New Earth Crisis song, "Raise"

Lambgoat released the first look into the new Earth Crisis record, Neutralize the Threat, which is being released through Century Media this summer. Below you can stream/download the new song, Raise, before the album drops in July.

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POWER OF DEATH

Austin's NIGHT SIEGE is scheduled to release their Power of Death LP on Nation on Fire Records on June 25th. Pre-orders are already available through the label's BigCartel page. The record will be available on Clear Orange (/125) and on Black (/375), and the label has them both available for pre-ordering. You can go over to Night Siege's BandCamp for a preview of the new LP. The song, Shackles Await, was just posted to the page, but Mind Trap and Sacrifices have also been made available for listening/download.



ALSO, if you happen to be in the Austin area, Night Siege will be playing a show with the Burden, One Against Many and Botfly on May 28th at the Parlor in North Austin. Come out and rage with us.

ONE DEEP

Ex-VA homies and current Austin hardcore band, Cutting Losses have offered up their last two recordings as free downloads. Their demo originally dropped in 2008, and last year, they released a cassette EP called Convictions. They've completed the recording of their new 7" which will be announced sooner than not. The songs from the new 7" were recorded at Wade's World, the same place the Dead Times demo was recorded. Darin [One Against Many, Eleventh Hour, 1066] and I can be heard on the record along with other Austin dudes. Speaking of Eleventh Hour, they recently got some love from the xSTUCK IN THE PASTx crew. Darin's label, Metastasis Records, will be releasing this record. New songs from several bands including Cutting Losses, One Against Many and Losing Grip will be on an Austin Hardcore compilation that should be out around October through Metastasis as well.

DOWNLOAD:
Cutting Losses 2008 Demo
http://www.mediafire.com/?ngd0jwym2n3

Cutting Losses Convictions EP
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zzlznwiqtyz

ONE DEEP.

MTLHC MMX

Montreal, Quebec has been a hotspot for great hardcore in the past couple of years. Some definite bands of note would have to be Omegas, PlusMinus and Enforcers. Much love to the Lifers Crew. If you get a chance, definitely check these bands out. I'm going to see about getting some words from my boy Tremblay about the current state of affairs in the MTL soon.


ENFORCERS have posted their Demo MMX to BandCamp and have it available as a free download. Be sure to cop that. Legit.

http://enforcersmtlhc.bandcamp.com/

LIFERS LIFE

Take My Pound of Flesh and Sleep Well

http://metastasisrecords.com/
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The record drops August 31st, but is now currently available as a digital download for only $3 through the Metastasis Records site. If you don't wish to purchase it, you can stream it for free on the BandCamp page.

http://metastasisrecords.bandcamp.com/


the Bane/Trapped Under Ice show in Austin is going to serve as our record release show, and we will be doing several shows around Texas to support the record locally in the days that follow.

Shirts will also be available shortly.


You can also listen to some of the rough demo tracks of the EP and some unreleased tracks on our Myspace and/or Facebook page.

http://www.myspace.com/oneagainstmanytx
http://www.facebook.com/oneagainstmanytx

Also, for your listening pleasure, here is a demo with some of the EP tracks and an unreleased SSD cover.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dfy22qt5tnt

...and a live recording from our show at the Spotted Dick House in East Austin.
http://www.mediafire.com/?l0knkyddoym

HATE5SIX @ Burning Fight

A repost from Hate5Six in regard to videos of bands that performed at Burning Fight this past weekend:

After a 15 hour drive home, a towed car, and a speeding ticket, my friends and I finally made it home. This weekend I was privileged to cover the Burning Fight book release show in its entirety. This was a once in a lifetime experience and opportunity and I would like to extend my deepest thanks to everyone who made it all possible. Congratulations to Brian Peterson for completing his written documentation of the 90's hardcore landscape and thanks to Jim Grimes and Caitlin Lipinski for all their hard work. I'd like to send a special thank-you to Caitlin for answering all of my pestering e-mails and for not strangling me this weekend; I can't even begin to think how much of a nuisance I was to her.

The goals of this DIY project of mine have always been:

1. Deliver the highest quality live videos
2. Share all footage in its entirety
3. Publish videos as quickly possible

I believed Burning Fight needed to be covered in this manner. For the thousands of people unable to attend, and for those who were fortunate enough to be there, I wanted capture everything and deliver it while the excitement and passion from the event was still palpable. I am generally very thorough in terms of presenting my work (proper titles, setlists, etc), but in the interest of getting the footage out there as quickly as possible, I've decided to release all the footage in three phases:

Phase 1: Each set will be posted as raw footage with little or no editing/labeling. I'd hate to keep people waiting to see the footage solely because I'm attempting to satiate my anal retentive standards.

Phase 2: Each set will be edited and properly parsed/labeled. Videos in this phase will also be dubbed over with audio from the soundboard. Many thanks to Mike Gan for sharing the audio and Rusty Aggacid for manning the soundboard all weekend. Mike and/or I will also be sharing the audio source for anyone who is interested. Soundboard audio was captured for Ringworm, Guilt, Underdog, 108, Killing Time, Trial, Disembodied, Harm's Way, The Killer, Blacklisted, Have Heart, Threadbare, Split Lip, Reach the Sky, Bane, Converge, and Unbroken.

Phase 3: Each set will be available, in its entirety, for free download. I plan on spending a considerable amount of time determining the best way to achieve this. More on this to come...

How Can You Help?

I will need a lot of help with this...

