the waste not just something to be sung 7 ep

we beging the revived pt with some anarchopunk from 1986. a pretty damn good record, mix of melodic parts with hardcore. not that easy to pul off but they make it work. these lyrics have been done to death a lot i know but still i like them. stop the hate and drunken saler are my favorites. the two most melodic songs on the ep. weird! maybe i'm going soft haha. 12 minutes of pretty damn good anarchopunk. not great but rather enjoyable. get it on the web or something. ps i'm still looking for new records to review

still not fucking dead

hi. i'm back this time for good. i can't give up this blog. i'll be back to reviewing records and ranting about shit i hate. nothing much has happened in the past year. i've simply not cared about anything. but i'm back now, and next year will be full of my ranting. please comment on the posts. that's part of the reason i left. please comment

nihilistics s/t ep

here's an interesting record. the nihilistics were from new york and existed in the 80s and may still be around now..they're known as the guys who ripped off the duch hardcore band suspence and then did everything possible to say they did the song first. don't know what i mean? look it up! this ep is well interestinng. the drums seem to be doing whatever they want with no real reguard to the music. oh wait..so does everything elce..the bassest must have been off on another plannet. the music is very good, sloppy and uh..nihilistic..the lyrics are what you'd expect from this sort of band..pain, death, bla bla bla. they later got tighter and released a really good lp but to me this is the best they did. it's so primative. how seriously this band is taken is open to debate and depends on who you ask. though i'm sure this stuff is just for laughs..get this now. and i'll try to post more as the year goes on..i do have a lot of records, just feeling burnt out

review of my birthday show!

on Saturday i had a party at my house and bands played. shitty intro i know but..well let's get on with it. first off the show was supposed to start at 4. at 6:30 no bands showed up. me a a coupld guys jammed a bit. then it was time to do what i said i would do last year...as fucked up society made history (well history for me) the music was a bit crustier and metallic than i expected but that's the great thing about this band. i'm the only member. it'll never sound the same! i blew my voice out after like 3 songs and had to do low vocals. the kids seemed to love it and i had a great time. next came bullet brains. they were pretty cool as always. they kicked some ass and were quite original (more about that later) next is where i rant. some idiot got the bright idea to have social overload, play a split set.....someone should have asked me but no. actually a band called self played for like 5 seconds..more about them later. social overload were great. the band they played the split set with had energy but..one of the dumbest names around. and i'm friends with the singer. the band's name is vulva essers....what the fuck is a vulva esser? i don't know. anyway after they played some other band played. at that point the show had to stop before the neighbors called the cops. my only complaint was the self, vulva essers, and the other band (blaster master if i remember) they all sound the same! i really could not tell them apart! it's a good sound sort of a crust/grind thing but i honestly had trouble telling them apart. social overload i could tell. bullet brains i could tell..but those crust bands. i'm not knocking them i just wish they'd do something to make themselves sound different. although when recorded vulva essers has a very good sound, almost spasmatic in the starts and stops. i'm not saying i'm pissed that they came i loved seeing them (though if bands would have come earlier they would have played more) and i got to play a set. i'm very happy. also, the drummer for v.e is pretty sick. but please v.e, self and blaster master, you guys are great and really really nice chaps. but maybe add something that the other doesn't have. oh and a quick fuck you to every band and everyone who couldn't come out.

Arson Anthem - Insecurity Notoriety (2010)

1. Naught

2. Foul Pride

3. Isolation Militia

4. More Than One War

5. Insecurity Notoriety

6. Pretty Like That

7. Initial Prick

8. Crippled Life

9. Polite Society Blacklist

10. If You Heard This You Would Hit Me

11. Hands Off Approach

12. Has Been/Has Been

13. Primate Envy

14. Death of an Idiot

15. Independant and Busted

16. Kleptomania

17. Teach the Gun To Love the Bullet

Bishop: I loved Arson Anthem’s self-titled EP. When it came out, there were no other new bands about doing anything as raw and unhinged. It was like a throwback to all those crust bands that have either buggered off, or are shadows of their formers selves. But I’m gonna be honest, the album bores me to hell. I dunno what it is, it just didn’t grab like the EP did, and I was pretty bummed.

