G-ANX-Far out 7" (Finn Rec.s, 1989)

"Started as Gravida Anker (Pregnant Ducks) in Huskvarna, Sweden 1982. Gravida Anker were playing some old school midtempo punkrock, but the following years they were infiltrated by the young noisecore extremists from Penisknyckarna (Steve, Putte & Hoccy) and the name was cut down to G-ANX in '84. A few years later the last original member Sonnerby was replaced by Hedda. With this final setting we rehearsed approx. 20 times until the split-up in '91 (it's better to split up than to be infiltrated and replaced). We also performed about 20 gigs and recorded 4 vinyl-ep:s - that's all folks. The last ep was supposed to be an album, but some tapes were erased by mistake(?) and we didn't have the energy to complete it". (taken from Swedishpunk)
Far out was the first of the three ep's that complete the G-ANX discography and was released in 1989 by Finn Records and right after the split with Filthy Christians, their other ep's are already posted here and here check these for further details about the band,(soon there will be a repost of split w Filthy Christians) and their demo tapes
The first thing worth to mention about Far Out is the strange artwork for a punk record, it reminds me of the little price of Antoine Exipery fairytale, next worth to say is about the music: Powerful hardcore with aggression and wrath, shouted vocals and catchy riffs and raw sound , tracks are fast with slower breaks and the usual acoustic parts for G-ANX songs appear here and there, in Ninteenninteyeight they create the link that connects Far Out and the form of songs of their next records by the emotional acoustic intro and slowing down the speed, Stenad is a raw noise attack of 49 seconds, Appelskruttar is fast a hell with slower parts and Skitsnack moves from mid paced to moderately fast pace. The record comes in gatefold cover and includes lyrics.
This is it, go get and tell what you think, These tracks appeared in Flashback discog. cd(Sound Pollution / Elderberry Records), G-ANX contributed in several compilations such as Really fast vol 4, (1988,Really Fast Rec.s), Bblleeaauurrgghh 7"(1991,Slap a Ham), Civilisationens Bakgård 7''(1991,Elderberry) and as you already know members continued with mighty Counterblast (a new 10" is just unleashed) and in a less known act named Farcical, & don't forget that some of these people also ran Elderberry Records

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Selfish-st (a.k.a. System kills) 7"(Genet Records,1993)

Every time i see this record i remember a well known label mentioning in their site in the trade section: "No trades with bands that have artwork with corpses or pile of skulls" or something like that. Well, this ep has a pile of skulls but is also great so it should not included in this rule in case of trade lol lol lol.
Selfish started in 1989 in Turku, Finland and included people involved with Forca Macabra and Uutuus, they became widely known with the release of split w Doom on Ecocentric Records in 1994. System kills is their first record released back in 1993 by Genet Records. There are four tracks here of powerful and noisy crustcore, two of these appeared also in Pro-Life control/Tear silence into pieces split lp. Vinyl comes in a simple gatefold cover and there is nothing mentioning the title of ep (thus this is a st ep, System kills is the title of first track). Vocals are acid screams and remind of Japanese noise acts, drums bring basic beat lines in fast pace, guitar reflect the blending of UK and Japanese hardcore, sound is raw and noisy and lyrics included on back cover.
Selfish moved from crustcore of their first ep to a more traditional Japanese hardcore and became a kind of "Japanese band from Europe" the same way Burial is today, their discography includes a bunch of ep's: A split 7" w Disclose (DIY Records, 1995), a Japanese Tour 7" (1997, Otto Itkonen Productions,a label run by Selfish/Forca Macabra members), The Joy of the Industrial Society 7" (Genet, 1998) a split w Liberate (HG Fact,1999), a couple of lp's/cd's: Burning Sensation lp/cd (Ferald Ward/HG Fact,2001), Cause Pain (Ferald Ward/Combat Rock,2005) and some compilations:Flashback cd (Pain Killer Rec.s, 2001), Cry for Love, Cry for Death cd (Deadalive,2002). According to their my space "A new album entitled "Life has no vacant time" has been recorded and will be released on Feral Ward late 2010 "

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Disrupt/Destroy-split 7" (Adversity Rec.s, Break The Chains Rec.s,1991)

