17 Friday May 2013
Chicago, IL caustic powerviolence outfit Sea Of Shit have announced plans for an upcoming Summer tour with Dekalb, IL grindcore allies, Sick/Tired. Check out the full tour circuit details as well as streams of Sick/Tired’s recently Cowabunga Records released LP, King Of Dirt(order here), and Sea Of Shit’s devastating 2011 self-titled EP, all below. Follow Sea Of Shit’s blog here for tour updates. Continue reading »
02 Tuesday Apr 2013
Posted in Album Reviews, Band Spotlight, Fastcore, Grindcore, Hardcore, Now Playing..., Powerviolence
By: Eli Zeger
Los Angeles’ Malpractice Insurance and Spain’s Nashgul (both on To Live A Lie Records) traveled from different sides of the world to join forces on a vicious split.
The tracks on this album are straight-ahead, brutal, hardcore powerviolence tunes. Continue reading »
26 Tuesday Mar 2013
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A389 Recordings, doom, Full of Hell, grindcore, hardcore, powerviolence, Rudiments of Mutilation, sludge, Streaming Songs, tour dates, Upcoming Shit
Full Of Hell have recently debuted a new track,”Coven Of The Larynx”, off of their upcoming sophomore LP, Rudiments of Mutilation(A389 Recordings). Holding true to their claim of delivering an album derived of an amalgamation of their past discography, “Coven Of The Larynx” melds in a caustic minute the groovy and epic hardcore assault of the group’s earlier offerings with the blistering grind of their latter work and features guest vocals from Heartless frontman Cory. Stream “Coven Of The Larynx” exclusively over at Vice’s musical arm, Noisey, here and be sure to check out Full Of Hell on their multiple tour outings, details below. Continue reading »
24 Sunday Feb 2013
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Cryptic Passages, death metal, grindcore, Impulse, Jarhead Fertilizer, powerviolence, reviews, Visceral Throne, Youthcrew
“It’s all in the hips.” – Happy Gilmore, 1996
Welcome to the tenth edition of Cryptic Passages, a weekly hopefully-weekly column in which I, Eric Nguyen, will be presenting for your torture, some of the most brutal, unrelenting, and hate drenched pieces of audio I’ve found journeying through the misanthropic plains of the internet. For the past few weeks, I have been absent grinding off at school and so have been unable to deliver on my weekly blood rituals. This week, I return to my place on the altar of sacrifice and offer you three fresh kills…after the jump. Continue reading »
14 Monday Jan 2013
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Crossover, Foreseen, grindcore, Post-Metal, powerviolence, Purge, Rile, Sludge Metal, thrash metal
“We have such sights to show you!” – Hellraiser, 1987
Welcome to the eighth edition of Cryptic Passages, a weekly column in which I, Eric Nguyen, will be presenting for your torture, some of the most brutal, unrelenting, and hate drenched pieces of audio I’ve found journeying through the misanthropic plains of the internet. Three satanic passages await you in the cryptic chasm…after the jump. Continue reading »
13 Sunday Jan 2013
Posted in Fastcore, Free Shit, Grindcore, Hardcore, News, Now Playing..., Podcast, Powerviolence, Streaming Songs...
Hey, folks. I decided I wanted to do a Podcast, so today I bring you The Aftermathcast! I’ve wanted to do a Podcast for a while now and when I finally settled on a concept, I got it recorded and here it is. The Aftermathcast is mostly music and a bit of talking. Considering the theme of The Aftermathcast is hardcore, grindcore and powerviolence, I run through a few news items pertaining to hardcore and the lot. When it comes to the music, all of the bands I play on this Podcast have released albums which are available to download for free.
Click on the listen to and/or download The Aftermathcast. You can also check out the track list down there and links to download the band’s albums. Enjoy and be sure to leave some feedback. Maybe I’ll do more of these. Continue reading »
06 Sunday Jan 2013
Posted in Band Spotlight, Black Metal, Crust, Doom Metal, Extreme Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore, Metal, Powerviolence, Punk, Sludge Metal, Upcoming Shit, Videos
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A389 Recordings, Bland Is The Bastard, Developing Nations, doom metal, Full of Hell, grindcore, hardcore, Kevin Bernstein, noise, Numb Your Mind, Powerelectronics, powerviolence, Sludge Metal, Upcoming Shit
According to a recent Facebook update, Full of Hell have officially finished recording their as of yet untitled sophomore LP. The band returned to record with Kevin Bernstein at Baltimore’s Developing Nations this part Thursday and are expected to release the record through A389 Recordings later this year. The sophomore effort derives from the varied and experimental approaches the band has taken through their previous splits this year(Code Orange Kids, Calm The Fire, the guilt 0f…) and will see the group up-taking more grind and noise influences. Stay tuned for updates. Stream a live video of the band on one of their latest tour ventures(12/10/2012; Pomona; Aladdin Jrs.) with Code Orange Kids and GAZA below exclusively via CVLT Nation. A new song expected to be on the upcoming album is played at 4:50.
