поступь

Band: поступь
For fans of: Aspergers, June Paik, Minaret, Black Nail, Lucidity, Cady, and Anodyne.
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence / Black Metal

Related artists: ?.
Country: Saratov RUSSIA
Years Active: 2025-present

Label(s): Emiva Records

     Sometimes I randomly come across something in my music folder that has snuck in there and has been hiding ever since. I recently uncovered one of these in my 2025 folder (yeah it was mid-2026 by this time) and it fucking floored me. I then checked out the band again for this review to see they have published a new two-song banger in 2026. Fuck yes.

     поступь are a four-piece from Saratov in Russia and play a dark, intense, and violent form of screamo not unlike Lucidity, Cady, and June Paik. It's fast, technical, and moody, making the experience that much more immersive. On their debut EP 'лица' they weave between crushing moments and softer subterranean sections, with a perfect example being opener "(не) любовь". Next is "кем ты стал?" which is a dancier version of the band that still comes in bathed in vitriol (and panic chords). My personal fave is "правда" which is an absolute beast and incorporates the biggest of the band's breakdowns amidst a flurry of panic chords and wicked stop/starts. I love the opening of the song as well, as the tremello guitar builds on itself using slight alterations placed with unique timing - it's kind of Aspergers light.

     The 2026 EP 'юдоль' is just two songs and although they go hard, they don't quite reach the level of the aforementioned banger "правда". The first track "опухоль (feat. ГРИН)" sees the band moving slightly more into the hardcore direction, but once the 45-second mark hits the breakdown everything falls into place and I get it. Awesome track. The second track "всё пройдёт" begins like a post-hardcore track with some nice guitar and screamed vocals before delving directly back into German-sounding emo-violence. Fuck to the yes.

     Very stoked to hear what comes next from this band!

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DISCOGRAPHY

2025 - лица (stream/donate/download here)

2026 - юдоль (stream/donate/download here)

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(2025) поступь - "правда" (from 'лица')

https://youtu.be/pHrKqGO6EnQ

(2025) поступь - "кем ты стал?" (from 'лица')

https://youtu.be/2YjOFTAo9c4

(2026) поступь - "всё пройдёт" (from 'юдоль')

https://youtu.be/JOePmYI9ad8

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*** WELLNESS exclusive song premiere ***

WELLNESS

"Countering"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Moments Of Being, Crowning and Ghola

cd/cassette/12" pre-order full release September 18th via Third House

Started in 2025, this band features members that have spent time in some incredible projects including Heavenly Blue, Kayo Dot, Liturgy, and Massa Nera. WELLNESS has their first seven-song, self-titled album releasing next week on Third House via cassettes, cds, and vinyl. I've got the honor of premiering their single "Countering" right now. Aeryn had the following to say about it.

"A lil about the context of the song - The lyrics are my own take on a protest song and finding the will to continue to fight back capitalist systems of oppression. We all deal with misinformation online, polarizing culture war bullshit/leftist infighting, and state violence that punishes people for speaking out...all while we're exhausted from work. But action has to happen regardless because ICE is abducting our neighbors off the street and our planet is being heated so rapidly that it will kill/displace even more people, and destroy agriculture and ecosystems that sustain life as we know it. We have to reach into ourselves and find what drives our own motivations and empathy for fighting back the system and accepting our own personal capacity to do so. We should also reach out to our communities to give/receive help because together we're stronger and we can start building the world we want to live in."

(2026) WELLNESS "Countering" (from 'Wellness')

https://youtu.be/Lh-Z5hQd2Ho

     This song is just 1:38 in length but holy shit it goes places. The stop/start instrumentals paired with anguished screams open the song and lead to some mathy/noodly goodness before diving into the deep end. By the one-minute mark the song has already run a few circles around the listener, mixing melody, drive, and screaming into a lip-smacking screamo soup - but those final six seconds are fucking catastrophic. Good lord that's some yummy stuff.

