Where life ceases to exist...

I recently got my hands on the Mother Curse 7" EP from Austin, TX hardcore punk band, Streetcleaner, and I must say that this is one of the angriest and most spiteful records I've come across in recent times. Released by Give Praise Records, this record features 8 tracks of high intensity, bass heavy, powerviolence inspired hardcore. Filled with blastbeats and lingering feedback, Streetcleaner does not refrain from utilizing some heavier, mid-tempo breaks. Keeping it aggro: their lyrical assault hits upon several topics, including: cops, fake people, humanity's demise, etc. With each track coming and going in a blast of noisy rage, there's not much time to digest what just happened. This is a record that requires several spins on your turntable.

You can purchase this 7" EP through the following website or at various other online punk rock distros:
http://streetcleaner.bigcartel.com

A.C.A.B.

In other news, contrary to what was stated in a previous post [Streetcleaner - Spotlight], Streetcleaner will not be performing at this year's This is For You Fest in Florida due to some issues that arose with their travel plans. Albeit, be sure to check out some of the other Texas bands that will be traveling to Florida to play the fest: ANS, Mammoth Grinder, and Highlife.

Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God

I do not know exactly why I put off giving this record a solid listen for so long, but I just want to know why no one ever slapped me upside the head for such a travesty. This record is easily one of the best records to come out in recent memory. A modern classic detailing what made this band such a recognizable force within the realm of hardcore to begin with. This record shows the ongoing evolution of what is known as Blacklisted, as a band and as an idea.

This is Blacklisted.
George Hirsch is a man who has some problems. Problems that a lot of us, growing up in the hardcore scene, seem to deal with regularly, but there are few us with the ability to express such issues in so few words and in such a way that the lyrics move you more than the music at times. In such a way that all you can see is those words. All you can see is the image being portrayed. The image is of the rawest of emotions.

Musically, it's a sonic wrecking ball: churning out riff after riff of devastatingly urgent hardcore. At times, it gives me a bit of a Bars or Breather Resist vibe, which is a very, very good thing. They've utilized some Southern Rock styled guitar licks which work favorably with Hirsch's recent vocal style. They seem to have also embraced the power that comes with building up the ambiance. It helps place the focus. Circuit Breaker's outro is a good example, with its reiteration of the line, "I have nothing to prove," laid out over the droning pulse of the bass. It stains the mind with those words. It rings out in your head. Those words...

I have nothing to prove.

Preorder: On My Side's Grow LP

Words of War have announced the start of pre-orders for the much anticipated Grow LP from Texas edgemen, On My Side. Get on it!

Preorders for On My Side's full-length LP titled "Grow" have now started. Their debut full-length 12-song LP is available on 3 colors of vinyl including a special silk-screened edition, on CD, and as a digital download. For the vinyl we did a limited run of 500 (200 black, 140 mixed color, and 100 purple). Of those 500 we also have 60 stamped/numbered two-sided silk-screened preorder versions of which will feature a unique color of vinyl which is still to be determined. We have different options available for purchase including the following:

1 Record
4 Record Pack (includes every version of the record)
1 CD

On top of these three ordering options, we've also made available a special xxxmas package that includes the vinyl 4 pack, a CD, and for only $8 more than the 4 pack vinyl package we're also throwing in a copy of On My Side's debut CD "Redefinition", a Built To Last 7", a Harder The Fight CD, and a TShirt of our choice. All of this for only $50 shipped! Visit the our store to preorder now!

All orders are schedule to ship on Friday, January 9th, 2009 which is the official release date for the album.

http://www.wordsofwarrecords.com/ww/store.htm

New Songs from Hands of the Few

Dallas, TX hardcore band, Hands of the Few, have posted two new, fully-mixed songs on their MySpace profile: "This Sad Existence" and "Torn Apart". The songs are some of the tightest and heaviest material seen from the band. There's a definite Buried Alive/90's metallic hardcore vibe going on in these songs.

Below is a music video made recently from the track, "This Sad Existence," prior to its final mixing.

This is definitely a band to keep your eye on.


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Streetcleaner - Spotlight

Sorry for the lack of updates. As we get further into the holiday season, things are gonna probably be a bit slow, but I will try to continue providing quality news, reviews, videos, etc for the hardcore community world wide.

In the meantime, here's a video of Austin ragers, Streetcleaner, playing the song "Spotlight" off their Mother Curse EP.

If you have never heard them, watch the video. You can also hear two other tracks off the EP on their MySpace page.

http://www.myspace.com/streetcleanertx
They will be performing at this year's This Is For You Fest in Florida, so if you're going to be in attendance, be sure to catch Streetcleaner's set.

Burning Fight - SOLD OUT!

According to show promoter, Jim Grimes, the Burning Fight showcase happening May 2nd and 3rd, 2009 in Chicago, Il in commemoration of the book by the same name's release is already sold out. He issued the following statement:

"I just wanted to drop a quick line to let everyone know the show has sold out. Do not bother trying to go on the Indie Tickets site because they have locked it out now.
It is pretty amazing that the show sold out in about 18 hours and I want to thank everyone that made this happen. It will be a show that no one will forget.

I will be releasing more info soon and the website is up and running. Our goal is to have this updated weekly or bi-weekly depending on what new information needs to be posted.
http://www.burningfightbook.com/

I want to state unless you heard it from me than 99% of things people say about this band or that band playing is not true.
Most people like to think they are in the know but really have no clue.

Check the website for updates because we have a couple of more things that are in the works.

Jim"

To those who managed to get your tickets last night or this morning, I'll see you at the show!

Warriors Will Reign

Chicago Straight Edge hardcore band, Harm's Way, have posted a new, beast of a song, Warriors Will Reign, off of their upcoming LP, Reality Approaches. The new record, which features 11 songs of brutal, unrelenting hardcore, is scheduled to be released in time for their tour with fellow Chicago band, Convicted, in late December/early January. The tour will take them south, through Cali and Nevada, and then back up to Illinois. You can see a tentative list of dates on Convicted's MySpace profile. When asked about the outcome of the LP, Harm's Way vocalist, James, stated that they were very happy with how it turned out.

