Gogol Bordello is Gypsy folk-punk band. Members are immigrants from Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Ethiopia, Ecuador (and some other nationalities), now they all live in NYC. They sing in multiple languages, have all kinds of instruments and do amazing shows - cabarets. Band started to play in 1999.
Here's their last full length called Super Taranta!
The singer of the band was acting in the movie called Everything Is Illuminated about a Jewish man going to Ukraine to search for a woman who saved his grandfather. Good movie, you should watch it.
So, if you like Eastern European and Gypsy music, you'll enjoy this record.
download here
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Gogol Bordello
D.S. 13 Killed By The Kids
Some time ago I posted 2 records of Demon System 13 : For The Kids, Not The Business and Vad Vet Vi Om Kriget? Just to remind everyone, D.S. 13 is from Sweden, plays thrashy fast hard core.
The record Killed By The Kids released in 2001 has raw thrash sound of bands from the early '80's.
download Killed By The Kids here
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Black Cobra
Black Cobra's from California. Only 2 guys play in that band - drummer and guitar player. But they play massive and raw doom with sludge.
Here's the last release : Feather And Stone.
download here
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Project X
Project X was a straight edge hard core project band in late '80's of Porcell ( Youth Of Today, Judge, now as well Shelter), Schreifels ( Gorilla Biscuits, Youth Of Today...), Siegler ( Side By Side, Youth Of Today, Judge...) and Brown (Gorilla Biscuits, Side By Side). The band started coz Porcell and Brown wanted to include in their zine Schism a 7" with songs of NYC bands, but they couldn't get any so they decided to form a project band to record 5 songs for the 7". And here it is!
download here
Razlog Za
Razlog Za is a legendary hard core band from Croatia. They played old school, with some melodies, with a bit of crust and thrash... Good Eastern European stuff! This band was a big influence for many other ex-Yugoslavian bands. Many played their covers, there's as well tribute to Razlog Za...
Here's sorta discography with almost all of the songs the band released.
download here
Coalesce
Coalesce (from Kansas City) plays kinda chaotic, but very technical hardcore, almost mathcore. Metallic riffs, distorted bass, time and tempo changes, brutal , heavy and noisy. Coalesce!
Here's Give Them Rope, She Said cd (2004), which is remixed and remastered Give Them Rope from '98. And Functioning on Impatience cd. Give Them Rope has the best cover I've ever seen. The artwork is amazing!
download here Give Them Rope
download here Functioning On Impatience
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P.S. Just to mention - Coalesce made a split EP with Napalm Death.
Holy Molar
Holy Molar's from San Diego and the band features (again) members of The Locust, Some Girls, Das Oath, Swing Kids, Charles Bronson and so on... The music is sorta The Locust style...
Here's Cavity Search 7" EP and The Whole Tooth and Nothing but the Tooth, 3" cd.
download here The Whole Tooth
download here cavity Search
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Some Girls
This is really interesting band. Features members of so many bands that's hard to count all of them, so I'll mention only few of them : XO Skeletons, The Locust, American Nightmare, Give Up The Ghost, Unbroken, Swing Kids, Holy Molar... seems like those guys played in every San Diego band.
They started to play in 2001 and broke up only few months ago.
Some Girls play mix of hard core, noise core, spastic hard core with chaotic rhythm, and even some grind. Hard to explain...
Here are 2 records. All My Friends Are Going Death (released in 2003) is compilation of 2 EPs, and some unreleased songs. The DNA Will Have It's Say it's EP from 2005. Enjoy! I know you will!
download The DNA here
download All My Friends here
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Sylvester Staline/Magrudergrind split
Here's really good split of two great fastcore/powerviolence bands. Magrudergrind is from USA and Sylvester Staline is from France.
download here
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Magruregrind myspace
Bloodlet
Bloodlet from Florida, was formed from ashes of sxe band called Solid Answer. The music they played was then called evil-core. It's blend of doom metal, sludge and hardcore. Band was active between 1992-2003.
Eclectic is first full length which contains the first 4 demos.
download here
Ink & Dagger
Ink & Dagger was this crazy vampire-themed band from Philly, that was active in the '90's.
Musically it was kinda post-hardcore with aggressive DC punk, with noisecore, techno touch, experimental, psychedelic hardcore.
Here I have for you 4 releases : Drive This Seven-Inch Wooden Stake Through My Philadelphia Heart, Sensations EP, The Fine Art of Original Sin and split 7" with Le Shock.
download here The Fine Art...
download Sensations here
download here Drive This...
download here the split
Old Man Gloom
Old Man Gloom is sorta recording project featuring members of Isis, Cave In, Zozorba, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Converge. Christmas s is 4th full length. It took 3 years to record this album, but surely the wait has been worth it. 13 songs from this record are very musically diverse, having shifts of moods and styles. Sludge with apocalyptic blast, with psychedelic ambient... epic!
download here
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Endzweck
Enzweck comes from Japan and plays fast melodic hardcore with touch of metal and furious screaming vocals.
Here I have 4 releases of Endzweck : A Farewell To Arms, which is 2nd mini album, Strange Love Or: How Those Learned To Stop Warring And Love Bombs, which is discography of stuff recorded between 2001-2004, The Grapes of Wrath - 1st full length and The Naked and The Dead which is 2nd full length and so far last release.
download Strange Love here
download A Farewell To Arms here
download The Grapes of Wrath here
download The Naked and The Dead here
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5ive
5ive from Boston plays kinda sludgy, experimental post rock, instrumental, psychedelic, massive, stoner music. Here I post the 3rd full length Hesperus, from march 2008. Ah, this record is so good!!
