RATS INTO ROBOTS - "a column of smoke by day, a pillar of fire by night" (SLAVE UNION) - 5e, 300 den.
Three fifths of the mighty To Dream of Autumn carry the torch into 2004. Rats Into Robots produce newer, uglier, more furious sound with scathing vocals and thunderous instrumentation all around, more akin to bands like His Hero is Gone or Uranus, butwith a slightly more technical feel.
RIGOR SARDONICOUS - "vallis ex umbra" (PARAGON) - 10e, 600 den.
Raw Apocalyptic Funeral Doom
RUE - s/t (FEAST OF TENTACLES) - 8.5e, 500 den.
This is Rue’s killer debut album for the first time on vinyl. An album full of pure, great sludgedoom. Artwork by Scot Stearns and limited to 400 on black vinyl!
SANGRAAL - "wolves of armageddon" (WICKED WITCH) - 13e, 800 den.
very aggressive and violent trashing black metal, GEHENNA people
SAVIOURS - "warship" (LEVEL PLANE)
Muscular yet doomy, this triple-guitar led outfit that reside in Oakland, CA take the best from epic hard rock, death punk, yesterday’s black metal heroes and today’s crustier metal groups and concoct the three-song WARSHIP. Saviours has as much Danzig in them as they do The Bronx, and this merger of high-octane evil is a crushing endeavor that fans of real, raw rock need to hear. Tune down, smoke up, and groove out to this one, it’s worth the time.
SLICES - "cruising" (IRON LUNG) - 13e, 800 den.
noise rock/ hardcore
SONIC DOLLS - "...draw their knives for real takes of body fakes" (RADIO BLAST) - 2e, 120 den.
german pop punk
SOUND CARTOGRAPHY - "vol. I" (WARM BATH) - 12e, 720 den.
This 12" LP features contributions from Jon Kortland (Iron Lung, Pig Heart Transplant), Greg Wilkinson (Brainoil, Lana Dagales), Patrick Bolger (Gas Chamber, Running For Cover), and David Bailey (Cages, Running For Cover). Sound Cartography is concerned with the investigation of how individuals react when presented with unfamiliar material. Using a linear sequence, each consecutive participant ultimately determines the structure & feel of the record, taking cues from the previous submissions. A libretto echoing out from the sound of space stations slowly deteriorating. Limited to 300 copies on 140g vinyl. Featuring the direct linework of Mark Sirek and Craig Sheperd screened onto a heavy-duty chipboard cover by the fine folks at Monolith Press.
STORMCROW/ SANCTUM - split (NO OPTIONS) - 12e, 720 den.
Oakland's STORMCROW and Seattle's SANCTUM are relative newcomers, having both only existed for a few years time. However, listening to their epic split album, both bands sound like seasoned veterans of a scene that began when they were but children. Both bands play an impossibly heavy brand of War Crust as they like to call it, influenced primarily by England's mighty Bolt Thrower with additional direct ties to crust forefathers like the legendary Amebix and Axegrinder. Stormcrow tend to build longer, more epic and metalized songs while Sanctum keep it to shorter, sharper attacks, both utilizing the infamous D-beat to ultimate effect, and tuning low enough to sound like a battalion of warriors charging to battle. Already considered a classic in the crust division.
STRAIGHT EDGE KEGGER - "hurt" (ROTTEN TO THE CORE) - 12e, 720 den.
scummy, ugly thrash. very nice
TAINT - "secrets and lies" 2xLP (SUPERFI) - 17e, 1000 den.
On Taint's new album Secrets and Lies the rough, but clean vocals turned me on immediately. Together with the '70s rock riffs, this new album's amazingly groovy. They also dissociate themselves more and more from the Keelhaul sound although “Truimvirate” still has the same vibe as those Cleveland guys. In nine long songs the spirit of Led Zeppelin is summoned, in "What the Crow Saw" even a flute is included. It gives the album a very authentic feeling. The combination of sludge metal, '70s and postrock is flowing through the speakers one hour long. Producer Alex Newport (known for his work with the Melvins and his bands Fudge Tunnel and Nailbomb) has given these ex-punk rockers (the energy of punk is still surrounding) the perfect sound. A massive guitar sound to honor the glorious riff with basic drums and bass as point of departure. The warm and heavy but not outdated production makes Secrets and Lies a pleasure to listen to till the end." ltd. to 525, deluxe gatefold
TANGORODRIM - "justus ex fide vivit" (DOOMENTIA) - 12e, 720 den.