1. I ask that everyone be patient as I work to get this all up. Roughly speaking, an hour's worth of video takes an hour to transfer, approximately 2-3 hours to encode, and a very long time to upload (this is just for Phase 1, too). There were 22 bands this weekend (all with varying set lengths) so this will take some time. My plan is to have at least 1 set up each day (possibly more on the weekends starting some time this week). The order in which the footage will be released is undetermined. The mathematician inside me is wanting to use a random number generator; any other order would presumably cause people's heads to explode due to anticipation.

2. My overall knowledge of the setlists is incomplete. Some bands provided setlists to me, some bands said the names of the songs during the set, and others played stuff I never heard before. If you're familiar with a band's catalog to the point where you can identify every song they played (hell, if you're in the band), please contact me (hate5sixproductions@gmail.com). This will expedite Phase 2 and Phase 3 considerably. As you're watching the sets, just note the name of the song and the approximate time stamp. I'm sure I can figure it all out myself, but there are just way too many gaps. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

3. Please don't request a DVD of the show. I feel bad saying no to the numerous requests I've received about this, but at this time I cannot grant such requests for a myriad of reasons. As I said above, I will make everything available for free download during Phase 3.

This is going to be a long project, but it will be undeniably well worth the wait. I appreciate everyone's patience in advance and I assure you every song from every band will see the light of day in the relative near future. As Jim Grimes said before Unbroken, "this is your show." Thanks again to everyone who made this weekend unforgettable: from the organizers to the bands to the amazing people I met to everyone who donated money for tapes--you are the reasons why I love hardcore.

Please repost this message everywhere you can in its entirety. Follow me on Twitter for updates and progress reports: twitter.com/hate5six

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burningfightbook.com

The first set of Phase 1 is already up. Check out Trial's set from this past weekend here, and be sure to be checking back on the Hate5Six site for more updates on these videos.

Trial (Burning Fight, Phase 1) from hate5six productions on Vimeo.

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

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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.

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

Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box

"Metal Box is the second album by Public Image Ltd., released in 1979 by Virgin Records.

The title refers to the album's original packaging, which consists of a metal 16mm film canister embossed with the band's logo and containing three 12" records. The album was reissued in 1980 as a double album titled Second Edition.

A radical departure from Pil's relatively conventional debut, the avant garde, abstract Metal Box was characterized by singer John Lydon's cryptic vocals, Jah Wobble's propulsive dub reggae-inspired basslines, and a unique, "metallic" guitar sound (guitarist Keith Levene played Travis Bean guitars which have aluminum necks). Metal Box is widely regarded as a landmark of post punk and experimental rock: In 2002, Pitchfork Media ranked Metal Box at #19 on their "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s,"^[1], while In 2003, the album was ranked number 469 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time."

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4LDGKQ7H

Music for the Kids...

I got a bit bored tonight and decided to make a compilation for the readers out there.

It's just music i've been listening to lately.
No specific genre.

Electric Wizard - Vinum Sabbathi
the Skatalites - Hometown
Public Image Limited - Careering
Desert Sessions - A#1
Ink and Dagger - Den of the Scorpio
Eyehategod - 99 Miles of Bad Road
Black flag - Depression
Butthole Surfers - 22 Going on 23
Stone Temple Pilots - Sour Girl
American Nightmare - I've Shared Your Lips and Now They Sicken Me
Death From Above 1979 - Going Steady
Grey Matter - I Am the Walrus
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Primus - To Defy the Laws of Tradition

It's a bit of an odd mix. I hope some of you enjoy it.

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

Demolition Hammer - Skull Fracturing Nightmare Demo (1988)

By request, I upped this gem of east coast thrash/death metal. Skull Fracturing Nightmare was the first demo from Bronx thrashers, Demolition Hammer. Recorded in 1988, this demo featured drummer, John Salerno, who was replaced shortly after by Vinny Daze. With the addition of Daze and second guitarist, Derek Sykes, the band recorded a second demo tape, Necrology, in 1989. Personally, I love when thrash bands play as trios because the music will tend to be more raw and an overall assault on your eardrums. No extra rhythms; no whack solos; just fast and pissed off. Not saying a trio of thrashers can't do some mad innovative jams (Coroner's R.I.P. is one of my all-time favorite thrash metal records), but I much prefer my thrash to be straight forward and angry as hell.

Skull Fracturing Nightmare is 4 tracks of raging thrash metal. With lyrics about violence, death, and environmental disaster, how could you go wrong?

Demolition Hammer - Skull Fracturing Nightmare Demo (1988)

Enuf's 1988 Demo

After reading the first part to an interview with Ajay, singer of the short lived New Jersey hardcore band, Enuf, on Double Cross, I spent the following week scouring the net for mp3s of their '88 Demo. Finally, I found someone on SLSK who had it available in their files, and so, I bring it you.

Enuf - 1988 Demo

This shit is mad stance. I was surprised with Ajay's tone and overall vocal execution in the best way possible. Dude went off on this recording. With the first couple of listens, I tried transcribing some of the lyrics, but there's still some lines that I can't make out. I sorta caught one (I think, haha) that I really dug in the second track, Face the Music:

"The Edge was never part of your life, when you had said it was!"*

I'm probably hearing it wrong, but I'd like to think it's something along those lines. hah. I really wanna get my hands on the full set of lyrics to this demo. Musically, these recordings are raw but mad jams, nonetheless. This shit seems to have definitely been overlooked over the years. Respect where it's due.

*Editor's Note:
Thanks to Tim and Gordo at DCXX for posting up scans of the demo insert with these lyrics. I finally got to correct 'em here. I wasn't too far off. hah!