COREA

Band: COREA

Genres: Punk / Post-Rock / Post-Hardcore / Post-Metal / Emo / Screamo / Noise / Thrash / Ambient / Skramz / 
Related artists: ?.
Country: Benejúzar (La Vega Baja, Alicante) SPAIN
Years Active: 2004-2006
Song: "Las Trincheras del Ivan"
Album: "Quien Encuentra La Madre Conoce A Los Hijos"
Year: 2006
Label(s): Existencia / I've Come For Your Children / Escucha! Records / Error Records / Horror Vacui Theatre / Astoria Records / Tumorati Di Dio Records
This post's artist is from the December 2014 Mix. This is track #1.
You can download the December Mix#12 right here or get the new January 2015 Mix#1 here.
For fans of: Gantz, Angel Eyes, Tetola93, Sed Non Satiata, Forget Me Not, Envy, Apollo 18, Hollow Jan, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Blue Friend, Funeral Diner, Dip Leg, The Black Heart Rebellion, La Parade, Nitro Mega Prayer, Loma Prieta, Birthday Boyz, Swan Of Tuonela and Viva Belgrado aka PROPER SCREAMO.

I only listened to COREA for the first time earlier this year (2014) because my pal Jesse from Altar Of Complaints posted about them. Thank science for that. COREA played massive punk/noise-screamo from Spain and continue to kick my ass from the grave.

In a nutshell...beautifully monstrous noise-screamo. Piercing screams. Epic songs. Noise interludes, generally as intros and outros to songs. COREA recorded a masterpiece back in 2004 when they put 'Los Peores 7 Km de Mi Vida' to cd. "La muerte fosiliza el recuerdo - El grito cristaliza la agon¡a" is soft and calming as it weaves and strokes through gentle atmospheric waters. This fantastic intro always get me bobbing and sounds like a hefty portion of Gantz, in my opinion. After the halfway point expect much harsher material that gravitates toward an electronic meltdown.

"Cuando el mar pierde las conchas" is the polar opposite as it shreds and tears through the first minute, leaving traces of melody and structure in the noise, chaos and hypnotic and breakdown blasts. After two more minutes of this the song shifts nicely into an atmospheric/acoustic outro to help the listener wind down, or destruction within society would ensue. "Interrupciones" starts strong in a similar fashion and doesn't let up for four minutes when they finally incorporate a swinging, disorienting guitar squeal. The heavier moments remind me of the scathing Japanese thrash/screamo band (now defunct) Tetola93.

The first two minutes of "Ofelia" are simply stunning, as the song slides effortlessly from one huge part to another, generally with what I would call "screamo breakdowns" (no chugging). With often jarring rhythms, especially at the 3-minute mark, this masterpiece eventually falls apart but is nabbed with a nice repeating riff after those first, five, fantastic minutes. Like many of the band's songs, this is pretty long and clocks in at over 10 minutes, with most ranging in the 5-10 bracket.

I personally didn't get nearly as into the band's second effort 'Quien Encuentra La Madre Conoce A Los Hijos' as much as the first, as it seems to drift a little more aimlessly, at times. That being said, be sure to at least check out "Las Trincheras del Ivan" which builds like Envy meets Angel Eyes with sprawling riffs, ambiance and some very conservative sprinkling of screaming, as it's one of COREA's best tracks. "Lo que está quieto es fácil de retener; lo que todavia es débil es fácil de romper" and "Voy a morir como nunca ha muerto nadie antes" are also decent tracks but don't get me nearly as excited as the songs from 2004. Who cares, though. It's all amazing!!!

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DISCOGRAPHY
Click )==>here<==( to download the band's complete discography in mp3 form.

