suck
23 - Misery Loves Company
24 - No Sense
25 - Blockhead
26 - Violent Pacification

D.R.I. - Dealing With It (1985)


Dealing With It is the second album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., which was released in 1985. Although the band started their migration from hardcore punk/thrashcore to crossover thrash at this time this still is mainly a hardcore punk album.

Status: Unknown
Rock if you like: Suicidal Tendencies - Anthrax - MDC

Track listing:
1 - Snap
2 - I'd Rather Be Sleeping
3 - Marriage
4 - Yes Ma'am
5 - Soup Kitchen
6 - Mad Man
7 - Stupid, Stupid War
8 - Counter Attack
9 - Couch Slouch
10 - God Is Broke
11 - Karma
12 - Nursing Home Blues
13 - I Don't Need Society
14 - Give My Taxes Back
15 - The Explorer
16 - Reaganomics
17 - How To Act
18 - Shame
19 - Argument Then War
20 - Evil Minds
21 - Slit My Wrists
22 - Busted Again
23 - Equal People
24 - On My Way Home
25 - Bail Out

D.R.I. - Crossover (1987)


Crossover is the third album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., which was released in 1987. The genre "crossover" was coined from this release.

Status: Unknown
Contact: http://www.dirtyrottenimbeciles.com/
Rock if you like: Suicidal Tendencies - Anthrax - MDC

Track listing:
1 - The Five Year Plan
2 - Tear It Down
3 - A Coffin
4 - Probation
5 - I.D.K.Y.
6 - Decisions
7 - Hooked
8 - Go Die!
9 - Redline
10 - No Religion
11 - Fun And Games
12 - Oblivion
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D.R.I. - 4 Of A Kind (1988)


4 of a Kind is the fourth album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., which was released in 1988. This album marks the debut of an entirely thrash metal sound for the band, with less traces of their early thrashcore sound.

Status: Unknown
Rock if you like: Suicidal Tendencies - Anthrax - MDC

Track listing:
1 - All For Nothing
2 - Manifest Destiny
3 - Gone Too Long
4 - Do The Dream
5 - Shut-Up!
6 - Modern World
7 - Think For Yourself
8 - Slumlord
9 - Dead In A Ditch
10 - Suit And Tie Guy
11 - Man Unkind

D.R.I. - Thrash Zone (1989)


Thrash Zone is the fifth album by the American crossover thrash band DRI, which was released in 1989. It continues the thrash metal style of the previous album, 4 Of A Kind. Thrash Zone was D.R.I.'s most successful album to date, and produced the song, "Beneath the Wheel", which was made as a music video and received airplay on MTV.

Status: Unknown
Contact: http://www.dirtyrottenimbeciles.com/
Rock if you like: Suicidal Tendencies - Anthrax - MDC

Track listing:
1 - Thrashard
2 - Beneath The Wheel
3 - Enemy Within
4 - Strategy
5 - Labeled Uncurable
6 - Gun Control
7 - Kill The Words
8 - Drown You Out
9 - The Trade
10 - Standing In Line
11 - Give A Hoot
12 - Worker Bee
13 - Abduction
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D.R.I. - Defintion (1992)


Definition is the sixth album by the American crossover thrash band DRI, which was released in 1992 on Dirty Rotten records.

Status: Unknown
Rock if you like: Suicidal Tendencies - Anthrax - MDC

Track listing:
1 - Acid Rain
2 - Tone Deaf
3 - Guilt Trip
4 - Hardball
5 - The Application
6 - Paying To Play
7 - Say It
8 - Dry Heaves
9 - Don't Ask
10 - Time Out
11 - Let It Go
12 - You
13 - The Target

D.R.I. - Full Speed Ahead (1995)


Full Speed Ahead is the seventh (and probably final) studio album released by DRI in 1995. Released on Dirty Rotten records.