Elliott: Damn, I need to hear the EP. Whenever I hear about mainstream thrash I’m nervous. Will it be like Metallica? Pantera? Metalcore? Well, even though this has a member of the groove legends (and by mainstream I mean in the metal community), this is pretty damn good skate thrash with punk influences, with the singer of Eyehategod and Hank Williams III. So, the album bores you? I’ve always known you were weird.

Bishop: I burn out pretty easily with music like this, always have. Saying that though, I'm going to retract my previous statement. I'm giving it another spin and it's actually much better than I remember it. Short, snappy and varied. My worry with albums like this is that everything going to be too repetitive, but each song really stands out. Brilliant, angry thrash punk. I must've listened to the wrong album initially - either that or it's just a grower, but I doubt that, it jumps down your neck too fast for it to have time to grow.

Elliott: It's sort of a grower. I was put off by the weird sludgy parts. The three second stuff, as far as repetitiveness goes with music like this, I don't really care as I'm looking for brutality first, if it's fast and pissed off I don't care. Hank III is one hell of a drummer, and Mike has a great voice. Also the mix is raw without being like the EP.

Bishop: The mixing on this is a thousand times better. Like you say it retains the raw crust sound they were obviously aiming for without making it sound like someone's scraping the inside of your eardrum like the EP. Everything's tight and confident. They all knew what kind of record they wanted to make, and they made it. No mess, no fuss, no confusion. You know what you're getting.

Elliott: Now don't get me wrong I enjoy that mix (Suburban Mutilation's LP comes to mind), but for music like this and musicians like this a more professional mix fits. Drink a few beers and put this on, it works on so many levels! Think they'll ever put out anything else?

Bishop: Maybe. I'd like to hear at least another EP from them. It's one of Phils' side projects though, so it probably doesn't have long before he loses interest.

Elliott: Yeah, he'll be back to Down or whatever crap band he plays in now. I'm surprised he plays the guitar as good as he does. As anyone reading this blog knows I'm not a Phil fan, so when I heard about this record I was thinking oh no. In fact the only reason I checked it out was the singer and drummer, but I was surprised that Phil could actually play. I've never heard his black metal band.

Bishop: Hey, nothing wrong with Down. The new EP was pretty good. Anyway, we can both agree this is a good record, yes?

Elliott: Yeah, this LP is quite good. One thing I have noticed, has mike lost his voice? I much prefer his vocals on Eyehategod's albums.

Bishop: I honestly never noticed. Doesn't sound weak to me so I don't think it's so much losing his voice, it's either refined with age or he's approached this project differently.

Elliott: I actually think it would have been cool to hear Eyehategod vocals on this album. It's just strange to me. I also love the short sludge moments, they go from slow to fast so many times!

Bishop: Yeah, I like the fact that it's not all 100mph constantly. It doesn't feel like an insult to my intelligence unlike other records in this genre, it just feels honest.

Elliott: You know me, the faster the better! But I like that they slow it up and they do it well. Many bands try to do it but it just comes out bad, these guys know what they're doing. Well they should they're all well-known metal musicians! Still has that southern feel - in a good way I mean.

Bishop: You mean not in the "kill the blacks, marry your sister" kind of way, right? I personally don't hear the Southern influence, but maybe that's just my Brit ears not being able to differentiate. I guess it's more noticeable to Americans.

Elliott: Different kind of southern influence, I'm talking NOLA sludge. It just sounds Southern. Blues influence. It's hard to describe. I’ll say this: it has pretty much everything you'd expect from this kind of record, good musicians, good mix, ass kicking thrash. If you're a new band look to this record.

7 seconds the crew lp

if they hadn't taken this name 7 seconds would have been the name of some shit grindcore bandbut this isn't grind this is kickass hc. i'm not really into youth crew hc stuff. but this record is pretty killer. they fucked the mix up though. I always find this record too clean and the drums didn't have the great sound like on the skins ep. no crackling highhat. sad. the lyrics are your typical positive thite. trust and happiness. not my thing. but kevin can sure sing. I do have one question. what was kev thinking putting rap at the end of one of the songs? as everyone knows rap fucking sucks! this lp (mlp?) is pretty damn short but it packs a punch. you can mosh to this so it's pretty damn good. though I still say get the eps first. walk together rock together the lp after this is pretty good too. I've never heard anything after that and will probably never do so. actually I do have a recent album and they were still good is a tad poppy. anyway get this and sing along to some melodic youth crew hc done right. oh and fuck rap!