2004 - Los Peores 7 Km de Mi Vida cdLP

2006 - Quien Encuentra La Madre Conoce A Los Hijos cd/2x12"LP (purchase cd here)

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(2004) COREA - "Ofelia" (from 'Los Peores 7 Km de mi Vida')

(2004) COREA - "La muerte fosiliza el recuerdo - El grito cristaliza la agon¡a" (from 'Los Peores 7 Km de mi Vida')

(2004) COREA - "Interrupciones" (from 'Los Peores 7 Km de mi Vida')

(2004) COREA - "Cuando el mar pierde las conchas" (from 'Los Peores 7 Km de mi Vida')

(2006) COREA - "Las Trincheras del Ivan" (from 'Quien Encuentra La Madre Conoce A Los Hijos')

(2006) COREA - "Voy a morir como nunca ha muerto nadie antes" (from 'Quien Encuentra La Madre Conoce A Los Hijos')

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COREA out of print mp3 discography download / additional links

(download here)

Purchase Quien Encuentra La Madre Conoce A Los Hijos cd here

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***LONELY ANIMALS / FOXMOULDER / TERRY GREEN / WOODLOUSE show review***

CRYDOME, the first show? The last show? I don't know, but I do know that December 5th was an exceptional show at the newly appointed screamo headquarters in Toronto, as Skramden Yards closed down in November of 2014 and birthed this bad boy.

***View the full video list including the LONELY ANIMALS set it its entirety here***

Fuck me, I'm sorry WOODLOUSE. As I told Justin (guitar, also plays in Congratulations and New Wings->now disbanded) I needed to delete the ZBR fest videos from my card and was cycling through, your video was the only one I'd shot from the show at that point but despite the 1/20 odds, I stopped on and pressed delete without thinking and happened to stop on their video. Fuck me, indeed. I can say, however, that I was thoroughly impressed with the claustrophobic noise that permeated the basement room of Crydome. The fuzzed-out, sludgy and dissonant guitar weaved in and out with the drums and bass while the animal shrieks and growls gave the band an even larger presence. Well done, boys.

Next up was a semi-local group named TERRY GREEN who seem to gathering an army of fans. Seriously, after every show I always hear people talking and buying the tapes. I can also attest through the Zegema Beach Records distro that I brought that they dig Scowler, GRYSCL and Congratulations, among others - which is a pretty solid base for influence! I also advise all fans to check out Van Johnson, an Ottawa band from the early 2000s that played a very similar style of groovy, screamy and almost danceable hardcore. Anyways, they played a very emotional set, which had Adrien (vocals) sprawled out on the floor by the end. Seriously these guys kill it every time.

As you will see from the first video (I've posted their full set here) the band is "fucking excited" to play this show. Ten seconds before I started shooting this video, the band looked into the audience, which was packed into the basement and said "Holy shit, there's a lot of people here." I was really excited to see them play as I'd briefly discussed getting involved with the band's recordings at some point after seeing a live video of them in Montreal over a year ago. I won't lie, LONELY ANIMALS blew me away. Fucking entrancing. The music isn't chaotic, although it is screamy. The individual instruments mesh together in a way that saturates the room with sound like bands such as Mono and Godspeed You Black Emperor are able to. They also graced us with a new song right off the bat! Check it along with with their full set here.

FOXMOULDER closed the night kicking ass, as per usual. They played a new song which was really heavy and really showcases some sweet Rohan moments which can be viewed here. They also played my new favourite "Tempest Ill" and I got a great shot of Darren and that killer bass riff. The band was mentally out of sorts with a few hiccups, but those hiccups became the subject of hilarious between-song banter. They will be recording for a 1-sided 12" next year, stars permitting.

KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ, THE

Band: THE KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ

Genres: Punk / Rock / Emo / Screamo / Hardcore / Skramz
Related artists: Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket, Book Of Right On, The Bravo Team, Song Of Zarathustra, The Infinity Dive, The Book Of Dead Names and Cardinal Sin.
Country: Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Years Active: 1999-2000
Song: "Lacking"
Album: "The Vida Blue split"
Year: 2000
Label(s): Blood of the Young / Technicians of the Sacred
This post's artist is from the December 2014 Mix. This is track #4.
You can download the December Mix#12 right here or get the new January 2015 Mix#1 here.
For fans of: Mustaphamond, Kodan Armada, Caught In The Fall, The South, Saetia, Inkwell, Honeywell, (early) Alexisonfire, Bright Calm Blue, Twelve Hour Turn, Spirit Of Versailles, The Fiction, Four Hundred Years, Sleepytime Trio, The Book Of Dead Names, Indian Summer, I Hate Myself, The Exploder, You And I, La Mantra De Fhiqria, Slender Loris, Anger Is Beautiful and Congratulations aka PROPER SCREAMO.

KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ were a very important American screamy hardcore band from the late 1990s that I first heard about after picking up their 'The Vida Blue split' 10" in the early 2000s. This band was one of the first to mix screamy hardcore with some precise and melodic clean singing that isn't too far off from the juxtaposed stylings of Kodan Armada or Alexisonfire's first record. They also had a hefty helping of raw emotion and incorporated very poetic lyrics.

These guys played a lot like the earlier emo aka screamy hardcore bands with lots of pretty bits sprinkled into the midst of chaos and sing/scream vocals. Not to say they should be likened, but I've got to mention it. Sure, some guy blasted me for comparing Alexisonfire to KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ, but seriously listen to "AM1200", "The Des Moines Tapes" or "Better Times are Better Left Dead" and tell me they don't have similarities, especially the clean vocals mixed in with screaming. You'd be hard pressed to. I know a lot of bands employ this strategy, but this comparison is really close when referring to Alexisonfire's early material. The South is probably the best band to compare the screamier stuff to, but they managed to pull it off with much more cohesiveness and proficiency. They also have I Hate Myself's almost western sounding instrumental slower jams which really help the songs chill out after such grueling blasts of abrasive screaming.

Seriously if you've never jammed these influential lads from the US then you are doing yourself a disservice. You'd also be a little nutty if you didn't check out Mark Shaw's new band Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket who will be doing a split with KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ in the near future which is supposed to include unreleased songs!

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DISCOGRAPHY
Click )==>here<==( to download the band's complete discography in mp3 form.

1999 - Khayembii Communiqué 7"EP

2000 - The Vidablue split 10"LP

2015 - Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket split?

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(2000) KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ - "The Des Moines Tapes" (from 'The Vidablue' split)

(2000) KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ - "Better Times are Left Dead" (from 'The Vidablue' split)

(2000) KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ - "Lacking" (from 'The Vidablue' split)

(2000) KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ - "The Death of an Aspiring Icon" (from 'The Vidablue' split)

(1999) KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ - "AM1200" (from 'Khayembii Communiqué')

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THE KHAYEMBII COMMUNIQUÉ out of print mp3 discography download

(download here)

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OCCAM'S RAZOR

Band: OCCAM'S RAZOR

Genres: Punk / Rock / Emo / Screamo / Hardcore / Thrash / Skramz / Metallic Hardcore
Related artists: ?.
Country: Fresno, California USA
Years Active: 2002?-2005?
Song: "The Ghost"
Album: "A Real Proposal for an Invisible World"
Year: ?
Label(s): Self Released / Discos Huegla / Dood Records / Grey Sky Records
This post's artist is from the December 2014 Mix. This is track #3.
You can download the December Mix#12 right here or get the new January 2015 Mix#1 here.
For fans of: Dispensing Of False Halos, People's Temple Project, Deers!, Makara, Caught In The Fall, Honeywell, Khayembii Communique, Kodan Armada, Joshua Fit For Battle, Inkwell, Neil Perry, Lachance, Matsuri, Seyarse, Mustaphamond, Swan Of Tuonela, Oktober Skyline, Usurp Synapse, Deadseraphim, Combatwoundedveteran, Hassan I Sabbah, Guidelines, Advocate, Get To The Chopper, Adobe Homes, Francis Brady and Mara'akate aka PROPER SCREAMO.

Although I like OCCAM'S RAZOR and all, there is one primary song that I always find myself coming back to, and that's "The Ghost" from the 'A Real Proposal for a Real World' 7". Combining elements from Joshua Fit For Battle, Kodan Armada, Caught In The Fall and Khayembii Communique, this track is fucking stellar. The band employed some jazzy and twinkly guitars (think Mustaphamond) before bursting forth into chaos (think Dispensing Of False Halos), like much of the screamy hardcore coming out of the late 1990s and early 2000s that juxtaposed the pretty with the harsh and dark, particularly on Witching Hour, early Init and Level Plane Records. Check it out, check out some other tracks too and if all sits well with ya download what I've got posted for the discography. I noticed some people scrounging for stuff on the internet and I tracked down physical copies of most of their stuff more than 5 years ago so I've got a fair amount in there, save the 2 very early releases, whatever years those may be! Very awesome and obscure screamy hardcore that borders on grind, particularly with that 'They Found My Corpse Lying Naked Face Down In The Snow split'.

