***PODCAST #25 w/Matthew Collins (SWALLOWS NEST / MACHINA REX)***

The last New Zealand podcast, this interview and talk with my buddy Matthew Collins happened the second or third last night I was in Dunedin, so probably December 10th, 2017 or something. He spent a few hours with me talkin' about our band Swallows Nest as well as a plethora of awesome and mostly heavy music. Matt plays guitar in Swallows Nest and also played guitar in Machina Rex, another Dunedin band with our fellow band member Jörg De Berg (podcast Jörg with linked here). Below is the tracklisting for the streaming/downloadable podcast #25. Our split 7" with Crowning just came out on  Zegema Beach you can grab one here and on bandcamp linked right heeya.

1
SMASHINIG PUMPKINS - "Geek U.S.A." (Matt)
CAVE IN - "Shapeshifter" (Dave)

2
THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES - "Lucifer" (Matt)
KILL SADIE - "The Surgeon's Muse" (Dave)
BIRDS IN A ROW - "Pelori" (Matt)
CROWNING - "Funeral Designs" (Dave)

3
NAILS - "You Will Never Be One Of Us" (Matt)
.GIF FROM GOD - "Let's Look at the Plague" (Dave)
HEXIS - "Abalam" (Matt)
BIRCH - "Rorschach" (Dave)

4
METHCHRIST - "Nomadic War Machine" (Matt)
BLUE YOUTH - "The Power" (Dave)
CONVERGE - "Aimless Arrow" (Matt)
MANELI JAMAL - "Cold Arrival" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #25 linked here
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SWALLOWS NEST

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(2017) SWALLOWS NEST - "A Subtle Knife for New Doors" live video from Dave's Final Show (Dec 1, 2017)

MACHINA REX

(2016) MACHINA REX - live video from Chronophonium

A/N/D

Band: A/N/D (aka Allow Natural Death)

Genres: Punk / Rock / Hardcore / Sludge / Grunge
Related artists: Eyelet, Bruised Ego and Synodus Horrenda.
Country: Baltimore, Maryland U.S.A.
Years Active: 2018-present
Song: "Undone"
Album: "A/N/D"
Year: 2018
For fans of: Meth And Goats, Fugazi, Rye Coalition, Universal Order of Armageddon, Aim Of Conrad, Embassy, Monochrome, King Slender, Hose Got Cable, Policy of Three, Hot Snakes, Elements of Need, Hercules Hercules, Worst Gift, Mass Movement Of The Moth, Ladder Devils, Cyrus Gold, Drummers, Creepozoidz, Panthers and Ultra Dolphins aka PROPER SCREAMO.

Label(s): Self Released

This post's artist is from the May 2018 Mix. This is track #9.

You can download: the May 2018 Mix#5 right here or get the new June 2018 Mix#6 here.

Review by THOMAS SCHLATTER:

A/N/D gives you three songs that show off a good deal of diversity in the band's cannon. There's a blown out quality to the production which presents the band with a very raw sound. I can't help but feel that A/N/D sounds like some mid 90's bands that I would often hear on labels like Ebullition, Old Glory, etc. They have a unique approach in their song writing that never goes too over the top, but opts to expand on traditional tempos and melodies.

Each instrument carries it's own weight here. The guitar playing illustrates some nice skills, showcasing dense reverb walls of sound, single note gymnastics and driving chords. Drum-wise we're definitely getting someone that has the ability to take the songs out of traditional time signatures and get interesting.

The desperate vocals add that last layer to complete the mid 90's sound. There's a bit of restraint that seems to be practiced with the screams that lends itself really well over this music. All in all, a good package of three songs!

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DISCOGRAPHY

2018 - A/N/D digitalEP (stream/donate/download here)

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(2018) A/N/D - "Undone" (from 'A/N/D')

(2018) A/N/D - "Reno" (from 'A/N/D')

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A/N/D additional links

Bandcamp

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***EUTH exclusive album premiere***

EUTH

'Euth'
exclusive album premiere

For fans of: Enkephalin, Cassilis, Botch, Vein, Psyopus and Kiss The Sky Goodbye

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I first heard EUTH when the drummer Adam sent me "Blind Rotters" from their Closet Witch split to premiere back in June of 2016 (linked here) and I nearly shat myself. Fast forward to August 2016 and I witnessed them lay waste to Swamp Fest II in Richmond (linked here). In 2016 they also released a split with Ankou which catapulted the band into my Best Of 2016 list (linked here). I waited patiently in 2017 with no news, although I did write this discography review. But in early 2018 I was asked to help release their new, self titled 12"LP and I human cannon-balled myself at that opportunity. 'Euth' is 8 songs of evil, technical, screamy and prodigiously heavy hardcore/metal. The Laramie band is self described as "screechy, blasty, hectic Wyoming false grind" and I am currently nodding in agreement with that. The black 12"LP will drop (that's right, Lars 😏) in early summer 2018 on the following awesome labels which can you can pre-order from by clicking through their name.

EUTH 'Euth' 12"LP

pre-order from:

Zegema Beach Records (Canada)

Middle Man Records (U.S.A.)
Convulse Records (U.S.A.)

React With Protest (Germany)

Adorno Records (U.K.)

A few quick words about each track:
1 - "Twin Tombs"
      A deceptive opening with a lot of melody and restraint that is eventually dismantled and destroyed.

2 - "Land of the Breathing"
      The shortest of the songs, and quite possibly the Botch-iest.

3 - "San Pedro"
      This lays waste to the listener 40 seconds in and has the crunchiest and heaviest riff on the record.

4 - "Caustic Skin"
      At 3:48 this behemoth crashes around, sometimes slowly and other times in a frantic panic, making it one of the most versatile tracks here.

5 - "Peace in the Narrow"
      Another relatively lengthy song, it has more of a swelling, brooding nightmare feel and a final minute that will haunt your dreams.

6 - "Bleached White Hell"
      Unrelenting and utterly ridiculous in the drumming department, this song will likely remove your facial skin cuz it fuckin' shreds.

7 - "Disposed"
      Dark and disturbing with fierce, venomous vocals...wait, that's every track.

8 - "Anomic Death"
      An epic closer with phenomenal guitarin', particularly from 30 seconds onward, that leads the song and album to its deathly, bass-heavy close.

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Be sure to check out EUTH on their upcoming tour in late May and early June with Closet Witch!

5/29 Laramie, WY

5/30 Omaha, NE

5/31 Minneapolis, MN TBA

6/1 Milwaukee, WI

6/2 Chicago, IL TBA

6/3 Quad Cities

6/4 St. Louis, MO

6/5 Kansas City, MO TBA

6/6 Wichita, KS

6/7 Denver, CO

6/8 Colorado Springs, CO