COUNTERING (lyrics):
Separated by false pretenses, a blur of misinformation. Worn bodies - mechanisms for labor, scraping by, rusting away. Tearing away, tearing away, tearing away our time. Tearing away, tearing away, tearing away our time, our lives. Smoke gets in your eyes: burning blue, shattered glass. Smoke gets in your lungs: gasoline scented air. Smoke gets in your teeth: broken bones, swollen tongues. Smoke gets in your lungs: chemicals cloud the air. Reach inward. Reach outward. Dismantle violent systems and take back our lives.

*** PODCAST #200 Cozy St. Jean ***

    On this very special 200th podcast I interviewed COZY ST. JEAN from St. Louis. I've been following her for years and longing for new material. Well I got the scoop on that on a whole lot more. It was an honor talking to her and uncovering her inspirations, background, and outlook on the future. Some things we touched on: being quiet and shy, early Avril Lavigne covers, hooray for Nicole Dollanganger, surprise: a cover, representing your teen era, the sound of a rainbow, nice for ears, upcoming material, speeding up, apartment show test, upcoming show, Gooman, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Aspidistrafly, Corey Cash & Chuka Stergios, Current 93, Daniel Johnston, Elliot Smith, and Iced Tea And Smiles. Listen to podcast #200 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

COZY ST. JEAN

Bandcamp

1 Avril Dollanganger

ELLIOT SMITH "Christian Brothers" (Cozy)

ICED TEA AND SMILES "Hospice [Cozy St. Jean cover]" (Dave)

2 Formal Request for Lost Voice Memos

DANIEL JOHNSTON "The Story of an Artist" (Cozy)

COREY CASH & CHUKA STERGIOS "Leaving" (Dave)

3 The Past Five Years

CURRENT 93 "Bloodbells Chime" (Cozy)

ASPIDISTAFLY "Landscape With A Fairy" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #200 linked here

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*** VALATIE exclusive song premiere ***

VALATIE

"Deafinitely"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Ambretta, Burial Etiquette and Aspertame

Bandcamp

     I was quite taken with the debut VALATIE album 'Dragged Through the Garden' that released back in 2025. The Chicago, Illinois six-piece is comprised of members have spent time in Indisposed, Excrucis, Sawamura No Hitter, Antillion, and Mira Corpora, so it's obvious this will be quite the treat. Their sophomore album 'echolalia' hits the streets on August 21st via Oliver Glenn Records by way of 70 cassettes. Today I'm premiering the 6th of 8 tracks titled 'Deafinitely' and Dylan from the band had the following to say about it:

"'Deafinitely' is a song we put together toward the end of the writing cycle. It was kind of pieced together out of a few separate ideas. It’s one of the more ‘high contrast’ songs we put together for this record, with the zany sass intro that leads into the waltzy, melodic second half. The lyrics mostly examine this metaphor of authoritarian American politicians ‘driving the country’ recklessly like a car. We fooled around with a few different arrangements for the opening section and eventually settled on the big, all screaming format that definitely feels like one of the punchiest moments on the album, in my opinion."

(2026) VALATIE "Deafinitely" (from 'echolalia')

https://youtu.be/8tQwWGtx0pc

     The song opens going full speed with a dirty and pummeling intro that boasts multiple vocalists, breakdowns, and some quirky guitar progressions. Just before the one-minute mark the song shifts its weight and settles on back-and-forth post-hardcore with some gorgeous clean vocals that lead it to a tipping point between melody and math that begins to resolve around 1:50 as it fades out and creeps back in with a dark groove. Love those harmonics and spoken word.

The band is going on tour next week so check it out if you're in the area!!!

*** HORSE FUNERAL exclusive song premiere ***

HORSE FUNERAL

"Sazerac Drinker"
exclusive album/song premiere

For fans of: Usurp Synapse, Missouri Executive Order 44, Aim Of Conrad and Lower Automation

Bandcamp
(becomes active upon its July 31st release)

Instagram

     HORSE FUNERAL are a math/sass band operating out Little Rock, Arkansas. Their email was the first I've heard of them but when they cited: Usurp Synapse, Febuary, .GIF From God, Terry Green, Euclid C Finder, Nerver, Antioch Arrow, The Locust, and generally from the 90's San Diego scene, Gravity Records, and 31G as influences I immediately dug in whilst salivating.