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DISCOGRAPHY
Click )==>here<==( to download the band's complete discography in mp3 form.

???? - Demo floppydiskEP

???? - Business Card cdr

???? - A Real Proposal for a Real World 7"EP (download in zip here)

???? - Letters from the Slave Auction 7"EP (download in zip here)

???? - They Found My Naked Corpse Lying Face Down In The Snow split 7" (download in zip here)

2004 - Lachance split 7" (download in zip here)

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(????) OCCAM'S RAZOR - "The Ghost" (from 'A Real Proposal for a Real World')

(2004) OCCAM'S RAZOR - "Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain" (from 'Lachance' split)

(????) OCCAM'S RAZOR - "v01-001" (from 'Letters from the Slave Auction')

(????) OCCAM'S RAZOR - "Fat of the Land" (from 'They Found My Naked Corpse Lying Face Down In The Snow')

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OCCAM'S RAZOR out of print mp3 discography download / additional links

(download here)

LastFM

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STRYDER, THE

Band: STRYDER, THE

Genres: Pop-Punk / Skate Punk / Rock / Emo / Indie
Related artists: Yearly, Saves The Day, Peter Toh, Teachers and Classic Case.
Country: Long Island, New York USA
Years Active: 1999-2002
Song: "King of Coronas"
Album: "Masquerade in the Key of Crime"
Year: 2000
Label(s): Equal Vision Records / Elkion Records
This post's artist is from the December 2014 Mix. This is track #11.
You can download the December Mix#12 right here or get the new January 2015 Mix#1 here.
For fans of: Saves The Day, The June Spirit, The Story So Far, The Starting Line, Sinclair, The Get Up Kids, New Found Glory, The Used, Moneen, The Movielife and Over It.

Back in about 2000 I was desperately searching for anything that sounded even remotely like Saves The Day. It was a difficult task at the time, but I was able to find a select few. Among them was THE STRYDER from Long Island, New York.

There are a few tracks on this cd that are straight-up early skate/pop-punk gems. "11/11" in particular is fantastic, with start/stop guitars and vocals that are extremely reminiscent of Chris Conley's earlier work in Saves The Day, and by golly that is one catchy-ass chorus. "Got You Last" should not be missed either, as it has some seriously infectious pop-punk vocals that are naked and bare, with no effects or manipulation - he just sings that way. The palm-muted guitars that follow the first chorus of "Bang, bang! I got you last." just before the one-minute mark pull me in every time. "Sucker" is a decent track that takes more of the rock approach with vocals that are on the brink of breaking but never quite do, and one might even compare that strain to the For The Mathematics' vocalist. Granted, the lyrics aren't always the greatest, but I was in high school so I didn't care at the time.

THE STRYDER also have two superb slower songs, the first of which being the band's strongest "King of Coronas". This five and a half minute song is the most varied and ballsy that the band wrote. It swings back and forth between slow parts, palm muted transitions and grand alternative/emo rock that borders indie rock more than skate or pop-punk. Seriously, this is a beautiful track that I can jam daily even after all these years. If the band was a Saves The Day clone, this song in particular showed the depth and originality that the band was capable of. The second track I was hinting at is the album's piano-harnessed closer, aka the title track "Masquerade in the Key of Crime". At 8:33 it's long by conventional standards for pop-punk, skate-punk or punk in general, I'd say. That doesn't stop it from lulling me in with some nice piano work (and no other instrumentation) as well as some decently written lyrics that rise and fall with the keys.

I vaguely remember checking out the next album and being unimpressed, but perhaps that's because I started my screamo phase in 2002. Aha, I just read that they parted ways with their initial vocalist and "debuted a new sound" - so yeah, I definitely didn't dig it.

And there you have it. "Masquerade in the Key of Crime" is really amazing for what it is, especially remembering how few bands could actually do this 15 years ago, let alone today. Man, some pop/skate-punk is just fucking great. Most...is not.