Pure, Unholy Black Metal from Israel! Recruiting ex-Rabies Caste drummer Terno Graderz they regressed into a more primitive animal for this their 4th studio album. 'Justus Ex Fide Vivit' is raw alcohol-fueled Black Metal colliding violently with disgusting Punk Rock.
TARRAKIAN - "the swarm" (NO OPTIONS) - 7.5e, 450 den.
The debut of San Francisco female fronted stoner rock upstarts Tarrakian mixes haunting ambience with shrill rocking melody and sharp rhythm and focus. Adding elements of metal, crust, doom, and avant-garde acts to create a sound that is discernable and adventurous. Although this is their first output the musicianship and recording quality is fine-tuned giving them a confident layered sound. Amazing artwork by Andrei Bozikov who has worked with the likes of Municipal Waste and Phobia. Runtime is 19:58.
THE DAGDA - s/t (UNSOCIABLE) - 8.5e, 500 den.
The final LP from this outstanding Irish band. It isn't only their last, but also their most intense and diverse release ever! 7 songs of heavy, dark and atmospheric pagan crust/hardcore.
THE FAREWELL REASON/ OUTRE - split (GOOD SAMARITAN) - 5e, 300 den.
Farewell Reason play emotional hardcore; screamy vocals, with a dark tone. Outre are a lot faster hardcore. Both bands are from Cakovec, Croatia.

THE INFARTO, SCHEISSE! - s/t (ERODE) - 5e, 300 den.
The infarto, scheisse! is a screamo/metal band from Bergamo, Italy. Another Italian band showing that the newer Emo trend is started off in Italy and that the best bands are there! The infarto, scheisse! play metallic, chaotic, sometimes fast sometimes slow, (but always) emotional hc with great lyrics about personal revolution.

THE LAST MILE - "more plastic illusions" (DE GRAANREPUBLIEK) - 5e, 300 den.
Fierce and brutal crusty hardcore coming from The Netherlands. If you dig power, dissonance and His Hero Is Gone then this is for you!
THE JAM SESSION - "att skingra det..." (CRUCIFICADOS PELO SISTEMA) - 5e, 300 den.
forget everything you have heard so far from one of swedens hottest bands .. the jam session is killing you with this new 12inch .. it is so fucking brutal .. no words can be found how good they are .. one of the best european bands currently .. longer and slower songs with more fucked up heaviness and more doom than ever .. the new songs sound like an mix of eyehategod neurosis and or isis .. no shit .. truly amazing .. it is sludgy .. it is so heavy .. violent apocalyptic hardcore with black melodies agony and love for black cats .. those new songs are definitively the best songs the jam session has ever done .. they are so fucking brutal and full of depression .. it is like an soundtrack for human self destruction .. all copies come on solid white vinyl with an amazing artwork done by mattias/tjs sticker and an inlay which is printed on a foil.
THE KILLBOTS - s/t 2 x 12" (GURU GONORROE) - 12e, 720 den.
A flaming record full of anthemic songs, that manages to fuse stoner, raw rock`n roll and seventies groove into one hell of a musical armaggedon, kind of like a mix between ZEKE and KYUSS?
THE PUBLIC - "another day in paradise" (ULTIMA RATIO) - 5e, 300 den.
Slovakian bands with a lot of records, fine mix of dark, depresiv hardcore with emotional parts to enrgy of raw hardcore bands
THE WHOREHOUSE MASSACRE - s/t (STREAK) - 8.5e, 500 den.
