Kanagawa Impact, New Writer

Hello everybody, I'm Niko. I'll be helping J out with the blog every once in a while. A bit about me...just a kid from Northern California who likes hardcore a whole lot. I like 90's metalcore (Integrity, Ascension, Deadguy, stuff like that), MMA, and reading stuff that is far too complex for my understanding. But enough about me, let's talk about some bomb ass hardcore punk.

Let's face it, Japan does it better. Better movies, better women, better MMA organizations, and better music. For lack of a better word, Japanese hardcore feels more, well, pure. It's as if they never bothered to look past the early days of punk and hardcore for influence. Fast, raw, and aggressive are words that come to mind when I think of Japanese hardcore. Which brings me to the stellar hardcore punk compilation from the Kanagawa prefecture of Japan. Full of ripping guitar riffs, snotty vocals, and driving drum beats, each band on this CD would fit quite nicely playing alongside Black Flag or Discharge. Finding this gem may prove to be difficult, as it is limited to 1000 CD copies. It was available for a time at Painkiller Records, but it seems to have sold out or been taken down for some other reason. If you can find it, I can't reccomend it's purchase any higher. It even comes in a silkscreened fabric pouch with a cool insert.

Featured bands: Anarchy Condoms, Arms, Brain Eaters, El Camino 53, Final Youth, Flame, Go, Hectics, Holeless, Ignorance, One Way Down, Rawride, Seven to Three

Anarchy Condoms - Fuck Escape
Brain Eaters - Soul Dimention
Final Youth - Warriors Heart
Seven to Three - F.F.N.S.

Anyway, that's it for now. If J doesn't decide I suck too bad then you should see more of me in the future.

Be excellent to each other

Did the pilgrims thrash?

Ah. The questions we must ponder through life. But alas, we will probably never have an answer, so we must move on to more pressing matters. Being that it's the national day for slaughtering turkeys, we must give thanks for anything worth thanking. Unfortunately, I can't think of much to be thankful for aside from the upcoming Destruction "Thrash 'Til Death" tour over North America presented by Metal Maniacs Magazine! The month long (1/20/07 - 2/17/07) tour will span majority of the US and a few shows in eastern Canada. Playing alongside Destruction on this tour are bay area thrashers, Sadus, and for select shows Cali vets, Hirax, or the reigning kings of crossover, Municipal Waste.
Probably the only thing I am not thankful for on this tour is that Municipal Waste will not be playing the show I plan on attending (2/13/07; San Antonio, TX). I mean, I'm glad I'm seeing Destruction, Sadus and Hirax on one show, but I was really hoping to finally get to see the Waste. I guess I'll have to wait until the next time they come around this way. Fuck it, either way, I'm seeing DESTRUCTION!

Here are the posted tour dates:
DESTRUCTION, SADUS, MUNICIPIAL WASTE or Hirax (list bellow)

01/20/07 Seattle WA @ Showbox, Seattle Metal Fest
01/21/07 Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theater w/ Hirax
01/22/07 Las Vegas, NV @ Cheyenne
01/23/07 San Francisco, CA @ Slim's w/ DEATH ANGEL and Hirax
01/24/07 San Marcos, CA @ Jumping Turtle w/ Hirax
01/25/07 Off 01/26/07 Denver, CO @ Hubba's House Of Rock
01/27/07 Tulsa,OK @ The Hive
01/28/07 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
01/29/07 Chicago, IL @Joe's w/ Municipal Waste
01/30/07 Sauget, IL @ Pop's w/ Municipal Waste
01/31/07 Indianapolis, IN @ Birdy's w/ Municipal waste
02/01/07 Toronto, ONT @ The Opera House w/ Municipal Waste
02/02/07 Quebec City, QUE @ Le Petit Theatre du Capital w/ M.Waste
02/03/07 Montreal, QUE @ Foufounes Electriques w/ Municipal waste
02/04/07 Boston, MA @ Middle East w/ Municipal Waste
02/05/07 New York City, NY @ Rebel w/ Municipal waste
02/06/07 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Municipal Waste
02/07/07 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar w/ Municipal Waste
02/08/07 Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone w/ Municipal Waste
02/09/07 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade w/ Municipal Waste
02/10/07 Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial w/ Municipal waste
02/11/07 Orlando, FL @ Back Booth w/Municipal Waste
02/12/07 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
02/13/07 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit w/ Hirax
02/14/07 Houston, TX @ Walter's On Washington w/ Hirax
02/15/07 El Paso, TX @ Chic's w/ Hirax
02/16/07 Phoenix, AZ @ Clubhouse w/ Hirax
02/17/07 Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory w/ Hirax

all dates w./ Sadus except Seattle

THRASH 'TIL DEATH!

Lord Knows I Try

Sorry for the lack of updates these past almost-two months. I've been busy and had brain-farts as to what to write about, but don't fret, I'm back with a new url [http://thrash.seitanic.com(add that to you favorites.)] and a new review/promo.


For those of you who actually checked out some of the bands on the MySpace Band Alert featured on the sidebar, I hope some of y'all checked out I Am Wolf. They're a hardcore punk rock band from Houston, TX featuring members and ex-members of My Luck, Grave Robbers and Ten Crowns. They fuse elements hardcore punk and good ol' rock'n'roll. Think Poison Idea's Feel the Darkness. Fueled by rage, booze and horror movies, they self-released a 5 song demo CD entitled, "Nihilists," (limited to 100 w/ screened covers) with awesome artwork by John Champion. Having already played this year's Fallcore Festival in, hometown, Houston, TX and opening for bands like Leftover Crack, I Am Wolf are on a rampage to destroy the sense of morality within the general populous. So you'd best join them before these wolves face you while on the attack.