*** PODCAST #167 Henning (Återstod, Suis La Lune, Sore Eyelids) ***

    Henning Runolf has been indirectly in my life for over two decades and I've been in touch with him for the latter of two, so when he hit me up a few months back with a brand spankin' new project for me to help release (Återstod), I figured it was high time to get him on the podcast. He has spent time in a plethora of bands including (but not limited to): Återstod, Suis La Lune, Trembling Hands, Sore Eyelids, New Decade, left in-between, Mixtapes & Cellmates, etc. and has an amazing/unique style of writing that comes across in all of his bands. We discussed some of those bands as well as: falling in love with KISS, sounding old as shit, tiny radars, pop vs. screamo, the Trachimbrod/Sore Eyelids split, coming to the USA for the first time, obscure EPs, Henning's new screamo project Återstod, Dave butchers band names, Japanese shoegaze, underrated German emo-violence, etc. Bands played in this podcast: The Bear Quartet, Julie, Lachance, Plastic Trees, Storm The Bastille, and Trachimbrod. Listen to podcast #167 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

SUIS LA LUNE

Bandcamp

SORE EYELIDS

Bandcamp

TREMBLING HANDS

Bandcamp

1 A Project for Every Genre

THE BEAR QUARTET "Ask Me Don't Axe Me" (Henning)

TRACHIMBROD "Medskyldighet" (Dave)

2 The Suis La Lune Years

STORM THE BASTILLE "Endless/Back Again" (Henning)

LACHANCE "Don't Bitch Me Out - Part Two" (Dave)

3 New Screamo Project!

PLASTIC TREES "みらいいろ" (Henning)

JULIE "Catalogue" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #167 linked here

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*** NINE NECKS exclusive song premiere ***

NINE NECKS

"Laid to Rest"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Horsewhip, Lockslip, Terror Cell and The Minor Times

Bandcamp

     NINE NECKS are a heavy post-hardcore/metallic hardcore band with a fresh coat of screaming. Active in Los Angeles though all of the members originally hail from Chicago and were active in that scene in the early 2000s, I am ecstatic to bring you their first single from the upcoming EP which was produced by Alex Estrada (Touche Amore, Joyce Manor) at Pale Moon Ranch. It releases spring 2025, featuring Dan Rees, Joe Hunt, along with brothers Patrick and Matt Bellanger rounding out this quartet of destruction. Jam that shit below, it fucking slaps.

(2024) NINE NECKS "Laid to Rest"

https://youtu.be/WqoWiJw3Mds

     Beginning with dissonant guitars, cymbals, and screaming, the song toys with the listener for the first 30 seconds before absolutely laying waste to the listener. The instrumentals begin to bounce and the vocals slip down to a deeper level of hell, making the bombastic display of metallic hardcore all that much more devastating. Fuck to the yes.

*** PODCAST #166 Rex Kwon Do ***

    After hearing REX KWON DO's demo EP I shit my pants. So messy. After changing I asked the group of six if they'd be interested in coming on the podcast...and here we are. These guys literally killed that demo and I cannot wait to see what this new material sounds like. A few topics touched upon in this podcast: seven people on one call is a lot of people, stealing Diego's laptop, Neil Perry cover, Tinder for bandmates, dropbox full of bangers, Dr. Pepper as a recording tool, new material, breakdown bomb blowin' speakers, best albums of 2024, Gxllium! ruins brains, etc. Bands played in this podcast: A Black Rose Burial, As Blood Runs Black, Far From Forgiven, Foundations, The Jacka, Loftus, and Roy Blair. Listen to podcast #166 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

REX KWON DO

Bandcamp

1 Apologizing to those on public transit

FAR FROM FORGIVEN "Three" (Vinny)

FOUNDATIONS "The Sound of Arson" (Danny)

2 Dude where's Diego? Someone call Bartman

A BLACK ROSE BURIAL "A Baleful Aura in the Graveyard of Broken Gears" (Darren)

AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK "My Fears Have Become Phobias" (Diego)

3 More math, more mosh

THE JACKA "Get Out There" (Dio)

ROY BLAIR "Perfume" (Kevin) [official music video]

LOFTUS "Crusty" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #166 linked here

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HOARI

Band: HOARI
For fans of: Euglena, Converge, Hexis, Plebian Grandstand, Rorcal, Malevich, Ashoka's Hell, Closet Witch, Cult Leader, R.Josef, Still, Lamantide, We Are Among Storms, Litany For The Whale, Anodyne, Trainwreck, Lentic Waters, and Crossed.
Genres: Punk / Chaotic Hardcore / Post-Metal / Metal / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Math Metal / Mathcore / Grindcore / Noise / Black Metal

Related artists: Euglena, Wowod, Cross Bringer, КОЛЧАК, and Follow The White Rabbit.