There are only 2 members of the band, drummer and guitar player. Rest of the instruments are played at shows and records by "rented" musicians, like for example bass player of Isis...
It's gigantic! You won't regret downloading it.
download here
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Meshuggah
Here's another band from Umea, Sweden - Meshuggah. It's very difficult to describe what kinda music the band plays, coz it's mix of many genres, from thrash and death metal, thru mathcore, progressive metal and even some jazz fusion.
Here I have 2 albums : Catch 33 from from 2005 and last record ObZen from 2008.
download Catch 33 here
download ObZen here
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Cult Of Luna "Somewhere Along the Highway"
And here's another post about Cult Of Luna, the band from Umea, Sweden. Previously I posted here Salvation, now it's time for last release of Cult Of Luna called Somewhere Along the Highway from 2006.
download here
Cursed III : Architects of Troubled Sleep
Cursed is an awesome band from Canada, that started to play in 2001. Cursed features members of Swarm, Left For Dead, The Black Hand and so on.... Musically Cursed is thrashy, sludgy hard core, very heavy, slow and aggressive.
The 3rd full length is called Architects of Troubled Sleep and it's pretty fresh release, coz it went out in March 2008.
Good shit!!!
download here
Envy part 2
I already posted 2 releases of Envy, this post-hard core, screamo band from Japan, Angel's Curse Whispered In The Edge Of Despair and split with Yaphet Kotto and This Machine Kills. But I see that Envy is downloaded pretty often, so I decided to post a bit more stuff:
Breathing And Dying In This Place full length from 1996, I think it's the first release of the band, All The Footprints You've Ever Left And The Fear Expecting Ahead full length from 2001, A Dead Sinking Story full length from 2003 and Abyssal a mini album from 2007 what's so far last release.
download Breathing And Dying In This Place here
download Abyssal here
download All The Footprints here
download A Dead Sinking Story here
Children Of Fall
Children Of Fall was a Swedish hard core band that started in late 90's after Serene broke up. I can't really describe in few words their music, mainly coz every record is different. The first 2 albums are pretty aggressive and a bit chaotic with big dose of metal. But the last album Bonjour Tristesse is slower and has some of Isis influence. People like to call it emo, but I'm not sure if that's exactly what's the record is about. Dunno...
download here Riding a Broken Vehicle
download here Ignition For Poor Hearts
download here Bonjour Tristesse
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Charles Bronson
And here's again something special! Complete discocrappy of Charles Bronson, a super fast thrash punk band from Chicago, USA. So sad that the band existed only for 3 years (1994-1997), but those 3 short years were enough to bring Charles Bronson to be a legend.
Here is all the stuff that band ever released : songs from demos, splits and so on. The discography contains ... 123 songs! 21 last songs on that discocrappy were unreleased.
This band's so much fun! It'll make you smile.
download here
The Dillinger Escape Plan
I'm pretty sure that The Dillinger Escape Plan doesn't need much introduction, so only few words. DEP comes from New Jersey and plays mathcore with some post-hardcore parts here and there, even though last record Ire Works is a bit more experimental than other stuff the band recorded.
Here's all the full lengths of DEP : Calculating Infinity (1999), Miss Machine (2004) and Ire Works (2007). And 2 EPs, s/t from 1997 and Irony Is A Dead Scene from 2002, featuring Mike Patton.
Amazing band!!
download here Miss Machine
download here s/t EP
download here Irony Is A Dead Scene
download here Ire Works
download here Calculating Infinity
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XO Skeletons
XO Skeletons is this amazing band that plays digital hard core, techno, electro, ah...I really don't know how to describe it. But I love it!
Usually I don't like that much this mix (well, I'm not a big fan of electro nor techno) but this band really got me. It's damn catchy.
The band features members of Give Up The Ghost, Some Girls, American Nightmare and Hatebreed.
Here is the 7" Asthmagasm and an album called Bored By Heaven. Really good shit! You gotta check it out.
download 7" here
download Bored By Heaven here
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Subsistencia
Subsistencia was anarcho- punk band from Los Angeles. The singer was as well in Tragatelo. It was political band that thru the music was spreading a message about anarchism, veganism, femilism, drug free, Zapatista, etc. The music was mix of pre-hispanic instruments and the "nowadays" instruments.
Here is the only full length the band released called Nuestra Tierra Anahuac. They released as well one more split, that I'm gonna post here later.
download here
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Violent Noise Party
Here is an EP compilation for you. 12 bands from 8 countries, grind, thrash, crust and power violence.
VÄÄRINKÄSITYS- (Finland)
AGHAST- (USA)
RAINBOW OF DEATH- (France)
NETJAJEV SS- (Sweden)
KUOLEMA- (Finland)
LOW FAT- (Thailand)
PARASYTIC- (USA)
YACÖPSAE- (Germany)
IN DISGUST- (USA)
NASHGUL- (Spain)
INSECT WARFARE- (USA)
MATKA TERESA- (Holland)
download here
Matka Teresa
I was requested to post Matka Teresa, so here it is. Unfortunately I have only these 2 splits, with F.U.B.A.R. (amazing grind from Holland) and with Fuck On The Beach from Japan. And there are 2 songs of Matka Teresa on the compilation which I'll post after this one.
From what I heard Matka Teresa was formed by Polish guys that live in Holland, the bass player was as well in Olho De Gato. They play power violence with crust influences.
If anyone has some other releases of Matka teresa, please, let me know or post a link. It'll be appreciated. Thanx.
download here split with F.U.B.A.R.
download here split with FxOxBx
King Ly Chee
And here I present you straight edge band from Hong Kong! The band formed in 1999 and I think I'm not gonna do any mistake saying that it was the first hard core band that started to play in Hong Kong. The music is somehow mix between old school and new school, with lots of melodies and singing along parts. What's as well cool is that the band has a female singer, that surely knows how to scream. In 2003 the band was touring Europe and so far it was the only tour outside Asia.
