Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Inalienable Dreamless Finally On Vinyl

















Act fast!

The landmark grind masterpiece The Inalienable Dreamless from Discordance Axis is finally available on vinyl.

Two colors, Light Blue and Black, that will go quick because the whole pressing is supposedly limited to 300 total.

Decibel Magazine's #12 'Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade'! First time on vinyl since 2000! 'The Inalienable Dreamless' is their defining and final album . . .and easy contender for Greatest Grindcore Album of Forever ;)



A Classic finally available in the superior format.

Order here


Also available for Record Day from Hydra Head Here

Prurient- Many Fine Jewels 7" (Clear or Black color variants)
The long out of print Neurosis EP Sovereign (Clear, Black / Red, and Black color variants)
The lost Clouds record B Chuggas May Be Logging (one time press all Black vinyl)
and Oxbow's King of the Jews LP (also only on black)

Mare Descendrii Vinyl Pre-Orders



























Mamiffer's amazing Mare Descendrii on 2xLP is up for pre-order via Blue Collar Distro. Order here now because it is going extremely quick (the clear copies are already spoken for at this point).

For those that want color vinyl and missed out on this offering, Conspiracy Records is actually pressing the vinyl, and it will go on sale April 2nd here.

400 on Black vinyl

100 on Clear vinyl

Here is more if you do not believe my incessant rambling:


The compositions are malleable and organic, taking on a multiple forms. A song takes a fixed and permanent shape on record, and assumes a completely different incarnation in the live setting.
Over the course of Mare Dencendrii’s five songs, Mamiffer travels between moments of minimalist tone worship, choral meditations, syncopated funeral marches, elaborate odd-time classical passages, and deconstructed doom metal.
At its core, it’s a melancholic and occasionally vengeful exploration of texture and melody. It’s a sonic journey, a dynamic, living, breathing experience, a labor of love, and a bold new language.



Track Listing:

1. As Freedom Rings
2. We Speak in the Dark
3. Blanket of Ash
4. Eating Our Bodies
5. Iron Water

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Mamiffer & Demian Johnston Split




























Well look out because here is another release from both Demian Johnston and Mamiffer.

Demian Johnston offers two new tracks of metallic guitar noise and vicious sound. Go here to hear more of his work.

Mamiffer drops one new track that was recorded post Mare Descendrii (their recently released LP).

Comes in an oversized box with 13 photo prints and Cyrillic text made / designed by Faith Coloccia.


Get into it (order with the link)... limited to just 110 copies, so do not sleep on it.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Record Store Day Highlight I : Neurosis






















Hydra Head is finally re-releasing Sovereign from Neurosis for this year's Record Store Day. No more paying collector's prices if you jump on it when it is released. This version will be limited to 600 or so copies according to the record store day flyer.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Young Widows Activity



























The new Young Widows album is imminent. Brought to us again by Temporary Residence, In And Out Of Youth And Lightness is nine tracks of a new Young Widows... darker, moodier, and sure to knock you on your ass, this LP is due out soon (preorder here) with 300 being on Opaque Red.
















In the meantime, order this single, is supposed to tide us all over until the album's release. one album and one non album track. Order it here

Saturday, March 26, 2011

The Crystal World On LP!

























Locrian's The Crystal World is finally seeing a vinyl release via an LP package in Stoughton sleeve from the always quality establishment that is Utech (it is also limited to 500).

This album is my #2 record from all of last year and you can be damn sure that I will be purchasing this album as soon as it goes up for sale. Which is now

Friday, March 25, 2011

Coliseum Odds and Ends Coming Soon




























Coliseum will be having a slew of releases (well two splits) coming out shortly. The first (pictured above) is their Misfits split cover 7" with Superchunk. Coliseum is doing Bullet (download there) and Superchunk does Horror Business (though it can't match the original nor Deadguy's cover). The 7" is limited to 2000 copies on three colors variants (Yellow, Magenta, and Black).






























The second upcoming release is a split Live album with Burning Love limited to 1000 copies on vinyl (through Sound Study Recordings) and a 1000 on CD (through Tee Pee).

The Night Marchers New Single!




















Wow! This is from the Night Marchers themselves:


THE FIRST NIGHT MARCHERS RECORDINGS IN 3 YEARS. ENJOY THESE COPTERS BLADES THAT LIQUIFY HOT BUTTERED BULLSHIT & SPRAY IT ON THE BACKS OF THOSE WHO CANNOT FACE OUR RECEDING, MEDUSA, COBRA WIG.

SIDE A IS A BASTARD RIFF THAT WEAVES BACKWARDS AND PAYS OUT A TENSE CHORUS THAT BUILDS ON A MOTIF PART RACHMANINOFF PART DIDDLEY. CROAKS OF DISGUST AND ALIENATION OFFER NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN EMPTY THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND A REALIZATION THAT FUTURE EXPRESSIONS WILL DEPICT A FURTHER HERMITED VIEW.