slam induced groove astral overload ep

this ep isn't what I expected. when I heard slam death I thought of human mincer or something. however, not being something I expected isn't bad. okay. so anyway. this is a band called slam induced groove. not a bad name. this ep is about space..well the titles are. when I pressed play I expected nothing but novelty metal with pig squeal vocals. man was I surprised! good riffs, great vocals (they do need to be turned up a bit) I don't even mind the drum machine (clearly these aren't real drums) I will say that on the first track they sound really weird like they're cranked up too loud. all deathcore bands need to listen to this. this is how you do breakdowns. they (he I guess, this is one of those one man band things I think) even do a gojira cover. i'm not that into them (maybe i'll change my mind later after I hear more) but this cover sounds pretty dead on. overall, a very good ep that you should play if you want something slow and groovy. sometimes they speed up but not that much. not like it matters really. this is slam death at its best. buy or die!

the big 4 live dvd

got this a while ago. the big 4 came to l.a but I didn't see them. too much money. besides, my big 4 is nothing like this. but anyway onto the bands. first up is anthrax. I only liked the first album so..pretty borring. I guess it's cool but why would I listen to anthrax's melodic thrash when I can listen to pleasure to kill and get my head smashed open? good set I guess, sort of borring really. I've never like joie's vocals (none of neal's screams, just too clean) and thought anthrax sucked when they got rid of lilker. next up is megadeth. I hate megadeth. pretentious, slow, wanking, bornagain, lame. just a lame band who never did anything for me. I tried to like them but. slayer is next. hell yeah! mixed loud slayer is sloppy, loud, fast, and pissed off. best band of them all. don't even tell me different. tom's losing his voice though. finally we have reached the end of the first disk. each band played hour long sets. now comes metallica. oh my god, they're the only band on the second disk. how long is this gonna last? the answer, too fucking long. metallica only released one great album. so..yeah. lars sucks, tries to play too fast and he only has 5 drums, james has lost whatever anger he had, the rest of the band sucks. this is metallica light. it's sad that this concert took song long. because all I see on these disks are old ritch man pretending to be 23 again to get more money. don't get this dvd, get the slayer performance and rock out. then get the metallica stuff if you need something to put you to sleep. 5 hours of shows, only one worth it. and why does poptallica get so much time? it's not the big 4 tour. it's metallica and 3. rippoff. fuck metallica. anyway, don't buy this. btw sorry about the adds, blogger did that to us. we're not making money from them, we don't approve of them. just hope you understand.

dr aids and others aids infected shit split cd

i'm not back, this is special. the final dr aids record. that's right, the only new punk band I like (misery addict broke up) has bit the dust. I can now say fuck all new punk bands. now, onto to the record. thrught reform suck. fuck them. generic as all hell and just lame. the other band is called shitfuckingshit. god, what a creative name! the music is as bad as the name. they're worse than thought reform. well, this was a shitty split. wait, what's that? another band? oh that's right, dr aids. well, these cunts went out swinging. I can't say enough about these tracks. fast, raw, brutal. the mix is perfect. the samples are interesting. where's that sample song from? the only song that drags on a bit is gotta be delt with. great song, middle should have been cut in half. the rest are amazing. mindblowing. they're going out with more than a bang. they managed to save a horrible ep and make it great. if they were the only band on it, it'd be even better! buy this, fuck off the other two bands unless you want shit, and get ready to have your head crushed by these brits. like misery addict, they saved the best for last. rather than the rip I usually say i'll say..if any band think they can beat dr aids, fuck off. they'll be gone but not forgotten. lucky agz has another band. let's hope it's as good as dr aids, or at least better than thought reform or manitsashitband

moving aside

well, I've decided to step aside for a while and hand the blog over to bishop. i'll still be around, reading comments (ha!) and maybe doing those partner reviews with bishop. but for now, he's the main writer. I want to try new stuff, maybe start a new blog. it's been fun but..i need to try something new. so for now, Elliott signing off