King Ly Chee released 2 full length album, one split CD and an EP called Unite Asia, which is the last release - from January 2008, and I post it here.
Lyrics are in English and Chinese.
Here I post the EP in 2 versions - one in Chinese and the other one in English.
Enjoy!!!
download here the Chinese version
download here the English version
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Disclose & Wind Of Pain - split tape
Here is a split tape of Disclose from Japan and Wind Of Pain from Finland. Disclose started to play at the beginning of the 90s. They play Discharge style, not only musically but as well the lyric wise. All the lyrics are about war.
Wind of Pain is sorta crusty d-beat. The drummer used to play in Forca Macabra and in Rytmihäiriö (as well the guitar player was in Rytmihäiriö).
download here
If anyone is interested in listening to more of Disclose, let me know, so I'll post some other of their stuff.
Destrukcija Stvarnosti
Destrukcija Stvarnosti is pretty young band from Croatia. They formed in 2006. They said about the kinda music they play : "Musically we play a rough blend of oldschool and modern hardcore with some crusty and melodic influences aside".
I really like the fact they sing in Croatian (except of 2 songs). Lyrics have political message.
Here's the the full length,s/t the band released I think at the end of last year, so it's still pretty fresh. It's the only release so far.
download here
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Vassline
And here's again something from far far away. Vassline is hard core metal band from South Korea. As I wrote in the post about The Geeks, the hard core scene in South Korea is mainly about metal, and Vassline is surely one of the best metal bands playing over there. The band has quite a lot of releases. Here is the last release, from 2007, the 3rd full length called Permanence, very good quality metalcore.
Enjoy!
download here
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The Locust - discography part 2
So here's the second part of The Locust's discography. Enjoy!
split with Arab On Radar
split with Jenny Piccolo
split with Man Is The Bastard
split with Melt Banana
The Locust - discography part 1
Time for something crazy. The Locust has this very cool combination of grind core and analog synthesizers, superb performance on the stage, costumes, etc. When I saw them first time, I was amazed! Even though that time didn't know if I love them or hate them. They were just so unusual, new and different. But that was looooong time ago...
As well as far as I remember the drummer was playing on the floor and the rest of the members on the stage...
Some guys from The Locust formerly played in political bands like Swing Kids and Struggle and some other that are less interesting.
I wanna post here the full discography of The Locust. In part one will be full length and eps, in part 2 there will be splits with other bands.
Well I'll Be A Monkeys Uncle
The Locust
The Locust EP
Safety Second Body Last
Plague Soundscapes
Follow the Flock, Step in Shit
Flight of the Wounded Locust
Betercore
Betercore was a powerviolence/youthcrustcore straight-edge political band from Holland that played between 99-03 or something. Absolutely amazing band! Here's the Youthcrust Discography that I think what the last think that was released.
I really like the fact that they were straight-edge and were against the fanaticism of it, what you can read in the lyrics of SXE But Not An Assole:
Sxe seems good to me
There is nothing wrong with bein’ drugfree
But what’s wrong with your attitude
I will never judge people like you do
Can’t you see it’s all personal
Not an absolute truth
If you are not able to respect someone
Drop out is what you should
Sxe, but not an asshole
If you judge people it’s your own fault
If you don’t like that someone drinks
You are the one with a problem
Of course it’s ok not to drink
But it’s also ok to do
Anyways, here it is for you. Enjoy!
download here
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Tragatelo
Tragatelo was Latino political thrash punk band from Los Angeles, that was active for only about 3 years, 1999-2001 or something. The drummer's from Los Crudos/Limp Wrist, so you can have better imagination on what the band played and what they were about. The female singer was in Subsistencia as well. All the lyrics are in Spanish, having political message.
download here
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Blood I Bleed
Blood I Bleed is band from Holland that plays hard core/grind core. The band started in 2002 right after My Minds Mine stopped playing. Here are 2 splits, one with F.U.B.A.R. (another grind core band from Holland) and second is with the Japanese Sound Like Shit. As well as I post here the CD called High Octane Thrash.
download here High Octane Thrash
download here split with F.U.B.A.R.
download here split with Sound Like Shit
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The Geeks
The Geeks is sxe youth crew positive hard core band from... South Korea!! Cool, huh?
This was the first South Korean band that went on tour. The Geeks toured the US last year and seems like the fans of traditional straight-edge hardcore consider that band as Asia's version of Youth Of Today.
From what I know most of the bands in South Korea play metal so it's really cool to have The Geeks that play this happy music and shines among the metal heads.
Here's the record from 2007 Everytime We Fall. Unfortunately all the lyrics are in English, so we can't hear any Korean, but at least it's easy to understand everything.
download here
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Kias Fansuri
And here's really cool band from Malaysia, Kias Fansuri, that plays punk- screamo. Really nice, emotional stuff. I have here 4 songs demo, self titled.
download here
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Lahar (band from Czech, don't mistake it with the band from the US)
Lahar's fantastic band from Czech rep, playing fast core/ power violence. Here I have for you split with another very good Czech band called Gride. This is funny split, has 10 songs, each band has 5 and all the songs are covers of other Czech bands. As well Gride covers Lahar, and vice versa. Good Stuff. And here's as well demo from 2003. Listen to it, you won't regret.
download demo here
download split here
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E 150
And this is another very special record. E 150 was political band from Barcelona, Spain that was active in years 1995-2004. That band brings all my memories from the time I was living in Spain. So many good bands played then. And E 150 is definitely one of the best. Here's the full discography, everything the band ever released. Almost 50 minutes of fast, thrashy hard core. If you like Los Crudos, you'll love E 150 for sure.