This has it all: Sludge, Industrial, Noise, but occasional haunting, almost melodic moments. Inspired by the murders of Robert William Pickton this is a sick nightmarish Lucio Fulci soundtrack. Rotten hopelessness and perdition dominate the album, adding blends of violent, grinding outbursts. lo-fi black metal aesthetic, but still produced healthy. The superb artwork for the coversleeve and the 8-paged booklet is from Scott Stearns and transports perfectly the misanthropic brutality. Dip into the sick world of Willy P. …
THOU/ MOHORAM ATTA - split (FEAST OF TENTACLES) - 12e, 720 den.
sludge/ crust
THOU/SALOME - split (VENDETTA) - 12e, 720 den.
Two bands that simply had to come together on a split release on their urge to explore the depths of heavy sludge/doom. Thou ornament their noisy Sabbath worship with moments of quietness and melancholy that calms down the listener before dragging him down into the dark cellars of the mighty e-minor chord cathedral. Salome concentrates more on the pure power of the repetitive guitar riff fundamental by earthquake drumming and topped by awesome hateful tormented vocals. Altogether a massive document of pain, despair and hate pressed onto vinyl.
TRENCHER - "when dracula..." (CRUCIFICADOS PELO SISTEMA) - 8.5e, 500 den.
UFO GESTAPO - s/t (STREAKS) - 12e, 720 den.
This first part of the trilogy has more of the cosmic Korg-synths but still extra desperate vocals and violent as a horde of angry aliens devastating your flat. Again the music dwells between Doom and Hardcore, gloomy slow parts alternate with short outbursts of fast HC-Parts. Reminds me of Toadliquor.
VIOLENT BREAKFAST - "nient altro..." (RIMBAUD) - 5e, 300 den.
V/A ABOUT LIFE IN A DEAD WORLD (REACT WITH PROTEST) - 8.5e, 500 den.
top compilation which is long out of print. featuring kate mosh. the apoplexy twist orchestra . gangolengo. cheerleaders of the apocalypse. junes tragic drive. louise cyphre. houses in texas. the kinetic crash cooperation. hatemate.
V/A CLONE I (BLIND DATE) - 12e, 720 den.
(SALOME, THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT, ATAVIST, COFFINS, MONARCH, LA CUENTA, FISTULA, HC MINDS playing covers)
V/A CLONE II (BLIND DATE) - 12e, 720 den.
(MOLOCH, ON PAIN OF DEATH, GOLDEN GORILLA, AGUIRRE, LOSS, THOU, SHADOW OF THE TORTURER, HEY COLOSSUS playings covers)
V/A FREAK POWER + zine (FUCK YOGA) - 10e, 600 den.
An international compilation featuring extreme hardcore/ grind/ noise bands. All songs are unreleased. Bands featured are:
BURMESE (supreme punishing noise), APARTMENT 213 (cult hateful hardcore), JUDAS (frantic metallic hardcore), BRAIN DEAD (heavy fast/slow hardcore), BUD JUNKEES (scummy stoner trash), SENATA FOX (fast scandi trash), MONSTERS OF POT (melted minds), WADGE (freaky hawaii-themed grindcore), SETE STAR SEPT (bizarre grindcore), WARFAIR? (crusty wargrind), ATENTAT NA SLUH (animalistic noisecore), NIHILIST COMMANDO (harsh noisecore), CRIME DESIRE (uplifting occult hardcore), HATRED SURGE (very aggressive hardcore, shaun/ COLD SWEAT on vocals), IRON LUNG (ultra violent hardcore), POTOP (BIG BLACK/ SWANS medley), MAKUA VALLEY BLAST TEST (mutant hardcore), DE NOVISSIMIS (cathartic sludge/ grind).
The zine has interviews with THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE, APARTMENT 213, BURMESE and SETE STAR SEPT + horror movie talk by Colin M. Tappe (CRIME DESIRE/ LIFE IS A RAPE) and an in-depth analysis of IN A GLASS CAGE. 36 pages, add-free.
V/A GROMBIER & PAPRIKA (NAKOT/NULLA OSTA/CORROSIVE/MURDER DISCO X) (FUCKING KILL) - 10e, 600 den.
v/a SPALTE BRNO NA PRACH (DIY CONSPIRACY) - 8.5e, 500 den.
V/A YALTA HI LIFE (POWER IT UP) - 11e, 670 den.
