VA-No Hesitation to Resist 2 7" (2003,Forest Records)

This is another post that makes me feel weird and have some deja vu since i started working on it about two years ago as i was planning to post it in march 2012 and the day of first anniversary of Fukushima disaster, it was nearly a year after the insident and the flow of news in mass media had removed this tragedy from front line pages and more or less we had forgotten what happened and somehow in my mind i slightly related this record with this tragedy because of the cover artwork (gasmasks and radiation uniforms, ok there are weapons too so this is all just bullshit) and since the bands come from Japan....this is the lousy excuse for this post: Anyway, No Hesitation to Resist was a 10 inch compilation, released in 1999 by Forest Records and included some glorious names of Japanese scene such as Battle of Disarm, Effigy, Disclose and Beyond Description and some lesser known bands, Truth of Arise, Äpärät, Victims of Greed and others, this gem  was followed a few years later by a second part, this time in seven inches and the bands included were not as glorious as these in Pt1 but still deliver the goods: Peaceful Collapse, Kampfer, Discript, Criminal, Agree to Differ and C.P.S. I know only a few info about the bands collected from internet, Discript stands as the most known or "known as related with" since they were a pre-Beyond Description band and their split 7" with Y on German label Anomie Records from 1995 is long long time out of print, Peaceful Collapse were active duning late '90's and early '00's and had a couple of cdr and tape releases, some of them were posthumous releases of old material  in 2010-11, they also appeared in several Crust Night series comp. of Tribal War Asia, Agree to Differ had only a double split 7" with Change on FFT Label in 2002,  Kampfer is totally with out any trace on the web, (according to Discogs. com a band named Kampfer was in Fear Candy 59 cd comp of Terrorizer mag in 1995 but don't take this info for real, this comp. includes Amon Amarth, Benediction, Iced Earth and other metal bands so is another band). C.P.S. had only an appearance in Crust Night 2002 and as for Criminal, this contribution was their one and only shit as a band. The record came out on Forest Records, a label with Disprove, Beyond Description and Effigy releases as well the Meaningful Consolidation double 7". it comes in fold out paper sleeve with some lyrics and band info in English & Japanese, all bands deliver shitloads of noise with Discript, and Agree to Differ to win my taste, Peaceful Collapse and Kampfer are interest too. I said so much useless shit, ends here.

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VA-Under the Cloudy Sky-Kanazawa City Hardcore (1994,MCR Company)

Under the Cloudy Sky-Kanazawa City Hardcore belongs to the endless seven inch compilation list of MCR Company  and as the title says it consists of bands from Kanazawa City. MCR released a bunch of 7" compilations back in '90's, each one dedicated to one city: Tokyo, Sapporo City, Kyoto, Yokosuka City, Mie City, Shizuoka City and many many others. Kanazawa City Hardcore came out in 1994 in 700 copies and its long long time out of print, it consists of four bands, Iconoclast, Damnable Excite Zombies, Noise Gate and Override Negative. Iconoclast and D.E.Z. are well/widely known, i posted Who does the freedom and equality exist for? and Suck your soul 7"  some years ago so check these posts for some bullshit ranting about them, if you know anything about Iconoclast's singer being also in Crow just drop some lines to reveal the mystery, i have met some conflicting opinions on the web. The other two bands didn't make it out of Japan or at least i never met them around yet, according to Discogs.com Noise Gate appeared in Revolutionary Cry 7" in 1995 which is another seven inch comp by MCR while Override Negative contributed some tracks to Ultimate Attack cd (1994, Ultimate Records).
The record came in four way fold-out cover, each band contributes one song: Iconoclast dominate here, their song appeared in their demo tape, Noise Gate stand equal to Iconoclast and deliver a fast and angry piece of Jap-core with catchy riffs and rough vocals, D.E.Z. are great too with their thrashing hardcore while Override Negative bring some US orientated hardcore.
Go get it,give it a listening and join the rally in your town

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Destroy/Disturb-The Crush Bastard System split 7" (MCR Company,1995)

Here is another split including the Minneapolis grindcrust masters Destroy: The Crush Bastard System split 7" was released in 1995 by MCR Company and distributed by Sound Pollution. This is the swan song of Destroy which appear here with a new Discharge-ic logo and a totally "Raw D-beat" cover artwork.
There is no need to say a word about Destroy, everything about them is on the web and a lot of blurb has been said in previous Destroy posts (split w Disrupt, Burn this racist system down), here they contribute four tracks (incl. a C.O.C. cover) recorded in Tokyo in 1994, tracks are close to their songs from split w Disrupt. Disturb were a crust/hardcore band from Himeji city, Japan and all i know about them is the For the Live 7" released by Discrete Records, if you know anything about them just spend a few minutes and write some words. They deliver three songs of heavy Japanese crusty hardcore with the usual rough vocals of Japanese punk bands. Both bands deliver the goods, the record comes in fold out cover and the usual black vinyl and its lengthy enough (lasts over fourteen minutes), lyrics included only for Destroy songs. On Destroy side cover there is the title "Chaos Noise Torment" but the title of split is rather The Crush Bastard System (please somebody correct me if i'm wrong)
This is the short rant, now go get it