Also, for those who plan to attend the Burning Fight Showcase next May, Harm's Way will be performing on the first night. James went on to say that he was excited to be a part of the events and is stoked to be seeing Unbroken. That's going to be one great weekend.

Be sure to check them out on tour and pick up the new LP when it drops.

http://www.myspace.com/harmsxway

Quantum of Solace

I know some people are going to disagree with me on this, but the best film of the year has yet to come out. Being released in US theaters on November 14th, the 22nd Bond film [EON Productions] to date, Quantum of Solace looks to be an explosive ride. Featuring the current face of James Bond, Daniel Craig, and directed by Marc Forster, QoS is the follow-up to 2006's Casino Royale and finds 007 doing battle with Dominic Greene [Mathieu Amalric], a member of the Quantum organization posing as an environmentalist, who intends to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia to take control of its water supply. In his efforts, Bond is assisted by the beautiful Camille [Olga Kurylenko] who takes the place of Vesper Lynd for whom James seeks revenge.

Based solely on his performance in Casino Royale, I would rank Daniel Craig as one of my all-time favorite Bonds, and I was very excited when I read that Craig has been signed on for Bond 23, 24, and 25. Bond 23 has been tentatively scheduled for release in 2010.



You can find larger/alternate versions of the trailer here.

Burning Fight Showcase Info

Last month, I posted about Trial having confirmed to perform a show next year in Chicago in commemoration of the release of Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit and Sound, an aptly titled book that discusses, in-depth, the movement that was 90's Hardcore Punk. The people bringing you Burning Fight will be holding a showcase with some of the best that the 90's had to offer along with some of today's best who have taken great influence from the era.

They have issued the following statement:

This is just a quick update on the show in Chicago. We will be updating all information once anything new is presented.

Burning Fight/Nineties Hardcore book release show. www.myspace.com/90shardcore

Advance tickets for this event will be available at 7:00 pm (CST) on
Thursday, November 6th. Tickets will be available from the URL
http://www.indietickets.com/events/burningfight/ or place your order over
the phone at (888) 690-9875.
http://www.indietickets.com/events/burningfight/


Note: A strict 4 ticket per person restriction will be enforced for all pre-sale orders for this event. Additional orders will be cancelled and tickets will not be honored.
Please order for this event only if you are sure that you will be able to attend. Tickets for this event are non-transferable and re-sale is strictly prohibited. Ticket-holders and their guests (if applicable) must arrive at the venue together on the first day of the event and the ticket-holder will be asked to present photo ID that matches the name on the order. No exceptions will be made on the day of the show and refunds will not be issued.

Date-May 2nd and 3rd 2009
Doors at 12pm Show at 1pm each day

Venue-The Metro http://www.metrochicago.com/

Price-$55 No single day tickets available

Benefit for the following-
Rock for Reading http://www.rockforreading.org/
PAWS Chicago http://www.pawschicago.org/

Bands
Unbroken
Disembodied
Trial
Mouthpiece
108
Underdog
Guilt
Killingtime
Damnation AD
Ringworm
Threadbare
Split Lip
Reach The Sky
Bane
Betrayed
Blacklisted
Have Heart
Soul Control
The Killer
Convicted
Harms Way
Thought Crusade

There will be a website coming in the next week with information on lodging, transportation, food and other general questions.
Frequently asked questions that I do not want to be asked:

No one is getting rich off this show so keep the comments of “insert band here” is only doing this for money to yourself. This is about a book my friend has written and other friends have agreed to play. This is a one-time deal so enjoy the moment because it will not happen again.

All money after expenses will be directed toward the two benefactors we have chosen.

No, Universal Order of Armageddon is not playing.

I do not have the exact day set for each band and what time they are playing. A website will have all that information the week of the show.

There will be no barrier at the club, but that does not mean you can be an idiot and wreck the place. Respect this club’s willingness to do the show whose history of bands on their stage have ranged from Bob Dylan to Slayer to Oasis to Metallica. The list is endless for punk and hardcore bands as well.

Please do not buy a ticket if you do not plan on attending the show. We have decided to release the info well in advance of the show so people can prepare to attend. I have included a 4 ticket limit per house hold as well to insure no one is wasting our time in buying 9 tickets and only two of their friends actually attend.

Please do not PM asking if your band could play or why I did not dig up some losers that put a 7 inch out in a paper bag back in 94.


Thank you
Jim and Brian

See you in May, Chicago.

Mammoth Grinder post new song, "You're Wrong"

Austin, TX powerhouse trio, Mammoth Grinder, have posted a new song, "You're Wrong," off of their upcoming 7" EP on Inkblot Records, No Results, which is due out in December. The EP is the follow-up to their full-length, Rage and Ruin, which was released earlier this year on Depleted Resource. Alongside this new song, the 7" will contain 3 other brand new songs [Sick And Rotting; No Results; Excuses]. A cassette version of the EP will be available through Ghosthunt Records and will feature 2 more unreleased tracks from the No Results recording session. The songs will be available solely on the cassette release.

For those without a record player, Assassinated Records will be releasing a CD containing both the Rage and Ruin LP and the new No Results EP.

All of this will be available come winter, in time for Mammoth Grinder's invasion of the East Coast with Baltimore ragers, Surroundings.