Country: Saint Petersburg RUSSIA
Years Active: 2022-present

Label(s): Self Released

     My friend Artemy from Lucidity/Smile To The Wind fame recently sent me this album and it made my fucking jaw drop...just like today's USA election results. Said results have put my mental state into disarray and the only remedy I can think of right now is listening to something as livid as I am. Enter HOARI. Their debut EP consists of six absolutely devastating chaotic hardcore tracks that'll have you smacking your own head on the table over and over again, thus hopefully knocking out the memory of Trump becoming a U.S. dictator (at least for a few seconds).

     The songs mildly resemble stuff heard in Euglena as they share at least one member, which means the songs are fast, chaotic, change direction quickly, and straight up fucking slay. Opener "26.17.1.4.1" isn't the best track to get acquainted with the band as it serves as an eerie instrumental introduction to the chaos that ensues upon starting "Обретение". This second track wastes no time in letting you know that they ain't fucking around, with wild, frantic, and unrestrained instrumentals paired with dual screaming from some of sickest vocalists around. "Гвозди Гнева" is 1:19 of unhinged, blackened, chaotic hardcore that rushes violently into "В Объятиях Бездны", another banger but with more instrumental fuckery and flourishes of the obtuse, with a final 30 seconds that will bring your mom to tears. "Единое Целое" deserved it's very own music video (embedded below) and gives me a "Fault and Fracture" by Converge kinda vibe. Closer "Церемония" is by far the lengthiest track (seven minutes and change, almost four minutes longer than any other song) and dips into the darkest aspects of the band, stretching the crushing nightmare out to last all night.

     I don't know if they have physicals or more material coming, but I am foaming at the mouth over here.

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DISCOGRAPHY

2024 - Hoari EP (stream/download/donate here)

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(2024) HOARI - "Единое Целое" (from 'Hoari') [official music video]

https://youtu.be/PihkMcR-ljA

(2024) HOARI - "Обретение" (from 'Hoari')

https://youtu.be/sL_z41I0dLg

(2024) HOARI - "Церемония" (from 'Hoari')

https://youtu.be/LjXOKpaVxaA

*** PODCAST #165 Mason (Senza, Caesura, John McClane) ***

photo by Bret Backus

    I've been tight with SENZA since their split days back in 2017 or so. Having seen them live a few times (including ZBR Fest 2019 and 2024) and on the heels of the band's new EP 'Celestial Body' it was high time to chat with my pal Mason (drums). We ran through a bunch of stuff including but not limited to: rocking clarinet & sucking ass at tuba, Tim gets sad, Senza the Melee Band, Peak Beau, the collective shitting of pants, best review ever, upcoming split 7" info, The Caution Children goes atmospheric black metal, pleading with Gxllium!, best breakdown of all time...?, top LPs/EPs of 2024, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Agriculture, Beau Navire, Faraquet, Meet Me In St. Louis, Rex Kwon Do, and Snoras. Listen to podcast #165 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

SENZA

Bandcamp

1 Clarinet, Drums, Clarinet, Drums

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS "I Am Champagne, You Are Shit" (Mason)

FARAQUET "Call It Sane" (Dave)

2 Shrimp Chat

SNORAS "Mosaic Devours" (Mason)

BEAU NAVIRE "One So Illusive" (Dave)

3 You Can Really Tell That You Guys Love Each Other

AGRICULTURE "Living is Easy" (Mason)

REX KWON DO "Don't Let the Door Hit You Where the Good Lord Split Ya" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #165 linked here