     I was tempted to premiere "Casket City" because it's the best track, but as it is partially already out there in various promo videos I'll stick with penultimate track "Sazerac Drinker", which leans a bit more to the screamo side while the former mixed in a lot of noise rock ala fellow Illinoisians Lower Automation. This track is fire and the mixture of drunken sassy rambling alongside piercing screams is awesome. They 've already booked a two day run in August, and are planning on touring further afteward. The debut record release show is planned for July 31st with tapes coming from texasheartusa and cds from Vamonos Records.

(2026) HORSE FUNERAL "Sazerac Drinker" (from 'Horse Funeral')

https://youtu.be/Kx2fBS4-No8

*** PODCAST #199 Paul (Persistent Vision, Perpetual Motion Machine) ***

    I was always a huge fan of Perpetual Motion Machine, so when I found out that the new incarnation Persistent Vision was doing great things I began following them closely. They've released a ton of awesome stuff since 2023 and with an upcoming...thing happening with Paul and the label I figured it was high time to have him on. A few choice things discussed: skate punk, everything after page 98, band t-shirts are the best introductions, Paul makes me upset, creating/running Perpetual Motion Machine and playing in Operation Latte Thunder, Sweat Lodge and Wilderness Medicine, the screamo dead years, a top five best word, Dark Days Bright Nights festival, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Assfactor 4, Ecorche, Heiße, Planesmistakenforstars, and Torches To Rome. Listen to podcast #199 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

PERSISTENT VISION RECORDS

Bandcamp

1 You Need to Stop Talking

~ no music

2 Everyone DOESN'T Get Their Money Back

TORCHES TO ROME "Young Arsenal" (Paul)

ECORCHE "Song # 6" (Dave)

3  Dark Days Bright Nights and future Persistent releases

ASSFACTOR 4 "I reckon" (Paul)

HEIßE "Tensusaiga" (Dave)
PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS "End Me in Richmond" (Paul)

~Dave

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PODCAST #199 linked here

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*** PODCAST #198 Gus Caldwell (Ostraca, Absent Light's Guerdon) ***

photo by @psyop_snaps

    Goddamn I've known Gus for about a decade at this point, and with OSTRACA playing ZBR Fest 2026 and then releasing a new full length the next month, this podcast was a no-brainer. I had spoken with Gus, Brian, and John as a full band back in 2017 (video interview linked here) but I wanted to pick his brain, specifically. You can check out a podcast that I did with drummer John by clicking on this text. Some things we touched on: Weird Al and our favourite UHF scenes, at time when Gus could not be outskanked, Gus' Red Hot Chilli Peppers cover band, a fallow period for the screamo genre, the June Paik effect, Black Metal and Medieval Associations 101, "big" vs. "meaningful", the Zach Hill school of drumming, the lowdown on 'Thread', recording and songs that aren't meant to be played live, album release show, remember Horny Al?, etc. Bands played in this podcast: A Recorded Dawn, Gregor Samsa, I.O., Mercy Necromancy, Peter Rehberg feat. Dennis Cooper, and Sangre De Muerdago. Listen to podcast #198 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

OSTRACA

Bandcamp

ABSENT LIGHT'S GUERDON

Bandcamp

1 The Sound Of Music is Poison
GREGOR SAMSA "Pseudonyms" (Gus)

MERCY NECROMANCY "Fawn" (Dave)

2 I Liked How You Stood Really Still While You Played

SANGRE DE MUERDAGO "A Chamada da Néboa" (Gus)

A RECORDED DAWN "Lost to time unkind" (Dave)

3 A Window Into Your Mind

PETER REHBERG feat. DENNIS COOPER "ML3" (Gus)

I.O. "these dreams are too big to hide and too doable not to do" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #198 linked here

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*** CONSTRAIN x LAKESIDE AMUSEMENT PARK Vancouver Island tour ***