12/26 - Mobile, AL
12/28, 29, 30 - THIS IS FOR YOU FEST
12/31 - Atlanta, GA
1/1 - Richmond, VA
1/2 - Baltimore, MD w/ Surroundings
1/3 - NYC, NY w/ Surroundings
1/4 - Allentown, PA w/ Surroundings
1/5 - NJ w/ Surroundings
1/6 - West VA w/ Surroundings
1/7 - Columbus, OH w/ Surroundings
1/8 - Louisville, KY w/ Surroundings
1/9 - Nashville, TN w/ Surroundings
1/10 - Birmingham, AL w/ Surroundings
1/11 - Tupelo, MS
1/12 - Shreveport, LA
1/13 - Dallas, TX

Also, for my fellow Texans, there will be a string of record release shows going on before the band leaves for tour.

Dec 18th - Austin, TX @ The Parlor
Dec 19th - San Antonio, TX @ The Warhol
Dec 20th - Houston, TX @ The Junction

Eternal Polling

I'm going to start putting up polls every two weeks, give the readers a chance to vote for their favorite releases, bands, or whatever other random shit we decide to make polls about.

The first one up [under the navigation menu on the sidebar] is to answer the age old question: what's your favorite Integrity release?

Keep in mind, I kept it limited to more well-known releases, so if your favorite release is the In Contrast of Sin 7" or the '92 Demo, well, too bad. You can post a comment stating your vote but overall favorite if you want.

Voting ends at 11:59pm on November 9th, 2008.

Not to Touch the Earth

Boredom really got to me, so I grabbed the tripod and said, "fuck it."
I walked to Bob Bullock Loop [20]. I found a few good spots where the cars wouldn't run me over or something, and I saw a wild pig, or maybe it was coyote... couldn't really tell. I flashed my camera light towards the bushes right next to me because I heard something move, and I saw two shinny eyes, and I was like, "ohhhhhhhhh fuckkkkkk," so I got my shit and moved a few feet away. The next thing you know, there was an animal of some sort on the street, but I was too far away to see what it actually was...

These are the pictures I took. I haven't edited them yet, but I will get around to it, eventually. Maybe when I get bored again. Enjoy.

October Horror Reviews: C.H.U.D.

Beneath the streets of New York city there are hundreds of miles of subterranean tunnels unfit for anything human...until now. Something horrible is loose in the sewers of Manhattan and the city's homeless have begun to mutate into 'Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers'. They are C.H.U.D. - mutated by radiation, hungry and headed for the streets!

A city with mutated homeless that take locals into the sewers and then eat them? Count me in.

C.H.U.D. has its gore scenes, but the only thing about this movie is that you don't actually see any C.H.U.D. until the middle of the film. I think you see more mangled body parts than C.H.U.D. The times when you do see them, they look frightening.

You just gotta love low-budget horror flicks.

The movie was filmed above and below the streets of New York City, so the scenes where the actors are in the sewers, are actually real. [I could smell them already!]

Watch this movie if you have the time. Government cover-ups, mutated homeless, and a bit of gore... sounds like a good B-monster movie to me.



Starring: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry and Kim Greist
Directed by: Douglas Cheek
Writers: Parnell (Screenplay), Shepard Abbott (story by)
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 96 minutes

FunFunFun Fest 2008 Set Times Released

As some of you may already know [and should if you follow this site], FunFunFun Fest 2008 is coming up. It's all going down in Austin, TX's Waterloo Park on November 8th and 9th. Festival promoters, Transmission Entertainment, have recently announced the tentative set-times for the event's performers.

Single-Day and Two-Day passes are already available through FrontGate Tickets. You can get those here.

There are going to be a slew of pre- and post-festival shows going on in the surrounding areas, I would imagine. Some that I have heard of being Cro-Mags in San Antonio on the 7th, and Municipal Waste on the same day in Austin, but the venue and supporting bands have yet to be announced. I'm sure others will start to pop up as we get closer to FunFunFun weekend.

I will be purchasing my Two-Day pass tomorrow as soon as I can deposit my paycheck. I hope to see you all at the shows!

DAY 1/November 8th
Stage 1A / Stage 1B
The National (8:40-9:40) / Atmosphere (7:35-8:35)
Deerhoof (6:30-7:30) / Rival Schools (5:40-6:25)
Trail of Dead (4:50-5:35) / Bishop Allen (4-4:45)
Centromatic (3:20-3:55) / Sleepercar (2:45-3:15)
Parts & Labor (2:10-2:40) / Colourmusic (1:35-2:05)
Experimental Dental School (1-1:30) / Paul green school of rock (12:25-1:55)

Stage 2
Neil Hamburger (8:45-9:45)
Tim Fite (7:45-8:30)
Magnetic Morning (6:45-7:30)
Coldetowne comedy hr (5:30-6:30)
Golden arm trio (4:35-5:15)
Pepi Ginsberg (3:40-4:20)
Walter Schreifels (3-3:30)
El Paso Hot Button (2:20-2:50)
David Dondero (1:40-2:10)
Frank smith (1-:30)
Grampall Jookabox 12:30-1

Stage 3A / Stage 3B
Dead Milkmen (8:45-9:45) / ALL (7:50-8:40)
Integrity (7-7:45) / Adolescents (6:10-6:55)
Municipal Waste (5:20-6:05) / Killdozer (4:30-5:15)
Swingin Utters (3:40-4:25) / Young Widows (3:05-3:35)
Krumbums (2:30-3) / Broken Gold (1:55-2:25)
Mammoth Grinder (1:20-1:50) / Yuppie Pricks (12:45-1:15)

Stage 4
Ztrip (8:10-9:40)
Dan Deacon (7-8)
Brownout! (6-6:45)
Yacht (4:45-5:45)
Octopus Project (3:45-4:45)
Hawnay Troof (3-3:30)
Dengue Fever (2:00-2:45)
Terp2it (1:30-1:55)
Richard Henry (12:30-1:25)


DAY 2/November 9th
Stage 1A / Stage 1B
Clap Your Hands (8:40-9:40) / Minus The Bear (7:35-8:35)
St Vincent (6:30-7:30) / Black Angels (5:40-6:25)
Islands (4:50-5:35) / The Annuals (4-4:45)
Spinto Band (3:20-3:55) / Frightened Rabbit (2:45-3:15)
Black joe lewis (2:10-2:40) / 27 (1:35-2:05)
Till We're Blue or Destroy (1-1:30) / Ume (12:25-12:55)