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'Celestial Body' 12"s

U.S.A. store
Canada/International

Europe

ASHOKA'S HELL

Band: ASHOKA'S HELL
For fans of: Crossed, Closet Witch, Bain De Sang, .gif from god, Celeste, Gxllium!, Hexis, Crestfallen, Rorcal, athousandangelsandseven, and Malevich.
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Metal / Metallic Hardcore / Grindcore / Noise / Experimental

Related artists: ?.
Country: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
Years Active: 2024-present

Label(s): Team Glasses Records

     Oh shit, it's Halloween. Oops, too late. Ah well. Let's pretend it's still a spooky night though, as perhaps only new Malevich matches this horror, but the debut three-song EP from Australia's ASHOKA'S HELL is a straight up fucking nightmare. These Australian folks come together to tear it all down with vicious, chaotic, unhinged, grindy, screamy, hardcore in the vein of Spain's Crossed and even has the vocal variance to match. "Don't think about it" is an excellent opener and sounds as pissed as you can get. "Fools" is a minute-and-forty-five of madness, fast, unexpected, and unrelenting. Closer "Where rats call home" isn't far from the aforementioned Malevich jam (albeit the shorter/older material), branching out it all directions simultaneously in an absolute onslaught of grindy hardcore with metal-tinged edges. Fuckin' hell, what an utter assault on the senses.

     I heard they're recording an LP so hnnnnnngggggggg!

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DISCOGRAPHY

2024 - Your Sins Will Find You Out EP (stream/download here)

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(2024) ASHOKA'S HELL - "Don't think about it" (from 'Your Sins Will Find You Out')

https://youtu.be/8koh_CmPcxY

(2024) ASHOKA'S HELL - "Fools" (from 'Your Sins Will Find You Out')

https://youtu.be/lz41EzUTh5w

(2024) ASHOKA'S HELL - "Where rats call home" (from 'Your Sins Will Find You Out')

https://youtu.be/g-VLfQsitKE

(2024) ASHOKA'S HELL - live set

https://youtu.be/IpNqHmiGJvk

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*** PODCAST #164 Concealer ***

    On the heels of 'dissonance [all that keeps me away]' and the precipice of 'Heartfelt Entries', Florida's CONCEALER is turning a lot of heads, including mine. Halfway through the opening track on their debut EP I fell to my knees and thanked the god of metallic screamo...then asked if I could release it. When they responded they also included two new jams that really kicked my ass. So, in lieu of the Zegema Beach release, I bring you this sick podcast. Some things discussed: Runescape music videos, rock class, Concealer secrets revealed!, playing in Bury Your Idols / Greystone / Breathless / Sense Of Urgency, Jordan is forever, fake shoegaze, getting roundhoused in the balls by Connie from SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Saosin vs. Circa Survive, etc. Bands played in this podcast: The Bled, Botch, Circa Survive, Constrain, Examination Of The..., SeeYouSpaceCowboy, and Since By Man. Listen to podcast #164 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

CONCEALER

Bandcamp

1 Santa Claus' Rock Class

BOTCH "Transitions From Persona to Object" (Jonathan)

2 Spinkick to the Balls

SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY "The End to a Brief Moment of Lasting Intimacy" (Justin)

CONSTRAIN "The Dairy Crimes I've Committed Against My Stomach" (Dave) [official music video]

CIRCA SURVIVE "In Fear and Faith" (Tristan)

3 Death By Genre

THE BLED "The Last American Cowboy" (Joe)

EXAMINATION OF THE... "Each Lust in Prada" (Evan)

SINCE BY MAN "Push the Panic" (Dave) [official music video]

~Dave

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PODCAST #164 linked here

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*** SMUSH + ALUMINUM + BILL CAN + BIG CITY live show review***

SMUSH / ALUMINUM

BILL CAN / BIG CITY

@Red Gate in Vancouver on July 19th, 2024

Live Show Review

     After learning that SMUSH was taking a break from live shows for at least the remainder of 2024 I ensured I booked a ferry and made the 3-hour trek to Vancouver so I could catch them one last time (at least for the foreseeable future). I got their early to distro and hung out with a bunch of local scene people and the bands...it was awesome. The real steal of the show was seeing ALUMINUM though, as I'd never heard of them and immediately bought all the digitals from bandcamp upon arriving home the next day.