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DISCOGRAPHY

2000 - Masquerade in the Key of Crime cd/12"LP (download here)
2000 - The Hits Just Keep On Comin' 7"

2002 - Jungle City Twitch cdLP

2004 - Savor the Danger ??? (collection of demos and stuff)

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(2000) THE STRYDER - "King of Coronas" (from 'Masquerade in the Key of Crime')

(2000) THE STRYDER - "11/11" (from 'Masquerade in the Key of Crime')

(2000) THE STRYDER - "Got You Last" (from 'Masquerade in the Key of Crime')

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THE STRYDER mp3 download for MITKOC

(download here)

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TOMYDEEPESTEGO

Band: TOMYDEEPESTEGO

Genres: Instrumetal / Post-Rock / Post-Hardcore / Post-Metal
Related artists: N/A.
Country: Rome ITALY
Years Active: 2006-present
Song: "Euskadia"
Album: "Odyssea"
Year: 2007
Label(s): Subsound Records / The Burning Beard
This post's artist is from the December 2014 Mix. This is track #13.
You can download the December Mix#12 right here or get the new January 2015 Mix#1 here.
For fans of: Finger Of God, Pelican, Russian Circles, Ornaments, Mono, Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, 5ive, Milanku, Gifts From Enola, Omega Massif, Isis, The Black Heart Rebellion, Merridew, Tundra, Black Clouds, Tessa, Maserati, Shy, Low, Quiet Lakes, Red Sparrows and Godspeed, You! Black Emperor.

Phil Norman, aka my dad, loves Envy. After showing some interest in Pelican and then the exceptionally under-appreciated Gifts From Enola, I let him borrow my TOMYDEEPESTEGO cd. To my surprise it became one of his favourites. That should give you a bit of an idea of how accessible this band can be. Sure, the songs generally hover around the 10-minute mark but they have a certain ambient draw to them - not in the slow, sometimes boring sense, but in the massive, engaging and interesting way.

All you need to do is take the 9-minute "Euskadia" from 2007's 'Odyssea', plop yourself down on a couch with the lights off or do something grand like walk up a mountain and jam this song. I would be flabbergasted it didn't make whatever you were doing a little more epic and by the end you'll probably even be more satisfied with whatever you did in general. The first half focuses on the heavier side of instru-metal which is much akin to Pelican, until the army-esque drumming rolls in at about 4:40 and carries the song to a slow, driving, dreamy and post-hardcore/post-metal heaven. "Renovatio" is a fantastically catchy number that is a total cross between Finger Of God, Pelican and Gifts From Enola. "Tora" is an 11-minute masterpiece with a twinkly intro that morphs into a real headbanger, and the second song "Mizar" I could say the same thing about.

The band has three albums, only one of which I've focused on because I only just found out they had the two latter releases. Okay, now it's two weeks later. Let's continue:

2009's 'Chronophage' busts outta the gate pronto with much heavier and darker material than their debut. "Dr. Disagius" is much heavier, denser and moodier than most instrumental music and harkens 'Australasia'-era Pelican with less time changes. "Cicadus" takes a grooving, deep riff and expands it into a full band moshfest. "Controversy (Act I, Inferno)" starts out like a prog-rock jam before dropping the pendulum just after the one-minute mark which somehow seeps into an epic, stringed arrangement that my mom could jam in the car. "J.H.I." has some chanting vocals of "hey", but that is the extent of the vocal element. "Milla" is a nice, thick atmoshpheric (hehehe) romp through instrumental bliss and "Libero Arbitrio (Act III, Paradiso)" is an amazing closer with a fucking huge opus to complete the album.

2012's 'Nero' isn't really all that different from the first two records. The songs are epic in nature but much shorter, with only "23:45" eclipsing the 6-minute mark as all the other songs are 4-5 minutes. "23:45" reminds me a lot of Tool meets Envy as it lays out some lush soundscapes right before violently dismantling them during the huge breakdowns. The title track "Nero" is my favourite thus far, as it gracefully bobs and weaves like spaceship through an asteroid field with some subdued moments but this track also churns out some of the band's heaviest riffs and seems to be over far too quick, clocking in at a mere 4:43.

So yeah, that should be enough to entice any instrumetal fan of bands like Pelican and Russian Circles. Bam, sucka.

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DISCOGRAPHY
Click )==>here<==( to download the band's complete discography in mp3 form.

