Birds in Row - 2012 You, Me, and The Violence

Band : Birds in Row
Album : You, Me, and The Violence
Release Year : 2012

 Genre : Hardcore | Crust

Tracklist :

01. Pilori
02. There Is Only One Chair In This Room
03. Cages
04. Guillotine
05. Walter Freeman
06. Last Last Chance
07. You, Me, & The Violence
08. Grey Hair
09. Cold War Everyday
10. The Illusionist
11. Police & Thieves
12. Lovers Have Their Say

"You, Me, & The Violence" is the latest masterpiece from Birds In Row. The album explodes out of the gates with "Pilori", a sonic crash and bang statement of personal independence among with society's faults and fractures. Birds In Row then continue down this road, expressing disdain and struggle in songs like "Cages", "Guillotine", and "Walter Freeman". All of them musically harboring a beautiful tangle of emotional vocals and distortion. And just when it feels like the album is almost too overpowering, Birds In Row unfurl a moment of musical clarity in "Last Last Chance", a haunting guitar and vocal break. Their collective control of their dynamics is masterful work. "You, Me, & The Violence" and "Grey Hair" are near perfect examples of this, naturally shifting between searing and serene in tone. If you weren't in awe of Birds In Row in the first eleven songs, the twelve minute closer "Lovers Have Their Say" will leave you floored, as it is an ominous epic that artistically unwinds in truly spectacular fashion.

 

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Alpinist - 2010 LICHTLÆRM

Band : Alpinist
Album : LICHTLÆRM
Release Year : 2010
Genre : Hardcore | Crust | Screamo

Tracklist :
1. Deliberate
2. Rogen
3. AIDT
4. Licht
5. Yarncarrier And Break
6. Neverest
7. Project Fatigue
8. The Cursed Word Open-Minded
9. Hak Nam
10. LÆRM

Alpinist is a Dark-Hardcore/Crust four-piece band from Münster, GERMANY.

It’s easy to ride Alpinist off as a novelty. Truly it is, as the band hasn't really made any waves in the states. Being fairly young, and originating from Germany, Alpinist haven't truly grabbed the attention of many. Their oppressive sound combined with an angry aesthetic doesn’t exactly do much in the way of creating anything revolutionary, which hasn't helped their odds of breaking out. With "Lichtlarem" being their sophomore effort, the band has a lot prove.

That being said, “Lichtlaerm” is stunningly solid. Surprisingly so, considering the general inexperienced nature of the band. It’s frenetic nature somehow feels as if it’s been polished to a sheen, and everything seems incredibly well organized and well thought out. Its crusty aesthetic creates an all around dense atmosphere, which adds a little bit of character to an otherwise chaotic and unruly album. This is where the album truly shines, in its brazen yet wonderfully refined and tightened sound. Because of this, “Lichtlaerm” is heavy but perfectly contained, offering up a bevy of dense and crushing instrumentals , complimented by some rather intense and passionate screams.

Along with the wonderfully solid sound, the production is also pretty fantastic, which helps bolster the whole affair down. While not perfect, the crude nature of the sound adds a lot to the album's feel, piling up even more character to “Lichtlaerm.” The drums are crystal clear in their tenacious crashing, and the guitars are tuned to a fine degree of heaviness and cleanliness. Everything works and sounds as it should, and the product is excellent because of it. And while a little on the grating side, the album sports some pretty decent vocals. It’s obvious they guy is putting a lot behind them, and the exuberance shines clear through something, that by all rights, should sound fairly obnoxious. Regardless, his raw emotion gives the album a certain genuine feeling, which helps the album feel a little more personal.

This unabashed emotion resonates throughout the work's entirety, making nearly every song stand out to some extent. And while it may take a few listens to appreciate, “Lichtlaerm” offers an impressive and diverse track list. There’s loads of variety throughout, making everything incredibly interesting and fresh. Aside from a few homogeneous portions of rather bland selections, the album makes very few missteps. “Licht” and “Yarncarrier And Break” offer more instrumental songs, with a heavier emphasis on mood and atmosphere, while showcasing the band's more subtle songwriting abilities. After all, Alpinist are more than a group of angry young men making angry sounding music. Rather, these tracks highlight the more creative aspects of the band's sound. Situated in the middle, the two tracks anchor the album down with a fine transition change, that is before the chaos re-ensues. ”Deliberate” is an excellent opener, as it starts off very menacing, but quickly leads into a brash and rapid combination of riffs and cymbal crashes. Chaotic and brash, the track is a great intro. “Neverest” boasts the albums most fierce and interesting track. Featuring some great guitar work and vocal interplay, the track is tremendously solid, and an all around standout. The mid-section boast a wonderful guitar piece, which truly makes its presence known in respect to the surrounding maelstrom.