So, tell me what you think.
download here
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Outlast
Outlast was political, sxe youth crew old school band from Sweden that played in the 90s. In the time they played they had really big influence of the scene around Europe. I still remember that every one was singing "positive hard core, positive youth".
Later on, the members of Outlast went to play in bands like Victims, Sayyadina, Nasum, Acursed and more.
Here I have for you As Sure As I Live. Enjoy!!
Ah, I heard that they started to play again...
download here
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New Winds
New Winds was great political vegan Straight Edge band from Portugal. They played passionate old style hard core, sorta in spirit of 4 Walls Falling... For me personally, this is live band. I'm not saying that their records are bad but shows are so good, harder, stronger and filled with so much energy. This record comes along with 170-page book with all the lyrics of the band, explanations, writings of political prisoners, articles, poems, contributions about politics, injustice, culture of resistance, animal liberation and other important issues. For this band hardcore/punk is not only music.
The fact that they speak out loud about their views brought on them lots of critics especially from Germany, coz the band is pro - Palestinian and as we all know, Germany is filled with anti-Deutch, so lots of their shows were canceled in Germany...
So, here is A Spirit Filled Revolution. Enjoy it!
download here
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Bolesno Grinje
Bolesno Grinje is band from Croatia that mixes hard core, crust and some grind core. Pobjeda Je Nasa is the first release from 2001, that was released on Mexican label Endless Brutality of Man. The band has released as well a split LP with Slovenian band Sodn’ Dan. So here you have Pobjeda Je Nasa (Victory is ours) and the split with Mercenary Cockroach (which so far is last release). Enjoy.
download here Pobjeda Je Nasa
download split here
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Converge
I don't think that Converge needs much introduction. This amazing metal or math metal, or punk metal (however you wanna call it) band is known around, I guess. But maybe still there's someone who wants to download their music.
So here you have Caring And Killing from 97, Jane Doe from 2001, No Heroes from 2006 and The Poacher Diaries split with Agoraphobic Nosebleed.
download here split
download here Jane Doe
download here Caring And Killing
download here No Heroes
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Das Oath
Das Oath is a band from New York (but some of the time they all live in Holland), playing thrash punk. When I saw them in Prague, the name of the band was The Oath then. Anyways, it's really crazy band. They formed in 99 and right after that, after few rehearsals they recorded 7" and in 2000 they went on tour around Europe (having only this 7"!). The band features members of Charles Bronson, Holy Molar, Mainstrike, Devoid Of Faith and some more....
So you can imagine how good they are! Just listen to it! You won't regret.
Here's 4 releases for you to taste Das Oath : split with Ampere, mini - LP, Das Oath s/t and EP from 2007.
Enjoy!!
download here split with Ampere
download here the Mini-LP
download here self titled EP
download here Das Oath
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Senata Fox
And here it is! Senata Fox, amazing band from Croatia! Fast, thrashy hardcore, filled with political message, giving crazy performances. If you ever have a chance, you should catch their show somewhere.
All of the members, one way or another, are involved in the DIY scene, since many years. The band started in 99, and here I share with you discography called The Acracy Discourse. You can find here songs from splits with known Croatian anarcho punk band AK-47, Serbian grind core No Abuse and Serbian hardcore Unison. On that record are 10 news songs and as well 2 unreleased ones. In total - 41 songs. I strongly suggest you to buy that record coz it has as well 9 live video tracks.
This is really record of a year!
download here
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Vivisick
Vivisick is a band from Japan, formed in 96 that plays thrash core punk. If you like fast music you'll surely like this band. Really good shit!
Here is a live album Landing to Brazil of Japanese Mother Fucker from the Brazilian tour, the EP Punks Were Made Before Sounds and split with Brazilian Mukeka Di Rato.
download here split
download here Punks Were Made Before Sounds
download here Landing to Brazil of Japanese Mother Fucker
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Refused part 2
I thought to post here other albums of Refused from Sweden. It's a cult band and I think that every record has something special, so let's listen to all of them.
Just listen to how the band was growing up and evolving. "This Just Might Be Truth" is from '94, having the known song "Pump the Breaks" that many bands played cover versions of.
"Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent" is from '96 and there's even more known song "Rather Be Dead" that was at some point the most covered song (maybe together with Earth Crisis son Firestorm), as well a clip was made to it...and so on and so on...
And here's as well the EP Compilation.
So, listen and enjoy!!
download here This Just Might Be The Truth
download here Songs o Fan The Flames Of Discontent
download here the EP Compilation
Requiem
Once upon a time there was a band called Catharsis. After Catharsis came to the point that the band should't exist anymore, members of the band created another band, called Requiem, playing anarcho crust punk. All the members were playing different instruments in Requiem than Catharsis, what was very cool to see at shows. They recorded only one album in 2005 called "Storm Heaven". The sound is very raw, dirty and powerful. You really gotta listen to that!
download here Requiem
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Envy
Another band from Japan- Envy. I think this is the most touring band from all of the rest of Japanese bands. Envy plays sorta post rock, a bit experimental but with lots of hard core. They realeased lots of stuff, but I'm gonna post here only 2 things. Their split cd with Yaphet Kotto and This Machine Kills and minialbum called Angel's Curse Whispered In The Edge Of Despair.
I've seens them few times and it was always quite an experience.
Gauze
And that band is definitely a legend!! Gauze from Japan formed in... 1981! And from what I know they are still around. Total respect!!
They play fast, rough and thrashy. They don't have too many records taking the fact that they exist for 27 years. Ah, what a number... I post here the second release called "Equalizing Distort" from 1986.