2007 - Odyssea cd/2x12"LP (stream here)

2009 - Chronophage cdLP (stream/buy here)

2012 - Nero 12"LP (stream/donate/download here)

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(2007) TOMYDEEPESTEGO - "Euskadia" (from 'Odyssea')

(2007) TOMYDEEPESTEGO - "Renovatio" (from 'Odyssea')

(2009) TOMYDEEPESTEGO - "Dr. Disagius" (from 'Chronophage')

(2009) TOMYDEEPESTEGO - "Libero Arbitrio (Act III, Paradiso)" (from 'Chronophage')

(2012) TOMYDEEPESTEGO - "Nero" (from 'Nero')

(2012) TOMYDEEPESTEGO - "23:45" (from 'Nero')

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TOMYDEEPESTEGO mp3 discography download / additional links

(download here)

Bandcamp

Homepage

Facebook

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GREAT REDNECK HOPE, THE

Band: GREAT REDNECK HOPE, THE

Genres: Punk / Grind / Screamo / Hardcore / Thrash / Math Rock / Metal / Experimental / Skramz
Related artists: ?.
Country: Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
Years Active: 2000-2007
Song: "Cheeseburger Karma 2004 - A Jam Odyssey"
Album: "Behold The Fuck Thunder"
Year: 2004
Label(s): Thinker Thought Records / Too Bad You're Beautiful Recordings / Soulless Lemming Records / Waving Wheat Records / Lots Of Love
This post's artist is from the December 2014 Mix. This is track #2.
You can download the December Mix#12 right here or get the new January 2015 Mix#1 here.
For fans of: Combatwoundedveteran, Phoenix Bodies, Usurp Synapse, Daughters, The Locust, Ed Gein, Destroyer Destroyer, Arab On Radar, Crestfallen, Mara'akate, Discordance Axis, Gas Up Yr Hearse!, United Nations, (old) Botch, An Albatross, Craneo, Seyarse, Fear Before The March Of Flames and Curl Up And Die aka PROPER SCREAMO.

Never heard THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE before? These guys will fucking destroy you. Fast, chaotic, screamy as all hell, weird, funny, crazy and talented are all pretty apt descriptions. The band's releases were all, for the most part, grindy/powerviolence/metallic-screamo with some obvious melodies sped up three to four times just to fuck with coupled with mind-reeling song titles and insanely short songs lengths.

Starting with THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE's demo 7" 'Why Humans Think Computers Cant'...this shit was hard to find. I scoured ebay for a good two to three years before finally grabbing it for $15 or something. It's raw and slower, with many a nod to Botch's early 'The John Birch Conspiracy Theory'-era work and the first Ed Gein release, aka mathy hardcore with scathing vocals. Of all the band's work this is my least favourite. My computer has, for some unexplained reason, deleted the first of the four tracks on my hard drive, so I've only posted tracks 2-4. If anyone else has this please upload it for all to enjoy!

This was followed by a very influential and important album, the ''Splosion' cd/10" picture disc that only has one song that really resonates with me. That song is "They Say the People Elect the Government They Deserve, but I Don't Remember Knife-Raping Any Retarded Nuns" and comes the closest to fine-tuning the band's sound. The album is decent, but after hearing 'Behold The Fuck Thunder' this is kind of like reading a kids book when you are older. I guess in comparison it sounds loose, awkward at times and generally less inventive.

'Behold The Fuck Thunder' is THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE's masterpiece. Look no further than the absolutely exceptional and essential "Cheeseburger Karma 2004 - A Jam Odyssey" which hits on every ridiculous aspect that the band has to offer. In less than one minute, you've got aggressive/heavy finger-tapping goodness, murder guitars, breakdowns, some Southern flare, mathy time changes and over-the-top puke/screaming. You've also the insane breakdown in "Girl, are You Pregnant...It's not My Fault, You Seduced Me" at the 30-second mark which is the fastest breakdown I've ever heard. "Let's Fall in Love over AIM so we can Fuck when we meet at Cornerstone" is the first great track with even more of that southern-tinged An Albatross-meets-metal from the 11-song album which could probably be listed as an EP or an LP, with the entire thing running less than 11 minutes! That's pretty short, but it's to be expected when you've got stuff like "My Other Car is a Centaur", which is a 17-second romp with ridiculous vocals/lyrics that read, "Her name was Lola, she was a dancer." followed by a guy speaking into a mic, "Thank you very much, You really are a sophisticated audience." Obviously these guys saw their lyrics, band name and recordings as a bit of a joke and were able to poke fun at themselves. I also heard from one of the nicest people that I know that they were jerks...so maybe they took it a bit too far. I don't know.