     I'm also elated to let everyone know that the SMUSH 12"s for 'if you were here i'd be home now' finally came in so at this point all pre-orders have shipped. We sold over half of the pressing during the pre-order timeframe so if you like what you hear please pick up a copy (linked here, with cheaper ZBR store links at the bottom of the bandcamp page).

     Lastly, the band did both an interview with Idioteq.com and a podcast with (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))). Click on this text for the Idioteq.com interview and/or listen to the podcast below.

SMUSH

     As always, SMUSH freakin' rocked. Great atmosphere. Great instrumentals. Great vocals. Great people. Hell yeah. After seeing their release show, this five-song set left me aching for more but I'm glad I got a good fix of them with some of faves including "goodnight moon", "if we didn't cry", and "horse drawing". Reminder! 12"LPs are now in and shipping from Softseed Music!!!

(2024) SMUSH "new house" (live in Vancouver)

https://youtu.be/FTjm12X9cOA

EXTRA VIDEOS:
"horse drawing"
"lizzy mcguire"

Bandcamp

order 12"LP from Softseed Music:

U.S.A. here
Rest of World here

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ALUMINUM

     "Hey Dave, please compare ALUMINUM to other bands."
     Hmmmm that feels kinda hard because their 80s rock + 90s alternative + shoegaze + indie rock melting pot is so damn original it'd be blasphemy to start saying "they sound like this band" or "they sound like that band". All I know is that it's both heavy and beautiful with two vocalists, making the juxtaposition of sounds that much more obvious. Definitely the highlight of the night for me, they were fucking awesome. I should also note that there were many more songs they played that I enjoyed more than the ones I took videos of, it was just luck of the draw.

(2024) ALUMINUM "Always Here, Never There" (live in Vancouver)

https://youtu.be/lyUX057BOBc

EXTRA VIDEOS:
"As Big As You Are"

"Behind My Mouth"

Bandcamp

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BILL CAN

     This Vancouver-based band is fun and quirky, bringing some pretty sweet licks and playful vocals. Kinda jazzy with elements of dancey and classic rock. Also their name is spelled wrong on the poster.

(2024) BILL CAN (live in Vancouver)

https://youtu.be/r_sbOypNPFs

Bandcamp

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BIG CITY

     Closing the night was the third of four bands from Vancouver, as this two-piece took my brain to a new level. Genres be damned, this was equally jarring and mesmerizing.

(2024) BIG CITY (live in Vancouver)

https://youtu.be/KHauCP0f5v0

Bandcamp

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~

next Dave show (aka I play in WOLLRUSS & this is our first show):

https://youtu.be/gg28vW-eA8w

October 19th in Victoria

*** PODCAST #163 AJ Currier (Colacon, Holly Caught A Contact High) ***

photo: Bret Backus

    In 2022 I met AJ Currier and his crew waiting outside of the ZBR Fest pre-show and we all hit it off instantly. The following year Tomb Tree helped release both COLACON and HOLLY CAUGHT A CONTACT HIGH on cassette. In 2024 COLACON played ZBR Fest and Tomb Tree released their debut album on 12". So obviously this podcast is a long time coming. Besides talking about those bands and being generally hilarious/informative, he also touched on: playing in Scarlet O'Hara/Madelyn Pryor/RaiseUp!/With Winter Upon Us/Kerberos, mispronouncing COLACON, screaming in cars, Psyopus melts the brain, working 94.5 hours in one week, COLACON's first show, ZBR Fest through the years, trusting strangers, defining "slam", the story of the vaulted Senza material and a new jam, accidentally anonymous, Sean Klotz the Hype Man, High Pitch Rich, upcoming Vamonos Tapes news, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Clot, Detach The Islands, Graf Orlock, Peeling Flesh, Rorcal, and Senza. Listen to podcast #163 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

COLACON

Bandcamp

HOLLY CAUGHT A CONTACT HIGH

Bandcamp

Colacon 12"s

1 Setting Things On Fire

RORCAL "Under the Nails" (AJ)

DETACH THE ISLANDS "A Highly Magnified History" (Dave)

2 Siphoning Off Math Grind

PEELING FLESH "Shoot 2 Kill" (AJ)

SENZA "Scrap the Waste" (Dave)

3 I've Watched Breaking Bad 22 Times

GRAF ORLOCK "Border Crossing" (Dave)
CLOT "Fucking Rot" (AJ)

~Dave

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PODCAST #163 linked here

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COLACON "Gales of Contempt" music video

https://youtu.be/gICyDodyHiM

HOLLY CAUGHT A CONTACT HIGH "Hello Mr. Wolynetz" music video

https://youtu.be/Jdd6dLgkpFE

Upcoming COLACON shows:

*** GXLLIUM! exclusive song premiere ***

GXLLIUM!

