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Shirt of the week: Birth A.D. - "This Scene Sucks!"
Our first merch deal, from crossover thrash’s new hope
Fuck the Facts - Unnamed EP
One reason why I love Fuck the Facts — aside from their soulful take on grindcore and their unfuckwithable live shows (I’ve seen them in three cities) — is how DIY they are. They book their own shows, design their own merch, and even model it when they sell it. Now comes a super-DIY project: […]
Metallica - Megaforce demo (1983)
Many thanks to Umlaut for providing me with this curio. It’s a two-song demo from early 1983 — see full details here — Metallica’s first recording with Cliff Burton, and the only recording featuring both Burton and Dave Mustaine. You can download it here. No Remorse (demo w/Mustaine)No Remorse (Kill ‘Em All w/Kirk Hammett) When […]
Wolvhammer - EP's
Photo by DeGross Punk PhotographyText by Cosmo Lee PR is not something most nascent bands worry about. Their first concerns are usually stable lineups, local shows, and maybe a demo or two. But right out of the box Wolvhammer got called “racists,” which led to the requisite Internet damage control. The issue was this: the […]
Sign them already: Inswarm
Photo by Scott IrvineText by Cosmo Lee If Isis had pursued their early industrial leanings instead of their later atmospheric ones, Inswarm might have resulted. I miss that dirty, Godflesh-inspired sound, and thought it was extinct (with the exception of Hyatari) until I heard Inswarm. This Moment The band has connections to many others. Along […]
Dopethrone - Demonsmoke
by Chris Rowella I might lose street cred by saying this, but who cares: I’m done seeking out the most extreme, experimental, metal/noise/ambient/prog/core/whatever floating around. At this point in my life, I know exactly what I like, and that’s what I stick to. With the resurgence of old-school death metal and bands coming clean about […]