Moving on to the 'Bleeding Kansas split' 7" which was hugely under-appreciated (and I still have one is stock here!). This was my first introduction to the band and it was so good that I quickly bought everything I could get my hands on, including the sweet-ass whale skeleton/kids shirt that I have pictured above. Tracks like "Come On, Jesus, Let's Fucking Party" and "Never Mind the Amputees, Let's Have Sex" are classic THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE and include some of the band's heaviest and screamiest work. I also really love the eerie, slow part in the middle of "Come On, Jesus, Let's Fucking Party".

I've recently been shown a live video from the band in 2002 playing "You're Not A Man Until You've Been With One" which apparently from some lost, obscure and, according to the video, out of print demo 3"cd. You can watch the video here or at the bottom of the youtube embeds. If you know anyone who's got this bad boy, please post it in the comments section!

There's a decent history about the band linked here. Grab the discography including the 7" demo (minus the first track which was erased from my computer, somehow) here.

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DISCOGRAPHY
Click )==>here<==( to download the band's complete discography in mp3 form.

200? - 3" demo cd (anyone have this?)

2002 - Why Humans Think Computers Can't 7"EP (I am missing track 1, anyone have this release?)

2003 - 'Splosion cd/10"LP

2004 - Behold The Fuck Thunder cd/12"LP
2004 - Bleeding Kansas split 7"EP

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(2004) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "Cheeseburger Karma 2004 - A jam odyssey" (from 'Behold The Fuck Thunder')

(2004) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "Girl, are You Pregnant...It's not My Fault, You Seduced Me" (from 'Behold The Fuck Thunder')

(2004) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "Did you Ever Notice that stat is tats Backward, Dude that's so Tribal" (from 'Behold The Fuck Thunder')

(2004) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "It sure does get Lonely out here in the Boondocks, thankd God for Cock" (from 'Behold The Fuck Thunder')

(2004) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "Come On, Jesus, Let's Fucking Party" (from 'Bleeding Kansas split')

(2004) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "Never Mind the Amputees, Let's Have Sex" (from 'Bleeding Kansas split')

(2003) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "They Say the People Elect the Government They Deserve, but I Don't Remember Knife-Raping Any Retarded Nun" (from 'S'plosion')

(2002) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "Ninjas are Awesome, and by Awesome I Mean Totally Sweet" (from 'Why Humans Think Computers Can't')

(2002) THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE - "You're Not A Man Until You've Been With One" (from '3" demo') live video

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THE GREAT REDNECK HOPE out of print mp3 discography download

(download here)

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***CONGRATULATIONS release show w/NOUS ÉTIONS & TERRY GREEN***

On Wednesday November 26th CONGRATULATIONS, Sean and I were finally able to bring their first recordings to the world. I put on a release show for the band in Hamilton, Ontario with fellow Zegema Beach swimmers NOUS ÉTIONS (who released their 12" debut LP just over a month back, listen here and purchase here), my boys in TERRY GREEN and the locals JIMMY AND THE JERKS. Honestly, this was a fucking great show. Be sure to watch all the videos by clicking here.

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Closing the night, obviously, was CONGRATULATIONS. Here they are performing my favourite song which is titled "Gospel" because I always told the band it sounded like the band Gospel - at least I think that's the reason. You can hear me losing my shirt before the song starts because they played their self-titled cassette (listen here, purchase here) straight through and ended with the song that will appear on The Rabbit Theory split 7" set to come out next year. Watch their entire set here.

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NOUS ÉTIONS graced us a with a new, unreleased song which is amazing and epic as all hell (the end sounds like it should be the new Canadian anthem!). You can view it linked in the band's (near) full set here. The band also had Guillaume from The Expectorated Sequence on drums and he was fantastic. I think I have a new favourite song by the band from their 12" they just released (on Zegema Beach Records, Ancient Injury Records, Don't Live Like Me Records, Désordre Ordonné and Through Love Records) because the first half is good and all, but the last half is fucking unreal. Check "Les Algorithmes Du Malheur" out below! Listen to and grab the new 12" here.

