Would You Like To Taste My Homemade Morgue

It almost felt like ages…

I am not flaking out; I just couldn’t find the right time to do any updates. Beside there is nothing much to share and whine about and beside I don’t think you guys missing me that much, right? Well I am in a celebratory mood this past couple of days thanks to England missing out on next year Euro Championship. Believe me; things couldn’t get much better than knowing that a bunch of over hype mega-rich footballers couldn’t make it to a major tournament. Pussies…

Anyway, I was reading Give Me Back #2 this afternoon and came across a review of Kias Fansuri demo in it. For those of you who have been living in a cave or something, Kias Fansuri consists of one dude from the mighty UTARID (I am sure the rest of the bands played in some other bands before, but none of them were mindblowing so there is no point in referring them). Yeah I am sure most of you have no idea who UTARID was as well, but what the heck. Go here for some info on Kias Fansuri and here for some info on Utarid. Thank me later ok.

After reading what I believe to be one of the most boring zine I’d ever lay my hand on, I decided to go look for the Kias Fansuri CDr that I got like a year ago or something like that. It was some sort of tour edition CDr that consists of songs from their upcoming releases. It might as well be their first demo because I got it much earlier than the 3 songs demo tape that was reviewed in Give Me Back #2. Although I knew one of the dudes from Kias Fansuri quite well, I couldn’t be arsed to ask him about this fact. Beside I am sure he is busy humping all the groupies he can get his hand on (wink wink) and would not be bothered with something so inane and boring. FYI, the release was limited to 111 and I got number 75, how’s that for some scene point?

After a few spin I concluded that Kias Fansuri deserve to be heard by everyone that are not afraid to let their ear bleed to some kick ass emotive hardcore or to be referred as pussy by their friends who listen to Lamb of God and Hatebreed. I was about to rip my own copy of the release, but this awesome blog have done all the dirty work for me. You can even download Kias Fansuri 3 songs demo off that kick ass blog. Thanks a lot dude, whoever you are. But that is not all; go here and download Shove Records edition of the Kias Fansuri CDr. I know those who collect files will be going gaga over this. Nothing beat those different edition mp3s man…

Since I mentioned Hatebreed, do check out XO Skeletons because that band rules. They even let people download their album for free. Don’t let the Hatebreed connection scares you. Boring tough guy beatdown mosh metal that makes people dance like idiots this is not. In fact, it reminds me of Atom and His Package. If you are down with Atom and His Package, do check out XO Skeletons. That is if you can tolerate something that’s fun.

So What You Think About Hansa Rostok? Hansa Rostok? Like A Pussies! Heavy Metal Pussies!

When are they going to come up with christ-raping indie pop or barbaric twee?

Is this what they call shoegazing black metal? What's shoegazing black metal anyway? Do metalheads gaze at their shoe when they listen to metal? Who the fuck come up with shoegazing black metal? Fuck it!

This is a good album. No joke. Shoegaze/post-rock music from a dude who played in one of those ugly black metal band that your god-fearing parents/teachers/politicians warn you about. Who would have thought a dude like that can come out with a beautiful album like this? And you know what? It is irony free. You don't get things like that when indie hipters come up with something like this. Indie hipsters doing metal is blasphemous. Smart metalheads doing indie rock is good.

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Jerry's Kids is the real deal. I am not having any of that nu-retro shit that everyone seems to be into these days. That shit is weak. Go here and download their live set from 1983. Check out the rest of that blog as well because that blog rule.

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BM Boner

File this under music-that-will-never-impressed-that-girl-that-you-think-off-when-you-are-spanking-your-monkey. Mentioning Bone Awl in any conversation will not get you laid. Period. If you want some action, do talk about all those “IT” indie bands that you can read in Junk or any one of those bands that are on constant rotation on MTV and you might get lucky with that underage girl or boy.

If you are one of those ultra underground BM dudes you probably noticed how Bone Awl have make a name for themselves in the last couple of years. Read that again. U-L-T-R-A U-N-D-E-R-G-R-O-U-N-D B-L-A-C-K M-E-T-A-L. We’re not talking about some pansy wimpy BM that you can find in some glossy magazine (you know the one with the extra cheesy keyboard on top of that sweet melodies and confused "singing"). If your favorite “BM” band is Cradle of Filth, chances are you have no idea about Bone Awl and are secretly listening to Fall Out Boy and love that movie Titanic.

Don’t ask me why they are like the “IT” band in the ultra underground BM circles. I have no idea and could care less about any of that. As far as I am concern, Bone Awl shits on most BM with it simplistic and primitive take on genre. This shit is so primitive that you will have to redefine everything you ever know about BM. Bone Awl makes bands like Emperor and Dimmu Burger sounds like Dream Theatre. Since most of the band’s outputs are OOP (most of them are limited and small in numbers, you know it is not “kvlt” if more than 10 copies are made available), I think it is cool to point you to some blogs that have links to some of the band’s music. Go here and download some of the early stuff that is only available on cassette and vinyl. The band had also recently released their debut full length that you can buy here or download here.

Tempura Tempura Tempura

Alright, do yourself a favor and download this live album from this awesome blog. It is the live album from one of the earliest Japan punk rock/hardcore band The Stalin, recorded way back in 1983. Most of you who are on a constant diet of Japanese thrash and fastcore would probably hate it, but that’s your lost.

Head up to Kill From The Heart for more info about The Stalin. Some cool punks have also started The Stalin fansite where you can get some more info regarding the band. If you understand Japanese, you can even read a manga about the band here. Tempura!

Napalm Death In Malaysia?

So will Napalm Death be coming to Malaysia this September?

Rumors are ripe about them doing a show; there are also rumors about Extreme Noise Terror coming here as well later this year.

Will the “moral guardians” prevent this? We all know how it all went down with Mayhem and the last thing I want to hear from all this is some retards calling Napalm Death a Black Metal band and prevent this from happenings. I am pretty upset that Sodom skip Malaysia for Thailand and Indonesia and I am not looking forward for this not to happen.

Although I just don’t care about the current Napalm Death (the last “new” album I heard from them was Enemy of The Music Business album and that was released like five years ago.) I still have fond memories about the old Napalm Death and regard them at that point in time as the finest grindcore band of all time. Albums like Scum and the Peel Sessions are definitely in my all time top ten favorite grindcore albums along with albums like World Downfall, Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses and The Inalienable Dreamless.

I missed Napalm Death when they were here a few years back. Did I regret it? No, Napalm Death weren’t at their peak and the show was organized by someone notorious for questionable “business” dealings. Being somewhat “idealistic” at that time, I would rather have my testicles removed than being caught dead at that show. Will I go this time around? Most probably. Will I regret doing that? You kidding me? I have “sold out” and would rather see the show than have my testicles removed, beside all those “soft” rock shit that we are having round here for the last few months don’t really cut it for me.

Anyway here are some reminders of the awesomeness of Napalm Death.

Napalm Death - From Enslavement To Obliteration Demo
Napalm Death - Live 7"

Awesome Blogs!

If you got some free time to kill, go and visit these awesome blogs. Thank me later.

Blood Is Truth
Only In It For The Music

I Grind, Pt 3: Realized

I Grind, Pt 2: Damage Digital.... again!

Oh well, I found this link somewhere and think that it will be awesome to share it to anyone else out there who dig some awesome grindcore. They are from Japan and I think it is unfortunate that not that many people talk about them. Check them out for yourself and let me know what you think about it. Damage Digital rules!

Free Damage Digital Mp3!!!