Stage 2
Tim and Eric Awesome show (8:45-9:45)
The cynics (7:45-8:30)
Ugly beats (7:10-7:40)
Matt bearden, chris Fairbanks, dragonboy suede (5:35-6:55)
Revival tour: chuck ragan (hot water music), ben nichols (lucero), tom gabel (against me), tim barry (avail) (3-5:30)
Kevin seconds (2:20-2:50)
Altercation punk rock comedy tour (1:35-2:20)
Spot and Albert (12:30-1:30)

Stage 3A / Stage 3B
Bad Brains (8:45-9:45) / Bouncing Souls (7:40-8:40)
Cro-Mags (jam) (6:50-7:35) / Scared of Chaka (6-6:45)
DOA (5:10-5:55) / High Tension Wires (4:35-5:05)
Leftover Crack (3:45-4:30) / Trash Talk (3:10-3:40)
Cute Lepers (2:35-3:05) / Bitter End (2-2:30)
Camp X-ray (1:55-2:25) / Born To Lose (1:20-1:50)
tba (12:45-1:15)

Stage 4
Clipse (8:45-9:45)
grupo fantasma (7:30-8:30)
kool keith/dr octagon (6:30-7:15)
franki chan (5:25-6:25)
toxic avenger (4:25-5:25)
J*davey (3:25-4:10)
Starlynx/bigface (2:10-3:10)
zeale and phranchyze(1:35-2:05)
shane tyson (12:30-1:30)

October Horror Reviews: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Jason [Kane Hodder] finds himself a stowaway on a cruise ship full of high school seniors bound for New York City. He slaughters his way around the ship, and when it ends up docking, he hunts down the final few survivors around New York.

The movie's setting is based on the boat ride until the last 10, maybe 15, minutes of the movie when Jason finally sets foot on Manhattan Island.

Before the cruise ship, he kills a couple having sex on an boat; during the ride to Manhattan, Jason kills about 11 people throughout the cruise ship, and then he kills 8 more people in Manhattan. Thus the official Body Count for this film is set at: 21.

Overall this movie kind of sucks, BUT there's still a lot of blood and gore to go around. The death scenes were filled with creativity. Jason basically utilized anything he could find in the immediate area which, if you've seen enough slasher flicks, you know makes for a good time.

There's even a guy that gets thrown head first into a vat of toxic waste. [I've never seen that before]

If you have time to kill, watch it... there's plenty of blood and gore for everyone.



Starring: Todd Shaffer, Tiffany Paulsen, Tim Mirkovich, Kane Hodder
Directed by: Rob Hedden
Writers: Victor Miller (characters), Rob Hedden (written by)
MPAA Rating: Uncut
Running Time: 100 minutes

I Can't Stand All the Things I See

It's like a Bl'ast of Agression to your cerebral cortex, in this alternate universe in which Southern California is located in Austin, TX and Black Flag was named after a Bad Brains song. Coptic Times is their name and playing loud, angry punk rock is their game. The Temptation EP was released earlier this year [May 27, 2008] on Youngblood Records. I've posted about this band before. Actually, the first post I ever made on here was when they put out their demo tape on Next Level Records 2 years ago. Vocalist, Matt Jackson, had sent me the demo tracks over AIM, and I had just made the blog earlier that night, so I figured it was only right to post about it. Help get the word out, you know?

Anyway, the EP features five tracks of raging hardcore punk. One of which was rerecorded from the demo [Urban Decay became Wasteland]. I'd also like to point out that the cover artwork was done by the great Andrei Bouzikov, who has inked some awesome designs within the hardcore punk community for bands such as Municipal Waste, Deadfall, Violation, and Reproach.

Feedback....it builds...piercing the ears as it builds. What's to come? A steady beat breaks as an almost Sabbath-like riff brings you in over a grooving bass line. High Strung. Things seem to pick up only to drop back into that lull of a break. Droning...then you snap back. It picks the pace back up. They even throw in a short solo for good measure. Some tight start and stop going on in the chorus. I like that one. Through These Eyes comes in and keeps up the current pace of the record. Remaining upbeat, for the most part, throughout. Wasteland. Re-recorded and renamed, Wasteland features an anthemic style chorus; aggressively chanting, "I can't stand all the things I see." This world isn't meant for people like me. Pulsing and straight forward, this song is the battlecry for the disillusioned who seek, but find not, answers in this world. Self Destruction, similar to the track prior utlizes a 3/1 chorus [repeating the first line three times followed by the last line]. It's in my head! A fun song, overall, with its use of changing pace through the chorus and solos thrown in. The EP closes out with the title track. Temptation brings us back to a familiar sound. Feedback seeps into our ears. A snippet of a guitar lick comes in and out. Then it hits: the drums, upbeat, and guitars, unrelenting, take us for the longest ride seen on this record. It closes in, and we'll end it on that note.

This is definitely one of my favorite EPs of this year, from a great Texas band. The record is still available through the band, Youngblood Records, and various punk rock distros and record stores, so you should pick it up as soon as possible. Also, if you're gonna be in the area, go catch Coptic Times at this year's This Is For You Fest along with fellow Texan ragers Lie and Wait, ANS, Highlife, Streetcleaner, and Mammoth Grinder!

Disfear & Doomriders Split 7" EP announced!

A message from Deathwish, Inc. HQ:

To celebrate their long standing friendship, Disfear and Doomriders have paired up to release a brand new limited split 7"EP, a joint effort between Disfear's own self ran label, Disfear Records (European territories) and Doomriders' label home, Deathwish (All other territories).