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Warhead-The lost self and beating heart (1996,Blood Sucker Rec.s)

No much blurb for this diamond: Warhead was another diamond from the Land of Rising Sun, they formed in Kyoto and self-released Cry of Truth 7" in 1991 (re-released in 1992 by Amok Rec.s and in 2001 by Devour Rec.s), Kono Omoi Wo Dokow E cd/12" came out in 1993 on Blood Sucker and was followed by Lost self and beating heart and Drive it in your head 7" (1999, Fast Nail), in 2001 they appeared in One Shot One Kill lp comp (Overthrow) with Extinct Government, Zone and D.S.B., then they called it a day and came back in action in 2004 releasing a split 7" w Order on HG:Fact.
The first time i listened to a Warhead record was many years ago, the record was Kono Omoi Wo Dokow E and still remember me shatting my pants and keep listening again and again, amazed by the unexpected brutality: Nine songs and less than twenty minutes of raging hardcore, hands down this is great record!
The Lost self... was released in 1996 by Blood Sucker in blue and black vinyl versions and continues Kono Omo..'s journey into brutality: The band now had new pass player and delivers six tracks and nearly twelve minutes of manic rage with insane vocals, thrashing guitars spitting noise and fast smashing drums leading each song beyond the speed limit. A masterpiece of noise.
Ugly Pop Records included The Lost self.. in the vinyl version of Kono Omoi Wo Dokow E to make a full-length and Blood Sucker released the cd version of it. Blood Sucker stands behind some other jewels of Japanese scene such as Death Side, Bastard, Gudon, Forward, Disclose, Liberate, Nightmare, Crude, D.S.B. and many others
This was posted in May '07 and here is again in new rip and blah blah blah blah, enjoy it.

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Bastard-Controlled in the frame 7" (bootleg)

As the stats counter hits over half a million crusties, punks, hc kids or any curious or non-punk guy who entered here, i feel the need to celebrate by posting a record that has a special meaning for me. Controlled in the Frame is related to a very special person for me and since St Valentine is on the way and St' s Valentine's Day Massacre is already posted elsewhere, this piece of vinyl is perfect for me and also a good reason to bring to first page an old post, but also this post goes to Mike of Fifteen Counts.. blog as a shout out to continue blogging and stop self-inflicted inner heart-eating criticism.kouraggio ree!ante gamoto!
To be honest this post was inspired also by this ep's appearance in an auction on eBay some weeks ago and as expected it caused a little fever to some pretencious assholes (it ended in 90 or 100$ and to coin Herman of Bombanfall "Punk and e-bay….NOT a combination!". But then i have to coin Whispy:"Punk is business on eBay". Sad and true. Anyway, this is the bootleg vinyl of Controlled in the Frame, the original release was posted in summer of '07 here. Bastard stand in the pantheon of Japanese punk scene and despite the poor discography (one lp,one ep and contribution in Triple Cross Counter and Go ahead make my day–Smashing Odds Ness 2, lp comp's) their records where masterpieces and put them among the other legends of Japanese scene.
The guy from the now defunct Austrinken site, a site run by a guy from Germany(?) presenting information about records (number of copies pressed, vinyl colors,different covers, pressings and such shit and many of these records where from Japan) had written back in the day that there were two different sleeves, the standard/original with hard paper inner sleeve and the limited to 300 copies with poor xerox/photocopied sleeve (a tour edition?). Punk Rock Pictures Sleeves says about blue vinyl of second press (the flimsy cover one), not quite sure though. The bootleg's cover came in a (poor) photocopy too, labels are blank as expected and if i am correct this was bootlegged in 2001 or so, if you know anything about it just drop a few lines.
This was the rant and i said much shit again, now listen it

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Hiatus/Reach A Mental Road-split 7" (MCR Company,1991)