m.o.d. red, white and screwed cd

one question. is billy serious? I know s.o.d was a joke band and this was but..i just wonder if he's as stupid as this in real life. these songs are right wing and idiotic. I agree with him that things are fucked in America with concentration camps. but he blame liberals. what? also he seems very nationalistic. the music is nothing special. standard thrash. i'm beginning to think these nyhc and thrash bands are brainless. no guys, you don't have to have national pride. i'm not proud to be an American because I didn't choose it. anyway the music is lame, the lyrics are stupid, throw this away. except for g.l.e.t. which is fucking funny. don't bother with this though

rip political trendy

i'm sorry guys, this blog will end forever after this post. the reason? this blog isn't making any money. I need this blog to make money because i'm greedy and refuse to do things just for the fun of it. i'm very sorry, but this blog will not go on. or maybe it will if one of you would comment. april fools and all that. actually I just wanted to update you . I still have no new records. but hopefully we can pull something together. Elliott signing off for now

bathory s/t lp

alright, sorry i keep forgetting to post. things are not going well in my life. no that's an understatement. they couldn't be any worse..well maybe if everyone i know died it'd be worse. if i don't get my mind off this i'm gonna go insane so heare's a classic metal record for you. a lot of people call bathory a black metal band. i do agree that bathory influenced bm but i always described this as a thrash band. one listen and you can see why..along with the fact that black metal didn't exist. for 1984 this is a really brutal album. the mix. well..the drums exist though it's hard to tell what they're doing. i love this mix, sounds like a demo album. the guitars just pound and pound and pound. the vocals shreak the torment of some sort of unholy creature. musically these guys were never better. still one of the heavyest albums i've heard i can't emagine in 1984 putting this album on, hering the intro and then...all hell breaks loose. this was recorde in a garage i beleive. well..more bands should record stuff in a garage. my favorite track in in conspiracy with satan but really they're all good. these guys aren't advanced musicians but man can they deliver! this album is a musthave if you wanna call yourself a metalhead. get it and watch as the skin melts off your face as you listen!

NYC Mayhem discography

want more posts? make em yourself! or give me lots and lots and lots of money. either way, do something! now, nyc mayhem existed for 1 year, 1985. they started out as a sick ass death metal band. i mean great death metal. but over time they drifted into really fast hardcore. kind of the youth crew sound here but soooo damn good. 72 tracks on a bunch of demos and live tapes. they recorded a 7 that was sadly never officially released but a bootleg does exist. minus the first track which i've still never heard. rhis band became straight ahead which put out a great demo and an okay ep. these recordings are actually officially released on a 2 cd set but i got mine off the interwebs before the cds were released. maybe i'll buy one some day. depends on how much money i get. this stuff is great. you need to get it no matter what you like. death metal or hardcore nyc mayhem (guess where they're from) have something for you. seriously, if you don't like this you're fucked. get it now! i order you!

no comment discography cd

i know i haven't been on fora long time. i've been busy with life..okay the truth is my love of racing is rapidly becoming the main love in my life..but i'm back..first off, sorry for all the fucking spam comments..i don't know how to get rid of them..anyway we have a great 90s hardcore band for you..i hate using the word powerviolence. so 90s hardcore. no comment are one of the few bands from the 90s i like. ultrafast, angry, and short..this is what i love about hc. too bad this band didn't exist for very long and all songs can fit on one cd..actually lucky for you and me we only have to get one cd..i'm still surprised at how clear the mix is on some of the recording.. i'm not sure what all they did in terms of records but i do know this is some of the best 90s hc around. get it or be a wimp!

infest moshroom cd

i have a serious problem with this band. not the music which is badass grindcore with just a hint of crust..it's the name. for those of you with no brain, infest was a great hardcore (and not powerviolence you stupid fucks!) band from the late 80s. they released the slave lp in 88 which is one of the last truly great and interesting hc records then released a couple other good records before breaking up and like every other band in the world is reuniting and cashing in..now the infest i'm talking about on this post is a new (2000s) french band..you mean to tell me they had no idea about the other infest? i don't think so. a worse one is the itallian band repulsione..oh great..you put an e at then end..it's still the same name jackass! i'm gonna start a band called metalllica.. see? one more l! it's a totally different fucking name! now i don't care about bands having the same name in period (the punk and the metal anthrax) or shitty bands coming up with a band name that belonged to an obscure punk band (i can never say i'm a slipknot fan..people don't get it) but if your band is pretty obscure and there's another band that existed long before you guys that people actually know about..maybe do some research..or just add an extra letter..that'll shut everyone up i guess. now i've ranted on..on to the music. first of all the mix is actually really good. you can hear everything. everyone is a good musician on this. everything on this record is good..not great but pretty damn good..am i the only one who likes the guitar tone? the vocals i think could only work for this band. not really complex music but something to play if you like grind..just change your name infest!

