Friday, May 30, 2008

Customers-Shut up! (we're dead)-(2007)



Putain cette fois-ci Customers c’est vraiment fini! Le quatuor parisien s’est séparé début 2007 pour divergences internes comme on dit poliment. Le rideau semble être définitivement tombé sur leur chouette hardcore vieille école. Pour nous consoler de cette trop rapide séparation Customers propose leurs dix derniers titres sous la forme d’une troisième démo superbement présentée et mise en page par Stef du génial fanzine Rad Party…qui est aussi le chanteur du combo. Pour ce troisième et dernier effort discographique Customers poursuit sur la lancée de sa dernière démo qui laissait place à quelques plans mi tempo dans une salve de hardcore américain début 80’s de haute tenue. Le son clair caractéristique de la guitare, l’approche délibérément roots de l’ensemble, le chant toujours à la limite de la rupture (ce qui en fait tout son charme), l’énergie punk…tous les principaux éléments de leur musique on les retrouve en grande forme pour cette dernière danse, pour ce dernier bal, leur dernière virée. Je dirais juste que le groupe n’a jamais eu un aussi bon son que lors de cet enregistrement, que le mix est particulièrement réussi et que les compos alternent entre les essais mi tempos de la deuxième démo et la furie hardcore pur jus de la première. On a même droit à une reprise personnalisée de Minor Threat pour clôturer la galette de la plus belle des manières. La boucle est bouclée ! Chers Customers…merci pour tout !!

I have no clue what that says.
Basically if you like Regulations, Amdi Petersens Armi, Vicious, Masshysteri or shit like that you'll dig these French dudes.
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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Lords of Light-Self Titled (I think)



While it's not as balls-out weird as the album that was released by Life Is Abuse last year, this eight-song 7" from the Seattle thrashcore band Lords Of Light (who have connections with eco-black metallers Wolves In The Throne Room) is still one of the quirkier EP's to have been issued on 625 Thrash. Presented in a goofy, brightly colored record sleeve that is illustrated with crudely drawn cartoons of cosmic superheros doing battle with assorted evil robots, this EP rips from start to finish with a hyperfast hardcore style that falls somewhere in between a cracked-out Infest and a kind of SST Records vibe that's hard for me to put my finger on. Lords Of Light can attribute some of the gnarliness of their sound to their pared-back instrumentation, made up of only drums, baritone guitar, and vocals. But it also sounds like these guys have been listening to a lot of art damaged hardcore and noisy post punk, an ineffable element that doesn't make them sound like any other band. You could probably draW some comparisons between LOL and Iron Lung due to the bass-heavy brutalness of their Infest worship, but these guys are infinitely more freaked out, setting up songs with jangly rock riffs and weird jaunty melodies, total vocal freakouts and some other sounds that you don't normally hear on a record this freaking fast.

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Sunday, May 18, 2008

BxUxSxHx-New American Century



Brazilian political thrashers who combine tinges of 60's and 70's rock & punk with straight ahead 80s Brazilian heavy hc/thrash! It's a twisted musical brew that will get you into the circle pit. Lyrics in Portuguese & English.

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Friday, May 16, 2008

Knuckle Scraper-Demo-lition (2007)

Texas powerviolence dudes.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Bad Dirty Hate-Self Titled 7"

I asked for requests and someone requested I post something bad for a change so here you go:



DEBUT 7" FROM THIS BAND BASED IN OSAKA, JAPAN. 7 TRACKS, WITH 4 BEING FROM THEIR 2006 DEMO. FAST PACED THRASHCORE NOT UNLIKE GAUZE AND SIMILAR ILK.

This 7" rips!
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Saturday, May 3, 2008

The Sluts-12" of Sluts Ep 1982



I don't really know a whole lot about this band except they were a hardcore punk band from New Orleans that existed in the early 80's.

I don't wanna be your friend audio sample.

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Friday, May 2, 2008

any request?

I have lots of records so i may have something you're looking for.