"Axel Peart"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Rex Kwon Do, .gif from god and Me And Him Call It Us

Bandcamp

orders open October 15th @9am PST for cassettes via ZBR

     Thank fucking lord the drummer shakeup didn't break this band up and now their back with a new six-song EP appropriately titled 'Breakup songs' minus two members plus one new one. There's tapes from ZBR going up on October 15th @9am PST but we only had time to pump out 35 before the release, so once those are gone we'll make another 100 easy. Seriously, you are not ready for this EP! The band gave some insight, read below:

"This is the last song we wrote with our last drummer before disbanding with him, a song we were really proud of, thinking it was gone forever! Till we fortunately invited our good friend Tanner to be the new drummer and finished the song with everyone collaborating on it. The song is named after Tanner's dog, Axel Peart. Trying to find a title when we finished mixing, we looked around Tanner's living room and decided that Axel was way too cool of a dog to not name it after him. This song goes out to Tanner for helping us keep this band alive <3"

(2024) GXLLIUM! "Axel Peart" (from 'Breakup songs')

https://youtu.be/3A4XAwOZPT8

     Right from the get-go GXLLIUM! goes immediately for the jugular with chaotic instrumentals that harness a lot of panic chords, blast beats, and wonky, almost Psyopus-esque guitar originality. After the initial minute of headfuckery, the song shifts into a lot slides and breakdowns before cutting out faraway, haunted screams and minimal instrumentals until 1:43 when the song combines the dreamy soft with the devastatingly heavy and it's fucking beautiful. The final minute is more epic in nature and focuses more on tying up the song instead of constant jaw-drops. Lyrics below!

you had me, you had me

You're left behind and you wonder why

Live

Laugh

As I live in your house

As we paint our picture

Death

Cry

As I live in my car

Outside of your house

A comically places static television

Alone

In the room I got for us

I hear your feet over thresholds

As you binge hotel rooms

Your moans ring like greeting cards in my ribcage

Your pictures are Christmas ornaments

Taken down on a February afternoon

Being so young love dies so soon

Blow up the sun like I’ve never fucking seen it before

Crash the car like I’ve never even loved you before

If god seen what you done he would take you out himself

If god loved me he would kill you at my fucking request

ADDITIONAL LINKS & WHATNOT

GXLLIUM! podcast

REX KWON DO

Band: REX KWON DO
For fans of: Hayworth, .gif from god, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Kiowa, Me And Him Call It Us, Onewaymirror, Thank  You Driver, and Antarctica.
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Math Metal / Mathcore / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence / Mosh

Related artists: ?.
Country: Hayward, California U.S.A.
Years Active: 2024-present

Label(s): Self-released

     REX KWON DO gets their name from the almighty Napoleon Dynamite and released their 'Demo' in fall 2024 and I'm in love. These four jams are chaotic, mathy, heavy, and shrieky as fuck. Imagine Me And Him Call It Us, Hayworth, and Kiowa

in a blender. Shit slaps super hard, like in the opener "Don't Let the Door Hit You Where the Good Lord Split Ya" at 1:14 when the bass drop goes off as an explosion and blowing out all other instruments, then everything slowly increases in volume again as the speakers regain their ability to produce sound. It's fucking awesome and I have yet to hear anything like it. Closer "Thugs, Drugs, and the War on Bugs" brings in the screamo/emo-violence crossover that warranted the Kiowa comparison and is my vote for best song on the EP, especially that quiet and brooding intro and all those dual vox. Easily one of the best demos of the year!!!

