Thursday, 9 October 2025

NSIXHUNDRED

BandNSIXHUNDRED
For fans ofHayworth, Rex Kwon Do, Gxllium!, Me And Him Call It Us, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Kiowa, Antarctica, The Great Redneck Hope, (early) .gif from god, and Thank You Driver.
GenresHardcore / Metallic Hardcore / Mathcore / Screamo / Skramz / Math Grind / Chaotic Hardcore
Related artistsdeparmefrombearisland, aplacewevealwaysbeen, and jimmy h doolittle.
CountryLos Angeles, California U.S.A.
Years Active2024-present
Label(s): Self Released / Zegema Beach Records

     Someone posted this band in a mathcore group and listed Hayworth and Me And Him Call It Us in the for fans of section so I immediately checked it out. They were spot fucking on. This is righteous, sassy, explosive metallic hardcore with grind, screamo, and metalcore elements thrown in at just the right doses. Right from the get-go, their first EP and subsequent split knocked me on my ass, and the new demo just makes me salivate even more at what's on the horizon.

     The band's debut EP 'and longing for the truth i say…' houses five absolute bangers and the band really comes out of the gate with precision and confidence. You'll find earth-shattering breakdowns in nearly every song, but the band plays around with a lot of higher end instrumentals like Antarctica, Hayworth, and The Number Twelve Looks Like You. My choice picks are the opener/title track and closer "well guess what?!", both of which go off like nuclear bombs at the end with multiple vocalists just losing their shit.

     The following year (aka this year) the band released their best songs to date on a 'Dance Of The Second Crow split' with "Mr. Noob" whose last riff is some tasty shit, "The Duel" which is like a swarm of bees delivering devastating shockwaves, and closer "Return of the Shirt" that boasts more than just an awesome title, as it throws blow after blow to the brain and even swings into a bit of The Great Redneck Hope territory - and is arguably their strongest track. 2025's 'two song demo' continues the aural assault, as "let's have a ball!!!" and "santiago's big day", the latter of which unravels by the end in a sea of ear-piercing shrieks and breakdowns, as the band leans into an even heavier, more pulverizing direction. Gxllium comes to mind, and that's a helluva compliment.

     Aight I've spoken with the band and we'll have a physical release of all this material late 2025/early 2026 with some unreleased tracks on Zegema Beach Records. Fuckin' bam, cuz that split is top 5 EPs of the year for me.

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DISCOGRAPHY
coming soon to the Zegema Beach Records Bandcamp page!

2024 - and longing for the truth i say… EP

2025 - Dance Of The Second Crow split ?
2025 - two song demo EP

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(2025) NSIXHUNDRED - "Return of the Shirt" (from 'Dance Of The Second Crow' split)

(2025) NSIXHUNDRED - "The Duel" (from 'Dance Of The Second Crow' split)

(2025) NSIXHUNDRED - "santiago's big day" (from 'two song demo')

(2024) NSIXHUNDRED - "well guess what?!" (from 'and longing for the truth i say…')

(2024) NSIXHUNDRED - "and longing for the truth i say…" (from 'and longing for the truth i say…')

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Sunday, 28 September 2025

*** OSHERA exclusive song premiere ***

OSHERA
"Wave Bye, Bye to the Bureaucrat"
exclusive song premiere
For fans ofPeople's Temple Project, MatsuriA Recorded Dawn and Coma Regalia

orders open October 6th, 2025 at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST


      Today I am stoked to bring you the new OSHERA jam from their upcoming October 6th 'Tamsen split' which Tomb Tree and Tiny Sounds Collective will be dropping tapes of. The four-piece band formed in September 2023 and hails from Austin, Texas. After few lineup changes they are now locked in with a super solid team featuring Jordyn on vocals/guitar, Shoni on bass, Jacob on guitar, and Emily on drums. They had the following to say about the song and band:

"Wave Bye, Bye to the Bureaucrat" is about the killings of corrupt, hateful people and putting that on display as a warning. We, the people, have the power to make change. Real change only happens when we remind those in power how fragile they are. How dare they try to shame us and try to humanize evil people after their deaths.

All of us in the band have different music backgrounds. While Jordyn is very much a skramz-head, Shoni and Emily grew up blasting Death all the time, and Jacob is huge into shoegaze and experimental music. We feel we’ve found a great way to blend all of our influences into something beautiful, heavy, and cathartic."


(2025) OSHERA "Wave Bye, Bye to the Bureaucrat" (from 'Tamsen split')

      This 1:36 banger opens with everyone in the band going full-tilt, featuring some wicked guitar interplay right off the bat. There's a slowdown just before the minute mark that, despite being short-lived, works as the perfect transition to that epic ending. Hot damn this is awesome.

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

*** PODCAST #188 Leda XO (Jisei, Sissy XO, Hallowed) ***


    Leda and I have known each other for a few years, and after seeing her play numerous shows in Jisei in conjunction with knowing she was in more projects, I reached out in hopes of getting her on this podcast. That was like...more than six months ago. We then played tag for a good few months before finally settling down last week to get this done, and it was great. Leda also plays in The Hallowed Catharsis and Sissy XO, which we discussed, as well as: Raffi, military moving, living in the year 2000, Psyopus as a salvia trip, tying music to memories, playing with Your Arms Are My Cocoon, token CIS man, a pillar of hope, gerunds'n'shit, inciting spiritual violence, the nightmare question, ugly catharsis and the darkest of mirrors, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Admiral Angry, Cloudkicker, Daitro, Mouthing, Omega Massif, and Potence. Listen to podcast #188 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.



THE HALLOWED CATHARSIS

SISSY XO


1 Bubble of Memory
DAITRO "Laissez Vivre Les Squelettes" (Leda)
POTENCE "Meurs Et Ressuscite Encore" (Dave)

The Hallowed Catharsis
CLOUDKICKER "You and Yours" (Leda)
OMEGA MASSIF "Wölfe" (Dave)

Jesei
ADMIRAL ANGRY "Bug Vomit" (Leda)
MOUTHING "He who will never find his way" (Dave)

Sissy XO
~no music


~Dave

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