With “Lichtlaerm,” Alpinist are out to show the world that they’ve got something to prove, and prove it they do. With incredibly intense and vivacious material accentuating their crusty-hardcore aesthetic, Alpinist demand to be on your radar.

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Alpinist - 2009 minus.mensch

Band : Alpinist
Album : minus.mensch
Release Year : 2009
Genre : Harcore | Crust | Screamo

Tracklist :

 1.Nighttime Poet Daytime Dead
2.Schalterhygiene
3.A is for Army of Slaves
4.Rost
5.2te Klasse Bahnabteil
6.Amuse Yourself to Death
7.Delta Flood of Ignorance
8.The Charme of Dominating
9.From Groveling to Running in Less tha
10.This Song Will Not Save Your Life
11.Outro

Alpinist is a band that hasn’t been heard or experienced by enough people. They hail from Münster, Germany and play a style of crust (a sludgy brand of hardcore punk) tinged with screamo. Minus.Mensch (2009) marks the bands’ first full-length release. It’s full of raw energy, impressive transitions and melancholic dissonance. To be honest, I was expecting the production on this album to be of a lot lesser quality, but it is in fact more than sufficient. The harrowing intro riff in ‘Nighttime Poet, Daytime Dead’ is a great way to kick off the album. It builds beautifully and introduces you into the marvelously emotional landscape created by the band; something most listeners will be thankful for. The band has many things going for it, and the drummer is no exception. Hendrik is really a stand-out on this disc, as he supplies lots of impressive and tasteful fills. Vocals come in the form of a three-pronged attack, with both guitarists as well as the bassist providing screams and growls. I think the utilization of more than one harsh vocalist can be redundant and perhaps cliche at times, but such is not the case here. It works beautifully, actually, as the dynamic between medium-ranged, from-the-chest shouts and throaty growls creates a consistent contrast. It’s a vocal approach that can be compared to Circle Takes the Square in a sense, only with more focus and a little less chaos.

There’s really no weak tracks on Minus.Mensch, each track brings just as much intensity as the last. For every crushing section full of distressed screaming and filthy sludginess from the band, there seems to be a more melodic section waiting right around the corner where the band really succeeds in creating that emotional landscape I referred to earlier. This landscape reaches its purest and arguably most impressive form during the emotionally charged outro track, aptly named ‘Outro’. It’s a very impressive instrumental, which builds for the first minute and a half before exploding into a gorgeous melodic part at around 1:45. One gripe I have with the outro track is that I would’ve liked to hear some sort of vocals, at least one emotional ‘give it all’ type of scream to go along with what the band managed to create. There is a really good melodic riff which defines ‘A is for Army of Slaves’, a great build-up/transition section in ‘The Charme of Dominating’ which leads to a nice little outro riff, and tracks ‘Schalterhygiene’ and ‘2te Klasse Bahnabteil’ are great, brief punches to the face. And we all love those.

Minus.Mensch is a well constructed piece of work. It’s intense, it’s emotional, it’s focused.. And it’s worth checking out. -Xplisit (sputnikmusic)

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Thenn - 2012 Threshing the Golden Fields EP

Band : Thenn

Album : Threshing the Golden Fields EP

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Blackened Crust | Black Metal

Tracklist :

1. Abscesses of Light
2. Bathing in Cold Autumn
3. Vigils
4. They Are Given to the Inviting Earth
5. Threshing the Golden Fields

THENN is a black metal/crust band from Bloomington, Indiana. They playing fast and brutal stuff, for fans of Young and In the Way, Torch Runner, and earlier Darkthrone, you should check them out now!! Enjoy!!