With Doomriders, we get a glimpse into their progression since "Black Thunder" in the soon to be classic, "Crooked Path". Easily one of their best songs to date, "Crooked Path" pounds forth with grit, melody, and emotion unlike anything else out there today.

On the other side, Disfear unleash the hook laden "Fear And Trembling". This is their first effort since their classic "Live The Storm" album was released by their current label home, Relapse Records. "Fear And Trembling" is a stellar song that expands the boundaries of the D-Beat world that Disfear dominate to this day.

A special Disfear Records' "Tour Edition" of this release will be available directly from the bands on their upcoming European tour, while the Deathwish version will be available for Pre-order VERY soon.

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I am BEYOND fucking stoked for new Doomriders material, and so, I must reiterate a previous comment of mine directed at those pesky Doomriders...

TOUR THE UNITED FUCKING STATES!

...and if you didn't see it, I posted a review of Disfear's most recent full-length effort, Live the Storm. It's a rager for sure. Check that out.

October Horror Reviews: H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond

H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale has a new twist in the hands of the creators of the Re-Animator (1985). When it comes to movies based on the stories of H.P. Lovecraft, Stuart Gordon's low-budget directing is amazing. Sadly, most of his movies are direct-to-video and never hit the mainstream, but that doesn't stop us horror fans on the Internet from finding his masterpieces.

The Resonator is a powerful machine made up of intense circuit boards and microprocessors. It's built for one purpose: to control the sixth sense. It does so by stimulating the brain's pineal gland, which allows us to see the hidden creatures all around us, and naturally, lets them see us. [the creature effects look fantastic] The first time they switch it on, it kills its creator, Dr. Edward Pretorious [Ted Sorel], and resulted in his associate, Dr. Crawford Tillinghast [Jeffrey Combs], being committed into an insane asylum. When the beautiful Dr. Katherine McMichaels [Barbara Crampton] becomes determined to continue the experiments of the late Dr. Pretorious, she opens a door to a parallel universe and finds a new level of the human psyche. Victims become creatures who need to feed on-- and get aroused by-- human brains. The Resonator is the ultimate man-made-monster and something horrible has happened... No one can switch it off.

If you have time to watch a crazy movie this October, definitely watch H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond.

Female nudity, creatures, gore, and machines... What else could you ask for?


Staring: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree, Ted Sorel, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Written by: Dennis Paoli (adaptation)
Special Effects by: John Buechler
Directed by: Stuart Gordon
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 86 minutes

Toadies - Rubberneck

I hope you guys enjoy this masterpiece by the Toadies. It totally blew me away when my good friend, Blocker, showed me a few songs the other day...hope it does the same for you.

1. Mexican Hairless – 1:48
2. Mister Love – 2:51
3. Backslider – 2:30
4. Possum Kingdom – 5:09
5. Quitter – 3:33
6. Away – 4:34
7. I Come from the Water – 2:46
8. Tyler – 4:13
9. Happyface – 2:58
10. Velvet – 2:30
11. I Burn – 3:33

Download

The Chemistry of Common Life

The debut full-length album on Matador Records from Canada's infamous, Fucked Up, is set to be released next Tuesday, October 7th, 2008, and a full stream of the new record is being offered via Rhapsody. I'm in a few tracks and it sounds good so far. Entitled The Chemistry of Common Life, it's the follow-up to 2006's Hidden World.

I'm not sure why, but the stream is currently only available to US residents. It has yet to be stated if a full stream will be available to non-US residents before the album's release.

You can find the stream here.

Once Tasted Ever Wanted...

So Juanjohn, Bubba and Jr came over to chill, and I decided to make some shrimp Pad Thai being that it had been while since I'd made that particular dish. I used the usual flat rice noodles, but as I finished up and was putting all the stuff away, I found another pack of rice noodles that I had forgotten we purchased a while ago. They were the more vermicelli style noodle or, "rice sticks." As I looked at the package of noodles, I couldn't help but notice the terrible slogan along the bottom of the label. Go figure the noodles were manufactured in the Phillipines, as the slogan read, "Once Tasted Ever Wanted..."

What?

I reread the slogan a few times to make sure I wasn't just tired or seeing things, but sure enough those pesky Phillilpinos managed to butcher the English language enough to the point where it was undecipherable as to what the fuck they intended it to say. It was enough to give us a good laugh, so I figured I'd share.

Here's Bubba holding the pack of noodles:

I'll probably end up using the noodles in some soup, or I'll make some spring rolls.

If I decide to quit being lazy, I'll document the recipe for my Pad Thai and post it up sooner or later.

Juanjohn, on October

Ok, so yesterday I was at a hangout with a few good friends when someone asked me for a ride, of course I said ok not knowing what was in store. I don't know what time I took off, but by that time two other people had asked me for a ride, and I was drunk, so I said ok. On the way to drop off the first set of kids my tire goes flat. WTF! That's what I get for being nice. Fuck life and fuck driving on a donut. If any of you get a chance, check out GHOST MICE! They're a really great folk band. It's October!!! My birthday is in thirteen days, and I can't fucking wait to be twenty. Props to Jai's post regarding his October playlist. I will join in and say the Misfits fucking rule, and Danzig is a fucking badass. Well, that's pretty much it. I hope everyone has a good weekend.

CIRCLE OF PAIN

Finally, the long awaited band fronted by Bitter End riffmaster, Griffin Jarzombek, has manifested itself with a solid line-up and will be recording a demo soon. A show in early November with a certain legendary NYHC band is a possibility.

I'm happier than a pig in shit that this band is happening, and only a month after I mentioned it in my review of the new Bitter End EP. I can't wait until their is a full demo available.

VIOLENT STRIKE!

http://www.myspace.com/circleofpain210

New On My Side song. Release date for Grow LP.

A message from On My Side in regards to their upcoming LP entitled, Grow.