When the discussion is about grinding crust then the first bands that come to mind are Disrupt and Destroy!, i have the mood of noisy shit lately and since the guy from MNPunk blog keeps trolling 7inchcrust for Minneapolis based crusties here is some more noise for him (and all of you)
Disrupt come from Lynn, Massachusetts and Destroy! was born in Minneapolis, both were active about the same years (both bands started around 1987-88 and called it a day in mid '90's) and their music shit was similar: Brutal, fast, noisy and grinding crust with growling/yelled vocals so both bands fit nicely in a split like this. There is a lot stuff about both bands on the web, for more infos and details check Disrupt's myspace or run down the back pages of this blog and Destroys' site and myspace fan pages (here and here).
There is another Disrupt/Destroy split, the cd on Relapse (1994) including the tracks from Refuse planet and Total fucking chaos ep's. The 7 inch classic was released in 1991 by Adversity Records and Break The Chains (Adversity Rec.s stands behind Deformed Conscience's Constant strife 7") and in the beginning a band named Namland was supposed to included but for various reasons was left out. Disrupt tracks were recorded in February 1991 at Headroom Studios in Boston (the songs from Refuse Planet were recorded in this session too) and also appear on the side A of Rid the cancer bootleg (along with tracks from split w Resist) while Destroy songs were recorded in summer of '90 at Underground Studio in Minneapolis.
Destroy are fast and ferocious without reaching the levels of Burn this racist system down (their best recorded material ever) but good enough, Disrupt move in their usual pathways and deliver the goods as usual. The record comes in two gatefold pieces that include lyrics and some information about the labels and Adersity zine, front cover artwork is a picture of riots in South Africa, vinyl is black but there were some copies in pink vinyl and red cover.
Both bands tracks appeared in discography compilations: Discography cd of 2004 on Dead and Alive and in The Rest of Disruptdead boxset of Relapse (2007) for Disrupt and Necropolis cd(Sound Pollution, 1995) and Discography cd on Havoc Rec.s. for Destroy
i said too much...go get it and say something.

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S.D.S.-Scum system kill 7" (Mangrove, 1996)

S.D.S. were the answer from Japan to UK's masters of crust of '80's and Scum system kill is another diamond of Japanese punk crust scene. They started back in 1987 and a brief history can be found in the old post of Never Arise, blog wise old timers probably remember Scum system kill posted in low bitrate and no scans in the first weeks of this blog so here it is in fresh new rip and scans.
Scum system kill includes four tracks that were recorded in the fall of 1995 and was released in 1996 by Mangrove in several vinyl colors, according to Discogs "This record was pressed on a myriad of colors. Red with blue splatter, yellow marble & black also exist, most likely others as well") and was included in 2cd discography (Past and Future, released on Mangrove/MCR).
Never arise was the first S.D.S. record and was pure worship of Antisect, Amebix and Axegrinder with heavy guitar riffs and mid-paced tempos, in Scum System Kill and the seminal split LP w Misery S.D.S. moved forward to a type of crustcore that mixes their metallic heritage of UK's crust legends with faster tempos, aggressive riffs, noisier sound and the typical gruff Japanese vocals (even the shrieking vocals of Distort fucking hope fit nicely with the music), i don't know if the example is appropriate but they remind me of the Deviated Instinct changes from Terminal Filth Stenchcore and Welcome to the Orgy to Rock n Roll Conformity, Guttural Breath and Nailed. The Punk Metal Bastard of artwork is just nice, a sheet with a text written by Takacho (vox) is Japanese is included, not any colored vinyl here, just the typical black.
In Ameber, S.D.S. slightly moved to a more metallic crustcore by adding some more metal hints that appeared also in Digital Evil in your Life 10" and in split w Hong Kong Knife they presented some rock n roll elements, when they called it a day some members continued with Delta.
That's the crappy rant, now go get it and say someshit about the record

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Black Kronstadt-Crimes of Capital, Crimes of the State (Hierarkill, 1992)

Black Kronstadt formed in early 90's in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and called it a day in mid '90's, their legacy is Crimes of Capital... 7", A world to Win 7", Free Spirit lp and a contribution in Retrogression #10 but what is important and their real heritage is the fact that they were the founders of what was later to become Blackened Crust, a sub-genre that was developed by Iskra, the band that arose from the ashes of Black Kronstadt. (Iskra members are involved with Skagos, Leper, Corrodead and others)
Crimes of Capital... was released in 1992 by Hierarkill Records (band's own label), the package is awesome, the record comes in poster shaped sleeve with amazing cover artwork, lyrics, explanations, special thanks and texts about topics related with the lyrics: the other side of foldout becomes poster and includes some artwork and small-letter font writings (just like Sludge and Lettuce) about Zapatistas and ELZN, a sheet with some poetry is included. Music wise this is powerful hardcore with shouted vocals and guitar riffs influenced by Discharge, Conflict, Chaos UK and the likes, (the Blackened Crust seeds started to grow a few years latter in A World to Win 7" before take their complete form in the intense guitar riffs and screamed vocals of Iskra) and as expected for a band named after the city that is synonymous with the rebellion that became the last cry and hope for freedom in Lenin's Soviet Union (read Ida Mett's book and check youtube for some old videos), lyric wise each track is a strong political statement, the first song "Tragedy" is about the desperate 12 day revolt and struggle in Barcelona in 1909, well written lyrics and interesting enough to make you sit down and read.
No more useless rant, there are two links, the first for the tracks and the second with the high resolution scans, check also A world to win (full scans too)