SIDE B IS LESS MELON MORE MEAT. A REAL PUD SWINGER, IF YOU ASK ME. THICK AS A BRICK. PERHAPS ASPIRING FOR COMPARISONS TO DICTATORS, NERVOUS EATERS AND 50p CHISWICK RECORDS. A MONUMENT TO INSPIRED MEDIOCRITY. LYRIC SHEET INSERT INCLUDED. NO DOWNLOAD CARD BUT YOU HAVE THE BANDS PERMISSION TO LOAN YOUR COPY TO A FREIND.

PRESSING OF 900 AND WHEN THEY ARE GONE IT WILL NOT BE REPRESSED. PRODUCT OF FRANCE.



Order here

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Speaking of Sequences























Hot on the heels of their split with Isolated Existence pre-order on Music Ruins Lives and their appearance on the Life In The Dark 2xCD (also on MRL) with a Remix, Sequences is also about to drop a 2xCS collaboration / split with Livimorket on Sunyata. This is limited to 30 copies and the pre-order is still live.

Here is more on the release from Sunyata:

HOUR long collaborative track, split over 4 sides. Utter blackness, no hope, no future, only slowly rising, ever depressing drone. Livimørket - guitar, looping. Sequences - drones, noise.

2 labelled cassettes, 12 page mini "zine" style booklet containing distorted imagery and words + a hand-written scrap ripped from personal diary entries, each one unique. Housed within a rough, handmade custom paper sleeve with pasted on artwork, numbered on the back.



Do not wait as these probably will not last much longer.



Soon, The New True Widow...




















...Shall descend upon us, the masses, like a crushing comfort that both lovingly embraces and smothers us with the morphine drip sweetness that only they can conjure with their musical magicks.

In fact, As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth is streaming now at NPR for you to experience eargasm.

Once you experience such ecstasy, you can head over to Kemado and pre-order the new album along with a cassette of the original True Widow demos here.

The 2xLP is limited to 1000 copies, and it is well worth the moolah

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Nadja Returns...























...with another collaborative release, only this time with Galena (who hail from California). You can hear the record here before heading over to Adagio 830 to pre-order this sucker. The pre-order version of Konstruction is on clear vinyl and limited to just 100 copies, so do not miss out if you are a Nadja fiend.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Wurmluv Is On Its Way




















The Lotus Eaters re-release from Taiga is shipping now-ish (at least, I received my shipping notice). The most limited color is sold out with only the Silver and Black vinyl variants remaining. Grab these before they are gone because they will not last long.

Order Here

Music Ruins Lives Continues Its Assault






















Two more releases just went up for pre-order from the fine folks at Music Ruins Lives.

First up, the Sequences and Isolated Existence Split CD, Graminaea/Poaceae. This release was previously a cassette release and is now getting the CD treatment with a bonus track that is a collaborative work between both artists. Check out the Sequences track here.
























Next up is the equally excellent Life In The Dark release. This 2xCD compiles the awesome The Sunya Is Rising EP (streamable here) with bonus remixes from Planning For Burial, Greys, Sequences, and Njiijn as well as the extremely limited (13 copies) Limbs In Gloom EP.

Order both releases here (and while you are at it, grab the Bad Braids cassette and the Tom Vourtsis CD... you won't be sorry).

The Sequences / Isolated Existence is limited to 100 copies.

The Life In The Dark to just 50 copies and is going extremely fast... so do not sleep on it or miss out completely on what may be one of the best releases this year.

Monday, March 21, 2011

GHOLAS split up for pre-order






















The pre-order for the Dans L’isolement Solidaires 5 way split LP has been live for a few weeks. It is a British label so keep that in mind when ordering, though I will say that even though you are importing the LP, you will pay in US dollars or what have you around the same amount as a domestic Hydra Head release ( which is crazy actually).

The breakdown goes like this

Special Pre-order Version with alternate artwork (of 25)
Label Store Exclusive Clear with White Splatter (of 100)
Bands' Exclusive color Grey (of 150)

Order them here.

All the tracks are quality (here it here). And Gholas will have some of these sometime soon-ish if you don't want to import this.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

The GHOLAS family...













... just became a little bit bigger as of two weeks ago today. My wife and I brought our son, Alexander into this world on the 7th of March this 2011, and we could not be happier (even if a bit tired and exhausted).

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

wurmluv... WOW!





















So, the Lotus Eaters last album is finally seeing a vinyl release (remixed, remastered, etc.) with alternate versions of the songs CD version of the album as well. The artwork may be different as well. At this point, Taiga records is just waiting on the record jackets before these suckers go up for sale. They look awesome.
























Ordering will start soon for this, and the last Lotus Eaters vinyl re-issue for Mind Control For Infants sold out relatively quickly

The pressing breakdown looks like this:

All on 200 Gram virgin vinyl with an etched D-Side

Cola Bottle Green: 100 copies
Opaque Metallic Silver: 300 copies
Black: 600 copies



Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Mamaleek Pre-Orders Are Up



























Enemies List has launched pre-orders for Mamaleek's Kurdaitcha on LP which will be limited to just 150 copies on heavy duty vinyl (?) with Foil Stamped covers. This should be awesome.

Go pick this record up here

Oh yeah go to Mamaleek's artist page here, where you can download the whole record on a pay what you want basis.