Fuck On The Beach
Fuck On The Beach is thrashcore/power violence band from Tokyo, Japan. They started to play in mid '90s. THye released shit loads of stuff and I'm sure they'll release even more.
Tom posted here their split with Matka Teresa and I'm posting here "Fastcore On The Beach" 7" from '98, "Pover Violence Forever" from '99 and "Endless Summer" from 2001.
Decahedron
This is something special!! Decahedron is a band that does not really exists. It started as a fun-band, a trio with members of Frodus (the dummer played as well in Battery) and Fugazi. The previous name was The Black Sea, but later the band found out that the name is already taken so they changed it into Decahedron. Jason (drumms), Shelby (guitar) and Joe (bass) recorded few songs and released EP. "Disconnection_Imminent" is the first and so far last album.
After Joe left the band, Decahedron has constant problems with bassplayers.
The music they make is sorta post-hadcore. All of them are amazing players and they really know how to make music. You can hear very technical guitar and bass work, as well as some sludgy guitar parts and crashing drumms.
This band is very special for me for many reasons. I met Jason many, many years ago, while Battery toured Europe, then few more times until Frodus came to Europe. Then as well I met Shebly. Some time later Jason told me about Decahedron project and gave me the cd... I still wait for them to come over to Europe. It's special band with very special people. And very special music.
Bora
Bora's from Vilnius, Lithuania. I think I met them for the first time about 6 years ago. It was then one of not-too-many hard core bands playing. When the door of Western Europe got open for bands from East, finally Bora could do some tours around. Bora's music is a bit heavy, but melodical. The singer has as well record label called Kablio Muzika, that releases all the stuff Bora recorded.
I'm posting here first record called "Battery Cages" from 2001 and so far the last record "Spit Into Kismet's Face" from 2005.
download "Battery Cage" here
download "Spit Into Kismet's Face" here
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Swing Kids
So, here is the discography of Swing Kids. It's only 18 minutes long, coz the band recorded only 7" EP, spilit EP and some songs for compilations.
Swing Kids was a political, hard core-punk band. Short fast, thrashy melodical songs, with screaming vocals.
If I'm not mistaken it was a sxe band, at least most of the members were.
The band broke up a short before the guitar player commited suicide ( he played as well in sxe band called Unbroken), the other members went on to the bands like The Locust, Sweep The Leg Johnny, Crimson Curse and more.
download it here
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Beyond the Screams: A U.S. Latino Hardcore Punk Documentary
This documentary about the U.S. Latino punk scene and the DIY movement was produced by Martin Sorrondeguy, singer of Los Crudos and Lipm Wrist. The video features live performances by bands like Los Crudos, Subsistencia,Huasinpungo and many more.
"The Latino punk scene in the early '90s really exploded because all of a sudden we had a hell of a lot to sing about. What started happening politically in the U.S. pissed us off so much, and we were feeling targeted and we were feeling so cornered as a community that we began writing songs about it."-Martin Sorrondeguy
download here part 1
download here part 2
Severed Head Of State
Since I already posted Tragedy and From Ashes Rise, it's time for Severed Head Of State, that is connected to Tragedy thru Todd Burdette, the guitarplayer of Tragedy. I think that this band doesn't need too much introduction either, so I'll just post "No Lost Love" 7" EP from 2001 and "An Invitation To A Beheading: 1998–2001 Discography" from 2002.
Btw, did you hear about the singer getting stabbed by a drunk punk during the show in Austin,while he was trying to end a fight (in 2006)?
download here No Lost Love
download here the discography
From Ashes Rise
After I posted Tragedy, I won't miss the opportunity to post as well From Ashes Rise, an amazing band of guys from Tragedy, Remains Of The Day, Deathreat and some others...
I'm sure you know that band so I won't be writing a lot about them.
Just post here 3 record for all of us to enjoy.
download here split with Vistims
download here "Nightmares"
download here "Silence"
Tragedy
I'm sure everyone knows this band and probably as well everyone who's into Tragedy has already all the releases, but still, I wanna post it here, coz I really like that band. So, they're from Portland, Oregon. Band was formed by guys from His Hero Is Gone, Deathreat, Severed Head Of State, From Ashes Rise and others....
I'm posting here 3 records : Tragedy from 2000, Vengeance from 2002 and Nerve Damage from 2006, so far the last release.
Enjoy!! I do.
download here Nerve damage
download here Vengeance
download here Tragedy s/t
Final Exit
Another band from Umea, Sweden (don't mix it up with a grind core band from Japan that has the same name). Final Exit was sorta joke-band of guys from Refused, even though what they played was amazing! For really long time (guess for the whole time of their existence), they were hiding their personalities, using different names and pretending they have nothing to do with Refused. They started in early '90s (but seems like the idea of the band appeared in late '80s), and Teg is the first record, from '94.
The music is raw, fast and brutal at the same time.
so here it is for you: Final Exit - Teg!
Intensity "The Ruins Of Our Future"
I though I should as well post here the last album of Intensity, after posting "Bought and Sold" and "Wash Off The Lies" in the other post, coz it is very good band and I have this kinda sentiment approach to them. Anyways, "The Ruins Of Our Future" was released in 2001 and it's very fast and dirty. Lyrics are in 3 different languages, screamed by Rodrigo with aggression and melody at the same time... ah, just check it out, coz as I already told you - Swedish bands rule!
Ah, just as some extra information, Rodrigo has small independent record label Putrid Filth Conspiracy.
Abhinanda
Since I started with bands from Umea, Sweden, I'll post some more of them. But don't worry, all the bands did not play the same kinda music, so I won't bore you too much.