\CONSTRAIN/

\LAKESIDE AMUSEMENT PARK/

\CADERE/

\CSILLA'S STAR IS GONE/

@Brass Monkey in Victoria on June 13th, 2026
Live Show Review

A few years back I did a podcast with Hamilton's CONSTRAIN (linked here) who took the local scene (one which I used to be a part of) by storm. Their emotionally charged live show is fucking intense, their breakdowns are nuts, and the intricacy/tightness of it all puts them in a league of their own. During said podcast I told them that I had just started a new band on Vancouver Island and that they should come play with us sometime. That time was this past weekend, June 11th (in Vancouver, but I did not attend) June 12th (in Duncan) and June 13th (in Victoria). It was a very expensive trip for them so if you want to support the homies please check them out when they play and pick up some killer merch from them (or grab stuff online here). Shoutout Matty.

A few choice clips from the Duncan show

https://youtu.be/8F4YvWmJvUs

A few choice clips from the Victoria show

https://youtu.be/pKqaYwKmd70

CONSTRAIN

     Good lord these dudes came out and brought their A game! Mixing sassy metalcore with vicious hardcore, the end result is a highly potent and highly flammable that explodes during their live show. Awesome dudes too? You betcha. New EP coming this summer!!! I still can't believe Jesse is alive I thought he was going to bail hard off that table at Brass Monkey.

(2026) CONSTRAIN "The Dairy Crimes I've Committed Against My Stomach" (from 'Welcome to Club Vampire')

https://youtu.be/cP7wvPNtXMU

For fans of: SeeYouSpaceCowboy and Concealer

Bandcamp

extra video: Video #2

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LAKESIDE AMUSEMENT PARK

     This Kelowna BC band was touring with Constrain and after their Vancouver show the vocalist/bassist Jade got sick and had to go home, so the band came with a fill-in bassist (the same that helped Constrain on tour!) and then Phoebe (guitar) and Matty (fill-in bass) did vocals on top. I gotta say I wouldn't have known they were missing a member as they sounded sick. Freyja from Coup D'etat also joined on vocals for a few songs on the Victoria date.

(2026) LAKESIDE AMUSEMENT PARK

https://youtu.be/F3uGhNgS0wg

For fans of: Coup D'etat and The Names Of Our Friends

Bandcamp

extra video: Video #2

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CADERE

     These were supposed to be the final Mourn Recif shows but it didn't work out that way, which may have turned out for the best as each night I was told by different people that our set was the best they'd seen from us. Hot damn. We recorded the six songs we played both nights back in May so they will release on a 12" sometime this fall/early winter on Zegema Beach.

(2026) CADERE "Saint Catheter" (from upcoming EP)

https://youtu.be/34-lVX0LMpA

For fans of: A Paramount, A Love Supreme and Fingerswoventogether

Instagram

extra video: "My Favourite Oxymoron is Partial Ceasefire"

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CSILLA'S STAR IS GONE

     This local band is still very new but boasts members from a ton of sick Victoria bands including Coup D'etat, A Recorded Dawn, Wollruss, Bathtub Autopsy, etc. Their sets are always fast with almost no talking, just extremely vivid recollections played through an audio sample of people witnessing atrocities at farms and what I will just call death centers. This was the best set I've seen from them yet.

(2026) CSILLA'S STAR IS GONE Two Songs (currently unreleased)

https://youtu.be/whU6GC6CfEQ

For fans of: Bucket Full Of Teeth and Caust

Instagram

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*** PODCAST #197 ZBR Fest 2026 recap ***