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TERRY GREEN, as per usual, put on a great show and played what I assumed to be the fan favourites. I spoke with the band and it sounds like they will be releasing a tape in the near future which Funeral Sounds and perhaps Zegema Beach Records - although I don't know for certain! Check out their new, untitled track that would appear on said release below. I've also got some copies of the band's short-run of self-released demo tapes here.

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JIMMY AND THE JERKS started the night off in their own, sassy way. Punk rock to the fucking core, my friends. Check out their bandcamp page here.

AMYGDALA

Band: AMYGDALA

Genres: Punk / Emo / Screamo / Hardcore / Thrash / Doom / Skramz / Sheer Terror
Related artists: N/A.
Country: San Antonio, Texas USA
Years Active: 2014-present
Song: "Forever Love"
Album: "The Horror of Never Being Able to Forget"
Year: 2014
Label(s): React With Protest / Off Cloud Nine / Trends Die
This post's artist is from the December 2014 Mix. This is track #12.
You can download the December Mix#12 right here or get the new January 2015 Mix#1 here.
For fans of: Tentacles, Among Light, Welcome The Plague Year, La Luna, Guidelines, мища, Yusuke, Deadseraphim, The Spirit Of Versailles, The Truth About Dreaming, Crestfallen, Hospital, Gas Up Yr Hearse! and Deers! aka PROPER SCREAMO.

AMYGDALA caught my attention first when Jose (guitar) posted about his new band online and cited Welcome The Plague Year as an influence - that's all I need to spark my interest. After checking out the demo track I was excited for their initial release. Fast forward to now and I've jammed the six songs from 'The Horror of Never Being Able to Forget' am impressed, but I'm much more intrigued by what the band will do next.

Let's quickly talk about what they sound like. Shrieky. Fucking shrieky. Two drummers. Grindy. Chaotic. Sludgy. Dark. Each song varies between about one and three-something minutes. "One Joy will Scatter a Hundred Sorrows" lets the listener know that this won't be a pretty ride. It's abrasive, acidic as well as unrelenting and at 2:05 the heavy breakdown kicks in just to remind us that the band, although new, can write some pretty big stuff. "Forever Love" is my personal favourite that boasts the best thing the band has written, aka the section from 1:21 to 2:10 with an echoing instrumental section and vocals that are placed with jigsaw accuracy and laced with the audio equivalent of venomous tendrils. Another standout track is the 1:39 "Punk has No Room for Misogynists", which yet again hits the mark at 1:08 after a nice lead in and, much like "Forever Love" which slows it down with an epic outro not far from Swan Of Tuonela and Angel Eyes territory. I'm also a big fan of "Neurodegeneration". As far as I know the band's lyrics are inspired by psychology, as the vocalist is studying such and "amygdala", in case you were wondering, is the integrative center for emotions/motivation in the brain.

There is one thing I hope gets cleaned up for AMYGDALA's sophomore release is the vocal volume. I like shrieky vocals but they kinda blare out of the speakers and permeate through the song in a way that detracts from the instrumentals. It's kinda like Tentacles' 'Isolation is a Gift' release, which I love (especially the drumming) but the cymbals are so loud that they can drown out the other amazing stuff that is going on. Complains aside, great debut. I believe this demo is being issued as a 7" vinyl on React With Protest, Off Cloud Nine and Trends Die Records. The band has also been touring a bunch so catch them when they hit your area by checking their facebook page.

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DISCOGRAPHY

2014/2015 - The Horror of Never Being Able to Forget digital/cassette/7"EP (stream/donate/download here)

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(2014) AMYGDALA - "Forever Love" (from 'The Horror of Never Being Able to Forget')

(2014) AMYGDALA - "Forever Love" live video

(2014) AMYGDALA - "Punk has No Room for Misogynists" (from 'The Horror of Never Being Able to Forget')

(2014) AMYGDALA - "Neurodegeneration" (from 'The Horror of Never Being Able to Forget')

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AMYDGALA additional links

Bandcamp

Facebook

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