Basically, after a ton of delays, obstacles, and shit, there finally seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel for this record. The official street date for this record is January 20th 2009 (for like Hot Topics or whatever), but we should probably have records sometime in December. Keep your eyes open for a record release show...I'm sure Lie And Wait and/or Bitter End will play. Also, we'll be touring to the west this winter for probably two weeks or so.

To kind of "celebrate" the past few days of stress relief and the fact that this is ACTUALLY HAPPENING, I created a Pure Volume page with another new track that is mixed and mastered, etc. I'm going to have it up until approx. 8 PM tomorrow so get your listens in while you can.

The song is called "Reaching" and has some guest vocals from Daniel Rosen of Today We Prevail fame. Check it out and let us know what you think.

http://www.purevolume.com/onmyslide

Grow,
OMS

Texas Straight Edge. Word life.

Now Playing: Circle of Pain - Suffering

The numbers are in...

As I was checking the traffic stats for the site, I found something that was very pleasing. We almost doubled our number of visits compared to last month. 1,666 visitors to be exact, as opposed to last month's 850. Not to mention, I've noticed a good amount of traffic coming in from overseas. Just within the last 20 visitors, we have people reading from Spain, England, Finland, and Australia.

The chart below show the headcount from the past year.

Those are some pretty good numbers, if you ask me. Don't forget to bookmark the page, or if you use an RSS reader, you can subscribe to Eternal Summer and get all the updates when they're posted.

Thanks for reading. :)

Now Playing: the Misfits - Hybrid Moments [Static Age]

October is here...

You know what that means.

My day to day playlist is going to consist of the following:

Introductions...

Name: Juanjohn

Where: Laredo, Texas

Age: 19

Occupation: Alcohol enthusiast and (now) Occasional blogger

Interests: Shows, Drinking, Smoking, Computers, Conspiracies, College, Books, Agua de Melon and Mexico

Music: Everything and anything that sounds good. Seriously, try me.

This is my first blog ever, so I'm gonna try to stick to the point. We first came up with the phrase Eternal Summer when we graduated and realized that from that point on, since our lifestyles don't demand us to work our asses off, it will forever feel like an Eternal Summer. Well I can only speak for myself regarding that meaning, specifically. In this blog I would really like to just post the experiences of me and the people I share them with.

Some Music from Jahn.

Today I decided to post up one of my old playlists.
I would like to share this with the readers.

Embrace- Dance of Days
Embrace- Do Not Consider Yourself
Embrace- Last Song
Fugazi - Bad Mouth
Fugazi - Bed For Scraping
Fugazi - Promises
Lifetime - Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey
Lifetime - The Boy's No Good
Lifetime - Turnpike Gates
Samhain - Let the Day Begin
Saves The Day - Nebraska Bricks
Saves The Day - Shoulder To The Wheel
Saves The Day - Sometimes, New Jersey
Saves The Day - The Last Lie I Told

Get it here!

I hope you guys have a .7z extractor. Otheriwse, I think WinZip will do it for Windows.

Mac and Linux guys, you should know what to do.

Google hacked?

Yesterday, I did a whois on Google, and what I found was pretty crazy. . .

Google has a list of random servers linked to it's web page.


(click on the links to view images)

This was Sunday at 9:59pm.

This was last night at 11:17pm.


I don't think Google knows that they have a problem because the site is working normal.

Home-made Stickers

Editor's Note: I would recommend the use of posterboard/manilla folder for the stencil as it's much easier to cut, will result in a smoother design, and helps prevent underspray. Remember kids, x-acto knives/boxcutters are dangerous pieces of equipment, so practice proper safety to avoid injury.

An hour, 2 cans of spray paint 35 Priority mail label stickers, some tape, an old magazine, and a stencil cut out of a U.P.S box later...

The 8 looks bad, but I got my point across.







For laughs, this is my good friend, Blocker, ejecting my drunken uncle out of my room...



...and a video by a good band: The Icarus Line - Slayer

Ajay Enuf on DCXX pt.2

As some of you may recall, I posted up a demo from a late 80's NJ hardcore band by the name of Enuf. Well, DCXX has posted up part two of their ongoing interview with frontman and New Jersey's Hardest, Ajay Enuf. They talk about the band's beginnings, and Ajay remembers going to shows all over the place and old crew from back in the day.

Aside from the interview, they posted up some scans from the demo's insert. It wasn't in its entirety, but it was cool to see those that got posted. Much thanks to the DCXX crew.

You can check out the full size scans over at Double Cross.

Flipside Video Zine - Minor Threat

YouTube user batattak recently posted up a 3-part video of Minor Threat's part on what I believe was Volume 2 of the Flipside Video Magazines of the 1980's. Also featured on this release was SoCal punk legends, the Minutemen. It's a good quality rip, audio/video. If anyone has any other vids from the old Flipside Video Zines, get at me.

Here's the vids, with a total running time of 23 min and 14 sec.

Sakura Tattoo Parlor

When it comes to Laredo, Texas, there isn't really much to do around this town but get tattooed, get drunk, or go to your local high school party and, if you're lucky, get a young lady with all sorts of daddy issues and pass her around like '**** Bad News' with your fellow drunk friends. From buffets to hardcore shows, adderall, all nighters in Houston, TX, kicking pianos, and tears. I bring to YOU: Randy Alvarez. He's an up-and-coming tattoo artist from Laredo, TX working out of Sakura Tattoo Parlor. Make sure to check out his work, and, if you're in the area, get some work done by him!

Thanks for the tattoos, DUDE.

http://www.myspace.com/sakuratattooparlor

Also be sure to check out:
Gabe Texas
Sonia
Marcos Rivera

This is a recent tattoo I got done by Randy:

HUGE update from Pulling Teeth

"...Martyr Immortal European Tour was a blast. Thank you so much to everyone involved and everyone who came out to the shows. We have one more show booked for 2008 and it's this Saturday 9/27 @ Ten Car Pileup in Towson, MD. Also playing will be Ruiner, Government Warning, The Ergs, Deep Sleep, Braindead, and Sickfix. You'd be a fool to miss a lineup that solid! Oh and don't forget to say happy anniversary to Celebrated Summer Records!!!