    I sat down with my buoys Josh and Nima. We all play in Wollruss together and like listening to the new Ostraca album before its release. Josh spends his time playing in so many band it'd be stupid if they weren't all amazing, like A Recorded Dawn and Csilla's Star Is Gone. Oh also Cadere. Oh oh, and that unnamed metalcore project. Nima spends most of his time on Hillsboro but his recent indoctrination to screamo is now complete. We talked about every band (at least once): Csilla's Star Is Gone, Wollruss, Clay Birds, Carrion Spring, Othiel, Treewell, Terrifying Girl's High School, Cadere (ex-Mourn Recif), Coup D'etat, Fingerswoventogether, Serrate, Emma Goldman, Mage Tears, Mieke, Nuvolascura, Ostraca, Hillsboro, Jisei, A Recorded Dawn, Mau, The Names Of Our Friends, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead, Hetta, Wallflower, Crossed, and The Caution Children. Besides every band that played, A few additional things discussed: dead cats, rollerskating at the screamo show, exploding heads, Red Gate the Hospital, Dave fights an SG (and loses), Yes I want to feed the goats, 2026: The Year of Spirit Fingers, Handshake of the Year Award, rolling ankles, Top 5 Screamo Songs of the last 10 years, weed puffer magic, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Fingerswoventogether, Othiel, and Treewell. Listen to podcast #197 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

A RECORDED DAWN

Bandcamp

HILLSBORO

Bandcamp

1 The Pre-Show
TREEWELL "Antlers" (Josh)

2 Day One

FINGERSWOVENTOGETHER "One Glass Eye and Knives for Hands" (Dave)

3 Day Two

OTHIEL "Treasures" (Nima)

~Dave

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PODCAST #197 linked here

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*** ERETIA exclusive song premiere ***

ERETIA

"VIII"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Fall Of Efrara, LVTN, Kollapse and Isis

Bandcamp

pre-orders linked here

album releases June 15th!!!

     Back in November of 2022 I premiered "II" by the Cantabrian band ERETIA (ex-OsoLuna and Tempano) and I dug it so much that I snagged a few copies for the ZBR distro. It was wicked, pulsing, jagged, heavy, and melodic simultaneously, reminding me sonically of Fall Of Efrafa, Cult Of Luna, Rosetta, R. Josef, etc. and their upcoming EP takes this formula and saturates the listener in even more pummeling, crushing riffage with wild, primal vocals.

     And that brings us to today, as I am premiering the first single from their upcoming one-sided 12" 'The Autumn of Civilization.'. It will feature four songs in 21 minutes, with the band returning to have "Papelillo" record at Cubil Studio. This project has also been enhanced by the participation of Scott Evans@gse on mixing and @matthewbarnhart on mastering, two people the band deeply admires for their careers and work with bands like Sumac, Neurosis, Pelican, La Dispute and Kowloon Walled City, among many others. The album artwork is by the incredibly talented @asatxasat. The album will be released on all formats.

*250 copies on Ultraclear transparent vinyl

*250 copies on Yellow transparent vinyl

via:

@engrecsguy (UK)

@dingleberry_records (GERMANY)

@nothingtoharvestrcrd (GREECE),

Araki Records (FRANCE)

@diy.kolo.records (POLAND)

@vinarecords (ITALY)

@exabrupto.records (MÉXICO)

@prejudice_me (UK)

5FeetUnder Records (NORWAY)

@pifiarecords (ASTURIAS/MANNHEIM)

@produccionestudancas (CANTABRIA)

@primitive_noise_producciones (CANTABRIA)

@autoestimadiy (CANTABRIA)

Tapes /49:

@threemoonsrecs (POLAND)

Digipak CDs /100:

@slow.down.records (NORWAY)

The band had the following to say regarding the concept of the album:

"We lived believing we could bend nature's cycles without consequences, climate-control winters, import summers, and call oil dependency progress. Climate crisis, energy shortages, food and material scarcity, broken supply chains, and rampant speculation. This isn't bad luck or a passing crisis; it's the result of a model that exhausted the Earth as if it were infinite. We were warned for decades, and we chose to look the other way. "The autumn of civilization" is a metaphor; it's time to slow down, take care of what's essential, relocate our lives, and decide whether we continue squeezing an exhausted planet or finally learn to live within its limits."

(2026) ERETIA "VIII" (from 'The Autumn of Civilization.')

https://youtu.be/H2o-8B6tQuw

     The song wastes no time moving into a massive section that Amia Venera Landscape would be proud of, as the combo attack of gorgeous riffing and shockwave chugs is mesmerizing. The song moves into a Maserati-esque midsection with a driving rhythm section amidst a flurry of guitar delay and echo. The band concludes with masterful and powerful palm mutes that absolutely crush the listener into submission. Fuck to the yes.