disclose apocalypse of death 7

at the risk of offending some nwe hc fans, i really don't feel this band deserves all the praze it gets. shitty crust from japan..shitty crust, that's redundant. i'm not a crust fan. we get it, you love discharge..get over it. the mix is annoying too. they try too hard to be destorted and cool. i love japanese hc but that's something i've always found, i thought a lot of bands tried too hard to be interesting. this band does the same. i mean, i have very few d-beat records. shitlickers, anti-cimex, that sort of stuff. maybe it's just because i don't like new hc. punk did its thing people. only a few punk bands now can hold my attention. and also, this isn't even good japanese d-beat..it's just a lame band. stop wershipping this pile of shit and listen to 80s hc

i'm bored

my ipod took a shit, my records are hiding, i have no cd play....fuck, i suck. so...i have no idea what the hell to review. i'm still alive. my computer just deleted all my songs...thanks computer. and keeps cutting out. waiting for the racing season to pick up. maybe by then i'll have some new records. peach kelli pop has a new record...wanna get my hands on that..awesome artist. other than that, i've been watching a shitload of british stock car racing, as well as tv shows such as tripping the rift and duckman...jesus, i have no fucking life...this post is just to tell you all i haven't died yet, not like it matters. oh, and fuck you bishop!

annihilist betrayal on the warpath ep

yeah i'm a lazy cunt. i haven't done a post in a while and...whatever. no one reads this. i wonder when bishop will realise i even posted this. annihilist was a killer thrash band from england with bishop on vocals..if i have to tell you who bishop is you're an idiot. this is the band's second and last release sadly. the incriminated demo showed the band was good. this shows what could have been. the rerecorded versions of the songs on the demo are amazing, just amazing. the new songs are as good. the best song though is the title track. oh my fucking god, what great..everything. the mix is professional yet still sounds raw. bishop improved his vocals and now they're just fucking brutal. this band doesn't go fast a lot but tje midpased thrash is amazing. it's also not very sloppy either. the last track is fucking funny. how small is my bannanna? haha. love the sort of antichristian lyrics too. everything on this ep is spot on and if the members had any fucking brains they'd reform. reform you bastards! reform! get this on the net. all hail annihilist!!!!!!!

deicide s/t lp

hi! remember me? i'm elliott, the guy who blogs? well, sorry i haven't posted in forever, i had female trouble. but, i'm over that so let's get back to bitching about how no one looks at my blog. thanks to the singer from social overload for commenting, that was cool. everyone knows who deicide. satanic death metal band. this is the first album released in 1990. we all know about the band name change bla bla bla. what we have is crushing fucking death metl when death metal counted (84/92) god damn this rocks from a to z. the drums are pretty fucken killer, double bass and everything. the guitars have a cool sound to them and have really cool rifs. glen benton is god (or maybe satan) he is just brutal. don't know about his bass but his vocals are just amazing. i love how seemingly on every deicide album, he puts so much energy into his work as he spews out his hatrid of jesus and the idiots that go along with him. the lyrics are simplistic but effective, brutally satanic. the mix is cool, but, as i say with most death metal, turn the bass up! the album is short too. that's the thing about deicide's albums they're always quite short. some don't even go to 30 minutes. intro is cool, no 10 minute long thing, just i think a door opening? maybe? and then it's boom. one of my favorite death metal records/bands of all time. buy or die! actually, buy or be a christian

the blog is back!

just a short one. i'm back to do more reviews that no one reads. i don't know why, i guess i'm stupid. so stay tuned for more spelling errors, rants about nothing, empty comment feilds, and bishop being too good to review anything. i know he's working on something but who elce can i make fun of? anyway crappy new year to all