     I would love to release this and whatever they do next, so in the off chance they read this please hit me up at zegemabeachrecord@gmail.com

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DISCOGRAPHY

2024 - Demo EP (stream/donate/download here)

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(2024) REX KWON DO - "Thugs, Drugs, and the War on Bugs" (from 'Demo')

https://youtu.be/lI5CkPJ34DA

(2024) REX KWON DO - "Don't Let the Door Hit You Where the Good Lord Split Ya" (from 'Demo')

https://youtu.be/_0QxhIYViVw

(2024) REX KWON DO - "Mocos Song" (from 'Demo')

https://youtu.be/ic4dIRnSGnA

(2024) REX KWON DO - full set

https://youtu.be/Kj7cW8uRh-Q

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*** PODCAST #162 Rohan Lilauwala (Respire, Votive, etc.) ***

photo: Andrew Wu

    Since frequenting the Toronto screamo scene in 2012 I have come to know Rohan very well, so it's kinda shameful that it took me this long to have him on the podcast. Rohan played in Delo Truda before I knew him, and got to know him through Foxmoulder, and then Respire. He also co-founded New Friends, which we discussed. A few things other things we touched on: the secret to starting a band, sleeping on Alexisonfire, tenure in Foxmoulder, the mythical legend that is Tower Of Silence, being nobodies, deep-ass cuts, Respire decade run-through, updated visa store, Votive the ninja, riff dish, doxing Heavenly Blue, band ethos and Godspeed! You Black Emperor, thoughts on running fests and retiring, etc. Bands played in this podcast: A Newfound Interest In Connecticut, Amber Daybreak, Carissa's Weird, Chalk Hands, and The Travesty Star. Listen to podcast #162 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

RESPIRE

Bandcamp

VOTIVE

Bandcamp

Respire 12"s

Respire 'Black Line' tapes

1 Once you see how it's done, only then it becomes easy to do it

A NEWFOUND INTEREST IN CONNECTICUT "and started sharing stories" (Rohan)

THE TRAVESTY STAR "We're Not the Impatients" (Dave)

2 Updated Visa Horror Stories

CHALK HANDS "Teeth and Nails" (Rohan)

AMBER DAYBREAK "Burning Seas" (Dave)

3 Turns out I was the special sauce

CARISSA'S WEIRD "September Come Take This Heart Away" (Rohan)

~Dave

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PODCAST #162 linked here

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RESPIRE + LOVE LUST interview in Germany

https://youtu.be/KrKoqS4XhQ8

*** TERROR CELL exclusive song premiere ***

TERROR CELL

"Silent Rapture"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Under The Pier, .gif from god and Man Is The Most Dangerous Animal

Bandcamp

pre-order 12" here

     On November 1st, 2024 Fisher King Records will officially release the 'All Quiet' 12"LP by Richmond VA metallic hardcore/sludge/screamo heavyweights TERROR CELL. This final single is a short and fast foray into dissonant madness in the vein of Reversal of Man and Pageninetynine covering fascism under the guise of patriotism, and pushing for a call to action against capitalist pressures present in all aspects of modern society. The release show for 'All Quiet' is November 19th at the Camel in Richmond w/Ostraca, Beggars, and Kristeva!!! Goddamn!

(2024) TERROR CELL "Silent Rapture" (from 'All Quiet')

https://youtu.be/HqgzqC-6Eow

     The track begins with pure deception as a warbly country song (a live sample of John Prine’s "Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore", to be exact) dominates the first 26 seconds, at which point the listener gets a face-full of TERROR CELL. By the one-minute mark we've already moved into groovy breakdown territory, calling to mind greats like Bleeding Kansas and Under The Pier. The closing quarter sounds like a room with all the walls closing in, as it's claustrophobic as fuck and highly effective at kicking my ass. Lyrics below!

Wake from dreams in black and white 

To Waste away the years 

Tomorrow seems so out of reach 

Trapped in this routine 

Dreams of progress snuffed like flames 

To keep the machine alive 

They’ll let us burn if it means they’ll save

Money on burial plots 

Money for blood 

Power at any cost 

Shattered nerves 

In our hearts we’re numb 

Keep searching For a 

Reason to Go on 

Keep pulling 

At the chains that bind us

ADDITIONAL LINKS & WHATNOT

another single premiere that OMSB did

Podcast with Hunter (drums)