*** I.O. exclusive song premiere ***

I.O.

"these dreams are too big to hide and too doable not to do"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Hella, Pretend, Tera Melos, Storm and Stress, Mount Eerie’s wordier albums, Touche Amore, Postmodern Poetry, Cryptic Personal Substacks, and Walter Benjamin

Bandcamp

cassette orders open May 15th, 2026

     I have a lot of luck. First, I was lucky enough to play with I.O. at the first Wollruss show a few years back and it was like a religious experience. After building up enough courage to ask Maxwell Patterson if he wanted to be in a band with me, I was lucky enough to have him say yes (we play in Wollruss together now). Fast-forward to a month ago and he lets me know he just finished his new album and asked if I wanted to help release it on cassette. Now I'm also doing a song premiere on my blog. I really do hope luck is the residue of design, cuz if so I'm doin' a helluva job lol

     On the cusp of I.O.'s new album 'The Beatniks Couldn’t Save The World', I'm proud as hell to give you the second of six songs titled "these dreams are too big to hide and too doable not to do". It's a jazzy drum rampage through a gorgeous and lush wordscape that brings to mind Hella, Tera Melos, La Dispute, and even Touche Amore. Here are a few notes:

'The Beatniks Couldn’t Save The World'

a screamo opera by i.o

it’s about the reformation and reclamation of memories transfigured into something supernatural

'The Beatniks Couldn’t Save The World' is the first vocal record by noise-rock drummer virtuoso I.O since 2023 and his first joined by long-time part-time live vocalist JP Meldrum.

'The Beatniks Couldn’t Save The World' is what Maxwell and JP call a “freemo” record - an obscure portmanteau of screamo and free improvisation overheard while on tour in Europe. That, or a "screamo opera". Max and JP connected nearly ten years ago as two of Victoria BC’s most idiosyncratic experimental musicians known for their proliferation, in adherence to genre, and seamless ability to improvise in a no-rehearsal noise-rock context. Yet, the riffs and lyrics on TBCSTW are carefully crafted, cryptic poems that harken to the beautiful post-rock/emo melodies of Pretend and the sardonic verses of Leonard Cohen by-way-of Circa Survive melodrama that find light inside the manic preacher delivery of JP and the iconic virtuoso chaos of Max’s drumming.

This is Maxwell Patterson’s 212th album and JP Meldrum’s 53rd. Between the two, they have collaborated with members of N3VEL, Loving, Hillsboro, Teen Suicide, Shake the Baby Til the Love Comes Out and solo acts like Colin Fischer and Dis Fig. They also play in the band Really Loud Free Jazz together.

'The Beatniks Couldn’t Save The World' was mixed, mastered, engineered and produced by Cody Baresich. The album art is by Robert Voyvodic.

(2026) I.O. "these dreams are too big to hide and too doable not to do" (from 'The Beatniks Couldn't Save The World')

https://youtu.be/83kKjfbVQEk

ADDITIONAL LINKS & WHATNOT

*** PODCAST #196 Bobby Caruso (Caution Children, Gillian Carter) ***

    Bobby Caruso. The Ultimate Chiller. Bassist for The Caution Children and Gillian Carter. Wearer of Hats. Searcher of the Riff. One Wicked Human. Etc. A few things discussed: Hung, so much grunge, blazed in the church room, hella hat territory, practice pad bullshit, Primus and Danzig covers, learning how to scream in Cassettes On Fire, from "on-call" to "in the band", prime Boris, appropriate album art, upcoming Gillian Carter record, ZBR Fest 2026, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Caustic Wound, Clouds, Danzig, Mouthing, Pearl Jam, and Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol. Listen to podcast #196 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

THE CAUTION CHILDREN

Bandcamp

GILLIAN CARTER

Bandcamp

1 Pre-Beard Bobby
DANZIG "Dirty Black Summer" (Bob)

PEARL JAM "Animal" (Dave)