Abhinanda is another great band, that formed in '93. It's political, sxe hard core band, that played a bit heavier sound, but don't expect to hear some metal here.
Refused and Abhinanda exchanged guitar players at some point, they as well toured together...
"Senseless" is from '94, s/t is from '96.
Refused "The Shape Of Punk To Come"
I still remember when I saw Refused for the first time. It was very funny show. It was their first European tour (in '94), on which they played with 108 (as well their first European tour). I said it was funny show, coz then they really didn't play too well. There were some songs that they couldn't manage to finish, coz they were making so many mistakes. But they were nice, funny and were giving their best. And Dennis had pink hair then... :)
When I saw them a year later, on the next tour, they were so much better, ah - they were kicking ass!! Every next show I saw was a blast.
So, again, I'm posting a band that brings a lot of memories. And I wanna prove what I was writing in previous post-that Umea hard core scene was the best in the '90s. Was the best on the whole Europe!
Refused was political, vegan, sxe band that for sure had huge influence on hard core scene all over.
I post here the 3rd and last full-length album "The shape of punk to come", which is quite different than other recordings but I find it very interesting and it's my favorite release.
D.S. 13
Time for another band from Sweden! Demon System 13 comes from the same city as Refused or Cult Of Luna,Umea. In the '90s there was the best scene, the best bands were coming from there... so sad that this is over.... so few bands stayed, so few are formed...
So, I'm gonna stay in the '90s again.
D.S. 13 started in 1995, played thrashy fast hard core and had crazy shows! This band was one of the best those days, no doubt in that!
I post here 2 records : "For The Kids, Not The Business" from '98 and "Vad Vet Vi Om Kriget?" from 2000.
download here "For The Kids, Not The Business"
download here "Vad Vet Vi Om Kriget?"
Cult Of Luna "Salvation"
Cult Of Luna is from far north of Sweden. There's 8 members of the band! They play sorta post metal, sludge or ... dunno how you wanna call it. The songs are long, slow but heavy.
They're often compare to Isis or Neurosis...
Anyways, I'm posting here, I think the best stuff they released :"Salvation".
Had to split it in 2 parts coz the file was too big.
Chokehold
Chokehold's anarchist sxe vegan band from Canada. Started to play in 1990. I consider them as interesting band, coz they were very political and speaking up about their views and opinions, even though they were very criticized for it. Being pro-choice, strongly anti-religious and anti-homophobia was the opposite of what most of the sxe vegan bands were standing for those days, being influenced by hardline.
So I decided to post here "Life Goes On"EP from 1992, "Instilled" EP from 1994 and "Content With Dying" LP from 1995.
I suggest you to read their lyrics here, especially lyrics of "Instilled".
Enjoy!
download here "Life Goes On"
download here "Instilled"
download here "Content With Dying"
myspace
Contra La Contra
Contra La Contra was very political anarcho punk band from Belarus, that started to play about 10 years ago. They were one of the first politcal bands. You should know that then (guess it's untill now) was very difficult and dengerous to speak up against the government and the Belarusian reality. They did.
They had quite long tour around Europe (that's how I met them), playing wonderful shows and spearding the information about what's going on in Belarus.
Unfortunately I can't find anywhere the pic of the cover of their LP, that I'm posting here, but my memorty tells me that it was red and with the coke font was written the name of the band...
And I can't find any lyrics either... :(
So, enjoy it!
download Contra La Contra here
1000 Travelers of Jawaharlal
When I heard of 1000 Travelers of Jawaharlal coming to Europe I was very excited coz I love Japanese bands. Most of them are totally crazy and very good.
This trio plays a bit... I could say, a bit differently than the bands that make Japanese scene famost. The music is emotional, but energetic with screaming vocals. Has the spirit of bands from D.C. from the '90s...
download here 1000 Travelers of Jawaharlal "Owari Wa Konai"
The website doesn't have almost anything but you can check it here
Pirómanos Del Ritmo
I heard that band not long time ago, but they definitely caught my ears and I wanna post them here. But more than that I really wanna see them live. I'm guessing that this is amazing band that does unforgettable shows. 3 insane singers, playing in masks, sometimes dressing up... must be intense!
Pirómanos Del Ritmo are from Chile, playing something between crust, grind and hard core.
As far as I know they had some demo recorded, but “Nosotros tenemos el fuego” is their first cd and that's what I'm posting.
download here Pirómanos Del Ritmo
Los Crudos
Another band that I don't think I have to introduce. So again, only few words... Los Crudos was political band formed in early 90s, the singer formed another band Limp Writs...
blah blah blah...you know all of it ....
Anyways, I post here the discography, 74 songs. I'm sure you'll love it!
Limp Wrist
I so much wanted to post here the discography but after few times of uploading it, restarting my computer and getting pissed off coz it didn't work, I decided to post now only the 7" "What's Up With The Kids". Limp Wrist... do I have to introduce them? Probably not, but there's small possibility that someone doesnt know them.... So, only few words - SxE, gay hard core, with the members of Los Crudos, Kill The Man Who Questions and more...
Abuso Sonoro
Time for something from South America. Abuso Sonoro's political, anarchist crust/thrash/hard core band with female singer from Brazil, that started to play in early '90s. They released quite a lot of stuff but most of it is splits 7"EPs.
"Herencia" is the only 12" which is not a split. But I post as well 2 split 7" EPs, one with Detestation and one with Autoritar.
download here Herencia
download here split with Detestation
download here split with Auroritar
myspace
Judge
So, I'm staying in the '80s. I wonder how many people are gonna hate me for that post, but you know what? I don't care.
