Slayer - Christ Illusion

Almost finished downloading the new Slayer album from soulseek (couldn’t finished the last track because the user I am downloading it went offline… bohoo). Yeah it has been leaked. Don’t be surprised. Even Satan will approve those who downloaded it from the Internet. If Slayer bitches about people ripping them off a la Lars and Metallica, they should drop the whole “Satanist” image they are attaching themselves with. Stealing and Satan go well with each other. Whining like a baby because someone is stealing your music on the other hand is un-satanic. So there…
Anyway the new album is kinda good and I must say that it is much better than the last two albums. Truth is, I couldn’t remember much of the last two albums. Must have spun each one of them less than 2 times. It wasn’t that good of a nu-metal album anyway.
If you one those people who wish that Slayer make Reign in Blood part 2, don’t bother to check this out. It is nothing like Reign in Blood. There is no Angel of Death or Raining Blood. If you want those songs, just listen to Reign in Blood. Still not satisfied? Well why don’t you offer some good money (plus your mom and sister) to them so they can record the kind of songs you like. And make sure the money is really good because you definitely don’t want to piss them off.
I really hope the new album will be available in Malaysia… full version and uncensored. Who the fuck wants to listen to censored version of Slayer’s songs? I am not paying my hard earned money for something inferior. Those fucks at the record distributor better not fuck this up if they know what’s good for them.

Italian Grindcore Bastards

If you a grind freak and have no idea who Cripple Bastards are, please fuck off and stop listening to grindcore. These guys have been around for ages and any self respecting grindcore fans don’t need any more introductions about them. I found this relatively good live recording of them on soulseek. I did some research about this recording and couldn’t find any useful information. Anyway download the whole thing and enjoy it. I have to confess that I am not the biggest of fan and I think I totally lost most of my interest after the last album where they went “metal”, but the old stuff (the live set is pretty old I think) is pretty top notch grindcore in my book especially the ones that is raw and dirty. I just seem to have this ultimate fetish for all those raw and dirty grindcore, you know the ones that is not as polish as a spanking brand new Ferrari.

For all those ultimate Cripple Bastards fan, this piece of news from the band official website will definitely have you shit in your pants;

“CRIPPLE BASTARDS 4 CD BOXSET RAGING FROM CHINA!! a Chinese label run by an old time italian friend now living there has financiated a huge studio work to remaster ALL our demos/tapes from 1988 to 1993 for a huge 4 CD boxset collecting all our noise from those days. This includes the 4 official demos, the split with Violent Headache session, the whole 1988-1991 collection (90 minutes!!), all our side-projects, and hours of unreleased noise including pre-CB, pre-Grimcorpses thrash from late 1986/early 1987!!! Thousands of songs to make the joy of TNT & Records nostalgics and those who miss the raw uncompromised lo-fi nihilism of 7 MON, early AC, Violent Noise Attack, Sore Throat and similars. The masters will be completed by the end of June and soon later we'll start to work on the packaging layout which is going to be a mess.”

Yeah it is old news, but it is still news to me who just found it out not too long ago (again it just show that I am not the biggest Cripple Bastards’ fan). A 4 CD Boxset? Fuck yeah! Oh I also found out that Relapse will be releasing something from them in the not so distant future. Relapse? Hmmm, I think I will pass that one.

War Kvlt Supremacy

Fancy some War Metal? Go here and download the Black Witchery/Conqueror split. I did this for someone on the Metal Terus Forum and thought that this should be share with the two of who have been coming here. Don’t know what War Metal is? Neither am I.

Not So Happy Music For Not So Happy People

Ok the World Cup is over. Italy won it. Zidane head butted Materazzi. Blablabla. It is over and I am happy that Italy won it. You got a problem with that?