2 Riffmasters

RICKSHAW BILLIE'S BURGER PATROL "Grave Digger" (Bob)

CLOUDS "Pressure" (Dave)

3 Appropriate Future

CAUSTIC WOUND "Blood Battery" (Bob)

MOUTHING "i would die for hours" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #196 linked here

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ABSENT FROM THE MORNING HEADCOUNT

Band: ABSENT FROM THE MORNING HEADCOUNT
For fans of: Orchid, Tristan Tzara, Cassus, Taking Tiger Mountain, Yotsuya Kaidan, The Ultimate Screamo Band, Malisa Bahat, Piri Reis, and Yearning.
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence

Related artists: ?.
Country: Vienna AUSTRIA
Years Active: 2025-present

Label(s): The Burden of Reflecting / Oilfish Records

     In the summer of 2025 Vienna's ABSENT FROM THE MORNING HEADCOUNT released their 8-song/12-minute first endeavor 'compos mentis' and it seemed to come out of nowhere and fucking ruin me. The classic emo-violence sound is done extremely well, and that's not taking into consideration that it's their debut, it's just fucking wicked. It becomes apparent from the blazing-yet-melodic opener "i threw a rock off an overpass and killed a guy" before obliterating the listener on the following track "reclaim your tongue (massachusetts 1890)", which is arguably my favorite song alongside "thesis nr. 100: i can have a little blasphemy as a treat" that boasts a sick opening nice swing in its midsection. The rest of the album blazes through in no time, and if you liked the first three jams you'll definitely enjoy the remaining five! Very stoked to hear what's next.

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DISCOGRAPHY

2025 - compos mentis EP (stream/donate/download here)

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(2025) ABSENT FROM THE MORNING HEADCOUNT - "reclaim your tongue (massachusetts 1890)" (from 'compos mentis')

https://youtu.be/u3bZrmJEBnw

(2025) ABSENT FROM THE MORNING HEADCOUNT - "thesis nr. 100: i can have a little blasphemy as a treat" (from 'compos mentis')

https://youtu.be/phIMimtvXHc

(2025) ABSENT FROM THE MORNING HEADCOUNT - "hornbach has all my cash" (from 'compos mentis')

https://youtu.be/E0_S_ubmamY

(2025) ABSENT FROM THE MORNING HEADCOUNT - full set (live)

https://youtu.be/kUneetyy9Ew

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*** TEETHONTEETH exclusive song premiere ***

TEETHONTEETH

"Famine"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Malevich, Long.Way.Down, Deafheaven and Underdark

     Hot damn today's new premiere comes from ma boyee Mathew Meyer (plays guitar for Athousandangelsandseven), as he did all the recording mixing and mastering for this as well as the guitar, bass, and vocals, while the drums were performed by Corbin Echtermeyer (aka the new drummer for Athousandangelsandseven). The two also play in Pedestal For Leviathan and Mathew also play in Fatalist, so although this project is different than those, the heaviness, intensity, and sick riffs are on par for what you'd expect from these members. The sound is a mixture of mathy metallic hardcore and sludgy black metal, creating a nightmarish combo that is as pleasant as it is destructive. This is being put out by loveletterstomyvalentine Records and CDs will be coming out soon. Kendrick Lemke (also from Athousandangelsandseven) made the logo.  Preston Weippert of Candy Apple and Of Feather And Bone did the art. 

Mathew has the following to say about the EP:
These 3 songs I have been sitting on for a while and never really fit any of my other projects so I decided I wanted them to be realized because they deserve it and I’ve always been into these ones. Part of it was definitely wanting the challenge of doing almost all of this myself music wise. I’m super proud of how these came out and it was a big leap writing and recording vocals for me. The last song is instrumental, it’s the guitar mic boosted loud enough that you can hear my unplugged guitar over the hum of the amp.  Pretty cool candid little diddy. 

It comes out Friday at midnight aka less than 12 hours from this post!

(2026) TEETHONTEETH "Famine" (from 'My Penitence')

https://youtu.be/39bDh_hsnk0