Status: Unknown
Contact: http://www.dirtyrottenimbeciles.com/
Rock if you like: Suicidal Tendencies - Anthrax - MDC

Track listing:
1 - Problem Addict
2 - I'm The Liar
3 - Under The Overpass
4 - They Don't Care
5 - Drawn And Quartered
6 - No End
7 - Wages Of Sin
8 - Syringes In The Sandbox
9 - Who Am I
10 - Girl With A Gun
11 - Dead Meat
12 - Down To The Wire
13 - Level 7
14 - Broke
15 - Sucker
16 - Underneath The Surface
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Bodies In The Gears Of The Apparatus - Simian Hybrid Prototype (2004)


Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus was a grindcore band from Florida. Simian Hybrid Prototype does a perfect job of fusing the obscure with the furious. Most known for their split with Despised Icon, BITGOTAs debut album is a force to be reckoned with.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Sawtooth Grin - Tower Of Rome - Discordance Axis

Track listing:
1 - A Lubricated Rubber Glove And
2 - Of Things To Come
3 - Love Affair With A Mannequin
4 - Last Words Can Be So Cliche
5 - Hoist The Black Flag (And Begin Slitting Throats)
6 - White Trash Whore
7 - The Ugliest Smile In Rock And Roll
8 - Big, Bad, Mean And Nasty
9 - Seventeen Reasons To Die Wearing Black
10 - Fuck The Middle East (S.O.D.)
11 - Fuck Her Like You Paid For It

Breathe In - From This Day On (2001)



This California band has been making a name for themselves quickly with their energetic hardcore punk. Fast, aggressive, and energetic, with strong, catchy breakdowns & singalongs led by anguished, bratty, & sometimes maniacal vocals. Cool combination of hardcore styles that works well for them and should lead to a diverse base of fans.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Strike Anywhere - American Nightmare - Kid Dynamite

Track listing:
1 - Amygdala
2 - Doppler Effect
3 - Inside Out
4 - D-minus
5 - Figure
6 - Epidemic
7 - 11-10-00 (Long Drive Home)
8 - We All Do Time
9 - Eternity
10 - Yesterday's Dreams
11 - Scarred
12 - Drone II
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Donuts N' Glory - When Pregnasaurs Ruled The Earth (1998)


Donuts N' Glory were a short lived punk band from Southern California. When Pregnasaurs Ruled The Earth was the only release by this extremely talented 3 piece. With songs focusing on issues both personal and global Dontus N' Glory wrote one of the best unsung albums ever in the punk genre.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: Strung Out - Lagwagon - Big Wig

Track listing:
1 - TheFabulous Endeavor
2 - Mysterious Thunder
3 - Rockstar Airplanes (always crash)
4 - Sirens
5 - A Lot Of Not Much
6 - Bitches Ain't Ho's
7 - Before Baywatch
8 - Quesadilla
9 - Fly On The Wall
10 - Rapid Transit
11 - Chrono Unlogical
12 - Song
13 - Http-mmouse.albndy.coolio.myass.dot.com
14 - When Pregnasaurs Ruled The Earth
15 - Perspective
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Monday, April 20, 2009

The Horde - Join Or Die (2005)


The Horde were a short lived punk rock based hardcore band out of the Portland area. Members of The Horde were in all sorts of different types of bands prior to coming together. Including Himsa, The Deadlines, Backside Disaster and National Guard. Join Or Die draws influence from all the members past projects and even gives some preview into bands that were formed after their demise.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: The Hope Conspiracy - Suicide File - The Banner

Track listing:
1 - Song #2
2 - We Mean Business
3 - Tongue Of Death
4 - Two Dollars And A Bullet
5 - Queen Wasp
6 - Imposters By Parfumes Decour
7 - Three F's
8 - AA-23
9 - Smith, Wesson & Some Girl I Know

Garrison - Be A Criminal (2001)


Garrison was a post-hardcore punk band from 1996-2004. Garrison was based in Boston and released two albums with Huntington Beach record label Revelation Records. Using elements of math rock, shoegaze, and emocore the band achieved moderate success, playing several hundred concerts in the United States, Great Britain, and Japan.