If you are still depressed and couldn’t get over the fact that a bunch of whiny divers had won the World Cup. Here is something for you. Go here and download MODAR’s Inferior Symphony LP (on tape, not vinyl!). No it won’t make you a happy chap, on the contrary. Listening to MODAR will make you even more depressive. Not because it is crappy (well some of you might find it crappy) but because it is fucking depressive. They are a bunch of doom merchants who probably listen to too much doom metal and take a lot of drugs when they recorded this. As far as I am concern this is the most depressive piece of music that ever came out of the not so vibrant Malaysian underground metal scene. If anyone can prove me wrong about this I will thank you by uploading their demo from 1992. Yes please prove me wrong that MODAR is the most depressive thing that ever came out of Malaysia. And why I am recommending this to you? Simple, you still can get over the fact that Italy won the World Cup so why bother living anymore. Get a knife and slit your wrist. Listening to MODAR will make it a little bit easier. END.

Note: I am not the one responsible ripping this into mp3. The quality might not be the best out there, but it is not the worst either. Regardless, enjoy!

The Plot Sickens

No updates until the end of the World Cup. Period.

Head Splitting Metal!!!

Dekapitator had posted a couple new songs from their upcoming album. Go to the band Myspace page (yes they do have their own Myspace) and sampled it yourself. I like it. Maybe you will like it too.

06/06/06

Today is the National Day of Slayer. If you don’t know what it is all about, go to this website and learn a few things about it. Yeah it is silly and dumb, but don’t we all love to be silly and dumb once in a while?

I think the new Slayer album will be coming out soon. Since they haven’t really captured my attention with the last couple albums, I don’t really think I am that eager to hear it when it comes out. They should have called it a day not too long ago. Or maybe stop recording any new album and just concentrate on playing live shows since nobody actually give a fuck about the new songs anymore. The only thing that matters is the old songs. Period.

For those who still care...

... about SLAYER, check out the blabbermouth website for some info relating to the new album. The image below is the artwork for the upcoming album. I do hope the new album is as what Tom Araya described it is. But then again...


Update:

Got the chance to listen to one of the new song from the upcoming album on the band official website. I am quite impressed with what I am hearing. Maybe there is some truth when Araya claimed it is not going to disappoint anyone. Check it out and let me know what you think about it.

Filthy Fucking Ultracore - Comp. Tape

All you ultracore fanatics rejoice!

hey friends,

This is crucial, this is serious. This is not lame all filler no killer compilation tape. We are planning to release a short 8-10 minutes compilation tape. The shorter, the better. It will be great if we can get 8655400 bands to be included in one 10 minutes tape. UNRELEASED SONGS ONLY Hurry! Contact us faster and let us hear your sample. All bands will be rewarded with free tapes and headache. Just for underground 4 track/ 8 track fast ultracore bands only. Doomsters n sludgers are also invited, if you do sludge or doom, make sure it is short as fuck like the Noothgrush song on Bleeaarrggghhhh 7"

Interested, send message or e-mail: distort_sa at yahoo dot com

Check out their myspace too!

Poison Idea - Latest Will & Testament

I can't believe I totally missed this;

POISON IDEA "Latest will and testament" LP / CD

Worldwide Release Date 19th May 2006

POISON IDEA are back again with a new record!!! Germany´s FAREWELL Records is proud to announce the release of the new record "Latest will and testament" by the "Kings of Punk" from Portland, Oregon. Poison Idea was started in 1980 in Portland, Oregon. The band was motivated back then by the Germs and Black Flag, and took their musical cues from bands such as Discharge and SOA. Pushing the speed limits of contemporary punk rock, they played raw and angry hardcore the likes of which had rarely been heard before (or since). Their 1983 debut EP, "Pick Your King", is a classic and arguably one of the best hardcore record ever released. Its subsequent followup, "Record Collectors are Pretentious Assholes" (featuring Pig Champion's substantial collection on the cover). Both records were put out on a small label from Eugene, Oregon called Fatal Erection.
In 1986, Poison Idea released the aptly titled "Kings of Punk" LP on Pushead's Pusmort label. By this time, the band's sound had changed from manic, breakneck thrash, to a more driving, Motorhead-influenced attack - losing none of their intensity, anger, or nihilism. In the next few years, Poison Idea's lineup (mainly the rhythm section) changed several times. 1987's "War All the Time" was released. By 1989, Poison Idea started their own record lable, American Leather, after having trouble with record companies and distributors in the past, and began by reissuing their 1982 demo. The band recorded the excellent "Discontent" 7" an in 1990 they released the classic "Feel the Darkness" LP, successfully combining (where so, so many others had failed) the best elements of hardcore and hard rock for a dark, powerful sound. In the next three years, Poison Idea put out several more records on American Leather - two more full-lengths, a string of 7"s, and an LP collection of all covers. When Pig Champion decided to leave the band in 1993, Poison Idea called it quits. Their last show on 6th of june 1993 was released as the "Pig´s last stand" CD in 1996 on Sub Pop Records.