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The Pessimist Hangs The Optimist - 2012 S/T EP

Band : The Pessimist Hangs The Optimist

Album : S/T EP

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Screamo | Doom | Crust

Tracklist :

1. Feeling Ill
2. Relief
3. The Old Man
4. Falling
5. All I Want Is...

The Pessimist Hangs the Optimist is the product of Anthony Ivosevich on drums and vocals  and Craig Smith contributing guitar and vocals. Together the duo makes a unique blend of crusty and sometimes melancholy punk. This is their new EP, get it now and enjoy!!!

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Badblood - 2012 Slaughterhouse Blues

 

Band : Badblood

Album : Slaughterhouse Blues

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Hardcore | Doom | Crust

Tracklist :

1. Rape Seed
2. Dust & Bone
3. Slaughterhouse Blues

From the bad bad lands of Los Angeles come BADBLOOD a band that should not be fucked with. This city has a long history of putting out some sick bands and those dudes fucking delivery the goods and then some. With their new 3 song EP Slaughter House Blues these dirty sludge mongers turn up the brutal factor on all of the tunes! When i listen to BADBLOOD they remind me of 6,660 drugged out zombies dragging their knuckles on the piss stained alleys of skid row. What i’m trying to say is that these humans bring the audio filth plus whiskey soaked nightmares all at once. -CVLTNation

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Caust - 2012 Mass Graves (We Would Be Better Off)

Band : Caust

Album : Mass Graves (We Would Be Better Off)

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Screamo | Crust | Punk

Tracklist :

1. Autosacrifice
2. Your Father Gave You Good Advice
3. Sallekhana
4. I Am Howard Beale
5. For Myself
6. Beginning
7. Book Burner

Northern Virginia based hardcore-screamo act Caust just self released their debut EP Mass Graves (We Would Be Better Off), and it’s really great record from the band. Caust is still relatively new to the scene, but they’ve been making waves with their emotional live performances that have their fans going. This EP is raw, energetic, and is definitely something you want to listen to. You can hear a lot of different influences here, but it’s safe to say those who like bands such as Orchid, Touche Amore and other bands of this nature will feel right at home. -underthegunriview

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Torch Runner - 2012 Committed To The Ground

Band : Torch Runner

Album : Committed To The Ground

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Sludge | Crust | Grindcore

Tracklist :

 1.Current
2.Incendiary
3.Feeding
4.Canon Cast
5.Clocked In
6.Committed to the Ground
7.Redew
9.The Holy Are The Broken
10.Tolled
11.Pulpit Plague
12.Vestige

When the Grind and Crust are a good middle way is natural to expect such works as that of the Torch Runner. The hypnotic and unhealthy Committed To The Ground, The Holy Are The Broken Vestige and are alternated with non-stop projecting frontal assaults, and Rede Feeding of all show the attitude that our own for Grindcore. The CD is short, 22 minutes, but enough to appreciate it, then it is natural rolling ascoltandoselo be taken away by their vehemence. If you do it to sullen melodies and rhythms of the Crust Grindcore, Committed To The Ground pleasant surprises in store for you.

  

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Night Hag - 2012 Confidence Man

Band : Night Hag

Album : Confidence Man

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Hardcore | Crust | Black Metal

Tracklist :

1.Roast Beef Living
2.Stunted
3.Junk Science
4.Number Rash

Night Hag is a band from Adelaide, Australia, playing dark hardcore. They feature members and ex-members of The Rivalry, Prisonbitch, God God Dammit Dammit, The Weight and many more!

April 2012 sees Adelaide's Night Hag set to release their 7" record entitled Confidence Man on MONOLITH and tour the East Coast. Having embodied a sense of DIY professionalism from the word go, Night Hag has experienced a couple of extremely productive years as a band. Shortly before setting off on their extensive tour of South East Asia in January, the five-piece found time to record Confidence Man. It is the latest in a succession of dark releases, with an approach earthed in hardcore punk while viciously tearing into the realms of black metal and doom. Lean, precise, and excruciatingly yet effortlessly executed, Night Hag is a part of a musical lineage that includes The Rivalry, Space Bong, Hydromedusa, God God Dammit Dammit and more. The four track release follows on from 2011’s debut album Gilded Age, the same year’s New Tourists EP (both released on Capitalgames Records), and 2010’s self-titled EP.