Crimes of Capital
Crimes of the State

SS Decontrol-The kids have had their say 7" (bootleg,1990)

A little hardcore break and the first sXe record ever posted in this blog: Never thought i see me posting a straight edge record but what the hell... SS Decontrol (a.k.a. SSD) were "one of the first Boston hardcore bands and the core of the infamous "Boston Crew and the "narrow minds who think the narrow way"(mentioned in the liner notes to This is Boston Not LA of Modern Method Records). Their hardcore testament were The Kids Will Have Their Say 12"(1982, XClaim!/Dischord Rec.s), and Get it away LP (1983, XClaim!), then the change of their name to SSD brought some changes to the straight edge beliefs of band members and music wise they walked a new music direction. All this shit plus some details about their days and times back in the early 80's and about Boston scene can be found in Kill From the Heart.
I'm not much in to hardcore and definitely i m not into straight edge (actually a beer is here by my keyboard while i am typing this crap and these militant kids of '80's are far away to kick away the ladder lol lol lol) but The kids have had their say is a rare and hard to get bootleg because of the limited number of copies so is worth to be here and more or less that's how the story goes: This bootleg came out in 1990 and consisted of six tracks recorded live back in 1982 at Buff Hall, Camden, New Jersey. SSD people weren't happy about this, they discovered who did the bootleg (Revelation Records), they managed to remove a part of pressed copies and the remaining pieces became rare. This is it! According to Flex! only 400 copies were made, 60 numbered copies came with lyric sheet and poster.
Thats the rant, thanks to Pete for this gem. Despite of being a rare shit i saw a guy in a forum selling it for only 5 bucks, a copy appeared in eBay some months ago.

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Wolfpack-Hellhound warpig 7" (Distortion Rec.s,1997)

This post was supposed to be Bloodstained dreams 7" but then i remembered that Hellhound warpig was posted some ages ago without scans and so here is the real shit for you
There is no much to say about Wolfpack since you know the basics, don't you?:Hellhound warpig came out in 1997 and its long out of print, Distortion Records is the label behind this diamond and apart from the classic black there were copies in red vinyl and white as well. Music wise delivers five tracks of Swedish hardcore with metal-edged sound blending melody, power and aggression in an amazing combination. Tracks move from midpaced yet steady (Gunhead battalion) to moderately fast chord progressions (Hellhound warpig), guitar sound delivers the right average of melody in roughness and aggression with raging riffs and some great clear melody lines with metallic hints that pop up here and there (Shapeshifter, Submission), bass is thick and dissonant and Jonnson's (Anti Cimex "fame") shouted vocals are just awesome,. These five tracks appeared later in the cd version of Lycanthro Punk on Regain Records, there is a forceful aura from the beginning to the end and the record delivers the goods, production/sound quality is excellent and there is nothing to complain to. Artwork is nice and this is what became Wolfpack's logo, lyrics included in an insert.
i think i have said it all, now go get it

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Hiatus-st 7" (Urban Alert Rec.s, 1990)

Another post with my fav. band from Hellgium: This is the first official Hiatus release back in 1990 on Urban Alert Records after two demo tapes and was followed by a bunch of ep's and split ep's and some lp's. This is a repost and it isn't: In 1991 Nabate Rec.s/Mother Peace Rec.s added one more song on B side (and erased first pressing's last track Elvis, which is a joke track in the vein of joke songs that appear in In my mind demo tape) and re-issued with the same artwork and titled as I don't scare easily but....
if you have downloaded I don't scare... then you know what you got here. This is the Hiatus record with the most obvious influences of Extreme Noise Terror and here you got it in a new rip and scans. Elvis, the last track is a blues ballad that last nearly a minute, good enough for a joke song :). Inside the gatefold cover you will find lyrics, special thanks and this statement: "We have been obliged to put All Rights Reserved sentence on the labels of this piece of plastic, We do not agree with that bullshit copyrights. Use, reproduce and tape at will!". Really nice guys!
i don't need to say anything about Hiatus, most of their ep's are already posted and much blurb is written about them, check also wikipedia for some more details on line ups and other bands connected. When they disbanded some members (Azil on guit. and Willy on bass) went on with Unhinged and in a different music direction. Recently they formed back and shared the stage with Sedition, Cress and others, no much updates there though,check some flyers on their myspace.
This is it, i don't want to keep it short but there is nothing left to say, now only the splits w Fleas and Lice and Reach A Mental Road are left to complete the Hiatus ep discog, hopefully will be posted here in the future. stay tuned ;)