In a way, the group's widest success came indirectly -- when the multimillion-selling band PANTERA recorded "The Badge," a song by Roberts and Jerry A. that was originally on POISON IDEAD's "Feel the Darkness", for the 1994 movie soundtrack "The Crow", which went on to platinum sales. But P.I. (as fans tended to shorten the group's name) already had earned its own measure of fame. Locally, it put on notoriously energetic, even chaotic shows -- often highlighted by Jerry A.'s onstage fire breathing.

However, three years after the break-up the band briefly reformed in 1996 and recorded 1997 the "Learning to scream" 7" for Taang!, who also reissued (again) most of their early catalog. The band continued to play and gig, but without a new record the bands existance didn´t get noticed outside the american north-west. In 2003 and 2004 POISON IDEA toured Europe twice as well as Japan. And now they are back with the new album "Latest will and testament", the release of this record was overshadowed by the death of POISON IDEAs Tom Roberts at the end of january 2006.

In describing Tom Roberts, guitarist of the Portland punk band Poison Idea, there's really no way to get around the word "big" or its synonyms. His sound was huge and fierce, his lifestyle was extreme, and his massive weight led him to go more commonly by the nicknames Tom Pig and even Pig Champion. Sometimes weighing 450 pounds or more, Roberts was known for his size as well as for drinking prodigiously and generally living life on the edge. But those who knew and worked with him describe him as a man of keen intellect and relentless curiosity, a gentle giant behind the brusque exterior. "If anybody thought he was up there as some nihilistic, morbidly obese guy just flailing around, no," said David Wilds, who managed the band from 1988-91. "He was remarkable for his knowledge of any kind of music. It's been said that Poison Idea was a punk band that could really play, and a lot of that was due to Tom. He chose a simple, stripped-down sound for artistic reasons, not lack of ability. There was structure, the material was well-rehearsed, and he really cared what the audience thought". So it has to be said now that the world wide punk and hardcore scene lost a big piece of its rock community when Roberts died at the age of 47. He was found dead in his home from an untreated kidney infection and the flu. Roberts' musical acumen, force of personality and uncompromising attitude were key factors in making Poison Idea one of the most influential and memorable forces in the punk rock and hardcore underground for the past quarter century. It has to be said that Tom´s death came unexpected. The title of this new record already had been chosen way before Tom died. The story behind the album title can be read inside the record-package, written by Jerry A. Just a week before Tom died he wrote liner-notes for the new album "Latest will and testament", which you can read here below. It is self-explainatory to the max and doesn´t need any more quotes from the record lable promoter!


"This is a dedication of love to Jerry A. and Poison Idea. It is with great
pride that we have delivered this LP. That we have completed it is almost a
miracle. We were always obsessed with trying to top the past. I feel this
new record stands up to the standards of rip-snortin`punk rock we delivered
on earlier recordings. If you disagree, write your opinion on a Darby Crash
wig and send it to somebody who cares!

To the gossips, "writers", liars, internet impersonators and record labels
who hide behind p.o. boxes, secretaries, computers and strippers: spare us
anymore of your hip, angry poo poo. There is shit on your mother`s asshole!
With this record we are back and, through legal means or direct action, will
level your karma!

A message to record labels who continue to sell our records and provide no
accounts: watch out!

I hope this makes the fans happy. It`s a tribute to 25 years of tortured
loving self-abuse. PI comes back again. It`s like Elvis`68 comeback special
in a `77 Easter basket. Remember that punks are the old farts of today and
old farts stink the worst.