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Anniversary - 2012 Dear Failing

Band : Anniversary

Album : Dear Failing

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Black Metal | Crust | Experimental

Tracklist :

 1.Dichotomy  
2.Endeavor  
3.Crafting  
4.Dear Failing  
5.Colchester

Everything, from the lyrics in each song,
To the name of the band or the album artwork..
Holds true and heartfelt meaning.
We love the art of music.
Hope we don't bore you to death.
Whether you listen to our songs
or even just read the lyrics.
We genuinely appreciate it.
Thank you very much!

Anniversary comes from Virginia, Fairfax. They playing a kind of black metal sound with lots of influence. Have you ever heard that black metal band using an alto sax before? this one is sick, so go check them now!!

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Recreant - 2012 Snakes And Vultures

Band : Recreant

Album :  Snakes And Vultures

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Crust | Screamo | Experimental

 

Tracklist:

1.Guns 'N' Butta (EJ's Song)
2.Don't Kick Guppy
3.Cop Circus
4.Godless/Boundless
5.Crawl
6.Intro
7.The Reaper
8.Frannie Cunt & Freddie Fuck
9.Time Bomb
10.Lost Soul
11.Attack!
12.Baby Cakes
13.Raychel's Song
14.Community Advancement
15.God & King

B wanted to start a grindcore band, but Cheddar got too amped and wrote some songs on guitar. Then B ...got amped, too, and got a practice spot and they pulled jesse in. Then everything went to hell. Then everything got better when Cheddar moved back. After months of searching, half-hopelessly, tristan jennings walked into our lives and breathed fire into the tunes with his drum sticks of doom. Everyone got better instantly; except Jesse, because if Jesse got any better at bass we would all combust. We had been trying to start this band for a year, and finally at the beginning of February 2011 things started to come together. Hoorah! In conclusion, Cheddar wanted a screamo band, B wanted a grind band, Tristan wanted a crust band, and Jesse wanted a metal band, so we just threw it all together in the armpit of Florida to make what we like to call Swampcore.

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Hammers - 2012 Vardøgr

Band : Hammers

Album :  Vardøgr

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Thrash | Hardcore | Crust

 

Tracklist :

1. Casting Spells
2. Trepanning Infinity
3. Sleep For A Year
4. Endoteric
5. The Sun's Journey Through The Night
6. The Spectacle
7. Etiäinen
8. A Coffin In The Shape Of A Chapel
9. 22:22
10. Systole

HAMMERS from manchester/uk return after their break with a new record and a four week european tour in june 2012. their new material has become even more dark, chaotic and disturbing without losing their roots and typical sound they created on their previous “orogeny” 12"!

 

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Cowards - 2012 Shooting Blanks And Pills

Band : Cowards

Album :  Shooting Blanks And Pills

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Black Metal | Crust | Sludge

 

Tracklist :

1.Hoarse From The Get Go
2.Last Card
3.Scarce
4.Vices & Hate
5.Arrogant, Unseen
6.Grand Failure

Gathering parisians with an already strong pedigree in dark and heavy music, COWARDS regurgitates gutter hardcore, unhealthy sludge/doom and nauseous black metal in "Shooting Blanks And Pills", their deeply raw and anxiogenic debut release. Only six months were needed to give birth to this full-length, monstrosity with a desperate urban feeling, bridge between the knife-in-the-heart crudeness of Eyehategod or Kickback and the majestic darkness of bands like Deathspell Omega or Thou. With a sound carrying smells of pissy streets and the dry blood you get for a sidelong glance, producer Francis Caste have perfectly catched the gist of these 38 minutes, recreating this forced apnea in a bile tank with a no frills approach.

Cowards features current and ex-members of Sickbag, Death Mercedes, Hangman's Chair, Eibon, Glorior Belli, Dacast, Colossus of Destiny…

 

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Sanctions - 2012 No Land

Band : Sanctions

Album :  No Land

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Hardcore | Crust | Screamo

 

Tracklist :

1.Delusions of Grandeur
2.New Foreigners
3.Walk the Plank
4.Faceshield
5.Another Drop in the Mainstream
6.The Ego Has Landed
7.Taking Back a Breath
8.Stay Weak
9.Laugh While You Can
10.Wiser is Cheated
11.Meaningless Life
12.Medicated
13.No Land
14.Home Sweet Home

Sanctions is a crust/screamo/hardcore band from Nashville comprised members of Cease Upon The Capitol, Karoshi, Moral Decay, and probably quite a few other bands. Ryan runs Meatcube label and Dan is part of Anti-Corp label. Ryan moved out west and Sanctions is on an 'indefinitely hiatus', but thankfully they managed to get this album recorded before all that happened.
And this is their new album entitled No Land, was released April 2012 on Keep It Together Records.