Firestarter Records released the WITCHES SABBATH III 7" for the European tour and will have a handful available at the Ten Car Pileup show, and a few will be available in their webstore afterwards.
www.firestarterrecords.com

Leftover tour merch will be available on the A389 website as well as the 3rd pressing of "Martyr Immortal" on gold vinyl. Look for both of these in about a week as well as some new release announcements! Integrity & Trapped Under Ice/Dirty Money orders are now shipping!!!
www.a389records.com

NEW PT "Vicious Skin" zipup hoodies, as well as various old designs are available now as well through the good folks at Crimescene Merch. Check them out.
www.crimescenemerch.com

Chainsaw Safety Records has re-issued the "Vicious Skin" CD with some great bonus content. Along with the original recording, the new version comes with complete videos of Pulling Teeth and The Blackest Curse (PT with Dwid on vocals) live sets as well as the video for Heretic. Pre-order packages come with WITCHES SABBATH IV while supplies last so hurry up and get yours.
www.chainsawsafetyrecords.com

And for the rest of the year, Pulling Teeth will be in the studio recording songs for the split 12" with Irons as well as the new LP/CD "Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions" That will be available early 2009 on Deathwish/A389. Deathwish has a bunch of new shirts as well, check it out.
www.deathwishinc.com

Oh and last but not least, Kuhns has a new band called Pala. It's kinda weird, kinda out there...awesome. 7" coming out on A389 soon. And Dom is playing 2nd guitar randomly with Warpriest now. Check them out, they are awesome.
www.myspace.com/wearepala
www.myspace.com/warpriest666

See you next year.
Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions.
PT..."

http://www.myspace.com/pullingteethmd

New Crime in Stereo songs posted!

Crime in Stereo have posted two new songs from their new album, "Selective Wreckage." The album will be in stores September 30th, 2008. Checkout Bridge 9 Records for more details.

You can check out the new songs, "Desertbed" and "Everywhere and All the Time," on their myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/crimeinstereo

Hello Eternal Summer !

My name is John Anthony, and I'll be posting here and keeping things updated when the other guys can't.

I'm 20 years old, and yes, ladies, I'm single. : )

Likes: Computers (basically any thing that has a circuit board); Building things with my hands; Educating myself; Comics; Photography; 80's hardcore punk; melodic hardcore; post punk; post hardcore; shows; Horror movies;

Dislikes: The Illuminati; The New World Order; Police; taser incidents; police brutality; suppression of technology; UFO cover-ups; being secretly monitored on the internet;

Trial to play Chicago in '09

A message from Greg Bennick of Trial:

Yes...its true. I had a dozen texts today, and facebook and myspace messages about this show asking if it was rumor or real so I thought I might share what I know and then we'll all be on the same page.

I got an email from my friend Jim Grimes from Chicago yesterday....Jim has been doing hardcore shows in Chicago since the mid 1990's and is like the hardcore Al Capone of Chicago. Well, Tony Victory is more like the Al Capone of Chicago. Jim is like if Al Capone had a little brother, named like "Fletcher" or "Tupac" or "Brodie". Yeah...Brodie Capone.

So Brodie Capone writes me from Chicago and says that he is doing a show for Disembodied and Unbroken and that Undertow will likely play too if they can do it. He said its going to be in honor of Brian Petersen's new book "Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit and Sound" which is coming out on Revelation soon. I am excited to read this book when it comes out. Brian is completely sincere. Have no doubts. I talked to him a ton during the research phase of his book and he wanted to make it as accurate as he possibly could. He said that so many times that I eventually would just start to zone out a little when he started talking about it. I believed him 100%. He was preaching to the choir. I am sure people will talk behind his back that he forgot this or overemphasized that in his book. He didn't, and he won't. And if he does, he's the author, and thats his right. Please remember this though: if you decide to talk shit about Brian and his book, know that I will write to the voodoo dudes that I met in Haiti last month and have them wreak havoc on your world, just like in that movie 'Serpent and the Rainbow' (which if you haven't seen, you need to, especially if you are going to be an amateur book critic). Brian rules and his book will be great. Think about that, and about potentially spending the next 25 years as a zombie, BEFORE you decide to make fun of him.

Anyway...Undertow and Unbroken have been talking for awhile now about their two bands doing a San Diego show and a Seattle show together. I had heard rumor too about a Chicago show but I never knew any solid details other than hardcore message board talk. Not that I read the message boards. Gosh. Anyway, the email from Brodie Capone changed all that. He said that he wanted this Chicago show to be a show with 90's bands to support the book and he wanted Trial to play. I had no idea that he was promoting the Chicago show. I wrote to the guys (Timm had already talked to him) and they all said yes. Alexei actually said "fuck yes". EJ said something equally expressive, though slightly more articulate. And Brian, as to be expected, spouted off some insanity about wanting the Scorpions to play too, that he needed an entire hotel to himself, and that we should all wear witches hats onstage, or at the very least that I should wear a fez. Gotta love him.

So there you have it. You now know as much as I do:

Chicago, sometime in April 2009
Disembodied, Unbroken, Trial: all confirmed
Undertow possibly and hopefully confirming soon

Now we're all on the same page. See you there and keep in touch.

xox
greg

If all goes well, I will be in attendance. I really need to see Trial. They are one of my all-time favorite hardcore bands. Are These Our Lives? is just about perfect.

Who's gonna make plans to go?

New On My Side song posted!

On My Side have posted a new song, 17, from their 3 Song Sampler which features unmastered tracks from their upcoming full length, Grow. They recorded with William Hesser (Lie and Wait, Mammoth Grinder, Last Minute Fix), and it's going to be released through Words of War Records.


GROW in 2008!