Hey Kids. Do it yourself -- it`s better!

"Pig Champion"


POISON IDEA "Latest will and testament" LP/CD tracklist:
1. Number one
2. Jihad love
3. Factor X
4. Kill the messenger
5. Novelty
6. Fake
7. With / Against
8. Baby flys
9. Nothin´ to say
10. Atonement for the cursed

Band Line-up:
Jerry A. Lang - Vocals
Tom Roberts - Guitar
Jimmy Talor - Guitar
Chris Carey - Bass
Chris Cuthbert - Drums

Info:

FAREWELL RECORDS
MICHA MEYER
HECKENSTR. 35 HH
47058 DUISBURG
GERMANY
farewellrec@plastic-bomb.de

Tragedy @ YouTube

Someone was cool enough to record and upload two videos from one of the recent Tragedy shows. Check them out.

Tragedy 1
Tragedy 2

Tragedy - Nerve Damage

In case you are wondering, Tragedy got a new album out entitled Nerve Damage. I am not sure how you can get your hand on this new LP because at the time of writing this, none of the well-known distros I know are carrying it. At the meantime maybe you can go search the mp3 version on your favorite p2p network. I can actually point you to some link to save you the hassle but I don’t think that it is a cool thing to do.

Upon a listening to it a couple of times, I must say that I am not entirely floored with what I heard, not unlike when I first heard them a few years back. Maybe it have something to do with the over saturation of bands doing somewhat a similar style (there is no arguing that TRAGEDY is one of the most copied bands around these days) or maybe it have something to do with what I have been listening lately. FYI I have been listening to Deathside’s Bet On the Possibility LP for almost a week now. I don’t really bother about the status of that particular LP to most Japanese hardcore aficionados but after listening to it almost constantly for days, I don’t really think I should be bothered with any new hardcore/punk records at all. So yeah, blame it on Deathside for making me unable to enjoy the new Tragedy.

Still there are some good songs on this new LP. Maybe not as good as some of their earlier songs, but still good if you compared it with other bands who are doing the same style (what the style call again? Epic crust? Emo crust?). Well I am not going to stop listening to this. Maybe it is a grower. And who knows, maybe the mp3s that been circulating on the Internet turn out to be fake as well. So yeah, I am giving this another chance… but only after I am sick and tired listening to that Deathside’s LP. Ask me again in three months time…

Man Is The Bastard @ YouTube

Don't you just love YouTube? Here are a couple of MITB footages that I came cross on YouTube.

Footage 1
Footage 2

MITB rules. 'Nuff said.

ISIS - Live In Cleveland

Alright, if you hate ISIS, please don't bother to read this post. I know how much they are fashionable to some but I don't care about that. I have been listening to this guys before all those hipster decided it is OK to listen to them. So, anyway, I got this awesome link from one of their recent show from the Southern Lord forum. The only reason I would bother to share this with anybody is because they are playing a couple of new songs that will probably be on the next album. How fucking cool is that? Maybe I am the only person who is excited about this but I don't care. There is also rumors about ISIS band members doing some projects with the dude from Leviathan. That one sounds interesting and I must say that I am really looking forward to hear the outcome of that collaboration (if it is indeed a real thing and not just some baseless rumors). Anway click this and download the whole live set. Again I am not the one responsbile for this, I am just sharing the wealth.


Enjoy!

Texass is the Reason

Hey don't forget to catch Texas' Die Young show in Bangi next week. This will be their only show in Malaysia. If you are too scared to listen to some macho hardcore, you can still check out some local bands as well. The dude who are organising the show told me that there will be two proper thrash bands opening this show too (they are not listed on the flyers but believe me on this). So if you are looking forward to bang your head and point your finger at the same time, get yourself to this show and enjoy it. Click on the pictures for more info. Hey if you are wondering how to get there, just give a call to the organisers - their number is listed on the flyer for your convenience. Go to the Immigrant Sun records website for more info regarding Die Young. Until then, stop listening to Unearth!