30 Sunday Dec 2012
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crossed out, Cryptic Passages, Feelings Of Expiration, grindcore, Mastiff, Metallic Hardcore, Mind Melt Enterprises, powerviolence, Stress Relief, Trap City, Worn out
“We have such sights to show you!” – Hellraiser, 1987
Welcome to the sixth edition of Cryptic Passages, a weekly column in which I, Eric Nguyen, will be presenting for your torture, some of the most brutal, unrelenting, and hate drenched pieces of audio I’ve found journeying through the misanthropic plains of the internet. Three satanic passages await you in the cryptic chasm…after the jump.
Continue reading »
23 Sunday Dec 2012
“We have such sights to show you!” – Hellraiser, 1987
Welcome to the fifth edition of Cryptic Passages, a weekly column in which I, Eric Nguyen, will be presenting for your torture, some of the most brutal, unrelenting, and hate drenched pieces of audio I’ve found journeying through the misanthropic plains of the internet. Three satanic passages await you in the cryptic chasm…after the jump. Continue reading »
09 Sunday Dec 2012
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black metal, Bridgejumper, Cryptic Passages, Dark Hardcore, Deathgrind, doom metal, going peacefully, Grime Watch, grindcore, hardcore, Iron Grip, Sludge Metal, Standing On A Floor Of Bodies, The Oily Menace
“We have such sights to show you!” – Hellraiser, 1987
Welcome to the third edition of Cryptic Passages, a weekly column in which I, Eric Nguyen, will be presenting for your torture, some of the most brutal, unrelenting, and hate drenched pieces of audio I’ve found journeying through the misanthropic plains of the internet. As promised by the lack of a posting last week, we now have a double sized edition this week. Six satanic passages await you in the cryptic chasm…after the jump. Continue reading »
25 Sunday Nov 2012
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Colin Young, Cryptic Passages, death metal, doom metal, grindcore, hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Motherfucking Trumpets, Oblivionation, Orphan Donor, Sludge Metal, Sorcerer's Pledge, Twitching Tongues
“We have such sights to show you!” – Hellraiser, 1987
Welcome to the second edition of Cryptic Passages, a weekly column in which I, Eric Nguyen, will be presenting for your torture, some of the most brutal, unrelenting, and hate drenched pieces of audio I’ve found journeying through the misanthropic plains of the internet. Three satanic passages await you in the cryptic chasm…after the jump. Continue reading »
19 Monday Nov 2012
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Afflictive Nature, grindcore, hardcore, Jungle Juice, Lifer, metal, Modern Pain, powerviolence, Punk, tour dates
Come December, prepare for nine deafening dates of punk, hardcore, and powerviolence mayhem. Four heavy-hitting bands from two states prepare to assault the masses. From Arkansas, the mighty powerviolence infused hardcore Jungle Juice(stream their newest EP, Involuntary Convulsions on the upper right of our page) and the equally heavy, up and coming hardcore act, Lifer. From Texas, the extremely groovy and metallic-tinged bastards from Modern Pain and Afflictive Nature. Stream some tracks from each of the bands and check out the full dates and their details below. Continue reading »
18 Sunday Nov 2012
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Advent, Album Reviews, Beloved, Cryptic Passages, Dark Hardcore, death metal, grindcore, The Silver Cord, YOUR SON IS DEAD
Literally hours after I featured the brutal dark hardcore group YOUR SON IS DEAD(in my new weekly column, Cryptic Passages) and wrote about their utter lack of internet and communicative transparency, the nameless, faceless, and relatively speechless ghoul(s) have spoken once more. Proving once again that their music is the only statement they will ever need to make, YOUR SON IS DEAD posted their second ever update on their Facebook page three hours earlier, a succinct sentence announcing “whole ep available for streaming” with a link to their now updated bandcamp page. And it was all that came to be expected, YOUR SON IS DEAD is simply the embodiment of suffering, brutality made flesh, brutal dark hardcore done right. Continue reading »
18 Sunday Nov 2012
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Big Box, black metal, Cryptic Passages, death metal, grindcore, hardcore, Punk, Webcam Teens, YOUR SON IS DEAD
EDIT: FOUR HOURS AGO, YOUR SON IS DEAD’s “CHOKE” WAS TAKEN DOWN. THEIR BANDCAMP NOW HAS A FULL EP UP(REVIEW HERE).
“We have such sights to show you!” – Hellraiser, 1987
Welcome to the first edition of Cryptic Passages, a weekly column in which I, Eric Nguyen, will be presenting for your torture, some of the most brutal, unrelenting, and hate drenched pieces of audio I’ve found journeying through the misanthropic plains of the internet. Three satanic passages await you in the cryptic chasm…after the jump.
17 Saturday Nov 2012
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death metal, doom metal, Dragged Into Sunlight, grindcore, Hatred For Mankind, prosthetic records, Widowmaker
UK blackened death/doom act, Dragged Into Sunlight, have long been a quiet mainstay listen of mine since their debut album, Hatred For Mankind and have lately become more so of a mainstay, when I found out that they were a product of the ambitious FBI covert operation, Operation Many Jons. The atmosphere, texture, and attack of Dragged Into Sunlight’s latest venture, Widowmaker, sure to evoke controversy, varies considerably from their previous effort, trading caustic, misanthropic, and pure malevolence for a greater sense of suffocating atmosphere and slowed pace. Stream the possibly divisive and dense Widowmaker here, exclusively via Exclaim.ca and pick it up from Prosthetic Records here.