Seizures In Barren Praise drops 11/11

Trap Them's "Seizures In Barren Praise" CD will arrive in stores on 11/11.
Vinyl will follow shortly thereafter...

Pre-ordering will be launched soon.


Once again engineered by Kurt Ballou at Godcity Studios, "Seizures In Barren Praise" shows Trap Them at their most vicious. Having mastered their art of aural bludgeoning, the album musically rips, stomps, and claws forth with rabid emotion. All of this a fitting backdrop to Ryan Mckenney's lyrical stories of depression and pain.

"Barren Praise" is a fictional ghost town version of every non-fiction town" says McKenney. "Lyrically, previous Trap Them releases are all stories from people who had lived in "Barren Praise" before deciding to up and leave. This is the story of those who stayed behind to tell the stories of watching everything unfold..." states McKenney.

Upon listening, it's hard not to picture fragments of your own life as part of the chaotic debris that are these fictional lives. The friends, family, and faces of those that make up the ensemble cast of your own life are all there, indirectly. Making "Seizures In Barren Praise" a broken mirror into their world and your own, exposing every fear, weakness, and wound. All of it set to one of the heaviest and most punishing metallic soundtracks, ever.


Catch them on tour later this month!

09/18: Brighton, MA @ 21 Commonwealth Terrace
09/20: Edison, NJ @ Stelton Church w/ Fight Amp
09/21: Philadelphia, PA @ Titan w/ Fight Amp
09/22: Baltimore, MD @ Charm City Art Space w/ Fight Amp
09/23: Virginia Beach, VA @ Steppin Out w/ Fight Amp
09/24: Winston - Salem, NC @ Warehouse w/ Fight Amp
09/25: Raleigh, NC @ Brewery w/ Fight Amp
09/26: Johnson City, TN @ Hideaway
09/27: Lexington, SC @ Roundhill Community Center
09/28: Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel Cafe w/ Furnace
09/29: Orlando, FL @ Black Box w/ Furnace
09/30: Tallahassee, FL @ Shed w/ Furnace
10/01: Pensacola, FL @ Legion Hall w/ Furnace
10/02: Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9 w/ Furnace
10/03: Nashville, TN @ Muse w/ Furnace
10/04: Cincinatti, OH @ Gypsy Lounge
10/05: Indianapolis, IN @ 1511 w/ Furnace
10/06: Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w/ Furnace
10/07: Milwaukee, WI @ Borg Ward w/ Furnace
10/08: Bowling Green, OH @ Howards Club H w/ Furnace
10/09: Toronto, ONT @ Studio BLR w/ Furnace
10/10: Montreal, QC @ Katacombes w/ Furnace
10/11: Kemptville, ONT @ Oddfellows Hall w/ Furnace
10/12: Albany, NY @ Valentines w/ Furnace
10/13: Providence, RI @ Club Hell w/ Furnace
10/15: Silver Springs, MD @ Corpse
10/16: Richmond, VA @ Nara Sushi
10/17: Pittsburgh, PA @ Roboto Project
10/18: Rochester, NY @ Dubland Underground
10/20: Burlington, VT @ 242 Main
10/21: Haverhill, MA @ Anchors Up
10/23: Milford, CT @ High Point Beach Club House
10/24: Brooklyn, NY @ Stolen Sleeves
11/01: Manchester, NH @ Rockos
11/02: Holyoke, MA @ Waterfront Tavern
11/03: Syracuse, NY @ Westcott
11/05: Romeo, MI @ Static Age
11/06: Toronto, ONT @ Studio BLR
11/07: Ottawa, ONT @ Cafe Dekucf
11/08: Montreal, QC @ LBH
11/09: Chicotimi, QC @ La Marina

Check out a track from the new album at the DW Audio Player!

Some Pictures....

I took these a few months back and messed with them while trying to learn how to "edit" last night.

...and this last picture was not really messed with but it's gold. It was taken on my little brother's birthday, which is nowhere near Halloween, but, as you can see, he is with Batman, himself, chillin' in mid May.

Enjoy.

Eyehategod - Confederacy of Ruined Lives

If you haven't heard Eyehategod's Confederacy of Ruined Lives....you've heard nothing.

Consider it an early Christmas present, so here you go:

http://www.mediafire.com/?bjzdrqm41ed

1. Revelation/Revolution – 4:18
2. Blood Money – 4:11
3. Jack Ass in the Will of God – 2:47
4. Self Medication Blues – 4:46
5. The Concussion Machine Process – 2:20
6. Inferior and Full of Anxiety – 3:19
7. .001% – 6:23
8. 99 Miles of Bad Road – 3:48
9. Last Year (She Wanted a Doll House) – 4:53
10. Corruption Scheme – 3:43

Video: TFS' Last Show

Hate5Six Productions have posted up their footage from this past weekend's events at the final show of The First Step on their YouTube channel. Having been one of the most prominent Straight Edge Hardcore bands of the 00's, TFS were bid adieu amongst fans and friends from all over the country last Saturday at Championship Records in Lemoyne, PA. Sharing the stage with TFS that night were Get the Most, Hostage Calm, Mindset, Breakthrough, Warpriest, amongst others.

See the rest of the videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/FlatSphere

New Killing Time in 2009

Legendary NYHC band, Killing Time, have released some info in regards to their new studio album to be released in in the coming year.

Killing Time is now in the studio recording our third full-length album appropriately named "Three Steps Back." The album is scheduled to be released in early 2009. The band started work on the album in January 2008 after returning from our tour of Japan and South Korea. To write the material, we decided to bring it back to where it all started—Drago’s parents’ garage, the place where Breakdown had formed and where the classic “Brightside” record had been written and rehearsed. We see “Three Steps Back” as both a return to the band’s roots and a new vision of what a classic hardcore band can still accomplish. We think that these twelve news songs bring New York Hardcore back to its punk beginnings while still offering up that classic Killing Time crunch and power.