PODCAST #87 Allen Nunez (Massa Nera, Miriam, Dim Into Dross)

Hey who loves Allen? I sure as hell do. Allen is a wonderful person with a great sense of humour and some seriously sick talent. Besides playing in Massa Nera from the get-go, he's spent time in many other bands which we discussed, as well as: nu-metal introductions, inspired by Chris, Bordello (pre-Massa Nera), Propagandhi love, the 20-minute song, tons of info on the new album, multiple vocalist love, delirious Allen, Foo Fighters, Miriam instability, Dave provides motivation (or at least...tries to), Dim Into Dross' existence, too many bands, oh my god we're on the same comp, Dave and Allen play Portrayal Of Guilt via doo-doos and other weird mouth noises, black metal, working out/maui thai, video games, etc. Bands played in this podcast: De Facto Enscripture, Portrayal Of Guilt, Propagandhi, Soul Glo, System Of A Down, and Underdark. Listen to podcast #87 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN "War" (Allen)
PROPAGANDHI "Back to the Motor League" (Dave)

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SOUL GLO "Driponomics (feat. Mother Maryrose)" (Allen)
DE FACTO ENSCRIPTURE "Thread" (Dave)

3 Allen Fucking Up

PORTRAYAL OF GUILT "The Sixth Circle" (Allen)
UNDERDARK "Bank of Roses" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #87 linked here
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***ORPHANED exclusive song premiere***

ORPHANED

"Devolution"
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For fans of: Ditch Organ, Hope Drone and Old Man Gloom

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pre-order opens May 1st, 2022 via Tomb Tree

Do you like peace, calm, and general tranquility? Yeah? THEN GET OUT! Cuz there is none of that for you here, just pure hardcore/black metal/doom that is a barrage on the senses. Featuring members of Sarcoughogus, Closedown, Ex-Wolf-Teeth, Ex-Harvey Pekar, Ex-Noxis, and Ex-Christmas, this Cleveland trio (who all contribute vocals!) will lay waste for about four-to-five minutes before shifting into aggressive noise/drone for the final minute or so. Today I'm premiering "Devolution", the second track from the four song EP 'Hate Has Consequences' releasing May 1st on Tomb Tree, with cassettes following a few weeks after that.

"Devolution lyrics are about the Black Lives Matter marches in the Midwest and how protestors stood up for their beliefs about institutionalized police force injustice while being bombarded with tear gas, rubber bullets, night sticks, and riot gear. Thank you to those who seek to highlight racism, discrimination, and inequality experienced by black people. and continue to protest incidents of police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people."

(2022) ORPHANED "Devolution" (from 'Hate Has Consequences')

https://youtu.be/dN3n8kywHTg

This track is a hook through the ear and directly into the brain. It's not a pretty hook. In fact, I think it's rusted, dipped in poison, and hurts like hell. The tri-vocals are utterly devastating and take the band's sound to another level of chaos and grime. The instrumentals are done at breakneck speed, and holy smokes that drummer must get tired. Seriously, that's some intense-ass drumming that takes little-to-no breaks, with two exceptions: 1) oh my god that repeating riff that makes everything else freeze so as to isolate the note progression, it's fucking awesome and the focal melody point of the entire track, and 2) the final two minutes of feedback, noise, and general discomfort. It bangs. It slaps. It pops. It does many things, and I love all of them.

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No Echo song premiere for "Mourner"

***PremieRing #2 VIENTRE exclusive premiere***

PREMIERING #2

Featuring: Vientre, Demersal, Piet Onthel, and Letterbombs

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"Nacido Para Morir"
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For fans of: Joliette, Naivete and Zvleta

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Tapes releases May 23rd on Tomb Tree and Witch Elm Records

So recently I did an Out Past the Rings #103 for the Massa Nera, Ef'il, Thisismenotthinkingofyou, and Yo Sbraito, and for that release I came up with the idea of PremieRing. A what? A PremieRing aka a ring of premieres. Four blogs post a song by one of the band's on a 4-way split, and link to the next blog, thus creating a premiere chain. Christopher from LETTERBOMBS watched this Out Past the Rings episode (linked here) and asked if we could do it again. So here we are! And even the blogs are the same with one switch, Miss The Stars has taken over for Sophie's Floorboard, but This Noise Is Ours and Idioteq.com and I are all back at it! The cassettes come on three variants (plus 5 test dips) and will be released on May 23rd, 2022 via Tomb Tree and Witch Elm.

(2022) VIENTRE "Nacido Para Morir" (from '4-Way' split)

https://youtu.be/1Y2Sq3BiNG4

Holy shit. VIENTRE was always kind of a "pretty" screamo band with gorgeous singing, very little distortion, and a whole lotta pretty melodies. Don't get me wrong, I dug it. I dug it hard. But I'm certainly not going to get upset when a sick bands gets heavier. "Nacido Para Morir" (translates to "Born to Die") is the first of the band's two jams that close the 4-way split, and it's a fucking banger. The first near-minute is just a chaotic skramzfest, but the song does open up to breathe at the 45-second mark with some back and forth single notes perpetually bookended by heavy breakdowns. After the song gets back to full throttle it eventually burns its fuel and recedes to an eerie, lulling, outro for the final 35 seconds.

Link to the next PremieRing #2, Miss The Stars/Piet Onthel!!!