This is another band that brings shit loads of memories. It was the first sxe band that I ever heard and thru them I first time actually heard about sxe. And it was funny to realize that I'm one of them. hahaha
No, no. I never called myself sxe but coz these days there were only 2 sxe guys (at least I knew only 2) they desperately wanted me to be in their crew, as well coz I was the only girl...
But this is another, long and boring story.
Judge's from New York. Started to play in '88, formed by guys from Youth Of Today, Gorilla Biscuits and some other bands. That time it was like here- one guy played in 3 or 4 bands....
Anyways, Judge had really millitant sxe lyrics, what you can check here, what brought on them lots of criticism.
Those guys are legends. They formed so many other bands, that it's really hard to count.
Ok, ok... so here is the first 7' EP called "New York Crew" and the first full length called "Chung King Can Suck It" what appeared in Europe as bootleg "No Apologies".
download here New York Crew
download here "Chung King Can Suck It
Hero Dishonest pt 2
So I think that people here liked those Finnish sweethearts, so I thought to post 2 more records of them.
... if you're in bad mood or just wanna listen to something good, go for Hero Dishonest! You won't be disappointed.
"Let Your Poison Scream" Is from 2004 and "When The Shit Hits The Man" (how cool title is it!) is from 2006, so fat last release.
Enjoy!!
Sin Dios/Intolerance split 7"
There's nothing more to say. Just wanted to post this split as well.
download here
Sin Dios
It's time for another band from '88, now Spanish band. Sin Dios was an anarcho-hard core band from Madrid. Actually I'm pretty sure that everyone knows them, so I won't be talking a lot about them. It was very active politically band.
And as well as Seein' Red some people dislike them. Mainly in Germany coz of the cover of "Odio Al Imperio" album. I remember when I was on tour with some band and I was having a distro and there was that record of Sin Dios, a fresh one, just released, many German kids were coming up to me telling me that selling this record is forbidden and I should hide it somewhere or I'm gonna get in trouble. You know, all this anti-deutch shit... fuck'em! fuck'em all!!!
So, here are 3 records - Guerra a La Guerra from '97, Ruido Anticapitalista & Alerta Antifasista released in '98 (2 albums on one cd!) and Odio Al Imperio from 2002. Enjoy!
Seein' Red
I'm sure that everyone knows that band, and I wonder what people think of them. In Europe there are many people that can't stand them coz the band descrives itself as Communist/Socialists/Anarchist.
Anyways, it's a punk band that started 20, yes - 20 years ago and still play, is still politically active and has something to say.
Before Seein' Red was Larm, and there were some other bands that members of Seein' Red played in, like Manliftingbanner, or Total Chaos...
Here I post discography of stuff from 1993-1995 and "We Need To Do More Than Just Music" from 2005.
download here Seein' REd discography
Seein' Red website
Intensity
I can't help it that I love bands from the '90s... it's the time when the scene all over Europe was the best, many amazing bands, many unforgettable shows... Yep, now there's even more bands but most of them sound the same, and most of them (if not ALL of them) are copies of bands from '80s and early '90s.
Anyways, here's political band from Sweden - Intensity. "Wash Off Their Lies" was released in '98, if I'm not mistaken and "Boutht and Sold" in 1996. The drummer of Intensity was singing in Satanic Surfers, which is probably more known band, but plays different style of music sorta skate punk.
Intensity has spirit of bands from '88, thrashy old school.
Hope you'll enjoy it.
R.A.M.B.O.
R.A.M.B.O. was from Philly. Not many bands have such crazy and intense shows as they did. At almost every show they were dressed up, and the crowd was too, as well they were making big tanks or any other kinda funny stuff and all that was later flying in the air, thorn in pieces by crazy fans. I think there was never anyone just standing still while Rambo played. It was simply impossible. You wanted or not the vibrations of the show dragged you in.
R.A.M.B.O. was a sxe, vegan, anarchist, crust, thrash, bike punk band. The bass player was before in Policy Of Three and 400 years, if you ever heard of them.
Last show was on May 27 2007. Sad, but true. "Wall Of Death The System" 's first album, "Bring it!" is the second album.
download here "Wall Of Death The System"
At The Drive-In
At The Drive-In is a post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, that started to play in 1993. Some time in late '90s they came to Europe. Then I wasn't really into this all progresive rock stuff, but damn, they got me. I so much loved the show, the sound they made and all the performance on the stage... No words to explain. It was fantastic! I fell in love!
They had their own style, that later many bands copied and tried their best to be like ATDI.
After the band broke up in 2001, 2 other bands started - Mars Volta and Spatra. As well there was a reggae band De Facto that 2 guys from ATDI had while the band was existing.
Couldn't chose between "In Casino Out" and "Relationship Of Command", which one is my favorite, so I'm posting both. You chose which one you like more... I love both albums. They released one more full length and many 7"s, EPs and splits.
download here "Relationship Of Commands"
The Spectacle
The Spectacle is from Norway. The music's very passionate and powerful, having some crust, doom and instrumental parts. Someone said that it's Neurosis meeting Godspeed You!Black Emperor. Maybe...
"The Rope Or Gillotine" is the first record.
download here The Spectacle "Rope Or Gillotine"
Forever Positively Obsessed
FxPxOx is old school thrashy punk, sxe band from Macedonia. This band fucking rules!!
They recorded several demo tapes, splits 7" (with Seein' Red, I Object!, Sectret 7 and more) and cds. I found this demo tape from 2002. And I as well wanna post here the cd "The only dead end is refusing to see a way out " that contains splits with My Revenge and Secret 7+ comp. tracks.
3 guys from FxPxOx have another band This Home Is Orepared, that plays a bit different kinda music, more Tragedy like, and has 2 vocals, girl and a guy... you can check it here.