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Prophecy of Doom-Calculate Mind rape 7" (Prophecy Rec.s,1989)

Another piece of grinding crusty noise and a piece of vinyl coming from late '80's: Calculate Mind Rape was posted in summer of 2007 and here is again in fresh new rip and scans for all you audiophiles.
I need to rant some shit, actually to copy-paste some from the old post and add some new, so let's go:
The grindcore freaks Prophecy of Doom were from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,UK. They started as Domination Factor and later became Prophecy of Doom. As Domination Factor they recorded the "Dominated till death" demo in 1987 and they had a live @ Mermaid in Brum (August '87). I have never heard anything of Domination Factor (probably they were a rotten noise band too) so if anyone of you UK old punks out there know any further info just drop a line
The first PoD recorded material was the "Insanity reigns supreme" demo(1988) and was followed by "Calculated mind rape and "Acknowledge the confusion master" lp in 1990 (Peaceville/Deaf), the Peel Sessions ep (1990,Strange Fruit), "Until the again 7" (Afterworld Records,1991, incl. three live recordings),the Second Peel Sessions (link is from Damaging Noise, thanx Sean!), the "Matrix" lp (1992,Metalcore Records) and "Ego-Death grind" demo (1996) which was recently released by Agipunk in seven inch under the title "Tri-battle thought-form engagement"
"Calculated mind rape" was the first vinyl release of PoD, it came out back in 1989 on Prophecy Records and its a two track piece of heavy as hell brutality with many tempo changes from mid paced to faster and back again,grinding guitars with heavy thrashing riffs, sludgy bass and the way grindcore should sound far from gore cliches and deathgrind bullshit, imagine Carcass without the blastbeats and you got PoD. Did i say grindcore? well, the production is a little sloppy, guitar is harsh and crunchy, vocals are unbelievably brutal but if the sound quality was a little better/cleaner and Shrew's singing was human and not these animal grunts, this would be another piece of Crust.
Both tracks appear in "Acknowledge the confusion master" lp in different recordings,(Hybrid thought is about a minute longer), Shrew (Vox) and Shrub (later on guitar) are now in drunk crusties Alehammer along with Scoot (Hellkrusher / Extinction of Mankind). According to Metal Archives, Dean the guy who played drums in "Calculate..." committed suicide in 2002...

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VA-Tokyo Crusties 7"(DIY Rec.s,1994)

Here is a compilation that delivers some great acts of noise coming from the Land of the Rising Sun: Tokyo Crusties is a 7" released in 1994 by DIY Records and includes Crocodile Skink, Battle of Disarm, Abraham Cross and Collapse Society.
The record comes in two gatefold pieces and includes lyrics and address infos of bands, DIY Records is a label run by Asada, vocalist of Battle of Disarm. My misunderstanding about a Tokyo Crusties vol2 caused by rumors on web was finally cleared when curious guy set things right: There is not any vo2 but Meaningful Consolidation 2x7" (also released by DIY Rec.s and a bunch of other labels), chronologically or because of the label involved could be considered as a vol2
Check this blog for more details about Crocodile Skink and Battle of Disarm, I know only a few about Collapse Society:they had a demo(1993) and a st/ 7" (on Overthrow Rec.s) which came with two different color covers (white and yellow) and there was a clear vinyl version of it. Abraham Cross were from Tokyo, "they began in the mid-90s as a relatively typical, though highly accurate, Tokyo crust imitator of England’s Sore Throat, Extreme Noise Terror, and Doom; today, they combine noisy crust with a krautrock influence to create a hybrid sound quite unlike any other band I have heard. “Message from Forever pt. 1” is their most meandering excursion"(from Shit-Fi.com)... Their discography includes a demo, Peace can't Combine (lp & cd), End of Time tape (Black Konflik Rec.s) and split w/ Struggle for Pride (2003,Paank Levyt), (i dont know if they have released any other shit, any help is appreciated) and appeared in several compilations (Meaningful Consolidation, Crust Night cd (2002,Tribal War Asia Rec.s), Terro-Rhythm, Tokyo Sound System I & II (2002-05,New Smell), Fuck Religion, Fuck War, Fuck The Lot Of Jesus! tape and also appeared in All Crusties Spending Lound Night dvd(2002).
Each band delivers two tracks, Abraham Cross bring the heavier stuff, they sound like a Doom/Extreme Noise Terror blending ( these tracks appear in Peace can't Combine along with the tracks from Meaningful Consolidation and other recordings from early '90's) though Battle of Disarm is the band that have copied the riff of Relief in Murderer is Hero, Crocodile Skink are just fine, Collapse Society come last for my taste but not bad at all..
i said enough.. go get it!

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