burn for me- first demo

metalcore/melodic death metal from 2003. very much influenced by black dahlia murder, though not as heavy on the thrash and blast-beats. their later material was much more technical and blasting, with the last recording being full-on tech grind/death. members now playing in tech death band sensory amusia

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heist-18 gears of hell

not sure when this was recorded/released, possibly around 96. this cd was recorded by stumblefuck from rupture on 4track and though some of the 4track recordings he had done have sounded amazing (the rupture-righteous fuck record for example) though this one unfortunately isn't the best sound. the drums are rather drowned out and it gets a bit messy at times. it was recorded after the previous drummer (dean of rupture, nailed down, sufferance etc) left the band and recording this has undies of brown demon drumming.

the song writing is a little odd, and seems to have a lot of weird stoner rock joke songs and some outright filler with casio drum beats and retarded lyrics, though if you cull all the joke and rock songs there are a handful of genuinely good songs. my picks being "he's an angry man", "oo longdong bourbonsingsong", "dugite blues", "zz dead" and "so many ways to die, no way to live"

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jaws-demo

recorded late 05 and released some ridiculously short time after (like one week after the recording was finished?). cover art by yours truly. 80's US style hardcore, ala early NYHC like antidote and abused, plus a little poison idea negative approach etc.

the band went through a lot of names before settling on jaws, they played their first show as "nugget percell and the dropknees" due to not having a name by that time. some of the possibilities i personally thought were better than jaws, eg blow you brains out and heads will roll

also note that the tracklisting on the back cover is incorrect. it is as follows.

7) rock bottom

8) boring

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the magoos-live at hyde park

not sure when this was recorded. .maybe '03 or '04. recorded by max of mongrel country.
james vinciguerra (of AIDS, soviet valves, the collapse, jaws etc) was playing drums for them at this point so its a lot faster than their demo. the magoos played very raw, punk swedish hardcore ala shitlickers, crude SS, etc though instead of the obligitory anti-war lyrics they had some anti-white, pro jemah-islamia (sp?) vibe hate lyrics going on. brutal indonesian hatred. (i should probably point out that 2 3rds of the band were indonesian to avoid confusion.

this set includes discharge and rats covers.

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cachexia-forkin baldies

from '94. this band sounds riff wise a little similar to rupture, though the song structures and drumming is a little more death metal. i heard this band a one point had two vocalists though one was a pro-surfer, so they often played shows and recorded without him due to him surfing elsewhere.

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they also have a myspace here

extortion-demo

shoddy 4-track recorded tape demo from early '05. the first 10 or 20 also had a cover of black flags-fix me (as they were recorded from the master tape) but it got all fucked up when recorded onto digital format, which the rest of the demo tape's were recorded from.

this is very early stuff for the band and quite different to where the band ended up. whilst still fast, it has a lot more negative approach type hardcore punk in the song writing.

* edit- this link has expired and i'm leaving it so until the repress of the demo on 7" through coffin cut records has sold. its a small pressing so shouldn't last too long.

pagan grind-issue#6

don rat's zine from 94. interviews with nailed down, dogmachine, verbal diarrhoea, inebriated plus reviews and whatnot.

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