 

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Lentic Waters - 2011 Self Titled

Band : Lentic Waters

Album :  Self Titled

Release Year : 2011

Genre : Chaotic | Screamo | Crust

 

Tracklist :

1.intro
2.panopticon
3.ramschtischgesinnung
4.interlude
5.the small boy and the sea
6.a father's death
7.interlude
8.unendlichkeit
9.im herbst erfroren

Lentic Waters is a five-piece from Münster, Bielefeld, Dortmund and Oldenburg. The band was found in the current Line Up in September 2010.
The band is placed in the diy-scene and for that reason none of them can identify with the approaches and strategies of the modern and commercial musicbusiness. They still believe that the diy-musicscene is a place where they can avoid and fight racism, sexism, homophobia and the cutting of an open minded lifestyle.

 

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Barren Womb + Forraederi - 2012 Split

Band : Barren Womb  + Forraederi

Album : Split

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Crust | Hardcore | Black Metal

 

Tracklist :

01. Barren Womb - Double Mono
02. Barren Womb - Vietnamsos
03. Forræderi - Når Jeg Faller
04. Forræderi - Skrift Tjukk Som Blod
05. Forræderi - Toiminnan aika

Two kinds of grit on a single release! Although the bands sound quite different from each other, they share roots in hardcore and black metal.

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Tempest - 2012 Solace

Band : Tempest

Album : Solace

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Crust | Darkcore | Chaotic

Tracklist :

1 Solace I
2 Solace II

This is the new 7" from Vancouver's Tempest. This one has two new songs on it, long running and noisy as all hell, they play a heavy and chaotic hardcore that Roger still claims "doesn't sound German." If you are into depressed and blackened European hardcore with a nice metal patina, then this is for you my ridiculous friend. Side one and two of the record (songs cleverly title I & II), traverse a loud atmospheric and elemental tonality, with a nice recording done by the band themselves with plenty of low end and blast thrash for good measure.

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Stuck In A Rut - 2012 No Future

Band : Stuck In A Rut

Album : No Future

Release Year : 2012

Genre : Hardcore | Crust | Thrash

Tracklist :

1. the illusion of safety
2. statistics
3. borrowed time
4. entertainers
5. the "free" press
6. the city
7. no future
8. closed doors

Stuck In A Rut a diy band from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. They play raw downtuned hardcore with some thrash and crust influences. Get this and enjoy!!!

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I Am A Curse - 2011 Prequel for an Unforgiving Wreckage : Barren Lands

Band : I Am A Curse

Album : Prequel for an Unforgiving Wreckage : Barren Lands

Release Year : 2011

Genre : Screamo | hardcore | Crust

 

Tracklist :

 01 - And The Red Shall Disappear First...
02 - The Lighthouse
03 - The Wreck
04 - The Open Sea
05 - An Unspoken Drift From Scylla To Charybdis part. I

I AM THE CURSE is a four piece hardcore band from Le Mans, France. A young band with a lot of potential and love for the details, melodic, desperate, energetic and amazing live. Their debut LP "prequel for and unforgiving wreckage: barren lands" is a wild ride between slow and heavy, atmosphere-laden parts and chaotic fast forward hardcore. A sound somewhere between FALL OF EFRAFA, CURSED and TRAINWRECK, combined with the unique rawness that French bands are famous for. I AM A CURSE created an amazing debut record.

 

 

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CHROMES - 2011 And here my disgust begins

Band : CHROMES

Album : And here my disgust begins

Release Year : 2011

Genre : Screamo | Post-Metal | Crust

 

Tracklist :

01 And here my disgust begins
02 Diamond crowns

CHROMES is a two-piece band from London, Uk
They released their first Ep “And here my disgust begins” in November 2011.
The band features members of previous ‘Dancing on Sharks’ acts such as Amber Daybreak, Plague Riot in Moscow and Data Errors and mixes genres like post-metal and hardcore.

They really reminds me of Caleste with the sonic monster guitar sound, and those screams is really makes my ear drum bleeding!! This two songs EP is awesome and you must listen to it!! For those who like Caleste and Hexis!! Enjoy!!!

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