Severe Existence/Soulforce split was released in 1991 by Kyoto based MCR Company (MCR-048) and its a long long out of print, for Hiatus this was one of their first releases along with I don't scare easily but.. and Way of doom ep's, there is no need to say anything about them since almost everything they released on seven inches is posted minus the split w Fleas and Lice (hopefully it will be posted soon)
Reach A Mental Road was an obscure act from Sendai, Japan, they started as Rich Mate Rally (perhaps this means Rich Materially or something like that...) they appeared in Give us The Time to Play 2x7" (1990, Lifestyle Sound) and they had a split with Dr & The Crippens (from Sendai too) on MCR Co.. (Speaking of Sendai scene, take a look at Hardcore Showcase lp with several unknown japcore bands)
The split comes in gate-fold cover and includes lyrics in English and some translation in Japanese, music wise Hiatus deliver their usual Doom/early Extreme Noise Terror crustcore in four songs, the side opens with an atmospheric intro, Narrow Minded.. and Positive Smoking Attitude are fast but in Inside Death they slow down the speed, Hey Bob is a three seconds joke song and its what the title says:-"Hey Bob! WHAT?(growl)", P.S.A. is the appropriate song for the new anti-smoking law (no smoking in pubs,bars,restaurants, etc, free smoking on the street, wow! this is the solution to the financial crisis!). On the other side, Reach A Mental Road contribute two tracks of raw, aggressive and fast hardcore, He's singing style(He is the name,ok?) is another proof that this is a Japanese band, lyrics seem to be a little mistranslated or whatever and remind of Iconoclast's lyrical shit.
This time ranting will be a little shorter than the usual. I have a bunch of rips (though no scans yet) of old posts and someday there will be a massive re-post of old posts that are in low quality and no scans but it will take some time

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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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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Disprove-st 7" (repost)

We 'll keep bringing old posted records in fresh new rips and here's some Japanese D-beat freaks: This piece of shit was posted in spring of '08 and here it is in a fresh new rip and scans: Disprove were a D-beat band from Tokyo Japan and this is their eponymous ep, they were connected with Beyond Description (BD bassist and guitarist handle the vocals while the singer plays bass) and their discography is this st ep and a split 7" with Avgrund from Slovakia on Forest Records (link from Mangel Crusties blog)
The st ep was recorded in December '04, it was released in 1995( ?) by Forest Records and delivers six tracks of absolute Discharge worship: An insert with lyrics is included and cover artwork is taken from Genetic Control's st lp and First Impressions ep while the songs are six pages grabbed from Discharge's Book of D-beat. The logo letter font, the Dis-name are the proof of whats going on here:This is powerful D-beat full of rage with dual yelled vocals and "Survive your war" is "Protest to survive"
Forest Rec.s is behind some great records such as Guka/Daston-split (thanks Ray), Effigy/Aparat-split, No Hesitation to Resist vol 1 & 2, "F.I.O.M.'s The way ahead is very narrow 7" andDisprove/Avgrund split 7"
that was the short rant, now go get it

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Corrupted-Dio injusto 7"

Time for some doomy stuff: The Japanese masters of funeral doom metal released Dio injusto 7" in 1999 on Frigidity Discos. The artwork looks like it comes from a D-Beat / crust band and not from a sludge/doom act, there are two pressings of it, both pressings have the same artwork, the second one has slightly different color. Music wise, this is haunting and pessimistic metal with slow pace: There are two tracks covering the sides and deliver sorrowful sludge/doom with rough and throaty vocals, heavy tuned-down guitar with some mammoth drones while bass is there to feed the slow pace . The guitar lines that rise from the doom swamp are nice and the repeating riff hypnotically appears again and again is sick and heavy.Actually, Dio injusto/Unfair God is one track sung in Spanish and English, side b follows from where side a ends and thats the explanation how they managed to zip a song in a 7".
Frigidity Discos released some of Corrupted records (Paso Inferior and some of their splits). No need to say anything about the band, if you want more infos check their site, their myshit or wiki, some Corrupted posts are already here:Anciano 7" and split w Sloth
Tracks:
01:Dio injusto
02:Unfair god

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Abstain/Unholy Grave-Hate in the head/The fact split 7"

A split with the California grinders Abstain and Unholy Grave from Nagoya, Japan: There's no need for much rant here since both bands are known and records of them are posted here (Abstain's split w Nasum and split w Denak and Unholy Grave's Unreleased 7"). "Hate in the head/The fact" came out in 1998 by Agitate 96 Records in 514 pieces, green vinyl and delivers seven grinding anthems: Abstain bring three tracks of their hyperfast old school grind and Unholy Grave contribute four songs of mentally sick Jap grind. Abstain's cover artwork is the same with the '97 tour ep. You probably listened to the bands before and what you expect is familiar so there's nothing else to say about, only this: The lyrical content is the usual for Abstain but some of Unholy Grave's lyric lines are far from what could be described as a writing of some people who just express anger and wrath even if they are not deep in the topic: despite in some of the songs their lyrics are not bad, sometimes they seem to be be confused or irrelevant, i mean some lyrics seem to be written by a neoliberal or a conservative mind (read their stuff, lyrics are included inside for both bands). Anyway, just focus in the music and get the usual dose of grind.
That was the short rant, now go get it

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