Status: Inactive
Rock if you like: River City High - Texas Is The Reason - Jimmy Eat World

Track listing:
1 - Recognize An Opportunity
2 - Choose A Weapon
3 - Know The Locale
4 - Focus, Focus, Focus
5 - Commit, Commit, Commit
6 - Dump The Body
7 - Don't Feel Bad
8 - Cover The Tracks With Cash
9 - Catch Your Breath And Have A Cigarette
10 - Accept What You've Done, Accpet Who You Are
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Methedras - Katarsis (2009)


Methedras is a killing Thrash/Death metal machine formed in 1996. They balanced the mix of many different styles that became the prototype of the rare and deep component of the Methedras sound. Katarsis is their latest release and is sure to please their long time fans as well as attract new fans.

Status: Active
Rock if you like: Exodus - Himsa - Slayer

Track listing:
1 - Circle Of Fire
2 - TDKM
3 - Civil War
4 - Flag Of Life
5 - Slave Your Mind
6 - On My Knees
7 - Katarsis
8 - Mass Control
9 - Mass Control
10 - Betrayed Again
11 - Nightmares

The Dawn - Loud Tunes & Furry Tales (2006)


The Dawn are a 3 piece math/ spazz/ hardcore band out of France. They combine elements from lots of very unique influences and package them together very nicely. Loud Tunes & Furry Tales is the debut release for The Dawn and you can expect more of the same great jams out of their later releases.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/thedawnband
Rock if you like: Advocate - The Great Redneck Hope - Converge

Track listing:
1 - Dead
2 - Phil Drummond Was A Slave Trader
3 - Hey Rico! You're So Fine
4 - 35 Apples
5 - Summer Rain
6 - Big
7 - Bang
8 - Satan's Joyride
9 - King Kong
10 - Daughterfucker
11 - Mudbutt
12 - Blue Sky Holiday
13 - Praise The Sun
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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Recueil Morbide - A NeverEnding Fight (2008)


Brutal Death Metal band from France founded in 2000. The band has various influences from death and thrash to grind. A NeverEnding Fight had Julien from Benighted on vocals as a replacement/ fill in singer.

Status: Active
Rock if you like: Benighted - Aborted - 21 Lucifers

Track listing:
1 - Domination
2 - My Worst Defeat
3 - Massive Destruction Weapon
4 - A NeverEnding Fight
5 - Premortem Ritual
6 - A Faceless Terror
7 - Insects
8 - Skin On The Bones
9 - Open The Scars

Psyopus - Odd Senses (2009)



Rochester NYs technical metal juggernaut, Psyopus, are back with their 3rd full length. Over the past 7 years Psyopus has really tightened things up and showcase a huge improvement in their songwriting, without losing any of their technical prowess.

Status: Active
Contact: www.myspace.com/psyopus
Rock if you like: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Mr Bungle - Carbomb

Track listing:
1 - .44
2 - Medusa
3 - The Burning Halo
4 - Duct Tape Smile
5 - X and Y
6 - Boogeyman
7 - Imogen's Puzzle Pt. 3
8 - Choker Chain
9 - Ms Shyflower
10 - A Murder To Child
11 - Bonus Track
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Winds Of Torment - Delighting In Relentless Ignorance (2007)



Winds Of Torment is a young french Melodic Death Metal band from Saint Etienne. The band formed in 2000. In 2007 The band released their debut album Delighting In Relentless Ignorance. Winds Of Torment share members with Death Metal kings Benighted, so you know their songwriting is top notch.

Status: Active
Rock if you like: Benighted - At The Gates - Hate Eternal

Track listing:
1 - Of Solemn Emptiness
2 - Devoid Of Essence
3 - My Daydreams' Specter
4 - The Unspoken Pact
5 - The Other
6 - Relentless Ignorance
7 - Swallowing The Ashes Of Guilt
8 - Rules Overload
9 - Within The Last Rays

Liar - Murder Manifesto (2005)


Liar is a straight edge hardcore band from the H8000 scene in Belgium. Early '90s they introduced influences of thrash, black and death metal in hardcore, when there were only emo and youthcrew bands on European soil. Debut cd Falls of Torment was released through Goodlife Recordings in '95 and shook the scene with it's heavy Slayer-influenced hardcore.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/xliarx
Rock if you like: Congress - All Out War - Arkangel

Track listing:
1 - Wolfsblood
2 - Murder Manifesto
3 - Nemesis
4 - Left Hand Path
5 - The Final March
6 - Purgatory
7 - Destroyer
8 - Rising
9 - Wounded World
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Marked Men - Ghosts (2009)


Blurring the rawness and velocity of their self-titled debut with the slightly more developed songwriting "chops" of the last two, the Marked Men have truly delivered the best of both worlds. You can pop the needle on "Ghosts" for 5 seconds and instantly be left without a doubt as to whom you are listening. It ain't pop-punk. It ain't power-pop. It ain't KBD or '77 style punk. At this point, the Marked Men sound like absolutely no one but themselves.