The long awaited repress from one of the best Finnish compilation. Contains the best TERVEET KÄDET song ever, smokes while the stylus shoots out sparks. Great collection with KAAOS, VARAUS, APARAT, AIVOPROTEESTI, KANSANTURVAMUSIIKKIKOMISSIO. Comes in Original artwork.
VALSE TRISTE - "madon luku" (DIY CONSPIRACY) - 8.5e, 500 den.
"VALSE TRISTE is one of Finland's longest running bands that for some reason has been severly under rated and over looked. Rather than playing what we have all come to expect from Finish HC bands they ventured out into some wild twisted bass driven madness that brings to mind another under-rated Finnish band from back in the day KANSANTURVAMUSIIKKIKOMISSIO or KTMK for short, but with more thrashy approach. Or it you took NOMEANSNO by the way of the classic Finnish sound and threw a little CRASS into the mix, but that still doesn't do them justice at all. This disc has 20 songs on it all sung im Finnish of course and comes packaged in a digi pack. This band is a breath of fresh air and to all of you out there that think punk has become stagnant and there is no originality left. Check this band out if you haven't already cause they're one of the best around right now." P.E.
VIIMEINEN KOLONNA - "aistien juhlaa" (AGIPUNK) - 9e, 550 den.
23 tracks of Finnish hardcore perfection influenced by the early Terveet Kädet ('82) sound. Short, fast & simple. So strap on some bondage gear, it's time to get your ass kicked VK style!!
WALLS - s/t (PAINKILLER) - 12e, 720 den.
Featuring 3/4ths of the final Cold Sweat lineup (and for that matter, one-half of Iron Lung), as well as the vocalist from Negative Step and Society Of Friends, WALLS' self-titled lp serves as an expansion of their self released 7" issued earlier this year. Indeed it is filled with a wider array of lurching rhythms, atonal riffs, and angry, stream-of-consciousness vocals, that, in the parlance of our times, "pick up where they left off". Comparisons tend to liken their music to an intersection of loose early 90's hardcore/punk like Rorschach, Heroin, and Born Against, and the sludgy stylings of early Jesus Lizard, Rollins Band, and Melvins records.
WALTER ELF - "dedication" (X MIST) - 5e, 300 den.
german melodic punk
WAR ALL THE TIME - s/t (YELLOW DOG) - 10e, 600 den.
Fast and pissed off hc/punk by old hc punkers
WARFAIR? - "earmageddon" (MANGLED ANKLE) - 10e, 600 den.
raw crusty grindcore, think early NAPALM DEATH/ DISRUPT, much recommended!
WITCH HUNT - "burning bridges to nowhere" (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES) - 10e, 600 den.
blends the primal rage of hardcore, the melodic-sense of Husker Du, and the moodiness of UK peace-punk
WOLFDOWNERS - "wolf it down" (PARTS UNKNOWN) - 12e, 720 den.
Featuring members of the Inmates, Darvocets, Cider, and pretty much every other Cleveland band worth mentioning in the past 10 years, The Wolfdowners debut (and swansong) "Wolf It Down" is upon us. Fuzzy, noisy, groovy, and kinda hard to tie down, the WD's won't disappoint. Full of weirdness, trippy guitar solos, and overall madness.
WORD SALAD - "death march 2000" (PRANK) - 8.5e, 500 den.
A total eardrum detonation, hyperactive hardcore force - Word Salad presents a frantic explosion of spastic metallic hardcore-boiling with off time oddball complexity reminiscent of Accused or Septic Death or any of the late '80's speedcore greats. Ten tracks of frustration and anger and the darker moments of incomprehension in those feelings, this is not one for the timid. The totally overboard and intense full color painting by renown underground artist R.K. Sloane in tandem with former band member Leo Gonzales presents an accurate visual representation to the chaos within.
WRECK OF THE HESPERUS - "the sunken threshold" (STREAKS) - 12e, 720 den.
Autopsy-esk, filthy and gloomy Doom/Sludge with a weaving drum work. Mental Funeral Doom from Dublin.
übergreat gatefold LP with art by Glyn Smyth.
YOB - "catharsis" (KREATION) - 13e, 800 den.
freaky doom with androgynous vocals

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