Ewa Braun
I finally found "Love Peace Noise", the first record of Ewa Braun! Oh, so many memories came back with that record! It was my favorite cd, but after listening to "Esion" again, I think I like it more than lovepeacenoise now.
Ewa Braun is from Poland, started to play in 1990. Uhh, long time ago...That time in Poland were not many bands playing noise connected with trans, emotions and experiments, with improvisation. If I'm not mistaken there was only Guernica Y Luno in the late '80s - beginning early '90s playing similar kinda music."Love Peace Noise" is from '94 and it's first full length. Before the band recorded 2 tapes. "Esion" is the 2nd album, from '96. And "Stereo" is the last one, 5th, from 2002.
Ewa Braun's very political band, what you can find out reading their lyrics (the lyrics are all in Polish, but I posted them in English here ). Well, now we have only this left, but I still remember them being involved in lots of things, so those are not only words they wrote...
By the way, if the name Ewa Braun is any familiar to you, maybe coz it was Hitler's lover (became wife right before the suicide). I don't remember anymore why the band decided to have that name...
So, I'm posting here 3 records...
Download here "Love Peace Noise"
Sweep The Leg Johnny
Sweep The Leg Johnny comes from Chicago. It's very original and has crazy structures of the songs. Someone said about Sweep "a bulldozer jamming with philharmonic orchestra". And I agree. Chaotic, constantly changing but synchronized, having lots of saxophone, that's Sweep.
Here is the last album they recorded, "Goin' Down Swinging".
download here Sweep The Leg Johnny108
How much I love bands from the '90s... I think those years were the best if it goes for music, bands, shows... I miss that time. I miss those bands.
108 is one of the bands. They stareted in '92. Their shows were incredibly intense and "exotic", since 108 is a Krishna band. So, they appeared on the stage wearing saffron dhotois and chanting mantras. But the music isn't soft as everyone could expect. It's loud, heavy, angry and fast.
They played for about 4 years, releasing 3 albums and some other stuff. "Songs of Separation" is my favorite record from that period, even though I really like all they ever made. Luckily in 2005 they started to play again and "A New Beat From A Dead Heart" is what they recorded. This time they don't look like Krishna devotees, even though still have it in their hearts.
download here 108 "A New Beat From A Dead Heart"
download here 108 "Songs Of Separation"
HeroDishonest
Time for something from Finland. Hero Dishonest is one damn crazy band!! Maybe even the most crazy Finnish band I know. You would understand easily what I'm talking about when you'd see them on stage and as well smell them. :)
Very fast thrashy punk, with 2 insane vocals...
As you all probably already noticed I'm very bad in describing music, so you just gotta listen to it
"Juggernaut" is 2nd full length, from 2002. Thye have 3 more albums and some 7" and splits.
This band will make you smile!
HeroDishonest's myspace
HeroDishonest's website
download here Hero Dishonest "Juggernaut"
Trial
Trial's from Seattle, started to play in'94, after decade of playing they decided that it's over, but 2 years ago they made 3 reunion shows, only THREE!! Guess it's easier to do only 3 shows than the whole tour, especially that those were only shows Trial wanted to play. No more. Probably never...
It's very political, sxe vegan band (there's not many of these in the States, though),with strong message. The lyrics are excellent, what you can check here.
"Are these our lives?" is from 1999, I think it's best record.
I Shot Cyrus
I Shot Cyrus is sxe political band from Brazil. The members are from Point Of No Return and Newspeak. I Shot Cyrus doesn't play any metal stuff as previous bands did, but plays fast, forward thrashy punk and it's awasome!! So, you really should listen to that!
Here's the discography and the album (that isn't on the discography) Assassinicus. You're gonna enjoy it, no doubt!
download here I Shot Cyrus discography
download here Assassinicus
website
myspace
Kafka
And another one of my favorite bands. Kafka is from Genova, Italy. "The will" is last record, coz unfortunately they broke up about 2 years ago. But now there's a new band called Stalker, even though they play different music, more Isis-like. Kafka has it's very own style, that makes it special. Very good, often personal lyrics screamed in Italian and amazing drumming... Wonderful shows... wonderful people... wonderful band!So sad I won't see Kafka on stage anymore.
Kafka's website
download here Kafka The will
Lvmen
Lvmen is my another favorite band and another band that brings lots of memories.The time when I was booking tours for them and was traveling with them was probably my best period. Lvmen is from Czech rep. "Raison d'etre" is my most loved album. They recorded 12" (which was the first stuff they've put up) and "Mondo", which is the last album and was recorded with new line up. Lvmen is influenced by ISIS and Neurosis, what you can hear here and there but still it's kept in the Lvmen's spirit.
download here Lvmen Raison d'etre
Lvmen's myspace
Lvmen's website
And here is "Mondo" from '06.
Keelhaul
Keelhaul from Cleveland is one of the bands that I listen to all the time.
It's kinda math-metal, or rock. I love it.
In few months they'll be touring Europe again...
This is second album.
And here is the first record of Keelhaul. Enjoy!!
Zegota
Zegota from Greensboro, USA is defilitely my favorite band. Love not only their music but every one of them. Surely the best band I know.
Reclaim! is their 3rd full length album and was recorded in Sweden. This album is one whole amazing piece of music, every song is connected with another one. You can hear a lot of African elements combined with Zegota's punk, as well as some piano.
This record is very emotional and has a little bit different spirit than the other 2 records Zegota made ( 1st was s/t and 2nd was Namaste).
Hope you'll enjoy it. If you wanna hear the other 2 records, let me know, so I'll post it here as well.
Zegota - Reclaim!
Zegota's website
Zegota's myspace
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