Status: Active
Rock if you like: Jay Reatard - Scared Of Chaka - Chinese Telephones

Track listing:
1 - All In Your Head
2 - Ditch
3 - Fortune
4 - My Love
5 - I Must Be Dead
6 - Head Set
7 - Locked Up
8 - Not That Kid
9 - Stay Away
10 - Get To You
11 - Ghosts
12 - Shaky Ground
13 - Red Light Rumors
14 - One More Time
15 - Blew My Head

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles (2009)


The capital aborts again with this new malevolent organism pregnant of sick and hysteric brutal death metal that is classically infected!!! Killer riffing, extreme tempos, furious growls and sweet insane classical melodies. This will be the sound-track of your soul putrefaction.

Status: Active
Rock if you like: Origin - Decrepit Birth - Decapitated

Track listing:
1 - In Honour Of Reason
2 - Post-Enlightenment Executor
3 - As Tyrants Fall
4 - Sophistic Demise
5 - Requiem In Si Minore
6 - At The Guillotine
7 - Embodied Deception
8 - Infection Of The White Throne
9 - Retrieving My Carcass
10 - Oracles

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse (2009)


AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED returns with Agorapocalypse, their second proper full-length album of gonzo violence in a 10 plus year history of sordid deeds. The band’s raging three vocalist onslaught is taken to new heights of aggression, as the infamous grind of previous efforts has been melded with the savagery of early speed metal and hardcore.

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/agoraphobicnb
Rock if you like: Insect Warfare - Pig Destroyer - Brutal Truth

Track listing:
1 - Timelord Zero
2 - Agorapocalypse Now (Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner)
3 - Dick To Mouth Resuscitation
4 - Moral Distortion
5 - Hung From A Rising Sun
6 - First National Stem Cell And Clone
7 - Question Of Integrity
8 - Timelord Two (Paradoxical Reaction)
9 - Trauma Queen
10 - White On White Crime
11 - Druggernaut Jug Fuck
12 - Ex-Cop
13 - Flamingo Snuff
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Witchmaster - Trucizna (2009)


WITCHMASTER was formed in 1996. They call their style as 'Satanic Metal Slaughter' and it's combination of Black Metal with it's filthness and wickedness, blasting Speed Metal and devastating, crushing Thrash from the 80's era, but no cheap rip off, recycling or stupid retro shit here!

Status: Active
Contact: http://www.myspace.com/wearewitchmaster
Rock if you like: Goatwhore - Book Of Black Earth - Skeletonwitch

Track listing:
1 - Trucizna
2 - Self-Inflicted Divinity
3 - Total Annhilation
4 - Road To Treblinka
5 - Two Point Suicide
6 - Bred In Captivity
7 - Black Scum
8 - Troops Of Doom
9 - Hidden Track
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Gigantic Brain - World (2009)


Gigantic Brain is a one-man Drum-Machine Powered electronic grindcore project that is very different from the majority of electronic grind bands. Instead of a more Technology/Computers based sound, GB bring a Sci-Fi, atmospheric almost futuristic sound to the table, with lyrics, song titles, artwork all based around aliens and sci-fi.

Status: Active
Rock if you like: Genghis Tron - Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Plague Bringer

Track listing:
1 - We've Reached The Stars
2 - He Became The Machine
3 - Debris
4 - Ember City
5 - We Are Gods
6 - We Come Together In A Hell
7 - Bacteria
8 - Burning Road
9 - World
10 - Colors Of Bone And Blood
11 - Eons Pass
12 - Final Life
13 - Melting Brain
14 - Solar
15 - The God In The Flames
16 - The Living Sun
17 - Travel To Earth
18 - Station